~The Road Less Taken~

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

So I started writing this email just as you sent the latest one (actually I
only thought of the title) before getting diverted and distracted. Maybe
I'll start with the weekend.

My Cuz arrived on wednesday nite with his girlfriend (whom we only knew as
MJ until we met her and he told us it was Ming Joo and my mum had all sorts
of trouble remembering her name like Ming J,M Joo,). And with him came the
homework, which really wasnt as much as I expected.. but oh well not like
i've been doing the other homeworks anyway. The next day was spent in town,
and so was friday, which probably explains my disappearance. On Saturday, we
went up to Maine, to this place called Acadia, well its coastal scenery ,
you get to see geog coastal features like tobolos and all that jazz (never
heard of this phrase before). On Sunday it was the Church finding thing
again, we found a united methodist church, there were 10 ppl, mostly white
headed. Erm I guess my first reaction was one of disappointment... Why of
all churches to pick one like that ( the pianist was playing classical music
for the 'special music' section and the 'blue danube' for the postlude and
for the other songs just playing the melody, then there was this lighting of
the peace candle thingy). I guess its easy to be judgemental and that
exactly it. I don't my cousin's girlfriend is Christian so it was like why
of all places. I guess it also occured to me that God could obviously work
thru this Church somehow and that a church that I might be comfortable with
might not be the best...

Then again, putting it into perspective, I don't think its so much about the
church but how we lived to testify to her but that's another issue
altogether.

After church we went to a flea market... ther were these " only left handed
people are in their right minds" shirts which i thought would be nice for
the resident left handed activist in 4.10, but i realised they might be a
little too cheesy, even for him.

Monday, school orientation for freshmen (9th graders, probably 14 year olds
which look like the 16 year olds) and new students (like me). Toured the
school, its 800 students strong, settled subjects as well (looks like i'm
taking bio)... and then rammed into immunization problems

when they photocopied my health booklet (brought over by my dear cuz) ,they
forgot the P6 one, so the nurse thought i was missing an MMR. Then,
apparently Singapore is a TB high risk spot, so even if I had been BCGed, it
wouldn't have made a dif. Then they also have this habit of immunizing
against chicken pox even after you have had chicken pox.. my dad was having
a hard time trying to convince us its a difference in perspective, weighing
cost and effect between us and the US. So it would make sense to just take
the Mantoux test and confirm I'm Tb-less. then my dad got this idea that the
standards are different here for that so positive here may be negative in
Singapore (its all abt whether its worth treating).

Then theres still the need to take a physical (full body) before entering
school. Looks like I'll probably not be in the school team here (probably
wont make it anyway) And my cousin left already.
School starts Sept 5.

So now to domestic issues. Glad to hear Mdm Loo is back, but I still have my
Hw. About me being stronger emotionally then you, I humbly beg to differ. We
just cry about different things, probably cos of different priorities. I've
no idea why i didn't cry at the airport (so much for priorities) since my
sister who was so looking forward to coming here bawled her eyes out at the
departure lounge.

Then I neglected QT for the whole time my cousin was here barring the first
day.

Umm and sorry for being so neglectful on msn (i've been doing that to a lot
of people lately)

I guess the worst part is not taoing on msn but being so nonchalant now.
And I cant change that yet

LimClanStrummer blogged at 7:07 AM

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...