I was reading Freakonomics on the bus when 2 group of girls came aboard, one group was standing behind me and the other just beside me.
The group behind me was talking about the Superstar auditions a few days back, seems of them and their friends tried but fail, listening to the way they hum the tunes the audition must be very embrassing for themselves and their friends. The whole journey they keep talking about stars and their singing.
The group of girls who was standing beside me made me look up from my book and stare at them; both groups of girls were of the same age (16-1

, but this group was talking about which university in the staes is better and how they are going to do their degree and masters. They also talk about which subjects are they going to major and minor in and how will it help them in their career next time. Their conversation topic also included accomodations, how to finance their loan for study and housing and the finer tips of getting better scores/results in exams. Their maturity and focus for their age really shock and surprise me. From their conversations, you know they were forward thinking, know what they wanted in life and seems nothing can stop them from achieving their goals.
The first group are local teenage girls, the second group of girls are from mainland china. Later I discuss this with my sister and she highlighted a point which explain alot; if you were send at an early age to study abroad, your views and perspective will totally be diff, even for adults to move to overseas is very traumatic, thus the resulting impact of this is ultimate drive and determination.
By the way i was not being k-po but they were like just talking beside my ear.