Exam Fever...

It's 6pm n i'm at the SMU lib nw, with Miles, cramming for our exams...It's e Econometrics paper tml n we just had our Public Finance and Taxation paper yest, my least fave paper... The lib has become the place where we spend much of our time, nt even during the pre-exams period bt the wkends as well, doing our assignments, catching up on lost revision, haizzz.... Certainly nt e most romantic place on earth, to say e least...

Bt there r romantic moments every nw n den, i'll hv to admit, even in e veri crowded n exam-fever infested library of SMU. That moment seized upon me just nw when we were both listening to some Xmas songs on AOL radio n tis incredibly beautiful Xmas song by Mariah Carey came on. I snuck a peep at Miles who was simply nonchantly going about his Econometrics revision. Suffice it to say tt the romantic notion was veri one sided...*grinz*. Bt i still lurve such moments, a flash of inspiration every now and then does wonders to perk oneself up when u get stuck in e dull, dreary, monotonous routine of everyday life. I had another moment a few days ago when i was listening to jazz music n watching the rain fall outside the library...

Ok, enuff of romanticizing one's exams mugging... Back to econometrics, I last did a level 2 econometrics module in NUS n i abhorred it though surprisingly, i gt an A- for it. This time round, i actually like it better, perhaps, cuz in comparison with Statistics which we did earlier this semester, at least i cud understand it better. Yest's paper din go all tt well, all that i rememebered were all jumbled up in e head n what i cud remember got translated into clumsy, rambling sentences in e essay portion. Hope all goes well for the paper tml. Sat will be the last paper, Macroeconomics which used to be my fave subject but having a rather disorganised prof teach it sorta took my enthusiasm for this subject down a few notches. I still find it all rather interesting, though..so hopefully, tt will see me through the entire exams...= )

Just a Lil' Cold...

Gosh, it's been more den half a yr since i last blogged... I guess with the advent of facebook, ppl are finding it easier to share n update their life's events via tt. I was actually quite a latecomer to Facebook n stoutly refused to join it.... Onli signed up for it when i felt bored after leaving my job...

Tis e rainy season...it started early this yr...another sign of e wacky weather woes induced by global warming... Bt i'm glad! Cold, misty weather just makes for a more authentic Xmas experience = ) Had my bdae abt a wk ago... Birthdays these few yrs have been relatively quiet affairs. It suddenly occured to me tt the last time I celebrated my bdae with my closest grp of frens, 2A was actually 4 yrs ago...bk in 2005...Oh well... I'm glad to hv 2 new grps of gd frens tis r round, though....cuz it's always a sweet thing to hv ur gd frens rem ur bdae n celeb it with u.= ) Met up with Wen n ha, as usual, our interests seemed headed in e same trajectory. In a nutshell, renovation, cooking n exercise..haha, though i'm definitely nt as adventurous as she is in the last arena. She's trying out pole dancing and gyrotonics! Cool!

I last blogged that May would be a month of trepidation...Well, September turned out to be a month of roller coaster rides indeed. I'm just glad tt it's all over n i do need to thank Miles for constantly being there when i needed his support, esp when he's oredi having a hard time juggling both work and studies. I never imagined that we would be studying together, actually. When he first broached the idea of doing a Masters', I was quite skeptical, given tt i had just started on a new job, plus e fact that his area of interest: financial engineering or Masters in Applied Finance just din appeal to me all that much. Bt after much serious consideration n us reaching common ground by him opting for the course that I wanted (Economics), cramming for the GMAT was done within 2 wks b4 all e other misc stuff like getting testimonials frm my boss, writing a personal essay etc was wrapped up....right up to the 1 day b4 the deadline.

I never regretted this decision n am glad tt i've met a bunch of real gd frens frm e course. Significant also cuz they're our first mutual frens....as a couple, we nvr had e chance to make any mutual good frens until we embarked on this learning journey. Though without regrets, i have to say that taking up a Master's course does require lots of sacrifices. Gd thing is that we're dg it tog = )

Anyways, sista's getting married next Jan! I've oredi ordered my dress online n am mighty lookin forward to receiving it frm the friendly postlady... who prob already know my inclinatins towards online retail therapy, having delivered many such parcels to a eager, bright-eyed ger in the morning. Ha, receiving a parcel via post n unwrapping it to reveal the gems within really feels like Xmas...just without the surprise.

It's a present to oneself= ) n i do believe that's wad we all need every now and then. Esp during the Xmas season so ....do indulge and enjoy = )