YRainy Days
The rain was splattering itself on the windscreen as we drove through the storm and I went chattering on. If I had the A'levels to deal with, I would be silently brooding now. But I don't now.
Dan was surprised I was being so, in his words, "relaxed". Because I had just found out that Yale requires me to take 3 SAT subject tests when I've only take 2, and a few days earlier I'd found out that Emory requires me to prove that I can pay my university fees before they consider my application as an international student.
Instead, I was wondering about the clouds pelting the rain down, "like a spider's web"
(--"A spider's web? Do spiderwebs do that?"
"Well, if Spider-man's shooting one at you, yeah.")
I was convinced that the clouds had planned this year-end rain-fest bonanza right from the beginning and had stored up all the water they'd seeped up over the year just for this month. Like they were peeing everything down because they had gotten so full.
Dan smiled and kept on driving.
US applications have been a headache, literally, but thankfully there are other things to remind me that my worth doesn't depend on getting into a place like Yale (though it is lovely) or getting a scholarship. I've just sent emails to Yale and Emory asking for clarification and pleading for an exception to be made (doesn't hurt to try), and I'm going to leave it at that for today.
I was somewhere today, at some part of today, listening to the rain, when I remembered Justin's message one cold, dark day in Hwa Chong: "the rain brings blessings from God," and my headache cleared.
God's gonna take me wherever He wants me to go.
And if I stay in Singapore at least I won't grow fat! :)
jac was here with you
12/19/2006 11:09:00 pm