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Saturday, May 31, 2008

I think, I have successfully, SOMEHOW, managed to waste 1 week of my holidays. So there it goes, gone with the wind, never to return again.

Then again, what ARE holidays really? Suppose it was a normal school year after a normal school term and you've just finished your normal MYE and attained normal grades(not excellent, but not that abd either. Just, you know, NORMAL) and THEN comes the June holidays. Enticing as it sounds, you know that you can't push away the dreaded pile of holidays homework and the constant guilt for "not studying' when you "should" since holidays have morphed from "time for rejuvenation and relaxation" to "self study and revision to catch up on school work".

Stupid isn't it?

The only reason why we CREATE this period of time is for students to take a well deserved break and come back refreshed to start the new term and now we FILL it with schoolwork claiming that it's enriching.

It's so IRONIC.

If you're gonna fill it with schoolwork, you might as well have SCHOOL. If not, then WHY have holidays in the first place? You've completely wiped out the idea of holidays being fun and relaxing, which is what they SHOULD be, and turned it into a different version of what you think we should do out of curriculum.

So in short, holidays NOW are just an altogether different species of school, it's self study, yes, but it's STILL study.

ANYTHING that is school-related should be done in the school term and not anytime else. If you can't finish your lessons or think that we need more revision, then dump it in the curriculum.

Don't complain that there's no time. I've seen heaps of time wasted right before my very eyes just because of silly things like miscommunication and uncooperative students(my method to deal with them? Send them out. They're not gonna pay attention anyway no matter how hard you want to make them do it and they'll only further disrupt the class. So why spoil education for others just because of a handful? They're mature, believe me. They know what they should do. If they don't WANT to do it, it's their problem.) and partly due to incompetency on someone's part.

I mean, the school term EXISTS for that purpose, I don't see why you should eat into our holidays when there is time ALLOCATED for you to do what you need to.

I feel like complaining a lot, so OK, I shall.

My top 5 pet peeves when it comes to people:

1. Those who are LATE

I HATE it when people aren't punctual. And I'm not talking about "I'm so sorry I left the house earlier than usual but there was this massive jam and now I'm 10 minutes late!" type of LATE. I'm talking about the "Well, I didn't quite feel like going out so early and anyway others are probably gonna be late too so I just played a few more minutes of computer and by the time I left I realised I was 20 minutes off the clock." kind of late.

Those who KNOW that they can AVOID being late but still do it anyway. (the accidentally-on-purpose type)

They keep the teacher waiting because she can't start the lesson due to their tardiness, make people call and call and call them wondering where the heck they are at 5.30pm when they promised to reach at 5.15pm. And even worse, those who are late and DON'T answer their phones. Which brings me to number 2.

2. Those who don't keep promises.

If you make a promise, I expect you to KEEP it. And don't just keep HALF your promise, keep ALL of it. People expect you to do it once you've said it, so if you dare to say it, you better do it.

Don't chagne it halfway through because of whatever reason because you should have foreseen anything coming your way when you made it.

A promise is a promise. And when you know you CANNOT reach the meeting place at 5.15pm, then DON'T tell me you will because then I will be even more pissed.

3. Those who borrow my items then don't return them.

If you borrow my items then I expect you to be responsible enough to return them even without me asking you because YOU are the one who is borrowing from ME. I am doing you a FAVOUR. I don't see why I have to keep on asking you for it because once you've borrowed something, you should REMEMER to return it, without fail.

And I hate it when people are like "Oh, tomorrow ok?" but their damn "tomorrow" never comes. NEVER. So then I have to call and sms them and make them tell me that it's in their bag already so that they will have it the next day.

4. Those who irritate me for no reason whatsoever

I am specifically refering to one person here. Who I'm sure you all know, and ARE well-acquainted with.

Look, I am not doing anything to you, and you aren't doing anything to me. So WHY is it that you have to constantly bug me every few seconds like I'm the only entertainment you have(and let me get this straight. I'm NOT your entertainment, I'm a HUMAN. Bloody treat me with respect) and you NEED to irritate me to stay alive.

And please, I am tired and hungry from coming back from school. You, on the other hand, have been LAZING ABOUT the ENTIRE MORNING and probably didn't wake up till 10am. I KNOW you're energetic and refreshed, I'm NOT so DON'T expect me to play along with your childish antics.

5. Pessimissts

I know how much you want to die and how much you hate yourself. You don't need to keep repeating it and drowning us all in your misery. Stop moaning and groaning in self pity thinking that no one loves you and bla bla bla bla because I am NOT INTERESTED.

Did you even know that you;re indirectly affecting the people around you? And if you're the type to complain that no one will ever like you, then it's partly for that reason that no one might want to get close to you.

Yes we all know the human race is screwed, the world is melting, black and white lines have been blurred into a grey fog. ARMEGEDDON!!!!!!! Do you need to constantly remind us of it? No, you don't. Stop saying that there is no hope. You say that having hope won't chagne things. Well, will having NO HOPE change things? It won't. Might as well have hope, right? At least it makes you feel better.

I think, I have finished ranting. So then, I shall stop HERE.

My Kitchen blogged at Saturday, May 31, 2008

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