HELLO I'm back from HK/Macau and I am so happy to be back. Macau was really... ): disappointing. There was nothing much except for gambling resorts, one after another. We only visited St Pauls, and it wasn't even a church, just the ruins. The only consolation was the hotel i guess. The Venetian is a pretty place to be in, haha but surely the real deal would be a lot better (duh). So we spent three days there, where I was super desperate to get out of it. Next place was HongKong, which I thought would be much better. Well, in relative terms, definitely. (at least there wasn't gambling and indoor smoking??? I was appalled by that) but HK is overpopulated, polluted. Shopping at Ladies Street was such a struggle. It was certainly hard jostling and trying to pass through the area when there are so many other people there. Food wiseee the food was pretty good. Dim Sum!! :D other than that, I was quite sad that there wasn't many cultural heritage sites. ahwell i should have expected that actually. hehhh so my holiday was pretty ruined ): ): ): i still have year end to look forward to though, when we go for our family vacation. Japan should be a much nicer place to be in. After this trip I guess my biggest takeaway would be to appreciate the merits of Singapore. haha I tend to complain and rant about Singapore being a stressful, mundane city... But compared to other cities, it certainly stands out as one of the best places to live in. A recent survey showed Singapore as being the top choice to live in, and I'd agree with that. APEC for instance was held very successfully I guess. (OH I was really happy when I saw President Hu Jin Tao's visit to Nanyang on CCTV) and compared to HK, the rich poor divide certainly isn't that evident. In HK, it's obvious where the rich people stay (the Peak, near victoria bay etc) whereas the poorer ones stay on the outskirts. At Aberdeen for instance, the contrast certainly stood out when I saw the yachts beside the traditional sampans. Aberdeen btw is the last fishing area already, and its going to undergo development. High rise buildings over tradition ... the typical conflict i guess. At the end of the day it really depends on what the people value...

okayyy thats a lot. Today I had a really fun and intriguing time at my internship. Law is interesting indeed. A one liner but I hope I'll get more insights on that by the end of my internship (:

One more day to being liberated from PW. PW has been so.. POINTLESS!! ): Mindless rushing for deadlines and collation of information and coming up with proposals that will not be implemented. I can't wait for it to be over.

I've been spending the past few days editing the powerpoint compulsively hahah. Relooking it now and then, improving on it here and there... and yay I can't wait for tomorrow. After which I'll be going away until Sunday!! (: short trip to Hongkong/Macau yay to good food and relaxation :D

Oh I just finished watching Freedom Writers (LIKE FINALLY!) and it really, really touched my heart.. It is inspiring- How one teacher (Erin Gruwell) can change the lives of so many of her students through her determination and wilpower, through making the impossible possible. How one teacher can change the perspectives through which her students view their world. Its simply amazing. I wonder if I'll ever meet a teacher like that.. hmm hopefully I will;... or one day I'll come to realize that I've met such teachers before.  

My brother, after watching The Devil Wears Prada, started encouraging me to cut Anne Hathaway's straight bangs. maybe if I feel that impulse and decide to plunge into it I just might do so. and if I do i certainly hope it isn't going to be a choice which I regret!

okay I need to pack. And prepare for OP!!


 

I wasted my whole morning in school today!! :( There was only Math lecture followed by free time afterward, which was filled with OP!!! Hehhh it was relatively okay doing OP though, was multitasking and listening to violin concertos at the same time. Haha extremely inspired after watching 'Together'. super touching chinese film ((: The music was really good as well. Max Bruch scottish fantasy! (: ANWWW before I continue my weekly column sorta thing (haha). I have been watching a lot of Sarah Chang on Mendelssohn violin concerto in D!! I remember watching it when SSO played it the other time as well. Hehh Sarah Chang's music certainly evokes... emotion. it is ever so.. Intensive, passionate. Hence, when I browsed through Sistic's website and saw that Sarah Chang's coming next year!!!!! (26 March 2010) I was really happy :D:D:D I really hope I get the tickets and can make it for the concert!! haha. How coincidental xD These days i've been listening to a lot of music. haha its definitely good for the mind body and soul (:

played vball after that which was quite amusing and pain inducing at the same time haha. sectionals was good (: (: 

okay tmr's math lecture for schoool >< I can't wait for term to enddd!

I just spent two hours rewatching pride and prejudice (Opportunity cost= I could have been doing OP!!!! but that aside) oh how i love that movie (: i remember the last time i watched it i probably wasn't as clear of the plot, but this time i really enjoyed the movie. Elizabeth Bennet is an admirable character, and welll the plot really speaks out to me because it reminds me again of the status of women back in the Elizabethan and Victorian times I suppose. how their only aim in life was to get married to someone wealthy and who would take care of the family, and provide them with the basic necessities- food, shelter and just enough to live on. 'love' was probably not much of their concern, to them, marrying was for the better good of the family. Hence, Charlotte's marriage to Mr. Collin's spoke out to me. Today, we'd probably be viewing her marriage to Mr Collin through Elizabeth's eyes- certainly he's ridiculous, but Charlotte was right- Elizabeth has no right to judge her, as she had her own rationale for marrying Mr Collin. For the sake of the family, Charlotte did not even mind marrying a man as 'ridiculous' as Mr Collin. Elizabeth's marriage to Mr Darcy on the other hand... didn't start out very romantic. Elizabeth was probably disappointed upon Darcy's hostile exterior.. But well, it all had a happy ending, which makes me wonder whether such marriages only remain a fairy tale story. like the Byronic heroes that exist in novels... Or whether such love stories do exist in real life.

whatever it is... I loved the movie, its one of those movies which you can rewatch without feeling bored. Chick flicks provide entertainment but certainly do not leave us wanting to rewatch the movie, listening to the same old joke and in many cases bimbotic statements intended to increase its appeal. on the other hand... I love these movies which bring us back in time, and learn about the people of the past, judging it from the perspective of the typical modern urbanite. (:
 

Oh yay we've completed wr. Hmm it doesn't seem very alright though. but we've no idea how to improve it either cos we haven't received very... Constructive comments at this point in time, so too bad. :( We'll just hand in whatever we have and do our best for OP.

I can't wait for this week to end. (: but there's still oral presentation to complete. heh but still, one week off school! the following week, I'll be flying off for a short trip right after OP (: i cannot wait!!

I realise that the last time I posted was during sabbaticals, which was last week probably.