TGIF!
it isn't fun switching from waking up at 11 to waking up at 6.
the Zzz bug will leach on you for the whole day.
zombie-like by 3pm.
i am down with a syndome known as..
social awkwardness.
too many faces i can't capture their names.
many factors working against me.
all i can do is to perservere.
on a sidenote,
the world is evolving too fast, too furious.
manufacturing may be phased out earlier than predicted.
prospects ahead are diminishing.
sigh.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
//time flies but memories remain //
as convocation signals the end of student life, it's time for some sort of reflection.
some people say that the start of working life is considered the start of adult life.
it's time to come out of your parents' shadows, to create your own future and to lead independent lives.
but who's to say that student life is easy?
in fact, life as a student was full of ups and downs too.
perhaps, this is just as how life is supposed to unfold, one would face challenges of higher and higher difficulty.
overcome them, and you'll procced on, emerging stronger in mentality.
succumb to them, and you'll be stuck in a rut.
in primary school, i've always thought my teachers to be too strict and gave us too many homework.
Life, to me at that point in time, was bitter because I had to rush homework everyday.
in secondary school, life was tough too, due to the competitive nature of my classmates and the constant struggle to handle 8 subjects, not forgetting cca participation.
in jc, I thought, having many homework to complete was nothing compared to the bitterness of not performing up to standards.
So what if everyone else believed i had to potential to do well?
i never did well and never believed that i could.
Furthermore, having competitive classmates was nothing compared to having uncooperative project work mates who hated each other.
I never thought i would survive through A levels and pw but eventually i did.
in uni, initially when the yr 1 foundation modules consisted of virtually the whole A level syllabus and were being taught in 1 semester, i thought i would faint during the lectures.
But i survived.
in year 2, when there was the technical project and presentation in front of the tutorial class, i thought it was at least 10x worse than pw because we had much lesser time to prepare.
Thankfully it went well.
in year 3, i thought i could never stay employed in a company for more than a month because i would have gotten sick of working.
surprisingly, in 8 months, i did not detest the work engineers do and actually thought it was cool.
in year 4, i thought i wouldn't be able to manage the hectic normal lessons+fyp+tuition workload, as it meant having to stay back till late in the lab, not to mention the long travelling time i had to endure.
But i did manage to do it for a year.
But of course, all these wouldn't be possible without a supportive environment, as well as family and friends.
And, to get through tough circumstances, many a times I've relied on my religious faith.
I have always believed that our past experiences shape us, including our beliefs and thoughts.
Each and every challenge in life is an opportunity for us to change for the better and emerge stronger in our mentality.
Yes, it might be tough when you are confronted with a challenge or difficulty.
It might seems that the whole world is against you and as if the world crashed on you.
You'll feel the worst you've ever felt.
But if you never pick up the pieces or remove that roadblock on your path, you can never proceed on.
Once a difficulty has been overcomed, when you look back next time, you'll be smiling...thinking how ridiculously small the problem actually was.
as convocation signals the end of student life, it's time for some sort of reflection.
some people say that the start of working life is considered the start of adult life.
it's time to come out of your parents' shadows, to create your own future and to lead independent lives.
but who's to say that student life is easy?
in fact, life as a student was full of ups and downs too.
perhaps, this is just as how life is supposed to unfold, one would face challenges of higher and higher difficulty.
overcome them, and you'll procced on, emerging stronger in mentality.
succumb to them, and you'll be stuck in a rut.
in primary school, i've always thought my teachers to be too strict and gave us too many homework.
Life, to me at that point in time, was bitter because I had to rush homework everyday.
in secondary school, life was tough too, due to the competitive nature of my classmates and the constant struggle to handle 8 subjects, not forgetting cca participation.
in jc, I thought, having many homework to complete was nothing compared to the bitterness of not performing up to standards.
So what if everyone else believed i had to potential to do well?
i never did well and never believed that i could.
Furthermore, having competitive classmates was nothing compared to having uncooperative project work mates who hated each other.
I never thought i would survive through A levels and pw but eventually i did.
in uni, initially when the yr 1 foundation modules consisted of virtually the whole A level syllabus and were being taught in 1 semester, i thought i would faint during the lectures.
But i survived.
in year 2, when there was the technical project and presentation in front of the tutorial class, i thought it was at least 10x worse than pw because we had much lesser time to prepare.
Thankfully it went well.
in year 3, i thought i could never stay employed in a company for more than a month because i would have gotten sick of working.
surprisingly, in 8 months, i did not detest the work engineers do and actually thought it was cool.
in year 4, i thought i wouldn't be able to manage the hectic normal lessons+fyp+tuition workload, as it meant having to stay back till late in the lab, not to mention the long travelling time i had to endure.
But i did manage to do it for a year.
But of course, all these wouldn't be possible without a supportive environment, as well as family and friends.
And, to get through tough circumstances, many a times I've relied on my religious faith.
I have always believed that our past experiences shape us, including our beliefs and thoughts.
Each and every challenge in life is an opportunity for us to change for the better and emerge stronger in our mentality.
Yes, it might be tough when you are confronted with a challenge or difficulty.
It might seems that the whole world is against you and as if the world crashed on you.
You'll feel the worst you've ever felt.
But if you never pick up the pieces or remove that roadblock on your path, you can never proceed on.
Once a difficulty has been overcomed, when you look back next time, you'll be smiling...thinking how ridiculously small the problem actually was.
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