"It's the beginning of the end..."

2009年1月29日星期四

Random thoughts....

1)Sometimes I'm quite amazed at how contradictory a person am I...like i'm always fighting against the practical me.
I chose secured transactions, a class which is so boring, instead of chinese law, which i found out is so interesting and is probably attending more frequently than secured transactions even though i'm just sitting-in in chinese law.
I am aiming to earn big bucks by applying to some high grade law firm even though my dream is to live by the sea and be able to draw for the rest of my life..

2) I'm also quite amazed at how much time i spend my life studying...probably besides eating, watching TV, most of my time was spent in front of books ever since secondary school. Maybe u'll say that's what got me where I am now. True. But I'm still questioning where I am now is where I really want to be.
I started going to art classes when I was 4, and piano and ballet classes when I was 5. When I was 8 i went to some abacus class after school. None of these classes actually developed any interest or talent in me...not until I joined the art class in secondary school myself and fell in love with art myself. I wonder how much of my life was planned by my parents, by practical reasons and social pressure, instead of by myself.

3) Singapore. It's amazing too that so many people here in my law school have been to Singapore. It's really a small world. I mean Singapore. I just met a student here who grew up and worked in Singapore. One of my professors worked in Singapore, another worked in NUS law school before and is going back again for some conference with my NUS law professors, and another actually studied in Singapore and went to the same H programme in my JC !! So when I met him today I was in a SHOCK to learn that the professor whose class I can't even squeeze into for next quarter is actually my grand grand senior LOL. So he actually said he'll check and let me get in his class!!
On the other side of the picture..many pple know nuts about Singapore. Redundant questions like 'which part of the Singapore are you from?' frequently pops up to me. Some of my friends think Singapore is 'just next to Hong Kong' and 'they are all the same', while others are unaware that Singapore is a country, and not a city. Probably the worst is hearing someone trying to brag about their knowledge on Singapore - that Singapore is a new country formed in the 1980s..and the only 3 things you can do in Singapore is 'shop, eat, and enjoy the sun'.

3) This quarter, as you all can feel from the lack of blog updates, I'm much much busier than last quarter. I don't know what I'm getting myself into. I'm having a heavy credit load, and is probably studying much more than the JD and Masters students here. BUT, i'm feeling happier and more contended than before. I guess I have changed. A lot.

4) Stop by and think. Do you notice how hastily we pass each day without stopping by the roadside and realise how beautiful is everything surrounding you? I guess Seattle is the first place where I am starting to miss even before I leave this place. The scenery, the cold air, the people, the experiences, the smiles...and many more. I will miss watching the old folks coming out of their apartment (which is just in front of mine) with cute little dogs running in front of their grocery trolley every morning. I'll miss the feeling of pushing open my apartment's door each morning and breathing in the chilly morning air, and sometimes getting a surprise from the sign of another rainy day.

Ah.. I realise my friend Joyce has made a superb blog entry on our Vancouver trip last November. I don't think I can blog any better than hers so here's the link--> (Vancouver Trip) Wow it was last year! And it feels like yesterday. How time flies. Today my friend was watching Bridget jones beside me and lamenting on how old she is..SIGH SIGH SIGH..haha..but isnt bridget jones an encouraging story for old spinsters?

Gah.Back to work. 2 papers and 1 assignment.
:)

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