Lab reports aren't so bad...once you start writing them that is. so far, i've done around half of my chlorophyll one, and zero of my molecular modelling one. there's a big zip file sitting in my email inbox which contains all the data regarding the latter experiment. believe me, i'm VERY reluctant to download and open the file. molecular orbital theory is still new to me (it hasn't been covered in lectures yet), and while the "crash course" presentation helped a little, i have my reservations about tackling that report at present. i figure i'll put it off till sunday, where i have the whole day to agonize over it. jumping back briefly to talk about the chlorophyll experiment, i don't think i'll be able to do any more than what i have done so far, except to throw a few more smoke bombs and make everything look prettier. i'll probably end up referring to (not copying, mind you,) classmates' lab reports in school next week to give myself a better sense of direction.

normally, my sunday's taken up by tuition. for this coming sunday, i've gone out of my way to push all my tuition appointments forward. the main reason (as mentioned above,) is to settle my lab reports. the other reason is to give myself time to study for the mid-terms. i'll be the first to admit that i didn't study nearly as much (or as hard) as i should have this recess week. even then, i'm sort of under the impression that things will work themselves out. besides, given my last-minute skills, who knows what will happen?

of course, cancelling sunday tuition means getting it over and done with sooner, like today and tomorrow (well, yesterday and today, since it's past 12:00am). in fact, i just spent around 5 hours seeing both my SJI sec 4 kids for group tuition. i think it went pretty well...should consider doing more of this kind of stuff, especially since it saves effort on my part (they're doing the same practice papers, so i only have to explain stuff once when they're in a group as opposed to separately). only drawback for me is that i was stupid/crazy nice enough to tell them that the rates for that session would be the same as a normal 2-hour one. hello, 2.5 times reduced earnings! nice to meet you! what's worse is, they're SJI kids. i can't really justify the big discount, considering they're not from cat high or CJC. but it's not like i have to anyway; i'm my own boss here. ah well. remember, it's for the experience, not just the money. kind of hard to keep believing that when each successive driving lesson stabs yet another pointy object into my wallet...but i will anyway. they're words of advice from the great Mr Lee, after all.

currently, it's about 1:13am. there's no way i'm going to wake up in time for the alumni gathering tomorrow, and besides, i have tuition to give in the morning. figure i'll go off to sleep soon. heaven knows i need the rest, especially after 5 hours of tuition, and in anticipation of even more tuition to come in less that 12 hours' time.

-random thought of the day: Has it only been 25 days since my last haircut?-