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Had a hearty Indonesian lunch with Desmond and Hanson, got myself a decent book on the History of Art at Kinokuniya and a good cup of double shot Dulce de Leche at Starbucks which wasn't too sweet as compared to the standard one. I would say it's been a pretty good book-out in spite of the loss of self-reflection time thanks to confinement which lasted until Saturday.

I made use of the bus ride on 581 to think about some things and I've decided that:

1. I'm accepting NTU's Linguistics & Multilingual Studies honours programme over NUS, even though NUS has been my dream local uni since as long as I can remember.
2. If I do get the MOE scholarship, I'm gonna make the best of an education in Germany, and if I do get the opportunity to read Komparatistik in LMU, I'm gonna work hard to get into the concurrent degree programme and graduate with a Masters in Comparative Literature & Linguistics.
3. If I don't get the MOE scholarship, then I'm gonna start applying to do law be it locally or overseas. Currently, I have European Law at Warwick in mind, simply because it gives me a leeway to learn German law and study in a German university for a year so my German won't go to waste.

As for anthropology and art philosophy & history - I'm probably doing either as a minor, or I'll pursue it outside school. And there's always the question of a liberal arts education in the States. Still have to think about this, and for once I'm actually grateful for the NS break.

I hope that my decisions thus far is a good compromise between the pragmatic and staying true to my interests and dreams. Ahwell. Time to book back into Jalan Bahar Boarding School, and hopefully I'll be out come Friday - unscathed.