My 3 Years in SIM...

Time really flies and I’ve finally graduate from SIM. I’m now waiting for the convocation ceremony to be held in August. It’s still 7 more months to go! Can’t wait for August to come! Mmm…guess I would have to be patient. Hopefully I should be employed by then!!

My 3 years in SIM is really filled with lots of ups and downs, adventures, gossips and bitching. Well, but I would say that these are also wonderful memories which I’ll never forget.

My very first year in SIM was pretty tough. Previously, I was studying Engineering…thus, it was a total switch of course from Engineering to Business. Really had a hard time trying to catch up. Well, it wasn’t too bad for those Management type of subjects, coz it’s still quite easy to ‘smoke’ your way through, but not for accounting!! It was the only subject which in total, I took it 5 times!!! It was really a torture! I failed Introductory Accounting in Year 1 Sem1, re-took it in Year 1 Sem2 and managed to get a credit. Went on to Year 2 Sem3, took Management Accounting, failed this damn subject, retook in Year 2 Sem4, Gosh! Failed again…was somehow kicked out by the school (coz we’re not supposed to fail the repeated subject)…sent in an appeal letter, went for an interview with my course co-ordinator, and was lucky enough that they allowed me to stay in SIM/RMIT, as I did well for my other subjects. It was also because of this damn accounting that jeopardizes my chance of getting a Degree with Merit as well. Then, I went on to Year 3 Sem5 and retook Management Accounting again…*Phew*, I finally cleared this stupid accounting in that semester!!...Till now, I still can’t understand why I always fail accounting. I only know that I hate my lecturer, Bean Lai!!...She’s the worst lecturer I ever had in my entire schooling life!... She can’t teach, she can’t speak well, I don’t know what else she knows!! Worst of all, she cannot convince us yet she confused us! I am already bad with numbers…and with a lecturer like her, it was really doomsday!! I pity my juniors who are being taught by her now…

Mmm…besides my stupid accounting, I was able to handle my other subjects pretty well. Probably its because I have excellent project mates. I guess I made the right move by approaching Mat from the beginning in Year 1 Sem2! We were not even on talking terms at that time! I just know that he is from my Orientation group! But Clara and I were desperate to form a group that time, thus I decided to approach him. He was okay about it when I approached him and he told us that another guy, Mike would be joining us. Haha! That was it! From then on, they boarded our pirate ship! Heh heh…and from there, our relationship as project mates developed into buddies!...But I don’t know why they always say they regret joining us, when we’ve brought so much fun and laughter to them! *ahem* ahaha…Anyway, I know both of them love to spite us, so we don’t really bother about them, coz we have our own ways and means to make them be our slaves! Ahaha…Anyway, along the way, came Jinsheng (JS). Till now, I just cannot seem to understand him. He’s a good project mate but well, I just cannot talk to him as a friend. Maybe he cannot tolerate my nonsense?...Well, I don’t know and also don’t bother to find out! Its not my problem anyway!...

Basically, the people in my 28th intake are quite nice, but there are some whom I find them quite snobbish!...oh, but I did make an enemy while in SIM! She’s really a BITCH!! Her name is Charmaine! I don’t understand why there are such people on earth!! They ought to be shot! It’a long story...Anyway, Wencai did tell me that she was sorry for what she said…but till now, I’ve yet to receive an apology from her! Maybe she did not have the guts to do that! Who knows??...Some other people whom I dislike are 2 muslim girls in my class. Our “scandal” has actually spread to the whole class! Anyway, we’re not the only ones who kena!...They are now the 2 infamous muslim girls! I’m not being racist here, but you have to work with them then you’ll know the agony we went through!...Also heard a lot of “feedback” about them while in Aussie…I pity those people! Well, there are always black sheeps around, so I don’t let them affect my mood or life!

One of my fondest memories in SIM was setting up the Bazzar with Clara in Sem3. It’s great being your own boss as we have total control of the whole business. We were lucky to get our goods based on consignment and was able to break-even by the 2nd day of business. Our bazzar lasted for 5 days…it was definitely tiring, but we did make some profit out of it. Most importantly, we gained invaluable experience being our own boss! Of course Clara and I also have our fair share of dispute, but it wasn’t a cat fight or anything…to a certain extent, we’re still quite tolerant of one another.

Another of my fondest memory in SIM would be the Overseas Study Program (OSP) to Melbourne!! It is part of the course curriculum in Year 3 Sem5. The 2 weeks in RMIT was actually a waste of time. It was like a crash course on Sex and Career! We’ll discuss on issues such as sexual orientation, homosexuals, genders etc. and we have to research and write a topic on it! It’s ridiculous! I don’t see how it relates to my course of study. Anyway, it was an experience, coz we were showed videos on transsexual and gays! I reckon that was the only time I did not fall asleep in class! The course on Career was worst!! It was so boring that half the time, I was dozing off in class. The lecturer will rattle on and on...seems like I’m being transported into a temple where the monks are like reciting the scriptures! Can’t wait for class to end! It was only towards the last 2 lessons where we have presentations, then I became more awake! Oh, did I mention that my group did a role play? It was really fun and even our lecturer was quite impressed. Hee…

Although the OSP was only 2 weeks, I extended my stay over in Aussie for nearly 1 month! I left on 19th May and was back on the 17th June. This 1 month in Aussie is filled with lots of memorable memories! But it is also through this 1 month that I get to see my friend’s true colors and who they really are, and if they are worth to be my friends. I also made some new friends along the way. Well, not exactly new friends, but these are my school mates whom I see in school but we do not talk at all until we were in Aussie! Strange, but it’s the fact.

My last semester in school was pretty smooth-sailing. But we had some disputes with Michelle ever since we came back from Aussie. Anyway, it’s over and I also do not wish to talk about it either. Now that I’ve graduate, do miss those days in school,e.g. the bad-ventilated canteen, some nice lecturers , the school envrionment and definitely my friends. Now I understand why people always say that being a student is the most interesting phase in life…