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Monday, July 26, 2004 [[*BE grateful! Or you'll be sorry...]]


Homework's piling up. Council work is bogging down. I'm staying back till 7 plus on average for council meetings. Expectations and stress from teachers are ever-present. Promos counting down in T minus 44 days. And despite all this: I find I'm freer in soul and heart than I've been in a long time since I set foot in CJC. Don't ask me why, I just feel that for once, I'm not worrying myself to death over anything. I mean, don't sweat the small stuff! And comparing yourself to other peoples' situations, seriously, your own problems pale so much in comparision. And you don't even have to go to extremes to find such examples. Just take a look around your friends. Who among them has the worst oppressive parents? Who among them has to worry constantly about grades because they're scholars? Who among them has no father because of an untimely passing? (Bless his soul) Who among them has not enough money to eat everyday while we actually have enough to eat and save up spare cash? Who among them doesn't even have a handphone while we go around complaining about handphone bills or the school rules regarding handphones?

We really ought to press 'pause' and take stock of who we are and what we have in life sometimes. And be grateful that for one, most of us have a roof over ourheads, two caring parents who I'm sure care for you in their own way, and money to buy clothes and food everyday.

::echoes::

On that note, poor Tracy lost her handphone and her wallet with the EX-Link card inside. This is the second time she lost the card and she'll have to pay a hefty fine just to remake it. And she has to go home to tell her aunt she lost her stuff and suffer her wrath. On top of facing the inconvinience of no phone book or handphone. Or losing her money and EX-Link card with her wallet. She broke down in the council room after school today after discovering the loss. I feel for her because I used to lose so much stuff when I was younger and I dreaded having to report it to my mom. Amazing, really, what a lil perspective does for you ain't it? I'm not sure how long this fine feeling will last, but I hope it lasts for sometime to come!


`donovan. |8:53 PM|