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Saturday, March 5, 2011
day15i said i'd start a new challenge this weekend. so i still have 1 more day to do that. tomorrow, piano lesson in the morning, then cr meeting. piano exam today was alright. i changed my answer from the correct to the wrong one at the last minute. paranoia kills the cat. reading Have a Little Faith by one of my favourite authors, mitch albom. i kind of like the other books more because they sound slightly more fictional, but then again, i havent gotten to the end of the book so perhaps the entire story'd complement my impression of his other books. upon hearing Mr Lim share an introduction that i had written for class practise 2 lessons ago, i've come to realise that the lack of consistent reading has compromised my english standard. ive never really noticed what an avid reader i used to be in primary school. it seemed natural to pick up another after i was done with one, and it was castastrophic to have to stop or pause or skip because of, say, a missing book in an entire series. then i went to sec1, and although i still read, i spent more time trying to catch up with sleep, third lang, other academic subjects, buses (yeah i know. ive always been an omg-im-late person. it dates back to pre-school)... and reading just kind of..hm. got dispensed with. the few times that i tried to read in school during my breaks, i'd struggle to not seem like a geek or bookworm. my classmates'd say " teoee's reading...still say she not hardworking-.- " (oh, my mum has always told me that im too lazy. so i went to school telling others that i'm slovenly. i guess they didnt feel that way, and didnt appreciate that i introduced myself as lazy.) so i decided to read less and less, although at that point in time i didnt seem to have much choice with work piling up, and changes to adapt to in my new school. i felt a need to show that i really wasnt hardworking. i wonder why i ever thought that way. then i met shiyi. and she reads. (yeah i know. 3 years since sec1) although she didnt inspire a grand change in my attitude towards reading, i started to remember how i used read alot too. then i picked up a few books. the habit's hard to pick up. all habits are, discounting addictions. now everytime i read (though disappointly not very often), i wonder if i should be reading my school notes, doing tutorials, or tending to my cca stuff instead. the concept of opportunity cost. sigh. sometimes it ruins the book. sometimes it ruins my mood. but often, i just continue reading because i procrastinate those so-called important work. i remember once, before some tests/exams..perhaps eoys? i was hooked on some books. my dad had said, "reading is for leisure. its no different from watching the tv." is it, really? the pleasure that i derive from both mediums are quite similar, because i'm only interested in the story (i mean good stories. not ben-10 style tv programmes duh), but if reading's the same as watching tv, why is the latter frowned upon by my mum and the parental population at large? ): ok i guess he meant that during exam periods, doing anything else besides studying is frivolous. especially since i complained (to him) that i often cant finish studying. but its thought provoking isnt it? Why are books better than television programmes? Discuss. hehheh. ok i'm gna read my book now. tutorials etc, tomorrow bah. i need a break, and some recreation. |
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