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One hell of a week

This week is going to be hell. I’m supposed to pass up 2 chemistry lab reports and social relevance task’s 1st draft by Friday, and I have Physics test on Tuesday night and Math test on Thursday night! This is crazy! (For your info all this contributes to my internal assessment, which makes up 50% of my final mark for AUSMAT, and Social Relevance Task is a chemistry project that resembles a research study, i.e. we make a study on a chemistry topic by doing research about it) However, being a well organised-person, I managed to come up with a plan that might work wonderfully if it’s executed properly.

Plans :
1.Do not play com games till Friday.
2. Study Physics during weekend and on Monday, 1 chapter a day. If I’m quick enough I should be able to finish a bit earlier than that and the extra time can be used to do exercises (till Tuesday).
3. Take some time on Saturday and Sunday to do lab report.
4. Revise for Math Straight after coming back from Physics test…ok, maybe rest for a while 1st. Continue Math revision until the test.
5. Come back from test on Thursday night, rest for a while, and stay up all night to finish my social relevance task (hereafter referred to as SRT)

Looks feasible, doesn’t it?

WEEKENDS
I couldn’t finish my lab reports…oh well, guess I’ll have to do it on Thursday night together with the SRT then. Have been progressing reasonably well with Physics, managing one chapter per day as scheduled. And I realised that doing lab report + studying the whole day is extremely stressful, even though you’re not doing them seriously coz you tend to fool around with your roommates after a while (Stresstotal = Stress from studying + stress from guilt). So, I allowed myself 1 hour of computer gaming :p . Or at least, that was the initial plan…

TUESDAY
On the week we’re struggling to revise for math and physics test while trying to finish all our assignments and lab reports, my beloved specialist math lecturer decided to give my class a POP quiz! On the complex number topic that I can barely understand! EVIL!!! How can she expect us to have read the topic with so many things to do? I was planning to revise that during the holidays! I did really bad………….. LL
Have to use the free time from 2 to 4 to sleep as I stayed up very late revising physics last night and wants to be fresh for the test tonight. Class finish at 6. Barely had time to have dinner after reaching hostel before I had to get prepared to go to campus again to sit for the test, don’t even had the time to do last minute revision L. But it wasn’t that hard, I only had 1 or 2 sub-questions unanswered. After test I went back, rewarded myself with an ice-cream for having the courage and determination to go trough the pre-test period, and started doing SRT straight away. Well, ok almost straight away. I played computer for a while first. Still, I didn’t get much done even though I did it till 2.45am. Which made me feel really bad and decide to take the extreme measure of giving all my computer games to Yeam to keep till Friday.

WEDNESDAY
I got the spec math pop quiz paper back. 2 correct out of 20something questions…..Wow…LL (If got chance I will scan the paper for you guys to admire). Then, she decided to surprise us with yet ANOTHER pop quiz! EVIL!! I cant believe her evil plan. 2 pop quizzes in 2 consecutive days right in the middle of the week with 2 tests! ARRRGGHHHHHH!!!!
Up till this point, everything in this week has been quite depressing.
It’s not until in the evening during KOPLN that things started to look brighter (KOPLN -kokurikulum untuk pelajar luar negara). For our last kopln lesson, we had a treasure hunt. Each class was to send 5 representatives to participate in it while the others that does not will play board games. I thought that this is a good chance to relax during a (damn) hectic week, so I volunteered. Not much people wanted to do it anyway.
So we ran around the campus like idiots, following clues and finding answers. Idiots we may look like, but fun it was. Most Ausmat students understandably went back after taking attendance (not even bothering to sneak to the bus as there weren’t any1 looking after the board game players) to study for math. But I did not regret taking part, our team worked well and we won tenth place out of 24 groups. I said ‘won’, because no.1 to no.10 gets a prize, and they are the same (food hamper).
At night, we had a kopln meeting to distribute the prizes. We generously decided to share our hard-earned prize with our classmates who weren’t there to support us during the competition. However, even when it’s to take prizes, most people were reluctant to come. There were only 8-9 people there. We called the others one by one but still they wouldn’t come partly because they feel guilty for taking the prizes without doing anything and partly (and imho most importantly) because they don’t want to waste time that they can use to do math. Fine then. We divided the food among ourselves and had a small celebration before going back to do our math revision.
I did not play computer today. Fell so proud :-D

THURSDAY
I was scolded during ESLS (English) class for sleeping in class. Couldn’t help it, slept late last night. During Chemistry, our lecturer, Mr. Yong, happily told us that there will be a quiz after the holidays and a test after that. Haha I’m trying to be optimistic about it. I have to, or else I’ll die of depression… Did I mention that I haven’t finished my lab reports and SRT that have to be submitted tomorrow? I’ll have to get to it right after the test and do it overnight (seriously, I don’t think one night will be enough to finish my SRT, but I’ll try my best). The thought of not sleeping tonight is too much to bear. I decided to ask Mr Yong to let me submit after the holidays, but I had a feeling I know the answer already. “No,” said Mr. Yong, as expected. “But you can submit during the holidays, I will be here in the campus.”
I almost screamed with relief! I was that happy! It means that I can sleep tonight! Then suddenly, I remembered that the 1st draft for physics project is to be submitted after holiday, and my group and I haven’t done the experiment yet. *sigh*. And holiday starts in two days! It must be done today or tomorrow, but there’s so much planning to do. Tomorrow, we have class until 12 and the lab assistant will have to pray after that, so there’s no choice but to sacrifice lunch time to do it today. But there’s so much to plan, we wont be able to make a good experiment…I thought of an alternative. We can ask permission to do it during the holidays. I asked my lecturer and she said yes! Since I have to come back to submit my 1st draft for chemistry anyway, I might as well do it on the same day. What a stroke of genius! Things are starting to look good……..
Fast forward till night. Math test went quite well. Again only two sub-questions unanswered. On the way back Daphne complained about how f*cking easy the Ausmat tests in private colleges are. Because of our hard work Yeam, Yee Hong and I had ordered Domino’s pizza to be delivered after the test for supper (hahahahahahaha). We invited Jaishri, Jia Huei, Christine and Nui Hui. Wow, the pizzas taste sooooooooooo good. We can feel envious eyes around us throughout the meal. Because there’s no need to submit the SRT tomorrow, I decided to allow myself to play computer tonight :-p After that, back to reality; have to start doing my lab reports. I thought it wouldn’t take very long, but I had to do it till 4.30 am. Tired though I was, I felt happy knowing that all this will end tomorrow and holiday will start.

FRIDAY
Just when things were starting to look positive, another bad news was thrown to my face. My ESLS lecturer returned my outline today. 8-over-15. Red marks all over the paper. I have to produce another one and submit it to her after the holiday. She didn’t look very pleased with me L
When Specialist Math class finished at 12, I was jumping with joy. All the sorrow, stress and depression can now be forgotten because the holiday had officially started ! Yeah!

My 2006 New Year Resolutions

1. Study very hard to fly. I really hope I can get 99.something for TER (full mark 100), but that’s not very realistic. So my actual target is >95.

2. Control my gaming time. I’ve just bought a computer game called Football Manager 2006 and it’s so addictive I just can’t stop playing. It’s really scary. I hope when the new sem starts I can reduce to 1 or 2 hours a day.

3. Study extremely hard to fly.

4. Be a better person.

5. Exercise at least 8 minutes a day. I’m getting fat.

6. Don’t online so much.

7. Beat Koay at least twice in Math, Specialist Math and Physics.

8. Get enough sleep. Average 7 hours a day. I hope.

Last Day in Ipoh

Tuesday, 13 December

Bowling can be very addictive sometimes, especially when you’re playing well. On the morning before we went back, we bowled again at Ipoh Parade...
Then we went to a second–hand bookshop where Yeam and I bought some comics to read in the bus.
It’s time to leave Ipoh…so sad :-(…Yee Hong’s mom gave us some buns to eat on our journey back (thank you Auntie!). Even the sky was crying as she drove us to the bus station at 2.50pm. Yeam and I wanted to take a Transnasional or Consortium bus, but the next Transnasional bus would leave at 4pm (so late) while the Consortium booth was facing technical problem so we walked around looking for other suitable bus to take. At 2.59 we found a Gunung Raya bus which was going to leave at 3. So lucky.
It was raining along the way back to KL, so the journey took a little longer than usual. We reached KL at 6.30pm. After saying good-bye to Yeam, I took LRT back to Ampang and reached home at around 7 o’clock.

That marked the end of my Ipoh trip.


I dedicate the 4 posts of my trip to Ipoh to Yee Hong, Christine, Jia Huei and their family who made this visit a truly memorable one, and to Yeam who shared every moment of it with me.

3rd Day in Ipoh

Monday, 12 December
Yeam and I were supposed to go back on this day, but up demand many(atas permintaan ramai) we extended our stay for 1 day. We were forced by the girls to get up early (7.30!!) to go somewhere called the polo ground to exercise. Oh, it's Jia Huei's turn to drive today (God save us).
The polo ground is something like a field + park + playground that covers a vast area. What you can find here are those things that you normally see in playgrounds/parks/fields: trees, flowers, see-saw, slide, exercising facilities, etc. but no goalposts, just a wide grassy area, and no pond either.The drain water, however, is surprisingly clear and has tadpoles and small fishes in it. A jogging path encircles all these to form the border of the polo ground (it's actually the drain that borders the polo ground, but that doesn't sound so nice).The local government clearly spent a lot of money on this park; a lot of taxpayers' money, that would be better spent on something more useful/entertaining like a pond, for example. We walked one round along the jogging path (taking pictures along the way) and played badminton.
Jia's father doesn't work on monday, so after breakfast he and his wife (that's Jia's mother) brought us to a cave called Kek Lok Tong. Just like other caves in Ipoh, there are some statues inside. Down a flight of stairs from the back of the cave is a picturesque garden, which view from the top of the stairs was simply breathtaking. There's also a very beautiful lotus pond in the garden. We didn't walk around for long, though cause it's very hot.
Then we visited Jia Huei uncle's pottery factory and were shown around by the boss himself. He explained to us the step-by-step process in producing charcoal stove (they make a lot of those). This picture was taken inside the furnace.
After lunch(Christine's treat) we 'visited' Christine's house, a single-storrey terrace which, according to them, is outside Ipoh. Only her brother and sister were home, but I never had the chance to meet her brother because he was in the room playing computer all the while we were there (shy, maybe). I didn't have the chance to meet Christine's parents in Ipoh, either.We didn't tour the house this time and only stayed for a while. Afterwards, we went to Jing Guo's house to give him his birthday present.
Next stop : Jusco. Nothing much to do here; only shopping and bowling. We bowled first, but only Yee Hong, his brother(Yoong), Yeam, Christine and I played. It's very cheap, only RM2 per person per game and the shoes are free of charge! In Ampang Point, it cost RM3.50 per game plus RM1 for the shoes. Surprisingly, Yeam can bowl very well. Then we went shopping. I bought a blue colour long sleeve shirt. Bowling was so fun that we decided to play again before we go back.However, when we were making our exit from the bowling centre, Yee Hong saw the karaoke booths and pleaded to have a song. At first, he chose a song called Beautiful, thinking that it's by Christina Aguilera but it turned out to be another song that he didn't know(HAHA). Frustrated, he paid for another song and this time sang I'll never break your heart by Backstreet Boys. For those of you that doesn't know, Yee Hong cannot just sing normally. He has to SHOUT. However plain, however ordinary the song is, Yee Hong must shout some of the words out. And this time, Yeam joined in the shouting. Even the people two booths away were looking at us. But it was fun, I even joined them at certain parts of the song that I like.
And those were all the activities for today.

Sunday, 11 December
We went to a famous old restaurant to have dried curry noodles for breakfast. Quite spicy…After that, Yee Hong’s mom drove us around sight-seeing again. This time, we went to more places: Sam Tet (a famous school), St. Micheal, the state library, a fountain that is ‘haunted’ (according to Yee Hong), Yee Hong’s secondary school (forgot the name), and Jia Huei and Christine’s secondary school (forgot the name also, but it’s beside Ipoh Parade). After the tour around Old Town and New Town, we went back and rested for awhile.
Christine and Jia Huei arrived in the afternoon (Christine driving again) and we went for lunch. They brought us to Tin Chan Restaurant where we had another famous, mouth-watering food of Ipoh, kueyteow sup. It’s something like prawn noodles, and the sup really has the sweet taste of prawn. We also ordered a tableful of side-dishes: popiah and a plate of sotong (cuttlefish) with kangkung and something like satay kuah. But what I enjoyed the most was the white coffee! WOOOW!! I’m an avid coffee-drinker, so believe me; it was good, really good. If you go to Ipoh, you must try it.
With so much food stuffed down our throat, we understandably left the restaurant very full. However, upon seeing the words ‘fried ice-cream’ across the street, Yeam and I just couldn’t stop ourselves. And it was very good, too (I had a strawberry flavoured one).
In the evening, as planned, we went to Jia Huei’s house. (Christine drove us there, and thanks to a series of miracles, we somehow survived.) It’s a double storey terrace near Jusco with a playground in front (in front here means the house is facing the playground, i.e. the playground is outside the house’s gate, and not in front of the door inside the gate). The playground has a beautiful rocket-shaped structure with no realistic use. When we went inside, we were introduced to Jia Huei’s grandma. She couldn’t hear us when we called her, so we counted 1,2,3 before we shouted “Po Po!” together. (*Po Po = Grandma in Cantonese) Jia Huei’s parents and brother were not at home. She gave us a tour of her house, and showed us some photos of her visit to Australia. Her brother has a box full of self-burned CDs! When we ‘toured’ the extended balcony at the back of her house, she shouted “Copycat!” at her neighbour who also extended their balcony. Yeam was busy taking pictures and videos around the house. I even took a photo with Jia Huei’s Ausmat Idol trophy and a doll of a character in Pocahontas. After that, we watched ‘David Tao live in Hong Kong’, which I really enjoyed.
For dinner Yee Hong’s father brought us to a Chinese restaurant near Ipoh Parade. Again, we were stuffed with wonderful food. We then walked to Ipoh Parade and wander around for a while. There was a pc fair being held there, which was a little smaller than the one I attended at KL Convention Centre. I shared with Yee Hong 100 CD-Rs that cost RM43 (I think it’s quite cheap).
Since Yee Hong’s house is not far from Parade, we walked back. Good for digestion anyway. It took about 8 minutes. At night, we sang karaoke. Or rather, Yee Hong and Yeam sang karaoke while I read. However, I did manage a mediocre version of ‘Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’.

1st Day in Ipoh

Sorry for not posting anything for so long. I had exams last month, final and IELTS, so I was busy studying. I don’t think I did well for final, can’t finish a few papers. But IELTS was ok…I guess
Anyway, it’s my living rule not to think about exams after I did them and before I get the results, so I’m trying very hard to enjoy myself right now. I couldn’t wait to watch Harry Potter right after IELTS, I wanted to watch it so much. But the problem is everybody seemed to have watched it already. Luckily, Teo haven’t watched it yet so we’re going to watch together next week. I was counting the days eagerly when suddenly, on one very fine Wednesday, Teo messaged me and told me he just watched the movie! That BLOODY B………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fortunately, he still agreed to go with me. But he’ll be watching another movie…
So that Saturday, as planned, we went to KLCC. Even though it was only 12 when we went to buy the tickets, the next few screenings for Harry Potter were already sold out. I have to watch the 5.15pm one. After buying tickets, we went to the pc fair in KL Convention Centre. It was so crowded. Spent quite some time there.
For lunch, Teo said he wants to try Madam Kwan’s, so we went there. It was full; we had to wait outside for a few minutes before we were served. I ordered chicken mushroom noodles and sprite. Guess how much it cost? RM18. But never mind, I just got my jpa money...
After that we went to kinokuniya and saw Brandon working there. We just looked around until the time for movie. The movie was not bad, but maybe because I anticipated it so much it didn’t quite live up to my expectation.

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Before the holiday, we planned to go to Genting. (We being Yeam, Yee Hong, Christine(Tan), Jia Huei and myself.) The initial plan was that Yeam and I will go to Yee Hong’s house in Ipoh for a few days and he, Christine and Jia Huei will show us around(the 2 girls live in Ipoh also). After that, we shall go to genting together and Yeam and I will come back to KL straight away. However, the girls later said they couldn’t go, but Yeam and I decided to carry on with our Ipoh trip anyway. The trip would be from Saturday, 10 December till Monday,12 December. Here’s a brief account of my Ipoh trip:-

Saturday, 10 December
I woke up early at 9.15am to get ready (yes, 9.15 is considered very early for me during the holidays). I bought the ticket for a 10.30 Transnasional bus but just to be safe I got up so much earlier to get ready. My father drove me to the LRT station which train I took to Puduraya. Wow, it’s been so long since I’d been to Puduraya, I’d forgotten how it’s like in there. I mean, I’d been around the area a lot (believe me, really a lot) but the last time I actually went into Puduraya was when I was just a kid. I really couldn’t believe how long it’s been. I reached there at 10.15 and immediately went in search of the Transnasional booth to check the platform number of my bus and its plat number. It wasn’t hard; they had a big one in the middle while others only had counters along the wall. Oh great, my bus wasn’t here yet. I knew I shouldn’t have come so early. Ok just kidding, I was actually feeling a bit guilty for arriving so late.
So now I have nothing to do but to wait for my bus’s arrival. I moved aside to lean on the wall and killed time by rating other people’s clothes. After 10 min, the booth finally announced the arrival of my much-anticipated bus. As I got on the bus, and waited for it to move, I wondered who will sit beside me. I hope it’ll be a girl. A teenage girl(beautiful) that is traveling to Ipoh alone like me. When she wants to put her luggage into the bag compartment on top I will quickly stand up and very gentlemanly help her. Then she’ll smile at me and I’ll smile back, just a small and polite smile. Then we’ll both sit down. I’ll say hi and she’ll say hi back, and then I’ll ask her if she’s traveling alone(rubbish, but it’s necessary to start a conversation) and she’ll say yes and ask me back how about me?(also rubbish but necessary coz it’s polite) I’ll pretend to be very surprised and answered, “Really, me too…..
I was rudely awakened from my daydream when someone sat down beside me. I eagerly turned my head around and….
Oh great, it’s a middle-aged man. A balding middle-aged man.
Wearing a perfume that smelled like rotten egg. Oh well, at least it’ll repel mosquitoes…
So at 1pm that day, I arrived at Medan Gopeng bus station safely and without mosquitoe bites. I had nasi goreng Cina for lunch at 1 of the malay stalls at the bus station(so afterwards, when Yee Hong asked me if I had Chinese food or Malay food for lunch, I really don’t know how to answer him) before Yee Hong came with his father to pick me up.Yeam’s bus got delayed and will be arriving later.
Yee Hong lives in a condo at the 11th floor of the 14 floors Prima Condo that is a few minutes’ drive from Ipoh town area. I rested in his house for a while before we went to fetch Yeam. Yee Hong’s mom then drove us around Ipoh for sight-seeing. Ipoh town is separated by a river into 2, the New Town and the Old Town, with 2 bridges connecting them. The roads are quite wide. The buildings are quite old (sorry, I’m not very good in describing things). Yee Hong’s mom is quite beautiful, very friendly and capable, and nothing like what I’d pictured her to be (I thought she’ll be fierce, for some unknown reasons)
Then in the evening, we swam in the condo’s swimming pool. Christine arrived at 5.30pm with her sister, Joyce. She drove here and, amazingly, did not crash into anything! Wow! Then all of us helped Yee Hong prepare dinner. It was quite a disaster. I suspected it was the girls’ first cooking experience-Christine even cut and burned her finger. And Yee Hong wasn’t a pro either. Luckily, the food turned out fine. Oh, and Jia Huei came before dinner. We had spaghetti, meat loaf (which meat I minced with knife and not blender), lemon chicken, and baked potato. After that, we went downstairs and toured the condo’s ground for lack of better things to do.
At 10pm, Jia Huei’s parents came to bring us to supper. Her mom is exactly like what she said – strict-, but treated us very politely. Her father is very nice. They drove us to the Old Town to eat the famous Tauge Chicken, which was quite good.
Then Yeam and I went back to Yee Hong’s house (together with Yee Hong, of course) and watched ‘The Village’ before we sleep.

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Public Announcement : I have updated my Friendster profile. I am now a 17-year-old japanese girl that likes to wash toilet. Born on 29 Feb 1988, btw.

Freewriting for things to write:
"I think it's a big topic ......"said Mr Lokman, my speaking lecturer. I am now in the com lab listening to my classmates' boring presentations. The presentations are our speaking exam, btw. My topic is Pros and cons of the Internet. Boring right? I know, but can you find an easier topic to present? I'm presenting tomorrow. Syafiq is talking about removing tables and chairs, boys, girls, etc. I think he's talking about separating boys and girls in class. What nonsense. How to enjoy school like that? I'm damn hungry.................Now Nat's going to present. Should I stay here to listen to him talk crap or should I go and have my eagerly-awaited and much-needed lunch? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! wHY MUST i FACE DECISIONS LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE????????

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ok hunger prevails going to eat now bye

Money

*Sigh.........................................*Just survived 3 very stressful and hectic weeks. Now really emotionally and psychologically drained. And the seniors tell us that Ausmat year 11 is easy! Does that mean next year is going to be worse? No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But never mind. Let's not think about that 1st. I need to enjoy myself in the next few days (coz final exam is after Hari Raya - need to study next week :-( ) Which is why i'm going to McDonald's with my friends tonight to celebrate Audrey's birthday! And we're going to have the absurdly expensive RM 18 Hari Raya buffet!
Actually, food around here can be quite costly. RM 3 for a plate of maggi goreng, RM3-5 for fried rice(depending on type), and RM4.50 for a murtabak in a mamak restaurant. Food in the hostel's cafe are cheap, but not good...
It's not only food that's expensive around here. The prices of the books that we have to use are simply ridiculous. There's a book about writing and grammar that costs RM60. Then there's Insights Into IELTS(RM40), Innovation, a book that's supposed to teach us listening and speaking in English(RM40), Chemistry textbook titled The Essential(RM98), and Chem work book(forgot how much, but not cheap either).Luckily, the Chem books can be photostated. The 3 useless English books are compulsary to buy.
Next week, we have to buy a RM410 graphic calculator...
And we haven't received even 1 cent of Jpa money yet......................................

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OK, maybe weird is too strong a word. He's just.....different. Very different. And now that I've known him better, annoying.
Then there's my good buddy, Nat (a Chindian that looks like a Malay). He lives next door. I still remember the 1st time I saw him, I speaked to him in Malay and he stared at me with a weird look .Btw, he went to Chinese primary and secondary schools and can speak fluent Mandarin and Cantonese (and English, of course-that's what he speaks at home). Malay...not so good.He's very kind and helpful, and has good communication skills. He's also a very devoted Christian.
Besides that, I also feel very lucky to meet Audrey(no-nonsense, outspoken, daring), Amanda(cute, kind, also outspoken), Yoke Heng(quite, gentle, good in drawing), Daphne(smart, energetic, has a friendly smile), Omar(easy-going, friendly, good communication skills) and Yiao Hoong(friendly, sometimes has the dont-care attitude). The afore-mentioned people have 1 similar characteristic - funny

Everything has changed

More than 1 month had passed since I last posted here. Its really amazing how much can happen in such a short period. Continuing from where i stopped last blog, I went to matric. The place was huge- contains lecture halls, hostels, cafes, fields and office buildings. I was a little lost at 1st but i was very very fortunate to meet some very very good friends that went through this period with me. They (my gang) are the ones that made my 1 month stay at matric the happiest experience in my life. Hope you are reading this Lawrence, Alan (colourwolf), Alvis, Yuen Seng(sorry forgot your English name) and Xing Long(sorry don't even know your English name) and my classmate Zhang Juin(sorry don't know how to spell your name). I can still remember our activities back then- after class in the evening we played sport together, at 6.30 had dinner at cafe A(the girl's cafe with tastier food) until 7.00, then chui sui(talk rubbish/lepak) at cafe B or did tutorial in the library or played chinese chess in study room. Those time were really fun, especially the chui sui part.
After 3 weeks at matric (which felt like a year), JPA result came out. I got an offer to study engineering in Australia ! I had to leave exactly 1 month after coming to matric.The day before i left, i had my last sport session with them playing volleyball and had dinner together. i did not feel very well so it was very memorable. They even sang me a farewell song. So long, guys ! I'm leaving this prison HA HA HA !!!!!
Before going to Australia I have to do a pre-U programme at Kolej INTEC, UITM, seksyen 17 Shah Alam. It's called Australia matriculation or simply Ausmat. They call it SAM in other places, don't know why its differently named here. Everyone here is studying preparation course to go oversea, sponsored by JPA, MARA, Petronas or Bank Negara. This is, however, a very stupid college.We have to take buses that they prepare for us to go from the hostel to INTEC or to go backfrom INTEC to hostel. And those buses aren't exactly punctual. The good thing is i get the new hostel block. Other blocks are really old and worn-out. But i my room is at 5th floor :-(.........................
Actually its not really a room-it's a small apartment with 2 rooms, 1 kitchen and 1 toilet.Each room has 2 beds, so 4 person per apartment. My roommate is a Chinese guy from Ipoh called Yee Hong. He is average in height and like me has 2 eyes, i nose and 1 mouth (but I am much more handsome of course). He LOVES to sing and thats not a secret here( he went for Malaysian Idol audition before). From what I observed about him, he is quite rich and a bit weird.

My 1st post

Hi ! Thank you so much for visiting my blog! As this is my 1st post I shall tell you a little bit about myself.My name is Sean(obviously) and I am a Chinese guy from Malaysia. I was born on 21/12/1987 so I am currently 17. I have 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth and 2 ears. Ok, enough of the introduction.Let me tell you about life in school.
After finishing SPM and doing nothing for 5 months, I was accepted into Kolej Matrikulasi Negeri Sembilan(KMNS). Not that i didn't want to do anything, I just couldn't find a job(ok, I gave up trying after 1 month. So sue me) while the thought of getting a driving license just didn't cross my mind(...well, i did get close to thinking about it in a few occassions but somehow my lazyness managed to stir me away each time...). Thus, the 5 month was spent reading storybooks and comics, sleeping, watching tv, eating and going out. Now that's what I call life. I can sense the JEALOUSY in your eyes right now.HWGARH HA HA HA HA
But every good thing must come to an end. By 16/5/2005, I have to go to KMNS as I did not get the Petronas scholarship and did not apply for Asean (I was still waiting for JPA). My sister went there too 2 years ago, so I have a vague idea of the condition there......(to be continued)