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I've been applying for loads of scholarships the past few days, and it has been a mad rush. Almost all the deadlines are today, and I took leave today specially to complete my applications.

The past few days, I've been reaching the office early since it's the school hols and there's no jam, and my Dad wants to go early so we don't have to pay ERP. So I reach at about 7.30am, 1 hour before work starts. Anyway, it's been good because I get an hour to type my scholarship essays. So it's been like that every morning for some time now.

And then, I bring food for lunch so that I can stay in the office to type my essays some more. And when I reach home in the evening, it's some more type type typing after 8pm.

I just completed all my applications, and I'm one happy girl now.

Work has just begun to get more and more busy, and I'm actually very happy to do OT since I get paid, and it's just lots of routine stuff. So why not?

The thing is, I couldn't work OT the last week cos I had to rush home for all these scholarship stuffs. But now that it's all over, I'm going to have a lot more time for myself.

I applied for NUS, SGX, SIA, FIREfly, MAS, PUB and LTA scholarhships. A whole load of them. It's mostly because my conditional offer from PSC has yet to be finalised. It's that kind of feeling where they first tell you "hey, you got the scholarship!" then they take it away from you, leaving you empty and bare. The PSC lady said that the board will have to consider again, on a case by case basis, so nothing's confirmed. It's not a nice feeling.

I've also considered the bond. And although I must say I'll be happy to serve my bond at some organisations, there are one or two that don't really interest me, and those are the ones I just applied for fun. I wonder how many of them will actually consider my application seriously and call me up for an interview.

I think I wrote quite a lot about my CCAs and stuff, and it's quite impressive I guess. I really put a lot of effort into all those essays, and I really hope that someone high up there actually gets to read it seriously before it gets chucked into the"reject" bin or something.

Anyway, I'm just hoping for the best. I went for open houses the recent weekend, and had to sacrifice my precious sleep and shopping. I'm looking forward to having a good break this weekend.

Anyway, with regards to my university applications, my first choice is the double degree for Econs and Law at NUS. My second choice is Econs single degree there. Though I heard from some of my supervisors that NUS Econs is not really recognised, I have already made up my mind. At first, I was swayed to take up Business or Accountancy instead, because of what they said. But when I saw the curriculum topics for Econs, my eyes lit up, and I realised that Econs is really what I'm interested in. Business and Accountancy is fine, but that just wouldn't be the same. It would always be only my second choice.

So, if I fail to get into the double degree course, which is very vey competitive (only 15 students!!) I decided that I shall try to join the University Scholars Programme (USP) at NUS to add more value to my supposedly not-very-recognised degree.

The open houses were fine, and I thought NTU's was a lot, a lot more fun than NUS'. I think it's the atmosphere and the way they welcome you to their school. On Saturday, I went for both. On Sunday, I went back to NUS again, to give them a second chance to impress me or something, if not I wouldn't be happy to go there. And luckily, they sort of did.

I didn't go to SMU though. I decided that I didn't like the school anymore, so I'm not even going to apply for SMU. It's kinda weird actually, because when I was in year 1, I some how just wanted to go to SMU. Now, I'm not even considering it...

I think it's a big step from JC to uni. And the course I get really determines a lot about my future career. I just hope to get what's best for me, though I may not even know what it is right now!