Being Sick Sucks

So... Apparently I am the one with the weakest immune system in my family, although I think it is pretty obvious as I am the one getting sick the most. Yet again I was sick yesterday, down with fever and a pretty bad sore throat caused by more tonsil problems (hoorah!). I should have gotten them cut off a few years back.

I saw this coming too. I started feeling a little feverish during school hours and when I got home I just flopped on my bed and slept for two hours straight before I had to wake up to cook rice for dinner. When my parents got home I told them I was sick, but luckily enough for me I didn't have to go to the doctor's as my mom wanted me to take supplements instead of medicine and antibiotics.

One major downside of being sick was skipping school on the next day. The day I was absent just happened to be the day with physics, which is one of my worst subjects ever and I needed to do so much work on it. Heck, I couldn't even get anything done at home. I tried studying but my head was pounding too much whenever I started studying for SPM trials which was less than a week away.

That's not the end of it. I just learnt that tomorrow we'll be having a physical test, which requires us to do push-ups, sit-ups and a bunch of other things I just can't be doing now in this state. I'm just hoping I can be fitter tomorrow.

Puppy Love

I recently watched a tv show where they talked about confessing to your love. After watching that, I thought why not give it a go? Well, here goes nothing.

                                                                                                                              
Ah... Puppy love, one of the most desired things when you are in your teenage years as I am. Sometimes it can leave great memories in your life in the future when it works out but it can also leave regrets in your lives when it doesn't work out.

It all starts with having a crush on somebody, but it will still remain a crush unless you tell somebody that has the potential to spread the rumour to the whole school accidentally. Trust me when I tell you that if you want your crush to remain a crush don't tell anybody and I mean anybody. When the whole school knows it becomes oh so awkward between your crush and yourself.

Then you have to deal with jealousy which is probably the worst thing you have to experience when you have a crush on somebody regardless of gender haha. Just kidding. Anyways, when you see your crush talking to someone else you die a little inside.Okay okay I admit dying a little inside is maybe an overstatement, though jealousy is very very hard to deal with.

Then when you finally man up and decide to confess to your crush, the fear of rejection starts to kick in. You start thinking to yourself: what if he or she doesn't like me back? Wouldn't it be so awkward between us? I would still think it would be worth a go, but it takes a whole lot of guts to do so. All you need is that 30 seconds where you be brave enough and confess.

Taking a look back at what I wrote, I'm sorry this post is kind of disjointed... Well, till tomorrow!

Celebrity Status - Would You or Would You Not?

Well, this is new. Today I was just searching the web to find a random topic to write about and I came across this topic "Celebrity Status - Would You or Would You Not?". Interesting topic.

Hmm, I'm pretty sure all of us have wandered into that topic before right? I have to admit I have thought about life as a celebrity, all the bright lights shining down on me and the crowds going wild after a great performance. Wow, it sure would be fun to get recognised everywhere! Enjoying the popularity, being on shows especially variety shows... One can only dream of the things you do when you're famous, unless you already are famous.

Can you imagine how much is their income? I personally cannot imagine how much they make in a year. If you're a celebrity, you can be offered so many deals, like commercials, sponsorship deals, and many many more. BUT there are always downsides for everything (sighs).

As somebody who is into the Korean pop industry, I must say all the benefits above come with a price. Celebrities everywhere must feel so tired when they get home everyday if their schedules are packed everyday with television show recording, practicing and many other activities such as attending movie premiers and fan meetings. When I see some of them performing on stage, they literally look like fainting, and sometimes they do faint! Goodness knows how worn down their bodies are with their hectic schedules and messed up sleeping patterns.

Our everyday life is envied by celebrities as far as I know as they will most probably be recognised wherever they go to and how frustrating it is if you get mobbed by fans everywhere you go. I mean I don't personally know how it feels but I can imagine that happening. Besides that, their personal lives are always put under a microscope, like whenever they go out to have a meal with opposite gender friends sometimes the press captures the moments and instantly it becomes a scandal they have to deal with, so they have to always be careful whenever they go out anywhere.

I will personally choose to not be a celebrity (not like I ever will be one anyway), but I will ask you the same question: would you or would you not?

Benefits of Blogging?

As you all may have realised, I am trying to keep my blog posts going up daily up until my exams start, which would be in under two weeks' time. Well talk about pressure right?

As the title suggests, there are many benefits of blogging, one of them being improving your writing skills and it also serves as a platform for you to be creative. Go wild. The main reason I had to start blogging was because of my English teacher who wanted our whole class to post on blogs to improve our English. I can't lie, but I found it a total waste of time at the start, but now I am appreciating blogging as I can finally write (and torture all of you with my horrible English haha!). I am actually also planning to continue this blog when I grow up and see how far this takes me.

Besides that, you can also share bits of what happened in your life with other people and they might be interested in reading it, if not then you can just enjoy writing about your life and maybe look back at it when you are older and they can become memories for you. Who knows one day you might be reading from your blog and remember some old interesting story that happened to you, like putting your finger in an escalator just to experience how it feels like to do that, but that's not as if I did anything like that, ever.

Also remember, you need to dedicate time in your life to blog, so always keep that in mind when you start taking up blogging.

Rationality

Let's just say some things happened today which I would rather forget than remember for the rest of my life. All this came from one thing: a lack of patience and rationality.

This involved a mature adult threatening a student's life who wanted to stand up for his friend. I am not going to mention names, by the way. What surprises me the most about this is how the adult acted in this situation, yes the students were at fault but there was absolutely no need to go as far as threatening lives right? I mean even if you hate a person a lot, you still wouldn't go around threatening their lives. I'm sure all of you can relate to me here.

Next, the adult not only threatened the student's life but he also insulted his personality. I can personally vouch for the student as he is one of the most well behaved people and he was again, merely standing up for his own rights. I feel the adult should have had more rationality in before he actually says anything to anybody, as a human's tongue can be sharper than any sword.

I just hope the adult gets the punishment he deserves for saying such things.

Overly High Expectations and Hate of Losing

Regardless of what everyone around me say, I feel that I have an overly high expectation about things (certain things). To make things simple, I hope things turn out well and when they don't, I get really, really disappointed.

Just like last week, when the football team I supported lost to a team I was really expecting them to beat, I felt really really down and kind of mad when they lost. I know, I know, it's just a match right? I know that too, but this is a sport that has been in my life for 10 years already, and not to mention I'm a person who absolutely despises losing. Yes, I had placed so much hope in those things but I can't help it.

Being a person who hates losing, or a "kiasu" as us Asians call it, I can't stand it at all when my team or I lose anything at all. I try not to show it but it's part of me I can't ever change. I mean I try, but it's still kinda obvious I'm upset when I lose, and I end up ranting to whoever happens to be right beside me. Then again, it might also be caused by the temper I inherited from my father who is kind of a hothead as well.

Ah well, it can't be all bad that I possess these traits. (p.s. daily blogging!)

Comparing Two Characters! (woo)

I sure have been uploading a lot of literature recently! Well lets continue. Based on the novel "Step by Wicked Step" by Anne Fine, there are six main characters who each have their own different story. Claudia, Pixie, Richard, Colin, Robbo and Ralph although all are very distinct in their own way, I am going to be comparing two of the characters as I found that there are quite a few similarities among both of them.

The two characters I have decided to compare are Colin and Richard. Firstly, both of them lost their fathers, who were important and influential people in their lives. The loss of Richard's father meant that he would make the decision to leave home, and the loss of Colin's father meant that he would be left with no one to talk to at home, albeit the fact the Richard's father is dead and Colin's father isn't.

Besides their fathers, they also did not receive enough attention and love from their mothers. For Richard's case, his mother failed to defend and protect him when Reverend Coldstone treated him badly, and still married him when it was obvious Richard disliked him. For Colin's case, his mother did not realise he missed his father as she was too busy with her work. This caused his studies to deteriorate.

Both of them also decided to run away to make things work for them, but Richard ran away from home in hope to make everyone's lives pleasant, while Colin wants to solely find his father and he plans to leave once he makes enough money to do so. Richard realises his decision was not good as it led to both his sister's and his mother's death.

The two characters, Colin and Richard experienced many similarities in life, but made decisions based on different reasons. That was the comparison between the two characters, Richard and Colin from "Step By Wicked Step".