75 Assignments This Semester!!

Just 1 more research proposal and 1 assignment and THATS IT!! STRIVE!

What a stressful semester. I had than 75 homework assignments this semester and I did not even realize it! I am seriously not joking!

These are the breakdown:

Iowa History: 13 essays, every single week on Monday night need to write an essay (except 1 week Spring Break), and read other people's essay and make 2 intellectual comments.

Marketing Research: One only but super heavy = 1, group project which involves 12 pages of research proposal

Global Marketing: 6 (some heavy some okay, all involves heavy research) + 3 (heavy until wanted to die, just finished the last one though. The professor has high standard in terms of grading) = 10

Statistic 072: 2 every week, for around 13 weeks (excluding 4 tests and Spring Break week), but this is super easy = 2 x 13 = 26

Operational Management: 8 online homework (last 2 is quite hard), 3 or 4 "take home and send through email" assignment" = 12

Economics 105: 2 (1 practice and 1 graded) every alternate week. Practice questions close eyes also can do (because this will not be graded, right or wrong does not matter), graded ones were consider normal. 2 x 7 = 14

13 + 1 + 9 + 26 + 12 + 14 = 75!!!!!!! Holy crap, I cant believe it!

I WANT TO GO BACK TO MALAYSIA TO CHARGE MY BATTERY SO BADLY...... Attendtion to Good food in Malaysia, I am coming soon!!

Calling Back to Malaysia: $49 for 8 Minutes!

This is ridiculous! I called back to Malaysia for like around 8 minutes only because I really need to talk to the recruiter for some stuff. Do you know how much is $49 bucks is equivalent to RM? Given the current currency is RM 3.70 to $ 1, it costs me about RM 180 bucks. This is not good.

Downtown Nightwalk

Lifestyle: US vs. MY

This is the gown of one of the US retailer: Valley West Mall. Note that the colors are all in black and white; which is what I have notice in formals of the US people. They all tend to wear only black and white, nothing else. I think this is pretty boring as I came from a place where style is emphasized.

There is good and bad for this issue. US people are more professional in doing things, style and way of doing it is not important. Whereas Malaysians are more towards styles, but we hardly get things done nicely.

If we want to market stylish clothes into the US, it will not be sustainable. This is due to the term of localization, a term in Global Marketing. Simply because they will not want to adapt to it.

Hard Time: Negative Slope of Life

These few days are the hardest time to move on. Somehow my emotion took over my rational side of me. I am becoming more pessimistic rather than optimistic that I was used to be. Now I can imagine why some women being so emo at times, however, they can be much worse. I still cannot accept the fact that I was being used all the while by this worthless friend (well, I do not treat her as a friend anymore). Another thing is about the unfairness of the election and my effort towards MASA. There is a upcoming MASA Night potluck this Friday. Given that my effort was not appreciated, I should not have agreed to the president that I will be bring food. What was in my mind? I simply cannot reject. Part of me want to contribute blindly, another part of me (anger plus emo) is trying to stop me by contributing more. Ethical dilemma!!

I need time to let everything go

I need time to reset my goal

How should I set my goal? Given that all students organizations election were already over and I have only planted my seed on MASA. My non-diversified portfolio gives me a negative return. I shall be announced broke.

Drake Basketball Team

Drake Women Basketball

Drake Men Basketball

Being as an athletic in Drake, you will have a lot of benefits. Benefits not only in terms of full scholarships, but the entire Drake recognizes you. Whenever Drake is playing against its competitor, Drake will provide full support as in asking its students to go the tournament to provide moral support. Often, more than thousands of people around the neighborhood will come and support Drake for playing against their competitors, where it is from the other Iowa Universities or some others.

My Employer had Lifted My Day!

This piece of envelop means a lot to me.

I got it from my colleague the day after the miserable MASA Election. My employer had already left the company, but he asked my colleague to pass me a small gift. When my colleague presented the gift to me, I thought it was a thank you note for thanking my contribution and hard work to the company.

After colleague had presented me the gift:

Colleague: Spend wisely. =)

Me: Spend? O_o?

As I opened it, it is a gift card from Bankers Trust which contain $500 debit visa! It enlightened me instantly. But of course, for no reason I should not have accepted it.

Me: Oh my god, I could not accept this gift, it is too much.

Colleague: why not?

Me: I... I... okay...

Thus I received it.

The reason he gave me the card I think is because of my hard work and contribution to the company. In this internship, I not only get experience to market some stuff, the main thing that I will be able to get is the professional development training provided by my employer. In addition, I do not have to worry about lunch every Friday when I come into the office. They provide nice Asian food or bring me out to nice Asian restaurant! Although I do not get paid but these non-monetary payments worth more than monetary payment.

I have developed to be much a better person witnessed by my housemates. From this professional development, together with some luck, I managed to get an internship in one of the big four: Ernst & Young Malaysia! This was really not an easy process as I competed with those who are applying internships within Malaysia and out of Malaysia. My lucky part is that I managed to get an interview.

First Time in My Life

As the titled stated, This is my first 4.0.

I really do hope that I will get another chance to enter President list though.

The name above mine is my 乖孫女, Chiann!!

Well, she is always smart. I as grandpa feels proud =P

A Friend of Mine: A Huge Lesson

Mary Anne was right at first for saying that I should not be as close to one of my friend. This decision I made (that is kicking her out of my friend list) was correct. Although it was a little bit late but still, as long as I am not blind for the rest of my life. This friend always thought that she has a lot of good friends: like me and Mary Anne. Well, that is what she told me. She might speaks the same thing to other of her friends. The reason why she wants me to be her close friend because I can benefit her in a lot of matter (which I do not want to explain here); honestly, I never thought of getting anything from her yet I only wanted to treat her nicely as a close friend. To add, speaking the truth, Mary Anne has never treated her as good friend.

She really admires Mary Anne for her beauty and leadership (I guess?). Always wanted to be close to her. But sometimes when she called, Mary Anne did not answer (you know, sometimes it is harder to call girls), so she always call me instead. In the conversation, usually she wants to talk about Mary Anne and about herself. She seldom talk to me about my stuff. Well, like I have said, I will not be that stupid anymore. (this is one of the reasons why this friend is so horrible) Simply to add, I really do not like the fact that people keep laughing at me for being so close to such a person. I am stupid enough for kept helping her to defend herself. Now I realized my stupidity.

I do not mind that she reads about what I have written here because those are what she personally told me. She once said that "Well, not everyone can be my best friend; One has to have something unique that I can be able to learn from". I am just doing what she said; she has nothing for me to learn besides learning on making use of other people.

This will be my first post on talking bad on someone. Remember, I am not telling lies nor gossip. I am publishing it here to let everyone know, even she herself. I deeply regret of my stupidity of treating her so well. This is a great deal of thing I have already learned and achieved.

Speed Recovery?

I think I have achieved 90% recovery in a night time. This is incredible. I could not really express my gratitude towards Mary Anne who helped me in the process thoroughly.