the original ah lian;
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Today, Jane, Gretchen, Grace, Felicia, Melissa & Linda ( aka the head clique of 2S2 ) dared Trina for 2 bucks to call a random guy from her love list of on-off boyfriends to make an embarassing call.
If I may say so, Trina [stupidly] accepted the dare --".
The transcript goes as follows.
Hello Joel, could you come to my house tonight? I need you to help me fullfill my needs. Can I do it with you?
[ Middle part was editted out because me and doggy blasted music at the top level of our earphones to drown out the disgusting conversation ]
...help can I do my maths homework with you?
Which was the lamest thing I've ever heard. Because the guy knew from the start, and then Trina is now fretting on the fact that maybe the other guy who Joel is v. good friends with and is Trina's current dig heard about the call and would infer Trina was fooling around.
And then they considered calling the other on-off boys which include Kendrick, and Mingkai. But Ms Tay came into class for CME and they promptly scrambled back to their seats.
Tsk.
Ah, shucks. My siblings are rifling through my unfinished collection of manga. I shall buy either Ippo or start on the huge One Piece series soon. But first; I have to save money to buy a few ppc. =x.
Today had the orator's topic on whether Singapore bred an elitist mindset. I applaud Divya T. and Joey, who where the only ones who truly engaged me. Honestly, the rest of the assembly was spent stoning or exchanging glares with Michelle. In which MICHELLINA decided that stealing my handphone would be real fun. But I'll go to that later.
I agree that Singapore breeds an elitist mindset. Even in ASF forums which I frequent, the source of the original argument. From the Primary 3, when the gifted program was implemented. I got into the 2nd round, but I have the experience of being painfully in the middle. I was smart.
But not that smart and my parents definately did not pressurise me to get good grades, just to do the best I could :D. I was also hair-pullingly lazy. Still am.
I was the black sheep, so to put it. I sometimes would not do homework for stretches at a time.
Plus, I had a sucky partner. Cheong Cheng, I still think you suck, you immature loser. Ah, nevermind, who cares if you went NUS High? I can't be bothered. I have friends, a life unlike you -_-. Cheong Cheng looked down on me. I was a GIRL, most importantly, and I sucked. My results were lower than him. Plus, he got through all of the rounds in the GEP, but he choose to stay on in Rulang.
Singapore's education is really academic. They are trying to change that, people point of that hey, there's NAFA and the Sports School.
But you know what? NAFA is kinda biased. They choose you on how good you play this piece, how much EMOTION you put in.
Hey, what about listening to my latest composition?
See, they are looking for PIANISTS, not composers.
That's where gapholes exist and really good talent slips through.
Honestly? I betcha RGS people look down on us. And sad to say, we look down on neighborhood school express stream. And then express looks down on Normal Acad and then Normal Technical are the most downtrodden, most looked down on.
And that's where pai kias appear from. I'm not grouping or labelling, or saying that Normal Technicals are all gangsters. I'm not. I've seen Express pai kias before. What I'm trying to say is that when you have nothing to believe in, nothing to absolutely work for, because you are labelled as 'Normal stream' and you would most likely go ITE. When you have nothing to believe in, you tend to lash out, and DEMAND respect the wrong way.
And went you go JC and other go Polytechnic, some people say the gap grows bigger. I think not.
I tell you something. Auntie Lili, my piano teacher who has taken her electronics degree, confided in me. In university, when they do lab work, smart Uni students LOVE those from Poly. While those from JC squint at their manuals, wires in hand, the Poly student, long ago given those skills, are connecting this wire to this port with ease.
Doesn't that tell you alot? It does, doesn't it?
subarashiki sekai 10:38 PM
