Where did it all go?

It's the end of week 7. We won our badminton game against Marist 2C 6-0. It was a good feeling lol after losing so many games last year.

I shall congratulate Joanna who has done fantastic work for the college herald and got recognition in the form of an email from the editor. Isn't that nice of them? Very well done Joanna, we all know you deserve it.

Yesterday I accompanied Yi Lein to an old folks rest home in Epsom. We were a bit lost, the bus ride was pretty intense with us consulting our map and then finding that Market Rd went two ways, so we had to ask this lady who own a very perculiar shop for directions. When we got there it was a bit scary. Very small and these old people were all quite sick I think. As in they were disabled and it seemed rather sad. You think of their families and wonder if they've just been left here, in this rather old house with ancient furniture. We had to feed some of them which made me terribly uncomfortable. One of the ladies couldn't speak or hear and I will admitt I was rather scared of her at first but when her condition was explained to us I felt really sad. When she puts her hand under her chin it means "beautiful" and she kept pointing to us and saying that. We shook her hand too, it was quite overwhelming to be there with all these people. One of the men seemed really friendly and asked us three times if we were coming back next week. I feel almost like I'm betraying him by not going back, we're looking for other volunteer opportunities...even though we only went once.

I'm not sure if it coincidence or just the fact that I can see better now, that I'm faced with so many indications to not take life for granted. If there is an opportunity I shouldn't let it go because time goes by without our knowing, and it is very often, too late. Carpe Diem isn't it? I guess...but it's hard. It's so much harder to put into practice than I thought it would be. It's already week 8 and I feel like the year began not too long ago.
Everyone at school talks about their plans for next year much more seriously than we did last year, considering gap years, study plans... And frustratingly, I'm finding myself growing increasingly unsure of what I want to do as the end of the year draws nearer. What drives people to make these decisions? How can my friends be sure of what they want to do? It's so hard right now. For me anyway, I don't know about everyone else. I've been told I think to much. *sigh*
It's always "You know I've been thinking..." and someone will say "when are you not?" ha ha, ah well, another flaw I cannot fix.

At the risk of sounding melodramatic I'll stop there. Next week is going to be very busy with Chamber practices, revision (urgh stats.....I only got A for this test that wasn't even that hard...) and our mid year English exam on Tuesday of week 9. Orange week then too, mufti day on the same Tuesday.

Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.