Monday, April 25, 2011
And so, i received the official letter, by SMU, to congratulate me.
yes i am happy, but not the jubilant kind where you jump on the spot and scream YES 3 times.
i still want business.
i went to google the bachelor degree.
and it's oversubscribed 17 times.
which means that 6% of the people who applied got into SMU FASS.
last year, 135 people were accepted.
and it's a supposed 'dumping ground' for the business rejects.
that makes me one of those being dumped.
and i should be grateful.
because being 1 out of 135 aint an effortless task.
and there's a 20% chance that friends who got into FASS will share the same classroom with me.
i guess i got really lucky, and somewhat made the interview an enjoyable and intelligent one.
i also went to google on SMU's school-life.
coming from SMU seniors themselves, i can sense that competition is really tough.
but hey that's where i really perform.
i think my genes were incorporated with a quality, such that i 遇强则强, 遇弱则弱.
class participation = nightmare where people just ramble about irrelevant stuffs.
just because it forms a component of your GPA.
but i just have to make sure i dont transform into one of these fiends.
people who are going into SMU, please do take note because i have experienced something like this before.
dont pin high hopes for SMU, thinking that it'll be a paradise that assures you the best life, and encounters.
while there will definitely be tonnes of eye candies and really great acquaintances, you will be disappointed if you enter with preposterous demands from this school.
due of your overestimation, nothing's bound to satisfy your want for the perfect school.
just like what happened to VJ, and i/you'll end up hating it.
i do believe that it's the best university in singapore, because unlike what the disgustingly blind suckers look at, i ignore the academia partially and cherish the people in there, and the people leaving it.
Yes, you need nerds to run the professional world.
but without the socially capable people putting on smiles and doing the gracious, polite and welcoming acts, this world sucks.
and this world is becoming interconnected, it doesnt work to have a havard graduate sitting in front of the computer whole day generating millions from pixels.
you need to meet people and conduct personal deals; work with people.
that's how the millions become billions.
and when people like you, money comes flowing in.
of course, people start turning green but kindness is contagious.
at least i think it is, and enemies become allies.
ok, maybe i am too naive.
but i dislike most of the people from NUS and NTU.
because the impression is that they are narrow-minded, fake, and have terrible clothes.
you dont need gucci wallets or burberry bags, but wear something affordable and presentable.
dressing is important, if you dont bother to dress smart in public it shows that you have no respect for the people you're meeting.
YOU BECOME AN EYESORE.
like one of those chinese nationals wearing pajamas at orchard? yes.
be presentable and people will respect you, sometimes even fear you.
oh, i like going to town because i can see lots of guys carrying totes.
after so many years, it finally became normal to do so.