It’s a strange feeling to sit for exams after a break of 1 year. Yes, the last time I sat for examinations was 1 year ago. This reminds me of the good old RGS days. I enjoyed those days; it was the only time in my life in which moving up, ie promotion, is something relaxing. I found secondary 1 a breeze. I wasn’t the top student, but I did relatively well. I don’t compare myself with the geniuses in my class. I was just happy with my results, and getting my A2 average…I think.

Anyway, I’m suffering from post-exam syndrome. These are the symptoms: after feeling very tensed up for weeks, you cannot relax immediately. In other words, you suffer from withdrawal symptoms. You don’t feel like celebrating, because you know you have work to do very soon. This is acerbated by the fact that your body has not adjusted; you can’t fall asleep despite feeling tired, and you wake up early. You want to sleep till a later time but you just can’t make yourself fall asleep again. So you feel very tired during the day but unable to sleep.

Yes, the thought of impending work to do, the laziness to go out to celebrate…what is there celebrate? Who to celebrate with me huh? Good question. Maybe I just want some quiet time to sit down to read. But John Piper’s books are a little difficult – no it’s not the content, it’s just the writing style I’m not used to.

So tired that my guitar playing sounds bad and I’m lethargic to even practice.