I have no idea what to do about my friend… all she does everyday after school is to go straight home or to her father’s office to study, and that is all she does until she goes to sleep. She hasn’t even gone online for more than 2 weeks… I really think she needs to get a life. Whenever she calls me, all she does is to ask about school work. Never once has she called just to chat about something else. All she cares about is her studies.

We got back our test papers today, and she scored 28/30. That was a high score, yet right after she looked at her script, she just sat and sulked till the end of the day. She thinks that studies are everything, when in fact there is more to life than that. I really can’t stand it when this happens; this is not the first time. It sounds mean, but my friends and I try to avoid going out with her just after our exams, since all she does is to complain about how badly she did, when her scores are the highest among us. Can’t she learn how to be thankful?! I wonder if she will be pleased even if she scores 99/100 for an exam.

I really can’t stand it… I really wish she would stop being such a bookworm. She wasn’t like this last year and the beginning of this year. She’s closing herself from other things around her… She would never have known about most singers, songs, mp3s and whatnot if my friends and I never told her. We don’t even share some personal stuff with her now. She expects you to tell her everything yet when you ask her about something, she refuses to breathe a word.

I really can’t stand it… sometimes I really feel like giving her a piece of my mind, but I have never done it. I won’t be surprised if she stresses herself out before the exams, or the ‘O’ Levels next year… Arrgh…

I can’t stand it when others expect me to be good in this and that… Today in class my teacher was reading out a list of people who did not do well for the Maths test, and had the option of sitting for the retest. When my name was read out (as I expected), one of my classmates just remarked that I couldn’t be one of those who did not do well. Just because I had been doing well in my studies for the past 2 years does not mean I will do as well this year, and just because I’m good in some subjects does not mean that I will be just as good in the rest. Why do they expect me to be good in every subject?! I will suffer a breakdown if I try to live up to everybody’s expectations.

There are just some things that I do not feel comfortable doing with my family, and would very much rather do alone. I hate it when I’m forced to do them… I don’t learn anything at all since I’m not enjoying it the slightest bit. So stop making me do them. So there.