My goodness. Its chu3 liao. Meaning school will starts tml. How? I'm still in a festive mood. I haven't finished bai nian or gamble. They should extent the holidays to the whole of this week. Going back to school really sux.
Oh well. Should be doing my snowballing school stuff now and not slack nw. But now is still chu 3. The rest of the stuff can put on hold first. Some recaps:
chu 1: went over to grandma's place to bai nian. there's lot of relatives that i haven't seen for ages but still, we need some ice-breaker session. the grown-ups just engaged in their conservation while the youths are stoning there. just waiting for things to happen. afterall i meet most of my relatives during important occasions so aren't really close. haha.
After that, i went over to sk's hse to gamble. the gathering of my sec sch frenx. lose money but xiao aci bu qu, da cai bu ru right?
chu 2: sleeping half of my day away. Too tired frm the nite gambling. Didm't do much for the day apart frm gamble again. Haha. this time round is mahjong. lucky this time round i won money. quite heng.
chu3: my jc clique came knocking on my door. had a great time sharing juicy news and updates of their lives. time may be short so cherish the moment. after which we went over to yz's hse, mr goh's hse and finally my dear Xl's hse. her hse is really damm big sia. just like a si wai tao yuan. haha. when you settled down in sg, i must pay u more visit. *evil smile. haha.
That's all. An unusual email for all of you to see:
At 09:46 PM 13/01/2006, you wrote:
>excuse me, can we shift our exam time one day earlieron Feburary 13th? it
>is valentine's day on Feburary 14th.
>thanks for regard!
>happy new year and best wishes!
>
>
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> > Dear Corporate Finance students,
> >
> > The exam for 333302 Corporate Finance will be held on:
> >
> > TUESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY at 9.30AM with 15 minutes reading time
commencing at
> > 9:15 am. It is a 3 hour exam.
> >
> >>EXAM VENUE
> >>
> >>The venue is a hotel called: Arrow on Swanston, 488 Swanston Street,
> >>Carlton (corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets).
> >>Several conference rooms will be where the exams will be sat, which holds
> >>250-300 students at one time.?At this stage, we do not have any more
> >>information as to which rooms are being used. Student Administration will
> >>advise departments from the 1st February, wand we will then advise you of
> >>the exact arrangement.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dr Sean Pinder
> > Department of Finance
> > University of Melbourne
> > Victoria?3010
> > Australia
Subject: Re: Corproate Finance exam
From:牋?"Sean Pinder"
Date:牋?Mon, January 16, 2006 9:54 am
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>>excuse me, can we shift our exam time one day earlieron Feburary 13th? it
>>is valentine's day on Feburary 14th.
>>thanks for regard!
>>happy new year and best wishes!
Dear Li,
This is such an important question that I felt that it would be important
to answer to all students who may be affected by the very serious
predicament of an exam being held on the morning of Valentines Day. Hence:
Dear all students (and especially those who may be romantically involved
with another),
In setting the exam date for corporate finance I thought long and hard
about the impact of it coinciding with Valentines Day. Would exam
preparation be affected by shopping for perfume, flowers or the latest
Anthony Callea cd? What about young lovers who planned on meeting for an
early morning latte, a sugar-coated biscotti and a sharing of the Age's
Epicure section at Brunetti's? Isn't life hard enough without having all
the joy of the international day of lovers taken away by some cold-hearted
academic eager to finish the exam period off and get to his summer chalet
in Dromana? For who was I to stand in the way of young love, for wasn't I
also young once?
With grim resolve, steely determination, a stiff upper lip, a hand of fate,
a nose for trouble, a tennis elbow and an eye for detail I put forward my
claim on behalf of the lovestruck to the Grand Poobah of exam timetabling:
"He-who-must-not-be-named-but-who-enjoys-setting-exams-for-large-classes-late-in-the-exam-period-so-as-to-frustrate-lecturers-in-charge".
In his infinite wisdom he replied:
"But Sean, what of our students of Italian, Chinese or Brazilian origin?
For surely you know that in ancient Rome it was the festival of Lupercus,
the god of fertility that was celebrated by young lovers on the 15th (not
the 14th) of February. In China, Valentines day is superceded by "The Night
of Sevens" (being the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar calender) and
in Brazil, June 12th marks the date of celebrating "Dia dos Namorados"
(lit. "Day of the enamored", or "Boyfriend's/Girlfriend's Day"). Surely my
friend, you are not suggesting that we alienate young lovers from each of
these other important members of the university community?"?[Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day]
So, with head bowed and with great contrition I apologised to
"He-who-must-not etc" for interrupting his musings on whether to set the
next lot of the exams under the clocks at Flinders Street Station, in the
Great Southern Stand at the MCG or in the roundabout on the corner of
Elizabeth street and Royal Parade and returned to my office.
Students, and (specifically Li) know this: I fought law and the law won,
you have to know when to hold and know when to fold them, love is a
battlefield. Now it is up to you to put it behind you, to show that true
love can't be beaten by a three hour exam, even with an additional 15
minutes reading time.
Study hard friends.
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