Friday, October 20, 2006
Talked about nearly everything under the sun... his Hons project, my situations, his situations, job markets, overseas degrees... Luckily he's got free incoming even for overseas calls... Lol... and I was using 019, which is supposed to give cheaper rates..
I'm glad he's enjoying himself over there, even if it IS just him alone with his project... He's content with what he's doing, working towards his goals... And I guess it really set me thinking as well... Set me thinking as to whether Life Sciences was really what I want to be doing after I graduate... And honestly, with all the news that most grads dun really get to do research unless they've got PhDs, I might just have to further my studies first...
Which also led me to think... The only reason why I got into LS in the first place, was cos I couldn't do Medicine... and I wanted to do Med cos I wanted to work in Forensic Pathology, which at that time, needed an MBBS.. I couldn't go that route cos back then, my sis was still in Aus, and I didn't want to stress my parents further...
But... now she's back, working... and I'm going to finish my degree soon... Cash might probably be a problem... but... I won't know if I don't try... Maybe not medicine, cos frankly, the NUS-Duke Uni thing is very demanding and at $80k a year, really expensive... and since my main idea was to actually work in Forensics, I might just take up the Forensic Science Degree in Perth... The modules they have sound quite interesting, and with my LS degree, I could probably skip the first year... At A$18.5k a year, its much lesser then Duke... But the question of whether it is recognised in Singapore comes in, as well as whether there's actually a job demand for it over here... I suppose I could always work over there... but... its really sad to leave my family over here...
So many buts now... and no confirmations... I've got one more semester before I decide to do Hons... and if I do, I'll have one more year to decide if I can actually do the 2nd degree... This definitely warrants a lot more research and asking around... something which I'll do when I have more time...
I've got another batch of CAs coming up... 25th and 31st Oct... with another report due on the 27th and a full day ecological trip to Malaysia on the 28th... That's 4 reasons why I decided not to pursue doing Pulze... Blast is already sending a Jr and Snr team... and I frankly dun see myself having the time to find more ppl to send in another group... from now till the 25th, its mugging for one CA, at the same time, working on the report... then after the 25th, mugging AGAIN for my next CA... with a show to do on the 29th as well... It'll be a packed time till the end of the month...
Surprisingly, I'm actually enjoying mugging, or rather, I did when I was studying for immunology... learning about immune systems... I don't deny its cheem... but... understanding is more important than plain memorising.. heh... Animal physio is also quite fun to read... esp the extra readings... but... pharmaco... well... that remains to be seen... got to start on that soon... luckily, ecology doesn't have a CA, but the report is 15%... so its quite high too... Heh...
I hate still being somewhat emotional at times... but... thanks for the chat bro... Felt much much better after chatting with you... now I know y we'll always be 'brudders'... Heh... I'm come over see you sometime... and we'll go crazy on the town again too... LOL...
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