nouvelle vague was really good, but not mindblowingly so. they started off with the killing moon, which was creepy and mysterious, like the original. i really liked their cover of in a manner of speaking, but they ended with a distorted love will tear us apart encore-- i don't like their version because i feel it takes away the beauty of the original, but that's pretty subjective, i suppose. the singing was beautiful, but a little bit too jaunty and cheery at times for my liking. i'm a huge fan of the originals which they covered, so i had high expectations. the double bass and the other instruments, though, were breathtaking and somehow felt different from the album versions. the crowd was pretty sedate, except for a few pockets of expats, and the band was really late, so i hung around with jo's friends for an hour.
i just checked my letterbox this morning and !!! nus has accepted me for not just their law school, but their concurrent masters degree programme as well (!!!!!!!!!!!!).
it's not just a double degree programme, like the smu law school has offered-- and i feel like i don't deserve any of this faith the universities seem to have in me. the public policy programme (http://www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/llbmpp.htm , http://www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/degree_prog_1.htm#mppa) excites me a great deal more than the law programme, and it might just be the deciding factor. i have a strong feeling that i'll be kicked out of the concurrent masters programme, since the standards are high, but it'll probably be a good experience-- especially since i've never wanted to be a lawyer, and really want to work at an MNC or NGO. i'm terrified of law school kiddos in general, and even more terrified of having to fit in. it just seems so much harder than fitting into almost any other faculty. (what the hell am i getting myself into?!)
i've also got an smu scholarship which i'm supposed to confirm/accept on tuesday, though i didn't apply for their scholarships, and i really don't know what to do. i guess i'm just shocked that all 8 of my applications for various law schools didn't lead to a single rejection letter, i.e. 8/8 law schools think i'm cool enough. i'm also very disappointed that when i make my decision in a few weeks, it will mean saying 'no' to seven other lovely universities. maybe i should keep all my 8 acceptance letters, just for the heck of it.
i feel like such a fraudster. i don't know how i'm going to get through the next four (or five!) years. i'm going to take a shower and then i'll go to the hill with my dad, since it's been a while!
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When do you have to decide? Congrats on 8/8 btw, and NV was good! But I agree with the slightly disappointing/too cheery. The joy division cover was nice, the crowd was totally singing along. And you were too!! But yeh true they're no Ian Curtis/Dave Gahan. Have you made your uni choice yet. I see you really didn't apply to NTU HAHAHAHA =P (Reply to this) (Thread) |
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