just a quick drop by.. came online to complete my schedule..

the past few days was really hectic. suddenly i felt like the schoolwork that needed to be done is endless. looking at my schedule, the ministry stuff are crammed into the days following tomorrow. There's chem test tomorrow also!! its a major one on Organic Chem, pray for Rinus, Ren Jie, me, Yee Wah.. Why major? during civics in the hall we were supposed to attend a talk on total defence, i ran my eyes through the cohort and saw that most of them are revising for chem test (or sleeping). After that we had GP content module which lasted 2 hours. My class' attendance was *i dunno what word to use* 11/25 students. Surprisingly the teacher didnt express her anger and disappointment that explosively. i was secretly hoping for fireworks. i was rather upset also, my only other classmate attending the class was the class chairperson, and she merely msged me and told me she wasnt going. If i were the teacher, i would be very discouraged and furious with the class. Even worse, of the 11 who turned up, I was the only student who completed the assignment. i was like O.O horrible attitude!!! i spent like hours yesterday to finish the assignment only to learn that i was the only one was ready to hand in. what atrocities! and most havent even started doing. wow. the best thing was, the teacher was gracious enough give 2 days' grace. So while she gave the remaining half hour for the rest to do their work, she allowed me to study for my chem test tomorrow. But she walked over to my table and sat beside me and we started a conversation about teachers, lessons.. She told me she could have easily just walked out of class when she saw the attendence at a record low, but she had prepared her lesson and must still continue. had a nice chat with her.

Its Valentines' Day today!!! i entered school today commenting to my sister-in-christ that it feels like Christmas again. i have never really immersed into this culture yet, i left my soul among the guys in secondary sch, so i am still surprised. Students scurrying around to give their friendship gifts, believing that the gift can be a covenant of their friendship. My class chairperson proudly presented her beautiful gift to the other 3 members of her 4-person clique. it was really very nice, each member received a tile when placed together, formed an squared exquisite artpiece 'friends forever'. i watched in awe and amazement (not jealousy) at the many other gifts i saw at almost every corner of the school. They paraded with their valentine bags, the only difference that set theirs apart from the goody bag you see on NDP is the flower that peeks out from beneath. from real flowers to toy flowers, from a whole box of chololates to 1 choco eclair sweet. haha, my harvest?2 lollis, 1 MnMs, 1 decorated wooden peg, 1 heart-shaped sweet :) i requested a choclair sweet to keep me awake during GP. I had also asked for a Ferrero Rocher chocolate to remind me of V-Day - coz its Ferrero-0 Valentino-0 Rocher

budding romance are probably made to bloom today as i see the glistening faces of couples. must have received something from their honey cupcakes, or muffins, or whatever u call it. Hopefully those taking their test tomorrow won't go for a dinner date later to conclude V-DAy. If love is formalized into the Chemistry syllabus, many will ace tomorrow's test, and i will fail horribly. There's nothing in love thats Chemistry or the other way round. So better focus on studying Chemistry.

Happy V-Day

vin