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Vivien Lim
Studying in SIM, Bachelor in Business Marketing
12 Sept 88
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Monday, 10/30/2006 11:09:00 PM, Back to PBL again
School has started since last week. I realised that all my subjects are Problem Based Learning (PBL), meaning that we have to find the relevant points and theories ourselves. Have to go the xtra mile to search for the books, den we have to do our own points, written and oral submission. Good if you are a curious person. It requires team work too. The scenarios for the PBL seem ambigious. But once you search the topic slowly, you will be so elated.
There are quite alot of competitive people in my class. They were so quick to find their own group mates - mostly their own friends.But if you are hardworking, you will do well for the subjects.
There are quite alot of competitive people in my class. They were so quick to find their own group mates - mostly their own friends.But if you are hardworking, you will do well for the subjects.
Friday, 10/20/2006 06:43:00 PM,
School starting soon. I will hv to switch to studying mode again. =)
Wednesday, 10/18/2006 08:54:00 PM,
So fast!I went back sch today. Next sem im attached to Kelly Services to do recruiting stuff-interview job seekers...as part of the Human Resource Management (HRM) curriculum
Quite exciting though i know the semester may be tough. More presentations and more hands on things to do, meaning more exposure and stuff like that. Cool man.
But im still wondering if my mid semester tests will clash with youth camp. This year is the final year we are having youth camp.
I was late today!!!Bcos of the bus driver.I flagged the bus and the driver could just miss me, man.OH!Took a cab to school. Ha...u know what happened? i Told the driver which way to go, assuming that i knew it well. but when i asked him to turn right at a junction, there were fences in the middle of the road, forbidding drivers to turn right. So the driver had to drive quite afew miles b4 he could U-turn. In the end,i was late.So silly of me rite?And the Cab fare was $4.30, so expensive.
I have to go school on friday too for Orientation.
Quite exciting though i know the semester may be tough. More presentations and more hands on things to do, meaning more exposure and stuff like that. Cool man.
But im still wondering if my mid semester tests will clash with youth camp. This year is the final year we are having youth camp.
I was late today!!!Bcos of the bus driver.I flagged the bus and the driver could just miss me, man.OH!Took a cab to school. Ha...u know what happened? i Told the driver which way to go, assuming that i knew it well. but when i asked him to turn right at a junction, there were fences in the middle of the road, forbidding drivers to turn right. So the driver had to drive quite afew miles b4 he could U-turn. In the end,i was late.So silly of me rite?And the Cab fare was $4.30, so expensive.
I have to go school on friday too for Orientation.
, 10/18/2006 06:55:00 PM, Be Thankful and dont complain!
I had finally told the head manager last week that i am quitting soon-end of this month. He accepted it willing cos he knows that the pay is low and the barristers have to work real hard. I am kinda relieved now, not so much burden. Sleeping late and going to work on saturdays and sundays are really tiring. There were nights that i was so tired that i couldnt sleep. I wanted to sleep at 2plus, after i reached home but i ended up laying in bed until 4plus 5.I was sleepy,but my legs were aching.
So much so, i must be thankful for whatever i have learnt there. There's a Philipino guy abt 20 yrs old who was sent here for attachmen. By working here, he only gets to bring home about $500+ every month though he does closing almost everyday. Saddening rite.TCB bullied him and he didnt make much noise about it. He's thankful, man.Imagine if Singaporeans are placed in his shoes, how much they would complain!E.g.Aiyo,so tiring,pay so low. And soon they would quit. Then, we would compare - y dont work in office better? higher pay, dont have to stand so long. True, but if we all think like that, who is going to reach out to them? God sends ppl to different working environment for different purpose.but u know how long has he been working there? going to 6mths! Poor chap. But he's really thankful for the job.The income at Phillipines is so low that many of them are coming to Singapore or other countries to work so that they can bring enough money back to their country.
Be Thankful, people. Look at the people in other countries who have no food to eat, and here we are complaining that the food isnt nice, and stuff like that.
Also, if i can say, he's one of the very few ppl who dont have AP.Even customers complain that the managers have AP!
No matter what, Be thankful, and dont complain!
So much so, i must be thankful for whatever i have learnt there. There's a Philipino guy abt 20 yrs old who was sent here for attachmen. By working here, he only gets to bring home about $500+ every month though he does closing almost everyday. Saddening rite.TCB bullied him and he didnt make much noise about it. He's thankful, man.Imagine if Singaporeans are placed in his shoes, how much they would complain!E.g.Aiyo,so tiring,pay so low. And soon they would quit. Then, we would compare - y dont work in office better? higher pay, dont have to stand so long. True, but if we all think like that, who is going to reach out to them? God sends ppl to different working environment for different purpose.but u know how long has he been working there? going to 6mths! Poor chap. But he's really thankful for the job.The income at Phillipines is so low that many of them are coming to Singapore or other countries to work so that they can bring enough money back to their country.
Be Thankful, people. Look at the people in other countries who have no food to eat, and here we are complaining that the food isnt nice, and stuff like that.
Also, if i can say, he's one of the very few ppl who dont have AP.Even customers complain that the managers have AP!
No matter what, Be thankful, and dont complain!
Saturday, 10/07/2006 08:57:00 PM, Terminated
I'm still considering if I should quit Coffee Bean after what had happened. If I quit now, I don’t think I will get the chance to explain myself. I guess it’s just personality clash. We just have problems with each other and not with others. Yes, I know what God want s to do in my life. Sometimes, I just feel like I’m dying. Dying, yeah, to the flesh, so that He can increase in my life. Jesus was meek and humble even on the Cross. He was guiltless, but the Pharisees still wanted to crucify Him. Neither did He try to defend Himself, nor show Himself by getting down from the Cross. The people wanted Him to come down from the Cross if He is God. But He didn’t, cos He wanted to fulfill the will of God in His life – for our sins so that we can be reunited with God again.
It’s only a matter of time me quitting cos I don’t think I will continue working when school reopens. It will be so tiring, since now it’s like taking so much of my time. Whenever I worked, I would reach home around 1 –2 plus, which is very late, and I have to work on at least 1 weekend, which is very tiring cos of cell and church. Then, I wont have much fellowship with my cell members.
Still deciding, may call the manager later…
It’s only a matter of time me quitting cos I don’t think I will continue working when school reopens. It will be so tiring, since now it’s like taking so much of my time. Whenever I worked, I would reach home around 1 –2 plus, which is very late, and I have to work on at least 1 weekend, which is very tiring cos of cell and church. Then, I wont have much fellowship with my cell members.
Still deciding, may call the manager later…
Monday, 10/02/2006 08:12:00 PM, Lessons Learnt, Character Built
The pay seems so low and yet I have to tolerate and endure her bad attitude and black face. I so felt like quitting the job since I have to work so hard to get such a low pay. Relatives told my mum to ask me to quit and not work for long as it’s tiring. Some friends too said the same thing. I really felt like quitting. But running away from it won't solve matters. The managers of the 2 different companies are like the same kuan (type). Some even asked how come I’m so suay (unlucky) to meet this kind of managers. But I know that God wants to do a great work in my like. I know there’s a purpose for Him to put me in Coffee Bean instead of Giodano or Starbucks. If not. He won't put me in the companies with similar bad attitudes. When I asked God what job I should take up before I started work, He told me Coffee Bean and I was so assured by that.
I really learnt a lot in Coffee Bean though it was my first week, and meeting this kind of asst manager was horrendous. Last week I dreamt that I talked to the manager about the unhappy incidents and the unreasonable asst manager. And it came to past. Now, the problem is kinda solved.
The things that I have learnt can never be bought with money. Though working in admin will be much higher, but the lessons that I have learnt and the character built can never be replaced by money. It’s so precious. Many dread trials, even me, but we have to count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. The eternal prize is waiting for us in heaven. Let the inward man be renewed day by day/ for our light affliction is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. We don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which aren’t seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which aren’t seen are eternal. Press on!
1.Blending coffee is fun though I have to remember what to do for different ice blended. The test comes when the crowd starts coming in, and I have to know the ice blended recipe really well.
2.But more than that, I really learnt humility. The art of losing myself, that His nature can be reflected in my life. It’s much more than perseverance. Though ppl may accuse me wrongly or scold me for no reason, I will remain humble and meek. Bcos the more I explain myself, the angrier the asst manager gets. Jesus was so meek, even when He was persecuted and crucified though He did no wrong. He didn’t try to defend Himself or retaliate back. Even as I want to know Him more and more daily, I have to go thru the trials that He went thru, that I know what was His response so that I may respond the same way like Him too. It’s about something of my flesh dying when I choose to remain humble and surrender my mind and attitude to Him that He may accomplish whatever He wants to do in my life. If I choose to behave my own way, whatever my flesh says, the longer the trial is before God can have His way in me. The degree of a man’s greatness is determined by the degree of his surrender in his life. O Lord, break me so that I may be more and more like You. Break me so that the sweet aroma may be smelt, that You may be glorified in everything that I do. I I want to die daily. To live is Christ and to die is gain.
3.The greatest of all is love. Many are craving for love, some even at the wrong places. Teens want to be attached to feel love. So what really is true love? Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. The greatest love of all is when He came to earth to die for us, our sins that we can be unified with the Father. We don’t deserve such love and we never will. We are definitely not good enough to ever receive His love. We can never earn His love. But He gives it to us so freely. For God so love the world, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. Who would ever die for you but Him! it’s easy to love those who love you but it’s so much harder to love those who are unlovable, hate you, make life difficult for you. If I responded the way they reacted to me, what makes me so different as a Christian? It will be like how non believers will react, repaying evil for evil, and eye for an eye. I have learnt to show love, not of my own but His. It’ll impact lives and the light thru me will shine in the dark. Our own strength fail. We need His divine love. Love those who hate you. True love never fails.
I really learnt a lot in Coffee Bean though it was my first week, and meeting this kind of asst manager was horrendous. Last week I dreamt that I talked to the manager about the unhappy incidents and the unreasonable asst manager. And it came to past. Now, the problem is kinda solved.
The things that I have learnt can never be bought with money. Though working in admin will be much higher, but the lessons that I have learnt and the character built can never be replaced by money. It’s so precious. Many dread trials, even me, but we have to count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. The eternal prize is waiting for us in heaven. Let the inward man be renewed day by day/ for our light affliction is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. We don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which aren’t seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which aren’t seen are eternal. Press on!
1.Blending coffee is fun though I have to remember what to do for different ice blended. The test comes when the crowd starts coming in, and I have to know the ice blended recipe really well.
2.But more than that, I really learnt humility. The art of losing myself, that His nature can be reflected in my life. It’s much more than perseverance. Though ppl may accuse me wrongly or scold me for no reason, I will remain humble and meek. Bcos the more I explain myself, the angrier the asst manager gets. Jesus was so meek, even when He was persecuted and crucified though He did no wrong. He didn’t try to defend Himself or retaliate back. Even as I want to know Him more and more daily, I have to go thru the trials that He went thru, that I know what was His response so that I may respond the same way like Him too. It’s about something of my flesh dying when I choose to remain humble and surrender my mind and attitude to Him that He may accomplish whatever He wants to do in my life. If I choose to behave my own way, whatever my flesh says, the longer the trial is before God can have His way in me. The degree of a man’s greatness is determined by the degree of his surrender in his life. O Lord, break me so that I may be more and more like You. Break me so that the sweet aroma may be smelt, that You may be glorified in everything that I do. I I want to die daily. To live is Christ and to die is gain.
3.The greatest of all is love. Many are craving for love, some even at the wrong places. Teens want to be attached to feel love. So what really is true love? Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. The greatest love of all is when He came to earth to die for us, our sins that we can be unified with the Father. We don’t deserve such love and we never will. We are definitely not good enough to ever receive His love. We can never earn His love. But He gives it to us so freely. For God so love the world, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. Who would ever die for you but Him! it’s easy to love those who love you but it’s so much harder to love those who are unlovable, hate you, make life difficult for you. If I responded the way they reacted to me, what makes me so different as a Christian? It will be like how non believers will react, repaying evil for evil, and eye for an eye. I have learnt to show love, not of my own but His. It’ll impact lives and the light thru me will shine in the dark. Our own strength fail. We need His divine love. Love those who hate you. True love never fails.