Sick and tired of the silly game

Sometimes I wake up feeling as though half of me is dead.

Stony

My sleeping hours have been restricted to between 3 and 5 hours for the whole of this week! Surprise. I used to turn in to bed when the clock strikes 11pm or 12am, but because of certain commitments I just have to make do with the adjustments. The previous night was worse, bedroom time was confined to just 3 hours and in a jiffy, at 6 in the morning, I had to rush to Ang Mo Kio Secondary. Yea, for the RCY Current Affairs competition. Made some alterations to the powerpoint slides till 3am or was it 4am? Anyway we lost. I was gunning for at least a consolation prize you see. So, naturally, I am disappointed with the performance. But I guess when it comes to competitions, prominent schools are still the reign. Not implying that neighbourhood schools do not stand a chance to be the kings and queens, but just that elite schools have a far better crop of students.

What was worth the experience was that I got to know of the Hougang Secondary School Youth Officer. The one and only neighbourhood school to make the cut for the finals. I didn't manage to get hold of her name but Stephen said that it was because of the measures she put in place for the school's unit that they rose to among the best units in the districts, or I should say, Singapore. She was easy to talk to and even made a few jokes with us. And one piece of news. She told me personally that she will be joining Serangoon Secondary's pool of teaching staff next year. Teaching Geograhy I think. She's rather eager to find out more about us, as in the school's unit and our school environment. From what I can predict, she should be a rather interesting teacher. So Geography students, do keep an eye out for her because she might be the next big thing in the school.

A very taxing day.

Recipe to getting smart! - Nutty as fruitcakes

Had a nice little talk to my brother earlier. Some light bantering here and there, and there you go, you've just invented the recipe to having the perfect Saturday. Or should I say Sunday? Yes, I think chats are the ideal mate for passing time weekends. So as usual we talked about some topics... things that are silly enough to provoke in-depth thinking. I mean, really motivate me to do some soul-searching. And of course some funny stuffs.

It all started with me not being able to solve a Maths question. I wanted to ask for his guidance when he began his professor-like preaching. So he said,"You should do it yourself. You forget concepts easily when you ask others for help too often."

Damn, I knew, that's what he's gonna say. It's his TRADEMARK line anyway. Then to make him more willing to help me solve my problem, I told him,"But I've been looking at this question for an hour and I still have no clue how to do it."

After much badgering, he still didn't give in to my request. And it's from here that the real show kicks off. He goes on and talked about how he would sleep when he couldn't find the solution to questions he doesn't understand. Then I realised the similarity between us. I sleep when I'm feeling downcast and frustrated and that's almost the same as the reason to why he tucks in to bed, besides feeling tired, of course. He gave me the assurance that if I don't bother myself too much with a question or simply cosy myself up in bed, the answers will automatically come churning out later. Wow, is this what people called 恍然大悟? (suddenly enlightened) One last amusing part. He says,"Ordinary people need to take many years to succeed. But if you are the exception, then I guess you don't even have to study at all. Just like gifted kids."

So I said,"IN THAT CASE, I WANNA BE EXTRAORDINARY."

"Too bad. 世界肯本没有空间来容纳那麽多天才." - A pity that the world does not have enough place to accomodate too many geniuses.

You might find it peculiar why some texts are in Chinese. This is because they are the precise words used. I quoted them because I guess the conversation sounds more interesting in their roots form. Also, you wouldn't lose the main "catch" of the whole conversation.

Ah, my stomach feels queasy after eating the cookie my brother offered me. So much for saying I would be able to solve the question after eating.

Byes.


Young at hearts, actually. ;p