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The Script - The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
going back to the corner,
where i first saw you
gonna camp in my sleeping bag,
I’m not gonna move
got some words on cardboard
got your picture in my head
saying: if you see this girl can you tell her were i am
some try to hand me money
they don’t understand
I’m not broke I’m just a broken hearted man
i no it makes no sense
what else can i do
and how can i move on
when I’m still in love with you

cos if one day you wake up
and find that your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder
where on this earth i could be
thinking maybe you’d come back here
to the place that we’d meet
and you’d see me waiting for you
on the corner of the street
so I’m not moving
I’m not moving

police man says son you cant stay here
i say someone I’m waiting for if its a day a month or year
got to stand my ground
even if it rains or snows
if she changes her mind
this is the first place she will go

cos if one day you wake up
and find that your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder
where on this earth i could be
thinking maybe you’d come back here
to the place that we’d meet
and you’d see me waiting for you
on the corner of the street
so I’m not moving
I’m not moving
I’m not moving

people talk about the guy
thats waiting in on a girl
woooaa woooand i no who’s in his shoes
put a big hole in his world
ooooo
maybe ill get famous for the man who cant be moved
and maybe you wont mean to but you’ll see me on the news
and you’d come running to the corner
cos you’ll know its just for you
I’m the man who cant be moved
I’m the man who cant be moved

cos if one day you wake up
and find that your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder
were on this earth i could be
thinking maybe you’d come back here
to the place that we’d meet
and you’d see me waiting for you
on the corner of the street
so I’m not moving
I’m not moving
I’m not moving
I’m not moving

going back to the corner where i first saw you
gonna camp in my sleeping bag and I’m not gonna move


work in progress

so true
*Thursday, November 02, 2006*


from hx

lifted frm funkgrad.com

In yet another case of social stigmatisation, it seems that students studying in a private university are being look upon in a different light. Just as how Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students are teased with hurtful acronyms such as "It's The End", students enrolled in private teritary institutions do not seem to have much worth either.

On days I've got lectures on, I take an arduous trip down to Clementi and endure lectures which last all of 3 hours. Certain weeks these lectures might last half an hour more for what it is supposed to be known as "tutorials". However, for students enrolled in the University of London's Bachelor of Science programme, tutorials of small group discussions are unheard of. It may have come as a shock at first but it is a fact that we have learnt to accept. After all, it isn't a full-fledged university that we're studying in. So while we miss out on the engaging debates such small group learning was meant for, we make up for it with independent learning.

University life starts when we're all approaching the end of our "teen hood" and slowly embarking into this strange world known as "adulthood" so independent learning probably shouldn't be much of a problem. However, it is tougher than it seems. I have arranged my timetable such that I go to school only twice a week. Many people have encouraged me to take on a part-time job since I have so much free time but I have decided against it. It makes no sense to take on yet another commitment to tie me down and steal away time for my books. It is already hard enough to get myself to sit down and do hours of substantial studying. Frankly speaking, not qualifying for a local university is already a disadvantage in future when I am to jostle for jobs with the "perceived-to-be-brighter" students from the" mainstream universities" so I am not about to take another wrong step to further jeopardise my career. Downplaying the A Levels and thinking that examinations would be a cinch caused the downfall of my educational career. The less than ideal results were the biggest wake-up call and I am determined to make up for them.

Though it may seem a little unglamorous to be known studying at the Singapore Institute of Management, I am not about to wallow in self-pity. When I hear that friends are doing modules not related to their own degree, I envy them for having such luxury to study something interesting. When it seems that hall life is full of excitement and opportunities at making new friends, I try to imagine what it would be like to be there to share such fun as well. Everyone knows that the place to study would be a local university and continue to look down upon us. Perhaps it's time to dispel such a notion that we're, to put it bluntly, dumb.

Students at such private institutions do value education which is why they are still studying in the first place. There is no reason why we should be worth any less than undergraduates from the government tertiary institutions. Though there aren't any official statistics to show that employers favour graduates from local universities, it is only human nature to want the best and degree-holders from more recognised institutions probably stand a better chance at the same job. Perhaps in the years to come, "prestige and brand" of our alma mater wouldn't make much of a difference on our resume.

It'll be about 3 years time before I graduate, start the job-hunting process and really realise just how pragmatic the working world is. For now, I'll just concentrate on studying and doing the best I can. I've got no projects to take up my study time, nor numerous (sometimes mindless) hall activities to ensure my place in the hostel for the next semester. I am contented with being an undergraduate, at a private institution.

speaks so much about how i feel. but if only i could make myself settle down and be contented.

cinch (snch) Pronunciation Key Audio pronunciation of "cinch" [P]
n.
  1. A girth for a pack or saddle.
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