chao mugger

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was speaking to g recently on how my brain felt woolly and unused. there's this thirst for something more ... exciting? stimulating? to have the luxury of reading elaborate arguments and passionate discussions on why things turn out the way they do and ponder on the intricacies of the social/political/economic webs that are all around us. a hunger for academic knowledge that may not be so applicable to my little corporate world. a craving that can't be satiated with reading the newspapers or the economist online, much less ploughing through dusty subject files at work and writing approval/policy papers. and then today after much googling, i find that NUS offers an affordable masters of social science (international studies) programme that can be completed on a part-time basis. and it's right up my alley, sort of (well, at least i qualify to apply and it's not an airy-fairy business admin type course). and there's nothing like having guided studies/inquiries/explorations of what why and how.
something for next year?
am i ready for (yet another) long-term commitment that will entail many journeys to the (far) west after office hours?
will my enthusiasm be short-lived?
will i be able to juggle work and studies?
maybe maybe maybe. still turning the exciting proposition over in my head. have until january next year to decide.
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the screen singapore event is going on now and after missing out on screenings of shiwu while in the US, i will finally have my chance to see another side of growing up in singapore.