It's Time To Get Serious.

For Real This Time.

I'll Always Tell Myself To Work Really Hard (Both Physically And Academically) At The Start Of Each Semester But The Motivation Just Dies Off After The First Or At Most Second Week. And Of Course I Know Why But I Never Really Bothered To Make A Change. The Change Was Always In My Head, But My Clumsy Hands And Idiotic Legs Just Say NOOO! Go F*** Yourself. Ohhh Yea.

It Has Been A Struggle For Years Actually. Just Take A Look At This.

2,789 Hours On Record

Or Should I Say 116 Days Of My Life Playing Dota Or 1.64% Of My Current Life (Without Sleep/Eating/Shitting). Assuming I Live To An Age Of 70, That Accounts To About

0.45% Of My Entire Life Wasted

OR

About 1.5% Of My Youth Wasted. 

I Must Be So Damn Insane. Of Course This Number Of Hours Isn't Entirely Accurate Because I Spend Probably A Quarter Of The Time Doing Other Things While Waiting For My Friends To Join.

Playing Dota Isn't Entirely A Waste Of Time Actually But It's Definitely Unproductive. It's A Game That Really Works On Your Reflexes And Such And I've Also Made Many Mutual Friends Through This Game, So It Isn't An Entirely Negative Thing.

All I Can Say Is That Time Could Definitely Be Better Spent Elsewhere. Assuming I Spend This Time Working..

And I Earn $6/Hr > Total Sum $16,734

And If I Put This Amount Into A Fixed Deposit Of Let's Say 2%,

Annual Yield = $334.68. Pretty Impressive Right?

If I Have A Bigger Risk Appetite And I Decided To Do Long Term Investment In Blue Chips With Dividends..

Assuming Rates : 6%

Annual Yield = $1,004.04. Crazy Enough!?

This Is Just A Scenario. 

I Have Deleted That Damn Satanic Game Which Sucked Part Of My Life.

I've Finally Decided To Work Hard For My Last Semester. I Have Been Slacking Through Out My Polytechnic Life Since The Very First Day I Step Into The School. I'll Attend Every Lecture And Tutorial But I Barely Put In Any Effort In Tutorials Or Spend Really Serious Effort In Listening To Lectures. Most Of My Exam Results Equates To The Effort Of Last Minute Mugging And Not Consistency Throughout The Semester. And The Excuse I'll Give Myself For Not Doing Well Is That I'm Just Stupid Which Obviously Isn't The Case (Feeling Pretty Lucky To Be Having A C-GPA Nearing 3.5 Still)

I Never Really Challenged Myself For That 4.0 Or At Least A 3.9 (Except During Internship). Previous Semesters Were So Much Easier. It's Down To The Last Semester And I Believe The Things We're Going To Pick Up Is Definitely The Most Challenging And Relatable To Prepare Us For The Real Working World. It Has To Be The Most Useful.

For Once I Ask Myself This, What Have I Accomplished In My Poly Life?

I Have No Idea Now But At Least I Do Have An Idea Of What I Want To Accomplish And How I Am Going To Go About Accomplishing It.

For The Past Few Semesters, I've Been Showing How To Not Do Badly Without Putting In Much Effort. 

I Guess It's Time To Show How To Do Well When I Start Putting In Effort.

真正的用心

会让你看到

最甜最美丽

的成果

是值得的

It's All About Work.

Intern - OCBC

Phew. Can't Believe 22 Full Weeks Flew Past Just Like That. It Feels Good To Be Able To Finally Take A Break (But Not Really), Yet It Feels Nostalgic At The Same Time. I Lose My Breath Whenever I Think Of The Happy Moments That Happened Throughout These 22 Weeks. (':

3 Batches Of Interns I Actually Got To Know.. Lovely People That I Met. I Know I'll Miss These Days. Work Was So Much More Enjoyable Because The People I Have Encountered And Interacted Were Simply Awesomeeee! Great Company Throughout The 22 Weeks.

Will Never Forget The First Batch Of Interns I Get To Know When I First Step Into The Office. They Were From NYP. Really Awesome Mates. Great Company. The Second Batch Was From SMU And NUS. Really Nice People To Hang Out With Too. Was Closest To The Last Batch Of Interns Though, Because Me And My Other NP Friends Had To Handover Our Job To Them As They Will Be Taking Over Our Position For The Next 7 Months.

Was Lucky To Be In A Really Cool Department (Wealth Management) And Part Of A Great Team (Investments)! I Really Enjoy Working With The People There. Working In A Bank Isn't Exactly Easy But It Was A Good Experience. Will Never Forget The Last 3 Days Of My Work! They Were The Most Tiring Yet Most Meaningful. One Of The Days I Was At Work Before 7.30 Am And One Of Them I Left Work At 9.40 Pm. Was Working On A Video For The Department Meeting, The Last I'll Be Attending. (': My Final Contribution.

Anyway Working At OCBC Was Awesome Because There's Monthly Department Meetings And Quarterly Movie Outings And Such. Or Maybe It's Just My Department Which Is That Awesome.

EXPO - WOS

I Actually Didn't Really Gave Myself A Break In The End Because I Found An Expo - World Of Sports 5 Day Job Which Had Me Working Over 50 Hours  During The Long National Day Weekends. Pay Was Okay But My Main Purpose Was To Put My Tolerance To Test On Such A Job. Turns Out I Am More Than That. (: I Really Really Enjoy Being A Retail Assistant. Helping Customers To Get Clothes Of Certain Sizes Or Material And Seeing Them Being Really Appreciative Makes Me Really Motivated. Definitely Not Easy To Find The Sizing Because Who Doesn't Know Everything Gets Really Messy At EXPO Events.

CBTL

Ended Up Getting A Job At AMK Coffee Bean. Have Been Working There For 5 Weeks. It's Not A Simple Job Yet It Has A Fairly Low Payout. It Was Pretty Cool To Be A Barista. Working At Coffee Bean Is More Of A 3 In One Job. On Top Of Being A Barista, You Have To Handle The Cashier And Do Servicing. (4 If You Count Gourmet Which Only Consist Of Simple Preparation Of Ready Made Food) It's Not A Job Whereby You Can Slack It Off And Get Paid. Every Single Cent Is Hard Earned But I Would Say Every Experience Gained Is Well Worth. Enjoyed Working With The People There And I Must Say, I've Grown.

Picking Up The Skill To Make Every Single Drink On The Menu And Even Some Drinks That CBTL Used To Sell Took Me Just 3 Weeks. And It's An Achievement To Me. No Job Is An Easy Job ,But Working At Coffee Bean Has To Be Definitely One Of The Toughest Job Out There. I'm Not Working At The Busiest Outlet But During Peak Periods, Coping Can Be Really Tough And Most Of The Time There's Only 2 Part-Timers + 1 Manager. The Stress Is Real.

Long Working Hours. Short Or No Breaks. There's Always Something To Do. I Remember Working Full 10 Hour Shifts With Only 10 Mins Food Break And No Toilet Breaks At All. It Made Me Realise I Was Definitely A Tough Nut To Crack. Survived It Totally. What I Was Most Thankful For Is The Ability To Multi-Task. I'm So Much Better At It Now. Making Multiple Drinks At Once Isn't All That Difficult Compared To When I First Started.

Still Sadly Though, Had To Leave This Job. Poor Higher Management Team Accompanied By Low Pay Made This Job Seem Really Really Unworthy. If I Was Paid $6/Hr To Learn And Handle Customers At The Same Time Than That Would Be Alright, But After Learning Cashiering And All The Drinks, Having A Pay Of STILL $6/Hr Really Seems Pathetic. It's Easy To Find A Cashiering Alone Job Out There That Pays Over $7/Hr. Break Times Were Also Irregular. I Wouldn't Sacrifice Health For Wealth If I Were Smart Enough. Higher Management Is Just Unreasonable But I Won't Be Going More Into It.

Overall Experience Was Still Positive Though Because I Really Really Enjoyed Working With The People At AMK Outlet And Even When Attaching To Other Outlets, The Managers And Staff There Were Really Nice And I Actually Received Compliments From Some Customers. (:

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