`weekiat*
`geraldine*
`huixian*
`virginia*
`erina*
'royston*
`benjamin*
`jasmine*
`jenny jie*
`val jiejie*
`tiffany*
`melody*
`iris*
`rachel*
'yuen leng*
'geraldine11*
'joel*
'sherry*
'terry*
`huikoon*
`tasneem*
`jocelyn*
`khinewa*
`sherman*
`sheryl*
`thiamkee*
`justin*
`bernard*
`kevin.caleb*
`tingzhang*
`inez*
`xiangting*
`luther*
`genevis*

global crisis, economy crisis, black monday, black tuesday, black wednesday till friday. (no sat and sun because no trading on weekends)

call, put, bear and bull markets.... plus all the weird terms and formula i'm currently learning for my financial mathematics module (it sucks!)..

with all the fears of recession, i'm STILL planning a trip to hongkong. I'm pretty broke but i have been wishing for a hk trip for some time already! Today i went to nus sta to check out the airfares. Cathay is offering me $617 inclusive of taxes. I thought it was not too bad, until xinyi told me budget airline jetstar is 470++ with tax too.

hmm, more than $100 difference! S$100=~~HK$526

$100 in exchange for COMFORT, baggage allowance, 2 meals on board, online entertainment and sitting with geri (I REALLY HOPE!) The first criteria is really important (actually 3 hrs flight shouldnt be a problem for budget airlines). Yes, even though sin to hk is just a mere 3 hours, i would prefer to fly by cathay :) my preferred airlines. In the past, it was SQ. Due to the horrible service i have gotten, now my family usually fly by cathay. But i must say that SQ serves really good food during festive seasons :) and their inflight entertainment KrisWorld rocks my socks!

Wells wells, decided not to ask for sponsership this year, because my exchange trip cost a big bomb! Actually come to think for it, i didnt spend MUCH on shopping/things/souveniers... but my airfares contributed a big bulk to my total expenses.

Haix, there is something else to worry about: no ticket HOME! i have reserved a flight on dec13, BUT there is no more flights home :( i'm already on waiting list (to be on same flight as geri on 29dec) And also, geraldine has no flight from Vancouver to HK (all the hk students must have snapped up all the tix home!!!!) So she's also on waiting list..

let's hope everything turns out fine and well and goes according to plan k! i cant wait!!!

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DSC is so crappy. I have already tried very hard for the midterms, and the median is 82, average is 78!!! wth!!! sigh, i'm below average :( my fren actually said this " i feel very sorry for your DSC, your competitors are way too strong!)

yeah, my friend knows many of his zai friends who are taking dsc with me. ARH! why are you guys fighting with me?! and they are complaining that they didnt get full marks despite an excellent score of 95. And nope, the paper wasnt easy to start off with.

ok, zai zai zai. they are sheng. im bu tong ren a.k.a fan ren.

whatever lar, i'm giving up on education. Sigh because of my sucky results. yaya, everything is about cap cap cap cap cap. Recession will hit us by this dec, # of jobs created fell so much this quarter and will continue to decline. My batch would most prob be the worst hit graduate cohort, yet i dont really wish to continue studying. I'm pretty sick of the stupid maths/programing modules. If I were (and able) to get a regular office job, i know i wont get any excitement from looking at figures and charts, nor satisfaction even from end-of-year bonus. I dont want to spend the next few years toiling for nothing. I dont want to work for that kind of mundane job. Many might think it would be good to have a 8-5 office job, since working hours are fixed, sit in air-con office, doing your work in front of computer. NO!!!! I cant do that for 10 years.

I need a life, i need something different everyday (yes, numbers can be diff everyday)
i need variations, i need excitement, i need that adrenaline rush (looking at the current stock market can give you that kind of "rush" too).

How? Should i follow my dream? gloomy prospects. I need a better degree.

`scribbled at-
Saturday, November 01, 2008