BMWs, tainted windows, GPS. Then the posh restaurant, rooftop sensation, larger-than-life fish n chips. Came the cigar smoking, beer, housewine, endless martel. Posh living. That's how I lived my evening just now. It makes me wonder if I can afford this kinda living in my mid-thirties, sipping wine, sucking cigar, talking to students about career opportunties as a Financial Planner on top of one of the Suntec buildings. Membership applies. All these while two personalised top-notched guitarists strumed and sang english oldies so good that you couldn't believe your ears. White collar tee with jeans. I looked so out of place that during one occasion when I was making my way to the Gents, one of the customers signalled to me for the bill. Knn. Damn. The cigar lasted like 2hours. The 'harmless' smoke got into my contact lense-filled eyes with such tenacity that my eyes are basically weeping bak sai now. Not to mention Eugene puked on pple's Opel all of a sudden when I thought he was playing and blowing his lips. Too much martel I guessed. Too much luxury for us to take. I want a rich life. But I am concern about the skeptical eyes that will be upon me. The way they try to psycho us to join them is downright erxin. Throwing luxury goods one after another before our eyes is very degrading of their status. No I don't want to be in the same line as them. I want to be rich and successful though. I think they come with a hefty price. Nothing is free. Anyway it was a damn eye opener.

After all the hype over the Business Case Competition, it got me pumped up as well, often wondering if I could perform just as well as others and progress as far as possible should I be allowed to join the competition. Anyway, it got me thinking to the point that, yea, most of the stuff we study in NTU has been largely unused/fei/boliao. Next time, I shall evaluate them seriously before I even start to read them, HA. Here goes:

Accounting 1 - So far quite useless. Mayb knowing how to read financial statements can allow me to make the quick bucks from the market in the future ba.. Stats - Super-uber fei can? FM - Moderate. Same thing. Learn to earn quick bucks from the market lor. OB - Abit lar..but mostly fei. Cost management - Gooood!! All the costing systems and pros and cons. Use le confirm impress the judges! Econs - Too broad leh. Inapplicable in business cases. Biz law - Fei fei fei! IT - Fei! Disclosure and measurement - Fei again. Not if you aspire to be the accountant. Decision making and control - Great! Value chain analysis is brilliant. And other decision making tools. Superb. My fav subject yet so far this sem. Business Info Systems - Useful, according to Roy. Anyway, Pelly was one of the judges. It was a disgrace to be seeing him there for the very first time, since he is my AC213 tutor. HA. Tax - Fei. Unless I'm going to IRAS.

Sad case that so many things are fei. Look forward to marketing, risk management and strategic management! Makes me feel more motivated to study when you know these things stay useful with you forever. Now that I'm in the topic about generalisation, let's talk about why some titles are so general and flattering when they are not. Can someone tell me the reason why Batista is the World Heavyweight Champion when he is only wrestling in his mini entertainment ring in America. Can someone also explain why San Antonio Spurs is the world basketball champion when teams outside USA are not allowed to compete. Can someone lastly explain why every competition in the USA is categorised as the World Series when the majority of the world are only spectacles? I mean L'pool are European Champions because they conquer the entire Europe. And Brazil are the World Champions because S'pore has tried but failed. But USA thinks they are the world. Sian.

It's been a long time since I posted anything. Kinda busy these days. Been busily entertaining myself with others' blogs though. Anyway, I've finally put a tough week behind me. 2 quiz and a 1-hr presentation are now safely in the bag. Not exactly safely lar..but the fact that I don't have to worry about them any longer makes me feel safe about it. And I've submitted my application to Illinois, along with 20 other wannabes contesting for that elusive sole slot. The pros and cons kept running through my mind this past week. It was like two forces trying to tear me apart. To go or not to go. The opportunity is damn tempting I must say, but at the same time it was like flushing 10-12k worth of money down my toilet bowl for an experience that is categorised as 'once-in-a-lifetime'. JS mentioned that if I come back the very same person, I will be better off staying in S'pore, which is kinda true. Good lor, at least I hear some negative comments about Instep. What's pulling me back, xp asked me. It's not only the cost, although I can imagine my mum straining herself to the max, especially when my sis is getting some headway in her studies, finding satisfaction in her work and scoring distinctions along the way. More importantly though, I told myself to achieve something in my 2nd year of NTU. I wanted to move out of the comfort zone and start to build myself. Somehow, I donned upon the realisation that staying in S'pore could probably allow me to achieve more. I want to learn from the trading guru in Antonio. I want to take greater responsibility in the Business Case Competition. I want to make an impact in NBS. I was asked to vice-chaired the FOC for next year. I can apply for SUSEP and experience myself in a smaller dimension in SMU. I can take up the entrepreneurship minor next sem. They are pulling me back. Similarly, I can see myself opening up in the prestigous Illinois, getting new insights about life and probably improving myself as a person when I come back. Argh! How??

Poh called me while I was in the midst of my afternoon nap. "Hey, you wouldn't mind moving to Orange block hor? I'm now trying to move our arses over there. Green block sux!!" To which I replied, "Yea..I don't mind." I always don't mind. In actual fact, I do mind to a certain extent, considering that there are so many freaking things to carry over, including the 1.7m tall fridge that is demanding to make me fat. And I have finally tuned up Chan 8 for the tv. I can't risk living in a place with little reception, y'noe? 同心圆's my life! In any case, 同心圆 ended pathetically, in Holland V style. Perhaps it certainly means a hellava difference when Xie Shao Guang is the lead. My life seriously sucks now that my blog has become my emotional outrage tool*. I'm going to anyhow scribble things now. Sian. The readings are making me sick. I print 50pages worth of notes every week! IIC is making me sick. I do flyer distributions and lecture announcements every week! I sold my fridge for $70 after much negotiations and quarrels and negotiations. The thing is I valued my fridge at Essien's price but the buyer is unwilling to fork out more after realizing the fact that I am desperate, which is a totally despicable thing to do. I thought of David when Poh asks if I mind moving to another block. The thought of bangseh-ing him in this 95% foreign territory, with absolute zero chicks plus the occasional kaobei-ing gatherings at 'everyone's-already-sleeping' hours and noise pollution that you associate with a expressway which is only a few metres from you, diminished within seconds though, as the vivid image of him rejecting us for supper calls because he has bathed/he is talking to soon-to-be gf/he got things to do/he got better things to do, crossed my mind. Xinyi is leaving soon. Good riddance! Bwahhahaa..I've been a laughing joke for her ever since dunno when. Byebye.. Aww..the photo. Heh heh. *splurting nonsense. The whole thing don't make sense.

As I am writting this, my heart is at Mariott for the DnD while my brains are busily cracking up at the prospect of writing something about me. Hours later, it will be the grand finale to this FOC. Grand finale sounds cool but in actual fact, it's simply a money reaping event aimed at pinching the final cents out of the poor students in us. The steep cost has actually limited several of our commitments, more so for the gals because they've got to get a dress as well as make-up for the occassion, in order to prove a thing or two that pageant gals aren't the only things to look forward in a Dnd. In any case, I'm actually looking forward to it because this year will be a major improvement from last year. Sitting at 3 tables, we are the strongest contingent in tonight's event. And our bashful pageant gal who forgot what does yellow represent for her, has became the red hot favourite to win. In funkygrad that is. For Topaz has been rapidly pumping votes for her throughout the entire week just to make sure she goes in high morale and superb mood. Thanks to the 50 gmail invites that I have, I have now created countless gmail accounts with absolute no worth at all. Writing something about myself has taken away some of the excitment in me though. It's so fucking hard to write a paragraph of myself, let alone 500 words. And to portray myself in an unusually different yet positive light that will convince the school to send me to USA will take some brain cracking. Other than the usual 'I did this and that while I was in secondary school' and 'i hope to gain some experience in learning to adapt in an overseas country', I seriously have to put my acts together and present something that will take the readers' breath away. The deadline is Monday. Argh! -Footer- If you are thinking what the topic is suggesting, it suggests nothing. I can't think of a topic lar..sibei sian!!

大地: 阮棉棉, 我的头发有没有乱? 阮棉棉: 地哥, 不乱不乱. 大丘: Nabeh..谁管你的头发啦! 没有人要看lor! 阿发: 对lor..你都有阮棉棉了, 还要钩引我的阿花!! 宝贝: 你们别争了..

Siao Lang Kia appears...

大洋: 美人鱼..我要我的美人鱼!! 大丘: 又在发花痴了.. 大地: 花? 花姐来了啊? 我的头发有没有乱? 大洋: 我不管, 我要我的美人鱼! 大地: 不行, 我要除去心魔!

大洋 tries to rape 宝贝 while 阿发 looks on anticipatingly. 大地 refuses to get embroil in the entanglement as he continues to do his routine head-stand in order to remove his 心魔.

[To be continued...]