Trade of Labour...

Labour Day. And like many times, there's still labour assigned to me even on this holiday. In other terms, revision. Plus a History test or two, but that's besides the point.

So this was basically how the day went: First woke up at 9 on the sofa, with the television on at Kids Central and my younger sister seated on my feet. So since I still had to sit myself up and start up my brain for a few minutes to ensure best performance by force, and since my younger sister weighs more than my elder sister, I had to watch a kiddy show and a half before being able to free myself and making my way to the breakfast table to eat four chocalate sandwiches, the typical thing I'd eat on holidays. Once done, I made my way to my room to set up my desk for revision.

Tablet PC and Charger? Check.
Life Science Textbook, Practical and Worksheet? Check.
Earth Science Textbooks and Worksheets? Check.
History Notes and Assignment? Check.
Maths Question and Graph Paper? Check.
A member of the Czech Republic is a? Czech.

All here? Good. Wait, who's missing? Ah, right. Bible.

Before starting my revision, I took my Bible out for a short reading. I told the Lord, "God, I've got lots to do, as You can see here. So I'll dedicate 30 minutes to this IF You've got something to show me, but if not then I'd just spend 10 minutes." And after checking my clock to be 9.52, I randomly flipped the pages to Matthew 20, where I started reading the parable of the The Workers in the Vineyard. But hte verse that structme the most in the parablewas Matt 20:14(b), which says, "I want to give this man who was hired last as much as I have given you."

The Lord would always be willing to give me all the blessings He'd prepared for me no matter how much I've known Him, long-term or recent. How nice!

Then I continued reading more and more, and things started getting more interesting at the same rate. I read on and on, and sometimes even repeated reading sentences I wanted to be more clear on, all the way to the end of Matthew 22, where Jesus debated with the Pharisees on what status the Messiah was suppose to have. And once done, I closed the Bible and looked up at the wall clock, which stated 10.22. Ha, and I didn't even time it! Praise the Lord...

I placed my Bible aside and brought into its place the L Sci worksheet and books. After doing the worksheet, I had Dinner with the family before starting on E Science. But while searching for a textbook, I ended up re-organising my entire bookshelf in the process, and I discovered many interesting old books and doccuments that reminded me of my past.

My Mom's Tution Centre's first brochers.
A file of Codes from 6A.
Benjamin Chiam's Math's Journal.
Ivan Teo's Times Magazine on Hiroshima.
Old and new versions of the Nanyang Notebook.
The form that contained my PSLE Marks.
An ACS Newsletter from Feb 2006.
The 'Christalite Methodist Home for the Elderly' CIP Duty Concent Form.
Notes I took down during my Selection/Year 2 Prefect Camp.
My last Prefectorial Recomendation Form.
The Final Letter from French Captain Francis Von Gullilier.

I'm keeping these stuff for future's sake. Man, I need to find a box for all this...

After sorting out the books, files and memories, I got down from my chair only to realise that my first intention was to get the E Sci textbook, so I went back up to get it and got down to complete my worksheet.

Once done, I finished off my Maths worksheet before being informed by my Mom that we're going out to eat Sushi at Orchard Road for dinner, so as to entertain Grandma and Aunt Mary(who've, if you didn't keep track, arrived on Sunday from Manila for a 1-week visit). So while I still had an hour or so till then, I did my History assignment, which was just three questions based on our notes on the Japanese Occupation.

While typing the thing away, I found out that my WLAN account in my computer didn't have Messenger activated yet. So once I went through the simple process of activating it, Tim conversed out of nowhere and typed, 'Tempting...' Before I could ask him what he meant, he then sent me three Christian songs, astounding me with the generousity. Remembering yesterday, when Tim 'strangled' (or should I say strangled) me for 10 minutes or so because I used his song in my PowerPoint presentation, today was an interesting surprise.

I thanked him before and after accepting the files, and after listening to them (which according to Tim was from performances by 'the Believers'), I'm impressed! I mean, if that's the standard of his Church's performances, then my rating for Church plays of Churches I've been to would be:

1) The Lighthouse
2) New Creation Church
3) Church of our Saviour
4) Eternal Life Assembly (Sorry, Ben. Your music and dancing was beautiful, but the performance pulled it down by a lot...)

Before I could type my finishing touches to my paragraphs in the Hist thingy, it was time for my family to leave. Sushi time!

Once at the place, my family sat down and ordered the drinks, after which I quickly turned my head towards the conveyer belt and asked if I could 'start'. Knowing what I meant, she nodded her head and said, "Sure." before ducking down. Automatically, I slashed out my arms at the belt and whipped out plates of salmon-related dishes.

So it was something like the Neo-dodgeing-bullets-by-bending-backwards kinda stunt, with me as Agent Smith and Mom as Neo. Just that my arms were the flying objects, not bullets, and they were aimed at the belt, not Mom. But that ussually happens when you put me in a Sushi Bar anyway. So once my Mom got tired of bending over multiple times while trying to talk to Dad, we all decided to rearage ourselve with me seated right next to the belt. Yipee!

After a good meal of 30-odd plates of sushi and three bowls of different types of ramen, my family was satisfied and we paid the bill with full smiles (and full stomachs). We then divided into three groups to do our own Orchard Rd thing before making our drive home: My Mom, Granma and Aunt Mary went to the Body Shop, my Dad, Morriel and Choppy went to buy some snacks, and I independently went to Lido to observe the many posters available. When I observe, I observe in GREAT detail, and mistakes or plots are easily reveiled to me. So in my observations today, here's what I've found:

- In the Spider-man 3 poster, they mistakenly placed two suns in the scenery.

-In the Pirates of the Carribean : At World's End posters,
1) Captain Jack Sparrow is left-handed.
2) Barbossa held a Grand Chinese cannon lighter, not a plain European one.
3) Barbossa was somehow able to light up the cannon ignition hole with the cannon lighter's lighting end on the opposite side of the picture.

- In the Die Hard 4.0 poster, a police car crashes into a helicopter in mid-air behind the main character, whoever his name is.

-In the 28 Weeks Later poster, the scene is obviously in England.

- In the Fracture poster, the second character is actually a reflection, and not behind the glass.

After having a satisfying round of poster obervation, I went back to my Dad's office and met up with the rest of the family before we made our way to the carpark upstairs and headed home.

Once back, I completed the Hist thingy and then now. Hi.

Wow, this is short. Longer than the average short, but nevertheless short. Ah, well. Pray for my debating team tomorrow, then! Matthew 18:4-5!!! God bless!!!