When I was working for the past year, I endured many kinds of “experiences” that made me realise the importance of studying and getting a good education. Basically, in order to escape the potential future of being an office girl forever, I decided to study hard and get a Masters degree.

What was I thinking, Masters so easy to get ah? It’s only the second week of school and homework already starting to pile up!! I’m only taking three modules as a full-time student, even then, each module has two to three textbooks and stacks of reading materials to be printed

I really do hope that I have the discipline to tahan (perservere) through these two years of studies, and some day…. become a psychologist. :~( That dream is still so far far far away!!

Can I suggest to NTU to have a direct bus to my house? I live in the WEST area and it still took me more than an hour to reach school – NTU is like WEST WEST of Singapore or something! Goodness! Pulau NTU.

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I began to start imagining my life and the choices I would have to make next if I don’t get into NTU’s Master program. It was scary, I don’t know what to do with my life. I was also frightened when I thought about my life after getting accepted into NTU, because there’s a good chance I might not get in. The disappointment would be so tremendous, I even planned on applying one week annual leave from my work.

Some advice me not to call NTU and just wait for their letter, some encouraged me to call and just get this load off of my mind. When I finally did…. I cried.

I got into NTU.

I called my parents and they were shocked cause I sounded like I was crying “I am crying, because I’m so happy. Are you proud of me?”

For the first time in my life, I feel I deserved to be felt proud of. I’m going to be a graduate student, and in two years, I have a brighter future ahead. It’s not that I don’t like the company I’m working for, the company’s great, the work is horrible. I don’t want to be an office girl for the rest of my life, I don’t want to end up a nobody. I have dreams, ambitions, goals, and now I have more choices.

I’ve set a rough plan for myself since I was 16. I wasn’t the typical straight As student like my peers, I was “straight As” for partying, having the time of my life, doing whatever I wanted. I told myself, as long as I don’t waste my life away, as long as the end game I become a useful person, it’s OK to play for now. Back then, it was probably an excuse for my rebellious self to have fun.

I think someone up there really favors me to have let me 撒嬌 (behave like a spoilt child) for so long, and still fulfill my wishes and dreams. Thank you. Thank you very much.

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And trust me, being at the end of the food chain is the worst feeling there is. Some people are born with bigger balls, more guts, so they can start their own business and earn big bucks, others have to be like robots – monotonously slaving their lives away for others, to earn money. I guess, for now, Priss without much working experience or insights into any particular field, I’m stuck being a robot!

But robots can be upgraded too! I’ve plans to further my studies so that I’m a Robot Plus. If you’re fated to be a robot all your lives, it’s better to be a Robot plus right? You get more respect, better pay, less shit from your superiors.

Oh well, if everything goes right, this time next year I should be mugging for my 4th year honors

Priss = Robot upgrading in process

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After all, this sense of security is very important to the older generation. A secure job, no natural disasters, a safe neighborhood, good education, peaceful lives. I believe the surge in migrating Singaporeans show that this is not what the current generation needs. We want to explore this “freedom” that western countries have been propagating for years, we want to venture into the unknown, routes that might not always be the safer bet or give any form of guarantee.

In the past, people that did well academically would usually chose to study courses like Law, Accountancy, Medicine etc. Yes, many smart youngsters are still choosing to go into these fields that would more or less give them a financially secure future. However, I’ve also noticed many people are choosing to study liberal Arts subjects like theater, dancing, music. With local Universities and Polytechnics opening more courses in Arts, Social Sciences and the Liberal Arts, I guess the market has spoken. Perhaps, Singapore is heading towards the direction where money isn’t everything anymore, aka, we won’t sell our souls for money?

1,000 S’poreans give up their citizenship each year, in the last three years
Posted: 21 July 2008 2352 hrs

SINGAPORE: In the last three years, an average of 1,000 Singaporeans gave up their citizens each year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said their reasons for doing so vary, and these range from marriage to foreigners, to yearning for a different environment.

Most of them took up new citizenship in countries in Southeast Asia, the United States and Australia.

Mr Wong gave this update in reply to a written question from Non-Constituency MP Sylvia Lim.

She had asked how many Singapore citizens emigrated from Singapore in the last three years, the countries they emigrated to and their reasons for doing so.

Mr Wong said those who emigrate generally do not declare this to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority when they leave.

So the only available data which gives an indication of the number of emigrants from Singapore is the number of Singaporeans who have given up their citizenship and left Singapore. -CNA/vm

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