now, how good doesthat sound? the australian newspapers are splashed with the latest universities' rankings. of course they would be. as the title goes, melbourne university is now the only australian university in the top 20 (number 19), making it by default the top australian university as well. and if there's anything i can be more pleased about, it'd be that the uni's biomedicine is ranked 10th in the world. melbourne university has officially turned world class. today also marks the last day of the semester, and the last day of my career as a bbiomedsci undergraduate. we couldn't have ended it better - with an exam. well we're biomedees after all. glancing at the rest of the cohort and clutching the graduation DVD in my hand, i couldn't help feeling the pride of being part of it all. i know what people back home think when we come down south to pursue an education. they think we're taking the easy way out - trust me, i see it all in the looks they give me. so i began thinking that they might be right. maybe, just maybe, it was the easier way out. and then it occurred to me that OF COURSE it was the easy way out! not because school's slack or that australians are stupider (and on that, i say NO! it's not true! not in biomed at least) but because life has GOT TO BE easier when living in a country less myopic, less superficial and less full-of-themselves. after all, i've probably learnt much more in my 4 years here, than in my other 13 years in singapore. well, at the end of the day, i don't see NUS (or any other singaporean uni for that matter- and i really don't have anything against NUS, much less the people there because some of them are my friends!) anywhere in the top 20 list. as much as you probably think i'm 'having the last laugh' at this moment, i assure you i am not. in contrary, i am distressed. because it's not a i-want-to-win-you-ha-ha thing. the fact is - singapore is still my home country (i think) and unless some things change, the thought of going back will remain as a thorn in my flesh. (no alex, i still dont think i'm an elitist) on a lighter note, i'm glad i blogged about assortative mating - it kinda came out in the exam. omph.