Monday, February 27, 2006
Phew!
Phew! Finally bis law mid term's over. Life in university really is a big change for me. Never felt such a great sigh of relief when an exam is over. And I can say it LOUD that 90% of what I know about Bis Law I knew it in the past week. No tinge of exageration at all. Cos my prof's new, and though I want to make it sound as uncrude as I can, she sucks. Ok, maybe cos she's new, that's why her teaching sucks. Her dedication sucks, her ppt slides and notes sucks too. Ok enuff. My bottomline is that a Prof realli can make a difference to their students' lives. Anyway, I'm realli glad that my test's over, I dunno how I'd fare, but I did try my best to XIAN oredi haha. Lets see when the results are out.
The past week of holidays was pretty refreshing for me. Despite the immense catching up with Bis Law, I did some other forms of relaxations as well, such as OASIS CONCERT! haha and catching some Champions League action as well! Anyway, just for your info, the Oasis concert din exactly turn out to be very nice. The sound system sucked, and hence we couldn't make out what they were saying most of the time, due to the poor clarity of the speakers. The concert lasted for only 1 1/2 hours. Still, though they sang many new songs which I've not heard b4, (which sort of reminds me that I'm getting old oredi, prefering to listen to classic mandarin songs like Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung now), I managed to hear them sing songs like Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, all LIVE! Which I was of course very happy, though I would have love them to sing Stand By Me, and I was also introduced to some nice new songs like Let There Be Love. The crowds were made up mostly of foreigners, muds, and teenagers. Qin took some fotos, should post them up soon.
On a bad note, something bad happened during Econ class, which had been sort of affecting my mood last week. Well, what can I say? Shit happens man, and I tink its good in a way cos I feel like I'm beginning to learn from it. We'll see how it goes from here. Also, relationships with friends and stuff, they are a constant buzz in my head. I dunno how I should deal with them, and yea I'll see how it goes as well...
I feel like I'm learning all the time. Though 21 this year, I feel like there's so much more for me to learn and see in this world. Like what the chinese proverb says, what we realli know is Jiu Niu Yi Mao. (One hair on 9 cows) Just to share with you guys, today during my BGS class, we had a Guest Speaker, Mr Sim. He was the former VP of SIA, and now the CEO of ValueAirlines. He shared with us several interesting and funny facts about his work, and his general view on ethics. One thing he said was that he felt that his life was like a cycle, where now he feels that making money is no longer that important anymore. Of course he reminded us that he is only feeling this way as he has travelled one full cycle, and that we at our age SHOULD be thinking about making money still. He said that we should begin with the end in mind. He felt that when we die, if we could look through a glass and see what our friends are talking about us, what would we want them to say about us? One student asked him, that was it because it was only that he had so much money already, hence resulting him to think that money is no longer that important anymore? He replied by saying that money is not the root of all evil, but LOVE for money is. He felt that money was required for a good living, but it is the constant hankering for it that makes people evil. Money is definitely important, but what are we willing to give up in the pursuit of it? Also, he mentioned about humility, a virtue which I very much agree with. Humility is very important. No matter who we are and what postition we are in now, at the end of the day, we would all be 6 feet below the ground. However, EGO is important and a necessity, especially in the business world. If you are not going to have an ego and believe in what you are doing, nobody is going to take you seriously. Hence, the essence is to have ego and yet stay humble at the same time.
How are the guys abroad? Haven heard from Huli for a long time? Why not update us from time to time on how your life is?
SJ
The past week of holidays was pretty refreshing for me. Despite the immense catching up with Bis Law, I did some other forms of relaxations as well, such as OASIS CONCERT! haha and catching some Champions League action as well! Anyway, just for your info, the Oasis concert din exactly turn out to be very nice. The sound system sucked, and hence we couldn't make out what they were saying most of the time, due to the poor clarity of the speakers. The concert lasted for only 1 1/2 hours. Still, though they sang many new songs which I've not heard b4, (which sort of reminds me that I'm getting old oredi, prefering to listen to classic mandarin songs like Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung now), I managed to hear them sing songs like Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, all LIVE! Which I was of course very happy, though I would have love them to sing Stand By Me, and I was also introduced to some nice new songs like Let There Be Love. The crowds were made up mostly of foreigners, muds, and teenagers. Qin took some fotos, should post them up soon.
On a bad note, something bad happened during Econ class, which had been sort of affecting my mood last week. Well, what can I say? Shit happens man, and I tink its good in a way cos I feel like I'm beginning to learn from it. We'll see how it goes from here. Also, relationships with friends and stuff, they are a constant buzz in my head. I dunno how I should deal with them, and yea I'll see how it goes as well...
I feel like I'm learning all the time. Though 21 this year, I feel like there's so much more for me to learn and see in this world. Like what the chinese proverb says, what we realli know is Jiu Niu Yi Mao. (One hair on 9 cows) Just to share with you guys, today during my BGS class, we had a Guest Speaker, Mr Sim. He was the former VP of SIA, and now the CEO of ValueAirlines. He shared with us several interesting and funny facts about his work, and his general view on ethics. One thing he said was that he felt that his life was like a cycle, where now he feels that making money is no longer that important anymore. Of course he reminded us that he is only feeling this way as he has travelled one full cycle, and that we at our age SHOULD be thinking about making money still. He said that we should begin with the end in mind. He felt that when we die, if we could look through a glass and see what our friends are talking about us, what would we want them to say about us? One student asked him, that was it because it was only that he had so much money already, hence resulting him to think that money is no longer that important anymore? He replied by saying that money is not the root of all evil, but LOVE for money is. He felt that money was required for a good living, but it is the constant hankering for it that makes people evil. Money is definitely important, but what are we willing to give up in the pursuit of it? Also, he mentioned about humility, a virtue which I very much agree with. Humility is very important. No matter who we are and what postition we are in now, at the end of the day, we would all be 6 feet below the ground. However, EGO is important and a necessity, especially in the business world. If you are not going to have an ego and believe in what you are doing, nobody is going to take you seriously. Hence, the essence is to have ego and yet stay humble at the same time.
How are the guys abroad? Haven heard from Huli for a long time? Why not update us from time to time on how your life is?
SJ
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