Wednesday, April 29, 2009
About a week ago, I received an email from my school, SPMS telling me that I can't take the minor because it is mutually exclusive (some overlap in content) with this one week entrepreneurship that I took last July. I got really upset and angry due to a few reasons:
1. Why is this stupid one week entrepreneurship course mutually exclusive? How much can a one week course overlap with a nearly 2 months course????? Moreover, I spoke to a friend who's in Business and he took the Minor last year. He told me that Business students do have an advantage because they already learnt all these stuff during their school semester. How come it is mutually exclusive to poor SPMS students but not to these Business students? I spoke to Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre (NTC, the people who conducts this minor and that one week course) and they even told me they tried explaining to SPMS that there's really very little overlap between the one week course and the minor, but to no avail.
2. Before I applied for this minor, I emailed NTC asking them whether I can take this minor despite having taken the one week course. They clearly told me that I can take up this minor. How come the people offering the two courses don't know who's eligible to take up this minor? A case of miscommunication, I guess. Thank goodness I kept the email in my inbox. It saved me and got me back into the minor.... (Lesson learnt: never ever delete emails which may help you in future. If in doubt, just don't delete.)
3. Isn't university about broadening our minds and broadening our knowledge? (Apparently my favourite line, as my friends declared) Why should they restrict which modules we can or cannot take? Isn't that also the purpose of Unrestricted electives? To get us to try out and learn more than our own majors? When in year 1, there was also this other minor that I wanted to take: Drama and Theatre Studies. Unfortunately, they restricted only to students taking Arts courses.... (WTH wth???!!!!!!) I was pretty upset then.
I thought up of many more reasons to justify my case to SPMS. But shall not go on ranting about it. I guess this is just a lesson for me to learn... and for them as well....
Moving on to happier things, I bought a new pair of running shoes, although I don't really run that much. But my old shoe's soles had come off much too often even after applying super glue on it about 3 to 4 times.... haha (yes, I'm that cheapskate, or shall I say it's my mum and dad)
I wanted to get Asics shoes, but they are far too expensive for an irregular runner like me. So I thought smart and floated over to the Children's section. AH! The perfect shoe was lying on the shelf, calling out for me to pick it up. I approached the staff and after bringing out the size I wanted, he asked who it was for. "Me." I replied.
He gave me that look and suggested I get adult shoes instead. However, the kid's shoes fitted me real well and I just patronised him by looking at the adult section for a long long long time. He was showing me all kinds of different brands of shoes.
After a long thought, I finally decided to settle on the junior Asics shoes which was much more cheaper than the Adults shoes (more than half price ok?!). This is due to the fact that I don't really run that much, so why do I need such an expensive pair of shoes? (ok, yes, it's largely due to the price!) After wasting about an hour's worth of saliva, he didn't manage to persuade me to get the Adults shoes.
Such stubborness I have.... But hey, I totally don't regret my choice. I tried it out at home and I think it is perfect for me! =)
By the way, he asked me to email a feedback to the store, but I think he was just trying to get my email address so he can add me on MSN.... :s
- Close shave, New shoes =)
by snoopy_lim @ 7:47 PM