Nice evening at the Esplanade

I am not amazed at how some people serve their rotten service to customers on a platinum platter.

Last Friday, some friends and I went to esplanade to attend a concert called 'beloved places'.

The trip from school to the city felt very squishy, considering it being the peak hour. I suffered some back cramps with me bringing along a violin case and a schoolbag full of magical weight-contributing items. Finally, we reached the esplanade.

Stuff there was really expensive.

I could not bring my violin case in, as the attendant said that it was too bulky

The concert was beautiful at parts, and other's, especially Shostakovich's Symphony no. 1 in F minor, were terribly boring.

Finally, the concert ended, and we proceeded out. I went to collect my violin case. I got it quickly.

And the handle dropped off.

Me: "Eh, excuse me, my handle have dropped off."

Smart actor: "Oh..."

Me: "You know, only after I came to collect it the handle dropped off."

I looked at the fracture lines along the base of the handle. It was not simply just wearing and tearing leading it to dropping off. Such a thing was nearly improbable, considering that I was holding the case vertically up with only one handle on the right supporting its entire weight unbalanced before.

Smart actor: "It was already like that before."

Friend: "No it wasn't."

'Ignorant and Smart' actor: "Er..."*bends down immediately and picks up broken pieces* "Well I believe we can fix it. Here you are - your pieces." *Puts fragments in my hand* "That should do it!" *Smiles at me and act friendly*

Me to my friend, as we walked away: "That was very helpful."

I had some trouble carrying the handleless violin case home. Thinking about it, I am kind of unsure at first whether it was really the attendants who dropped it. However, the more I thought of it, the more frustrated I became. Finally, I could no longer handle it and thus decided to go and fight an argument on the Probability on the Sudden voluntary Development of severe crevices and fractures over a sample time of 2 hours. Unfortunately, they got away just in time.

When I got home, I opened my violin case to check for any furthur damages. Indeed, the string dropped off and the whole violin was severely out of tune. Yes, I was then sure that it was not just as simple as Entropy increase over time.

I am not amazed at their artificial intelligence.

Life in 2009 - Episode 1

School life is getting more busy nowadays. I realised that I had not have any time when I would be homework-free, unlike last year. Last year was a time when I could rush through all my work and have some relaxation for a period of time, but no longer now.

Nevertheless, I cannot resist the temptation not to do my homework during breaks in school. Doesn't it tempt all of us to just go and get a break? And this is probably one reason why I am always loaded up with work. However it is quite a good control to ensure that I do not get too worn out mentally isn't it?

It feels much better to focus all concentration on work at one go, than having work all time round. Supposing the latter, how do we find the time for relaxation? Therefore, I like the way it is, and thus my advice to all excessively hardworking people out there is not to think that it is good to study 100% in school and relax at home, but spread it out into both circumstances.

In assisting my academics, some teachers are really good, while others are not bad. This has totally changed my views on different subjects. Subjects that I looked forward to last year, might not be neccesarily so this year, and thus the other way round. However this year, not only am I still looking forward to PE as usual, but perhaps even more than last year. To me, it is a time to stretch out, relax and freshen up, not just taking a break for lessons like how I treat free periods to be. Thus just as I look forward to PE day, I look forward to the day before also, as I know that PE would only be a day away. I am made PE representative, though I think co-incidentally; but at the same time, I feel that maybe there is a certain link between this and my enthusiasm. Speaking of PE, after having read my handbook full of errors, I have changed my goal for this year's 2.4 km run. To get an A, I need an 11:00 for that.

That's about all I have to say about maintaining an active mind and body for this year. I will write more after I have reached a certain accomplishment of finishing my assigned work. :)