Update.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Hello everyone. I know we haven't updated for the longest time everrrr but all that is going to change. I promise to blog everyday. I'm sure Rev would if she could but she's too busy perfecting her baking skills WHICH is totally paying off because Ragini can't keep her hands off Revethi's Strawberry Yoghurt Cupcakes! I really hope this events planning thing works out. So anyway, I got a "sorry but your application was unsuccessful" letter from NTU i think, on Wednesday. The feeling sucked for a moment. I wasn't expecting to get into the courses i picked anyway. Practically everyone i knew was applying for the same courses. Oh well, this is what you get for slacking the year away,not turning up in school half the time and clubbing in the midst of Prelims. So i was a little out of hand during my JC days but hell, it wasn't my choice to go there anyway. So after some MASSIVE crying that night, i sat down and looked at my other options. I applied to Monash and got accepted into their Mass Comm program quite some time back. I have roughly 10 days to accept the offer which i think i'm going to reject. I'm not arrogant if that's what some of you might assume from this act. It's just that, i really wanted to enter the Public relations sector and do my own events planning and management and all so applied for the course. Lucky for me, my B in GP coupled with the distinction for the UNSW writing exam i took when i was 17 managed to let my CCE grade slip a little. Just a little. I failed my math so Singapore Unis are a no no. Now, I'm trying to be a little more serious about life. Events management is what i really want but i have to be a little more realistic. If i am in fact going to Australia in March, I'm going to have to deal with a lot of loans. Inevitable because course fees alone are like 70k? Plus there are living expenses and this and that. Argh. So i've decided on something more reasonable. I'm going to apply for UNSW and take either Ba English/History, Ba English/Literature or Ba English/Sociology. I'm going to come back to Singapore and sign a bond with NIE for a year and start teaching. Since i hold a degree, my starting pay will hover around the 3k mark WHICH should be good enough to help me pay up my study loans. After about 5 years, if i'm not in love with teaching(which might not be the case) i'll make a mid career switch. Big plans. Roughly 5 years before i start working. I'm okay with that actually. As long as my degree is recognised and my face still looks young. Lol. So yeah, this is my back up plan. There is another though. To sign a bond with SAF and make them pay for my education and then come back and work with them for about 10years. Master Warrant Officer Ragini Anpazhahan. Err. Yeah. Not happening. Hahah. Mum will kill me. As you all have realised by now, I'm getting my degree for my parents. It's very easy for me to stop my education here and go become a flight stewardess with SIA or start working but that'll be very hard on my parents. Everything i've done so far, from going to a JC to staying in it even though i HATED it was for them. Even applying for uni was for them so i might as well live it up and make them happy by getting a degree from a reputable international university. Oh i'm going to side track a little. Heard NUS got thrashed in the Top Asian Univerisites Ranking. Quite sad if you ask me because i thought they were like the
Creme de la creme. No offence but i always had this impression the NTU was a better place and SMU was the best. But, who am i to say? I'm the one who got rejected. Tsk.
So anyway, i've decided against going to my MP to get into the local Unis. By the way, going to them is a sure way of getting what you want. I'm not going to abuse that again. I say again because, after my O levels my parents pestered me to see him regarding going to a better jc. NYJC actually. As much as i wanted to go there, i wasnt too keen on going some place where my capabilities would for sure be below expectations. So despite getting accepted into NYJC one week later, i still went to IJC. Turned out to be a very good decision. Haha. So, i'm going to take it as me getting rejected from NTU is just a sign that it's time to go to UNSW and do what i really want to instead of suck it up with Singapore's rigid education system. This post seems to be dragging on for EVER. And i don't feel like stopping. Going to keep ranting i suppose. Big Drama with iPhone and me yesterday. She died on me for the first time and was unconcious for like 2 hours? Hariharan managed to resuscitate her. And then the sim card compartment got jammed making the phone totally useless cause it wasn't detecting the sim card. All this, and she's barely six months old. I know i'm known to change phone like clothes(unintentionally) but i intend to keep her for pretty long. So anyway, I rushed down to ComCentre at somerset at and i was there in 10 minutes. Thank god i live in Novena and ComCentre is considered down the road. Seriously. So when i went there the guys at the "iPhone Only" counter stared at me like i was crazy to run down to Orchard just to un-jam my sim card bracket. Turns out i had all the reason to. It was jammed way beyond repair according to them. I spent one hour pacing the place. Imagine a scene outside an operation theatre. I managed to catch some netball action on tv. Vipers vs Stingrays and i think i saw Arun's girlfriend on tv as well. She was sitting by the side wathcing the game. So after an hour the guy motioned for me to come back to the counter and said enough for me to start crying. "Hey sorry but i think it;s damaged internally and there's nothing that can be done. You have to pay $350 to replace the phone and the sim cause it's stuck inside. I'm really sorry but it looks like this damage is beyond repair." Imagine my face. Haha. So i start crying and the guy hands me tissues and asks me to calm down. Once i left, I called Reka and asked if she could meet me at TPY and follow me to one of those little HP shops that was run by experts who knew how to take everything apart and put everything back together. On my way to the mrt station i kept tugging at the bracket until FINALLY it slipped out! Of course i didn't dare put it in so i brought it back to the ComCentre which was closing! Of course, the guy was amazed. I asked him how much it would cost to replace one of the buttons that had falled out much earlier and he said they'll give me a new set(new phone, new earpiece etc)! As much as i love my phone, i'd rather get her replaced before anything else that's beyond repair happens again. Now i have the job of syncing my contacts and messages to the laptop which i can't do if i don't have MobileMe so i have to wait for my mum to get back and then use her credit card to get it. So i'm guessing i'll get my new set on Monday. BREATHE.
I still have a lot to say! OMG i should really bloggggggg more often. I went over to Revethi's place on Wednesday! Watched her bake while i ate my Hokkien mee and watched Silambattam(i can't spell in tamil for peanuts!) Oh and i painted my nails with this really WEIRD colour that only seemed to look nice on Rev. I switched to my standard F16 Red when i got home. So i feel normal again. Rant Rant. What else can a bored 20year old do but rant. I met Prasad earlier this week as well. Honestly that fella is Freaking tall. It's not humane. Lol. He doesn't look that tall but i only noticed when i was standing beside him at Serangoon MRT. He has this knack for bullying me because i look so small and frail beside him. Beside anyone actually. I'm having a very hard time gaining my 48.7 kg back on. I think i'm hovering around 45 now. If i didn't eat so much people wouldn't think twice about labelling me. I'm working at Ruma's again. This time it seems more stressful and less carefree. More serious things coming up like the annual fashion show. Ruma wants to "downgrade" from the Ritz Carlton to Shangri-la Sentosa or Swisshotel the Stamford. Sheesh, these rich folks are hard to comprehand. So anyway we've been busy picking pieces for the show. The necklace sets that have arrived are ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. To die for really. The prices are sky high as well. To die for. Haha. She asked me if i would like to go to a media party with her on the 30th or May at the Raffles convention hall at Fairmont Singapore. Some Colour-Me party organised by Mediacorp specially for Vasantham, Oli, Surya,Warna and Ria. So it's an all tamil/malay media event. We're supposed to attend it dressed in reall bright and vibrant colours and mingle with everyone. I told her i'll consider which was a total lie. I don't intend to go at all cause i have other more pressing plans on that day. Going to the Australian education fair at the Orchard hotel in the morning and then OFF TO THE AIRPORT with Reka to FETCH ARCHANA! I can't wait for her to get back from Brisbane. 3 long months without seeing that girl's face has taken a toll on Reka and me. Pretty badly. We're going to hide behind her family when she comes out so that she'll think we were late as usual. Just for the fun of it. We plan to rot at the airport from about 5pm until she arrives at 9pm!
So,
my rant is almost overrr. Congratulations on reaching this far without knocking out halfway. Thank you for being part of my very dramatic life. Full of action and imperfect moments that constitute to the creation of priceless memories. Tell me i'm wrong? Oh wait, I'm not. Haha. The lows of life are the essential ingredients of the memory recipe if you ask me. Perfect becomes boring. Boring boring boring. Do you realise, When life becomes perfect, you become extremely comfortable and at the same time, extremely bored? Which is why i'm glad for the drama in my life sometimes. I'm happy to cry or to get mad. To be broke or to break my belongings. To long for things and to be let down by others. Part and parcel of life. Besides, when you're perfect people become jealous and there goes your opportunity of finding real friends. The 'Beautifully Imperfect' thing had affected me. Haha. It's not only love that looks beautiful imperfect but life as well. I'm finally starting to sound 20. Mature much.
I'm going to the MI carnival with Reka tomorrow! Hope it's not boring or anything. It been so long since i went for a school carnival/funfair so tomorrow better be good. Haha. Anyone wanna tag along? We'll only be staying till 3 though. Reka has church and i have work. Both at Thompson! Then after i'm done with work, the three of us are heading to watch Angels and Demons at The Cathay! I've been waiting for this movie since i read the book 4 years ago! It better be good. So that's pretty much everything for now. I'm done ranting for the moment. Only because have to go to work actually. Alright you guys. It's FRIDAY AGAIN! Damn i love Fridays. Enjoy the rest of your Friday and of course the much awaited weekend. Seems like a hot weekend ahead. Go swimming! Haha. Cheers!
LoveLots,
Ragini(:
