two 'O' level takers who are obviously stressed out here... well, you may not believe it, but ask your seniors, none of them will remember those 'O' level days well.  They remember those days they spend in school with their friends. It's just a phase of your life that.... shld I say, you have to go through, but just go on from there. It may seem like the world to you now, but after it's past, you'll realise how... trival it is. Not to say that you don't have to work hard for it, but that there are just more important things in life.
 
well... I really think that life is beautiful...
it's a matter of perspective.
 
when you wake up in the day, when sun rays pierce into your eyes... the orange colour that you see, the colours all around you, red from the flowers, blue from the sky, yellow from the sun, green from the trees... aren't they beautiful? Take a deep breathe, feel the air in your lungs, the instant wakening of your senses... isn't that feeling wonderful? The feeling of being alive? (try drowning yourself for a while and you'll get what I mean better) The rising and setting sun, the changing moon, the moving clouds, the twinkling stars... all the miracles in life! Have you ever stopped to think about all these? Or have you let your life roll past you without feeling the sweetness of it? Have you been letting your busy schedule blind you and desensitize you from savouring these moments that fills your heart with warmth? Poetic you may think I am trying to be... but it's these minimal things in life that we often forget.
 
Yes, it's because you are alive, that's why you have so many responsibilities... so many things to do, that you don't really want to do. So many expectations to meet up to, so many eyes looking at how you perform. There's even more things that you want to do, you dream of, that doesn't come through. The restrictions in life, the boundaries in everything we do... Are they suffocating you?
 
well... look at it from another point of view... you are able to do all these things, feel being stressed, because you are alive!! And being alive enables you to feel other things other than stress. The hug from a friend, the love of your family, the joy of a joke, the faith of believing in your god and even the feeling of being in love... wonderful feelings of life aren't they? Don't expect things to always be perfect... don't desire them to be flawless and life to be nothing but a bliss... you will not be able to feel those good things as much without knowing the feeling of the bad things.
 
It's all a matter of perspective.
 
ok... talked a little too much that I'm feeling that I'm getting irrelavant and idealistic. Maybe because I'm a dreamer, I like to see things in their most beautiful manner. It makes me happy.