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Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 10:03 PM



Ask me what I think is one of life's more important skills, and it would be to...

“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.”
-Og Mandino

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I've been cooping myself in my own little sanctuary at the library for the past 3 days, with akileis as my study buddy. 9 hours of studying for 3 days to hone our concentration skills for the upcoming exams...and more to come.
Mr khor says it's like training to run for a 10 km marathon. You dont just run 10 km during practice, you run 12km and that's called preparing. Doing more than the requirement.
Believe it or not I'm almost done with studying for math and chem! V proud of myself. Nevertheless, I must must make a mental note to get back on track for memorising bio (which I have, just that it's kind of stagnant now). Need to stop procrastinating and memorise memorise!!!

and in the midst of mugging, I've learnt a couple of things about prioritising too. So very tempted to head out with J and have dinner (they were gna have buffalo wings omgg) but no, I've got to study and I've got my curfew.


Enough of examination verbal diarrhoea, here's 2 books I found while taking study breaks, written by elizabeth adler.
aki says the type of books you read gives others a peek at the kind of person you are. I for one, will never be found with a book on computers. Go figure. Probe deeper, and I'd say (story)books are my form of escapism. I dont know how many of you can identify with this, but there's something about them that transports you into another realm and you cant put it down till the last page. And no it's not all about chick lit. I do get my dose of general knowledge and biographies from my TIME magazines.


Anyhow, here they are! I'm thinking if I should purchase them because they're really good, adler manages to combine travel, history, romance and murder(?) all in one book which is too good to give it a miss.





Gosh time flies. it's almost the end of the week!


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