been too lazy to blog

highlights:
saw LYY on sunday, nice to see you
eye getting better (much better)
returned to work on monday
got my pay today

thats all for now

i wanna be that somebody

some stuff happened this week.

firstly...
i got into SMU!!
so happy when i saw the letter
parents and friends congratulated me
then i was just hoping my enlistment would be ard june/july

wed night i took out my lenses
and my left eye was itching like crazy
decided to just sleep it off
woke up on thurs and my whole eye was swollen and red
told my parents i wasn't going to work and needed to go to the doc
went to the doc and he told me that it was a very serious eye infection
he also said that i had ulcers in my eye (i didn't know i could have ulcers there)
he said it was very serious and i could go BLIND!!
gave me some med and told me to see him the next day

this morning went to see him again
felt better
not fully recovered though
he said my eye did get better
and told me to continue my medication and see him on sunday

then my dad told me to go check the mailbox
cos he hadn't checked it for 2 or 3 days
i went down and low and behold
it arrived
MY ENLISTMENT LETTER
Date: July 10th 2008
Time: 08.30 am

a life changing week?

i'm having a pimple outbreak
and i cant do much anything to fix it
3rd week of my work
i can pass up my time sheet on tuesday
haha
i'm gonna splash the cash again
of cos i'll save some la
first day of school for some tmr
namely lav and ling
lav: PRCP baby (correct acronym right?)
ling: advanced diploma sia!

went to t3 with lav today
not bad
walked around
saw stuff
i think samsung phones are looking more cool and stylish
from certain views it really looks like a shopping centre
there are lots of eateries there
saw nice swatch watches
are swatch watches called swatches or just swatch watches?

we had toast box before we went there
but i didnt really feel like eating it although i was a tad hungry
but around 2 i felt hungry again
so we decided on popeyes
i ate and she didnt
now i prefer kfc to popeyes
but today the chicken was more juicy?
the fries are always delicious and the biscuit was nicer than the ones we tried before
however i got full real fast and only ate 1 and a half chickens

it'll be great to go on a holiday with you
anywhere would do
as long as i have you

went to cut my hair in the morning
not bad
lunched with allan, guo hao, zhen hao and ling
the econimical rice guy has an attitude prob
ok nvm

bused home and then got ready for the interview
by the time i got ready was like 2.10
as i was going to be late
i cabbed down

reached there and sat ard for awhile
then at 3 we were led to the preparation room
there were student volunteers (i'm assuming they were this)
who checked our results, and then gave us some stuff to fill up
these stuff would be used during the interview
we each got a reading to read thru
then had to fill up 4 questions in bullet points
1. what makes you curious?
2. examples of your hardwork?
3. examples of your leadership?
4. passion for IT?
then we had to look at a poster
the poster was an example of a problem solving technique
where you used assumptions to estimate the numerical answer to the question
further elaboration below
after these, we got to watch a short video about some of the SMU students
stuff like their experiences here and all
this whole preparation thing lasted for like an hour
so at 4pm we headed for the interview

so the interview is a group interview
my group had 4 other ppl
so after a brief wait outside the room
we were led into the room
we each had those name labels in front of us on the table
so the professors (the students like to call them profs) had some small talk with us
then started the interview

the first part was to briefly explain the passage we read in 1 - 2 mins
so the prof asked who wanted to start first (we sat in a sort of J shape)
so i looked to the left and saw everyone else just look in every direction except the profs
seizing the opportunity i volunteered and probably explained my passage in abit more than a min
then the rest did theirs
the second guy was damn funny
firstly he kept repeating the words "actually" and "basically"
then he talked like for 4-5 mins
the prof was about to stop him when he finally stopped

the second part was the question we had to solve using the assumption method we read in the preparation room
so basically we had a piece of paper to do our working
and it was like this
we had 3 min to solve this question
" how many people travel on the North East (NEL) Line on a working day?"
i'm proud to say i got my answer within this time
this is what i did
Assumptions
4,000,000 ppl in s'pore
3,200,000 ppl travel on a working day
1,000,000 ppl take the train on a working day
30% of the passangers use the NEL
therefore my estimate would be 300,000
we had to explain my answers and i felt that the profs kinda made sense of my solution la

third part was were the profs questions us about the answer we wrote to the 4 questions la
that part was ok
my question was "what makes me curious" and "example of my leadership"
it was during the "what makes me curious" question that i got shot at by the prof
other than that it was ok

the last part, we had to answer these questions
"why SMU?" and "why SIS (School of Information Systems)?"
this part went well la
so that was it then we had a discussion with the 2 profs
where we could ask them anything we wanted
and that concluded the interview

i felt good and confident during and after the interview
ling asked me if i was confident and i said 70% (cant be over confident)
lav says i surely go in
i hope so
if i don't
you die ah
i'll eat all the ice cream in the world and become fat and force you to carry me everywhere we go
can ah?
:p

TGIF
kinda
working there is alright
the other temps are fun
but lack of sleep means an unlimited consumption of coffee

lunched with the temps
bought back subway!
ate a foot long sub for the first time
cold cut trio as usual

i actually dun mind working there
unfortunately
some of the temps will be leaving soon
so that will be bleah

hope and pray
my interview is tmr

oh yes

i just saw this

today was great

i saw that hours after i received a phone call
that call was about..

so excited

really hope i get in

it'll be great

hope and pray

2nd day of work
knowing the other temps makes the working environment much better

heard this on the radio
dan: so how long have you been in singapore?
mig: erm..about 10 min
dan: so how did you find singapore?
mig: oh it was easy, i took a left at hong kong

get it?
haha
i found it damn funny
and mig's damn hilarious

lunched tgt with the temps
pei yong's last day
they are all nice and easy to talk to
makes the office so much better

work again tmr
meeting ling con allan and yq tmr
hope to get a polo tee
see ya

so this is my new blog

first day of work today

went there super early

i think i reached there like 8.20 cos i thot work starts at 8.30

only to realise that it starts at 9

nevertheless there were ppl already there

and luckily the hr lady was already there

so i started my day by filling up the documents

then waited for everyone to pour in

then i met my colleagues and all

they already had some work planeed for me becos of smth that came up

so i had to fold letters and put them in envelopes

there were so many that i did it for like 1 and a half hour

after i had done that they passed me another set of letters to do the same with

there were so many to do that i only could go for lunch at like 1 plus

and i still hadn't finished

continued after lunch

and almost dozed off at around 3.20

i was literally staring straight forward, my eyes were closing and i was trying to force the letter into the wrong envelope

you see i have to put the letter and a smaller envelope into the envelope

so ya i was kinda unknowingly jamming it in

the remedy?

mocha from the vending machine

not a fan of instant coffee but this one actually tastes nice

fast forward to 6pm

there was this short hair girl at the table beside me

and i swear the whole day she never took a seat

she just stood at the photocopier

so anyway

she must have overheard my conversation with my superior about my timesheet

so she and louis (the other temp) came over to chat

and then they introduced me to the other 3 temps

so there are 6 of us

so i think we're all going for lunch tgt tmr

one good news

in total i spent $4.90 today

$1.10 for an egg tart for breakfast

$3.80 for chicken rice with extra rice for lunch

woohoo

i'm so proud of myself

but of course its only 1st April

oh, previously i was going on about getting the ipod classic 80gb

well i've had a change of heart

it is...

this is the Microsoft Zune 80gb

so sexy

i shall be comtemplating

ok off to work tmr

chop chop chop