Late Admissions. Hehee

           I heard something really cute earlier. Wakakaa. Mom's been asked to be the hostess for my cousin's wedding reception and guess who's helping her out?? D.A.D. Voluntarily! Haha. Omo. According to dad, mom has had a flair for emcee-ing since her younger days and since she wanted to turn the invitation down this time because of her less fluent Cantonese and Mandarin, I think dad's decided to help. Hahahehe. Mom's talent still shows during our recent family gathering, celebrating the 100 days of my niece's birthday. :D

Anyways, it has been long since I updated my bloggie. How are you guys doing? I've been a little caught up with this and that. Just small little things that add up to a day's worth of time. How about you all? (if anyone still reads my blog. kekee)

Since I've missed out writing a post about last sem's happenings, I'll just touch on the bits that account for the memorable times of my last sem yehh.

For the start, CSS Eco-Friendly Campaign was my first long term event in uni. I have to say it'll be close to my heart for two reasons. Firstly, it was my first event that was quite a good experience (not the best ler. hehe. but good) and secondly, because it was this event that led me to join more events. The first 5 weeks of my previous sem was kept busy with booth duties, promoting our learning trip and attending meetings. As a secretary, my partner and I was just easy and carefree. Haha. Besides writing minutes and reports, the most tedious task was probably planning the booth duty every week. Someone should come up with an app/software to arrange time slots easily for things like these. It'll be so useful for so many occasions. Omie. My fave moment was probably booth dutying as I got to know a little of everyone in the committee and also the night we spent making customized handmade souvenirs for the trip participants and committees til 4am. It reminded me so much of camps and Girl Guides. Idk why. Note that our trip was at 7am the next day. Kaka.

Then there was this English workshop which we signed up for and another was for Energy Saving Campaign station games, part of CSS too, which a few of us volunteered to be helpers. For the latter, I didn't know what I was up for until I found out that we had to reach uni by 5.30am for duty, a day before the event. We volunteered last minute you see and the event was on a Saturday morning. Saturday morning and arriving to uni at 5.30am. *sweats* Even during the morning itself, I honestly dreaded the fact and feel a slight pang of regret for joining. It turns out, my feelings were wrong. It was the best event I've joined and I don't even know why. Haha. We signed up for the English workshop without any expectations too. There was tongue twisters challenge, group debates and testing vocabulary power. Both events turned out to be surprisingly fun!! =D  It may be true that serendipity is one of the best things ever. Sometimes, you don't know what you're looking for so you take a step further and all a sudden, you stumble upon gratification and bliss. Whether in life or uni life.

The previous sem was a great learning experience too. I appreciate Sun Zi classes eventhough its a MPU subject. For this reason also, its nice la. Cos just a pass and fail subject so I don't feel a burden at all when attending lectures. Keke. In fact, so many concepts are relatable to life and business, its pretty interesting to listen. Business Ethics debate was a good experience as well and I really appreciate our tutor and lecturer, Dr Darren, for sharing his lessons, both inside the syllabus and outside the context of textbooks.

Exams. I did study a little harder (smarter as well I hope) and earlier last sem so it turns out disappointing when I've gotten my results. The subject I studied least turns out to have a better grading than those which I put in much effort for. Weird weird me.

Because I feel like I've actually learnt, Year 2 Sem 1 was definitely one of the most memorable sem yet. =)

Now, I'm currently done with all my coursework so I'm left with 3 weeks of studies before finals approach again. Short sem does past fast. Worhh. Its time to start looking for sponsors too for a charity event. Together with my team, hoping it'll be a good learning experience as well. :) Based on the list of potential sponsors, two of us are suppose to approach the larger companies whereas the other two will look around driving distance areas and F&B companies. Sadly hah, half of the companies are companies which I haven't heard of. GG. Cos they are shoe/bag companies I think. Gonna have to look them up on the net. On the positive side, maybe it'll help me expand my apparel brand knowledge. *sweats* Haha

Some pictures to do the talking and Cheerios! =)

                           A section of Eco-Friendly exhibition and learning trip promotion.

        Eco-friendly decoration using recycled materials.                                        
                                                                                               

         Marine Market in the middle of Penang Sea. We took a speed boat there and fed the fishes there. It was one of the places we went during the trip. Keke.

                         Another event worth cherishing. RCM family. Try spotting me if u can! :)

                          Some of us at the registration counters for RCM Orientation Day. :)



Have a good day!

Vacation

          Finally some alone time to write up a short post. Hehe.

         I'm over-seas. Yeah!! :P :) Do you think so?? I'm now with my fams and relatives in Sarawak so well, in a way, we're Over-the-seas. Pun intended. Haha, just kiddins bout overseas. We started our trip with a 'bang bang'! Our first night was well-spent at a beach resort called Pandan Gold Coast located in Lundu. Its a pretty far drive off the main city and the place was pretty serene. A laid-back resort great for a family weekend getaway. Since there was no food shops within convenient driving distance, we planned our own dinner instead. We resorted to an alternative and indeed the best one, our own Barbeque Grill. Yum yums! Hehees. Thanks to the resort, they provided us with the necessary outdoor kitchen area and some bbq equipments too. Yays! =) We makan and makan starting from 7pm til midnight 1 a.m. :D

         It does feel strangely nice when I'm here, I do things that I normally don't do or get to do when I'm back in Ipoh, like helping out in the kitchen to prepare for a big family bbq dinner. I offered to clean up the fishes because it seemed fun (so it was my first time washing fishes. Wkaka.) A few of us cousins also accompanied my two uncles on their night fishing trip. It was a short trip out because we came back empty-handed, or is it the other way around?? Haha. What more, babysitting my cousins and eating durians. Hehe. Aside from those, when we're here, its the usual early mornings, late nights and going around town. Food is never, never, out of the list. In fact, it is always on the main itinerary. Thanks to dad la and uncle la always suggesting to eat and signalling they're hungry. 'Ok la. Chiak song ah' which means munching or let's eat for fun or yumcha. That's how we've been spending the couple of days here. :)

 We've been here since last Saturday and we're leaving for home soon, Sunday. 

      I've typed more but decided to postpone the rest of the contents for later cos I am lazy ady so continue typing next round. Haha. Sayonaraa~ :)                                                               

5 minute post

A phone call from an ex-classmate is enough to evoke the memories. Memories that are buried deep down and preferably forgotten. However, all is well all is well!! :)

I have lots to blog about.

Its week 14, the last week of classes. Followed by 3 weeks of finals.

Honestly, it has been a great great semester. I wish to blog more about it but now doesn't feel like the right time. In the upcoming post I hope!! hehees. :D
 
For now, I just have the inspiration to strive for finals, all a sudden. Come on, work harder and smarter. Yehh! :))

Goodnight~

Up and about

Life is busy. The days stretches over long hours.

Easy access to uni. Now that I've failed to get a car sticker to enter the uni compound this time around (after 3 successful bids previously), it occurred to me that I slightly took it for granted. The convenience of a car always made me rush to uni and in a way, kept me lazy. Everything also relied on the car to bring me around. Lazy kan?? From what I've seen, those who are usually late for class turns out to be the ones who have cars also. ahaha. Initially, I kinda dreaded this, the walking and concerns for my car safety. Now, its just the latter. All I have to do now is to head to school much earlier and walk as my means to get around campus, no matter how far or near. Ok la, accepting liao. Haha. At least, I'm doing some basic exercise with my legs. HAHA. Feel happy to exercise in that sense also. :)

Its my first exposure ever; first sem since degree, digging into journals. Journals and journals of similar topics. Business Ethics is conquering my life. Aaks! Less enthusiastically, I'll mention a bit about my lecturer (who happens to be my tutor as well). He will definitely leave a mark in my life for several reasons. His untypical attitude, his fascination for journals and also, introducing us to endless journal reading. NOOO. Eye pain lo looking at the screeen. Gee gee gee.

To add salt to the wound, one day, my housemate picked up a photocopy journal from a table and seeing the quite thick stack of paper, I casually asked, 'Waa, how many pages is that?' She replied me while gently leafing through the journal, "Hmm? Luckily, very few la." As she continuously reviewed the journal, a slow triumphant smile spread across her face, before she added, "49 pages only.." Oh ohhh, I must be a newcomer in this area lor. T.T Hahaha.

The eco-friendly campaign is going. Let's hope we get to attract more participants to join the trip. Come come come! :) Hope Ann Gie and Lee Mee can make it too. Hehe.

Its not frequent that I watch canto movies but there were two recent ones that I've watched together wif my parents in the cinemas. Helios (canto/korean) has a bright potential for its sequel whereas today, we went to watch SPL 2 (canto/thai). NICEE. For several reasons, it poses many ethical dilemmas (or maybe BE is affecting my point of view here. Haha.), it keeps me thinking who would do what n so on. Its quite gory here n there, a decent plot and my fave is probably the fighting scenes which was in my opinion, really well-executed. :D (I think the fighting style is muay thai but I'm not too sure).

Before I end, its undeniable that journals are a great source of knowledge and being exposed to it is of course good. Haha. Just a short post of ranting before I head back to kampar. Hehees. Good9! =)

Move On

The sinking feeling when the gap between results and my expectations are bridging further apart instead of closing in. Haih

 People seem to have a way for it while a general comparison between me and them would have easily made known I'm nowhere as good as others. Particularly, iT. What makes it difficult for me to envision myself in the near future is making an independent judgment and feeling confident about it. Until now, I am not bold enough to present answers on my own without a sense of doubt, a hands-on question would send me in a wave of panic and it has left me thinking that I am inept for it. I wish I was better.

Attitude is the hardest part to change in someone, correct? Unfortunately, like everyone else, I am one of that "someone" who finds it so difficult not to fall back into that lazy repetitive pattern. Change change change.

Sorry for the the slightly sulky blog post.

Anyways, on a lighter note, I watched this TED talk by Guy Winch. I've not watch many Ted talks. haha, so yes, so far, its one of the best Ted talks I've seen! =) Wanna share it with you guys. If u all can spare the time, its 17 minutes long but a sincere, interesting talk. His idea is this - emotional hygiene. :))  http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_winch_the_case_for_emotional_hygiene#t-20180 

The thing is, he really needs a follow up to this to explain further on the "how to" steps. :) 

One of the days during holidays, I watch back the show 'Bridge of Terabithia' cos when I was younger, I remember disliking the show simply cos I couldn't understand what the show's about. Now that I've rewatch it, no wonder. It was all the kids' imagination. Everything about Terabithia which I thought was real (once-upon-a-time) was actually purely imaginative. HAHA. Its funny how I dislike the show back then cos of the sad ending, now that I fully understand the show, omo, its such a meaningful and nice movie. :))

The trip to Malacca was a foodie trip. Since it was only a night there, we spent the whole evening walking along Jonker Street grabbing the food that we felt like eating. Yums!! So many nice local food. The satay celup was so awesomee!! :)) Then there's durian puff, durian cendol and coconut shake. Yummy! Only surprisingly, the nyonya food that we ate didn't really taste nice which include the nyonya laksa.

Holiday Season

Its the holidays! Ngehehe. I'm officially on a one month sem break. Yesh! :D Since there are some event plannings to be done, I'll be headed back Kampar earlier, so to be precise, its 3 weeks break for me. Yups. Its strange that it has been over a year since I'm in uni and it all seemed so fast. Well, actually it felt long when it was the midst of every semester *ahem hems* but as a whole, it does feel fast. End of Year 1!! Ohyehh! :D Exams ended on Friday, of which I felt that I could have done much better. I always do, don't I? HAHA. But I still feel this way especially for law. Regardless of what I feel, what's done is done aite? At least its a good learning process. The effort, the regrets, the new knowledge gained and the shortcomings. Just gotta try better next time!! =)

Started off my holidays with Avengers and then Helios at the cinemas with my parents two days consecutively. Since there were free redeemable tickets for joining the Tgv MovieClub, better claim it before it expires. Hehe. Its the best time to catch up on my sleep this holidays too. Since coming to uni, staying up past 12 is a norm and I think its bad in the long run really. Gee gee. 

As always, I plan to have a balanced holidays with a fair share of productivity and nothings. My to-do holiday list has nothing bizarre or particular le. Haha. I've been returning back to my ongoing series and started off a bit of anime too. Yaya, I've tried eating heavy meals while watching shows. Its not my habit at all and aigoo, difficult betull. How do people watch dramas and eat meals at the same time??! What if the best scenes are missed while looking at our rice or noodles?? HAHA. Dumdum question I know. Anyways, whenever I eat while watching Forever, either I end up losing my appetite or hurriedly finished up my food before continuing the series cause its not possible to eat ler while watching autopsies being carried out (as witty and humorous the dialogues can be. Kaka). Eeks! Maybe I've chosen the wrong show to try eating heavy meals with. You may ask me why I suddenly want to eat while watching shows, cause so many people does that including my housemates and they ask me why don't I do that? So try lor, multi-tasking. Its not working.. 

Lastly, I'm going on a trip this weekends to Kl and Malacca with the two girls. Hahah. My two crazy housemates. Yay yays! :) Looking forward to it and this situation feels a little unfamiliar because its my first getaway trip with my friends. Not like a school trip or something but instead, its a planned trip on our own. A very unfamiliar feeling. Hope we'll enjoy!! :))

Will keep this blog alive when I'm freeehh. :D 

Hii

Time slips by so quickly that sometimes, it does not cross my mind how much time has passed by. It is not until I take a step back from the world and quietly reflect on the days that I noticed the many days that slipped away. This kinda explains why I've been MIA here for so long cos I didn't realize that my last posting was so long ago. Hahhaa. Til I visited my blog again. Nyek nyek. Sorrie bloggie.


Because the very many little things are the ones that adds up into my life over the past few months, I'll let the pictures do abit of the talking. Hehees. Starting with the movies and dramas I've recently got the chance to watch :

Almost Home is an animated dreamworks cartoon which I watched at the cinemas with my uni buddies. Its cute and bubbly plus Oh’s expressions. Aahs!! My favourite part was probably Oh’s involuntary dancing. Hees. :)) If you’re wondering, Oh is the name of the main alien in the show. Another good movie which I watched a while back is The Theory of Everything based off Jane and Stephen Hawkins life. It was less about the science and more so about their lives. It took me a day to get over this show because the first half of the show was heartbreaking yet inspiring while the second part of it made me curious and the ending left me feeling.. upset and disappointed. Watch and you'll know why. Hehees. Anyways, if its good acting you wanna see, watch it. Its worth the time because the acting was absolutely worth it, moving and realistic. =) The latest show I watched the other day was Fast 7 with my parents. It was 'fast' and 'furious' as the title goes. Kaka. It was quite good except it feels like something is missing in this one. I think its the old Walker. T.T I’m excited to continue with my newfound series, Forever and Sherlock Holmes BBC. Especially Forever, the first two episodes really caught my attention. I put it on hold awhile dee cos no time. Both seems to be nice series. Eees! :)

Then, it was a new semester. I remembered wanting to blog all the details here but now that I want to recap, feels like everything is a blur. Ohnoo..haha. Anyway, I'm glad to say, I survived! Once again, the busiest time of the semester is over. When's that? When there are assignments due, midterms ongoing and presentations like all caplang together. Luckily we managed (my group members and I). As for assignments, we promised to change the way we handle them next time. We started off early this sem. Due to the CNY break, we sort of procrastinated in between. So we did it til last minute upon completion. We really rushed til the last minute. Omo. All those late nights and burning midnight oil *praying it won't be like this again next sem*. 

Other than being caught up with studies, I’ve been hanging out at Vern’s place quite often. Hehees. I am grateful that I can hangout at Vern's place. :) Often a times, we chat and blabber random stuffs. Otherwise, we sometimes have dinners after going to pasar malam together. We usually watch shows as we ate. Running Man tops our list! :))

It's a little late to post this but during CNY, I met up with these people. The Gang! Haha. :D Really, we were super loud and pretty crazy that day til I felt kinda embarassed as I left that place to walk to the toilet. Kaka. Yet, having them around is one of the best things that happened in my life. =) 

US. Hehehees.

Part of my mom's family tree and We. Haha.
Chor yatt was spent in Ipoh. The rest, we spent our time cuti cuti-ing at Pangkor, Genting and KL.
I headed back to Kampar earlier for mid-terms as they continued with their next stop, Sekinchan.
U know whose hometown? Sin Chan's!!! Wkaka. :P kddinz.

During the Chinese New Year, I had a meaningful conversation with my eldest bro. He shared with me things that made me realize that uni is not all just about working on the grades and learning. Its also about planning ahead of time like what comes next after graduation? It’s not like I didn’t know this. I just didn’t know there were so many things that we need to and could start thinking about. It’s pretty scary. Yet, its good to know too. Anyhows, my CNY holidays was really well-spent. Felt a little heavy hearted when I went back Kampar at first. It was a memorable season with my family and friends. Had this precious chat with one of my cousins too.

After CNY, it was the busy period. I too managed to step out from my comfort zone a little.

Volunteered for my first activity outside uni - Help to teach kids English.
If it were not for some minor problems, it'll be great. Still, it was a good first time experience indeed.

And on the flipside, I’ve finally had the courage to walk up to some booths and sign up for some activities. Ann Gie told us about it so she, Lee Mee and me applied for it. Fortunately, we're all in this together. Hees. :) We're now part of the committee organizing the Eco-Friendly Campaign next sem! Hope it'll be a great experience.

Some other activities are lined up too like, In a way, can't wait for next sem. Hehees. :D At the same time, thinking about next sem makes me a little nervous because I do not know what to anticipate. Last Wednesday was my course registration for next term's subjects as well. There are some tutorials which I'll be on my own. Just pray that I'll be able to cope on my own feet.

As for now, I'm currently on my study break and finals is looming around the corner. Its been a slow tortoise progress for me. T.T. I know that only I can determine the outcome of what I want so I gotta Do or Die. Haha. With that being said, I gotta work efficiently. Mmms. :)

I've also been couch potato-ing in my room a bit too much back in my kampar hostel lately before I came back for my study break. It only struck me when my housemate pm me this on facebook chat while I was in my room : 'Why I never see you come out of your room? Are you living in a cave?' with a random chillax hand wave dance emoticon. Hahaha. It kinda hit me because she's the housemate whose always the one stuck in her room pratically the whole day except when me and Mae Jean kacau her. Hahah. Its sad that she'll be leaving soon. :( 

On a side note, suddenly, as I grow up, the ideals that I have about life are slowly being thrown out the window. I can't exactly pinpoint all of it.  Often atimes, when I have a disagreeing thought and feel otherwise with my parents perspectives, I'll wonder 'Why?' Weren't they once young like me and my brothers too?  I was a little headstrong with my beliefs. Things changed as I'm growing up. I still remember how it all come to me in a rush. I finally understand their concerns and perspectives much better than before to my heart's content. In most cases, they were right about many things. Even if they weren't always right, their intention was always in the best interest of ours because they care. =)

I could also see how if you'd ask me the same notion now and back then, my answer may turn out to be entirely different. Not to mention, many other ideals that I had. Like its true that if we do a good deed, we'll receive happy returns emotionally. If its appreciation from the receiver, think twice. Also, I think adulthood is pretty daunting because people are no longer that simple minded like I always thought. In fact, they are much more complicated than one can possibly imagine. Where is that simple-minded and innocent children we once were? This revelation hit me. This is especially true when I think of working adults. Omo. 

In short, its sad to slowly give up upon the ideals I always held onto and believed in as a kid. Aiseh. Like it or not, this world out there doesn't work upon ideals. It may seem like I'm complaining a little. Its just a piece of thought of mine because where else to complain if not here?? Haha. This growing up phase into adulthood happens to be much more challenging than ever. Never mind, I think its always good to see the good in life no matter what even if life is difficult. The best way to summarize this is to quote a novel, "zendagi migzara" which simply means life goes on.

It turns out to be a long long post leh. Whops. Mianhae. Have a good day! :)