School...

It is tiring to be working and studying at the same time... I wonder how some of my other colleagues to work full time and are full time students do it? I am only working part time and I find it difficult to manage both of them at the same time... Everyday i'm too tired to do the work... and I end up accumulating... I have been more consistent with my homework and reading than back in SMU... I remember reading all the materials for the first time for my Political Science course with Joyce... and ended up eating only... think i went to catch a movie after... talk about priorities...

A lot of people here put themselves through college on their own... not to mention pay their rent (most of them move out after turning 18)... Rent here is insanely crazy... so I really dunno how they do it... they might take a little longer to finish sch... but that's alright cos they are enjoying all their experiences in their lives... and they lead lives that are not as conventional... and I kinda admire that...

In Asia, I would think that the road is pretty straight forward and people who take a detour has a load of judgement on them... so I think that second chances and opportunities to get back on track is something that would be nice to have in Singapore too...
Zan was saying that she feels weird going back to sch at 21... but here I have classmates who are 40 +... one of them is in my hip hop class... Truly life long learning...

Damn I really miss the food in Singapore... don't know what the crap I am eating most of these days... would like some Hokkien mee, Bedok zhui gui and 5-star chicken rice...

Haven't been up to date with things in Singapore... cos nobody sends me any email updates?!! ya i know, I should just go and read the newspaper... will update again soon...

A wonderful new year...

It's already 2008... time passes really quickly... I've been here for about 1 year 3 months and counting... I went to a doctor's office and the technician was heading to Singapore and asked me to give her some hints about good places to visit.. and I had difficulty thinking about certain districts.. I was trying to think where 5-star chicken rice was located and I couldn't remember... so by agaration I told her somewhere near Paya Lebar...

I don't think it's a matter of forgetting but alot of things and places in Singapore are not in relation to my current life now.. just like I can't remember a lot of the places in HK too..

Anyway I thought the year started pretty well.. I'm back in school... I missed learning for the first time in a long time... working is harder and more monotonous than school... There are also less worries in school.. compared to LIFE outside... but i'm a better worker than a student...

Classes are good... think i picked good classes... and though I prefer some classes and profs over others... I have to be very thankful that all of them seem hardworking... Workload is manageable and I am working part time while studying but everything should work out...

I'm taking a American Govt course which is interesting especially since it coincides with the Presidential elections comin up this year.. I really like the class... You don't get to see these sort of things in Singapore and though I don't understand a lot about the system... people in general seem to be really passionate about choosing their government... but there are of cos people who don't really care...

Been doing a lot of retail therapy...no good esp since my income is declining as it is comin only frm one source... Theatre will be dark until further notice... there are no current shows...

Guess these are the updates... though I wonder who actually reads my blog since I hardly post... =)

Spice Girls- Viva Forever

Long long time ago...

I've been watching Spice Girls videos on youtube recently. It brings back a lot of memories from my Pri sch and sec sch days.. I can't really remember whether I still liked them in sec 1 or 2... but I was a big fan... and I still am... Their music brings a smile even though they weren't the best singers in the world...

I recently read a post on Sara's blog.. and I laughed when she mentioned me running after the MRT train... I started running at super speed then in sec 3 or 4 it slowed down, in JC I kinda galloped... and then I think I stopped running after that... well I have mellowed for sure... but I remember how it was like to be fearless, loud and looking silly all the time...

y2g... we would scream and shout at games or actually.. everywhere... we didn't care how people viewed us... it really didn't matter as long as we were having fun...
It's true that we don't keep in contact as much but I feel that whenever we meet it's like we haven't been apart for that long and that connection is really special to me... I hope it will always be like that....

I saw on (i think) caddie's facebook... the lyrics of Only love that we wrote in Pasir Ris park... I wonder if it's still there...
Also remembering throwing sparklers out from the maze during Mooncake festival...

I still smile whenever I look at the photos from ahs...

Hey Sara... I too read the letters from sec sch... many of them were hilarious... and I kept a lot of the notes that we used to pass in class! hey and I printed e-cards that we used to send each other... I think bluemountain.com?

I don't really know where this post is going or what I'm trying to say... maybe just saying thanks to y2g for making my sec sch life so much more interesting...

Fiona Apple :: Across The Universe