i actually typed a whole bunch of things to be thankful for,
but i would just wanna say that 2011 has been most awesome for me.
and i'm so thankful for everything:
my family my old and closest friends my housemates (who are in the above category as well...) my clique of friends in london my new friends uni teaching army (for letting me go)
so a simple post like this would suffice for me.
i'm not hoping for this year to be even better, i'm just hoping that this year to be as awesome as last year's :)
oh btw i do have some new year resolutions...but i wont type it out here haha.
like how it's already been 3 weeks since i last blogged.
yup, i'm taking a break now after studying! and i'll be returning to my lovely notes to mug again for the upcoming tests on tuesday and thursday.
and next week i'll be off to italy! ahh can't wait.
but meanwhile, i kind of actually savour these moments of studying alone here in starbucks and listening to songs. i know i'm ENFP and all that stuff, but i think i've really grown to like being by myself sometimes, and boring grownup stuff like sitting down in the park to read a book (which i would have condemned if it were 3 years back or something).
is this part of the growing process here in london? sometimes i really marvel at the decision i made, that i was ready to put down everything in singapore to lead a whole new life in london. i do miss the life back in singapore, but i love the life here even more.
if i'm not on scholarship, would i choose to lead a life here? hmm if i could tweak certain situations, yeah i would. it's really a lot more relaxing, and there's no rat race here (well, less of a rat race)
in fact, lately i took part in a consultancy competition with kheexuan and it made me really consider several other career options other than teaching. it's not that i've never considered other careers other than teaching (which includes psychologist, busdriver, lawyer and doctor), but i guess this competition really kind of hit me at what i might be missing out.
but then again, what would i miss out if i'm not a teacher?
what would i do after the bond's over?
life's really a big mystery here, and though on one hand i'm kind of envious at what my friends are doing right now (internships with consultancy firms, career seminars etc.), on the other hand i'm really happy that i do have a job waiting for me in singapore, and a job that i really love,
in other news that doesn't involve livinginlondon, myteachingcareer (which i seem to blog about alldaylong nowadays), the ucl singsoc was elected the other day, and it made me wonder if i'm doing much about my uni life. there's all those hype about how much difference you can make to your uni life and stuff, and i'm just thinking if i would do the same for myself.
right now, i can name quite a few things that i would like to change, but am i being too idealistic for that?
arghh i hate occupying my mind with these kind of thoughts. it must be melvinwan's fault, he's been talking all these psycho shitz all day long.
anyhow, back to studying. tata.
ps: if you guys like errr creepy psychology videos, check out this guy called darren brown or something. check the video "the heist" it's quite wtf. lol.
pps: i just re read this blog post and i do sound very incoherent. sorry about that nowadays my mind's pretty much jumbled up.
in lieu of my upcoming birthday, i've decided to stalk my primary school students for about 10 minutes (act yi ge grownup),
and yes, they've been playing BACKYARD MONSTERS.
what was i doing at their age???? UH honestly speaking at primary 3 i was at mee toh, and since the school was like really tiny (like pretty much my chemistry building was the entire primary school), no one was allowed to run during recess (which really just leads to a huge bunch of fat kids). being the innovative boy at creating games (and i still am, as my friends would say), i created this brisk-walking game (trying to be witty here), and it failed obviously. but we still played it nonetheless. oh yes and we played police and thief, just that the playing area was at the police station (where the policemen caught the thieves and brought them there), and not beyond 3m of the police station. the policemen still lost to me though, cos i invented the skill that thieves could say "twist". hahahahaha.
i like my childhood, and in fact i would like to write more about it someday, but i have to go for lessons. haha.
i actually dream a lot here in london, like i would actually remember what dream i had for that night.
and therefore, i'm actually quite excited to go to sleep at night.
so far the dreams i've had included: walking along the edge of the building without falling off, being back in singapore, fighting crime as a policeman etc.etc.
okay that's kinda random. ahh okay it's like 20 min more to lessons, and that's like the first lesson after reading week (or the lack thereof for my case).
i actually enjoyed my reading week very much, even though i didn't get to go anywhere (many thanks to the chemistry department). it was a great time to relax, recharge, and bla.
am i becoming more pc in my post?
ahhhh anyhow, i really am glad for the friends here heh. especially the merged superfriendsgoodfriends clique :D (yes benten it's also known as SEAN'S PARTY with restricted access for the ugly).
but at the same time, i'm getting a little tired though :/ tired of trying to stay ahead of the lessons, and trying to get top marks etc. okay thou shalt not phail.
AND i blame the gloomy weather. the sun sets at 4.30pm and it makes me so tired i just wanna nap :/ but so far the weather's been hovering at about 10 or so, but that still means i need my winter boots and coat ASAP. halpppp.
anyhow friends in singapore i miss you guys man skype soon please. x
Sean
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Mee Toh School 1997-1999 River Valley Primary School 2000-2002 The Chinese High 2003-2004 Hwa Chong Institution 2005-2008 Army 2009-2011 University College London (UCL)
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