Just finished my last exam! Woohoo! Or maybe I should actually say my only exam...that does not make it quite as impressive, does it? Actually, there's not much excitement associated with this event because now it just means that the bar exam grows ever-nearer, as does the date when I ought to be finishing my thesis. Speaking of, I bought my plane tkt back to the U.S. - July 13! Arrrr, so soon.

And we celebrated tonight by one of our oft-repeated outings to Orchard Road. The sad truth is that my "exciting" night was going to California Pizza Kitchen, followed by a stroll down the road popping into Borders Bookstore and a couple of other shops. We thought about going to a movie, but nothing good was playing. And the truth is that this sort of evening is more common than just about anything else I do in Singapore. Most days are rather boring, to tell you the truth (which is partially why haven't written in the blog much lately).

I am, however, going to Vietnam for a few days. Leaving on Sunday. Heather and I are basically making a visit to Hoi An in order to have clothes made- I really need to get a bunch of work suits and such made, as it is such a better deal to do it out here.

The elections are coming...the big question here in Singa is not who will win, but whether the PAP will make a clean-sweep of all the seats this year. Seems rather implausible in a "democracy" doesn't it? The local news, which is controlled by the PAP of course, is consumed mostly with announcing the new PAP candidates these days. They've got a good cross-section of people, including business people, doctors, etc. And a plea has gone out in search of a good Malay candidate for one of the seats... you see, there is also a racial quota system of sorts for the elections because in some of the districts they have to run as part of a GRC (Group Representation Committee) instead of individually. GRCs must be composed of a certain number of minority candidates (this is also one of the reasons that it is so difficult for opposition parties to succeed in elections- they have to win an entire GRC, not just an individual candidate). The other interesting tidbit about Singapore elections is that the current government doesn't have to announce when exactly an election will be, until 7 days prior to the election... you just get a vague idea that it is coming when the campaigning begins.