The Human Spirit
It's confirmed I'm going to SIM UOL..
NUS rejected me, NTU rejected me, SMU rejected me, even after I appealed.. hais.
School kinda started already for me at SIM as I am attending my Econs and Maths bridging course.. saw alot of familiar faces so I guess quite a number of us dragon babies ended up here because the local unis don't accept us "borderline-grades" ppl. and I certainly think in NUS/NTU/SMU, GPA MATTERS HELL ALOT because event Sasha, being at top 10% of her marketing cohort, can't get into a local uni, which is damn unfair.
anyway, the briding course (to get the exemptions for related subj and cut off a year of uni) is reallyy damn sian. I'm finding it real tough to catch up on what I've learnt but forgotten in poly. the fact that I missed 2 lessons didn't help.. furthermore, the tutors went thru the lessons so fast because we have learnt most of the syllabus before already. I hope I can cope. to make things worse, I am soo darn lazy. I'm like supposed to be studying/revising to catch up but I am SO procrastinating. and bloody hell it's 10.52 PM already. I don't know why, after every school day I go home dead tired after sitting in the bus for like an hour. today I napped, ate maggie mee and watched a show that's both inspiring and sad.
The Human Spirit Show
this show was on Arts Central @ 9 on Mondays and it's about extraordinary people. today's episode was about the Half Man Half Tree man from Indonesia.. previously I've watched the episode about the World's Smallest Mom. next week is on the Tallest/Giant Woman.. the Half Man Half Tree guy apparently have warts so bad to the extent his limbs are trunks. it's caused by a low/almost non-existant immunity system that was unable to fight the warts off.
The show just breaks my heart esp the part where the guy was performing in the circus (where other people like him are. there's the Bubble Man, the droopy face Lady, the Elephant Nose guy) and he had to pull some vehicle with HIS HAIR as the crowd looks on. I just can't imagine what they have been through and the potential he could have if he wasn't striken with this disease.. they actually interviewed the circus management and it was quite true that despite allegations thrown at them on the issue of morality, at least they hired them cos if they don't, who will? It is the truth that most of society won't accept them.. it's also sort of no choice that they're in this. it's just like a cycle and reality.. it's like the poverty cycle some countries face where nothing can be done unless something is done about it or someone does something really impactful to "allow the breakage of it"..
I think watching documentaries can be abit saddening sometimes. like they had the commercial for one of the shows about earth and for a moment I was just so depressed about man and their actions to earth (tho I do not deny, I am a contributor too).. watching shows like these are educational and inspiring. I really do hope that I do remember them when I am about to lose my temper or am irritated at life.. I really hope I do remember that someone elsewhere, got it worse and that I am actually very blessed/lucky to be alive, to have a family.. and thus it'd be pathetic for me to be so irritated about the small things.
The Family Video
(because I do not know how to embed and am lazy to find out more after failing to upload the damn video for the first time, here's the video link!)
speaking about family, after the show Channel 5 had the commercial about family, I think, to publicise about the http://thinkfamily.sg/ site. it's a good commercial in my opinion because it's so relatable. if I could, I'd like to keep a database of all the good ads man. for it, I find it so damn funny and heartwarming at the same time.. it reminded me of the times when I was young and made a fuss to my mom/dad, wanting to buy things.. I used to think that as a Singapore middle-income family child, I am quite deprived cos I don't have much barbie dolls, UNO cards/games and soft toys! and I don't own a single polly pocket! just a rag doll, 2 soft toy bear+rabbit and 2 dolls? HAHA. maybe my parents were pratical parents, or maybe cos I am a middle child! (equals hand-me-downs) but I guess I thought so because I always compared myself to my peers of my age =@the ridiculously funny part of the commercial was of the young girl asking the dad to buy a bra (which she obviously don't need, being a young girl) HAHA. HMM.. to digress, it reminds me of the time in Shenzhen I asked mom whether I can buy this lacy bra (I thought she'd disagree cos it's lacy? HAHA) but she agreed so YAY I finally got a lacy bra! ok. irrelevant. but yeah lah,
bah. in the commercial, the dad sitting on this recliner chair thing and it just so happens that my dad (at the same moment) was sleeping like a baby on the recliner chair TOO! (perhaps this is a very grandpa/dad thing? OK not really if it's a modern dad- my ah pa was "kena influenced" into liking to sleep on it from ah gong!)..and it is quite funny at that moment, LOL. ohh don't you love good commercials? I also like the Heinz ketchep ad (can't find it in youtube wth!) too with the duck- it's like so freaking cute! other good ads/commercials, sadly, I don't remember.
NUS rejected me, NTU rejected me, SMU rejected me, even after I appealed.. hais.
School kinda started already for me at SIM as I am attending my Econs and Maths bridging course.. saw alot of familiar faces so I guess quite a number of us dragon babies ended up here because the local unis don't accept us "borderline-grades" ppl. and I certainly think in NUS/NTU/SMU, GPA MATTERS HELL ALOT because event Sasha, being at top 10% of her marketing cohort, can't get into a local uni, which is damn unfair.
anyway, the briding course (to get the exemptions for related subj and cut off a year of uni) is reallyy damn sian. I'm finding it real tough to catch up on what I've learnt but forgotten in poly. the fact that I missed 2 lessons didn't help.. furthermore, the tutors went thru the lessons so fast because we have learnt most of the syllabus before already. I hope I can cope. to make things worse, I am soo darn lazy. I'm like supposed to be studying/revising to catch up but I am SO procrastinating. and bloody hell it's 10.52 PM already. I don't know why, after every school day I go home dead tired after sitting in the bus for like an hour. today I napped, ate maggie mee and watched a show that's both inspiring and sad.
The Human Spirit Show
this show was on Arts Central @ 9 on Mondays and it's about extraordinary people. today's episode was about the Half Man Half Tree man from Indonesia.. previously I've watched the episode about the World's Smallest Mom. next week is on the Tallest/Giant Woman.. the Half Man Half Tree guy apparently have warts so bad to the extent his limbs are trunks. it's caused by a low/almost non-existant immunity system that was unable to fight the warts off.
The show just breaks my heart esp the part where the guy was performing in the circus (where other people like him are. there's the Bubble Man, the droopy face Lady, the Elephant Nose guy) and he had to pull some vehicle with HIS HAIR as the crowd looks on. I just can't imagine what they have been through and the potential he could have if he wasn't striken with this disease.. they actually interviewed the circus management and it was quite true that despite allegations thrown at them on the issue of morality, at least they hired them cos if they don't, who will? It is the truth that most of society won't accept them.. it's also sort of no choice that they're in this. it's just like a cycle and reality.. it's like the poverty cycle some countries face where nothing can be done unless something is done about it or someone does something really impactful to "allow the breakage of it"..
I think watching documentaries can be abit saddening sometimes. like they had the commercial for one of the shows about earth and for a moment I was just so depressed about man and their actions to earth (tho I do not deny, I am a contributor too).. watching shows like these are educational and inspiring. I really do hope that I do remember them when I am about to lose my temper or am irritated at life.. I really hope I do remember that someone elsewhere, got it worse and that I am actually very blessed/lucky to be alive, to have a family.. and thus it'd be pathetic for me to be so irritated about the small things.
The Family Video
(because I do not know how to embed and am lazy to find out more after failing to upload the damn video for the first time, here's the video link!)
speaking about family, after the show Channel 5 had the commercial about family, I think, to publicise about the http://thinkfamily.sg/ site. it's a good commercial in my opinion because it's so relatable. if I could, I'd like to keep a database of all the good ads man. for it, I find it so damn funny and heartwarming at the same time.. it reminded me of the times when I was young and made a fuss to my mom/dad, wanting to buy things.. I used to think that as a Singapore middle-income family child, I am quite deprived cos I don't have much barbie dolls, UNO cards/games and soft toys! and I don't own a single polly pocket! just a rag doll, 2 soft toy bear+rabbit and 2 dolls? HAHA. maybe my parents were pratical parents, or maybe cos I am a middle child! (equals hand-me-downs) but I guess I thought so because I always compared myself to my peers of my age =@the ridiculously funny part of the commercial was of the young girl asking the dad to buy a bra (which she obviously don't need, being a young girl) HAHA. HMM.. to digress, it reminds me of the time in Shenzhen I asked mom whether I can buy this lacy bra (I thought she'd disagree cos it's lacy? HAHA) but she agreed so YAY I finally got a lacy bra! ok. irrelevant. but yeah lah,
bah. in the commercial, the dad sitting on this recliner chair thing and it just so happens that my dad (at the same moment) was sleeping like a baby on the recliner chair TOO! (perhaps this is a very grandpa/dad thing? OK not really if it's a modern dad- my ah pa was "kena influenced" into liking to sleep on it from ah gong!)..and it is quite funny at that moment, LOL. ohh don't you love good commercials? I also like the Heinz ketchep ad (can't find it in youtube wth!) too with the duck- it's like so freaking cute! other good ads/commercials, sadly, I don't remember.
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