most my optimistic plans gang aft agley. i have heard nothing about the translation diploma although likely it's too early in the year - last year the enrolment period didn't begin till august. i really wanted to do the acm thing because it's exactly the kind of thing that would excite me, and that i would be good at, but they won't have me because i can't stay past august, and anyway the woman at the info session pissed me off so badly with her patronising attitude i swore i wouldn't do it. and i really don't feel like writing up more applications to go to beijing or anywhere else for a short course, at least, if i can stay in singapore i'd rather do that. probably i'd like to travel, except that i'm penniless, and everyone else is going to start work. so all that leaves is to learn to drive (i should, shouldn't i? i don't look forward to it though) and go to moe and register as a relief teacher, but i haven't even got my diploma so i wonder about getting a job because if they give me 'a' level pay i'm going to kill. su-lin says moe is VERY ngiao about transcripts. how long it takes for a transcript to come? i should find out. does anybody's cousin want tuition? i can do lit up to jc, english up to sec 4 (definitely not gp!!!), and chinese at primary and lower sec levels - i don't want to ruin anyone's o's. probably not history anymore, and definitely not geography. never could do any of the sciences. maths at primary level. cindy says we could try to be cdac tutors too. but i suppose deep down - i don't really want to - teach. whatever i end up doing - i would like - to be doing something that involves me - doing the learning -

i need teachers and mentors.