Combined degree, Facebook + Youtube links
It's been a while since I wrote one of those horribly long, pretentious, droning wall of text that I'd call a 'blog entry'. Well, here are a couple of reasons that I think justifies my absence:
- Most of my classes are until 6 in the evening.
- My free times are better spent on watching porn, playing video games and eating cookies. Nah, jokes. I would rather spend my 5+ hours after Uni cooking my dinner (conventional wisdom states that if you don't eat, you will die. That's a pity) and actually, eating it. Surprises. I also have this thing for a videogame called Medieval 2 Total War. Which is a blast to play. And oh, I do my assignments. Occasionally. If I'm in the mood. Which is never.
So I noticed that I've actually been writing entries into my blog during weekdays. Is it my subconscious mind? Was I possesed when I decided that I would rather spend 1+ hour writing an entry rather than studying? Then I realized that I have this need, this urge, this primal addiction to write incoherent, rambling, text in a blog that everyone can read. Yet this blog is as empty as an upclass bookstore in Jakarta during weekdays. Which is pretty empty.
Maybe people are discouraged by the massive wall of text that forms the bulk of my blog. Or maybe there isn't enough sexually suggestive things. What will happen if I insert a photo of me flashing my.. I don't know, chest?
That would be uncool. Me with my one pack. Ugh.
My doubtful masculinity aside (Nah, jokes. I'm as manly as Steven Seagal. It is true), I do have some things to write in this entry.
- As described in the description of The Author (at the top of this page), I go to Melb Uni for.. Uni. This is my 3rd year. I'm doing Geomatic Engineering and Science as a combined degree. I'd usually say *clears throat* "I'm doing double" - It makes non-Melb Uni people go "Ooooh Ahhh" when I said that. But it's common for Melb Uni students to, how do I say this.. to add an extra bacon or cheese to their sub. Or upsize their McMeal. Or go Large on their Zinger combo. Adding another degree as a 'minor' into your 'major' is common in Melb.
Why? Well, think of it this way. Here's an example, although I may sound ignorant, but at least you'll get the idea. You graduate with a degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance and Accounting. You get a job at a bank. Then the economy downturned, and you got sacked. So you applied for another job at a financial consultancy. They liked the fact that you are an H1 student at Melb. But they didn't like that you are only specialized in Finance and that you can't do a particular statistical modeling; a requirement for analysts. You got the job, but you wouldn't get too far ahead of everyone else, because you couldn't look at your work from a different perspective. A perspective that only a combined degree of Commerce and Mathematics can do, for example.
Another example: Boeing is hiring engineers for their 2009 graduate program. 2 candidates: One has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, and the other one has a B.MechEng and a Bachelor of Science in Physics. This looks like an easy choice.
Although students will want to specialize in something, and not generalize in a particular field, there's nothing wrong with specialising in two fields instead of one. It is said that being a generalist will do harm for your future career. I.e. a specialist is always going to be in high demand, because they are the only ones who can do their work properly.
I do think that it all comes down to how you want to live your life. Do you want to go to uni, graduate, get a job and start a family? Or do you want to go to uni, graduate, do masters, then find a job? I know this is a trite statement, but there's nothing straight about life.
A generalist will usually need to go to a graduate school to choose a specialty. A specialist can find a job as soon as they graduate, but they will be stuck in a niche unless they are really good at what they do and can excel to get to the top. But let's face it, when you're specialising in one thing, chances are, thousands more are doing the same thing. Yes, it's called competition.
And how do you rise above the competition? Do a double, or do a generalist course, and prove to your future employer that you are jack of all trades and are a quick learner. Well, something like that.
So what should YOU do? Most of the people I know are from Indo, so they'll probably go back home after graduation. In Indo, you just point your Degree at the recruiter. It is said that a degree certificate coming from an overseas Uni can hypnotize an HR officer..
But I'm planning to stay here, so this is something that I actually have to think about. Hence, my transfer to a combined, *coughs* double degree. Halright!
- I joined Facebook last night. Facebook. I was doing some research on the marketing strategies of social networking sites, and the Wiki article on Facebook was tempting me to join. So after shaking hands with the devil, I browsed and browsed the 'Melbourne Uni 2009' network *cough*was looking for this girl*cough* . I found a couple of 'standard-myspace' profiles. You know, with the girl on girl action and photos of drunken incidents.
I was divided between exclaiming: "*gasp!*So indecent!", "*smirks*Awesome.." and "Poor, just poor quality. I've seen better"
I ended up closing the page while shaking my head in dismay over the state of indecency of girls in present day Australia.
..
Nah, jokes. I couldn't get away from that profile. It has a perv-guy magnet.
Dammit.
- Speaking of social networking and blogging sites, I have joined these: Friendster, circle99, Myspace, Flixter, Facebook, Xanga, Blogger, Hi5
I'm so cool.
- Anyway, my daily, if not bidaily, youtube links.
Tony, a 25 year old Backstreet Boys Groupie. He collects BSB merch and other .. BSB related stuff.
Cutiemish: iDrool. She makes video blogs. Cute. 1.4 million channel views. She's not a myspace-whore. Ok, Nuff said. Guys, watch, watch. =P
And lastly, here's a guy covering John Mayer's Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. He's actually alright. And here's a clip of JM playing the same song.
Alrighty, I'm off.
Putra
Playlist: DragonForce, DCFC
- Most of my classes are until 6 in the evening.
- My free times are better spent on watching porn, playing video games and eating cookies. Nah, jokes. I would rather spend my 5+ hours after Uni cooking my dinner (conventional wisdom states that if you don't eat, you will die. That's a pity) and actually, eating it. Surprises. I also have this thing for a videogame called Medieval 2 Total War. Which is a blast to play. And oh, I do my assignments. Occasionally. If I'm in the mood. Which is never.
So I noticed that I've actually been writing entries into my blog during weekdays. Is it my subconscious mind? Was I possesed when I decided that I would rather spend 1+ hour writing an entry rather than studying? Then I realized that I have this need, this urge, this primal addiction to write incoherent, rambling, text in a blog that everyone can read. Yet this blog is as empty as an upclass bookstore in Jakarta during weekdays. Which is pretty empty.
Maybe people are discouraged by the massive wall of text that forms the bulk of my blog. Or maybe there isn't enough sexually suggestive things. What will happen if I insert a photo of me flashing my.. I don't know, chest?
That would be uncool. Me with my one pack. Ugh.
My doubtful masculinity aside (Nah, jokes. I'm as manly as Steven Seagal. It is true), I do have some things to write in this entry.
- As described in the description of The Author (at the top of this page), I go to Melb Uni for.. Uni. This is my 3rd year. I'm doing Geomatic Engineering and Science as a combined degree. I'd usually say *clears throat* "I'm doing double" - It makes non-Melb Uni people go "Ooooh Ahhh" when I said that. But it's common for Melb Uni students to, how do I say this.. to add an extra bacon or cheese to their sub. Or upsize their McMeal. Or go Large on their Zinger combo. Adding another degree as a 'minor' into your 'major' is common in Melb.
Why? Well, think of it this way. Here's an example, although I may sound ignorant, but at least you'll get the idea. You graduate with a degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance and Accounting. You get a job at a bank. Then the economy downturned, and you got sacked. So you applied for another job at a financial consultancy. They liked the fact that you are an H1 student at Melb. But they didn't like that you are only specialized in Finance and that you can't do a particular statistical modeling; a requirement for analysts. You got the job, but you wouldn't get too far ahead of everyone else, because you couldn't look at your work from a different perspective. A perspective that only a combined degree of Commerce and Mathematics can do, for example.
Another example: Boeing is hiring engineers for their 2009 graduate program. 2 candidates: One has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, and the other one has a B.MechEng and a Bachelor of Science in Physics. This looks like an easy choice.
Although students will want to specialize in something, and not generalize in a particular field, there's nothing wrong with specialising in two fields instead of one. It is said that being a generalist will do harm for your future career. I.e. a specialist is always going to be in high demand, because they are the only ones who can do their work properly.
I do think that it all comes down to how you want to live your life. Do you want to go to uni, graduate, get a job and start a family? Or do you want to go to uni, graduate, do masters, then find a job? I know this is a trite statement, but there's nothing straight about life.
A generalist will usually need to go to a graduate school to choose a specialty. A specialist can find a job as soon as they graduate, but they will be stuck in a niche unless they are really good at what they do and can excel to get to the top. But let's face it, when you're specialising in one thing, chances are, thousands more are doing the same thing. Yes, it's called competition.
And how do you rise above the competition? Do a double, or do a generalist course, and prove to your future employer that you are jack of all trades and are a quick learner. Well, something like that.
So what should YOU do? Most of the people I know are from Indo, so they'll probably go back home after graduation. In Indo, you just point your Degree at the recruiter. It is said that a degree certificate coming from an overseas Uni can hypnotize an HR officer..
But I'm planning to stay here, so this is something that I actually have to think about. Hence, my transfer to a combined, *coughs* double degree. Halright!
- I joined Facebook last night. Facebook. I was doing some research on the marketing strategies of social networking sites, and the Wiki article on Facebook was tempting me to join. So after shaking hands with the devil, I browsed and browsed the 'Melbourne Uni 2009' network *cough*was looking for this girl*cough* . I found a couple of 'standard-myspace' profiles. You know, with the girl on girl action and photos of drunken incidents.
I was divided between exclaiming: "*gasp!*So indecent!", "*smirks*Awesome.." and "Poor, just poor quality. I've seen better"
I ended up closing the page while shaking my head in dismay over the state of indecency of girls in present day Australia.
..
Nah, jokes. I couldn't get away from that profile. It has a perv-guy magnet.
Dammit.
- Speaking of social networking and blogging sites, I have joined these: Friendster, circle99, Myspace, Flixter, Facebook, Xanga, Blogger, Hi5
I'm so cool.
- Anyway, my daily, if not bidaily, youtube links.
Tony, a 25 year old Backstreet Boys Groupie. He collects BSB merch and other .. BSB related stuff.
Cutiemish: iDrool. She makes video blogs. Cute. 1.4 million channel views. She's not a myspace-whore. Ok, Nuff said. Guys, watch, watch. =P
And lastly, here's a guy covering John Mayer's Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. He's actually alright. And here's a clip of JM playing the same song.
Alrighty, I'm off.
Putra
Playlist: DragonForce, DCFC
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