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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

2:06 PM
Ok, i guess my entries have not exactly been the most cheerful recently. And I am a really bad updater I realize. But well, nothing to say mah. Haha. I think I'm getting into the smu mode gradually, since I'm getting more productive week by week. That's coming at the right time, since midterms will be coming soon, and I have like a few papers due before the break as well. I'm slowly working up the momentum to become a smugger again.

Somehow I feel that after coming back from exchange, my perspective about things have changed somewhat. I really think that Singaporeans have a very narrow perspective of life. What we want is to just study study study, get a degree and then immediately get a job, then work work work all the way. Everyone complains that they have no time for anything else. But when I am overseas, I look at the adults there and they seem to have so much time to do other things. They are somehow able to balance both work AND life. Like what my swiss friend says, singaporeans seem to only concentrate on work-work balance and neglect the life aspect completely.

Is this our culture? Because even the undergrads are like that in Singapore. Students in Europe are just that. Students. They study, yes, but they also have so much more fun than we do. They go on trips during the midterm break, they have weekend outings and parties, they pursue studies that they are passionate about. Many are astounded about how practical Asians are about their studies, and how they can choose practical courses over things they really love. They somehow have the time to go on walks, hikes, explore recipes in the kitchen and have dinner gatherings. This is not just exchange life, this is what I observed with other non-exchange students living in the hostel. The asian and european work attitudes are really different.

That really made me wonder what I want in life. I know that education in europe is much cheaper than in asia, which is why they are able to take their own sweet time and go on with their studies as much as they want. Or maybe I just met the privileged few with relatively good financial backgrounds. Nonetheless, their attitude of pursuing their passions really made me think twice of just settling down with any job that pays well. Of course the Asian in me still wants to do that to some extent, because i still think that you need a certain amount of financial backing to pursue the things you want without much obstacles. Though that seems to me like a paradox.

Wah ok this is turning out to be reflective and rather depressing again. I guess I am still somehow stuck in the exchange experience. But I think many people are quite tired of hearing me harping about that. I can't seem to reconcile both sides and get out of this wallowing in memories, which is getting me frustrated. And I'm not really considering any possible job prospects yet because I'm still confused and have no idea where I want to go in life. There's just some hazy idea of a grand plan with no concrete details.

OKAY TOO DEPRESSING. I also dunno how to make this post more cheerful. Haha. Erm. Watch 命中注定我爱你! Quite funny. Ok that's random. But then its really quite a nice show. I recommend it!

Well this is not going anywhere already. Shall stop here. No idea when the next update will be, but it will come.. soon! :D



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