Thursday: Ceramah

So today we didn't have classes. Instead, after a little bit of General Studies (We're on the Dasar-Dasar Dalam Negara) we headed to the school hall with our bags in tow at 7.30 for a day-long talk that the Lembaga Sekolah supposedly paid 'Beribu-ribu' for. Yesterday was for the Form 3 students; today, it was for the SPM & STPM candidates. The speaker was an Ezone Constantine. In short, he was a CRAZY, confident, Sino-Kadazan... story-teller. That's the main thing about him: he tells stories very well. Not perfectly, because sometimes when he acts out how people put him down it becomes a bit draggy & repetitive, but otherwise, superbly hilarious & interactive. Basically he came from a 'disaster' family. His father's first wife left her family, inclusive of Ezone's step sister & step brother, so he remarried. Ezone's mum. Five new boys in the family. Step elder siblings hate them. So a lot of drama. Ezone was very open. He'd talked about things like death, underage sex, his friend Chong getting another friend, Farah, pregnant. Porn... Of course, these are only a small part of what he talked about. He mostly focused on how he'd turned from a nobody gangster to someone who'd won the State level English Competition against all odds & represented Malaysia at the Asia Open for the high jump event. It wasn't a day wasted, for me. Even though the talk wasn't practical for those of us who were already kia-su & motivated to get straight As (He was mainly a motivator, not a teacher of ways to study) we'd enjoyed it very much. Intake: 1. One bread + chocolate (120) 2. Fried rice + Veggetables (300) 3. Coffee (80) 4. Mango Smoothie (150) 5. Doughnut (80) 6. Three kuih (240) 7. Macaroni (300) Total intake: 1270 Ugh. Well, at least that's the maximum calorie estimate. The real figure should be somewhere near 1000 but not over 1100... I hope. It sucks, not knowing for sure how much calories something has. Only the coffee I'm sure of. It's okay. I haven't gained, recently. Neither did I lose, but it's okay. Instead of going overboard... Overboard. What would overboard be? I'm going to make myself stay back after school to study. I haven't been working hard at all recently, whereas my boy in KL is going overdrive. I feel bad, jealous, envious, scared- & also proud, happy, glad, full of admiration :) It's good for Nigel, & I'm truly glad he has friends, good friends, to work on his projects & studies with. I'm only scared that I'll eat too much tomorrow, being in school & having to study. Whenever I think about studying, I crave, crave so badly for food... Please, Carmelia. Control. Otherwise, I'll call for help. Jona, Ashrul, Judith, Tze Feng- I'd rather not, but if I have to, I will. Oh, and Abigail returned my prefect skirts today, & gave me four Hershey's. Darling <3 I didn't have any, though. Expensive chocolates, I don't... Eat mysel.f. I binge on cheap, bulky food. Not petite, expensive candy. I'll also be helping the school's drama team :D Cikgu Vera gave me the script for some tweaking. It's a good script! By Douglas (Debate team member & also the only Cheerleader Boy). I feel useful, yay. Signed, Carmelia Feeling, fine. Thinking, you know what they say; life ain't always easy, & everyday, we're survivors.