America- land of opportunity?

Human Rights, Employee rights, product rights, animal rights, civil lawsuits, protests, strikes,

Racism, discrimination, hate crimes, shootings...

DNA test for who's the father of a child, cheating spouses, sex with mulitple partners, STDs...

The poor and the homeless, high crime rates, no late nights...

Ignorance and intolerance, fear...

They exist everywher.. I know... but I seem to find a concentrate of it here... of cos, there's always something gd here too... but USA is not without weaknesses... There's segregation... among races, among the rich and poor, among social classes...

I find it hard sometimes to adjust because Singapore is such a safe place... I dun always haf to b on my guard... yea there are criminals in Singapore just the same but I didn't grow up here... so there's still alot I dunno about... it's the things I don't know that scares me most... I feel i
I hope I don't live here in fear... it's wat causes the segregation in the first place...
I guess I do haf to step out of my comfort zone and learn more... it's not easy though... sometimes I really just wanna be back in Singapore- warm, comfortable and confident of wher I am and what I am doing...

There's a lot to look forward to here... the people here in general tend to be friendlier and more trusting... someone managed to get a girl's number on the bus... he actually managed to pick up a girl on the bus in 15 mins... an eye-opener for me... while he probably won't get far with someone lik me who's less trusting... but at the same time I won't b able to experience as much bcos we are not as open to new experiences or people as the locals here would...

Although I haf a brush of a guy who seem to be a racist... he's an usher working at the theatre... cos he only seem to order/shout at the Asians... and he's not even the management- just a normal staff like me... but calling someone here a racist is a taboo... u can't anyhow make this kind of accusations...
but u aso haf to be careful if u r a racist here in America... civil lawsuits are RAMPANT... u can get a lawsuit anytime- so everyone has to b careful what they say or do...

It's a bit disturbing for me to experience being discriminated against bcos of my skin colour... but it's bcos i'm now a minority here... no longer the chinese majority in singapore... so i guess i juz haf to learn to live with it...

It's things like these that make me miss Singapore...

Random rambling...

Feelin v lazy here in SF... i dunno if it's bcos of the cold or it's bcos i'm juz plain lazy... but i feel lik i haf my own gravity field... so tiring to walk around, carry things, move my fingers... i juz wanna stay still...

NO! CANNOT! Rachel Nip Oi Ting.... Move move move move!!!
if not u'll become obese sooner or later man... U dun wanna be like the pigeons here rite?

(Note: the pigeons here are twice the size of those in Singapore... )

Talked to zan yesterday on msn... wow... she's goin to Vietnam today! So excited for her... and so lucky that her work allows her to travel... haha i hope she thinks the same cos she sometimes quite paranoid... According to her, Thailand got dead bodies in hotels and is very dangerous... But then she's goin to thailand the x'mas week w her family... FINALLY... haha... hopefully there's no dead bodies in her hotel room...

Shit!

Aye... v suay.... i stepped on shit again.... i've already lost count how many times i've stepped on/hit by shit... think it's wat ? the 10th time... ? *sigh* but i stepped on it while resucing my sis frm walking into a super big pile of shit...

But I've stepped on them so many times... guess i'm kinda immune to the grossness of it all... haha...

Anyway "edward scissorshand" was a ballet-like performance... tot it was gonna b a musical man... (-_-")
The movie is stil better... my sis and i were saying that the ballet's edward kept swingin his "scissors" hands around lik nobody's business... alot of pple should b dead by the end of the show... haha...
But even though it wasn't wat i expected it to b... it was stil quite enjoyable... they had sprayed snow towards the audience at the end of the show...

Oh... they are playin "Jesus Christ Superstar" nxt week... haha... so me and my sis are thinkin bout goin to watch it... haha... we are spending all our $$$ on theatre and musicals...
Ok.. i'm gonna go watch some DVD now... update u guys soon la.. =)

Musicals, musicals, musicals

Yea!!! I'll b watching Edward Scissorhands tomorrow!! I'm v happy... but the tics r abit ex la... it's US$35.... er... so feel abit bad esp since my pay for the ushering job isn't alot aso... so i'm kinda spendin b4 earning... which isn't v gd...

Oh well, since we've bought the tics alreadi... i'll treat it as my X'mas present... heh heh... >=)

There are alot of musicals, plays and art shows here in SF... so i haf no lack of entertainment...

and yesterday went w my sis to watch "Marie Antoinette".. it's an okay show la... but i dun really noe the historical background of the show... but mayb if u noe u'll appreciate the show more... even though the show not say fantastic i like the music in it... so i suspect the soundtrack will b quite nice...

Haha... my sis is eyeing the com to do her job applications so I'll b lettin her use now...

Will let u all noe how "Edward Scissorhands" is soon... =)

Employed finally...

Hey good news... I've got a job! I'm now workin part-time together with my sis @ a theatre as an usher for a musical playing now called "Jersey Boys".. so i can actually stay and watch the whole show... It's all v exciting for me!
And the audience here in USA is v spontaneous... they'll laugh out loud and cheer loudly and "awwww..." at a touching scene... so it's a lot of fun watchin their response too! Haha... u'll nv get such a fun crowd of audience in Singapore...

Yea... cos I'm working almost everyday now... so I haven really got the time to go on msn or update my blog... but will try to when my sis isn't usin the com... (cos she's got job applications to send too)