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december the first

time really flies, i was just thinking of the day i arrived here at mission college and here i am, preparing for the exams which is just one week away! i'm now currently still having a soar throat and i am trying to finish up my math report =(

we are going to have extra classes next week for english, i better learn to enjoy english if i'm really going for english as my major. we were asked to write about our most memorable experience and i thought i would write something about me being in national service! i really miss those days! with friends and strangers, all assuring each other that the time would come when all of us are able to go back home! christmas is coming up too, there was loud music this morning on my way to the cafeteria for breakfast, it was some kind of a techno remix of jingle bells! i'm really praying that my parents would send me christmas money now!!!

there i went again, this time i really am going to learn how to shut my big bad mouth up! i was talking @ backstabbing someone in the cafeteria, and while i was doing that, someone patted me from behind, and guess who that was?! the person i was talking about was wondering what i was talking about! that really scared me out of my skin. after that i was like: "ervin, let's go back to the dorm," and i grabbed my bag and i left the cafeteria without looking back! that was so foolish of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! next, during worship, i ran into someone whom i didn't know and this guy from sarawak was giving me the angry-joking look and i was like "Happy Sabbath!" ?!?!?!?!?!?! what is with me tonight? i think i'm going to crack sooner or later! tomorrow is my good friend's birthday, and i'm contemplating whether to call him or not! anyway, i hope i'll end this week without anymore unwanted incidents! i want movies, at least that'll be a good remedy for me being almost crazy.....

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