Nothing much worth mentioning happened during school time today, except maybe that i fell asleep during chem lecture and was literally pulled out of my sleep by ms lim. a kick worthy of an Inception sequel (this is meant in sarcasm; i do NOT want to see a sequel. it would just ruin the first movie).
after school i stayed back in the library to study with a bunch of 27s and 25s, until the blaring sound of bollywood music from the parade square forced its way through the glass windows and distracted us enough to abandon our work and take a sneak peek at friday's festivities. most of it was spent hearing bryan, you'en, edmund and darrell discuss the execution of the marching drills; it seems to be the only thing that former UG members can talk about whenever they see people marching. probably because of the very strong emphasis on loyalty, pride and discipline, ex-UG members always seem to be very attached to their CCAs even long after leaving. when MOE said that CCAs would teach students lessons which cannot be learned in a classroom setting, i'm pretty sure that it was referring to UGs in particular. i wonder if i would have turned out a very different person if i joined a UG instead during secondary school. perhaps i would have greater discipline and self-pride? maybe i would be less cynical about such intangible qualities like loyalty and integrity? who knows; as a believer of chaos theory, i'd have to say that literally anything is possible.
i like to think of myself as a pacifist. whenever i meet with some sort of injustice, a potent cocktail of apathy and sloth prevents me from planning and exacting any sort of vengeance. in short, i just like to let it slide. but where is the line that indicates that someone has done too much wrong and simply cannot be left alone without any sort of reprimanding? no matter how much you just want to let bygones be bygones, there will come a time when enough is enough and action needs to be taken. the question then is how much responsibility i have to make sure that this person gets just desserts. do i simply sit back and wait for fate to work its magic, or do i step in to do something and become a hand of fate? no matter how inappropriate it is, no matter how much you think you owe that person, there will come a time where you have to step up and wake that person up. the question is: is it time now?
this is very random, but there's this song that i've been addicted to these past few days which doesn't come from Nightmare. this song is called The Call Of Ktulu by Metallica, and it's an amazing instrumental piece:
