Wednesday, May 02, 2007
.lost.
many must have wondered where the hell i went. haven't been blogging since exams ended. honestly, you can't blame me because I only had a week of holidays before I embarked on my internship at Deloitte & Touche.
My grades this sem has been a great disappointment Goodness shit. Guess I couldn't really blame anybody for my plight but myself. ( I got really distracted, and I spent lots of time swimming! haha ) No point lamenting now, but my next school term will definitely be more focused and diligent than this term. Nevertheless, I still think I deserve my 4 months long summer break. After which, I would most probably be participating in Sing Opens and head on to exchange at UK till year end.
One of the few highlights I had for the one week break was the Asoc Gala Dinner at Meridien Hotel. The food was ok, but for the price we paid for the buffet, really not worth the money. As usual, I was saboed upstage twice, but at least the dancing segment was quite fun. Saboed Becks to be my dancing companion and you can imagine how I made a fool out of myself AGAIN. Surprisingly though, we won, and yes, I won myself some rebonding shampoo. haha
Internship has been rather enriching. Learning all e bloomberg/finance related stuff and having the luxury of updating myself with daily news... so far so good. Colleagues are great, own work cubicle, no deadlines to meet yet... Let's see how long this last. I recalled how working at Shenton Way used to be a dream to me when I was back in college. Whenever I went there as a student, I always yearn to be part of these fast-paced working class people. Working hard climbing up the corporate ladder.. has always been rather exciting for me.
BUT, now I finally realise my dream, I found out everything doesn't seem that easy. To succeed, you need more than just hard work. Luck, opportunity and timing are damn important as well, and it gets frustrating when your superior doesn't see the hard work that you are putting in. Lots of determination there too. Sighh, hearing all the experiences from my older colleagues, I sometime wonder what are we exactly chasing for. I think I will be one who will slog so damn hard for the first few years at least... ( Looking at the hours I spent in the library during school term... and having her accompanying me till 3-4am .. ) but I start to question whether it is all worth it? Ultimately, I am just a typical guy who do want to have a family at 30, and 2 kids by 35. Too early to say anyway. For now, I will just learn as much as I can..
Besides working, I am also busy training for frisbee opens this September. I could never forget the fighting spirit and intense moments our team shared. It's really a pity university students these days place so little emphasis on sports. It's true that sports don't provide you with the ricebowl you need.... but still, i guess the experience of playing as a team is something you would least likely get when you start working, so why not be in one now when you have the opportunity?
Ok, no more mood to blog, but so far, I have been really blessed. Everything is somehow going my way, except for my aunty who is critically ill. I honestly hope that she would be able to tide over this crisis... Can't believe how emotional I was when I went to visit her on Sunday.. All the tubes over her body and her teary eyes. She was so damn helpless, and all of us couldn't do anything but see her cry. Sigh. This really reminded me how important health is to us...
For now, that's it. Ciao!
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