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Hi all! I haven't done a journal in ages! You see, a lot of things have been running through my mind lately, and it has weighing me down in a black pool of despair. A lot of people who are close to me have come and gone, so quickly that I feel as if I was stuck in my own nightmare. My aunt committed suicide recently and my grandmother passed away shortly after. I felt so helpless, so powerless that there's nothing that can be done to bring them back. I just cried so much... T_T
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Hi all! I haven't done a journal in ages! You see, a lot of things have been running through my mind lately, and it has weighing me down in a black pool of despair. A lot of people who are close to me have come and gone, so quickly that I feel as if I was stuck in my own nightmare. My aunt committed suicide recently and my grandmother passed away shortly after. I felt so helpless, so powerless that there's nothing that can be done to bring them back. I just cried so much... 
My family are going through very tough times, with all the fighting that has been going around the place lately and really by this point I was going to lose it this time. I just went through a bitter fight with one of my friends, feeling that no one truly understands what I'm going through and saying that I will never forgive and see him again. I just wanted to take my words back and forget the fight ever happened. Seeing others around me living life without a care... it really makes me feel so envious that none of this is happening to them, that it all seemed that everyone is leaving me behind. It really is all too much for me to take. Occasionally, I would let my emotions run loose at a nearby park and just scream. I wanted to feel strong and move on, but since the innocence of childhood has long been replaced by complicated adult responsibilities, I'm finding it very hard to cope with it all.
And as my high school life draws to a close, I find myself standing at the precipice at a crossroad of life burdened by countless decisions, about what I'm going to do in university and preparing for my entrance exams that would determine which path in life I'm going to take. And I feel so stressed with the weight of my family upon my shoulders, all expecting me to get a very high score or forever be a disgrace to the family. I knew that I only have one shot at this, and if I fail then I already let my best opportunity slip between my fingers and thinking about it just asserts the futility of life. Time is running out for me 
Now, it finally dawned on me that there are things that cannot be taken back no matter how hard we try and that I must face reality if I'm to go anywhere. I'm moving into a new world, a wider world, even if I don't want to. All I really want is to see the new world with all the love and strength everyone gave me... · close
Balancing work, rest and play is not as easy as I thought. Here is just an average day of what I go through on a weekday:
5:50 am: Alarm clock rings. I hit the snooze button (parents still asleep)
6:00 am: Alarm clock rings again, but this time, I reluctantly crawl out of bed.
6:10 am: Got dressed, brushed my teeth and took a brief warm shower
6:25 am: Made my own breakfast and made my lunch for a long day ahead
6:40 am: Checked out the news on TV and skimmed over my study notes
7:30 am: Early ...
Balancing work, rest and play is not as easy as I thought. Here is just an average day of what I go through on a weekday:
5:50 am: Alarm clock rings. I hit the snooze button (parents still asleep)
6:00 am: Alarm clock rings again, but this time, I reluctantly crawl out of bed.
6:10 am: Got dressed, brushed my teeth and took a brief warm shower
6:25 am: Made my own breakfast and made my lunch for a long day ahead
6:40 am: Checked out the news on TV and skimmed over my study notes
7:30 am: Early morning study done.
7:45 am: Say goodbye to my parents and drove to school
8:00 am: Idling on the highway fuming at the heavy traffic. Listen to some music on the radio to cheer me up
8:30 am: Arrived at school safe and sound and have a little chat with friends
8:55 am: First class of the day starts...
10:25 am: Ate a snack, revising what I learnt
10:45 am: Went through 2nd and 3rd period. (Study on a free period)
(12:20 pm on Wednesdays): Made my way back home, Year 12s only have a half day
1:20 pm: Had lunch and rested well
2:00 pm: Last class of the day (yay, I made it)
3:15 pm: School ends, drove my friends home
4:30 pm: Arrived home and went through afternoon study, loaded my desk full of snacks to keep me focused (going to tutor on Thursdays)
6:30 pm: I take a break, check what's on the net. Go out to exercise to burn all those calories
7:30 pm: Had dinner, then went for evening study
9:30 pm: Had rest, do whatever I liked, if it is to watch anime, read manga, play a game...
10:15pm: Study some more... this business is really starting to wear me out
11:30pm: Finish off my homework and hop on bed ready for another day...
And that, is just an average weekday of my high school life. I trying my best, I really am. Good grief I only have to put up with it for a few more months, and then I'm free! · close
I stumbled upon something quite funny the other day. You see, Google Translate can be a nifty tool for a quick translation, until I learnt that you shouldn't rely on Google Translate to translate a passge for you.
I was doing this with my friends translating simple phrases in various languages, and they told me that I wrote something embarrassing and funny, or that my syntax isn't correct. It then dawned on me that whatever you translated isn't necessarily what you had said on...
Read more (342 words more)I stumbled upon something quite funny the other day. You see, Google Translate can be a nifty tool for a quick translation, until I learnt that you shouldn't rely on Google Translate to translate a passge for you.
I was doing this with my friends translating simple phrases in various languages, and they told me that I wrote something embarrassing and funny, or that my syntax isn't correct. It then dawned on me that whatever you translated isn't necessarily what you had said on the other end. It's like a beefed up version of 'Chinese Whispers'.
I've been to China for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and I saw a sign which says "Deformed Man Toilet", instead of 'Toilets for disabled people only'. Most other translated signs are pretty funny as well.
For example, if you translate "I ate pies for lunch" from English to German, it will say this: 'Ich aß Kuchen für das Mittagessen' If you translated it back to English, it will say 'I ate cake for lunch'. If you kept going...
English to French for "I ate cake for lunch" - 'J'ai mangé le gâteau pour le déjeuner'
French to English for "J'ai mangé le gâteau pour le déjeuner" - 'I ate the cake for lunch'
English to Russian for "I ate the cake for lunch" - 'Я съел торт на обед'
Russian to English for "Я съел торт на обед" - 'I eat cake for dinner'
English to Spanish for "I eat cake for dinner" - 'Que coman pastel para la cena'
Spanish to English for "Que coman pastel para la cena" - 'Let them eat cake for dinner'
English to Finnish for "Let them eat cake for dinner" - 'syökööt kakkua syömään'
Finnish to English for "syökööt kakkua syömään" - 'Let them eat cake to eat.'
The last one is quite a shocker:
English to Korean for "Let them eat cake to eat" - '그들에게 케잌 먹고 먹자'
Korean to English for "그들에게 케잌 먹고 먹자" - 'Eat them, eat cake!'
You see, that has nothing to do with the original phrase. Apparantly if you tried a different combination, you''ll get 'I ate the sector for lunch' and eventually, "I ate the field for lunch".
The moral of the story is, please double-check your translations. It might help you avoid being set up for embarrassing moments or unintentionally offending someone. I learnt that the hard way. · close
