A little bit here and there...

So I'm back again. Haha, finally I have some time to post in the morning. I've quite a bit to write about today but I'll keep it quick.
First up, I am really glad to have finally received my pay last week. It is indeed quite a few weeks overdue. My pay came in the form of a cheque though, my first cheque haha! As such, I was really careful with the cheque. That piece of paper was worth quite a lot, more than I have ever received in a lump sum hahaa! Thus, I made sure that I cashed it in properly.
Next up, I was told just a few days ago that due to the overwhelming workload, which keeps increasing incessantly I might add, I would be employed up until the end of May. This is great of course! As opposed to ending work at the end of April which was my original plan, I will now have another month's worth of work experience, not to mention pay:) This also means I do not have to worry about getting a new job any time soon, which sure is a relief. On my part, I do wish to continue working until I finish up with the work I was tasked with. So I sure am happy with the new request for the extension.
It's Sunday again today which means the weekends are coming to an end soon. However, I didn't go out yesterday. I took the time to clear out and pack the stuff in my room which has been laying around in my room gathering dust. I have not made time to pack those items since I moved in a few months ago. Yup, it is quite shocking but a few months have already passed since I moved in. Anyway, my room does look a little tidier now with some boxes out of the way. There is still lots more clearing to be done though, but I shall take things one step at a time.
Lastly, I am still waiting for news on my university applications. So far, I have not received emails on having been accepted or to inform me to attend any interviews. I have also not received any news that I have been rejected which I hope means that I still have a chance. Well, I sure do hope so.
Instead of sitting around waiting, I would be making phone calls tomorrow to the universities just to be sure.
Okay I'm done! Guess this pretty much sums up the more important things that I have had going on thus far. I sure will find time to update again soon.
ciaoz!

Updates!

It's past midnight on Saturday night as I write. This week sure was a long and tiring one though.
Firstly, some updates on work so far. After some calculations, I was quite surprised to realise I have been working for around seven weeks already! Haha, I've been working close to two months already:)
The past few weeks have been really busy though. There was so much work to be done that I even had to go to work on Mondays, which was supposed to be an off day for me. Well, at least that means more pay for me then since I'm working part time, so I'm not complaining.
With the end of this week comes the end of the work that we had been rushing to complete the past couple of weeks. I sure was glad on Friday to finally see the finished product.That puts an end to all the stress we had been having. As such, I do not need to go to work on the coming Monday... finally! On another note, though still related to work, my aunt informed me a couple of weeks back that I will be getting a pay rise as they felt I had been quite productive. Yayy! Even before I received my first pay, hahaa! I had also been told that my pay should be coming in soon so I am really anticipating it.
There is still lots of work to be done though. I was just lucky to have more free time this past week to finish up most of my leftover work so that leaves me free on Monday. I have still not decided what I would do with a day off from work finally though. This needs some proper planning haha!
As for today, I met up with JL once again. Our only plan today was to catch the movie RIO 2 in Tampines and heading over to Hola Cafe in Simei for pancakes again. Quite unfortunately, we did not have the stomach for pancakes after our dinner. So I shall plan another day to drop by Hola Cafe again.
Despite that, we did catch the movie though. I found the movie rather draggy though, as is the case with most second sequels of such movies, so I feel. Too much emphasis was placed on the characters rather than the story line during the earlier part of the movie and I found myself wondering where the show was going.It became quite a bore then. Luckily, the movie did not end off too badly. The rest of the time today was spent in JL's house which certainly left us sleepy and sluggish. The day didn't go too badly though. Now to plan for next Saturday!
It's getting really late, so ciaoz! Guess I really ought to plan my time better for writing these posts uh?

University applications

Well guys, it's April already in a blink of an eye. That would mean that all applications for university has already closed. Well, the application deadlines was on 31st of March actually so it is already few days past that. Thankfully, I did manage to finalised the submission of my university applications by the 31st though it was once again really last minute. Still, I did make sure I did not submit very shabby work.
Anyways, I opened my email today and saw that one of my teachers had already submitted an appraisal for me through SUTD. Haha, that was sure some progress. Now I'm just waiting for more news from the universities. I sure do hope the acceptance notice comes in soon!

Short work week!

So... it's Friday again in the blink of an eye. My... how time flies. Then again, it was a really short week for me, talking about work of course. This is the third week at work, though I was only in office two days this week. Still, it was an eventful and busy week for me.
Monday -  I was as per the previous weeks off on the first weekday of the week. Well, my aunt did inform me that she was going to work that day and asked if I wanted to go to work as well. However, I already had other plans so I didn't go to work. I had a free ticket to Adventure Cove, which is at Sentosa island, and so spent a day there with some relatives and my sister. I have to admit that I did enjoy myself after a day spent there. Considering that I had a totally wrong idea what Adventure Cove was ( I had thought I was going to a theme park and so was actually preparing myself for roller coasters which I did not really enjoy), the water theme park, something similar to Wild Wild Wet, was so much a relief for me. It was also quite a relief for me to soak in the cool water of the pools there which is certainly a much needed respite from the sweltering heat that has become a permanent resident of the weather these last couple of weeks. Apart from the cool water, the rides there were quite exciting, not too intimidating, and generally felt fun after I had overcame it. I did feel that quite a number of the rides were quite mild after trying out a few rides. It was still good enough for me though. While trying out the different rides there, one thing did seem surprising to me. Despite it being a weekday, the start of the week no less, there was a surprisingly large crowd at Adventure Cove that day. This resulted in long queues which I had not been expecting. Still, the long time spent queuing for the rides gave me a great opportunity to get lots of sun on my skin and I sure had a nice tan by the end of the day. I was really glad of this as I had been trying to squeeze some time into my packed schedule for some swimming and tanning. We were almost complete with all the rides there by lunchtime given that there weren't many rides there and even then, I was already drained of energy. We did try out every one of the rides there. Haha, I would say it was having just the right company which enabled me to give each of the rides a go, Otherwise, I am almost certain that I would have backed out from quite a few of the rides there.
All in all, it was a day well spent.
Tuesday - It was yet another day at work today. Apart from clearing the usual stack of papers today, I also picked up a new skill - to use a machine to cut thick stacks of papers. I sure am being entrusted with more tasks each day, which sure is a good thing. Today was also the day I got to have a glimpse how the second level of the office looked like.
Wednesday - I was once again off from work today. My brother was enlisting and I accompanied him for the day. It sure was quite an experience being on Tekong for the first time. Haha, it would be some time before I see my brother again.
Thursday -  Another work day for me. My aunt was not in office today so I was left on my own to complete the left over work from Tuesday. I did try out a different place for lunch today. Well, I can't say that I am impressed with the food there. I did get quite a huge mug of lime juice for just $1.80. Still, I had tasted better in other eateries. Fast forward to evening and it was dinner with JL at Long John Silver. I cannot even remember the last time I ate that. Sure was a great meal nonetheless.
Friday -  I took the day off again today to make a trip down to my former school to ask some favours from my former teachers and the principal. Unfortunately, they were all busy either having lunch or probably at lessons. Well, seeing as it is the school holidays next week, it is likely I would not be able to find them in school next week as well. I guess I would just have to seek other options for my university application. Despite all that, I did get to meet some former teachers, and also caught up with a friend. Haha, I actually got him to come along with me to school partly to make myself less nervous and partly to get in touch with him.
See... it was still quite a busy week I had yeah? Hahahaa...

University Open Houses 2014

The weekends are over once again. This being the first weekend after the release of the A levels results, there were a couple of universities having open houses and I thus made it a point to visit visit some of them, namely NTU and SUTD on Saturday. Thus, I didn't do much else this weekend other than being at the universities. I did get JL to accompany me though.

Our first destination was SUTD seeing as that was the university I was most clueless about and thus needed to get most information on. I met JL at One North MRT station and grabbed a quick bite before heading to SUTD. However, it was only then that we realised that none of us had any idea how to get there although we did know it was somewhere near the MRT station. 

After some walking around though, it was to our relief that we saw a shuttle bus which would ferry us to SUTD. Haha... why didn't I check up on shuttle bus services? We boarded and soon found ourselves -entering the gates of the university, my school- to- be.

It was already past noon by the time we got to SUTD so it was after only a couple of hours of browsing around that we had to make our way to NTU. Well, I did gather some useful information though. I found out that students did not have to make a choice of their course of interest until after their first year of studies in SUTD. Thus, all students will begin with taking similar subjects and only select courses in their second year. Furthermore, the selection of students for SUTD is based on a broader criteria, taking into account other areas besides academic grades. I sure hope I stand a better chance here. The sustainable development courses offered here do interest me. 

After leaving SUTD, our next destination was NTU of course. Having previously looked at the courses NTU offered, on top of knowing where my interests lie, I already had a rough idea which courses I wanted to have a look at this time round. Thus, I made a bee line for the Environmental Science booth, Environmental Engineering booth and Economics booth soon after arriving at NTU. It was just about an hour to the end of the open house so I made a few quick queries regarding the courses before parting ways with JL to join my family for dinner.

It was only after I got home that day that I realised that I had some questions regarding the application process which I had forgotten to ask SUTD. Thankfully, the open house was still open today and so I made a quick drop by SUTD this morning to ask the admissions office staff some quick questions. Now, all that is left is to apply for the universities and hope for the best!

New experiences at work

Hey guys! Time sure flies uh? Another week just evaporated haha! So that means I have been working for two weeks now as of yesterday. One more week gone by, lots more to write about.
Over the past week, I picked up a couple of "office skills". On Tuesday, I learnt to print addresses onto envelopes. By Friday, I was already getting really used to doing that such that I was churning out stacks and stacks of printed envelopes every day. The next thing I learnt was to seal these envelopes in record time! The method I was taught to seal these envelopes more than tripled the number of envelopes I sealed as compared to before. It came as quite a surprise really. My aunt just saw me sealing the envelopes one by one really slowly on Friday and thus gave me some tips. I didn't know there was a skill to be learnt in something as simple as sealing of envelopes lol! So, with the new skills picked up, I was then able to carry out my tasks with more efficiency and ease.
After two weeks at work, I have pretty much gotten used to working life. The early morning squeeze on the bus, the never ending work waiting to be completed, crowded food centres and then back to squeeze in buses for the evening rush hour home. Haha, of course, I have also had to adapt the way I work to meet deadlines too. Well, and I have also come to realise that no matter how hard or how fast I work, there will always be work brought over to the next day to be completed. There is just ever so much work to be done haha!
Being one who isn't picky with what I eat, I am not too choosy about where I have my meals if I eat alone. As such, I have been frequenting the Bendemeer food centre for my lunch. Being able to enjoy my favourite food at low prices is sufficient for me. In fact, I have yet to patronise each and every of the stalls available there... haha!
Despite having gotten used to my work schedule. I have been getting to work kinda late ( ie. at 0900 or even after 0900 on some days). I really got to get out of bed earlier and clock in earlier for work just like last week. This past week was a short work week for me though, as I missed work on Wednesday due to having to attend to some private matters.
Looking forwards to another week at work. Hope my pay starts coming in soon though...







been getting to work kinda late
short work week wed did not go to work

2013 A levels results!!

So the long awaited day finally arrived. Today, I will finally know how well I did for the A levels exams I sat for last year. Throughout the day, I waited impatiently until 1400 for the release of the results. Then, I logged on to the website as instructed to check my results.

Well, I was not too disappointed with my results. Most of my grades remained the same as my previous results, with the exception of my H2 Chem and H2 Econs. My Econs grade went up by two grades from an E previously to a C. Unfortunately, my Chem grades fell by one grade from a D to an E. My GP grade remained a C as per the last results while my H2 Maths remained unchanged as well which meant a fail grade for Maths. Well, I guess I am just glad that I was able to still retain my C grade for GP despite not having had much practice on writing essays and attempting comprehension passages. I was also quite relieved to see that my Maths grade did not fall to a U. 

All in all, I am just glad that I did better overall than before. Well, I guess for one who isn't studying full  time what more without coaching, except for Econs and GP, attaining such grades is already quite a consolation. Still, the fight to get a place in university will be tough. 

Lots of luck to myself. :)