The past few days have been a blur.
It all began last week, on Wednesday night when I discovered that I had FOC for the next 3 days. After that, I was given Sunday to rest, which I used to watch "Ugly Betty", I think. Monday brought another orientation camp, this time within Applied Science, and I got to meet my new classmates and Careperson.
Dr Khin seems like a likable character, she speaks in quick hushed tones and smiles a lot. She has this Beatles haircut which, unfortunately, suits her well. Meh. I hope she stays nice and friendly throughout. I think if I work closely with her and my tutors, I'll be able to do well and be a guai kia.
I don't believe I can't do it all.
Choir two days a week after 6pm, studying and revising almost every day for about 2 hours, practising for my voice lessons, juggling my social life...
2 hours of studying zips by pretty quickly. There's just enough time for me to revise what I learn, so as to understand it better and embed it in my memory. I shall hope for more empty spaces in my timetable so I can utilise the time for studies.
Anything seems more desirable than having to go home to grumpy parents and tired people. There's an aura about this place, and it's suffocating. Since Rabbit left me, I haven't found a reason to want to come home. There's nothing here.
School starts tomorrow, thank God. I've been at home for too long. The last time I went to school for lessons was... in 2008. It's been almost two years, can you imagine how much I've suffered? You wouldn't survive a week at home with these people, it'll kill your spirit, it'll make you cynical and sarcastic. It takes strength and sheer willpower to veer off that path.
I've met so many people in Poly already, most of them genuine, friendly ones. They come from neighbourhood schools and speak hokkien, too, but are surprisingly multi-lingual. I don't always understand what they talk about, though. One of my parents may be hokkien, the other teochew, but I have no dialect roots whatsoever, apart from the measly bit of cantonese I understand.
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