A rainy Saturday morning

I'm awake so early this morning when it's such a wonderful time to snuggle between the bedsheets and sleep through the cold! My mom wondered if I'm awake due to work-related stress and deep inside me I think so, though I justified to her that it's nothing and to myself that I would like to make full use of the morning when my mind is the freshest. Leave the mindless stuff to be done at night!

After watching some TV, reading the local papers (with the conscious effort to skip the propaganda-laden sections especially - not that the rest aren't, but at least they do not come as strong) and now doing Japanese homework in anticipation of class later. I think going to Japanese class is nowadays the highlight of the week in my life and there is increasingly a sense of forlorn loss whenever Japanese class ends. Sigh! I think it is the sheer fun of being a carefree student and attending classes that do not consciously work towards a major 'goal' in life. Allow me to explain - I think these years of schooling has been tremendously challenging in life, from the need to do well at PSLE, O levels, A levels, undergraduate now such little courses that not only are keenly aligned with interest but also non-sequential are a huge break. If you ask me seriously, I think this is what learning should actually be! Fun and personally motivated.

I really cannot impress on myself the importance of valuing youth!

"Everything I do, I do it for you(th)!" Okay, that sounds very cheesy!