Y Wednesday, March 14, 2007Y
10:30 PM
now it's the suppose holidays for the students. suddenly, the fact that i'm not longer enjoying student privileges came down so hard on me. no more anyhow holidays for you to look forward to when you start working. haiz. tomorrow it'll be the orientation for the TXY newbies. i'm taking leave tomorrow to keep a lookout of everything. Pei xuan will take leave on friday. well, really kind of worried about jia ming handling everything alone. though i even wonder is he going to be awake tomorrow. opps. ok, i'll give him a morning call when i'm leaving my home tomorrow.met joy on monday for dinner. well, it's been a long time since i've met her. this time there aren't a lot of time for us to talk and crap. i met her after work at westmall. we had dinner at swensens. knowing that we will be meeting for dinner today, joy still ate first before meeting. really wonder what's going through her mind. i really don't know what's she's thinking. i know there's something about her but i'm no mind reader girl, obviously i won't know what you are thinking! i felt distant from her that night. maybe it's not her problem, maybe it's mine. can't really freely talk about things. sometimes she takes things too seriously, and sometimes didn't realize the seriousness of the situation. hard to balance ah. don't know what happen.
but anyway, yvon happened to be shopping for my sister's assessment books at westmall that night. well, that problematic and cute sister of mine really needs serious help on her studies. but sad to say, her own sister couldn't give her much help. so we got a tuition teacher for her, and that's yvon. so yvon needs my help in choosing the assessment books, so i went to meet her after i ate my dinner with joy. chose two chinese assessments and one maths assessments. haiz... good luck sis.
ok. time to work now. got stuff to do. take care people.
Y Sunday, March 11, 2007Y
Unfortunate Open House
1:52 AM
Went to NTU and NUS open house with Pei Xuan today, (opps should be yesterday). my original plan was to go all three universities' open house today, but however, time didn't allow me to do that, so the station just ends at NUS.By the way, I think i've decided to do business. as for the exact specialization that i want to study, I think i would prefer accounts or banking and finance. i know this seems like different from what i originally wanted - business marketing. but then, after consulting many, i realize that getting a business marketing is kind of useless. in the sense that in the working world, getting a business marketing degree doesn't get me recognized as knowing how to do marketing. it is like, to the working world, the degree doesn't mean you know marketing coz in this field, the experience is more important then qualification. so well, i decide to choose a high-demand specialization of accounting. accounting degrees are like hot-cakes in great demand. even if i do not want to pursue a career as an accountant, a 3-5 years of working experience as an accountant will aid me A LOT in my other careers in many industries. but like i've said, accounting is tough to get in, so i'll just have to try my luck with ABB.
back to the open house. The first stop was NTU. Nice college there but transport aren't very convenient. the good thing about NTU is that it has 3 years direct honours. which means if your grades are very good (about all distinctions), you will graduate with an honous instead of a normal degree. unlike other universities where upon completing 3 years, those with the best grades can only proceed with the 4th year to graduate with honours. in addition, other universities only allow the top 5% to proceed with the pursuit of honours, while NTU allows those with applicable grades to get honours. which means as long as you have the grades, you get the honours. thus the number of candidates that can graduate with honours is not limited to a certain percent only. on the other hand, if you are the top 25% of the cohort, you will be offered double specialization. meaning i can choose to specialize in accounting and marketing, for example.
but of course, NTU is not even within top 100 world wide. NUS on the other hand is ranked 19th among the world's universities. so getting a degree from NUS is much more prestigious in a global context. Looking at the number of people flooding the business booth at NUS makes me more worried about the competition i'm facing. but nevertheless, i'll still try to apply for the business accounting and business. i didnt have the chance to ask more about business of NUS as the crowd only allows me to grab an information booklet.
but anyway, a sad thing happened at the open house. Pei Xuan and I bought a pair of ripple slippers each at NTU open house at a discount of 20%. after that, we went to NUS's open house with all the stuff. while touring the hostel, we left our stuff at a corner as all the stuff are pretty heavy. who knows when we are back for them, the only things left are a few information booklets that we got from both fairs. all the free notebooks and our slippers are gone! TT_TT really really sad. i bought the slipper not only because it's cheap, it's also because i really need new slippers coz my old ones barely have any friction. haiz... what to do? count myself unlucky lo...
Y Monday, March 05, 2007Y
University?
11:45 PM
one moment i received my A level result, the other moment i'm back at my work place doing the same old thing. well, now i'm just really wondering what is the path that i want to take now. kind of tough to make the decision coz for me there is two extreme paths: Design or Business?well, since secondary school i have set my goals to get into university's business marketing course. yes, specifically business marketing. now, when the time comes for me to just take the path that i always yearned for, i find it hard to just move on. questions start pouring into my mind. is business marketing really what i want? why did i choose that? why? oh, what a good question.
i started recalling why did i want to do business marketing. ok, maybe it's the influence of my mum. since young i've been exposed to my mum's work. well, despite my poor english, i typed documents for my mum. so you can say that i am well-exposed to what my mum is working. i kind of like the way my mum market businesses. enjoyed how she thought of new ideas to attack the market and attract business. maybe that's why i wanted to do business marketing. coz i want to be like my mum. or perhaps, business marketing also has a tiny part on advertisements. so i like to use my talent on this aspect. and personally i think that will make me a marketeer that is different from the norm. maybe that's why. that's why i wanted to go for business marketing.
for now, i've second thoughts. yes, right at this crucial moment. i thought of doing design. i wanted to do digital animation. oh man. this is bad. why cant i just stick to my original choice. shit man. so now how am i going to make the decision? this is like you have always worked for A. but end up you also like B. so should i choose A or B? should i be loyal to A? i know how some may advise me, "follow your heart, choose what you like best" easier said than done. if you intend to tell me stuff like this, then might as well done say coz it isn't constructive at all. sorry for any offence made. but then, it is true to a large extend. so i will really really have to consider very clearly on what i want to take. i don't want to ponder over regrets that was made. i don't want to find excuse that so-and-so advise me on this, and so-and-so said like that better so i follow. this time, if i am going to make the decision, i will hold the responsibility of making it. that's why i'm kind of stressed up now.
my work now does not allow me to idle much and think about stuff, so there isn't much time for me to find out more about everything. but then, i hope i can find time to work out the solution to this ever-pressing issue, coz at the end of the day, decision has to be made. and my mum isn't giving me any advise at all. haha, so i can only depend on myself... jia you