Dreams........reality is really cruel....

Yeah.... recently many things happen.........

Just like 2 months ago, I met up with my Korean friends.... we were chatting and happen to learn from them about their dreams and so on.... It's really so sweet n happy to hear them talk about their ambitions...

Frm their eyes, I can tell that they are really working hard towards their goals... It is so different from Singaporeans.... Sorry to say many Singaporeans do not have dreams... they are more practical... n if u dun believe just try asking the ppl ard you what are their dreams.... they probably would have answer "erm.... to save enuff to buy a car, house etc".

Back then I always asked my friends who are studying University rite now, what will you be when you graduate? You like to be a chemist? Why do you study chemistry as your major? You want to become a teacher?? You love teaching??

Guess what are their answers? "Dunno?? Jus study lor.... there is nothing for me to choose so I just choose chemistry lor... teacher? no lah cos the pay is good..."

It's really sad when I heard tat......I mean I also do not have like huge dreams or what but i believe if you do have one and working towards it will also make you happier even though the end results might not turn out as you please....... At least you have a goal in life, rather then living each day....

So here I am, fulfilling my dreams to study in korea.... So here r my 3 korean friends' dreams

1) to become a Photography Professor in New York University

2)to become a Producer in the broadcasting station (my dreams also leh bt i cant realise it ah)

3) to become a famous Photographer for some fashion magazine

Other dreams which I have heard of when chatting with other koreans:

1) to become a scienist

2) to become a doctor

3) to become a reporter

Wow, can you imagine these occupations had never ever came across my mind. Now that I know these ppl out there with these dreams...... I am really happy for them and they are all working hard towards realising their dreams.......

So back to these 3 friends of mine, as mentioned when they were talking about their dreams I can see the glow in their eyes.... its just like a little kid telling his mum that I really want the toy badly.... And me n tiff even supported them and told them to work hard for their dreams... they even told us "thank you."

And just this month, bad news came. One of them quited his job at the broadcasting station and was feeling really depressed.... so out we went drinking... Me and tiff realised about it and through the whole drinkin session, we can feel the saddness in him... The reason of why he quit was unknown cos they tried to explain in korean bt too bad my korean is so lousy that i dun understand :P But still saddness feel the air.... as friends we can only accompany him to drink....

We cant understand how hard it was for him to choose to resign from his post/dreams... bt jus wish him all the best.... From his korean explanation, I can feel the tremendous pressure and difficulties at work.... haiz........ reality is jus too cruel.... Mayb you can say this is jus a test of his endurance? But i felt its so cruel....

So what? That's not the end..... Just few days ago, another friend decided to resign from his graduate school... cos its simply too hard for him.... He has to work frm Monday - Sunday, from 9am - 11pm (at times till 1am) no breaks, no pay, no personal time.... etc Lastly, with our final prompting, he said cos of financial issue he cant continue his graduate sch (apparently his family wasn't very supportive about him being a professor).

Its really another terrible news to hear in like 2 weeks in a row.... I cant describe hw happy they look when they 1st tell me their dreams and how depressed they looked when we meet up after knowing their decisions to resign....

So it brought me to tink.... Realities are really cruel. Here we have ppl slogging their lifes out, wanting to realise their dreams while on the other hand, I have classmates in sch who jus study for the sake of study... They dun bother if they fail their tests repeat their level again.... cos their families can afford it...... Here we have a guy with dreams wanting to study but has no money......... haiz...........

But anyway, he said "Not to worry, I promised I will work hard, save up and I'll be back to the graduate school. I will become a Professor one day!" Hahaha... at least he is positive.... I felt sad for them and so helpless... but I wish them all the best cos i knw they will continue to work hard to realising their dreams.... and of cos I give them my fullest support!!

So friends out there, have you ever ask yourself what is your goal in life? Do you still remember your dream when you were young? Have you tried fulfilling it?

Finally mid-term exams are over!!

On YEAH!!! finally the mid-term exams are over!!!!!! yes today we had our last test paper....

though its over, i am not exactly that happy cos my guts feeling is telling me that i am going to score badly this time round.......... i dunno wat's going on haiz......... i sux at my ORAL

i had practised the nite before with tiff over our conversation n was kind of fluent but i didnt knw why when i went into the examination hall, my tongue was totally TIED!!!

i was mumbling my way through, i dun even knw wat the hell did my teacher asked me..... oh shiT!!! everyone was saying that the oral was nt as difficult as they had imagine....

oh pls......... i tink i really sux!! i knw all the grammar and stuff but i was just totally TONGUE TIED!!! wat the hell man.......... feel like banging my head to the wall once i stepped out of the examinationa hall.... >_<

Listening test was another TOTAL failure! teacher was speaking like bullet train and the answers were so tricky.... n man i sux at multiple choices.... (cos i simply tink too much....)

Haiz........ i duno how will my results b...... its gonna b LIKE shit...i guess all the alcohol, smokes n late nites makes me retarded n stupid.... i shld jus bury myself wif the books everyday and becum a bookworm....

K enuff of my depression.... so came home.... tried to do something to cheer myself up... so went to check out on hw to do my own blog skin n here it is... I had successfully changed my blog skin....

wif this happier looking blog skin i hope i wont go into depression man........ haiz....

Now i cant do anything bt jus pray to god that my teacher can b lenient wif me.....

MY Cooking class -to immerse in the korean culture....

heyo!! Yah level 2 we have more n more opportunities to immerse ourselves in the korean culture.... the sch had scheduled our class so that we have an opportunity to try cooking a korean dish....

So jus last week (Wednesday), our class had our cooking lesson....... haha its really fun!!! everything was so chaotic in the kitchen... everyone doing our own things.... no one really listen to what the teacher had to say.... Guess we are too excited that's y.....

Furthermore, teacher giving instructions in korean so its even more chaotic.... she can be saying "soya sauce" in korean n ppl getting the wrong ting... hahah .... paiseh ah our korean so-so only...

n thru this cooking lesson, can really tell which nationalities r healthy and which r not..... i tot i put alot of oil liao bt then they told me MORE MORE MORE!!!! pls lor stir fry not DEEP fry?!!!

hahaha..... japanese and the chinese eat so salty...... i got a shocked when my japanese classmate pour (YES POUR) in the salt n soya sauce.............. !!! afterwhich they told me erm.... not enuff soya sauce?!

n so sorry cos i sucks at cooking... so its kind of mess up... hehehe... n pls lor... the knife they use r so damn big i m so scare i might jus cut off my fingers.... haha...

Its a miracle that after all the hectic n so on... the korean dish that we cooked is quite delicious...... n man its really easy to cook!

and of cos after all the hectic n stuff, cleaning up is another hectic chore...

REALLY enjoyed the class.... its fun n enjoyable... if there is a chance i shld cook this dish for u guys!! hahaha....

more to add.... i also have make a language exchange friend....tis is jus another way of practising my korean.... so far tat's the happening tings i had.... life is getting more n more stagnant now... since i have tour almost the whole of seoul no more touring ard anymore.... :P

keep u updated when there r fun happenings....... if nt i shld go back to history n post up my other photos.... hahaa....

My new class: 503

heyo... it has been sometimes since i last enter my last entry..... have been struggling in classes to understand what the teacher is teaching me.....

Life in level 2 were really hectic.... more n more grammars were taught to us n its like an expansion of the grammar we learnt in level 1..... nw then i REALLY realise korean is so SO SO SO SO MAFAN!!!! there r like more than 5 ways you can say a sentence.... haiz cant they jus b more simpler?!

To worsen the case, they dun provide us with vocab list for the new vocabulary that we learnt..... things taught r jus zoomin through my head... i dun seem to memorise them at all!!! HOW?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ah... i tink i really need to BUCK up!! BUCK UP IRIN LIN MEI YI!!!!!!!!!! :P

kk enuff of complainin..... here's sm gd things tat's happening in level 2.... we have our new class as mentioned in my earlier earlier post... Finally managed to remember all my new classmates names... so many japanese ah.... the names r so difficult to remember cos they sound so similar.... hahaha.... Below is a picture we took on our first class luncheon....

left of the table: Kai Rui (China), Katsunari (Japan), Sayori (Japan), Sorak (Thailand), Misako (Japan), Ti-a (Thaliand), You Mong (China), Son Eun Hee (Korea -TEACHER), me, Tiffany, Xiao Nan (China).

Missing classmates: Michiko (Japan) and Takashi (Japan), Yukiko (Japan)

GIRLS POWER (sorry guys out of the picture!!)

my new teacher: Ms Son Eun Hee

My new teacher is really very genki... she always so happy in our class, making our learning so enjoyable... she would call anyone who is absent personally and tell the absentee that he/she MUST attend the class tomorrow cos she miss them.... I really respect her passion for her job... cos so far she is the only teacher i can see who had put in EXTRA effort in teaching and helping students.... like i mentioned my past teachers jus walked out of the classroom during break... she is different she stayed in the classroom and insisted that we SHLD use korean to communicate in class even during break... hahaha....

Her age is still a mystery to us....... am really lucky to have her as our form teacher... bt the sad thing is after our mid-term there will be a change of teacher.....haiz...... really hate this system man!! so better pray that i gt a gd teacher after my mid term..... >_<

My interesting classmates:

Most of them r frm japan.... however its amazing that none of them came frm tokyo!! n Takashi speaks fluent chinese!! He had stayed in China for 2 yrs before he came over to Korea. Ti-a from Thailand speaks fluent Japanese cos she had studies in Japan for 1 yr.... Yukiko speaks fluent english cos she was studying in Australia back then......!!

wow can u c .... they are like learning the different types of languages as part of their life... n they r really fortunate to b able to stay n learn the language in a foreign land... i knw i m also one of them... bt i really envy them for they dun seem to have to worry abt $$ ... hehe cos their family r rich n can afford.... so long as they have the passion to learn their family is willingly to sponsor them............

Haiz.... when then i will b able to strike lottery???? Singapore TOTO gt big winning?? *dreaming again.......* or perhaps where can i find my sponsor too?

The 'RIN' -by Irin's productions......

Told you guys... was so boliao during the sch holidays... here's something we did.... pretty bo liao bt we had FUN in our own way........... hehehe..... com... on my another piece of videography work....

Irin's Production presenting'- The "RIN"

Are you ready for the horror???????

so you think that's the end......... nope here's part 2........ if your heart cant tahan the 1st clip then i suggest you beta dun watch the 2nd clip cos i dun guarantee that ur heart can take it!!!!!!

for the following clip pls turn on your speakers louder to have the SPECIAL effects.........

........... badly need your comments......... sorry PLS DO NOT TAKE THIS OUT OF THIS BLOG!

NOTE: will turn off the music in my blog for the time being... so u can have the full effect of my latest work.... Background music of blog will resume next week..... Sorry for any inconveniences caused.

Updating of my life in Korea now....

Aiyo backdated for about 2 weeks liao......... Have been touring around Seoul when my family was here in Korea.... n after that I had a REALLY VERY relax n SLACKING sch holiday from 16 - 24 Jun 07.....

Was crazy drinking (oh yesh DRINKIN again......) bt with different gang of people......... DRinkin until dawn....... kaoz....... i am really SO SINFUL in tat week......... so sorry to my parents man.... :P so sorry to my poor liver, so sorry to my lungs (for inhaling the smoke), so sorry to my eardrums........... T-T

Basically the week was really slackin... jus watch tv, slackin doing nothin, meetin up for dinners, drinkin sessions n KTv sessions......... many many things happened .... Korean drama happened jus infrnt of me too.... haiz.... i cant believe it man!

WEnt drinkin 1 nite wif our krn friends n haha tat drunkard confessed his luv for GAL A.!!! aiyo... kena rejected on the spot n the atmosphere was so WEIRD! JUST like in kr drama.... its all happening infrnt of me... >_<

tat was a crazy nite......... after tat nite, Gal A tried callin him n he hung her phone?! so Gal A was so sad..... haiz crazy one lor... reject ppl 1st then nw sad?! *shake head* wat the hell is happening?? Dun care ah nothing to do wif me also.... hehehehe... ^_^ (bt anyway, its back to normal liao.... bt we havent met up wif my krn friends since then....)

oh yah, I had moved out of the sch dormintory already!!! Yes, though its a gd place to stay in bt its simply too expensive n I cant cook!! So we decided to move out... We went out searching for boarding house on our own.... n luckily we found one... and we moved on 14 June 07. The new place is nice and the owner would cook breakfast n dinner for us... so we can have our breakfast n dinner settled... its much more cheaper too!!

WE were really lucky, the owner (auntie) was really kind and friendly.... She cooked different food every now n then.... We were really lucky cos we had heard of unpleasant owner who cooked the same dish everyday.... hahah... everything is doing fine n well...... or m I too ADAPTIVE LIAO!?! hhahah :D

Rite now, my summer term had started, we were all assigned to the different classes.... SO SAD!! i missed my former classmates.........However my new teacher is really genki n cute... always so HYPER in class jumping here n there.... while we (the new classmates) were all so COOL.... rarely laugh loudly to the joke she cracked. Now i have like 5 Japanese classmates, 4 chinese classmates n 2 thai classmates...... N MAN the class is so SUPER FAST!! teacher obviously rushin dunno for wat?!

I SWEARED what my seniors said was true, level 2 is soooooooo difficult!!! I have to practically flipped my dictionary like MAD in class trying to understand wat the teacher is sayin.... haiz........ jus pray i can make it thru to level 3...........

My career personality type is ISTJ

MY career personality type is ISTJ

That means that based on the standard measure of personality traits, you have a quiet determination and sharp mind — you're very focused and buckle down when it comes to work.

You are the type of person one looks to in a crisis. While others may provide emotional support in a situation, your clear and logical thinking allows you to solve the problem at hand. You are adaptable and can work independently or on a team.

You are a careful thinker and get all the details before making any decisions. You don't jump to conclusions and stick with the facts provided. In other words, you're the go-to person for the real story, not the spin or gossip. While others may view you as a bit stubborn at times, they begrudgingly respect your ethics and straightforward approach.

The reason employers and recruiters might be on the lookout for you is that only about 7% of the U.S. population shares the unique characteristics of your personality type. Research shows that businesses succeed when employers create a good balance of personality types in the office. And since only 7% of the U.S. population shares your type, that means employers are looking for you.

But, to truly show employers what you have to offer, you need to understand a little more about traits that make up your type.

What I should look for in an employer: My top-seven list:

Learning about your personality type is not only interesting but important. When it comes to career satisfaction, you need to find a work environment that is compatible with your personality type. Fortunately most personality types can do well in a variety of occupations. Finding the right fit means finding the ideal place for you.

Relative to other people and personality types, the following list represents things you should look for in the workplace. If you're unhappy in your current position, or are looking to move into a new job, use the following as a checklist to make sure you're approaching the kinds of opportunities that will make you love your job. Here's what you should look for in a workplace.

• A traditional work environment with established rules and procedures.
• An organization with a structured hierarchy
• An evaluation process with clearly stated goals to measure your success
• A place where you can see your work result in tangible products
• A place where practical thinking and judgment are rewarded
• A space where efficiency is valued over creativity
• A place where your work evaluated in an objective manner

MY HIGHER SKILL:

Looking at the ideal work environment is only the first step to understanding your personality type and your long-term career goals. The following paragraphs describe how your personality type is related to what some people refer to as your "transferable" or "higher" skills. Even if you do love your job, it is easy to lose sight of your "higher" skills: what you take with you no matter where you work. Some skills are honed through work experiences, but many are innate to our personality. Some things are just easier for us to do than it is for others.

For instance, you may have great people skills and may do well in sales or public relations, or you might have a knack for numbers and can excel in engineering, the stock market or accounting. Read below to see what higher skills fall under your personality type. Although you may not have had a chance to exercise these skills at your current job, keep them in mind so that you can find ways to incorporate what you naturally do at your current job or advertise these skills to launch your next successful job search. Having these skills can put you ahead of another candidate when looking for a future job. When if comes to work, you:

• Effectively manage time
• Delegate responsibilities in times of crisis
• Can clarify difficult issues
• Record information accurately
• Remember details of past events and information
• Accurately use your five senses to distinguish sounds, shades of color, scents, and tastes
• Have an accurate sense of direction
• Having this skill set makes you a strong leader with a defined sense of sifting through minute details to stay focused on the big picture.
• You are detailed oriented and acutely aware of what's important.

MEANING OF ISTJ:

(I) Introversion/ (E) Extraversion:

This dimension describes how you approach and interact with the world and direct your energy output. The main misconception people have about this dimension is that introverts are shy and extraverts are loud. Not necessarily true. Introverts like you tend to think first and then speak, they like to reflect on a situation before contributing their thoughts. Extraverts tend to think and talk at the same time. This approach makes them more spontaneous but can also get them into trouble at times. To the Extravert, the outside world represents excitement and opportunity; they think and perform better in front of others. Because their energy is directed outward, Extraverts like being around people most of the time. You, on the other hand, direct your energy inward. You probably enjoy being around people, but prefer more intimate settings where you get to know fewer people on a deeper basis.

(S) Sensing/ (N) Intuition:

This dimension demonstrates how people tend to process information. Sensors tend to focus on concrete information while Intuitives look at the possibilities of a situation. By using your five senses to gather data, you, as a Sensor trust what can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or felt. You focus on the present and have great attention to detail. You can therefore be relied upon for accurate information. Intuitives, on the other hand, are imaginative and look for deeper and abstract meanings with the information in front of them. When presented with information, Intuitives enjoy pondering implications and consequences for the future. Intuitives look less to details and tend to capture the big picture faster than you.

(T) Thinking/ (F) Feeling:

This dimension demonstrates how you make decisions. Thinkers value analytical thinking and are methodical and logical when evaluating their options. You pride yourself on being objective and not subjective. Feelers, in contrast, tend to see Thinkers as somewhat cold. For Feelers, taking into account how others will be affected is just as important as objective information in the decision-making process. They are more likely to make exceptions to rules than you do. Feelers are highly understanding and therefore may be perceived as too emotional by people such as you who are known as terrific decision-makers.

(J) Judging/ (P) Perceiving:

The last dimension describes whether you prefer closure or openness. Because of your strong need for control, Judgers enjoy structure and order. Judgers are organized and will tasks once they get started on something. Perceivers, on the other hand experience the world spontaneously and don't make daily schedules. Perceivers like keeping their options open and pride themselves on adapting to whatever situation they confront. While Perceives love starting projects, you prefer the sense of accomplishment of completing a project which is why people might look to you as a good "closer."

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