Micro is over! And much better than I expected. Hopefully all those that I know/think i know how to do is correct. Haha. In that case that would be full marks!!!

Fat hope la. Haha.

Bazzar day was not as tiring as I anticipated. Practically slacking around, walking around to chuan men zi, listening to people talk and of course eating! Kind of got to know a few more people! Yay~ Poor sis had to have migraine, but she did kept me company throughout the whole day. Thanks jiemei!

Tmr is the D day for the skit/play. Had a rehearsal this morning, not that bad, except that the female lead isnt around so we had to do without them. Some minor twerks today and all that is left is the thing itself. Cant wait for it to be over. Then I will have to worry abt marketing presentation.

Okay, time to do my ppt slides for mkt.

My Ass

I'm in a grouchy mood.

For the sake of mankind, please change your fucking attitude.
I was expecting a at least semi professionally well done kind of report from you after you delayed for 2 weeks. But what you came out with was as what WL said, a reflection on a blogpost. 2 weeks and you give me crap that is even lousier than the crap I can fabricate in 15mins? Fuck you, understand?

Call yourself a Year 3 Econs Major. A Secondary 3 can probably do better.

Go back to the country where you came from.

Circle of Trust For the Win~ =)
Mini hell week coming up, I just realised I'll be home late every single weekday next week apart from Good Friday. Really welcomed the little craziness to kill the stress cells.

Role in LAB's play became more complex and a tad more awkward. Sian. Although I like my costume. So Gold.

P.S. Am I always so unfilial in your mind for over this half a decade? Maybe, maybe not. If I'm not sure of the situation I wouldn't have committed longer.

Moment of Anguish, Month of Negativity

I was mightily pissed off with the SMRT service yesterday. Missed a grand total of 7 trains because I cannot get in even though I tried my best to squeeze with everyone.

Inference:
During peak hours, try not to have a 10min wait for a train.
Because you will get a train worth of commuters waiting on the platform.

I realised the textbook is your best friend in Uni. With the exceptions of the rare occurrence whereby the lecturers are better friends than the textbooks, most of the time textbooks are better.

Some things always puzzle me. Why is it that for a single module when taught by different lecturers, the focus of the module seems to differ not just marginally. And that how some modules in the level 2000 range can cover 90% of whatever we've learnt in 1000, and just have about 10% new information, which some of them are just an expansion of the knowledge we learnt in the prerequisite.

2 Mid terms gone, 2 more to come. 1 Bahasa play and 1 marketing presentation round the corner. Nefmq stuffs on its way too. Some times, I wonder if schooling is so enjoyable.

But of course, I still have my desire/dreams of doing a postgrad degree (All these could change soon). So I better start regaining my correct mentality.

Mid Feb.

A busy week has past and more busy weeks ahead I presume.

Went shopping with the guys at vivo just now.

Submitted my marketing report ytd. (Finally).

And tried out Disney Naturally - Mickey Mouse Restaurant!

Was quite disappointed with the flowers. To myself, "Don't be lazy, next time collect from a proper florist."

Some pics!

Sepia is good

Mickey Chair!

Mickey Pizza

Mouses.

Yummm.

S/U not

I've decided to stay conservative and keep my S/U. It's tempting to SU genes because my CAP will jump by a bit, but I will never know how many electives I might take (and possibly screw up [Especially maths mods]).

My CAP is improving steadily, I hope it continues until I get a CAP 5 sem. Haha. Damn, I must be dreaming.

I'm going to embark on my first run since 2nd December! Haha. Almost a month of inactivity.

Economics

It's almost the end. Almost.

I'm still quite disappointed with the standard of the micro paper. I'm sure half the students left early. Repeats from past sem paper, tutorial questions. I still think you are not even half as good as Dr Wong. Now half the class will cluster fu*k on the top of the bell curve.

Stop being lazy.

On the other hand, Macro was slightly challenging, albeit time comsuming but at least it is a much better set paper.

And ITS FRIDAY!

Crap

I think I just screwed up my JS1101E paper. Haha.

The MCQ questions were so specific. I'll definitely prefer essay questions than MCQs for such modules. There is no point for studying for understanding. More of memorizing the entire reading package. Hopefully with the understanding that I had, I managed to "common sensed" the answers.

Oh well. After almost 3 sems here, I think I'd rather take short answer/essay questions than MCQs. Since MCQ at this level can be a teeny bit annoying.

Looking on the bright side, 3 down and 3 to go! =)

ExamsS

2 down. 4 to go.

Armed with sorethroat and a large cache of phlegm, revision is just oh so wonderful.

Both the papers that went by last week were at opposing ends of the stress-o-meter. Econometrics I and Eng for Acad Purposes, the former being the most stressful one and the latter, otherwise.

As expected, Ec3303 is heaps harder compared to the midterms. I just hope that all those that I genuinely know how to do will be correct. As for EA, despite being 0mc, I still hope to score an above average grade. But I know my essay isn't as good as it should have been. The points were rather insignificant. But oh well, no point crying over spilled milk. Just make sure I don't spill milk all over the next time round.

And thanks to Kai (No, I'm not refering to myself) for reminding me that labour supply doesn't affect the Full employment level in the Keynesian model, because employment is demand determined.

I just realised my macro isn't as good as I think it is. And so happens that my micro isn't as well. Damn. Better buck up if I wanna live my short-run and long-run dreams.

Game Plan is a really great show. I'm glad we made the decision to watch it. Hehe. Oh, thanks Qy for recommending!

Went to collect the racepack yesterday, but kuku me forgot the buy the bus ticket. So I went down today to buy it. Grrr, but at least I didn't waste my commute time. Reading readings on the go - something that I've mastered over the sems.

Lunch today was good. Doing anything with you is always good. =)

Arrrrgggghhhh

Macroeconomics is driving me nuts.

Why so many schools of thought?? =/

Can I just support Keynesian since I buy its idea? Oh bummer.

And speaking of school, it has been more than 2 weeks and NUS Business School still hasn't replied to my mail questioning their rationale behind their new improved requirements for a minor in management.

I'm going to take it to ST forum soon. Grrr.

First CORS dont reply me, now NUS Biz Sch don't reply. Grrr. Irritating.

Alright, I'm done bitching. Back to books.

To digress a bit, here is a link to the Budget 2008 essay competition for those of you interested. I might consider taking part since the deadline is mid Jan.
http://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/essay.html

Gosh.

1. The Minor in Management Programme is open to all NUS non-Business undergraduates who have completed at least three (3) Management Minor modules at the point of application (including the Management Minor module(s) that they are enrolled in at the time of application).

I'll never get a minor in management liao.

How am I suppose to get abt 5k bid points to get 3 biz mods? Lets hope next sem's mods are 'cheaper'

Although I feel like questioning their rationality for the above requirement, but I believe their answer is to prevent students who want to make use of this minor in mgmt, to gain an edge over other students. (Students under the minor prog can bid the mods during phase 1C.) No offence to my engine friends, but engineering students can use their programme points to bid for certain biz modules? Which they have 750 per sem and certain mods of theirs are all pre-allocated at 1 point?

With 400 credited to my general account, I can at most have 3200 points by my last semester. Haha. I guess I have to bang on doing MNO, BSP or MKT first rather than FNA. Haix

Seeking Miracle

Seriously, I think I will be elated to get a 20/40 for my Genes and Society Midterm.

But since almost everyone is saying it is difficult, I hope the Std from the mean will be very wide.

I wonder if it is just me, because I find almost everything in the test paper not taught or not emphasized during lectures.

Oh well, at least its done.

Midterms

2 Mid terms just went by like this.

And I am quite impressed by how fast A/P Wong gave us back the results. Haha. I took Macro econs test on Wednesday evening and I got the results by noon today.

Genes and Society and Econometrics left. Both my worst modules for this sem. Wish me luck. =)

Yet another week has gone.

The feeling is just so different.

Work load hasn't increased by alot relative to the previous sem, however the content is definitely much more difficult.

Presentation over for now, not the best of presentations, but it really has been awhile since I presented anything.

Finally submitted a reaction paper for JS, and seriously, writing a 250 word paper is much more tedious then writing a 1000 word one. Being concise and precise is definitely not my forte. I can't show off my extraordinary skills at beating about the bush!

Been thinking about minors, still considering what to minor in. Perhaps I shall stick to my original plan of doing a Management Minor, who knows, I might even upgrade to a 2nd major in Mgmt, or even an ad hoc DDP B.Soc.Sci(Hons) Econs + B.B.A. Haha. Wishful thinking.

Genes and society slowly getting on track. Mugging from the textbook is definitely helpful when your lecturer is going too fast for you.

Although initially I was apprehensive about being in EA1101, I kind of enjoy being in the class. Mainly because of the people there, nice friendly people. I forgot who told me this, but seriously I think that, "Its the company that matters most, and not where you are." is damn true. Of course, I must admit that my grammar has improved tremendously.

Attended Iman's wedding after my tuition, didn't stay for long because the only people there that I know apart from Iman, is Hairul and a couple of Charlie men. Could see that he is happy and much more mature. Seeing him get married is really something that makes me happy. Still remembered the time when Ben and I got him to cut our hair. Haha. Those were the days.

Went for a super extended family gathering yesterday and finally saw my Aunt who is currently a lecturer in one Ireland Uni. Haven't seen her for almost 10 years, and now that I talked to her, I realised that lecturers there aren't earning alot. But so long as she is enjoying herself there, I guess money isn't of fundamental importance.

Finally done with tutorials on a Sunday afternoon for once. Haha. Gives me more time to do some revision and prepare for the upcoming lectures.

Still contemplating on joining something, be it in school or outside. However even with these comtemplations, I have no real idea what is the driving force behind all these desire.

Perhaps it is not for the interest per se, but more of beautifying my curriculum vitae.

Finally, a little digression towards Joanna, I'm damn happy for you now la! Glad that you found bliss and happiness in him. =) All the best for your honours year.

S/U option.

The ability to make the studying of a particular module easier.

2 options.
For students matriculated in AY07/08 -> They get to exercise this after getting their results.
The rest of the students -> They must exercise it during the 6th Week.

Ya, unfairness and etc. I agree that the AY07/08 people might be having it easier because personally I wouldn't want to keep my S/U until the last sem and S/U 3 modules during the last sem anyway.

There has been a forum going on and there are about 200 over posts to it so far.

I've been wanting to air my views and feelings, but when I see what the rest are posting I feel scared.

Why? What the hell is going to happen to the future of Singapore? Half the people participating in it are bitching about things. Not what undergradutes are suppose to do in my humble opinion. When you talk, talk with logic, reason and sense. Not simply complain that life is unfair.

If you are unhappy being in NUS and aren't proud of being here, screw off. I bet the feeling is mutual between you and the school.

Disappointing.

Yet another week gone.

Hmm, the end of the 2nd wk in school.

Somehow Economics is more mathematical than I think, but I guess I shouldn't have much problem coping with the math yet. Somewhere deep inside of me still wants to try and get a First Class which is still mathematically possible.

Genes and society is killing me. Somehow, I believe skipping lectures and going yum cha and having dim sum won't even affect my grade since 95% of what the lecturer doesn't mean a thing to me. Haha. I am so going to S/U the module.

English for Academic Purposes tutorial though can be a drag, but can be pretty interesting as well. Gender ratio of 5 guys to 9 girls, I can't really complain. Haha, but I always thought that girls were better linguistically? 3 presentations in all for the module, hopefully it will help me in my future public speaking, which can definitely do with some polishing. Been studying stuff like the proper use of noun, pronoun, verbs and etc. Feels rather primary school, but frankly speaking I only know how to use the correct terms prior to this course. Now I know why they are used this or that way. For example, when do you use that and when do you use which? I had no idea of this at all until attending this class.

Well, kudos to Dr Ngoh. =)

Its nerding time.

The week that past so quickly

Last week really went by so quickly. Probably because I was busy for almost every day and night.

Attended 3 dragon boat trainings over the week, 2 land and 1 water. I must say, it is a really good sport and the training is tough but yet enjoyable. However the commitment level is also as high.

On days without competitions, the training is usually 4 times per week, and when competition is round the corner, it ups to 5 days. Although I enjoy it quite alot, I think my priorities in NUS is to study hard and get good grades. So I have decided to stop joining their trainings. I think fun, enjoyment and satisfaction can be obtained at a lower cost. But I'm really glad to have attended and experienced the sport personally.

Modules this semester don't look very promising. I suspect I might fall quite far off from my targeted CAP region.

Genes and Society is a killer. First lecture and I dont know what the heck my lecturer is saying already.

Buddy - I need you A level Biology text book. Haha.

And while looking through Macro economics and Econometrics, I almost thought I was taking mathematics modules.

Celebrated Augustin's birthday in advance on saturday evening, he is really much cuter compared to his brother, haha. But then both are my cousins, so I guess I cant be biased. Equal love for both of them then.

Drove for abit too, getting slightly rusty.

But at least over the weekend I caught Secret with Na, I am really impressed with how Jay wrote the story. Its really something special. I am quite touched by the whole thing.

Gelare was nice! Papering was not too bad, and of course the Ji Dan Zai was good too!

Alright, I guess its time for me to read my Intro to Biotechnology Text.

End of week 1.

Its not easy trying to get back into the studying mood after a 3 month break.

But as what Jack said, Nil Sine Labore - Nothing Without Labour.
Yep, I got to work very hard. Especially since I am starting to feel some modules aren't as easy to score as I initially thought they would be.

But hey, I'm trying hard to keep up with the readings.

Which brings me to another point.

Dragon boat training is 3 to 5 times a week (Mostly 4 times). Am I able to maintain my CAP by joining such a high commitment sports? (If I get through the selection.)

Troubled.

First day of school.

Today is my official first day in school even though I didnt had any lessons.

Kind of overslept also la, so I skipped breakfast. Haha

Left for training at abt 1530 and had enough time for dinner and changing up before waiting for the bulk to come.

Quite surprise to see so many people wanting to join the team. But I don't think alot will stay on after the first couple of weeks.

From what the seniors said, today's training was just a welcome thing. More to come, and I really found it shag. Haha. Cham.

First we did a run around school of roughly abt 2.5km. Followed by 2 sets of circuit training which consisted of 8 exercises. The sets were back to back la, so for a not so fit guy like me who didnt do circuit training for more than 1 year, its not easy. Didnt have time to catch my breath even haha.

Made a few friends along the way as well. =)

But still, it was enjoyable. Looking forward to the next land training on Thurs and of course the first water training on Sat.

Ah...

Well well, the start of a new semester. But lessons dont start until wednesday for this week.

I will be attending the Dragon boat welcome training tomorrow, I wonder how welcoming it will be. Haha.

But my mission to make it a 4 day week has failed. So I must go to school every week day!! Blah, at least lets hope I get off to a good start!

CCA

Alright, I've made up my mind.

Ever since the matric fair 1 year ago, I had been interested in joining NUS Dragon Boat team.
If I don't do this during my junior sem, I doubt I'll be able to do in as I progress higher up.

I've contacted the Captain and is looking forward to join the training.