Wah...i was reading my old posts...when i stumbled on these posts written back in 2005 and 2006!!! Wahaha~

Piggy's Teenage memories (17-18) (06/05/2005)

Piggy's Teenage Memories (13-16) (11/06/05)

Piggy's Childhood Memories (25/05/05)

Hmmm...let me try to recap what happen during the Uni days...

1. I had a hard time choosing which course to study after i got the 'A' level results. The courses that i shorlisted are Business (at both NTU & NUS), Architecture(NUS), Major in Mathematics (NUS), Psychology and Engineering. NTU Business School was my 1st choice then as that's the only school in SG that offers the course Actuarial Science. And why actuarial? I read up about it from a local career guide book. Good prospects, unique profession and it's about maths + statistics + business. And I like things that are not the norm (i.e.business or engineering) In fact, I prefer NTU to NUS, since the former is of a more relaxed / laid back environment compared to NUS, which i think has a rather competitive environment (and i don't like it) I'd rather be in the suburbs, at the western end of SG.

2. I enjoyed my 1st year course of business, as there's a variety of 'interesing' subjects. Business law and Accounting are so interesting that i did not mind studying them again. Well, I had spent way too much time coaching someone whom i call hubby now for his 'A' levels back then that i thought my own studies can come after that.

3. I had a taste of being in a courtship which was rather short-lived, at the end of my 1st semester in the freshmen year. He's the one and only guy whom i think there's probably a chance for us. We attended the same tutorials in that semester. He told me that he noticed that i'd be staring at him when he's talking and that I dun make eye-contact with other people. Probably he likes the exclusive attention i'd given him? Haha~ At some nights, he would call me from his hostel to chit chat. It started from a project discussion which got evolved to casual talks. But if i'm not the wrong, the number of phonecalls we had can be counted using 1 hand? or 2?

On our 1st date, he gave me 3 stalks of blue roses(he had asked me wat flowers i like); asked me to wear a skirt (since i only wear pants/jeans back in my teenage years); sent me all the way back to the north despite the fact that he stays in the east; played with my fingers and almost held my hand on the MRT train ride... I'd probably never forget the scene when he waved at me (my flat is on the 2nd floor) while talking on the hp with me. I'd never forget how hard he tried to keep the dates interesting, and surprises he wanted to plan for me. I'd also never forget the question he asked me on ICQ when i rejected him because of my hubby. 'Are you sure he's the one?' But i'm happy for him now since he had gotten married some 2 years back.

4. During my 2nd year, I got into the specialisation which i always wanted and many fellow course mates shunned as they thought it is a difficult area to get in. Yeah. So many shunned it that there are only 18 of us in the cohort despite 25 vacancies were being offered that year. I was delighted as if i had got into some 'exclusive' club. Haha~ It was during my 1st day in my 2nd year that i learnt from the professor that we had to continue taking professional papers after graduation (NTU only offers exemption for core technical subjects from the IOA, provided you score good grades for those modules) Oops.

5. I skipped lectures so that i can get more sleep at home. Gave tuition to students ranging from primary, secondary and JC (basically on mathematics and chinese) in order to earn more pocket money for myself. Always study at last minute and continuously at the benches/empty lecture theatres/unoccupied seminar rooms in NTU from morning til evening during the exam preparation period. Yes~ i dun really like to study in libraries. And i dun think i like those examination halls which are big, cold and full of people. I shudder at the sight of students almost burying their heads into the tables.

6. I did not stay in the hostel for many reasons. 1) No entertainment, i.e. TV, PC, telephone 2) No Aircon 3)Got to do own laundry and cooking. 4) My father can bring me to school/home since his workplace is less than 5 mins drive from NTU. 5) Need to join activities to earn points so that i can continue to stay in the hall, which i think is....pointless.

7. I nearly wanted to join the Strings ensemble under the influence from someone (whom i call hubby now) back then. Well, when you are interested in somebody, you are just interested in things that interest him la. I thought there'd be a day when i can play a violin while he play on his bass/cello. I couldn't afford a violin and my coursemate (guy from No.3) bought me a muscial toy violin. Haha~ I gave up that idea as i got plain lazy. The practise timings are in the late evenings. No way i want to reach home ard 11-midnight.

8. The way the students board on the bus (the only bus from Boon Lay interchange to NTU) sometimes made me wonder whether i'm in a university or in the highly populated country, starting with letter 'I'. Okie i think i had exaggerated. But there's definitely no proper queue.

9. Had a very bad cold war with my best friend aka my wifey in 2002, sometime between her 21st birthday and mine. That's a torturing period of 4 months. Imagine you couldnt/don't want talk to someone who is once dear to you? I'd wanted to mend the friendship but being spiteful back then it was hard for me to do so. Thanks to our mutual good friend (wonder if wifey remember who the guy is) who got her to celebrate my 21st birthday together... Hope that nothing will ever tear our friendship apart.

To be continued~ Working piggy's memories (21 ~ 25)

1. What is your name: Ziwei (name of a flower, Crape Myrtle)

http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/trees/crapemyrtle/bashamspartypink.html

2. A four Letter Word: Zeal

3. A boy's Name: Zac

4. A girl's Name: Zoe

5. An occupation: Zoologist

6. A color: Zaffre (wikied this, some shade of cobalt blue)

7. Something you'll wear: Zara

8. A fruit: Zucchini (wikied this, it looks like a cucumber)

9. A food: Zinger burger from KFC

10. Something found in the bathroom: ZA 2-way cake foundation

11. A place: Zurich

12. A reason for being late: Zzzzz

13. Something you'd shout: Zhu (Pig)

14. A movie title: Zorro (Mask of Zorro)

15. Something you drink: Zappel

16. A musical group: Zombies

17. An animal: Zebra

18. A street name: Zion road

19. A type of car: Zephyr (wikied this)

20. The title of a song: Zai Jian by Xiao Hu Dui (means goodbye in english)