Sunday, May 10, 2009
I wonder who still reads all these things that i type.
Sunsets are an amazing sight. They are the majestic closure to the end of a day. Maybe it is not wrong to say then that every sunset is reflective of someone's day. Each sunset dedicated to a special person in this world...
I found a place to watch sunsets. Marina barrage. The view is just fantastic! Its the ideal place to take those postcard-like photos. s501 was fitting company =). i may be biased but us girls are the perfect beautiful subjects to photograph.
I enjoyed frolicking (haha) around in the grass, trying to fly a kite, taking truckload of photos of the sunset, scenery and of my beautiful ladies. I just missed someone-YINGXIENG. (and of course all the others who didn't turn up!!!)
Anyone of you reading interested in going down to catch the sunset too? Take the train down to Marina Bay and board the shuttle bus. Do bring a picnic mat!
-duh-
In the subsequent talk in starbucks with loraine after saying our goodbyes to the rest of the class, things she said started me thinking...
Everyday may be a challenge. Especially life in uni. Everybody complains that JC was tiring but nobody warned you that uni is much worse. Not the workload but the emotional rollarcoaster that you are made to ride, the need to make superficial friends if any at all, the need to toggle between school work which is still demanding and personal time which keeps you sane. I prefer JC years because somehow in uni, you are forced to grow up-too fast. Life really was much simpler then.
Also, reality check is also very cruel. In uni your heart-wrenching sob story may only be one drop of tear worth in the vast ocean.
In 3 months, some of you might get to experience that feeling which i liken to cultural shock. 4 stages.
Euphoria- everything in uni takes on a positive light, the new environment, the possibility of new friends or more than friends, the notion that you are beginning a whole new journey.
Culture shock- tests? exams? papers to write? 1500 words and with no concept in mind? Oh welcome to my life.
Acculturation- slowly adapting, changing to accommodate the shift in academic vigor, personal life and increase in hi-bye friends... we all change as our environment necessitate for survival, just to what extent.
Stable stage- this depends wholly on you. You can adapt real well and embrace uni life. You can be neutral about it (hardly so.). Or you can forever think that uni life sucks.
Where would you stand?
(and i'm proud of myself that not everything i mugged for went down the toilet bowl. haha)
And i'm gone. and i will disappear.
byeee.
Sunsets are an amazing sight. They are the majestic closure to the end of a day. Maybe it is not wrong to say then that every sunset is reflective of someone's day. Each sunset dedicated to a special person in this world...
I found a place to watch sunsets. Marina barrage. The view is just fantastic! Its the ideal place to take those postcard-like photos. s501 was fitting company =). i may be biased but us girls are the perfect beautiful subjects to photograph.
I enjoyed frolicking (haha) around in the grass, trying to fly a kite, taking truckload of photos of the sunset, scenery and of my beautiful ladies. I just missed someone-YINGXIENG. (and of course all the others who didn't turn up!!!)
Anyone of you reading interested in going down to catch the sunset too? Take the train down to Marina Bay and board the shuttle bus. Do bring a picnic mat!
-duh-
In the subsequent talk in starbucks with loraine after saying our goodbyes to the rest of the class, things she said started me thinking...
Everyday may be a challenge. Especially life in uni. Everybody complains that JC was tiring but nobody warned you that uni is much worse. Not the workload but the emotional rollarcoaster that you are made to ride, the need to make superficial friends if any at all, the need to toggle between school work which is still demanding and personal time which keeps you sane. I prefer JC years because somehow in uni, you are forced to grow up-too fast. Life really was much simpler then.
Also, reality check is also very cruel. In uni your heart-wrenching sob story may only be one drop of tear worth in the vast ocean.
In 3 months, some of you might get to experience that feeling which i liken to cultural shock. 4 stages.
Euphoria- everything in uni takes on a positive light, the new environment, the possibility of new friends or more than friends, the notion that you are beginning a whole new journey.
Culture shock- tests? exams? papers to write? 1500 words and with no concept in mind? Oh welcome to my life.
Acculturation- slowly adapting, changing to accommodate the shift in academic vigor, personal life and increase in hi-bye friends... we all change as our environment necessitate for survival, just to what extent.
Stable stage- this depends wholly on you. You can adapt real well and embrace uni life. You can be neutral about it (hardly so.). Or you can forever think that uni life sucks.
Where would you stand?
(and i'm proud of myself that not everything i mugged for went down the toilet bowl. haha)
And i'm gone. and i will disappear.
byeee.
