perhaps it's just the constant contact i've had with investor central that's pulling me through the year of studies.
IC kinda makes me feel like i haven't been away from them for that long, and that i've been studying for the past year (or so).
today marks the last day of lessons and presentations for this semester, and for year 1 of my course at SMU.
there were many occasions during this semester that had me so tempted to quit school. but
on hindsight, the year did pass by really quickly.
and if i apply that to the next three years to come, they may pass just as quickly. if i take it semester by semester.
the last few months had me undertaking a constant stream of assignments and projects. i don't think i've ever been that consistent in school work. i had had to plan things way ahead because of the tons of project work we had to do.
i took 5 modules this time around, the heaviest module being my business
in china course. but that was my favorite class to go to each week because it was taught in mandarin. it was a change from the monotony of the week because we learnt a lot about what we sorta knew, but didn't know much about.
after doing the course, i am now more receptive and ready to try
communicating with chinese businessmen in chinese. i may even explore the option of doing an exchange program with a chinese university (because going to south america may be way too expensive).
now if only i can get mark to post me to china...*hint hint*. =P
i had my last presentation today. my sociology class made me appreciate how much fun social science is. everyone was so ready to step out of the box and use head fakes to get their message across. here's my team with the professor at the end of the class...
...our presentation was on how education creates social trends. =)
our ltb group handed up our community service project portfolio on monday.
and since our project was pretty much centered around the chinese new year period, we fashioned it in the form of a hamper. each of us wrote our experiences on individual learning blocks, and those were positioned as the goodies you'd receive in a CNY hamper.
if there were an award for efficiency, muchas gracias sure takes the cake. =)
can you spot LSG? =P
on another note, i love hanging out with snuffy hubby.
while we don't cannabalize each others' time, we love hanging out with each other so much that there really doesn't seem to be enough time for us to chill together.
so when we do, we try to kick back and chat about our week and anything that might've
crossed our paths.
last saturday, we headed to vivo to catch spiderwick (and then to cineleisure sunday to watch evangelion).
post-movie, we shuffled around a little, and decided (somewhat skeptically) to try out corduroy. we've walked past it many times, admiring the deco, but have never had much impetus to go in and try out their stuff.
corduroy has got a very relaxing atmosphere. it's plush sofas are inviting, and if you were with a good conversational partner, you could be admiring the view of the harbor and chatting there for hours at a go.
the food doesn't seem too bad either.
we ordered a hot chocolate (because they only serve water if you order a drink), a kartoffeln salat...
...and a beef burger.
the potato salad was really potato and apple salad, and the crunchy apple pieces really added a nice bite to the dish.
the beef burger patties were extremely tasty, but seemed a little dry. that's solved if you like chilli sauce and mayonnaise. even if you don't fancy those condiments on your burger, ask the waiter for them because they really don't taste like your supermarket bottled chilli sauce and mayo. we really enjoyed dunking our fries in them. =)
this weekend's going to be an interesting one because we're going house-viewing.
yes, we are househunting so if you know of anyone who may want to sell their property, do let us know.
next week will have me studying for my exams and walking ollie!
i'm excited. =)
thanks snuffy hubby, for wanting to make all my dreams come true.
together, we'll defy gravity.
