Valentine's day for yet another year, with nothing much eventful going on, except perhaps for the joke in the morning when david chan came to class to give Jim a packet of tissue that said "seet reserved".

what led for a contemplative day was the announcement by the principal today. sad that such a thing has indeed happened. somehow, when such a thing happens in the public, we can choose to be apathetic about it, but never when it has hit home so near. many who heard about it were sad in one way or another, but what makes me particularly sad, is not only because of that singular event itself, but rather the apathetic attitudes of certain people that i feel disgust in mentioning as belonging to the same year. sleeping during the duration in the auditorium, and then later defending his actions in class that he doesnt give a damn because he doesnt even know the person anyway, truly disgusts. would he only care if he knew the person well enough, leaves much for thought. another act that triggers disgust is that of joking over life and death, in this case the latter. to poke fun at this certainly reflects indifference. sure, most others will not care as well, some will even join in the joking, but that need not mean that it is ok. to mock is to lower oneself.

Stress is indeed here to stay.