Shiny

We have a new goldfish!!! his name is Shiny......because he's shiny. haha great imagination ya! he's just a tiny goldfish but he's so cute! i love the fat ones that look like a floating bubble. On his first day, Shiny was just like any other fish. Alas, he has now been corrupted by the others in the tank. Everyday, whenever we walk past the tank, Shiny will be the first one to press up against the wall and look pleadingly for food. If one should attempt to ignore his pleading and walk on, he'll start swimming around in circles frantically until you cave and feed him. And here I thought goldfish were stupid. Well, so much for the 3 second memory theory!!!

I've also had a slight setback this week. It's exam month now and I just had my first paper. Let's just say I'm very dissapointed in myself. Careless mistakes were made and I can only hope that it hasn't cost me too dearly. It took some time after the exam for me to exit from the cloud of depression that surrounded me. Later that night, I had this image of a hurdle race. Life is like that race. Forrest Gump was spot on when he said 'Life was like a box of chocolate'. But to me, it's more like the 400m hurdles. We'll always come across obstacles and even if we stumble or fall, the race doesn't end there. We just have to keep on going. Any athlete will tell you that. The race has to go on.

So now, with my self-confidence restored but fragile, all I have to do is pick myself up, dust myself off and continue running. Hopefully, I'll be able to clear the remaining hurdles with room to spare.