It doesn't keep people from looking ahead and planning for the future - it helps give them strength to move forward.
~ Straits Times(21 Aug 13)
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Tuesday 20 August 2013
August..
Just as we enter the second half of Aug and i'm beginning to sweat...not from the weather, but from stress? (ZXL stressed?? Rather unheard of...)
Anyway..sch's started..and most of my wonderful friends* are concerned about one thing: Did I make any friends? Hmm..so much faith in my socialising skills *.* (So I never really understood why someone would call me a 'social butterfly')
Well...got 1 or 2 lor..as I tried to explain, I have yet to met someone the same age as me. So far, closest I've got so far is 5 years younger or 4 years older(yea, age does matters to me) and because I have my own transport, I tend to 'disappear' straight after class(yea, anti-social..I know). I'm sure if I were to take public transport, I'd have much more interaction time with my coursemates, given how far away from civilisation we are.
A rare few(maybe 80/20) will ask how am I coping academically..the truth is: not gd, not gd at all!
6 modules, 15 assignments(8 with APA format, omg!), 12 weeks.
A sample of my readings:
Like what 2 shades darker said over prata buffet(omg again!) all these are interesting knowledge to know, but to study them..wooh, gd luck to me!
I've calculated: 20 online hours + 20 offline hours = 40 hours. That's like a full-time job..a fact which is drummed into us repeatedly - you get full-time pay, you do full-time studies.
Add to that equation a booming business(ok I exaggerate a bit, but hey, business is really not too bad), i'm seriously breaking out in a sweat..
Chill..chill..
*more or less the same pple who asked what did I wear during my sch attachment... -.-
Anyway..sch's started..and most of my wonderful friends* are concerned about one thing: Did I make any friends? Hmm..so much faith in my socialising skills *.* (So I never really understood why someone would call me a 'social butterfly')
Well...got 1 or 2 lor..as I tried to explain, I have yet to met someone the same age as me. So far, closest I've got so far is 5 years younger or 4 years older(yea, age does matters to me) and because I have my own transport, I tend to 'disappear' straight after class(yea, anti-social..I know). I'm sure if I were to take public transport, I'd have much more interaction time with my coursemates, given how far away from civilisation we are.
A rare few(maybe 80/20) will ask how am I coping academically..the truth is: not gd, not gd at all!
6 modules, 15 assignments(8 with APA format, omg!), 12 weeks.
A sample of my readings:
I've calculated: 20 online hours + 20 offline hours = 40 hours. That's like a full-time job..a fact which is drummed into us repeatedly - you get full-time pay, you do full-time studies.
Add to that equation a booming business(ok I exaggerate a bit, but hey, business is really not too bad), i'm seriously breaking out in a sweat..
Chill..chill..
*more or less the same pple who asked what did I wear during my sch attachment... -.-
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Summer in Macau 2013
I'm such a 'consistent' person..was just telling fish how many bds I counted in these 2 weeks..of cos, one of it is hers(& thanks to twinky who helped to shop for her present even though she was feeling groggy)
First, I must rant(again) how much the airfares cost me this trip..never since the full-fare/full-service flight I took n years ago when SQ was the only carrier and there were no such things as budget airlines have I paid soooo much for an air tic to Macau..but of cos, this was the long weekend and half of sg was flying off to somewhere(there was at least 100 pax in front of me at the airport checkin counter at 5am)
It was a new, and yet not-so-new experience this time..new cos this is the first time I've been to macau in summer; i've been there during winter, spring, but never summer. It's also the first time i'm staying in a different place..fish's new house to be exact.
Maybe it's the fact that it's summer..we walked a lot this time..as in walking on the streets with no particular destination in mind..we didn't even really step into shops or malls..we did so much walking that I felt we were like the characters in 'Before Midnight' (oh, I love the series)
We were just walking..sometimes talking, sometimes in silence..what did we talk about? I dunno..everything? anything? Some are frivolous things like which movie did she catch recently..some are 'technical' topics like how to calculate the max heart rate(no hor, not the 220 minus age formula)..some are 'sensitive' issues like dealing with her 'becoming-OCD-sister'
Anyway, thanks for :
- Going for a bike ride with me(though I suspect she's just as 'gian', if not more, 'gian' than me to ride)
- Arranging the bike ride timing such that we could catch the sunset(though I suspect she's also very 'gian' to catch the nightview, which is erm, after the sunset?)
- Having my teh ready when I wake up in the morning(somehow I suspect she was afraid I will fall asleep halfway)
- Waiting for my flight to take off before leaving the airport(somehow she was afraid I will not be able to board my flight cos I went in during 'final call')
Next up..graduation tour summer 2014 :)
p.s. HB fish!
First, I must rant(again) how much the airfares cost me this trip..never since the full-fare/full-service flight I took n years ago when SQ was the only carrier and there were no such things as budget airlines have I paid soooo much for an air tic to Macau..but of cos, this was the long weekend and half of sg was flying off to somewhere(there was at least 100 pax in front of me at the airport checkin counter at 5am)
It was a new, and yet not-so-new experience this time..new cos this is the first time I've been to macau in summer; i've been there during winter, spring, but never summer. It's also the first time i'm staying in a different place..fish's new house to be exact.
Maybe it's the fact that it's summer..we walked a lot this time..as in walking on the streets with no particular destination in mind..we didn't even really step into shops or malls..we did so much walking that I felt we were like the characters in 'Before Midnight' (oh, I love the series)
We were just walking..sometimes talking, sometimes in silence..what did we talk about? I dunno..everything? anything? Some are frivolous things like which movie did she catch recently..some are 'technical' topics like how to calculate the max heart rate(no hor, not the 220 minus age formula)..some are 'sensitive' issues like dealing with her 'becoming-OCD-sister'
Anyway, thanks for :
- Going for a bike ride with me(though I suspect she's just as 'gian', if not more, 'gian' than me to ride)
- Arranging the bike ride timing such that we could catch the sunset(though I suspect she's also very 'gian' to catch the nightview, which is erm, after the sunset?)
- Having my teh ready when I wake up in the morning(somehow I suspect she was afraid I will fall asleep halfway)
- Waiting for my flight to take off before leaving the airport(somehow she was afraid I will not be able to board my flight cos I went in during 'final call')
Next up..graduation tour summer 2014 :)
p.s. HB fish!
Monday 12 August 2013
Sunday 11 August 2013
Summer 2013
As usual..it was a hectic Jul & Aug(though Aug is just 1/3 through)..
Think I ever mentioned this before..these 2 months are always hectic partly due to the fact that lots of friends whose birthdays fall within this period...which means it's an 'annual ritual'..
For the past 3 years, I've been (literally) flying around the world to celebrate some birthdays..nono..dun get me wrong, i'm not complaining...just the irony of the fact that the 2 of more significance are the ones miles away from me..
Well, at least it's Mission Accomplished for summer 2013!
Think I ever mentioned this before..these 2 months are always hectic partly due to the fact that lots of friends whose birthdays fall within this period...which means it's an 'annual ritual'..
For the past 3 years, I've been (literally) flying around the world to celebrate some birthdays..nono..dun get me wrong, i'm not complaining...just the irony of the fact that the 2 of more significance are the ones miles away from me..
Well, at least it's Mission Accomplished for summer 2013!
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