Just A Thot ? …

Here’s an interesting statement that I read sum whr, sum time ago : “If I think, therefore I am. Am I just a thought?” You always hear, “Put your mind to it!”, “Imagine yourself succeeding and you will one day!”, “ Believe in yourself. If you think you can do it, you can!”. You’ve probably heard variations of those 3 sentences, but even though lotsa ppl say it, it doesn’t make it true. I don’t like to think of myself as arrogant .. just confident ( you’re probably thinking all arrogant ppl say dat =P ). I always thot I was a pretty good writer. I thot I had a pretty excellent standard of English. I thot I was creative, witty and destined for literary greatness. You might realize I used ‘was’.. past tense. I wrote an article and sent it in to The Star last nite, quite confident that I did a good job on it ( it took me 4 hours to complete ). Today I opened up the paper and read an article about the same subject I had written about. I can honestly tell you now, I feel my work was really mediocre and juvenile. After 4 hours, what I came up with was not half as inspiring or engaging as what I had read. So really .. Is the fact that I’m a good writer just a thot? Me wrapped up in my own little world? I know dat sumtimes I can get really long winded and drone on and on .. But I also believe that I do have a pretty good sense of humour. Maybe all this while I’ve been duping myself into thinking that I’m good enuf, and am in fact below par. So, instead of wallowing in self pity, I have decided to improve myself. Renovate my writing skills, if you will. When, i start coll, I’ll def take creative writing for one semester. I’m sure my fellow classmates and lecturer will be able to tell me exactly how good / bad I am. I’ll keep everyone posted until I finally get a review by those fore mentioned. So stay tuned k? .. Check back evry few weeks .. Anyway, its 12.59 AM, June 27, 2007 (Wednesday) while I’m writing this. Couldn’t get online so I just wrote this in Microsoft Word first. What can I say, I sumtimes get an uncontrollable urge to write. PS : I would really appreciate it if maybe a few of you readers cld leave a comment, maybe containing pointers and tips on how I make your reading of my blog a lot more enjoyable? Compliments and criticism welcome. Thanks ..