I'm itching to do some math.
Yeah, math.
Mathematics.
Haha I guess I kind of miss doing math questions (lyx should feel proud LOL). I went to download the math lecture notes in preparation for school, and I started reading up since it was basically a recap on A level stuff. All the differentiation, integration.... I realise Uni notes like to complicate things lol the way they write it makes it look so complicated but actually it's the old A levels standard.
Idk if I'm being very kiasu or what, but besides the math lecture notes, I even went to watch one (just one!) webcast for the IT mod. Okay, and half a CN webcast :x Nah I choose to belief that I'm just curious about what kind of content exactly we will be learning and it must also be because I currently have too much time on my hands haha. I was supposed to crash oweek on Saturday, but I changed to Sunday because it was kind of troublesome to go on that day since I had things on that afternoon. BUT eventually I did not even crash the camp hahaha. I was lazy la and I kind of lost the camp mood, I am on school preparation mode haha plus there was no obligation for me to go for the camp since I did not pay for it :p
Oh and I found an ebook for the math textbook for my math mod hahaha save money :D
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
A meal with the pros
Met up with the iras peeps today for dinner! Actually it's like the very first gathering we had ever since we started work on 4th Feb this year. It's amazing how it all still felt so comfortable talking and laughing over meal time despite not meeting these people for like 3 months? That's the same period of time I knew most of them for. It's most probably thanks to Chris and Najib who keep the conversation going, especially Najib. He's a hilarious guy haha plus he has an infectious laughter and he's the kind who talks well with anyone. Cool dude.
Ronnie will be leaving for UK soon to further his studies. It was also nice to know him. He told me that he's actually quite a quiet and introverted person, but that he tries to talk more otherwise it would be hard to make friends, especially for guys. I was kind of surprised at first when he told me that because he seemed rather outgoing, but yeah I suppose he was just trying his best. Haha honestly at first Alicia and I were kind of irritated with him during training (on our first two weeks at work they gave us training) because he kept asking weird questions and was trying too hard? But yea there's always a reason for everything. All the best man! Oh and thanks for always feeding us with snacks! :P
During my 3.5 months at iras, I got to say that I really clicked with this guy called Zhan Yao. Nah don't get me wrong, it's not what you are thinking. You know how there's some people who you can just get along with from the very first day? Yeah just that. He was one of the person I sat beside most of the time during the first few weeks after we started manning the line, so naturally we would talk. And he was the one who helped me takeover one of my messed up call I received sometime during the first week of manning the line haha so yeah forever grateful for that. He's like a small boi boi (as affectionately referred to by Jasmine HAHA) because of his height and face XD Anyway yea I could talk to him about random stuff in between calls and what not without feeling awkward. Hope to see him around nus FOE!
Another person who I clicked with was Vivien. She's a funny girl also hahah too gullible and a little aunty when she complains about her calls :P Oh and weirdly she seems to be getting the most number of funny calls haha. And why I say she's gullible is because she ALWAYS falls for Najib's lies even though it is so obviously a lie LOL.
Ah this post seems a bit overdue right... Haha I just felt like typing a little about these guys after today's meet up. There's just too many people to mention, I have only mentioned 3 of them. The rest shall be kept in my memories~ Regardless of whether or not this group will still remain in contact in the future, these people have contributed to an unforgettable time during my stay at iras for 3.5 months. And I'm sure it will be one of those things that I will smile upon thinking back about it when I am old and retired. Never regretted making the decision to step out of my comfort zone and work at a call centre! At least now I can make calls out more comfortably haha!
Ronnie will be leaving for UK soon to further his studies. It was also nice to know him. He told me that he's actually quite a quiet and introverted person, but that he tries to talk more otherwise it would be hard to make friends, especially for guys. I was kind of surprised at first when he told me that because he seemed rather outgoing, but yeah I suppose he was just trying his best. Haha honestly at first Alicia and I were kind of irritated with him during training (on our first two weeks at work they gave us training) because he kept asking weird questions and was trying too hard? But yea there's always a reason for everything. All the best man! Oh and thanks for always feeding us with snacks! :P
During my 3.5 months at iras, I got to say that I really clicked with this guy called Zhan Yao. Nah don't get me wrong, it's not what you are thinking. You know how there's some people who you can just get along with from the very first day? Yeah just that. He was one of the person I sat beside most of the time during the first few weeks after we started manning the line, so naturally we would talk. And he was the one who helped me takeover one of my messed up call I received sometime during the first week of manning the line haha so yeah forever grateful for that. He's like a small boi boi (as affectionately referred to by Jasmine HAHA) because of his height and face XD Anyway yea I could talk to him about random stuff in between calls and what not without feeling awkward. Hope to see him around nus FOE!
Another person who I clicked with was Vivien. She's a funny girl also hahah too gullible and a little aunty when she complains about her calls :P Oh and weirdly she seems to be getting the most number of funny calls haha. And why I say she's gullible is because she ALWAYS falls for Najib's lies even though it is so obviously a lie LOL.
Ah this post seems a bit overdue right... Haha I just felt like typing a little about these guys after today's meet up. There's just too many people to mention, I have only mentioned 3 of them. The rest shall be kept in my memories~ Regardless of whether or not this group will still remain in contact in the future, these people have contributed to an unforgettable time during my stay at iras for 3.5 months. And I'm sure it will be one of those things that I will smile upon thinking back about it when I am old and retired. Never regretted making the decision to step out of my comfort zone and work at a call centre! At least now I can make calls out more comfortably haha!
Sunday, 3 August 2014
Oh yeah guys, maybe you would already have noticed this from my previous post, but oh yeah I'm taking a sociology mod this sem!!! ^^
I had a really hard time deciding the last mod to bid for. I considered legal environment of business, Singapore Studies (SS) mods, marketing mod, science of music and a few others that I cannot remember. But after taking into factors such as timetable scheduling and the grade-free sem, I ended up bidding for sociology. Why? Mainly because the grade-free sem allows me to take something that I'm interested in but not confident in scoring well for. Sociology requires essay writing, something like gp I suppose. But I really want to bid for the few mods I mentioned, especially science of music (it focuses on the physics of music, like waveforms and whatnot haha) and for my SS mod, Singapore taxation HAHA. Yeah because I have some background knowledge about tax matters from working at IRAS :B
Btw, I started watching 中国好声音 since last week and wow, China really has an unlimited pool of talents lol. And the 4 music producers are funny trying to promote themselves to the participants XD
I had a really hard time deciding the last mod to bid for. I considered legal environment of business, Singapore Studies (SS) mods, marketing mod, science of music and a few others that I cannot remember. But after taking into factors such as timetable scheduling and the grade-free sem, I ended up bidding for sociology. Why? Mainly because the grade-free sem allows me to take something that I'm interested in but not confident in scoring well for. Sociology requires essay writing, something like gp I suppose. But I really want to bid for the few mods I mentioned, especially science of music (it focuses on the physics of music, like waveforms and whatnot haha) and for my SS mod, Singapore taxation HAHA. Yeah because I have some background knowledge about tax matters from working at IRAS :B
Btw, I started watching 中国好声音 since last week and wow, China really has an unlimited pool of talents lol. And the 4 music producers are funny trying to promote themselves to the participants XD
Saturday, 2 August 2014
Uni preparation
Anyway, I am using my new macbookkkkkkk ^^ Ordered on the day the new versions came out, which were cheaper with higher specifications hoho. Plus I ordered online with the student price so it was not too ex. And omg I love the battery life haha I can use continuously for hours without having to charge the battery!
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Met up with my chess camp og today for dinner! It was the first gathering since the camp almost a month ago lol. The group is not very spontaneous so the dinner was planned rather poorly and last minute with 5 people unable to make it. But it turned out better than expected! I think maybe I happened to be in a good mood today so I was more talkative than usual. Or maybe it's just because it's a smaller group. I can finally foresee the possibility of going to lectures with this group of people :)
Before dinner, I met up with my dear twin lx for a one-to-one afternoon tea for the first time in 19 years. So far we only meet up when our mums have some sort of gathering. Why I call her my twin is simply because we are born on the same day (and same hospital coincidentally). And believe it or not, our lives have had some common points. She's like my fated friend (?) haha. Our mums were good friends since secondary school (which is dhs haha) but they did not contact each other so frequent afterwards. Then a few days after I was born, they met each other at the hospital and realised that both their child had been born on the same day! Haha so since then they kept in touch again and since their children were of the same age group, they organised like homestays and what not during school holidays. Lx has an elder sister too who is 3 years older. So basically, my sis and I grew up playing with them. Even though now we no longer 'play' together, it always feels nice to gather together once in a while. But I always feel some kind of bond with lx no matter how long we have not met haha.
Monday, 28 July 2014
Oh yeah~ I am finally looking forward to the start of the term a little more after looking at all the unrestricted electives ^^ I have plans to take UEs on chemistry, psychology, sociology, japanese studies....... Suddenly university life seems so much brighter LOL.
Anyway I was really confused about all the bidding for modules just now after my friend informed me that the first round of bidding is on 31 July!!! So like a kiasu Singaporean, I immediately went to research on the bidding process and I ended up watching a one hour 15 minutes long video hahaha. But it was really useful and it was considerate of the school to prepare such a video :) So much clearer of how the whole thing works and now I'm prepared for WAR >) hahahaha seriously the whole bidding thing is so scary.
It's coming to the end of July, which means that 8 months have passed since A levels was over. I cannot believe it man, time just passed so fast. Last year at this point in time we would have just gotten back our JCT results. When I think back about how I stayed in school studying at the LC till 9pm before/after prelims, it does not feel that long ago at all. But really, 8 months is a long period of time and now that I think about it, I have actually done quite a lot of things. Many first experiences, stepping out of my comfort zone, knowing so many more people despite it mostly being superficial and short-termed relationships. Nonetheless, I'm grateful for these people who made my life more bearable during the period of time I was with them. I will do a summary of what I have done these past months some time later!
Anyway I was really confused about all the bidding for modules just now after my friend informed me that the first round of bidding is on 31 July!!! So like a kiasu Singaporean, I immediately went to research on the bidding process and I ended up watching a one hour 15 minutes long video hahaha. But it was really useful and it was considerate of the school to prepare such a video :) So much clearer of how the whole thing works and now I'm prepared for WAR >) hahahaha seriously the whole bidding thing is so scary.
It's coming to the end of July, which means that 8 months have passed since A levels was over. I cannot believe it man, time just passed so fast. Last year at this point in time we would have just gotten back our JCT results. When I think back about how I stayed in school studying at the LC till 9pm before/after prelims, it does not feel that long ago at all. But really, 8 months is a long period of time and now that I think about it, I have actually done quite a lot of things. Many first experiences, stepping out of my comfort zone, knowing so many more people despite it mostly being superficial and short-termed relationships. Nonetheless, I'm grateful for these people who made my life more bearable during the period of time I was with them. I will do a summary of what I have done these past months some time later!
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Y'know, it kinda sucks that none of your close friends are in the same campus as you. It means that there's no one to accompany you to join ccas and be a noob with you lol. No one to chill with during common breaks. I know, there's still the people from my og. But I seriously doubt how close we can become. Plus it's always different with people who you have known for a few more years. It's tiring to build new friendships and by this time of our lives most people cannot be bothered to do so.
This could be another reason why I'm not that looking forward to when the term starts, apart from how everyone has been telling me how tough my course is. I'm making myself seem like a kid just about to enter primary school... Oh well.
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