| Convocation EditionYes, I know, it has been exactly a week since my graduation but I just didn't feel like updating until now. This pretty much sums up what I have been up to since my very last final, just slacking and doing things whenever I feel like. I am done hibernating though and ready to start looking for a job; I can't keep spending money with no income afterall. I have applied to some jobs but have yet to get a response yet, granted, it has only been a couple of weeks since my job hunting has begun. In fact, I applied to a company just today. This place sounds interesting, we'll see how I go with that. By the way, I found out I am failing rather quite a few things in terms of living healthily, such as.. sleeping between 10pm-2am (good for skin), not eating past 10pm, eat breakfast everyday, etc. Out of like 10 things Ricco listed, I managed to pass 2 of them. Yea, that's really healthy eh? I think I should change some of my habits. Anyway, on with things... So I have been thinking about my five years at SFU, well 57 months from Sept 2003 to June 2008, and I would say it was pretty eventful. There were lots of changes and self-discoveries. What changes? Well, at least I don't think people that know me will call me passive anymore, a description Evelyn gave me back in high school. Did I mention that I didn't know how to cook my own food five years ago? Ok, Instant noodles and microwavable foods were the exceptions. Although I still feel that my presentation skills aren't very strong, I think I have come a long way the last couple of years; I project myself loud enough and no longer read off my notes or memorize a script word by word. One of the biggest changes is that I have become more open as a person. Largely it can be attributed to my term as VP Finance for ASA, which just fell on my lap since John dropped out of running and my only competition was someone not too popular in filling the position. That year gave me the chance to meet a lot of people, take charge of things, and open my eyes, which made me become more open in terms of talking to people and in doing things. I would never have guessed I would sign up for social dancing lessons. For me to do that back in high school, I would have to be drugged, whacked over the head by a bat a few times, and forced to with a gun next to my head. I have also discovered myself as person. I realized I am quite logical, with a little creativity on the side. Also, now I know the things that I just cannot stand in a person and what reaction I would give out in response. It's a little weird how I never really had a problem with people in until university, with one obvious exception (and thankfully, this is no longer my worry). I don't know what it is..maybe it's because I got to meet more people and see more things that I dislike from people, or that there are weird people in the business faculty. I also found out I'm more of a business person than a scientist, so I am thankful I made the right choice! The choices were SFU Business or UBC Science and using my logical brain I chose business. Like I said to Doris the other day, I can't imagine what kind of person I would've become had I gone into science!! (Possibly a university drop out). Some things that took place during my time at SFU (in addition to the things I mentioned above): - Met some awesome friends
- Education 100 Final Project! Our CD!!
- Trips to Japan, Sunshine Coast, Hong Kong
- Summer internship at HPH and HIT in Hong Kong
- Fencing
- Play On! tournaments
- Fought for and got back my pay from ReMark Sport Marketing
- Chased and helped corner a guy that tried to take off after crashing a car against my neighbour's fence(looking back, it was a stupid thing for me to do.. that middle-aged white guy was big and tall....but hey, I outsmarted him! whereas he was able to lose the other guys that were chasing him) and subsequently got to sit in a police car so that the cop could get information from me
- Bus 381 group paper + group presentation
- Dropped the gifts for guest presenters at a PwC Info Session
- Was picked on by Dan Relihan of CGA on several occasions because I randomly put in "2" SFU CGA Alumni for a draw at the info session
- Found out that accounting is the thing for me
- That I have somehow managed to survive 5 yrs of university!!!!
All in all, I have gone through both great times and some bad times during these years. I have mixed feelings about graduation because, like all things, there are tradeoffs. However, I always believe that we should always look ahead and make improvement on things, rather than keep myself in the past and worry about "what ifs". Graduating is no exception and I'll make do with whatever that gets thrown my way. I also believe that whatever happens, good or bad, will be the best result for me. So I'll try to put down my worries and just enjoy this new chapter that has just begun. |
