Haven't been living up to my word of constant updates here. Everytime I feel like blogging, another voice in my head will persuade me to procrastinate.
It's been a dark period, every other day filled with rain. I wonder what went wrong with the weather. Usually, this time of the year, it shouldn't be raining so frequently. El Nino? Greenhouse effects? It has been raining almost non-stop for the past few days. I guess it's time to build mini dams across all our major monsoon drains to harness the extra bit of hydroelectricity and to use the electricity to reclaim more water from the sea or our excretion.
Friendster seems to have slow down drastically. When Zhiliang told me it was slow, I brushed it off lightly, telling him that he was the unlucky one who got the 'special' treatment by the server. Looks like this treatment knows no barriers and has no differential capabilities, for I'm getting it too.
The SAT went well on last Saturday. It started about two hours later. Cramming more than 2000 candidates into an exhibition hall to take the test isn't the wisest of choices. The amount of adminstration simply bogged down the entire operation. On the other hand, I had ample time to get accustomed to the place and calmed down sufficiently to take the test. Similar to one of my presentation during poly days. My girlfriend was before me and she had warmed the audience with her jokes and the atmosphere was very much relaxed. I was so tickled that my nervousness vanished almost instantly. One can say that she contributed to my good grades then.
However, Saturday turned out to be the darkest day in my life, as far as I can remember. To kick things off, the zip of my cargo pants went loose, resulting in incomplete zipping. Small issue there, at least both sides are still held together. Later at night, the zipper went burst during a visit to the washroom. Alright, still not so bad, as my tucked out T-shirt was long enough to hide the embarassment. It was raining the whole day and many potholes and depressions in the ground were filled with water. I guess my right shoe had taken one too many dips and the sole decided to come off, leaving only one half left attached to the shoe.
It's my Nike Goretex!!! It was supposed to be water resistant! My heart ached when I saw the sole flapping. I spent a good $170+ on it and it had served me well. I didn't expect it to wear out this fast. I had noticed some cracks a few months ago and dismissed them as normal wear and tear. Seems like that was a warning of more to come. I'll get them glued back and see how things go.
And my handphone died on me. It was my fault for not checking the battery status the night before. In the morning, it had only 1 bar left. After dinner, it was depleted. When I was going home, I waited at the traffic junction to cross the road legally. Usually, I'll jaywalk but the grass was muddy from the rain so I decided to walk the concrete instead. There was a pool of standing water right in front of me and a car went past it at high speed, sending huge waves to its sides. Naturally, I was in the line of fire. Since my pants are wet from the rain, it doesn't matter to be wet by the splash. Still, I'd like to categorize this as an unlucky event.
All in all, a downright unlucky day. 5 things, zip came loose first, then zipper burst, handphone died on me, shoe sole came off and being splashed by some inconsiderate speeding motorist. As they say, there's always a balance to things. Perhaps I have used up all my luck in guessing the answers for my SAT and thus I suffered from misfortune for the rest of the day. If that's the case, I'm expecting to see at least a 1500 in two weeks' time.
It's been a dark period, every other day filled with rain. I wonder what went wrong with the weather. Usually, this time of the year, it shouldn't be raining so frequently. El Nino? Greenhouse effects? It has been raining almost non-stop for the past few days. I guess it's time to build mini dams across all our major monsoon drains to harness the extra bit of hydroelectricity and to use the electricity to reclaim more water from the sea or our excretion.
Friendster seems to have slow down drastically. When Zhiliang told me it was slow, I brushed it off lightly, telling him that he was the unlucky one who got the 'special' treatment by the server. Looks like this treatment knows no barriers and has no differential capabilities, for I'm getting it too.
The SAT went well on last Saturday. It started about two hours later. Cramming more than 2000 candidates into an exhibition hall to take the test isn't the wisest of choices. The amount of adminstration simply bogged down the entire operation. On the other hand, I had ample time to get accustomed to the place and calmed down sufficiently to take the test. Similar to one of my presentation during poly days. My girlfriend was before me and she had warmed the audience with her jokes and the atmosphere was very much relaxed. I was so tickled that my nervousness vanished almost instantly. One can say that she contributed to my good grades then.
However, Saturday turned out to be the darkest day in my life, as far as I can remember. To kick things off, the zip of my cargo pants went loose, resulting in incomplete zipping. Small issue there, at least both sides are still held together. Later at night, the zipper went burst during a visit to the washroom. Alright, still not so bad, as my tucked out T-shirt was long enough to hide the embarassment. It was raining the whole day and many potholes and depressions in the ground were filled with water. I guess my right shoe had taken one too many dips and the sole decided to come off, leaving only one half left attached to the shoe.
It's my Nike Goretex!!! It was supposed to be water resistant! My heart ached when I saw the sole flapping. I spent a good $170+ on it and it had served me well. I didn't expect it to wear out this fast. I had noticed some cracks a few months ago and dismissed them as normal wear and tear. Seems like that was a warning of more to come. I'll get them glued back and see how things go.
And my handphone died on me. It was my fault for not checking the battery status the night before. In the morning, it had only 1 bar left. After dinner, it was depleted. When I was going home, I waited at the traffic junction to cross the road legally. Usually, I'll jaywalk but the grass was muddy from the rain so I decided to walk the concrete instead. There was a pool of standing water right in front of me and a car went past it at high speed, sending huge waves to its sides. Naturally, I was in the line of fire. Since my pants are wet from the rain, it doesn't matter to be wet by the splash. Still, I'd like to categorize this as an unlucky event.
All in all, a downright unlucky day. 5 things, zip came loose first, then zipper burst, handphone died on me, shoe sole came off and being splashed by some inconsiderate speeding motorist. As they say, there's always a balance to things. Perhaps I have used up all my luck in guessing the answers for my SAT and thus I suffered from misfortune for the rest of the day. If that's the case, I'm expecting to see at least a 1500 in two weeks' time.
posted by hg @ 21:39
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