wedding bells in the air~~
a good friend of mine is gettin married! lol i love the jovial occassion and the mood that comes with it
BUT the bf.. it seems is so uninitiative.. to me that is tsk tsk
wake up wake up! help your wife-to-be leh

and he is so "reserved" that he wants to do away with the guest list.. how can? this calls for celebration!
but she said something like "before u judge him and say he is not good, he did something to make me decide"

ah!! the suspense is killing me.. and she is not tellin.. YET.
anyway congrats to her again hee

though it will be a simple one, a chalet after ROM, it still calls for celebration ... till later when there's dinner it will call for even bigger celebration lol
at least both are working towards their goal of achievin their dream and she is busy sourcing her supplies.

and i am starting to NOT like UNISIM.
they are not upfront with alot of conditions and they took the opportunity after government announced the 40% subsidy to jack up the price till around 10% more and then NOT giving applicants the full subsidy.Then in the end it doesnt really make any difference whether i get into UNISIM or RMIT if the fees gonna be similar, frankly speaking, the fees was the main factor which got me interested in UNISIM then saw the course which they came out with this year and thus i applied that.

from a forum i read

"I wanted to apply for an education loan at the bank, so I got UniSIM to send me an official payment schedule. The school quoted me $22k (even after getting 8 module exemption). I'm eligible for the 40% grant. After some calculation, I think the grant is about 20% only leh...And if you have been watching UniSIM course fees, you would have noticed that they increased $100 per module (That's like 12% increment, from $850 to $950) the week after the 40% govt grant was announced.Effectively... - 20% + 12% = less than 10% discount lah... Haiz...BTW, I emailed to ask UniSIM why it is still $22k when the grant is supposed to be 40% but they never replied me.I'm not able to study anymore due to money + child minder is ill. Luckily, I have not paid the $500 non-refundable deposit they requested I need to pay before 14th April.Oh, I was offered a place in Bsc (Hon) Business and IT which is 170 credit units."

"This afternoon UniSIM called me to ask if I was still interested in persuing my degree course with UniSIM. I took the opportunity to ask her about the interest-free installment payment plan for those with financial difficulties (people who are unable to obtain an education loan or credit card since income is way below 30k). This was actually the 5th time I asked UniSIM staff the same question, the hotline staff said no such scheme was available, the online customer service staff replied my email 2 out of 3 times to say they have to wait for reply from "Student Admissions Department" and "Management" in 2 separate emails. My 3rd email was ignored totally.The lady who called me this afternoon was the only one who could answer my question. Anyway, just to share with everyone who requires financial assistance, her answer was that I will have to pay the $500 deposit first, apply for up to 4 modules and receive billing before I can apply to the school for interest-free installment payment plan. It is on a case-to-case basis, no income guidelines are available and therefore there is no guarantee I can get on the interest-free installment payment plan. According to her, even if I manage to get on the interest-free installment payment plan, the fees is still payable in 2 or 3 installments.After answering such a long explanation and after I told her I do not have the funds to commence my studies this year or next year, the lady sounded really frustrated so I didn't bother to to frustrate her further by asking why the fees quoted to me was still $22k after 40% govt subsidy."

though they have the course i wanted, thinking of it, the name is too new, the cert is too new, no reputation, no "realistic statistics"
though approved by MOE, it just meant MOE accepts the cert, which is beneficial to teachers or those already in NIE and who wishes to pursue additional cert.
and lastly, its longer than RMIT, taking 3 yrs instead of 2.5 yrs... tsk tsk
i would like to get over and done with FAST so as to proceed on with my life's other plans.. dont wanna waste my time waitin and mopping around, head buried in studies and work for so long..

i wanna advance too.then we can make other plans too.