sch's starting next monday. the amount of dread i have is more than all the dread in the world combined, and even more than the most dreadful thing someone can dread. buying books tomorrow compounds the dread, since i know that sch is starting because i have to buy books, not that i don't already know because i think about it a lot these days, but stepping into school and laying my hands on the books, is a whole new level of thinking, it's reality. i always avoid going to raffles city or city hall or dhoby ghaut, because those places ring incessantly of school. i am afraid actually. because i have grown to become pig-like, i don't know if i can withstand the late hours into the night and the corresponding little sleep. because i had so much fun that it makes studying look like shit. and because i need to pull up my stinking grades, there i said it, what i am most frightened of. LTB did me in, AS did me in, so this term, i have to do well or i will qiang bi myself
that being said, national day parade was nice. i loved the NS guys in lobster suits.. they looked awesome, and not awkward at all... totally not awkward, as they fumbled and tried to remember their next move. you know how those supporters of human rights label the singapore government dictators, and how they dismiss asian values as merely cynical strategies seized on by our authoritarian regimes to deny us our rights? when i was watching the parade yesterday, i thought, we have our rights. we can vote off PAP, but do we want to? they have given us a lot, hey just listen to that rags to riches story. at 45, we're prosperous, we have a healthy judicial system, a non corrupt government and such a beautiful city scape. although they might be a little patriarchal when you think about ISD and all, singaporeans still find it hard to vote for the opposition. because we're so comfortable and happy. maybe that's why we are politically apathetic, but as always there are pros and cons to every system i guess
as they saluted goh keng swee, lee kuan yew teared, such a gut wrenching yet heart warming moment.
k i am gna go swimming tmrw



