panic/hysterics/etc.

as usual.

had planned to ask my dad to help print my independent study paper (in color, on his office printer) to give to the interviewers tomorrow as a writing sample, but procrastinated and ended up not getting it to him on time, which meant that i had to print it at home, except that of course we had run out of paper. sped out to orchard in ragamuffin clothes only to find that all stationery shops in town had conspired to close at 9 (time of arrival: 9:07). last desperate fling was taka, which mercifully had one ream of paper left in stock.

but what i really want to tell you about is what happened next. there were two cashiers nearby - one line seemed a lot shorter than the other, so i chose that one (which, of course, turned out to be short only because the ladies at the head of the queue were purchasing enough pots and pans to prepare meals simultaneously for everyone in continental asia). two poly students joined the queue behind me, and despite my fuming, i couldn't help but overhear the bit of their conversation which went: "i find psychology very interesting...(so-and-so) told me the other day that the human brain is actually really small"

which was funny on so many levels that i couldn't help but explode into laughter, probably making everyone around me think i was certifiable, but whatever, because i'm sure that some higher power had dictated that i be right there right then just so i could be privy to that little snippet of inanity. i really needed that. i mean, just half-an-hour before i was telling someone (online) that if i didn't get this job i would have to immediately go and look for a very tall building. honestly, it's all a bloody joke anyway. life is only sometimes kind, but fortunately, it is almost always hilarious.