my pri 4 english teacher (whom i am still in contact with) basically sent an email to a couple of us, informing us about the competition being held to create a new GE logo. (for anyone who's interested, check out their website). Obviously since I have no artistic inclinations (or ability, for that matter), this doesn't interest me one bit. And despite being a competition, there is no reward. not that it would have convinced me to take part in it anyway.

but more interestingly was finding the survey on the webpage. a survey for all past students... you know, kinda like update the branch on what's been going on in your life. one innocuous looking survey. but read the survey some more, and it's kinda... weird. list the awards that u got in university. competitions (international, national, local) you have taken part in since sec sch. patents. publications. name of spouse and their details (like if they were from gep). community service u were involved in at uni, at post-grad level. current membership in society/org/comm (eg RC members, professional society). current community service.

the list goes on. like... why would they want to know all this information for? it's not even basic info. so, i have to be tracked like a number in the huge system to see that if i was a successful experiment or not? i dunno, it's kinda...creepy. anyway, if someone tries to wipe me out of the system and destroy all evidence of my existence, they have to remember this database too haha.

they tracked our results... our o levels and a levels. i mean, ok i guess i expected that. just wonder if they, -the powers that be-, were ever disappointed. in me.

that said, i guess i should be honoured that they think of us highly enough to want to know every thing that goes on in our lives. it's been a long time since i've been classed into that dichotomy of gepper and not. i'm glad that part of my life is over - not that i regretted going in, but it's almost a sense of freedom that arrives upon 'graduating' from it. the same freedom that i'll prob feel after my six years of bond(age). haha. not that it's a bad thing, but as with any issue that's forced on for a set period of time, u'll count down the days to the end, even if the end doesn't make any difference at all.

ok i'm not making sense. but yes, i just haven't thought of the whole ge thing for a long time till today. it's amazing how quickly we shrug it off, isn't it?

maybe they want to know that we didn't turn out as monsters who hate singapore or become absolute slackers who never do anything with their lives. maybe they want to boast in those that succeed, and -wipeoffromallrecords- those who didn't. bwahaha.

-and now, i'll cross my fingers that this didn't step on anyone's toes... at least no one of any importance! -
and somewhere along the way, i gave up capitalisation. of cos, i don't forget it for any work that i hand up, but for all emails and posts, i dun capitalise anything. weird.