The countdown counter on the right is giving me much motivation to study~!!!! =)

I can't believe I've been watching this Korean drama from 12am all the way until just now 1030am, where I couldn't take it anymore and went for a short nap.

Queen Seon Duk (善德女王)



Due to the lack of precious time, I only managed to watch the more exciting part of this drama, which is like from episode 42 to 51.... But okie lar, that's more than enough already. I just want to see how that blardy woman (that stupid woman next to that Man) was being defeated by the princess in this so demn long internal fight for political status.

With this, I shall "stand down" my beloved past time of watching KOREAN DRAMA and start studying for the blardy exams which is like...... 3 weeks later? Probably the most effective way is to abstain myself from going home, where there's no TV in my hostel and more importantly, the Internet is so demn blardy slow until it's too pathetic to have a smooth video streaming. And I shall re-watch this 62-episode drama after my exam!

Finally....................... AA205: Risk Management and Control........................................

I had my meeting from 930am until 1045pm CONTINUOUSLY ystd, except for 230pm to 430pm which I had my RISK lesson. And yes, it's super risky to do risk management project, because having 12 hrs meeting is out of my RISK APPETITE and RISK TOLERANCE, and I can't implement any control to reduce the likelihood or impact of this. Hence, the most appropriate approach is to have RISK ACCEPTANCE................................. I'm crazy over iCEE project.

Today we had our meeting from 1230pm to 7pm, AND THANK GOD, WE FINALLY COMPLETED THIS PROJECT JUST NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So on Fri I will have my case presentation, then over the weekend I shall force myself to complete the individual report, then I would be LEFT WITH ONE FINAL PROJECT - AA301 Biz Valuation.

Ogosh, I seriously can't wait for this week to end. @#$%^&*(@#$%^&

On Thursday I went for a 2-hr wheelchair training course which was organised by my CCA. Initially I didn't really want to go, as I was too overwhelmed with all the disgusting projects that are due next week. Secondly, I assumed that wheelchair is afterall just wheelchair, and all you need to do is just to push it from behind. But I'm glad I went for it, as I did learn alot of things on how to handle it properly.

And to be frank, it's definitely NOT as easy as most people assume it to be. The instructor brought a few wheelchairs for us to practise on, and taught us some techniques such as bringing it up/down the staircase, slopes, rough terrain etc. When I played the role of a helper, in which I was supposed to support my friend who's seated on the wheelchair, my main focus was just to get that wheelchair from one point to another point. I mean like it's tiring to try lifting up a wheelchair up a flight of stairs lar. I was already panting like hell when I completed the task, and I just thought "wah lao, actually the disabled person like so shiok, got ppl to help him or her up"

How wrong can I get.

And when it's my turn to be seated on the wheelchair, and my friend(s) were supposed to role-play by pushing from behind or lift the wheelchair up the stairs, it's super INSECURED lar. E.g. while we were going up a relatively deep slope, the wheelchair can easily get out of control and it's so DANGEROUS if it just rolls down on its own. And when the wheelchair needs to be tilted in order to go up/down the stairs, you can just FALL anytime if the supporter lets go of his hand. Even though it was just for a relatively short moment, I can greatly sense the inconvenience of trying to move around in a wheelchair all by yourself. And you just feel frustrated and tensed when the helpers were not not being thoughful to your feelings, as their only motive is just to move the wheelchair from point A to point B.

So today I spent the entire saturday in school, as there was a group of physically disabled children who visited NTU to have some game sessions with us. Okay lar, almost most of them uses electronic wheelchairs, and so we didn't really put our training to use. But still, nobody can deny the fact that being physically disabled can bring so much inconvenience, and most people are too insensitve to their special needs.

And ta-da, the photos for today. So after today's event by my CCA, I hope I've learnt to more understanding to the physically disabled, and more importantly, to have greater patience for them.

My mind has been preoccupied with too many senseless things till I'm putting all my work aside and spending much time thinking of such boliao stuff. Shit, I'm wasting precious time. Haiz.

Had a great time catching up with some of my Japanese Language classmates during a gathering just now. As mentioned in my previous post, one of my them would need to return back to Japan permenantly with her 2 daughters, and they are leaving 2 weeks later. That's like so fast!! So yup, this is like a "farewell gathering" for her as well.

And one of them just quit his job last year, and last month he spent THE ENTIRE MONTH in Japan, going to different parts of Japan for holiday. He was like showing us all the photos that he took, and omg, I'm like so freaking jealous of him!!!! And the most amazing thing is he only spent 4.4K in total!? That's like so cheap lar, considering the fact that he stayed in Japan for 1 month. But owellz, because he bought the JR concession ticket that was exclusively available for foreigners only, he was able to cut down on alot of transport expense.

Another guy who's going to Toshiba to work this coming Oct, I asked him 1 freaking IMPORTANT question. Before that, I actually google-ed around for information, and found out that Japanese University doesn't have class honours lor. Like regardless of how well or how badly you do during your 4 years uni education, everyone will just get a "pass degree" with no indication of how good/badly you have done. Of course they can look at your uni transcript for all the grades, but it's like they only have 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D'. Dont have like those retarded A+, A, A- etc, which I really hate.

Anyway, I just asked him whether his university result played a big role in securing his current job/determining his salary. But thankfully, as I expected, he said that employers really dont care about your university result. It's like they are more interested in your non-academic areas in selecting new employees, because as mentioned earlier, they dont really "distinguish" academically better or weaker applicants. So they rely heavily on interviews to judge a job applicant, with your academic result playing a very insignificant role in "boosting" your resume. Secondly, in Japanese society, salary is still afterall based on your seniority. So no matter how good or how bad you did in your uni, everyone's starting pay is STILL THE SAME, and at the end of the day, it still boils down to your work performance when it comes to promotion/salary rise.

Hence, I felt "less stressted" that I will be significantly disadvantaged to those 1st class ppl. Like seriously, I have to admit I definitely cannot fight with ppl when it comes to academic result. And neither am I trying to say that my non-academic areas are excellent or have good CCA records or whatever. But I just HATE it when companies rely heavily on your academic result in choosing applicants, and your salary is based on the class honours that you get. This is especially true in Singapore, where there is such a great emphasis on your result, when I have people COMPLAINING that he has 4 A+ but 1 A, which leaves a "scar" on the cert. Like... shit... if A+ and A make such a HUGH difference to them, I think my transcipt is filled with multiple DEEP SCARS already.

And well, not that I will heck care about my results anymore. I probably would try to study hard at least for this sem and my last sem, but I really really should not be too "mindful" about my grades/result until it grows into an unhealthy obsession for good honours/good grades. I do admit I used to be competitive and mindful about grades in the past, but at this point of time, I realized that life is too short to be too engrossed in this rat race. Enough is enough. If I can get a 2nd upper, then it's a BONUS to me. If I get a 2nd lower, then well, life still goes on and I'm not going to go bersek like it will be the end of world (which I think some of my classmates are like that).

I still have a 20% company law assignment to be handed up tomorrow, and I haven started yet. Good luck to me~!

Just like any other sem, recess week is the time for me to clear all my shit projects. But I think everyone around me is so sick n tired of it until we just do things half-heartedly. Owellz, life still goes on, and like it anot, we still need to get it done. Haiz.

So this year I have quite a few friends moving to Japan.

Firstly, one of my Japanese language classmates that I got to know 2 yrs ago, she will be moving back to Japan with her family, as her elder daughter will be studying in Waseda Uni next month, and her younger daughter will be studying high school in Japan as well. Having interacted with 2 of them before, it's kinda obvious they were like DYING to leave S'pore and return back to their home country. Owellz, cuz I think they dont have many friends here, and also they can't really adapt well to Singapore. But that's good, as I think it's impt to know ppl living in Japan. Haha....

And another of my Japanese Language classmate (same class), whom just graduated from NTU last sem, he went to Japan 2 weeks ago for 5 jobs interviews to work in Toshiba. Omg, tt's like....5 levels of screening.... Madness. But out of 270 NTU students who applied for this job, he was 1 of the lucky 4 to get selected, so it's no doubt how competitive and prestigious this job is.

From him, I learnt alot of things such as what to look out for in a job-interview with Japanese. For example, Singaporeans are TOO DIRECT during job-interviews that they TOTALLY TURN OFF THE INTERVIEWER. Singaporeans will be too engrossed in SELF-PRAISE i.e. How good my results are, how good my CCAs are, how good I am in this and that...blah blah.... until it got out of hand and *BEEP* --> OUT YOU GO! Probably alot ppl still donno by now that Japanese ppl are so indirect that I think it's kinda difficult to catch the hidden meaning sumtimes. But it's a skill that everyone must learn if they want to work in Japan. Like it anot, if you dont understand the hidden meaning, or u say things which are perceived to be too direct, then I think mostly it's hard to survive in Japan. So it's smth tt I really need to learn.......................................

And now that he's back in S'pore last week, he will be undergoing training until Oct 2010, and then he will work at Yokohama perm full-time. ARZ!!!!!!!! I'm so freaking ENVIOUS of him can!!! =X

I seriously cant wait for 2010 to end and leave this blardy sch lar! But looking at that countdown timer, I believe my time will come soon. 9 more months to go. I shall join them next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I'm getting worried about Japan's economy. JAL is in deep shit. So is Toyota. Ogosh, I really hope all these shit things can stop happening to Japan!

For my internship, I decided not to apply to big4. Bleahz, with my shit result, it's akin to WASTING my choice. Medium/small accounting firms work just fine, and so I just take this intership application light-heartedly. I don't understand how some people have tt "If I dont intern in big4, it's gonna be END OF WORLD" kind of attitude. And to these ppl, local firms are almost beneath their dignity to enter.

If these ppl r in dean's list or perhaps students with really outstanding CCA records, I probably can understand. But hello, please look at urself into the mirror. I guess quite a number of ppl don't belong to this category, and yet the companies they apply are distinctly reserved for the "Cream of the crop" only. Owellz, good luck to these ppl. I hope reality can sink into them when they receive their internship allocation result.

And I'm so looking forward to CNY eve for a good feast!

Some ppl r really pissing me off. For the sake of 10% CLASS PARTICIPATION, somebody has been bugging me to tell him all the "model answer" for the tutorial ques. Because my lessons are usually one day before his, i.e. If mine is Mon & Thurs, his will be Tues & Fri.

And he's really stepping on my tail. Every single thing that happens in my class, he wants to know so that he will know what to say during his own class. If it's something very "major", I can at least understand. But for goodness, it's just daily routine tutoroial ques!!!

Dilemma. On one hand, I see him as a friend and I don't mind helping him. But almost after EVERY LESSON, he will SMS/MSN me to ask abt all the "perfect answers" raised during class. What should I do?

I'm wasting precious time thinking what I should apply for my internship. Well, I can only choose 2 organisations in phase 1, out of which we can only choose ONE big4 company. I wanted to choose D****tte, but then it's like they only have 1 - 3 positions for AUDIT POSITIONS.

Hello, there's like 600+ accounting students in NTU, not forgeting those in SMU and NUS. What's the probability that I can get into the company? It's like almost zero...... Considering the fact I need to put my blardy grades for all my modules in my resume. Argz, so the dilemma is, whether should I "waste" one of my choice in choosing big4, and then the 2nd choice for some medium accounting firm. Or perhaps the safer approach would be to give both my choices to small/medium firms, which the competition will be 10000000000000000000000 times less intense as compared to big4.

Owellz, hope to be able to make a wise decision!

It's only 1st week of school and I'm already like drowning in all the tutorials/readings etc. And there's a AA301 presentation next week for me. Arz, sianz!

Taking AA301 can be rather intimidating, because being the ONLY year2 student (Yes, I'm supposed to take this in yr3 sem2 aka final sem instead of now) in my class, I felt somehow I'm at a disadvantage. Firstly in terms of knowledge, obviously they know much more accounting than me. Secondly, I think most of them are either taking 8AUs or 11AUs only this sem, with me taking 19AUs. Arz, did I make the wrong decision by taking it now? Hopefully not... Because if I were to take all the 4 yr3 core modules together at the same time, I'm sure 99.99999% of accounting students will go "U wan to die? That's the most fatal combo u can ever get in a sem". So I guess I need to console myself that life is not that hard next sem if I were to clear AA301 now.

And next Friday I'm going to Deloitte for a corporate visit. Kinda "excited" to go there!!! Hahaz... I really hope I can have my PA in Deloitte, but based on my result... I guess chances are very slim. Just hope to network with some of the key personnel over there to "boost" my chance of an internship there!!

I shall start off the 1st entry of the year by having this countdown counter on the right, so as to remind myself that I'm 60% done with and it's only 40% more to leave this disgusting school.

Having been thru 24AUs of hell last semester, while most of my peers were either taking 16AUs or at most 19AUs, I could only blame myself for my erxin result due to my plan to graduate earlier. On top of that, being in the main comm of my CCA really occupied much of my time.

To be frank, I felt kinda guilty that I actually free-ride in most (or should I say all) of the projects in the semester, i.e. AA201, AA202, AC213 and AB214. But thankfully, I'm lucky to be doing projects with friends whom I know since yr1 sem1, and no doubt the guys (not the gals who are mostly free-riders as well) are really a good source of help in all those disgusting projects. Without their help, I probably gonna screw up even further. Thank you so much even though I doubt they will be reading this.

And by now I can almost be 99% sure that I am in the wrong course. Omg, I really hate accounting!!!! I thought I can try to "love" it... But it's really too erxin for me to understand. Perhaps I'm just not cut out to study accounting, but haiz, not much I can do but to accept fate that I still need to complete all my accounting modules to graduate. SIANZ.

Just now I went to Bedok NTUC with my mother, and 2 incidents took place that really pissed me off.

1) Chopping of seats with 1/3 filled coffee.

We decided to have our early lunch at the hawker centre next to Bedok Bus Interchange and found an empty table with ONE cup of 1/3 filled coffee, so obviously you will think that whoever drank that has left already without finishing up the entire coffee. So I sat down while my mother went to buy the food. Then after about 2 minutes, suddenly 3 idiots (probably 3 uncles who are 50+ of age came seated around me at the same table, and one of them told me that the coffee belongs to him and this table belonged to them.

WTF RIGHT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!! I thought Singaporeans only "chopped" seats with tissue paper (One of the many unglam habits of Singaporeans). WHO ON EARTH ALSO CHOP SEAT WITH A 1/3 FILLED CUP OF COFFEE. Anyway, he ended off with a short and rude "Sorry arz", then I was so pissed off that I just quickly went to find another table.

2) Couples on the escalator holding hands and blocking the patheway.

At one of the escalators at Bedok MRT Station, there were 2 idiots holding hands standing side-by-side (the bitch was standing on the left, while the bastard was on the right blocking the pathway). So my mother was standing behind this woman, and I was standing behind my mother. Then while we were somewhere at the middle of the escalator, there was one man , probably in a rush, walking quickly up the escalator until he was standing next to my mother, cause that bastard was blocking his way.

Then I think the bitch could feel/hear that someone wanted to cross, so she turned behind and looked at the man, and then whisper something to his bastard partner. Then the bastard turned back to look at the man behind him, then he just returned his head to the front and ACTED AS IF NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. Both that bitch and bastard were just rooted at their exact position without giving way to the man behind. There were empty space in front of the couple, so that bastard could have stepped forward to be in front of that bitch to give way. Hence, the man has to wait until the end of the escalator before he could make a move, and those 2 farkers were walking as if there are the King and Queen of Bedok MRT Station. Farked up.

Probably I'm too used to the way Japanese behave in public places. (i.e. even during rush hour when train stations are jam-packed with people, 99.9999% of the Japanese will still keep to the left so that those who want to walk can proceed on the right side)

I guess I need to change my mindset and expectations of Singaporeans. How on earth can I expect Singaporeans to be at least 10% as gracious/civillised/courteous as Japanese. These behavious really give a "Uniquely Singapore" image. Good or bad, I don't know. But one thing for sure, I can't stand these unglam behavious of Singaporeans.

I really cant wait for sch to start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong, it's obvious that I really hate my school. Everthing abt "Na-Beh School" sucks can? I just want to get out of this blardy place asap.

Although I still have 2 semesters to go, but it feels like I still have a few more years to go.

Argz, that feeling sucks. I really dont know what the hell have I been learning for the past 3 semesters. With that, I come to the conclusion that I'm wasting 2.5 years of my life learning rubbish (IMO) and I really dont know why am I doing all these. Other than to get this thing called a "degree certificate", I really can't find any good reason why I should be in school. Haiz, so be it, since it's smth that everyone goes thru.

But I just dont understand why ppl always say "uni is the most memorable days of ur life. Treasure it, blah blah". I can't see the rational behind those comments.

And I'll probably be repeating these whining entries till the day I graduate.

So holiday is all about drama, drama and more drama. My review of the following korean/japanese dramas:

1) East of Eden - I think this drama win alot of awards in Korea - definitely worth watching! I think the plot is very similar to Singapore's... erm..u know tt drama that got zoe tay and fann wong kana switched during birth or smth. Yalorz, but obviously the korean 1 is more exciting!!

2) Temptation of Wide - Currently showing in Channel U. Not bad I guess, just that it's too looong (129 episodes).

3) Liar Game 2 - Currently it's broadcasting in Japan, so it's a very new drama, and only showing until episode 5. But still, having watched "Liar Game 1" before, I think it's really a must watch (only 11 episodes), about how every "player" is given a large sum of money and they are forced to play this swindle game by trying to get the money from the opponents. While watching it, I realised that I'll probably get tricked 1000000000 times cuz the ppl r juz so cunning! (or shld I say I'm stupid enough to fall for all their tricks). So if you are looking for some drama that involve certain level of intelligence (smth like kindaichi perhaps), then this drama is not to be missed!

4) The Quiz Show 2 - Wah kaoz... Abit dumb. Not worth watching. But I love the theme song by Arashi: Ashita no Kioku

5) I know 20th Century Boys (part 2) is not a drama but movie, but still, the movie is really SHINGZ leh. I was pretty satisfied when I watch the part 1. And now that the part 3 is currently showing in S'pore cinemas, I guess the response wont be tt good as well.

Japan faces tough choice, says MM

JAPAN, facing economic and social problems partly due to its ageing population, could take a leaf out of Singapore's book, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday.

It could study how Singapore turned to foreign workers to boost its economy, he said.

Immigrants a solution to ageing population: MM

So when Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was asked yesterday what Japan should do about it, he referred to Singapore's solution: be more open to immigration.

I felt kinda WEIRD and worried when I read these articles regarding MM Lee's proposal on Japan's ageing population. So let's take a look at Singapore's demographics and Japan's demographics.

Singapore/Statsics:
So as of Jun 2009, our population is 4.99 million, out of which 25% is non-residents and the remaining 75% residents (citizen + PR). So out of this 75% residents, we have 64% citizens and the remaning 11% PRs.

Japan:
As of March 2009, Japan's population is 127 million, of which 98.6% is native Japanese (which obviously mean they are citizens right?). So the remaining 1.4% consist of 0.6 million Koreans, 0.5 million Chinese (surprisingly, I always think that there are far more Chinese in Japan), and the remanings are other races.

So seriously, while I was reading the suggestions given by MM Lee, the following horrible images come to my mind:

1) Blangahs. You see a horde of blangahs seated around Shibuya(Tokyo) train station or perhaps below Tokyo Tower, and they can be there for hours eating peanuts or drinking beer.

2) Tiongs. Well, at least this isn't that obvious because they look the same, unless they start talking. But then again, from the way they dress, I guess it's kinda OBVIOUS that they are different from the relatively trendy Tokyoites.

3) Domestic maids. Well, instead of hanging around Orchard tower, maybe you see them in big groups at Roppongi or Shinjuku on a typical Sunday. which is their off-day. (And yes, it's very rare in Japan society to employ foreign domestic maids)

Seriously, one reason that makes Japan unique in my opinion, or probably like some other countries such as Korea, France or Germany is their high ethinically and linguistically homogenous society. I always prefer to live in a city(country) where everyone looks the the same, speaks one language, have their own traditions (i.e costumes, history) and stuff like that.

Of course, I won't deny that people in such homogenous countries admire people living in multi-racial countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Australia etc, and I do respect their own decisions.

But in Japan's case, the point that I wish to drive is that actively "importing" cheap labours to support the economy and perhaps reduce the burden of ageing population is definitely not the way to go. Can you imagine 10 years down the road, Japan has 80% native Japanese only and the remaining 20% are some other people. That will make the country looks really WEIRD!!

By saying all these, I'm not saying Japan should not open up to foreign labour. On a personal note, I hope to go there as well, and the country will not close its doors on me. After reading many articles on the Internet, there is no doubt that the country is slowly opening up to foreigners who want to migrate to Japan, but a mass inflow of foreigners is definitely a no-go for Japan, in my humble opinion. And I seriously dont want that to happen when I live there next time. If not, then I guess I will be indifferent towards living in S'pore or Japan, or places like Australia.

O YES! Exams have unoffiicially ended. Cuz I've finished all my core papers, but still left with one stupid science elective that I've S/U (thankfully). So now I can slack abit...

Since young I always believe that it's very important to get enough sleep before any exam, and I mean whether u can fall alseep is another story arz. So I always make it a point to sleep before exam...

And ystd I broke my taboo by not sleeping at all after my AA201 exam ystd all the way until today, although I have a tax paper this morning. But surprisingly, although it's very taxing to study taxation, I didn't feel tired this morning while doing tax.... Haiz, tax sucks. I'm glad all is over.

This semester is really SHIT, although everything by now is sunk cost (irrelevant cost) and I have "Cr. Provision for bad result". Okie, sounds digusting, but I realised by now that I'm starting to hate accounting more and more.... Shingzzz.

I shall study for my JLPT exam next Sunday!!! And not skip it like last yr... Haiz. tired.

I seriously need to find Buddha and hug his legs. Like BOTH legs if possible....

My exams are on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 26 Nov... And tt's like so FARKING CRAMPED INTO ONE WEEK!?!?!?!?!?!?

I still have 3 presentations next week. @#$U*I@#$%^&*. And worse, I haven touched my AA201 syllabus for like half a semester. wtf?

Damn, I'm aiming to get GPA 3.5 in the best case scenario.

I can't believe such a naive stupid idiotic BAKA exists in this world.

Seriously, I don't know what's farking wrong with this school.

1) Last year during first day of school in year1, everyone got their matric card except me. FINE!? That means I have farking difficulty in buying my laptop then. And I only got my matric card like one month after school has started.

2) In sem2, the farking school screwed my time-table by throwing me in some RANDOM class with some RANDOM people whom I have never see b4 in my whole life. FINE!? Then I wasted alot of time during the add-drop period to get a more decent time-table, although I'm still a floater (loner) where I dont even know alot ppl. Whatever.

3) In this sem, after our CCA election, those in main comm got the "privilege" to apply for hall together as one cca (for those who dont have hall n wan stay hall arz). Anyway, so we applied as one CCA, AND SERIOUSLY, now it's already mid-Oct, I realised that EVERYONE in my CCA already got their hall a few weeks ago (late sep) EXCEPT ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

LIKE WTF!?!?!?!?!

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS FARKING SCHOOL!!?!?!?!? Fark them lar!!! I seriously think the school has some FARKING PROBLEM WITH ME!?!?!?!?!??!?!

Screw this sch! I really hope the RANKING can drop to rock bottom and this stupid sch can lose all the accreditations or high quality certification for all I care.

I'm seriously NOT proud to be a student of this institution.