L'oiseau rebelle

Love is a rebellious bird that cannot be tamed

Search Strings redux Friday, November 18, 2005

Hmm... for some time, I've been wondering why I get quite a number of hits from the search string "PSC scholarship". Turns out that I'm number 3 on Google blog search for that string, which links to my earlier post In Search of Respect, Part 1.

Just like the person who tried to find out more about
sex in Singapore through my blog, I doubt many of these people actually found what they wanted. For the post is a major rant against the education system in Singapore, during those halcyon days when I still understood the concept of "free time".

I wonder what people who do that search are looking for. Perspectives of those on the scholarships? Criticisms on the scholarship system? Tips and tricks to secure a scholarship?

And I mentioned that scholarship as something I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Already I'm not one for obligation-overload friendships (not that I don't care about my friends, but it's not my thing to enter an intricate spiderweb of obligations and I will be offended if you don't fulfill all these obligations to me nonsense). What, then, do you think is my attitude towards obligations etched in (legal) parchment?

So I shall try my best to answer those questions here. Probably this would turn up on some search or another. My opinion of scholarships is that they make perfect fit for some people, but are like trying to plug a round peg into a square hole for others, comme moi. So, think about your personality, what you want out of life, the impact of the scholarship on your life (if you see yourself breaking bond in 4 years, I say, save the 15% compounded interest), instead of just getting awed at the greatest privilege ever being bestowed upon you.

In the same vein, my major criticism of the scholarship system is that every scholar is considered as "the same" (I may not be on scholarship, but I've friends who are and I've heard stories that are good, bad, and downright awful).

As for tips and tricks, I'm definitely the last person to ask.


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