Monday, May 31, 2004
Life is not a bed of roses… How true…
This semester that had just passed me by marked a big change from the pleasant memories of the first semester, having experienced my fair share of disappointments and setbacks.
Failure always leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth…
Today we got back the results for the examinations… I had just only logged on to the computer when I was greeted by YingWai’s ICQ message announcing that the results are out and that we can assess our grades… That few minutes of waiting time taken to log on to student link was really painful… wanting to know, yet not wanting to know…
AABC sank in…… I got a C for AB103 Statistics and a B for AA101 Accounting…
I was a bit disappointed with Accounting, having taken it before in Junior College but had more or less expected the B because of the format of the paper, but I did not really expect a C for statistics because of the coursework. Well I think I should be applying for a review for my statistics grading, but I am not optimistic that it will change anything.
Then there was also the disappointment of being overlooked for the post of wakeboarding club’s president, the disappointment of not having a class as fun as the previous semester and other less trivial ones that I cannot recall for now…
But then again, one has to move on… one cannot allow oneself to wallow in sorrow or disappointment for it offers one no benefit. We often feel that we are the only ones that are faced by problems; that the whole world is against us, that nothing is fair. But is it true?
Hardly… Everyone goes through shit at some point of time in their life. I guess it is just that being humans, we are just too insensitive, or too encapsulated in our own problems that we don’t realize that others are going through their own problems too.
Life goes on… No one will pity or sympathize with you if you do not move on… Everyone got their own problems and their own dues to pay.
Like they say… It is not wrong to make a mistake but it would be wrong to repeat the same mistake. I guess mistakes are worth making if you can reflect upon them to learn where you have gone wrong, so as to avoid making mistakes of similar nature, and what you ought to do given a similar situation again…
Now I will just have to decide over the next few days if I should pursue another minor in communication studies or if I should focus my efforts on the core subjects… and if I should stick to my choice in Banking and Finance or to venture in to marketing where it will be relatively easier to score since I am better with such subjects.
JIONG TING ♥
Monday, May 31, 2004
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