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Tuesday, May 13, 2003
After reading the material that ucc sent me along with the letter of offer, with nice pics of their medieval-looking college and details on accomodation (self-catering), healthcare, societies, etc, am considering the prospect of going there to study. The city has population 200,000 and is a seaport near the south of ireland. It has an international airport that is 55mins flying time from London (no direct flights fr s'pore to cork) The uni itself has 12,000 students in all, and "the main campus is a compact cluster of buildings overlooking the River Lee". It has 500 med students (in total. compare that to 230x5 = 1150 med students in nus) and 1300 international students, and it has weird societies ranging from the medieval and renaissance club ("includes jousting and feasting, but hps are banned during the feasts") to the surgeon noonan society (comprises 20 fifth-yr med students who raise funds and go africa to distribute med supplies and practise) to the gay/bi/les club ("...open to all homos, bis and their friends, which makes everybody! Join if you feel like you can benefit from the club") to various political parties. One funky club is the live music society (it organises competitions for bands and offers free guitar and drums training). On top of that, you have the sports clubs which includes equestrian, motorcycle (?) and hurling (?? who can vomit furthest??). Unfortunately their softball club is inactive due to lack of members (....). Oh and can somebody tell me what the heck is gaelic football???Apparently it's for both men and women. And bridge and chess are considered sports..? If you wanna find out more about ucc, click here. Honestly, I don't really feel up to making such a big decision at this point in my life, I think that at 19 most people don't really know where they want to spend the next part of their life in. Unlike my brother who'll probably only stay in london for 4 years (unless he decides to further his studies) I would be gone from sunny singapore for 5 years basic degree + 1 year housemanship + 5 years specialist training(?) = 11 years. Wow. I'd be 30 by the time I come back. I can therefore understand my mother's great reluctance in letting me go overseas to study, and I know I'll miss my family, my friends and my car like crazy, not to mention the priviledges of comfort, security and privacy. On the other hand, my dad is encouraging me to go because, as he puts it, it'll be my only chance to experience life overseas. I would like to take kor as a guide of sorts, but his situation is too different...He has his gf and his friends there, whereas if I go to ireland I'll prob be the only singaporean there. So. It's a really tough decision to make, isn't it? Oh well let's just see if I get into nus first...cos if I don't then, hey, ireland here I come!
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