Today my uncle came over to fix my bathroom light. Yes, it seems that everything in my room is falling apart, starting from my tv, to my ceiling, to the pipes, to the walls (I blame my parents) and now, even my lights.
Anyway, he came over with my aunt and 2 cousins. And it was only when my mum commented "So, Bryan, you're in P6 right? How was the PSLE?" That I realised how quickly time had passed me by. Just 6 years ago he was starting P1 and his younger brother Nicholas was in kindergarten. It was then they dropped my dog on her head which resulted in BOTH dogs fearing them till this very day. Despite the whooping 6 year gap between us, I guess this pair of cousins happen to be one of my closest cousins. Nope, I'm excluding my god-brother (you know I almost typed dog-brother twice? LOL) because, well it's just different. 6 years. Wow. It was 6 years ago the 2 of them made it habit of giving my goodbye kisses on the cheek before leaving my place (yes, the cute things children can do, unfortunately, I can't really continue calling them that, can I? Maybe I can..). Of course, by now, the little pecks on the cheeks have ceased as we drifted apart, a combination of age (weird kissing your female cousin who's old enough to be an aunt lol) and the whole growing up and getting busier with the year that you no longer have time to speak to them when they come over 'cause when they do, you're forever studying. Like earlier on. Of course, these 2 boys will always been remembered for terrorising my dogs, for their pecks on the cheeks, for scaring my mum senseless by jumping on the couch and for making that really funny comment about future wives and me.
I'm also closest to that particular aunt. Probably because she doesn't speak to me in Teochew as much as all the other aunts. With the rest, I mainly go "oh.. ok..", "yea..*nods head*, yea..". Lol. With her, I talk about more stuff. Yes, I do have LOTS of trouble communicating in my own dialect, so don't shoot me for it.
6 years, wow. What can I say? I didn't even realise that he's 12. All along, I kept thinking that this lil cousin of mine is still in P3, maybe P4. Of course it doesn't help that they're really small-sized. Lol. It felt strange earlier on when the younger one wandered into my VERY messy room(the product of studying, yes, I believe JX and I do that to places we study at, that is to leave things all over the place, which includes floors, chairs. tables, and even tvs for me at least). He wandered in, gave me this weird look that probably meant "oh! Sorry, am I supposed to scram? (in a rather innocent way, not sarcastic, I don't think they've learnt how to be sarcastic and I have no intention in being the one to teach them the meaning of sarcasm)" Hopefully those slightly broken and frayed ties (due to wear and tear) can be amended over time (what an irony). Of course I won't be stuck in my room studying come CNY next year, which I will finally be able to celebrate, one year after my paternal grandmother passed away (her anniversary will be in just under a month's time).
Funny thing memories can do to you. Queer. Strange. Weird.
Of course, now's not the time to be melodramatic and start reminscing about past memories because the A Levels are still ongoing and I am not done being annoyed at the fact that I'm among the last students in Singapore to end the exams just because we happen to take extra papers (not by virtue of being horrid students, mind you lol). 5 papers this week (yes Sunday is the first day of the week), 2 next week and 2 the following week. 9 more papers.
I found out who's going to be TKGS's new Principal (that's my alma mater btw). I do pity future TJCians who are going to end up stuck with LY (considering how much tkgians seem to abhor her). Mrs Marilyn Chia, the incoming principal of my alma mater. SHe's a nice person, but so is Ms Terry (I conducted my first ever morning announcement in 2002 with her, how could I forget?). I wonder what kind of principal she'll be. But I reckon she'll be more well-received than LY. Nice person, I remember meeting her when I went back this year for a campfire and she commented on how my squad mates and I looked like we only left TK last year (we left 2 years ago). Of course that means 2 things. She doesn't remember us at all, or we just look young. Lol. I guess no matter how much you hate your schools, you'll always have a soft spot for them (although TJC is increasingly becoming the erm... exception).
Ok, time to stop, I still have to finish macroeconomics and hopefully finishing all the money related topics tonight if I am to have any time to revise my chemistry (which clashes with economics, damn Cambridge! Lol, or should I blame SEAB?)
This week: Tues: Chem paper 2 + Econs paper 3 Wed : Econs paper 1+2 Fri: Chem paper 1
Next week: Mon: Bio paper 3 Thurs: Bio paper 1
The week after: Mon: Bio paper 0 + Econs paper 0
I passed my NDC card to my mum to try to force a December appointment out of NDC. My mum can be quite a terror sometimes (by that, I mean regularly).
I'm a 3rd year student in what is probably the largest autonomous university in Singapore majoring in a Science-related subject (well it sorta IS SCIENCE). I'm known to be introverted, sarcastic (at times), funny when I rant (which isn't a good thing lol) and somewhat of a loner. I miss LA and would move there in a heartbeat :(
