"Spring and Fall" - Gerard Manley Hopkins

to a Young Child

Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leaves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you will weep know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sorrow’s springs are the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.

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Margaret mourns her own mortality.

When I first read this poem, the first two lines stuck in my head and I was repeating them for the next few days.

This time, it's the last two lines.

"Mother Nature FTW: I Got You, Bro"

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20 days after the exams.

Thank goodness exam results aren't as bad as I feared they'd be, examiners must have been really lenient.

Holidays have been brilliant so far.

A first attempt at pool, rehearsals with a famous music director, a bit of freelance writing, rehearsals for NAC, badminton, friends returning (!!!), a new phone, long bus trips to far-way libraries, cycling to Changi beach and back.

And lots more stuff coming up, like the photography exhibition and Ballet Under The Stars production I get to attend and write reviews on, books I can finally read, friends' birthday parties, meet-ups, The Contemporary (3-day lit seminar), and planning my timetable for next sem. =]

Plus, more friends are returning soon!

3 days into freedom (i plan to jot down what i do everyday. in brief.)

Exams ended on Friday, May 20th. On a very very bad note. =\

Stopped by the library on the way home, borrowed some Marcel Proust, John Green, K.M. Peyton, a. uncensored collection edited by Judy Blume, and some other vague book that had a

nice cover. Walked home from the library, and caught up on some emailing. Dhevy's letter number 3 of 21 arrived and it got me very excited!

Saturday -

Back to practising violin. SIFAS in the afternoon, then Hindi class afterwards, and it's good to be back at it! =]

Sunday -

Major housecleaning. PA in the afternoon, and it's good to be back there too! We watched Shiraz, and I like it though lotsa others said it's boring (because it's in black and white). Sister returned home in the evening, and related her experiences in Bangkok! Heard from Mr Andrew again, who has more writing for me. And SUNDAR IS BACK!

Monday -

Almost went to the Neptune Court office to file a complaint, but decided to gather more information first. Watched Little Miss Sunshine, and I'm so glad Yuvanes recommended it! Lunch plans with the girls tomorrow finalised. And I made it to the Peer Helping Programme, as a confidante! It's a pity I'll be in Indonesia during their training sessions, so I can only join next year. Went cycling after a Zoo Tycoon session, and cycled to Changi Beach for the first time in my life. Took me two hours altogether - there and back again. Legs are going to scream tomorrow. Got a call from Congo!!! Gotta make an overdue call to Sundar now, and start on the Proust book while waiting for a bro.

UI = user interface. AI = umm, artificial intelligence?

(yes, i DID google those)


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Sometimes, I pretend not to know answers, or act dumb, because I don't want people to think I've outgrown them.



"The future's cloudy and it's raining on the poor class
Road to peace is closed heavy traffic on the war paths"

"you ain't gotta flaunt for me"

For the first time ever, I'm tempted to buy a perfume. An Eau De Toilette, to be specific.

All because of the name. I don't even like the design.

I will eventually talk myself outta buying something just for the image (in this case, it isn't even an image, it's a scent, and I'm not going to announce what I'm wearing to everyone I meet).

But then I will think, it isn't for anyone to know, it's for ME to know.

Then I'll go, "You don't need a perfume to define you."

Then I'll agree.

No EDT then I guess.

"du fond de mon coeur." ah darby.

I need to give myself a good talking down now and then

I just realised that I slouch when I'm at the laptop.

I dread to think what the past 1.5years with a laptop have done to my spine already. I need to consciously sit straight, or get a different chair for my table.

=\

Anyway, what with Macbeth at Fort Canning, The Royal Wedding and Students' Nite all in one week, it's easy to forget that I still have TWO essays to write before exams. WHICH ARE ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AWAY.

You wanted a 4.6 didn't you.

It's true you took on a lot this sem. Maximum number of courses possible and all of them core subjects, Vice-Pres of one CCA, Hindi classes, gym membership, and the usual music school stuff.

Doesn't look like that much when you put it down on paper huh.

And yes, you don't stay on campus. But so what. Some people live all the way in Pasir Ris.

You're only doing a second major, not a second degree. Stop blaming your workload and get that GPA you want already.