On reality

I will post some pictures of yesterday's gathering when I feel less lazy.

It's back to reality stuff for me, and I guess, for everyone else as well. I've been trying to plan my timetable for school next semester so that I'll get at least one day off. My timetable so far is pretty decent... my days start at 9am or 10am and end by three. I'll be taking

Research Workshop (a Lit hons module)
Women Novelists: 1750-1800
Contemporary Irish Poetry
History and Theory of Western Architecture (which sounds like the most artsy non-arts module there is on offer)

I also have to take one more breadth as I got a U for General Bio the last time around. Any suggestions? I can never get a nice, clean scoresheet. I kicked ass for my three Lit modules last sem; I got three A-minuses, but it was marred by that stupid Unsatisfactory grade for General Bio. Take it from me kids, General Bio is NOT FUN, and there is no way you can pass a module by attending zero lectures, and not flipping through the text until your open-book exam.

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One of the really good things I got out of the FS trip is new-found motivation to do stuff with my life. Before the trip, I couldn't be arsed to think about my future... I'm the kind of person that ambles through life. I work hard in school, and my schoolwork is one of the few things I truly give a shit about because I love Literature, but my future also always seemed kind of bleak because there is a high chance I'll be stuck doing some dumb office job that I don't care about, where I won't see the end products of my labour. That really sucks. And I know where my talents lie, but for ethical reasons, I refuse to go into the industries where those talents (if I may even call it that) will be put to good use, like advertising or journalism. So what's left for me? I don't know. Like I said, the only thing I'm passionate about so far in my life in Literature... and to pursue the academic route will be a long, tiring and draining task, not to mention expensive. the long, tiring and draining part I can deal with, but not so much the expensive part, because I don't think it'd be possible for me to get a scholarship with my grades. My grades are decent, but not stellar. I guess my family can afford to send me overseas, but I wouldn't feel good about it all the same.

Still, I am toying with the idea of doing a Masters in Literature in the UK. It might not be that expensive since I'll be a full-time student and it would only take a year, but still, a lot of that decision hinges on whether I'll be able to get a TA job in NUS once I graduate with a Master's.

If I don't take the Master's route there is an endless stream of possibilities of what I can do with my life:

1. Travel first, work later. I'm starting to save up to get my ass to Europe for my graduation trip next year. I'll probably go to Eastern Europe because it's cheaper. Probably make a stopover in Germany and some parts of the UK to say hello to Bernard, Dominique and a couple of other friends studying there.

2. Work and Travel UK. This will be a 6-month stint, I think. Also, if I do opt for this, I'll get the chance to check out the English universities.

3. Get a certificate from the British Council to be a certified English teacher and then head off to Thailand to whore hawk put my skills to good use

4. Stay in Singapore and work in some shitty job I don't care for so that I can partially fund myself when I do decide to do my Master's.

Random music recommendation from me to you:
The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)