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G'Day Readers!

 

It's been a long time between posts, but this seemed an appropriate time for another one. As of Thursday 19th April 2007, I have officially become a graduate (and no longer a graduand!). It was a day filled with photos and celebrations... I'm just happy and relieved that everything is over. No more assignments and late-night studying for me :D After 5 years of hard toil, I now have 3 pieces of paper to show for it! haha

 

Surprisingly, one of the highlights of the ceremony (apart from receiving my certificates) was a speech made by a guest speaker, who I think is currently the acting head of a department in the BusEco faculty. Whilst most speeches are generally fairly mundane, his was quite inspiring, with the gist of the speech encouraging the new graduates to make a positive change in the world, and making the most of every opportunity that we get (sound somewhat familiar for some people? :P). He also quoted Shakespeare, which I guess a lot of people do these days, but this quote was especially apt given the audience and the occasion:

 

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Readers,

 

Yep, another graduation/finishing uni post. As of Wednesday when uni results came out, I've officially (or unofficially until I get my certificates) graduated from uni! I think my CV will now look something like this:

 

William Chuah; BCom/BEco, DipLan(Jap)

 

All I can say is that I'm relieved that I've finally finished uni and I'm looking forward to my post-uni life, whatever that may bring!

 

William

Hello Readers,

 

I'm going to keep it brief...I AM A FREE MAN!!! :D

 

Well, touch wood, if I pass my final 3 exams (which I should), my 5 years of tertiary education would have come to an end last Thursday. It's been party time ever since!

 

I'm so glad it's over. No more exam stress ever again! Wooohooo!

 

William

 

PS. I pity those who will still be at uni...I feel your pain...but after 5 years, do I sympathise? Well, not really! :P

Hey All,

 

Today is a momentous day. I had my last hour of uni class...forever! Well, this is assuming I don't do post grad (which is highly unlikely) and if I don't fail, touch wood *touches wood*. I still have a couple of assessments to get done, but other than that, only 3 exams to go! All I can say is "Bring it...BRING IT AWWWN!!!".

 

Yep, I just want it to be all over.

 

Looking forward to 9th November 2006 at about 12:10pm. I'll be safely done by then.

 

Then it'll be paaar-tay time! BRING IT AWWWN!!!

 

William

Hello Readers,

 

It just occurred to me the other day that I have officially hit 6 years of service at my part-time job at the accounting firm. If you include the times I have been away (travelling overseas or working in Sydney), I have been working there for 6 years straight. How's that for loyalty (or laziness in not finding another job)?

 

I first did work experience there in year 11 in 2001, then got called back to start part-time work in September. I'd work 2 hours a week after school when I had spares in the last 2 periods. I started on about $5.20 per hour (when I was 15), and was pretty rapt when I got a 40c increase the following week, after I turned 16!

 

Anyway, it looks like I'll be ending my career there in December this year, when I either go on exchange or on holiday. Reckon 6 years service should equate to some sort of gift? I know 10 years is a golden watch...maybe I can get a gold-plated keyring at the very least?

 

William

Hey All,

 

It could be one of those life-changing moments, but then again it might not lead to anything...but last night, I passed the review board! So an AIESEC exchange is now more than ever a serious option. We'll see where the next month takes me...exciting times!

 

William

Dear Readers,

 

Yes, it's been a long while since the last post, but I haven't really had anything interesting to say (you can probably debate whether or not this is interesting either). I just thought I'd share an observation I made the other night:

 

After I had dropped my sister off at the 24 hour Pancake Parlour on Doncaster Rd, I was on my way back home when I passed by a Shell petrol station (opposite Pancake Parlour). I looked up at the petrol sign board to check the latest petrol price, and was almost shocked at what my eyes were seeing...nope, it wasn't that the price was sky high (it was "relatively" cheap at 120.9c/litre for unleaded), but the fact that the numbers were DIGITAL!!! If that's not a sign of the times, I don't know what is! I guess the dude standing behind the counter got so sick of changing the price board manually so regularly that they decided to install a digital price sign. How soothing is it to know that a 10c hike in the petrol price is only a button push away. Gone are the days when you could clamber to the pump to fill up just before the petrol man manually adjusted the price upwards, and get the previous price (I think that's how it worked). Ah well.

 

I'm not sure if other people have seen this digital occurence around town also, or if it's just me.

 

Anyway, that's all from me for now.

 

Over and out.

 

William

 

PS. for the record, the LPG and Diesel price signs were still using the "old" manual system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey All,

 

Random observation: on Monday afternoon as I was driving home past one of those lit up 40km/h signs on Middleborough Rd/Stevensons Rd, I saw it stop flashing. Yep, it was exactly 4pm.

 

Today as I was driving to uni, I again past the same set of 40km/h signs and this time I saw them start flashing. And yep, it was exactly 8am.

 

I've driven past there so many times but I've never seen the 40km/h signs just light up or just stop lighting up. But now it's happened twice in 3 days...wow, so freaky.

 

Another thing...yesterday I was one of about 20 cars parked in a row on the gravel. When I went back to my car, my car was flanked by P-platers. Quite literally 6-7 cars on either side of me consecutively were P-plated cars. So out of the 20 cards, I think I was maybe 1 of 2 or 3 cars without a P-plate. I thought that was funny.

 

Yep, boredom has hit.

 

Over and out.

 

William

Hello Readers,

 

Ever get the feeling you're getting old? Yes, I may only be 21, but it's while I'm at uni that I start feeling kinda old. It's a weird feeling, as I'm always used to being the youngest (or one of the youngest) in my group of friends. Anyway, here are a couple of indications of my "oldness":

 

(1) In the first week of uni this year during the first Japanese tute, people did a self-introduction (in Japanese) saying what year they were in. Everyone else in the class had said that they were either 1st, 2nd or 3rd year students! So it was kinda embarrassing :S

 

(2) When I through the car park and to my car, I regularly see numerous P-plated cars surrounding my P-plateless car. I definitely feel like the odd one out there...haha

 

(3) I'm one of the remaining people still around at uni from the initial "1st year group" of friends that we formed in the first few weeks of uni. I'm still unemployed :(

 

Ah well, not a very entertaining post but I thought a couple of those observations were interesting. Oh yeah, one more thing...I definitely do feel quite old hanging around AIESECers now, cos everyone is so young!

 

Alright, I'm waiting for all your old fart jokes now (as lame as they may be)...I'm looking more towards the AIESEC gang *cough* Shu and Emma :P You young 'uns!

 

Over and out.

 

William