i'm relatively happier now than i was earlier in the day. almost had another breakdown. which isn't a very comforting thought in school. the cause of it was mostly due to the stresses of school and teachers and the upcoming prelims. there's not much time left, i haven't started on revision although i WANT to. mostly because i can't finish my homework yet.really should take matt's advice : some homework just don't deserve to be done. haha. but that's the most practical thing now. if not revision will never start. however, i did cheer up when we had GP, despite the not very impressive comprehension we got back. but it's productive! GP of all subjects, but i find it more interesting than bio nowadays. learning about structures and how to answer questions properly, is encouraging, and i feel like i'm actually learning something useful!

and so on my bus ride home, many decisions were made. i was about to go to great world city and mug a little, but i took phina's advise and decided not to, since i was partially brain dead and pretty tired. and then it occured to me that today was thursday - my running day. and i didn't get to run after pe due to bio consolidation. and so i thought: i'd put my bag down at home, then go run before buying dinner home. i did that eventually, but i was contemplating on swimming too..nice cool waters.but i got lazy with limited time constraints. and as i passed by zouk area, inspiration hit me to run in another direction - down singapore river!
so i took only about 10mins to reach liang court and clarke quay, then ran about fort canning park a little, before running back. on the way back, an open-top purple hippo bus was passing by in front of me, filled with high tourists.. and so i waved! which is probably the best thing that happened all day. they started waving back, all smiles, and their enthusiasm infected me. one of them even shouted 'you can stop running!' (because i was jogging on the spot waiting for the traffic light to turn green) it was warm, hilarious, a real mood lifter. if you saw me then, there was a smile on my face. Running along the singapore river, down robertson quay, right in the middle of clarke quay (that i don't want happening again...it's a little attention grabbing...) but there were nice food smells drifting out to me from the restaurants as i ran by. mostly a tourist area with caucasians and some asians about.

came home, got a relatively healthy dinner (cai fan with two veges), took my bath and watched the new 42" LCD tv. finally relaxed. and now i'm going to sleep. the 40minute run was tiring. i'll post presents another time.

Edit: Presents i got from people
Hockey: Tea tree oil care range from The Body Shop
Anne&Ariel: 500 recipes for muffins
brother: The Wild Things
classmates: CAKE.
myself: Zara Wedges (: