i was sitting around a table of year 12ves today during the easter dinner in the boarding house, and my eyes were opened the vast difference in the culture of our two different countries. australia - a more open society, where stories of teenage sex and drugs are as common as table salt, while singapore, although hearing about the occasional scandal, is more conservative and held back about openly disclosing his/her physical relationship with the opposite gender. although the table of 12ves was of a multicultural lot, with indonesians, south africans, thai, singaporeans, and of course aussies, they were still joinning in the conversation and happily chatting about their sexual experiences with their counterparts. and i was of course astonished (partly because i dont eat with the yr 12 boarders during meal times) to hear all these gossips. i wasnt really pay attention what they were saying at first (i was concentrating on my tangerine cheesecake) then suddenly someone exclaimed, "OH MY GOD, he's like your f**k partner!" in reply to the aussie who was relating her story on her latest fling to the rest of the table. i blinked in surprise, not because of the vulgarities, but because it was unbelievable to even suggest that that was even possible. of course, i then realised that things like these were normal over here (as the drug dealing incident) and i just wasnt exposed to it before, thats why i was stunned. after about an hour of thinking, i went back to my cardboard tasting cheesecake. (trust me, it was THAT BAD - the food i mean)
this incident led me to think about the way we choose to lead our lives. in a way, we all tend to want to impress and have others to look up to us, because we all have our pride. the decisions and choices that we make; they all show others what kind of person we actually are. and this can either go two ways, firstly, people think that we're cool and we become their role models and recieve their praise - which of course, is what we all want and desire for. on the otherhand, you would reflect a negative impression on others. sadly, especially so with the younger kids, people tend to follow blindly without stopping to think, just because everyone else is doing it and hence i should follow. not that i'm saying that you people have loose morals, its just that maybe you guys should reevaluate what values are important thats all. unfortunately, the media is not doing anything to salvage the situation but instead they are spurring these kids on. no, not that i'm saying that watching the OC is bad, because i do love watching the OC, its just people should be more discerning to whats morally correct and if you are able to say that i'm not disappointing myself (not forgetting parents and all those who love you).
anyway, enough of that, before i get thrashed by people who are against what i have to say.. its almost the school holidays eh? cant wait for it to come, just another 1 more week and a few days more and i'll be home! not that i'll be able to have hardcore play time or anything, i have exams 4 weeks into next term! i'm so gonna die.. ): have so much to study, especially chemistry and econs. we had an exhausting lesson during chemistry today. i still dont understand the difference between dispersion forces and dipole-dipole forces, even after having andrea try to explain them to me. i dont see how we cant just use forces of attraction to describe the forces holding simple covalent molecules together. who knew chemistry was so brain damaging? but i guess i enjoy depleting my brain cells, so all is well.
how exciting - my mom's coming up tmr. which reminds me of how i havent seen everyone in such a long time.. dont gasp when you see how much fatter i've grown. i cant believe coming here has made my pant size increase! and oh my gosh, what will happen to me in winter? this isnt good at all. bah.
i should stop lazing around.
a shout of praise.
7:19 PM
