29th of April!! Its the end of the month! I survived! Miraculously...

Look at my lousy breakdown of income and expediture:

Measly Pay: $1050 (+$60 from mum coz she won't 4D ;) )
*So much for fighting 900+ students every week!? =.="

Expediture:
HP: -$48
Broadband: -$65 (i haven recontract that's why)
INS: -$64
Transport: -$120 (so ex...)
Saving for Jobless period (Jun-Aug): -$500

So that left: -$313 (for Food and other expenses...)

-That mean i actually survived on $78.25/Week.
- or $11.17/Day.
- i have got no life on any day except work and go to classes.
- i can't buy any luxury items; let alone go fancy restaurant.
- i've got no life every day.

I need a life. God help. But how? I aein't got the money. I aein't got the time.

Its a good thing i work in a school. Cost of food there is cheap! Plus i have my breakfast at home, skip a few dinner, and i survived!

Never watch movie now, never played pool, never visit town for a month (passing by everyday to school dosen't count), never chill, weekend stay at home, man, what kind of a life an i leading?

I'm living a life i have no wish to live in.

Need a break.

I've never chatted with an artist before. This was the first, and i would love to talk to more artists, especially those out from Singapore! Why?

I met this lady artist teacher in RGS today, well she approached me to ask for help in turning her video artwork into a DVD, as it happens that i was THE only IT teacher in RGS, she had no other alternatives i guess.

So she did, and as i was figuring out how on earth am i going to help her (i have never burned a DVD on an iMac before, let alone make clips into one, luckily it turned out fine, great! iMac IS user-friendly!), we begun chatting.

Its just different the way an artist talk, i ask her about her work and she gave me explicit details on it and even illustrated to me the different kinds of art + what she does. From the way she talk, i can really feel her passion for the arts! Like how "passionate" i am about social work. I mean, maybe i am not as passionate as her yet, but i certainly felt her passion!

People like her, who thinks that money isn't everything who lives for her passion, the very fact that she bravely took upon the path of an artist (which is certain very brave in SG), who walks the world with her designs and look for inspirational work. I SALUTE her!

How many people can be like her? How many people's life isn't about simply studying for a piece of "paper" and getting a job and work work work till you die of old age or disease? How many in Singapore is able to put down the mentality that we need to work for life and passion is simply a word that's cast aside for the next generation? How many people is passionately doing what they wanted to do in Singapore?

In my opinion, not many. At least not those around me. Many don't even know what they want in life. Many thinks that they just want to earn alot of money, start a family and grow old. Many people work because they have to, not because they want to. Many people have no choice but to work.

I have a friend who told me he wanted to do Geology, but he will not do it, instead he went into Computer Science (which he claims to be his 2nd interest). Why? Because what can you do as a geologists in Singapore? Plant trees in Botanic Gardens? Help LTA decide which roads has got lesser greenery? Man, he was being practical i know, but Singapore kills talents.

What do they offer in Polys and Unis in Sngapore? Engineering, Business, Law, Medicine, a bit of Arts and most probably you end up being a teacher. Those are all very practical career paths. What on earth happen to Anthropology? Zoology? Geology? Arts, Drama? Music? Astrology? I mean, i am not putting down those who really desire to become a great engineer, but how many engineers really want to become an engineer? I haven't met one.

If i have a choice, i will rather choose passion over money, but i live in Singapore, and its a competitive world that if you don't do it, there will always be another who is willing to do so. And you wil have nothing to live on, and you will be stigmatised by those middle and upper-classed morons who thinks so highly of themselves that you are useless, inpractical and stupid.

If i have the chance, i will want to leave Singapore someday. true, Singapore is a peaceful country, too peaceful for anyone to really experience anything. So what is life when we haven't experience life? But i'm blog down by responsibility, i can't just leave my parents behind and go, i can't bring them along either. When the times come when parent is no loner the issue, most probably i can't go again, simply because i might have already start my family here.

In a way, i'm glad that i am able to get both passion and career as i know social work is my kind of work. But the social work scene in Singapore is pretty bad, with the focus on greater socio-economical capital and engineering and money-making seems to be the focus, not much attention is given to social welfare, that also mean that our pay isn't that attractive either. I very much want to talk about the social work scene, but that's another story for another time.

I think Singapore has no choice, and we are just "sway" to be born during this time in Singapore. We are still a young nation and rely mainly on our human resources for survival. When we are developing, the pratical thing was to have more income-churning activities, thus engineering and businesses. Now that we are more developed, we want to focus on the Arts, Sports and other areas, but it has being drilled into the average Singaporean that no, Arts/Sports = die. So how?

The more interesting paths will have to wait, they're for our future Singaporean, not for people of our era. For now, we have to be contented with 8-5, a few K salary, some less, engineering and businesses and find happiness in 4D, Toto and S-league.

Back to the artist, i wish her all the best in whatever comes to her. I would love to see her passion grow and maybe one day, i will see her works exhibited and shown on TV.

Oh, btw, she isn't from Singapore, maybe that's why she isn't affected by the "study-work-die" mentality.

There were so many talks about Singapore becoming a first-world country and how graciousness is present in so many of us, how beautiful our country is and how peaceful we are.

They haven't seen Singapore yet. Yes, we are a modernise city, with beautiful landscape, nice tall metropolitan buildings with its mixes of heritages, but does that may us any more graceful in our ways? No.

The situation: Faces at the door
The train was stopping at the Outram Park MRT Station and i was about to alight. Staring out through the glass panel of the door, just before the train doors open, i couldn't see the paths in front of me, just faces. My god, there were like 20 faces? All ready to chiong into the carriage! They all have the "Ready, get set, go" look!

There i was trying to alight, and i have 20 strong competitors trying to stop me from doing so! I mean, shouldn't we allow people to get off first, so that you have rooms for the others to then board? This is so simple maths! Oh, statistics shows that close to 90% of our population are educated. Did they got the wrong stats then?

Practically gave all 20 faces a long hard stare before "churning" my way out. I know all this was not a new phenomenon, but i can't help it to crap about it, i was in a bad mood yesterday for oversleeping on the train and i have 20 faces in front of me while i was trying to alight?

Argh!!

Talk about graciousness. The city is trying to promote its beauty and grace, yet the citizens are trying to portray human ugliness and the lack of compassion.

Tell me now, when was the last time you gave up your seat to an elderly? Do you ever stay by the side of the door for others to alight before boarding? Will you move to the center of the carriage in a crowded train? I'm seeing this everyday now, since i have to be taking the train at the worst moment of the day.

I'm not saying that i am a super gracious person, but i just can't stand how so people just cannot understand others from their point of view. At least, if i will move to the side for others to alight before i board, and i will surely move to the center of the train. Period.

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Enough about graciousness, we don't have much to boost about. Had another great night-out and supper with friends once again! This time at Changi Village. Its so great to have a friend who drives! And we can always go anywhere so easily!

Before the car, supper was usually at Punggol park kopitiam, xinmin kopitiam, furthest away is Jalan Kayu (at least if have to take cab, its not too expensive). Now its Upper Thomson, Kovan, Changi Village and Chomp Chomp. Up next, West area here we come!

Anyway, the idea about suppering in me, its still utimately not about the food itself! Although yesterday i did had my supper as my dinner. But its about the get-togethers and now, its about driving around to find those all-so-interesting places!

Yesterday, we found this deserted road which leads to an emergency exit to Changi Airport! The road is somewhere off Upper Changi Rd North, around the Prisons area. You get a pretty good view of the runway, and waayyyy close to seeing airplanes taking off and touching down! Cooooool!

I will definitely visit it again! Anyone wants to come?

And then, previously, there was a discovery of a small road that leads from Selatar dam to Jalan Kayu (ok, its not so much discovered, there were many cars using that road, still we didn't know it existed, so we discover it!). Then there was this road that leads to a deadend with an old house there... The house was located right beside the SLE, why haven't i notice it when i pass by ever so often? I am going to look out for it the next time!

Many more places waiting to be discovered! Hey Singapore! Here we come (JM heed this ke ;))!

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Oh, i have finally confirmed my resignation! 13May IS going to be my LAST DAY! Felt like a load off my chest!

My director was really cool about it! I tendered in about a week ago, and i guess he was too busy to get back to me, leaving it hanging, and it didn't feel good (coz i don't know what he thinks mah).

Then today, we had a training at the main office and i took up the courage to approach him to ask. (It really does for me, i sat in the toilet for 10minutes before i decide i should be "guo duan" and confirmed with him! Felt paiseh to approach him mah, he was a nice guy.)

But he was cool about it, knew my reason for leaving, ask me when i would like my last day and told me "ok, i will settle it! you go ahead!". That's cool! I felt light immediately.

Although i had my reason for leaving, i think i will still miss my girls! I'm a teacher after all.

I have many many thoughts that i wanted to pen down in one (this) particular entry, so this posting is going to be very long-winded, without any connections in between each particular segment!

I always wanted to post something insightful and interesting, like quote something from some interesting webbie i came across and sharing with everyone interesting websites and even write some poetry or something, but when it comes to the time when i wanted to pen it down, i usually (1)forgot (2)can't be bothered (3)totally forgot. And when i remembered, its usually at the wrong time, like when i am "pondering over the toilet seat", "sitting in the middle of a class", "travelling somewhere", then, i forgot again. Lousy memory.

Then again that's me. Being a Gemini, i guess i really love to ponder, just let my mind go wild, think about the immpossible, daydream the hours away, basically, wonder. I am a thinker, a feeler. But as much as this part of a gemini fits me, i think that the rest of me does not fit into what people define as a Gemini.

Gemini people are ingenious, quick-witted communicators, although you are often restless, easily bored and can become frustrated by things moving too slowly.

The Sun, ruler of our inner nature, is bright in Gemini. It favours writing, other forms of communication, and travel (although beware of running around in circles just for the sake of it, or because others have imposed on your good nature). Geminians are great talkers and are usually very much in demand socially, because you are so entertaining. You'd make a great talk-show host. Gemini is the life of the party. http://www.astrologycom.com/gemini.html

I am not ingenious, in fact, i think i am slow.
I am not a quick-witted communicator, hell, i don't even consider myself a good communicator! To think i am into Social Work.
Yes, i am often restless, easily bored and frustrated by things not moving! This is the only line that truely describe me.
Yes, i love to write and communicate(but i don't think i'm good at it).
I AM NOT a great talker, in fact, i sometimes choose to shut up.
I am DEFINITELY not the life of a party.

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I have being reading off many people's blog recently and i am so mesmerized, be-wildered and envious of the way some are able to portray their feelings and stuffs. Their blog are so interesting (i shall not name who, hell, some even i don't know). These are the people whom i consider good writers and i envy their ability to write. they should publish a book.

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I ripped this off from my bro, Vincent's blog, its so interesting that i can't help it. Thanks Vinz! there, he described how one of his favourite lecturer, one who teaches Programming, used a perculiar method in delivering his points.

He was suppose to teach programming algorithms, which in some cases is hard to grasp. So he uses daily example, right up to the heart of his students to explain it. See the example:

IF (It is NOT raining) THEN
{
IF (Lecture is NOT Boring) THEN (go to lecture)
ELSE
{
(Skip lecture and hang around)
}
}
ELSE {Continue Sleeping}
Woonzai

I mean, i envy teachers like him, who is able to enter into the world of their students, understand the problems from their point of views and explain to the the concepts with their understanding.

I, being a teacher, too tried to be like him. But have i failed? I am not sure, i too try to see the questions in my students point of view and tried to portray the way i deliver my lessons to be sure that they can understand.

Example, i know my students blogged a lot, visited friendsters, and simply loved youtube.com and Miniclip.com, i used them a lot when i explain Web Concepts.

But a teacher being a teacher, you will surely ask if they understand, and when they give you blank look, its frighteningly discouraging. Especially a week after a particular class. ~.~

I began to doubt my ability to teach, actually all along, i have being doubting my ability to do so.

Discouraged.

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Also from Vincent's blog, i stumble across something inspirational.

He had a link to ""The 10 Worst Presentation Habits, which i read through while i was running my class. =p

It was simply inspirational, although i already knew most of the rules, it had served to remind me of my errors in delivering lessons! And yes, the lesson that follows after i read the entry was flawless! I was absolutely conscious of my presentation and i think i have done well (for that class).

Thanks to Vincent!

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Sometimes, i really doubt my ability to become a Social Worker. No doubt the passion is there, its my calling, and i do feel and is able to feel for others, but ithink i really sucks at communicating, at conveying my message across to others.

I have being trying my best to improve, and thought that by becoming a teacher, i would be able to improve on that. No doubt, i have no quirms about speaking in front of 40 people now, but i still lagged in my ability to communicate.

So now, by my disability to communicate and my ability to speak in front of 40 strong audiences, what does that equaliates..? That i am able to make a fool of myself in front of 40 faces loh.

I don't like myself this way. Why am i so introverted? I wanted to be extrovert, pro-active, but i can't bring myself to do it. If i am not extroveted, then how can i become a good communicator? If i am not a master of communications, how can i be a good social worker? If i am not a good social worker, how can i live up to my passion? If i am not able to live up to my passion, what why am i trying so hard now?

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There was a small dispute within one of the group of my students in class this morning. I was there to witness it. It wasn't a big deal. Just one girl disagreeing with the other girls' view and the other accusing her of not contributing. I had wanted to pull them out and speak with them together to try to resolve the issue, which i think its possible. But i did not do it, why? Because i simply hold back, because i was afraid that i will not be able to handle it.

I don't know why i have such low-confidence.

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Then there was a big contrast with 2 classes today. One made me so mad, i decided to not teach anything, the other made me so happy that i could finish all i wanted to teach before the period ended. Hell, i even had time to discuss Final Fantasy with one of them. And that is enjoyable!

Another reason why i could not, should not teach. I love to communicate with students, but i hate to control them. As a teacher, you should balance both, i will drift towards crapping with them.

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Enough craps, too long, shall post again when i feel up to it. Meanwhile, i shall finally add in the links to my Pals' blogs.

My original plan for today after work was to go straight to Bugis Junction's PacNet outlet to renew my broadband contract, then proceed to some Mc or something to sit down and do my readings for my class tonight.

In the end, my plan was foiled! Haha...

Little did i expect that after i was done with my Broadband issues, and taking the esclator up to the 1st floor... I met Vincent!!

Was thrilled! That i practically run myself into him and his girl! after that we went shopping...chatting...drinking (as in having a drink)... more shopping n more chatting!

I like pleasant surprises. Although my plans to study was foiled, thank you Vincent for making my day!!

(This is the reason y i went to class in a joyous mood =) )

Yesterday, while i was on my way to Hougang Mall's library to borow a book, i had my closest encounter with... A GAY!!

A middle-aged man, long curly hair, white sleeveless shirt that shows off the muscles he has (most probably used to attract people of his kind...), 3-quater shorts... and a significant sturt (forgive my spelling...) on his ear (i forgot which ear signifies a man as gay... but i presume he got it right)

I never meant to notice him, but the encounter when something like this...

Along the pavement towards Hougang Mall:
This man in front of me kept turning around and looking behind, at first thought, he must be looking for his friends whose behind me.

(Was still ignorant, and did not bother to turn back and kept walking, he is still in front of me).

Somehow, we were following the same route to the mall. Along the way, he turned around (this time quite oblivious that he was looking my way...) at least 5 times!

Inside Hougang Mall:
We entered the mall, with me still behind him. I start to feel suspicious... Yucky... I was determined to take a diferent route from him, if he takes the escalator, i'l take the lift. Then, i lost him for a while, which was good, so i thought. So i proceed to take the escalator.

Then, at that precise moment i board the escalator, he was on the same platform as me! Gosh! Of course, i feign ignorance and just look elsewhere. Guess what!! He started to rub his arms against me! That gross me out! I took one step down the platform and upon reaching the second floor, i rushed for the next escalator and dissappear into the library! In the hope that he does not follow me into the library.

In my heart, i was already formulating what i was going to splurt out at him if he appears again.. All the &*%^% and more ^%&$%. YOu f&^& gay, i am not your kind loh, dun bother me~~!

Well, he did not appear... Lucky for him, for i would have made him embarrassed.

Gross~~~

Spinning...Spinning...Spinning...Spinning...Spinning...Spinning...Spinning...

I am ssspppinning...

Headache.

Why is there so many things bogging me everyday! Suddenly, i really missed my NS days where i only wake up to eat, read newspaper, and go back to bed...

And i think i AM really missing those days, that i have to dream about meeting up some old army friends in some god know where places... Well, the thing is, i wasn't even close to the people i dreamed of, yet i dreamt about them... neverthelessly, i woke up feeling good, n wishing i could keep on dreaming... Dream forever... Dream on...

Then, thanks to my thrusty HP alarm, it has to remind me that its time for me to go to work...5.55am...Argh...

I think i shall list down what's bogging me...:
1)5x Assignments not finished
2)No time to do readings..thus...usually lost in class...thus..dun feel like gg class
3)Unsupportive work environment... I dun even know my purpose of being there anymore
4)Family problems
5)Placement agencies not confirmed
6)Not enuff sleep...having to wake up at 6 every morning...
7)Blues...unsure...about school... I am realliy doubting now how my 2hrs/wk/mod (i take 4 modules) + readings + more readings + too much independence studies (aka, u read on your own... n god knows how much u understood...) will benefit me later for a career...

Strengths Perspective.. Lets see some of the things that keeps me going now:
1)Peiyi just told me that my placement is pending and i have a high chance (i don't want to pin too much hope, but it keeps me going)
2)I am counting down to stepping out of RGS, though i think i will miss my girls (4 more weeks, hopefully).
3)Late night suppers with friends!
4)Long awaited gathering at jieming's place
5)3x public holidays on the way!
6)Friends outing
7)NSCallup in June (y am i so happy about this!!? probably its a break from work and i get to meet old friends!)
8)Da Chang Jin! (haha, i am glued on this.. a little something to look forward to everyday!)
9)Graduating in 1.5yrs time! (i can't wait!)
10)Reading about Prison Services

Oh, i have officially tendered! There are mixed feelings now, sort of happy that i finally let something off my chest, but sort of can't bear to leave some of my girls and closer colleague... aka.. Minghao.

Time now, 1754, i am going to skip tonight's lesson... Going to have a nice break, and later, jio Nic out for supper!

Always wanted to post sometihng nice, but in the end when i am here writing, it is always when i felt down.

God help.

Spinning Headache.

I just love to go out for late-nite supper.

Not that i enjoy suppering you know, yea yea i know, i am getting fat, and this evil thought of "late-night supper" shouldn't even enter into this evil mind.

Heck it.

I just love late-night supper. Its not the food, its the process, the idea of going out in the wee hours, just with a few or even one close friend and hang out! Talk our hearts out and fill our stomach out! It makes you feel you have friends, and that people remember you.

I am a very simple man. My idea of friends: "Someone who will remember to ask you to dine with them." If only all my close friends live in my vicinity.

So next time, if you have the sudden urge to supper, please please ask me along, especially those impromtu, unplanned, last minutes one, and i will be happy to obliged!

I wasn't even hungry yesterday night, but i went, i am so happy someone asked me to go out, especially after a f^$% day trying to complete my assignments... Thanks GX!!

Anyway, i had a prata, and gosh was he hungry! He had hokkien mee + prata + teh gao! Then, he could have made the last bus home, but we bumped into old school mates, and there goes the last bus, although we did had a great time catching up! That was fun.

So...he took cab...Haha, and i... walked. Haha, so much for living 2 busstops away only.

Once again... I love late-nite supper.

Now... Back to chionging assignments! =(

The feeling is just so strange.

I have already parted with my girlfriend, yet we have remained such good friends, having go out for late-nite supper every friday, studying together at the airport, discussed our work and studies, argued about what we know about social work...

Its like nothing had ever changed, except that we never identify each other as "Dear" anymore, we no longer hold hand, nor do we kiss anymore.

I very much love things to remain this way as for now, since we have so much other commitments besides one another.

...Yet, yesterday, i found that her words still had a place in my heart, a big place in fact... It had always been like that, her words, her action, whatever she does, can effect my feelings and reactions.

It shouldn't be this way right? I am not her boyfriend anymore, i do not have the obligation as her boyfriend to make sure that she's utimately happy at any point of time anymore. Yet, yesterday, she exclaimed that i was being insensitive to her and i felt bad, so i pacified her all the way home.

I mean, i really did that out of my own accord, the feeling was like before, when we were together and when she had gotten upset, i would have done the same thing...

What's that suppose to mean? I don't know man... I still care about her... in the way i had before. I don't want her sad...

This is so not right. Wat the @#%&...

Hopeless freak.

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Enough of that, have being reading up on the Prospect of becoming a Senior Prisons Officer recently! The advertisements for Prison Services were outrageously firece nowadays... Does that mean that no one is interested in helping those who wanted a second chance in life?

I, for one, feel that they could live with the second chance.

"Prison locked him up for 10 years, the society locked him up for life" -1 more chance.

I believe in the truth of this sentence, and i hope this perception of ex-offenders can and will change. What's wrong with being an ex-offender? What's wrong with hiring one? Doesen't mean his folly of the moment will deem him forever as a bad man, why can't society give them a second chance. Most who went through prisons do change, and they can fully, truly change with the support of the society at large.

I feel for those who went to prisons before, i think basically because i believe in the human's capacity for compassion: "Ren Zi Chu, Xing Ben Shang" and most importantly, i believe that rehab will work for these people, given the right guidance, they will return to the right track.

I finally realised that this was why i had chosen to walk this route, to do social work. Because i believe in people's capacity for change, because i want to empower and help people to change for the better, as well as to satisfy my own desire of being able to help those lesser then me.

Anyway, back to the being a SPO, the idea of rehab fits right into my values. That's why before i came across Prisons Services, i was very into the Probations of youth. That is also rehab, its known as community rehab. The concept is so much the same, except that, as a SPO, you are uniformed, from another ministry and dealing with a different group of people.

The perks of becoming an SPO isn't bad at all, good pay, good benefits, good prospect, just that... I have to pass my IPPT for this job! Well, i figured out, even if i don't do this job, i still have to pass IPPT while serving my 10year cycle... So no difference lah.

So... Now SPO has being added on to the list of job i may take on once i graduate! 1+ years more to go! I can't wait!!

Routes that i may choose to take:
1)MCYS's - Probation Officer (PO)
2)MHA's - Singapore Prisons Services, Senior Prison Officer (SPO)
3)MinDef - Defence Executive Officer (DXO Counseling)
4)Hospital Setting - Medical Social Worker (MSW)

Yesterday my girls got me so untimately embarrassed... We were outside the classroom and discussing some study issues, then a female teacher by the name of Miss Chong walked pass, when she suddenly turned around to talk to the other girl in my group, i got distracted loh of course, and my students start to accuse me of looking at her!! Kaoz, in front of her somemore loh! And i was soooo embarrassed~~ My evil students~~ Must get back at her =.=

I had wanted to apologise to her, so i thought i would do so if i see her today. And i did!! ...In such an immpossible moment... For 2 times!! Forst, waiting for the lift and when the lift door opened, she was in there... never mind, there was another guy... I mean, that's not a good moment right? We were going to the 4th floor, but the guy went to the 3rd floor, so there was a moment alone bewtween us, but the situation was like so starnge, in the end i never spoke to her yet...

Second time, i was leaving the school and waiting for the bus to come, she came up from behind, another sudden appearance... But there were too many students around... At least we smiled at each other lah...

I am an idiot. Must find chance to formally apologise. @.@"

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I finally called my boy!! Hahaha, and it wasn't as bad as i thought it will be. I was real worried that i will have nothing to say to him as this was my first time calling... So planned to chat with him for 15min and asked to meet up with him. In the end, we spoke for 45minutes!! That's a record! He is so chattable! I feel like i am engaging him already, so nice, i like extrovert people, cause i am basically introvert. Anyway, we promised to meet up to go cycling, and i looked forward to meeting him! ;)

I haven had such an enjoyable class for such a long time, although we didn't really went through any lesson at all.

It all started when one of sec 2 girls came up to me and asked if i had a speaker to lend as she would like to share the music for her group's video, then i was like... Borrow Speaker!!?? I pointed to the lab's really big speaker, and pretty soon we were listening to all the music and movie trailer on her iPod nano.

We had a great chat on recent movies, Brokebacks and stuffs... and boy was i astonished she watched all the movie that were supposely not for her age... She even offered to bring for me the next time, i was tempted lah, but then, i thought, i as their teacher, shouldn't i discourage that? Man... Nevetheless, it was fun talking to her loh.

If every class could be this interactive and intersting... i think i really like to engage people on a personal basis, not in a class basis, that's why i could enjoy just talking to her but i dread starting classes...

Tomorrow's finally thursday... 6 more classes and that's the end of the week for me, Friday is their School's Sports Day, no lesson for me!! Yay!!! Could have opted to leave earlier, but i agreed to lend the VCs to one of the group of students, so have to wait for them to come back and return the VCs. No choice, looking at spontaneous students like them, i have NO quirms about staying back! For them, i shall stay!!

2x Assignments due soon...

Progress:
10 Apr - SWK3240 Skills: 1000Words: Finished
12 Apr - SWK3220 Society: 2250Words (strange number...): 807words... (Siao liao...)

I was talent-scouted to do modelling yesterday while walking to Orchard MRT...

Guy: Hi! I am from a talent company and we are currently looking for fresh faces as our models, i think you have the potential...

Me: (Raises eyebrow and look suspiciously at him)

Guy: (Hands me his namecard) You don't believe you have the potential? I will not have wasted my time if i don't think you do... Can i have your contact number so that we may contact you?

Me: Ermz, i've got your namecard, so i can contact you if i am interested... (not even interested...)

Guy: Oh oh, wait, please, i need your contact, so that my boss knew i worked...

Me: ...Yea... Ok... (Gave him a fake number)

Hoax. Do i look like an idiot to you? Apparently i think you are more idiotic to be doing this work, get a life..

Although knowing right from the start that its fake, it still made me feel good, hahah... At least he made my day... Easily contented...



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Time:0130Hrs

Argh... I have to be awake and going to work at 6am... Crap... I haven finish my assignments... So many things to do!! So little time... I wish i have 48 hours a day... Y is there so many things bogging me nowadays?? Really feel like quitting... Hang in there Alvin... You can do it... 8 more weeks and you're free as a bird! Jia You!!

For now, i'm going to bed... SWK3220 (half done), have not called my boy...