Wednesday, September 27, 2006
its a big world out there....
Hey guys,
Sorry again for the late post, this has been another busy week. Work starting to pile up, readings are getting thicker, in general, bad week. Would have posted earlier over the weekends if I didn't have to attend to a stupid thing that came up. But either way its not going to bother me... Oh yah a good friend from Singapore is here so that cheers me up a little too.
Anyway, there are no pictures this week cause I have been so busy and have not been out much. But I am beginning to get alot of thoughts. Hmm... its kind of messy but I'll just try to talk it out.
I think one of the cons of being in a great place like this, (and by this I mean U Penn, not Philadelphia cause supposedly its one of the worst cities in US) is you start to realise how small and insignificant you are. Singapore? Most people might not even know where it is, and there are still a group of people who thinks that its a province of China. Well, I'm not complaining about Singapore really, I'm sure people will be impressed by SIngapore once they get to know it better. But the point is, no matter how well we are doing, we are almost insignificant in this big world. The best students from Singapore come to study in U Penn, but there just a handful in the tens of thousands of Penn students, and don't even mention the other 7 ivy league schools, as well as the various top schools in Europe. Well, I don't really know what this means to me or my time here, but it is a thought that keeps coming up.
On the bright side, the people here are really smart. So it kind of rubs off on you and make you want to improve yourself alot more. Anyway, I will keep this post short cause I my eyes are closing on me. In case any one is wondering, I guess I am just a little tired this week. Hopefully the weekend trip to Boston will revitalise me! :) I'll be sure to bring back lots of photos...
Cheers,
Danny
Sorry again for the late post, this has been another busy week. Work starting to pile up, readings are getting thicker, in general, bad week. Would have posted earlier over the weekends if I didn't have to attend to a stupid thing that came up. But either way its not going to bother me... Oh yah a good friend from Singapore is here so that cheers me up a little too.
Anyway, there are no pictures this week cause I have been so busy and have not been out much. But I am beginning to get alot of thoughts. Hmm... its kind of messy but I'll just try to talk it out.
I think one of the cons of being in a great place like this, (and by this I mean U Penn, not Philadelphia cause supposedly its one of the worst cities in US) is you start to realise how small and insignificant you are. Singapore? Most people might not even know where it is, and there are still a group of people who thinks that its a province of China. Well, I'm not complaining about Singapore really, I'm sure people will be impressed by SIngapore once they get to know it better. But the point is, no matter how well we are doing, we are almost insignificant in this big world. The best students from Singapore come to study in U Penn, but there just a handful in the tens of thousands of Penn students, and don't even mention the other 7 ivy league schools, as well as the various top schools in Europe. Well, I don't really know what this means to me or my time here, but it is a thought that keeps coming up.
On the bright side, the people here are really smart. So it kind of rubs off on you and make you want to improve yourself alot more. Anyway, I will keep this post short cause I my eyes are closing on me. In case any one is wondering, I guess I am just a little tired this week. Hopefully the weekend trip to Boston will revitalise me! :) I'll be sure to bring back lots of photos...
Cheers,
Danny
