You know, I used to think "Duke of Edinburgh" is Black Adder?

O_O

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Anywho. While we're on the topic of Duke of Ed, don't you all agree that 95 dollars just for a sheet of Reflex A4 paper with a stupid bronze sticker (okay, which will prolly cost $2.50 more at local newsagency) is just a TINY BIT too much for us cheap, stingy asians? I mean, do you know how many pork chops I can buy with that? Or Squalene pills to sent back to my grandparents in China? Or yumcha dimsims?

>=\

And PLUS, additional fees are required for hiring equipment for hiking and enrolment of additional classes in order to fulfil the requirements of the Duke of Ed awards is just .. sky high. The last time I checked, I did not have a ATM sign on top of my head. ==

I swear, the amount of money required for the education of society teens these days is absolutely outrageous. With school fees to begin with, plus the extra fees on electives, plus fees for learning an instrument, registration for sporting team(s) + sport equipment, art and dance classes, learning the oh-so-wonderful language of chinese, and something that applies to 9.999999999999999999 percent of asians - COACHING.

Haha, I'm in the rare 0.0000000001 percent. I'm special =D

Note to self: if I ever become sucessful .. at winning the 21 million lottery jackpot .. I will fund my parents' superannuation for all the hard-earnt money they have put into my education.

Amen.

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By the way, my softball team won our finals today! =D 7-2. Like it's not such a big deal, but I think, for something like this to occur at this time has just brightened my world.. with coping with schoolwork and the darkness due to the never-ending photography assignments. == It had just made me realise that there IS something more out there, something that exceeds beyond the scribbled red marks on your latest test or assignments.

Yeah, things are gonna get harder from now on. Already nearly the whole term one has gone and I haven't had the chance to actually pause, stop and reflect on what this was all about. But I guess that's just one of the things in life - it's continuously progressing forward, and it's up to you to pace yourself. You can choose to either embrace the change for the better, or you can stay, desperately trying to grasp onto the past, and miss all the windows of opportunities that are out there for you. Either way, time does not wait for you, nor anyone else.


Smile and live on.

xx.
George.