my 1st month in sch after 9 months of holi...

Here's some of the unhappiness I wanna vent out!!!!

I'm seriously tired from the humdrum of uni life.
4 routine weeks had passed before I knew it.

1 moment I was complaining that I had no means to start my revision and the next, I'm starting to worry that I had no time to complete my enormous stack of readings. =X

Despite having a 3 day week, I was busy everyday.

Gone were the days when I could just sit around at home after sch and surf the net, watch dramas like no one's business.

This week, in particular, had been a tiring and stressful one for me. Having to wake up early for 830am lesson was no easy feat. To think that I spent the past Tue researching for my 3 projs at one go in sch the whole afternoon on my free day =( And my one of my proj was simply going nowhere as my grp mates and I were stucked whilst trying to ans our part.

# end of my complains.
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Here's some other happy things which brightened up my "dark" week:

1) Coffee which had seen me through 4/7 days this week.

2) The Jobhunting workshop conducted by Steven which was SO inspiring yet funny enough to send me bursting out in laughter during the 2 hrs workshop. Gained a new insight into the meaning of "convo" as my perception of graduating = the end of everything where one got to make a quick decision to find a job by the time convo comes or else he/she will gg. If one were to think carefully, graduating merely means "u r kicked out of NTU into the working society" and nothing more. For the next 50 years or so, you will be working your whole life. So make an informed choice and plan how you are gg to take off from your first step into the working world. Your first job need not be ur last job. Find out what interest u the most and plan to equip urself with the relevant skills that will prepare u for ur "dream career". Network. Ask around if you are not sure.

POSITIVE THINKING really helps. When u see urself doing well few years down the road, you will be more motivated and confident to progress on. JIAYOU!!!

3) The day I went crazy with my econs dearies=> Monday
Been a long time since we've attended classes together. Being able to spend that one hour of waiting time crapping and doing silly stuff like locking each other in the tut room really made me feel like we were back to our old days as freshies! I MUST relish their company while I can. Otherwise, I'll grow to regret one day upon stepping out into the society.=) I love school!

4) My SHG kid asked me whether I'm gg to SHG this sat and her "miss you" really made me feel the warmth in such stressful times.

5) Mummy for taking over some of my housework when she saw that I was too busy to do them., cooking for me.

6) Papa waking up so early in the morning to whip breakfast and herbal tea duper early at 530am.

Of course not missing the love of my life, who had never failed to provide me with his moral support whenever he knew tt I was down. And friends whom I missed terribly!

I must not succumb to pressure! Succumb to success will be the only goal this sem!

Into week 2 of sch! =)

Week 2 of yr 4 sem 2...

Everything had been good so far except that I haven't started studying yet. I need my textbooks to mug and the only bookstore in NTU had to be so crowded when I wanted to buy my text today...

NVM, I shall resort to the Singaporean kiasu means of queuing up early at the bookstore on FRi morning to beat the crowd.

Life has been very busy so far for me with all the commitments but I'm contended with what I have now. Had my first Jap class in today and it was fun learning a new language. Unlike the usual econs tut, Jap class was much more interesting and fun! But like what the sensei said, it is not easy to master a language without overcoming the initial phase of recognising the words. I must give it my all this sem! now or never! jiaYOUs!

Just when I thought I have reached my saturation point...

I found the reason to keep me going on. The motivation to help those who are in the predicament I was once in is burning stronger now. I started to see light at the end of the tunnel, why I'm forking out time away from studies, family, other matters just to see them once a week. =)

And it's all thanks to my 3 SHG sec 1 kids whose simple handmade TEACHER"S DAY cards touched me. It really warmed my heart to see them move on to a different phase in life over the past 2 yrs.

I actually felt guilty for harboring the thought of reducing my time spent volunteering at SHG in lieu of my busy schedule upon school reopening. However, their little act of appreciation for a volunteer like me made me feel that I could make some difference to them.

I was supposed to help them but they taught me something more important: TO be appreciative of things and people ard me and not to take them for granted.