I was feeling awfully down today. Homework piling up, host of other issues troubling my mind. While I was having dinner with my mum, she started asking why I looked so stressed and tired recently. My eyebags are showing and my dark circles, don't even get me started on them. I look like I got served two punches in the face, one at each eye.
Anyway, when I started telling her about how stressed out I was, she told me why not I just drop one subject. Now, before you go "WTS?", my mum doesn't really know how A level works, that it's no longer best 4 or 5 subjects anymore. It's everything. So I don't blame her. I started crying because I mean, really, sometimes you just have to cry to let it all out right. Especially something that's bottled inside for so long.

My dad caught me crying and, well obviously wasn't very happy seeing his kid cry right? I mean, which parent likes seeing their kid cry?
So he got me to sit down with him and talk it out. Of course, my dearest daddy isn't the best counsellor type you could find in the world, and he isn't extremely tactful. But he meant well and did help me realise some things. Though he didn't fully understand why I cried, he tried. And that's all you could ever ask for, right?

So I am extremely thankful for the great dad that God has truly blessed me with, and I wouldn't trade him for the world.
And of course, thankful for the great mummy that God has also blessed me with, who knows me inside and out, something I realise is a rare to have.

♥

Of course, right after the talk, I wasn't instantly better.

So, thanks Guan Cheng and Kai Xiang for making me feel a whole lot better. It was fantastic to have someone to talk it out with till you're calm. I'm especially grateful for these friends because they've honestly seen me really upset before and had me go to them so many times, you'd think they'd be fed up with it.
But they aren't, and they are really sincere, trying to make me feel better.
Although both do it differently, both work wonders. Lovely friends, really.

And of course, I'm grateful for the funny friends I have around me, like Yan Ngee, Mei Yuan and Bi Qin. They make school life so much more enjoyable and make me laugh off my stress. Love them to bits.
Tiny little bite sized bits.

Tomorrow I'm going to church. Really looking forward to it!
And going to have dinner with someone I dearly miss, along with my choir lovelies. Excited!

Thank you, Lord. For everything.

Help me, dear Lord. I can't do this on my own. I can't handle this alone. I need your forgiveness and your shelter. I feel crushed under all this pressure. Please, help me.

Hey all, another week of school has started. Mannnnnn... :(
It's only the third week and it's already so exhausting. Monday's the shortest day though. Hahah! (Y)
But I have Physics remedial from 2 - 3.30pm after school. :(
Bad points: It's after school, and it's Physics.
Plus points: It's really helpful, and the ex-students who are teaching us are very patient. (:
The MCQs were actually quite alright. Haha, I should thank Mr Loh for that.

Anyway, Wen Lin brought her hamster to school today! Can someone say ADORABLE? I can! I was so excited over it. HAHAHA. So cute, to the point I asked YN for one for my birthday. Talk about shameless and impulsive. HAH. But I think if I had a hamster, it'd probably... die. *sad face*

And today, during PE... Kai Xiang is like a (mini) king of destructive force. I got hit by the handball once on the chest (above the bust, tyvm), twice on my legs and once on my head.
I think KX is out to kill me. LOL. Just kidding.
The hit to the chest wasn't excruciatingly painful, but I think it was the shock + impact that made me cry. No, I didn't sob like WAAAAAAAABOOOHOOOO. No.
KX was so guilt ridden, he kept apologising. Then he didn't dare to throw the ball at me. He passed it, lightly I might add. Of course, I think he was just being the knucklehead he is and just messing with me.

After school, Guan Cheng asked me for a "pen that's very thick.. and brightly coloured". Which would be?
A marker.
LOL Guanch, super LOL.

After Physics remedial, I went to meet my brother at BPP. LOL. My brother's super cute.
I called him and asked "Where are you?" And he replied "I'm walking to BPP now. Shall I run?"
LOL. HAHAHA. 'cause he knows I don't like to wait. Hahahah! Adorable fella.

I told him to meet me at Starbucks, but on the phone he told me he didn't know where that was. Turns out he heard me say "Starhub". *facepalm*

After I got him the basketball he's been bugging me for, he asked if I could help him buy a CD and that he'd pay me back later. I know right, a ten year old, telling you he'd pay you back later? My brother's some superman of saving money.
Turns out he wanted to buy the "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" CD. And I happily told him, "I wanted to watch that movie too!"
Guess what, he really took that into consideration and told me this.

"Since you also want to watch the movie... We share the cost okay. I pay half you pay half."

ROFLCOPTER.
My brother's negotiating skills. My gosh.

Hahah. What a day.
Alrighty, I have to get on with homework. Hahah.
Oh yes, I saw this on twitter. "waiting for @SZEMINGG to post her hmk list. i know. defeats the purpose of my planner."
Hahah! I'm glad my homework-tweets help someone other than myself. Hahah.

Okay, loads of homework to do.
1) Physics tutorial.
2) Chemistry tutorial.
3) Math tutorial.
4) Chemistry mindmap.
5) Physics tuition work.
6) Math tuition work.

I was wondering, since I usually tweet my daily list of homework, maybe I should set up a twitter account for 09S21 and tweet it there. Since our class blog is... obviously rather useless.
But, that was just a random thought I had on the bus, on the way home, while I was typing the homework tweet, if you will.

Anyway, this week has been, yet again, extremely tiring yet pretty satisfying.
This week, I actually bothered to complete the math tutorial before it was said that we had to do it. It gave me a lot more time to complete other work. Now, before you label me as a nerd.
I did the 'extra' work because I had absolutely nothing to do one day and since I had math tuition that day, I had this sudden urge to do math.
OKAY, that.. didn't really help me escape the nerd label.

Anyway, during one of the Chemistry classes, our tutor had told us to prepare salad, and bread.
There was this activity where we got to taste ethanoic acid (?), which was present in balsamic vinegar if I'm not wrong.

But, we didn't have the time to eat the salad.
Since YN, RS and ZX were the ones who bought it, and because no one else wanted it. We ended up having to eat it. D:

It was alright. I mean, it's a salad. The taste of raw vegetables can't reall deviate from the taste of raw vegetables.

But it's quite obvious that YN and BQ aren't vege-fans.

Speaking of school, it's only the second week and it already feels like it's been a few months. :(
The work load is beginning to grow, no surprise there.
It was nice of Mr Hiap to speak to our co-CT about the work load, since we kind of did whine to him. LOL. Whether it was for his hockey guys or whatever, it was still a very nice thing for a teacher to do.

Of course, I doubt it'll change anything about the workload.

Alrighty, I'm off to try and complete a bit of the homework. D: