My heart goes out to Annie Le, the 24 year old graduate student who was going to get married. The fact that bloodied clothes were found stuffed in a ceiling tile at her lab is really saddening. Imagine your whole life and finally you're getting that phD and going to get married and you have your whole life shining bright ahead of you and this thing happens to you. And i wont be surprised yale is covering up some stuff to protect their reputation. It took 4 days to bring in the dogs, to bring in blueprints of buildings? FOUR days?

It's sad that human beings, supposedly with the highest level of thinking, will kill each other for minor minute things.

Animals wont even kill each other.

Excerpts from President's Obama Speech worth noting (with slight modifications)

' Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.

We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems.

But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life - what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going at home - that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That's no excuse for not trying.

Set your own goals, which can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book - and do everything you can to meet them.

Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. You wont click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you wont neccessarily succeed at everything the first time you try. That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, 'I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.' These people succeeded because they understand that you cant let your failures define you - you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get a bad grade, it doesnt mean that you're stupid, it just means that you need to spend more time studying.

No one's born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You've got to practice.

Dont be afraid to ask questions. Dont be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Asking for help isnt a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new. So find someone that you trust and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.

And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you - dont ever give up on yourself. Keep on going, try harder, and dont do anything less than your best.

So today, I want to ask you, what's your contribution going to be? what problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?

You've got to do your part. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything that you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down - Don't yet your family or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.'


So inspiring. I wish I had someone who gave me this speech when I was still in high school. But it's still not too late. It still applies :)

To be normal...

or to be GREAT?

:))

why do you still read my blog? :)

Now that i'm more contented with this country, i'm having less and less things to gripe about. haha. Just the usual mrt and body odour of the ppl in mrt and the escalating number of smokers on the street.

Speaking of that. My gosh every morning and evening walk to my office must breathe in some *insert curse word* 2nd hand smoke into my lungs. You want to get your lung cancer go ahead man dont irritate my sensitive throat. They should make it a rule that smokers should wear masks, everything u breathe out you breathe back in and i'll laugh at you when i watch you choke on your own smoke and die. Bwahaha. Serves you right.

Well yes i am the baby of the company i'm really the youngest by 2 or 3 years old. But i am proud and happy to tell you that altho I may be the youngest, I can knock your socks off and do things so fast and efficient it can make your glasses drop off no problem. Bring everything on haha. Cos i love my office and my boss and my colleagues. Went back over weekend wah now finally earning some sgd everything back home is soooo cheap :D Yea la i am super price conscious sales addict summore merdeka sales what to do. I will budget myself this month. :)

I miss all my dear friends which i met over the summer. Hope that you are all doing well :) You all are always in my heart no matter how far, thousands of miles, apart.And you all know who you are ;) Hugs.

One more random thought. The songs nowadays are all about the wrong things lah but the beats n d melodies are soooooooooooooooooo bloody addictive.