Unforeseen circumstances have caused me to be excluded from tomorrow's bowling introduction thing at the sports school. while i'm mostly relieved about this last-minute change, a little part of me wishes that i could have gone ahead with the lesson, to prove to myself (and my superiors) that i'm capable of performing under fire. kind of sad to lose the extra income from that session too. still, it's a HUGE load off my shoulders, so i won't complain.

this whole incident is best summed up by the title of one of shakespeare's works - much ado about nothing. i can't believe it got me so worried! nevertheless, planning for the session has taught me some useful lessons/skills, and helped me to do some serious R&R (reflection and repentance). so...it wasn't a complete waste of time. besides, the lesson plan i drafted can be used for similar classes which (heaven forbid) i may have to conduct in future.

yesterday was holy saturday, which i conveniently forgot about. luckily i went to check with a junior, who told me training was cancelled. so, that freed me up for mahjong. lost big-time over 2 days (we played on good friday too). after some calculation, the net loss was determined to be $43, with an additional $20 lost to transport costs. that means i effectively gave tuition for free this week! sian. i'm guessing that the reason for my loss was because i've been out of practice. that, and luck probably wasn't on my side. well, what goes around comes around...it'll come back to me eventually.

since i don't have to report to the sports school tomorrow, i'm cleared to go for judo training! probably a good idea, considering i need to exercise. going to take it light and easy though...there's still some tightness in the knee. with any luck, i'll get it stretched out tomorrow. but meanwhile, i'm off to sleep. going to try and readjust my biological clock to more human-like hours.

-random thought of the day: Does anyone want to contribute questions for my student's test?-