LAST HOLIDAYS... I...
I am having trouble linking up the happenings from the previous vacation period (Nov-Dec 2005) to the semester which just passed (Jan-Apr 2006).

Let me review what I actually did:-

I watched drama on cable tv including "24", The District, JAG, Strong Medicine, Judging Amy, The 4400, House, Numb3rs. The first three being my must-watch favourites and I can get quite irritated if my sisters forget to record them for me. Nevertheless, I still missed some episodes and have yet to hunt down the previous seasons.

Another thing I must say is that when the school term starts, I actually stop watching/recording at all. I consider this a significant sacrifice for school's sake. Shall get these DVDs when I start working and have the money. Anyone has downloaded episodes of these, pls let me know ya?

I watched anime including Saiyuki Reload, Tactics, Maburaho and to a lesser extent (*gasp*) Doraemon. What I like in an anime is its ability to bring out the characters, revealing their insecurities and subtly describing their feelings for one another. It's amazing how animators are able to draw parallels to real life through mere "cartoons". Even Gundam, which seems like all action and violence to the non-fan, hides lessons of a war-hungry human race.

I watched movies on Hallmark channel of which the most notable was "A Christmas Carol (The Musical)" which moved me to tears and I had to cover my face from my sisters and pretend nothing happened.

Heck, I didn't realise I watched so much tv since getting cable tv for Euro'04.

I completed only one game Xenosaga II on my PS2. Good games can be my 精神支拄. To be able to advance in a storyline absorbs me and calms me down, which explains why certain RPG (Role-playing games) are my favourites. Somehow if I go out for three or four consecutive days, I will feel the need to get back to my games.

Again, as with tv, I give them up during the school term.

Some of the time is set aside for helping friends troubleshoot, upgrade, assemble their personal computers, so much so that it has become a holiday routine.

Went out several times with elinear, sky, clove, wen and gang; and also with zhi-jie, mt, yl and the guys. Really enjoy and appreciate being with these two groups of friends. Of course, not forgetting S38 for the annual christmas gathering. Was apprehensive about an army friends outing, but it turned out ok. And the rare but important (to me) CO gathering which consisted of the usual kq, yx, xy, pz, joy, jx. Lastly, a primary school outing which was also rather fun, save for the fact that I was "reprimanded" for not sending a girl to her doorstep.

On an individual basis, have been going out with kq; and cy several times too. While I'm talking about this, I might as well say something which I took seriously only this year. I feel that friends like you make me complacent. You know I'm the type of person who doesn't show concern for his friends. For reasons not told here, I'm the type who sits at home and wait for people to ask me out. I don't show concern for friends, and should be punished with loneliness, yet friends come looking for me frequently. That makes me complacent.

Sometimes I feel that I dun deserve it since I dun show concern for friends. Maybe u guys should start ignoring me. Having said that, this complacency is causing me to open up less easily.

Towards the end of the holidays, spent days trying to tidy up my room in the hope that my headache/fatigue problem will go away if I see less clutter around. Was also quite proud that I painted some doors on my mum's request.

Have suffered the headache/fatigue problem through the holidays thinking that the semester has stressed me out, but it doesn't seem to go away, even after close to six weeks of no-stress holidays. As 2006 moved closer, I finally told my parents about this problem and there was a last ditch attempt to cure this once and for all.

Till today, I still do not know what the real problem is, but apparently nothing is wrong. Somehow my pain threshold is raised as I'm so used to it liao. However, I was a little upset that it was stopping me from getting the amount of exercise that I want.

Though I didn't mention at that time, I started to harbour lofty thoughts about improving my grades till it climbed into the second lower range. I opened up to the idea of staying on for the full 4 years of university to achieve that. Moreover, I think I would miss my friends. I have not made a firm decision yet and I shall see where things take me.

The break was great though. I was happy. And throughout the entire holidays, I see that the end of my studying life is near. I was actually looking forward to starting the new semester, knowing that it would be over soon and I would enjoy myself getting there.
- posted by FaceOff^ @ 5:12 PM