15 nov, sun
Seems like i’m getting less open-minded. or was it really fine to feel uneasy. why why why. it’s never easy. this life is never easy. never ever. when will i get that big big heart of magnanimity?
14 Nov, Sat
super unproductive study day.
was damn annoyed cos things can never seem to fall in place. after so long. or maybe it is just me.
13 Nov, Friday
Silvia was sharing with me how she enjoyed classes in CBS cos it’s so different from learning in Italy. It’s more interactive and fun over here. Well, I can’t deny that students here talk more than those at home. But for me, it isn’t that much of a wow-er as compared to for Silvia.
Struck me like how people can be drawn to better opportunities out there, when they realise where they are now cannot give them what they want. It is most obvious in jobs, in migration, and here in education. Same applies for family and life I guess. If we don’t build a proper home, nice comfortable, healthy, happy shelter for our family, they will yearn be in others, they want to leave and they will, at the end of the day.
12 Nov, Thurs
Finally learned out to tackle this super hard to read textbook – Strategic Human Resource Management, by Mike Millmore et. al. It’s a damn gg book. The sentence structures feels like double negative and they keep repeating conclusions from previous sections… Half the time, it is not constructing knowledge and understanding in me, just keep beating around the bush. I mean it is a good academic book. But man, it is totally not an easy textbook to read. Usually I spend like one entire day reading a chapter of about 30-40 pages.
Convinced myself to try reading from the summary to have a gist of what is important and what is not. Wala! I sped up so quickly! In half a day, I finished a chapter of about 25 pages and found a related article and read it all (: So happy with that. Thanks to the tips from Edward and the lecturer.
Really glad I picked up a skill to tackle a different kind of literature. Searching for articles have been interesting too. We are required to get an article a week related to the chapter of the week. Of course I don’t do it diligently but I do it like half the time. It has been an experience searching for scholastic journal articles on the Emerald Management Xtra. I won’t have done it if I were in NBS. Haha, we are fed with most of the resources.. Don’t have to spend personal effort to look for more. Guess it would help with my future projects and FYP (:
11 nov, wed
Have you heard of it?! This Danish girl told me at HR lesson today about “winter depression”. In Denmark, it is common that there are more people suffering from depression in winter because they don’t get to see the sun. Which is quite true. I mean I do feel a little sad that the daylight is so short these days. In Finland, it’s worse cos it is dark now -.- for half a year. And the suicide rates according to her is really high. Haha it’s a damn interesting find man. Now you know how blessed you are to be living in Sunny Singapore, so stop complaining about the hot weather. (: People here are so happy in spring, they literally run out into the open to enjoy the sun (:
10 nov, tues.
Guess how the Danes move cabinets out from the 5th storey of a building? Through the windows! Haha, not sure if that is really the common way to do it but I saw this crane machines shifting a wardrobe out of the house through its window. It was damn hilarious. Stairs in Denmark aren’t as steep as those in Holland. Wonder if they really do it in Holland. Haha
9 nov, mon
This is shit ridiculous. I swear I just took this pictures minutes ago. It’s only 6pm here and it’s freaking shit dark, like 8pm in Singapore. ZZZ I was still complaining that the night falls after 9pm when I just arrived at Denmark. Now even after switching the clock one hour back, the sky still turns shit black damn early. I believe it’s gonna be damn crappy in Dec when nightfalls at 4pm or 3pm -.-
The freaking dark street at 6pm
The botak tree that I mentioned some time ago
8 nov, sun
Sometimes this phrase is overused. But it really means a lot more than just the most common way to show concern for your friends. Especially when old friends I know from YV ask me how am I, I always feel very happy and blessed to have friends who really care.
7 nov, Sat
Still thankful that it happened. Cos I took away so much more (:
6 nov, Fri
Miss facilitating. Haven’t been doing it for so long that I forgot I’m able to do it and I should do it everywhere and anywhere. It’s a life skill that I gained from volunteering that I should spread it to the rest of my life and friends. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel disappointed with myself that I didn’t think about it from the start. Instead, it was very refreshing to get in touch with this habit after a long long time (: Makes me feel really good about myself, because I know that every moment, I’m making a difference, for the better. Not just for myself, but for others. I guess now I’m more stable and settled with my life here, have more energy to resume other things that I usually do back at home. (: A really really pleasant re-discovery of myself.