This is my last post before I am to be back for the Raya celebration (oh God, forbid!) and end-of-year exams (oh, be damned!) at school. I know it's not a cheerful note to start off with, especially in this Raya season, but yeah, I was sort of grumpy all Ramadan. My grumps still continue this season, I wouldn't know when it'll be gone, perhaps it'll last as long as the Big Red Spot storm on Jupiter's face? It sure has no sign of stopping since the last 300 years or so. I am so sick and tired of human civilization. I feel like digging a hole and sleeping it. (watchamacallit? 'hibernate'?) Up till now, it has been nine months and two days I'm in class 4 Alpha and I have still not got accustomed to it. The other day, I recalled, before the holidays, Cikgu Mazinah called me for an interview (the only girl, apparently) to help in her research project. The aim? How to improve and stabilize the boys' performance. Compared to the girls, whose results we...