For all who visit my blog - I apologize for my long gap in posting. I've been busy, stressed, homesick, etc. None of those are good excuses for not posting, but still...
I have been in school now for over a month. It's been different. School is much more strict in almost all aspects compared to school at home. Of course, we uniforms. It's pretty weird for me because everybody basically looks the same (which incidentally, helps confirm my theory that high school turns us into mindless robots). I changed my courses around a lot in the first couple weeks, but it has remained the same for a while: Contemporary American Lit, Zoology, Spanish, AP Stat, Film making, AP Psych, Photography. The classes are OK - the titles of the class make some of them sound better then they are in reality.
I've met some interesting kids, some boring kids, some asshole kids, some nice kids, etc. There is a real wide variety of interests among students (from computer games to paintball to partying) so there is sort of a niche that most people can find and fit into pretty well. I've mostly been hanging out with different groups and getting a sense of where I fit best.
In reference to the title of this blog - in Singapore (if you are young), you call older men that you don't know Uncle, and older women Auntie. It's the American equivalent of Sir of Ma'am. I find it really fun to say, so usually when I'm in a cab, I'll ask a question to the driver just so I can start by saying, "Excuse me, Uncle..."
Peace & Love,
Daniel
P.S. I still am having trouble uploading photos, but as soon as I can, I will get them posted.
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Can you call me Auntie even though I'm your sister? If not, just ma'am is cool.
You can call me auntie.
Try to remember that the Asian countries are getting ahead of America faster than you can say "uncle" and that's because they value education in a way we don't. So please don't think the kids who are party types or the paint ballers are so cool- try to think a little long term. If you work backwards from say, 20 years from now when you'll get a notice about a high school reunion. The nerds who understand science, math and technology will be among those who move the world ahead- not the popular kids of today.
But what do I know?
Love, auntie Deb
Daniel! Mysha here. Your dad shared your blog with me. I enjoy hearing your perspective on Singapore... Are you getting used to living there? As you know Carrboro does not change much so you are not missing much here... WSM did just purchase and install some very, very tall shelving. You'll be impressed on your coming visit home :) Cheers Daniel! Keep posting!
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