and so, it begins

Hey -- you know those dratted chain mails all hotmail users get from their friends, about how MSN is going to charge its users an annual fee, by November 1st? And we get so scared and worried, some of us actually follow the instructions and forward the e-mail to 18 people on our contact list?

And seriously? Without even stopping for a moment to consider... firstly, why stop at eighteen? Why not the whole contact list? And if this is so important, why didn't the MSN folks e-mail us themselves? Because every single person who has hit that "send" button to that chain mail, fell for the hotmail prank that has been circulating... for more information, simply check out this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4778046.stm . Sigh. I hate chain mails! I hope everyone will stop falling for them in the near future.

Okay, with all the boring official stuff over and done with... guess who came out in the newspaper today! Hahaha, my future F1-racer friend, Colin Ho! :D

Hmm... on other news, this week ended horribly. Horribly! In the middle of the week, we were dumped with yet another Economics project (I think my life is beginning to consist solely of college assignments, really!) -- this time based on two videos: the first on trading blocs, and the second on multinational corporations. I can smell death from here.

Buford & I have been transcripting the videos since the viewing, which is, let me tell you, very, very, very tiring. To press play, listen very carefully, pause and then type out what you've just heard, at the same time trying to understand various thick ang moh accents & trying to deal with some of the very soft spoken, fast-speaking voices. I don't know if transcripting the videos is worth our time or not, but either way, I don't want to regret it.

Anyway, I'm so tired. Economics is so mentally draining that after this year, I never, ever want to take it as a subject to study again. There are few who dream to be economists in my class, and those who dare to are really, really cut out for it (namely Chiew Nee & Buford). I know I'm not right for it, when I compare my understanding of economics with theirs. I don't really understand understand, I merely work hard to answer exam questions as correctly as I can. I am the product of a poor education system. :P

But you want to know another reason why I say I've discovered I'm not cut out for Economics? I realized it in ESL class today. We've been doing some literature, and I've been so excited and awake and ... happy during the past few english lessons. It's like I'm just exploding with ideas to explain every word, every action, every description -- I've always adored literature. Always. And that's when I realized -- how come I don't have this sort of passion for economics? Because I haven't got the natural knack for it, that's why. So simple.

Next week is going to be one to really test a student's survival skills. On Monday, we've got BM presentation & Math Mini Project begins (and it's only during Math periods). On Tuesday, Mini Project continues, ending only on Thursday. On Wednesday, hand up Economics presentation report & ESL essay outlining starts on the same day. ESL essay outlining continues until Friday.

The following week, if truth be told, is even more nerve-wracking. Monday: Accounts Common Test, Tuesday: Math Common Test. And we've got Malay essay-writing work somewhere then too... done during 2 class hours. *shivers*

I'm scared.