October !

Hello! I know it's been eons since I've written anything on this blog and I really do apologise for my lack of activity here. It reminds me of how in my previous school my Biology teacher would get so fed up when she asked a question like "is everyone clear about this?" and we'd all either be busy scribbling down notes are simply too tired from the school day to give her an answer and she'd go "RESPOND LIFE FORMS!!" hahaha she really was my favourite teacher :) 


So a lot has happened since I last wrote here and now that I've started again, I really realise how much I missed blogging or just writing down my thoughts in general. You know it's one of those things that you enjoy doing but then once you stop, you can never quite start again because the currents of life are pulling at you from all these different directions and tossing you about till you get lost and practically drown in it all. Then in one last frantic effort to regain stability you reach out and grab hold of this iron hook that can lead you back to safety and only then do you remember how much you had given up and how you took it for granted when all was calm. 
(I just finished a very dramatic book about the life of a murderer so please excuse my theatrics and I'm sorry if they bother you :})

I did manage to finish the project I was working on, I'm proud to announce that I successfully (well for the most part) sewed a whole pencil case from scratch, with the zip, the inner lining and all! It was a great feat but a happy achievement :) and I'll encourage anyone out there to try making something of their own! It could be anything, but please be sure to do it from scratch! Because the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment will be far greater then say, baking with packaged mix or painting a picture from a set of pre-selected colours and a sectioned-out canvas and numbers indicating "1,2,3..".  

The next exciting thing I did during the break was go on my very first cruise!! It was incredible! and exciting and since I really didn't know what to expect, it far exceeded any expectations! (in a good way) the colour of the sea as the waves foam and crash against the side of the ship, the carpeted floors and gold-laid interiors of the corridors, cabins and staircases; I even got to step inside an operating casino for the first time and learn how to play some simple games.. hehe (all very innocent). But there was a darker side to this trip and one I really wasn't anticipating. Since my whole course (consisting of about 110 people) went on board, we had plenty of time to mingle and i learnt somethings about some people that I probably would be happier remaining ignorant about. There was one fellow in particular that scared me. He was much older than any of us. Because he spent extra years in school and then had to enlist for National Service and so yes, was more.. mature. But the scary thing was I totally thought he was a good, respectable type of person and responsible even. But on the first night itself he asked my friend and I (both of us are girls, mind you) if we wanted to go over to his cabin and drink. Vodka. I mean I know there were going to be other people there at least 5 or so all willing to go drunk and get wasted together and try to act tough by defying the forces of nature and staying up all night. stupid. Well I did consider it initially. I thought that since we were on a school trip it wouldn't be so bad and nothing REALLY horrible could go wrong. But then I just couldn't. I mean I'll technically be breaking the law. Because I'm still under-aged and all but in the end, what galvanized my decision was the fact that this same guy and some of his guy friends wanted to go watch this live "adult" show that was basically worse than what one can find at a strip club. heh. so not spending my last night on board in your cabin. no sirree. Anyway, turns out that show was too expensive for him, about 50 bucks a ticket if I'm not wrong and he and his buddies went gambling at the casino instead. Told you, stupid. I think he lost some too, at the casino.  

Sorry to have brought up such depressing and slightly unnerving subjects but I just felt it was an extremely eye-opening experience (not that I can write about why in my reflection journal that is waiting for me to get done) because I mean, you always hear about these things and read about them in the papers, about this kind of people anyway. I always considered myself pretty knowledgeable about the ways of the world and the people who lived in it, but I guess up till now, I have been living a rather sheltered life. 

So now I'm back at school and the work has seriously been piling up and deadlines are being put in place and time is running faster than I can. I really hope to do better this semester than I had the last. Oh! one more thing before I forget! We have to take this compulsory sports module in my school and the funny thing is I choose badminton but got allocated to my sixth choice instead. Guess badminton was just too popular :'( . And that sixth choice was aerobics!! HAHAHAHAHHA
but oh well, I'm a firm believer in the saying that everything happens for a reason and so I'll take it in my stride try to make the most of it! I might even become toned. And, I heard it's fun. Ahahahaha. well, first lesson starts tomorrow! Okay, that's basically all for now, hope I can check in again sometime soon :)