Thursday...

Attended the NOC compulsory briefing todae.....I'm having mixed feelings....

A mixture of euphoria, extreme excitement, disbelief, well, i'm juz feeling at a loss for words...speechless....

They kept emphasising on 4 'highs'.....

1. High cost (it costs NUS $80,000 to send each NOC student abroad for that 1yr)
2. High prestige (we'll gain the entrepreneur experience, [for bv] the upenn and wharton experience, a technopreneurship minor upon graduation and lotz of networking and we r the 1% of our cohort accepted into the program)
3. High responsibility (as ambassadors of NUS and Singapore)
4. And finally....High expectations (NUS and NOC have extremely high expectations of us)

Interestingly, both NTU and SMU had expressed their interest in sending their students on NOC too...According to A/P Teo, they had written in to NUS....but decided not to go on with it when they realised the cost involved....but it is oso with this that expectations of us are extremely high...and it sorts of becomes a burden by itself....

well...it's a little too much for me to take at once....together with my ultra busy schedule from now till end of sem, i'm feeling the very very heavy load of responsibilities that i've to shoulder....

I juz suddenly feel very overwhelmed....suddenly, the world is lying in front of me....it's up to me to determine my own fate...my own destiny....

Euphoria cos i'm lucky enuff to be part of it....
Excitement cos the rewards are tremendous (quoted from A/P Teo)...
Disbelief cos i can't believe i've taken this step out....

I tink i need time to digest everything....in the meantime.....strictly speaking, i have to ensure i get a company placement and visa approval before everything is set in stone....interviews will start at end march....

phew....dinnertime....i reali need some breathing space....for now....

i feeL dReAmY....