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Moved

I felt like changing my URL, so if my actual life is of any interest to you, let me know and maybe I'll tell you where I've moved to.

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NTU Sociology

I have officially accepted NTU's offer and hope the modules will prove to be interesting and enjoyable. With that, the search for a room mate for hall stay begins.

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Palm Trees

When I was younger and still living in Europe, I thought palm trees were a novelty. Now I hardly stop to give them so much as a second glance. Just goes to show how once we get used to something, we take it for granted.

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Unspoken Words

There is a reason words left unspoken leave room for regret more often than words that have actually passed our lips.

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Seams

When a seam of a bag breaks, it causes the threads which keep the fabric together to unravel. The content of the bag will eventually fall out as the fabric breaks apart. However, if the thread on one side of the bag securely hooks the thread on the reverse side, the bag will unravel at a slower rate. As a result, there'll be time to sew over and strengthen the bag. Oftentimes, sewing over strengthens the bag even more than before and prevents the content from spilling. Hopefully, things aren't too late and there still is time and room to patch up.

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Fall 2010

HPU: Accepted for Business Administration in Marketing NTU: Accepted for Sociology NUS: Application pending SMU: Application rejected

With that, I hardly am feeling excited. Would I have had an offer from SMU, I could have had the option of doing a double degree in Business and Social Science. At least NUS hasn’t rejected me yet. Means there still is a chance of doing a double major in Sociology and Marketing. Anyone know how the bidding system works in FASS? If I do get accepted, I still want to major in Sociology.

Anyway, between NTU and NUS Sociology, which one is better and why?

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Steve Dalton's cover of Superman by Five for Fighting

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My first attempt at a Quarktorte, whereby quark has been substituted for cottage cheese and ricotta.

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Quarktorte

Since my dad's been wanting me to bake his favourite cake for at least a year now and quark is not readily availabe, I substituted it with cottage cheese and ricotta. Currently it is sitting in the oven and I hope it will turn out close enough to the way he remembers it from when we still were in Germany.

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Struck off Hawaii

I have finally gotten round to rejecting HPU's offer for Business Administration in Marketing for Fall 2010. While I know I won't be able to attend HPU, a part of me wishes I could. Maybe because it is far, far away from anything I know and so would have allowed me to discover new things. I know I hated moving around so much when I was younger but somehow, it is kinda exciting (the thought at least) to plunge into a different deep end again but this time, on your own. Either way, Hawaii will sadly not be on my radar this fall.

Anyway, yesterday's test and interview for NTU Sociology was pretty alright. My interviewer was really friendly and used to be from VJC too. Haha. Talked quite a bit with an IJC girl who was also there. Talking with her helped me calm my nerves, so I'm thankful for her. Hannah and Huiling were there too. Was really glad to see a couple of familiar faces.

As much as I think I would enjoy doing Sociology in uni, I still am holding out for SMU and NUS to hopefully offer me a place for Business. I suppose not having any other offer for Business right now caused me to put off rejecting HPU's offer. It's not too late though since the window period of the first round of acceptances still is open till end May/ beginning June. Keeping up my hopes.

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A classic is something that everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read.

Mark Twain

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Less than 24 hours

I was given 22 hours and 54 minutes between a phone call and my admission test and interview. Given the many days spent agonizing over applications though, I'm not gonna dwell on that. After all, as it turns out, anyone under consideration for admission to Sociology at NTU has to go through an interview.

Hope all goes well tomorrow morning!

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15. April

When I woke up yesterday morning and looked at the calendar, the date didn’t seem to be a particularly important one to me. I was not scheduled to meet up with anyone or to do anything out of the ordinary. Yet, I had this feeling in my gut that it was going to be a significant day.

Before falling asleep at night I remembered that feeling I had in the morning. I paused to think if that feeling had been warranted. I had not received any call or letter from any local university and neither had I received any earth-shattering news in the course of the day.

Upon further consideration though, every day is important because even if you don’t encounter anything significant, you can make it a significant day by not wasting your hours away but by making the most out of them instead.

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All NS Talk

J: 95% of the things they say is about NS.

CY: All the guys talk about is army.

PH: Let's change topic. Have you heard about the new Barbie girl...

(J & CY look at each other and snicker.)

A: Eh, we sang "Barbie girl" while marching!

(J & CY burst into laughter.)

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If someone can tell me where to get the album Compañia Del Sol by Marquess, I'll be very grateful. I know it's available on Amazon.de but I'd rather get it locally. Anyone?

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A pair of six-year-old jeans today, a new denim skirt tomorrow.

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Waiting

The world will keep spinning as we wait eagerly filled with so much hope for those calls, interviews and admissions to the universities of our choice. Who knew the gap between the end of A Levels and the start of university would be so nerve-wrecking.