Regret comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are small , like when we do a bad thing, for a good reason. Some are bigger, like when we let down a friend. Some of us escape the pangs of regret by making the right choice. Some of us have little time for regret, because we're looking forward to the future. Sometimes we have to fight to come to terms with the past. And sometimes we bury our regret, by promising to change our ways. But our biggest regrets are not for the things we did... but the things we didn't do. The things we didn't say that could save someone we care about.

So if anything at all, i think this christmas is apt to take it all in our stride and look ahead. It is a known fact that we all cannot turn time. I believe that everyone of us can though, change. One man can make a difference to life and nothing is too late. It is not here that you question who to believe in or whether to believe in me or a higher power. It is here that we begin by believing in you.

My name is Choy Seng Joe, though i might have preferred Ryan because of how much simpler it is to call. I live in a little place known as the lion city. More specifically i live in a litle place people call the red light district. Vividly we all have impressions of a place, and i can pretty much picture the kind of impression you're having right this moment. But believe me if you take a walk down, you are gonna see prostitutes and old men prying their eyes on them. You will see people of all colors and you will see a living. Maybe they look differnt and do things that are vastly different, but everyone of us has a little bit of something thats similar. Take a closer look. Because wehumans aren as enigmatic as we deem, we're just self creating enigmas that do not exist of ourselves. We are in fact, similar in some ways, jus yearning to receive a helping hand.

There comes a day when we all feel lost, distraught and near the brink of giving up. We have teenage suicides, gun shots within a class, children dying from gunfire or a fight among themselves.

That is all not supposed to happen.

These kids, pretty much like you and i, have schools to attend, grades to attain and expectations to live up to. And then there are those, that are constantly made fun of, that evenmight have wished their existence would be of no importance to the students in a school just so they would not be disturbed. And when these students are pushed to a corner where they cannot take that anymore, action equals reaction.

That is all not supposed to happen.

Parents grieve, and adults flare beacuse they've been there, they'v ebeen kids before, they know the bullies, the prejudice and what have you but it is because they got through it and their sons or daughters did not that cause them to grieve. We are all supposed to get past it.

Nothing is worth taking a life. Because life has much installed for us. We are supposed to get by
all of it because theres a silver lining for all of us. We are supposed to get by the loss of a loved one, thebreakups, the bad grades, or even the fat moments. It is a process that we all go through. UNfortunately, not all make it. But take your time. A new year is still in the making.