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post entry / upload photos Saturday, May 31, 2008 Hello qr, ur scholarship so weird, think the admin office like a bit screwed. I think u better call them on mon and ask if they got ur usp, if not maybe u shld go down and hand it in by hand instead. I now send stuff to uni using registered mail instead cos normal mail like a bit not safe. Its not very ex, just 2 plus dollars. Maybe next time for other stuff u can do tt too. Pauline eh. no leh. i applied early. as in. i did my nus and nus scholarship apps after we got our A lvl results. coz i wasn't sure that i would go oxf then mah (dunno got scholarship or not yet mah)... so i didn't apply for nus late lor. dunno why they contradict themselves in their letters/emails lol... or maybe usp *thought* i got picked for interview when actually i didn't get picked lar. either way... i don't even know if my usp app got sent in or not lor. coz i posted it on wed morning, but on fri afternoon they still hadn't received it. which is weird coz post is supposed to take one day. so i'm like quite irritated now lar. like so many weird things happening. :( QiuRong eh yea wax happy birthday! [haha i only remembered after seeing all those messages xp] hm qiurong that's so weird. they sent you a letter saying you were shortlisted for interview but with no info on when is the interview, and after that they emailed you to tell you you didn't get any scholarship??! that's so strange.. hm maybe cos you applied late since you only cancelled your oxford offer quite late isit? i don't know. anyway i decided i'm going to ntu on the nanyang scholarship.. nothing beats the lure of money. haha. i can only hope that the scholarship won't be confiscated from me since i dont think i'll do very well [with essays and all that. i hate writing essays.] Miao Qin happy birthday wei xiang! :D ----- mq: maybe faculty award isn't too bad after all... nus just emailed me saying i didn't get any scholarship. and i haven't even gone for any interview yet! like they didn't even tell me anything abt interview any time before this either lor. lol... QiuRong wax, happy bday!!! :) sorry, i cant make it for the outing. really really sick. everyone in my work place is down with flu. :( Michelle oh i just realised xD happy birthday wax!!! Gaby oh i realized i might have sth on too..urgh sorryyy i'll try try try to make it =) Wei Xiang Friday, May 30, 2008 ok, by popular vote, NOVENA STATION 1 PM. please look out for each other, although i will try very hard to make it, it remains that I have to take my gramps to the clinic tmr, so if it takes a long time.. i might not be able to go ): Charmaine Sorry bout my previous post. Now i realised its okay for me to go novena tmr. so.. Anything for me :) Wai Hong hey so what's the plan?? novena or orchard? what time and where? Miao Qin i have no right to comment since i'm not planning on going anyway x) Gaby Thursday, May 29, 2008 hey, guys! i think any place will do for me. just pick one and i'll come. :) Michelle ME ME I'M GOING LET'S GET AN OUTING STARTED WOOHOOO LET'S GOOOO. Wei Xiang eh. it's the school holidays now, in case you didnt realise.. so orchard will definitely be crowded but *sigh* i don't mind both if everyone's so against novena. i'll also like to add that even if you guys organise an outing that i don't have a direct bus to, i'd still go la. seriously. anyway nus offered me the -ahem- FACULTY AWARD. which is pretty much the lousiest thing they can offer me and which totally isn't what i applied for [that'd be the nus undergraduate scholarship.] and it only covers part of my school fees, and it doesnt give me any allowance. i think i should go ntu right? i mean, the nanyang scholarship covers 100% of the school fees, plus i get $500 allowance per month and lots of other allowances. except that i have to live in the halls. everyone says nus is better, but ntu can't be that bad either right? Miao Qin Cant we don't go novena? I don't have direct bus :'( orchard please... If orchard I straightaway on for it!! Wai Hong Who's actually going? Che Hao Novena is ulu? what country do you guys live in! Anyway, the lunch hour crowd will be different on weekends. I thought Novena would be less crowded. But okay, as long as we have 5 people saying they'd rather be in orchard, then we'll move. (: Charmaine Novena is super un-Ulu please all you cavemen who only see the light in Orchard. Omg. The rush-hour crowd at Novena is pretty insane. But I forgot, you guys don't work xD. Literally. Gaby Orchard lah =P. It won't be that crowded during lunchtime. And c'mon guys, if i turn up (me who hardly turns up) the rest of you should! Che Hao eh novena where got ulu? i have direct bus there. orchard's gonna be so crowded la. let's vote. haha. i dont mind novena Miao Qin Wednesday, May 28, 2008 nod2**..agree with wh... i suggest orchard's pepper lunch!!! haha... :D Michelle Charm, can choose somewhere else for your pepper lunch? Novena so ulu.. Wai Hong hi everybody! LUNCH OUTING THIS SAT 1 PM at Velocity Shopping Mall - PEPPER LUNCH! :D Charmaine think i going NTU acc and biz. rushed home today to click accept lo. scholarship = none =( Bryan o.O is that like an exam or something? lol... i'll just fail it lar haha.. but if u want to go kayaking just for fun (can u do that if you don't have that one star thing?) i don't mind haha... i'm going nus fass... dunno abt scholarship, must see if nus offers me one... still trying to decide bet econs and psych. QiuRong Tuesday, May 27, 2008 pauline! kayaking one star? haha i'm slightly interested but i wouldnt want to embarass myself in front of other people so i'll pass [i'll get dion to teach me one day. haha.] i'm currently going to NTU Psych on the nanyang scholarship but if nus sends me the scholarship letter of offer by this week, i'm going to NUS FASS. school starts in august. 4 aug for the nus, ntu should be the same? not sure about the rest. i'm all for dinner this saturday [dont want to watch indiana jones!] lol. Miao Qin Hello, anyone wants to join kayaking one star with me?? haha. Pauline Monday, May 26, 2008 I think we should update each other on where we're going for our undergrad studies! If you know where you're going already, please post your university, course and scholarship-or-not status here? We're kaypoh people. I'm going to Berkeley, most likely major in Econs. FMS or SPH scholarship. I'm still 20% unsure as to whether I should take up SPH... Sara o_0 mm, so when does sch start huh. LOL. Wei Xiang Sunday, May 25, 2008 hello!! charm, which day r u planning for dinner? seems like a gd idea to see each other b4 sch starts! haha. Pauline how about just dinner then? Charmaine i watched indiana jones and it was quite good. another movie please! but sat afternoon is fine. Wei Xiang mq: i *think* i read somewhere that they'll inform you if you got scholarship latest by end june or sth. ahhh. i wanna go! but got some piano class on sunday that i've got to prepare for, dunno if i can make it. coz if i don't prac, i'm going to make a total fool of myself in front of my teacher's other students >< (which i usually do anyway haha...) QiuRong Saturday, May 24, 2008 Dear Sixoh, Our beloved comrade who is currently stuck in camp has tasked me with trying to pull up an outing next weekend (when i see jonathan tan chun kiat, he's gonna wish he stayed in camp forever) anybody up for Indiana Jones and possibly dinner on saturday afternoon? (: (yes, the fireworks were spectacular! i've never seen anything like them. and it was amazing how they started off being beautiful and whimsical, and then became more and more intense until it was almost threatening.) Charmaine hey pau and charm['s friend], still interested in the shoes? Miao Qin haha the fireworks were simply spectacular!!! Pauline qiurong: really! hmm looks like i have some hope after all (: yay! but how come fass is moving so slowly?! maybe there're a lot of people who applied for scholarship. ok im still waiting for their letter [if any.] i didnt know there were fireworks. haha. how come everyone was at boat quay? Miao Qin but don't teachers need to be intellectual? i always thought the best teachers were the ones who can engage the class in a discussion or sth like that. o.O i went bugis with my parents ytd night for dinner! (brought them to the exact same places we went during class outing :P ramen and dessert lol). and we were originally planning to go boat quay to walk too! but in the end we changed our minds, coz we were too tired >< darn. could have met you all there or sth haha.. what fireworks btw? was there some event going on? QiuRong eh. mq, i meant i got a letter saying they shortlisted me for the interview, which i haven't gone for yet leh. >< i'm going fass rmb? same as u, either econs or psych :D QiuRong ha colin, at my (moe) interview (which happened a long time ago), the interviewers said i seem rather 'cerebral'. on the whole, i felt that i botched the interview too coz i think the main pt is, they are looking for teachers, not artists/physicists/chemists/mathematicians/etc, and they felt that i wasn't that keen on teaching, but more keen on art. but i got it in the end...so i think it must be something i said. sighs... i think i'll take it since i didn't get into nus law :( hey, the fireworks last night were cool! i think i've never seen a such a long display of fireworks. not even on national day. Siew Ching ha i also just came back home, and i was at boat quay clarke quay area at arnd 11 to 1. how come there were fireworks i didnt see any. Bryan Friday, May 23, 2008 i just came back (i met pau, charm, sio and siewch!!!) from boat quay... on my table, there were 2 thick envelopes. ironic as it was - one from nus and another one from wellesley... i love the fireworks during the show!!! :D what do you girls think??? Michelle sigh..qiurong, nus letter = scholarship guaranteed. sigh. i dont think i'll have it already. what faculty did you apply for? i forgot :/ charm.. i don't know what i want to be. i haven't done any internships, just lousy boring administrative work and so i haven't had much of an intellectual working experience as yet. hm. but i think i'd really like to work in the fitness sector (: ooh colin you applied for MOE scholarship? did you tell them that teaching other people humbles you? that's what got my brother his MOE scholarship. haha. i miss wearing the uniform, but it gives me pretty bad memories so i'd rather not anyway. Miao Qin i miss wearing my jc uniform. :( Gaby Aiiiieee I feel as though I botched my MOE interview... it was okay lah, but not spectacular. One of the interviewers said I seemed very "intellectual"; I blame the overtly formal environment that influenced my way of speaking! >.< Colin a few weeks ago? i just got letter informing me of being shortlisted like ytd >< it didn't even say when the interview is lol... argh. work next week is prob going to be borriiinnnggg. coz last day of sch term is today, so library will prob be pretty empty over the next few weeks. although i get the feeling they'll just pass me other stuff to do, so i won't be stoning all day either :P QiuRong Thursday, May 22, 2008 (warning, long essay) I think I definitely want to be a lawyer at some point in my life - I kinda like the work. My long term plan is to be an academic, and I think being a lawyer will help me gain experience for that. To be honest, I didnt *know* that I wanted to be a lawyer until I started my law internships. It gave me a very real understanding and expectation of the legal practice, as well as a small flavour of what lawyers really do. The job sucks at times - seriously late hours, a fair bit tedious, menial work, not to mention stress, but I think all jobs will suck to a certain extent. It's the glorious (and sometimes shortlived) moments that I live for - the meeting strange and curious lives, the edginess/drama/excitement, the luxury of sitting at your desk to grapple with theories, arguments and philosophy, the intellectual rigour, and the breath-taking glimpse at how far-reaching the influence and (sometimes ludicrous) implication of the law is. I'm not sure if it was an active choice on my part though: all my life, I've been the kind of kid everyone looked at and said "She could be a lawyer some day." =\ Throughout the years, I've *seriously* considered being a lot of other things. I definitely have other loves -and I would venture to say, better talents even (since I don't think I'm particularly brilliant, as a good lawyer must be). But I think law has something; it provides good discipline for the mind, and a good platform for an essential understanding of most fields/disciplines. With law, I see the opportunity to improve and explore potential, which I treasure in a career. And I think just because you choose to one thing to be a career, it doesn't mean you can't do other things you love seriously. I generally come to realise I love something when I fall in love with the same thing anew every time I come into contact with it. The legal profession so far has turned every trudge to work to a quiet satisfaction at the end of the day for me. (: That's what I think. mich - have you decided on what you want to do? you guys? Charmaine eh. i feel so out of touch with this place. haha. yea weixiang i CANT BELIEVE you forgot what serene centre was called!! O_o oh qiurong i applied for the nus undergrad scholarship, went for interview a few weeks ago but havent received any letter. i think i might not have a chance already /: Miao Qin charm, do you wanna be a lawyer in future? :) is that why u choose to do law? if yes, how do you know that that's what you want to do when you work? Michelle i advised my first company! i feel like a real corporate lawyer. hehe. Charmaine Wednesday, May 21, 2008 first things first. who still has a frisbee? lol. Wei Xiang charm: there's some page u can check. i think go nus website, then find a link fm e admissions page or sth like that. then must enter yr PIN (the one they sent u in a letter), and the number they gave u when u applied. i think (sry, can't rmb exactly) --- oh ya. e psc person is now asking if i wanna take their local SGS instead. what do u all think? coz the only reason i might take it is so my parents won't have to worry abt paying for local uni, esp if i go on exchange progs or sth. but otherwise, coz i'm not decided bet econs and psych yet, and coz of the bond, i don't really want to take it leh. oh ya, for ppl who applied for nus scholarships... anyone got replies yet? coz i have no idea if i got it or not, haven't been to any interviews of any sort. QiuRong yeah, mich (to what colin and qr said). (: how does one check the NUS status? =\ i cant figure out! Charmaine michelle: >< don't think i've got much advice for u, coz both decisions seem really good to me, and i think you'll do really really well both ways... i guess just take whichever is more appealing to u? and yea, i love the mr bean ice cream! it's too bad not every branch sells it... and yea, i like pulut hitam too! haha... i've only tried island creamery once in my life :S when they were selling it in sch for some charity thing or sth like that? QiuRong Tuesday, May 20, 2008 No need for a disclaimer, Mich: you seem grateful for having been offered a place at Wellesley. It's a hard opportunity to come by, and I'd encourage you to take it because you seem to appreciate it for all the right reasons (i.e. those you mentioned). I empathise if you are having qualms about picking Wellesley due to the difficulties of sustaining an LDR -- I'm facing a similar situation on the other side, though in my case, my loved one is headed for Stanford. What I told him, though, was that I refused to stand between him and his dreams, his education, his passions, his search for a more fulfilling life. It will be hard for us, no doubt, but more importantly we'll have our older selves to answer to, if we were to grow up to find that we had let our opportunities pass. Colin sianzz...post holiday blues, dont feel like working... Pauline hello michelle, just go wellesley since u alr decided to go there in the first place!!! so who is going to organise the island creamery+frisbee outing??? weix??? Pauline Monday, May 19, 2008 i must put a disclaimer first or else i'll find myself in kao's shoe. i do not intend to brag here. just asking for some opinion... :) just checked my nus status and i got into business adm & law. and i planned to issue my ticket to boston tomorrow. now i don't think i will do so tomorrow. i even told ppl that i would go to wellesley already coz i didnt expect to be in this position. i have started to like the idea of going to boston, meet new ppl, take fantastic courses and yeah...all sorts of things. i even already have new friends who are going to wellesley. >.< what do you all think? Michelle gaby - just pretend ur going back to school LORRRR. it's not exactly very near if we meet in town also what. haha. Wei Xiang yay you finally admit it, gab. xD met tbb in the neighbourhood! Charmaine frisbee + island creamery = very far I live in another country people :( Gaby frisbee + island creamery!! :D (hey, it sorta rhymes xD) Charmaine because there's so many geordies in the world and one and only one geordie ting, who calls himself gt. LOL. Wei Xiang lawl~ oops =X why can't we just type geordie? Gaby Sunday, May 18, 2008 haha weix, tts serene centre!!! i cant believe u actually forgot what it is called!!! wow geordie, u actually went for dance nite? haha...i didnt expect pple wld still go back hc for concerts unless its their own cca or smthng...haha. Pauline haha mq, i think waihong is trying to say 'you're welcome', since you said thx to him earlier...LOL i'm gt (omg gaby you couldnt guess?) anyway, who went dance night yesterday? i went for the first time and actually enjoyed myself haha :P Geordie ow! wasnt expecting flak from that. Many of you seem to be in the same boat, considering (and rejecting!) a whole lot of different offers. I was sincerely trying to solict your opinions. didnt expect anyone to read my post that way. Zi Chong omg. i mean. not coronation plaza. but i forgot the name of that place alerady. lol, been too detached from sch. HELP. Wei Xiang anyway i suggest island creamery at coronation plaza lor! haha. then we can head back to sch to play frisbee if there's space since it's going to be the sch hols :P Wei Xiang what's up with waihong welcoming me? im a regular on this blog. lol. YEA i tried soybean ice cream from jollybean with dion once, before he went to NS. it's really delicious. and for a person who doesnt really like ice cream or soya products, thats a compliment :D haha. its not too sweet like normal ice cream. but if you give me a whole cone, i wouldnt be able to finish it, still -.- Miao Qin ha soybean ice cream rox. my house downstairs the mr bean shop sells them, so i get access to it so easily. Bryan oh mans...soybean plus chinchow is the best, recently taken a liking to it...haha. soybean ice cream is good too...i think its such an innovative creation!!! Wow wh, u seem to be so enthu abt outings recently...haha. I love pulut hitam too!!! Pauline ITS TIME FOR ANOTHER OUTING!!!!!!!!! how about an ice-cream outing this time?? B&J? Island? or any other place? oh come on, the weather is pretty hot these few days. Lets get COOL!!! mq, colin, welcome :) Wai Hong Saturday, May 17, 2008 omg yay someone to love soybean icecream too! and pulut hitam! ok, its so gonna be a soybean icecream date, col. actually, i think they'd taste great together pulut hitam is black rice porridge. or "oh chok" if you get what im' trying to type. lol. a dessert. Charmaine COLIN! you're back in civilisation! haha you were gone for so long >.< wondered where you went. heh. thanks for that (: ps. my mum has warmed up about my relationship! she refers to dion as dion now. not "your friend". she speaks in the active voice and not the passive. and she asks about his family and stuff. yea! so im happy. i guess all it needed was some time. she also saw his photo. haha thanks for your help gals [and guy - wh.] (; what's pulut hitam? i guess its because they're rich in protein? haha just a guess -.- Miao Qin Wowee, you guys, Charm told me to read the entries from early May and they're absolutely brilliant. Michelle, MQ, Wai Hong, the courage that all of you have displayed in your relationships is utterly inspiring. =) On a completely random note, after enlistment I have become addicted to all things soybean (soy milk, tau hway, soy icecream, etc) and pulut hitam. Cravings. all. the. time. Colin lol. zichong you have sparked an outrage. anyway, *slaps zichong's remark* and let's get on with life shall we? :) Gaby hmm i went with this fren and her fren then later met up with these two friends and WAIHONG haha then yeah lah very messy. BUT GOOD THING U DIDNT COME. it was freaking lame and boring. im having second thoughts about nus now after hearing the speech for communication studies. Wei Xiang haha i agree with charm. what's the point applying for the scholarships in the first place if you find them too "noobish"?!?! god. anyway i have no idea what's sgs. lol. take geordie's advice. hey weixiang so you went alone? i thought of going but didn't go in the end. heh. haha siewch so what happened to that guy in the end? or was it just a passing eye candy thingy >.< Miao Qin Friday, May 16, 2008 LOL zichong. does the 'noobishness' of the scholarship matter? If you want to do physics in the future then i guess dsta will provide you an avenue to do...but do you want to work in dsta in the 1st place?(or maybe it doesnt even matter to you where you work, as long as u do physics). For sgs, you werent going for it right? so i think taking it up may be a bit of a personal compromise...but maybe u are interested in working in hte ministry (you!?!) so i cant say much haha. just dont take up a scholarhip for the money ;) Geordie Erm i guess if u dont really wanna work for them then dont take up the scholarship cos its a 6-year bond!!! yep... Pauline i think i speak for a few of us when i say shut up zichong. Charmaine hi, would have liked to have met up with you guys. However I was at field camp. I got dsta to do physics - gt and pauline what do you 2 think? physics is far better than eee but dsta seems rather noobish to me. got sgs too but its noobish too eh? atm i'm thinking of rejecting both. opinions? Zi Chong Thursday, May 15, 2008 i mean, i WASN'T pretending Siew Ching hey, as i told pau and siobban, i met a knight in shining armour on wednesday. i was a tanjong pagar mrt station, going to go up the escalator when my heel got caught in some groove located JUST in front of the escalator. not a fantastic position i would say. so i tried really hard to get my shoe out as throngs pple went past me. i was pretending k, but i really couldn't get my shoe out until this guy came over and asked, 'are you ok? let me help you with that' and he got my shoe out for me. he just slided it out of the groove..somehow, smoothly when all the time i was trying to pull it out. he then put the shoe next to my foot and i put it on. (i didn't get to see his face coz the whole time, i was trying to cover my face with my hair, being so thoroughly embarrassed at having my shoe stuck in the middle of everyone's path) i got onto the escalator and looked up to see him turn back (i hope it's to check if i was alright. *i would like to think so* :D ) and his lips relaxed into a charming smile..... Siew Ching so fass doesnt offer direct honours...right? :( who's going for fass open hse anyway. wanna meet up? haha. Wei Xiang i refuse to hear criticisms of my beloved blobby. it's a miracle of nature! a con of intelligent design!a warp of intellectual gymnastics! how can anyone not love it! Charmaine Wednesday, May 14, 2008 anyway. remember to tell me whether it's sat morning or sun ok [charm] (: Miao Qin why did your cousin buy a psp and then not want it gaby?? it's a good deal but..i can use dion's one. haha. and i cant bear to part with my money now. thanks for the ad though. no charm! i wasnt talking about you..i was talking about guys like weixiang..and um steve..you know that day during the class lunch, i got the impression from some guys that psych was kinda like a last resort thingy. sigh. we all have our own interests i guess. Miao Qin I don't mean to flood the message board but my cousin is selling her PSP Slim and is asking for my help. Details as follows... !!!!ADVERTISEMENT!!!! Item: PSP Slim Age: 2 Days Old (which is as good as being brand new) Original Price: S$295 Selling at: S$220 Let me know if you're interested :) Gaby Mr. Blobby is a chunk of monstrosity. Nothing cute about that. Gaby it looks like a piece of tau huay...hahahah!!!! Pauline lol! if blobfish started out as jelly... i don't think i'd ever eat a jelly again in my life >< and i think it looks disgusting too (but a tiny tiny bit cute at the same time :S) QiuRong Tuesday, May 13, 2008 no, i didnt mean more prestigious than other disciplines! i meant more prestigious than the same subject without direct honours! i didn't post a photo of the blobfish - couldnt. google it :D Charmaine this post is just here because it's the 4700th post! nice number (: Miao Qin um thanks for wasting space lol. at first i thought my com got problem -.- i cant see the blobfish. did u post something for us to view it? or only pau can see? yea direct honours mean that you get a degree with honours eg B.A.(Hons.) in Psychology instead of just B.A. in Psychology. people without direct honours courses will have to apply to study for the honours the year after they get their degree. thats what i understand. [is psychology prestigious? i thought everyone felt that pysch was the stupidest course you can take [thanks a lot guys.] but ntu offers a direct honours in that.] Miao Qin -.- weix. Mich - direct honours refers to a course where you graduate with honours. A typical course will allow you to graduate with a Bachelors, thereafter, you'll have to apply (and qualify ) for an honours programme. Direct honours courses are generally more prestigious, e.g. NUS law, NTU Accountancy. (: Hope this helps. Charmaine that's a super long post =D Wei Xiang hellooo...erm no posts today??? Pauline can i ask you guys - what does direct honours mean? Michelle Monday, May 12, 2008 ** It has a gelatinous body Sorry, my bad. Pau - ebuddy isnt allowed on my comp. ): Charmaine i hate mondays! ): for all the bored people out there: check out charm's new love! google the blobfish! the blobfish is this humungous gelatinous monstrosity! it has virtually no muscle, which means that it doesn't really move. Its gelantinous body, which has a density slightly lower than sea water. Found at the bottom of the sea, this (and the water pressure), keeps it barely hoovering over the sea bed, gobbling whatever the current brings. Its like, God was eating jelly when making the living creatures of this earth, and accidentally dropped a spoonful of jelly which became blobby! it makes me wonder what existence is all about. hahah, go meet mr blobby! my new loooooove. Charmaine no more long essays to read:( monday is a boring day...zzz... Pauline Sunday, May 11, 2008 Welcome :) Long post is like eclipse. Wai Hong ah. back to short posts. lol. Miao Qin oh anyway. thanks waihong for organizing today's dinner cum supper! hope there'll be more to come and hope to see more of u soon =) Wei Xiang mq - nus fass is more established than ntu hss because it's been around far longer. and everyone says fass is DEPENDABLE, i guess. but mass comm-wise, ntu's definitely better. LOOKS AT JON IN JEALOUSY. Wei Xiang Saturday, May 10, 2008 hm geord, what are your plans? (: Charmaine ntu hss better or nus fass better? ntu has direct honours but nus don't have.. Miao Qin whew it took me a long time to read so many essays... for me, i faced a similar situation with pauline but it didnt really take me a long time for me to say 'screw eee'. [sorry if this offends any1 studying eee] pauline: i dont think you should turn down the opporutnity to go to imperial because of financial reasons. I'd suggest you look into bank student loans for funding (that's what i'm gunning for) jon: congrats for getting into ntu communication studies! i can imagine weix's envy haha. For me, i can only wish that making the decision on what to study could have been as easy as yours. I thought i was pretty much settled on where to go and what to study...but in the back of my mind it somehow didnt seem right. I'm just glad for the extra time that guys have in NS to make decisions on their future. Geordie anything.
Jinquan Friday, May 09, 2008 congratz jon! :D hahaha... i've never seen our class blog like this before! seems like all of us have become more mature... :) Michelle i dont mind, but perhaps meet earlier? i hvae to leave early Charmaine reply please. Wai Hong AFTERNOON PLEASE!!!! =)))))))))))) Jonathan aiyah. i have to have dinner at grandma's hse. but i can join u guys at around 8. Wei Xiang OKAY. I have to do my job again. As 06S60's ct rep, I demand for an outing tmr. Bugis junction for dinner. Probably around 6+ Ajisen Ramen :D Maybe can go for dessert after that. For those who want to go say YAY!!! YAY!! Wai Hong WADTHE i just feel like posting a 5th one! =DDD Jonathan wadthe this is my 4th post! i feel so happy to be back in civilisation after my field camp! next saturday i'll be promoted!!! =D Jonathan so yes so is there anything tomorrow??? and mq u better make dion powder bath a lot during his field camp!!! i got heat rash and it's really the worst thing u can ever have in a field camp! Jonathan WADTHE at all the looooooooooong posts!!!! Jonathan I GOT INTO NTU COMMUNICATION STUDIES!!! =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Jonathan Countdown to 6pm! *waves* Hi charmm :) Gaby charm refuses to work anymore. XD Charmaine Dear Pau, I feel like slacking too! TGIF! Yours Sincerely, Aunty Gaby (A funky, very funky, aunty) Gaby lol! so much for gaby's 'being forced into adulthood'... *stares at the tagboard :P* this morning i had this sudden craving to go kayaking >< i'm getting weirder and weirder! haha. i've only done kayaking once in sec 1, and i never though i enjoyed it much. but i just felt like trying it out again or something... QiuRong wahaha today got half day. yay. frisbee would be good, or something else tmr.long time never play frisbee le, wonder if the frisbee still exists. (to mq) i mean tt i thot dion shld be having tt 12 day field camp in tekong now, or maybe his is next wk. Bryan Aunt Agony=Aunty Gaby??? hahaha! (i m just joking la, so funky how can be aunty. haha) Gaby, i think u r really funny! haha, but yea u arent exactly the engine or accounts type. If u joined engine or accts, i wld be VERY VERY SHOCKED! haha. Oh mans, its fri, i feel like slacking all the way at work!!!! Pauline I say: Welcome to Aunt Agony's Column (sixoh style ;)) This is kinda melancholic. Like being forced into adulthood after graduating from uniforms. I guess I never encounter any of the issues you guys have. Basically because 1) I can't be bothered to do anything that will potentially call for much agony AKA I = lackadaisical individual 2) But even if I do, I live in an environment that is too free-spirited AKA my motley family to feel too bothered by anything. It's like, if you love, you love. If you don't want to do something, don't do it. Nevermind that my mom wanted me to do engineering and my dad accounts. They just like to say it (cos parents are supposed to do this kinda stuff and hence they feel obliged to) and when the fever (theirs) dies down, it simply evolves into "Do something you enjoy and can excel in". Then I'm ignored and left to be. Lol. Re: Frisbee. Omgawdd it's been eons since I last exercised. Gaby oooh lala. the class blog never fails me now. there're always essays to read lol! XD hm. i'm not that great actually. i started to neglect my friends when i got with dion. you may not have noticed it but there were so many times when i could've spent eating and frisbee time with you guys, or my choir friends, but i didn't because of him. [partly also because i can count on him to always wait for me to eat finish without feeling guilty about it-.- i know pauline always waits for me at her own expense! heh thanks pau.] and for us, we just have this understanding that breaking up is taboo and wrong to the other party. his ex dumped him and i'm not going to hurt him the way she did [although i think he was in the wrong then too.] so i just clung on through our difficult times because if i didn't, he has a reason to hate me forever and i didn't want that. sounds silly? but now that he has matured in army.. i don't regret staying on. he has changed completely, he isn't so horrible to me anymore, unlike last year.. to bryan: dion has "regimental duty" in ocs! the safti camp in jurong. how come tekong is involved? haha. sit by the phone and wait for phone calls for 24 hours. 7am on sat to 7am on sun. stupid right? hey so are we meeting tomorrow? and waihong. why are you single again? ): Miao Qin Thursday, May 08, 2008 Hi everyone, its very touching to read all of ur posts. Before today, i didnt really expect pple to spill out so much stuff abt their decision for their futures and stuff liddat on this blog. And everyone, thanks for all ur positive responses and encouragement for me as well. It was a very hard decision to make to forgo a place in such a gd uni, but i guess life is liddat and sometimes we just have to make decisions tt might not be the most ideal, but at least its the best of what we can get. So i say, no matter what ur choices are, make them the RIGHT choice and DO YOUR BEST! In future if I start my own company, u r all welcome to join me to make big bucks together. And ya like mq, u r all invited to my wedding if i ever get married in future. If i dont, u will all be invited to celebrate w me the day when i get my company listed(if i can, i will work towards tt!!! haha) I must say tt some of the decisions u guys made have been very brave ones, although u didnt really know what wld happen after tt. Sometimes i wish i could be less fickle and make decisions more quickly...but guess i am just being cautious. Michelle, actually the choice tt u wld like to make, i think u alr know it in ur heart. Dont be afraid. No matter what choice u r going to make, I think all of us will be here to support u! About ur LDR, i nv imagined someone my age doing smthng liddat. Its not easy but its not impossible as well. All the best! Qiu, dont worry, i think u have a bright future ahead of u. Its nv too late to start, and u can always go pursue ur oxford dreams later on when u r more confident. Being happy w ur choice is still the most impt thing i think! Mq, thanks for getting the topic started. I agree with Waihong, I SALUTE u as well for the confidence u have in ur relationship and the efforts and committment u r prepared to put in. I think i have a lot to learn from u as i tend to take my close and gd frens for granted (though i think i am a very loyal fren), but sometimes when i get too ambitious and stuff, i will tend to think less abt those around me. Siewch, i dunno abt the playing field thing...it does seem like guys tend to get away more easily w such "sampling"...haha. But i definitely wldnt want to be tt "dish", and i am sure u girls wldnt want to be as well...haha. Waihong, this is actually one of the few rare times u actually suggested a cls outing and frisbee!! Yup, in response to tt, i say YAY as well, hope to see u guys soon b4 sch starts and everything starts getting crazy again, and b4 pple leave to go elsewhere. Yup tts all, i dunno how long is this, but thanks for reading ;) haha. Pauline Frisbee, anyone? Wai Hong Damn i like this blog. Its SOOOO happening!! I feel like replying to so many questions and topics which i think i will definitely forget. I will try my best. Anyway, coming here at a younger age like 12 years old was definitely a big gamble, especially to my parents. I could not believe how they actually allowed me to sign that contract. YES!! I signed a contract worth 10k plus ringgit when I was 12 :) Initially it was tough. Definitely. All the homesick-ness and loneliness. After a while I got used to it and i think i started to depend on my scholars friends. Till now, I didnt regret on my decision of coming here. If i have studied in Malaysia, I would probably be smoking and drugging myself right now. Sorry. But i totally have no love towards my own home country. QR. Initially when I read your post, I was quite shocked. If it's me, I will definitely take up that scholarship. I guess I'm way too independant. Since now you have already turned down that offer, Singapore isnt that bad too :) Pau. I agree with charm. Dont take up eee if you dont have any interest in it. It sucks. I think it would like me taking up.. Literature?? HAHA. super gao wei!!!! Plus you have to serve 6 years bond, definitely not worth it. Mich. Now then I know you have a story. Haha. Nonetheless, it is a very interesting one. I think even if you go US, you still can hold on to it as long as you are committed to it. LDR to me is like.. IMPOSSIBLE. I dont think I can last for even more than a month. Commitment to me only come along when I'm truly satisfied with the person I'm with. I guess i still have a lot of searching to do. SC. Sample dishes?? You make it sounds so simple. I think i would probably settle down with my next gf or the next next one. Haha. You were saying that you already know what kind of husband you want right? I think i know how my wife should be. She must know how to cook!!! XD Mq. I salute your commitment. Regarding your plan of getting married with dion, I give you my best wishes :) It was somewhat a similar case when i was with hannah too. We actually 'planned' to get married by 26 years old. She once told me that her church friend had a 10 year relationship before getting married. So, I thought i can make it too. But the idea of settling down so early was, in a sense, huge. I didnt know how I can spend like 10 years with her before getting married. That's partially why I am single again now :) Trying my very best to enjoy singlehood. Gaby. YOU ARE LUCKY!! o.O Who wants class outing say 'yay'. YAY :) Wai Hong qr, read ur blog. and i promise i'm not gonna say "i told you so" in future. haha... :) well at least you have made up ur mind now and are ready to deal with the consequences. i'm sure you'll do great in nus and also be successful in future. must treat me someday when you get all the big bucks! hahaha... :P anyway, these past few months have taught me a lot of things. i thought taking the A Levels was hard enough. apparently, deciding my future when i am only 19 years old is harder. i mean, there are a lot more "what-ifs" and consequences to come terms with, not to mention the potential for regrets. pau and qr! really admire you guys. :D but unfortunately, at this point of time, i am still undecided of where to go. the more options i get, the more happy i am because i get more wonderful choices, but at the same time, the more confused i become. i often wish (just like qr) that i have someone (better still, many ppl) to ask, who has been through all these decision-making processes. like right now, even though i ask many ppl for their opinion, they all have their own thinking and the only solution is for me to come up with MY OWN thinking. just that i haven't really found what i want for my future yet. sigh... back to square one. Michelle sorry for spamming but i thought siewch should know - your dream guy (the young undertaker) is a client of R&T! We were just talking about him over lunch yesterday. Eh, if you guys are going out drop Ms Neo a note. I work too close to her fiance to comfortably forget these things. If you don't, her fiance might just throttle me on her behalf. Probably won't be joining you guys Charmaine michelle! your story is beautiful! (I always thought lovers should first and foremost be friends) xD Charmaine Pauline! I admire your decision! Don't bend over just because of a (very big bribe). DSTA only wants another scholars to serve for 6 yrs, but this is going to be your life. (I would've NEVER given up law just for a scholarship - and I was bribed a billion times since scholarship boards hate law students) Qiurong, Oxford isn't everything (I cant believe I'm saying this ;P). Nothing is everything. If you think you've made a choice you're comfortable with, then it's the right choice(: And yeah, leaving the country is terribly stressful and worrying. ): Michelle/Waihong/Steve - how did you guys do it? At a much younger age at that? (advise!) On how our dreams are actually within reach now, it still surprises me sometimes when I look at where we all are now. (: Seems like we've come a long way, havent we! YAY. I wasn't asking about LD relationships out of hormonal anythings. Leaving and all just makes me ponder the nature of companionship, that's all. ): Charmaine how come dion got duty? i thot he most likely in tekong already? or is his next wk? Bryan wah how come the class blog suddenly spammed by so many thesis essays? spend 45mins of my precious nites off reading and drinking hot soya bean lo. Bryan I WANT. dion has duty though ): who else wants? must reply! Miao Qin anybody this sat want class outing? Bryan haha i think gaby's parents are the odd ones out among all of our parents. and gaby's the odd one out among all of us XD [getting married by 35.. won't you have this huge generation gap with your children??] oh to pauline: i'm not free this sunday anymore, so it'll most probably be next saturday morning or sunday. waiting for charm's friend to reply about it! thanks for your support (: Miao Qin here's my long essay. lol. ah qiurong! you're the only person i know who would dare to turn down an oxford education on scholarship. oh my gosh. how courageous. what i have to say is that everyone definitely has fears of going overseas [me too. esp since im a small-sized girl.] and you'd definitely need to start a new life overseas. that's what my brother did, but he doesn't regret it! he applied for local scholarships at first, but MOE wanted him to go overseas and he was really really reluctant about it too. anyway, to pauline: DO NOT STUDY what the scholarship providers want you to study instead of following your own passion! that's what i believe in.. 10 years is a really long period to get stuck in a bond for something that you don't have interest in.. and there's no way you can break the bond without going bankrupt >.< you guys made me realise how sometimes, our dreams may be well within our reach, but our own interests triumph over everything in the end. my dad should read our class blog; he only believes in going to good schools, doesn't matter whether you like it or not -.- awww. everyone thinks mq+dion can last? i'm so touched! (: (: heh i actually smiled to my computer screen. hahaha. yea i was a guy-crazy girl last time but that's history. i learnt about commitment. about LD relationships, i don't trust that they'll last, actually, unless your love can survive without the need for his physical companionship. that's something i can't live without. "if i had a successful bf on his way go pursue education in his dream school in another country", I'LL FOLLOW HIM. haha! agree with michelle, LD is possible but it requires immense effort from both sides. i admire your resilience mich! :D oh and i disagree with siewch about how guys should play the field before marriage? that doesn't teach them anything about commitment. i mean, there's nothing wrong with finding the correct partner, but if guys were to intentionally get attached and break up just to "play the field", that's wrong ): and isn't it better to get their approval for dion first because it makes things easier for me? i.e. don't need to worry about what they'll say when we date etc. and at the risk of sounding naive, i think i'm going to make this work till marriage [and all you girls are invited! (:] Miao Qin hm. anyway, it's final. i've made my decision, and i'm not going to oxford, because i was going crazy worrying about it. not that i'm not apprehensive about local unis, esp since i'm terrible at handling new situations... but yea, the decision has been made, i've withdrawed from ucas, and i'm not going to look back if i can help it :D i thank all of you for all the advice, and goodwill and encouragement! esp to ppl whom i've called and killed phone bills with, coz all i do over the phone is go round in circles, just like i do off the phone >< it's not about how responsible i am i guess. i'm just too close to home for my own good, and i don't think i'm ready to leave yet. some people may say that if i don't leave now, i'll never be ready. but at this point in time, i don't want to have to start new uni in a new country. too many 'news' for me. i think if it were for a job posting, or for a exchange program, it's for a shorter duration, and i'd probably be more enthusiastic about it. esp if there were people i know well going along with me. as for local unis not appealing to me... it's only unappealing coz i was in such a terrible state this morning that i couldn't think straight. plus the modular system was so very confusing. but now i think i should be able to understand it just fine, esp since nus will prob give us proper explanations of what we have to do later on? as for LD relationships... it sounds really hard, but the romantic in me says that if you really like the person, it shouldn't be a problem? or maybe it's easier if you've already known the person/been with the person for a while before actually separating. but haha. my opinion has absolutely no basis, i've never even had a non-LD relationship :P sorry if this is really long. i can't quite estimate how much i've typed coz the box to type in is so small >< but eh. are we going out some day? i never thought i'd ask this! lol. but after being scared off by the potential loneliness and homesickness overseas, i really want to hold on to the friends i already have currently :D (there! something good came out of me not going to oxford :P) QiuRong as i told you qr, follow ur heart. honestly, if i were you, i would go. but then again, you are the one who is going to live ur life, so whatever your decision will be in the end, just make the most out of it and try not to regret it. :) in response to charm's question, and in an attempt to tell my story (haha...killing 2 birds with one stone), i had an LD relationship and perhaps, going to have it again if i decide to go to the states later this year. i met my bf like 5 plus years ago in irc (the ancient type of msn, if you guys don't know :P). i met him only once before he went to canada for university. then i went to singapore and we kept in touch via email, sms, phone, cards - as friends. well there were several attempts to get together, but i was too afraid that if we broke up then i would lose one of my best friends. finally, came one successful attempt some time last year (gonna be one year next week!). anyway, we had this LD thing for about 6 months. then he came to singapore to work early this year. so we are gonna be near to each other for about 6 months and get back to LD, like i said, if i decide to go to US. quite sad, but i think my decisions should not be affected by bf factor too much because it's gonna be my own future. i should think that most of you guys agree with this. :) so, i think LD can work, but very very difficult. i try to be optimistic but there is a high chance that things may go wrong. and same!!! i used to think that i want to marry when i am in my late 20s. now, i want to make it earlier. hahahaha... i never thought that i will change my mind! my mom had me when she was 24 i think. so now she's really my best friend! :D phewww..such a long post! i really really LOVE our blog. hahahahaha... Michelle Hello pple, similar dilemma to qiurong actually. i received a dsta scholarship offer and got a place in imperial chem eng. However, dsta wants me to do electronics and electrical eng, and will be very willing to get imperial to change my course. But i have decided to decline the offer. I know going to imperial is a chance tt will probably nv come by in my life again, but doing eee, its not really my choice, and i dont wanna be stuck for 10yrs(study+bond) in case i really dont like eee. At least if i stay in sg and do chem eng, even if i dont like it, i will only be stuck for 4 yrs. do u all think this is the right choice? i really hope i m doing the right thing. yea but i have not completely given up on my imperial dream yet. if any of u knows a rich man or has connections w rich companies(esp oil & gas) who are willing to provide a poor girl w money to go imperial, pls tell me! haha. qiurong, if the unis in sg dont appeal to u, why stay and put urself thru misery? haha. i think u can one la, maybe just a bit unsure, but u wld learn along the way when u r there i guess! Since u have the opportunity, i say go for it! charm, i think long dist relationships do work in some cases, but its gonna take a lot of effort, trust and confidence in each other. do u have someone in mind or smthng tts why u r asking this? hahaha ;) Personally if i have a successful bf on his way to go pursue education in his dream sch in another country, i wld be very proud of him. haha. Pauline mq...maybe you don't need to bothered about whether your parents thinks well of dion/your relationship or not coz you're not going to marry him or do anything major with him yet...not in a long long time. for a guy to want to get married at 26 is like.....well, shouldn't a guy play the field before settling down? i think that's the major advantage about being a guy coz guys dont' age as quickly as women do, they mellow (ok, very contentious point. because women can mellow as well too right? i'm saying guys don't visibly age the way women do.) so. i think. should sample as many dishes as possible before eating. charm, i'm sure that long dist relationships don't work to the extent that i don't even try. i've finally found the type of guy i want to marry....did anyone watch last night channel u, 930 pm show? about this 20 yr-old guy, who organizes funeral? omg...he appears (he's probably not like that in real life. i'm referring to his tv persona) so humble, wiling to learn, and special. Siew Ching omgosh i have to step in here. SOng Qiurong. You have a scholarship, and you have a placing in Oxford. HOW CAN YOU NOT GO??!! You're so responsible I don't believe you can't take care of yourself. Gaby heya. i'm probably being stupid, but i'm most likely not going to oxford. i've been stressing myself out terribly over the past few days over this decision, but somehow i don't think i can handle going overseas by myself. i kept changing my mind over the past week, but yet i'm also thinking that i shouldn't stress myself out so much. 'don't go then don't go lor' that kind of thing. but then i went to the nus/ntu website, and realised that nus/ntu don't appeal to me either. i think i've got so used to being on holiday that i just want to remain like that for the rest of my life. how? :( QiuRong MQ - omg the two of you are already discussing marriage and family? xD and i somewhat agree with the rest. MQ+Dion = qing mei zu ma that will last =)) My mom warned me against running off with a hot rich guy right after graduation. But after I told her that I won't get married before I'm 35, I think she got worried and secretly wishes I would run off with a hot rich guy after graduation. My family is so UN-conservative. We're like... chinese hippies. Go figure. Gaby I used to think that marrying young was a strange thing to do - partially because I felt it was irresponsible, and partially because I didn't want to be thrown into such major commitments so soon. But I've changed my mind. I think considerations should fall along the lines of 1) have you met the right one? 2) can you sustain yourselves without causing an embarrassment? (I don't mind being poor, but I will not be bankrupt/living off my parents). When I worked at legal clinics/sub courts, I realised that a very high proportion of marriages end up in divorce. Sigh. It makes me sad, what do you guys feel about divorces? For what it's worth, i think mq+dion will last (: I agree with Pauline, I think you've matured a lot over the last two years, and you are not a Madly-Hormonal-Teenager, mq. other discussion topic: long-dist relationships how? Charmaine Wednesday, May 07, 2008 ooh i like our class blog!! because everyone has something to say about my issue (: (: haha and i started and ball rolling! yippee. thanks all so much for your help and input. it really makes me feel better; i guess i really wanted her to be excited for me and to be interested in all that has happened these 2 years but i was disappointed because she hasn't asked me anything since that day. sigh. i didn't realise all mothers were like that haha! sounds like waihong's mum also. and hopefully my mum would in time become like michelle's mum (: haha i wanted to be a young mother [i.e. give birth to my first child before 25.] but DION advised me against it and said that it's better to have a stable income first [for both of us] before kids. [i really think entering the army made him change so much for the better haha] but i just wanted to be a cool mum! i want to be best friends with my kids (: but oh well. maybe by 28 or 29? my mum gave birth ot my brother when she was 27 -.- and i'm really interested to hear your story too mich lol. what a kpo but yea :D Miao Qin Wow wow...i wanna hear ur story michelle!! Haha...and i think i love our cls blog like tt...long long essays to read!!! Its fun to know what everyone has to say abt smthng. Pauline mq, my mom was like that until like two years ago. then after some time, as she came terms with the fact that i was growing up and realized that i could be trusted, she started to be more open-minded about such things. i think it's normal for parents with daughters to be like that. but at that time, when my mom forbid me to have a bf, i was quite upset. but as time passed by, i realized that i would have hurt myself had she not protected me. :) and i think it's really great that you and dion have been together for almost 2 years. i'm sure that you guys have been through a lot and both of you have grown to be more mature and know each other better. i say, just go with the flow and prove to your mom that you are serious this time round. but at the same time, try to win her trust and be more careful with ur relationship. i'm sure that if you guys last longer, ur mom will give in and be more understanding. anyway, i hope you guys end up in the same uni!!! or at least, be in the same country. sigh...feel like sharing my story too, but i think that's gonna be too long and bore everyone. hahaha.... our class blog is really interesting, i must say!!! :D :D :D Michelle Everybody is like writing PHD thesis. Somehow reminds me of GP essay >.< I want to add it too. Eh, I think its very common that Asian parents actually have such mindset. Mq, u said your mom doesnt want to acknowledgement dion right? Same here. Obviously not me but that's what happening to my sister. My mom always always (i feel like saying perma, but i cant *laughs madly*) refer my sister's boyfriend as 'good friend'. I think its because some parents just do not want to be so close to your bf/gf?? Possible explanation. In addition, Asian families are famous for being conservative :) Protecting us from any kind of harm is their top priority in life. Anyway, a few days ago i told my mother that i want to get married by 26 and she asked : 'Why so early?'. To me, I think its okay. How bout u guys? In conclusion, Asian families are.... ( yeah right ) Wai Hong haha glad the class blog is still so active! anyway i I cant meet up this wkend (i think others too?) And I dont think there's such a thing as being too old to go to a theme park right? Geordie Hey mq, actually in these 2 yrs after u got together w dion, from what i see, u have really became more mature and grown-up in a way. I think it has been a roller-coaster ride for u sometimes as u really couldnt tell ur parents anything abt dion and stuff like tt. Without support, sometimes the going can get tough, but all the same, u 2 managed to pull through lots of difficulties. I must say tt u really have my admiration for this! I would like to urge u to still remain confident abt ur relationship w dion. I know u really treasure ur relationship w dion, so jia you and go for it! Dont let urself have any regrets. About ur mum, maybe she is just unadjusted to the fact tt u r growing up so quickly. Sometimes, mothers do get afraid when they see their children growing up so soon and i think tt they might sometimes be daunted by the fact tt their children might no longer need them one day. (I know this bcos of my colleagues who are mothers and talk in the office tends to revolves around their family) I am sure ur mom is very concerned abt u as well, and ultimately, she also wishes u to be happy. Tts why she also hopes to protect u to the best of her abilities. For now, I would say tt perhaps u can take things slowly as they come and not to be in a hurry to let ur mom accept dion. As time goes by, I am sure she wld see the efforts u invested in the relationship and give u her approval. I hope this helps :) Pauline yea i guess i realised through this that my mum is quite traditional. hm. her tone is always passive towards dion, as i said just now, she refers to him mostly as Someone / Your Friend instead of Him / He. feels so strange to me... "in want of experience and mature judgment, it is sometimes possible that we may not be as clearheaded as we think we are." that makes sense. maybe that's what happening to me now :/ i don't know. we all go through puppy love at some stage of our lives. i've to say that my phase was during J1 and maybe some of J2. but now i think i've settled into companionship mode instead of still being in the infatuation mode. i feel that dion and me have gone through a lot [and i mean a lot. those who noticed would know that i wasn't happy most of last year.] that would've broken us up, but we did not.. so i'm upset when people imply that they don't expect us to last.. but everyone who's attached thinks this way, don't they? Miao Qin In response to mq's question, my mom is EXACTLY like that - except that my parents are in constant fear that I'll give myself to the first (and every guy) that is remotely nice to me. I wonder why. I think that it is fair for them to remind us of our youth. While it may not be true that the feelings of youngsters are superficial (I'm certain we are capable of true and noble love sometimes!), coming from the position of a parent: it is impossible for them to ascertain if we're feeling true love or lesser. Thus, they do only what they can: remind us to be moderate, so we won't get hurt - which is their ultimate concern. It is at times difficult not to grow impatient when they dismiss True Love (only you know!), but I blame that on underdeveloped communication skills due to the fear of intimacy traditional Asian families breed. Heh. Caveat: In the heat of the moment, or in want of experience and mature judgment, it is sometimes possible that we may not be as clearheaded as we think we are. So allowing for the possibility of "I'm deluded but I don't know it", it might be prudent to keep a little buffer of distance. I would. I hate getting my heart completely shattered. (: That's how I feel anyway. You think? Pauline - whoa, if you're betrothing your children to me I demand 150 camels for dowry, that they bear me 10 sons, and take on my surname. ;) Charmaine oh about the bidding thingy, for FASS first year, everyone takes common modules. but if let's say you want to take psych as your major [in your second yr], you obviously have to take psych modules in your first yr. that's when the problem comes in because everyone wants to take psych modules [in the first yr, esp first sem]. that's where a lot of people lose the bulk of their bidding points..just to clinch the module. that's what happened to my sister's friend. but i heard if you take it in the second sem, it's less competitive. Miao Qin oh and she also said she trusts that i'm mature enough to take care of myself. but i don't understand why she refuses to refer to him as my boyfriend. is she having difficulties coming to terms with it? Miao Qin O_O how come when i visit the class blog often there're always no posts but when i decide to stop coming for a while, it's bombarded with so many!! ok, first thing, the shoes. is this saturday ok with you [pauline and charm]? if yes, i'll contact my boss and ask. karen neo's getting married? hahaha! i bet her fiance went back to tell her that charmaine knows by accident >.< hmm about my "confession".. i didn't bring up the topic. SHE did. she started by asking me if my sister has a bf. that shocked me because i knew she doesn't suspect my sister. but obviously i protected my sister and said "No, why?" then mum shook her head and said "No la.." [i think because she really didn't have a reason. she just asked me this to bring up the topic of bfs.] then she suddenly turned to me and asked "You have or not?" not that i didn't expect it coming, but that was it! i told her everything. my sister and me were actually planning to tell our parents 2 weeks later, she first then me. but oh well. it's kinda disrupted for me already. but i'm relieved because i don't have to think of excuses to go out every weekend now. but i'm quite disturbed by my mother's perspective to this. she refuses to refer to dion as my bf but rather, my "guy friend". she told me not to take things too seriously. she expects us to break off sooner or later, and she thinks it's just puppy love. which is stupid and frustrating. she's very cynical about courtship because she thinks guys will be really nice to you only during that time but after marriage, it won't last [i think it's because of her experience with dad.] but i wish she wouldn't impose this on me. i mean, she's trying to protect me, but i wish she had more faith in my relationship. she says things like "it's good to have someone you can get along with.." dont you find that her words dont seem to acknowledge the love factor? she seems so detached about such things. it's strange. what's your opinion girls? Miao Qin wow wow...everyone is like writing long long essays...haha. anyways, i wanna go escape too but its kind of exp...does anyone happen to have some discount or promotion coupons? haha. i realised tt the interests of the pple in our cls are rather diverse! we have like pple going arts, law, and the more science side like me. i think its good...cos i will get to hear all sorts of stuff from u guys next time haha! Charm, if u r interested in sciencey guys, my son(Steve) is a good choice for u! :D Pauline Tuesday, May 06, 2008 hey sara, i got into smu law. but i'll only go if they give me a scholarship coz it's quite ex. and i prefer nus (cos location is not a problem since law school is not at kent ridge campus, more establish, and erm, guys there are hotter? haha) yea..but unlikely to get a scholarship coz i totally screwed the test. didn't even finish. so it's a miracle they wanted me. (it's not the interview. ) hey mq, i think i'm not going for the shoes. still, thanks for sending me the catalogue. :D hmm...would anyone be keen on going to escape theme park? i know it's probably not very exciting..but i would wnat to go there before i get too old for it. (i've never been there!! ) Siew Ching haha sara - i'm ambitious, but not in a corporate way, i think. I'm decided: i want to be an academic (like, at 40?) and between now and then, I'm gonna try to understand as much of the world as possible. Internships are more humiliating than profile raising; there is so little you can do at A lvls at a law firm! I'm not really for the sassy Danny Crane lifestyle. But it's still very rewarding, because you meet great people and do mental gymnastics quietly at your desk, then check back with some of the best minds when you're in doubt --> exponential learning curve!)I love it. (ironically, all my law firm internships were pre-arranged by someone else without my consent. But I think that's lucky.) Today, i read a pretty argument :D Ew no, I dont want to marry a lawyer. I have a thing for sciencey guys xD And I want the Renaissance Wedding Package at the Fullerton Hotel!!!!! omg. I think it was made for me. Charmaine mq - bidding? u mean bid for your major after the general modules end issit? dont worry everyone says u'll get ur first choice bid so it's ok one! haha. AND MS NEO'S GETTING MARRIED TO A LAWYER?!?!??!! OMG. I WANNA SEE HERRRRR!!!! Wei Xiang Wow charm YEAH your internships all rock. I feel like such an unambitious person next to you, I guess I have no interest in working for a law firm. I got into SMU Law, did anyone else? Sara MQ - what is the bidding like? if i wanna do psy, i'd rather go NUS cos they offer masters and Ph.D then i can do counselling. human resource is just not my thing :) oh and i'm not getting any shoes. Charm - OMG. Such a smart woman. We should all marry lawyers cos they're rich. Gaby pau! siewching! siobhan! i'm working at the Bank of China Building now, which is just next to Fullerton hotel. I know you guys work around there too :D Charmaine yea lets go dinner some day and invite ms neo along, i wonder if women who are abt to get married are happier and look more radiant, as everyone says??? haha. and mq, its great tt ur mom finally knows! haha. erm abt the shoes, the pictures are kind of not very clear, but if u r going to bring charm to go see the shoes b4 or during the next outing, then dont mind joining in too? Pauline Monday, May 05, 2008 gosh...ms neo getting married?!?!?!?! so interesting!!! hahaha... charm, remember that night at toa payoh when she said that she had not had a bf for a veryyy long time?!?!?! :P Michelle this is very interesting. eh mq, how did u start the topic? *curious* Wai Hong siobhan: embarrassingly, through connections (for the law firms). for the rest of the attachments, you gotta be a bit thick skinned and waddle up to ask. yes to a class meal! ms neo mentioned that she'd like to see us all again on the next class outing, if you guys dont mind. we could invite her? i vote dinner, any day. mq: hooray! :D (i hate happy lovers! lol) and the shoe thing! (scroll down) Charmaine omg charm what a small world! and how do you keep getting all those internships? i think even if i offer free services as a toliet cleaner, no one would want me much less offer me an internship =( oh jon wants to know who can go and wants to go for a class meal sometime this weekend. mq the whole confession thingy went well? =) how did she broach the topic? Siobhan this is quite cool too! haha Pauline OMG!!! Ms Neo getting married?!?!?! anyway just for fun, check this out! cool stuff for u to work ur brains! haha same example...dont u think its just so cool? haha Pauline hi everyone! i started a new internship at Rajah&Tann today, and three of the lawyers took me out for lunch. we ended up talking about how one of them was getting married at the end of the year - and guess what: to MS KAREN NEO! FREEEAKILY small world! lol (so much for her "i'm going to be single for a damn long time") mq: what time can we go roughly? 'cause I'm working now.. weekends? Charmaine gaby i think im more interested to work in human resource.. instead of counselling. although i do enjoy being people's confidant..i don't think i want to do it my whole life. haha. i think i'm going to NTU actually, because it's a 4yr direct honours and it doesnt have bidding like NUS [which is very stupid if you're unable to get the pysch modules. it's very popular.] and why didn't you reply about the shoes!! gaby. my message was in RED >.< Miao Qin mq - what branch of psychology do you want to pursue? :) i haven't heard from mass comm so if i don't get mass comm, i think i'll do psychology at FASS too :) Gaby and for the rest of the girls, can i get a reply about the shoes? i assume you aren't interested in any of them? Miao Qin what's wrong with psychology. that was my first choice. just because you're not interested -.- but nus sent me a letter! i didn't have to check the online portal. hm. haha gaby i think i watch it sometimes but i don't follow the show. if its a new show i wouldn't know about it. MY MUM KNOWS ABOUT DION. finally! where's charm? need a reply about the shoes.. Miao Qin Saturday, May 03, 2008 zzz. i didnt get ntu mass comm. i got PSYCHOLOGY instead. SIGH. lol. Wei Xiang u can check ur application status for nus here: https://aces01.nus.edu.sg/uasonline/Login Pauline this is utterly random but guys in period costumes are uberr hot ^.^ does anyone watch the sunday night show shao nian yang jia jiang? Gaby u mean NUS got this page for u to check if u have been accepted is it. this yr NUS very lag lo. what is the site address anyway? Bryan i didnt get the letter too. had to check the online portal. haha. Wei Xiang Friday, May 02, 2008 i got the letter on wed i think. dion didnt get any letter too.. maybe they send acceptance letters in batches. like according to the area you live in? good luck anyways. hey charm so the shoes how? you still want? any other girls?? eeks i wanted to volunteer me n dion for dinner tmr but i realised we'll be having a buffet with his mum so we cant make it. sorry! its been so long since i met up with you guys! Miao Qin same here jon. Wai Hong hahaha why is that soo unlike me eh?? ohman la i'm like going to the nus online page thingy every minute or so la... Jonathan so get gmail! i've noticed that gtalk (the chat system that comes with gmail) circumvents all 'net chat bans'. (it's the only reason why I have a gmail account!) Charmaine hi charmm :) i can't log onto MSN on the office PC so i can't chat there. sulks. Gaby what i cant believe is that Waihong wants to get into FASS too... we're a physics class! someone apply for engineering! lol I'm having a nerdy moment: read Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. It's intelligent and fascinating without making you work- great for the hibernating brains. ie. us. Charmaine eh comrade, you want to go FASS? that's like, not very you? Gaby mine's still "Application Processing"... =(((((((((((((((((((((( Jonathan i got FASS too but... oh well. Gaby okay, but I won't make it on saturday, you guys have fun :D Charmaine Thursday, May 01, 2008 anyway i think the dinner too last min liao. saturday how? Jonathan AHHHH WHEN DID YOU ALL RECEIVE THE FASS LETTER!?!?!??! =((((((((((( Jonathan zzz. i got into fass too. but i want ntu and they havent given me anything :(. waihong - WHAT are u studying at fass? Wei Xiang crappety crap. Jonathan okay if anyone is free and wants to go for the dinner, you can help spread the msg around cause i am currently lazy too! =) Jonathan haha you all decide ba!!! oh bryan, we were confined from last mon to this week wednesday leh. with 2 field camps, and one navigation excercise. and also a section live firing section that lasted from morning til 3+am... Jonathan anything, anything. Wei Xiang jon u tmr off in lieu ah sispec bravo got 4.5 days off starting yesterday noon. i cant bk out till sat morning lo. why not have it on saturday dinner instead when more ppl can make it? if is tmr nite i cant make it. Bryan ok to class dinner :D where/when Charmaine heyheyheyhey! class dinner tomorrow want want want??? =DDDD Jonathan |
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