Think of how many times you could possibly have done better, and chances are you will end up having a lorry-load full of them.

It may sound a bit far-fetched, but well, if you really put into deep thought, in fact, it is.

However, no matter how much you have those in mind, have you ever wonder if any of them are actually worth thinking in the first place?

Today, I went all the way to NUS just to get:

My job application approval done
My student’s pass renewal.

Apparently, all these should have been done earlier, but because I was too tired to do it previously (I was in Singapore last week, doing some errands which ended up until around 5 pm) I gave up that time.

Today, I went all the way to the ECE department. Funny, sometimes they really do entertain some buggers who actually are lost in administrative matters, even though the department office is supposed to entertain only research, school or any course with regards to the Electrical and Computer Engineering studies. I went there just because the job application that I applied (a department in NUS, not ECE department) required me to go to ECE to verify myself as eligible to work in NUS via school academic result recommendation.

Apparently the secretary told me to go to OSA (Office of Students’ Affairs). She said that to have verification on approval, I need to make myself confirmed in OSA, so as to be able to apply for a job in the department that I intend to work in. Hence, I decided that it may be a good idea to go there, since OSA is also the place where I can inquire about my student pass.

Here comes the funny part. After all the running ins and outs, the final outcome is this: there is no need for any approval and such. Approval for academic result and such is up to the departments to cohesively coordinate between each other, because there is no need to produce a hard copy or so-called ‘paper approval’. Well, after so much of walking in and out, and talking politely to all these people, I ended up doing nothing.

Oh, speaking of doing nothing, here comes another funny event: There is no need to update my student pass at all. Reason: Student pass card actually is determined by my course of study in University, not by my passport. In short, there is no need to do anything.

So, basically, I was in Singapore just to clarify myself what happened. All these could be done via internet, I supposed, and I spend all my time doing nothing, walking around in Singapore, just to get myself worried for nothing.

Strange thing, but after all these, even though my mother was a bit angry of me not making myself clear earlier, I was not even angry at it.

Which brings back to the issue of what I said earlier on: I could make a heap-pile of things I could have done better, but yet I choose to forgo about it.

Why bother all these when you should be happy that you got yourself clarified? From confusion to clarification. From lost to found. Why not be happy about it?

By the way, I am playing guitar for church service tomorrow. Brought my Santa Cruz from Singapore along. I am so happy. Now, technical requirement become so much easier. Thank God.

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