The weirdness of being stress free

It's exam time and if you know me, you must also know that during exam time I completely lose my mind. But this term, there is something wrong with me. I don't know if it's just that I don't have time to stress, or if my stress mechanisms are completely out of whack, but I seem to be incapable of feeling stressed out. In a way, that's good, since I can actually look at a question and think it through without my brain blowing up. On the other hand, it means that I'm not stressed out enough to go sit at my desk and study. Every time I try, I feel like "meh, just another exam. There's always a next time." WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
Anyway, I entered some writing competition. In fact, it's one that I entered last year and you'll be able to notice just how strangely stress free I've become since then. Last year, I wrote my story two months in advance, got three teachers to check it and sat in front of my desk, worrying about the similes and the metaphors for days on end. This year, I wrote it one day before the due date, wrote precisely one draft, and even though I knew that my story was a load of crap, submitted it anyway!

Well, I've got maths exams and a biology assessment this week and hopefully they'll be alright. I'm pumped for Variety Night on Wednesday (a.k.a the day before the extension maths exam) and can't wait to see all the performances! I'm so happy that there are so many performers from our grade this year :D Hopefully it'll be a great night!

Now, I'm off to avoid studying for maths. Ciao!

- Zarin.

What would have been Athletics Day

Friday was Athletics Day. PUH-LEASE! I'll go next year though :) Instead of going to some place in Leumeah, Aswathi, Charis and I went to the State Library. Nerd's day out woohoo! Haha, it was actually very fun!! We went there to do our ancient history assignment but instead, spent half the day wandering around the city, eating and sitting in Hyde Park. Oh well, that's what the city is for! 

Aswathi missed the train despite the fact that she woke up earlier than me and Charis, so it took a while to meet up. Once Aswathi and I actually found each other, she realised that she forgot to bring money. TO THE CITY!! I guess in one day she lost the title of 'the most organised person I know'. Then when we got to St James station this guy was playing the accordion, except he was at the end of the tunnel thing so we couldn't see him and it sounded so cool! He sounded amazing! It was like we were walking through Paris or something. 

The State library is so huge! And the security is unexpectedly intense - c'mon, it's just a library after all! But we couldn't take our bags in and there was this security guard station thing at the entrance to the library. The librarian ladies were so nice to us, even though we asked them at least a thousand questions! 

So when we realised that our stomachs were eating themselves, we decided it was time to eat :) Aswathi insisted that we should eat at some Malaysian Laksa House thing and I excitedly bought these strange looking noodles. I have never seen so much oil in one dish. Our food was literally shining with oil. When I looked at my spoon it was covered with oil so it seemed like I had just washed it. But one good thing came out of this - I ATE WITH CHOPSTICKS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE! Ask Charis, she'll tell you that I'm a natural :D

Of course, no day out in the city is complete without something sweet! We went to The Cupcake Bakery, and looking at it was enough to make my day. The cupcakes were so cute! Aswathi and Charis bought a red velvet cupcake: 

It looked too cute to eat! 

 I ordered THE BEST ICE CHOCOLATE IN THE UNIVERSE. GAAAH IT WAS SO GOOOOOOD! YOU MUST TRY IT!!!!! 

So anyway, I had a lot of fun, especially because I don't go out to the city half as much as I'd like to. Thank you Charis and Aswathi for such an awesome day :D 

And now, for my ancient history essay. DUN DUN DUUUN.