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Sunday, July 17, 2005

Boy, am I glad that I blogged when I did beause not long after that, my computer broke down. The screen just blacked out and it was all my older brother's fault for playing the computer the whole entire day.

Sigh... I had so much to say, but now am at a lost as to where to start.

Ok, first I would like to thank all my friends who have been praying for me and with me these few months. It seems like our prayers have been answered. Yes, I got an offer from Flinders to study speech therapy, the same university as a few of my friends are going to. However, I have yet to hear from NCSS, the organisation I am hoping to get a scholarship from. So, I am not definitely heading to Flinders at the moment, but the possibility is about 80%. When I told my dad the whole course plus expenses would cost about $120 000, he said he could only comfortably foot half of that. So I guess I will be scouting around for sponsors or if anyone knows of a good study loan, please inform me.

I quit my job 2 days ago. After 3 months of admin work, I realized I really am not cut out for a desk job. No doubt the kids are wonderful, and I find myself missing them already, I really am not ready to head back to another admin job which I was offered for a monthly pay of $1600, at a bank in Dhoby Ghaut. It is a pretty good deal, it is to start from now to next year March. But I am a little scared of admin work now so should any of you be interested, feel free to let me know.

If you have been following the news lately, you would have realized the latest controversy to hit the newstands is regarding NKF. Gosh, Davinder Singh is my hero. I just love the way he pushes T.T. Durai into a corner. Someone should have done it long ago. I really do feel sad for the number of people, who gave out of the goodness of their heart even when they are not that well-to-do, only to find out that a lot of the donations went to first-class tickets and gold-plated taps. Its amazing, how they manage to deceive the public time and again without gettting caught. I think its a criminal offense by grossly understating how long their reserves could last (3 decades as opposed to 3 years) as well as the overstating the number of patients they are helping. Oh, the injustice.

But then again, I never donated to NKF and I honestly do not care about those people who donated mainly for the sake of a chance to win a car or cash prize. I am not surprised that if NKF continues to accept donations with prizes as a bait, there will still be people who will 'donate'. However, let us not forget that NKF has indeed help some people and that we should not treat all charity bodies with scorn and suspicion. Else, what will happen to all the needy and less fortunate out there? We should be more careful with how we part our money and if we really want to make a difference, I believe volunteering would be a good alternative.

Lydea blogged at 12:37 AM

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