No doubt life is still great. But nothing is going to change my mind. I will work hard when I enter poly and earn myself a place in a university overseas. I want to leave Singapore. I want to start my life afresh. I want to get to know new people with different personalities that I've never encountered in my life. It's not that I won't ever come back or I want to forget everything about Singapore. Singapore is my hometown, I will come back someday. Now my mind is set, I'd really like to further my studies abroad. Maybe leaving Singapore will then make me cherish people around me more. Or maybe it wouldn't be much of a difference. I need a break from this hectic lifestyle in Singapore and meet more optimistic people overseas. The most cheerful friend I've met in 16 years was Jia Po. So I hope there are more of such people like him to come in the near future.I wouldn't want to abandon my life here in Singapore but I want a new life overseas. Like knowing the culture and habits of that country and slowly I'd turn into one of them? Maybe. Still, I'd be proud to tell anyone that I'm a Singaporean. So support my decision rather than trying to change my mind? Because I am not going to listen to you.