Old habits die hard...

Starting here now. Start.

It appears that for the past few days, nobody has posted anything on our blog. When I talk about body(pronounced birdy), of coz da bians are not included, jus like batteries are never included in Martel toys. The Da Bian was pretty disappointed abt this so I promised The Da Bian that I'll post something on this blog by today. Which is how this post was in the first place, conceived.

Anyway, still remember the life defining decision that I casually mentioned on our tag board during exam? I intended to tell all of you when all of us meet up but in the end, I succumbed to my inability of witholding secrets. I admit I've never been very good at witholding HARMLESS secrets, a weakness shared by all wu ming haners. Thus, I have since told jiahao and yeoman abt the decision and also ton and giap after chinablacking last wednesday.

So for the rest still out of the loop, here's what I wanted to tell you. I'll be going on an immersion to France this holiday for 3 wks. Ok..I hear a lot of cheys resonating in front of the computer...haha...but it's really quite an important decision cos the immersion is actually a part of a French Double Degree prog that I've signed up for...and it requires me to study in france for 2 yrs (yr 3 and 4), which was why I said it would be life defining. You know the vietnamese in Singapore, that's wat I'll be in France if i go for the prog. Everything's gonna be so french. And there were actually more implications involved with regards to the prog, which made it really difficult for me to arrive at a decision. However, I have since submitted my letter of acceptance to the prog, and I'm not going to think if i had made the right decision anymore....chuan dao qiao tou zhi ran zhi...french dao zhui ba zhi ran french.

Anyway, the previous semester had given me some insights into how to be a good fren. The question first propped up when siew peng and I were taking bus 30 to harbour front mrt station on our way to visit giap at SGH more than 1 mth back. We talked abt something along the line of a fren in need is a fren indeed...siew peng provinding the crux of the conversation. Recent personal experiences have brought even more light into the notion of frens for me. When i was in j1, i strived to be a hao ren, whatever a hao ren is defined to be. Then after entering uni, i steared towards the dark side...wat with the dyed hair, the stud and the rather bo chup attitude towards gers and maybe frens too. But for now, the kind of person i want to be has changed again. For now, until i achieve it...i want to be a HAO (de) PENG YOU! (Rapturous applause pls..haha...) Basically, it's not that hard to be a hao peng you. There's just one rule that u need to follow and it's something similar to kong zi's ji shuo bu yu, wu shi yu ren. Taking it to a higher level, chye zi says, 'ji shuo yu, shi duo duo yu duo duo ren'.

Anyway, if u subscribe to straits times right, go chk out colin goh's write up on rgs' infamous low growls at cheering sessions. That article contains some subtle insights into what constitutes a zhen1 zhen4 de nan ren.

K, ending off here now. End.

posted by le chye @ 1:47 AM