Wednesday, March 26, 2008

April Planner

I'm SO REGRET of having a break for myself on friday. stupid me.
heaps of things coming up!

31/3-Referee Report on an unpublished journal.
- DONE @ 1.13am 29/3.
2/4 - Research Proposal on Game Theory.
- DONE @ 4.35pm 31/3.
3/4 - Theory of Financial Decision Making Assignment.
- DONE @ 6.18pm 2/4.
4/4 - Meeting up my supervisor to talk abt my thesis topic.
- DONE @ 10.54am 4/4.
8/4 - Quiz 2 on Econometrics.
- DONE
9/4 - Research Proposal on Dividend Policy.
- DONE @ 11.01pm 8/4.
10/4-Presentation on Corporate Governance.
- DONE @ 11.12am 10/4. (aiks... kinda ruin this... im TOO nervous)
17/4-Applied Portfolio Management 3000 words Assignment.
18/4-THE NIGHTMARE
(1st PRESENTATION on my THESIS TOPIC, which will be in front of ALL SENIOR LECTURERS!)
24/4-Midterm exam on Theory of Financial Decision Making.
29/4-Quiz 4 on Econometrics.

This is only for April. More to come on May.

Ade, I guess I know how you feel for the past whole year. Thank god you're finishing so soon. It's bad. It's really really bad. Sometimes I just feel like really hard to breathe when I got so many tasks yet to be done. I have no idea why the previous 3 years in my uni life can be so senang n stressless... Now? It's totally a nightmare. Neverending tasks, neverending journals, neverending proposals...........

Sometimes I jseriously feel like crying, but crying won't cure. If cry can help me finish all those tasks, I'll be a crying baby. I've learn a new way. I'll just take a DEEP DEEP breathe when i feel really bad.... and keep on telling myself that it's gonna be over. But there'll be more coming after one done. haihhhh..... I don't wanna repeat what happened during my form 6 years. But this feelings is really close. I NEED MOTIVATION!!! I really hope this year can fly.... I wonder how will it be like if I managed to finish all these. AHHH....... I shouldn't be back.... What will happen if I'm working now? better or worse? god knows.

*sigh*

Friday, March 21, 2008

Good Friday.

this week had been a disaster. econometrics quiz on tuesday, a research proposal on wednesday, and two things due on thursday - a presentation on corporate finance and an assignment on portfolio management.

finally, its friday!! phewwwwwwww.............................................. i dont even know how did i manage to get pass all these....... Good Friday.... yippie!!! will definitely give myself a big break today... I'M NOT GOING TO READ ANY THINGS TODAY!!!!!! I NEED A BREAK!!! haihh... but its just today.... before starting with other readings and assignments tomorrow... still got heaps of things coming up next week... just cant afford to lag behind... even only for a week! haih....

honours year is really challenging and stressful.... i never thought i'll need a diary planner in my life. But now, it seems like if i dont write down all those due dates, i'll sure be dead. it seems like i have at least two things due EACH week... Imagine...!!! My diary planner is almost full for april... and a few on may.... coming up next few weeks-referee report, presentation, research proposal, and never ending assignments...... each and every report and assignments WILL be graded.... so you cant bare to accidentally ruin something.... but the most challenging will be the 18 April thesis topic presentation... where most of the audience in that presentation will be those senior lecturers that will grade my thesis.... *stressed*

31 march is the census date, where you can still withdraw without fail.... ermmm... should i really consider abt this?? haihh... i dont even have time to think lahhh.....

Saturday, March 08, 2008

IQ test

Room A has 3 switches.
Room B has 3 light bulbs.

You can only go to Room B for once.

How do you know which light bulb belongs to which switch?

Answer:
1. Turn on one switch for a few minutes. Turn it off.
2. Turn on another one and then go to Room B.
3. There will be only one lighted bulb in Room B and two that are switched off.
4. One of them will be hotter than the other coz you've just turn it on just now.

So, do you get it?

Maroubra Beach

It's still summer. Went to Maroubra Beach today. It's not as popular as Bondi Beach so it's not that crowded and more locals. It's like 20 mins bus ride from the city but waiting for the bus took us yearss as there is only 1 ride per 30 mins. But it's definitely worth it ! hahahaha... I like the sands there... but the water is too cold for me... and I'm so afraid to get sunburn that I applied double layer sunblock.. hahaha..... I think I'll never understand why those angmos are actually lying there for the sun ! NO WAY !! hahaha...

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Advanced Corporate Finance.

I don't understand why I have to read the original Modligliani and Miller journal - The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment. Yes, they got their Nobel Prize for this. But, why am I reading it? I don't even understand a bit ! It's 50++ pages and it took me 3 days to finish reading it. Why can't they use more user-friendly sentences? Why can't they use full-stop in each of the sentences? Why are they making things so technical and complex? Why are they using all those formulas and statistics to explain cost of capital and the market? And why do we need to do presentation on this thing that I will never understand?? Oh my god ! I'm definitely dead in this class. The worst thing is there will be much more complicated journals waiting for me through out the semester that I'll need to read them, write summary paper, weekly proposals and make individual presentation ! And there will be no final exam for this subject ! Guess what? I'll need to read an unpublished research paper and write a referee's report that will be graded by an actual external editor and the lecturer. My goodness! research paper? that must be long, dull, technical, and i bet they'll try to make the sentences as complex as possible! This subject is crazy.... I wonder how long can I survive...

*sigh*

Good luck to me.