it was bound to happen sooner or later but there's a swede party tomorrow night. would be more enthused if i actually liked sweden / the swedes but i'm a little ambivalent at the moment. it's a funny country with strange ideas entrenched in her psyche. the legal system leaves much to be desired (helloooooo? retrospective application of family law depriving underprivileged ex-es, who married under the former law, of alimony should they divorce after implementation of the new law WITH NO RECOURSE, inter alia.), compounded by the lack of constitutional protection of individual rights (granted, i come from singers so it's a little hello kettle, my name's pot) which results in the absolute disregard of my negative right to organisation i.e. paying sgd80 to be forced into a union if i actually want to take exams here.
as you might be able to tell, i'm marginally disgruntled.
plus there've been other less than pleasant incidents that fuel my niggling doubt that the swedes are actually the most latently bigoted people on earth, they're just too afraid to recognise it! so they end up repressed and overcompensate for the unacknowledged inadequacy by maintaining a facade of open-mindedness.
yes, i'm generalising. yes, there's the occasional likeable swede. am grateful for the opportunity to be on exchange and i should be more appreciative of my adopted home. but hey, i'm also a work in progress ;)
but back to the party! had a blast at the midsummer's party i went to in singers, wonder what this will be like.
figured a complete look wasn't worth the money so i copped out and am relieved that i'll be looking relatively normal tomorrow. if nothing else, at least my sole swedish item will make a semi-decent souvenir.
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