Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Review: first half year of 2015

Now it's the start of the last half year of 2015. Let me reflect what I have done during the past 6 months:

Jan-Feb: 
Last two months in Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Mar-May: 
I actually took up a job in NCS Pte Ltd as a receptionist. I wasn't really keen in taking up that job as I have always wanted to work in the F&B industry. But since I had already passed the interview and the pay was relatively high for me, I thought "why not? It will only be for three months"

There is always sweet and sour about the job. However, I still don't like the fact that when I do stupid mistakes, my ex-colleagues will actually say aloud behind my back. That is definitely not a wise thing to do because it just made me have a bad impression of you and the remaining two months are like hell to me. How can a person change her face so fast within a month? I don't even remember stepping on her tail or something.

I would say May was the toughest month for me to go through.

My graduation ceremony is on 19th May and it really dawned on me that I am no longer live as a student, but as a working adult. I wasn't really expecting that to happen so fast on me now.

I also received an email from NTU that my University application was rejected. Though I only placed hope in one school, but it still hurt to see that your "dream school" rejected you. I wrote this in my dayre post:

"The most dreadful message that I get today is the rejection letter from NTU. I did not have much anticipation on that though; but seeing people who get acceptance letter so easily made me somehow disheartened. Is the Singapore society just based on results and achievements? I'm not so sure, but it often reflected to me that the outgoing students are more easily accepted than students who 默默耕耘. However, I don't think it is a setback. It is just a sign to me that it is better to stick to my original plan: take a gap year, explore the outside world and then dive into my area of interest. I have never once change my mind about opening a cafe since I was in primary school. No matter where my path goes, I just want myself to live without regrets."
Another thing that happened to me was that I got "kicked out" as a volunteer for SEA Games. There was no notification received about the training, and when I messaged the organizer through the Facebook Page, it said that I declined the offer (which I did not do anything). I explained to them about it, but no reply was given. It made me very upset about the whole SEA Games organisation and I had somehow lose confidence in volunteering for big events. Why are there so many unhappy things occurring?

At least, the only happy thing that happened was VIXX Utopia concert. My very first concert, and I enjoyed bits and pieces of it (except the fact that I was not seated at the best category). I really hoped that they will come again. I want to see them really up close!

Jun:
My hibernating month. I really just stayed at home for the month of June, not doing much besides meeting my friends, doing housework almost everyday and catching up shows.

Well, I did fulfilled some items from my wishlist:

1. Taking up driving lessons since June, as I had been delaying that for two years!

2. Taking up coffee lessons. I actually wanted to take the whole Barista course, but because of financial issues, I took only the "Introduction to Coffee" course at Bettr Barista. There are so much to learn about coffee. Unfortunately, I was down to fever and a heavy headache that I couldn't catch much knowledge about coffee.

Hopefully, more happy things will arrive in July :)
I need positive energy!!!