Aug 9, 2012
May 25, 2012
it's been 3 weeks!
& today is my last day with the AP team. hmmm... and also the first time i'm blogging in the office. hahaha. i'm not slacking; work starts officially at 7.45 so now it's still a non-working period!
i've learnt many many things throughout these 3 weeks, now that i look back. ytd i was suddenly given a whole stack of documents that i learned how to process during day 2 and ytd i was doing it like i've done it for 10 yrs. hahaha my point is that i realised i learned so much over the 3 weeks, such that those stuff which i struggled with in the first few days, i find it so easy now.
also, the ppl here are really really nice. they are generally mandarin-speaking, which gives me the homely feeling (: and my supervisor is really really nice too. she doesn't stress me and lets me do work at my own pace :D and i'm so grateful that she invited me to join her clique for lunch and i have been eating with them for 3 weeks alr (: and over the days i feel that i'm comfortable enough to chat with them ^^ so no more awkwardness during lunch time!
oh, there's also this korean uncle (i think he's a manager or someone in a high position cos he has a room of his own lolol) which speaks to me every other day. cos my seat is near the pantry, so whenever he goes to the pantry and sees that i'm not very busy, he will say hi and start chatting. he tells me abt his daughter though, bcos apparently i'm the same age as his daughter. hahahaha. should i let him know that i know how to speak basic korean? it'll be so cool if i can converse with him in korean.
okay! 5 more mins before i start work. i shall end this post abruptly.
i've learnt many many things throughout these 3 weeks, now that i look back. ytd i was suddenly given a whole stack of documents that i learned how to process during day 2 and ytd i was doing it like i've done it for 10 yrs. hahaha my point is that i realised i learned so much over the 3 weeks, such that those stuff which i struggled with in the first few days, i find it so easy now.
also, the ppl here are really really nice. they are generally mandarin-speaking, which gives me the homely feeling (: and my supervisor is really really nice too. she doesn't stress me and lets me do work at my own pace :D and i'm so grateful that she invited me to join her clique for lunch and i have been eating with them for 3 weeks alr (: and over the days i feel that i'm comfortable enough to chat with them ^^ so no more awkwardness during lunch time!
oh, there's also this korean uncle (i think he's a manager or someone in a high position cos he has a room of his own lolol) which speaks to me every other day. cos my seat is near the pantry, so whenever he goes to the pantry and sees that i'm not very busy, he will say hi and start chatting. he tells me abt his daughter though, bcos apparently i'm the same age as his daughter. hahahaha. should i let him know that i know how to speak basic korean? it'll be so cool if i can converse with him in korean.
okay! 5 more mins before i start work. i shall end this post abruptly.
May 20, 2012
just now at the interchange
a middle-aged lady came up to me & asked, "你有没有两块? 我要搭地铁." she was sweating all over & she looked like she was in a rush to somewhere. so i thought, okay, $2 is not a lot of money, & $2 is a reasonable sum to borrow if you're taking the train. & if this $2 can allow her to get to her destination then i'll be doing a glod deed!
so i took out my wallet wanting to check whether i had any $2. apparently i didn't. i only had $10 and $5 notes. i cldn't possible give her so much money mah, so then i checked whether i had any coins. like maybe give her $1 then she can go get $1 from someone else. but i only had 10c and a few 5c, which i doubt the GTM at the mrt stn wld accept. so i told her sincerely, "对不起，我没有两块."
then guess what she did. she stared at me & just walked away. -.-" she didn't even say thank you!! then i observed her asking other ppl, and ALL of them didn't even bother to check their wallets before rejecting her. i was nice enough to check & then she didn't even say thanks. why are ppl like these nowadays. the other ppl at the interchange also. why can't they just take out their wallets to check?
so i took out my wallet wanting to check whether i had any $2. apparently i didn't. i only had $10 and $5 notes. i cldn't possible give her so much money mah, so then i checked whether i had any coins. like maybe give her $1 then she can go get $1 from someone else. but i only had 10c and a few 5c, which i doubt the GTM at the mrt stn wld accept. so i told her sincerely, "对不起，我没有两块."
then guess what she did. she stared at me & just walked away. -.-" she didn't even say thank you!! then i observed her asking other ppl, and ALL of them didn't even bother to check their wallets before rejecting her. i was nice enough to check & then she didn't even say thanks. why are ppl like these nowadays. the other ppl at the interchange also. why can't they just take out their wallets to check?
May 8, 2012
first day of work!
& i actually did nothing. lolol.
okay actually i familiarised myself with the surroundings alr. at least i know where the toilet, pantry and the canteen is. these are very important places (:
so, this morning, we spent about 1.5 hr with the HR manager, and she briefed us on the overview of the company as well as other important things that we need to know during our internship here. then she brought us arnd the area, and also to introduce us to some key personnel that we should know.
then after that the 3 interns split up to go to their respective functions and i was brought to meet the accounts controller. he then gave me a more detailed break-down of the accounts department's organisational chart, and then introduced me to all the employees in the department. i dunno how many ppl i've met today @.@ and i've forgot most of their names. :/ i only rmb 6 ppl. lol.
then i had lunch tgt with another intern (Jolyn) and a few managers. hehehe. but they didn't give me the overpowering feeling. they're all VERY NICE PPL!!! :D so they kept asking us abt the education system in ntu and nus now & it's very different from their time.
so after lunch i continue to nua again. just kept reading the materials they passed to me (even though i think i'm not obliged to complete reading) cos i was just waiting for the IT person to settle my computer. there was some accessibility issues & he had to do encryption and whatever. lol. so in the end my comp only got settled at 3.30. so i went to tell my supervisor my comp is ready, is there any work i can do? then she just ask me to do some online training courses first. lol. cos work ends at 4.15 so if i start now then i may not be able to go on time so might as well start tmr. ahaha!
and the online training courses is must complete one. totally reminds me of the army ord quiz. LOLOL. so i completed some today! and then at 4.05 everyone started packing alr. and then i understood why. cos at 4.25 the bus will leave. & if the bus leave, you got no choice but to take 254 and spend $1.31 and waste 10 mins. cos the shuttle bus journey only takes half an hr. hahaha.
am looking forward to work tmr!!!! i believe it will be fun (:
okay actually i familiarised myself with the surroundings alr. at least i know where the toilet, pantry and the canteen is. these are very important places (:
so, this morning, we spent about 1.5 hr with the HR manager, and she briefed us on the overview of the company as well as other important things that we need to know during our internship here. then she brought us arnd the area, and also to introduce us to some key personnel that we should know.
then after that the 3 interns split up to go to their respective functions and i was brought to meet the accounts controller. he then gave me a more detailed break-down of the accounts department's organisational chart, and then introduced me to all the employees in the department. i dunno how many ppl i've met today @.@ and i've forgot most of their names. :/ i only rmb 6 ppl. lol.
then i had lunch tgt with another intern (Jolyn) and a few managers. hehehe. but they didn't give me the overpowering feeling. they're all VERY NICE PPL!!! :D so they kept asking us abt the education system in ntu and nus now & it's very different from their time.
so after lunch i continue to nua again. just kept reading the materials they passed to me (even though i think i'm not obliged to complete reading) cos i was just waiting for the IT person to settle my computer. there was some accessibility issues & he had to do encryption and whatever. lol. so in the end my comp only got settled at 3.30. so i went to tell my supervisor my comp is ready, is there any work i can do? then she just ask me to do some online training courses first. lol. cos work ends at 4.15 so if i start now then i may not be able to go on time so might as well start tmr. ahaha!
and the online training courses is must complete one. totally reminds me of the army ord quiz. LOLOL. so i completed some today! and then at 4.05 everyone started packing alr. and then i understood why. cos at 4.25 the bus will leave. & if the bus leave, you got no choice but to take 254 and spend $1.31 and waste 10 mins. cos the shuttle bus journey only takes half an hr. hahaha.
am looking forward to work tmr!!!! i believe it will be fun (:
Apr 30, 2012
exam rants
my exams have not ended yet ): this is such a torturous process. & my hair is dropping at a speedy rate. i realised even those undamaged hair are also dropping T.T
anw i have been wondering why i am so not motivated to study. i found the answer through 犀利人妻. in the ep that i just watched, 安真 transformed from a typical housewife to an elegant & mature woman who knows fine dining & fashion. she read books & memorised dining etiquette in a short time frame. so what allowed her to achieve that? i believe it was probably the thought of gaining back her husband that gave her the motivation.
so when i look back on my marketing & risk notes, i ask myself, what is the motivation?
i actually enjoy the content of both modules. i think they're very relevant in understanding more abt businesses & their processes. but wanting to get A doesn't give me enough motivation to put my all into studying for these modules. & bcos i'm very contented with my gpa (although it's actually not very good), i calulated that even if i get B+ for both mods i'll still be able to maintain my current gpa. lol.
so i am very not motivated. i need to find some strong reason to enable me to focus while studying, & if possible, to actually enjoy studying. i still have one more yr to go. i don't want to repeat this same agony another 2 times.
also i realised this sem's exam period is the longest i've ever endured. Y1S1's exam period was 6 days, Y1S2's was also 6 days, & last sem (Y2S1) was 13 days. & this sem is 12 days. haha okay i just realised last sem is longer. but last sem no count. cos last sem i was stressed to the brim alr i rmb after tax exam i was just relieved that sch exams were over & i cld concentrate on dip exams. so last sem i actually didn't do my best, or i should say, i allowed myself to not do my best. haha.
so now i actually have sufficient time but i can't bring myself to study whole-heartedly. it's like sometimes i read the tb without understanding & then once i realise i have to re-read again.
okay. 4 days left. i can do this. rambling makes me feel better. back to studying!! :D
anw i have been wondering why i am so not motivated to study. i found the answer through 犀利人妻. in the ep that i just watched, 安真 transformed from a typical housewife to an elegant & mature woman who knows fine dining & fashion. she read books & memorised dining etiquette in a short time frame. so what allowed her to achieve that? i believe it was probably the thought of gaining back her husband that gave her the motivation.
so when i look back on my marketing & risk notes, i ask myself, what is the motivation?
i actually enjoy the content of both modules. i think they're very relevant in understanding more abt businesses & their processes. but wanting to get A doesn't give me enough motivation to put my all into studying for these modules. & bcos i'm very contented with my gpa (although it's actually not very good), i calulated that even if i get B+ for both mods i'll still be able to maintain my current gpa. lol.
so i am very not motivated. i need to find some strong reason to enable me to focus while studying, & if possible, to actually enjoy studying. i still have one more yr to go. i don't want to repeat this same agony another 2 times.
also i realised this sem's exam period is the longest i've ever endured. Y1S1's exam period was 6 days, Y1S2's was also 6 days, & last sem (Y2S1) was 13 days. & this sem is 12 days. haha okay i just realised last sem is longer. but last sem no count. cos last sem i was stressed to the brim alr i rmb after tax exam i was just relieved that sch exams were over & i cld concentrate on dip exams. so last sem i actually didn't do my best, or i should say, i allowed myself to not do my best. haha.
so now i actually have sufficient time but i can't bring myself to study whole-heartedly. it's like sometimes i read the tb without understanding & then once i realise i have to re-read again.
okay. 4 days left. i can do this. rambling makes me feel better. back to studying!! :D
Apr 23, 2012
first day of exam
i don't like the new blogger layout!! it looks like googledocs. lol. so it makes me feel like i'm doing project, cos for this semester i have been using googledocs to do projects for 3 of my core modules. ahaha.
anyways, today is first day of exam, and i cleared 2 out of 5 papers! ^^ i'm happy bcos the paper that i'm most worried about has been over and done with. i can't gauge how well i wld do for the paper, bcos actually i didn't really exactly understand the instructions of some questions (the setter of the paper uses chim english :O). and for some 7 or 8 marks questions they had several requirements and i didn't cover all so i dunno how much out of the 8 marks i wld get. but i can safely say that i did my best (:
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usually i wld go on a hiatus one month before my exams. hiatus as in i wld ban myself from going to twitter, fb & blogger. but this time round i didn't! & surprisingly i didn't find the urge to blog. lol. & i realised with or without the hiatus, the amt of time i devote to studying is also the same -.-" okay maybe this sem i spent more time studying bcos i didn't have to practice piano!
but it's so weird. for all my life (except O and A levels), i've had piano lessons even while i was having sch exams. and last semester was the worst bcos i had diploma exams exactly 2 weeks after my last paper. so i had to practice piano while studying. & i felt that i was more productive. somehow i felt i could study better. maybe i work optimally when i have a little bit of stress. lol. but not too much.
actually this sem's exam period quite relaxing. & considering the fact that i have more or less finished revising claw, i think i can start revising mkting and 205 for the next 2 days. and the reason why i have finished claw is bcos last monday we had a 3 hr session where prof tan went through all 6 semesters of past yr papers. so in the process of doing the past year papers (i attempted 5 out of the 6), i covered all of the claw topics alr. hahahaha. so in a way i must thank prof tan! even though t9 classmates say she is not good. lol.
anyway i shall just relax tonight & not think about any academic stuff. now my mind is still filled with neutron stars, black holes, redshifting, rings of saturn, Io (Jupiter's moon), Galileo etc etc etc.
bye!
anyways, today is first day of exam, and i cleared 2 out of 5 papers! ^^ i'm happy bcos the paper that i'm most worried about has been over and done with. i can't gauge how well i wld do for the paper, bcos actually i didn't really exactly understand the instructions of some questions (the setter of the paper uses chim english :O). and for some 7 or 8 marks questions they had several requirements and i didn't cover all so i dunno how much out of the 8 marks i wld get. but i can safely say that i did my best (:
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usually i wld go on a hiatus one month before my exams. hiatus as in i wld ban myself from going to twitter, fb & blogger. but this time round i didn't! & surprisingly i didn't find the urge to blog. lol. & i realised with or without the hiatus, the amt of time i devote to studying is also the same -.-" okay maybe this sem i spent more time studying bcos i didn't have to practice piano!
but it's so weird. for all my life (except O and A levels), i've had piano lessons even while i was having sch exams. and last semester was the worst bcos i had diploma exams exactly 2 weeks after my last paper. so i had to practice piano while studying. & i felt that i was more productive. somehow i felt i could study better. maybe i work optimally when i have a little bit of stress. lol. but not too much.
actually this sem's exam period quite relaxing. & considering the fact that i have more or less finished revising claw, i think i can start revising mkting and 205 for the next 2 days. and the reason why i have finished claw is bcos last monday we had a 3 hr session where prof tan went through all 6 semesters of past yr papers. so in the process of doing the past year papers (i attempted 5 out of the 6), i covered all of the claw topics alr. hahahaha. so in a way i must thank prof tan! even though t9 classmates say she is not good. lol.
anyway i shall just relax tonight & not think about any academic stuff. now my mind is still filled with neutron stars, black holes, redshifting, rings of saturn, Io (Jupiter's moon), Galileo etc etc etc.
bye!
Apr 5, 2012
maggi mee
i'm quite proud of myself, bcos i forgot when was the last time i ate maggi mee, which means it must've been a long long time ago :D
2 days ago, i bought ban mian from the coffeeshop downstairs. ate halfway then realised there was a whole chunk of noodles that wasn't cooked. they were all lumped tgt & i cldn't use the chopsticks to pry them apart. so i used my teeth. once i took a bite, i saw that inside that chunk of noodles was flour :X which means the uncle gave me half-cooked noodles! so i just continued to eat the other ingredients, & thus developed a phobia for ban mian & yu pian mifen, cos they're from the same stall.
so ytd i ate duck rice. & actually, besides ban mian, ypmf & duck rice i don't eat anything else from the coffeeshop, cos i think they're not nice. haha.
so... today i ate maggi mee. & i was in a hurry cos i took v long to decide what i want to eat & only started cooking the maggi mee at 11.30, when i was supposed to leave hse at 12. & i hadn't bathed. but surprisingly, the maggi mee tasted delicious. & this is not the first time i cooked maggi mee in a hurry. but whenever i cook it hurriedly, the taste is great. & perhaps that is why it's called "instant" noodles. if you take ur time to cook it then it loses the "instant" meaning. LOL.
2 days ago, i bought ban mian from the coffeeshop downstairs. ate halfway then realised there was a whole chunk of noodles that wasn't cooked. they were all lumped tgt & i cldn't use the chopsticks to pry them apart. so i used my teeth. once i took a bite, i saw that inside that chunk of noodles was flour :X which means the uncle gave me half-cooked noodles! so i just continued to eat the other ingredients, & thus developed a phobia for ban mian & yu pian mifen, cos they're from the same stall.
so ytd i ate duck rice. & actually, besides ban mian, ypmf & duck rice i don't eat anything else from the coffeeshop, cos i think they're not nice. haha.
so... today i ate maggi mee. & i was in a hurry cos i took v long to decide what i want to eat & only started cooking the maggi mee at 11.30, when i was supposed to leave hse at 12. & i hadn't bathed. but surprisingly, the maggi mee tasted delicious. & this is not the first time i cooked maggi mee in a hurry. but whenever i cook it hurriedly, the taste is great. & perhaps that is why it's called "instant" noodles. if you take ur time to cook it then it loses the "instant" meaning. LOL.
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