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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

I'm in Sydney!!!!!

hey, everything's fine here. I still dont have internet yet but i'm trying to get 1. im now using the internet in my library and they're so mean they only let us use 6mb per day so i cant upload any pictures yet. my o-week is on the 28th feb to 2 march. o-week is a few days packed with activities to let us have fun but so far today (28th) im not feeling that fun yet. today i enrolled and that means a lot of lining up. i heard from a 4th year mechatronic senior that he thinks mech is d toughest engineering course. oh well.

been to a lot of places : darling harbour, chinatown, opera house, mrs mcquarie's chair, botaniocal garden. sydney is quite hot but on cloudy and windy days the wind can send chills into ur bone. havent caught any cold yet, in case u r wondering. =)

Thats all 4 now!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Idiot's Guide to Choosing Handphone Service Provider in Aus

jia - =) says:
here got vodafone, optus, telstra n 3
jia - =) says:
most of us r currentl using 3
jia - =) says:
i was using optus
jia - =) says:
but 2day change 2 3 liao
Sean says:
then ur no still the same?
jia - =) says:
yup
jia - =) says:
they can transfer lidat wan wor
jia - =) says:
so all d beta
jia - pe =) says:
but d thing was
jia - =) says:
my optus was prepaid
jia - =) says:
n my 3 is prepaid
jia - =) says:
so my optus stil tinggal 20 bucks lidat no more liao lor
jia - =) says:
aih
jia - =) says:
so sad rite?
jia - =) says:
dun convert..i keep telling myself dun convert..
jia - =) says:
but stil v sam tung
Sean says:
haha like that 1 lah
Sean says:
y didnt u use up 1st b4 changing?
jia - =) says:
coz at 1st we din noe can use same number wan
jia - =) says:
so we kautim all d documents (coz postpaid hv 2 bring passport, visa, student id, n bank statement 2 apply) n go apply lor
jia - =) says:
den d fella oni told us can use same number
jia - =) says:
so we all v happy la
jia - =) says:
summore d fella say it'l take bout 1 day b4 they cut off d optus service
jia - =) says:
so we were thinking 2nite use it all off la
jia - =) says:
but c c immediately they cut liao!!
jia - =) says:
we felt like so cheated la
jia - =) says:
btw, we here means me n mich
Sean says:
y sudd change?
jia - pe =) says:
coz prepaid cannot get free hp
jia - =) says:
s in, aft 2 yrs contract, d hp wil b urs
jia - =) says:
4 postpaid
Sean says:
ic
jia - =) says:
n since my mum'l msg my maxis coz cheaper 4 her n i'l reply wif aus number coz cheaper 4 me,
jia - =) says:
v mafan hv 2 keep changing simcard
jia - =) says:
cant b doing dat 4 4 yrs rite
jia - =) says:
so since those who're using post paid wanted 3
jia - =) says:
i change 2 3 lor
jia - =) says:
summore 3 punye cheapest post paid plan is 29 per month
jia - =) says:
whereas optus wan is 49
jia - =) says:
so like v x la
Sean says:
icic
Sean says:
she msg ur maxis how much? same rate?
jia - =) says:
ya
jia - =) says:
stil 5 cents
jia - =) says:
coz its registered s msian number ma
jia - =) says:
suggest 2 ur parents 2 do lidat oso
jia - =) says:
can safe alot
jia - =) says:
like now, i dunno bout other service providers here la, but 4 3, international smses oni 35 cents
jia - =) says:
i heard there's 1 is 20cents wan
jia - =) says:
but i dunno which la
jia - =) says:
mayb u can survey more la
jia - =) says:
u noe wut?
jia - =) says:
i told u so much imp info adi
jia - =) says:
mayb u can like save tis conversation n show ur frenz nx time
jia - =) says:
i think it'l help alot lor
jia - =) says:
coz we all like buta buta wan wen we buy
jia - =) says:
now u get 1st hand story wor...
jia - =) says:
hehe
Sean says:
haha
jia - =) says:
if i knew all tis, i might hv not used optus in d 1st place
Sean says:
k, shall do that
jia - =) says:
den i might not hv lost dat 20 bucks
jia - =) says:
aih
jia - =) says:
so sad
jia - =) says:
semakin think semakin sad

I cut my hair and got myself a new pair of specs

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

I love Chinese New Year. Love the food. Love the ang pow.


Hate the cleaning.


But love the fact that i can celebrate it in Msia.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

They Came to Ampang

Instead of writing bout me visitng other places, y dont I write about ppl visiting me?

1st batch: Yeam and Nooi Hoay
These 2 came down with me from our Ipoh trip. They, like me, have a very blur idea of what needed to be done before flying and felt the need to attend the pre-departure briefing organised by IDP. So, we cut short our visit to Ipoh. Jia Huei was super pissed.

I dont get much visitors, so didnt really know how to attend to them while they're in my house. Consequently I got scolded by my mom 4 being a bad host (dont worry, not that harsh). However, I am 1 who learn from my mistakes. So they're kind of like guinea pigs for me to experiment with what not to do when others come in the near future. So kesian hor? Haha jk only lah it really wasnt that bad.I hope. At least they went back safe and unscathed. They may have even enjoyed the trip.

In the morning we went to Seri Pacific Hotel for the briefing. At first I didnt know where it was, until I found out that it was actually Pan-Pacific Hotel. Hmmm...wonder why they changed their name. Do you think its a silent protest at the new law that makes it illegal to mix malay and english? Anyway, we met a lot of Intec ppl there and afterwards went to the Eye of Msia with them. It was there that we discovered Merlin is scared of height and Quanyie feels suicidal at high places. it was getting interesting b4 we even got on the wheel :-)

It was quite exciting at 1st, but after a few rounds we couldnt wait to get down.

After that we wanted to go back and so asked a traffic police for direction to the train station. According to the guy, its not far. And so we walked. and walked. and walked. For 30 minutes until we almost got lost. And then we found the station!

2nd batch : Chao Wang
Chao Wang came to do his Financial Affidavit stuff. I wanted to do it too, so we wasted a whole day on that.

Besides the FA, he has 1 other purpose coming to KL. He wanted to buy his winter clothing. And so I brought him to Sogo (after having Yong Tau Foo for lunch), coz besides the place selling winter clothing inside Sogo there are 3 other shops that sells them outside. We visited each of them and decided that the Goin' Places counter inside Sogo was the best. Somehow along the way we decided to ask Chean Yeaw out. Since Goin Places has a branch inside Mid Valley and its convenient for Chean Yeaw to go there, it became our next destination.

We found that you can only do so much in Mid Valley. After watching Night at the Museum (which was seriously disappointing after having my expectation raised by Nooi and Yeam) we had dinner, take some pics and went back.

3rd batch : Hui Ling and Christine Tan

The day they came was 17th Jan. Their plan was to go to Putrajaya straightaway upon arrival and if possible go to Selset after that b4 coming to my house to spend the night. I had to visit my uncle in Bkt Bintang in the afternoon, so I met them at Hang Tuah Star LRT station on their way from Subang. My instructions were clear : to get down at the station, wave at me so that I can see them and I will follow them running back into the train. The plan was well executed and we felt so stupid afterwards. That night, I learnt something astonishing.

The next day they had Yong Tau Foo for lunch and left for Selset and then went back to Ipoh.

4th batch : Christine, Jia Huei, Hui Ling and Wen Jun

THanx to JPA my house became a temporary hotel. This time, its for the pre departure briefing. They were arriving in the evening, and since somebody wanted to belanja me lunch I went to Mid Valley 1st. Got The Magicians' Guild as my belated birthday present. Then, I went to Sogo to change my winter jacket coz they didnt have my size when I buy it. And as planned, they reached in the evening.

The next day, Jia, Wen Jun and I have to wake up insanely early to go to Putrajaya for JPA briefing. As Audrey pointed out, we have to get up by the time we usually go to sleep. Its crazy! They must be breaking some kind of human right law! But for the sake of the money I'd be getting that day I gritted my teeth and jumped out of bed.

At 6am, dad drove us to Serdang where we met up with Daphne who's staying in Bkt Bintang with her dad and we took a taxi to Putrajaya together. Can you believe that we arrived half an hour early? A lot of ppl were still absent and those present divided themselves naturally into 4 big groups. There's the Sunway group, the Taylors group, the Intec group and another Intec group. I'm in the other Intec group. Can you believe that Wong arrived 2 hours late?

The briefing was boring. And JPA is lembab.

Towards the end, everything was a mess. I called a taxi but couldnt find it. Luckily, a stray taxi passed by and we (me, Jia, W.Jun and Chean Yeaw) managed to catch the driver's attention by waving frantically. We took it to Serdang KTM and from there went to Mid Valley to meet Xtine and Hui Ling who went shopping coz they're so free. Since we were rich we had Manhattan Fish Market for dinner.

When we took KTM to go back, for the 1st time in my life, I missed a station. We had to wait untill 11pm for the train to go back and by the time we reach Ampang it was already 11.30pm. Therefore, we have been out for 17.5 hours!

Next day, while Xtine and Hui Ling went to the briefing, the rest of us went to Sg Wang coz Jia wanted to buy mp3. Before that I bring them to eat Yong Tau Foo again. I'm quite sick of Yong Tau Foo now. Yeam, Sufei and Tzu Hui joined us at Sg Wang. Yeam bought a new Sony Ericsson phone. At first, only I use Sony Ericsson in our room. You should hear how they used to condemn SE phones. But then I somehow managed to convert Yee Hong and Yeam into SE users. While playing with Yeam's hp, I recorded a simple video to let him discover later. I like giving ppl surprises =) Bcoz I wanted to watch and Yeam desperately wanted to watch Death Note 2, we dumped them in Low Yat and went to Times Square to buy tickets bcoz even though there are countless karaoke centre in Bkt Bintang, the cinema in Times Square is the only 1 there. After that we decided to play bowling ourselves bcoz they dont like to bowl and Wen Jun alone is enough to counsel Jia for mp3, they wont need us there. 2 ppl playing bowling is actually quite fun. You have a companion and almost immediately after you bowl it'll be your turn again. 2 games only took half an hour.

We had lunch in Times Square itself and watched movie. Then we walked to Low Yat to find them, only to be informed that they're in Times Square and we had to go back inside. Then when we find them they wanted to go to Low Yat pulak. And so we went to Low Yat. Oh, Michelle came while we were watching movie. She and Jia, influenced by wen jun's biased opinion, each bought a Sony mp3 (Wen Jun : Sony is the best! The best! THE BEST!). Since Jia spent a lot and wanted to save money, we had dinner in a Chinese restaurant outside Times Square. Pui Ting invited them to stay overnight and off they went that night to Klang.

After going out for so many days you'd think they that they'll be exhausted already. But no, they still wanted to go to Mid Valley the next day. Mid Valley has become my second home. Being such a good host, of course I teman them there also lah. Xtine forced us to wear sleeveless shirt that day.

It was like an Intec gathering in Mid Valley, so many ppl went there (full list and pictures here).

Warning : Epic Movie is LAME! DO NOT WATCH! The only reason its called Epic Movie is bcoz its STUPIDITY is of EPIC proportion.

We had dinner and bid reluctant good-byes. First at the food court, then in the KTM station and later inside the train. I discovered an emotion I thought I no longer possess. Memories were stirred, good-byes were said and the unknown future awaits.

Farewell biddings didnt stop there. Next day, they all went back to Ipoh. I sent them till Puduraya and watched them get on the bus. As I walk away, I can only wonder if that will be the last I see of my Intec friends. It was....sad.




But cry not for the thought of going our own separate ways. Instead smile, for the memories of our time together which we will not trade with anything else in this world. And smile, because we know that our frienship is true (Sean 2007. All rights reserved; all wrongs released).

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Dear Tan,Sze Ching,

Congratulations on your admission to study at the University of New
South Wales, Sydney in Semester 1 2007. The semester will commence
on Monday 26 February.

Enrolment at the University is subject to quota restriction and
places are filling up quickly. You are strongly recommended to accept
your offer as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The quickest way to accept your offer is to do it online at
https://my.unsw.edu.au

If you did not receive your offer or have further questions about the
acceptance process please contact the relevant Admissions Team by
email at the end of this notice.
If you no longer wish to accept your offer, please let us know
immediately, so that we can offer your place to someone else.
Please
send an e-mail to your Admissions Team, according to the first letter
of your family name:
Family names A-G -- admita-g@unsw.edu.au Family names H-L
-- admith-l@unsw.edu.au Family names M-S -- admitm-s@unsw.edu.au
Family names T-Z -- admitt-z@unsw.edu.au
We look forward to welcoming you as one of our students and wish you
the best for your successful academic career at one of Australia's
leading universities!

++++ PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS AUTO E-MAIL ++++


Yours sincerely,

Ken Bright
Head, Direct Admissions

**************************************************

To : admitt-z@unsw.edu.au

Subject : Reject Offer

Dear Admissions Team,

My name is Tan Sze Ching, UNSW ID: 3******, Program Code: 3710. Thank you for admitting me to UNSW. I am truly honoured. Unfortunately, I have decided to pursue my studies elsewhere. Please offer my place to someone else.

Yours sincerely,
Tan Sze Ching