What I want to be in the near future???

Until now, this question has left me pondering in a deep state of mind occasionally...

I am uncertain about my future and the kind of job that I will undertake. I don't know what will suit me, match my interest and whether my passion for that job will last...

Between NUS, NTU, NIE and SMU, I choose NUS for a few reasons. Firstly, the campus is just a short 10 mins bus ride from my home. Next, my gf is studying there. Thus, we can visit each other whenever we are free or drop by in between our breaks and we can go home together. In addition, I have been to the campus a few times and I like the atmosphere and scenery there. Lastly, I have already oriented myself to the uni itself.

NTU, on the other hand, is less accessible from my house and I feel that NUS has better facilities, better teaching profession, a more conducive environment...

As for NIE, my career option will be restricted to being a teacher...

SMU is a no-go as I had no intent of studying business management, economics or starting a business...

Considering NUS with the myriad of faculties to choose from, I made my choice to enter the Faculty of Science due to my strong interest and passion for science...Because of economic considerations, the need to write essay and attend an interview, I didn't choose the Faculty of Medicine. More importantly, my desire to be a doctor a few years ago has diminished. For the field of engineering, it is largely because of the workload and the amount of maths that set me back.

Contrary to popular beliefs that science degrees only lead to teaching, career options in private and public sectors available are aplenty and varied. I might contemplate being a researcher/scientist in the R&D sector in the future.

My mother and second aunt has been telling me since young that being a teacher is lucrative with the increasing demand for teachers in Singapore coupled with attractive salary and deals. My third aunt once told me to be a gynae while she complained about the fees she had to pay for labour.

I applied for various vocations in the airforce during my BMT and got shortlisted for interview. I was interested for the post of pilot but I failed the computerised pilot selection test. The next vocation that I have a liking for was C3 (command, control, communicate) officer but I flunked the interview primarily because I got a bad grade for my GP during prelims. I was offered ADA/UAV/AEO but I am not interested. After I ORD, i will reapply for the post of pilot to try my luck. Meanwhile, I will also apply for the post of naval officer. I am skeptical that I will be selected as I didn't manage to get into OCS. But things may change when I got a degree in a few years time....

I don't...

Feel like going to camp...

Feel like going out when I book out...

Feel like achieving IPPT gold this year...

Feel like working so hard while others are slacking...

Feel like being ordered around to do work...

Feel motivated to be a commander any more...

Poor computer...

Yesterday, I went to Sim lim square with my gf to buy computer parts for her new customised budget system after we spent some time in NUS open house..

Before shopping for the parts, I will always check out the availability of the part(s), the current market trend, compare the prices of every single part/bundle between several shops in Sim Lim...of course with the limited budget and the reputable brands in mind...how fast u want the computer to be, whether u want to use it more for projects or gaming are also some of the factors...

To state a few, Best Bargain, Dat, Video Pro, Bliss, Bell are the shops that I did the comparison...After hours of mix-matching, I came to the following combination:

- Asus GV-MX mainboard with onboard VGA/6 channel Sound/Lan/SATA/
8 USB/PCI-Xpress/800 MHz FSB
- Intel celeron 2.8D CPU
- Kingston 512MB DDR-400 Ram
- Maxtor 80GB ATA-133 8MB HDD
- 450W Casing

I brought the parts from different shops and it amount to a total of $500...still remember I brought my first Pentium 2 computer during P5 for $2000..the Pentium 4 comp that I am using now costs around $800...

Competition is getting harsher with more shops selling the same things...the one that will emerge victorious will be the one with regular customers, reasonable cheap goods, good service and customer relations, wide variety of goods, good technical support etc...

My gf is so inquisitive on the way back as she constantly bombards me with questions...I almost vomit blood...haha

After I assembled the parts together and formatted the hard disk, the computer came to a stand still...no matter what I do, when I turn on the power, nothing happens...I check the power supply, ram, CPU to make sure they are installed properly..everything was okay and I suspect something is wrong with the motherboard...It was about 10.30pm then and I sent her home...

I tried again and again to power on the system but it failed...I gave up hope...To make things faster, I tried to install win XP using my own comp but doing so made my computer crash...haiz...I had to reformat my comp and install back the software...by the time it was 2am...time for bed...

This morning I went back to Sim lim to fix the problem...reach there around 11.15am without knowing that the shop opens at noon...I was referred to the technician and together we solved the problem...he too don't know the real reason why that happened...he did what I did at home to the comp....he suspect the motherboard had short circuited and wad he did was to reset the BIOS......why didn't I thought of that at home...maybe I was too tired then...Anyway, they charged me for the short service...

Then my uncle fetch me home, I reformatted it, install windows, drivers and finally the computer is done...can send it to my gf loh...so happy...