Future! *dum dum dummmmm*

Someday:)

Hello there :) Alright I'm going to be flying off to Bangkok on the 30th Nov and I'll be gone for 5 days so don't expect any posts until 4th Dec alright? Also, I understand that some of you would like me to update regularly. About that, I will try my best to do so but I cannot promise anything because I usually blog when I'm inspired by something I've seen or something I've been doing and that does not happen very often :b But I'll give you my word that I'll try my hardest.

Let us begin!

So, as most of you may know I'm done with my high school life (sigh) and I'm going to college soon. Many of you may have not gone through this stage yet and some of you may be way past it. When you come to this point of time, you're usually wondering what I want do I want to study? What do I want to be? Where do I want to study? Etc.

And that's what I'm going through right now, I have a lot of tough decisions to make. You see, I really want to study marine biology and this "major" is not very well-known in this country and then career opportunities come into play blah blah blah. A lot of people ask me what I want to do and when I tell them "Oh I wanna do marine biology". Some of them may respond like "What...?" "Isn't it more of a hobby?" OR "It totally suits you!""Go for it!" I have all these people encouraging me and at the same time discouraging me so honestly, it messes up my decision all the time. To be fair, I did research on other majors but in the end, I cannot see myself doing anything else except marine biology (Although some job test said I should be a coach, haha) So, I guess I'm going ahead with marine biology guys. But I want you to remember that whatever you want to do, it is entirely up to you. Do not let anyone affect your decision because it is YOUR life. This is your future we're speaking of and not theirs. ok?

To some of the younger ones or some who have not decided on what to do, seriously, don't rush it. Older people would be like,"You should have an ambition at this age" blah blah blah. Forget about them, there is really no rush on what you should decide on what you really want to study. If you really have no clue on what to do, you should keep your options wide open and don't close any doors yet until you are so damn sure that you don't want to go on that route. Even so, the most important thing is even though you have no idea what you want to be, you must have that passion or drive to push you. Don't be like, "Oh I don't know what I want to do, never mind, I'll find out but in the mean time, imma just sit here and rot." If you do that, you are never going to find out what you want to pursue because you're not getting off your ass to learn new things. Always have the drive to learn new things, and when you learn a lot, you'll find out what you really want to do in the end. Especially the younger ones, don't get your knickers in a twist about it but remember to have the drive to keep learning new things. When the time comes, you better make damn sure you do all your research, ask around about the university programmes, talk to people. It'll help:)

I know we're all afraid to make the wrong decisions, who isn't? We're afraid of anything we have no control over and in this case, it is our future. But I always believe that everything happens for a reason. In the end, no matter what route you take, I'm sure things will turn out okay. You may not turn out to be the MOST SUCCESSFUL or the RICHEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD but that's okay, because there's so many other things to be grateful for. We have a roof above our heads, food to eat, people that love you and education. Always be thankful for those things in your life and don't take it for granted, some people don't have that chance. 

Oh, if you want to just have a little fun about knowing what career suits you, go to this website:
http://www.selectsmart.com/topjobs.html (It doesn't guarantee anything ok, just for fun!)

Best of luck to all of you in your future undertakings:)

Love Rachel*

Kindness makes the world go round

How have I been doing without social media you may ask? Well, I'm actually holding up pretty well without it. I spend more time reading and doing more productive things to be honest. I do feel a bit left out because I have no idea where are people going and what they are doing but I guess it is okay:b So all in all, I'm fine, honestly, without Twitter and Instagram:) Yay.

Alright back to today's topic. As most of you may notice, we live in a very selfish world. Most people assume that the world revolves around them. They're very self-centred, want things for their own and whatever they do HAS to benefit them and if it doesn't? They'll just sod it. This results in humans not being helpful. Because if we don't gain anything from what we're doing then for what? That's none of my business right?

See, most people have that mindset. You see someone in need, you think "Ain't none of my business" and walk off. It's because we don't want to "involve" ourselves in anything. All we think about is me me me and not others. 

Ellen Degeneres has this segment on her show called "Cash for Kindness". What she does is that, she'll send one of her staff members to act as e.g. a pregnant lady who dropped all her balls/a caterer who dropped his potatoes on the road and whoever helps them gets money from Ellen. Yeah its pretty funny but what really shocked me was that most of the people passing by did not give a damn about those people at all. There was one where Ellen's staff called "Andy" has to pretend to be a caterer who dropped his potatoes on the road and this cop came along. You may think "Oh yay, a hero!" Guess what he did, he kicked the potatoes to the side of the road -.- WTH and people drove around it. What a D right? Watch the videos if you can. You'll realise how people truly are.

In my daily life, I always try to help anyone around me as much as I can. Not because I may appear on Ellen or get money or what but I just want to lighten the burden of others. Think about the times where you needed help the most and no one was there for you. I was in a situation like that before and I hope that other people don't have to face the same thing because it sucks. It doesn't have to be like a huge ass thing ya know. You see someone with his/her hands full and is having trouble opening the door? Open the door for them. You see a lady struggling with her baby stroller and her baby, go over there and help. It's little actions like that, that makes the world go round. When I help people, I'm happy. When people help me, I feel inspired to help others and I hope all of you will feel the same way too. And when you help people, don't expect for anything. Do it out of sincerity. Do it to improve mankind because ya know we're all pretty fucked up. You help someone, that someone may feel inspired to help someone, and that someone you help may even help someone else. It's a possible cycle.

I just feel that kindness and being helpful is a good start to making this world a better place. I know y'all think this shit is gay but on a serious note, think about it. We're terrible people. How many asshole drivers are there on the road? How many people push you when you walk in a crowded place? As this bible verse goes, (It doesn't matter what religion you are because you know this line is so damn true)

 "Do unto others as you would have done them unto you"

I just really hope that people would be more considerate and be more kind to others. This way there'll be less assholes in the world then everyone will be happy right? So again, you see someone in distress, don't just be a douche and walk away. Help them. If you don't, don't you dare call others an ass when no one helps you when you're in need. Karma will bite you in the ass. 

PS: For those who usually reads my blog from twitter. Don't worry, my sisters will help me post it up when I update. Thank you sissies <3

Love Rachel*

Goodbye virtual world (sort of)

I am officially back! Finally finished my IGCSE today and now I'm just praying for good results:D

As you can see from my title, I'll be saying goodbye to the virtual world (sort of) and that means I will be deleting my Twitter and Instagram account. By tomorrow, you won't have any follower called @rachellutzeee or following anyone by that name. Here is why I'm doing so.
Before you read on, let me warn you that this will be a pretty long post but I hope that you will continue reading and benefit from this post. Okay, I won't be going straight to the reason but as you read along, I'm sure you'll get the idea why.

For a long time now, I've always been thinking about this. "Why the hell do I care about what people think about me?" For some reason, I've always worried about what people think about me. Whenever someone insults me, I take it really personally and all I do is think about that insult and see what I can do to change it. I have tried changing but it only lasts for so long because we always revert back to our old ways. The thing is, why do we "change" for this people? Why do we care about what they think about us? Does it benefit you in any way?

I have then come to the conclusion that most of us, wants to be liked and we are afraid to be alone. We want to be an influence, we want to be cool, we want to fit in! because if we don't, we'll have no friends, we won't be accepted. If you have instagram, do not tell me you have never cared about the number of likes you get for a damn nice picture you took 5000 hours to edit. Do not tell me, you have never hoped for someone to comment, "Woah, nice body!""So pretty/handsome/muscular/hot" "Wow" etc. Do not tell me you have never wanted to buy the outfit you saw another girl wear when she posted it on Insta. If you have twitter, do not tell me you never hope for favourites when you tweet something super deep or whatever. Do not tell me you have never cared about the number of followers you have, and tried to make yourself look like you have tons of followers by unfollowing more people. Do not tell me you have never tried to tweet something cool/deep/relatable on purpose just so you can get favourite and retweets because someone else is doing it?

Do not tell me those things have never occurred to you at least once because I'm damn sure it has. Seriously, think through it. If you are 205% sure that it has never occurred to you then you deserve a good pat on the back, which shows that you are not affected by the on going peer pressure on social media. But if it has happened to you before, well, join the club because I have done the same thing. Have you ever wondered why you did all those for? Yeah, so you can get more likes?
  But for what? So what if you have 5000likes and 89245798 followers? Does it make you cool or socially acceptable? Okay, maybe yes in the virtual world but in real life? Nobody's going to remember you as "She's the girl with 4927340987274 followers on instagram" or "He's the guy who got 384949348982 likes on his picture!" In the end, no one is going to give a damn about your virtual life.

Yes, I do understand that most of you all want to be liked. I want to be liked to, who doesn't? We think those likes are so important because of peer pressure. Another example, the ice bucket challenge. How many of you actually did it MAINLY for the cause and not because all your friends are doing it? And you feel that you should do it too? Just 'cause your best friend has thousands of followers, you feel the need to have just as many followers because you do not want to be less popular than she is. Just 'cause your bros go to the gym, that does not mean you have to just because you do not want to be "less buff" than he is. Then you all feel the need to post it up on Insta/Twitter wherever because you feel the need to be socially active. Right there, you are already affected by peer pressure.We live in our virtual world too often until we forget about the real world. When you use your phone and no one's replying you, where do you go? Twitter then Instagram then SnapChat then Tumblr but when you're done? You repeat the whole cycle again, you refresh your twitter timeline repeatedly, hoping a tweet pops out. Do you realise how dependent we are on them? We feel the need to maintain a good reputation on our social networking accounts so much,we forget about our own reputation in real life. We are pressured to do all these things, most of the time unconsciously and social media is the biggest contributor to peer pressure (I did my research). Yes, apps like Twitter and Insta are very innocent apps at the beginning, but now it has been turned into like a guidebook on how you should be to be cool and fit in.

Back to the focus on why I'm deleting my Twitter and Instagram. Before I continue, I'm not hating on the apps, in fact, I love the apps and I have honestly learnt so much from people I do not know (Now that's peer pressure in a POSITIVE CONNOTATION). Unfortunately, for me, the cons outweigh the pro. Whenever I see a pretty girl on insta, I feel the need to look like her and have whatever she has because people think it's cool. My self esteem goes down the drain and I hate on myself for a while because I cannot be like her. I know you may be thinking, "don't let these people affect you then." And that is exactly what I am doing. Deleting these two apps will take me one step closer to build my own confidence and care less about what people think of me. This is my choice guys. I'm NOT telling you that you should do the same thing too. If you have other alternatives then that's great!

But let me ask you something, if I told you to delete your social networking accounts right now, would you do it right away? Or would you like take a while to think about it? I'm sur, you'll be thinking, "Then what am I gonna do when I'm bored? Where am I gonna see all those funny pictures? How will I know what's happening on twitter?" blah blah blah. Well, I thought of things like that too and it made me think about how much I depend on these apps to kill time as well. The apps have been such a huge part of my life,  I feel that it's so difficult for me to delete them. That is when I realise that the apps have to go. I rely on them too much and it has made me think/done things that are against my principles. It honestly made me stoop so low just to meet people's standards. I thought it would be bad if I had to be alone emotionally, but I rather be alone then be surrounded by people who make me feel even more alone -Robin Williams- Do not feel the need to conform to others. Why go through all the trouble to please others when you aren't happy yourself?

Again guys, this is MY choice, it need not be the same situation for you. But I do hope you just sit back and think awhile all the things I've said above. Do you care, even a little bit about your reputation online? The number of likes? Their comments? The followers? Whatever someone else has, you feel like you should have it to cause it makes you damn hipster/cool? And if I told you to delete those apps, would you do it right away without a second thought?

I know you're thinking, "Why don't you delete everything else Rachel?" Good question, well, here are my reasons. I'm keeping Facebook to keep in touch with people so I'm going to be deleting people I do not know. I'm still contemplating whether I should keep my snapchat because I get to see/make really retarded faces. And I'm keeping this blog because I hope through my blog, I'll be able to help people in the right ways and that is because I want to :) No pressure, haha.

So whenever I update my blog, I'll only be posting it on Facebook, that is it. If you're really interested in my blog, come visit it once in awhile and check if not, email me rachelgurl97@gmail.com (don't laugh at my email). I know this is a very controversial topic guys and it can be debatable, definitely! These are just my OPINIONS, they are not facts! If you have any questions/ comments/ statement,please just type in the cbox or talk to me about it. I want to learn more from different people! Ooh, and lemme know what you would like me to blog the next time! I'll be on holiday for the next week so I won't be posting anything during the next 7 days!Anyway, thank you for reading until the end (I'm probably off topic I know, forgive me) and it means a lot to me!:) Please do think about it though.

Love Rachel*