I have a love-hate relationship with work and commitments.

No, I don't actually have a lot. I'm managing fine for now.

It's just that everyone else has SO MUCH MORE and I'm totally jealous and I don't know why the hell I should be jealous of people who have so little free time to themselves that they sleep about 5h a day.

Balance, Crystal, balance. It's completely childish but I'd like to think I'll live longer with less stress on me.

I WANT LSE VIETNAM LA SHEEEESH! Annoyingshitz, but I'm quite glad Xinyuan couldn't make it for the briefing today so I got to stand in for her and hear about it. And I STILL want to join. I think I shall find a way to wriggle my way in even though the deadline for submission of forms was...today. Anyway the teacher there said they'd try to sway me into joining since I was there to listen lolol.

Now I have to convince my mum. I can so imagine how the conversation will go**:

Me: *while washing dishes* "Mummy, can I apply for LSE Vietnam?"
Mum: "NOT AGAIN. Didn't I say no already? You won't be staying in a hotel there y'know."
Me: *launches into sales pitch* "I believe in freedom. I believe in truth. I believe in teaching annoying little kids how to change font size 12 in MS Word to font size 94. I believe in making up for my unwillingness to teach my friends in Perth how to swear in Chinese the last time, by teaching the kids how to swear in both English AND Chinese this time."
Mum: *stares horrifiedly at me, frozen on the spot*
Me: Okay, silence means consent. Sign on the form, I've already filled in your recommendation letter.
Mum: *dumbly signs form, wowed at my passion for teaching and community work*
Me: *does victory dance*





**(IMPORTANT NOTE: Just kidding. Duh.)

...but you get the idea. I really want to go. Sigh. Besides, Thanh (AV senior!) is one of the mentors, and she's awesomeeee. :D

I actually had something important to say, but I forgot. Heck la.