The AFA 09 in Singapore is here again, and I was thankful that they actually emailed me to offer me a media pass. Honestly, work has been so tiring these days that I had to sadly ignore NovaJinx’s calls on Friday because of intensive meetings at work. On a pleasant note, I didn’t expect the communications team for AFA to remember a random folk here. I mean, I am not exactly employee of the month, I couldn’t go to the press release because I am at work (2 pm is not a friendly time for a working adult) and I didn’t even promote on AFA at all. I promise I will be diligent next time at the very least.
After visiting the conference, I will probably be making a simple post about the overall state of AFA. I am quite sure that many blogs will offer you the sights and sounds of the conference, while I will probably do a more boring entry about the improvements and regressions from AFA08 to AFA09. Stay tuned if you are keen to hear what I have to say.
For now, I am still fully engrossed in Kimi no Todoke and Kobato, both good series that never fails to have that fuzzy feeling in your heart. I remember a comment from my girlfriend who noted that this season would make GAR lovers squirm in agony from all the lovey-dovey moments in the better animes. I am PERFECTLY glad if that happens every season. The bad news is that I will then haunt this blog much more than you wish for it. Whether it is a good thing or bad thing, I wouldn’t personally know myself.
I do apologize if people are expecting me to blog systematic articles of particular episodes. I believe the other bloggers could cover it. I also find myself hard to devote onto a specific series these days, considering my time constraints and workload. It’s definitely fulfilling to find a job you enjoy that surprises you everyday, yet it can be tiring at times when you struggle to figure out how to make it work. I am not sure if anyone could give some advice, but I will be glad to hear from you about your work-life balance.
Side note:
I have been enjoying the blog entries about the PSC scholarship through DarkMirage’s entry and Moto’s entry, who were/might have been high fliers within the public service. As I am hardly of that caliber myself, I find it fascinating to see how differently they consider things from the elite point of view. Perhaps, this is why they and many others might have left. Still, I cannot dive in deeper to publicly voice my views due to the confidentiality of a currently hired civil servant. Those who might be interested to listen to my views could always contact me on my MSN when I have some spare time to come on.
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Ah, but the true fan can find the GAR in Kimi ni Todoke as well. Kazehaya was shoujo GAR, for example, when he took Sawako’s hand and grabbed control of the situation in episode 06, standing up to the lies in a manner full of BURNING PASSION that elicited MANLY TEARS OF RESPECT!
It’s all about perspective, hehe.
I also greatly enjoyed DarkMirage’s post on the scholarship issue. Both for how he made his decision and just to hear about the way a different government (and society to a degree when he talked about the morality of bond breaking) handles their bureaucrat recruitment and education. I’ll have to ask you sometime online about your views on it.
Now I unterstand what these singapourians at my swedish and german university are doing. *lightbulb switches on*.
German and swedish education is free and you can get a unconditional loan from the state, if your parents can`t pay your living costs.
For my exchange months, I got a scholarship from Europe with the condition: fill in a form answering the question “How was it?” . No one at my faculty wanted to go to Sweden in that time (yeah computer scientists ..), so the place was free to take without any applications.
I gave them my bank account number, booked the flight, got the money and that was it.
My university and parents told me “to take care”, “not drink too much” and “forget the grades”.
I understand both sides of your medal. It`s a difficult choice to make.
Challenges are everywhere ^^ but 6 days a 12h work and a housekeeper ^^ should definitely be the limit.
/me snipes Impz with a Crusader Special MG100s