Friday, August 14, 2009
Hokay..., so Week 1 is over in a blink of eye. And I must say this: School is FAB. Don't laugh! I didn't know school mean this much until now. Hmmm, starting with Biostats - uh, not my favourite subject but the lecturer is young and cute so I will make it a point to attend every 8am lect on Tue and Fri (:. And this is followed by Cell Bio, so far so easy. LOL. I mean, it's just cells, how difficult can it get right? Next would by my first biz mod ever - Marketing! It sounds rather interesting and I like it: makes me wonder why didn't I choose Business in the first place... ... . Anyway. Lab module was uhh uh alright, the fact that lectures and lab alternates every week please me so I'm contented. So this leaves me with the final mod - DANGDANG! Forensic Science! 1 word - UBER-COOLNESS. Hahaha. Just came back from a 3h 7-10pm lecturer but I don't feel lethargic at all cuz I get to see gore images like severed body parts, semi-rotten corpse(think Huang Na) and smashed faces/heads from suicide falls. I hope I did not just spoil your appetite. Haha!
Okay I really really want to do well for this sem(inspired by gracia :)) so hopefully I won't get sabotaged by any modules(like eff-ing Geog last sem) again.
Mooooving on(I foresee this one's going to be a long entry), I caught 3 movies in a week, namely UP, G.I. Joe and Orphan. And surprise surprise, out of the 3, Orphan is actually the best, followed by UP and then G.I. Joe(this ranked last partly because I was quite reluctant to watch as I was suffering a baddd runny nose). I'll recommend Orphan to everyone(maybe even to eelen cuz it's not exactly horror) cuz plot is great, suspense is adequate, horror factor is rather low and yes, esther's(orphan's name in the movie) acting is really really good for a newcomer(?). I am itching to reveal the ending here but I don't want people to hate me so pleasee go watch it, it's NICE! UP is pretty heartwarming, funny and I didn't know there could be so much Love in a animated movies.
On Wednesday, I made an impromptu decision to go NTU and visit 2 of my lovelies. I LOVE JAZ's HALL! It's spanking new and so chalet-like I feel like camping there straightaway. I bet JY will agree with me on this (: xiao_cia@msn you wannna come? Let's camp there someday and go school together the next morning!
Another thing, recently I've come across quite a number of what you call Alpha Females - and I mean it. I'm not talking about career-minded young women who aspire to earn big bucks and ditching all else that matters to them. I'm referring to those real-life, no longer young, yet still beautiful(you know my benchmark) women in their 30s or 40s, with very accomplished careers and earning stuff like hundred (of) thousands per annum. I tell you, these are the kind of women which I really think highly of. I mean, you know it, it takes more than just brains, diligence, qualifications and leadership capabilities to get to where they are now because women with such qualities are not that rare nowadays anyway. Although I have no clear idea of what other factors contribute to their success, but I'm sure part of it has to be their willingness to sacrifice. Sacrifice things like their youth, their time (to be merry and for family) and some even for love.
Honestly speaking, yes, as much as I look up to them for being THEM, I know I will never get there. Not because I can't(cuz that still remains a question) but I don't want to. I know that I am not prepared to make such sacrifices - like hell no way! I don't aspire to be a full-time housewife, I still want to do my work, have a job, earn my own cash(hopefully enough for my own set of wheels) but when THE time comes, I think I wouldn't be persistent with my career. You get what I mean. Despite not having such achievements, I think I'll be an equally happy woman even if my life really goes the way I'm planning for myself. Cuz I think as opposed to men, Success for a woman does not necessarily need to be measured in terms of work performance. Like I heard it from somewhere, equality between the sexes does not mean that the woman have to fare as good as the man in any given area, vice versa.
Alpha females, a really glamorous title, but no thanks.
p/s: I AM SORRY THERE IS ZERO COHERENCE IN THIS POST CUZ IM REALLY TIRED.
and...I shall upload my NDP photos on a next post.