Back to BLOGGING.

Hello hello! After a somewhat short hiatus, I'm finally back!

So what happened was basically jsut that my TOSHIBA Netbook died on me a few days ago, and my new HP lappy just arrived today and since now it's fully charged, just thought that I'd blog for awhile since it's been awhile! Hahaha. Kinda depressed when my netbook died on me because all my BCS assignments were done and kept in there, and now my iTunes and all my K-stuffs are all gone. Have to start re-downloading everything once mid-sem tests are over~~ And things like my WGM and Running Man episodes. Gosh just kill me right now. The thought of having all my videos deleted just kills me... And not to mention I've to re-download all my songs for iTunes. Since I heard sync-ing it doesn''t allow me to add anymore new songs. >< Short rant of netbook done!

So next week is my first mid-sem tests in TP and everyone's started studying! I've started a few pages and hopefully by the end of this week I can finished studying and actually understand every single thing. Gonna meet up with Adeline and Kenneth to mug for MicroEcons together... Wish us luck! MicroEcons is something that really drains my attention level but it's still not that bad, so praying for all the best!

And everyone, you have to, like literally and really, HAVE TO try out COLD STONE CREAMERY's ice cream!! It is just so freakishly awesome. <3 :="" a="" actually="" add="" and="" any="" anything="" at="" but="" chia="" citylink="" cravings="" cream="" customers.="" d="" div="" for="" go="" going="" guess="" had="" have="" haven="" how="" i="" ice="" in="" is="" it.="" it="" just="" keep="" lappy="" lee="" m="" million="" new="" not="" nothing="" now="" of="" photo="" photos="" pictures="" post="" praises="" promise="" put="" real="" red="" serve="" since="" soon="" spoil="" still="" suspense="" t="" the="" their="" they="" this="" till="" to="" toppings="" uniqueness="" up="" ve="" velvet="" visit="" way="" with="" yesterday="" you="">

That's it for today folks, rest well and remember to bring an umbrella out wherever you are! For rain or for shine! <3 div="">

Happy Mother's Day

Hello! Here to blog before falling into some deep slumber in a moment's time. Meh.

So 12 May 2013 was Mother's Day, and here's wishing all mummy's in the world to be healthy, pretty, and of course happy always~ Even though your kid(s) may not say it, but they really do love you a lot. I mean, if they can't even love someone who brought them into this world, who else right? :D

So before my long thank-you speech for my mummy begins, I'm gonna talk on what happened on the CCN day which happened on the last Friday. Basically CCN means Campus Care Network, and on 10 May, the whole School of Business in TP were selling/doing up their special items or tricks for the school. And it really was a chaotic day. Being the introvert as I am, I didn't do much other than collecting some money and squeezing out the cheese for th nachos. >< But 1K05 did a great job in serving all the customers, and shouting, and rushing to get the ingredients for the fired oreos and nachos that we were selling. 1K05 is truly awesome. Proud to be in this class. And at the end of it all, we took a photo of the class as usual. <3 :d="" about="" ccn="" day="" div="" done="" gonna="" i="" m="" mother="" now="" rant.="" rant="" read="" right="" s="" so="" that="" with="" yes="" you="">

So I bet everyone knows what most children do on Mother's Day - Elegant dresses, extravagant meals. costly cakes, and even over-exaggerated actions of trying to do housework for the mummys. Well, not that I don't support any of those, but rather, WHY ONLY ON MOTHER'S DAY ARE YOU DOING THESE? Look, our mummys does almost everything for us, every single day, like a repeated cycle. They cook for us, buy necessities and 'want' items for us, pay for our school fees, and admit it, she's probably the one who's the most uptight about your school results, from mini tests, to exams, and even NAPFA tests. But precisely because our mummys do these things for us on a daily basis, we often take their presence for granted, and think that they will (and should) always be there for us, whether rain or shine, whether they're sick or not, whether we have lessons at a later timing or not. The thing that we don't notice is that, our mummys are just like our oxygen. We can't see them often when they are doing all the thoughtful things for us, we can't hear them, when they are saying all the harsh advices which we should learn to digest, but when they are not around us for a day, we often lose our footing and be flustered and not know what to do. That's the power of oxygen. Without oxygen, we'd die. Without our mummys, we'd probably not feel like living.

People out there, don't ever wait till Mother's Day or your mummys' birthday before you start to think of what to do to make them happy. Every day when you wake up, just tell your mummy you love her, and that you appreciate her presence. Think through everything that you want to do with your mummy, be it the new shopping area in town, or even a new food place in Bedok. Anything. Show them that you want them as a part of your life. Include them. Don't hate them because they may not look elegant like other rich mummys you see. Your mummy went through all the pain to not just give birth but also to bring you up. It's never too late, and you're never too old to give your mummy a hug or kiss on the cheek to show her your love for her. Why not make everyday a Mother's Day for her? Truth be told, I'm pretty sure that's what every mummy in the world wants. <3 div="">

So start to love your mummy from this moment onwards! ^^ Let the love spread! Hehe. That's all for today~~

Flirts.

Hi peeeee-pole, back to blogging in the weekends before the busy week starts again.

The upcoming week's going to be a busy one, with several make-up tutorials, and also the long-awaited CCN day for TP! My class has come up with a really great and awesome idea so hopefully we'll be able to earn lots of bucks for the needy people  ^^ Anyway it's not really about winning other classes or what right.

So today I just want to rant it out about FLIRTS. Yes flirts. Flirting doesn't necessarily mean that you go up to a person of the opposite sex and talk dirty with her... Even texting (or sexting, for that matter) counts. Flirting may be cute and fun when it first started but as time goes by when one party has developed something more than just a fling, that's when friendship starts to fall and the bond breaks. Many people out there just don't understand this and they keep doing these silly actions repeatedly. What's worse in flirting is that you're in a relationship, and the main reason for your flirting is just because the other party "Changed". Like seriously, how could that possibly be a good reason to flirt? If they really changed to an extent you can't tolerate anymore, TALK IT OUT or BREAK IT OFF. By flirting with another person you're not just hurting your other half, but also yourself and that third party.

Before you start this endless cycle of flirting, just think how badly hurt you'd be if someone were to flirt with you, and treat you as an option. How'd you like that? No? Then don't flirt. Not everyone is heartless and has the ability to retract their feelings once it's been tossed out to another person. Don't do unto others what you wouldn't like others to do to you. And what's more disgusting is that you know someone is already taken, and you still try to flirt with them. It's just so disgusting, in my honest opinion. Don't be a reason a couple breaks up or fight. Have some dignity.

And before I end it off, there's another type of people who are just selfish. People who flirts to keep themselves occupied. This, is utterly gross. I mean, if you need entertainment just go to the arcade or elsewhere, but why mess with someone else's mind and make them fall for you, then leave them hanging there? Never make a person your second choice because when you decide to prioritise them, they've already been gone from your life. Not many people are able to treasure what's most important to them until that 'someone' or 'something' is taken away from their life for good. So please treasure the person you have when he/she is still with you, before your stupid mistake let them see that there's so much better things out there waiting for them. If someone is willing to stay with you at your lowest, they are definitely the only ones worthy to be with you at your best.

That's all for today's post! Done with ranting.

P.S: And a really awesome HBD to Sonia Tiwari and Jean! ^^ <3 p="">

Projects.

Back to blogging after a long day of lessons and project meetups!

Finally done with my first-ever homework for poly. My English is getting pretty 'rusty' so all my answers are i  some really drastic state. >< And there's gonna be more writing for Writing and Presentation Skills for Mr Max's class tomorrow. Just great. Time to go to the library and read more books perhaps :D

Projects, projects and more projects. Probably the bane of all JC, Polytechnic, ITE, and maybe even upcoming generations of Secondary school students. As disgusting as the word may sound, we can't deny the fact that this is actually one of the areas where we can actually pull up our GPA and somehow see through how some people really are from these projects.

I've been doing projects throughout my period in ITE and I've been grouped with all kinds of people. Free-loaders, hardworking people, smart-aleck kind,  chiongster, slowpoke, won't-cry-until-the-coffin-is-infront kind, basically all kinds of people, and I've to say that projects are really just as important or, even more important than your exams or tests. Because for one thing that I've learnt in ITE, umless you are really a super 'awesome' person, it is almost impossible for a lecturer to fail you in your projects. So why waste the percentage of give-away marks for you when you can take them? And there are so many PROS of doing projects, but not to forget CONS as well.

==PROS==
- You must be a really awesome free-loader for your peers and your lecturer to want to fail you
- Own-time-own-target IF you finish up all your given tasks from the first meeting, and the marks are yours
- Train up your confidence level through practices with your group mates -> CONFIDENCE UP!
- Well, if you really like someone and want to spend time with him/her, project is a great way of bonding cause you'll have to be together for a couple of months at least? -> ROMANCE AND GRADES UP!
- This is the only time you can see who really takes their responsibilities well and who doesn't
- When there are more projects, lessons time are usually shorter :D -> MORE TIME FOR YOURSELF!

==CONS==
- If you are really that lucky to get a free loader or 'bochup' attitude groupmate, and you happen to be the group leader, be prepared to do extra work because you can't possibly wait for their work. It's like waiting for a death sentence to be given to you by your lecturer
- Be really independent because no normal person would be giving you a text or call every single day to remind you of your deadlines or your work to be done
- Although there are shorter time for lessons, that means shorter time for revision time between you and your lecturers as well!

So if you've noticed, there are more PROS than CONS because well, obviously, I'm trying to tell you guys to focus focus focus on your projects. Hehe. >:D Anyway, here are some tips to help you cope with projects!! (All from my own opinion and experience, of course. Hehe.)

==MUST REMEMBER==
- If you're not sure of something, whether it was from your previous discussion or from your lecturers, please OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH AND ASK. Don't sit there and expect everyone to spoonfeed you. No sane person would go, "Oh, you didn't do because you didn't understand? Let me explain to you again." On your deadline. Even if they do they may be cursing you behind your back for being such a chore in the group. So please, ASK if you don't know anything. It's always better to clarify your doubts at the initial stages before more complicated work is given to you and you'll be so overloaded with work!
- DON'T BE PASSIVE, BE ACTIVE! When you're done with your work, always ask if there are more things to be done. Don't wait there for people to assign you things to do. Even though at the end there may really be no more work for you to complete, but hey, at least you made the effort to ask. Just for this simple gesture you may get a plus point or gentle remark under your Peer Evaluation form which your group mates are going to complete.
- DON'T UNDERESTIMATE PEER EVALUATION. This is it. Whoever has been that person who keeps delaying his/her work to the very last minute, and you can't do anything to them because they eventually manage to produce some work at the end. Peer Evaluation is your only attack against them. Your grading for them cause either MAKE OR BREAK their grades. But always remember that when you are giving your friends the grades you think they deserve, make sure you do it discreetly and fairly. It doesn't make sense to pull down their grades when they have always done their work, all for the reason of, "I don't like him/her." Lecturers read alot into the Peer Evaluation forms and grades the students accordingly. Don't grade unfairly just due to a moment's anger. -> Karma's a bitch.
- ALWAYS DO YOUR PART OF THE WORK ON TIME. Whenever you have project meetings, it's always wise to take out a pen and jot down what has been gone through for the project meeting, like Minutes of Meeting. When you jot down, at least you'll have something to remind yourself on what has been gone through at which date and you can also check the progress of your work. So what's to lose?
- HOW TO HANDLE FREE-LOADERS. Of course, the first thing that comes to your mind would be, "Teacher, blah blah doesn't does her work." and your teacher would be like, "Okay, I'll punish her. Go there and stand facing the wall." There's no such thing in tertiary education. As group mates, it's not your lecturer but your own responsibility to make sure your group mates finish their work on time. If they don't, you can try to let the lecturer know but he/she probably won't really do much because I mean, is your boss going to clean up everything for your team just because of one or two members? No. He's going to penalise your team, as a team. Same goes for project. Make sure that you give your group mates adequate, and of course reasonably enough time to finish up their work. When they don't finish their work, and you kinda figured out that they are the free-loaders, make a mental note, do up for them what's necessary and note that down in the Peer Evaluation form. Karma for projects comes in the form of the Peer Evaluation.
- DON'T CHOOSE YOUR GROUP MATES PURELY OUT OF FRIENDSHIP OR RELATIONSHIP. I've seen countless cases of friends ending their relationship due to being in the same project group, or quarrelling and sour-ing their friendship. Admit it, your bestfriend or partner may be awesome in terms of being there for you in times when you need them, showering you with love, care and concern and all that, but that doesn't necessarily place them into the good group mates category. And what more if you're the group leader, and your friends or partner takes that for granted, and doesn't do their work? You'll be like an ant in hot soup, struggling between grades or friendship ties. And to be really honest it is IMPOSSIBLE to choose between the two.
- MAKE AN EFFORT to check with your lecturers about the progress of your project. Always make an appointment with them either through phone or email to let them know you'll have to borrow a few minutes of their time to check your work. Don't go without an appointment because that'll just show how abrupt and rude your group may be. Don't be so 'kanchiong spider' and chiong everything at one go, without knowing heads or tails, and end up doing the wrong thing. Your lecturers are the ones who set the question so they'd probably be able to give you reasonable hints and guide you along. SO DON'T BE A SMART ALECK.

So yeah, basically that's what I know from my own experience of projects, but I'm sure as time goes by, the list wouldn't just end here. So good luck to all those doing projects right now, and JIAYOU!!!!!!! <3 p="">