Archive for September, 2007
Anyone can cook
I’ve been learning to cook nowadays, in part due to inspiration from the recent animated film Ratatouille, in part because I need to learn so that I can cook for myself when I go for exchange in Canada next year. With the Canadian dollar at a historical high now, I’m sure it’s a wise choice [...]
Performance issues
Sometimes I wonder to myself – why do I make myself suffer so much, being so troubled over schoolwork and trying so hard to score well? I do understand that grades aren’t proof of anything other than the fact that I mug a lot, and I know that grades aren’t everything one needs to have [...]
War on freeloaders
From now onwards, freeloaders in my project teams will be reported to lecturers at the end of term. I will not practice confrontation, because I believe freeloaders understand the likely consequences of their actions. I’ve always tried to be kind and understanding since everyone has lots of projects to do, but time management is each [...]
On dying at home
I never knew dying at home was really an issue worth studying about until I read in the news recently that the Ministry of Health would be studying into how to let more people die in the comfort of their own homes. Indeed, it is very sad that only 3 in 10 people die at [...]
A rant about group projects
I tend to think that NUS is full of selfish people, because ever since I started doing projects here I’ve been plagued with all sorts of horrible project group mates. My first term in NUS I had to do a project with an exchange student who went on trips to SEA countries every weekend… I [...]
Are undergraduates considered students?
I suddenly thought about this issue. Why are undergraduates and poly students in Singapore not considered as students when we take public transport? Isn’t it discriminatory to collect adult fares from us, since undergraduates and poly students are still full-time students with little to no income? In fact, I suspect many secondary school and JC [...]
NUS board backs down on new S/U policy under students’ pressure
Lately there’s been much unhappiness among NUS students over a proposed amendment to a policy of allowing students to choose whether to declare certain modules they take on an S/U basis, meaning that the student will be graded on a pass/fail basis rather than letter grade. This effectively means that the S/U grade will not [...]
GST up, bus fares up, what’s up next?
Well, the news is out that bus fares will go up marginally again next month. I’m not surprised at all, given that in recent times the prices of so many things have gone north. The real cost of the 2% GST hike was not just 2% – factoring in the little bit of extra price [...]
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