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Monday, October 26, 2009

awhile after i posted, the friend i was writing about contacted me.

coincidence? or maybe just fate?

still, it makes me emo.

my supervisor just finished filling in my referee form for my clinical psych masters application.
she says she wants to talk to me abt it tmr.

i am officially freaking out and paranoid, though I probably dont have any reason to be.

sigh!

dear friend,

i remember you. i remember all the times we spent together. you were a huge part of my childhood, and i look back at it with fondness.

now we've both grown up and moved on, living our own lives.

and if i passed you on the street i fear i'd just walk right by, and so would you.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

WARNING: WHINY BLOG ENTRY AHEAD

you know what i really miss about non-working life?

TIME TO RELAX, TO DO MY OWN THINGS.

im at work from 8.30am to 5pm everyday, and even if i dont end late, i still feel like the evenings/nights are way too short for me to accomplish anything. it doesnt help that im always so tired after a long day at work that i cant really relax, and there's that feeling of dread of having to repeat the same thing again in a matter of hours.

i havent watched a movie for god knows how long, not only cos i'd probably fall asleep in the cinema, but I also feel that my time is too precious to be wasting it on a movie.

i have to cater to the needs of others once im out of work, and it wears me down. i dont have time for myself, time to just do what i want to do, like laze in bed with a good book. i used to finish a book in a matter of 2-3 days. now i cant even finish one in 2 weeks.

ok so im working, so im EXPECTED not to have a life anymore, not to have time anymore... right? i dont know, it all feels so wrong.

i love my colleagues, and i generally love my work (except when pple delay and the workload builds up). but...... its still so damn hard to drag myself out of bed every morning, to psych myself up for it.

im torn.. part of me wants to go back to studying, the other knows that i've found a good, reputable job and that i should hang on to it. and i guess you could say another part of me wants to just go back to those post-thesis days where i bummed around, woke up whatever time i wanted, had the whole day to myself and did whatever the hell i wanted.

its 11.30pm, i'm only gonna get about 7hrs slp (which is not enough considering I havent slept well for the past few days), and I know that tmr is gonna be yet another long day spent counting down to the weekends.

SIGH.
good night world.

Monday, October 19, 2009

wish i were still in sch so tt today would be a public hol for me & i wouldnt have to work.. so sian.. monday blues..

not much to update, more things coming in for work which is good i suppose, it makes time go faster..

yesterday my hotmail account kena some virus.. ended up spamming alot of pple, including pple i didnt know.. seems ok now after i changed the password

if im not wrong i got the virus from my friend's email.. her hotmail got infected, then i went to open the email and it probably has a tracking cookie in it -_-

still dragging my feet for clinical psych application, due end of the month.. and also waiting for NIE's letter.. rejection sucks. but thats life in s'pore i guess.

to succeed you need work experience + good grades if not you can wait long long for anyone to hire you/get into a local masters programme.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

went to the dentist for my checkup today.. turns out i have 2 more wisdom teeth to abstract, not 1 as i was told previously. DAMN.

but will wait till the holes for my 2 other ones to close first before i extract the remaining 2.

also got a free big bottle of colgate mouthwash when i asked to purchase one.. so nice right! did polishing and scaling of teeth.. omg.. my teeth havent felt this clean in years.. have decided to take good care of them now while im still young, which means i need to go for checkup and scaling every 6 months.. a small price to pay for a full set of healthy teeth, methinks.

even though my dentist is located in orchard, he still charges very reasonable rates. if any of u need a dentist ask me and ill recommend you. haha.

will be sending out my clinical psych application next wk. still havent plucked up the courage to ask my supervisor to fill in my referee report yet though.

why do i feel like im gonna waste my weekends away again?
found out that my supervisor will be on leave sometime in nov, dont know how long though. hopefully she'll tell me i dont have to report for work either, since she's not around. hehe.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

its tt time of the month again.. time for university applications, tt is. applying to jcu's clinical psych masters prog this month.. nus one in nov.. my chances of getting into either are close to zero considering the fact that both places accept like 5-10 pple?

honestly i wouldnt even apply but am being forced by my parents. i mean, dont tell me 'just try'. im being realistic, and i am aware of the competition im up against. how can i compete with working professionals with years of experience?

perhaps after my screwed up NIE interview (which i was most hopeful for btw) i've become somewhat jaded at the prospects of furthering my studies in spore.

dont know if i should continue working or just go straight to australia. but from what i've heard, applications for next yr have closed so if i want to go overseas need to wait till 2011. so will probably continue working if MOE will have me. might as well boost my resume instead of just wasting time.

MOODY :(

need to ask my uni supervisor and my work supervisor to write referrals for me. SO PAI SEH. i just dont want to waste their efforts when i dont even stand a chance of getting accepted....

Sunday, October 04, 2009

HOW CUTE ARE THESE?
I WANT TO LIKE BUY ALL OF THEM OMG

Friday, October 02, 2009

happyhappyhappy... simply cos its a friday night lol!
time to catch up on my tv shows!

everytime after a meal i have to rinse my mouth for abt 5-10 mins before all the food particles come out, but aside from this inconveniece im coping..

have been indulging in lots of my favourite food as you can tell from my depleting list (see previous post).

havent taken the new car for a spin for a whole wk, so cant wait to drive it again~!
hopefully next wk my dad will let me drive it to work and back.