Class Gathering & Time Management

had a jc class gathering at mel's house yesterday,
woah...haven't seen some of them for almost 8 years.

hmm...most of them look the same,
and for the record,
almost half of my classmates have become lawyers (most of the arts stream ppl fr my sch have),
there're a few doing finance,
1 pilot,
1 computer game designer (!),
1 businessman
and so many of the guys have become teachers haha so unexpected

there were 18 of us in the class-
11 girls and 7 guys
but still quite an even girl-guy ratio
considering that some of the science classes had like 24 guys and 2 girls.

our civics tutor ms melissa lim (she's minister lim boon heng's daughter btw)
called us the 'crazy' class...
haha the thing i remember most was that during occasions like valentine's day or christmas,
the girls would make nice things like cookies and personalized ribbons etc for the guys,
while the guys would give the girls.....
NOTHING!
haha, how evil boys are!

anyway, i really feel like kicking myself now.
yesterday, ms lim asked if we're still holding on to the 'farewell ribbons',
and a few of us was like
'what ribbons? what are you talking about?'
and then it dawned on us that on the last day of school,
she brought this long ribbon thing made into a ball to class
and we all passed it around and blessed one another,
after which the long ribbon was snipped,
and everybody kept one portion for remembrance.

where's my portion now?
have i kept it away in some corner?
am i so unsentimental? :((

anyway, back to school matters,
last week, i was going through time management strategies with 107,
here's the gist....

Here's how you should prioritize your time after school

1. Start off with P1(Priority 1) activities. These are Urgent and Important activities such as completing homework that's to be submitted on the following day, revising for last minute tests, attending to important matters at home (eg. taking care of sick sibling) etc. These activities should rightfully take about 20% of your time. Many people spend too much time doing these because they procrastinate and wait until the last minute before beginning on homework, test revisions. Start preparing for tests/exams in advance. Don't wait until the day before submission day to begin your assignments. You can reduce lots of stress if you follow this advice.

2. After finishing P1 activities, you should do the P2(Priority 2) ones. These are Non-urgent and Important activities such as revising for tests/completing homework in advance or exercising. You should rightfully spend 60% of your time doing these. If you prepare things in advance, you might not see the benefits straight away, but you are an 'investor', in the sense that you are investing in the future - you study now for a test in 2 week's time, and you will reap the rewards in 2 weeks. Most students spend far too little time on P2 activities.

3. Next, you should do the P3(Priority 3) activities. These are Urgent and Non-important things like text messaging friends and catching the latest drama serial on TV. You should spend about 15% on such things - though they are entertaining and may help you de-stress, they don't help you advance your goals and fulfill your dreams.

4. And finally, after completing P1, P2 and P3(in that order), if you still have time left, you can do some P4(Priority 4) matters. These are Non-urgent and non-important things and should be your lowest priority. These include lazing around, excessive sleeping, hanging around shopping malls etc. Students who indulge in such activities are called 'bums'. Deservedly!
(terms adapted from Adam Khoo's book)