im supposed to be studying really hard right now, but nothing seems to be going into my peabrain, so here i am. it's drizzling a little outside, and it's freezing cold inside my room. my roommate and i are totally scrunched up in our seats and occasionally we manage to mumble a few words of complaint about the weather to each other. i think even my cactus is frozen in its pot by now. i just skyped with my family 2 hours ago since i couldn't skype yesterday. my internet was cut off on thursday night because i exceeded my bandwidth limit downloading "devil beside you" and "mars". i was happily clicking on so many episodes and watching the download bars fill, until i realized that i wasn't connected to the internet anymore! i know it's my fault for wanting to rewatch all those dramas, but sometimes it's really boring just studying and memorizing only to realize that you forget all that you've stuffed into your brain. the cycle just repeats and i need some entertainment. so in the end i only had my notes and my bed to accompany me throughout the weekend.
today's yet another bank holiday! my roommate just said, do you know what? i think the laundry room is warm. hahahahaha. she's going to escape to the laundry room now. less than 1 month to the exams, and approximately 1.5 months till i can go back home! just thinking about how warm it is in singapore makes me feel a little less cold now.
yesterday jess showed me the youtube video of the liaoning girl who cursed the sichuan earthquake victims. this liaoning girl even gloated at the disaster because she was angry that she couldn't play computer games during that 3 days when china closed down all entertainment websites. it was appalling, and absolutely unbelievable. i was very incredulous at her blatant disregard towards the severity of the situation, and how she made a passing comment on the old lady who was stuck in debris for over 100 hours as to why she's not dead yet. that is just one out of the many rude and insensitive comments she made in the span of 4mins and 40seconds. the things she said were so out-of-the-world that i thought someone might have controlled her and forced her to say them. there are also many hate videos posted by other people in response to her irresponsible behaviour, and i think i learnt quite a few strings of chinese vulgarities from watching those. thankfully we didn't find any videos of people who actually support her behaviour.
china's plagued with problems. and there's also the cyclone in burma. getting news of natural disasters reminds us of the fragility of life, yet how many reminders does it take before it gets to our heads and we don't need any more reminding? hope the death tolls stop increasing.
and the rain is getting heavier. i still think the best thing about life is that there's always something to look forward to. when it's raining, wait for the sun. and there's always the long-awaited holidays after the exams! it'll be like spring that follows winter!
