Monday, December 18, 2006
A Day In The Life
How's everyone doing? I've been in front of the computer for the bulk of today, looking at colleges..college reviews...trying very hard to plan my future far too quickly in advance. And I'm still torturing my pupils and my old old motherboard. I'm also trying to decide if I should finish up the toast (topped with milk jam and traces of margarine) which lies between the monitor and the tips of my keyboardtyping fingers first, or should I finish writing this first?
Banana-flavoured milk jam wins the battle.
Yes, I know it's still pretty early to look at colleges now. But I am quite worried for my future - probably paranoid, I don't know. Then again, I think I'm just curious - about college life and also the prospects of the my college life - and trying not to think about all the more urgent matters like the lit. h3 reading and SATs [I'm not sure whether there's actually much to study. I don't know! Sigh.]. So anyway, I narrowed down a few of them:
1)Rice University (I hope I can make it there. The college life seems pretty cool - at least, according to The Princeton Review, and the StudentReview comments are really favorable. The financial aid's good. And just check out it's wiki. All those aside, I think getting in would be tough.)
2)Georgetown University (Alright, I can't really remember why. But one thing I do remember is that it's got a law school. More on that later)
3)Carnegie Mellon (I have a cousin studying there. And so far, he's "so far so good". The reviews mostly brooded on the student body being really nerdy/studious. Which can't be that bad. Anyway, it's easier to cause chaos than to stop chaos.)
4)Yale (Alright. This is pretty far-fetched. That's one reason why it didn't go on top of the list. I'll be quite amazed if I could make it there. The first thing that set my sights on Yale was watching Gilmore Girls. Rory's a witty and pretty girl. Rory goes to Yale. Yale kept her still generally witty and pretty. So Yale is... Anyway, I got cut off from the series... and yeah that's that. But hey, Yale's good.)
I also took a 'career-matching' test on Princeton Review. And I was quite surprised when I saw what I had in mind was also what they had in mind for me. I'm thinking of majoring in accounting and doing accounting/auditing stuff in the future. I have an impression that it pays well and pretty much ensures that you'll be employed. Which means I can feed myself. And if it really pays well, I'll have money to do other things that doesn't read work. I was also seriously considering law. But there are some problems here. One, I really want to go abroad for my studies. Not that I hate Singapore or anything, but probably because I haven't gotten out to see the world enough. The Internet is not enough. If I go to the States, however, they have different qualifications for practising law. And it wouldn't be that big an issue (actually, I'm not sure if it really is a huge one, but for a kid thinking bout his undergraduate future, it's really quite annoying) if it only differs with Singapore and not the whole Commonwealth. Juris Doctor VS Legum Baccalaureus. For JD, which means going to an American Law School, I can only go after I get bachelor's degree in anything (so that means 4years+++?). I don't really want to study law in Singapore. For one, I heard the faculty's (NUS) cramming students and there seem to be a lot of issues. And I have an impression - tell me if I'm mistaken - that maybe the States will offer a more diverse scene with the profession. So yeah, I'm going to just leave it at that for now - and see I'll hold out my interest in this. Anyway, Aaron, any opinion?
Sorry if I bored you guys with that. But I'm wondering if any of you have really thought through all this already, or even if you've been halfway there or just started wondering...I think it'll be nice to discuss here. Granted, I'll be more obsessed with my own future, but it'll be interesting to see what you guys have in mind. Right now, let's see, I know Ying Qing wants to go for anthropology, Wenloong wants to go to Boston (I'm tempted to insert lyrics), Moca doesn't want to go to the States, Aaron wants to be a lawyer, Wei Ren wants to be a diplomat, I think I heard Michelle wants to go to Sweden?, and Yi Wen would have what it takes to be pro wrestler except that he also has brains (yes, I'm using a social stereotype at the expense of its victims to poke fun at Yi Wen - who however cannot deny the truth of my very apt description of him - and at the same time harmlessly attempting to project myself as a very witty and longwinded individual). So yeah..your future, anyone?
I decided to blog here, so I won't self-obsess at my own blog. I had some nice alone time for the past week and it's been great actually. Everything seems to be slowing down now, as we're approaching the end of the year. It's been raining the whole day and even now, I can still hear rain drops outside. And.......yeah. I want to say that there's that lazy and peaceful feeling, but right now, I'm thinking of my bed more than anything. That's all from me now. Hope you guys are having fun out there, wherever you are.
posted by Lai Ji Shun at 1:04 AM
