Amazing Midnight Camp

Just came back from this AMAZING camp yesterday...
this is the camp organised by NYP International Student Club..so 99% of the participants are foreigners like me + 1% Singaporean participants who rather themselves to be another nationalities(haha...just kidding)
I was lucky to be allocated to the group 3 which was named later by us Three-ster...
My group members of 9 including me made up of 8 Malaysians and 1 Taiwanese..
We have came up with our very own group cheer which was:
eins, zwei, drei (one,two,three in German) Three-ster!
eins, zwei, drei Three-ster!
Wu HA Wu Ha HA~
OHh~~~~Three-ster!!!

I had a whale of time during the camp...
From the 1st game which was station games to finding the so-called murderer throughout the midnight until early morning..From Fashion Show(wedding gowns design using newspaper etc etc) to water games...I really enjoyed myself to the fullest!!
We were then given small pieces of paper to write encouraging words,our personal details bla bla bla(up to us) to anyone attending the camp...When I went home and opened up my envelope and read all the encouraging words from my fellow group-mates,camp-mates and facilitators,it somehow energised me although i had not been sleeping for more than 24 hours..
From this camp,I learnt about team-work,co-operation,leadership,friendshipness and many other experiences that i will never gain from books...
Thanks NYP for having so many activities held for us to learn things from different perspective of life...
NYP life is really great!

Still cant forget the fact that i did badly in Engineering Mechanics common test..

now then only I realise the difference between secondary studies and tertiary studies...
In tertiary studies you will find a lot of people who may not do well in secondary studies but do prettily well in tertiary studies..this is because they are taking the course that they are interested in and talented in..
It is really high competence here..
Im no longer the top student...
There are a bunch of people in my course that are doing better than me in the common test..
Anyway I will keep driving myself to put my best foot forward in every exams..
Life isn't just about doing well in exam..
I want to indulge in more activities that will teach me more things about life..
I shall not take examination too much to my heart now...
I want to be more all-rounded=)

how time flies...
I have been studying in Singapore for almost 3 months now...
i just had my common test 2 weeks ago..which carries about 20-30% weightage of the semestral exam result..Results have been given and i did well in some modules but sadly did quite bad in one of the module--Engineering mechanics...my grade for the module is out of my expectation and frankly it is very dissapointing!!!
I know it is useless to cry over a spilt milk..i have already tried my best for every modules!
Yet reality is sometimes the opposite of what we want it to be..
From now on I will strive even harder for the semestral exam that will be coming in 2 months time..hopefully everything will be okay!

it has been almost 3 months since last i post a blog here...
im feeling really down now...
my mum is going to have her inguinal hernia operation this coming monday...yet i cant be with her during her hard time..i cant accompany her to Fatimah Hospital in Ipoh..i cant give her my support..i cant wait for her outside the operaion room..many things that i cant do for her...
sorry mum...i will pray really hard for you..may God bless you...
you are always so kind-hearted...i know God will protect you and help you during the operation..
i know you will recuperate...i know u will persevere during the operation...
i know u can do it!

a mutton joke=)

a gal was skipping to her home after school to her mummy

gal:mummy mummy!!! the rest of them in my class could oni say up to 5 but i can say till 10

1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10

mummy: very good!

gal: is it becoz im blonde?

mummy:yes its becoz ur blonde

the NEXT DAY THE SAME gal was skipping to her home after school to her mummy

gal:mummy mummy!!! the rest of them in my class could oni say up to D but i can say till G

A…B…C…D…E…F…G

mummy: very good!

gal: is it becoz im blonde?

mummy:yes its becoz ur blonde

the NEXT DAY THE SAME gal was skipping to her home after PE LESSON IN HER school to her mummy

gal:mummy mummy!!! after pe everyone was changing…all the gals had flat chest but mine was not…hw cum? is it becoz im blonde?

mummy:NO! its becoz UR 23 YR OLD!

knOw urself better

For those of u who are currently cracking your head to think which courses/jobs I should take/apply, maybe it's good time to know more about yourself first....so, take some tests below to assess yourself and have fun!

Let’s start with your BMTI by using the Jung Typology Test™. This test will help you find:

• Your type formula according to Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typology along with the strengths of the preferences
• The description of your personality type
• The list of occupations and educational institutions where you can get relevant degree or training, most suitable for your personality type

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Now let’s move on to your Big Five Personality Test. This test measures what many psychologists consider to be the five fundamental dimensions of personality.

You can even make a comparison Personality test by comparing yourself with say, your mom, brother, sister, etc by taking the Twins Interactive Personality Test.

Or maybe you’d like something more lighthearted and amazingly spot on - The Personality DNA Test

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How about being honest with yourself? Check out this Personality Disorder Test! This should really put your mettle to the metal!

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Now for everybody’s most quizzed test - The IQ Test.

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If the test above was not your cup of tea, then the Am I Dumb? Common Sense Test should suit you better!

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How about a Fear/Phobia Test? Or are too scared to take this one?

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Love anyone? Check out Gary Chapman’s test for the 5 Languages of Love with his;

Personal Profiling and 30 Second Quizzes

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Test the strength of your Marriage with the Marriage Assessment: How Strong Is Your Marriage?

Or take the Marriage Compatibility Test And Evaluation

And if you’re not married and wondering if it will work out, do the Marriage Readiness Test to see if you and your partner are up for it yet.

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Are you an Alpha Male/Female? I think this one speaks for itself.

Have a sense of belonging and you’ll love your job

I HAVE met many parents who, in recent years, want their children to take up actuarial science. I know people who are actuaries and they are well-paid, contented individuals who can find work anywhere in the world.

So it must be a joy for these people to read a report in The Star on Jan 7 that the best job in the world currently is that of an actuary.

Okay, maybe not in the world, but certainly in the United States, as rated by
www.careercast.com, a well-regarded job search portal.

The worst job? According to the list, that would go to the roustabout, someone who performs routine physical labour and maintenance on oil rigs and pipelines, both on and offshore. You can also find taxi driver and garbage collector on this list.

By coincidence, there was also an article in the same issue of The Star about Ben Southall, who became an international celebrity when he won the Best Job In The World contest.

Southall, if you recall, beat 34,000 entrants, including a Malaysian who was on the shortlist, to get this posting on picturesque Hamilton Island off the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.

But if you think he did nothing but laze around the beach all day with his girlfriend, consider this. According to the report, Southall worked seven days a week and up to 19 hours a day. He visited 90 “exotic locations”, made 47 video diaries, and gave more than 250 media interviews – including a chat with Oprah Winfrey.

He also posted more than 75,000 words in 60 separate blogs – the equivalent of a small novel (or 150 Monday Starters) – uploaded more than 2,000 photos, and “tweeted more than 730 times”.

And you know what? He has done such a good job that his contract which ended on Jan 1 has been renewed.

Tourism Queensland has just offered him a new 18-month, six-figure (in Australian dollars, of course) contract to promote the state worldwide.

Well, these two stories did get me thinking about what really are the best and worst jobs in our country.

Are the best jobs the ones that pay the most and give you the most company benefits and media publicity? I don’t think so.

I have met my share of people in the limelight and they often lament about their stress level and what they would give to be able to have a good night’s sleep and not feel like they belong to the company 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

I am not surprised that stress plays a critical factor in how one assesses one’s job. In the careercast survey, the methodology used was to tabulate points based on the five core areas that are key to every job, and stress is one of them. Apart from stress, the other areas are environment, income, outlook and physical demands.

Some of us may have routine jobs that involve waking up, driving through a jam, frantically looking for a parking lot, sitting in a cubicle, working on file after file, playing Solitaire in between, taking a teh tarik break, working on file after file, and then heading home.

I am no management guru, but I believe that one of the key components to making a job great is that we are able to have a sense of belonging in the place where we work.

It does not matter whether we are a long-time worker nearing retirement or a fresh graduate. It does not matter whether we are struggling with a new work culture because our previous place of work is so different from the one we just moved into. It does not matter whether we are the so-called invisible workers that our busy bosses never take notice of.

What is important is that we know that our work matters, that there is a sense of ownership and what we do contributes to the greater good of the company. It helps that the people around us, from our colleagues to our bosses, make us feel that we belong. Whatever we do, we are appreciated. Nobody tells us that we are newbies and that we should behave like them or forever be seen as outsiders.

We celebrate our differences and work together as one, like different parts of the same body. In that way, we slowly overcome our daily trepidations and feel that we truly belong.

And that would make any job the best job in the world.

Monday Starters
By SOO EWE JIN