End of Freshman yr!

Calculus paper (last paper) ended on fri morn..phew..finally exams are over..am in no doubt that I will do badly this sem..sigh..direct contrast frm last sem..a large part due to the fact that most of the mods covered this sem cant really be used in business..i mean..who in the rite frame of mind would ask u abt ethical assessment concepts (BGS) when u’r out in the world?..little things in AS makes sense as well..

Consider this..

P or Q

Not P

Thus, Q (Valid)

P or Q

Not Q

Thus, P. (Invalid)

??????? and the fact that ‘only if’ and ‘if and only if’ mean different things makes no sense at all too..u tink ppl in the streets r goin to know the way AS defines ‘if and only if’?..i came to uni for more knowledge and to train my patterns of thoughts..how this trains it?..i hav no idea..

N other than in the field of calculating financial derivatives..calculus aint gonna help in biz as well..if demand can really be put into a function and calculated..no one in this world would have gone bankrupt running biz..i desperately need to get out of yr 1 and do more serious mods..i mean..i’ve been thru this..although I admit I dun excel in these mods..but really..its impracticality has really dipped my interest 200%..and no biz grads should be judged on this mods..

Those around me will know that I fully hate doin mods that I know will not help me at all..sigh..maybe I shud change my perception huh..but I’m practical when it comes to business..guess poly traits still flow in me..

Time flies and I am no longer goin to be a freshman!..tsk tsk..i’ve been thru this so many times..haha..apologies for the lack of post durin the sem once again..thus now..i’m gonna post my flash back of the semester..

Startin with…

Patrons Day

It was the time of the yr..where SMU celebrates Patrons Day and the whole school was turned into an exhibition centre..showcasing all the clubs..achievements…faculties..sch..n…2 skimpily dressed cheerleaders..lol..

Posing unwillingly...

Patrons Day was meant to memor the founders and basically..patrons of SMU n that is y…President S.R Nathan was the guest of honour for the day. The concourse was filled with booths n counters and stuffs were everywhere..to welcome the President..n I hav to give it to him..cos he’s the first ever that I’ve managed to find..that took 20 minutes to walk down our concourse..haha..

We kept count..

I was at the ACF corner where sapphires were at…guess who I’m there to acc..haha..n sound foundry belonged to ACF as well..so..i guess I dun belong anywhere else..haha..in any case..ACF happens to hav all the most happenin clubs..in my opinion..haha..sound foundry.. bimbos collide sapphires, Samba Masala, Broadcast and Entertainment…

There was a sofa that was at the ACF corner accompanied with a tv showcasing smu talents such as jade seah..who is all over the tv now..n we made a bet..dat the president will head straight to the sofa…cos… …dats the way all presidents r..haha..n when he finally arrived..guess where he headed..lol..i hav nv been more rite in anything..haha…

Caught in e act...

The celebrations carried on till late night where there was performances by more smu talents..particularly this beat boxster..who is realli quite gd..ryan performed for eurythemix as well..so yeap..took e nite off to chill..haha..

'the unxpected' was the last performance scheduled for the nite..n by dat time..sentill has alreadi gotten me tonns of free beer..n it was time to party..

i din take any pics of 'the unxpected'..cos...i was too busy moshing..haha..

Vday | le Amor

On the same day as BGS presentation..i was scheduled to perform at frujch for a SESS event…which was a Valentine’s Day celebration by the school..the set comprised of Tim (Bassist) , Alvin n me..

I was blamed by the frujch owners for performing for SESS n not bondue events..er..hee..it jus din fit my schedule la..haha..but I still love LKCSB..haha..its my sch..

I had to push away e gig for ‘Half time’ as well..a regular event held on the fri b4 mid term break every semester..but I really couldn’t afford the time…I din even hav time to buy my new year clothes..here’s y..

Mon – Prepare for BGS presentation

Tue – BGS presentation n Prepare for CT Exhibition

Wed – Prepare for Calculus Mid Term

Thu – Calculus Mid Term n prepare for CT presentation

Fri - Creative Thinking Exhibition n prepare Stats Mid Term

Sat – Stats Mid Term (CNY Eve)

Where got time??????

N thats not including my normal classes..n I hav 6 mods this sem..this sem is terrible..sigh..i had to hack Stats mid term prep to squeeze out 2 hours b4 the CT exhibition to do my new yr shopping..tsk tsk..we work as hard as we play..though at the moment..it feels like..no play..

anyway..since it was a vday event..we were requested to play happy songs dat day…which is a rare sight..happy songs out of Alvin is always a rare sight..we kicked off e acoustic set with ‘Stars’ by Switchfoot..n dedicated Something about you by Five for Fighting to Vikthia (Sentill’s gf) who came to frujch to celebrate her bday..she’s actually born on Valentine’s Day..haha..n she aint stupid cos she alway demands 2 gifts frm sentill..haha..

Frujch was filled with social science ppl who were in extremely loving mood..afterall..its their event..n mid way thru the set when Alvin was busy ass kissing to the SESS crowd, I jus had to announce.. “Tim n I would like to say..we’re from the best sch..School of Business..” lol..n we had a shoe thrown at us..oh no..lol..

We wrapped up the set with Secrets by Maroon 5..a veri sexy n chilling song..rite for the mood..n den Alvin decided we shud play an acoustic version of ‘Are you gonna be my girl’…with mixed lyrics n attempts to make the crowd laugh..but..hm..alvin..haha..

Creative Thinking

Term break was here..time for…more proj meetings..sigh..despite CNY..Had to grind my way thru..not forgettin stats mid term tmr..hai..wat is wrong with my profs this sem..everyone is into tinkin that their module is the onli one we’re takin..they say which prof u get is veri veri impt..n now..i’m learnin it the hard way..

Creative Thinking Class was comin to an end as we present our Creative Thinking Exhibition…lookin bac..it was one of the more interesting mods really..esp when we hav a hm.. ‘veri open’ prof that speaks her mind on everythin.. like e first lesson where she sits in front of the class, crosses her legs n go.. “If my panties r revealing..pls let me know..the last thing I wan is for students to complain abt prof showin her panties..” n immediately we went into stun mode..dats..openness for u..lol..

But its really quite interesting as we frequently hav our classes outside the class rooms..n we often find ourselves in the art museum..the national museum..religious temples..sculpture square..n so on..n even if it was in class..we would be talking abt paintings..n stories behind it.. privilege of havin a city campus..

Each of Margarat Chan’s class hav to end the term with exhibitions of certain statements n issues we wanted to send across..u can either express it as an installation art or a performance art..which we eventually opted for the latter..

We had a mini soccer field constructed along the concourse outside kopitiam n on the set..we had 2 teams playin soccer. My team was all in red office wear as we were signifying Singaporean workers..n the opposing team was all in black with their faces n limbs painted black to represent the everyday challenges that workers face in the work place..

There were a lot of details into the art that we had to spend countless sessions planning for..n while playin..the red shirt Singaporean workers r one by one substituted by players wearin other national colours..this was to signify displacement in the local workplace whereby a lot of jobs are being replaced with foreign talents. Goals were continued to be scored as Singapore continues to be successful no matter the composition of the work force..we’re not takin sides as to whether displacement is right or wrong as it is up to the individual to judge..thats y..the game ended by half time..n not full time..as no one has the right to adequately conclude if it is a gd thing or not..

Team Singapore

But personally..i feel it makes no difference as displacement gears us up for improvement n upgrading..a criteria that is set to stay with us no matter wat yr it is due to the size of our c’try..if Singaporeans dun upgrade..we will fall behind in no time at all..the foreign talents r jus here to remind us to be the best in whatever we do..so I am pretty neutral abt it..besides..retrenchment isn’t the end of the world..many ppl found a higher payin job after being retrenched..its jus how u face the situation..retrenchment is restructuring..it doesn’t mean u were lousy or anything..we jus hav to be open abt it..

I was one of the singapore players to be substituted..n part of the plan was to show a mixture of emotions by singapore workers..n my job..was to look pissed n angry..sigh..u ppl got the wrong guy man..how can I look angry?..no one in sch has ever seen me angry..haha..i’ve not been angry since..hm..Sispec?..where they refused to release me initially for my grandpa’s funeral..tsk tsk..i’m too well tempered to be angry la..haha..

Other than margarat chan.. we also had another assessor from N.A.F.A (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts) who’s name..i cant recall..haha..but she was much older than we expected..n prob more experienced..n we had a pretty long debrief..where we were subjected to scrutiny..

But it was fun..though frustratin at times..workin in a grp of 40 is not easy..n being appointed committee jus makes it worse..but well..everythin is harsh in todae’s world..so..suck it up..

Shadows..lol.

Batam . Batamindo . Latrade

Caroline Yeoh (BGS Prof) organized a trip for us to Batam to better understand the business conditions over at Batam..it was my first time to batam really..though its hard to believe…since its so near Singapore..but yeap..haha..

Had to get up really early as our ferry was at 8.30..sigh..i hate getting up early..but luckily..NEL travels to harbour front..so not much of an issue..after we checked ourselves in..we started to board the ferry n dats where the guys all started to sigh… “Penguin ferry????...oh no…” lol..Penguin happens to be the same contractor dat is responsible for shipping soldiers to Pulau Tekong durin our army days..oh well..who could blame them..or rather..us..haha..

I managed to catch the view of Singapore from ashore n I hav to say..no wonder ppl said Singapore is a beautiful island..cos..it is..haha..esp when the ferry passes by sentosa’s Siloso beach where bikini babes r playin volley ball..haha…so jus how can u not say it is beautiful..lol..

Played daidee on board n took loads of pictures…n when we finally got bored..we tried to throw sentill overboard..dats where we realized its impossible..haha..esp when the boat is always tilted to the side where Sentill is at..kee kee kee..so we went ard takin pic of ppl slpin..hm..hm..hm…

Caroline Yeoh joined us at the top deck n we had a nice chat..den she left the presents left for the CEOs with us..which is when I wondered..(Refer to pic below)..we r goin to a muslim c’try..n the best gift to give them is… … …U.S pork???? Lol..but dat was onli the bag..haha..but still..maybe not the best??...

Someone asked me on board..if I had a girlfriend and that I looked like someone who has many girlfriends..sigh..y does no one believe me??..i am how available can..hahaha..

The journey was short..abt..45 mins?..or there about..

When we arrived..it was scorchin hot..i jus wanted to be indoors..haha..we had to quickly load up coaches n got goin to Batamindo..where we met up with the management of the industrial park n visited many other firms..they’ve got pretty ‘interestin’ labour laws over there..if a particular Indonesian is a full time staff in ur company and he one day decides to quit…u as the company..will hav to compensate him/her on his/her decision to quit. N I’m like..huh…wats the rationale man..haha..they r way over protective..which is y no local will ever get a perm position in the firms there..Singapore companies aint stupid..we jus work ard it..so all the locals employed there were on contract basis.

I hav to sae the CEOs frm various companies were open to say the least..answerin all the qns we had to post..afterall SMU undergrads r known to be armed with questions n comments..which sometimes come bac to haunt us..After a few firms..we headed to a seafood restaurant to hav our lunch..yum yum…black pepper crabs..fried prawns..kang gong..sotongs..n my giant coconut!!..haha..but our international frens were not comfortable though..many did not eat much seafood bac in their c’try..esp Vikrant who was beside me..had to hypnotize himself to try some seafood..n he told me… “u know..bac in India..we’re not such big fans of seafood”…lol..n we had ppl from france as well..they din seem comfortable with anything..guess it’s the first time they’re at a more typical Asian nation. Singapore..is not quite the same as over there..haha..

In the afternoon..we went to the Kings factory..n nono…its not the Ice Cream one…haha..its the shoemaker..who produces most of the industrial shoes used in the market in spore..labour laws there states that workers shud be released by 5pm..such gd life..n by 4.40pm..everyone was packin up..by 4.55pm…everyone was queuing to clock their time out..who says we’re calculative on work hours?..they r worse..haha..

N at abt the same time..we headed to the coach cos we were to leave for a shoppin mall..which I cant rem the name..haha..n the workers there were starrin at us like we were some Alien..sigh..we..were onli walkin..y r SMU ppl always targeted?..haha..

After the mall..we headed to the Kelong owned by CEO of Latrade Mr Zhang. Mr Zhang happened to be on the same tour group as my family was when we went to Taiwan..haha..the world is small..n I bump into him whenever I leave the ctry..maybe we can work some business deals out..haha..he’s the one who was restin his hands on me in the pic below.

Hm..wonder if he wans to have a god son..haha..

His kelong looked ordinary frm the outside..except that its big..but when u get to the inside…it is a diff story..haha..it was like he was runnin a chalet..he had 40 over rooms..and even had signs to direct ppl to rooms..n in his kelong..he has a real ktv room..movie theatres..pool tables..ping pong..satellite tv..and a bar..he usually uses those room to entertain potential tenants at Latrade. He even offered me n sentill 2 bottles of chivas (18 years)..which we shyly declined..damn..y did we..haha..

Looks like a cardboard doesnt it?

ta-da!

His room had a really nice view of the sea..n it showed u..jus how success can get u to enjoy life..n he started with limited money n no degree..Mr Zhang also planned for a BBQ seafood buffet for us..yum yum..haha..n when things r freeflow..Sentill gets flowin..look at the amount of food he’s eaten..along with weiyuan (we usually call him wei ge..lol)..

Look how much sentill can eat..

And sentill pushes his plate to weiyuan..pretend its not him who ate so much..tsk tsk

A very full wei yuan..

We had a long nite..but it was a long nite of fun of cos..haha..n our dear fren Wan Yi..proved jus y everybody calls her blur when we played daidee..we were playin 5-cards..n she came out with.. ‘4-5-6-7-9’…n I was left starrin at the card for some 3 seconds..n ask her..r u sure u can put dat?...n she took even longer to realize it..haha..it was 3.30am in the morn..but still…liew..blur le..lol…

When dawn broke..we showered n headed to the dining hall for breakfast..n nasi lemak was served…goodness..the chef serves fantastic nasi lemaks..yum yum yum..still makes my mouth water..haha..after breakfast…we headed to the mall for some more shoppin..where they had alrite lookin t-shirts goin for $9 per piece..yup..birds we become.. “cheap-cheap”..

N they still had A&W!!..long time no see..haha..tink there’s onli one or 2 left in Singapore..or none..not veri sure..n I had curly fries after curly fries..yummy..

i'm in a kampong!!

We took off for Singapore by noon..n b4 den..everyone went to J.co n left with some 4 boxes of donuts each..haha..which we all devoured on the ferry bac..sinful..n gym beggin..