its been a long while. so long that i’m desperate to pen down an entry! i miss spending time penning down my thoughts, my happy times, my less-happy times..

school’s been talking a toll on me. its week 5!! friends, we’re almost half way through the semester! :) if you promised yourself to be more diligent this semester, its time to start now and keep your engine going! we all don’t wanna end up regretting at the end of the semester, don’t we?

anyway, while on my journey home from school today.. i figured something. and that i will start cultivating the habit of penning down something i learn, everyday!

for instance. today. i was at buona vista mrt, walking from the circle line platform towards the north-east(?) red line. i was only ~30seconds-1minute away from the red line platform, that i spotted that the information indicated that the train towards jurong east (which is my destination) has arrived. upon seeing that, i was at the bottom of the escalator (~30secs away) towards the platform, and i decided that, i’m sure gonna miss this train. so i decided to stay put on the escalator instead of walking up.

i assumed that the train must have arrived for a bit, and i’ll definitely not catch it.

but when i was reaching the platform, i saw that the door of the mrt just closed seconds before that. and that if i walked up the escalator, i could have saved at least 5 minutes on my journey home because the next train took 5 minutes.

the point isn’t the 5 minutes, but it was the assumption.

sometimes in life, we assume too much. it makes the possible impossible. it makes the once possible, less probable. so this is one lesson i learnt today.

bet you heard this before: ASSUMING makes an ASS out of yoU and ME. ASS-U-ME.

so dear friends. stop assuming. start asking, start clearing your queries/doubts. if you’re contemplating on doing something big (eg confessing to someone, hahaha) you got to take the first step. do not assume. :D

and then while i was walking home from the MRT, a nice lady was infront of me, she was probably like 15 seconds (in distance) ahead of me. once she entered the gated door, she turned her head to see if there was anyone behind her that needed to enter the door (and it was me! i needed to.) that simple gesture might have spent her 10 seconds holding the door, but it definitely plastered a smile on my face, and i thanked her for that.

as much as a simple gesture it was, i felt so grateful. even though i do this too when i exit/enter the door, it is often forgotten that how such minor gestures, might just make someone’s  bad day, better, and someone’s good day, awesome! :)

so lesson number two. simple gestures which do not cost us almost anything, might be simple, but they definitely can light up somebody’s life.

adding on. i had such a bad DAY in school today, because lectures were the least productive. learnt nothing during my 6 hours in school today. hmmfpfhf.

but i had an enjoyable NIGHT, in school as well. thankful. grateful. :)

sorry its a boring post! i will spice up in the next post ;) UPDATE SOONEST POSSIBLEEE!