The Short and Long of It.

Just a week before today, I was drawing up an actual plan of how I’m gonna spend the four-day weekend so as ‘not to feel bored’.

I hoarded lots of snacks (for FEAR that no shop will be open and that we will be having a dvd-marathon days on end), brought back piles of marking, materials to set exam papers, and EVEN re-installed my sims2. I had this vision of the CNY long-weekend being a sleepy, stay-at-home retreat, where the streets are empty (save the lion dance music in that fleeting lorry once in a while), all shopping centres closed, and Singapore practically being a ghost town. Well at least for 2 days lah… quite a nice, peaceful thought, huh?

What was I thinking?

The weekend was anything but that. Bustling, as always. Before I knew it, the four days were suddenly over and there I was, on tuesday night, staring at the piles of karangans, pemahamans, bina ayats etc etc. Well only ONE stack was marked. That’s not something one can be proud of.

The snacks were left unopened, adding on to our secret stash of tidbits (secret to Ooyah who’d want ALL the snacks to be opened at once). The books and newspapers brought back left untouched. The dvds left unwatched. The sims left unplayed.

In the end, we went out on all days but half (CNY eve)- we went shopping, ikea-ing, korean bbq-ing, potluck-ing, shopping….. lots of fun alright, so much fun that it felt like a normal 2-day weekend.

And now I’m TIRED and in sooooo need another long weekend.
Please? I’ll make it last this time, promise.

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