Tuesday, August 07, 2007
a friend over here once told me over dinner, "once i graduate, im never fucking going back." this came from a guy who dropped out of jc, with the tag ''O' level graduate' pinned to his name in the army, a guy whose teacher once told him that he's "never gonna make it". so basically, where the education system in singapore,
where people bloody view a person's worth by their alma mater, failed him, australia adopted and said yes.
he had his results last semester, he topped his college here, topped the nation in geography, and yet he cant forget the time he visited melbourne uni, met a singaporean in the basketball court, and that guy asked him "so which jc were you from?" to which he cheerily replied "yishun". the guy then gave look accompanied with a disdainful "oh".
btw, my friend is, in my opinion, cooler, fucking hot, more articulate and
nicer than any guy from any 'elite' school i know in sg. so that slip of an "oh" pretty much represented whats wrong in that singapore mentality.
so here i am, in melbourne uni, and people ask me all the time what secondary school i was from. seriously, does it matter? it was SO many years ago. and for the record, it was Ngee Ann Secondary School. i remember having a bloody good time and that batch was made up of some really awesome people who i still care for today. so, no, that 'oh' won't do.
an ex of mine is so proud of his 'elite' boys school alma mater when he positively had a miserable time there. hmm, homophobia sucks people.
so much for a name..
bah. Happy Birthday Singapore.
Posted by Dominic at 10:59 PM