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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Year 2 Sem 1 review/ 8:53 AM Now that my first semester in second year is drawing to a close upon the completion of my final paper yesterday, I thought it would be good to do a quick review of this semester. It wasn't easy for me personally to start this semester as most of my friends were in fact in a different specialisation. I seriously though I would die of loneliness and worse, get a bunch of unknown team mates who are difficult to work with and we all-suck-and-die-of-a-horrendous-death-and-get-shit-results. Thank goodness, that didn't happen and I was in fact very blessed to meet a bunch of great people this semester. Meeting new people can be very energy-draining and overwhelming. The thought of going through what seems like similar to year 1 sem 1 is undoubtedly dreadful. I can be very impromptu but that doesn't mean I love to live a life with too many unknown variables... ...and I actually said 'variable'. That's an over-academic term that shouldn't be appearing with the start of holidays... I am thankful that my prayers (seriously, I prayed like mad) had been answered. Having Jinhui, Yiquan, Shawn were a good start as I've known them since RV times. There was also meixian that I hanged around with for ab228a and wanling for ab213 lectures. The new people I've worked with like Yi Jun, Aileen, Carol, Hup Kee were a fantastic bunch...but maybe not cam-whore-ish enough. Joke! They've also widened my social circles and knowing more people like Liyanah, Qiaoying and Sari etc. Best thing is, all of them can be so spontaneous and funny! That totally made my life in marketing enjoyable! I joined the marketing club, which I suppose will be the final CCA as a student. It's a new and growing group in its 3rd year and I hope my contributions will be meaningful to help it find its identity and grow further since it's only in its infancy stage. If there's a chance to come back to in the years to come, there will be an immense sense of satisfaction that people are still chanting about the excellent contributions of the pioneer batches of marketing club. Besides the impromptu outings like sakae, drinking, photo-session-with-bm212-grp using carol's macbook when we were supposed to have online tutorial (oops), I've certainly stayed way too much time in school as my total time spent on campus can easily be twice as much time as I spend at home. Coming back on weekends, staying past midnights to complete projects or simply to study became a norm. There's always the occasional supper session to look forward to as it serves as a good recharge before I go crazy with all the school crap that came along in the later part of the semester. Now that holidays are here, it's a good time that my friends and I can take a well-deserved break from academics. I highly doubt this holiday will be spent slacking or sleeping too much. There's too much things to do and too little time. I agree with Fabien, my FDC buddy during NS days - sleeping is for weaklings and our vocation did train us up to perform under very little sleeping time and odd working hours. I do hope that the competition that I've signed up with Yi Jun and Jin Hui will be a learning experience for us. And who knows, we might even win something...there's extreme motivation for my part cos I'm in a dire need for cash...haha With the third semester of my university life drawing to a close, there's many more things to look forward to for the coming semester and hopefully, I will be seeing more of these great bunch of friends the next sem. Now that the holidays are here, I'm glad that people are finally calling me out for activities and I myself, have finally decided to join them too. The self-declared break from soccer, karaoke, social gatherings and whatever fun activities is finally over. I don't believe holidays are all about playing and it shouldn't be. I hope this one month will serve as a good time for everyone to recharge and heal all physical & emotional fatigue suffered in the past few months. There should be a time set aside for some self-reflection and also plan for the days ahead. There're many wonderful things in life to look forward to...and we have to learn to move on =) Happy holidays everyone~ |
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