Don't be Stupid
Aroused from comatose at 9 today... a personal record. Never been still asleep after 8 before.
Well, there's a first time for everything. Records are meant to be broken, at least, attempted to be broken. A lot like our fragile hearts. Most are in fragments or have been 'glued' back together. Only a blessed few possess complete, pure hearts, untainted by the horrors and evils of life. The ignorant few.
I'm not cut out to be a crystal grower, I know that by now... luckily I have a team,ate who I can depend on. Yes, talking bout you XL, feel honoured? Left school at around 4.30pm after an apparent 'distress' call from Mingyi. Reached Starbucks and surprise, suprise, who do I see but Mr ABC (that stands for 'A Bit Crappy') himself, sitting beside I shan't say who.
Mission Objective for today: Mr ABC must know Born-Haber cycle and Binomial by the end. As to that, I'm not sure I've succeeded, at all. Mr ABC is not a terribly bright student when it comes to academic stuff, but he sure can crap. We spent like the whole time NATO-ing (No Action, Talk Only), me gaining a new nickname (Mr FOC, depending on situation can be "Free of charge" or "Full of Crap" ), us knowing about coffee more than we'll ever require to, if we don't eventually work at starbucks, that is, special thanks to a friendly I-dunno-his-name. Oh yeah, during half-time, we went to floor 3, to lounge around, checked U admissions (not me) fooled around with the photocopier (the auntie-in-charge went out for lunch) and had our 'instant potraits' albeit that of 'terror' with eyes squeezed shut, taken. Background was, quite naturally, black. T'was almost like a ghost image, only, I know that's me.
A term came up in our conversation, A.Q. Adversity Quotient. The only A.Q. I now is application question... basically that measures how well someone reacts to problems. And somehow, her name cropped up. I guess I know running away is not solving anything most of the time, but here, it actually is. That's not because my A.Q. is negative, that's the easiest, most painless way out. One must know the problem of 'wants' versus 'not-haves'. Sometimes, what you 'want' is something you can 'not-have'. When that time comes, one must make a heart-rending decision... to continue or quit. I chose, "Alt-F4"...
One must be forever forward-looking, the future is where our future lies, not in the past. Mrs FOC!! where art thou?
-rray
remember [10:04 PM]
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