「守株待兔」 or, "Carpe diem."

Like a cat in heat stuck in a moving car--
A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find the brake--
What if they say that you're a cloner?
Naturally, I'm worried if I do it alone...
Who really cares 'cause it's your life
You never know; it could be great.
Take a chance 'cause you might grow.
Oh, ah, oh

What you waiting--
What you waiting--
What you waiting--
What you waiting--
What you waiting for?

--"What You Waiting For?" - Gwen Stefani

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I feel like Science Fiction is a most depressing genre of books because it's written so realistically that romantic endings are rare. It reminds you how sad and insignificant your life is--and how unfair life is in general.

Momentary emotional stormcloud aside, let's talk about the end of this week.

This evening's List: HOMEWORK.

MATH: Study for the test by doing questions from the Handbook.
ENG: Write a rough copy analogy essay. Pretend to read Fifth Business. Don a gorilla costume and forget English exists for a full five minutes.
ART: Do sketch.
BIO: Say I did the worksheets and don't.
CHEM: Do some of the worksheets.
CHINESE: Check out the CD-ROM, do the homework, be a good little girl.

There's really not much more to blog about.

Life has been the same, pretty much. Went out for lunch today. Congee Wong. Good food, good pricing, amazingly quick service. If all Chinese restaurants were animals, all of them would be tortoises and Congee Wong would be a hare.

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Let's finish with a nice Chinese maxim/fable: 「守株待兔」 (shǒu zhū dài tù) or， "Guarding a treestump to wait on a rabbit." Okay, so maybe it sounds weird when translated... but the story behind it is really quite meaningful.

Once upon a time, there was a farmer. On his farm, near his fields, was once a great tree. All that was left of it was an enormous stump, hidden by surrounding weeds and tall grass.

One morning, he tending to his fields when, all of a sudden, a rabbit rushed by him. It seemed to be in a frantic rush and did not see the tree stump hidden behind the tall weeds. To the farmer's astonishment, the rabbit ran straight into the tree stump and broke its spine. Overjoyed at his luck, the farmer dropped his tools and went to pick up the rabbit and bring it home. That night, he had a rich rabbit stew for dinner.

From that day onwards, the farmer did not go to tend his fields. Instead, he settled himself among the tall grasses near the great tree stump and waited there for another rabbit to run into the tree stump. However, as days and soon weeks went by, not only did no rabbit run towards the tree stump but none of the farm's surround rabbits could be seen; the farmer's neglect towards his fields had allowed his crops to die and no animal would come by to find food.

The farmer's foolish hope for another windfall had doomed him. His greed and laziness became his downfall.

Moral of this story? I know you smart ones wouldn't sit around and wait for everything to be placed in your lap. But one mustn't give up hope in one's own abilities either. Every talent is worth using.

So whatcha waiting for?

Seize the day and make it yours.