#graduatelo!
Wednesday, May 25, 20163:32 PM
I'm not one of those "I just graduate, now unemployed"...not YET.
It was a super hectic and chaotic day in short. Everything was over so fast so quickly. I woke up super early and couldn't get back to sleep so I just woke up and chilled. My gown pickup time was from 2pm so I had the morning to basically do anything I needed to do. The makeup took way longer than I planned because the stupid eyelashes didn't want to stick. I found an ingenious way of sticking on false eyelashes on youtube. Instead of sticking them above your lashes, cut them up into smaller sections and stick them UNDER your real lashes. This way, it looks super natural and you don't even need mascara so no worries about smudging anything. Got super frustrated too because my mum used my gel eyeliner pencil to draw her eyebrows one morning when she was in a rush. It's not the auto kind so you actually have to buy a sharpener. I bought a sharpener in advance only to realise my pencil was too big to fit in the sharpener that I bought-.- Anyway, makeup took up too much time, luckily the hair was not a big mess so I didn't have to fiddle with it. Ended up getting to the place at 2.30pm. Was supposed to go together with the whole family but they were running late too, so I ended up going alone first. Got gowned up and everything, and then managed to find 2 other friends for pictures.
The ceremony itself felt a lot shorter than I expected! Didn't end up falling asleep so all was good. LOL when I went up on stage, when they call your name, you're meant to doff the hat. I tried to do it and couldn't find the top of the hat and was literally grasping thin air hahahahaha. All this on huge screens above the stage >< In the end I just gave up hahahahaha.
Anyway, my mum actually bought flowers for me, for the first time ever. AND THEN SOMEONE STOLE THEM. What happened was...flowers and gifts are not allowed to be taken into the hall. I'm not sure what the plan was but everything was left outside on a long table. After the ceremony, when my brother went to retrieve my flowers...it was gone D: The staff offered us a replacement bouquet instead so..we just made do. Ohwell, whoever stole my flowers...I wonder if they went home and realised they took someone else's. Shame on you. ): Actually looking back the photos, there wasn't even a proper photo of the bouquet my mum got for me ): Apparently she picked the flowers out herself ): Sigh.
The queue for professional photos was supersuper long after the ceremony so in the end I had no time to find my friends to do a group photo. It was just people everywhere and queues everywhere, it was just crazy. Had to rush to return the gown as well because there was a fine if you returned it late.
Rushed home to change and then had teppanyaki for dinner - it was so good!
Now that I've been through the ceremony, got my papers, taken my pictures, real life has resumed. It's like it never happened and yet it did.
Thank you God for the good weather, for my family especially my mum who have withstood my countless periods of tears, frustration and joy over the past 4 years. It wasn't the easiest journey but I've made it and I couldn't have made it without you. I've met amazing people along the way and had really enjoyable overseas trips that I never thought I would have had (bankok! sg! fiji! bali!).
This is it for now, but who knows, if I study again, there may be another round ;P
Sunday, May 22, 201611:21 PM
It's been a good week!
I got news on Friday that I passed the exam I was worried about. When my supervisors found out, all of them had the same reaction - I knew you would pass! It was pretty worrying when I first stepped out of the exam because there were some strange questions on there and there were others that I had to wrestle between 2 correct answers. Anyway, by God's Grace I passed so..$600 not down the drain.
Graduation is in 2 days!! Quite excited about it although it doesn't feel real yet. Maybe the finality of it all will slap me in the face when I get that paper that cost 5 figures, many periods of impossible cramming, tears and frustration LOL. I think I've pretty much picked out what I'm going to wear but I still haven't decided 100% on the blouse. We'll see on the day.. I actually had to rush out last week to go shopping for a white blouse that would match the skirt I bought. I considered looking for a pair of heels too but decided to go with what I already have because considering how often I wear heels, it's not worth it to blast another $70 on a pair of shoes I might really wear only once. I'll just be the short one on the day LOL. I'm not going to risk flying across the stage and tripping down the stairs. Initially I was a bit worried about the weather on Tuesday because it's only top of 17 degrees, mostly sunny. I just checked the weather forecast for the whole of next week and Tuesday actually has the best weather in the week so thank you God for the blessing hahah I shall not complain.
At this point in time, I still don't know if I made the right decision to cut my hair.. I chose the style of the fringe that allows me to hide it but every attempt to do so has failed LOL. It's a good haircut, just that maybe I chose the wrong time to get it. Ohwell, it's not like I can glue the cut hair back onto my head.
Alright, I better do some research for my discussion topic because I have no idea how to answer the question..
Thursday, May 12, 20164:20 PM
Now that the exam is over, life has resumed to the usual, work, home, chill..and pretend to study(oops!)
About the exam..hm..fingers crossed I passed. The passing is very uncertain because it isn't based on your overall score but rather the category of questions. So there are a few categories and you have to get various scores in the various categories to pass. So if you fail in one category, you basically fail the whole paper. So yes, fingers tightly crossed everything goes fine :X
I was supposed to go get a haircut today so there's enough time for the hair to settle down before graduation but I got a text saying there was a blackout and I have to reschedule...In the end I decided to reschedule for Sunday with a different stylist because I don't want to risk cutting it less than a week before it. Gahhh this timing thing is not working out for me at all..The stylist that people raved about and that I booked with for today doesn't work on Sundays so I just decided to settle with whoever...hopefully it will be alright LOL. It made me start questioning if I really wanted to cut bangs again after the 2-3 years of having hair to flip HAHA. But I need shorter fringe so I can tie my hair properly for work...I don't know...now I have until Sunday to change my mind.
The weather has been CRAP this week. It started on Sunday (what a day) where apparently a cold front was hitting combined with the moisture in the air = rain ..said the weather forecast. So we have been stuck with gloomy gloomy skies ):
OH, my power button died on Sunday too (seriously, what a day...). I was saying I guess it's time to get a new phone. After all, I can't get any updates anymore because my phone model is "too old". I can't even download the new banking app because it isn't supported on my current iOS which..cannot be updated any further. But phone plans or phones are not as cheap anymore..it's at least $15 more per month I have to pay :/ Carefully considering what I should do...
Ciao!
Saturday, May 7, 20169:08 PM
This shall be a really quick one.
I won't lie, I'm feeling super nervous about tomorrow's exam. I freaked out this morning after finding last year's practice paper significantly harder than the other ones I did. Scoured through the notes to find the answers for the ones I got wrong and found that most of it was because I was in a hurry and just rushed through everything without really looking. Hopefully this doesn't happen tomorrow :/ I actually failed the one I did this morning because I failed one small component(which equals fail the whole exam regardless of the total score). Seriously came close to a panic breakdown this morning because it was a component I thought I had down pretty well but..I guess not. The rest..sigh I don't know. I've tried to cram whatever I can. I think for whatever time's left I'll just go through whatever I did wrong and hopefully all goes well tomorrow. I think as long as I don't start panicking when I don't find the answer immediately, it should be alright...should be. Hopefully my brain will be awake enough by that time.
This exam is supposedly the "easy one" that everyone passes, so let's pray I'm one of those...
Alright, back to work!
