Tuesday, November 01, 2005
What a day!
I'm getting used to waking up early for school now.
at SEVEN A.M! MY GOODNESS! NOONE ACTUALLY GETS UP THAT EARLY TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE!
no choice. sis gotta go to work. So, I normally spend my time in the lib before class starts.
come on! I can study in the library more. haha!
okay here's when my morn study became so interesting.
this korean guy frm my math class came to sit on my table.
his name is... san wo? song wo? song ho? maybe.. san wo...
He started talking to me about his other korean friend in our maths class called jerry[at least I can remember this one].
Jerry is also in my counsilling class[only first semester students have to go for councilling class.]
san wo: you.. are. very... sm.. a...r...t... you..in...ing-e-ris[english] 1.. class. first... -thinks what shld be the right work to use- .. semester..
me: -I accompanied him w a slow motion convo- sm..a..r..t? no..no... in singapore... I speak.. eng-li-sh.
san wo: jerry... hmmm.. told.. me.. you... in ing-e-ris 1 class... your... hmmm.. first.. semester...
me: ha.ha! okay... ha.. ha... [I cant fight him back to tell him how bad my english is. so I jsut have to agree].. how.. did.. jerry... knows?
san wo: -he doesnt get what I'm asking- you... ing-e-ris 1.. good ing-e-ris...
me: okay okay... english.. okay... maths very.. bad! your math's good.
san wo: -started thinking. I think was trying to think how to say whatever he wanted to say in english- I... learn... -flip the maths tbk-... in korea..
me: -was thinking: shit lar! why all honkies n koreans learnt calculus in their country! so unfair!- but.. ya.. you smart. what did you get for the first two tests?
san wo: I.. got...ah...A.. ah..
me: -was thinking: shit ah! I got B for the first and C for the 2nd. and there he is, getting double A- oh.. I got B and C
okay blah blah blah blah blah
san wo: -scratches his head- I.. dont.. know.. how.. to say..
then he tried using gestures, and there was I trying to figure out what he was trying to say
me: yes? my hair?
san wo: hmmm.. ya... jerry.. and .. I..hmm... I...dont..know..how..to.say...tt..word...
me: yes hair? my clip?
san wo: ya! jerry wonder.. why.. you.. use clip.. on.. your.. hair... he .. wonder.. from .. long ..ago.. but.. now.. he... doesnt. alr...
me: cause my -took of my hair clip, to sjow him my long fringe- is long...
san wo: oh... why... you...
me: dont keep long hair?
san wo: yahh..
me: because... I used to train in spore. not nice with long hair.
san wo: oh...keep...ah... long.. hair...
at this pt of time, it made me think: Why is it that girls have to have long hair?
when I entered the class for maths, I looked around me, and everyone has long hair. I'm refering to girls...
Do girls have to have long hair to show that their a true lady?
So this society still prefer girls to have long hair, and boys with short hair.
not saying I prefer boys with long hair.
but then, it is true. basically, EVERY GIRL has long hair.
except one or two. and what is wrong with short hair?
I can name of few of my friends tt has short hair.
shuwei, felicia, dinah, deng, kell, yinglong... okay maybe only these few...
Then I started thinking about what I learnt in sociology class, Gender socialization.
gender by definition means societal roles. Roles are expectation performaces[what a mean/woman are expected to behave as]
gender isNOT sex. sex means biological differences.
so there you go! tradition gender roles.
I dont mean its wrong for girls to have long hair okay.[ I am gonna keep my hair a little long to try sth out]
I'm just saying that apparently, only feminists believe that Biology is not Destiny.
dont fight w me on this one. It's sociologically proven. I learnt it in class... ah-ha!
Oh! Helen brought me to the school's medical centre. I can get a free check up...
Apparently, the woman who checked up on me told me she cannot give me any medicine because I'm still 17.
and by law, I am still a minor until I am 18 and get to decide things on my own.
so I have to get some form signed by my guardian and go back to the same place and hand the forms back to her.
NONSENSE ah! I'm dying soon with all these germs in my body and there she was telling me she cant give me any medicine cause I'm not yet 18.
but.. she gave me a 'care-sheet' on how to stop a nagging cough.
so cute ah! I have to follow those steps written on the paper. haha!
okay i need to go back to my books! I hear them calling. haha!
I have to do well for tomorrow's maths! oh god. PLEASE!!! I've given up my business for my maths.
what more do you want me to do?
I've given up my sleep even though the doctor asked me to sleep more.
sob sob!!! maths ah!!! can't you love me more? I've loved you more than anything else.
valen (11/01/2005 07:09:00 PM)