In order to focus,
(1) Stop playing DOTA
(2) Stop procrastinating
(3) Deal with distractions - FB, youtube, tv

you know.. they say do what you do best. find your talent, work hard and you will succeed. lazing is pretty much what i do best. can succeed?

x)

University of London External System.

All of the courses offered through the External System are developed by the Colleges of the University: for example, the suite of undergraduate courses in the fields of economics, management, finance and the social sciences are developed by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Students studying through the External System are registered with the University of London and awarded a University of London degree on successful completion of their studies. Degrees awarded to External students are of an identical standard to those awarded to students who study face to face at a college in London.

Well... Today's entry is about school, I found myself lost in my Principles of banking and finance class. And I realizeI am in deep shit. >.<"
Why? Because this module has a passing rate of 40+%!! Which makes my lecturer right to say that 1 in 2 of us is going to pass/fail. :/
I got quite scared about my performance in school today. :/

And so I came home and tried to kick start by managing my school stuff. Made sure I know where my online resources are, to retrieve past year papers and a subject guide that I am missing.

Now that I am in the degree course, I am reflecting what went into my mind before enrolling into this course. I must say it was a pretty easy decision as (1) my poly GPA does not cut out for any local business degree, (2)my path of going overseas is close.

Close because my parent had to be fair to my sisters and I. I believe all 3 of us  have asked somewhere sometime in our poly-jc days about going overseas. And my parent response never been really close to positive. But my mum still allowed me to research on it and I provided her with the costs and selections of school. And it turned out that my parent feels its more economic to stay close to home and with a luxury of a car. So I believe being young and fresh I felt it is still pretty exciting and quite a good trade off.

Then it came down with RMIT or UOL. It was a bit difficult to decide at first because my sister, coursin and friends told me how tough UOL can be and I really wanted UOL because it swept my feet after knowing it provides a banking and finance degree. It was simple as that, I know i want to be in the industry after my internship with citibank.

I came to realize in my own time that UOL is really THAT tough... Before enrolling I knew it is about independence and 100% exam based and THAT WAS EXACTLY what i will like. Because I do not really like projects especially draggy ones and the numerous time consuming meet ups for project discussions. It was do-able in poly and it was in fact quite fun. But I know I wouldnt want to go through it again and in a bigger scale for a degree work.

Independence. I know I have... IN LIFE. but for studies........... I REALIZE I have not been DETERMINED enough and been just happily slacking away and following the flow of my class shedules. No hard work put in yet. I guess it shows because I was just looking through the past exam papers and I REALLY know I am in a DEEP SHIT situation when I cannot answer any questions in full.

Then i came to realize how difficult the questions are. My papers are fully based from the school of LSE. (as mentioned as above) Which rank 67 in the world. NUS rank 30 and NTU 73.

and LSE is economically crazy about their econs.. after all they are an econ sch.. and basically their exams papers are excruciating painful too. 

I realize my UOL 'dean' writes and a blog and seems like a really nice lady. quite motivating i would say... http://externalstudy.wordpress.com/

and therefore I shall stop complaining and GET MY ASS DOWNWITH WORK. while i can still am allowed to study in a relaxing pace. Because class ends in JAN or early FEB. with PRELIMS probably in MARCH. revision month back in school in APRIL. and my MEGA BIG EXAMINATIONS in MAY!

ps: despite complaining and knowing how tough school is, i am growing to like the education system in UOL. my exams are base in pure application of knowledge and their questions are sometimes asked in a simple and fresh scenerio based. Therefore you are not able to predict what question they ask at all. the exam tests you how well you know the overall subject. Memorise and not understanding = fail, believe it or not. In that way, it is hard for us singaporeans who grew up studying by memorising slides and pages and notes for exams and knowing we will pass and sometimes doing well by spotting qns, does NOT apply anymore. its extinct. it does not even exist in UOL. Therefore today onwards... I must aim to understand casues, methods, histories and everything else inside out.. left and right. top and bottom. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

The year is already coming to an end. I can't believe how little I have accomplish. There were many adjustments though. I ended poly life.. officially graduated in April and started Uni in around June for early bridging classes.  And I also got attached in April and been in a world of our own pretty much.

The case isnt that good at the moment. Because we have been talking out pretty much on why we fall out so many times. And its been exhausting. He says I am being negative. Because we have plenty of good times too. That is true. His company and our relationship did soar really high and fun.

Overall... it is really messy. and after so much talk... it probably will be clear soon.. . We will figure it out. and yah. I just hope all things will go well.. soon.