You will find that in Currie Hall People are nice to one another. Life here is much like a Ball, Everyone loves each other! Here the smiles just keep on flowing. Yet within the hearts of some Lie a dirty little secret... As disgusting as a stranger's come, Is concealed and bitter hatred. Yet the... Continue Reading →
Currie Hall's Good Riddance Dinner
Today we had a "farewell" dinner party for those who were leaving Currie Hall. I had quite a nice time, though I didn't expect to. Today felt surprisingly nice right from the start. Somehow I just felt more comfortable being me, as if I didn't have to put up pretences; but that meant... that I... Continue Reading →
Currie Hall’s Good Riddance Dinner
Today we had a "farewell" dinner party for those who were leaving Currie Hall. I had quite a nice time, though I didn't expect to. Today felt surprisingly nice right from the start. Somehow I just felt more comfortable being me, as if I didn't have to put up pretences; but that meant... that I... Continue Reading →
Wind at the Beach
She knocked on my door and I opened it. “Hi,” she said. “Hi,” I replied. “Come in.” I liked her, but never dared show it. I didn’t want to appear coming on too strong. I didn’t want her to get the wrong idea. *** I wish I could treat her like the wind at the... Continue Reading →
Past-Present-Future
I *chanced* across some photos of an old friend today -- and realised just how different she appears: familiar, yet not quite what I had imagined her to be. She looks so grown up now -- a reminder that I, myself, am no longer the boy that was once in love with her. It was... Continue Reading →
Judgement
Sometimes you do things and you're judged, And not always as justly as you'd hope. Prejudices abound, and only because you Think in ways they cannot comprehend, Dressing and behaving in line with the cocktail That is your history, your biology, your environment. Who can say what's right or wrong? Certainly not they -- they... Continue Reading →
Opportunities
My love life, summed up:
Life in Perth
I've been thinking quite a bit about my studying in Perth. While still in Temasek Polytechnic, studying overseas had never crossed my mind. I always thought that those who went overseas had it good -- that studying overseas was easy. And also that you only went overseas if you couldn't make it to a local... Continue Reading →
Classroom Participation for Introverts
I have always found the concept of "classroom participation" quite irritating, not least because of my introverted nature. Classroom participation has been something I have had to deal with since my Polytechnic days, though it was never really enforced in Singapore. In Australia, marks are given after every session, and you actually get to know... Continue Reading →
The Mind is Evil
Falling in love is, to me, an exercise in academia -- business academia. Allow me to explain why. First, let me open this article with the excerpt of the song, The Mind is Evil, by the Indie band Clearlake: And sometimes I think If I killed off my mind Then my heart and I would... Continue Reading →
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