EIE It has been a while since I last wrote in. I was caught up in school work and was involved in the EIE programme. The EIE was splendid. Besides meeting new people from multifareous backgrounds, I was given the opportunity to engage in serious discussions on the issue of ethnicity in the local context. It was amazing how serious the problem actually is. Although Singapore is not experiencing intense racial frictions, the societal fabric is still very much fragile. The discussions were seriously an eye opener for me especially when we started to share our experiences and owns' perspectives on how racism has affected us.

I simply adore engaging in such intense discussions on topics which intrigued me. The tug of war activity was really cool. It certainly reflected greatly the stark reality of living in a multi-racial society, like Singapore. We were told to group ourselves according to our owns' ethnicity. For obvious reasons, the Chinese had the most manpower. The other minority groups had a hard time trying to win. Strangely, after some moments we realized that the other racial groups were ganging up together against the majority group. That is a perfect reflection of how the Singapore society will be like if racism is very much prevalent.

The food was good. It was specially catered for us. Accomodation was marvellous. The rooms were fully air-conditioned, with carpeted floor, a fridge, cable tv and glass-door shower rooms. I felt like on a holiday instead of staying overnight in NTU. The whole experience was fun, yet enriching.  ¶ 12:08 AM