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I'm proud of my memory ability. Of course, I'll lose to a computer, library or a phone because I don't store information like they do, but I have a brain and I use it. And it's thank to the fact that I can remember so many things that I'm able to score well in my exams. I'm not the kind of student who reads and digests information. I'm the kind that gobbles everything up like a pig and then vomit them all onto my test papers. Yupp. And right after the exam it's like I can barely remember anything. This probably applies to most of you as well. 

The tough part of it is maintaining or improving our memory. After just 3 days of studying again I feel like a rusted nail no longer able to be used. (that just came to mind because well, I think my friends and I normally say "I karat alreaydy"). I stare at the questions and notes for a tremendously long time before I understood it. I haven't used my brain to study since December last year, and have been slacking because I had nothing to do. I really felt the side effects of not studying continuously yesterday when it took me about 2 hours just to understand a 4 paged sub topic -______- Time to start up the studying gear before it's too late rawr.




By the way, did you know that stress is one of the worst enemies to have ? Be it yours or mine, if it's bad stress it'll always eat away at you from your core no matter how strong your mentality is. Depression is worse. I don't know how you deal with stress but if I were you, just sit back and take a short nap. Don't let it consume you. Just take some time off and relax. If you can't get off the Internet, might I suggest you visit The Quiet Place ? I like it there. Hehe. Although I strongly that you take a short nap instead of still being on the Internet. They say that it's easier to absorb whatever you read or learnt :) And besides, being sleep deprived adds a bucket load of stress on your body and mind.

Oh well. Time to do another brain workout !! Hehe. And by that, I didn't mean studying. There are other things you could do as well. Like playing instruments, concentration exercises, sudokus, crossword puzzles, etc. Or you could play the typical memory game HAHAHA. I prefer playing the piano and playing sudokus though.... OHHH and speaking of my piano, I haven't been uploading any recordings lately eh ? I'll try to get one up before the holidays are over :) Gimme a comment if you think I should ! HEHE. :)



PS : The pictures and blog content are so different from each other HAHAHAHA. Sorry bout that! The headache I had last night still isn't gone yet :( Not even after a night's worth of sleep !! T_________T 

"I've learnt so much from people who never existed"

I read that quote while scrolling down my Facebook timeline. And that is so true. Imagine the amount of cartoon characters and anime characters and movie stars and actors and games that were never real. Just fiction. Made up by the imaginations of their creators. Some of them had really outstanding characters or  spout unforgettable quotes all the time. They managed to stay at the back of my mind or somewhere near the depths of my heart without being forgotten over the past years. Without realizing, they've taught me lessons and gave me courage, motivation and inspiration. They've played a crucial part in my life, and I don't regret being influenced by it at all. It's mostly good influence anyways. People strive to improve themselves all the time.

I wanted to watch a movie so my mom left Natalie and I there. We decided to watch Epic ! Or rather, I decided to watch Epic. I just HAD to watch a movie today since both my mom and sis watched movies yesterday.... while I had to stay home. Grrrrrr. Before watching the movie, Natalie and I walked around Parade to check out the bazaar stalls. We bought macaroons and earrings ! :) It was my first time having macaroons, and they are really sweet !! I still don't understand why people like to eat them so much. You guys must really have a sweet tooth huh ? Macaroons are too sweet for my taste. It just isn't my cup of tea. 

The macaroons we bought ! :) Natalie chose Vanilla and Red Velvet. I chose Lemon and Green Apple :)

Weirdly cropped because there were so many people in the background ughhhh.

I spent so much money today -____________- Natalie only brought her phone out so I had to pay for almost everything rawr. But let's ignore that HAHAHA. Here's my OOTD picture !! :D Hehehe.

Back in secondary school, whenever I asked my friend "What time is it?", he'll reply me with "Time for you to get a watch". I knew it was a joke, but it tends to get really annoying when you hear the same answer over and over again for the rest of the year. Though I'd prefer that answer instead of the High School Musical's "It's Summer Time!". But thanks to that I actually got myself a watch right now !! HEHE. Though I'm still not used to having a watch on my hand. At least now I can answer people who wants to know the time !! Hehe.

It feels weird to wear a watch again. I almost forgot to take if off while washing rice !! Thank goodness it's water resistant ! Phew !! Mom choose the design for me since I couldn't choose one on my own ! Haha. I'm not really the kind of person who knows how to choose or make decisions. I take almost forever just choosing what kind of clothes or books or pencil cases and such, that I want. I am very indecisive. I think my sister and I are both like that when it comes to food though. We can never answer our mom's "What do you want to eat?" question. Unless we're craving for a specific kind of food. Hehe. Probably one reason why moms have the toughest job ever !! Thinking what to make or lunch and dinner ! :D
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What triggered this sudden gratefulness , you ask ? I was having a conversation with a new friend I made at SMK Seafield ! :) Her name is XinVee and she's a blogger as well !! I felt very elated to have another blogger friend !! We were on the topic of blogging when we remembered how we used to blog in the past, before our blog became how it is today. I've re-read most of my posts since the day I started blogging. I actually can't bring myself to believe that I blogged in such manner before. Oh, and just because I mention it, doesn't mean you have to go check all my previous blogposts, ok ? :)

Just looking at this post number reminds me of how far I've come. I've deleted and remade many blogs prior to this so I must have probably written nearly a thousand blogposts before this ? I even have one of my previous blog links kept alive because I kept all the posts as drafts so I could read them again when I feel nostalgic. I just did. And it's times like these I think my readers are truly awesome. You've shown me a tremendous amount of support even when I was blogging shit like "I feel so bored today" or "Sigh why must we have exams?" and such. I really wonder how you read posts like those. 

Oh, and some of you have been asking me how Form 6 is. I don't have to go through that "What should I wear today?" life episode because I have a uniform to wear !! HAHAHA. Sorry about that :P Well now, it's harder that I expected (I didn't even understand the first Maths class) , but I like the people here. I only know them on the surface for now but I"m sure our bond and friendship will become stronger as time goes on. After all, we'll be in the same school for the next one and a half  years !! It's sad that some will be shifting schools and streams and classes but I respect their decision. If they don't make the choice now, they never will :)  All that's left would waiting the NS students to start schooling then !! HEHEHE. 

:)