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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Ahh.. another breather. I'm currently in the midst of my exam period and I have thus completed 3 heavy papers so far (Public admin, adv modernism and the study of modern Eng). It seems like the majority of the exam load has fallen off my shoulders after 7.30pm yesterday because I am so done with the toughest papers this semester. To be honest, I was kind-of struggling through public admin =( *apparently studied for the wrong topic. I think I handled Advance modernism well. But it was a pleasant surprise that I found the linguistic paper do-able! Unlike the first test and all the tutorial sessions, I actually did the frigging paper... completed it with hardly any blanks! Sob* Praise the Lord...

This paper was the most worrisome of all my modules. Simply because I nearly flunked the first quiz and I came in empty-handed for most of the tutorial sessions, just to copy the answers to the analysis which should be done as homework. This cause me to realize that I haven't changed must since secondary school. I STILL don't do HOMEWORK! (Weekly tutorials etc)

Can you believe it? It's amazing that I survived for 4 years in NTU without doing weekly HOMEWORK! Well, I guess the only reason to my healthy grades is that most of the Eng Lit does not have tutorials of THAT sort. It's just one big-ass essay or essays worth 50% of the total grade.... and THAT... I can handle.

Wow... prior to this, I had no idea that doing tutorials were that important. *Pardon me for my blurness and ignorance.... cuz I'm living in a bubble. If I had taken the tutorials more seriously throughout the semester, I'm sure grades won't be an issue. -_- But I had enough sense to practice the tutorials over and over again right up to yesterday's evening paper.... and well... let's just trust God that it is well ya?

I still have two more papers next week. But I'm feeling more relaxed because I have more than a week to prepare for them. As usual, I highly suspect that my paper falls on the last day of the exam, just like former semesters. Why oh why? Why can't they shift our exams to an earlier date? I heard the comms students finish very early! I want to finish early too so I can have a longer December holiday (Tutioning, coaching and getting more money to spend for X'mas shopping ~ to heck with the recession).

Anyway... the good news that happened over these two months is that I have been offered to 2 jobs... working for 2 different companies dealing with the education sector in Singapore. I've signed on to the first company as a public speaking coach (I think some of you knew that). The second job is in the finalizing stages. What's happening is that the boss of my tution agency has asked me whether I wanted to covert to a full time staff upon graduation as he is revamping his company into a learning centre... which is cooler because tutioning aside, a learning centre is able to extend to areas like coaching etc etc... (which spells~ bottomline... big money in times of recesssion.)

On one hand, I am very excited because Singapore is a place where education is a big business. Sure, being a 'cher' in MOE is comfortable and respectable ... but I believe I'm not meant for that. MOE is a place for teachers with a real calling and love to teach students. I love to teach as well, but I can really do without all the dogmatic rules and regulations (Like no outrageously dyed hair~ no way man! I'm into dye and highlights! And I'll encourage my students who are old enuff to dye their hair as well, if they look better in it / And 'dress appropriatel'y... urgh... hello, I was one of those girls who get sentenced to detention for wearing ankle socks in JC.)

Reading articles about those teachers that suffer because they have to hide their private lives and live as a good example makes me sick to the core. So that's why a learning centre is a very good place for me to be a mentor who's a friend, and not a 'cher' who has to discipline. I think I'm a private sector-person... regardless of which sector I in.

Still, I'm not putting all my eggs into one basket. I'm still going to try out for that AIESEC work internship thingy as well as submit my resume to some companies that I've previously worked for or worked with. I'm also determined to get my driving license by next year and pursue my diploma in music (This is one unfinished skill that I'm good at.. and it will be a waste if I don't continue.) All I can say is that, at this point, I don't know what the future holds for me... but I know that God has made it good.

All right... enuff yabbering... here are some pictures from my family celebrating belated birthdays at Keyaki in Pan Pacific hotel...

Behold the ala carte Japanese buffet.... (Kushimbo pales in comparison because everything here is premium grade. Unforth... we footed the premium price too... say about $300 ++...

The food, especially the sashimi and baby lobster..... is simply FRESH FRESH FRESH and habit-forming... One bite into anything... say the manguro tuna belly and it melts in your mouth like butter! No kidding... it was a pampering session for my tongue and palette. I can never eat at low grade conveyor belt sushi restaurants ever again.