YSeeping into reality
1. Microeconomics Principles
Ugh. Oh no.)
So the S Lit question goes: Are Shakespeare's tragedies the result of the tragic heroes and heroines' own self-destruction or are they the result of situations beyond the characters' control?
My conclusion is both, and my mind wanders to contemplate the possibility of my brother having self-destructive tendencies of Shakespearean-tragedy proportions--his life sure seems like Hamlet's right now.
Anyway, seeping into reality is the reality of having to decide on unis to apply to overseas. Sort of weird because I won't know if I'll be actually going there until March/April/May next year (or perhaps longer), and it's (as I've said before) scary to think about these situations--situations that may or may not actualise. It's scary for me because I'm afraid I'll set myself up for disappointment if I really delve into this whole going-overseas exercise, and in a sense I've been trying not to do too much research and too much thinking about what I want because of this. But I also realise that I'd better get down to doing some real information-gathering in case I am actually able to go overseas.
Why can't I have a bunch of witches that'll tell me what will happen?--On second thoughts, maybe it's a good thing I don't know any.
Prospective major (for scholarship (:P :P :P) purposes): International Relations/Political Science
Potential schools: Tufts, Georgetown (only because of it's IR reputation; I don't actually find it that great a school), George Washington U, UPenn (maybe). Rhodes College? Argh, this is just way too much to handle.
(p.s. So I log on to the Georgetown website and click on the core curriculum for the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service and scroll down and to my horror find:
--4 Economics Courses (!!!):
2. Macroeconomics Principles
3. International Trade
4. International Finance
jac was here with you
7/20/2006 09:27:00 pm
YWednesday one day
Singapore Idol's lost its kick. I wish it had better singers. Joakim is so cute but he'd be better eye-candy if he could actually sing well :( I mean, he sings adequately but not well. Mathilda on the other hand is wow. Can't see a winner yet but then again, no one really suspected Taufik would win till the last few rounds.
I'm sorry I'm so unglam--yes, I do watch Singapore Idol, if not regularly, then pretty frequently occasionally. Haha.
I'm gonna have to be a bit of a misanthropist for the next few weeks/months because the pressure is now really setting in and making sure I am making the most out of every moment I've got. Right now I'm shying away from econs though I know I've got to start it soon and focusing on history and S Lit--that's my way of easing myself back into high-powered studying. Feed my mind candy before I get to the really tough mind-bending stuff (LRACexchangeratesPPBphillipscurveecons).
Today was Dan's birthday so he got himself a half day and did the most awful thing: he asked if he could come over "to study". Of course he didn't really study much--"I'm tired," he said, and promptly took a nap on my couch--but at least I studied--yay. To his credit, he did do math and I helped him a bit. It was quite fun spending the day with him, albeit in a nerdy way. I am very pleased that he really liked my present. You can tell when people really like presents and when they just think it's okay, y'know? And he pretty much gushed over it even though it was just a bunch of cards. Score one for Jac and Zhen, and Zhen gets the lunch with Jac :)
Tomorrow is my first econs tuition session with Liling, Cristl and Sam T and am quite looking forward to it because I'm feeling lazy that I've been putting off econs and am hoping that the tuition will be the impetus for my studying. It must, because otherwise I don't think I'll ever get down to doing econs.
I get this feeling I talk too much about what I'm studying and too little about anything else and I get this feeling it has to do with "dependency issues".
jac was here with you
7/12/2006 09:08:00 pm