I'm not going to prom night. Brother's wedding on that same day.
Well, I really think that the line up there would define prom very well. As much as I'd like to define the current time period as a sun-soaked season that will soon fade away, the weather is giving me second thoughts. Not to mention the fact that I'll be seeing very little sun in the next two months or so.
But really, Raffles - you are indeed the best one of the best ones. Won't forget the Raffles experience and the life lessons. Not yet. Not now. Not forget the misery that was Junior College, and remember fondly the carefree days of the Institution.
So now as the seasons pull up their stakes, the last stretch is here - the last weekend of the last week (metaphorically).
Don't you just love the imagery of Stolen?

Well, life in JC hasn't been good. Stress, stress, and even more stress. Sometimes I wish I had more control in my life to do the things I want. Sure, I have a lot of control already compared to many, but many times I hate the dual life I have to lead - being able to screw around in school, while being under close supervision and constant pressure at home. I wonder if things were ever meant to be this hard?
Am I working through all of this, to go to Amherst and get my degree? Try as I may to convince myself this is the case, I just can't make myself believe that I'll even get into any university, or even have any direction in life. Yes, I'm one of those teenagers who want instant gratification, despite society frowning down upon such behaviour. What's wrong with instant gratification? At least I get to enjoy something. Along the same lines, I wish I could just turn on the computer to play a game or two of Dota every night, or even better, get a new computer with which I can actually play TF2. Even then, we're still limited by society - get that degree, get that job, get that pay, get married. Reality check - a couple of my ex-teachers recently welcomed bundles of joy into their families. Family life is what gratifies in the long run, and that's what I should be aiming towards.
However, why are we so hard pressed to conform? Imagine a society without conformity, does that result in anarchy? Liberty and freedom should encourage one's uniqueness and development of interests, not clamp down on it. Singaporean society, Confucian society, or what? Besides, why can't Man live in an anarchic society? Anarchism advocates the survival of the fittest. At the end of it, Hobbesian theory still holds true - each man is equal because even the weakest can launch a sneak attack that can kill the strongest. Look at Malaysia and the Anwar sodomy case. So just disregard authority, it isn't the answer. Authority does not have all-seeing eyes and all-hearing ears, neither is it able to know the exact truth and make judgments - in fact in most societies, Courts of Justice are based upon moral values that make up the laws. But a rejection of those laws do not mean that a society will fall apart - common sense prevails at some point for people to come together. So, why reject anarchism?

From wiki:
The word "anarchy" is often used by non-anarchists as a pejorative term, intended to connote a lack of control and a negatively chaotic environment. Because of this, some activists have self-identified as libertarian socialists. In more recent times anti-authoritarian has offered another similar self-identification. However, anarchists still argue that anarchy does not imply nihilism, anomie, or the total absence of rules, but rather an anti-authoritarian society that is based on the spontaneous order of free individuals in autonomous communities, operating on principles of mutual aid, voluntary association, and direct action.