Wow. I can totally relate to Anne Shirley. As per required reading I read Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic of the precocious orphan girl who was terrified of geometry.

Now, a not-so precocious 25-year-old Yee-Guan is terrified of macroeconomics. The fact I didn't take any economics has weighed heavily on my mind. The practice test I scored 9/10, but tonight I got only 68% on the first assignment, graded out of 25.

It's almost irrational, my fear for numbers... I dread it sooo much that while I can stay up until 3 a.m. working on a crappy biosolids story I have pulled my economics notes out but once this entire term.

It's really bumming me out. I wish I had the guts of miss Anne-with-an-e to tackle it head on and turn the blah into something good.

Blech.