Friday...

TGIF!
i reali look forward to weekends all the time now...cos on friday nights, i usually cut myself some slack...like tonight, I watched 2 episodes of the HK drama which i watch with my roommie whenever we have dinner together at home...which is like abt 3 times a wk....
thereafter, i hurriedly finished up whatever work i had planned to do tonight...then now, i'm just blogging, relaxing, reading emails and chatting with frens....
it's Spring Fling this week, a notoriously celebrated event in the US where ppl party like mad to sort of informally usher in Spring....but it's more or less an excuse to drink oneself silly....
I'd have loved to go....and would definitely have gone for the party tonight had I not been down with sore throat and am still recovering from it....
Never mind, I don't really feel like going out tonight aniwaiz...and next Saturday, we r going clubbing in New York aniwaiz...so yah....

With every weekend, it is one week nearer to the completion of the NOC journey; at least the journey for this one year...upon my graduation from it, it will signal the commencement of a new journey....the real entrepreneurial journey.....
and like what i alwaiz say, it is a MUST for us to contribute to Singapore...to NUS....to fellow Singaporeans....
Singapore onli has its citizens (us) as its natural resources, which is why it has invested sooooo much in the education of its ppl....
Since its independence, Singapore has traditionally relied on foreign MNCs to bring in foreign direct investments and technology transfer....that was the right way to go...and which is why Singapore has grown so rapidly in the last few decades....
However, with the onset of globalization, that strategy alone, is no longer viable...
Even with the govt's reduction of corporate tax by 2% and beautifying the nation aesthetically and in many other ways attractive to foreign investors, the lure of other countries which offer much lower wages and lower taxes is undeniable.....
And again, I agree with the govt's strategy of encouraging entrepreneurship....it is high time it does so....and fortunately, a few yrs ago, the drive had oredi begun, with the recent 2-3 years seeing a stronger driving force....
Singapore needs to be more independent economically and financially...
and as one of its citizens and fortunate enuff to be sent on this program, the best way i can repay my country is by not just contributing back to it in economic terms but also, to bring back the entrepreneurial mindset to fellow Singaporeans....
which are wat i intend to do....

okie okie....it's been a long time since i blogged abt such stuff....i guess i had been too busy....but despite the busy schedules, my steadfastness towards that vision and goal has never wavered....

right, after next week, my workload will be reduced slightly....so i'm looking forward to next wkend....
will be in New York the entire wkend, i tink dat'll be my 7th time there oredi...

more tmr...
miss u all lotz my dear frens!

North, South, East, West...
Home is the BEST!
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