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[11 Mar 2007|07:44pm] |
the open house i went to today gave me a terrible impression of the school, unfortunately, and i honestly see no good reason to apply. i don't know which of the following ruined the experience for me: the cheerleaders at the entrance who chirped at me with too much glee in their eyes (like they wanted to eat me), the shitty music blaring loudly from the speakers, the two dj's ad-libbing utter nonsense, the whole aura of exclusivity/elitism, the dimwits manning the booths (especially the guy i talked to regarding political science), the emphasis on the US system (which i don't give a rat's ass about), the general strangeness of the proceedings, the further math girl i detest (she always, always, stares at me, like a full dead-on death glare, and i don't even know her!), the crowd (half of rjc seemed to be there. it'd be really awesome to see my classmates &etc again-- glenn/angelique/hazmi, who i talked to today--but i don't want to see the rest of rjc). or uh, i don't know, just the sense of claustrophobia and disorderliness didn't impress me, i guess. so yeah, you probably won't see me there again.
i'm not applying for scholarships either. honestly i don't need/deserve a local scholarship, and well, i don't know how to go about applying for an overseas scholarship/the deadlines seem to have passed.
anyway, THE PERKS OF HAVING A YOUNGER BROTHER=
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[11 Mar 2007|09:01pm] |
http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,124267,00.html
i'm terribly slow but this article is annoying me. lots of people have asked me what it's like to come from a school like that, and i really don't know what to say, except that we played very hard over the two years, and studied very hard in the last month, and well, almost everyone in rjc could potentially get a perfect score if they'd tried just that bit harder. so yes, i fully understand why some people are frustrated over a tiny blemish in a sheet of brilliant grades, though i don't necessarily share the sentiment. i also find the liberal usage of the word 'overachiever' quite distressing. it means 'not incredibly talented but gets great results anyway'. who the fuck are the media to say for certain that the kids who did brilliantly weren't 'incredibly talented'? i think society is morbidly fascinated with trying to find flaws in individuals who somehow excel at something.
and is it just me, or is it my lit teacher in two of the photos accompanying this article?. i miss her a little actually. i miss the way things were, even if that place was a hell-hole in some ways.
compliments are nice. i'm such a sucker, haha.
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[11 Mar 2007|11:01pm] |
i want to scream in a particular person's face:
you bloody piece of wanker shit, stop wrecking my life!!!!!!
anyway i'm frigging scared about tomorrow, i don't even know where exactly ocean towers is and i've to leave my house at 7AM. 7AM??!! that's when i usually go to bed. and work ends at 6PM. i am such a child, and it scares me how i'm actually more brave when i'm in a foreign country than when i'm right here in singapore. i just hope tomorrow passes quickly. maybe i should take a pack of crisps along with me in case i'm too scared to go out for lunch on my own in the middle of the CBD with no familiar place in the vicinity. my ipod has nothing in it at the moment either, which means tomorrow i will have to endure 4 hours of commuting time without anything to soothe me.
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