concret-"est" plansthis post is very long but it may help you with you GPfor simple reading,
main points is underlinedjanelle has the greatest idea i have heard so far. me, her and prob co going out to europe after As next year. scotland, UK, France and maybe spain. free lodging free food probally free transport. just use connections.
just friends for the journey.
finally
someone with an idea of going there. and not feeling wishy washy bout it. love it. everyone i've talked to all bothering so much bout the money part. like going... "aiya, europe SO expensive." like hello people, i too will have money problems but this is the
fun of it to travel with the limitations. if you know you will have money problems, then START PREPARING LIKE NOW!!! you just HAVE to start somewhere deary.
i have started my "travel fund" already. and opening a bank account is not that difficult. even i can do it. "if shanny can do it so can you" *speaks with yan-can-cook tone*
just save $500 a month when you start working and you can afford to go by july. and wouldnt you people just want to go on some expensive holiday knowing that
you paid every cent for the fun you get. and a holiday WITHOUT your parents bothering you WITH YOUR FRIENDS. you can finally get to do that "i must be an
independent woman" thingy. we all need to
grow up sometime.
western youngsters are already moving out of their nest and traveling the world on their own credit. that is why they are so much on
liberation and freedom. why cant we as equal teenagers try to understand their culture and venture on it just for a speck of experience. and i comfirm you you'll get more then SOME fun and experience. the asian nest is simply too big. come on people, let's
move out of our comfort zone and learn to live.
*is this a GP essay???*
it's a whole different thing when your parents dont let you go and you not even wanting to
TRY. we as teenagers
need some inspiration once in a while.
every time i talk to jasmine (my ang moh cousin) bout her life there in norway, i feel like i am losing out so much with the constant protection of the family value and the "conservative" thinking of the nation.
asian values are good TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. but there has to be a line drawn. singapore is a small and open east-meets-west society. there must be at least some form of liberalisation in the society right?
there is always constant talks bout our chinese roots being eroded and forgotten. that will never happen in the next 100 years. as long as we look chinese there will always be a classification no matter if you were bred in US or China. asian values will always be there. you can only benefit if there is a
juxtaposition of both worlds.jasmine still
has her own life (unlike me and my MOE "roots") no matter how mush chinese she is. though more westernised, there is no loss of asian fundementals.
*back to the main discussion*
she's the same age as me and
she gets to travel so much with her friends ever since donno when. i want that kind of freedom. no wonder our western counterparts are more independent than us and they
strive better with problems. asians are most likely to crumble under pressure.
i want to
be an independent women. i have always been drawn to the thought of independence to survive in this modern world. i always want to own my own car, house, investment ideals, career. i dont need a man. if there is something i know, it is that to make these ideals happen, you'll need very
strong financial foundations. so why not start now? it may just save your live in the future.
but i think singapore will hate people like me coz we dont produce enough babies
actually.
planning is the key factor here. if you can plan your life out properly, you will make it in life. i do like planning, think i make a good wedding planner. seem to like such matters under a state of perfection. however i have to admit that not everything is perfect.
i think i really diverged quite a lot from the initial holiday thingy. but the bottom conclusion is that i applaude janelle and people like her for the
firmness in thought. even if it doesnt work out. i still liked the idea