Wednesday, November 15, 2006

It feels good to be able to read the first page of national news and totally understand what it is about.

"GST will go up to 7 per cent"
The Straits Times , Tuesday, 14 November 2006

From those Economics lessons, boring as they were, I must admit it helped me to better appreciate - okay maybe not appreciate because as a consumer who wants higher prices - I can better understand what an imposition of indirect tax is trying to achieve.

Fiscal policies. Fund public expenditure. Regressive tax. Widen tax base. Lower direct/corporate tax. I feel almost... clever, intellectual. Like I'm ready to engage in clever adult discussions on government policies and politics. Ha.

Okay so maybe what we're learning in school is not so no-sense after all.

So I'm down to my last 3 papers. They say time flies when you're having fun. It's flying, but I sure am not having much fun mugging my brains out.

And I've found the best place in school to do last minute revisions before any major paper. Inconceivably, and disgustingly, the loo. Admittedly, it's not the nicest smelling of places, but within that four walls nothing distracts, no irritating friend on the verge of a nervous breakdown, no sudden panic seizure when you hear your friends discussing topics you've never heard of your entire JC lectures and tutorials, yeah.

I find it easier to focus and concentrate on what I'm reading, of all places. And it has served me well. So stop laughing at me, you reader.


I'm living in the future, because my mind keeps wandering forwards. But once upon a time I was living in the past, when the mind dwells on events transpired and refuses to move on.

writing at 7:38 PM

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