hmm, just reached home not too long ago, and am in ri uniform. just realised that this will be my utmost last time in the white ensemble. i mean, yeah i have another 1.5 years more of it, but that's the pleated, crisper version. so i guess i'll stay awhile longer in this before changing out for the final time. after all, it is much lighter and cooler. interestingly enough, it's the one with QA stains on the shirt. hmm. memories of my days when i still did science. i suddenly hearken back the days of OBS, of kayaking, and of the slackest orientation camp ever where we first started wearing our longs.

oh well. anyway. this week's been very free (predictably), with an abnormal, out-of-the-ordinary number of outings to meet non-rjc friends. -counts off fingers- 3 times, i think. or thereabouts. there's a reason why i'm an arts student. right. so anyway, yeah. have plenty of time to think and all. and here's today's shocking news of the day.

to all who go to jc without really thinking why, WAKE UP NOW

1. this is really, the end. it's the beginning and it's the end. the beginning to far, wide horizons, where the world, like a luscious grapefruit, is ripe for the plucking. this is the transition stage to really big things. but at the same time, it's the end. this is the last structured institution any of us will ever be in (barring NS for the guys). there will no longer be morning assembly, no more school events, no more - nada. there's nothing to allow for proximity anymore. the theory that when we are forced to be close, then only will we be close stands strong. everyone will be scrambling off to do whatever they want to do with their lives (most of them screwing it up anyway), with approximately 95% becoming obscure, even with the rafflesian title and papers. how many will you still meet?

2. the girls have no army to go to. guys, all your girlfriends won't be there anymore. and i mean female friends, not harem. unless you pon-tekong (which i doubt you can anyway, unless you want to be exiled to sentosa, of all places), the girls you know when you go to the university are all going to be younger than you. and you wonder why people of the same age rarely get together. that's statistically half the number of people you used to know all gone, probably working already while you're slowed than them.

3. there's the whole question of scholarships. some get it, some don't. some will invariably fly off to the star-spangled banner, whilst some will be jetting to the cradle of English. (and those who weren't academically-inclined waltzed with Matilda years ago) most though, will be stranded on this little chunk of land. even more variety to our lives, the choices we can make as to what we wanna do.

4. some people, don't even go to the university, because they can take over businesses, for example. and even if you are in the same university, the free-flowing structure really isn't exactly conducive to coincidentally bumping into people. faculties are huge, etc. to see someone, you actually have to make an effort to meet. look at jc now. the different ending times for school for everyone, as well as the scattered breaks makes meeting someone not from your class all the more harder. who do you see? only your class, with the whole proximity thing coming back into play again. and then when you graduate - what? no more class too. you are no longer obliged to meet.

my point, in simplistic terms, is if you wanna get to know someone, or you want to better your relationship, or just enjoy the camaraderie of the moment, do it now. whilst we're still stranded here, there's still a reason for you to hook up or hang out with someone. once next year's prom nite is over, you'll find it mighty harder to approach someone, unless you're already their friend. imagine, for example. even though you have the directory. you call up a crush after 3 years, for coffee all of a sudden. wouldn't that raise some eyebrows?

the mind-boggling nature of the immense number of choices that are open to us to make a really dynamic world threatens to overwhelm. at least i'm thankful for ORA. many other less established schools don't have alumni, and even if they do, aren't exactly very strong. the rafflesian one, however, or an AC one, for that matter (recalling an article about ties that bind from the sunday times a few weeks ago) transcends time and age. it's in that thing called spirit. and it instantly bonds people from different generations together immediately though they may be from different campuses and shared not a single teacher. it's like the captain and leggatt from conway, in a more extreme sense.

the world is just so big, so big. and we'll be scattered all over the place. take advantage of the enclosed environment whilst you still can.
quixoticka eulogized @ 11:51:00 pm