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The end
Dear Readers.
I would like first to thank you for the time and effort you put into reading the mayhem and the nonsense I occasionally spurt out into this blog.
The Next Chapter, I think, however has come to a close. A book cannot go on forever, it would only bore the reader, hence this is the end. Yes. The end of this blog.
While I can try to explain reasons for ending this blog. I will only say that I do not find any more aspirations to write here any longer.
I would like to thank you for being loyal and faithful readers. I am happy and proud that this publishing platform been seen my so many people. And I sincerely thank you for making time to read this blog.
Nevertheless, it is not the end of my writing. I said I am not going to continue this blog, true. But I will be setting up a new blog soon. Soon.
In the meanwhile you can follow me on twitter @crazyarnie or just follow me on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/arnankoh
I will announce the new blog as soon as it is ready. I will be starting work on it, but I will should and hopefully began writing towards the end of July 2011.
Thanks for being wonderful readers and a spectacular audience.
I would like first to thank you for the time and effort you put into reading the mayhem and the nonsense I occasionally spurt out into this blog.
The Next Chapter, I think, however has come to a close. A book cannot go on forever, it would only bore the reader, hence this is the end. Yes. The end of this blog.
While I can try to explain reasons for ending this blog. I will only say that I do not find any more aspirations to write here any longer.
I would like to thank you for being loyal and faithful readers. I am happy and proud that this publishing platform been seen my so many people. And I sincerely thank you for making time to read this blog.
Nevertheless, it is not the end of my writing. I said I am not going to continue this blog, true. But I will be setting up a new blog soon. Soon.
In the meanwhile you can follow me on twitter @crazyarnie or just follow me on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/arnankoh
I will announce the new blog as soon as it is ready. I will be starting work on it, but I will should and hopefully began writing towards the end of July 2011.
Thanks for being wonderful readers and a spectacular audience.
Friday, 17 June 2011
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Dumpling
I found some nice dumpling in Singapore.
They are homemade, taste nice and I think I love it.
The store selling this is near my workplace at Alexandra. It was nice, but a bit expensive.
Maybe if you come visit me, I will take you there to eat.
They are homemade, taste nice and I think I love it.
The store selling this is near my workplace at Alexandra. It was nice, but a bit expensive.
Maybe if you come visit me, I will take you there to eat.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Results.
Sorry for not writing for so long. Work and a lack of things to write about contributed to a writer's block which I found hard to see around it. Perhaps I was just tired.
This is probably the real end to my year one - the time my results come out.
How did I do??? Well I passed.
And I am so happy about this.
Now perhaps, I understand why some of my peers seem to be so happy with just a passed grade. Now, that I have experienced it too.
In the pass, where exams were simpler(simpler meaning as complicated with the current NUS standard), I usually am unhappy with average grades. I always wanted all A and usually competed with my friends who are top scorers.
When, I saw the grades when I woke up yesterday morning, I could not help smiling and being happy that I made it through what I thought was the most difficult semester of my life. To tell you the truth, although I really wanted to pass everything, some of the exams were so tough, that I thought I would have to redo them again.
Well with my CAP (CGPA) so low, there is only one way to go now: UPWARDS. I am not too proud about my results, but for now I am satisfied.
Studying for the exams was not as tough when you study with friends.
This is probably the real end to my year one - the time my results come out.
How did I do??? Well I passed.
And I am so happy about this.
Now perhaps, I understand why some of my peers seem to be so happy with just a passed grade. Now, that I have experienced it too.
In the pass, where exams were simpler(simpler meaning as complicated with the current NUS standard), I usually am unhappy with average grades. I always wanted all A and usually competed with my friends who are top scorers.
When, I saw the grades when I woke up yesterday morning, I could not help smiling and being happy that I made it through what I thought was the most difficult semester of my life. To tell you the truth, although I really wanted to pass everything, some of the exams were so tough, that I thought I would have to redo them again.
Well with my CAP (CGPA) so low, there is only one way to go now: UPWARDS. I am not too proud about my results, but for now I am satisfied.
Studying for the exams was not as tough when you study with friends.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
My Job Hunting Story
Why work in Singapore? Well because, no matter how you look at it, a part time job in Singapore pays much better than any job in Malaysia. For instance, if you work in McDonalds, in Malaysia you probably get between RM3 to RM4 per hour, here in Singapore the rate is between SGD 4.50 - 6.
Most part time jobs in Singapore go at the rate of SGD 6 per hour.
Anyway, the reason I chose to find a job here in Singapore is because I have a lot of things to do in Singapore besides just simply working. But this post is not about my super-filled holiday, but on how I got the jobs.
Job hunting was easy. Because, I had applied for a financial aid scheme called the Work-Study Scheme. This thing, simply means that I will get emails regarding job openings instead of me having to go hunt them out. Hence, through this scheme, all I had to do was to read the emails they sent, and decide whether to apply.
Below are all the job openings in which I applied for:
1. Singapore International Water Week as student ambassador.
2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as Temp. Night Shift staff.
3. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health as Temp. Data Entry and Clinic Assistant.
4. NUS COOP as Temp. Staff
5. Law Library as Student Assistant
6. Ikea as Temp. Cashier
All of the above have a slightly different story.
Firstly, Singapore International Water Week (SIWW in short). This was something I really hoped to get, it will make my resume look good. I got called for interview for this one, and this interview had FOOD!!! So far, some of my other friends who have applied got a favorable reply recently. I didn't, but I am still hopeful. What is SIWW about? Well, it is where international delegates come together to discuss water issues. My job role if I get it is to be assigned to a delegate and to show him/her around - something like a personal assistant.
For all of the other jobs, I applied by sending in a cover letter and my resume. Of all the employers, the one with the best response time was the Law Library, she called me the next day, to tell me that I got the job and when can I start work. I was surprised that I did not even have to go through interview.
Second to call me was Ikea, who told me to come for "interview". Me, just fresh from all the career workshops who told us that we have to take interview seriously - planning and being prepared, naturally prepared for the interview by reading up on Ikea's history and all. When to the interview last Friday, and it turned out that all I had to do was fill up a form!!! No interview nothing, half an hour later, she called to say -you are hired and when to come.
This two job opportunities which just came to me like that were amazing. I sense God at work here. I thought I may never get hired and my parents might complain that I was bluffing them about wanting to work. But somehow, the jobs just came in so easily, it felt like it was falling from the sky.
I got the phone call from the Law Library last Tuesday and from Ikea on Wednesday. After the interview with Ikea on my way back, I got a call from NUS COOP which wanted to schedule me for an interview, amazing right! But I already agreed to two jobs, going for an interview for a third is not in the best of my interests so I declined. Just yesterday - Monday, I received another call from the Night Shift job, saying they received my information and want to interview. I declined again citing I already found work.
Hence. I am amazed. It is like Christmas time, where the jobs just kept coming and where I had to reject some of them because it was more than what I could handle.
Most part time jobs in Singapore go at the rate of SGD 6 per hour.
Anyway, the reason I chose to find a job here in Singapore is because I have a lot of things to do in Singapore besides just simply working. But this post is not about my super-filled holiday, but on how I got the jobs.
Job hunting was easy. Because, I had applied for a financial aid scheme called the Work-Study Scheme. This thing, simply means that I will get emails regarding job openings instead of me having to go hunt them out. Hence, through this scheme, all I had to do was to read the emails they sent, and decide whether to apply.
Below are all the job openings in which I applied for:
1. Singapore International Water Week as student ambassador.
2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as Temp. Night Shift staff.
3. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health as Temp. Data Entry and Clinic Assistant.
4. NUS COOP as Temp. Staff
5. Law Library as Student Assistant
6. Ikea as Temp. Cashier
All of the above have a slightly different story.
Firstly, Singapore International Water Week (SIWW in short). This was something I really hoped to get, it will make my resume look good. I got called for interview for this one, and this interview had FOOD!!! So far, some of my other friends who have applied got a favorable reply recently. I didn't, but I am still hopeful. What is SIWW about? Well, it is where international delegates come together to discuss water issues. My job role if I get it is to be assigned to a delegate and to show him/her around - something like a personal assistant.
For all of the other jobs, I applied by sending in a cover letter and my resume. Of all the employers, the one with the best response time was the Law Library, she called me the next day, to tell me that I got the job and when can I start work. I was surprised that I did not even have to go through interview.
Second to call me was Ikea, who told me to come for "interview". Me, just fresh from all the career workshops who told us that we have to take interview seriously - planning and being prepared, naturally prepared for the interview by reading up on Ikea's history and all. When to the interview last Friday, and it turned out that all I had to do was fill up a form!!! No interview nothing, half an hour later, she called to say -you are hired and when to come.
This two job opportunities which just came to me like that were amazing. I sense God at work here. I thought I may never get hired and my parents might complain that I was bluffing them about wanting to work. But somehow, the jobs just came in so easily, it felt like it was falling from the sky.
I got the phone call from the Law Library last Tuesday and from Ikea on Wednesday. After the interview with Ikea on my way back, I got a call from NUS COOP which wanted to schedule me for an interview, amazing right! But I already agreed to two jobs, going for an interview for a third is not in the best of my interests so I declined. Just yesterday - Monday, I received another call from the Night Shift job, saying they received my information and want to interview. I declined again citing I already found work.
Hence. I am amazed. It is like Christmas time, where the jobs just kept coming and where I had to reject some of them because it was more than what I could handle.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Migration
In last year Raffles Hall magazine, there was a certain interesting article on the migration of Rafflesians from their old room to their new ones at the end of the academic year. I found that article to be pretty interesting, and for some parts of it - true.
I came back to Singapore specify to shift out of my old room at Block 6-104 to my new room in Block 4 room 301. I had a full body aching time just shifting. IT WAS CRAZY.
I think I will classify myself as the mighty but extremely crazy ant. I carried all the stuff myself from block 6 to block 4 and then UP three floors to my room. If it was only my stuff - I would be gratefully happy. But it turned out that my roommate and another friend stored some stuff with me which I willingly agreed to them doing so. HOWEVER, I did not expect them to leave SO MUCH STUFF with me!!!! at least half of all the barang-barang were their.
It took the WHOLE MORNING just to move the stuff to my new room. And I was tired out after the ordeal. I have decided that they have to PAY ME (or at least treat me to something NICE) for helping them move their stuff. Only now, I realized that they would face problems when they want to claim their things from me since they don't stay in the same block - imagine them moving their things from my room (THIRD FLOOR) to their new place.
I have decided THAT I AM NOT SHIFTING ROOM ANYMORE. This is going to be my permanent room for the rest of the four years in NUS. I WILL BALLOT this room forever!!!
It is just too troublesome and tiring to shift again. Only madman will do this twice.
By the way, my new room is NICE. Windy - being on the third level. The floor is lined with some material, meaning NO MORE HORRIBLE TILES. The guard rail acts as a clothes hanger which gets the morning sun and evening sun EVERYDAY, but SHADED from the RAIN. YAHOO!!!! It even had more space than my old room.
The only thing I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT is block 4 kitchenette SUCKS!!!! The fridge smells and is dirty(but function-able), the microwave oven is dirty (but function-able). I AM MOST PISSED about the stoves - none of them are WORKING!!!! I so want to buy an induction cooker and keep it in my room. Maybe I should get it now, since I already have found a job.... but it is like using money before I have even earned it....
Want to see my room??? COME VISIT ME!!! Too lazy to post photos!
I came back to Singapore specify to shift out of my old room at Block 6-104 to my new room in Block 4 room 301. I had a full body aching time just shifting. IT WAS CRAZY.
I think I will classify myself as the mighty but extremely crazy ant. I carried all the stuff myself from block 6 to block 4 and then UP three floors to my room. If it was only my stuff - I would be gratefully happy. But it turned out that my roommate and another friend stored some stuff with me which I willingly agreed to them doing so. HOWEVER, I did not expect them to leave SO MUCH STUFF with me!!!! at least half of all the barang-barang were their.
It took the WHOLE MORNING just to move the stuff to my new room. And I was tired out after the ordeal. I have decided that they have to PAY ME (or at least treat me to something NICE) for helping them move their stuff. Only now, I realized that they would face problems when they want to claim their things from me since they don't stay in the same block - imagine them moving their things from my room (THIRD FLOOR) to their new place.
I have decided THAT I AM NOT SHIFTING ROOM ANYMORE. This is going to be my permanent room for the rest of the four years in NUS. I WILL BALLOT this room forever!!!
It is just too troublesome and tiring to shift again. Only madman will do this twice.
By the way, my new room is NICE. Windy - being on the third level. The floor is lined with some material, meaning NO MORE HORRIBLE TILES. The guard rail acts as a clothes hanger which gets the morning sun and evening sun EVERYDAY, but SHADED from the RAIN. YAHOO!!!! It even had more space than my old room.
The only thing I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT is block 4 kitchenette SUCKS!!!! The fridge smells and is dirty(but function-able), the microwave oven is dirty (but function-able). I AM MOST PISSED about the stoves - none of them are WORKING!!!! I so want to buy an induction cooker and keep it in my room. Maybe I should get it now, since I already have found a job.... but it is like using money before I have even earned it....
Want to see my room??? COME VISIT ME!!! Too lazy to post photos!
Friday, 6 May 2011
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Vaporised
Before you start complaining that this blog has become dead. I am writing this to proof that it is not dead.
TWO WORDS before anything else: EXAMS OVER
Relief. Yes. But the real relief will come when the results come out. And hopefully, by God's grace I WOULD HAVE PASSED everything. Exams were tough. WHY? Because no matter how much effort we put in, come exams, everything we put in seems to produce NO results. Sometimes it feels like our lecturers are making a fool of us.
I will be updating more soon. But currently, I am looking for work and catching up on sleep. When I get back to Singapore I will try to learn photoshop and do a whole lot more writing.
Oh. Of course there is the Raffles Hall Float and Bash to do too....
Happy Holidays. for the next three months!!
ps. the title vaporised simply means that i have vaporised from singapore!!!
TWO WORDS before anything else: EXAMS OVER
Relief. Yes. But the real relief will come when the results come out. And hopefully, by God's grace I WOULD HAVE PASSED everything. Exams were tough. WHY? Because no matter how much effort we put in, come exams, everything we put in seems to produce NO results. Sometimes it feels like our lecturers are making a fool of us.
I will be updating more soon. But currently, I am looking for work and catching up on sleep. When I get back to Singapore I will try to learn photoshop and do a whole lot more writing.
Oh. Of course there is the Raffles Hall Float and Bash to do too....
Happy Holidays. for the next three months!!
ps. the title vaporised simply means that i have vaporised from singapore!!!
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Changes that took place in year 1
In line of my previous post. I will be writing about things that occurred and strike me as important. Of course as the title of this post suggest, I will be talking and discussing some of the things that have changed since I have entered my first year at NUS.
1. Conversion from a "open source" to "Microsoft" software.
Previously, I have been a very strong supporter of the open source software - mainly about OpenOffice instead of the mainstream Mircosoft Office. This all of course changed somewhere in February in 2011. Being forced to make use of the graph functions, I was force or had to change from the open software to the Microsoft Office. Reason: Microsoft offers a better graph analysis than Open Office. Well, I am enjoying Microsoft Office and can't wait to try out the new Office 2010.
2. Zero stress to "SUPER Stress"
There is a reason why NUS is also know as the national university of stress. It is really stressful here. While most Singaporeans are used to it "the stress starts in primary school all the way to junior college", we from Malaysia - know as the "no stress, semua boleh land" find it a bit hard to take the super stress imposed on us. Many times I regret even choosing a engineering course as my degree when it is so obvious that I more suitable in arts. For one thing, I am grateful that I did not get my first choice which was chemical engineering because it is at least 2 to 3 times harder that what I am facing now in Environment Engineering.
3. From doing well - horrible
My first year helped me to realized that all the 11As in SPM or the 3As in A Levels are nothing but junk as soon as you step foot into University. Our teachers in A Levels sort of "bluff" us. They say that after A levels we will be okay - no more problems, it will be a easy road ahead. WELL IT ISN'T. It is damn tough. Just trying to keep up in class and preparing for exams is more than a full time job. Doing well, is something reserved for the "super-brained", the genius people who are the cream of the cream - we call them "Dean listers" because they do so well the university notices them. I on the other hand are on what we call "the warning listers" because we are at a point where if we do any worst the university will notice us and issue a warning.
Right now, I am trying my hardest to pull my average grades UP.
4. Lesser old friends, more new friends and some even older friends.
Coming to NUS with about 10 TAR College classmates was exciting, or at least that was what I thought. In truth, we live on opposite ends of the campus - I stay in Raffles Hall they stay in Prince George Park. Meeting them everyday was a near impossibly, unless it is during holiday time. Hence, I was isolated - the price I have to pay to stay five minutes from class and not to worry about breakfast and dinner. Well, I made new friends. My classmates and I have grown closer, we calibrate online and we have time in class. I close to two of my classmates. In Hall, being in a committee and the floorball team introduced me to newer friends. Hence, lesser time to meet up with old friend, but made a lot more new friends. Happy!! Even older friends include my senior who counseled me during one of the most pressuring times of this year - lee yvonne.
I am stuck trying to think about number 5. ....I am still stuck. Well perhaps I will keep it at 4.
Hoping for the best in the coming exams. Will be back in Malaysia after exams. But that is dependent on whether my parents want to come down or not.
1. Conversion from a "open source" to "Microsoft" software.
Previously, I have been a very strong supporter of the open source software - mainly about OpenOffice instead of the mainstream Mircosoft Office. This all of course changed somewhere in February in 2011. Being forced to make use of the graph functions, I was force or had to change from the open software to the Microsoft Office. Reason: Microsoft offers a better graph analysis than Open Office. Well, I am enjoying Microsoft Office and can't wait to try out the new Office 2010.
2. Zero stress to "SUPER Stress"
There is a reason why NUS is also know as the national university of stress. It is really stressful here. While most Singaporeans are used to it "the stress starts in primary school all the way to junior college", we from Malaysia - know as the "no stress, semua boleh land" find it a bit hard to take the super stress imposed on us. Many times I regret even choosing a engineering course as my degree when it is so obvious that I more suitable in arts. For one thing, I am grateful that I did not get my first choice which was chemical engineering because it is at least 2 to 3 times harder that what I am facing now in Environment Engineering.
3. From doing well - horrible
My first year helped me to realized that all the 11As in SPM or the 3As in A Levels are nothing but junk as soon as you step foot into University. Our teachers in A Levels sort of "bluff" us. They say that after A levels we will be okay - no more problems, it will be a easy road ahead. WELL IT ISN'T. It is damn tough. Just trying to keep up in class and preparing for exams is more than a full time job. Doing well, is something reserved for the "super-brained", the genius people who are the cream of the cream - we call them "Dean listers" because they do so well the university notices them. I on the other hand are on what we call "the warning listers" because we are at a point where if we do any worst the university will notice us and issue a warning.
Right now, I am trying my hardest to pull my average grades UP.
4. Lesser old friends, more new friends and some even older friends.
Coming to NUS with about 10 TAR College classmates was exciting, or at least that was what I thought. In truth, we live on opposite ends of the campus - I stay in Raffles Hall they stay in Prince George Park. Meeting them everyday was a near impossibly, unless it is during holiday time. Hence, I was isolated - the price I have to pay to stay five minutes from class and not to worry about breakfast and dinner. Well, I made new friends. My classmates and I have grown closer, we calibrate online and we have time in class. I close to two of my classmates. In Hall, being in a committee and the floorball team introduced me to newer friends. Hence, lesser time to meet up with old friend, but made a lot more new friends. Happy!! Even older friends include my senior who counseled me during one of the most pressuring times of this year - lee yvonne.
I am stuck trying to think about number 5. ....I am still stuck. Well perhaps I will keep it at 4.
Hoping for the best in the coming exams. Will be back in Malaysia after exams. But that is dependent on whether my parents want to come down or not.
Friday, 22 April 2011
A Quick Update
First. I must apologize for not posting anything for quite a while.
Secondly. I will explain why I have posted anything.
I have not been posting for one simple reason only: EXAMS.
Studying day and night is hard. Of course, I find myself sleeping lesser at night but more sleep in between studies - afternoon power naps. My parents would agree that this is a bad habit.
Studying and trying to be as prepared as possible for the exams are not helping this blog. I have not the time to reflect on things that have happened to write about them in this blog.
So far, exams are no fun!!! Studying with friends, reduces productivity but this is limited to between 10am to 11pm. After that time, studying with friends is much more productive.
An update on all subjects status. Currently, I am expecting a sightly better results than last semester. Maths is still super hard - much of the things I am trying to do is still a bit like reading Chinese - you know some, but you don't know some more. Other subjects - Statics and Dynamics, Chemistry and Material Science are okay but still hard.
But I am hoping for the best. Most importantly I must pass my maths.
As of now, 3 more days to the beginning of exams. I realized that listening to an audio lecture helps me to concentrate better than listening to music - currently listening to a lecture from Uni Penn - PSCI 398 - Sustainable environment policy and global politics. They are talking about the environment but I am not too sure what they are talking about. After all I am using this to focus on my papers.....
About returning to Malaysia. I was planning to go back on the 30th of April as soon as the exams finish, but that is not confirmed yet.
I need to find a job in Singapore. For two reasons, 1. Money for the next semester and for staying back during the holidays. 2. I want to buy an iPod touch. I have even completed my resume, just hoping that it looks good.
I want to learn how to use PhotoShop. Plus, I hope I get selected for the Singapore International Water Week as a student ambassador - this would be a great experience.
I feel my heart is unsure. I love the arts, dealing with general issues and beating round the bush rather than engineering which is specific, formula based and too much maths... But I have decided to stick with environmental engineering. God, please guide me through this.
Well, for now, that is all I have to write.
If you know of a job opening in Singapore, please let me know!!!
Secondly. I will explain why I have posted anything.
I have not been posting for one simple reason only: EXAMS.
Studying day and night is hard. Of course, I find myself sleeping lesser at night but more sleep in between studies - afternoon power naps. My parents would agree that this is a bad habit.
Studying and trying to be as prepared as possible for the exams are not helping this blog. I have not the time to reflect on things that have happened to write about them in this blog.
So far, exams are no fun!!! Studying with friends, reduces productivity but this is limited to between 10am to 11pm. After that time, studying with friends is much more productive.
An update on all subjects status. Currently, I am expecting a sightly better results than last semester. Maths is still super hard - much of the things I am trying to do is still a bit like reading Chinese - you know some, but you don't know some more. Other subjects - Statics and Dynamics, Chemistry and Material Science are okay but still hard.
But I am hoping for the best. Most importantly I must pass my maths.
As of now, 3 more days to the beginning of exams. I realized that listening to an audio lecture helps me to concentrate better than listening to music - currently listening to a lecture from Uni Penn - PSCI 398 - Sustainable environment policy and global politics. They are talking about the environment but I am not too sure what they are talking about. After all I am using this to focus on my papers.....
About returning to Malaysia. I was planning to go back on the 30th of April as soon as the exams finish, but that is not confirmed yet.
I need to find a job in Singapore. For two reasons, 1. Money for the next semester and for staying back during the holidays. 2. I want to buy an iPod touch. I have even completed my resume, just hoping that it looks good.
I want to learn how to use PhotoShop. Plus, I hope I get selected for the Singapore International Water Week as a student ambassador - this would be a great experience.
I feel my heart is unsure. I love the arts, dealing with general issues and beating round the bush rather than engineering which is specific, formula based and too much maths... But I have decided to stick with environmental engineering. God, please guide me through this.
Well, for now, that is all I have to write.
If you know of a job opening in Singapore, please let me know!!!
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