Life after Army... When you are in the Army, you'll look forward to ORD (Operational Ready Date), where you'll be discharge from full-time National Service. However, looking back, I think life in Army is not too bad as well. Food and lodging provided with allowances to be banked into your bank account promptly every month... Where to find?
After 2 and a half years of National Service and upon collecting back my pick IC, my next destination is the University, NUS. As I'd already been accepted by NUS for the upcoming academic work year even before my Army enlistment, all I need to do is to get myself ready and geared up for the academic year. Now, it will be quite a while till the start of the academic work year, so, I'd decided to do some short term work so that I can earn some money to help offset the cost of my studies.
During this period of time, I'd been working in an entertainment and events company to do data entry, as well as to help up to run certain events. From here, I get to know and feel how the entertainment industry functions. The stardom and glamour, as well as the hard work behind the scene. Quite a good learning experience though.
Soon, it was time for NUS. As my stint in NUS was rather short, I will cover it in this part of my timeline as well...
I was accepted for a 4 year full time course in NUS, doing an honours degree in Food Science and Technology. Sounds grand and good. Indeed. But due to some reasons, after a mere 2 months, I quitted. Sounds familiar, right? Yup. I did that in my Junior College days as well (Garrison's Timeline - Part 3c). Reason to quit... Plenty! If you want to know more, ask me about it. Not too nice to blog here! (Gives you a chance to buy me coffee to hear more stories!)
Well, I had a good feel of how University life is like. So far, I'd been to a Primary School, Secondary School, Junior College, Polytechnic, University. I would say, my Secondary School days were still the best. The friends and environment...
After quitting NUS, it's time for the next milestone... I suppose this milestone will stretch for a good couple more years before the next... Until I got rich? Or retired? Got married? Got children? Oh well...
Working. I had a close friend that tells me... "You know, I met you about once a year and everytime, you presented me a different name card!" In fact, he's not the only one saying this... Well, find out more on my next update.
After 2 and a half years of National Service and upon collecting back my pick IC, my next destination is the University, NUS. As I'd already been accepted by NUS for the upcoming academic work year even before my Army enlistment, all I need to do is to get myself ready and geared up for the academic year. Now, it will be quite a while till the start of the academic work year, so, I'd decided to do some short term work so that I can earn some money to help offset the cost of my studies.
During this period of time, I'd been working in an entertainment and events company to do data entry, as well as to help up to run certain events. From here, I get to know and feel how the entertainment industry functions. The stardom and glamour, as well as the hard work behind the scene. Quite a good learning experience though.
Soon, it was time for NUS. As my stint in NUS was rather short, I will cover it in this part of my timeline as well...
I was accepted for a 4 year full time course in NUS, doing an honours degree in Food Science and Technology. Sounds grand and good. Indeed. But due to some reasons, after a mere 2 months, I quitted. Sounds familiar, right? Yup. I did that in my Junior College days as well (Garrison's Timeline - Part 3c). Reason to quit... Plenty! If you want to know more, ask me about it. Not too nice to blog here! (Gives you a chance to buy me coffee to hear more stories!)
Well, I had a good feel of how University life is like. So far, I'd been to a Primary School, Secondary School, Junior College, Polytechnic, University. I would say, my Secondary School days were still the best. The friends and environment...
After quitting NUS, it's time for the next milestone... I suppose this milestone will stretch for a good couple more years before the next... Until I got rich? Or retired? Got married? Got children? Oh well...
Working. I had a close friend that tells me... "You know, I met you about once a year and everytime, you presented me a different name card!" In fact, he's not the only one saying this... Well, find out more on my next update.
