Today it dawned on me what history is. I was looking through msn histories with some of my friends. I always thought that history is to look at past mistakes, so we do not make the same one again. I guess thats true, but now I feel more importantly is the interpretation of the subject at that point in time. What did he/she think? How did he/she feel? And from there, find the logical flow to his/her decision. Most people decide through logic, no doubt with a mix of feelings and biasedness, but logic nonetheless. If you can understand what he/she felt, saw, then u can understand what circumstances forced that decision.

Most decisions were deemed the best one at that point in time. No sane person would want to choose a wrong one that would mark his personal or even country's downfall.

So i guess that understanding people's intentions behind decisions is the more important role of history. That's my view.

Yea, my blogs pretty dead.

I guess its overdue to blog about RCYC. A great learning experience, I finally experienced how good pms are supposed to be. Hopefully I can translate that into something that the pms can use in the unit in the future.

Made many friends along the way. To me, the RCYC campfire was the best I've ever had. That's a real campfire man, not the ones I had before.

I finally understand why there are people who love campfires.

And I got into National Geographic Competition! (I think its Geobee) Yes! Going to California in June, representing Singapore, dam cool. And only 3 people in Singapore get to do that. Plus the trip is sponsored by MOE ( I think), which makes it even better.

Lots of stuff coming up. Events and programmes to plan, stuff to study...

extra la.

I went to Nex @ Serangoon Central yesterday. The new mall in extremely near my house. To say the least, it was super crowded. Supposedly they estimated 20 000 people would come every day, and instead 70 000 people came. So yeah. It was utter hell trying to even find a seat in their 2 foodcourts.

And then there was this stupid old woman who clung on to her seat, although it was apparent she and her family has finished eating. She told her son to continue sitting while my parents and I waited for 15 minutes. In the end we got pissed at her so we just went somewhere else to eat.

It was really frustrating not to go up there and scold her.

Is that why people say Singaporeans lack social graces?