It is wrong to say that real GDP is the value of all final goods based on the prices existing during the time period of production. This is because real GDP is the value of the current period's production measured at the constant prices of a selected base year.

It is wrong to say that unemployment benefits props up national income in years when employment is low. Low employment means high unemployment, or low demand in labour (I don't even know whether this line is necessary). When there is a low employment rate, unemployment benefits increase, which is an "income" to the unemployed. It is, however, not the national income as it doesn't produce goods and services. It is an income only when the receivers spend the money and generate output.

D:

I'm gonna do crappy_love's meme tomorrow, hehe.

OMGAWD, ARE MY EYES FOOLING ME?! I ONLY HAVE 3 SUBJECTS TO STUDY FOR THE MID-SEM?!

Came back from the airport~~~ Had dinner at the Crystal Jade Shanghai Restaurant with my family and aunt. My brother had $60 worth of vouchers for most of the restaurants in the airport that he got from his ex-employer, Johnny Walker at the DFS ^^ Ate to our fill, we did! Our bill was about $178? Kekeke, so Mummy paid $118 instead ^^ That's about $23.60 per person, WHOO!

Going to Haw Par Villa tomorrow, omgawd. Stupid marketing project. D: But Kor had given some really awesome suggestions over dinner today! PEI TING, LI LING, KAMY AND DYOR! WE'LL ACE THIS, OKAY?!

Okay, gotta study. D: I can't believe the mid-semester tests are coming already (T_T)

You're Beautiful withdrawal, anyone?? Argh, it hasn't settled in my heart that it has ended (T_T)

Season 2 please.

From pincakes
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

1. Is there a story behind your username?
Well firstly, I'm a Christian who loves God (duh), and 4 years ago, there were people around me spelling 'Oh my god' as 'Oh my gawd', so the pun hit me and tadah! gawdilovegod!

2. What's one thing in your life you would change if you had the chance?
My personality? I hate my apathetic attitude to everything (except animals, lol) though I'm sensitive to how other people feel. I could also use a little more extrovertedness or talkativeness and less awkward 'cos I can never hold a proper conversation, on and offline. My lazy and procrastinating personality should be gotten rid off because as much as I hate it, I can't help but to do things at the last minute.

3. Favourite Kpop person/group of all time and why (Flailing encouraged. NO CHEATING)
( Cue 2NE1's Fire intro )

4. How did you get into Kpop?
Was listening to Rain's I'm Coming and instead of being interested in Rain, I was more interested in the rapper (Tablo) featured in the song. Looked up on Epik High's music and variety shows. Then spotted Lee Minwoo of Shinhwa, and tadah! Lol. It was around early May 2008 :D Was officially a Shinhwa fan since 26 May 2008 ^^

5. Azn food or Western food? O.o
Asian, yo. I can't live without rice. I can live without rice for a day but not for a week. I MUST have it at least once a week. Plus, I love noodles. Not spaghetti kind of noodles but noodle noodles. Like lor mee, ban mian, mee pok, fishball noodles, etc. I just love my carbs lah, okay. xD That's why I've laid out my thoughts on working overseas. I'll most likely work in Asia where they have the carbs I adore xD Ohoh, also.... Asian meat is THE BEST, okay! Sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour fish, 宫保鸡丁, Hainanese chicken, curry chicken, SASHIMI, etc. My heart and mind are pretty much as Asian as my appearance is. :D

Okay, I'm finally letting my toenails breathe after being covered by nail polish for a few weeks. Gonna cover them up again tomorrow. Haha :P

It's a public holiday tomorrow! WHOO! My family and I are going to the airport tomorrow for dinner 'cos my brother has an airport-wide restaurant discount voucher. Don't ask me how he got it, lol. No idea what we should eat :/

My project group is going to Haw Par Villa this Saturday to get more information for our marketing project. Told sis about the project and she said that place is a gone case, LOL. (T_T) Such a difficult project.

I've started streaming TVAnts already. LOL. So that it won't lag too much when You're Beautiful starts at 9PM. It's the last episode already (T_T)

So I went to see the doctor today and his diagnose is that I have tension headache. He asked whether I've been getting enough sleep or have I been really stressed recently. It's the former but I didn't answer, lol. I just answered with some nodding. Perhaps I should have taken the non-drowsy pill before the test today but that pill's supposedly stronger than the paracetamol and I'm supposed to take it only when my head hurts really badly. I slept for a while in the library but I was totally zoning out of the world after I woke up till now. I should have just skipped the test today and take it another day since the doctor gave me an MC for today. I could have just told him to write that I'm unwell for a test D:

So... okay. The left side of my head is feeling the pain again. Good night.

Haven't slept enough to recover from my all-nighter on Sunday night. I hope I don't screw up the marketing test this evening because of this.

2.5 hour break. Not gonna sleep. You know what I'm doing. Since I'm typing this...

Must... catch... some... sleep... in... the... library... later...

Zzz.

WHEE~ I've posted the pictures I've taken at the Camino A La Modernidad (The Path to Modernity: Mexican Modern Painting) yesterday on my Tumblr and Flickr! However, not all is up on Tumblr yet, and not all the titles & descriptions have been added in Flickr.

NOW ON MY WAY FOR SOME YUMMY SAMGYETANG AND POTATO PANCAKE~

HWANG TAEKYUNG, I CAN DO IT TOO!

Okay, so I lied when I said I will never take pictures of myself till my hair grows out and Anthony fixes it. These pictures are fine, though. With this haircut, I think I look better without my spectacles, which upsets me even more because 1) my eyes are a little dry so I don't feel very comfortable with contact lenses, 2) even if I'm comfortable wearing contact lenses, I'm hella lazy and slow in putting them on, 3) I have astigmatism, so imagine how expensive my lenses would be. I used to wear daily lenses without the astigmatism degree thing (whatever you call that) for performances and/or rehearsals only. When I wore them out for shopping, the lights were practically stabbing forks into my astigmatic eyes.

Another reason why I hate this haircut is it makes me want to act cute/young. I'M ALREADY YOUNG SO WHY WOULD I WANT TO ACT/LOOK YOUNGER?! I don't like being cute, 'kay.

Anyway, lol. Why do I always digress. ( CAMWHORE GALORE~ )

I'll be posting the pictures from the Singapore Art Museum tomorrow! I enjoyed the pieces there though I've only seen 1 and a half exhibitions (T_T) I'll probably find time to visit them again... I've chosen Ang Kiukok's Christ as the subject of my art review assignment. It's an extremely simple piece of work but the message behind it is really deep, IMO. Another reason why I chose it is because I feel like I can relate to it... :/

The exhibitions are really awesome.

Camino A La Modernidad (The Path to Modernity: Mexican Modern Painting) (only saw half of it 'cos the 2nd half was on another floor and Vanessa, Edeline & I couldn't find the way up, LOL)

Thrice Upon A Time: A Century of Story in the Art of the Philippines

In the Eye of Modernity: Philippine Neo-Realist Masterworks from the Ateneo Art Gallery (didn't get to see this 'cos it was already about 7pm, so we decided to head home)

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One morning on her way to school, Na-Young was dragged to a public toilet by a 50 year old man. He was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, according to information from the police department. She was beaten and strangled, then violently raped and sexually tortured.

After that was done, in an attempt to destroy the evidence, he then inserted a pump (used for blocked toilets) into her anus in attempt to extract his semen which led to severe ruptures in her large intestines. Then, he tried to push the organs back inside her using the long stick of the pump. During this process, he completelydamaged her genital organs.

He then flushed her blood and other traces of her organs down the toilet, washed her and made her sit upright. After having another intercourse with her, he ran away leaving Na-Young to die.

This 57-year-old man was only sentenced to 12 years in jail.

With this online petition, we hope to get the Korean government to review this case and give a heavier sentence to the perpetrator.

If you feel outraged by this case, please sign this petition to help Na Young gets the justice she deserves.

Perhaps, with just this simple gesture, Na Young and her family might be able to lead their lives in a better way, knowing that there are people out there who care for them.

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Na-young, who doctors say sustained irreversible damage to her genitals, anus and intestines as a result of the rape, has remained in the intensive care unit of a local hospital. As the Supreme Court Wednesday confirmed the lower court's 12-year jail term for Cho, the South Korean public exploded with anger. Prosecutors had demanded a life sentence for Cho, who has a record of 17 previous crimes and spent three years in prison for rape years ago.

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Sign the petition here.

I'M GOING TO THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM TOMORROW!



:DD It's a field trip under my CDS, Understanding Art. We're supposed to write an art review 2 weeks later based on what we observed at the exhibition tomorrow. TO HELL WITH THE REVIEW, I'm gonna enjoy myself and bask in the ~*~wonderful~*~ aura of art. Since transport provided is only from school to the museum, I intended to head to the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (i.e. my first love, lol), which I've only been to ONCE 7 years ago, alone after the trip. However, it's further from the SMA than I thought, so I've dropped that thought. (Ooh~ No pun intended 'kay!)

I think I'm going to be an art junkie. There are some exhibitions coming up and I would really love to go!

Outside of academics To-do list:

Save $200 to spree at Square2. Little Seoul there is my new paradise, omgawd.

Load wardrobe with dresses and shoe rack with heels. So my tomboy dressing's just a phase after all. Not that I'm going to abandon my current clothes. I'll probably wear dresses more often outside of school.

Exercise.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Sleep.

Teachers do play a huge role to a student's love for a subject. Gevin Png teaches well and is really engaging in class, so I don't have much problem understanding marketing for h&t. My macroecons tutor on the other hand is boring as heck so all the more I cannot understand the subject. This is bad because I'm really bad at understanding concepts of Economics; both micro and macro. Principles of Managment (POM) is still okay 'cos I sort of understand it better. Plus, it's supposedly easier than OB, from what I heard.

I have a huge hunch that I'm gonna die in the hands of F&B, Macroecons, and Jap. I swear Korean's easier than Jap.... Fine, it may have to do with interests but AT LEAST IT'S EASIER TO READ KOREAN, OKAY?!

Can't stand how Shinwoo keeps getting hurt in the drama (T_T) It makes me want to jump through the screen and hug him to give comfort. (T_T)

According to the CYA board announcement, it takes approximately 2 to 3 hours to make an airport pass, especially if there are many others making the pass as well. I don't think I took more than an hour? Lol. I guess it's because I was the only one making the pass that day (@_@)

Can somebody please tell me what the hell does Haw Par Villa need to attract you there?

Argh. I'm so pissed. At myself and the printer that is. THE PRINTER WAS PRINTING COLOUR WELL ONLY 4 MONTHS AGO! WHAT EVER HAPPENED?!

Problem solved. Goes to show how important colour mixing is.

And the printer is causing the table to shake so much that I feel my motion sickness triggering. I'm so prone to motion sickness lately (T_T)

Omgawd, pincakes, thank you for this video!

SEE WHAT I MEANT BY HE GETS ME ALL THE TIME NO MATTER HOW FAR I STRAY AWAY FROM BIG BANG?!



STOP AUTOTUNING WHENEVER HE SINGS, YG!!!!!! OR TEDDY, OR WHOEVER AUTOTUNES HIM!

Gonna turn on my nerd mode starting next Monday. Actually, I'm slowly tuning it up already. I've just filled up my to-do board. While most of them are in the to-do category, there's 2 under 'Doing', and zilch under 'Done!'. I'm gradually compiling my project due dates for the 'Deadlines'.

Doing this gives me more pressure, and unfortunately, I work better under pressure. D: How I wish I can be like people who get things done as soon as possible. D:

First test was over today and it was all right since it's just business correspondence, language, blah. The second test is next Wednesday but it's more difficult because it's MARKETING FOR HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, AHHHHHHHHHHHH. Hurrah that it's an open-book test but that means all the questions are application questions instead of theory questions! Gevin Png has been a great tutor so I hope I can do well (>_<)

I must not fail any subjects (ahem, macroecons, fundamentals of F&B and Japanese)! I'm gonna lower my expectations for my GPA. Graduate with a 3.3! I still have 2 and half years to bring it up.

That said, I've been thinking what to do after graduating from poly. Work before university or university before work? Local uni or UNLV? NTU or UNLV? :/

Ah, heck. I'm going to print notes then sleep.