The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY (1 Jan to 10 April 2008)

Because the sem is drawing to a close (that means the exams are looming), i decided to post my reflections of the past 4 months or so. This sem has been interesting because it has been filled with really high highs and low lows (not a lack of vocab mind you, i am a bright [...]

You must know where to draw the line (Cheng, 2008)

Citation Method: Harvard.  
Cheng, Y. E., (2008). Conversation with melo. Singapore: The Deck.
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Dear Self,
Quick get ready your ruler and pencil.
The line must be drawn NOW before things spiral out of control. If that happens, it won’t be of use even if you used a permanent marker to draw that line. Get it sorted out first and then move on. No [...]

Next month’s forecast

March’s workload: 3 tests, 2 assignments, 2 presentations =  Busy (march is OVER!)
April’s workload: 2 test, 2 projects, 2 presentations, 3 term papers = Very busy
April’s workload + other commitments = Super busy + pimples on forehead
April’s workload + other commitments + difficult people = Ultrally busy + less space on forehead
April’s workload + other commitments + difficult people + people who tell me that i look [...]

A geographer’s lament…

I went for NUS Career Fair 2008 today wanting to check out what’s the market like for Geographers…lo and behold!
It appears that there’s not much of a market for us…
People not only don’t see the value of an arts & social science degree, they don’t see the relevance of Geography in their lives at all! I guess that [...]

Thougths on the tissue aunty video…

Today’s New Paper front-page news featured the story of spoof videos made by youths about a disabled aunty selling packets of tissues in the MRT stations of Singapore.
Most of them have been taken down but this video is still available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgrEiPgz0bg (this i must say, is one of the “milder” videos compared to those previously available)
According to the [...]