Totally random

It must been a really long time since I blogged because I cannot even remember my blogger password!!! Tried 4 times before getting it correct… Phew~ I think my memory is failing me.

Things just keep accumulating in my life, and within a short span of time, I realized how lonely I am. Is it really true when a person says – the higher you climb, the lonelier you will be?? It had been a month since I started afresh as graduate student and I am really in love with my project. To put it simply, I am in fact, satisfied.

But I am greedy. I want so much more. I really miss undergraduate years, my truckload of friends, and the ones who will slog through projects and deadlines together. Gone were those days. Now, I sit in the graduate room like one of the minorities in a huge community. To be exact, we were seated in columns of 6, and my neighbours were either from China, India or Indonesia. I am taking a corner seat next to a China man. I don’t know him yet, not even his name. But I guess he is one of those easy going person, so please do not prove me wrong. Seated behind me is my friend from India, and his name is Prata. The thought of him make me hungry, and I hope he showers daily. He’s a nice guy and I am his first friend when we met in the office on the day of matriculation. Seated adjacent behind me is my fellow course mate from undergraduate year, the well known Harry Potter!!! Ok, except he lacks the scar and the magic power.

The other day when I said I was lonely on facebook, the funniest reply I got was from cute meerah. I have answered your question, didn’t I?? Though I am not the only Singaporean around, we are still considered the minorities now.

For the past one month, my life was about reading journals and money making. I am starting to pick up knowledge required and I am rather pleased with my performance so far. As for money making, my tuition job is not giving me too much satisfaction but the money comes in just fine. Speaking about my tuition kid, he is one of those atrocious kids in the class. As Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt aim for the shortest time to break world records, my kid aim for the lowest score to break the Guinness world record!!! Goodness me!!! I think I will lose my job soon at this rate…

Speaking about money, let’s sidetrack a bit here.

Graduate students are very poor. Let me emphasize – VERY POOR!!! I was merely even surviving on the meagre salary I got as a tuition teacher, and had been waiting for the end of the month since the beginning of school. And till now, this very day and time, my stipend is not in yet!!! I checked my account this morning, anticipating a sudden surge in my bank account but nothing of that sort happened. I wonder when the money will be in, though not a lot, but enough to pull me through.

I was complaining to my brother this morning and he suggested I should protest. Like you know, gather my China, India and Indonesia counterparts to speaker’s corner with big cardboards and start protesting. And screaming out from the cardboards are the words “Scholarship Scam!!!” Hilarious!!!

Okok, the above was just wild imaginations.

Weekends past swiftly, and I realized friends are my energy booster. Yesterday, I was with my F5+1 minus 1 in town. (Rus!! Pictures??) Though it was a short gathering, I felt rejuvenated. The prata we had was just great, and I might bring Prata along for some prata soon… Chilling out at indochine was cool, especially with live entertainment by that tranny that left most of us with jaws hanging in mid air…

Should end here and turn in for the night. Lessons till 9pm tomorrow!! Good luck to me and no more Monday blues, people!!