27th April - Blocks

I watched Iron Man 3 with my brother and mom today. Overall, I thought it was a good movie. It was a really good change in pace from the other two. Iron Man 3 portrayed Tony Stark as vulnerable, a human being, over a genius mechanic superhero. Showing that even one of the world's greatest minds would be shaken after being pit against aliens from another dimension, fighting alongside and against demigods and other manners of amazing creatures. But still, some of the points in the movie didn't make sense. Like when the Mark 42 suit was broken, why didn't he just grab another of his suits to fight? He had Mark 5 to 41, all properly combat tested, and he chose to be so attached to that Mark 42. And when he could use Jarvis to remotely control them to his location, he could've done that when he was halfway around the world :\ So, so strange. The scriptwriters didn't think this through.

I accidentally dozed off in my bed after we reached home. Ugh, what a waste of a day. I spent the rest of the evening chatting with my classmates. You know, I've actually been in a pretty good mood over the past two weeks, compared to my days over the holidays. I think that what I lacked most was socializing. I thought that one or two outings with my friends back then would suffice, but even after those I was still gloomy and self-depreciating. This past few days, I've talked to new people. I've made new friends. I've made people laugh. I've laughed. I'm back. This is the old cheerful Calvin, optimistic and happy! It's such a visible change, like how I talk on Whatsapp with everyone else, I'm not as paranoid of how they view me. It's so refreshing, hahaha! I'm looking forward to school to see everyone again, although I really could do with less schoolwork. Polytechnic is tough. If only they gave us the freedom like they did in ITE.

I really should get started on my homework soon. Compared to everyone else, I think I'm doing a pretty decent job. The previous assignment may have really pulled me down, because I really suck at drawing patterns unless they're properly used in an image. I hope this one pulls up my grade.