Happiness Could Be Easy To Get

Now, i am really happy and contented with what i have (except my results)!

Actually, to be happy, you must be contented of what you have now. I have a new phone (which was my father's old phone) with better functions than my previous one. Thus i am truly overjoyed! I finally have a better phone...

Upon having a new phone, i found that i am indeed very lucky----i have braces to adjust my teeth; i am eating health supplements; i have a warm and loving family; and have a improved appearance (all thanks to my short hair)!

Sadly, my Mean Subject Grade this term has dropped from 1.86 to 2.00. It seems like i am not doing well...I think i better buck up in the final term so as not to disappoint my family and me.

Today, i went to my former school: Jurong West Primary School. I met my former teachers who were over the moon when they saw me. Everyone around me seems to be caring me. Although i am not very impressed by the noise in my school, i sighed that time indeed past swiftly. The 'new' year in Secondary School is almost coming to the end.

Anyway, i hope that everyone will be contented and happy everyday! :)

Yeah!

Manchester United won Fulham by 5-1!!!

Having waited for quite a long time, the English Premier League has finally started once again. Although i am not a hard core fan, but i really do enjoy in supporting my favourite team. Now that the once sluggish ManU won easily, i am so glad and relieved... (i know i sound very weird...)

I don't know if it will seem awkward for me to talk about soccer in my blog (please give me your views), but i think i really like to see ManU win and win and win...

On this Wednesday, my erhu training is cancelled!!! (miracle...) So i watched a debate competition between Nanyang Girls High and a China School. Fascinating... I think i will watch more debate competitions as it can improve my language and interests me.

My sabbatical is about diplomacy!? Anyway sabbatical is a week of course that we chose to attend with no normal lessons at all. Indeed, diplomacy is a bit too high a level for Sec. 1s to touch on. So it is quite a struggle, but i learnt many useful things.

Managing Time

I always have this problem: not managing time well.

Now, i am gradually trying to use every second of my life well!

I had to split my life into many parts: 1 sleeping, 2 going to school, 3 eat and rest (including visiting the washroom), 4 doing homework, 5 revise for tests, 6 practicing erhu (anyway last Friday the erhu practice was miraculously canceled) and 7 recreation. The first three cannot be improved much; the sixth and seventh will depend on the fourth and fifth.

Last weekend, i miraculously completed my homework (more than usual) before Sunday night! Maybe it's still very slow compared to others but at least i did not waste any time daydreaming or groaning and moaning. This feeling is so good! Don't need to worry if i have enough time to complete my homework!

However, i was afraid of forgetting to do something as i finished them early...

Hope that i can get use to it!

Changed Character

In primary school, I was always left out by my classmates. I don't really know how to mix with them. This lead to the often gloom then. Only when i was in primary 6, i got a few friends. Seems like i've finally discovered the 'secret' of making friends.

Although my skill of making friends seems to be continually improving, up till now, in secondary 1 (Grade 7), i don't have many good friends, but at least i did not feel so lonely anymore. Perhaps it's my character: not sporty nor loves playing games that causes the 'outcast'. So of course there's not much topic to talk about. Whenever most classmates talked to me will be like: "What's the topics tested on tomorrow's Science Test?", "Must we hand in the Chinese homework today?", "I don't know how to do these Chinese questions. Can you let me copy one of those (pointing to the stack of homework i had collected)?"...all these are related to academic, as i look like one who put academic as my first priority to them...haiz...

I will tell you how i eventually got friends. Actually, i was once very selective on who to make friends with. Yes, selective. How? I only make friends (if any) people of similar character so that communication seems easier. However i realized that wasn't the correct method so i accepted any friends that are approachable (if any). I approach and try to talk to them or join into their conversation. It takes much effort.

I couldn't possibly change my character so that there will be some topics to talk about; I prefer what i am now. However, there was a contrast in what my friends commented about me. From "He is so quiet and shy lor." to "He was quite chatty leh.", i think that was not too bad anyway. What's more i am more happy now.

Every now and then, when i saw a shy boy walked past me in school, i feel glad that i had changed my quiet character to a more chatty one. I must be more sociable, as this will be a key factor of success in life.

Finally i am now only left with one Mathematics test. Hooray!

The Regretful Careless

Oh no! I carelessly place my The Village By The Sea literature book in my locker in school!!! I could not do Ace for my Literature now and what's more, I have a Literature test on Monday...

Sometimes, i know i remember i need to do something, and i often forget them. This is already about the 50th time i had carelessly forgot to take somthing with me! Now what could i do? I would do badly for my Literature test! This consequence seems to be too severe...

I think i really need to be calmer when doing things. If only i had spent some time thinking what i should bring with me before i went home, i would not be so troubled and regretful.

HELP!!!

Mother and Son

In the bus today, around 6.30pm.

I witnessed the loving care of a mother. So touching.

Perhaps many small children of an age of 4 are very active and cried on things that seem trivial to us. What if they happen to throw tantrums in a bus, with so many passengers looking?

Then the mother will calm the child down and tell him why is throwing tantrums not a good method to express his feelings.

That's what i saw.

Once again, i felt that we children are so fortunate to be loved deeply by our parents, even if they have their own troubles or were stressed, they put them aside and take care of us, telling us what we should do and what we should not do, and now, giving us the strongest moral support they could.

So that's why being filial to our parents (repaying their love) is emphasized by many.

Maybe the next time we have different views with our parents and were about to quarrel, think about how they have loved you...

Then calmly discuss it with them.

Your parents might have said that they don't need a present from you for their birthday...

They just hope that you will be more filial and obedient.

Happy days

Practice makes perfect! That's true. I keep on practicing erhu songs till i really improve! That's certainly a 'present' to me! Finally, i am not so worried about my erhu skills.

Now that i had finished 50% of all my tests, stress is partially removed and i will have time to do my ACE projects. ACE is reflected in end-of-year result, weighing 15% and we can earn ACE by doing projects. For many subjects, i am still way behind: only about 1/3. HELP!!!

Also, I am quite fed up with my plain blog skin: i don't know how to change it. Can anyone who knows give me some tips? I visited blogskins.com, but i don't know how to download.

I know that from the previous posts, it seems that i am a pessimist. But in reality, i am not. I even feel happier after i went to secondary school despite the stress. Maybe i view them as challenges. In fact, maybe i am optimistic.

Hope you guys can smile as much as you can!