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Cecilia Lanny Winata
Aliases: Lanny/Cecilia/Xenopus
Location: Singapore
Occupation: Grad Student, National University of Singapore
Interests: Zen, Martial Arts, Japanese Culture and philosophy, Life Sciences, Religious philosophy, Christianity
Hobbies: exploring new places, learning new things, walking (preferably outdoors), cooking, eating good food, home making, swimming, sea sports, anime (Naruto being the best by far), good music to accompany my different moods, and good books to read
Schools/Past Affiliations: TK Bunda Hati Kudus, Jakarta (Kindergarten); SD Bintang Kejora, Jakarta (Primary 1-2, 4-6); Ironside State School, Brisbane, Australia (Primary 3-4); SLTP Santa Ursula, Jakarta (Secondary School); SMU Santa Ursula (High School); Indonesia International Taekwon-Do Federation (Jelambar, Jakarta); National University of Singapore



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skin by: Jane
Monday, April 27, 2009 @ 8:03 AM
Circus

As Britney put it: "There's only two types of people in the world - the ones that entertain, and the ones that observe... ". I like to think of myself as the latter kind. I really hate to pretend, especially in front of people I'm close to. I tend to open myself quickly once I get comfortable with people, coz I want people I care about to know me as who I am - the good, the bad, and the ugly sides.

I have not been a very good actor. Many people have kind of alerted me that my emotions are easily displayed on my face, like a fish in a newly cleaned fish tank. I also know that there is no way I could perform well in something my heart can't appreciate. Like the second paper I am currently working on, but that's a side issue here. Although someone once requested me to "improve on this", and I sincerely put my effort into it, I guess I have failed big time just days ago.

These past few days have been like a circus to me. I have been having to perform this act which portrayed the incomplete me, in which I needed to hide some truth behind me - a painful one, mind you. It's not really lying, it's more like trying to put up a show of myself which, I felt, deviated too much from the real me. It's like being a clown with a smile painted on my face, while I am actually frowning. I don't like to put on such make-up on my face.

Some people I know asked me why I couldn't just play along with it. I couldn't find an answer for that. It's really just me. If I'd told them that it ached inside, they would just brush it off and call me a whiner. Maybe I am, but I guess my life's too valuable for trying to force myself into becoming something I don't really like.

And what to do with those circus people? I pray that God would bless them. I guess, for now, I still need to play in the circus for awhile (expect it to be a clumsy act though) coz there are still some aspects of my life which depended on them. Perhaps I should work harder in order to attain my own independence (economically and emotionally), so that I could free myself of their influences. "Immortality, here I come!"


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