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Different stages in life..

One of the things i really like about this course of mine is that my coursemates are so diverse..background, age group, life stages..

A few things that really hit me about the different stages of life we are in :


ZXL: So how was your weekend?
Coursemate: Oh, just sent off my son for his NS enlistment

ZXL : So you shopped a lot in US?
Coursemate: Ya..i'm starting to think a credit card is a good idea
ZXL: Oh, then just apply lah
Coursemate: My salary doesn't qualify..

And the ultimate(age is sensitive lah..) I added someone on FB..only to be greeted with photos of her 21st bday celebration..

21st bday?! Oh my..tat's eons ago for me..

The Influence of Hope & Optimism

For a person to change in attitude, the person must first realise that this is possible, must wish to do so, and must then implement the changes ~ Dalai Lama & Cutler (2000)

New Year New Stress

It's not that i've been slacking..i still blog but rarely publish these days cos it's all over the place..so..unedited..

Well..i think i played so much during the 2 mths hols..it's really hard to get back into the 'work rhythm' . In fact, on the first day of my new term, i sent a msg over 'i'm starting to feel damn stressed all over again..maybe even more stressed this term'

Be prepared for more white hair zxl..

Nuah..

4 movies in 4 days..haven't had this record in a long while..

Heh..it's the first week of my hols and i can totally get used to it..my 'sideline' was well..sidelined for this week so it's been eat, sleep and nuah mostly..wahaha..

I think i can see myself 'retiring' and doing this in 10 yrs' time..

Sch Friends

I devoted 2 paras in my reflection essays on my coursemates..interesting mix..can't get anymore variety in a mixed nuts pack..

Like I mentioned sometime somewhere..most people are more interested in my 'social wellbeing' than my academic progress when it comes to my school life..Well,i guess i do have a few friends in sch..i mean, we sit together together during classes and we do grp assignments together..so we're friends right?

Ya..as i always tell most people..i have an evil twin. I dunno why people call her my twin when she looks nothing like me, and speaks in a crisp australian accent. Oh, and she thinks all cats are evil -.- Her fave phrase to me? "不要欺骗无辜的少女" Nothing surprising..other than the fact that she is hopeless in Mandarin(she orders 菜饭 in ang moh at the sch canteen)

Then i have a hokkien lian friend(so-named by twink). She speaks in well..perfect hokkien lian accent. She usually sits behind me and evil twin..and in 7 out of 10 classes, she will ask 'what does _____ mean?' My evil twin will try to explain in perfect english and half the time, hokkien lian will not understand..then i will step in with some hokkien/singlish translation and true enough, she will go 'Orhhh...i know liao!'

What is 'interesting' about hokkien lian is her age..or rather the age gap between us. I knew she was young(21..omg!!), but it never really hit me until..


Incident #1
ZXL: U want a (chewing) gum?
Hokkien lian: Is that a sweet? Can swallow one?
ZXL: No lah..it's a gum!
Hokkien lian: I dunno mah..
(later out of curiosity i went to check when was the sale of gum banned in sg..it was the year she was born..and i was already in sec sch)

Incident #2
ZXL: Lets go Paulaner to celebrate last day of sch!
Hokkien Lian: Paulaner? What's the age limit? Can i go?
ZXL: *Fainted*

It's the hols!

Can't rem the last time i was so happy the hols came rolling..not even in uni days i think..since i treated my uni days as a looooong holiday..haha

There're a number of things i kept saying i wanna do..but i think i'll end up doing 20% of them..wahaha..

As most people already by now..i had to write a reflection paper on how my life changed over the past 3 months(with reference to the course of cos)..at first i thought oh shit, how to have 3000 words based on that? But guess wat? I exceeded it..haha..

Was thinking of posting it here..for posterity's sake..but then again, it's 3000 words..let me see if i can abstract some stuff out..