++ that puerile breathing ++
Saturday, 1 October, 2005 11:45 PM

let me deal with readers' requests first, before i get down to the real stuff.

salt wants exam dates cos she doesn't have her timetable any more. so here you go girl.

tue geog 8 - 1010
wed physics 8 - 10
econs 1 - 310
fri maths 8 - 11
mon physics spa 8 - 3
(4th shift? so dunno what time)

SPOILER lah you. haha.

nat wants to be praised so that his head will swell and thus his new hat will fit him better O_o [get another hat, isn't that easier?! hahaha] okayyy so yeah. nat is a nice girl. guy. whatever. haha. cute! and lame [sia]! and THANKEW for all the very entertaining smses, as well as all the peiing and mugging times. cos he always makes me laugh, even when it's not funny. haha. you make my day =) happy?

now that that's settled. on to the rambling.

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happy children's day people!

damn. don't you miss those carefree pri school days. you come home after school, eat lunch, bathe, spend maximum 1 hr on homework then you can play the rest of the day. holidays were real holidays, meant for slacking, not the faux "study breaks" we have now, which aren't breaks at all, but rather time for intensive revision.

or kindergarten, even better. no homework, no real lessons, just field trips and playing catching in the playground.

you learn the most important and fundamental lessons of life as a child, actually.

like always finish your food.

take afternoon naps.

play nice with other kids.

there are times when you should talk, and times when you should just put your finger on your lips and be quiet.

when going out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together.

share everything.

when you hurt someone, say sorry.

put things back where you found them.

clean up your own mess.

don't take things that aren't yours.

wash your hands before you eat.

flush.

be happy.

warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

you see. wisdom doesn't just come from mugging nonstop and cramming for exams, only to forget everything the next day anyway. it's right there in the playground, among the swings and slides and sand, everything you ever needed to know about living.

happier times. the world was simpler, more beautiful, more amazing when we had time to stop and smell [and poke! haha they're super fun to poke] the mimosas. not that they have any smell to begin with, but hey, whatever.

and the innocence of childhood. back then it wasn't so complicated. the most serious social crisis amounted only to "i don't friend you", but after a cooling-down period of a few days at most, everyone would hug and be friends again. not like now. all the guessing games, the double entendres, the hypocrisy. almost everything has a double meaning. you get jaded, you get cynical, and after a while you just give up on the world.

so. people. stay young at heart.

don't give up =)