>HUANG XIAOQI
>6 April 1989
>Aries
>dancer, ballerina
>Tumble Tots 1991-1992, Pats Schoolhouse 1993-1994 (Dalvey, Protoceratops), Pats Schoolhouse 1995 (Whitley), Henry Park Primary School 1996-2001 (1A,2A,3G,4C,5B,6B), Crescent Girls' School 2002-2005 (keller, 1G2, 2G2, 3C1, 4C1), National Junior College 2006-2007 (og26 solaris, 06S24 terra), National University of Singapore 2007 semester 2 (LSM1103, A7, B5), Nanyang Technological University - Nanyang Business School 2008-2009 (Group B)
>PwC 2008 IAS 7 Team A
Likes__________
ballet, dancing, figure skating, shopping, watching romantic comedies and chinese drama serials, blogging, spanish, psychology, hairstyling, piano, baking, most water sports, go karting
Wishlist__________
>PwC audit internship
>1st class honours
>Masters
>Financial Freedom
>perfect eyesight
>white gold heart shaped diamond ring ;)
>lisa harris: my favourite ballet class cd
>songs in wu dong quan cheng (the whole city is dancing: steps)
>a new leotard
>a dance partner
>learn pointe
>sponsorship for driving lessons
>a guinea pig
>a dwarf bunny
>baby pink vaio laptop!
>sasha cohen's autograph
Tag here!__________
Events __________
>practical test 13 march 2009>internship may 2009
Links__________
| chendrawati ong | | sabrina wong |
| qiu xin hui| | tay siang hong |
| jasmine sim| | pauline hwang |
| marcia andriani| | esther teo |
| eileen poh | | yeoh yun jie |
| janice chen (aka tortuga)| | ke cai ling |
| samantha eng| | jean chong |
| ode kakeru| | wang yueh hsin |
| jessica lo| | tsai zhenling |
Archives__________
July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009
my dad thinks its coz my sis went to the wake of her 2 ntu dragonboat alumni last night. then she asked why it went off. and i asked her what did u bring home last night?
interview today. went ok i guess. i dunno what kind of competition im up against so i cant give a sound judgement. the interviewer said theres a lot of applicants this year.
out of the big four i rather go to pwc. gold plated and the env is the best. my eldest sis said kpmg is inhumane. my 2nd sis said its messy in there. i dun wanna go to KPMG. my dad said at most go EY.
i went to 17th floor as stated in the email. then the receptionist told me to go to 7th floor. so i thought i was on the wrong floor. then i went down and looked lost. the delivery man asked me who am i looking for. i said receptionist. and he said 17th floor. but luckily the HR who contacted me was waiting for me and found me on the 7th floor. otherwise i would have gone up again =X
and the worst thing was that i passed the HR one of the original copy of my sec cca for verification. coz i thought my mum put that in my cv. but she didnt. so i looked like i left out one doc. gah. what an impression i must have left. i know. my fault. i shld have checked. crap la. but she was nice. she said no worries she will zap a copy and get the interviewer to come.
instead of asking us to submit CVs and job application forms they might as well ask us to submit blank paper lor. dont even look at it. the 1st qn the interviewer asked was which job im applying for. which is the 1st qn in the form -_-" i said personal tax. and she asked why. i was stunned. (my sis didnt tell me this qn. and i didnt prepare for interview. last time i prepared so well i screwed up so badly. so this time i decided i shall just be myself and heck with the prep) but good thing i gave the right ans. whatever that came to my head. then she asked me how i cope with stress. and digressed all the way to my dogs fighting. dont ask me how. and she posed a prob. luckily i gave the right ans. phew! she said yes thats the right approach. and she remembers my sis. said my name looks familiar haha. but she was impressed by my interest in investment. she asked me where im going. asked if i was going shopping and i told her i was going to listen to the UBS lunch talk on the hong kong market. (actually IPO)
i didnt talk much. she did most of the talking. i didnt even have the chance to talk. but i like it that way hahaha.
then i left. entered the lift and this guy suddenly asked if im here for a job interview. i said yea. and he replied its obvious. (coz i was in total formal attire) and i laughed. he asked me how it went and i told him its ok. and he said thats good. i asked him which department is he from. he said IT audit. i didnt know IT had audit. oops. my dad and mum said yea! audit the com system! uh how i know lor.
oh and hmm i dun think i shld write this out in full here in case its read by the wrong person but uh my dad has "period probs" ;) ask me if u wanna know.
too bad my dad has retired. otherwise a job in pwc wouldnt be a prob. he got my eldest sis EY interns for all her uni years then later on she landed a job with EY for so many years. lucky her! i told him u shldnt quit until we all landed jobs mah. he said i told him i wasnt interested in accounting. i replied i wasnt and im still not. i read through the texts. forced to. my dad said get a flavour be4 the interview. yea u mean headache. payables and receivables which is credit which is debit i still cant figure out. everything they teach is so heavy my brain gets so tired. its way worse than superposition or integration or complex or probability. i have never ever read something so complex and complicated that my brain gets so twisted jus trying to comprehend.
UBS 50th floor has a spectacular view! my ears popped on the way up and down.
the wedges that i wanted to buy at tangs didnt have my size =( i was supposed to be the one buying shoes but my mum ended up buying a pair. grr.
my sis penang dragon boat trip cancelled. coz the guys were mentally affected. she said one of them had a bad feeling abt the trip and posted abt that on his blog. sometimes u really shld just trust and go with ur feeling. it is better to be safe than sorry.
neways im glad that the penang trip is cancelled! means she can go to china with us and i can starve the lizards in my room. best if she quits the whole stupid thing. my parents also does not approve of her dragon boat cca. not that its dangerous or what but it takes up so much of her time and energy. shes always tired. doesnt have enough time to study and play. and that outdoor activity has caused her skin and hair to suffer.
Experts say wearing life jackets will not impede speed
By Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 26 November 2007 2153 hrs
SINGAPORE: Water safety experts said the death of the five dragon boat team members is tragic, but added that there was no excuse for them not to wear life jackets. Life jackets are compulsory at all dragon boat races in Singapore. But the national team decided not to wear them at the fateful event last Friday because they did not want anything to slow them down. Dr Teo Ho Pin, chairman of the National Water Safety Council, said: "I don't consider those as valid reasons because I think we should not compromise on safety. Safety is paramount, especially in open waters, in river conditions that are unpredictable." Mr Henry Ling, former founding chairman of the People's Association Adventure Club, agrees with that opinion. As one of the pioneers who introduced sea sports to Singapore in the early 1970s, Mr Ling said water safety was a priority even then, and it was stipulated that life jackets had to be worn at all levels of training. He added that a life jacket does not affect performance, if it is worn properly. "The rotary movement of the hand should not be impeded. When you tighten, it should allow free movement so it will not impede your speed. I don't buy the fact that because of a life jacket, you will lose a race," said Mr Ling. All water sports carry the risk of drowning, so the National Water Safety Council plans to work with sports associations, clubs and schools to set safety standards. Dr Teo said: "It is important that we look into the water safety of different competencies of users – from the novice all the way to those in the national team. I think we should have a minimum water safety guide or standard operating procedure for all dragon boat paddlers." At present, the International Dragon Boat Federation has no rules requiring participants to wear life jackets, but both Dr Teo and Mr Ling hope water safety will be made a priority at competitions.
its such a pity that those young men passed away at such a young age. i cant imagine the anguish their family members are gg through now. esp the dad who didnt know his son was going. sigh.
on a lighter note...leonard confirmed that private is cheaper. but the private driving instructor he recommended only gives lessons at ubi. he said its near enos. which sounds very far from my hse..
im not getting enough sleep. my body feels down. i think im falling sick =X hello vaccine pls work ur magic! i didnt pay 32 bucks for nothing ok!
today gg to bank with dad then seminar on FX (at night sheesh).
wed pwc interview + tcm + seminar on hong kong market + barbie and the nut cracker on kids central ;)
thurs my dad forced me to go swimming at laguna with my sis. argh. dont get me wrong. i love swimming but i hate the damage it does to my hair.
fri im heading down to JB with my uncle and cousins and sis.
sat movie at sicc and meeting maternal relatives.
sun ballet and my mum and zhenling's bdae.
mon meeting with banker. pack then fly.
gah i cant make time for friends leaving spore and not coming back for months. help!
and woah! citigroup actually fell below 30! im happy! =)
how could they not wear life jackets? how could they compromise on safety to win?
when my sis and i went with our family friends to sentosa a few years ago, we wanted to swim across the sea to the island. but my parents didnt allow. coz the water there claimed so many lives. and my dad felt that the water was "unclean". my sis and i used to be competitive swimmers somemore. my parents still didnt allow. but we were persistent. so they kinda gave in. unwillingly. but every single adult from our family and our friends' family stood along the shore and watched us from different angles. never taking their eyes off us. coz they were so afraid. so afraid that something would happen. esp coz the current was very strong. and even as competitive swimmers we were still afraid of the water there. i wonder how the rowers could be so complacent.
i read freakonomics last time. and it said that a child is 500 times more likely to drown in the swimming pool in the house than to shoot himself with a gun found in the house.
water is the most dangerous thing in the world.
i almost died in the water twice.
once when i was 2. my ring float was too big. i slipped and sank to the bottom of the pool. and my dad was talking to his friend. luckily my sis alerted my dad. otherwise i wun be blogging today.
and the other time was when i was white water rafting in bali. my raft capsized. i didnt even know what happened. one momment i was enjoying the choppiness. next moment i saw the river floor. i didnt even feel the flipping over. all i remembered was seeing the fish faeces. it happened so fast. i didnt have time to react. i just kept breathing in the water as i was swept away by the current. my mind was blank. then someone (my dad) pulled me up from the water. what i remembered most was that i lost one side of my pink beach shoe =( and i was traumatised. i cried and cried and cried and didnt dare sit the raft anymore. i just sat on the stone by the river crying. my dad fell into the river once more after that. coz the raft was unbalanced. i think he freaked out too but he didnt dare show it. he had to put on a brave front for me.
oh and btw my arm was in a cast. coz i fractured my left wrist before gg to bali. i think the people there didnt allow me to board the raft. but i really wanted to sit it. coz i love white water rafting. did it once before. and i was wearing life jacket. i believe so. should be. my dad would insist that i wear it. coz he is someone who would never ever ever compromise on safety no matter what.
oh and im gg to JB with my uncle and cousins and sis on fri. havent gone there for years.
my blood pressure dropped somemore =X and i wonder why. and my heart rate rose a lot more. its getting too high. i think its linked. i was telling my dad coz my systol blood pressure low so my heart has to contract more times to pump the blood. make sense right? and he said coz i have poor health. grr.
but just now during ballet my heart was beating so fast i could feel it coming out of my mouth and i could hardly breathe. i better do something abt it. every heart can only beat X amount of times. my poor heart.
and im getting lazy to blog. heh.
As was ok i guess. a few tough papers but glad its over. like a whole nightmare. towards the end of last wk i already couldnt focus much. my mind was wandering to post A level plans =X
im gg to shanghai and hangzhou from 4th to 13th. langkawi after christmas. date not fixed.
busy busy busy from now till 4th. a lot of stuff not settled got to fall into place these few days. i got to call the driving centre. schedule tests and courses. and the ACCA course too. gah. then i still prepare for interview.
mon is shopping for rice cooker with parents -_-" tues is talk on some investment thing. wed is interview. then in between i need to meet up with people leaving and not coming back and relatives. i dunno how and i dunno when. and still need to shop for christmas cards and presents and my own stuff. not to mention i shld start practising my ballet and get my body fit to stop my parents from nagging. (my dad said u r 18! at ur peak! and ur health is so poor! after that u will be gg all the way down!) sat my aunt's bdae. sun my mum and zhenling's bdae. next mon meeting with UBS banker. tues i gotta start packing. wed fly.
o_O
will blog more abt what i did with janice on thurs and the lizards catching later. gotta call the stupid driving centre. NOTHING IS CLEAR ON THEIR STUPID WEBSITE! AND IT IRKS ME!
finally, a window to breathe.