Almost there!

Yay, it's almost the end of the semester already! Time really flew by this semester - faster than ever. Haha. Mid terms are pretty much over. I did pretty decent this time round (Phew.. such a relief..). Anyway I finally found the time this week to settle my truckload of administrative stuff. Graduate school stuff, exchange stuff, module planning, etc. Super tedious and time consuming stuff.

Anyway for many months, I was pretty confused with all the possible paths to take, but talking to Prof Quek on Tuesday was the best thing I did in a long time! Haha. I have been MIA-ing since the end of the last semester as I was overseas throughout the holidays. So yeps, thought it was a good idea to drop by for a visit. Haha. He really helped me think through all my options and he sort of gave me a good idea of the path I should head towards. And sometimes I feel very paiseh because he actually goes to great extents to help me. Scholarship, job, career options, etc. He helps me with all of them. Really can't thank him enough. At least now I'm very sure of my future - it's like I've finally found my purpose in university. At every stage of my life thus far, I've always got a goal that I can strive towards, and it's exactly that that really motivates and drives me ahead. But somehow when I came to the university, I lost that goal. For the whole of the last 2 semesters, I've been studying pretty much for the sake of studying, and nothing else. I didn't know what I was studying for. But finally, I seem to have found something worth fighting for - and I really hope to see it through. A great sense of assurance and confidence. Great feeling. =D

I guess that I have been rambling a lot to my friends recently about how I hate my life in NUS, etc. But I have been thinking through. Perhaps my first year was really bad, as I hadn't met the right people and I suffered a lot trying to adapt to a burden so heavy too quickly. Somewhat doing too much for my own good. But this semester, life got very much better. In fact, my workload this semester is the worst to date. But at least I feel much happier. I guess there are a few factors. My research mentor and supervisors are awesome people. They really helped me a lot in terms of getting the hang of things, which made the transition less painful despite  such high expectations. And they are just really nice people to talk to! Haha. =D And I have been quite a bit of stuff for Operation Orion this year, although I'm not going overseas this year because of my NS reservice. Oh well can't be helped. But I've learnt quite a bit as the treasurer as well. Totally worth the work. And my enjoying it as well, meeting new and awesome people. Haha.

Oh well. After this week, it will be the mad sprint to the end. Or at least it should be. Somehow after coming to NUS, to me, exams aren't that big a thing anymore. It's definitely not something I will lose sleep over, or get stressed out over. Haha. I guess I've sort of understood the fact that if you haven't done your work consistently throughout the semester, the last week of mugging ain't gonna help one bit. But if you've done fine throughout, then you will be good. New attitude in life. Haha.

Ok this is a short update for now. Will be back if I have the time. =D