Just happened to log in to my email... just. And I saw that NTU had emailed me with my university application outcome. Oh wells, it was another negative reply to my application. So that makes it two.
Already received the reply from SUTD couple of weeks back... which was the same outcome.
Well, I guess I kind of already expected this. Mostly due to the S grade I got for my Maths...
Gonna apply for SIM soon.
ciaoz
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Late night thoughts
It's time for me to go to bed once again, but I thought I would post some thoughts that I had been having over the past few nights.
After working for close to three months now I think, I am starting to find my life being kind of mundane. It is basically the same routine everyday with me waking up in the morning around 7am to for work, then heading to work and then geting home from work. After which, I would be so tired that I can only think of dinner and then sleep. Yes. I would fall fast asleep on most nights after having had dinner. This leaves me no time and energy to think about the next day or the weekends, or to do any planning at all. Even during office hours, I am so occupied with work that I have hardly the time to think of much else other than my work. This is definitely not what I had intended.
As such, my weekends are now so much more important to me as those are the only days I have some free time for myself. Well, I guess it is lucky I got to experience working life before having to go into it full force. This way, I will hopefully be able to make some plans to make better use of my time in the future.
After working for close to three months now I think, I am starting to find my life being kind of mundane. It is basically the same routine everyday with me waking up in the morning around 7am to for work, then heading to work and then geting home from work. After which, I would be so tired that I can only think of dinner and then sleep. Yes. I would fall fast asleep on most nights after having had dinner. This leaves me no time and energy to think about the next day or the weekends, or to do any planning at all. Even during office hours, I am so occupied with work that I have hardly the time to think of much else other than my work. This is definitely not what I had intended.
As such, my weekends are now so much more important to me as those are the only days I have some free time for myself. Well, I guess it is lucky I got to experience working life before having to go into it full force. This way, I will hopefully be able to make some plans to make better use of my time in the future.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Feeling awesome!!
Hi guys, I'm back again!
Some incidents recently had me feeling kinda great!
One of which was that I met some really friendly and thoughtful bus drivers last week. There were at least two mornings when I saw the bus approaching and had to sprint around 200m to the bus stop from my condominium. Of course, the bus did get to the bus stop before I got there but instead of driving off, the bus driver actually waited for me to arrive to board the bus. This was despite no one else boarding or alighting from the bus. I guess the bus driver must have seen me running and was thoughtful enough to wait for me. Haha, such bus drivers sure make my mornings so much better, on top of ensuring I did not get to work late.
Then, my brother's bmt (that's Basic Military Training) mate came over to my house to help out with some work on Sunday. He was quite friendly and approached me for a chat. For me, it was quite interesting talking to a newly enlisted serviceman and our conversation sure brought back memories of some of the feelings I had when I just enlisted too. Haha, it was also quite fun chatting with him too.
Some incidents recently had me feeling kinda great!
One of which was that I met some really friendly and thoughtful bus drivers last week. There were at least two mornings when I saw the bus approaching and had to sprint around 200m to the bus stop from my condominium. Of course, the bus did get to the bus stop before I got there but instead of driving off, the bus driver actually waited for me to arrive to board the bus. This was despite no one else boarding or alighting from the bus. I guess the bus driver must have seen me running and was thoughtful enough to wait for me. Haha, such bus drivers sure make my mornings so much better, on top of ensuring I did not get to work late.
Then, my brother's bmt (that's Basic Military Training) mate came over to my house to help out with some work on Sunday. He was quite friendly and approached me for a chat. For me, it was quite interesting talking to a newly enlisted serviceman and our conversation sure brought back memories of some of the feelings I had when I just enlisted too. Haha, it was also quite fun chatting with him too.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Omg...I'm going to get fat!
It is rather late at night already and I am just back home from another heavy dinner. Yup, I have had quite a lot to eat for the past two consecutive evenings. What a way to start off the weekend eh? Haha.
So this was how I ended up eating so much. I received a call from JL during lunchtime on Friday to invite me to join his family for "dim sum"( a type of Cantonese style prepared food) at a restaurant near where I worked. I agreed to join them of course!
So I took a short 15 minutes walk over to Swee Choon dim sum restaurant after my work ended at 1700. Even though it was still early for dinner, there was already a long line of customers queuing to get seats. Haha, that is how popular it is. I did not have long to wait before I saw JL's car turning in from the road and soon JL came over with his parents.
We were quite fortunate to get a table not too long after. Having already looked through the menu while waiting in the queue, we also made our order without much delay. The food came soon, and almost all at once. We dug in hungrily, unable to wait any longer seeing the spread before us. As JL's parents had said that they were paying for the dinner, I tried not to order too much or eat too much, as a form of courtesy. That meant I left out quite a couple of my usual dishes which I always have when eating dim sum. It was still okay for me though, as long as I had my egg tarts... hehs. The food there was also only just decent, and there were several other dim sum eateries around which served much better dim sum.
We had almost cleaned out the food by the time JL's sister arrived. Haha! That meant more food! I did not make a second order of food of course. But just helped finish up whatever could not be finished. If I was not already full before, I sure was after finishing up the second round of food. My stomach was full to bursting point with all that mouth watering food and I was really really happy after that fantastic meal. I offered to take the public transport home so as not to trouble JL's parents with sending me home. I also really needed a long walk to help ease my stomach a little... haha!
Before the tastes of Hong Kong had even left my tongue, I found myself preparing for another meal with JL this evening at 1700 at "Sikek" in Novena. This time though, we were eating with some of his friends and it was to be Korean cuisine, a barbeque buffet!
This being my first time meeting JL's friends, it was quite fun for me. I got to meet new people and make new friends as well. I had thought it would be quite awkward for me with them being involved in their conversations and me being left alone as they did not know me well. However, JL's friends were really friendly and kept offering me food that they had helped to cook. Needless to say, I ate more than my fill of food as it was a buffet, despite there being mostly meat available. I drank lots too to wash down all that food, haha! No alcohol though.
So the evening went on with lots of chatting and even more eating. I found JL's friends to be a really joyful group of guys and I sure am looking forward to meeting them again soon.
As I made my way home, I did worry that all these eating was going to make me grow fatter. I guess I need to do more jogging over the next week, but with the wet weather these days... oh wells!
As I made my way home, I did worry that all these eating was going to make me grow fatter. I guess I need to do more jogging over the next week, but with the wet weather these days... oh wells!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
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!
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!
Sunday, April 13, 2014
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?
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?
Saturday, April 5, 2014
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!
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!
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