I'm at school to watch the tt people and then after that I'm going to go to the library in takashimaya to mug math and german and maybe meet hoongyan. I might have a dairyqueen and then go to moelc for german. I haven't come in a week (to blog) and I suppose you can tell.

Mum wants me to go to Boston University's Summer Challenge Program during the june holidays. I 've printed out the application and everything and mum is really bent on me going but it might clash with trainingcamp, and I'll miss a bit of school. But even after I send in the application I still have to see if they accept me or not, so. Plus it costs US$3000 excluding spending money and airline tickets, compared to the Wales trip which is $3000 sing (around US$2250) with everything included, and which I also signed up for. But the summer challenge thing sounds really fun- you have 2 seminars in a day, get to stay in a real dorm and even get to see fun things like Shear Madness and explore Boston yourself. There's a lot more autonomy and space to do your own thing, get to know other people and experience what university might be like. But for the Wales trip I'm with people I already know (no one would know me if I went to boston) The topics of study are more relavant to what I'm doing in school, and there is a lot more fieldwork and out of classroom exposure involved. Of course, mum would prefer me to go to both, but that= a lot of money. She doesn't usually pay any consideration to this in my argument. Also, she thinks that Boston isn't safe enough to be on my own, so she, my sister and my dad are all coming along if I go. This is an incredible statement that is all encompassing and I feel my wallet burning as I type this. Oh jeez I sound stingy and miserable but they have to pay for accomodation, food, plane tickets etc and it adds up. I should get the estimates and maybe she'll relent. But I can't help planning for my trip ( if I ever go) - planning where I'll visit, what I'll do, what I'll bring; what it would be like staying on my own for two weeks. I don't want to get my hopes up and the more sensible half of me says no anyway, but if I get all psyched up or psyche myself up, I'll be really disappointed if I don't get accepted. ( you have to write a personal statement in your application)