productivity yessir

visuals from the past few days hehehehehhe 

halfway through orientation already and tomorrow is day 3!!! time passes so quickly haiz one year ago i was a lonely little ogling lost almost all the time, physically and mentally. now i'm an ogl trying to make sure my little oglings don't feel as confused as i did last year. fulfilling experience, and thoroughly enjoyed myself the past 2 days. 

but anyway what i wanted to talk about is today. today was probably the best day in 2014 in terms of productivity. heck the studies part, i did none. but today wasn't a wasted day, unlike most of my days these days. i went to church early, for the first time in forever. reached church at 740 when i was supposed to reach at 8, when i normally reach at 815 or something. it was good considering it's our first time serving together as a new team and i really needed to set a good example since i'm the core. plus overall ic today. service today was messy (serving part) but we got through it anyway, and today felt different from usual. normally i just go through the motion but today i really looked out for areas of improvement, areas to commend my chers on, things to take note of and mistakes not to be made again. after service there were ftvs and i happened to get called by sis rach to go talk to them. normally i'd just assign chers down to talk to them but today i decided to go down myself. and yay, glad i did because one of the girls was from rj! appeal student who came in on friday, potential cell member, someone i'd maybe have the opportunity to grow with and nuture. i think she felt quite welcome so yay hope she's coming back! 

spent the afternoon with some of my favourite people. lunch with 2osm, then rushed to botanics to meet the cell who i ditched for lunch :( went to crash yanru's og outing and saw millions of ogs there like hh12 and mt01. skipped my own though but it's okay i get to see them tomorrow! after daryl and rachel left ilene and i went around botanics taking selfies!! botanics is actually very pretty we all should go there more often. HAHA. then after that i went to meet jeremiah for some creamier. didn't get waffles cos there was no space but i got a sorbet for a change and we just sat under some shelter and had a short catch up because the noob had to quickly go home and book in. missed him hate army :< 

went home and napped but got woken up at 7 to go exercise. exercising was in my day's plan actually but after the nap i was so lazy to get out. but anyway after much persuasion i finally dragged by lazy butt off my bed and went for a run! ran my first ever continuous 3k!! i'd consider that an achievement because normally after 2.4 i get lazy and just stop. but today i pressed on!!!! and completed 3.06k in like close to 20min?? not very fast but at least i completed it. could have done better considering i wasn't that tired but baby steps 4k next time then 5k!!! but anyway the sense of achievement was so good!!!!! felt fit and more than that, i felt like i conquered something i set out to do and that feeling is good. 

then ate dinner and after dinner i realised that i won't have piano lessons this week at all, and my exam is in june. got a bit scared so i went to practise piano and set a goal to finish playing all the ticked scales/arppegios and run through all my pieces once. sounds little but normally, i open the piano, play one piece then close it. was a bit sian of playing after a while but i persevered yet again and finished what i set out to do!!!!!! 

the feeling of completing something you set out to achieve is awesome, and i think i am going to do this more. life is so much more fulfilling this way. it feels better than just spending the day lepaking with friends. not that time spent with people is wasted, it's just that we need a balance of both. i think i've had too much of friend bonding that i've missed out on other things in life like achieving things. simple things like running, clearing my room etc. things that make me feel productive. i like feeling productive, and this mindset is extremely helpful for As. i am going to try to love studying, since it gives me a sense of achievement. ok after orientation, i'm gonna be more hardworking. i will listen in lecture and try my best to do my tutorials. try my best, means make a genuine attempt and not scribble stuff just to show the teachers that i tried and they won't get angry at me. everyone who sees this please remind me constantly of this goal i'm setting. the fact that i'm writing it here shows that i am serious, and that i need to be serious or else my future will be gonecase. 

alright enough thoughts for today i actually have much more to share but my laptop is gonna die soon. may orientation be fun tomorrow!! God bless the weather and my cute little krabby patties!!