so school has started. obviously i'm not ecstatic about waking up at 6 everyday, but i can't say that the days have been incredibly shitty either. SO FAR, i mean. we all know that the shit will pile up faster than you imagine, and then before you know it, it'll be up to your nose and you'll just be eating, breathing, and swimming in shit. and there'll be nothing you can do then but try to surface for air every few days. eternal optimist, that's me.

the new rj is bigger than i thought it'd be, and i must say that it's a pleasant change to actually have classrooms with proper tables now, and labs where half the bench doesn't come off on your hand when you touch it. other than that, i think the new school reeks of cold concrete walls, so unlike how a real school should feel like. i still think NY and maybe chinese high (minus the freaks in shorts) are the nicest school buildings around. so much for the snotty elitist rafflesian empire.

woke up at 430 this morning because i accidentally set my alarm an hour early, and only realised that after i had fully sprung out of bed and brushed my teeth. what a bummer. so i spent the next hour doing yoga and pilates, and as a result felt superbly refreshed, revitalised and awake right through my breakfast and shower. then i got into the car and everything went downhill- i fell asleep and never quite got out of that.

if there's anything to be happy about, it looks like my resolution to do yoga everyday is actually working out. and i have decided that the fundamental difference between yoga and pilates is that yoga is about stretching, while pilates is about strength. so that's one of the great mysteries of the universe sorted out, just a few more to go. maybe one day i might become a yoga instructor- i think that would be uber uber cool. i can't even imagine how it'd be like to feel fit every single day of your life!