Chronicles of a Young College Boy

Sunday, July 16, 2006

yooo...second week in new york...hot hot hot....well its abt 33 everyday here...u can say its not tht hot but for a guy who has experienced an average of about 10 for the last six months...33 is freaking hot....so anyway...the biggest problem here is probably the firealarms...im not sure how many times do they hav to ring it so tht we get the msg...lets take today for example...at 920am...while everyone is still in their warm beds...they ring the alarm...so i got up...grumpily...and went down and see for the 8th time 4 firetrucks coming ringing their sirens so loudly...the best part of it is tht u can see the fireman coming down as if they were planning to buy starbucks....one is even smoking...i was like...heh...so im supposed to put my life in their hands when a real fire breaks out huh....nutty firemen....ok so thts for 920....then everyone go back up at abt 940 and went back to bed (its a saturday)....THEN at 1128am....only 3 hours from the last siren...the damn alarm is set off again...when i got up the first thing i do is curse....then the whole process starts again...go down and watch the fireman slowly walk into the building...-_-lll....
oh well...today i went for probably the biggest shopping spree in my life....i went to wad is supposed to b a factory outlet....theres like this huge land where there r many houses...in these houses they sell the products...hugo boss..gap..adidas..nike...timberland...quicksilver..calvin klein....versace...armani xchange...many many other stuffs....its supposed to b a factory outlet...but for some reason the 4 clothes i bought amount to 120 usd....i was like...hmm..where did i go wrong...its practically like a chalet neighbourhood where instead of having people as tenants...they hav products...=)...sadly i didnt bring my camera along...its a pretty nice place...

on my train home...i heard someone saying these words.."la...chiobu....like tht one..."...my mind immediately fires off the word "Singapore!!"..hahaha...true enuff...as i listen more..the famous grammar of singlish all made their appearances..hahaha..its quite amusing...but pretty ncie at the same time...don really noe how to describe it...its quite distinctive the singapore english when its spoken here..even if the las..chiobu...like tht one...leh....all r gone...theres still tht trace of accent...cos i heard a person coaching another person in the gymn..and he was explaining his intructions in perfect english....tht is...singaporean-english perfected...just like the pm talking..hehe...kinda nice though...now i noe..even though it doesnt sound tht sophisticated...singlish is quite a unique thing...=)...

this week i hav been having this fear....one of the rare occasion i usually hav of this magnitude...its bcos of this decision of choosing which major should i take...its like choosing wad do i want to do wif my life...its doesnt seem tht obvious....bcos my parents keep on telling me to go for business...where the people make the most $$...but for some reason i like psychology a lot...i listened to one of stuart's audio programs...he mentioned.."when u r willing to do the job for free....tht is ur dream job.."...for me..i will do counselling and consultations for free....i noe all the directions and wisdoms i learnt probably point to the psychology direction...follow my dream...but there r basically 2 problems...one...is tht i need a doctorate to b in practice....second...is whether i will make enuff money to support my family AND achieve my final goal of either opening a nature resort or funding one....my brain keep on telling me the facts and wisdoms i learnt...while my heart is just so cowardly at times tht im quite puzzled...yea bcos it tells me this is choosing wad do i want to do wif my LIFE...im only given one shot...so tht fear and doubt is destroying wadever courage reserves i hav....my motivational gurus says..."Never concentrate on goals like 'I want to make as much money as possible', bcos u will never reach it. Instead concentrate on the strategy of making tht come true...money is like the fruit...strategy the tree...money is like the bonus..not the real deal.."..i don noe how much i want to let myself believe this line...u can call me money minded and everything...but then if u hav my goals at the end of life...u will think abt the financial aspects too....argh...i will let a more powerful being show me the signs....

DanieL counted snowflakes at 1:07 AM