Monday, August 20, 2007
Well, here i am.... supposed to be studying. actually i am but i got distracted as usual. i'm at Jupiter Cafe now with huijing and martin.
i was just thinking about what it s that i actually want to do during the holidays and for the future. i feel a need to take up some projects. as you all know, i hate doing nothing. Though i usually complain alot when i have a milion and one things to do, i hate it more when i have abslutely nothing to do. i'll probably get bored to death.
I do realise how elitist i actually am. i dont look down on people, unless they are so pitiful that they dont even want to do anything to help themselves and unfortunately, those people really deserve to be pitied because i feel that you should only help those that want to be helped. That is one of the pillars of my principles.
I feel that every single person has a moral obligation to help improve the quality and standard of society because we cannot afford to stagnate. In the face of competition from the rest of the world, we cannot afford to rest on our laurels.
I was reading through PM Lee's National Day rally speech and i realised that may things that problems that were brought up have been highlighted quite some time ago. for example, the aging population problem is currently part of social studies in secondary school.
BUt i seriously applaud the governments decision to open at least one more publicly funded university. In this time and age, a diploma is almost useless. A degree is the minimum required. Yet, the biggest question is who stand t profit the most from the opening of another university. Still, many students will be jostling for places at NUS. I for one hope to be able to secure a place there just because of NUS's reputation as the number one university in Singapore.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at