my 25th week at work

This week...yeah time passed really fast this week, thanks to my on-maternal-leave boss who btw will still be away for at least 11 more weeks, lucky me. Without her being around, I'm practically being the boss for myself LoL...so yeah I really enjoyed my time at the office, where I can do whatever I feel like doing and leave anytime I feel like going straight back home. Well, don't get me wrong; I still have things to do, and by "things" I mean those related to the job, but as always, I did them all quite fast so I had more free time for myself to work on my German vocab list.

Another highlight of the week is this decision I finally made after nearly 6 months. Yeah, I finally shortened my maybe-applying-to list of Stats doctorate degree programs to 2 univs: Wisconsin & Purdue. It took me like some couple of days to decide that only Wisconsin survived as the final choice, partly due to Purdue lacking renown researchers in the multivariate statistics & linear model fields. To date, I haven't yet decided if I should really file an application to Wisconsin and frankly speaking, I don't think I will. I know how this makes me sound like a complete geeky waverer, but somehow it just makes me feel better knowing that I have gone through all the univs more thoroughly, and by doing this I hope that I won't regret my choice in the future, unlike my previous regret in choosing (or being forced to choose) high school.
So, should I really be given chance to pursue my graduate program in the States, it's gonna be either Penn State or Wisconsin, with 0.9-0.1 being their corresponding probability of having me around LoL....

Today itself was a great, albeit short, getaway for me. It's been quite a while since the last time I watched a good movie, and finally, after waiting like almost a month, I found this Wild Child, which didn't let me hesitate for a single second to rate it 5/5. Yeah, it's a great movie, after the very disappointing Quantum of Solace. So for those needing a time off from daily routines, this is a must...before the long-awaited Quarantine and Four Christmases which will be released together on Nov 27.

By this time next week, I'll have been working as a Statistician (or, Facebook Analyst) for exactly 6 months. Wow, now this is an achievement...I just can't believe how I could survive the job this long, which started even prior to my graduation ceremony last July. Now I only hope that I'll still be given strength to survive for another 7 months until next June before I can finally convey this thought of mine to the 'boss', "Hi, I'd like to let you know that I want to resign next month. Please do whatever things necessary to get me out of here asap"

....can't wait to go back home, yeap, 26 more days

I'm so free that even this random conver is posted on my blog

So it was like 1.30PM just now when I was kinda busy playing Who Has the Biggest Brain that this Canadian guy showed up, scared the hell out of me asking, "Hi Haskell, you remember when we first talked, you mentioned about your interest pursuing a graduate study in Biostatistics?"
"(Errrr,did I? Oh crap, that again...I was joking, you know, like for the sake of getting the biostats-related job) Oh yeah, sure I do, what about it?", I replied.
"We've been having this conversation with *some random guys I don't even bother to recall the names* and there's a possibility for you to be in the first batch of the new PhD program in Biostatistics", so he said.
"So is that gonna be in NUS?"
"Yes, I think so."
"(OK, forget it. I'm leaving soon anyway. And what was that? First batch? Woohoo no thanks, I know exactly how it feels to be in the first, second, or even third batch of something new, like my senior high years where I was one of those in the 2nd batch. Crap. Things were just newly developed, not stable, and unprofessional. And wait a sec, did you just say Biostatistics? With the word "BIO" on it? Bio like in genetics, genotype, phenotype and so? Well, no, I'm not into it). Well sounds great, I'll give it a thought"
"Yeah, sure, just let me know, I'm still gonna be around until next Friday"
"Alright, sure I will (not). I'll see you around then"

good day...yessss....

hari ini gw mo ngeblog pake bahasa indo ah....gile lama bgt nih ga nyampah pake indo haha....gw lg sangat sangat...pokoknya sangatttt senanggggg hahahaha.....today is really one hell of a day..
dtg k kantor nyampe jm10 kurang dkit...yessss gelap!!! I'm the first one to arrive...trus ud berharap smg bos gw ga dtg searian...jd gw bs bljr spanish dgn tenang bwt tes bsok

then gw coba iseng2 cek harga tiket lg...pdhl sih ud 99.99% yakin bklan harus k paragon mg dpn bwt beli qatar...walopun msh ilfil gara2 balikny bakal jm2pagi nyampe sg...ud ky org pulang dugem...
tanpa disangka2....loh koq lufthansa 233 ya? tiketny yg sbulan pula?gila salah liat ga niy??belom tax kali y?eh loh...koq udah inclusive...gilaaaa....wah org sabar disayang Tuhan ternyata bener loh hahaha....untung gw belom beli2 tiket mpe skrg...yesss....lgsg beli deh....
pswt favorit gw hahaha....kita emg jodoh....slaen bs practice German on board, gw jg ud butuh stok blindfold baru neh...

dan brita bagus gw hr ini ga brenti sampe disitu...gw trus dpt sms,dr no. yg gw sndiri gatw no.sape...klo bos gw dah branak...woahhhhh senangnya....well,bukan sng sebagaimana kesenangan yg mgkn bos gw sndiri rasain sih (duh indo gw jd ancur gini!!),tp seneng krn....what else....dia bakal cuti etlis 3bulan hahaha.....bebasssssss....mo dtg dan pulang jem brp-pun....mo menyibukkan diri ama german2 gw...yessss.....gosh u guys just don't have any idea how I'm thrilled by this good news hahahaha........

oh iy,td pagi pas chat ama barry dia blg "have a pleasant day at work"....yess....you bet bar!!! indeed,it's gonna be a pleasant 3month time at work hahahahaha

pardon my French.....I've just learnt so many new vocabs in French today

I can't handle this anymore, god damn it. This whole idea of spending yet another 8months in the god damn island just doesn't work for me...fuck...gosh I hate this...
Ok, I've been trying to do whatever I could possibly think of, just for the sakes of getting used to this kind of life. Well guess what, nothing seems to work. Just to think about how I'd need to spend half of next year, from Jan to June, doing basically the same thing (which is nothing) as what I've been doing for the past 6 months, would terrify me. I can't believe how I've survived all these shits for nearly 6 months...gosh would it be possible to do the same thing all over again? 34 more weeks out of 57...crap....this hasn't even been half of it...

So this is weekend, and guess what, I'm right here at home, just like any other day sitting right in front of my laptop doing nothing. What a fucking pathetic life....it's not like I'm not trying to go out or something. I do people...I really do, just this afternoon after my Spanish class I did go to malls....[note the plural form]....but after 4.5 yrs in sg you just can't expect much to get to see new stuffs.....you'll just see whatever you've been constantly seeing for nearly all the time you've spent in the god damn island....
Be it weekdays or weekend, I just can't find any interesting thing to do...which is why I have always loved this minuscule island, by no means....

I don't know where else to go, what else to see, or who else to screw...thinking about going out to other city? hell you gotta be kidding me...this island is literally surrounded by seas...so unless you wanna end up committing suicide in the South China Sea or whatever it's called, you'd basically do the same thing with me.
Suddenly all those years of my mugging look better, I at least had something to do and to bitch about, rather than having so many weekends, regularly, not knowing what to do.....2 language courses don't do me any good for God's sakes.

so yesterday I went to this world student day and well, that'd be my Alpha and Omega for such a thing....I'm just tryin' to be honest and yeah, it wasn't really my thing, I was just not into it....praying for countries I haven't even been to, for people I don't even know; I just don't buy it. Some of them may indeed live a happier life than this pathetic one I've been drowning in. Even worse most of the speaker turned out to be....singaporeans....oh yeah how great!! With all those singlish accents I've been trying to avoid from hearing for more than a year, it really felt like going back to my 2nd or 3rd year of uni life when I had to listen to those super silly and disgusting words and accents from lecturers as well as classmates (I don't consider them as "friends", btw), before I finally decided not to have any unnecessary contact with those people anymore

anw...this lady I've been working with is soon gonna deliver her baby....oh please do it asap....I just need a break....and I guess she does too....it'll prolly be gr8 for both of us if she just takes a longer leave....