I encountered lots of Ups and Downs today. For the most part, each Up was matched by a Down. So I should conclude that today was mostly a good day, or at least not a bad one.
Life is a rollercoaster. We've heard this metaphor countless times, no? Let's take a ride together.
It was Bec's birthday yesterday and the Boost name game thing also happened to be "Rebecca" today so Bec managed to get 2 free boosts and generously gave me one. :) So wooh! Free boost! (thanks Bec!) She gave me the bigger one too. :')
I originally had a three hour break today from 11-2 after Korean, but was informed that we actually had a two hour workshop today for 2130 which we weren't supposed to have. So that was a major disappointment.
I got my Korean speech mark back today and once again managed to get over my usual average for oral presentations. So that was a pretty nice.
I was extremely tired today though. Like I didn't even bother trying to get to Korean on time because I was just so tired. I was so close to falling asleep in my Korean tute. Actually fell asleep for maybe 30 minutes or so in the 2130 workshop. Also fell asleep when I got back home. I was just so ridiculously tired I don't even know why.
After my Korean tute, I skipped my 2310 lecture cuz I never learn anything anyway and I was just so tired I would've probably fell asleep. Was going to head home but ended up going to Civic with Bec to find a gift for Aunty Irene and Uncle Henry for driving us to Melbourne. Bec was looking through her wallet to see if there were any other things she could claim freebies for and found a card for Free $5 Gelatissimo credit. All you had to do was install their app on your phone and then sign up. And that was it. Supposedly.
I was really confused cuz there were no asterisks or terms and conditions written on the card. I thought perhaps the cheapest thing at Gelatissimo would be over 5 bucks to force you to pay some money to redeem the credit but to our surprise the cheapest thing you can get actually costs exactly 5 bucks.
One of the chicks working at the store was really nice and helped us work through the procedure of getting the $5 credit and let us taste test lots of the different gelato there. She was really nice. When it came to checkout the $5 dollar credit, she was told off by a co-worker that the $5 credit was actually only valid if you had spent $10 or more on an order... By this time I was already licking my gelato (cuz it was melting) so it was really really awkward. In the end we managed to get the gelato anyway but yeah. The girl who was serving us was really nice to give us all the taste tests and let us redeem the credit. I feel like she might get in trouble though. So yes. Free gelato and super nice store attendant!
When I got home afterwards, I did my daily internetting and discovered that Jessica is now no longer a member of SNSD. This came as a huge shock to me. Only recently did the members renew their contract with SM for another 3 years and just the idea of SNSD not being together as 9 members is just absurd. I was speechless. One of the things that hit me the hardest was knowing for a fact that I will never ever be able to see SNSD perform live in their 9 member entirety. Ever. After missing their live appearance in Sydney in 2011 I vowed to cancel any appointment I might have the next time I have the opportunity to see them in Australia.
The news stated that SNSD will continue promoting as 8 members and this is just... devastating. I'd rather SNSD disband entirely than for them to be "forever 8". Each member has their lines and their roles in their songs and the thought of one member leaving and having their lines taken by someone else is just so depressing. I don't know what to think. I'm just so overwhelmed at this news.
Although the number of Ups and Downs encountered today were pretty much equal, not all Ups and Downs are equal in magnitude. This last Down just absolutely crushed me. I was so not ready for this kind of news. We only recently celebrated their 7th anniversary too. I don't know what to think anymore. I am very distraught and just so, so devastated.
(Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream)
