The last few days of the holidays are always the best. Mum knows that we like to go out and do everything we can (shopping, DVDs, eating) before we head back to the land down under. It's sad, but I've learnt to accept it. After all, I will be back in 8 weeks time for a 6 week holiday. It's fair.

I had a haircut today. If you've been reading my blog, then yes, ANOTHER one! I had originally wanted to look for a multi-purpose (or music instrument, in my case) tuner, so I wouldn't have much trouble during band rehearsals, let alone performances. Mum knew I was dying for a haircut, one that would take my hair shorter than it's current state. We headed up to desolate and hauntingly terrible in traffic Petaling Jaya to look for my old hairdresser, who left the salon we go to. We found him, fortunately, and got my haircut.

It must've been about 10-15 minutes that this lady had spent massaging shampoo into my hair. I kept smiling there, laughing to myself at the thought of it. It was a very good massage anyway. After she washed my hair, she gave me a neck massage. I should have left her a tip for her awesome service.

You know how a bit of vanity now and then doesn't hurt? Well, I love my new haircut. Just before I hopped into the shower to rid my hair of the styling products, I whipped on more wax and spiked my hair up. Ah, the wonders of short hair.

As I was saying, the last few days of our holidays are almost the best. All my friends are at school anyway, so there's really no point meeting up. I might as well catch up on the black DVD market, bag myself a few new clothing items and spice Catch up with brand-spanking new programs.

I don't know how to really express what I've been feeling, about moving into Year 12 and all. The whole transition has been a huge thinking process about what I should do, and what I could be doing; what I need to do in preparation for assessment tasks to come; how to manage my time more effectively; how I need to improve my marks in all subjects; and most importantly, what I want to achieve from the HSC for Uni. I always believed that if you have an aim to work towards, you're set - you have a purpose in work and you know what you want. Instead of waddling around the whole thought of the HSC and not knowing where to go, because you don't know what you want. Firstly, I need to figure out what I want to do in Uni. After that, I can set a reasonable UAI score to make my target.

My mind has been set on something in the creative arts. I've been constantly going back to the idea of Advertising. During the past 2 weeks, people all around me have said something about the profession. My mum was in the advertising industry, and she suggested that I take it up and follow her footsteps. I would be subjecting myself to someone's else's dreams and ideas, not my own. Which leaves me to the inevitable question: what do I want to do?

I suppose the final year of your schooling career isn't just about exams, and getting awesome marks for the finals. It's also about thinking of the future and what you want to do after school. Take a year off and start working for some money? Go straight into Uni? Start Uni later, but for now take a holiday for a few months travelling?

That's one thing I'm not too keen on in the whole package of "leaving school" - making big decisions that will have an impact on your life.

And I'm turning 18 in 17 weeks, or 4 months and a bit. Sighs, I'm going to be a big person soon.

Cheers.

Labels: holiday, home, malaysia, thoughts, year 12