Thursday, May 22, 2008
It's been some time since my last post, so a few updates before I move on to another brief nostalgia trip.
1. For some inexplicable reason, my tablet pen is oozing oil. If the pen goes, so does my sanity.
2. There is nothing like scribbling away on a tablet while listening to VK rock music to take one's mind off things.
3. Could anyone be THAT socially inept...?? Patience, my dear, patience.
4. Congratulations to D on the release of their major debut single [Birth]! It's a good song and I hope D will continue creating lovely music (and looking lovely as always) ^^
5. I've uploaded the photos taken by Joan after our last Postcolonial Lit lecture as well as photos from my last club committee meeting held on 12 May. Click here --> http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/okaru85/EN%20hons%20cohort%20last%20day%20of%20sch/ (with Joan and Leon at Paisley and Cream)
http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/okaru85/nus%20anime%20club%202008/ (club photos)
Ok, now on to the nostalgia trip.
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The first Lit module I took in NUS was EN2101E Madness and Literature, and for all those who know me well enough, it is THE Lit module I gripe most about. I've moaned about it for 4 years already, so I'm not going to start here again. Suffice to say the way the module was managed by the lecturer was entirely appropriate to its name. But I'm very glad EN2101E didn't frighten me off from majoring in Eng Lit and switching to Japanese Studies instead (although I did seriously think of doing so after the disastrous exam). If I had made that decision in my first semester, I think my life in NUS would have taken a very different path.
It was in EN2101E that I first met MW and Marianne, who were in my project group together with PY. I thought that Marianne was a very sweet and cute girl, but my first impression of MW was not so positive - I felt she was a rather cold, aloof and intimidating person. MW took very well to PY after that first sem, and at first I couldn't understand why they got on so well. I put it down at that time to them both being devout Christians, which was something I didn't share. I didn't feel very comfortable around MW, so I hardly hung out with them when the two of them were together, and to tell the truth, I sometimes felt a little jealous and excluded.
But after spending more time with MW over the years and gradually getting to know her better, I've realized that she's actually a pretty interesting person to talk to, and she does care for others around her in her own very distinctive way. She certainly looks fierce and unapproachable, but that's only because she's feeling sian and she's stoning (and she stones rather often, so that explains her usual demeanour). Now I no longer feel any discomfort when chatting with her, and I know I can entrust my deepest secrets to her. Joan asked me some time ago whether I've ever seen MW smile before, and it struck me then that I've grown so used to her as a friend that I take it as natural that she's smiling and laughing.
So I'm very glad that I didn't give up my dreams and changed my major after EN2101E, 'cos if I had, MW would have remained a mere acquaintance, and I wouldn't have gotten to know all the wonderful Lit teachers and coursemates who have given me so much knowledge and so many experiences, and who have all contributed in some way or another in shaping me into who I am today.
kaoru said at 11:11 PM
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