domestic partner me
Friday, February 03, 2006 (5:42 PM)
i had thought my acquaintance with history had come to an end since leaving tpjc for tp. without a doubt, i'm dead certain that i didn't pass a single history test and exam in secondary 1 except for one miserable minor test. the first test that we were given when miss hoo first took over as our history teacher. she was a babe. fang zhuo used to sit at the back, palms together, both index and middle finger straightened like a bomoh ready to cast a chant, while stamping his foot, he would go, '衣服变不见，衣服变不见.' it was hilarious. then i got to tpjc for 3 months, and again, failed every single history assignment. i knew that sad truth - i suck. but history has found its way to me again, and it looks set to pull me down to where i had been again. this time, i can't afford to fail. no doubt, i was dealing with the history of japan, the history of how the modern political system came to be and the history of how the malays in southeast asia modernized in semester 1, but comparing southeast asia history and world history, i'm more academically inclined to the latter though i really suck at both. walk down the streets in town or drive around singapore, you see raffles this raffles that. raffles town club, raffles girls primary, raffles girls secondary, raffles institution, raffles junior college, westin stamford hotel, the list goes on and i thought that was it. but raffles refused to let me go. now that i'm doing singapore's military history, i have to deal with raffles, again! i had thought it would be about the history of saf. no! it's goes all the way from how fort canning came to be built and how all those cannons you see at sentosa come to be there. this is the worst semester ever! in fact, any semester that i have to deal with history, sucks. it's making a domestic partner out of me.
talking about domestic partnership, i have seen a few friends' friendster account under which they classify themselves in a domestic partnership. what exactly is that? does that mean this relationship only happens on the shores of singapore and once you fly out of this island, you get into other relationships with no obligations tied? an open relationship means to be free to date anyone else right? so what exactly is a domestic partnership? how different is it from an open relationship? anyone care to enlighten me on this?
this new year is different from the past. someone dear is missing. the atmosphere in some sense was around but we can totally sense some differences. i'm all right when i just hear about my maternal grandmother but the feeling of loss comes when i think about the times she was around. heartbreaking. this experience has left some repercussions on me. sometimes when i reject an invitation or a request, scenes of what happened before grandma passed away flashes back and i shiver for a split second with fear that it could happen anytime as it did. i never really knew how dear my maternal grandma was to me until this had happened.
ok enough of that. i don't want to mess up everyone's birthday tomorrow on the 7th day of the lunar calendar. i saw this poster in nus today. something about a talk by warren buffett and some guy i don't know. i had thought of going until i saw the venue: usa. i thought that's crazy but the website states that they will make it affordable for nus students though it didn't state the cost. it's a one week trip and i'm hoping that i can make it halfway around the globe though it seems unlikely that i'll be able to save that much by then. and lincoln's bugging me to go japan this march. he'll kill me if i fly to the united states.
japan or usa? vote!
i'll be bloody grateful. minus the blood.