Saturday...
Again, I'm feeling dead beat...
it seems like everydae i'm feeling dog tired huh.....well, i wonder why oso...it's onli been a week of my still exciting yet perhaps sometimes tumultuous 1yr journey ahead in tis NOC programme...
there r some politics going on already and i'm kinda in the midst of it.....however, i concur with wat a senior juz told me todae....We, the ones who r doing the dirty work for everyone juz because we arrived earlier, cant pleae everyone and might even be blamed by some eventually....
And yah, despite being not obliged to help everyone (we r onli doing so out of kindness)....i guess in tis world, nuttin is absolutely fair, and sometimes, kindness doesn't beget kindness....
Anyhow, moving on, I managed to squeeze time out for my own leisure activity even though i was pretty sleepy (slept too late last nite).....
I went with my batch guys to tis place called Franklin Mills Mall....far out in the suburbs....
It's supposed to be a good place for shopping and yah, we were appalled by the size of the entire shopping mall...i'm not exaggerating but it definitely has even more shops than the entire of Suntec City....
okie....
so wat did i buy?
A pair of Levi's jeans, it costs onli US$20! woohoo! a real bargain...it converts to onli abt $32....i'm going to go back nxt July with at least 4-5 pairs of Levi's jeans and some of their tops and apparels....damn shiok...
i oso got some Wilson's ankle socks and a GAP polo tee....
all in all, i spent abt $50 including transport and food....
so yah, a real real bargain....i'm especially excited abt the branded stuff here....cos it's all relatively cheaper den in Singapore....i had to control myself though, cos i was tempted to juz grab a couple more pairs of Levi's jeans....hehehz....
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the transport system here can be pretty intimidating at the beginning....
they have the bus, trolley, subway, regional railway and of cos, the taxis....
while the first and last are self-explanatory, the rest aren't so easily comprehended initially...
I'll draw some analogies...
Trolley = LRT
Subway = MRT
Regional Railway = Railway trains
yah....i'm still a little confused abt the fares system.....a whole lot of getting used to....
and yupz, transport costs here can be pretty substantial.....very ex...
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Starting work on Monday...
i want everythg to start off perfectly...tmr i ought to get more sleep and ensure dat i'm as alert as i can on Monday itself...
Back before we embarked on this 1yr programme, there had been some help on preparing ourselves mentally...
A common phase many seniors underwent was the homesick stage....
Typically, NOC students will first feel excited abt the new adventure....and then onli start to feel homesick after a few daes or so....
Well, different ppl may hav varying definitions of homesickness...
In my own opinion, homesickness is when one misses home so badly dat one cant do anythg, cant focus on anythg and onli wants to go home...
Fortunately, thus far, I haven't had any feeling near that.....
In the near or even distant future, i don't foresee myself going thru tis stage (at least i hope)....
For those who do, an interim measure would be to confide in frens i guess....but my frens so far haven't exhibited any such symptoms yet too....so i guess everyone's pretty grownup enuff...
Prof Teo, the head of NOC, visited us yest frm Singapore...
we were again reminded of our responsibilities to noc, to nus and to singapore....
a reminder once in a while is fine....so i guess his visit did help to motivate some of us....for me, it kinda served to reinforce the objectives dat i am expected to meet....
hmmm, thks for ur concern Shelle and XM, and everyone else...
i probably wun blog everydae anymore in the near future oredi as i wun hav the luxury of time on my laps...by then, meals and daily stuff would be my secondary priorities after work and studies....
yawnz...sleepy, and my blog's becoming so boring....i'm bored myself...
feeling abit detached frm some frens oredi too.....dat's a little sad but dat's part and parcel of life...u get some, u lose abit of others...
but at the same time, some frens hav been very proactive in contacting me and trying to stay in touch....i reali appreciate those efforts.... =)
kk, dat's all for todae....tis daes i'm getting so brain dead dat i cant tink of wat i wanna blog abt oso although i look forward to tis time everynite to juz pen my daily thots....
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