The sun rises in the East, baby animals are cute, and life's a ball.

I actually have nothing to blog about, but I've come online to check my e-mail - so I'll just spend fifteen minutes here. :) Yup, this is what the terminologists of the modern world call "no-life". I, however, would prefer you to see this as "an exercise in time management skills".

Hahahaha. But anyway -

Today, let's talk about the facts of life.

Babies have high foreheads and large eyes that take up an extraordinary proportion of the face, because they have to be extra-appealing and adorable to grown-ups. Why? Because they're actually pretty much helpless. Very vulnerable. They need adults to help them.

How do you say "No" to a face like this one?

You'll also notice that grown-ups who have that classic "baby face" tend to get people to help them easily, too. Studies have also shown that society favours the stereotypical "good" physical characteristics: fair skin as opposed to dark skin, tall as opposed to short, thin as opposed to fat, slim as opposed to skinny, athletic as opposed to couch potato, clear complexion as opposed to un-clear skin ...

I think the list is not exhaustive. We're a bunch of stereotypical hypocrites, and we know it. :D

The same favour goes for baby animals.

Ohmaigawd. So cute la.

Every time I look at Troy, I see a puppy when in fact, he's like Dumbledore-old in dog years.
Oh, and I really want to go to Zoo Negara la ... I haven't been there since I was in the single-digit ages! And the Planetarium ... and Petrosains or something ... But I don't think any of my friends would want to go, I can already hear their answers: "Aiyo so hot la, want to go zoo somemore ..." and "Can we go to 1-Utama instead?"

:/

I Googled and found 72 locations on the Petrosains website (http://visit-to-kl.com/visit/petrosains.html - see center-right of page, under "Kuala Lumpur Attractions"), a lot of which I would love to visit! Nearly 20 years I've lived in this country and I've only ever been to, like, less than 5 of those places. Shame on me.

I hope to go with Leila, Vanessa, An Nie, Tse Mun, Denise, Carmen, Cheryl, or another one of my best mates! But I think De, Carmeny, Tse Munny won't be inclined to go, if I know them as well as I think I do. :P

Let's make an experiment of this, hehe. See who will respond to this blog entry.

I know, I know. "No life", you just laughed.

This is the point when I wish I had that "baby face" that my friends cannot say "No" to! :(

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*Edit (11.59pm) : Hmm ... I saw an old friend's blog just now, and she was also close to quitting the programme she is doing - but she didn't. A lot of people (especially university students) come to face a stumbling block that makes them want to give up, but very rarely do they surrender to the path of just giving up. But see ... that's what I did. I gave up. I've come to accept the fact that I did not complete law school, but it's difficult to accept that I just gave up. I can't remember ever giving up on anything before this. It's difficult to accept the build-up of little things that led to my withdrawal from the programme, because it's just seems so incredibly stupid. And yet, I still don't wish to continue law school. Maybe one day I will again pursure that Bachelor of Laws, but right now, I'm looking forward to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Mass Communication. Is it wrong to think that way? Is it foolish, is it utterly irresponsible and incomprehensible? :(

At times I feel relieved and thankful to be out of the hellhole that is law school. At other times I feel terrified that I'm jumping from the frying pan into the fire. And in the times that did not fall neatly into either two aforementioned categories, I feel angry that I had to overcomplicate everything. The path was such a simple, straightforward one. Finish SPM, take SAM, get into law school, finish it and get that degree. Then do whatever you want - take another degree in journalism, pursue a Masters, take the BVC/CLP, or get a job. I was halfway into the law school bit, and then I fumbled and the whole freaking path flew right out of my hands.

Why am I doing this? Why am I still continuing to stray from that blessed path, when I know law school is the best way to achieve whatever hopes and dreams I may have? Whether I want to be a broadcast journalist, newsreader, editor, etc - a law degree would have helped me achieve that. Unfortunately, no-one can answer that wretched "Why" question but me - and I don't know the answer. Or maybe deep down inside I do, but just can't bring myself to face the idiocy of it.

But maybe, with a bit of luck, things will pan out okay. I think I'd better just take this one step at a time. Take a break from law school, get a BoA or B. of Mass Comm - then think about the next step.

I wonder if there are other people out there who are going through the same thing. If there are, we should form a support group, and call it LSDA: Law School Dropouts Anonymous. Hahaha.