hmmm..maureen i guess i see things differently from you...
what i feel is that it's an opportunity..
i can see potential and growth and a vision...
and the only thing hindering it is a lack of resources...
not enough teachers
no one to manage the centre
it's a qn of the chicken and the egg...
you must have the resources first before you can expand..
but at the same time people whom you want to employ wants to see the expansion first before they are willing to work full time for you
but without these people you can't expand...
haha
tough one
i guess you would have to find people who share your passion and vision and commitment
even if u find a full-timer to manage your centre
but doesn't share your vision and committment
you'll still be running a one man show as that full-timer will just do whatever that's in his or her jobscope and nth more
because there's no sense of ownership...
i did seriously think about it..
i don't know if i'll regret it...
but i guess there's sth in me that wants to go out there and chuang3..
to see the world..
to see how far i can go in this cold hard world...
and i don't think it'll be fair for me to use this to secure a job
the better than nothing kind of mentality
can u imagine if in the middle of your expansion your staff suddenly quit...
it's like bringing pple back to square one
i may be overestimating that 1 staff's importance
but still...
it's like you were in the midst of plaaning an event with very limited manpower and suddenly someone wants to quit..
anw i think it's weird to ask someone to go for a job that you wouldn't go for....

here's a video that i got in an email...
juz a warning...
i couldn't get past the 1st minute of watching it...
n tt 1st minute was enough to make me cry...
OMG!!
it's so damn bloody cruel man!
BOYCOTT FUR!!!
if u really haf to wear fur wear synthetic fur la!



Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org


When undercover investigators made their way onto Chinese fur farms recently, they found that many animals are still alive and struggling desperately when workers flip them onto their backs or hang them up by their legs or tails to skin them. When workers on these farms begin to cut the skin and fur from an animal's leg, the free limbs kick and writhe. Workers stomp on the necks and heads of animals who struggle too hard to allow a clean cut. When the fur is finally peeled off over the animals' heads, their naked, bloody bodies are thrown onto a pile of those who have gone before them. Some are still alive, breathing in ragged gasps and blinking slowly. Some of the animals' hearts are still beating five to 10 minutes after they are skinned. One investigator recorded a skinned raccoon dog on the heap of carcasses who had enough strength to lift his bloodied head and stare into the camera.

Before they are skinned alive, animals are pulled from their cages and thrown to the ground; workers bludgeon them with metal rods or slam them on hard surfaces, causing broken bones and convulsions but not always immediate death. Animals watch helplessly as workers make their way down the row.

Undercover investigators from Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International recently toured fur farms in China's Hebei Province, and it quickly became clear why outsiders are banned from visiting. There are no regulations governing fur farms in China—farmers can house and slaughter animals however they see fit—meaning miserable lives and excruciating deaths. The investigators found horrors beyond their worst imaginings and concluded, "Conditions on Chinese fur farms make a mockery of the most elementary animal welfare standards. In their lives and their unspeakable deaths, these animals have been denied even the simplest acts of kindness."

On these farms, foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals pace and shiver in outdoor wire cages, exposed to driving rain, freezing nights, and, at other times, scorching sun. Mother animals, who are driven crazy from rough handling and intense confinement and have nowhere to hide while giving birth, often kill their babies after delivering litters. Disease and injuries are widespread, and animals suffering from anxiety-induced psychosis chew on their own limbs and throw themselves repeatedly against the cage bars.

The globalization of the fur trade has made it impossible to know where fur products come from. Skins move through international auction houses and are purchased and distributed to manufacturers around the world, and finished goods are often exported. China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States. Even if a fur garment's label says it was made in a European country, the animals were likely raised and slaughtered elsewhere—possibly on an unregulated Chinese fur farm.

Because a fur's origin can't be traced, anyone who wears any fur at all shares the blame for the horrific conditions on Chinese fur farms. The only way to prevent such unimaginable cruelty is never to wear any fur.
Source: http://www.furisdead.com/feat/ChineseFurFarms/

i guess i've heard of how cruelly animals are treated while they are bred for their fur...
how they are skinned alive for their fur...
how terrible their living conditions were...
but it was juz something abstract that did not occur in my world
but this video changes it all man!
just like how in some parts of the world human rights may be minimal
there are other parts of the world where animal rights are non-existent
you may not be an animal lover
but what gives you the right to treat another life like that...

went out for 311 meeting juz nw...
hehe
good thing is....
it wasn't in sch!
heh..
we met at MS Macs
a bit diaoz rite..
but to quote dennis
"it's definitely way cooler to do proj in MS macs den in the fal"
wahahaha
n we finished earlier than expected...
yes!
i was worried tt i wouldn't be able to catch the last episode of my girl
hehehe
poor xx n ivina still had fyp meeting after our proj meeting...
n after listening to the horror stories of other tutors..
i suddenly think our tutor is really qt nice..
altho ermz pangseh us twice...
but he's still nice...
haha
at least he said
you do your best and i'll do the rest...
i HATE cesim!
totally not worth the 4 AUs
they shud juz gif us 8 AUs or 6 AUs for that module...
bleahz!

oh my god
i see annual report until i wanna go blind liao
n i only looked at 1
haha
all for the CG presentation..
haha
last few weeks of sch
so muz really treasure
altho we complain abt the workload
abt all the projects and all...
i guess we'll really miss it when we start work ba...
it's alr like week 9
den still got wk 10,11,12,13 den exams! den no more sch..
=(
seriously where got work tt's 3 days or 2 days de..
haha
n it doesn't help if we haven't found a job, means increase uncertainty about our future
juz tt this issue happened to be buried at the back of our brains in the midst of all the hectic project deadlines

so annoying...
today went all the way back to sch expecting a consultation wif the fyp tutor...
we thot we were late..
so we rushed there..
well we were late for 10mins
but that's not the point...
the point is..
when we reached..
we saw 2 grps of ple waiting outside his office..
n guess wad?
they haven't had their consultation yet..
n guess again!
the tutor was NOWHERE to be seen!
the other grp more poor thing
they had been waiting for 1.5hrs when we rched...
walao!
today gt no sch de leh...
we went back all the way..
n he din even bother to notify us tt he wun be in
or tt the consultation was cancelled
n even better
he left his hp in his office...
.......................................................
n there's nth ew can do coz we r all waiting for him to comment on our first draft...
so without his comments we can't do anything
bearing tt in mind..
we went to kbox this morning b4 the 'consultation'
haha
we muz be the free-est fyp grps ard la...
haha
at this time still gt mood to go kbox when everyone is like losing slp and mind over fyp
but what to do
even if dun go we also cant do fyp
grrrR...
anw hopefully we dun haf to make much amendments..
*crosses our fingers*
otherwise hw to make it in time for the deadline
which is on friday....
I DUN WANT AN EXTENSION!!
i juz want to get it over and done with!!!
haha
n the only consolation is tt he wun make us change our topic so minute ba..
haha
coz there was 1 grp tt had to change topic like now...
2 days b4 submission
n the topic they change to is like totally nt related to wad they did previously..
siaO!
hw to rewrite 7000 words in 2 days!
even if u dun slp dun eat dun shit also cannot finish lor
considering u still have to do research n all..

yesterday...
on a nice, windy and cloudy and rainy sunday afternoon...
i went back to school to do project
faintx
n surprisingly
we were not the only ones
there was actually quite a number of people in the fal
sia0!
haha
den after the project, i was talking to ivina
den i rmbred that the case presentation, experiential learning presentation, n CG presentation only makes up 10% of our course assessment
WTH la!
it's very little marks for the effort that we put in can...
it's like 2%-3% for each presentation
n it's not as if they r all very easy to do...
i'm still very bu shuang abt this...
at least xesim presentation still got 10% by itself lor
n we did much less work for tt...
walao!
do so much work for only 2%
n cannot anyhow do wor...
anyhow do will kena scolded de...
hmph!
i'm gg to complain/whine/grumble abt this module until the cows come home....
haha

anw today was qt happy coz it's the first time in so many weeks i dun haf to stay back in sch to do proj after lessons
so i could leave sch at 1230...
woo~~
shiok!
haha

yeah finally changed by template....
have been too lazy to change...
haha
this template is bright and cheery a sharp contrast to the previous one...
think it's a bit too pink..
but after staring at it for a while..
it's act qt nice..
haha
n i like the cute donuts
hehe

today is international women's day!!

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

1908 - Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

1909 - In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.

1910 - At a Socialist International meeting in Copenhagen, an International Women's Day of no fixed date was proposed to honour the women's rights movement and to assist in achieving universal suffrage for women. Over 100 women from 17 countries unanimously agreed the proposal. 3 of these women were later elected the first women to the Finnish parliament.

1911 - Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was honoured the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on 19 March. More than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination. However less than a week later on 25 March, the tragic 'Triangle Fire' in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labour legislation in the United States that became a focus of subsequent International Women's Day events. 1911 also saw women's 'Bread and Roses' campaign.

1913-1914 - On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1914 further women across Europe held rallies to campaign against the war and to express women's solidarity.

1917 - On the last Sunday of February, Russian women began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to the death over 2 million Russian soldiers in war. Opposed by political leaders the women continued to strike until four days later the Czar was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. The date the women's strike commenced was Sunday 23 February on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia. This day on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was 8 March.

1918 - 1999 - Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women's Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike. For decades, IWD has grown from strength to strength annually. For many years the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to coordinate international efforts for women's rights and participation in social, political and economic processes. 1975 was designated as 'International Women’s Year' by the United Nations. Women's organisations and governments around the world have also observed IWD annually on 8 March by holding large-scale events that honour women's advancement and while diligently reminding of the continued vigilance and action required to ensure that women's equality is gained and maintained in all aspects of life.

2000 - 2007 - IWD is now an official holiday in Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. (why not in singapore?? bleahz)

The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.

The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.

Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. While there are many large-scale initiatives, a rich and diverse fabric of local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more.

Many global corporations have also started to more actively support IWD by running their own internal events and through supporting external ones. For example, on 8 March search engine and media giant Google even changes its logo on its global search pages. Corporations like HSBC host the UK's largest and longest running IWD event delivered by women's company Aurora. Last year Nortel sponsored IWD activities in over 20 countries and thousands of women participated. Nortel continues to connect its global workforce though a coordinated program of high-level IWD activity, as does Accenture both virtually and offline. Accenture supports more than 2,000 of its employees to participate in its International Women's Day activities that include leadership development sessions, career workshops and corporate citizenship events held across six continents - in eight cities in the United States and in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, South Africa and the UK. Accenture also coordinated am IWD webcast featuring stories about Accenture women worldwide that ran uninterrupted for 30 hours across 11 time zones via Accenture's intranet. Year on year IWD is certainly increasing in status. The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Women's History Month'.

So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
source: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp

recess week came and went...
juz like tt..
where did it all go??
boo...
fyp's due soon
so everybody's like pia-ing their report..
went to lamu's hse on tues nite after tuition..
when i finished tuition she was juz abt to leave sch
rched her hse at like 10+pm...
den spent the whole nite doing up the report..
it took longer than expected..
we thot we'll be able to finish by wed morning or afternoon
in the end....
we did until 8pm at nite...
n we still havent finish...
pengz..
we were like abt ready to concuss...
n we went a bit crazy towards the end...
haha
another 2hrs spent in her hse will make it 24 hrs...
wahaha
ohwells..
the only high point on tues nite was tt cao ge was on bai fen bai
yeah!
den after leaving her hse at 8+
i went home
u think i can concuss after tt??
no no..
i had cesim meeting online at 1030pm(but ended up starting at 11+)
n i havent prepare my ans to the case yet...
so after dinner i had to prepare the case
den after tt went online for the meeting..
the meeting went on till 2am in the morning
at tt time i haven't bath yet
so i had to go bathe...
by the time it has been 40+ hrs since i have been awake..
with a 1 hr nap in between
dozing off doesn't count
haha

wah!
our fyp maciam 2 fyps like tt..
haha
pple either do surveys or calculations
we do both
hw cum fyp seems neverending
haha
at least it's ending soon~~
yay~ yay~
i dun wanna an extension..
haha
i vividly doing this stayover thingy to finish a report in yr 1
history is repeating itself
yr 1 1st sem reflect onto yr 3 last sem
n this one the magnitude seems so much greater

anw since i was lacking in slp
i decided to pon lec yest
n juz go for 311 meeting in the afternoon
which was at 1230pm
n guess wad time i woke up!
1pm..
well done lishan..
i din even hear my alarm can..
felt super bad abt nt gg for the meeting
oh wells..
i wasn't prepared to cab down for a 1 hr meeting..
haha

i think 311 is the silliest module
so0Oo0O many presentations n so much work...
5 presentations and 1 individual case and the simulation game which is like ongoing thruout the sem...
this is the first time i see my groupmates so often la...
at least twice a week can..
for class n for cesim
n if it happens to be our turn to present...
more than tt..
haha
like hello! do they realise this is the sem where we got to hand up our fyp?
nobody's free to do soO0 much work la...
they shud let the acc pple take 311 this sem la..
at least they gt no fyp
den let all the biz pple take 311 last sem
since the biz n acc cohort r abt the same...
really is No Brains Society leh...

anw caught the flu bug frm somewhere...
it's alw the case...
it starts from a flu
den at tt time my nose was blocked, my ears were blocked
so everything sounded muffled to me
wahaha
so when my earpiece spoil i thot is my ear block cannot hear properly
haha
den it went on to becum a sore throat....
since last thurs...
teach halfway can bcum off pitch de..
haha
den staying up the whole nite made my throat a goner..
u shud haf heard me attempt to sing man!
wahahahaha
i thot my voice will becum jialat till i no need to gif tuition yest..
but it sort of recovered after a nite of slp n after my mum let me drink some orange thingy
very nice to drink leh
haha
it din help tt i went for a bbq last sun..
but then..
i din eat much wad..
juz the fried rice n bbq-ed salmon and a chicken wing n a hotdog n garlic bread n honey sea coconut
it's 1 pc of each k...
n i paid $12 bucks
boohoo...
the salmon was like soO0 nice!
erhemz...muz see who cook wan ma..hehehe
the next stage will be cough..
noO00Oo!!
i dun wanna cough!
haha
the flu bug's vicious..
all my 311 groupmates kena alr..
we r juz taking turns to fall sick..
doesn't help tt everybody's stressed up
haha

everybody jia you!!
no matter whether u r still studying or working..
let's all jia you..
hee

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