The two grueling weeks spent on mugging for Common Tests certainly deserves me a break. You cannot imagine how elated I am. The moment the clock reached 4.42pm on Friday, my mind had already spontaneously switched to ‘play’ mode. I hardly checked through my h3 econs paper. The last three minutes were spent in agony, hoping time would past faster, thinking about the immense fun I would be having with the floorballers. I am truly grateful that they waited till 4.45pm for our test to end. Meanwhile, they kept themselves occupied by playing hide and seek and constantly amused themselves. We had an awesome time at raffles place! It’s the first time the floorballers ever went out as a group. On Saturday, I met William at the Esplanade and he thought I was going to the library to mug… Omgosh, what’s wrong with you, man? I had barely been liberated from Common Tests 24 hours ago and you expect me to be studying?!?! HELLO?! Don’t you know how much the holidays mean to Aretha?
I foresee that for more than half of this month, I’ll be spending my time with the floorballers. The other half of the time will be preparing for A levels. That leaves me with just a lil’ amount of time to myself. Unlike previous holidays where I had all the time in my hands to watch movies, draw, play games, go out etc, this holiday is going to be entirely different. It’s time to buck up. It’s time to chuck the trivial matters aside. It’s time to stop petty arguments and silly infatuations. It’s time to have confidence in doing well for nationals. It’s time to start being Aretha. Life is so unpredictable (cliché sentence I know). Teresa was telling me how she thinks that life is just an intersection of choices. I couldn’t agree more. Everyone’s decision ultimately affects ours. We might think our choices are separate from one another, that we have autonomy over our lives. I beg to differ. Our actions affect people in varying degrees, and likewise, theirs affect ours too. Often, we tell ourselves, if only this hadn’t happen, then….blah blah blah. But why are we so concerned over how things should turn out? I truly believe we are not given the authority to judge how things should or should not be. We can only work towards making things happen and if they don’t, then that’s life. Our life has been paved such that there are situations and instances that make us grow, that make us better people. Today, the floorball girls exchanged horror movies like ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’, ‘Dark Water’, ‘The Others’ and ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’. Most of us were cringing while Mer and Pris continued telling their stories so animatedly. I hate watching horror movies. I enjoy scary-psychoey-murdery-mysterious-unexplained thrillers, but definitely nothing associated with the supernatural. Sometimes, I marvel at how paranormal investigators actually desire to seek for the fourth-dimension while others are desperately trying to avoid any contact with the unexplained world. Anyway, last night, I watched 12 episodes of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. back to back. I laughed till my stomach hurt. It was so comical, I tell you.
Anyway, I can’t believe American Idol is over. I’m so disappointed with the results. I was rooting for David Archuleta and I was so confident that it was a knock-out. C’mon America, how could you not vote for the sweet mama’s boy and his melodious, swooning, all-star voice? He amazed the crowds with his take on Imagine by John Lennon.
Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the worldYou still have my vote, David Archie.
My dream will always be a house by the lake. The rustling of the willows and casuarinas. The placid water. The still and tranquil atmosphere as though time has stopped for you to enjoy the beauty of nature, to treasure life as it is. No competition. No masquerade. No urgency. Simply just you and the world in perfect harmony.
