The semester so far...
Recess week. It didn't really feels like recess week this time since it coincides with Chinese New Year. After coming back from Malaysia, there are many assignments that need to be completed and handed up when school reopens. So the next few days were spent trying to complete as much as possible. I volunteered for Chingay this year, so I was at the F1 pit building both Friday and Saturday. Although I enjoyed myself, I really think there's a lot of room for improvement especially avoiding time wastage.
Since uni resumes, I have already complete 3 out of 6 midterms and CAs. So half more to go. The next two will be next Saturday which is the same day as NUS Open House :P Good excuse for me not to be there.
This semester is really packed with assignments and projects. We just completed of FIN3102A presentation on Monday and the lecturer told us that we still have another project to do! I thought the group reading was the group project. Totally unexpected. I hope this coming one will be much easier compared to the group reading, or maybe just like our mini-case study will be good.
Corporate Finance. We'll need to do a tutorial every fortnight. The questions are really hard. Luckily its group work or else I'll probably get wrong for every single question. There's also a case study the need to be done by 19th March. I have yet to look at it since he haven't post the questions yet. Anyway, we have more than enough work to occupy ourselves with. Tutorial 3 will be due next Friday and this Thursday, which is tomorrow, we need to submit a critique for the report done by the other 3 groups. Hmm..I think the lecturer is too lazy to read their super long report so he asked us to submit a 1 page critique. Haha! Or maybe it's just to make us more critical in writing our own report when the time comes.
Yesterday was Metabolism CA1. There's also a CA2 somewhere early April. I don't really understand the lecturer most of the time so we need to do some self studying or guess what he's trying to say. Sometimes, he will even tell us the wrong information :S So you'll need to be very attentive during lecture and not just copy everything that he said :)
I enjoyed the Natural Heritage lectures. It's fun to learn more about the things around us and how we can play our part to conserve and appreciate them more.
I'm starting to understand more of Molecular Biology. The first lecturer's style was really not my type so I can hardly understand what he said or rather questioned.
And yesterday was also our Management Science mid terms. I hope I do well enough for it. The test was at 8pm. I completed my revision around 6.30pm so I decided to take a short nap before going for dinner around 7pm. I didn't hear my alarm which rung 3 times and got up around 7.30pm. The frequency of our shuttle bus was much lower after 7pm and even lower after 9pm. I manage to board the bus around 7.45pm and reach the venue at 8.05pm. Luckily the lecturers were late too so the paper only started at 8.10pm. The test ended around 9.20pm and I went to get my dinner! Lesson learn - don't nap before test unless you have super loud alarm!
"Life must be understood backwards; but...it must be lived forward."
Photo Updates!
30th December 2009 - Little Guilin
Nice scenery :D
31st December 2009 - New Year's Eve (Southern Ridges)
Bright moon!
"I'm scared!!!"
5th January 2010 - Bukit Timah
"Tired!!"
1st and 2nd February 2010 - Celebrations
Presents from dear dear!
Happy New Year!
2009 is coming to an end, so is the semester break. One month of holiday seems to have past so quickly.
Right after my exams, I had to attend the Sunburst Youth Camp 2009 organised by STEP. Similar to the previous year, the friendships formed and experiences gained were invaluable.
With participants from Cambodia at the airport
Photos with our Chaperone, Abel and ACES.
Campfire Night! Organised by the ACES :)
Coach C - Group 5 and 6 ACES
At Outward Bound Singapore :DI slept for almost the whole day after the camp (although I kept falling asleep during the camp *shy shy*)
On the 16th, we went out for shopping and walk along Orchard. Nice Christmas decorations, too bad it was raining, making it not so nice to walk. But it was enjoyable anyway. Photos in a separate post :)
I took a plane for the first time to go back to Malaysia on the 20th of December2009. It was really exciting except for the continuous delay in the flight. Attended Michelle's 21st Birthday Party and manage to catch up with my friends whom some I last met 4 years ago. Spend the rest of the time with my family, going out, visiting people and eat lots of good food.
Came back to Singapore in the 27th of December. Met up with our new RAD and discuss the activities for the coming semester. We had a mini Christmas treat by Dr. Gerald too.
On the 16th, we went out for shopping and walk along Orchard. Nice Christmas decorations, too bad it was raining, making it not so nice to walk. But it was enjoyable anyway. Photos in a separate post :)
I took a plane for the first time to go back to Malaysia on the 20th of December2009. It was really exciting except for the continuous delay in the flight. Attended Michelle's 21st Birthday Party and manage to catch up with my friends whom some I last met 4 years ago. Spend the rest of the time with my family, going out, visiting people and eat lots of good food.
Came back to Singapore in the 27th of December. Met up with our new RAD and discuss the activities for the coming semester. We had a mini Christmas treat by Dr. Gerald too.
Went to watch Sherlock Holmes at GV Max (I was so tired that I fell asleep not long after the movie started but manage to wake up in time for the climax)
Visited Bo Chao's house and his mummy cooked yummy duck + pork ribs noodles. Nice Nice. She's really a good cook.
It's New Year eve. So many things happened in 2009.
Hope you have a Happy New Year and a better 2010!
Visited Bo Chao's house and his mummy cooked yummy duck + pork ribs noodles. Nice Nice. She's really a good cook.
It's New Year eve. So many things happened in 2009.
Hope you have a Happy New Year and a better 2010!
My Feelings Now...
"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy." ~ Will Durant
What are you thankful for?
My blog title says it all..HOME!
The wasp that was in my room was caught by my savior! It look quite scary. Luckily it's gone now.
Grandma was hospitalised last week. I hope she will get well soon. The weather's so unpredictable everyday. Take care everyone!
Wasp!
There's a wasp in my room. I thought it was a bee initially until I saw the body looking like this
And I have no idea where it is now. It was flying around just now until the fan hit it. Scary!! Hope it's not in my bag or on the bed.
Countdown
Propitious climate for peaceful love affairs, far from jealousy and from screams of hate and passion. Pleasant friendly encounters. You won't have to complain about your health. A day very favorable to the happy conclusion of a business matter or the crowning of a long-drawn-out effort.
3 more days left before my first paper. Stress. A lot more to study and the weather isn't helping, I just feel like sleeping all afternoon. Help!!!
Daily Horoscope
November 17, 2009 - In society, you'll be brilliant, charming, and you'll succeed in acquiring valuable supports. You'll make business deals and will have opportunities to make money. You'll hesitate between a total change in your present love relationship and the desire not to break up your habits and psychological comfort brutally. Very enthusiastic and dynamic, you'll know how to make the lazy ones move. Within your family circle, you'll manage to impose yourself without anyone noticing it.
Fire Rabbit - At work, don't fear changes, they'll be beneficial to you. You'll tend to indulge in food excesses, and your stomach will very likely have to pay for the consequences; you'll avoid a lot of troubles by following a small diet. On the heart's side, you'll be at crossroads but you'll be able to choose the right direction. Beware of excessive spendings that you'll have a hard time resisting! This time, you'll sort out your relations so as to retain only the surest ones.
Fire Rabbit - At work, don't fear changes, they'll be beneficial to you. You'll tend to indulge in food excesses, and your stomach will very likely have to pay for the consequences; you'll avoid a lot of troubles by following a small diet. On the heart's side, you'll be at crossroads but you'll be able to choose the right direction. Beware of excessive spendings that you'll have a hard time resisting! This time, you'll sort out your relations so as to retain only the surest ones.
Reading week is almost halfway gone. Tomorrow will be R3 second Destress session, must remember to go and buy donuts. On Thursday we will be having RA briefing and Saturday I will be heading to Temasek Holdings to check out the updates on our camp. Not much time left for me to study yet I just feel so unmotivated. We just completed our MiniProject after more than a month working on it. Irregular meals due to project will finally come to an end, at least for this semester. The construction outside my window is also finally over. Peace! Hope I will be more hardworking and motivated for the remaining few days or else I will be in deep trouble. CAs weren't very well done so need to do well for finals!
Mungkin Nanti
Sahaja ku berkata mungkin yang terakhir kalinya
Sudahlah lepaskan semua kuyakin inilah waktunya
Mungkin saja kau bukan yang dulu lagi
Mungkin saja rasa itu telah pergi
Dan mungkin bila nanti kita kan bertemu lagi
Satu pintaku jangan kau cuba tanyakan kembali
Rasa yang ku tinggal mati
Seperti hari kemarin saat semua disini
Dan bila hatimu termenung bangun dari mimpi-mimpimu
[Mmm] Membuka hatimu yang dulu cerita saat bersamaku
Mungkin saja kau bukan yang dulu lagi
Mungkin saja rasa itu telah pergi
Dan mungkin bila nanti kita kan bertemu lagi
Satu pintaku jangan kau cuba tanyakan kembali
Rasa yang kutinggal mati
Seperti hari kemarin saat semua disini
Dan mungkin bila nanti kita kan bertemu lagi
Satu pintaku jangan kau cuba tanyakan kembali
Rasa yang kutinggal mati
Seperti hari kelmarin saat semua di sini
Tak usah kau tanya kembali
Simpan untukmu sendiri
Semua sesal kau cari
Semua rasa yang kau beri
Belaian Jiwa
Seindah tiada lagi kau ku ingatkan
Sayang kau hilang
Menanti biar sampai akhir hayat ku di dunia ini
Kau tahu bertapa ku sayang padamu
Hanya bidadari sebagai ganti
Hanya takdir menentukan ia
Oh belaian jiwa
Oh angin, sampaikan lagu ku padanya
yang sedih pilu
Terimalah lagu ku jadi teman hidup mu
Untuk selamanya
Kau tahu bertapa ku sayang padamu
Hanya bidadari sebagai ganti
Hanya takdir
Menentukan ia
Oh belaian jiwa
Donald Rumsfeld
"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know"
How uncertain:S
Finance Last Lecture
This last lecture is one of the toughest I ever had so far. It was about Options. I wish I had the option not to study this chapter :)
"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal"
I don't really understand what was going on during the lecture. So confusing. Put options, call options, buy, sell...arrgh...anyway, Dr Er gave us lots of chocolates today for helping him to complete the survey on MyFinanceLab. I've only used it for 1 or 2 times, so couldn't really give a good representation of the effectiveness of that programme.
Next week will be our final CA, I will also be having Biochemistry CA which makes up 60% of the final score next week, one day before finance. SO Wednesday will be Biochemisty, Thursday will be Finance, Friday will be Understanding Statistics and the following Monday will be MiniProject deadline. Waa...so much to complete in so little time. I think I better play less and study more!!
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
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