Almost losing my heart

I told myself that I probably should stop coming here, 'cuz you know, the impending A levels and all. No biggie.

But I felt a pressing need to come up here just release some of the built up "stress" from the past 3 weeks of January.

In short, I went for my SATs for the second time yesterday, and this time obviously I prepared much more than I did for the last. Except that I got horribly lost in a land I was not familiar with moments right before the test. Damn, this isn't some philosophical lost about feeling like you  don't belong and struggling with a sense of purpose among a sea of unfamiliar faces or whatever, in fact I was put quite simply, literally, just lost.

The girl who thought she had an affinity with maps lost her way in the north-eastern part of little Singapore.

I have never been to that area before, relied a lot on apps to navigate around busses and stuff but when I alighted I just had no idea where I was. Google maps told me I was quite far from the supposed destination. I definitely needed to walk more than 192m, just that I only had 10 minutes before I believe I can seriously be barred from taking this exam my parents paid lots for. To say I felt panic was an understatement. I ran across roads, each time sighting available taxis only on the side of the road I'm not on. Every passer-by had no idea where the place was. Called a taxi, phone reception decided to give up. Out of desperation, I called my Mum and seriously, I don't ever call my mum for things out of distress because I could always solve it. But I've already wasted 20 minutes still lost in the middle of Yio Chu Kang Link, so I thought why not. Even though she was worried (like, hello, your daughter is panicking for the first time how can she not be) she still consoled me and told me it's alright, I won't miss the test, and in the middle of the call received another call from a taxi uncle who managed to arrange a pick-up with me. We zoomed to the school, and I manage to run with this school personnel to my room to discover that everyone only just started to write their names (not even at the circle shade-in and whatnots).

In short, I almost thought I was going to miss my test which I believe should be rather important, but I just made it and managed to not miss a single component of the 3 hours 45 minutes test. Oh, but what an experience. If I am going to be late for my A levels, come at me bro.

With this, I conclude one of my commitments for this year, and I hope it frees up my days just that little bit more.