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Monday, July 21, 2008

My Mondays are usually very amped up but not today. Geog was nagging on my mind. Still is actually. I'm just taking a break (as usual. I say that all the time). I spent 80% of the school day studying Geog and there's still loads I haven't covered. Like Channelisation and features and stuff. ARGH!!!!!!!! I'm going crazy. I've only got like...6 hours max left to study. I dunno' if I can actually get it all done. I wanna' research for material to use for the LORMS question as well but I'm worried I ain't got the time. Maybe I'll just take the example from the textbook or something, but I doubt that's gonna' be enough.

And I wanted to play/learn Hockey today but it was raining really heavily so that was thrown out the window. Darn. Rainy days are so dull. They make me wanna' sleep.

Oh I remember! Ms Yee was annoying today. I think she has something against me. I answered her question wrongly and she was like: "What 48." in the really you-think-you're-so-smart-but-you're-not kind of tone. I hate being accused of such things. Why is it that humans have to be so judgemental?

Besides Geog there was another thing bothering me. For CME, the whole cohort went to watch Hotel Rwanda. A movie that shows racial conflicts. What the news reporter said was true: "When people watch this footage, they'll say "Oh My God. This is horrible." then go back to eating their dinners." Why is it that people can't seem to relate to one another well enough to feel those people's pain, their suffering. I'm guilty of this too. When the news of the Earthquake in Si Chuan came I was like: "Another earthquake... damn global warming." So I donated 10 bucks but is that really enough? I think we should all go beyond the monetary issues and work together to find a better solution. Money can do many things, it can rebuild the lives of the survivors, 'earthquake-proof' buildings, help jump start a fallen city. But it can't buy happiness, it can't rebuild the lives of those that were lost, it can't undo the tragedy that has already befallen people.

Earthquakes and natural disasters, are to a certain extent, more forgettable. In the sense that no one alive can control the weather unless you're X-men or something. But the conflicts and bloodshed caused by humans, be it racial discrimination, being unable to let go of the past like revenge and all. Those are the tragedies that will only lead to a vicious cycle. Revenge begets revenge. And so on and so forth. And they tell us "You learn History so you don't repeat the mistakes of the past." Well that statement just got trashed.

Well then, back to the books... And a song that we should all know of. Ok, Brother Andy's singing ain't that fantastic but he's singing for God and that's all that matters. It's called "I will go" on the playlist.

“The wind played with my hair at 3:06 PM”

about me

Name: Lim Xiwen
Age: 16
Birthday: 17th April 1993

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1. Grow in God
2. Grow taller
3. More time
4. More self-control
5. To learn how to bar
6. Fufil my resolutions
7. Leave a legacy
8. Improve in football

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