a light hearted post for a change?

spent the past 2 weeks clearing up the house. did the bulk of the painting in my (and now, my brother's and my) room, and it is now a cheery blue. gosh i never knew that painting could be such back breaking hard work. i am just glad the bulk of it is over - i now have nice new furniture, and even have nice new bedsheets to go along with the entire room. i've been forced to be very homey because of this - i think i have vacuumed the floor more times than i have left the house (and that's saying something), and i am ironing in my spare time. happy days, i know.

ooh have to share this before i forget. i love to procrastinate, yes. anyway the next time someone complains about that i have a witty comeback! after all, procrastination is the best labour saving device! (hahahah - i really like this one. so witty.)

wisdom tooth operation was a lot less painful and troublesome than i thought it would be - by the end of day 3 i was happily munching on an apple. would have ran if i could, but the bf objected very much. ah well. teaches me that there's nothing to fear, really, but fear itself! (cliche but true!)

ahhh and speaking of the bf today he told me that i should delete my blog because apparently, at edb, hr officers surf and find blogs prior to employment or awarding of scholarships. well i think that's fair game, after all it's probably a good place where one tends to be more frank and honest. in any case, i am not taking his advice and will continue blogging. after all, freedom of speech and all that - and you surely can't deny me that, especially since i hardly talk about singaporean politics, right! (better check to see if that is a constitutionally enshrined right. i suggest not, actually) anyway on the subject of singaporean politics, abiel and i were having yet another one of those heated arguments about it, sparked off by a recent ST article titled "why they hate singapore". abiel agrees with much of the sentiment expressed in the article, i beg to differ, but i think for different reasons. i shan't digress, but the point of me sharing this is because in the end, abiel's dad said something which i thought made a lot of sense. he said that he looks at the policies proposed, the plans and the direction that the contending parties vision for singapore, and look at which plans have/will hurt or benefit him. he then decides whether an opposition voice is necessary.

now that made a lot of sense to me. abiel says i am very radical, and perhaps i am. it gave me pause to think that a system with adequate checks and balances, and an adequate feedback mechanism might actually not require a strong or vocal opposition to represent the people. it certainly made me silent at that time as i pondered the wisdom, or rather my assumptions. i have always assumed that an opposition was necessary, end of story, but in the end i realise i do oppose the government just for the sake of it, and then other reasons come into play. i don't think that's a bad way to function, but it does mean that in arguments i may be more emotional, and in any case i had better bolster up my case in future instead of relying solely on appeal.

supposed to be a light hearted entry. shucks. met my realllllllyyy keeeewwt nephew over the weekend, he's such a darling! he was really sleepy when he came, so he just looked at everyone with watery big eyes and a dazed expression. shooo kewt, can't stand (literally!) hehe. will post photos once i get to.

oh, work starts next week, please sms if any of you will like to meet up before then!