Discovered a new hobby during this period while cooped up at home studying, or rather slacking. Unbelievable as it may sound, it is cutting nails! Yes I know that sounds gay but everytime I'm bored studying or watching a movie, I will pick up my nail clipper n start chipping away at my nails. **Please do not try visualizing the image if you do not want to lose your appetite**

And the worst thing is, I cant seem to find my nail clipper today! I usually leave it at the table besides my studying desk but when I reached out for it a while ago while feeling bored, I realised it's not there! And I still can't find it after searching the surrounding area.

In desperation, I voiced my concerns to ling and this was her reply...

"How come a nail clipper can become more important than me?!? Nv hear u say u cant slp without me! Angry!"

Haha, now I can't sleep because firstly, I cannot find my nail clipper and secondly, ling's reply is so funny! Guess one can find simple pleasures in life....

Turnaround?

In between my last entry and this, I have been through 3 more papers and things seems to be getting better, but only because the start was pretty bad. My 2nd paper was a disaster, not just any blink-and-you-forget kind, but rather those slp-and-you-a-nightmare kind ! I think I failed the paper, but at least it wasn't so bad cuz most people found it extremely difficult too. In fact, one of the student even consolidated protests from all the students and lodge an official complaint against the school. Hopefully it works.

But then things got kinda better and the next 2 papers were do-able. Not exactly confident, but after the disastrous start, I think it signal things might just be getting better. 2 more to go, andI so want to get it over and done with. I guess I'm done with studying. Never thought that taking exams was such a chore, it was tough forcing my unwilling soul to go through it. And to think I might still have to take CFA in the near future.

So many things have happened lately - the terrible earthquakes in China, Obama winning the Democratic nomination, US sinking into recession while many others experiencing inflation, Man U won the double - clearly the world waits for no one. In between, I have been thinking about what I am going to do after I graduate, that is if I manage to. Here are some of the options I'm considering...

1) Persist with landing my dream first job
2) Settle for back office job and wait for the economy to get better
3) Work for my dad
4) Charity work?
5) Learn something I always wanted to but never had the drive to do e.g. 3rd language, guitar

But 1 thing is definite - spending more time with ling! Oh, and it's exactly 1 more month before ling arrives! Can't wait...