Day 30: Disappointed

My dear, I really need to train myself to update things regularly.


As usual since it's been a long time I'm not updating, there are a lot of things I need to share.

Graduation day. Now this is a big problem to every PG students here. The Board has changed the date and make our graduation day at 21st May!!! How ridiculous is that??? Graduation day before final exam?? Did they not think about the possibility of someone failed? What about resits & retake?! Besides, what kind of fun is that when they hold something like this before the horror of exam....

Worse, I told my parents about this this afternoon. And they said they probably won't come because there is no reason for visiting anymore. Oh Jesus I really want to go to Vatican together with my family!! This is a once in a life time opportunity, why did it end up like this??? They seriously not thinking about us who live far away from Switz, how nice is that!!! They did not even listen to us when some of us decided to discuss about this with oh our so lovely program leader, whom we can not trust anymore.

Case number two, I finally got my F&B Admin grade, which I have totally butchered up during final exam. I wonder if I should take a math course or something, surely the problem is not about I'm bad at calculation. I mean, I did that a lot during high school and even without calculator!!! 4 years of no calculations in university has somewhat ruined my skills I guess. Anyway, thanks to my project grade & the fact that they made it 60% project & 40% final exam, I still can pass. OMG my exam grade is horrible, thank God I got a great team ...

Case number three. My roomie is being impossible again. I know I complain a lot about her being too noisy & too focused on herself, that's why I always stay in the library until late these days, so she can call anyone she wants to, can listen to music as loud as she wants to, can invite some friends to the room.......and now she said she can't be my roomie anymore because I'm too QUIET to her liking. She said she frustrated because of that. Why is she so weird?? I gave her her space already and now she wants to kick me out of the room. She even asked the Student Affair already without telling me first. How nice....
But anyway, I can't live with her anymore if she is going to be like that. What a spoiled girl.

On the other hand, I finally will go to Spain for midterm break. Not my first choice of place, but what can I do? Too many things happened and so little time to do everything at once. I have no other choice....and I'm travelling with these kids that sometimes annoy me because they keep asking me about everything but not doing anything by themselves, as if I'm the tour leader. Well, they are still kids, what can I say?

As for internship, I don't even know where I wanted to have it anymore. Currently waiting the response of Marriott New Orleans and Dubai. Just applied to Pan Pacific Singapore, Seattle and Wyndham Xiamen too. I'm still hoping for Marriott though, I always wanted the best one. Or maybe I'm just greedy.


Due to the trip to Spain, I guess I can't celebrate Easter properly. Forgive me, God. I hope we still can go to Church a bit during the week. Hopefully we can have a safe trip.

Winter clock ends today. Less sleep for 1 hour, at least this is weekend. I'm still a bit tired after walking until Chateu de Chillon today...


Will call it a day now.

Day 29: Is in dilemma...

My dearest friend


Maybe that's how I should call this blog from now on, hehehe~

I just started reading Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl last Friday, still continuing now, and I'm still surprised as of why I didn't start reading it sooner. I knew about Anne Frank since I was in junior high school if I;m not mistaken, I remember I found the book, the old version in Sanur's library. I remember opened it and look at some entries, maybe because the book was the old one, I ended up not interested. Funny how now I seemed to be can't be separated from Nazi-themed things. Last winter I visited the Anne Frank house, the Secret Annexe, in Amsterdam. It was pretty much an overwhelming experience. I almost couldn't hold my tears, one visitor even broke down crying. You really can feel how intense it was, how in such a small and comfortable (or maybe quite big but not so comfortable) place a young girl was living there for about two years in fear and also every kind of emotions she has experienced there.

Then after that I visited Auschwitz in Poland with my dearest best buddy the Cool Cat. Perhaps because it wasn't so cold, it was sunny day in winter, it was in the afternoon and Cool Cat promised to kick me if I shed a tear, I wasn't feeling sad at all. Maybe I was bracing myself and forced myself to be strong because I knew it would be another intense feeling trip. Nevertheless, I feel so lucky I'm able to visit one of the most horrible place in the history. God has permit me to arrive here & there safely, has blessed me to understand the horror of Nazi in the past, He allowed me to be safe and to see things by myself. I shouldn't complaining of small things should I?

Even though I said so, I'm still complaining about things in my life now. Well, I'm a human and that how a human is.

Is it?

Or is it just an excuse?


I will change the topic now.

We finally got our F&B admin project's grades. I was so relieved when I saw I got 9.6 for individual grade and 9.5/10 for the whole group. If my individual grade is indeed 9.6, it will be such a great help to boost my exam! I mean, I'm not good at numbers and the exam is full of calculations. I have to worry about this.

As for operations management, I have to say I am very very very satisfied! This is the first time I did a presentation and the audience really enjoyed it, and even laughed so hard. I have to admit this is all thanks to Steven. He was annoying because of his attitudes and curses but he knows how to do the work well, making the PPT in one night, giving ideas for funny clips......I never be able to do that. Now I' worried if I can do marketing well.  Anyway, even Mr. Schofield praised us.

Next week I will have both exam in the same day. God help me, I will study hard so I won't get resits again like last semester. Enough is enough.

Not to mention I just found out I had spent 500 chf until now!!! I think I will just go to Lyon for midterm, makes my life much easier.

I have so many things to write in 1 journal.

Now it's about graduation day. I can't believe this school!! They changed the graduation day from 4th June until before final exam!! What kind of graduation is that?? There's no way we can celebrate our graduation with so much anxiety for exams.....and even resits. What if there's someone who failed??? This is ridiculous. And even sadder is, how ignorant our friends can be. The other day we had a meeting with our program leader to talk about this, but only 1 people came! I understand those who have CBL, it was their last day and they have to prepare everything. But the others??? Simply didn't come, even though they complained about it a lot. Too much money to spend huh?


Another thing: internship

I got rejected from Ritz-Carlton Penha Longa Portugal. I guess it's a good thing. Even though the place, the payment & the accommodation isn't that good, but I want the name! It will look good in my CV later of course! But I have no idea where I want to have my internship now. I'm thinking about a lot of places: Switz, USA, Japan, Canada, Singapore, China.......hmmm......my priority is Switz, USA and Singapore I guess. I would say Canada and Japan would be almost impossible, considering the nature of the Japanese. Besides the RC over there told me they don;t accept internship student when I called. On the other hand, I'm still waiting a reply form RC Boston & Singapore, and also from Kempinski Geneva & Sanya. I need to send more. Massive sending always good at this rate~

Last thing: mid term break

I was thinking to go with Pailin etc for a tour of German, Prague, Austria tour but I;m worried they will call me for interview at the time. So....I guess even though I want to go, I have to cancel it and make another plan. I can just go to Lyon, it's near, and maybe visit Sha in Paris for a moment? Besides, I'm getting worried that Ray has became quite clingy to me. I hope Ruhafzo's fortune telling isn't true. He;s not my type & he has a girlfriend. Not a good idea at all.


..........it;s too long already so I will write about Ron & Felix tomorrow I guess.


I will call this a day and hopefully tomorrow will be a much better day.

Day 28: Not funny, it's snowing again....

My dear, today I started with annoying things


My roomie, who is always stressed these days, left in a hurry, made a lot of noises when preparing herself, and left without making her bed or turning off the bed lamp & desk lamp. Which were attacking my eyes like crazy. God, she's worse than my previous roomie...

And when I finally went out, it was snowing and still snowing until now.

And I was happy we don't have slippery grounds anymore....or should I say we didn't have...


Anyway, today I just got interviewed for the Ritz Carlton company, the Penha Longa in Portugal. Honestly, Portugal isn't even in my interest but I really want Ritz Carlton!!! I'm in love with RC since I started working in Starbucks PPL.....despite it being in a relation with Mariott.

It looks good, yes?

They said it's smaller than the ones in Spain but still looks cozy. I need to ask David more about this. Like I said, my point is not Portugal, it is Ritz Carlton.


But if I got recruited, I have to start in June until December. Then I won't be able to attend Fina's wedding T_______________T
Despite all of that, I have no idea why but I started to feel hopeful and excited. I still have to send some CVs though, who knows.....they probably won't accept me. I wonder what will they see with those general questions, I hope they can see I'm genuine (or should I say gullible nad naive?)


Now that this interview passed....at least I can concentrate with operations management. Hopefully, really hopefully, it will end well....


Pray for me, my dear....

Day 27: @____@

Oh God, I'm really not cut to write in a blog obviously...


ANyway, my life is pretty much....frustrating. Though I'm sure it's because I have time management problem.

I just finished CBL last week, finally finished with all lacking of sleep, super tired days with morning classes to attend (never not attend one, yay!!), and on top of it all....finished with my allergy!!!

Not exactly finished but....at least I won't get in touch with the allergens anymore.

ANd now, I need to focus on projects and internship hunting.

Project wise, both are challenges for me. In operations, some of my group mates are frustrating, especially a certain someone who talks a lot but rarely shows up in meeting. What a pain. Not to mention this project doesn't go to the way it supposed to be...

F&B......this is hard also since it's full of calculations. Oh God.....I think i need to take a math course, I didn't have such a big problem with calculations in high school. $ years without figures sure can make you senile.


As for internship....


Bye bye, Canada. If only you're not so picky in term of students, I will definitely go there.

Bye bye, EU......with the very same reason with Canada, plus why don't you accept Asians???

So...USA? My friend said it'll be easier since we will go through agency but how far we can go I have no idea. Thanks to those "people", my country has a bad image in the states as far as I know. Bah...

And my family will skin my alive if I even try to try Middle East or India or Africa (I'm not interested either).

SO.....final choices??


USA, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore......and my own country.


And I don't know what to say anymore.


I need to ask Junesea & Sebastien to send me the CBL pics...


Need to go back now, either to project or bed, The latter is more tempting....



I will call it a day....

Day 26: Why so manyyyy??

Yes, why so many works to do?

Supervision.....we have to prepare for the debate (yuck, debate again!)

RD...I have final so can't really complain about that.

Basic accounting....guh, I barely can do any reviewing right now. Too many things to do!!

F&B.....I was planning to do it tonight but I guess I have to delay it until Thursday night because of contemp issue!!

Contemp issue.....ugh, so many materials to read & understand by heart. Just like NIcolas had said. That guy surely knows a lot....

English....nah, nothing too much to care for now. I already finished like 80 % anyway.

Speaking of contemp issue, I have group study with Snoopy, K, T, Audrey & Liko this afternoon. I feel bad for them since I didn't understand the coca cola case study and I only managed to print the cruise line ppt this morning (I feel like killing those machines!!!). I feel so useless, guilty and like a freeloader since I couldn't say anything much.

But I'm glad we can do group study. I don't think I can manage to read & understand the whole materials by myself, with my stupid brain and what.

Another thing. I got so easily distracted, so pathetic of me. I was too entranced watching the cute scenes in THJ last night and this was what I got today. So I guess this is God's punishment for me. I will do better and be responsible next time...

So yeah....need to book flights to Netherland and Poland too. Plus, counting how much expenses I will get by the end of this year. I don't think I want to see....prices in Montreux are more expensive, I'm worried I'll become much more stingier than now.

But if it's for good, I don't care.

Hectic weeks just started, plus the cold weather.....I hope I can survive and do much better.


Stole this cute gif/pic form lj today, so cute!!! Credit goes to dubulove and whoever created the file~





Now back to study study and studdyyyy!!! I don't want to disappoint them anymore! Feels like a retarded already this afternoon, better do better next time!

Day 25: Rain rain...

It's so cold here lately....I guess it's time to take Mr. Bear out...

Today was pretty tiring at least for me. I woke up almost late, and I guess I really don't have anything to do with them anymore since they didn't knock my door anymore. Not that I care, really.

For RD, finally I got the mark for the project. Got 7.58 in total, so if I have to sum it up with the mid term exam result, I will still get 7 (round it up). Which means I still have to work hard for final. At least we won't have guest accounting anymore. Maybe it'll be better that way, I'm not sure.

As for supervision....I'm still thinking, should I take HR or not? Maybe it's better if I stick with FO? Because today in supervision we have another group learning, discussing...not that it was really bad or sort, I just found that I don't like it that much. I prefer group studying outside the class. As for inside the class, I prefer passive learning like usual. I'm more of a listener than a talker (which finally have to say something anyway since my zhongguo friends are basically voiceless when it comes to group discussion *sigh*).

So far what I have in mind for internship are FO, HR and marketing. The last one would only happen if I can take marketing next semester. And if next semester I can take CBL Housekeeping, I think I prefer that one than services in kitchen & restaurant. I like cooking but with my own space & pace, please. And the option to take internship in Toronto still applied. Last night Nink came to my room to talk about managing events with Phuong. Well, thanks to her & her bf, maybe my second option would be either SK or China. Japan not so appealing to me anymore, thanks to several discussions I had before, and maybe Thailand isn't a bad option either.

I also talked with several PG2 students: Promise, Laura, Hannah.....well, they gave good infos about Glion life.

I feel like I really want to work right now but I still have semester 2 to cover. I think I already reached the age where I prefer to work rather than studying. But the question from the few months back is still the same.

Do I want to work in this industry or not?


Not sure about the answer but yeah.....cover semester 2, internship, then I will think about it. I guess I can make the real decision only after I entered internship.

Maybe I will also take RD Management next semester. Mom & dad doubt HR too anyway.

*sigh*


Exams are near......contemp issue this week.


HWAITING!!!!


Gotta study now, and group study tomorrow...


I'll call it a day now. See you next time!

Day 24: WHAT??

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1 month already????


Right. I have been busy with college: reports, projects, presentations and every single stress (plus other things) included in 1 free package from my lovely campus.

At least I have finished most of my projects & presentations. Still have 1 F&B project and 1 english presentation though.

As a result I don't have time to draw pics or write short stories per request by the cool cat. Or should I call her the kluski now? XDD

I have several interesting things to write I think. Just....when is the time? Guh....

Feels so tired physically & mentally.....


First final exam: Contemporary issue in 2 weeks!! JIA YOU!!! FIGHTING!!!!