Issues - NS & Studies

5th June 2008
Thursday
Couch potato

I'm rapidly becoming a couch potato. Except that I'm losing weight instead of gaining weight. Tonsillitis sucks. It kills your appetite, makes you puke, and makes swallowing difficult. Put that, that and that together and you have a major headache on how, or what to eat.

For the past few days while I have been killing myself at home, I managed to get certain things sorted out. Well, not without lectures and naggings from certain people.

NS deferment. It is a pain in the ass. But at long last, I received my SingPass from the post, and in a series of clicks, all done! But waiting for SingPass takes a long time. One working day to process the application, and another four to mail it to your house.

Application for Diploma in Music (Teaching). I couldn't really make up my mind on this issue, but yesterday, almost everyone started calling me. Mr Adams called me and asked if the Ministry of Education (MOE) has contacted me. (I was supposed to contact them). Since I haven't done anything, then of course MOE have not contacted me. So I replied with a truthful no.

Right after that call, 28 minutes later, David Smith called me, asking me about the teaching course. It was a few minutes of discussion, which lead to no where and my throat was making it impossible for him to hear what I was saying. So he simply told me to think over it carefully and contact Adams for a discussion on the course.

About 2 hours later, Heidi, from Marketing & Admissions, called me to lecture me on why I did not call MOE. After the first 7 seconds, my mind switched to hibernate mode. So I have no idea what she went on and on about.

After that phonecall, I dialled MOE officer, Ms Annie Tan's, number, just to get referred back to the online registration. And I had to call back again, which I did right before I started this post.

All that for? A chance of getting into the teaching course. And my questions are not yet answered. Hmm. The efficiency of a so-called organised world.

I ought to get back to my trumpet after tomorrow. Tonsils are healing up pretty nicely now.

"When opportunities knock at the wrong time, do you take them, or turn them away?"
-Han Yong