Groovy Chicken Day/Aunt And Uncle's Day
2005-07-26 @ 8:20 p.m.

Jose is weird, but don't ask me to explain why. I have a sore throat, which I probably caught from Huimin. Mr Sowden showed us this really gross video during his Civics lesson. Oh man, it's Groovy Chicken Day today. The irony of that is quite funny! I came this close to becoming vegetarian, but I've decided I like salmon too much, even if, as Mr Sowden informed us in his Powerpoint slides, "Meat is murder. Meat is suicide." Next week: Meat is money. Thought of some new lines for a poem during Mr Kwok's tutorial, which is what I usually do anyway. Can't quite decide how to start the poem without sounding stilted, but I know how it's going to end: "Enduring love is but/Iron dressed up as gold." Like it? I don't think it's particularly insightful actually, just sounds pseudo-philosophical. I like the line I came up with last night for my MSN Messenger nickname better. You don't want to know what sort of inane rhymes I was making up in my head while Mr Kwok was exhorting us to greater heights of intellectual pursuit. Haha! I find it very difficult to pay attention during his lessons, but I think it's just me, because whenever I look around, just about everyone's (sort of) paying attention. Mr Purvis is very kind with his words, something which I've probably mentioned before. I am impressed by his ability to praise and criticise in the same breath. Reminds me about what Vaish wrote about him, that "he is a man who has caught both the contradictions in his hand, and cups one palm over the other so that all you can hear is the vigorous beating of both wings". Very eloquent description there. Anyway, the good stuff didn't boost my ego (because that comes from ripping people to shreds in verbal contests of wit); the bad stuff wasn't anything I hadn't already figured out about myself. What am I going to do about it? Haven't a clue. I feel incredibly stupid at the moment, for more reasons than you would imagine.