Saturday, April 28, 2007

Ok, first entry after a major revamp....

yes i have changed my blogskin.....i presume to all readers, it looks much better....ok, i shall start whining abt my life so far here in adelaide....well, business finance assignment due on 10 may which might be two weeks later....i onli did abt 70 per cent of the appendix part for brief 3....and i am still dazed wif how to solve them.....yes, den also 4 days later the practice set for accounting method and a test soon....i am so nervous wif my time management (although i onli plan to get it organised, it is still in a big mess), it might appear to be flegling for amateurs(of time management)....
well, abruptly tot of some parts of wat happened at the chinese new year celebrations at my aunt's house.....my uncle and father saw eye to eye on most issues, every time they meet up, they will always tok abt politics and wat happens in the business world....u noe my dad, i rarely see him open his mouth at home.....my mum called it the sign of intellect....ok i have to agree wif tt....as i believe tt a quiet dog will bite but a noisy one wouldnt.....well, everytime my uncle and dad meet up, they can tok abt mostly anything they struck their mind.....hmmm yes, well, they persuaded to take up accounting degree......i mean they explain why they want me to study accounting.....den i rmb frm someone else's blog entry which talks abt being materialistic.....
ok, i have to admit that singaporean society is very materialistic....it isnt abt properties, being rich, it is abt the importance of having a degree frm prestigious unis....I have watched the film "Singapore dreaming" which showcases the society in singapore.....Well, i am not yearning to be rich; not passionate abt my name being printed in the Forbes list.....However, in this society, wif money, you cannot survive; just like the Mastercard ad, there are some things money cant buy....this is absolutely right.....
Frankly speaking when pple calls mi to get into business, my dad hopes tt i can be a financial controller of some corporation.....Yes, just like some wise man says, everyone is entitled to their own views. Well, in my opinion, i am not realli interested in that, but sth else....I juz feel i am not of business material....the strategy to make a company prosperous, or achieve healthy growth....i am not interested in those....Thank you guys for showing ur concern for my future but dun you worry, everything shld be planned for mi by now.....Ya making money, i am not in it....My cousin whom my uncle and dad tried to convince to study accounting when he gets into uni, sounded dismissive by saying "i am not interested in money"....
According to Poor Dad Rich Dad, no one is not interested in money...if not why are there people going to work? What do they work for? Ya....tt's it.....

Sunday, April 22, 2007

exposure to the real world.....

ok, i shall reveal sth, during my time as an admin clerk in uob.....i realised tt everyone has been "reprimanded" in some ways, even mi myself......during the short period of time in uob, i wasnt quite used to the office life, totally an untrodden land to mi....where criticisms are in the air, meant for everyone....well, quite a gd starting ground for mi (a sneak preview of office life).....well, censoring the part of wat exactly happened...i juz said i came across this senior worker in the office hu happened to be veri kind, her name is jenny in her 50s or 60s, assist mi a lot in the face of the mountainous workload....she consoled mi, she did not want mi to have phobia upon hearing all these criticisms... well, i dunno y but maybe it was my first time or sth....
or is it? not realli used to being pointed fingers at....the idea of "nth to do wif mi and u are responsible and u are being accounted for", tis is sth i loathe....forgive mi for being harsh but tis is wat i tink.....i dunno, accountability.....everyone is accountable for their own actions, and make sure they all account for wat they did.....well, maybe to assure tt no one is perfect....not saying i commit sth in my life and you did not...i am not talking mistakes which are criminal....but common mistake which everyone is expected to commit....frm mistakes u learn.....oh tt senior told mi sth which i will always rmb which is accept opprobium and move on wif it.....i guess, i shld always bear tis in mind....tis is the real world.....
anyway, i watched the last episode of west wing on the tele, everyone juz say tt tis show can cure their insomina....i tot tis show is nice, though the fact tt tis show was meant for entertainment, my lecturer once exploit tis film to make it educational.....when my lecturer was introducing US politics to us, he let us watch a preview of the show....well, he does not stand alone....many pple did the same thing as him i believe.....
cheers, i tot i would have typed everything i thought of for this entry but in the end, it doesnt even hit 40 percent of it

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

If u wanna regret or repent, do it b4 it is too late.

Ya it has been a while since i last update this entry.....last tues, i received news abt my ah gong....but i deferred my calling back home....it wasnt until sat tt week till i get clear of wat eactly has happened to my grandpa/ah gong....his cancer has spreaded to the lower backbone....now he feels pain on his both legs and lower bone....whenever, he moves and stands. i felt guilty once i received tt sms frm my uncle regarding wat happen to ah gong.....i shld have called him earlier, i am not filial, i am supposed to be as his grandson....he treated us so well!!! he loved us, and played wif us since young.....i was having flashbacks at tt instant when i was at mclaren vale on sat....
#1: ah gong will always sit at the guest room which was next to the kitchen, looking at us while mi and my sis were still having lunch....with a buff on the cigarrete.....then once we finished lunch, we will run to sit on my ahgong's laps, mi on the left one, and my sis on the right....
#2: ah gong will always bring us out downstairs and buy us ice-creams.....even the uncle at the mamak (is tt rite) shop noes my ah gong as we visited tt shop so many times.....same goes to the lady boss at the minimart.....we were in high spirits once we got ice-creams and always enjoy ah gong's company....one of the things we looked forward then was the arrival of our grandparents at our house....
#3: ah gong drove my dad's car to the airport and fetched my dad....true, at first i felt sth was amiss, since tt's my dad's car, no one has ever touched the car except my dad....y ah gong can drive it? oh, ah gong was once a taxi driver....so cool....i have watched him drive twice.....i rmb tt time when ah gong drove my dad's car to the airport, tt was the last time i saw him touch the steering wheel....
#4: ah gong always sat down with us on the floor and played coins wif us....we will use the coins and let it spin on the floor....everytime when i wanna spin the coins, i will always tink of this.....i can still rmb the facial expression of my ah gong at tt time, smiling.....with spiky moustache and beard....always felt the spikiness when he kissed us on the cheek....
a stronger, slimmer ah gong years ago.....i will nv ever 4get the love he showered us wif.....if u ask mi wat values he taught mi, i will say this "Ai pin cai hui ying"....work hard and you will win.....i will nv 4 get tt as well....
though he do not play wif mi and my sis juz like yrs ago, we noe frm the bottom of our heart tt his love for us nv change.....i did not noe abt myself, my mindset at tt time....i tot all these are the rights i shld receive frm all my loved ones, of coz including my parents....Onli till sat, i realised tt i too was worried abt my ah gong's health as well.....till then i realised he always owns a place in my heart.....no one can replace him, sometimes i address pple as auntie uncle, ah-ma, but i have nv address someone as ahgong.....ya, the showering of love is not an entitlement, it is a privilege given to mi....shld not take things for granted.....
so i called my ah gong on sat nite, tok to him for a while.....i said to him sth i would have nv said to him.....sth materialized thru the process called emotional outburst, i said when i come back i want to c u stand and walk healthy in my presence, ah gong went "ok, deal".....u still have to see mi graduate, u still have to c ur great grandchildren, dun leave us!!!! everyone, my aunts and uncles, dad and mum, mi and my sis, want to see u belong to us.....everyone's ah gong.....fight on, not the time for u yet....NOT YET!!!!!
i am proud to be ur grandson, and as ur grandson, i will do everything to to keep u wif us....well, pray and pray and pray.....Heaven, grant us more time, i still have not done him proud and many things i have not done....
Lastly, to say "Ah gong, I have faith in you, everyone is doing their best for you!!!! Fight on and live on"...I will pray for you....cheers

Thursday, April 12, 2007

A mind overloaded wif mixture of thoughts......

yes my mind is officially overloaded....i see this is the outcome of not updating my blog.....i realise tis blog provides mi a platform which i can pour out everything, juz like i confide in my confidant.....ok den yes, this week is piled up wif assignments, drving theory test and commitments.....yes i submitted my assignment, and i sat for the drving theory test....i made the last edition in the morning before i submit my assignment....wat i heard abt the assignment is tt if u fail tis assignment u fail the entire subject.....tis is sth worth astonished abt.....readers out there,it is beyond words to describe how i am panicking now.....but there is sth i wanna tok abt- an incident....tt happened two days ago....wat happened? we were discussing abt the second question of the assignment for the common law part.....mi, kinghan, tinyik, wutong were discussing.....arguing whether it is doctrine of ultra vires we shld be using or indoor management rule.....i can tell ya it was an inconclusive argument instead of typical discussion we always had....i tot at a split second, tis is an discussion not debating in parliament.....everyone held firm to their views of the situation and they argued pugnaciously......imagine how tense the atmosphere it can be if we were doing tis face-to-face.....well, wat is done cannot be undone....fingers crossed.....wat is it tt leaves an impression in my mind is the discussion we had over msn.....ya noe, either indoor management or doctrine of ultra vires......two options, but drawing a line between them seems to be so insurmountable.....Law? is there any correct or wrong answers? No, as long as u have the adequate evidence or approriate facts to prove ur stand, this answer is correct....wat i witnessed tt day was truly tense....being a spectator and not realli joining the convo, i have to say beyond words to describe......den the conclusion onli came the next day, my frien who took the other side finally "surrender".......is such contest ever going to appear again in future, in which i am the main part of it? nt sure, sometimes i juz question whether i have the faith to defeat my adversary in terms of the clash of ideas...maybe i might need some time to assimilate my facts and stand before i get myself involved......tt tense discussion certainly cast a shadow on mi....every time i tink abt comm law, i will always rmb tis.....maybe it will spell out how insurmountable u can ever get thru this sub.....
ok, after submitting my assignment, i went to take the drivers' theory test, certainly make urself a multi-tasker.....actually once last yr, i have tried studying two subjects concurrently.....i hate it when i always open msn messenger, the nokia advertisement always appear.....a pain in the neck.....well, back to the pt, exiting the multi-tasker topic for another topic, heart was thumping at the ot b4 i sat for the test, but woah, everything is over and wif a gd ending.....i passed it and at one go......
ok, den Young Master juz dunno wat is hardship.....in the westernised term, prince is used to describe pple like mi, while in mandarin, "da shao ye" is the term.....haha ok, the Prince a.k.a Young Master Ming Chien.....wanna go out there and find out wat exactly is hardship, i noe wat i shld do to achieve it....not at a young age anymore, need to get out there and noe the world haha...a few weeks ago, i came across this lady with tarot cards.....3 piles, 9 cards in each pile.....when it comes to choosing different inner voices starts to grow louder and louder, ur mind can be torn into 3 parts, which one to choose, in the end i used my gut feeling to choose the middle pile, and the cards, actually says i am beginning to manage my own life.....going out there independently hahaha.....ya it is time to acquire life experiences rather than cooping up either at home or in the small world which prevent us frm seeing wat the actual world is like? ya, the world is big haha.......cheers outta here

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Liberated frm the world of mid-sem test for now.....

ok i am very delirious to declare that i have finished my bf mid-sem test.....in fact, i did not lament on tt 50-min when i was sitting for it.....james told mi not to study, it is still the same if u do study for it.....outcome is still a fail.....yesterday, the 3 wolves: mi, tinyik and kinghan....as usual went for the test and den lecture....kinghan, sticking to routine; sat somewhere else alone when sitting for tests. mi and tinyik, also sticking to routine; sitting together.....well, the test realli can hang someone instanteously if tt person have not taken any finance-related courses ever in his life....i can tell u tt....i was realli clueless of wat to do, though i do noe how to answer some questions in there....
i tot of naruto, when they were supposed to do the jounin test, sitting for the theory segment of the exam haha, the test was not meant to test how knowledgable u are, but test ur copying skills (how well-versed u r)....i believe it also applies to the test yesterday, pple peeping at other pple's work haha it's a sure thing.....
anyway, they will be concentrating on their financial accounting test, for mi comm law assignment: i am currently brushing thru textbook and notes to recap wat have i learnt.....in order to tackle the questions....well, hopefully everything goes well.....
well, speaking of the 3 wolves which is ranked according to our seniority haha: tinyik the eldest, king han the second, and mi the third and the youngest haha.....at least, we have a term for our gang, yup, hang out everytime after lectures or b4 lectures haha well, hope tt tis can continue for the next 1.5 yrs we have left in tis uni.....everlasting friendship, my buds in uni, the ones i always look forward to during lecs haha......juz realised a lot of friens around mi are willing to give mi a hand when i am in need of guidance and help or assistance haha.....beyond words to express how i feel as at tis moment, neither do i feel like saying anything when i meet u all.....i am always veri grateful, u have added colours to my life here in adelaide, one of the most wonderful memories i will take wif mi.....i expect the 4 yrs when i am here will be filled wif flamboyant colours.....sth i will nv 4get....the wolves haha arhooooooo!!!!! reno and mark are my bestest mentors plus advisors, of coz i will nv 4get u all!!!! well, instead of writing out my routine here in my entry, i tot it will much more wise of mi to make use of tis blog to share wif u all my mentality, my opinions of things in general.....much more worthwhile....cheers

Monday, April 02, 2007

Hmmm ok

yes ok, i have the "cheek" to update my blog instead of studying for bf tmr.....well, a couple of big decisions made, not going to mel this hols, coz got academic commitments....n ya....bf test tmr haha, flipping comm law tutes and notes and text for a while, argh promoters, doctrine of ultra vires. ok, law jargon can be locked up at the back of my mind for now......anyway, went to the Welcome Dinner organised by ASBC yesterday, had a lot of fun in my own table or rather call it in my own world haha....wif committee members, debby, betty and may haha with the exception of phy and hans over at the other table.....hmmmm anyway, a line of wat de michael chin's words struck mi tt nite.....human capital, pple like us studying are the human capital everyone wants to focus on....whenever u go....but wat actually struck was the peripheral of wat he said: be it going back where you come frm or staying here and work, cherish ur life here, ur life here will be one of most memorable experiences ever in ur life.....well, i agree, i certainly have to go back for NS, i was thinking what the scene will be like wif mi wandering around the city and the campus shortly after i throw my graduation hat high up into the air.....i tot of myself having all the flashbacks for the past 4 yrs i had spent here in adelaide.....frm a quiet and introverted filled wif ambitions young 17 to wateva i will become when i throw my hat into the air.....u noe mi and don actually saw eye to eye on where we are going to work upon graduation: we came to a consensus tt sg will be a much better place to work.....well, if my future plans does not experience any evolution, i guess upon graduation, i will be leaving for gd.....hmmmm maybe no!!!! hu noes, juz dun wanna disappoint my friens in adelaide haha...i sort of got attached to the place when i first left adelaide.....miss everything abt sg, including news, food, pastime and outings.....well, i have failed to cycle at pulau ubin wif my friens juz because i was working.....gosh....i have yet to utilise and realise wat the accounting degree can provide mi in terms of job opportunites. hmmm cant wait for june 30th to come so tt i can fly back to sg.....hoepfully a gathering will be organised, craving for it for 3 yrs and the class t-shirt as well .....hmmm but for sth, i have submitted my application juz early last mth, they emailed mi saying tt i will be informed of my application status within 3 mths....till now no reply, hopefully gd news will be coming my way....anyway, to enforce patience, i juz have to say to myself: "no news is good news"....ya fingers crossed....all riddy outta here cheers