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You have no idea how glad I am that it's Friday already.
Yes, although Chinese New Year has, quite mercifully, eaten up two days of the week.
Yes, although there might be this superbly slack week next week due to Orientation.
Yes, although there will be swimming this Sunday.

I am dead ass happy that it's Friday cause I can finally take it easy and do things at my own pace.

I am keeping to my New Year resolution quite successfully so far. I am clocking at least 7 hours of sleep. :D Okay, although it might not be an even spread, but at least those afternoon naps and late nights even out to an average 7 hours. I had a 3 hour-ish nap this afternoon but all it did was make me slightly more tired. I won't be sleeping late early however. I reckon at least 3am.

I know Mediacorp's shows are absolutely cliche. They always, almost, end up with happy endings and have this moral story that is so used and reused that it's more predictable than the current world employment rates. The bad guy always dies. The good guy always gets the girl or the happy ending, whichever he desires. Sometimes both. Lucky bastard. But I think no matter how cliche it is, it still makes some sense.
Look, I am not such a big fan of local soap operas. In fact, I almost never watch them at all unless I am terribly bored or am sick of writing down words and numbers. Rarely the case for numbers. But tonight I did because I was still rather tired. And then one thing the character said hit home.

She said that love for a child, be it from a grandparent or a parent, is eternal.
Yes, the statement itself is bleeding mushy and ultimate cliche. But it makes sense. More importantly, it made me feel guilty as hell. The only times I ever see my grandparents are when:
1) Chinese New Year
2) Grandparents' birthday celebrations. (Only twice annually. I can, strangely, only turn up for my ah gong's birthday and never for my ah ma's.)
3) Marriages (rarely the case since most of my cousins are stranded at the 'relationship' phase)

So, the probability that I would see them is low. Extremely low.
And then, there I was thinking that I would give my grandpa's birthday celebration this Sunday a miss because of, you guessed it, tutorials and lecture notes. Cause you see, I have this obsessive compulsive disorder of sorts to complete tutorials at home and not in class. I mean, no offence, I just can't work under all that nagging by the lecturer and stuff like that. Especially like ACL during Math lecture.

I still think she sounds like a bird.

So I think I will not give my grandpa's birthday a miss. Despite the fact that it's orientation next week and I will be missing plenty important stuff.
I will just have to clock longer hours to finish up some stuff. That's all.


this odd dream that seems surreal.
i hope it becomes true.