Feels good

I recently took part in a stock pitch competition with two of my AG mates and we got third place. I really thought we couldn't win anything cus during the pitch I was extremely nervous. My heart was beating so fast, I kept telling myself to keep calm and present but to no avail. End up my presentation was very choppy, like I was speaking with no intonation. One of my group mate stumbled as well. We felt really bad after pitch as we knew we won't win anything with our substandard pitch.

During the announcement of winners, they started from the 4th - 8th place. We were very happy when we weren't included but I couldn't believe it! So yeah, third place.


$300 for the 2nd runners up

Me with the cheque and plague. If only our pitch hadn't screwed up, could we have gotten a higher placing? Nevertheless I was happy.

Really glad I chose to take part in this competition. I thought I should be more proactive in pursuing the things I like to do and I got rewarded.

I have never really won anything in my student life. I was never good in sports or particularly smart in any academic subjects to win anything. For the last year of my student life, I managed to win something and it feels good. The next day I woke up in a good mood too. It's a good confidence booster for the things I'm going through right now. 

Hoping it's the start of good happenings in my life.

天下无不散之筵席

Since starting on the last semester of my student life, I have had some mixed feelings.

Currently I feel so overwhelmed with work. Actually I feel overwhelmed every single day, since like week 3? Almost everyday, I have been consumed by work from the time I reach home to the time I go to sleep. I don't have time to sit on the sofa to watch TV with my parents or even lie on my bed to read a chapter of a storybook (that's for now, but previously I neglected work for reading). Ok, I do go out with my friends and I enjoy that a lot! But I'll feel guilty that I'm not doing work. There's just so much work to do!! Especially my FSP and my two modules that have weekly assignments. As for my FSP, I'm soooo sick and tired of researching about ATMs and Sri Lanka and the constant revision. I know it is needed for our report to get better, but I feel so sian about it. There's so little information on the web as well. I have to research on the topic for like half an hour before I get a decent paragraph on it. Plus I feel so unconfident about it cus I'm not a Sri Lankan and I'm looking into Sri Lanka as a third party. Haiz :/ I'm hoping I would stop feeling so overwhelmed when it ends in week 10/11, when it is time for submission

Even though I feel super overwhelmed and can't wait for it to end, I also know I'll start missing school when it ends. Haiz :/ I'm so conflicted. I feel quite stressed up about finding a job. I know of 3-4 friends who got a job already and I'm starting to panic! Ideal scenario is that I get a job before I start going on the grad trips. If not, it would be ok as well, just that my heart won't be at ease when I go for those trips? Cus I know I must find a job when I come back :( If only this is not my last semester...

I know I'll also miss having afternoon naps and doing things own time own target. I like school cus it's very flexible. I manage my own time and if I don't have school or work, I get to do other things. But when work starts, whether or not I have work I would be tied to my desk. No more afternoon naps or visiting cafes during weekdays. Sad right? Free time is only when the sky is dark. Also, I have been a student all my life and I have to say I've become good at being a student. I generally do well and I like studying and learning new things. I'm quite different from most of my friends who hate school and can't wait to work. I don't dare to admit this cus they will go like "are you sure?!?!" It's going to change when I go to work... Will I be good at working? Will I enjoy working? Also, even if I return to studies after working for awhile, things will never be the same. I'll never be as carefree as I am now. Oh my, talking about this makes me want to cry.

So much uncertainty, but I'm going to embrace it. There's no way out and like this saying "天下无不散之筵席", the only thing I can do now is to treasure my last few months as a student.

Fucking angry with Scoot

Today my day went like this:

1. I was very happy to find out that Scoot had a NATAS sale.

2. I went online and checked ticket prices for Taipei, which was relatively cheaper.

3. So I informed my friends. Friends took half a day to confirm if they can go.

4. By the time my friends went to book, there were no more promo fares for the dates we want to go. I fell asleep on the sofa, having only slept 3hrs the night before. So I woke up to this horror.

5. Went online to check the prices and they just keep changing. Suddenly this date can, then suddenly cannot. Damn distressing. Think how I handled with the situation shows that I really can't be a trader. Can't deal with changing prices and the regrets that comes with with not being able to get a lowered price (my mind goes, "wtf why didn't I book earlier, now need to pay extra $100").

6. Different friends want to go on different days so we broke up into different groups to book.

7. End up some of us got tickets and some of us didn't.

8. This whole event put me off, resulting in no work done for the night.

I have to say, Scoot's revenue management dept is really good? I'm taking a module called Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management, which is the study of these practices. My prof said the best rev mgmt people can change their prices by the second. & I have to say Scoot prices changed damn fast just now.

Even though Scoot can likely generate a higher revenue from this practice, but it really puts its customers off? Emotional experience with booking Scoot is really bad :(