Friday, September 06, 2013
Photolog for the day (as per #30)
So guess who had enrolled himself into a course all by himself ?. Yes, my baby - my baby brother. I'm just a very very very proud sister. I really am. I mean I felt that my baby was being stagnant and I will never advocate stagnancy in my life - I mean, one life and you should live it well. Why be stagnant ?. So I had always advised him to enroll himself into a course. I mean my baby did NITEC and he thinks he is not the studying type and he never knew what he likes to do. So I kept telling him to keep his options open and to explore and one day he came to me and told me that he enrolled in this particular course and I swear I wanted to fucking hug him and cry. But well, I didn't want to snuff out the moment with my melodrama so I decided to cut it low. So I told him to stay focused and to aim high and never to tap out in between.
So baby brother went for his 1st class last week and he was so excited. He got home and started to show my dad, my mom and me all his textbooks, assignments, notes and what not. I could sense the enthusiasm in his voice and all. I really loved that moment man ! It was so beautiful. So I looked through his notes and I was really proud that he actually took down notes and all. Well, my brother doesn't do all this and I was just really so proud of him la. So a few days later, he asked me how could I do my assignments without sleep and all. I mean I had so many back to back assignments this term (I was bombarded with assignments literally from Mon-Fri) and I actually did most of them without sleep. Well this was the first time I knew that I could go on without sleep for 2-3 days and my brother had observed all this. So I just lied to him that "sleep is for the weak". I mean I always say that to manipulate my mind just so that I can influence it to stay awake and to study (HAHAHHA). So I just told him that and the next day he actually woke up early in the morning at around 5am (he only slept at 2.30am) and started studying for his test and to do his assignment which was like due 2 days later. Hmmmm, again I was so fucking proud of him.
So on Tuesday he got home from school and he was feeling down and I got him to open up. So he told me that he had a group assignment to be done and he told me that he found his group members really lazy, unable to think deeply, disinterested in this course and what not. So he was telling me that he feels like changing groups and that he felt like his group was pulling him down. He was telling me that he really wanted to do very well and score (FUCK, I was sooooo proud of him). So at that juncture, I went to look for my A levels certificate to show him my grades for my Project Work. I mean I didn't want to be the sister who would rather talk the talk but I wanted to show him that I do walk the talk as well. So he saw my "A grade" and I told him the exact thing which I would narrate below.
First and foremost, I have never believed that I should always be the leader but I can never tolerate substandard work. I mean if I am working on it independently then its a different matter but if my grades were to be affected by someone else, I swear I would blow my top off. Also, I always believe that no one know when he or she should be the leader. I mean time will never wait for one to lead and if you trust yourself to lead people, then why not ?. So I took the lead to guide my team mates (my teacher selected the members and we were all formed by random) and they decided that I should be their leader. I had a game plan in my mind but along the way I got lost. I swear I was stuck in a maze. Well I had my 1st break up then and I was just lost la. I had no mood to work or to study. I was too busy being depressed that I ignored my work. But credits should be given to my team mates sia. Well, I know that they kinda knew that I was lost but they had some mutual respect for me and they trusted me. I mean I did tell them to trust me... but I swear I was lost. I felt that I was fucking them up. I felt really bad and I decided to put the sorrow away and to work hard. My teacher gave up on my group. Many groups did drafts after drafts of their report (which was about 1000-2000 words - I can't remember the word limit though) while my team was stuck at the 2nd level itself. We had about 80% to do and my group was also humiliated infront of the whole class. So that really woke me up. I mean I didn't want to betray my team mate's trust in me and so I thought really hard and I modified my game plan and got a better idea and I told my team mates about it. I was initially confusing them because I myself was confused with my own shit (HAHAHHAA) but I managed to convince them. Hahahhaa, well if you cannot convince them then confuse them lor. You just need to look like you're convincingly confusing them and they would believe that you know what you're doing although they may seem confused :P ! Hahahhaa. So eventually everything materialised so well and when many groups did 20 drafts of their reports and prepared themselves to do their final report, my team and I did our 1st draft and my teacher was pretty impressed - like I said, I knew what I was doing and once I know what I was doing there was no turning back. No doubts. I just knew it. So we did our 2nd draft which was also the final copy. I prepared my team mates for their presentation and I told them that I wanted them to do really well and guess what, we emerged as the BEST TEAM in the class and 2 of us (myself and a team mate) got A while 2 others got B. We were the only fuckers who got A in my class - NOW BEAT THAT ;) ! Till now, I am so proud of it man. I really am. So this really shows that when you know what you're doing, NO BODY can take you down man ! Also, I had a blessing la - at least my team mates gave me the power to decide and to spearhead the project all by myself and never once questioned me. I love my team mates man. Honestly I don't think I would have gotten an A if I had fucked up team mates). So I told this to my brother to inspire him and the next moment, I saw him texting his team mates to meet up the next day after their class to discuss their project. I just told my brother that a true leader will never have time to think about joining other group but would rather strive to change the mindset of his team mates and spearhead them towards excellence and well, he got the message :)
So that being said,
Well that is for my research paper which is due on 12th September ! Fuck I am like freaking out sial. It's A REAL TOUGH paper. As I got an A grade for my previous research paper for a religious module, I have the pressure of attaining A for this module again. So you can imagine my stress level. Hahaha, so wish me luck people !!!
Oh btw, I am so so so so so so so so so so in love with "Oh Penne", the International version from "Vanakkam Chennai". OMG, it's ARJUN sia ! I love ARJUN's voice and its him ! Gosh.
oh penne penne
girl you show me the way
when i look in your eyes
you take my breath away
You got coloured @
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