Kind of depressed dammit

I have to admit that life can really suck sometimes. I'm sure quite a few of you out there would be quite surprised to hear this coming from the usually optimistic me, but all I can manage now is a wan smile and to give you a quote from AJ's favourite physics tutor, Chan C. M., "Well, that's life al'rite!" =/

One could probably expect what is to come next in this post -- my lamenting about my bad week. So for those who would rather not hear about them and spoil their moods, I suggest that you just stick with the summarised version - "... it was just a bad week.. but all in a week's work larh.. "

Well, it all started last weekend when the NUS Dragon Boat team did not do very well in the Mr500 race at Lower Seletar Park. Only one out of two of the NUS men's teams got into the finals, but even so, we lost by breath to a bunch of canoeists from NTU. I admit that perhaps being too sure of winning was perhaps why I was rather stunned inside, despite me not showing it on the outside. Time to work harder ;)

The 2nd blow came when I realised that I've wasted 3 days trying to figure out how to solve a physics question in my online assignment, all because there was a typo in the question which asked for a numerical answer when actually one in terms of unknowns would have sufficed. The worst part was, there wasn't any announcements from the Physics Dept abt this mistake. AND(yes. AND).. 2 stupid idiots(who probably have no idea what they are doing) were posting in the physics forums telling everyone that there's nothing wrong with the question mentioned. Those 2 were the reason why I spent so much time trying to figure out what I did wrong. Have I not read their posts , I would've eventually came to the conclusion that there was a typo in the question. At least, long before Li Hui enlightened me just minutes before the submission date. Give me back my 3 days! omg, all the homework that I could've done instead.. but then again, this incident did spur me to really read up on the topic and scrutinise the lecture notes inside-out again and again -- something that I wouldn't have done normally.. so maybe it is something that I should be thankful for? xD

Perhaps the most dissapointing thing which happened this week was find out that I would not be able to row with my team during the dragon boat festival, a race which pits long time rivals, NTU and NUS in a all or nothing race for glory, this June. This is so because as a scholar, I am obliged to go for attachment at my company during the vaction period. I mean like, work always comes before play, but but, it's like THE race for the team, and I would like so much to be be on the same boat with my brothers as we charge towards victory. I feel so much like I've let them down. Sigh. How should I ever start breaking it to them?

This morning after waking up, I went to the kitchen to get some breakfast, only to find that my frying pan was on the stove and filled with oil. Shocked, I opened the fridge, only to find my whole packet of chicken nuggets(save the packaging) was gone form the fridge.. Intuition prompted me to feel the sides of the pan.. cold. So someone was cooking MY nuggets using MY frying pan sometime last night from 3-6am probably! Someone from my own cluster no doubt. WTH. He took the whole packet, which costs about 7 bucks! And there I was, planning to eat it throughout the month T-T. OMG, I HATE THIEVES. I'm so sure that whoever took it, must've had a friend along, i mean like, who in the world would eat 20 plus nuggets in one go?! WHY T.T WHY T.T how I wish I have some means of dusting for fingerprints on my pan to catch the culprit T.T Food has always been a soft spot of mine, and this has done it -- sunk me into deep depression, at least for the next couple of days. Drats, just thinking about it makes me wanna cry again.. Good thing Poh Sun and Kean Siong came to visit me from Malaysia last Wednesday, or else, this week would have been completely lost. Thanks you guys. Some of the happier moments in the week.. Come to think of it, my room looks quite clean from here^^

Gonna go pizza hut with CS this Sunday and stuff ourselves silly.. hopefully that'll make me feel better ;) till then.. ciao~