Be A Kid Day/Ice Cream Sundae Day/Milk Chocolate With Almonds Day/Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Omelette Day
2008-07-08 @ 7:35 p.m.

Took a taxi this morning because I knew I was going to be late if I went by MRT. I'm quite sure the driver took a longer route than necessary, which resulted in my getting caught in a traffic jam. Sigh. It's time like these that I wish I could drive, as my dad's not in town and the car's just sitting in the parking lot unused. Oh well. I wasn't expecting much from today's sessions, but I was pleasantly surprised. The guy who came down from NUS was very engaging, and made history seem fun in a way that I haven't encountered since Mr Rollason's lessons. I don't remember the last time I actually found anything about Singapore's history interesting, so kudos to Dr Mark Emmanuel for making it come alive for us. His second session was a bit drier because it was about the structure of our government. The third session by some person from CSC itself was very boring. Even screening a video didn't help! The final session of the day was a dialogue with an MOE Director, who struck me as rather non-conformist for a civil servant. It puts hope in my heart to know that one can be a civil servant without having to sacrifice personal autonomy entirely.