jeez, i wonder how long it has been since i woke up at 7 in the morning. ages!
anyway i went to SA for the 26th council stepping down, as well as to catch up with juniors and teachers.
first, congrats to 26th.. though i didnt know them that well, there have been couple of individuals ive seen grow, and i think they did a fine job through their term.
and talked to mr ong, who just cant stop being funny. he made me laugh till a point, both merrilyn and i had to massage our cheeks coz it was getting painful.
and then we talked to ms chia for a while. oh, one warning, although im not surprised, teachers know we all have blogs and what we write. and this doesnt go only to councillors and all, it goes to all SA students, so dont say i didnt warn you.
its a case im familiar with, she said there's growing problem of students insulting teachers in their blog, and when confronted, they say 'its a private entry, i should be able to say what i want.'
but then again, DP makes a good point. our blogs are published on the world wide web, so its technically not private, since its for the whole world to see. and even if that being the case, we do have the option to make it really private and then put password access to it, but very few people actually do that.
subconsciously, whether you all agree or not, we all actually want our friends and strangers to see what we want to say. i cant deny that, coz part of me wants others to read about what i have to say too. but of course, with everything, there comes expected behaviour.
so one of our friends has gone through this problem before, and another one will be in trouble, not because of defaming, but coz of the type of comment.
its quite scary eh, i bet those current SA students never thought that DP would be reading their entries. and as i promised DP, i am gonna say nice things about her, even though ive done that previously.
as i convinced kim and serene who were also there today, DP is a wise person and someone who we all can talk to. initially, i did not know that DP was like that, but i found out much later on, i hoped that i only knew it sooner. she knows a lot of things and she's one person who has made a direct impact on me while schooling in SA. i guess its a pity that not that many people in SA realizes that she's arguably the best person to talk to in SA.
anyway, only downside to today would have been that i did not get to see mr. mannan. next time, perhaps.
we spent quite a bit of time in SA today, realizing and admitting that we did indeed miss the SA life. it just cant be compared. given the choices i would really want to relive the whole 2 years again, even though i could probably not ask for anything better, maybe just my A Level grades, which doesnt really matter anymore at this moment.
funny enough, like true former students and budding adults, somehow we started talking about marriage and stuff. about who will be married by 2010 or 2014, and such.
i was doing my rounds today, so headed off back to QSS with jonas. he has become somewhat a celebrity, since almost all the teachers recognized him. SA seems to have sent a mail stating that jonas scored 3 distinctions and won a prize (which is a rarity in QSS, so gotta understand)
it was nice to talk to mr low after a very long while, and couple of other teachers as well.
i am just starting to realize how old we are. i am going to turn 20 in 10 days time and i really am seeing the changes in me. but i dont wanna have it any other way, even though i think it has been shitty, i am at a far better position that many others would have been and im very grateful for that. as new experiences pile up, it does make a significant impact on me.
and recently, ive been talking to dad about my possible choices while i explore the engineering discipline. i am going to keep my options open to anything and everything, but most notably the obvious choices which are chemical, computer, electrical and mechanical. the rest i would want to check out (actually i changed from computer to undecided/undeclared for the very reason that i will have the option of giving these a shot and considering the following) are aeronautical/aerospace, biomedical, materials, industrial/systems.
DP commented that if i were to come back to singapore as an expat in the future, she will have to make sure that i am rooted firmly to the ground and not go astray, coz she thinks i will be a magnet for SPGs. i laughed off at that.
but she makes a good point, in terms of career. i will have to stay there til i get my citizenship, which might be 6, 7 years from now. and then if i want to, i could try out in the world bank or the IMF, maybe even UN, using my japanese language proficiency to travel around. that plan seems very appealing. but then again, i could do the same with IBM or Intel or microsoft too. i remember my dad telling me that he once considered to work for UN, and ever since then, which was quite long ago, the idea has been pretty exciting. but then with the problems now... its a put off.
4 more weeks til university begins. i cant wait. 5 more days til i find out who my room mate will be. or whether i get into the freshmen experience and the dorm that i wanted.
by the time i came back, it was almost 5. since it was a super hot day (tryin to dress in casual/not casual style was a mistake, after realizing it is a super hot country afterall, and my body seems to have completely adapted to being at 15/16 degrees in chicago) i took a shower, took a short nap and continued watching master and commander.
i did not get the point of the movie. at the end, i was left thinking, so what was the show about? there didnt seem to be any plot. all i can say it that they just happened to take a particular moment of a sailor's life, kinda thing. i remember utkarsh telling me it was a bad show, and then my aunt said it was good. i say it was pretty bad. very complicated, no apparant storyline, etc. maybe camera and effects were good. but that's about it.
and then after dinner, i watched the monsoon wedding. kim told me this morning that it was a very good show and i do totally agree. its the best indian-themed movie ive ever seen. and me not being an advocate of bollywood cinemas, that's a rare thing for me to say. almost everything was perfect, i loved it. and soon, it will be something i will probably have to go through or something, even if not, i know the race that i belong to conducts things in a very similar manner, so i could really associate myself with what was going on. i think this goes straight into one of the finest movies ive seen (since ive been sayin one of the best all the time, i decided to just categorize under finest and best, instead of saying that over and over again)
im thinking of renewing the rental for maybe another 15 sets. there are couple of czech, german and iranian filsm i saw there that i wanna catch, but i'll see how that goes.
tomorrow's the SA dance. cant wait to see hui, jessica, cynthia, dewi and candace do their thing.
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