And the term is about to start. So how's everyone's vacation? What? Yeah, we did actually have a vacation...oh, you've been working. Now why doesn't that suprise me? Behind the desk from dusk to dawn? And then from dawn to dusk? Occasionally getting to brush off the dust that's been settling on your shoulders and allow blood to flow back into your legs? Is that it? You dissapoint me.

   But I see some of you having a good time. Don't make me kill you. Going sightseeing, seeing mother nature...taking photos with your leg on your shoulders(it's like watching scenes from a horror movie). Ah, the wonderful days of being pre-senior.

   But the rest of you, studying til you're spitting blood...YOU PUT PRESSURE ON ME! See what you've done? You've turned me into a paranoid psychopath!!! WAAAAAA! Take out straitjacket and throw me in a rubber room.

   So, how was everyone's new year?  How about the fireworks? Ones that contribute to noise and air pollution, and also the injury of 150 people and the death of one? Whooo, festive...the people demand fireworks ! It's a weapon of mass destruction alright.

   On the bright side, I got eight hundred yuan! For new year of course( I've been unemployed for many years now, it's a disasster...). Those of you seeking to scorn at the amount be warned, I bought a 9mm pistol and enough ammo. i also spent 500 on a pair of jeans. I could of saved 200 starving ethiopian children with the money, but I decided the way I dress is more important.

    Oh, I got a hair cut today. Apparently, since it's been quite long since my last haircut, they've changed the names of hairstyles. Now, "A bit shorter" is the name of what we used to call "egghead", which is what I got when I said "a bit shorter". On the way back my cab driver asked me if I was going through chemo-therapy.

    And in that spirit...i set forth on the journey.

  Apparently, flowers can be categorized into two categories: one that grew in flower pots, and the other in the wilderness. See, I never knew that. All i see are those pretty dainty ones in shops. Now, most people can't tell them apart, and let's face it, not much people want to take the time to differentiate them. I mean, they all look the same, right?

  The ones in shops grew up in a warm, sunlit greenhouse. Greenhouses are palaces to a plant. So these flowersgrew up nourished and plum, and then they were put in shop windows like mannequin models.

  Then, there's ones that grew up in the wilderness. From cliff edges to damp caves, in the blazing sun or a raging storm. These flowers grew up in the face of "hardship". And then, they were put into shop windows too. And they look just like the greenhouse ones.

   So, when the buyer comes, all he sees is a row of pretty flowers. That's why he's gonna judge them equally, and pay for them equally. But every flower has it's own story, you know? Some of them are boring, some are true epics.

   I used to walk straight past flower stores. I bet you do too. We think they're the same. We think they're barbie dolls. We prefer cactuses(...ok, maybe that's just me). But they're not the same. And they deserve all the praises and respect in the world.