I'm the rose among the thorns!

BGS! my prof is my eye candy! He's quite old alr la, but it's his maturity that's attractive! he got this seemingly french (or is it italian) accent that I enjoy listening to. but this is not the only reason i enjoyed his lessons. I nv thot I'd learn much from such a "crappy" module, as the name suggests. I mean, what can u learn from "business, government and society"? ethics? csr? But levine proved us wrong! i realised that i nv really knew wad was scientific management, bureaucracy, social capital, trust, globalisation, etc until this lesson. On the other hand, this lesson is a struggle cuz every mon and tue (much time) was spent deciphering wad the Harvard Business Cases, textbooks, hypotheses papers meant, without which u'll flunk your closed book quizzes and class contribution. The aura in class was scary too, and makes pple feel stupid and inadequate.

Our research paper was such a struggle too. Our proposals for hypotheses was total crap, and got crappy grades too. Come to think of it, y are we writing hypotheses in year 1, moreover as acc/biz students? Even the executives who were the discussants for our presentation were surprised to find out we'r year 1s. But somehow, 2 weeks b4 our presentation, we came up with a decent survey for consumers and collated the data. Have to say we only put in minimal effort to look for interview targets, since my grp members were not really interested or keen in the proj, hence we did not manage to secure any company interviews. We were rather half-hearted and demoralised cuz we din really understand wad was happening. But presentation turned out well, and hopefully we'r able to score for our report too!

Had to wear full suit for presentation!

There's still much more to these that I gained this term. It's really nice to have friends to hang out with. Gav juz came to realisation that we only knew each other for a few mths, but I really appreciate this bunch of frens to lunch with, do proj with, joke and crap with. :) Whatever it is, these pple made me realise that it is possible not to have only hi-bye frens in uni, despite the mad rush.

Now that exams are over, here's my to-do list for the summer hols:
1. Climb Rinjani
a. Train up myself
b. Get trekking shoes
2. Get part-time job and earn $$$
3. Org SMUX camp
4. Learn driving (if got time)
5. Go recre diving (if got $ and time)
6. Clean up my messy and unhygienic room
7. Org 4/9 outing
8. Org 68 outing, which was pushed back several times

9 Apr was 4/9's bday! Haha... Come to tink of it, I miss 4naiers, our humour and appreciation for witty humour. We'r the few pple who appreciate Mrs Seah's style of humour, with the injection of sarcasm and wit. After 4/9 I've much reduced the use of expressions like "move, files, move!", "where are my eyes?", "help me find my eyes" or "you too!" since nobody really understand the real meanings of these expressions. Moreover, the eye-rolling activity that was predominant in 4/9 is rare and considered mean to many non-4naiers... And how many gals are willing to act shocked, act cute, act dao, act ghostly, look hideous etc in group photos, or scream and laugh hysterically like 4naiers? Perhaps we only act like this together as 4naiers, just like puzzles that are incomplete without any piece.