0.92 Sing = 1 Aud
How can this be?!
It's like the world is against people like me who are graduating this year. Used up so much money in exchange for my university fees.
Now the choice for work is definitely preferred in Singapore though I myself would prefer to stay in Aussie.
Small dilemma, should I continue my casual work in Aussie?
Reasons not to:
1) It's near exams
2) It's not as worth it as before with the drop in Aus Currency =p
3) I have all the time to work after I graduate
Reasons to:
1) It's still money =p
2) maybe the time dedicated to work might spur further productivity in remaining time left
3) The amount earned is still WAY higher compared to most casual jobs in Singapore (17+*0.92 > 5 or 6)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Last week of uni
Reading through Contingencies and writing notes up, working through each column has made me learn to appreciate the act of revising immediately after lectures (where i usually fall asleep.. despite it being my last week of uni!)
Actuarial statistics and time series really wreck my brains out.
staring at the sky, she rethinks her actions and the situation.
was it simply constant contact? her playful nature re-emerges when it's time to be serious. that's why she cant focus.
it takes two hands to clap. pull back. its not the time.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Life long lessons
Lessons learnt:
How to be socially nice
- not be too direct
- suggest participation
How to socially enter a conversation
- do not appear 'high and mighty' or snobbish
- be humble and be eager =)
How to get a smooth conversation
- not be too picky and fussy about the way others speak (don't point out their silliness really..)
- accept the different style that people speak with
when motivation becomes a distraction
yellow light go slow
How to be socially nice
- not be too direct
- suggest participation
How to socially enter a conversation
- do not appear 'high and mighty' or snobbish
- be humble and be eager =)
How to get a smooth conversation
- not be too picky and fussy about the way others speak (don't point out their silliness really..)
- accept the different style that people speak with
when motivation becomes a distraction
yellow light go slow
Saturday, October 25, 2008
0% Tests
The result of having 0% tests is to be lazy and not study hard, to see the standard without attempting the topic. The outcome? 1.5 questions out of 3 questions attempted for the first test and probably everything wrong for the 2nd test.
Drumming at ocf today was fabulous! At least for the initial practice.. Somehow things didn't seem to coordinate that well during the actual singspiration =x A bit upset that xx sang double time for the last song though.. but it was good practice for future drumming. Overall happy on the ability to improvise =D
she wanted to go but he wanted her to stay. she struggled but he resisted. she slipped and he pulled her up with a strong firm grip. submission wasn't on her mind despite learning it from ephesians. but.. is it that stage yet? It's moving way too fast. way too fast.
Drumming at ocf today was fabulous! At least for the initial practice.. Somehow things didn't seem to coordinate that well during the actual singspiration =x A bit upset that xx sang double time for the last song though.. but it was good practice for future drumming. Overall happy on the ability to improvise =D
she wanted to go but he wanted her to stay. she struggled but he resisted. she slipped and he pulled her up with a strong firm grip. submission wasn't on her mind despite learning it from ephesians. but.. is it that stage yet? It's moving way too fast. way too fast.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Balancing studies and social - sucess?
Morning - 5 hours of uni classes
Afternoon - Swim for an hour
Evening - Free Budget Kungfu Movie Screening - 2 hours
- Dinner @ Neil's - 2 hours
- Home - touch up on assignment (.0000001 hours)
- update blog (0.01 hours)
Pretty successful I'll say. Quite an achievement even if I do say so myself. Unfortunately the home bit timing is pretty inaccurate. Lol.
just lying on his shoulders made it all so comfortable. the security of his hugs. sighs. but she's shy. almost as shy as he is.
Afternoon - Swim for an hour
Evening - Free Budget Kungfu Movie Screening - 2 hours
- Dinner @ Neil's - 2 hours
- Home - touch up on assignment (.0000001 hours)
- update blog (0.01 hours)
Pretty successful I'll say. Quite an achievement even if I do say so myself. Unfortunately the home bit timing is pretty inaccurate. Lol.
just lying on his shoulders made it all so comfortable. the security of his hugs. sighs. but she's shy. almost as shy as he is.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
that time of the semester
It's time! The time for isolation and determination to flourish!
Instead of the usual practice of doing that, somehow my social life has improved even compared to the past few weeks! This shouldn't be happening.. should it?
Perhaps the act of balance between studies and socialising CAN be made possible.. I feel much at ease, but does the quality of my work suffer?
sitting at the edge of her seat, she realises the lack of space that she had to herself. But she didn't mind. No, none at all.
Instead of the usual practice of doing that, somehow my social life has improved even compared to the past few weeks! This shouldn't be happening.. should it?
Perhaps the act of balance between studies and socialising CAN be made possible.. I feel much at ease, but does the quality of my work suffer?
sitting at the edge of her seat, she realises the lack of space that she had to herself. But she didn't mind. No, none at all.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
rants - not a poet
I don't know what i'm tired of.. when i haven even started to try
just finished Code Geass R2 .. Don't think there's an episode 26 is there?
It's time to stop procrastinating and seriously consider what i am doing with my life.. oh wait, no time for that. I need to get better grades first.
At least I understand Pensions and Contributions. I should have strived to understand GLMs as well but my procrastination abilities and urge for Code Geass R2 far surpasses my urge to stay ahead while i could.
just finished Code Geass R2 .. Don't think there's an episode 26 is there?
It's time to stop procrastinating and seriously consider what i am doing with my life.. oh wait, no time for that. I need to get better grades first.
At least I understand Pensions and Contributions. I should have strived to understand GLMs as well but my procrastination abilities and urge for Code Geass R2 far surpasses my urge to stay ahead while i could.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Aussie.. no more.. soon.. =(
Looking at some of my ocf friends' pix, I realised how much i missed out on. I wonder why I choose to go with another group of people whom I know I would never be as close to. I wonder why I tend to 'guard' myself with the OCFers but not so with the wushu peeps. I see the fun in OCFers but I wonder what really makes me hesistate? Perhaps having to ensure some standard conduct in front of them.. perhaps.. perhaps..
It all boils down to being accepted doesn't it? Maybe more than acceptance.. but i know not what i speak of anymore..
Eeks. Sound so emo. Sudden mood swing.
These aside, it's time to mug. Seriously. For the first time in my uni life. I think. maybe I should be like Tim. Stop MSN. Stop Chats. Most probably even stop FB. Isolation. It's hard. Work gives a good excuse. Social activities still pile on. I gladly accept. At the risk of my downfall in graduation which hopefully happens on the 18th dec 7:30pm. Half the world would not attend. Why do I sound so depressing?
Must be the lack of sleep, the 6 hours of 'vhooping shit' accompanied by 4 half glasses of white wine into the wee hours of the night.
I'm Hungry. Enough said.
It all boils down to being accepted doesn't it? Maybe more than acceptance.. but i know not what i speak of anymore..
Eeks. Sound so emo. Sudden mood swing.
These aside, it's time to mug. Seriously. For the first time in my uni life. I think. maybe I should be like Tim. Stop MSN. Stop Chats. Most probably even stop FB. Isolation. It's hard. Work gives a good excuse. Social activities still pile on. I gladly accept. At the risk of my downfall in graduation which hopefully happens on the 18th dec 7:30pm. Half the world would not attend. Why do I sound so depressing?
Must be the lack of sleep, the 6 hours of 'vhooping shit' accompanied by 4 half glasses of white wine into the wee hours of the night.
I'm Hungry. Enough said.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Dreams and thoughts
I can't believe the kind of dreams that my mind comes up with.
Cycling around campus, getting lost, not just on the roads but inside libraries. Parts of it seemed as though cyclists were forbidden (or rather, in my dream, COMMERCE cyclists 'cause I was in a medical library of some sort). Funny mixture of cycling with secondary mates and some new people i met. Apparently i managed to maneuver and make my way to a dead end with many medical students staring at me. Managed to persuade a 1st year medical student who told me stuff like "you need a 6 digit number to open the door" and opened it up with their student ID (I didn't key mine in coz a commerce student's ID would probably trigger off alarms)
Random thoughts:
*singing* Mmm- I-N-G-O.. Mmm-I-N-G-O.. *stops singing* wait.. is it M-I-N-G-O? No, doesn't form a word.. P-I-N-G-O? No.. not a proper word either.. Hmm. Lets try to finish the song.. maybe I'll know what it is.. *resumes singing* Mmm-I-N-G-O.. and Bingo was his name oh!
Cycling around campus, getting lost, not just on the roads but inside libraries. Parts of it seemed as though cyclists were forbidden (or rather, in my dream, COMMERCE cyclists 'cause I was in a medical library of some sort). Funny mixture of cycling with secondary mates and some new people i met. Apparently i managed to maneuver and make my way to a dead end with many medical students staring at me. Managed to persuade a 1st year medical student who told me stuff like "you need a 6 digit number to open the door" and opened it up with their student ID (I didn't key mine in coz a commerce student's ID would probably trigger off alarms)
Random thoughts:
*singing* Mmm- I-N-G-O.. Mmm-I-N-G-O.. *stops singing* wait.. is it M-I-N-G-O? No, doesn't form a word.. P-I-N-G-O? No.. not a proper word either.. Hmm. Lets try to finish the song.. maybe I'll know what it is.. *resumes singing* Mmm-I-N-G-O.. and Bingo was his name oh!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Thank You God
Really thank God for the weekend that he has brought me through! I never thought that I would be able to even explore these leadership roles at all!
First thanksgiving in regards to Bible study leading. Was doing Ephesians with Kat and Jc and while it did take me a long time to prepare, it gave me an idea on how much work was put in aside from God's guidance as well! Indeed, I learnt to be more appreciative of the amount of preparation put in by my bible study leaders.
However, I think I am still more comfortable with the supportive role as can be seen in the few questions brought up in Friday's OCF Carlton's bible study that I managed to clarify (i hope).
Second thanksgiving is in relations to today's sunday school song leading! Really thank God for Dot's help as well! Though it was bad to prepare so last minute, it really helped when she really explained each part. =D Yay! She seemed quite tired last night as well though, so didn't really talk much.. though I would have liked to.. =x Song leading would have to last another month though.. and another.. Oct and Dec.. Hope I can cope.. and not overloading everything..
A few decisions in my mind made but not properly discussed with my dad yet though we were on msn.. (was quite tired even in typing after bball and last min sun sch prep)
1) Probably Going back to Singapore to Work -> justification -> Singaporean citizenship often gets priority while here in melb, higher chances of getting discriminated against without aus PR.
2) Might not apply for PR in aus -> justification -> if i cant commit 2 out of 5 years required to stay in aus (given that i find a job in singapore), applying with a few thousand aussie dollars would simply be wasting that resource..
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Currently my left calf hurts like crazy. Probably from the combination of left ankle sprain + Gym & body attack on Tuesday + badminton on Wednesday + Badminton for Igames on Friday + Basketball Sunday (today).. OW.
First thanksgiving in regards to Bible study leading. Was doing Ephesians with Kat and Jc and while it did take me a long time to prepare, it gave me an idea on how much work was put in aside from God's guidance as well! Indeed, I learnt to be more appreciative of the amount of preparation put in by my bible study leaders.
However, I think I am still more comfortable with the supportive role as can be seen in the few questions brought up in Friday's OCF Carlton's bible study that I managed to clarify (i hope).
Second thanksgiving is in relations to today's sunday school song leading! Really thank God for Dot's help as well! Though it was bad to prepare so last minute, it really helped when she really explained each part. =D Yay! She seemed quite tired last night as well though, so didn't really talk much.. though I would have liked to.. =x Song leading would have to last another month though.. and another.. Oct and Dec.. Hope I can cope.. and not overloading everything..
A few decisions in my mind made but not properly discussed with my dad yet though we were on msn.. (was quite tired even in typing after bball and last min sun sch prep)
1) Probably Going back to Singapore to Work -> justification -> Singaporean citizenship often gets priority while here in melb, higher chances of getting discriminated against without aus PR.
2) Might not apply for PR in aus -> justification -> if i cant commit 2 out of 5 years required to stay in aus (given that i find a job in singapore), applying with a few thousand aussie dollars would simply be wasting that resource..
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Currently my left calf hurts like crazy. Probably from the combination of left ankle sprain + Gym & body attack on Tuesday + badminton on Wednesday + Badminton for Igames on Friday + Basketball Sunday (today).. OW.
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