I guess I will stop myself from touching the computer till at least the 10th November, where I will have a week-long break. I also better start revising from this very minute. Updates on Physics practical will come later on.

I'm in no mood to update right now. I think I'm getting lazier and lazier.

The piece I arranged is almost done except for the last note. It sometimes sound right and sometimes sound wrong. I wonder what is wrong. That's the mystery of music, I suppose.

One more week to the 'O' levels and I have not started studying. Somebody please wake me to my senses!

I went back to band after being released half an hour late from the stated 1.30 pm. I finally manage to sort out the last note of the song I was arranging. I am so relieved because I have spent so much time thinking of what would make it sound the way I want it to sound. It's really a huge burden off my back. I have almost forgotten all the chords and keys after not touching scales and theory for a few months. It's about time I start revising before it is too late. I will still have to identify chords for the 'O' level Music paper.

So soon and it's graduation day. I'm less than 12 hours away from reporting in school for the graduation ceremony. I wonder what it will be like since it's the first graduation ceremony I'm actually going up on stage. I'm actually looking forward to going to band practice more than attending the graduation ceremony. It has been more than a month since I last went for band practice though I have had the honour to play the bass clarinet at National JC's open house last Saturday.

I have to keep in mind that I cannot just slack as much as I want to because I still have to finish arranging the music before tomorrow.

I woke up this morning slightly before my alarm sounded as usual, but went back to sleep and my alarm woke me up in the end. Just after breakfast, they started fogging the place. This time, they came to the extent of fogging all the way to my doorstep. The door wasn't open but still the smell came in, filled almost the whole of my house. The toilet was so heavily choked with the smell that I couldn't go in to shower.

I was running late and I had no choice but to shower in the choking insecticide. I left home in a rush just to realise that I've left the worksheet I needed most at home. I ran back home, found the worksheet and went to the bus stop again.

The air condition of the bus was working surprising well. It was a lot cooler than I thought it would be and that's good. I wasn't patient enough to ride all the way to the interchange so I alighted a few stops before and took the faster route to the MRT station.

The train came after a short wait. The platform was quite packed with people but I didn't have to squeeze my way into the train. I alighted the train after 2 stops and I saw 2 people from Anglican High. I was quite "put off" by that.

It was 10 am and I was worried that the appointment was at 10 am and I had thought that it was at 10.30 am. I waited anxiously for the bus and even considered taking a cab. The bus came after some time and I wasn't late.

I learnt quite a lot through this additional lesson. At least I've refreshed my memory on exposed octaves and fifths and some chord progression. Most importantly, how to practice. I have totally forgotten how to practice the piano. I just play it once, maybe twice and go off instead of picking on all my mistakes and working on them. I still have a long way to work before I can perfect it.

I walked to the bus stop and the bus came after a long wait. It was quite an unpleasant ride as unbearable fumes from somebody's feet rise and pollute the air around me. I had to throw in the towel and alight at Parkway Parade because I did not know how long more the man would stay on the bus. Alas, he alighted at Parkway Parade as well.

I spent some time walking about in MPH book shop before deciding that it would be quite a waste of time for me to walk about doing nothing. I think I caught sight of my sister while on my way out of the building.

The bus was already waiting for me when I reached the bus stop and the ride home was as usual.

I managed to cook chicken patties for my lunch but created quite a mess. Well, it's my first time doing it and I think it is quite good that the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Then play. I went online and played some games before going to take a long afternoon nap. After my nap, I went online and played again.

I had another shower before going to my grandmother's house for dinner. The bus ride was slightly different this time round. The exit doors were out of order and everyone had to alight and board from the entrance. First time I can see Singaporeans being so courteous as to let the passengers alight before boarding.

I had prawns for dinner. Prawns with cereal. I don't really know what you call those but it was really good. Dinner wasn't complete with a serving of yet another episode of Double Happiness.

When I reached home, I played the piano for around an hour. I realised that I have improved quite a bit. If only I had taken my practical now, I would definitely have passed it. The results came out 2 weeks ago and I apparently failed it, as expected.

I think I should stop here and decide what to do tomorrow.

I'm still not in any mood to study. I've been to quite a few JC's open house over the last 2 days. Temasek JC seems a little boring, maybe because I've been there quite a few times already but I must say that there are some things over there that attract me like the flexible subject combination. I think it's the principal's speech that made it attractive. Victoria JC was totally different. The people seem so friendly and on the ball. The open house seemed to be more like a fun fair. I quite like the piano ensemble. It seems interesting. The last JC I went to is National JC. There again, the promise of good results made me consider joining them but their band does not seem very impressive. I wonder where to go.

I shall wonder no further if I do not start studying. I suppose that if I am very focused and hardworking now, and get good results, going anywhere wouldn't be a problem at all.

I don't know what I am typing. Anyway, typing for the sake of updating. I'm bored.

I will keep this short so that I will not spend too much time online again.

Another day wasted.

After that I had trouble killing time in the canteen. If not because I wanted to do something productive, I wouldn't have waited that long (from 8.30 am to 12 pm) just to attend the Chinese lesson. If only I can have more self control and I can study on my own.

I spent my whole afternoon in front of the computer playing the most boring games ever. Somehow its a lot better than studying. I ought to study more tonight, before all my time files away.

I suddenly have quite a few e mails to send out but I was so caught up in playing computer games that when I finally managed to control myself, I realised that it was already past 11pm and I cannot reply one of the e mails. Anyway, I guess that I should start using less of the computer already, or at least stop using the internet. The moment I get online, I will never go offline again.

I was called down to the dentist this morning. It has been a very long time since I last went to a dentist. If I'm not wrong, the last time I went to a dentist was at least 2 years ago. The time I spent waiting in there was even more than the time the dentist spent on me. In fact, I think I spent less than 3 minutes on the chair where all the funny equipment is. That means that I have clean teeth.

I shouldn't have bought extra preliminary papers from the book shop. I just realised that I still have 2 whole booklets of examination papers for Chemistry. If I can ever finish doing them, and all the papers I already have now before the 'O' levels, it would be quite a miracle already.

I'll see if I can update tomorrow or not.

Finally it was recess and time seemed to crawl again. We had Literature lessons after that. I tried to pay attention but I was losing focus every minute. It is strange how quiet my whole class can be when there is no teacher around and how noisy my class can be when there is a teacher in class. I forgot to mention that my class was almost totally silent during the free period, with the bulk of the class doing some prelim paper or ten-year series. How ironic.

Actually I can't really remember of much to write about anymore. Oh yah, I am proud to say that I have completed my tuition homework before going for the lesson except that I had thought that I was supposed to do from question 10 when it is supposed to be question 7. Anyway, it's an achievement.

Tomorrow will be a boring day at school with one and a half hours of Chinese and English.

Anyway, my mother made bread today. If I'm not wrong, it is the first time she's making bread, or at least the first time in quite a few years she is doing so. Her first attempt, to me was the most successful. The bread was a little too springy for my liking though. After that, she began to be more ambitious and tried making chocolate flavoured bread. It turned out to be quite a disaster, the bread tasting weird and having the texture of "kuey". The last attempt was also a little unsuccessful. She forgot to add salt to the dough and the bread was quite tasteless and for another batch, the bread turned out to be too salty.

I've only managed to complete the section b of the Chemistry paper that I was halfway through and nothing else. The charity show on channel 8 got a little too boring for my liking and I decided that I would rather waste my time online. Anyway, I'm getting a little sleepy. I think I should turn in early tonight.

I'm still wondering where to go for the first three months of next year. My choices are quite limited because of the L1R5 I have scored. I don't want to talk about it anymore. I should just put in all I have for the final hurdle. It is now only 17 days more to my first practical examination. It's kind of short and I have not start preparing for it yet. I do not want the same thing to happen to my 'O' level results and that means I will have to start revising already. It is really going to be hard. Maybe everything will be over before I know it and I wouldn't have to suffer that much. Anyway, by the end of November I will be very free.

I'll try to start with completing the Chemistry paper that I am halfway through and doing all the Physics questions I have gotten from my tuition teacher. It's quite a huge stack but I hope that by completing that as well as all the prelim papers that I have bought but have not touched at all, I will be able to secure an a1 for Physics.

Geography is also a good subject to start on. There are so many facts and things to remember. If I can get to know them so will that I can practically read it off my fingertips, it would be good.

I'll update again tonight. My mind is getting into a huge mess right now.