Thursday, September 20, 2007
12:01 AM
Have more time for myself,
Do better in studies,
Do more readings for pleasure,
Sleep more,
Have less zits,
Have no more eye bags
Have an easier life,
12:01 AM
It's just a little thing
If you guys take a bit more initiative,
I will
I will
Have more time for myself,
Do better in studies,
Do more readings for pleasure,
Sleep more,
Have less zits,
Have no more eye bags
Have an easier life,
Live longer.
It's just a little thing
I thought everyone has.
But
Why is it missing from you?
Sometimes
I think I'm taken for granted,
As with other people.
How I wish instant karma
Exists in the world.
But I can't even bring
Myself to do that to you.
'Cause failure is not something
You find in my dictionary.
Sometimes
I think I'm taken for granted,
As with other people.
How I wish instant karma
Exists in the world.
But I can't even bring
Myself to do that to you.
'Cause failure is not something
You find in my dictionary.
Friday, September 07, 2007
10:47 PM
I guess I just love dirrty river water, because after canoe polo in Kallang River, I still went for Bay Escapade, and of all things, as a GL...
I miss trekking, and it's unfortunate how I could let myself detach from this interest for so many months. It was a regret not being able to go for Ophir. Hope I'm not too weak to climb a mountain or two now. Sometimes, some things are worked on by the amount of time and financial resources available. And there are so many other things that I want to try too!
Crew term is coming to an end in 4 months' time. There is so much that can be improved in an organisation, but there's only this much one can do within 12 months, assuming going all out in full force. Sometimes I get vexed over some people who just don't get it, or certain difficult issues, but overall I was still glad that was the outcome instead of the other way. Looking back, I could still remember the dilemma I faced, the little considerations I had and why I made the decision I made. I learnt to appreciate 29th (not that I haven't been). Yes, I think I will miss the birthday celebrations the paintballing, video-taking, cam-whoring, gossiping, bitching and maybe even the looong meetings. Cuz all these would mark the moments when I did what I could for something that I liked (love would make me sound a little fanatic? afterall it's just an "organisation"). At the end of it all, it's about doing something well, fantastically and wonderfully, and not just doing SOMETHING. Masochistic rite?
10:47 PM
Wake me up when September comes
Blink. Blink. Blink.
3 weeks of Year 3 have passed. And I'm not making much progress academic-wise. I'm constantly lagging in class. Not a big deal if every one else in class is like that, but not if every one else is participating and it becomes obvious that you know nut. Well, at least for this sem, with 3 morning classes a week, I managed to achieve a significant improvement in punctuality (with an accumulated 3 minutes lateness; I'm only late for morning classes, hurhur). This is in contrast to my lateness of 15 minutes per week on average in the past few semesters.
It's weird to have the first lesson of the week on a Wed, but so far, Mon and Tue are spent in school anyway, and I expect the same in the future weeks, on projects. Classes are interesting so far, but somehow I wish I could gather as much enthusiasm in these lessons as I have for SMUX (after doing so much saikang, I have to admit I'm pretty much a masochist).
Advanced Auditing under TKE is really not as horrible as what others had expected. She might be very auntie and unglam, but she explains AA pretty well, I have to say. At least AA is considered quite a slack module (until, of course, final exam). I'm not sure if I'm interested in Audit, but from the looks of it, nahnah.
Business Process under Byung is cool! Being the "organised" me, I realise that I like stuff like BP, as I always had. My work in AMT had got me thinking a lot about possible improvements to the BP and system that they had. Anyway it's cool to watch how Byung catwalks up and down the seminar room as he teaches, scribbles in his weird handwriting on the whiteboard, mutters cynical comments and cracks morbid jokes.
Advanced Financial Accounting is freaking gross. It's interesting, I kinda like it (the bigger picture part), but when it comes to the journal entries, whoaaa, I get really impatient with myself for spending half a day figuring out what it's all about. I really need to concentrate man. Though I have acquaintances in the class, it's kinda sad taking this class and sitting alone, but at least it forces me to listen and not MSN.
I highly recommend Negotiation Skills for Business under Benoliel to anyone considering LTM for the half CS credit, or anyone thinking of a course for personal development! This prof, like Levine, fascinates me in the way they present to the class. How can they be so elegant and composed all the time?! And humorous at the same time?! I rarely so generously slap praises on pple, but I have to say that his lessons are well-structured and he's damn good at engaging the class and eliciting class contribution. Each class enables you to take away concrete learning points. As I take pride in successful negotiations, it humbles me to learn so much more to negotiation that I ever knew. It's such an interesting class that I had to hold on to this 7-10pm class despite having such uber-packed Thursday!
Computer as an Analysis Tool is fun so far. It's always great to learn new things, especially about Excel, which is a tool I use almost every day! I believe I'm gonna face it every day in my career anyway. KTS is quite intimidating on first interaction, having admitted that he's a "horrible" prof and that the Fri morn class is a "bad choice". I was like, huh?! Anyway, this balding guy is quite act-cute, but at least he's funny and can teach. I respect him for the effort he puts into providing resources on Vista for our reference, and how he went through every single draft assignment, so he could provide comments for improvement! I doubt I would do that as a prof!
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For this sem, I'm pretty much going to be involved in Canoe Polo. I could jolly well have washed my hands off it since I stopped in 2004, but I guess it's my commitment to SMUX, to want to get them started, that made me do it all over again. It's been a long time since I played, so I forgot much of the rules. I found that my hip flick sucks and needs much more improvement, and my speed has retarded greatly since. But, at least I could remember generally how the game is played, and the applicable skills. Enough for me to provide a wee bit of advice to the team to get them started on a more structured training program. It's great to see the team improve (bit by bit), getting water in my nose after rolling, and feeling my biceps tighten after all the training.
3 weeks of Year 3 have passed. And I'm not making much progress academic-wise. I'm constantly lagging in class. Not a big deal if every one else in class is like that, but not if every one else is participating and it becomes obvious that you know nut. Well, at least for this sem, with 3 morning classes a week, I managed to achieve a significant improvement in punctuality (with an accumulated 3 minutes lateness; I'm only late for morning classes, hurhur). This is in contrast to my lateness of 15 minutes per week on average in the past few semesters.
It's weird to have the first lesson of the week on a Wed, but so far, Mon and Tue are spent in school anyway, and I expect the same in the future weeks, on projects. Classes are interesting so far, but somehow I wish I could gather as much enthusiasm in these lessons as I have for SMUX (after doing so much saikang, I have to admit I'm pretty much a masochist).
Advanced Auditing under TKE is really not as horrible as what others had expected. She might be very auntie and unglam, but she explains AA pretty well, I have to say. At least AA is considered quite a slack module (until, of course, final exam). I'm not sure if I'm interested in Audit, but from the looks of it, nahnah.
Business Process under Byung is cool! Being the "organised" me, I realise that I like stuff like BP, as I always had. My work in AMT had got me thinking a lot about possible improvements to the BP and system that they had. Anyway it's cool to watch how Byung catwalks up and down the seminar room as he teaches, scribbles in his weird handwriting on the whiteboard, mutters cynical comments and cracks morbid jokes.
Advanced Financial Accounting is freaking gross. It's interesting, I kinda like it (the bigger picture part), but when it comes to the journal entries, whoaaa, I get really impatient with myself for spending half a day figuring out what it's all about. I really need to concentrate man. Though I have acquaintances in the class, it's kinda sad taking this class and sitting alone, but at least it forces me to listen and not MSN.
I highly recommend Negotiation Skills for Business under Benoliel to anyone considering LTM for the half CS credit, or anyone thinking of a course for personal development! This prof, like Levine, fascinates me in the way they present to the class. How can they be so elegant and composed all the time?! And humorous at the same time?! I rarely so generously slap praises on pple, but I have to say that his lessons are well-structured and he's damn good at engaging the class and eliciting class contribution. Each class enables you to take away concrete learning points. As I take pride in successful negotiations, it humbles me to learn so much more to negotiation that I ever knew. It's such an interesting class that I had to hold on to this 7-10pm class despite having such uber-packed Thursday!
Computer as an Analysis Tool is fun so far. It's always great to learn new things, especially about Excel, which is a tool I use almost every day! I believe I'm gonna face it every day in my career anyway. KTS is quite intimidating on first interaction, having admitted that he's a "horrible" prof and that the Fri morn class is a "bad choice". I was like, huh?! Anyway, this balding guy is quite act-cute, but at least he's funny and can teach. I respect him for the effort he puts into providing resources on Vista for our reference, and how he went through every single draft assignment, so he could provide comments for improvement! I doubt I would do that as a prof!
------
For this sem, I'm pretty much going to be involved in Canoe Polo. I could jolly well have washed my hands off it since I stopped in 2004, but I guess it's my commitment to SMUX, to want to get them started, that made me do it all over again. It's been a long time since I played, so I forgot much of the rules. I found that my hip flick sucks and needs much more improvement, and my speed has retarded greatly since. But, at least I could remember generally how the game is played, and the applicable skills. Enough for me to provide a wee bit of advice to the team to get them started on a more structured training program. It's great to see the team improve (bit by bit), getting water in my nose after rolling, and feeling my biceps tighten after all the training.
I guess I just love dirrty river water, because after canoe polo in Kallang River, I still went for Bay Escapade, and of all things, as a GL...
I miss trekking, and it's unfortunate how I could let myself detach from this interest for so many months. It was a regret not being able to go for Ophir. Hope I'm not too weak to climb a mountain or two now. Sometimes, some things are worked on by the amount of time and financial resources available. And there are so many other things that I want to try too!
Crew term is coming to an end in 4 months' time. There is so much that can be improved in an organisation, but there's only this much one can do within 12 months, assuming going all out in full force. Sometimes I get vexed over some people who just don't get it, or certain difficult issues, but overall I was still glad that was the outcome instead of the other way. Looking back, I could still remember the dilemma I faced, the little considerations I had and why I made the decision I made. I learnt to appreciate 29th (not that I haven't been). Yes, I think I will miss the birthday celebrations the paintballing, video-taking, cam-whoring, gossiping, bitching and maybe even the looong meetings. Cuz all these would mark the moments when I did what I could for something that I liked (love would make me sound a little fanatic? afterall it's just an "organisation"). At the end of it all, it's about doing something well, fantastically and wonderfully, and not just doing SOMETHING. Masochistic rite?