I have been on a pretty tight mugging schedule for quite some time now. It has been so long that I cannot really remember when I started all this nonsense. As a result, I looked forward to a much deserved break, the final school event (besides teacher's day, which I am not even sure if we are allowed to go for) before we get consumed by the horrors of a national examination. A major national examination. As such, I went for the national day celebration at Zouk.

I have no idea which room of Zouk we went to, but I think it was their largest one. It was much larger than the one I went to for poetry slam. However, it still was not nearly as large enough to host an event for 60% of our school population. (I am pretty sure that 80% of the year sixes did not bother turning up) This resulted in great immobility and no place to sit at all. Only those who went early found themselves a place to sit. Me and Joewie ditched our bags in one corner, which actually enabled us to move around. We made it to the heart of the first floor, and the atmosphere there was great. However, there was two row of girls directly in front of us, so any moshing never got to us. Girls make really good mosh blockers.

About 10 minutes into the performances, I decided that I was getting hungry and we made our way out to grab some food and punch. I am thankful that we were able to get free punch, much better than the time when the bouncers took our water bottles at the entrance and they would only sell us some overpriced mocktails. Doughnuts were delicious, pizza squares were tasty and meatballs were... erm... spherical. Anyway, the mass singing which I had been anticipating for a long time did not disappoint. The whole 60% of the school population was singing together and jumping at the chorus. There is really nothing that can come close to mass singing. It never fails to make me fall in love with the country again.

Okay back to my story, this Zouk thing ended with me being tired from the jumping and standing around, and being under the impression that I was full. Eating delicious doughnuts, tasty pizza squares and spherical meat balls do not make you full. It only makes you think you are full. Of course I had no appetite for dinner, so at about 11 o'clock I found myself feeling really hungry. And sitting in front of me was popcorn from the Cornery. (Best popcorn ever, by the way) I was perfectly aware that Cornery popcorn was on my "Things I am allergic to list", but when you are that hungry, you will eat anything edible. Especially if it was the best popcorn in the world. It was totally worth it...

So I thought. About three hours later, I woke up itching all over. Surprisingly enough, I had an allergic reaction from eating all that popcorn which I was allergic to. To think I wrote an essay about self-restraint a couple of days ago. In my second fit of genius, I decided that I could freeze myself. That would surely stop the itch! I then lined myself with ice packs I took from the freezer. Brrrr...

Now, I have a mild cold. And the worst part is that it is affecting my tight mugging schedule. The moral of this story is, do not mug too hard, or you will fall sick.