By sumiko tan, sunday times, 26 feb 06, on stress =)

"... so much of stress is actually self regenerated.my stress level is high, but that's only because i allow myself to be agitated by events and people around me. i only have myself to blame.

"of cause, there's are stressful situtations that are beyond one's control - ...when a loved one is in trouble, ....but i have control over so many other situations where it's just plain silly to be provoked.

"stress is a condition that results when you want everything your way(even the traffic lights must be green). It stems from thinking that everything and everyone should fit your convenience, and world view.

"it occurs when you cross the line between striving for perfection and being obsessed with it. because, really, how reasonable, or attainable, is that?

"why do i allow myself to feel agitated about event i can't control? how can that help the situation, or me? Why be combative when there are calmer-and nicer-ways to solve a problem?"
- sumiko tan.
(if there're lots of typos, i apologise, typed w/o lookin at screen lol.)

a level year and a lot of us are bound to be affected by stress or already are.. hopefully this short abstract may give us another perspective..

a level, a levels lor. we study for it, do our TYS.. just 10++ topics per subj, we can handle what =) can't like syllabus defeat us, there's still our whole life waiting for us out there ..

加油！

tell me my:

good points http://kevan.org/johari?name=eemiily
bad points http://kevan.org/nohari?name=eemiily

to help me be more self-aware =) hah.

pls help me by clicking http://kevan.org/johari?name=eemiily

just pick 5/6 adjectives u think describes me. den see what others think. yup, basically it.

http://kevan.org/nohari?name=eemiily <-- this is a different one! my badpoints...

so do both b4 readin on!! whaha. how demanding.

wah. this is v unupdated lol.

awareness is a higher lvl we should aim for. like for photography, must be aware what's in the background, bggrd crooked or not, one-thirds rule, colours. if u're take photos for the first time, u'll worry more abt how to operate the camera, just gettin ppl in the frame. lil awareness.

realised during squash. i'm quite slow at pickin it up, last week, cldnt even hit the ball! this week progress! but still more concerned abt whackin e ball. not aware of my stance, not predictin where ball wld go, my nxt step etc.

maths. some ppl reach e lvl where they're aware abt certain rules tt shld be ingrained eg ln x cant be less than zero. they know what rules/formulas can be applied just be lookin at e qn. awareness.

must know all e basic b4 one can be aware.. hope to be able to reach "awareness" lvl for many things! haha. lame ass.

gonna unload random unrelated stuff now.

while walkin along AMK, there was like this minibus w it's door open. the 2 kids, a bo yn a gal were sing "gong xi, gongxi gongxi ni ya etc" w there hands clasped tgr! so cute lol. den suddenly the boy ran out, shouting as he ran "AH MAH~!!!" into e arms of his granny. aw.

today, while walkin frm e busstop to my hse, it was freakin hot. was walkin on e grass area nxt to the concrete path as i alway do. my lil way of getting close to nature haha. i wld think how once, ALL the area around was grass n forest land.. or pretend to be trekkin thru the Enchanted Woods (er. enid blyton. haha) OR a lord of the rings forest lol. anyway! the shade of the trees were so welcoming.. n i suddenly recalled how as a child my family would go to pierce reservior on weekends! those were the carefree days (while, i still rmb not liking hmwk but nvm lol).. we brought our skatescooters, the "left-right" things (u sit on it n move the "steering wheel/handles" left n right n it'll move!!) n play the afternoon away. those were the days..... when i was still taller den my younger siblings!!

and as i was recalling all these while walkin, head down, i came across a empty condom box -__-. what, someone did it there?! nxt to a road?! lol.

sch's fine.. i'm settling in. lol. what a thing to say when e sch term's almost over le! but yes, catchin up on tuts, not sleepin in lectures.. yup, going quite well =)

oh yes! i love Breezer(orange)! [it's 4.7%alcohol (bacardi)]. haha drink a bottle a day during the weekend (fri, sat, sun).. thou, it was shared w mom lol.

in conclusion, desparate housewives and grey's atononomy rocks my tv life.

By sumiko tan, sunday times, 26 feb 06, on stress =)

"... so much of stress is actually self regenerated.my stress level is high, but that's only because i allow myself to be agitated by events and people around me. i only have myself to blame.

"of cause, there's are stressful situtations that are beyond one's control - ...when a loved one is in trouble, ....but i have control over so many other situations where it's just plain silly to be provoked.

"stress is a condition that results when you want everything your way(even the traffic lights must be green). It stems from thinking that everything and everyone should fit your convenience, and world view.

"it occurs when you cross the line between striving for perfection and being obsessed with it. because, really, how reasonable, or attainable, is that?

"why do i allow myself to feel agitated about event i can't control? how can that help the situation, or me? Why be combative when there are calmer-and nicer-ways to solve a problem?"
- sumiko tan.
(if there're lots of typos, i apologise, typed w/o lookin at screen lol.)

a level year and a lot of us are bound to be affected by stress or already are.. hopefully this short abstract may give us another perspective..

a level, a levels lor. we study for it, do our TYS.. just 10++ topics per subj, we can handle what =) can't like syllabus defeat us, there's still our whole life waiting for us out there ..

加油！

tell me my:

good points http://kevan.org/johari?name=eemiily
bad points http://kevan.org/nohari?name=eemiily

to help me be more self-aware =) hah.

pls help me by clicking http://kevan.org/johari?name=eemiily

just pick 5/6 adjectives u think describes me. den see what others think. yup, basically it.

http://kevan.org/nohari?name=eemiily <-- this is a different one! my badpoints...

so do both b4 readin on!! whaha. how demanding.

wah. this is v unupdated lol.

awareness is a higher lvl we should aim for. like for photography, must be aware what's in the background, bggrd crooked or not, one-thirds rule, colours. if u're take photos for the first time, u'll worry more abt how to operate the camera, just gettin ppl in the frame. lil awareness.

realised during squash. i'm quite slow at pickin it up, last week, cldnt even hit the ball! this week progress! but still more concerned abt whackin e ball. not aware of my stance, not predictin where ball wld go, my nxt step etc.

maths. some ppl reach e lvl where they're aware abt certain rules tt shld be ingrained eg ln x cant be less than zero. they know what rules/formulas can be applied just be lookin at e qn. awareness.

must know all e basic b4 one can be aware.. hope to be able to reach "awareness" lvl for many things! haha. lame ass.

gonna unload random unrelated stuff now.

while walkin along AMK, there was like this minibus w it's door open. the 2 kids, a bo yn a gal were sing "gong xi, gongxi gongxi ni ya etc" w there hands clasped tgr! so cute lol. den suddenly the boy ran out, shouting as he ran "AH MAH~!!!" into e arms of his granny. aw.

today, while walkin frm e busstop to my hse, it was freakin hot. was walkin on e grass area nxt to the concrete path as i alway do. my lil way of getting close to nature haha. i wld think how once, ALL the area around was grass n forest land.. or pretend to be trekkin thru the Enchanted Woods (er. enid blyton. haha) OR a lord of the rings forest lol. anyway! the shade of the trees were so welcoming.. n i suddenly recalled how as a child my family would go to pierce reservior on weekends! those were the carefree days (while, i still rmb not liking hmwk but nvm lol).. we brought our skatescooters, the "left-right" things (u sit on it n move the "steering wheel/handles" left n right n it'll move!!) n play the afternoon away. those were the days..... when i was still taller den my younger siblings!!

and as i was recalling all these while walkin, head down, i came across a empty condom box -__-. what, someone did it there?! nxt to a road?! lol.

sch's fine.. i'm settling in. lol. what a thing to say when e sch term's almost over le! but yes, catchin up on tuts, not sleepin in lectures.. yup, going quite well =)

oh yes! i love Breezer(orange)! [it's 4.7%alcohol (bacardi)]. haha drink a bottle a day during the weekend (fri, sat, sun).. thou, it was shared w mom lol.

in conclusion, desparate housewives and grey's atononomy rocks my tv life.