Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Hello, world!

Oh. My. God!

I feel as if I haven't blogged in AGES. I've been SO busy with school stuff, its crazy! Since its the last week before the mid-term break, I'm being hit with tests left, right and centre! Its really crazy, this life.

As it is, I'm actually now in the Science CBLC waiting for my notes to be printed, so I'd thought I'd blog for a bit. I've got lab at 10. bargh.

So anyway, the Singapore Society module that I'm taking is beginning to anger me. Okay well not exactly anger per se, but I don't know. It irritates me that there are double standards EVERYWHERE in Singapore's screwed up society (the army, the workforce, etc..). So much for pledging to be "one UNITED people."

We've just finished the bit on "race" and.. whatever lah, seriously. My tutor thought that all Malay boys didn't have to serve NS. But I corrected her, telling her that only Madrasah boys don't have to do NS. When I brought up the point, somewhere inside of me felt sick. My tutor was grossly shocked as well. You know, I can't help but think about what exactly is being insinuated here. What? Madrasah teaches terrorist values is it? That Madrasah boys are seen as threat to national security? No? Then what? I thought we are all Singaporeans what. So why is it that Madrasah boys don't have to serve NS? They not Singaporean meh?

Preposterous man, this society.

That aside, this module is pretty fun, actually. Encourages you to question alot of things (which led to me being eventually annoyed) (Last week was worse, cos we were discussing about civil society). And my tutor is highly annoyed that we keep glorifying Stamford Raffles and forget about Sang Nila Utama. Haha! Ang mor, what.

There is also this question about race. In the previous lecture, there was some brouhaha because someone said we are race blind, and someone strongly feels that Singaporeans are in actual fact VERY race conscious.

Whatever lah. I come under the category of i-don't-fit-into-any-race-wholesale.

I've never thought of race as something important, actually. I don't care if my friends are chinese, malay, indian or whatever. I don't ask about race in the first place either. With the number of interracial marriages increasing, it will be difficult to classify someone as "Malay" or "chinese" or "Indian" just like that.

So i don't really care if people think I'm chinese. And I don't really care if they think I'm Malay. As a matter of fact, I'm a mix of both.

But most importantly, I'm singaporean. People are so focussed on race, that they forget that they are Singaporean. Isn't it easier? There's "oh i'm pure chinese" or "oh I'm mixed chinese malay" but there's no such thing as a pure singaporean or a mixed singaporean. I am Singaporean!

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My friends are bothered by the least important things, I swear.

Yesterday while waiting for CM2161 Lecture, Dazril was telling us about some girl who's 4-5 months pregnant.

Me: OMG! Later exam how? (what i meant was, what if she goes into labour during exam)

Dazril: Eh yah ah!! She could be cheating!!

Me: Huh? Cheating?!

Dazril: Ya! Later her baby tells her the answers!! [He says mother-child bond is very strong]

WTH!

This morning, while having my usual coffee fix at the science canteen, Alfian joined me for breakfast.

Me: Cannot la, he rides a bike.. My mum tak kasi!

Alfian: Asal? Dia yang naik motor aper, bukan kau..

Me: Cannot la, mak aku tak kasi.

Alfian: Why?? At most tudung kau ajer ronyok aper!

Seriously man. Worried about the least important stuff! haha!