There are many people who should not be going to expensive colleges/universities to get degrees – you don’t need a degree in General Studies, Women’s Studies, etc, etc. That’s what this article is addressing (though in a sort of round-a-bout way).
However, if you’re going to be an engineer, doctor, lawyer, or other highly skilled professional which requires higher education and brings with it a significant increase in pay over not having a degree.
Here are some pictures and videos uploaded from my phone.
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[6pm update]
Took loads of pics across Orchard and Vivo City and Outram Park area. Chek out the facebook album, mmkay?
Nice meeting with Ram Vineet Tiwary … in SIM now. Saw the site for the Sentosa Gambling Casino, First World…. still just the frame, but won’t be surprised if the building is ready by 2010.
Had Starbucks. Didn’t know Double Blend was possible. The Frap tastes just so much nicer and easier to suck up the straw.
Well, last night’s 9:30 train only left at 10:20pm. It was due to the strikes up norht in Thailand, you know, the lazy over-demanding workers who want more bla bla bla. I think LCCT was in a mess last night, with lots of flights cancelled or delayed.
Arrived at Causeway chekcpoint by 7am, cleared customs and hopped onto the wrong bus that took me to hol-land… then stoped at Woodlands MRT. Got a Singtel prepaid nmber +65 83794113 so SMS / buzz me if you’re free or in Singapore!
NO plans today, just a leisurely walk at Boon Lay, Jurong Point, then dinner with my brother’s family.
I’ll watch some TV now.
@lukasfoo The ktmb.com.my website pictures of the train is pretty much accurate. The toilet.. well, I’d personally say its “usable” but DEFINATELY not 5-star lah. A fat guy like me can sleep at the top berth, what more a fit guy like you ;) Tickets are RM 80 for 2 ways if you’re interested. Book early to avoid disappointment.
buying my train ticket now to singapore. on the kiosk which is super hard to type on.. quite fun tho. about 10 numbers to go. wow.. kl sentral parkng is rm 4 per hour. cut throat man. will meet melvyn and lukas at 3pm sory for being late guys
I went for meetings with the Engineers from Taylors, and later the career services officer. It was quite productive, although I put the chances of successful partnership within 30 days at 50/50. Not very optimistic, Its fun to see how businessman works, especially when they’re selling stuff.
As a business student, we are NOT that gullible, still we get interested whenever someone has some shit to offer.
Anyway, will go by TRAIN to Singapore and arrive 7am Friday morning. Then its phun philled phatventure! Hope they got iPhone to play with.
I can’t get roaming, so I won’t be reacable :( Might twit once in a while, so stay tuned!
Learning to give way is the hardest thing to do. We always want things fast. We cannot wait for nature to take its course, or for things to just fall into its place in its own time.
Everybody wants to be number 1. Even if you’re not putting any effort or trying hard enough, you still want to be numero uno.
Patrick Ho played a flawless game of pool beating Melvyn and myself. Don’t be surprised if he calls you up and ask for a game! hahaha…
Thursday night heading to Singapore for a weekend. My computer is in a utter mess.
The term originated in an article by Mark Simpson (“Here come the mirror men) published on November 15, 1994, in The Independent. Simpson wrote:
“Metrosexual man, the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (because that’s where all the best shops are), is perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade. In the Eighties he was only to be found inside fashion magazines such as GQ, in television advertisements for Levis jeans or in gay bars. In the Nineties, he’s everywhere and he’s going shopping. ”
The term greatly increased in popularity following Simpson’s 2002 Salon.com article “Meet the metrosexual”, which identified David Beckham as the metrosexual poster boy. The advertising agency Euro RCSG Worldwide adopted the term shortly thereafter for a marketing study, and the New York Times published a Sunday feature, “Metrosexuals Come Out”; the story trickled into local news outlets across North America.
Simpson’s Salon.com definition is more nuanced than the term’s common use today.
“ The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis – because that’s where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they’re pretty much everywhere.
For some time now, old-fashioned (re)productive, repressed, unmoisturized heterosexuality has been given the pink slip by consumer capitalism. The stoic, self-denying, modest straight male didn’t shop enough (his role was to earn money for his wife to spend), and so he had to be replaced by a new kind of man, one less certain of his identity and much more interested in his image – that’s to say, one who was much more interested in being looked at (because that’s the only way you can be certain you actually exist). A man, in other words, who is an advertiser’s walking wet dream.[3]
in short, its gay, but less gay lah.
I wonder if girls like metrosexual men, or soft men? Feel free to comment!
