Wednesday, October 12, 2005
[9:54 PM]
when we are overwhelmed with all the piles of work and exams just round the corner, the urge to just give it up and watch tv or do other stuff is oh so great that it becomes almost like a challenge to stay awake and continue on reading and doing our revision.
it's a battle between you and yourself. one part of you feels like it is important for you to not miss out on your favourite tv show (especially so for avid art lovers like me)
while another feels that it is just right for you to prioritise the exams.
but sometimes giving in is easier than to carry on fighting. me? Arrested Development used to be too great a deal to be missed i didn't mind sacrifising my studying time for its sake.
design industry means the world to me missing ANTM would be like missing the one chance that i have to stay alive.
but now? i'm not giving much damn about Brainiac on Arts Central because tv is suddenly the last thing on my mind. though i keep thinking what's on tv every night. the opportunity cost of forgoing tv for the computer is greater than that for the exams.
ahh. mind tricks. i can't believe i'm still falling for it.
anyhow i'm a little frustrated knowing that i just missed a little something about dance that was aired an hour ago on Arts Central. pffft.
dance practice resumed today after a month hiatus (the promos yes...) it felt good (and weird if i must say...) to be dancing again. Shake, the item i screwed up really badly during Teachers' Day because of that particular turn-step-step that i am not able to execute properly till now.
meeting was good. yep we definitely need to step up our involvement and contribution to dance
and yes, be more "humble". not like we're a bunch of show-offs. performing is what we do and loud is how we like things to be.
but the unavoidable misperceptions. envy?
but it's true, we need cheers to motivate us. there's a difference between dancing alone and dancing in front of an unmotivated and silent audience.
smiles alone wont't help. applause during performance is much more appreciated than applause after performance.
but anyhow, inviting all secondary school students, the sec 4s in particular, to come down to SAJC for our open house.
this Saturday, 15th October, 10am onwards i think? we're gonna perform at 11 so it should start earlier than that.
SAJC is fun. trust me :)
and of course, SAJC Rapture Concert happening at the Esplanade next year. tickets selling at $15, $20 and $25.
that's quite a deal all right given the venue of the concert. not often do you get to pay just $25 and yet sit right at the front; utterly perfect view throughout.
start collecting money now :P
Tues - Cultural Day
Wedn - PW Day
Thurs - House Day
Fri - preparation for Sat
Sat - Open House
what a jam packed week. PW Day went quite well despite the fact that the laptops available for our class were all in Windows 98.
like honestly, who still uses Windows 98? it couldn't read my thumbdrive so we couldn't do our work. and thus had to edit our report manually.
good thing the library wasn't as packed as we had expected (well it's PW Day right...) so we started editing the report on the computer like an hour plus before the submission time. it was a race against time.
but honestly, i felt we did quite well. i like the fact that we could work under pressure.
dearest members of my group, your leader here is very proud of all of you. let's keep up the good work people. one more hurdle and we're done, the OP. while that is a few weeks away, some photos of us to feast our eyes on. ......well not exactly :P
i emailed them to our PW email account as well :)