I've made it through the first week, that closes chapter one. Things are different. Lessons aren't as lively and noisy anymore... I must say that my class is very condusive, but it's too serious for me. Being in this class, I come face to face with competition. I cannot let myself underperform. What I am striving for in this year is excellence. I have to work hard, I must.

I miss everybody. I love my friends :) I had dance practice today. I really hate staying back after school to dance and stretch and to put up with my instructor's humongous ego. But as much as I hate it, I love it. Because when I dance in the dance room, I feel like the rest of the school building disappears. The books in my locker, the Uniformed Groups outside no longer exists... Just me and the dancers perfecting our steps. And I love it when practice ends, and we rush to the canteen to get milo to replenish our energy (it's psychological), and at the same time, see the familiar people from GB, NCC and stuff. I don't know why but it makes me feel like I'm so blessed with so many people that love me!

The room is so quiet. I like it. It lets me think. I love how everything in my life fell into place right after I committed my all back to God again during Youth Camp. Everything seems so calm... After going through ups and downs for the past two years of Secondary school, I've learnt to enjoy it when everything is calm. Because the peace doesn't last long. Soon, work and life and everything will start suffocating me... The water level rises quickly, and then it falls just as quickly. If we could run, we would. But you can't run from who you are.

The eye of the storm is the calmest, yet people panic. The same analogy applies to me. The psychological threat makes me worry, although I know my problems are nothing compared to what others go through. This year I hope that in the midst of my hurricanes, I will learn to count on God and not be fearful of what lies ahead. I want to see how different I am going to be at the end of the 2009 story. Hahaha!

xo sweets