Last post for 2011

Hi!
This year has been a great year. I have been rather busy since the start of my holiday and now i have started working. So... i have zero time to do a recap post for 2011. What i wanna say is that i hope 2012 would not be the end of the world and also it will be an even awesome year because this would be the year i enter poly! hahah If i can enter lahh. *cross fingers* This shall be my final outfit post for 2011! So cheers! In about 30 mins time, it will be 2012! After blogging, i'm going to eat maggie mee. heh. So i have been thinking about what courses i should take when i get back my results.
There are 3 main courses which i'm interested in.

1) Diploma in Marketing, Temasek Polytechnic.
So basically the first year i will be learning generally. From the 2nd year onwards, i will be specialise in Marketing.

2) Diploma in Business Administration, Singapore Polytechnic
Basically i will learn generally for year 1 and 2. For the 3rd year, i will be speciallise into two different courses. I will most probably be choosing marketing, retail management or advertising and public relations.

3) Diploma in Business Studies, Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
I will be learning generally for the first twp years as well. For the third year, i will specialise into marketing since it is my option.

So there? I'm aiming to go University and i know i would stand a higher chance if i were to go JC. But no, i doubt i will be going. My teacher told me that it didn't matter whether which course i take because at the end of the day, what matter most is the degree. True but come to think of it, no. Yes, what matter most is the degree but if i were to specialise in marketing, i might be able to spend one less year in University right? So now, I'm in a dilemma.











Anyway, i just found out what is actually the difference between marketing vs advertising and public relations.
'The best way to distinguish between advertising and marketing is to think of marketing as a pie, inside that pie you have slices of advertising, market research, media planning, public relations, product pricing, distribution, customer support, sales strategy, and community involvement. Advertising only equals one piece of the pie in the strategy. All of these elements must not only work independently but they also must work together towards the bigger goal. Marketing is a process that takes time and can involve hours of research for a marketing plan to be effective. Think of marketing as everything that an organization does to facilitate an exchange between company and consumer.'
HELP!