Finding #1 : Pirates in reality

There was a report about a super huge oil tanker carrying crude oil worth of US $100million being hijacked by PIRATES! There are still real pirates in this era?? I always thought that pirates only exist in the past, like those depicted by Pirates of the Carribean. The report described the pirates as violent and powerful. They would use small speedboats to chase after large ships and when they succeed, they would climb up using ropes and usually they are heavily armed. One captain even lamented that they have to look out all the time for such small speedboats and try to shake them off their heels. 

Finding #2 : Maldives sinking 

Ok, this is not what I found out yesterday but one week back or so. It was reported that Maldives is sinking (not really surprising since sea levels are rising) and the government has already started looking for land in other countries for them to move over ( this is surprising!). Imagine moving a whole country's population over to another place! At the rate that they are sinking, they calculated that it will be less than 100 years that their island will be under the sea. Hence, their government plans to put aside some tourism revenue for buying land in probably Australia or Sri Lanka. Wow a  country within another country.   

Finding #3 : Job Prospect

A graduate from double major of psychology and social work wrote in to the papers asking for career advice. She graduated a few years back and has tried working as a private tutor and social worker before but she does not want to work in those fields anymore. She was thinking whether she should pursue another degree that is more practical. The advisor advised her not to pursue another degree and instead she should aim to write a good CV and master her communication skills for interviews. She explained that arts courses train undergraduates in analytical skills and critical thinking, which are applicable to jobs in many sectors. Sounds promising but I still don't know my direction. Yes, there may not be a specific sector but what are the kinds of jobs we can have?

Finding #4 : Sociological Thinking

In the same issue of newspaper, a reporter was writing a column about tourists busy snapping their digital cameras when on holidays. His point was that tourists should not be busy snapping their digital cameras because they would be able to find better photos of those scenes on internet and they would miss out the best part when they are busy snapping away. Instead, he suggested that tourists should enjoy the moment fully and have a remarkable experience. There was this part whereby I think that he would make a good Soci student (wonder whether was he one before). He said that digital camera is a powerful tool. Not only that it itself is powerful in capturing special moments, more importantly it empowers the photographer who gets to decide which part of reality is being captured and what is not. Good point.

Haha I am so glad that it's all over! No more assignments to rush, no more worries about tutorials and no more studying at RP or library for the next one month!

Reflections about exams...I did not do well for my soci papers...had not enough time for 312 and did not know how to do the 40marks question for 301. Luckily CS and TCM were alright. Nothing interesting happened during this sem's exams as well. Haha profs were quite normal this time round.

Anyway, after our exams on Wednesday, Wei Ching, Esther, Denise, Seng Keat and I went for early dinner at HK cafe and a movie at Cine. Esther taught us some games after our meals and we had a fun time playing those games. We wanted to watch Sing to the Dawn at first but it received poor ratings and hence we watched Tropic Thunder instead. Haha it was a wise choice. The movie was super hilarious, right from the start till the very end! However, I think the movie has been screening for quite some time already and as a result, we were assigned a small theatre that has a spoilt chair in between me and Denise. Oh! The lead actor was Ben Stiller! Haha and there was Tom Cruise who did not look the least bit like him. Haha the image of him dancing is still vivid in my mind.

What a spread! We miss all these good food alot!

Wei Ching and Esther! 

Deja vu!! Haha the picture above was taken on Wednesday at the SAME SEAT as the picture below which was taken one year ago.

Yesterday, together with Denise, Ben and Andy, we went to watch Madagascar 2 at Cine. It's another comedy but with some typical morale behind it. I would say that it's a funny and sweet movie. After the movie, we walked around, had dinner and went to Marina. Oh! By the way, this year's X'MAS lightings are really beautiful! The theme is sweet christmas and it's really sweet! Haha anyway, after watching F1 races, me and Ching always wanted to play Daytona but we did not had the chance to play together YET. Haha to curb the craving first, I suggested playing Daytona and guess what...I came in 2nd!! Anyway, we wanted to walk to Marina Barrage but we did not know how to go. In the end, we ended up at the Singapore Flyer. Hm, I think that the place is nothing special, just another tourist attraction. But of course, it may be a different story when you are taking a ride on the Singapore Flyer. 

Alright, that's all. I need to clear my sleeping debt soon...

Anyway, last night was the final race of this F1 season, Brazil Grand Prix. Everything was just so drama last night. Haha just 5 to 10 minutes before the race was supposed to start, the online channel stopped streaming. Haha I got anxious and started looking for alternative channels and when I found it, I sent it to Ching as well and she sent me another link at the same time too haha. 

Finally, the race started and I was hoping that Kimi Raikkonen would win the race. I was impressed by him during the previous race when he gave way for his fellow teammate Massa to overtake him. I think that its applaudable that he cared more about the team than his own individual merit. It's all about teamwork! And I was also hoping that Massa would win the race instead of Hamilton because I think the latter is quite arrogant. But! It did not turned out as I had wished. Sad. But I guess the racer who is most upset has to be Coulthard. It was his last race for his whole career and yet he was knocked out at the first turn. Somemore it was not his fault lah. Someone just came to knock onto him and yet the one who knocked onto him managed to carry on with the race. Super unlucky.