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11 Jan 2015,

I’ve decided not to go for OSIP after a long thinking. It is funny how I get something people wants, but rejects it. Honestly, I really want to go OSIP, but not at the location I was allocated to.

So one fine day, I received an email telling me that I was selected to go Yogyakarta for OSIP, in Indonesia. Apparently, I was quite devastated because of the recent plane crash. I already have fear for planes and now with a crash, there is just no way I want to go to that place. I really don’t like planes no matter how many time I take it.

After some research, I figured that most likely they will make us take AirAsia, which I have no nerves to even step on. I email-ed the person in charge to ask what airline we will be taking but obviously the person avoided my question. I have never took a budget airline before, and my first time will be on one that just had a crash because they broke rules (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/11323104/AirAsia-crash-plane-was-flying-without-permission.html)? No way man. I am so not going to risk my life for a stupid 2 credit module.

Plus, OCIP or OITP sounds way more fun than OSIP. I’ve read what previous batches done in Yogyakarta OSIP and that wasn’t very interesting. To put it bluntly, it is boring and stupid. I think if I do SIP locally, it will be better. I want to save my funding for a better trip.

You see, taking Cathay Pacific (not budget airline) to Hongkong from Singapore only cost $200-$300 and it includes TV, meals and nice service. How much will it cost to take a Budget Airline to a nearby country?

Well, $213 for 2 way flight. Cheap? Yes.
School is funding $3,100 per person leh, take this type of cheap flight… Then my other $2887 leh? Not like we will get to stay in 5* hotel or anything?
And I saw that we are suppose to bring SGD$100 to pay for our weekend meals is it? When we go excursion? But I’ve went Indonesia before.
I really wanted to go Bangkok or Vietnam but is this all you can let me go… And I can’t even request to change location/airline. Geez How nice.
I’m saving the one time precious fund to go Europe or Korea. No way I’m going to use it on a cheap trip to Indonesia. What a waste seriously.
Daddy said if I go to a better country, he will top up the difference for me. So yeap, I’ve made up my mind. I rather pay a little to go better country than to not fully utilise the fund that I am entitled to (ps, school fees very ex).
But it does feels like wasting an opportunity. Either way, I will make sure I get a good chance to go overseas. I mean, OITP can be quite expensive and I doubt a lot of people will want to go and spend money yah? And I will try for every single OCIP. I will make sure I go overseas using school funds once (because I am such a cheapo that don’t want the school to save that $3100).
I feel bad for rejecting though…
Well, whoever on the waiting list and kenna my spot, too bad. I know you also wish you didn’t get this place but…
I was initially happy when I saw the title of the email but once I saw the location I really want to curse and swear. I rather be place on the waiting list for Sept then to go Indonesia. This wasn’t what I expected when I wrote my last minute essay. I should have write in my essay I don’t want to go Indonesia. Actually when WHY showed the class the places we might go, I already thought of signing up, but pray not to go Indonesia. Well, suck to be me.
Maybe they might cancel the whole Indonesia trip? How many parents will allow their kids to take such dangerous life-threatening trip? I highly doubt they will take Singapore Airline there because I don’t think SQ will fly to that airport.
It might be fun, I don’t know. But I’m not going to risk my life for a miserable 2 credits module that I have confident in getting A even if I do locally.
To die for a stupid useless module is the worse way to die.
Even if it is 0.00000000000001% I’m still not risking it.
The flight path is over Java Sea, the same place the flight went down…
Gosh, choose people with better GPA to go. Why me of all people…

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