It's weird how every singaporean knows that sentosa doesnt live up to its hype, and yet it's still one of the first things to pop up in mind when we need a generic "fun" place to go to. there's gonna be another class outing, and it's gonna be at (surprise!) sentosa. i wonder why the general plasticky blah-ness of the place, together with the entry fee and bad geography of the place, still doesnt manage to drive people off. i personally dont have very high hopes for this outing, i predict that the guys will want to go play sports or sth, and the girls will want to camwhore. then once again, class segregation. that's just my prediction anyway (taking down bets, anyone?). we'll see. i'll hope for better.
and the day after that have to go back to sentosa again to scout for the landmarks for orientation external hunt -.- arent the juniors-to-be lucky to get to have external hunt in sentosa? mine was only in clarke quay and woodlands. man, 2 days in a row at sentosa gonna blow a huge hole in my wallet. >$< (weak attempt to draw money with wings flying away, haha)
tomorrow's gonna be my first training since coming down with my throat infection. i feel generally ok, but i still sometimes have coughing fits. worse come to worse, i'll have to skip the running exercises. afterwards there's walk-in practice, but im not sure if training or walk-in practice takes priority. there's a one-hour overlap between both, so which should i go for? play by ear again i guess, i never was any good planning ahead of myself.
i just read another george orwell classic, Animal Farm, yesterday, which i believe was his first book? there were many glaring parallels between it and WWI, such that even a non-history student like myself was able to pick up on a few clues. once again george orwell is an excellent author, and of course after reading this book it begs comparison with 1984. the language used in Farm is a lot simpler, which reflects the simple-mindedness of the majority of the farm animals, as opposed to 1984 where the main characters are from the Party and are considered above average in intelligence. overall i think the book does an excellent job of showing the transformation from the idealistic Animalism and the eventual totalitarianism which it turned out to be. loled when Napoleon using dogs to threaten the animals is supposed to mirror the use of brute military power to silence the masses (i cant help imagining military tanks with dog faces XD).
i fell in love with The Human Abstract all over again, realised that there's a lot of complexity in their songs which i didnt notice before and didnt appreciate. they're still not as good as Protest The Hero (haha, those guys are hard to oust from my playlist), but i think i've finally found another good progcore band to listen to. here's another great THA song, Harbinger.
extra: i was searching for Harbinger on youtube when i accidentally came across another Harbinger from a band called Neaera which sounds kinda cool. might take a closer listen another day.
