So, a very quick update just for personal purposes. I think diaries carry interesting aspects of our past ideologies and perspectives and reading past entries have the interesting possible effect of me slapping my forehead or it would utterly impress me. Hopefully, this entry would allow me to do the latter in the future.
So, a quick recall. I ORD-ed in March! After close to 2 years of interesting work as an emergency ambulance medic, I can officially sever (temporarily) the mandatory bond required for all Male Citizens in Singapore. It took me 2 weeks of job hunting afterwards, although I did job hunt a week before ORD-ing before being offered a job back at Inland Revenue. Prior to ns, I worked at the Income Tax department and now, I was offered to work at the Stamp Duty department. Income Tax goes without saying, it involves every single person who have to file for tax if they earn a salary, unless your employer does it for you. Stamp Duty is a tax on document. Every document created, if it carries a value, might be liable for "stamping" or it would not carry any legal value. That means, you cannot use it as evidence, for example, if you bring it up to court if there is an issue. Plus, it would be against the law, so you will get into trouble if you do not "stamp" your documents. The documents range from Share Transfer forms to documents related to Acquiring Properties to Lease Agreeements. Thus, the majority of callers who call our department were lawyers, property agents, landlords and property hunters. A totally different aspect of Tax. I had friendly and helpful supervisors and manager. And a real dick who is a great friend and co-worker Lesley. God knows what the world would become if not for him. I can never ask for a better work colleague. :)
During IRAS, I also did learn to play the drums, which I thought would add flavour to my routined day. And I had an enjoyable time with Master Shawn. Great teacher and drummer. After IRAS, I was instantly enrolled into Uni. I took a course BU8301, Fundamentals of Business Law, and I did not regret a single bit in taking the Special Term course. It was an eye opener and the course lecturer was amazing. The course serve to look into aspects of Contracts and Business Organizations and it proved to be really useful. I could apply the concept almost every day and into real life situations.. It was a great decision. The only downside was the fact I had to miss Hall Camp due to the exams being during Hall Camp period.
Afterwards, it was straight to going to Linguistics Camp. For those who didn't know, I took up Linguistics nd Multilingual Studies for my degree programme. The camp was engaging and fun and I got to know my OG mates. Thank goodness I attended the camp, for when school started, my OG mates turned out to be my closest University friends. (Damn, I should not have missed Hall Camp). The lecturers seem overtly friendly, which is a good thing because it does not create tension and pressure? The seniors are also hella crazy and friendly, thus, it made for an easy transition from a totally different environment to university culture.
Recently, I signed up for a couple of CCAs, pending tryouts and acceptance. I planned to take up sports and at least one volunteer work. I am living in hall now during the weekdays and only going back home during the weekends. I used to live on my own back at Hall 1 during pre-uni course for about a month but I moved to Crescent Hall at the start of Uni. Hall 1: I had a great neighbour. Every evening, after my evening runs, he would pop by for a chat. A high achiever, often coming back hall late due to his internship, he allowed me to borrow his notes and textbook for BU8301 which was essentially a cheat code to aceing the course. I am extremely grateful for him. He would also enthusiastically talk about his course and the professor. Great guy, I wish him all the best. Then, I moved to the "Scholar's Hall" with my brother where we share a room the size of a single room at Hall 1. Less space, but the facilities are new. And everyone else are in Medicine courses and the like, so.... Hahaha.
I guess that is it, for now. I will look back to this post say post graduate and remember all the raw feelings and emotions as I embark to university life. Now, it's a fresh new page ready to be written.
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