Cherries

Cherries are undoubtedly my favourite fruit to eat. Cherries are maroonish, heart-shaped fruits that has a seed and are also sweet and has a slight tinge of sourness that give it the distinctive taste. The thing about cherries that makes it my favourite fruit is that the balance between the sourness and sweetness is just right that the sour taste of the cherries is not too strong or too mild but just right for my liking. Although cherries are my favourite fruit, I only get to eat cherries during certain times in the year, specifically during winter. The cherry season only begins around early January until July and so I have to persevere those five months or so before I get to feast on cherries once again. Furthermore, cherries can only be grown in cold places unlike Malaysia which such a shame. Until then, I guess bananas and watermelons will have to do for me which are not too bad as well.

Open Day

Last Thursday, it was my school's open day. Every year, the school will have 2 open days for the teachers to meet their student's parents to discuss about their children. Usually this is the day where many students will be extremely worried about their parents meeting their teacher and I wasn't an exception. Although I wasn't that worried since I did all of my homeworks and paid attention in class, it's still quite scary considering that my mum took the day off from work just to meet my class teacher. When they arrived at my class, I had a weird tingling feeling in my stomach. When it was their turn to meet my class teacher, I just stood beside them and hoping for the best. Luckily, my class teacher didn't really say anything bad about me. My parents were just having a casually having a chat with my teacher and also having some friendly banter about me. In the end, my parents were pleased at my behaviour but also not pleased about a few of my subjects especially Malay in particular. Hopefully they cut me some slack during the next open day.

Colours V2

On casual Monday morning, Aaron was just sitting down on the couch having his usual cup of earl grey tea accompanied with his freshly made croissant. Suddenly, he thought to himself. "Why is everything around me in black and white? The flowers are grey and all the houses are coloured black and white." When Aaron was born, he was born with a colour vision deficiency which only allowed him to see the world in black and white. It was tough for Aaron, knowing that he will have to see everything in black and white for the rest of his life.

Although his fate was sealed, he still couldn't believe that there was no cure for his illness. And so, it was that moment that Aaron began in his search to find the cure that he ever wished for. Aaron studied intensely about the causes of colour blindness. He started to make theories about the cure and ways to rectify the problem. When it all looked like a dead end to his research, a fellow scientist who had been closely following his research given him a lifeline by inviting him over to the United States to work together to continue the research.

Aaron was ecstatic. He couldn't believe that such an opportunity has appeared right in front of his for the taking. He would accept such an offer but when he asked his parents, his parents immediately strictly objected the invitation. His parents were unhappy about the fact that he neglected his studies just to do research about colour blindness. Aaron was absolutely devasted by his parents' decision. All he could do is oblige with their decision. 
For the next few days, Aaron just looked so down.

His parents were starting to get really worried about  him especially when he is just staying in bed all day long. His parents had a long discussion regarding the invitation. After a heated and long discussion, they finally came to terms and agreed to let Aaron travel to the United States to continue his research. When they were breaking the news to him, they told him that they will be proud of him no matter the outcome of the research and they will always be his pillars of support in his efforts to create a better tomorrow for the unfortunate people such as himself and his parent that suffer from colour blindness.

It was the day. Aaron finally gets to continue in his pursuit to make a better tomorrow. It was a sad but happy sendoff for his parents who are heavy hearted by their son's departure. Five years later, Aaron and his fellow scientist partner have made a scientific breakthrough with unseen technology used in a pair of prototype sunglasses which tweaks the colour spectrum to allow people who are colour blind to be able to see the world in a different perspective with the presence of the uncountable amounts of colours. 

The news of the scientific breakthrough spreaded across the world and eventually the news got to his parents. When the news got to his parents, his parents had a sigh of relief. They were over the moon. They were overjoyed with their son's success. Aaron couldn't be anymore happier when he tried on the pair of prototype sunglasses when he is finally able to see the wonders of the beautiful world, in colour.

Is Ice Lemon Tea Good or Bad?

For many, ice lemon tea is just a normal drink to any other person but for me, it is my favourite drink. When I mean my favourite drink, I mean that I drink ice lemon tea daily. I started to drink ice lemon tea at around the age of 10 and it was then that I found my love for ice lemon tea. The sourness of the drink just tingles my taste buds. I'm always on the hunt to find the perfect ice lemon tea so, every restaurant I go to, I'll order ice lemon tea. My parents keep telling me that too much ice lemon tea is no good for me but so far during the 6 years of drinking it, I haven't really face any complications after drinking ice lemon tea. Some of my friends think that it's kind of weird to have an obsession about a drink but my other friends don't really find it weird because they think it is a normality that people will have their favourite drink. Overall, I don't think ice lemon tea is bad but different people will always have different opinions. 

A Different "Me"

Halfway through the year, I realized that I have changed so much from the start of the year. I realized that I'm more confident speaking and facing people nowadays. I have also been much more sociable with other people, making new friends in the process thanks to me joining Leo. Although being more social is kind of fun, it also comes with a great responsibility which I am willing to take. Those heavy responsibilities also helped out with my time management which used to be such a huge mess. In the end, it won't always be so smooth sailing with many obstacles popping up along the way and so far, I think that I have done a pretty good job in balancing my lifestyle. I just hope that I can cope with everything while having fun in doing so :)