I just got a mail from CPF. Enclosed is a Giro form, for the repayment of my school fees. It seems that I will have to pay my parents back for the school fees which they paid using their CPF. Well, it seems that the time that I get a full time job is here.

I have colleagues who are waiting entry to Polytechnics and universities. The people who just finished their "O"s are all pretty fun and friendly. But those who just finished their "A" levels, are terrible. I have never seen people who are so arrogant, so prone to stereotyping, so opinionated, closed to ideas and so ignorant. It amazes me as well as disgusts and disappoints me. I am at a loss to describe my feelings about them. I am not sure if I am too critical or expect too much out of them.

They seemed to think highly of themselves and their future university education. In front of everyone, they spoke of courses which are prestigious, recognized and economically relevant, talked about the campus life as if they were already, echoed the success stories which they heard, announced their values, flaunt their status symbols, state their idols without much of a thought. Knowing what I know of NUS and the world, I smiled and listened to them.

"It would be funny if it wasn't such a tragedy."