our education II

3 days break from school, started to ponder what i wan to be after graduation. still not too sure abt what i wan to do. its either i dun like to do or i’m not qualified to do. but definitely, postgrad immediately aft graduation is not the way for me. i would like a break from school…

how many actually like what u are studying now? or what you are studying now is really your first choice??
10 years ago, wafer industry, construction industry and various engineering related industries starts to boom… singapore needs lots and lots of engineers to take up the positions in these industries. universities increased the vacancies and reduced the cut-off point for engineering courses so that they can produce as much engineers as possible to meet the industries demand. for the better of the economy, my school had shifted its attention from their original specialisation such as metallurgy and inspectiion techniques to a course heavily focus on wafer manufacturing.

this induced a problem where students have limited choices in their courses. for a typical A-levels students who have interest courses like medicine, business, sciences and etc in local universities but do not meet their cut-off point, an alternative would be to pursue an overseas degree. if the student is not rich enough to do so, more likely he end up in an engineering course. i have classmates who are like this… and they studied engineering just because they want a degree. they interest could be in deejaying, chemistry, business, arts, hospitality and etc, but not engineering.

there are cases where people who dont work in the field they are trained in. however, what if people who had totally no interest in engineering, but pursuing an engineering degree and working as an engineer… we cannot rule out this possibility as not everybody gets their desired job. wont this pose a threat to people if the construction of our buildings involves engineers who are uninterested? wont a person who is more interested in their job do a better job?

instead of making the intake of students to meet the industry demands and the economy of the country, should we allow students to choose what they wishes to study? Should we only determine the student’s interest in a particular course by judging their cut-off points only? if not, how can we different such students of genuine interest in the course?

Our education…

What does our education actually make us? Does it makes us a better person? if that is so, better in what sense?
smart?
doing well trying to impress… and yet becoming a common enemy of many. studying hard for 2 weeks and forgetting 80% of them 2 mths later… smart??

civilised?
professionals living in new estates spitting inside the lifts, educated professionals leaving their dirty utensils behind after they had their meals in lau pat sat. Drivers honking at the newer drivers for just seconds of delay…

kind?
during flag days, how many actually donate to the sch kids standing outside MRT? making CIP compulsory in school is supposed to let us have a feel that its not an easy task raising money. and yet once people are enjoying luxury, they forgotton all abt these.

Somehow, in this society i feel that we need it. Being highly sociable species, education serves as a tool for bonding, a fashion.

Riddle – 2 hour glasses

If you have two hourglasses, one four-minute timer and one seven-minute timer, how can you measure nine minutes?

Solution:
Turn over both hourglasses at once. 
When the four-minute hourglass runs out, turn it over.
When the seven-minute hourglass runs out, turn it over.
When the four-minute timer runs out this time (eight minutes have 
elapsed), the seven-minute hourglass has been running for one 
minute. Now turn over the seven minute timer back over. When the 
timer runs out, nine minutes have elapsed.

Consider carefully…

Johnny wanted to have sex with a girl in his office,
but she belonged to someone else…

One day, Johnny got so frustrated that he went up to
her and said, “I’ll give you a $100 if you let me
screw you. But the girl said NO. 
 
Johnny said, “I’ll be fast. I’ll throw the money on
the floor, you bend down, and I’ll be finished by the
time you pick it up. ”
 
She thought for a moment and said that she would have
to consult her boyfriend… So she called her
boyfriend and told him the story.
 
Her boyfriend says, “Ask him for $200, pick up the
money very fast, he won’t even be able to get his
pants down.”
 
So she agrees and accepts the proposal. Half an hour
goes by, and the boyfriend is waiting for his
girlfriend to call.
 
Finally, after 45 minutes, the boyfriend calls and
asks what happened.
 
She responded, “The bastard used coins!”

Management lesson: Always consider a business proposal
n its entirety before agreeing to it and getting
screwed!

魔杰座

after 5 days of waiting….
just 2 words for today’s post…
超超超超超超超超超超…. 吊

sniper rifle vs handgun

felt really relieved today even though quiz wasnt really satisfactory. but fuck it… because we are greedy humans who will never be satisfied with what we have. Anyway, i juz came up with some thoughts…

Sniper Rifle:
Accuracy 95%
Power 100
Rounds 1

Handgun:
Accuracy 50%
Power 20
Rounds 6

A sniper rifle fires one shot. and usually its sucessful and deadly. target is killed in 1 shot. however in case of a miss, the reloading is slow and the sniper rifle loses. To denote people of high capability who usually successful and gets what they wants. however in case of a miss, they fell badly.

A handgun has low power and accuracy. however aft a miss, there is still another chance of firing because of its relatively fast reloading speed. To denote the average people, the men of the streets. we are not as capable, face a failure and we try again, until we are exhausted.

Heres a qn i asked tanky… “Sniper rifle or hand gun, which do you think you ah?”
“Sniper Rifle”, he said…
however i think likewise. i feel he is a handgun which function like a sniper rifle (in terms of reloading)…
sigh…

失恋的青蛙在东方之殿里喝着女儿红。。。

the title seems nonsense to some. however, there are titles 3 of jay’s new song embeded in it :p argh… the release of the album postponed to 15 oct, meaning i cant enjoy listening good quality ofhis songs for the time being. in this new album, i love his 主打 “稻香”.  its inspirational and most importantly nice to listen :p.

~不要這麼容易就想放棄 就像我說的
追不到的夢想 換個夢不就得了
為自己的人生鮮艷上色 先把愛塗上喜歡的顏色
笑一個吧 功成名就不是目的
讓自己快樂快樂這才叫做意義
童年的紙飛機 現在終於飛回我手裡~

this is an extract of the song “稻香”. very often, we expect too much from ourselves. we set a goal so unrealistic that we couldn achieve or come near to it. and when we fail to achieve this unrealistic goal, we start to get emo and unhappy over it. so.. the solution?? stay simple…

right, its easy to say, if the expectation is from individual. usually in asian culture, we live to satisfy people around us. the people ard us plays a big part in influencing in our decision making. another factor is ego, face. take for example, some of my classmates who are not scholar calibre, but wants go to the place where the scholars are going to. obviously, the scholar was chosen and he gets emo and unhappy with himself… and gets angry with the scholars… in the eyes of many (especially here), only those who work in a MNC is deem to be successful. so what abt those who dont? i do feel those who are not so acdemically inclined are better in facing failures and EQ (with the exception of tanky of coz) as compared to the scholars… however, the society doesnt think so. we are so driven by the chase for acdemic results.

should we be 知足 and sit back and enjoy what we have? or working like mad and pursue the achievements which is deem as successful in other’s eyes?

First Entry in Word press

My first entry of October. shifted my blog to wordpress due to some personal reasons.

getting busier and busier when things gets piling up. no motivation to clear them. i’m juz wasting my time off playing championship manager. theres a quiz on coming tuesday and another on next wednesday. not a bit revision is done. pressure doesnt gets to me until the very minute. i guess thats just my attitude towards study. i guess i’m just not a “study” kind of person. losing sleep over quiz and exams just to study for it isnt really my practice. however, when it comes to projects and work, i’m more willing to burn my night time for it…

One new member will be joining me in my room from tomorrow onwards. He is my nephew from JB. He came over to here to pursue a diploma in TMC. being too used to staying in a 2 storey house having a room to himself, i wonder whether will he get used to squeezing in to the small HDB flat. its kind of a last minute decision as my mum only received the request few hours ago. and at her command, i had to put away my notes and tidy up the room to make space for my nephew. argh… i know my temper is not good nowadays. just hope i dont do anything violent.

talking abt patience, i feel i seriously need some anger management before i do anything violent. extreme actions started to come to my mind when i feel angry and i’m less and less tolerant to Tanky’s nonsense. is it myself? or external factors have been causing me to feel as such?

thankfully, my brother brightens my day with these

     

yeah! u got it right! those are rubiks’ cube from the Jay Chou new album. those really brightens up my day! and yup, i’m easily satisfied… i got pissed while uploading these two photos as well. sigh… when everything are not going in your way, u started to feel that the whole world is against you and blaming on everything else. Sounds like Tanky effect… yah i feel i’m influenced by a little… but maybe its not beccause of him… seriously needs some anger management.