caught 20 mins of save the last dance on tv before going for dinner on sunday. was when the guy asked the girl if she really wanted juilliard. she nodded. and the guy said well, you're the only who's gonna make it happen. and the guy himself wanted to become a doctor. how cliche.
which reminds me of another thing. another friend of mine used to say, america is such that here if you want anything badly and you work for it, normally you can get it. sounds cliche too.
but i was strangely, or maybe ridiculously inspired by what was going on in the film and what my friend said. behind my practical self, i've always had dreams. i've always wanted something. i want to be someone important, and make something big and useful happen. in science, that sounds like corresponding to some huge invention or a grand theory. yeah, i meant those. but it just upsets me when such dreams seem out of place and it seems fashionable to just want to earn enough money to live happily.
should i just stop those silly dreams and get back to the ground and work for a living?
hmmm. i didn't say exactly what i meant, but roughly it's there. and i can't think of a way to phrase it.
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yo, no don't stop dreaming. glad to hear you're having fun in choir. i think i may take chamber again this qtr. re the cliches.. yah those gender stereotypes still hold, unfortunately. but i DO believe the america one.. cause it's true that in the us, you have the opportunity to accomplish things that you might not be able to in other countries.
p.s. your trip pics were nice. =) how's lab?
haha thx.
anywayz, labs look fun, though i spent an afternoon washing glassware, just part of my duty other than my project. going to the other lab today. :) i can't take chamber for a long time i think. cos my timetable blocks out that part of the wednesday afternoon. like to take really, but can't help it.
should i talk abt some cultural anthropology theory i just learnt? that 'work hard n you'll achieve whatever u want' is essentially an american dream itself, it's an ideology that sometimes masks reality. but i dun really wanna talk about it either. Enjoy what u do and put in ur best is prob the current ideology for me. as for darling sweetie hobbies they dun really get out of fashion right?
well of course i know. this whole american dream thing being an ideology and essentially a cultural construct...hee i've been doing that too. sometimes i just feel that i need a break from all the theories, to be able to look at the world in my own view again. been learning too much. dont you agree?
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