I s...stutter.

I have a psychological stutter. I think this definition of stutter best captures what I have: "Stuttering is caused by not being able to get out what we are trying to say". It is psychological, meaning it is all in my mind. It has no physiological causes, such as a short tongue or any physical defect. While the bulk of the first half of this post will be about my past and my stutter, the main message I want to convey has to do with how to be a confident person.  How are the two related? Read on to find out.

5 Memorable Things about Hall

Last Saturday, I finally moved out of Raffles Hall after living there for the past 4 months. I leave behind many good memories and AY 11/12 Semester 2 is definitely one I won't forget for a while because of my stint in hall. In this post, I will run through the top 5 most memorable things about hall (in no particular order). This is quite a long, wordy post, so if that's not your style, don't click to read more ;)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="576"] From left to right: SM, me, Will, CaiJie, Daryl, ChinHooi[/caption]

Are you a social student?

Different people have different studying preferences. Some like to study at home, some like to study in a public place. Some like to study with music, some like to study in silence. Some like to study overnight, some like to study in the morning.

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A fulfilling job

I'm working at an education consultancy right now, doing admin work and whatever needs to be done. I'm like an extra pair of hands.

Apart from administering SATs and GMATs and other standardized tests, they also have two 'College Consultants' who are basically advisers for those who are interested in applying for college (e.g. those who finished 'A' levels, etc)

So what they do is guide the individual through the entire process, including writing the application essay, choosing schools, preparing documents, submitting documents, etc. This is naturally a lengthy process, so naturally they spend alot of time with the students, often over a few weeks.

As a temp staff who isn't laden with tooooo much work, and the office being fairly small, I am often able to listen in on everything that happens, like what they talk to the students about, how they give guidance, etc, and it's all really interesting!  The college consultants are both really nice and friendly too, so they're nice to be around :)

And I can feel how fulfilling the job is for them - it IS a pretty huge deal that they're helping out with - they're helping these kids apply for their colleges man! Without them they won't have a future! So it's hugeeee. And many of the clients are really thankful and grateful as well, since they really are v nice and helpful and friendly.

Like right now as I am writing this, one of their past clients came back to say hi, and thank them and even bought like a jar of snacks for them! 

I hope my job in the future is something like this - challenging, fun, rewarding. I don't even need like high pay or anything. 

Random CAP calculations

I’vebeen doing some calculations because I’m bored.

Mycurrent CAP is 4.33 over 3 sems, meaning a Total Points of 13. I wanted tocalculate what I need to get to secure my 2^nd upper class honors, sohere are just some random calculations I did.

1)      For my CAPto drop below 4 after next semester, I would have to get a B- average (CAP of2.96) next sem

2)      To graduatewith 2^nd upper honors, I would need a Total Points of (4x7 = 28) (assumingI go on SEP and freeze CAP for one Semester, that’s why multiply by 7 and not8)

That means I need 28-13 = 15 points for my remaining 4 semesters. That’san average of CAP 3.75 for each semester, or B+ average for two semesters, Baverage for 2 semesters.

3)      That meansfor the coming semesters, any semester in which I get a CAP of above 3.75 =that amount less I need for subsequent semesters. (e.g. If I get 4.0 next sem,I only need 3.5 the subsequent sem)

4)      Assuming Ido well (CAP 4.5) next sem, I only need a B average for the remaining sems.

5)      Assuming I dobadly for next sem (CAP < 3.5), I need a 3.83 CAP average for the remainingsems.