Confusion

I don't know what I can and will do in the next few months. Or should I say, I have too many choices at hand.

I had just rejected an invitation to go to Turkey in May-June, because I need to compile some ethnographic data in my capacity as a research assistant. I could have compiled the data earlier this year, but was too busy and tired with my thesis to do so. There was also a chance for me to go to India on a USP summer programme in May, but I have to give that up too. The ideal plan for me in May-June was actually to head first to India and then to Turkey.

Most probably I will be visiting Beijing (again) in June to immerse myself in the Olympics mood prevalent there. More precisely, I will be the Programme Assistant again for the USP overseas module in Peking University. However, the outcome for my Master's application is not out yet and a high degree of uncertainty lingers on whether I will enrol into NIE or NUS later this year.

Finally, I had expressed my intention to Peggy and gang that I will be visiting Taiwan from China (via transit in Hong Kong; then I can meet Debby, Paul and others) in June-July. However, even this is subject to the approval of my application. What's worse is that USP has allocated me a seat at the USP Graduation Dinner, because (I think) I qualify for their Honours Roll or something. The dinner will be held in mid-July, and even though I had intended to give my whole Commencement Ceremony a miss, I am now undecided on whether I should skip the Dinner because the media may be there and I am still someone who craves for such "transient" fame and glory. And if I am accepted into the Master's programme, I need to rush back by late July for my diagnostic English test (which is like duh) and to complete my registration formalities with NUS.

In a nutshell, I am hopelessly lost in my plans for the holidays.