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Oct200731

Am I Evil?

My professors in SMU are so cool that they have MSN accounts and encourage us to contact them via the messenger.

It’s pretty fun.

“Hi Prof, I encounter some difficulties doing the project… Do you have time to help me?”
“Hello prof, do you mind if ask you some question?”
“Hey prof, I have a question”
“Hey prof, you there?” *nudge*

But here’s the thing.. If you added them.. That means you’re their “friend”. Which means.. They can see your MSN Profile. And who the hell in the world doesn’t put personal things in MSN Personal Message? And especially those people who even put it in their nicknames.. Seriously, I have 200++ MSN contacts and I don’t expect to remember and associate all the e-mails, ok. At least put your name in the nick. Pretty pretty puh-leezzz.

Examples of common personal messages…
“Agggghhhh!!! School is killing me!!!”
“SMU is evil”
“I hate SMU”
“”

and so on and so forth. And yeah, it’s an opportunity to “stalk” you. Most people don’t understand that their mood fluctuation can actually be visioned just by paying attention to their PMs.

So? Do you feel comfortable that your professors (and they are PROFESSORS not for a dumb reason, ok) are able to see your personal feelings? This is the same case when your professors have facebook (some of them really do) and added you to be their friend. Now they can see your stories! Your status updates, your relationship stories, your crazy photos at the crazy party last night, etc etc…

Well, I don’t.

So I decided to block my professors on MSN. And I only unblock them when I need to talk to them.

Sounds evil? Unethical?

Most of my friends will say that I am evil/unethical/insert-thesaurus-here. Well I know, it might not be polite, and it’s kinda annoying. You only “use” a person when in need?

But for the sake of privacy….?

My principle is.. When I can control who to see my private stuff, I will control it.

The block feature in messengers is built not for nothing, rite?

Oct200723

Sylvia Giacinta

5

Is it really worth it?

If you live in Singapore or visit Singapore regularly on holidays, you must be familiar with the beautiful christmas decoration along roads in Singapore.

However, do you know how the decorations are being put?

Spotted at Bras Basah Road (just across my school)

Yes, it’s a one-man-show. Putting all these sparkling decorations in place.

Safety harness, you ask? Let’s take a look closer… (pardon the blurry zoom. was using my phone’s camera)

Hmm… Nada. Nothing at all.

And that “lift” thingy kept rocking… I wonder if somehow it just… falls down?

Asking one person without safety harness to put all these pretty decorations (make sure you see it at night) seems like a cheap and an expensive way at the same time.

Oh well.. Next time when you pass by Bras Basah Road and be awed by the beauty of the string of lights…. Remember that it’s put up on a price of risking somebody’s life.

Oct200719

Sylvia Giacinta

14

The Admirer

Somebody left me something in my locker today..

Thank’s, whoever you are. Hahaha.

Oct200717

Sylvia Giacinta

1

The Outbreak

OH NOES. It’s the time of the year again…

When my face is pulled down by the power of gravity..

When my eyes are becoming sexier by becoming more like those sultry panda eyes..

When my words become incomprehensible and nonsensical.. (And I can suddenly lose my ability to speak my mother tongue language for…. erm.. a sec. Oh this is serious by the way)

When my overly-used phrases will be “project meeting”, “meeting”, “groupmate”, “assignment”, “project” and all the equivalent terms in every languages I speak (that means, including Indonesian, Mandarin, and Hakka).

And when I got the outbreak!

Presenting….

Sylvia Giacinta

1

Numerology

Believe me, I’m usually not into these kind of stuffs, but… This one thrilled me coz of its accuracy.

This reading is based on —
Birth Name: Sylvia
Birth Date: 5/4/1989 (May 4, 1989)

Your Inner or Soul’s Urge: This is spiritual and emotional expression more than physical. It is your heart-felt desires, your incentive, how you look at life. Here are your areas of personal satisfaction.	Number: 8 You desire big affairs and the power to handle them, with success in all material matters. You love organization, construction, finance, and the huge operations of the commercial world. Happiness, for you, is doing things in a big way, getting results. You are generous, large-minded, powerful, and dependable; a natural executive. You have courage and poise, with the vision, strength, efficiency, excellent judgment, stamina, and determination to succeed. When struggling against opposition you are confident of victory. Your ability to see the true potential in others may make you seem dominant and exacting; but you never spare yourself, either. You are a power for good. However, if you seek money and control purely for selfish reasons, they will tend to elude you. For more success and better control, cultivate justice and toleration for the weaker and less efficient.

Your Personality: This is physical expression more than spiritual or emotional; your outer self, the way you express when meeting others. It may or may not be the real you.	Number: 8 You appear friendly, persuasive, self-controlled, and positive, with a powerful personality that attracts respect from both leaders and subordinates. You are one who gets things done. You hesitate to demonstrate emotion or tenderness. To do your personality justice, you should always be well-dressed in good materials that give you an appearance of success.

Your Quiescent Self: Stripping away all outside influences, aspirations, ambitions, “shoulds”, and “shouldn’ts” — this is you when you are alone; just you and your dreams..	Number: 8 You envision yourself as the Executive Director and/or on the Board of Directors of many large, international companies. Your suite of offices is expansive, with dedicated staff sufficient to do business on the enormous scale that you do. Your thoughts and pleasure are of vibrant businesses with you as the executive and your professional staff taking care of the details.

Your Destiny or Ultimate Goal: This is your desired lifetime accomplishment. It is a key to a useful and happy life, and to feeling fulfillment during your latter days.	Number: 7 Your destiny is to be one of the educators of the world — uncovering and understanding the mysteries of life; studying, proving, making sure of facts then writing, teaching, or demonstrating your knowledge to others. Your quest for knowledge can bring you many unusual experiences and associations. You are intelligent, intuitive, scientific, a thinker, and a sage and you have far-reaching insight. You are an articulate and convincing spokesperson and a perfectionist, and would be at home in any executive position that did not involve machinery or the manufacturing departments. You enjoy writing, inventing, philosophy, and religions.

Your Life’s Path: Here are clues to what fate has in store for you. It indicates the type of encounters, events, and opportunities you are likely to experience along your physical life path.	Number: 9 Your path is philanthropy, loving service to the peoples of Earth. You are a humanitarian with an innate sense of idealism, tolerance, and compassion, giving up personal ambitions and possessions if the general good demands it. You have an impressive personality and power to influence others. At times you are somewhat naive in your anticipation of the joy you believe is coming. Your spiritual sensitivity and holistic feelings for humanity encompass a wide range — compassion, generosity, sympathy, tolerance. You have a vivid imagination. You easily and joyfully serve your fellow man, tending to place others before yourself and give your Love, sympathy, help, and understanding without stint. You would like to see perfection in marriage, self, and the whole world. Your opportunities are among emotional, artistic, and inspirational people, in fields that serve broad segments of mankind.

This Year’s Path: Here is what you are likely to encounter this year — your feelings, your predominant perspective, and the type of situations, circumstances, and opportunities you tend to attract during the calendar year.	Number: 9 This year you realize completion and/or fulfillment of some of your dreams. During the year you can let go of the old and undesirable to make way for the new and worthwhile. Things that have been lagging behind want to be finished up this year. Some things seem to finish themselves. In general, this is not a good year to begin new projects. Be tolerant, compassionate, and forgiving, and this can be one of the most wonderful years of your life. Keeping your mind open for broader interests and larger activities seem more natural to you this year. Make your interests more of a universal, rather than personal, nature. Love affairs get your attention, maybe even your own. You find yourself cultivating music, writing, and other arts, and expressing love to the many and toleration of all. The “brotherhood of man” is your keynote. Respond to the urge to do good works.

Next Year’s Path.	Number: 1 More so than usual, you feel desire to move forward, to improve situations, to assert your individuality, and to get on with life. Reach for opportunities and they will come to you. Life is beginning anew! Now is the time to put your best foot forward; to take up a hobby or other activity that will freshen your thinking and broaden your general activities; to look ahead. This is an active year with many decisions to make. Your affairs are making a new start. The next nine years’ experience will depend a great deal on what you do and don’t do this year. It calls for strength of purpose, clear thinking, and listening to your inner voice.

Last Year’s Path.	Number: 8 This is your year of achievement, your year to make great strides in business, employment, promotions, monetary compensation, and/or the accumulation of possessions. It is your harvest time. You feel ambition stirring, a desire to better your financial condition. To accomplish this, it is necessary to be businesslike, efficient, and practical all year. Many opportunities present themselves. To gain your rewards, move forward in a businesslike manner and with sustained effort. Your state of mind, mental capacity, education, experience, and self-confidence are all part of your success and financial advancement. You feel desire to make a special effort to improve or bring to a successful conclusion some of the ideas and dreams of the past years. This is a year of action. Place your abilities on the market with a sense of self-confidence and authority.

Wanna try?

Oct200713

Sylvia Giacinta

1

Random Photos

As usual.. When I don’t have anything to blog about, here come the random photos.. Hahaha…

I was actualy having a mid-term break. A one-week period when I don’t have any classes at all. It was supposedly a holiday.

But…. “Break, what break???”

I had meetings and I still had to do some things for CCAs and of course I still had to study.

And it’s no ordinary meeting I’m talking about. It’s a meeting that lasts from 1 PM to 7 PM, even more.

Sigh. So much for a break.

Neeway, say hello to my random photos. I only got 2 right now..

Finally I’m able to separate chopsticks perfectly! Hahahaha… Happened at Ajisen Ramen

I really like this necklace. It can match any outfit and it gives me the elegant look. And guess what! I actually bought it at 3-for-10 shop! Can you believe it? Coz many of my friends didn’t believe that it’s actually a very cheap necklace.

However, there’s one thing that makes me sad. Actually, the necklace was chosen by my friend. And… A male friend some more. Sigh. I can’t accept the fact that my male friend actually has better taste than me.

Now here comes the end of my randomness… Ciao!

Oct200705

Sylvia Giacinta

5

To be thankful

As the old phrase saying : count your blessings.

I went to the nearby 7-11 just now to get my dose of keep-awake medicine : some night snacks and some drinks. I chatted with the store attendant. Apparently I regularly go there that he now recognizes me.

So we chatted. He asked me where I live. I said I live just behind the 7-11. Then the conversation just flowed. He asked me whether I’m studying, what course I’m studying. I said I’m studying Information Systems at SMU.

Then suddenly he said “I also want to study computer.. I’m planning to do a short course of it”.

That was like “oh”.

Then he asked me whether I know some place to get the certification of it. Well I told the truth, that I really don’t know. I advised him to go search in internet. (duh)

Then he took my instant noodle and a can of pocari sweat, scanned the barcode, and gave them back to me and stating the price.

I gave him the money, he gave me my stuffs back packed in a carrier and the change. I said “Thank you, bye bye” and walked out of the store.

And as I walked home, it just struck me. I just realized that I’m in no position of complaining on what I have right now : a good education in a good place.

I’ve got a thing many people would die for : an opportunity.

And as I boil the water to cook my instant noodle and opening my can, I decided to blog about this. To remind you all to be thankful. To be grateful of what you have been given and what you have achieved.

And of course… To be nice to people who serve you. You never know how a simple smile and a simple “thank you” can change someone’s day.