Whirlwind

   Time is really passing by faster than anyone expected and now we are 2 weeks or 14 days before the final battle, the Big One. The more closer it gets, the more stress I've begun to put myself through just to get victory out of all of this mess. And thank God my Mathematics and GP, currently the 2 lowest among my grades, pulled up to a B and C respectively after the mock test series last week. As always, the goal for me is not to defeat anyone in any particular subject but to achieve an overall victory (hopefully straight A's) in all my subjects. And that needs time...

   

   Apart from that, I took a break from all the bewildering revisions and was out with Ben shopping and watching "Real Steel" at Suntec last Sunday. The movie particularly caught my attention (not to mention how awesome the movie was) as it displays Hugh Jackman, after falling out of his boxing career, finding and building his own destiny and identity again in the futuristic world of human robot boxing (ok, it's much more cooler than that). When his ancient G-2 robot was matched up against Zeus, a far more superior robot physically, for the championship, it had been obvious that there's no way in hell his robot would win. But somehow he put his heart and soul into the robot (the final round where he shadows his own robot and fights till the end) and technically defeated the "Goliath" Zeus, although Zeus officially retains the title. This reiterates 1 thing : You may be outnumbered or outmatched by your competitors and rivals but never, ever give up the fight and throw in the towel because your heart and your mind is much more stronger.

   

   Right before I went to meet up with Ben that evening, I was out and about at Orchard with Ms Chong (my kinda hot but a bit stern chemmy teacher) and the J1 jocks collecting my bursary from the Buddhist Lodge Foundation. During the ceremony, a tertiary student called Mabel was featured, which looks like YY (not discussing about her, mind you), and was given an exceptional recognition. Her testimonial, portrayed on a wide screen, portrays she and her mom explaining about their hard life, her pursuit in her academics and how proud her mom is with her. A tearing Mabel then receives an award recognising her achievement and endeavors in her studies. If there's one thing I've known about success, it is that a mom's prayers and hopes could bring their child success they've never experienced before (I've known this euphoria before). The question now is how are you treating your parents and do you really think they are not hurt by your actions? And do you really think you deserve success and peace in life after all this? Think about it...