Tuesday

Today is a tiring day as I had just attended the Annual General Meeting for Gentle Reflection.

Basically the main purpose of an AGM is to review the annual accounts and make necessary adjustment to meet current expenditure or reduce unnecessary variable costs.

An example of a variable cost is utility usage for every month, measures like changing normal bulbs to LED bulbs and changing taps to key taps are ways to decrease these variable costs. Since the PUB is adjusting their rates every quarterly or semi-annually, the forecasting or budget allocated must include this variable too. Hence if the Managing Agent fails to include this factor, it is the responsibility of the council members to inform the MA.

Audited accounts not necessary means there is no errors. Therefore a secondary check by the respective council member is greatly appreciated. Council members should also make should breakdown is included for high expenditure items in order to be well-informed and safe from unnecessary spending.

I feel that I can never be able to be less careful as I always wanted to be prepared before any meetings. Hence reading, checking, identifying errors beforehand is a practice and because of this I am very tired and feel like sleeping anytime soon.

Hope that I can wake up tomorrow morning :D Cheers.

Last Week of Internship

16 weeks of internship is coming to an end this week. I am having mixed feelings about ending this, I hope that it will never end as I had really enjoyed myself throughout this process and everyone treats me like a family member. This internship had also build up my interest towards development and how it is like to be a developer.

Mr Chan is a thoughtful person and Ms Lily is a resourceful person, together they make a good team. I had always wanted to start my own business and this experience had taught me that I need to more partners and these partners must have distinct personalities and specialities in order for me to run the business smoothly.

You may be wondering why am I writing this entry today instead of Friday. This is because I have a strange feeling about this week and it is telling me that a lot of reflections will be going on in my mind. In order not to forget any crucial points that can assist my future development, I am planning to write an entry everyday until Friday. I hope Mr Chan will ask me to continue working as there are still many things that I can learn here.

NTU talk

Today i had went for the NTU talk in Grand HYATT Singapore located at Scotts Road. After listening to all the course talks, i had decided to read more on Civil Eng and EEE. Though i had always thought of going into Business courses, i felt that Civil Eng will be more enjoyable since the experience at TGL. There are lots of thoughts running in my mind and basically i cannot decide on the field specialization that i supposed to choose after i get into the course. Everything seems fine to me but i know if i make a wrong choice i will definitely regret it in the future. I really hope someone can give me guidance on how i should choose in Uni.

Btw, Internship is ending in one week time and i feel i will not be able to finish all the tasks i had at TGL. Hopefully i can arrange everything before i leave and best if Mr Chan ask me to continue after the internship :D Wonder how much will he be willing to pay me :P

No matter what the outcome is i just want to say i had enjoyed my 15 weeks at TGL. The stress may be high but the amount of knowledge i had gained has far exceeded the stress level. I would like to thank Mr Chan and Ms Lily for taking care of me and wish that TGL will continue to do well in the future :D