Thursday, April 21, 2005
The 5 Kinds of People you meet at YIH
Taking a leaf from Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", I would like to do a short discourse on the kind of people that you meet at YIH.
a) There is the requisite teamNUSeskimos.
Aka the NUS sports people (and chess club people) who proudly wear their FREE IVP jackets thinking that they are a lot "cooler", "hipper" and "more in" than the rest of the school who do not of course, have these jackets (unless they've been filched. Which in tt case you ought to be shot you dishonest thief! *gasp* Oh the sheer indignity).
Right.
And yes, I am one of them. I would like to think that I am "cooler" than the non-sports people, chess club people nonwithstanding, but deep inside I am aware of the bitter truth.
But here is to dreaming.
2) The PRCs and the Indian Nationals.
Yes yes yes. NUS has a "global school" culture that seeks to attract talent from everywhere, including our Asian neighbours. And since both economies are on the rise and we wish to, for our own good, enter both economies, we have to of course, attract these "talents" into sunny little Singapore.
But I cannot take it. There is NO SPACE for any of these people!!! Esp the BLOODY PRCs!!! Bloody bad skin, bloody bad breath, bloody lack of manners, and when they sit next to me - heaven forbid!!! - I have this huge urge to recoil! EEEEYUCK. See them in school not bad enough. See them at the gym not enough. See them at YIH somemore... AND SIT NEXT TO ME SOME MORE. Gross gross cheena kia dun come near me can?
3) The Raffles Hall people
They're always here coz this is the nearest place to Raffles. Okay lah, got other groups also. Got NUS Climbing (but for one of them you know the compelling reason lah. ;) ), got some TH people, sometimes got some SH people... But ok lah. I've no problems against the RH people. Unless they bring their McDonalds in late at night... Damn bloody inconsiderate.
4) The strange guy who laughs at his laptop
There is this weird unkempt unshaven guy who over the period of days has developed a moustache (gross). He comes in with his laptop and headphones, and stares at it and laughs as if he's looking at porno. Even Melissa agrees. And he looks like a void deck flasher off Crimewatch. SCARY man.
5) The deranged looking "Wind Symphony" guy with the thick reflective silver glasses
There is this other strange thin guy with absolutely no fashion sense (i.e. he thinks tucking his shirt ALL THE WAY into his shorts is fashionable), curly hair and thick reflective silver coke bottle glasses. And he studies ALL the time at YIH. I see him in the day, I see him in the middle of the night. Now THAT is a camper. Now we know why he looks so bad. Must be the tiredness. But yar lah. No excuse for bad fashion sense. If you must be a mugger toad, at least be presentable. Reduce a bit of my eye-soreness leh.
Okay, back to work.
now playing: hotel costes - cafe de flor
a) There is the requisite teamNUSeskimos.
Aka the NUS sports people (and chess club people) who proudly wear their FREE IVP jackets thinking that they are a lot "cooler", "hipper" and "more in" than the rest of the school who do not of course, have these jackets (unless they've been filched. Which in tt case you ought to be shot you dishonest thief! *gasp* Oh the sheer indignity).
Right.
And yes, I am one of them. I would like to think that I am "cooler" than the non-sports people, chess club people nonwithstanding, but deep inside I am aware of the bitter truth.
But here is to dreaming.
2) The PRCs and the Indian Nationals.
Yes yes yes. NUS has a "global school" culture that seeks to attract talent from everywhere, including our Asian neighbours. And since both economies are on the rise and we wish to, for our own good, enter both economies, we have to of course, attract these "talents" into sunny little Singapore.
But I cannot take it. There is NO SPACE for any of these people!!! Esp the BLOODY PRCs!!! Bloody bad skin, bloody bad breath, bloody lack of manners, and when they sit next to me - heaven forbid!!! - I have this huge urge to recoil! EEEEYUCK. See them in school not bad enough. See them at the gym not enough. See them at YIH somemore... AND SIT NEXT TO ME SOME MORE. Gross gross cheena kia dun come near me can?
3) The Raffles Hall people
They're always here coz this is the nearest place to Raffles. Okay lah, got other groups also. Got NUS Climbing (but for one of them you know the compelling reason lah. ;) ), got some TH people, sometimes got some SH people... But ok lah. I've no problems against the RH people. Unless they bring their McDonalds in late at night... Damn bloody inconsiderate.
4) The strange guy who laughs at his laptop
There is this weird unkempt unshaven guy who over the period of days has developed a moustache (gross). He comes in with his laptop and headphones, and stares at it and laughs as if he's looking at porno. Even Melissa agrees. And he looks like a void deck flasher off Crimewatch. SCARY man.
5) The deranged looking "Wind Symphony" guy with the thick reflective silver glasses
There is this other strange thin guy with absolutely no fashion sense (i.e. he thinks tucking his shirt ALL THE WAY into his shorts is fashionable), curly hair and thick reflective silver coke bottle glasses. And he studies ALL the time at YIH. I see him in the day, I see him in the middle of the night. Now THAT is a camper. Now we know why he looks so bad. Must be the tiredness. But yar lah. No excuse for bad fashion sense. If you must be a mugger toad, at least be presentable. Reduce a bit of my eye-soreness leh.
Okay, back to work.
# posted by Kitana @ 4/21/2005 02:54:00 PM 
