Thursday, July 07, 2005 @10:52 pm
Yesterday has been a GREAT day. And if you have been faithfully reading me, you know that when I say great, I really mean great. You'd be wondering what's gotten me so hyped...
Well, for one, school was a breeze...well, as breezy as Sec 4 term 3 can get. There was no homework stress, no test stress...and the best thing was that VT was very happy that day, the the day just passed peacefully. It was filled with the usual laughter and fun in class (+ hard work of course).
The downside was this MOE English research exam in the afternoon. The stupid thing was 3 HOURS!!! So all the special stream students were trapped in LT2 for 3 whole hours doing rubbish papers that more or less insulted our intelligence, so of course we didn't give them our full intelligence ;)
The deciding factor for my day came after that. H and I went to raffles city for the IOC thingie. We watched the voting and announcement of the choosing of the venue for the 2012 Olympics. There was this huge crowd of people, quite a number of parisians and some londers. I supported Paris and H somehow preferred London. Once in the while, the parisians would go "Pari! (clap*clap*) Pari! (**) Pari! (**)". Whenever the Londers try to do the same, the parisian chant would simply drown out the sounds of "London! (**) London! (**)" The atmosphere was really hyped. Sounds of "shhh" echoed throughout the shopping centre as Jacques Roggue took the stage, I bet the place has never have had so many people and been so quiet. The ground floor area around the screen was packed, and so were the other stories upstairs. Photographers trained their cameras from the convention centre fromt the 4th storey, and some camped out at Hagen Daaz (they were cute to watch). Back to the announcement...everyone expected to hear "Paris"...but you of course know what happened...
The seconds immediately following the revelation were silent. It took some time for the news to sink in and for the Londers to start cheering and jumping and screaming. And for the parisians to become subdued and talk quietly among themselves.
The photographers and reporters had quick reflexes however. They got to work immediately, snapping pictures, interviewing people...H and I then started walking around and sticking our heads into lenses before deciding to go home.
Go home we did, and we did homework...
something that I have to do now
you know you love me