Sunday

It's a mundane Sunday today because examinations are coming up. I spent my whole day studying economics. Meanwhile, the rest of my family were out looking for a new car to replace our Nissan Sunny.

When they reached home, my father told me that he will be getting a Honda Stream. To be honest, I was a little disappointed by the decision because first of all, it's a seven seater and an oil guzzler. I am quite concerned about the fuel efficiency of the car because I care about the environment and I think nature is punishing us because the weather is getting all screwed up. Just yesterday, when we were playing soccer, it rained before we went down, stopped for an hour while we started playing, then rained again, stopped, and then rained again and so on. All these while the sky looks bright and sunny and there's no dark clouds. I seriously think global warming is here already. Secondly, it's a car with automatic transmission. I am against switching from our manual Sunny to an automatic Stream. This is because I have fallen in love with manual cars. It requires more skill to handle a manual car but that's the attractive part. It feels a lot more cool to drive a manual car, especially when changing gears. Lastly, because it's a seven seater, it's really a family car. I think I will feel weird driving such a big car out alone without a big family behind me. There's no cool factor involved in driving such a car and it ruins my image of being a youthful, vibrant teenager.

School has ended and actually I feel a little sad. This semester has been quite fun and it ended with a fun trip to the zoo. Except for the rain that accompanied the trip, it was pretty successful. I have discovered that I am actually quite young and fit because I didn't feel tired throughout the excursion while people younger than me feel tired. I think my real age is somewhere near

18. The age where I was still innocent, where I had still not seen evil. I wish I could go back to that stage of my life.