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Boo hoo hooo… I’m home alone on a Saturday night!!!! Sob sobz…

Mum is away this weekend for a short getaway with dad, so I am left at home with my brother. But my brother is always occupied with friends, and as I am typing this, I’m home alone again!!! To comfort myself a little, I would say it is difficult to not to be glad, when I can have the entire house to myself. I like the quietness and undisturbed serenity moments, which can be hardly enjoyed except late into the night.

Remember that just a week ago, I was complaining how poor I was, desperately looking for a job?? I shall now announce that - I have my first tuition assignment!!

To be very honest, I got this assignment through my friend’s connection with the tuition agency. I don’t know how I should put it, but it was through connection that I got this job so quickly.

Personally, I don’t like the idea of getting things done through connections. No, not internet connection; but rather human connections like kinship, affiliation and so on. It does speed things up a bit, but I will feel obligated to do my part when that friend has a request.

Many a times, we will use various connections to get our job done, sometimes very complicated connections like “You know I’m the company president’s-son’s-auntie’s-relative-the friend??”

I won’t say connections aren’t important, because having certain connections secure our position and act as a backing. Like who will want to mess up with the CEO’s brother and get fired?? But I think connections won’t get a person too far in life. Yes, a person’s ability far surpasses the connection he had with his superior.

With ability, others would want to link their names to us. Would you rather have people linking their names to your big name, than to have you linking your name to their big names?? I am not saying connections aren’t important, else schools will not be organizing networking sessions and get their students all dressed up, enduring those hateful blisters on their toes, just to get a name card from the HR of their dream company.

To me, living a carefree life without obligation is important. I don’t wish to be a slave of connection; neither do I want to live my dreams fulfill through the sympathy by others. I want to earn each step by true ability, hard work and effort.

Well, since I have already accepted my tuition assignment and will be teaching next week onwards, I guess I should start revising on my primary school work.


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Has anyone tried explaining to your parents what a degree really means?? I guess I had to scope really low to get my mum to understand. The other day, I was telling my mum about my degree and our conversation goes like this:


Me: Mummy, I got a second upper class honours degree leh

Mum: Ohh, you got your toilet paper already ar??

Me: Ya, got liao

Mum: What is honours ar??

Me: It means my toilet paper got fragrant loh, better la.

Mum: Ohh, then what is after honours??

Me: Masters loh

Mum: Then Masters even better ar??

Me: Ya, their toilet paper is 3 ply one, even better.

Mum: Ohh, then what is after masters??

Me: After Masters is PhD loh

Mum: Whoa… Lidat their toilet paper 4 ply ar??

Me: No la, they use tissue paper.


Yeah…. mum is like a kid, adorable to the core.