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Today marks the end of a turbulent week. To know that I can finally go to bed tired tonight and wake up refreshed tomorrow morning gives me a sense of relief, although subtle.
I was a letdown on Tuesday. Although I swum hard, I could have settled with something higher. To make matters worse, I spent the whole day waiting to swim in a less than 2-minute race only to be disqualified over a petty mistake. It was a wasted trip, and a wasted effort. But on a more optimistic note, at least I got a taste of how the Nationals felt like.
But not to worry; I feel much better now.
Nationals were pretty much the highlight of this week. Everything else paled in significance, but it was the little things which grated on my nerves the past few days. Because I missed an entire day of school on Tuesday, I had to make up for all the tests that I missed, including the Biology practical & the GP timed essay assignment. As a result of that I ended up going home later than everybody else. It's just annoying to have to stay back in school to deal with such matters when there's already enough on my plate.
Also, I almost went suicidal when I was told to go back to my secondary school and present about Temasek JC to the graduating cohort just two mornings ago by someone in the general office. Thankfully, I managed to convince them that I just wasn't ready enough to present about the college and its various programmes due to the fact that I'm still a freshman. It's quite ridiculous to give a talk about something that you're nowhere near familiar with. But if I was a J2 student this year, it would definitely be a different story.
Today operated on Friday's timetable, so we were supposed to be dismissed at 12.30pm. Unfortunately, the cunning tutors in my college made use of the early dismissal to throw in make-up lessons after school. On top of that, we had a Chemistry test to sit for in the afternoon (which was horrible, by the way).
It was already 5pm by the time my day in school ended. From 12.30pm to 5pm - what a tremendous jump.
Met Sylvia at the canteen then headed to the bus stop together to go back to our secondary school. Just when we were about to board the bus, Sylvia realised that she forgot to claim her ez-link card from the general office (she was late) and so we rushed back to collect it. The funny thing was that there were two guys behind us and coincidentally one of them also realised that he forgot to claim his after hearing what Sylvia told me. Apparently he was also late. So in the end, the four of us literally rushed back to school together. I had a pretty good laugh; something I really needed.
After collecting my School Graduation Certificate from my secondary school, I left in my dad's car to have a family dinner. Ate at this newly opened restaurant at Elias Mall; the food there's not bad I guess. Glad to at least be able to spend quality time with my parents.
Guess I have written down all that I remember of this week. While writing, I realised that there's not much memories worth keeping anymore. Truly, the emptiness of JC life has taken its toll on me.
I feel as if I'm being tossed about, dragged under the waves. Soon, I'll be left to rot in the sun, perhaps because the prospect of me crawling back in the water is just too bleak.
But one thing I'm sure of? It's that there are no depths to explore and no vastnesses to embrace in the ocean I'm stranded in.