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Mem'ries,

Light the corners of my mind

Misty water-colored memories

Of the way we were

Scattered pictures,

Of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another

For the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then?

Or has time re-written every line?

If we had the chance to do it all again

Tell me, would we? Could we?

Mem'ries, may be beautiful and yet

What's too painful to remember

We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter

We will remember

Whenever we remember...

The way we were...

-'The Way We Were' by Barbra Streisand

we ordered pizza to class today, and it was a really fab deal because pizza hut had 45% discount for pizzas that you order online. what to say? we are all suckers for discounts... and all the advertisers know it too. i always wonder if they purposefully mark up the prices, then offer discounts to make it seem like it is a really great deal, playing on our perceptions of what the real cost of this thing should be, and what is their profit margin. if canadian pizza can offer their pizzas 2 for the price of 1, all year round, why don't they just sell one pizza at half that price? that way, people who want to buy just one pizza can then order without worrying about what to do about the second free pizza that they don't want.sometimes, i order from pizza hut because of that:) although i must say that pizzas from pizza hut just taste better- i wonder if its simply a placebo effect? we think it tastes better because we paid more for it. we all seem to be indoctrinated as we grow up in this society that price equates quality. but enough with this debate... either way, the main thing is that consumers do benefit from competition between the pizza chains, so come on, unleash all your competitiveness! BRING IT ON:) plus, i am no economics student, so happily, i don't need to know all the economic concepts behind all the advertisements. i'm a happy history student:)

today's one day of school that will always be embedded into my memories, the day we all gathered around munching on pizzas, talking, laughing, joking, finding out each others' quirky eating habits and preferences. this is truly what i call friends:) i love them. alot:) i'll never forget the guys scraping cheese stuck to the cardboard box they deliver pizzas in. and them eying that one last slice left. it's the laughter we will remember, not the bad grades that we will be getting tomorrow. i guess this is some comfort or something:)

alas, we cannot escape the bad grades. all the dread i feel when we went through the answers were mounting in me for the past week. i don't know if i can sleep tonight. but i'll try. sometimes, it is so depressing to see that your efforts don't pay off, and people who claim not to study or have not studied and who were absent from school, i can't help but feel bitter. i mean, i'm human. i'm no saint. bitterness lingers, and gives a bad after taste which i despise. i am working hard towards becoming a more optimistic, a less bitter person. although i must say that one can turn bitterness into driving force to do better, depending on your perspective. so yeah, i suppose so:)

keep smiling even when it is hard to smile. keep trying even when the world's against you. against the dying of the light. fight the world. fight even when you're carrying the burden of the world on your back, that's the strength you need. that's the strength everyone wishes they can have but never quite get how to acquire it. my answer? experience failure. it's okay to be losing as long as you don't end up a loser.