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Mood: relieved Fact of the day: event of the week: flying off this sunday
My mom used to say I always "hug Buddha's leg", which in Chinese, means doing things in the last minute and praying for the best. I can't deny procrastination is one of my biggest weaknesses. And this time, it's really almost gotten me into trouble.
I had a problem with my travel document, and I should have been handling it once I arrived in Singapore. But damn, because I didn't think it was a difficult problem, I didn't actually do anything until two weeks later. So when my document got lost in the mail, it didn't seem possible to get a new one sent to me in time at all. Yes, considering my flight is but 2 days away, I didn't have my complete travel documents until today. I was waiting for uiuc to send me one very essential document. For the whole week, I've been waiting.
Which is why, for the past week, I've been having very bad mood swings. On one hand, I try very hard to keep optimistic and sometimes I do manage to relax. But other times, once I remember the fact that I've not received that document yet, I can't help but feel exasperated. I really wished I had a Buddha's leg to hold on to, because there really wasn't anything else I could do but pray.
Basically, if I still didn't get my document today, I would have to go postpone my flight. I felt this mixture of fustration, pessimism, sadness and helplessness when I woke up this morning. I was dreading the new day, because this is already the final deadline and if this new day doesn't bring me that document, I'll be in a lot of trouble. Dreading the day....it's never happened to me before, and this time, I actually dreaded seeing the morning. Man, I really brought this upon myself. Sigh..
The document finally came this afternoon, which really made me very happy. Extremely relieved. Sigh....Buddha's been helping me after all. But the next time round, I may not be able to grab his leg in time. Time to kill my procrastinating habit. But for now, let me just say, it's a major big PHEW for me today.
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