A new beginning

I signed the employment contract an hour or so after my last paper on the 24th of April and I will begin tomorrow! I've worked before but tomorrow is special as it is my first job upon graduation. I am excited, but anxious about it too.

Cheers!

A day to remember

Life, is what we make of it. We develop friendships, fall in love, build cities and lastly leave our worldly world behind when we shed our frail human body.

Today is an historic day. We had our first un-official Tamizha meeting and we bounced great ideas off each other. I am very excited to see the club take form. Most importantly, I am doing it with friends! People, whom I could trust and be opened to.

I've always felt out of place for being my age, but my friends have made me feel so loved that I don't feel any different from them. I am truly grateful to the universe for this moment of joy.

God, universe, brahma...thank you!

Why do you blog?

This is a question that I've been asked before, and strictly there is no one answer to it. Personally, I blog for the love of writing, to share my experiences, to voice my opinions, to archive my thoughts/ideas/opinions, and to give my creativity a space to showcase and experiment.

However, I have sometimes rant on my blog and it is something I am not proud of. I dislike ranting in public and my blog is in the public domain.

I am looking forward to my Golf-sessions, to the starting of Tamizha தமிழா (SMU's Tamil Language & Cultural Society), to SCD-FTB goodies, SCD-GSR cleanliness campaign, and of cause to the start of YEAR 2!!!!

I shall better manage my time between my commitments to SCD, Tamizha and to SINDA, without compromising on my Year 2 MODS!!

Cheers!

PS: I love my summer-job at AXA!

NUS vs NTU vs SMU

After days of research, interviews with poly lecturers and uni-friends, and self-reflection; I've decided to choose SMU over NTU and NUS. NTU Nanyang Business School has offered me my first choice which is Business. While NUS offered me my second choice; Arts and Social Science FASS. The latter's offer is paler in comparison to the former's and that made it easy for me to cross-out NUS.

However I was confused over NBS and SMU. So I decided to lay down all the factors for an apples-to-apples comparison but I later included NUS for a holistic decision making.

Let's start with NUS. It is a comprehensive university and it ranks higher then NTU. Furthermore, a degree from NUS has this aura of prestige. However my passion for FASS is second to Business and therefore I decided to strike out NUS.

NTU's NBS is extremely prestigious. It has an awesome global ranking of 24 and it is top in ASEAN. Furthermore, its Business programme is a 3yrs programme with direct honours. Plus, it has well furbished halls and a vibrant campus life. But, NTU is very far away, better known for its engineering programmes, and not known to produce good presenters. Three stars to NTU NBS!

SMU is a new university yet to be accredited and it cannot be ranked together with NUS and NTU as it is not a holistic university like them. However, a little research will tell you that it will be accredited within the next 2years. It has a different teaching pedagogy which is more interactive - in small seminar settings, plenty of industry partnerships and it is known to develop graduates into smooth presenters. Plus, they are offering me a scholarship. :P

Although NTU is a really good university and it has been my goal for nearly 2 years. I rather take my chances with SMU which was modelled after Wharton and has been created to be different from the other 2 older universities. So I would think that SMU is more attuned to the needs of this new era. An era that is driven by innovation and IT.

So here I come, SMU!

108 Coconuts Later

I visited the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar temple today and I would definitely visit this temple again. It is one of the temples that evokes nostalgia for me. When I was younger, I had Sunday religious lessons in that very same temple. I even had the opportunity to play Lord Ganesh once; I was the skinniest Ganesh ever. It was also a temple where we had many family functions.

However, I had no family function today nor do I still attend religious lessons. Instead I was there to give thanks and to seek further blessing from the god of prosperity. I broke 108 coconuts in the name of Lord Ganesha. Some sounded like a pop from a champagne bottle, an apt sound to celebrate my recent successes. While others sounded like a crash - and to my imaginative mind it sounded like the crushing of future obstacles. I really need him to clear any possible obstacles lying before my path to a successful future.

Tomorrow will be the start of a new chapter at SMU.