ling3 wu4 - enlightened

yeah 2day finish exams liao!

n i realised smtg thru tis exam period...
e papers r damn tough. we r given a real short time of 2.5mths 2grasp those concepts n supposed 2apply (not jus vomit) those concepts in e exams in 2hrs. nw i knw y e jc students r e 1s who normally excel in uni... or at least can score betta. coz e jc system oso like tat. study 2yrs tk a major exam -- A levels.

i found out e reason y sm ppl like me cant score althou i understand e concepts. its coz i dun have enough time 2get use 2e format of questioning, answering n e terminologies.
i got 2knw tis when i met my lecturer cum tutor cum course coordinator for accounting this afternn. he asked me hw i felt abt his paper. i said it was manageable. he say he find it ok too. his tutors oso tink its reasonable. but apparently, 1of e tutors got an email fr a student saying tat he found e paper astonishing (meaning unbelievably tough). but frankly speaking, i find tat e paper rather easy if u reali understand n r familiar w e subject, which i am. so i believe e student's comment is not invalid.

tinkg back, tat was e onli paper i tot was ok. coz i familiar w it liao. so doing it was a breeze. in fact i took 45mins 2do half of it n realised i had much time, so slowed down 4e second half. it was e opposite 4e rest of e papers. all not enough time 2finish. rushg last min still cant finish. all e terms n phrases jus got lost in my brain smwhere.

so i tink nxt sem's gonna b tougher. coz more of those i not familiar w coming up. so needa change tactic oso... cant wait till study wk then read txtbk n do excercise. mus read n understand completely b4 doing tuts. then tuts = practice. so study wk wont b so bz n stressed up, squeezing time out 2clear all these doubts n findg e link between different chps.

another tg i found in e education system -- trains ppl 2work within ur limits. ppl simply get contented w scoring gd grades coz its a big hurdle 2get tat excellent result. so they get used 2jus doing their best for wat is given... best in e sense of e grading system expected fr tat standard of e task given. dun needa venture out n give smtg more.

since exams have fixed ans (even if they say its hw u explain), ppl r jus concerned w giving e right expected ans. no credit will b given 4innovative ans. so students got trained in2 timid ppl, scared of tryg new methods of getting e solution. tink tats y employers nwadays dun reali employ ppl w gd grades. coz they r onli gd in sch, in answering those type of qns. in real life, when problems arise n data dun come presented in tat qn format, they r lost.

overheard a story tat day on e bus. a guy who graduated w a normal biz degree found himself a job in a company called Aviva dealing in marketing (tink u all knw tis company). after working 4smtime, he was on a hunt 4interviews w other companies which can pay him betta. knwing this, Aviva gave him a pay rise to keep him. but after a few mths, he started his interview schedules again. this time he managed 2get a higher paying finance job in a bank. he worked for 2mths there n went back 2Aviva 1day 2negotiate 4a pay rise. surprisingly, Aviva not oli gave him a pay rise, but oso promoted him 2a manager. from pay of 2k to 5k. so this guy who was telling this story 2his fren deduced tat -- u jus need a normal degree 2get urself a reasonable paying job. whether u excel or hw fast u climb up e ladder depends on wat u do after tat (which has notg much 2do w a degree). so he set his current aim as 2graduate asap.

duno wat 2say in this case... but i tink 2ensure tat u r still at e top in 10-20yrs time, a degree is definitely not enough. jus like our parents. at their time when they r in their 20s, o levels is e norm. those who had A levels r like genius liao. but nw, degree is like a minimum. A levels ppl cant get a decent paying job, n no way of career advancements. can i say its wei yu chou mou? prepare 4use in future bah...

Women are more generous than men?

By Pradeep Paul

Women are definitely more charitable and generous than their male counterparts.

It was a couple of hours of pan-handling in the business district.

Last month, my editor led a team of Straits Times employees to Raffles Place on a mission.
Armed with nothing more than uniform T-shirts and our smiles, we were there to raise funds for The Straits Times Pocket Money Fund. And we were to do it by accosting strangers as they scurried about on their lunch break and sticking a collection tin in their faces.

Accompanied by some employees of Caltex, which threw in cute soft toys and sweets as a form of rewarding the generous, we fanned out. Some headed for the MRT exits. After all, a steady stream of commuters would yield some donations. Others swarmed around the foot of Caltex House. Some used their charm. The pretty women just had to stand with the tin in their hand and smile. Men walked up to them with money in their hand.

One of us - she threatened me with bodily harm if I named her - used psychology.
Zeroing in on office workers who looked like they had just had a hearty meal, she asked if they'd had a good lunch. She asked them what they had eaten. And then sucker-punched them with an emotionally charged line about how some schoolchildren do not have lunch because their parents cannot afford to give them pocket money.

Seeing the competition, I decided to wander down Change Alley and try my luck there.
Flashing my biggest smile and holding up the tin that was labelled with the name of the charity, I walked up to people and asked if they'd like to donate some money. And it was a revealing experience. Some people stopped as I approached them, even if they were deep in conversation with friends. They looked at the tin. They listened as I spouted: 'Good afternoon, I'm from The Straits Times and we're collecting money for children whose parents can't afford to give them pocket money.' And they dipped into their wallets readily.

Others would smile, hear me out, shake their head in a form of apology and carry on.
And then there were some - was it coincidence that all of them were in high-powered corporate gear and reeked of money? - who walked by me like I didn't exist.

There I was, smile on high and starting to say 'Good afternoon, I'm fro...' when I realised I was talking to myself. The person had sidestepped me like a rugby winger in full flight and kept going.

Now, I'm not saying these are stingy people. They probably give more to charity in other ways than what you and I earn in a month.
But what about the basic courtesy of acknowledging a fellow human being who approaches you on the street?

Hey, it was broad daylight and all I was packing was a smile, a tin and some cute soft toys.
Sure, collection drives are a dime-a-dozen in these tough times. Sure, there are post-lunch meetings that beckon. But what about basic courtesy? Guess they don't teach that in the school of big bucks. Oh, did I mention that all these types that I met - however briefly - were men?
Most of the women I approached that day at least heard me out. They gave me a minute of their time, even smiled.

Some confessed they had never heard of the Pocket Money Fund but, when told that it was for school kids who could not afford to buy themselves a curry puff at recess, readily pulled out a couple of bucks. Others said they knew about the Fund and slotted $10 notes into the tin. Some generous women even donated $50. In fact, by the second hour, I had even mastered the art of spotting the 'donators'.

Too young, no point. They had limited allowances and too many things to buy.
Too old, not much point. They had their own survival on their minds.
It was the Mums and soon-to-be-Mums who seemed to be guided by maternal pangs when they pheard about hungry children. They gave willingly of their money, their time and their smiles.

By the time we got into the bus to head back to the office, I had learnt a lesson in human behaviour. And it didn't give my gender very high marks. Clothes may make the man, but they certainly don't complete him.

So, there you have it: I admit women are more generous and more courteous than men.
Although to this day I'm not sure if the women dug into their handbags because of their innate generosity or the cute soft toy that I traded for a donation.

hyperactive

yest was on e bus w a fren. he apologised 2me 4being abit hyperactive, cant sit still, keep fidgiting. i said its ok. he was worried his kids would tk his genes. i tot kids shld generally b more active. i dun like e v quite kids. 2me, hyperactive kids learn more. although smtimes it may b irritating n exhausting 2handle these imps, but its oli normal, isnt it?

he was saying he's always been talkative n active since young. n i was abit envious. coz i tot active kids learn more n in e right ways... 2b more vocal, speak up. this is e kind of ppl who will succeed in life. i wont let my kids b like e typical sporean students nwadys, wait 2b fed n jus do wat they r told. no leadership, no creativity, no nothing!!! hw 2compete effectively in this society?

thinking back, i was 1of those quiet, obedient students. learnt quite abit of knowledge, but didnt develop much. its oli till recent yrs tat i learn 2speak up. tats when i realised my vocal potential!!! tats ME. tats e kind of ME i wanna b n shld b. ppl may tink im 2noisy, irritating. but i guess i prefer e current me then e 1 10yrs ago.

comparing my fren... he said he's always been hyper. but i dun tink so leh. nwadays c him like quite quiet. dun talk much, dun fool ard much oso. i was tinkg if its coz he tired liao, battery run out...

if e hyper can change over time, would it b betta tat my kid b quiet when young n become hyper in adult hood like me, or like my fren, hyper when young, develop enough liao then keep low profile?

wat's ur preference?

hai jiu... v long...

it seems like i last blogged yest, but actually been so long. n it seems like my exams arent gonna end that soon but its actually in 2wks time...

22 nov 9am management science
5pm financial accounting

23 nov 9am marketing

24 nov 9am operations management
5pm managerial economics

my exam timing looks like hell right? its gonna b ok, i hope. chang tong bu ru duan tong =( haha
but actually getting worried coz tink oli accounting i more stable. e rest need alot of writing n vomiting... i not gd at those. then 2 of them still yi zhi ban jie... haiz looks like uni's not my type... or shld i say im not e uni type. hoho =p

looking 4ward 2christmas liao. abit 2early hor? but nvm. thats my motivation 2stay hapi n do wat i needa do nw... so that i can njoy happily on chRisTmas!!!

lets work 2wards christmas bah =D jia you . . . . . .

lame flash... for relaxation???

this link v silly ... i dun dare 4ward 2ppl. so if u free then go click on it bah... haha

25% Moody

It is not easy that u would b out of control with ur temper. Even if smtg makes u mad or sad, as long as it is not too far out of ur limit, u can control urself. However, once ur limit is crossed, u might explode n 4get who u r. u have strong self control.

From another angle, u oli allow ur true self to come out in front of a few selective pepople; which means u migh tget into a fight w a loved one or close freiend more often bcoz of this personality.


Diagnosis from: http://www.sanriotown.com/psycho/psycho4/psycho4_us.swf

try it bah... =p