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Sitting on the comfy couch in NIE library and enjoying the flashbacks of those days when Addie, Joani & me would ever so frequently hung out at the cafe, talking the time away. Very soon, I'll be leaving this forbidden island for the real world and no more of such relaxing moments. Talking about cafe, the aroma of mocha and sights of the delectable cakes are making me hungry despite the 1hr lunch @ Kushinbo with the usual suspects. I know it when my exercise intensity has increased; when I get hungry more frequently. So should I get a coffee or cake??? Decisions, decisions....

Had to think of something to do to spend the long break I have before hockey lesson at 5.30pm. Bummer. When all my friends are done and heading off, I'm waiting for my lesson to start. Well well. But I had a real work-out playing tennis this morning and I love it! Ok so...to not waste time, I decided to embark on researching for my hockey assignment, which I did by going to search for books. It sure didn't last long as I decided to enter a really random blog entry talking about random stuff, as you can tell by now!

Charles Dickens "Great Expectations" came to mind as I walked down the stairs just now. I have the book but haven't opened it. Just thinking about one's expectations and how they can really shape my perception of a person. When expectations are not met, anger & frustrations set in. And I start to think, to have expectations or not? Where to draw the line such that I don't just see a person within the boundaries set out by my own expecations? I don't know. I 'lower' my expectations when they are not met, thinking it might be better. Still not met. Then how? I also don't know.
Truth is, when it is someone close to you and expectations fail, it sure is a bitter pill to swallow.
Maybe I should start reading Dicken's Great Expecatations. I might get some interesting insights in there. I don't know.

Feeling sleepy & want to catch my 40 winks. Hopefully that will help me fight the temptation to go get something to eat. But maybe its not a bad idea since hockey is going to be real tiring and energy will be spent in that 2 hrs!. What a blast.

Right...its amazing how random my thoughts can be.

I'm amazing grace signing out.

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