First of all, I would like to declare that I'm a Manchester United fan.
OK, there was a major match yesterday, that is Arsenal vs Liverpool. At about twelve, I was in YZD's house with YZD and OYY sitting in front of his LCD TV. I was still considering to support which team. There were soft drinks, junk foods and a comfortable sofa. Then, the whistle was blown and the match started. YZD in his Arsenal jersey was so excited when Arsenal led 1-0 in the 24th minutes. Just before half time, OYY's team, Liverpool pulled the score back to a 1-1 tie. During half time, YZD cooked some mees for his hungry friends. With a pair of chopstick in hand, we continued watching the second half until the match ended. So, the biggest winner was me, as both Arsenal and Liverpool only managed to get one point. Haha. Haha. Hahaha......
It's a great experience, although the match wasn't played by my team. Anyway, just to inform you all, despite Nemanja Vidic's sent off in the 49th minutes, Manchester United won the FIFA Club World Cup earlier that night with the help of Wayne Rooney who scored the winning goal in 74th minutes.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Edu Camp in UTP
Have you heard of UTP, that is Universiti Teknologi Petronas? I'm sure you do, and that's the place I spent three days from 14th of Decenber to 16th of December. For those who doesn't know this place, it is located in Tronoh, Perak. I was there to participate in Edu Camp organised by UTP, with a few other friends, who were TCY, Nicholas, CSC, LJL
I brief through some programmes in the Edu Camp. First of all, we started with the registration part. Once we registered, we would be given room keys. I was in the same room with TCY. Our room was P 01-02, V5-H Propana. Two fans, two lockers, two tables and two beds. That's all inside our room. So, the bathroom was quite nice and clean. When we placed all our things into the room, we walked all the way to Chancellor Hall. It was huge and magnificient. After handing our relevant documents, we were given a name tag with examination code. The introduction part was a bit boring. They talked something about Petronas' business, scholarship offered and life in UTP. As we had to wear formal clothes, the surrounding appeared to be a bit hot although the hall was air-conditioned. After the dull talk, we had to queue up for about 10 minutes to get our lunch. Then, we had a test, called Critical Reasoning Test. I didn't manage to finish the test, so I thought I won't be able to qualify for UTP already. At night, we were informed about the interview session and examination.
When the clock struck seven the other day, we had our breakfast. Then, TCY, Nicholas and I headed for the Main Hall to take a test, known as English Placement Test. I had about 5 hours before the next test. So, we went to the library. It was just beside the Chancellor Hall. It was breathtaking, I would say. The surrounding was comfortable and it was an ideal place to read some books. It was well-equipped with all kinds of facilities too. At three, we walked to the Main Hall again for Value Profiling. Right after dinner, we stepped into the Chancellor Hall again for Motivational Talk. Just to let you all know, we had an apple for supper the first night and a pear the other night.
UTP's library
The third day was the interview session. I was in Session B with four others as a group. Our case study had something to do with Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). It was tough to me. Moreover, the question requested us for ways by government to make this CSR successful. I was blanked. First, we were being interviewed individually. The two interviewers kept putting me into some kind of predicament by asking some unpredictable questions. The 10 minutes passed by so slowly. After that, all five of us entered the room again for group interview. We were asked to talk about the related topic again for 20 minutes and gave them a final conclusion. Due to lack of understanding and knowledge about CSR, we finished it in 10 minutes only. Hopefully it won't affect our impression and marks.
Throughout the three days, I met a few friends from different states. I knew someone from Malacca, that is Ming Hern. Mr. Ng XX from Penang, Syaqil, Kamil, Guo Qiang and Shahzuan. All candidates there were so clever. Most Malays conversed in English fluently. It just dawned on me that I'm not even part of the tip of an iceberg.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Change of Phase
After SPM, it's now a totally different life for me. I'm no longer a Form 5 boy who only needs to care about his study. No more time for football, badminton, table tennis and swimming. No more time to be spent with my family and friends. But I think I still manage to spare some time for daydreaming. For now, my life seemed to be scheduled. Many yet to be accomplished tasks must be done in a limit of time. One comes after another. It's too soon for me. Time passes by stealthily.......
There will be a major change in everything, especially the environment. I have to confront with new challenges set by myself as well as those set by the society. It's a phase for me. A phase that needs a couple of big decisions that will mould my future life. A phase that is so crucial in paving the way to my dreams and ambition.
Now that I'm going to leave my comfort zone, I need to learn many new things. In order to minimise my dependence over my family, knowledge is crucial. Life out there may be what I treasure, but do I really have the capability to survive? It'll certainly turn out to be tougher.
Hopefully, all the phases will change naturally......
There will be a major change in everything, especially the environment. I have to confront with new challenges set by myself as well as those set by the society. It's a phase for me. A phase that needs a couple of big decisions that will mould my future life. A phase that is so crucial in paving the way to my dreams and ambition.
Now that I'm going to leave my comfort zone, I need to learn many new things. In order to minimise my dependence over my family, knowledge is crucial. Life out there may be what I treasure, but do I really have the capability to survive? It'll certainly turn out to be tougher.
Hopefully, all the phases will change naturally......
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
KL trip
Time passed by so fast and my holiday trip to KL ended in a twinkling of an eye.
On the 5th of December, my parents, my bro and I departed when the clock struck 12:05am. The whole journey took only 5 hours before we reached Pudu bus stop. The air conditioned bus made our journey a cold one and kept us sneezing. After 10 minutes, my third sis, xin and "lampard" came to fetch us.
We went to my second sis(hwei)'s home first where we unpacked all our things. We were already out there having breakfast when the sky was still dark. I had "harmee". The bowl of "harmee" seemed to be a bit big and most people spoke in cantonese which confused me a lot. Soon after that, we made a visit to IKEA. Cars could be seen lumbering slowly bumper-to-bumper along the way to IKEA. Fly-overs were usual structures in KL. IKEA was indeed a great place. All the things were arranged so coordinately and labelled clearly. The show rooms were fantastic. Different types of furniture full of creativity and innovation were equipped in sample dining rooms, washing rooms, kitchens,... There were tags informing us the function and other details of each furniture. Before long, we headed towards "The Curve". It was a huge shopping mall. We ended our tiring day with a dinner.
The second day, my bro and I lived in xin's apartment. Her room mates reared some kind of flying squirrels, feeding on apples. Her apartment looked rather comfortable and it will not be as nice as home. The guards looked responsible and the safety measures of the apartment were good. We went Batu Cave to have a look. 272 steps, i think and each steps were about 15-16cm high. So, for me, the energy consumed to get up there was approximately 20.8kJ. Later, we decided to go Mid Valley but traffic jam prevented us from entering. Out of ideas, we just went dinner. At night, we planned to take LRT to KLCC but we couldn't afford to let our parents to walk all the way to the LRT station and so, the plan shattered. Anyway, we went for a midnight movie in Pavilion. The movie was "Twilight", a love story between a vampire and a human. I'm so sleepy and I managed to stay awake until the movie ended.
On the third morning, due to the erratic weather, our trip to Zoo Negara was replaced to Sunway Pyramid. We had a long day shopping, or I should say window-shopping. Anyway, "Santa" (my mom) did give my something --- a shirt, saying that I'll be having National Service while they were shopping for New Year's clothes by then. At dusk, we went pasar malam near hwei's place. It was big. We were spoilt for choice, especially for food. It was so crowded. At night, we slept early.
The next morning, after filling our stomaches, we headed home. Home sweet home. Here I come. The trip was so enjoyable and memorable. I had the opportunities to spend more time with my family members and knew a bit about my sisters' lives in KL. All I could say is I love my family and I hope to spend more time with time.
Don't feel touched, because it's my life, not yours.
You should spend more time with your family!
On the 5th of December, my parents, my bro and I departed when the clock struck 12:05am. The whole journey took only 5 hours before we reached Pudu bus stop. The air conditioned bus made our journey a cold one and kept us sneezing. After 10 minutes, my third sis, xin and "lampard" came to fetch us.
We went to my second sis(hwei)'s home first where we unpacked all our things. We were already out there having breakfast when the sky was still dark. I had "harmee". The bowl of "harmee" seemed to be a bit big and most people spoke in cantonese which confused me a lot. Soon after that, we made a visit to IKEA. Cars could be seen lumbering slowly bumper-to-bumper along the way to IKEA. Fly-overs were usual structures in KL. IKEA was indeed a great place. All the things were arranged so coordinately and labelled clearly. The show rooms were fantastic. Different types of furniture full of creativity and innovation were equipped in sample dining rooms, washing rooms, kitchens,... There were tags informing us the function and other details of each furniture. Before long, we headed towards "The Curve". It was a huge shopping mall. We ended our tiring day with a dinner.
The second day, my bro and I lived in xin's apartment. Her room mates reared some kind of flying squirrels, feeding on apples. Her apartment looked rather comfortable and it will not be as nice as home. The guards looked responsible and the safety measures of the apartment were good. We went Batu Cave to have a look. 272 steps, i think and each steps were about 15-16cm high. So, for me, the energy consumed to get up there was approximately 20.8kJ. Later, we decided to go Mid Valley but traffic jam prevented us from entering. Out of ideas, we just went dinner. At night, we planned to take LRT to KLCC but we couldn't afford to let our parents to walk all the way to the LRT station and so, the plan shattered. Anyway, we went for a midnight movie in Pavilion. The movie was "Twilight", a love story between a vampire and a human. I'm so sleepy and I managed to stay awake until the movie ended.
On the third morning, due to the erratic weather, our trip to Zoo Negara was replaced to Sunway Pyramid. We had a long day shopping, or I should say window-shopping. Anyway, "Santa" (my mom) did give my something --- a shirt, saying that I'll be having National Service while they were shopping for New Year's clothes by then. At dusk, we went pasar malam near hwei's place. It was big. We were spoilt for choice, especially for food. It was so crowded. At night, we slept early.
The next morning, after filling our stomaches, we headed home. Home sweet home. Here I come. The trip was so enjoyable and memorable. I had the opportunities to spend more time with my family members and knew a bit about my sisters' lives in KL. All I could say is I love my family and I hope to spend more time with time.
Don't feel touched, because it's my life, not yours.
You should spend more time with your family!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Life after SPM
Ok, it's me again on do-imagine-who.blogspot.com.
1st of December
Right after SPM, I joined my friends to a movie in Alor Star Mall's cinema. As TCY had said, we met Jonathan who just came back from Australia. He looked taller and I dared not stand beside him. Madagascar 2 was on screen. We bought tickets, popcorn and drinks. The cinema looked cool and it's cold inside. YZD, Jonathan, TCY, OYY, OCS, TML, KWB and I watched the movie at about three. It was a funny one and an interesting one. For me, the most unforgetable character was "Moto-Moto" which means hot-hot. Haha. It's my first experience to be in a cinema with my friends. Waiting for my father, we walked around Alor Star Mall after the movie ended. Suddenly, I felt like we were the people mentioned by CKP who waited outside City Plaza. At night, I tidied my mountains of books.
2nd of December
Irritated by the alarm, I opened my eyes and saw a message from KWB, asking whether I'll joined him to City Plaza. It was just nine and I'm surprised I woke up so early. My family had some prayings to do on that day, and I'm the only one left in home. So, I became my mom's maid the whole morning. "Yes, mom. Ok, mom ...."
After having lunch, KWB's mom fetched us. We reached City Plaza and met with LPP, LKS, CSC, TCY, LJL, NIW, KFL(Ah Mat) who were playing DOTA. Later, we met LCB who was looking into the Secret Recipy. After having lunch, they went to the entertainment section. Games: KFL, LKS, LPP shot zombies; LCB "danced"; the rest threw balls hitting some innocent animals and fruits. YZD joined us there. Bowling was next. My first time, my first touch, my first throw. Bowling, i mean... I got quite high scores among my friends, 82, i think. And bowling gave me both sweet and bitter memories which earned me high scores and an arching arm.
Separated after bowling, KWB and I returned to school. It was a different feeling for me to enter my school, KSAH. Juniors were having St.John activities in the sickbay. We played football after the activities reached an end. KWB, my bro and I were in a team while CLT, SCJ and CYC were the other team. My team won 4-1 with KWB scoring hat-trick. When CLT went back, we played free kicks. I finally had the chance to have my long-yearned free kick. The ball curved a bit into the net over my bro(GK). Haha. Finally and finally and finally. In the evening, I learned riding motorcycle and driving car with my bro. Feeling less confident, many careless errors occured.
3rd of December
I woke up early, went Pendang to learn driving. It was quite a pleasant day. Everything was good except waiting. Someone called my name and I turned. Shocked, I said nothing but kept looking at his face. He's my primary school's classmates. He remembered me but I had forgotten his name. The "teachers" who taught me driving were not very fierce. I had the chance to drive in the open road. Instead of cars, I encounter more cows on the road.
(pictures will be updated for 2nd of December)
Thanks for watching ...
1st of December
Right after SPM, I joined my friends to a movie in Alor Star Mall's cinema. As TCY had said, we met Jonathan who just came back from Australia. He looked taller and I dared not stand beside him. Madagascar 2 was on screen. We bought tickets, popcorn and drinks. The cinema looked cool and it's cold inside. YZD, Jonathan, TCY, OYY, OCS, TML, KWB and I watched the movie at about three. It was a funny one and an interesting one. For me, the most unforgetable character was "Moto-Moto" which means hot-hot. Haha. It's my first experience to be in a cinema with my friends. Waiting for my father, we walked around Alor Star Mall after the movie ended. Suddenly, I felt like we were the people mentioned by CKP who waited outside City Plaza. At night, I tidied my mountains of books.
2nd of December
Irritated by the alarm, I opened my eyes and saw a message from KWB, asking whether I'll joined him to City Plaza. It was just nine and I'm surprised I woke up so early. My family had some prayings to do on that day, and I'm the only one left in home. So, I became my mom's maid the whole morning. "Yes, mom. Ok, mom ...."
After having lunch, KWB's mom fetched us. We reached City Plaza and met with LPP, LKS, CSC, TCY, LJL, NIW, KFL(Ah Mat) who were playing DOTA. Later, we met LCB who was looking into the Secret Recipy. After having lunch, they went to the entertainment section. Games: KFL, LKS, LPP shot zombies; LCB "danced"; the rest threw balls hitting some innocent animals and fruits. YZD joined us there. Bowling was next. My first time, my first touch, my first throw. Bowling, i mean... I got quite high scores among my friends, 82, i think. And bowling gave me both sweet and bitter memories which earned me high scores and an arching arm.
Separated after bowling, KWB and I returned to school. It was a different feeling for me to enter my school, KSAH. Juniors were having St.John activities in the sickbay. We played football after the activities reached an end. KWB, my bro and I were in a team while CLT, SCJ and CYC were the other team. My team won 4-1 with KWB scoring hat-trick. When CLT went back, we played free kicks. I finally had the chance to have my long-yearned free kick. The ball curved a bit into the net over my bro(GK). Haha. Finally and finally and finally. In the evening, I learned riding motorcycle and driving car with my bro. Feeling less confident, many careless errors occured.
3rd of December
I woke up early, went Pendang to learn driving. It was quite a pleasant day. Everything was good except waiting. Someone called my name and I turned. Shocked, I said nothing but kept looking at his face. He's my primary school's classmates. He remembered me but I had forgotten his name. The "teachers" who taught me driving were not very fierce. I had the chance to drive in the open road. Instead of cars, I encounter more cows on the road.
(pictures will be updated for 2nd of December)
Thanks for watching ...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
SPM
Ok, SPM was a history for me now. Let me brief through my experience and feeling about SPM.
First week
The first paper was Malay's essay and I didn't able to finish the 100 marks essay due to time factor which upset me a lot. I thought I had lost 8 marks in paper two as the novel part I wrote was completely out of the topic. Anyway, paper two was easier than I thought but I didn't mean it was easy.This made me more worried because the marks for A1 would surely increase. Nothing to comment about History paper one. Paper two halved my marks already, I think. English let me down or I should say I let English down. Although I planned for essay-writting this time, the topic I chose wasn't quite the same as I had prepared. I didn't know if I had stressed on the main points wanted by the topic or not. Getting A1 in 1119 will have a probability of 1/10 only. English's paper two's summary was quite hard. First week ended with Mathematics. I didn't do as good as I hoped in Mathematics as I was too careless.
Second week
Second week started with Additional Mathematics. It was a tough subject for me. I did badly. I just couldn't think of the write equation to use for the questions. It was followed with Moral. The question was more difficult and I did one big careless mistake-I made the essay parts into several paragraphs. It should be written in only one paragraph. Ok, here comes the science subject. Chemistry was the last subject for the second week. I managed to finish all the chapters in Chemistry so I'm quite confident in answering paper one and two. Paper three's questions appeared weird for me.
Third week
The third week was the toughest. What struck us first in the third week was Biology. No comment about Biology as it was as hard as usual. As Biology had more things to mesmorise and understand, I put more effort in it than Physics. We had Physics the next day after Biology. So, lack of revising made me nervous and careless. Taking Physics' paper three was like hell. The day after that was Chinese! So frustrated. I didn't study much for Chinese and my Chinese was not as good as all my friends all this time. Chinese's essay and summary were the things I concerned.
Final week
The final subject in the final week was Accountacy, I had about four days to study for it but I only started studying Accountacy two days before the exam. I even watched a football match live the night before the exam. It's Manchester United vs Manchester City and MU won with Rooney scoring the only goal in the match. Let's get back to Accountacy. Paper two was unexpectedly difficult for me, especially question two and three. Paper one was a piece of cake for others as I saw people leaning and yawning 30 minutes before it ended. It didn't end like I had expected. No fire crackers, no shouts, no screams, no throwing things, ..... Anyway, we took several pictures before going home.
If you all are interested about knowing my life after SPM, stay on and don't switch the "channel".
First week
The first paper was Malay's essay and I didn't able to finish the 100 marks essay due to time factor which upset me a lot. I thought I had lost 8 marks in paper two as the novel part I wrote was completely out of the topic. Anyway, paper two was easier than I thought but I didn't mean it was easy.This made me more worried because the marks for A1 would surely increase. Nothing to comment about History paper one. Paper two halved my marks already, I think. English let me down or I should say I let English down. Although I planned for essay-writting this time, the topic I chose wasn't quite the same as I had prepared. I didn't know if I had stressed on the main points wanted by the topic or not. Getting A1 in 1119 will have a probability of 1/10 only. English's paper two's summary was quite hard. First week ended with Mathematics. I didn't do as good as I hoped in Mathematics as I was too careless.
Second week
Second week started with Additional Mathematics. It was a tough subject for me. I did badly. I just couldn't think of the write equation to use for the questions. It was followed with Moral. The question was more difficult and I did one big careless mistake-I made the essay parts into several paragraphs. It should be written in only one paragraph. Ok, here comes the science subject. Chemistry was the last subject for the second week. I managed to finish all the chapters in Chemistry so I'm quite confident in answering paper one and two. Paper three's questions appeared weird for me.
Third week
The third week was the toughest. What struck us first in the third week was Biology. No comment about Biology as it was as hard as usual. As Biology had more things to mesmorise and understand, I put more effort in it than Physics. We had Physics the next day after Biology. So, lack of revising made me nervous and careless. Taking Physics' paper three was like hell. The day after that was Chinese! So frustrated. I didn't study much for Chinese and my Chinese was not as good as all my friends all this time. Chinese's essay and summary were the things I concerned.
Final week
The final subject in the final week was Accountacy, I had about four days to study for it but I only started studying Accountacy two days before the exam. I even watched a football match live the night before the exam. It's Manchester United vs Manchester City and MU won with Rooney scoring the only goal in the match. Let's get back to Accountacy. Paper two was unexpectedly difficult for me, especially question two and three. Paper one was a piece of cake for others as I saw people leaning and yawning 30 minutes before it ended. It didn't end like I had expected. No fire crackers, no shouts, no screams, no throwing things, ..... Anyway, we took several pictures before going home.
If you all are interested about knowing my life after SPM, stay on and don't switch the "channel".
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