Should i give up, or should i just keep chasing pavements, even if it leads nowhere?

Oh man, I haven't blogged in quite a while, though there's so many things to talk about. But instead of doing the usual put up photos, telling about Pre-U Seminar, choir, HOUSE and so on, i'm just gonna talk about something that's been in my head for quite some time.

[I know i always say i'll be putting them up at a later date, I WILL okay, if there's a day that i'm not lazy and am free enough to simply dedicate several hours to posting of photos, whatnots]

Life's been pretty hectic, sometimes i wonder how i actually find time to catch my breath. Don't get me wrong though, its all really fun and everything. I'm just afraid i've been compromising my main purpose of going to jc, to get to a good youkneeverseseetea.

why why why so stressed...

I really wish i can be like those, so affluent that money doesn't become an obstacle that they have to overcome to get to their place of choice in university. I wish it wasn't such an issue. That when i look at schools like Cambridge or harvard, the first thing that comes to my mind wouldn't be money. If only. Cos then it dawns to me that going to such schools will mean a hell lot of work. Aisssh. heart pain, just thinking about it!


I have to start somewhere, so here goes.


For the first weeks of the hols, i had my Pre-University Seminar event (haha, i know, FINALLY right?).. You know, one thing's for sure, everyone had their doubts about it. Was it gonna be a boring event? Listening on and on and on to some people go on and on and on??? I mean, not only is it one of the most never heard of events, i mean, all the preparation done for it has been so depressing, it takes the appeal away sometimes. Plus, the fact that it clashes with sooooo many things, just made it less and less appealing as the days go by.

BUT.

I swear, i wouldn't trade it for the world! I mean, i found not only fun, insights, pleasure - but also a family. Ohana In five days, five short days, i found a bunch of friends that i would never ever have gotten the chance to meet, if not for pre-u seminar. Its like what one of the guys said, without pre-u sem, realistically, we'd never have crossed paths, let alone held hands and worked together - that being the sagregation of poly & jc students. I mean, its not that we hate one another, blablabla, just that, realistically, we'd never cross paths with one another.

I, as usual, packed so much. I mean, my bag, was HUGE! I had to bring loads of stuff; well in my mind, it seemed like it. I BLAME THE BIG BAG! If the bag wasn't as big as it was, i wouldn't keep stuffing it with stuff! (yeah jaye, blame the lifeless bag, why don't ya) It was god damn heavy man! The worst part was when i found out my dorm was on the FOURTH floor; i think my heart went into cardiac arrest. ahahaha.. But i managed to slug it all up. Thank god it'd be another five days before i have to bring it back down for another ride again.

The main thing we keep on wearing is our formal institution attire - blazer, tie, skirt, blouse, stockings, court shoes, the whole nine yards. Its such a drag cos we have to be ready by 6.30am every morning and be dressed, without a hair out of place. HAHAHA the only thing is, me and my roomy MARIAN (HEART HEART!) never woke up on time. Not on ANY of the days. Well, the earliest was the first day, after which everything just went splat. hahahah, so anyways, our main itinerary everyday (except first and last) would be to go down to LT2A ( for my seminar group and some others in our cluster) to watch presentations done up by the other institutions and on some days, panel discussions with professionals, politicians, entreprenuers, etc. I know it sounds really boring - but it really isn't. I represented our college, along with 2 other girls, to present our presentation (i know my vocab seems limited! >.<), which was about Supporting Learners with Special Needs From feedback, i heard we did quite well. It wasn't perfect, but neither was it bad. The thing about the parallel presentations is that (from observation) in order to really enjoy it, you actually have to really pay attention to each presentation put up by every institution. I say this not cos i'm like crazy over presentations whatnot, but really because the highlight of it all is the QUESTION AND ANSWER session.

Its good fun. for me, and many others at least!


We have other activities of course; the special programmes which is Digital Chase (a super high-tech type of amazing race!), Asian Film Fest (we watched an Indon Film - JANJI JONI! it rocks!!!) and SandCastle building (we created a city!!). It was a thoroughly great experience.

One of the best things about PreUsem would be the after hours - the playing card games, indian poker, whatnot, running around (or should i say running away?) watching movies.. it was a fun and great experience, i wouldn't exchange it for the world!


LOVE!

okok, some pictures now.. reward for reading the long long long post!
































































toodles.

~tired~
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