The truth of the matter is: I was already contemplating missing church for soccer the night before. Why did it have to clash?? A big part of me wants to play footie, plus… I need the exercise!! Gasp! Shall elaborate on that later.
My mum asked me where I was going, as usual. And I said soccer. Well I was lying, as u usual. Although this time, it’s not the usual “meeting friend”, “do project”, blah blah… Most of the time when I said soccer, I was indeed kicking. Only I didn’t tell on the post-soccer activity. Surely, this made me feel better.
I recall an incident beginning of the week. It was my sister’s 1st day of school after her 1 week break. And she was late. Dad had to fetch her to school as a result. Apparently Chung Cheng High has this policy of making latecomers do 50 starjumps. Afraid of the punishment, Ruiling asked my dad to lie to the discipline master that he was responsible for her tardiness, being the one who had overslept etc. I was flabbergasted at her suggestion, and responded sternly, “How can you even think of that?? Lying is NEVER an option!!”
Almost immediately I was overcome with shame. How about me then? I guess we always tend to seek the easy way out. XT tells me my mum confirm knows, she’s only waiting for me to come clean with her. Not daring to face the problem, I’m keeping my fingers crossed. But it’s ever so tiring...
Now I’m beginning to wonder which is the easier way out is for me...
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On a happier note, I helped out at St. Luke’s Elder Care Centre’s health screening yesterday. My 1st time “playing” with the spygomanometer and the stethoscope. I feel like a doctor already!! But of course, I was only masquerading. Jiaxi, Ken, KM and his 2 frens, Liping and Liling were the more qualified ones (being medical students), apart from the other already qualified doctors, Ching Kit and Yining and their friend. In the end even pastor tried his hands at the instruments. In any case, I am glad I learnt something. At least I now know how to read the “systolic” and “diastolic”. And I may have gotten myself an internship opportunity. This arose after chatting briefly to another volunteer, who happened to be a HR manager with STATSchipPAC. Hooray!!
After that it was mid-autumn festival celebration at Guilly. I think pictures speak louder than words, so I’ll probably wait till pictures are uploaded before posting them here =P
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Unable to put up with the sluggishness of my desktop as well as my sister’s and mum’s incessant complaints no longer, I finally spent one afternoon formatting it. Took a while coz the itchy-finger me went to tweak some settings. And in the end I couldn’t set up my connection. Exasperated, I called the SingNet helpdesk, got past a series of recorded instructions before I was finally able to communicate my concerns with a technical officer. After speaking to him, I realised my folly: I had keyed in the wrong password. This despite insisting adamantly that I had the correct password from the onset. How stupid can I be??
After that I went for a run. Oh! And I managed to catch a recording of 射雕英雄传 today. 郭靖 is my favourite 金庸 hero!! Why did they have to name it Legend of the Arching Heroes?? I’d prefer Condor anytime. And i think i still preferred the 83' TVB version. I remember being mesmerized by the Guo Jing character played by Felix Wong when i was young. Such chilvary!!
