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jieying
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Date Posted: 18:17:52 01/08/04 Thu
actually cozi spoken to me on msn abt this issue before. i think i pretty much take the same stand as him. sorry we r the *practical* ppl i guess :P
a lot of ppl r scared by the bond. but seriously most of the freaking scholars out there r bonded! some up to 6-7 yrs! so wat is ur 3 yrs? maybe u won't like ur job, but how many of the working class r really happy wif their job anyway? once i step into accounting, i'm pretty much set on this field, it's not like i have much choice now. plus of cos i'm also bonded to spore for 3 freaking yrs! although ppl say i can still find any job i wan, it's still the bond tt makes u feel like u r tied down. it's the same everywhere! one of my fren who is on IDA scholarship hates his job and dread graduating. cos when they get the scholarship, they basiclaly just accept any tt allows them to go study watever they wan to study. then they come back and do internship, then only find out their job sucks. but it's too late! so this kind of thing.. there is never a clear way tt u wan to go, sometimes u jus have to go in and see. then again, of cos u may think u will be wasting ur 3 yrs, but seriously i dun think teaching is as bad u think. like u said, u like kids, and u have taught before, and at least it's not like u hate it so much u noe u definitely DON'T want to go into this line!
u r in psy. like u said, u can go into education psy at MOE hq, and perhaps get a further education. if u work hard enuf when u start working, i think it's achievable. after all, i noe 2 MOF and 1 EDB scholar here, as my classmates! also, michele, the gal who was staying in my apartment before me, was teaching in pri sch before coming over to do a masters in international biz majoring in finance stuff. so now she's at htl (one of the top medium firms in spore) doing biz line. so it's not totally impossible to change line after u finish ur bond. of cos u will have to do further studies, and have to start at ur career all over again, but it's a chance. if u don't do ur hons now, wat job will u have? i dun really noe this, but the feeling i get is tt arts students majoring in psy do not have a large market in spore. so where will u be 3 yrs down the road? perhaps it's better for u to work a few yrs, earn enuf money, do further studies, and then go back to ur psy line. (have discussed this wif cozi, ask him abt the aussie option i was telling him abt :P)
tts wat i think la. somemore there is ur parents n bro issue...
some of my engineering and biz frens, after working for awhile, they went back to NIE and do teaching instead. so it's really very hard to say wats ur cup of tea... but wat r the alternative options and opportunity cost? u gotta weigh it all out. dun always think of wat u wan to do NOW, u gotta plan LONG TERM!!!! meaning 10 yrs down the road? we dun have tt many yrs to dilly dally ard, and before we noe it, it will all pass us by... hope u make the right decisioN!
i hate this ERS money thingy u noe.. it sounds like sth impt, like the gov gave u guys the money to do sth *important* but everyone is just spending it on frivolous thing!!!!!!!! make me wonder sometime.. heheheheheh
okie tt was sour grapes speaking :p I DO NOT have ERS money! hehehehehehe.. there was quite a bit of sale here after xmas, but then i wanna save money to go travel, so far only got 1 top for $10. couldn't resist! hahaha. it is a halter top. think of it as cny clothes! heheheehhehe...
am working later, 3pm to 11pm! and weekend as well. then mon n tues! so quite happy.. hehehehe.. money money!!!!
abt the movie issue, i agree tt sometimes reading the book in advance kind of spoil the movie for u, cos u will be like, how come the movie cut off so much? it's better to read the book after the movie, cos after u get interested by the movie, u read the book to get more in depth knowledge abt the book, and tt makes it more captivating ;P but i really dunno if i can make it thru LOTR... hahahaha.. oh my fren has the extended version of 'the two towers'. apparently aragorn has some elfish blood in him and is supposedly 85 yrs old in the show! hrmppp...
how's adeline anyway? still in NTU rite? and where is dawn now? is she working already? gosh yas u r meeting quite a bit of our dear old classmates huh! hehehe.. where is suyi now? has she finish her degree? i tot she came sydney, for internship or study? i met a Nanyang poly health sci fac lecturer, and he told me suyi's course is supposed to be linked to sydney uni and she is supposed to finish her degree here or sth?
we bought 'tueday wif morris' for qi's last yr bdae present!! din we? :P i wanna read it too. mun have been promoting it for ages!!!! i din noe it makes u cry. i tot it's just a book wif lots of philosophy and makes u think or sth like tt ;P
i am very curious abt this jinxed business....
anyway mun, if u wanna think abt this education business, perhaps tok to ppl who r in this line! esp ppl who have turn from other degree to a degree in education. i've got quite a few frens like this, so if u wanna get the contacts.. ;p or ask cozi, he prob shld have frens who change line as well! or speak to ur ex tutors or sth..
yep take care ppl.. i'm having friday blues! (working fri to tues wat! sigh!)
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