I’m so glad I get the Easter break just after I finished my presentation. My report is completed and has been since last week. It’s now with Gary and he is going to read through and correct it before I hand it up on Wednesday. In a way, the Easter break is like my reward for the work I’ve done for the past 1 month or so. We (myself, Chris, Wilson, his girlfriend, Kit and Darren) are planning a steamboat for Friday evening and they went down to Chinatown yesterday to get the ingredients. I joined them for dinner at Cybercity (not again!!) and had the Baked Fish with Creamy Sauce. It wasn’t too bad except that it was full of peas. I spent the first 5 minutes picking out each and every one before giving them to Wilson since he was the only one who actually liked the yucky stuff. I guess the food wasn’t too bad this time but I think it was a little pricey and it’s still not my favourite place to go. After dinner we went back to their place where we were supposed to be cutting and marinating the meat for Friday but we ended up playing 3-people mahjong. They had just bought this mahjong cloth to cover the table and we couldn’t wait to try it out. In the words of Chris, it was “hao hua” (very slippery) and it took some time getting used to. The tiles kept dropping on the floor when we “washed” them and the tiles would slide really smoothly when we threw our tiles out. It was great!! The cloth cost $10 which wasn’t very cheap but considering we were sharing this among 5 people or so, it was ok.

I don’t have any specific plans for this 4-day break. I am looking forward to the steamboat and tennis on Saturday. Most of the shops won’t be open during this break anyway so going out is pretty pointless. The price of petrol has gone up due to the holiday season and air tickets are more expensive as well. I guess I’ll just be staying at home a lot and rotting. Maybe I could go over to their place and play Maple Story all day. It would be good to catch up on the game after so long.

I realised that I am more disciplined as compared to last year or when I was back home in S’pore. It’s an unconscious thing which I’ve only thought of recently. Small things like forgo-ing mahjong or dinner with friends so that I can stay home and work on my report. Sacrificing fun and games for work! I am very puzzled about this revelation because I never used to be like this. I always put play above work in the past. I guess subconsciously I know that this year is really important for me and I really want to do my best, especially since I really like the work I’m doing, the people I work with and the place I work at. The only problem would be the travelling but I’ll get used to it. In fact, I already am. Amazing, I hope I do well this year. I would be seriously devastated if I didn’t. Then again, high expectations means higher chances of disappointment. Well, you can’t have your cake and eat it! At least I know that I’ve got my priorities straight and I’m moving in the right direction unlike others. This is what I want and I just have to work hard for it.