dear all,
it is wednesday and i m down with my three big papers. biggest coming up. this exam period is passing so slowly. argh. why why why? exams used to pass so quickly. like -Flash!- and ya i did not use to read my notes. but now, i can't get down to reading my textbook and have read my notes. think it is always good to prepare notes so days like these.

and thanks to mr yeo, i realise i have 2 mistakes in my finance paper already. oh well. probably more. up to the profs to mark my ugly handwriting.

oh how am i goign to study for Accounting Info System? the previous years AIS exams were Multiple choice questions. but with our new prof, it is 4 long questions, each 25 marks, over total of 3 hours. oh man. so many things to read and study. promise no more than 3 exams a semester from now on. 4 is stressing yourself out. 5 is insane.

sun, mon, tues, wed, thurs, fri, sat.

holidays start after AIS on fri noon. 20% AIS on sat? take it as it comes.

that leaves me with - 5 days to studies, 7 days to my real holidays.

11 days to CEP

12 days to mama's opening.

all happening within the next 2 weeks. and yet this week and next week will probably be the longest and most tragic and tough-to-endure weeks. and the holidays will zoom past, as usual.
haha taking a levels every 6 months.

this morning i woke up with the feeling that i don't like university life. i like the people, but the education regime is very different from government schooling. this probably arose after talking to wing lam on the phone last night. things keep changing. no ten year series (haha ironic) i guess i don't like it cos i have to apply what i learn, which we have not been doing for the past decade of schooling. ironic.

on the other hand, university is where i have more/less time to myself. meet people.

let me share with u a story abt a lonely fish. once upon a time, he shared a fishtank with 8 other parrot fishes.he bullied, bit, head-butted all the other fishes. poor fishes were bruised. there was one who dutifullly ignore him by shovelling sand from one end of the tank to the other, but this fish chose to injure him. one by one (or even three by three), these fishes passed away. guess what? this fish was all lonely.
and now, when it passed away, it ended up in a lonely death.

yup. my last parrot fish died. in clear view of everyone at home. he was old and fat and lonely. but he was ferocious as well. my maid is sad over its death. my dad switched off all the filters and stuff. sounds like plugging someone off a life machine.

think tmr, if i m going to go to the market (a very big IF), i m going to get (i) fishes to take up my fish tank and (ii) flowers to put in vase at home - this was an efficient way to destress during a levels. hope this still works.

and after tmr, i m goign to live day by day. first is income tax. then when income tax is over, i will worry abt company law. not too much time to worry over company law. then finance. breather before AIS. then slight holiday. and TWC. and hols. whee. can't wait.

itinery:
Camp Ehi-Passiko
buying christmas cards with wing lam
goign cycling with her (both of us are getting fat)
eating buffets
going to sentosa, east coast
running, swimming

seems like a lot of time? i doubt half the list will be fulfilled haha.

tata. till we meet again - everyone float and stay alive!

mid exam crisis time!
time passes real slow this week
updates:
ms chay has busted her knee. oh no. i hope not serious. but i doubt it. pls update me.
besides that, nothing fantastic is happening in my life.

psle. haha my mum is still an avid supporter of my primary sch. top scorer 281 from raffles girls primary. i can just guess where she is going next.

highest scorer for ai tong sch is 280. congrats boy/girl. welcome to this world man. life starts with getting ur psle.

and my mum has reservations at her restaurant by ai tong sch and st nics for the teachers to celebrate psle results. or maybe, to celebrate yet another batch of faceless graduating students, who are on to better (or worse?) things in life :)

look ahead. look far far ahead. my gp tutor says it is better where she is teaching, than where she taught me. cos students like me don't appreciate her. after we graduate, we forget all these ppl who have been such great influences in our lives.

humans have such forgetful memories. or is it just me?

no more classes. exams now! bring it on!

was studying today. and day dreaming. abt many many things.

this semester has been a relatively ok one. no levine. company law was not as bad as i had expected after business law. income tax was scary though. finance was slack. AIS? din know what has been goign on since week 1. twc was intense. and interesting. a lot of readings!

and uncle dell is coming to singapore! but that is like 3 months away. nonetheless, it is something we can all look forward to. uncle dell, do u know many of my friends have heard of u, after elmo and reading on the blog. haha u r a "celebrity". of course they know abt speedy too. i need to publicise joan and mona lisa more haha

exams - what will come out? somehow, a lot of readings. and calculations wise, i m not very confident either. i need a break man. hang out with wing lam and my cousins. chalet. sbm. camp.

today was reading the newspapers. and there was a feature on teenagers. guess what they hope to do during their holidays?

"shopping"
"go zouk with their friends" mind u, this gal was only 15 and the legal age limit is 18

and these were the excuses ven mahinda mentioned before. new year resolutions of "becoming a millionaire" in the next year. frivolous. yet we are doing it. i see myself doing it. and i feel wierd saying i need a break by going shopping. the thought of it, whether i go on it or not, always makes me wonder what i m actually thinking.

and my AIS prof, on the last lesson, mentioned 2 important things

1. do u know what google can do to u? google has always been viewed as a good thing to me. and still is. convenient. returns relevant results to me. but for technology and world change module, we actually did a case study on google business model. sounds cool right? i din expect so much study on something that is so easily accessible to so many people.

2. why blog? if thoughts are meant to be private? why blog? when search engines can sieve through your blogs and show ur private thoughts to so many people whom u may not know. oh well, guess there is this innate thing inside us who wants to show.

and of course. GST is up to 7%. whee. inspired by ryan's blog. oh well. ultimate consumers bear the brunt while corporations who earn our money pay less taxes. who suffer? we do. i shall start a corporation soon and stop existing as an individual.

USA President Mr. George Bush is in Singapore. and he was hanging ard my sch all the time yesterday. mb that explains the traffic jams.

I was contemplating whether to come for class today. Basically it would be a waste of time. But heck. Here I m. and guess what made my day?

The security guard at school of business. I actually did not really see him. But when he saw me, he kinda expected me to greet him. Which I did. My face kinda broke into a smile. And I realize I was not smiling. Hmph.

And I finished listening to the wonder car of the future. Now I m listening to the wonder disposable cup.

This is the last week of school. I doubt I can finish studying for exams. Argh. And CEP is coming. Exciting.

And after that, I only have 0.5 day to myself J

Then Chinese new year! Haha I am going crazy. Again. I haven’t been out of my house for 1.5 days.

monday morning

i m in smu library. printing my income tax report. now i m in the last stage of my cold - persistent coughing. haha.

last AIS lesson. then dinner. whee. haha

siu needs to get a wireless modem. i know nuts abt internet.

I just finished my finance presentation! after listening to all the horror stories, which tally with one another, we actually had a smooth presentation. haha. pfizer. make or break.

tmr is income tax test. i dunno how i m going to sit for the paper. imagine seeing the paper and getting a headache. thinking of taking the paper on tuesday. but, that means i will have to study for another few days, including over the weekend. 10%. hmmm. trade-off.

shd i study income tax tonight? argh. i forgot everything i did on mon and tues. hmph.

Uncle Dell,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ELMO! it is now the rage in shunfu road. Lionel waited for me to come home before unwrapping. he took utmost care to remove the tape and open the box. and when we switched it on, lionel and i just sat on the floor and laughed. literally head over heels. wish i could start rolling on the floor too. I m going to bring to sch and show to all my frens. hope this will make everyone join the SF laughter club. i can be the president with Elmo :)

and thanks puee, for the email. i hope u get ur internet soon.

little things that warm your heart :)

On to finance presentation!

hi everyone :)
i had two of the best breakfasts yesterday and the day before :) little things that warm your heart when the going gets tough.

this coming monday will spell the winding down of this semester. whee. so soon. less than 3 months and a semester has passed. time to look back and look at what i have learnt - revise for exams! :)

was at the national library yesterday to do income ta research. now my life is full of income tax. i culd drown in it. i wish i could compute income tax for my parents. if u want me to compute ur income tax, beware the taxman. i may omit certain tax reliefs/ rebates u r entitled to, or omit some taxable income you have to be taxed on. haha, and there is group relief :)

finance presentation tmr. can't wait for it to be over. i enjoyed working with my finance group. but i think i have had enough of the financial ratios of pfizer :) viagra anyone?

did u know viagra was manufactured to treat cardiovascular diseases?

check out dogs' mutiliation caused by animal testing of viagra on these dogs by pfizer.

and good luck my brother, for ur o levels.

it is that time of the year. when i suddenly realise how impt gpa-s are. and start worrying abt my gpa.

i want to go for internship with merrill lynch to hong kong. i wish my birthday was not in july. then again, i wish for my birthday to be in july.

i have been trying to change my mindset saying results are not everything. haha my dad asks me to do a good report when i told him i had a report due at 12 midnight last night (sunday night).

i m just grumbling. it is AIS class now.

Singapore has an ageing population. This evening, when I came home from Piano lesson, there were so many elderly folks hanging ard the mama shop, probably because of the funeral downstairs. At least more than 10 old ppl.

and i reaffirm my support for chelsea. why? cos i like drogba. why? i also dunno why. i only ermember seeing him in a clown/joker's cap when chelsea won last season.

and finance report is more or less done. in 2 hours' time. now to start on income tax report and income tax test on friday. i don't want to lead this kind of life when i go to work.

overall, this has been a sad weekend. i don't look forward to the upcoming week.

Siu, congrats on passing ur driving test! now u can zoom ard in ur lexus and drive ur sis to sch and drive me ard :)

alright. income tax project and finance presentation left. income tax workshop and test. argh.

oh yes. and twc write-up. thank goodness we did case study instead of business plan. woot

been a busy/ok week. going to start biding for next year's classes again. how fast time passes. and all u o levels and a levels, it will be over soon. and just do ur best. the initial euphoria after ur exams shd be enough to sustain u till u reach university haha. i dunno what i m saying again. :)

and yes, my jc class having gathering tonight. can't go. tmr morning have class. and it is the sat i told myself last week i wanted to go swimming. grrr.

and i missed yesterday's shanghai trip gathering as well. oh well.

good luck rachel, when u reach SF. SF is a nice place :)

stomach ache
backache
head ache

toothache?
heartache?

i need a new shell. a new identity.

then again, i like being myself. who else has such great family and friends and so many things in the right place?

haha one smart person once said, "only a person who is loved will know how to love other ppl",
headache

i m gettin old. and fat.

and i don't see a future. time for armaggedon.

good sunday morning.
can't sleep.
woke up and emailed kc.
then went to market with dad. dad is nice to talk to, most of the time. and so is mum. so we just talked abt giving up on studies haha. dad sometimes uses reverse psychology.

saw 3 wedding cars on teh road. all three were mercedes. one was accompanied by a honda accord; one by a PINK bmw (yes pink Be-My-Wife), and another was a solitary mercedes driving out of my estate. Tis the season to be married Far-la-la-la-laaaaaa la-la-la-la

i need my tea. i m tea addict. mb i din sleep well cos of tea yesterday. both teas yesterday tasted wierd.

saturdays are not meant to be spent in school.

i want to go swimming next saturday. if no twc mtg that is.

this week, ais and finance reports due. good. income ta report and finance presentation left. then EXAMS! *horor*

happy halloween.

don't i just complain incessantly abt the same few things?

alright everyone. weekend is here. week 10 is over. bring it on week 11.

andy lau is in sg. tank is in sg. S.H.E. is in sg. cool.

and this weekendis a busy at sbm. tmr's Chief Reverend's memorial service. Sunday is kathina day. i have to spend my sat in sch again. time to tie up projects. i will try to make it down on sunday.

and i had so much fun reliving and going thru all my SF photos with my frens. I realised i haven't shown my overseas photos to my frens! aiks!

and i jus want to say a big THANK YOU to ms chen siu siu, for enjoying a sugar rush and a long-awaited chit-chat session. no one ever told us the going would get so tough. and u have a dream. u see urself doing what u want to do. may your interest keep u going.

and to pui san, i will try to get starhub broadband over to u in uk. but in case i don't makeit before ur internet comes, don't piss over it anymore alright? thinkabt ur skiingin dec. so nice. i wish i could ski too....

to mr yeo, study hard, run hard, and live life even harder! may the force of the anakin skywalker (he is cute!) be with u!

and to my beloved brother, studyhard. the end is in sight for all of us. and the end is often the start of something else.

twc presentation

5 presentations today. my group is the fourth. no matter how much i tell myself i m not goign to get nervous over it, it just arises.

and i m sleepy and tired. how can i divert my energy to giving a presentation? but i guess when i go up there, i will.

thanks to everyone who has wished me luck.

and uncle dell, i m sure u would have passed the piano exam anytime. i wish u were my examiner. tho i think found some resemblance between 2 of u. perhaps that is why he let me pass :)

k list of things to do:
1. ???
2. swimming
3. shopping
4. running
5. playing my piano
6. passing my income tax
7. finishing my projects
8. scrapping my exams
9. ???
10. ?????????


i smell year end. sniff sniff.

twc presentation tmr.
ais mtg last night after ais lesson.
sorry kc if i pissed u off.
and sorry siu, think u din have dinner that is why u had that funny feeling again
sorry sq, for whatever last last many weeks before.
and sorry sj, for whatever all these while.

sorry to hwee as well, to dee, to mich
to jiayi for not attending ur dance performance.
to sel - been working hard and so many things to juggle.

as we get older, somehow we seem more accustomed to failure. like no big deal anymore.

good evening senor and senorita,

laura foo has passed her grade 6 piano exam. whee. congratulations.

the examiner was nice. and i thank everyone who has been praying for me.

cheers and kudos.

projects projects projects.

fat fat fat.