Classes straight from 7am to 10:50am and had my break until 2:15pm. After giving those students their retest, headed home for awhile and went to MBK. Got to do the stuff that Roy and I loved so much -- singing. Went to the Karaoke lounge and boy we did spent quite a bit there...

Lately, I dunno why but depression and stress usually get into my way very quickly...especially during school time. To handle this, I constantly store a song in my heart such as short choruses and lively songs that will divert me to beautiful things other than thinking of being actually 'on earth'. For example, one of my student suddenly came to me today and asked me to lead the students in the class to sing some choruses. Then I told her that we don't have time for that. She went back to her seat and I was curious why suddenly choruses??? So I glanced through the pages of the song book which was placed on top of the teacher's table and one of the song caught my attention. It's entitled "Something good is going to happen to you". Man..it kept ringing in my head the whole day and kept me going. The song didn't just kept me going, but it made my day much lively and happier. God knows our very heart and is always ahead of us. The moment we feel something is wrong inside us, He always feels it first and goes through the pain with us. So, to remind myself, THERE IS NO PROBLEM TOO BIG THAT GOD CANNOT SOLVE IT. :wink:

Did a lil' research here--Among those prone to depression are people:

• With close relatives who have had depression
  
• Who have had depression before
  
• With low self-esteem or self-loathing
  
• With chronic medical disorders, including thyroid disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure
  
• Who take certain medications, including oral contraceptives, steroids, and some medications for high blood pressure