Chapter 1: Tick-Tock

I’ve been in a much better mood these past few days. First, thank you to the friends who left comments on my last post. I wasn’t able to reply to each of you, but I’m really grateful for your comments. They helped me let go of a lot and figure out a lot of things.

The clock is going tick-tock, so I named this post after that sound. It’s getting colder. This evening a friend I hadn’t seen in months called and asked me out to eat. I said yes, took a shower, and got ready to head out. When I called him again, he said something had come up and I shouldn’t come for now. Fine, back to the computer I went.

This June I took the academic proficiency exams, the ones you need to get your high school diploma. I took them; I remember they lasted three days. People cheated, people used crib sheets. After the exams, I just stayed home the whole time.

Over the summer, apart from one trip to the World Expo, one trip out of town, and one tragic TOEFL test, nothing much happened. Being a super homebody, I mostly hung around the house.

A few days ago I got my hair cut short, and it feels much fresher. Sigh, the reason I cut it short is that I used to have it permed, but now I’m out of money, so I had no choice but to cut it short. Orz…

These past few evenings I’ve been reading Stray Birds, copying out lines. It’s a bilingual edition, and it lets me practice my round-hand lettering too.

My copy of PHP and MySQL Web Development has arrived too, and I’ve started studying. Hehe, I’m aiming to get LuckyBLOG and ShowBLOG online soon!

PS: I learned this Chapter style of writing from Nevermore’s Blog. He’s a student studying abroad (UK) and pretty busy lately. His blog is mostly pictures. If you’ve got time, go leave him a comment on his site, he’ll be happy, hehe. Let me tell you a secret: his nickname is Tragic Little Maruko, because everything he does ends in tragedy. Sigh, now that’s a whole other level! Once again, I recommend Nevermore’s Blog, hehe~