Maths nightmare begins

Today, I've officially met my Economics teacher, Miss Chow Mei Min and my Mathematical Studies teacher, Miss NurulSheila.

Okay, first off, I have better be careful of what I'm typing right now because Miss Sheila knows about my blog. Gah...! But since when I hide my truthful thoughts about things happening around me? XD So, Miss Sheila, if you're reading this, please please please don't kill me for writing stuff you may not be too pleased about especially when it regards complains, gossips and redundant craps.

Miss Chow is obviously a very dedicated teacher. She's not super strict or anything but from her first lesson, I can see that she takes her job seriously and really wants us to excel. And so far for the first impression, I'd say I'll enjoy having her as my Economics teacher. She sends us lecture notes and exercises through the our College's web even before we met. Wow...

Miss Sheila is... thinks carefully to avoid offending teacher XD honestly a nice teacher too. She's got a sweet voice and she's generous with her smiles. I'm not bluffing. First impression is normally right.

See, what did I tell you? Big smile! X)

We didn't go into the first chapter of MS yet. We did some revision. And I'm so dead meat. Totally forgotten all the math I learnt for SPM. You have no friggin' idea how much I was panicking in class, especially after knowing that MS is associated with previous add math stuff. Gosh, reminder. This girl here did NOT study add math for SPM. But I did try my best to recall the knowledge Teacher Lucy Chan imparted to me in secondary school...

Maths is back to plague my life.

Yes, I brought an SPM Math reference book with me to W.M'sia. And yes, I revised Math just now because I really hate the feeling so lost during Math class thanks to the spirit of kiasuism. But what I really appreciate the most is that my friends are of great help to me. Thanks Yuki and Joo Ann! You two are awesome classmates and friends!!! (This is where I wanna post their pics but they disallow me to take their photos. No fear! I shall put up a post specially dedicated to the friends I made in Taylor's!) Miss Sheila also made sure I was keeping up. Thanks, teacher! Hope I won't annoy you with questions next time~~

Numbers are like my natural dislikes. But God said love your enemies. (I think my negative feeling for Math is credible for enemy relationship...) Yeah, I shall love that enemy of mine. I have no choice actually... if I want to score TER99.95 for SAM.

So, work with me, o' great numbers. I will do my very best to love you with reluctant, choking greatest of efforts.

Figures of Authority for SAM in Taylor's

The Academic Director, Mr. Kok Cheng a.k.a. THE KING - I do not have a picture of him. Sorry. I'll post it when I have it. xP I don't really have an impression of him since I only saw him when he made a speech during orientation. He's an okay guy... for now.

The Programme Director, Mrs. Hoe Li Lin a.k.a. THE QUEEN -

O...k, sorry about the poor quality picture.
I was sneaking a photo of her in case she accuses me of using cell phone in the MPH

I honestly respect her more than Mr. Thou. I think it's because she was with us throughout the orientation. She's really friendly but from what I've heard, if she's pissed, you're dead meat. No kidding. She has that aura.

Next, the Assistant Programme Director, Mrs. Quek Cheng See a.k.a. The Prime Minister -

I don't know why but she has this tendency to hold the mic horizontally to the right side of her lips. She's like Mrs. Hoe. I can't really comment about them yet since I don't know them all that well yet. I'll truly review them maybe next month or so after I know them better.

There's another Assistant Programme Director but since I don't know who she is besides her name being Miss Premavathy Rajan, I won't blog about her. I don't think I've ever seen her during orientation week too.

Hmm... let's see whose picture I have as well... ah, yes, Miss Julianne.
I see her everyday during orientation and according to my class schedule, she is my English for Academic Purposes teacher. My impression of her now is quite good. She reminds me of a Minister of Youth and Sports. Lolz

Oh yyyeaaahhhh~~~!!!!! BY THE WAY!!!! We have this lecturer who is YOUNG and HOT. He is Mr. Adrian. Heard he is a Canadian-Chinese. I think like Wangzi from Lollipop, Mr. Adrian has his own army of ten thousands of fangirls. LOL (exaggeration included) The idea being that he is super popular among the girls. I've no idea if he's single or married. I'm not especially attracted to him or anything (though he is tall XD) so I did not bother to inspect.

Here's a pic of him:

He looked really good in black on the last day of orientation. X) Too bad I did not take a picture of him on that day.

The bad news is... I'm not having him in my class! Boohoo! He teaches Psychology for SAM. Accounting students have Psychology but not Law students. I've been told that he makes a great Psychology teacher. Yeah, I believe that. When he enters class, all the girls are already captivated by him, psyched, thus, psycholo-gised. =.= XD

Orientation Week at Taylor's

Okay, I know most of you would expect orientation week at Taylor's would be super fun. I assure you, it is just like any other orientation you can possibly have. In fact, I was bored most of the time. The talk and stuff... believe or not, I fell asleep a couple of times. Swt.

Anyway, there's a few things I found out through orientation. Very interesting fact.

Fact 1: Among the 13 or 14 East Malaysians who are selected for JPA to attend SAM at Taylors' this year, I'm the only one from Kuching. o.O

Fact 2: Last year, only 17 were chosen to do Law for JPA at Taylor's. This year there are 77 of us!

Fact 3: Taylor's cafeteria sells super expensive food. One stick of fishball costs RM 1.3o

In any case, roughly 300 of us scholars (JPA, Telekom, Bank Negara, Sime Darmy and MARA) were split into groups and were told to create a presentation about Impression of Taylor's College. Guess what, my group members... forgive me but... seriously, I can't believe they are SCHOLARS. They are not active. They dare not speak up. They are not enthusiastic... Note that they are MARA scholars.

I was the first one to initiate the group work. If I had not, the team would be stagnant till Kingdom come. Trust me, it's almost like a one-man-show. There were only four girls in my team and the other eleven are guys. The girls at least were helpful. We did a slideshow presentation. I did most of the core work. I left the presenting to them out of the want to involve them. But, gosh, I regretted it. Never mind.

So in conclusion, I did not enjoy the orientation week. I even skipped the last part. They wouldn't miss me anyway. =.= It's an ICT class which was meant to teach you how to use a computer in the library. omg... My cousin taught me everything beforehand.

Yeah... I did not enjoy my orientation week as much as how Daniel enjoyed his. >.<

Oh oh, the only part of orientation I liked was the EPT (English Proficiency Test). It's an English test, in other words. Grammar test for part 1 and Essay for part 2. We had it in the Multi-purpose hall which is as cold as the Antartica. I had fun. It was me, my stationaries, my papers. Ah...

My new DARLING!!!!

Finally, after much trouble and delay, I received my new laptop today!!!! It's the same as Daniel's but my Dell Inspiron 1420 is of midnight blue! Darling~~~~~~!!!!! I'm like so in love with it. Hey, it's my first laptop ma. Of course super sayang it lor~~~~~

Besides, you have no idea what I went through just to get it. I was supposed to receive this baby like last Monday. But the blasted delivery time was from 9a.m. to 2p.m. My orientation on Monday ended only at 3p.m. (yes, I will fill you in later about my orientation week. Let me crap about my new darling first! XD) I had no choice but to postpone the delivery till the weekend. However, I needed to change the address of delivery because during the weekend, I would be at my cousin's house. I called up Dell to change address but I needed the invoice no. to correct the address.

UNFORTUNATELY, I have no idea where I left the bloody thing. So I could not change the address. Annoyingly, I had to ask my cousin's friend, Han Khee, to drive me down to Casa Subang to grab it. (My cousin wasn't available.) The supposed delivery time was 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. I thought Dell was really punctual. But I waited till 11.30a.m. NO SIGN OF DELL WHATSOEVER. I though I'd been scammed because the stupid customer service number was always busy too.

Luckily, I managed to get hold of the operator and demanded to know where my laptop is. She said she needed my invoice number. I wanted to murder people. I said they weren't on time and I couldn't wait for them any longer. So, I said they had better send my laptop to my new address. I gave them my new address too.

But after I reached my cousin's place, at 12 noon, they called me up and said they were at Casa Subang. WTH. I told them, "Do you expect me to drive all the way there again?" They said they could send me my laptop to the new address if I call up Dell so that Dell could give orders. Gah... Exasperated, I tell you.

In the end, my other new friend, Larry Tan, drove me down to Casa to get it. Mana tau the courier people left already! Frustrated, I call the people up again and told them to just leave it at the HQ or sth. So, we drove all the way to Skynet HQ to grab my laptop. My darling was crying for me already!!! Poor thing. Miss me so much. I also miss it so much~~~. Now, it is so happy that it is with me. XD XD

*hugs~~~~!!!!*

I love my darling! Hehe

A song to share

I'm just going to share with all of you a personal favourite. A very old song actually. It's by Carpenters.

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And golden starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Just like me (Just like me)
They long to be
Close to you.

Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Hahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Lahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.

This song was featured in the movie 'So Close'. I think it's a strangely beautiful song. I don't know how many of you out there appreciate this song though... =)

Movie Day!!

I've watched two movies today and I guess I shall review them. The first movie I watched in the afternoon is entitled Ah Long Pte. Ltd. My brother has been wanting me to watch the movie.

Yes, brother of mine, I watched the movie. Are you happy?


Ah Long Pte. Ltd. is not a new movie. In fact, it came out months ago. Naturally, you can deduct that I am quite outdated in terms of the entertainment world. This movie is Singaporean-made, though bits of pieces of it seem to include Malaysia (and by this, I mean scenes and lines by the characters).

I'm not going to give you a summary of the story. Wiki it. Just going to comment on it. ALPL takes on a different point of view about loan sharks: samsengs who lend people money with insane high interest rates and most likely the borrowers end up in miserable state. In this movie, it actually talks about Ah Longs being the misunderstood group of people in the society. A scene actually portrays with great mockery and humour that Ah Longs help people out of their difficult financial state but the people repay them by reporting to the police. I love the opera song part... haha actually, quite touching! XD

Anyway, the male lead is the one that amused me the most. He is an... what Malaysians and Singaporeans (dunno if any other countries understand this term) ah gua/pondan. Basically, he moves very Daniel-ish-ly gay-ish-ly but he ALWAYS claim that he is a MAN. As in MANLY MAN. And I quote him (translated into English from Mandarin):

"How dare you call me an ah gua! If you don't believe me, just get your mother to lie down and who knows you'll be calling me 'dad' next!"

Mr. Fang, the gay-like male lead character played by Mark Lee, is practically the life of the movie. He moves like a gay, talks like a gay, dresses like a gay. He is hilarious!!! He complements the female lead character, Li Hua (Fann Wong) very well. In this movie, she is like the man of the marriage.

Of all the parts of the movie, I love the climax of the story best, which is when Li Hua and a few other Ah Longs were kidnapped by their former victims' sons and daughters. The 'spokeman' of the teen group said they wanted revenge against the Ah Longs. The teens threatened them that they will kill their family members as well so that they will have a taste of how it feels to lose family.

But in the end, at the very last moment, they spared the lives of the Ah Longs' family members because:

"We don't hurt innocent people. Unlike you."

I think it was a good lesson for the Ah Longs though the teens looked and acted a wee bit too psychotic.

I rate this movie 3.6/5




The next movie I watched at night with cousin Nick and new friend Han Khee is Hancock. No, Larry, you did not influence me. I chose to watch it BEFORE you recommended it in your blog. XD

So anyway, I think this is quite a different superhero tale from your average Marvel Heroes stories. I found it intriguing to discuss about superhuman beings made in pairs and all but I didn't really enjoy the theory that when the pair comes together, they will gradually become mortals. It's kinda like Romeo and Juliet tragedy, just that the pair of super beings never age or die (IF they are separated from each other). Because apparently, every time the male lead, John Hancock (Will Smith) and the female lead, Mary Embrey (Charlize Theron) comes together and becoming mortals, their enemies will hunt for them and threaten their lives. Quite... redundant. The theory also did not explain why those super beings were made or who made them (I'm guessing God).

But the plot overall were okay, though the pace of the movie was a tad bit too slow. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the humour side of the movie. Laughed countless times. XD I rate it 3.7/5

Next up, I will be waiting to watch The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. I also want to watch Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and Batman: The Dark Knight. If I do get to watch them, I will review them. ^^

St. Francis Xavier Church - God's arms in KL for me. =)

Rest assured, I am still attending mass in KL!!!! The nearest church to my place is St. Francis Xavier Church and my cousin will be responsible for sending me to church every Sunday. No matter where we go, as Christians, we must always hang on to God and pray God will also hang on and never give up on us despite our sins and mistakes.

Being alone in a foreign place isn't easy. It gets tougher if you start distancing yourself from God. I know College life won't be easy but through God, I know He will make a way for me to pull through. All I have to do, is to continue to rely on Him and trust in Him. ^^

CASA SUBANG - My new temporary home in Subang Jaya

Okay~! Here's the post we've been all been waiting for. The bragging of my living place in West Malaysia shall finally begin!!!

On the 5th July 2007 (Sophia's birthday! Can't resist to scream that one out! xP), I registered myself at Taylor's and joined in on the redundant briefing. I was surrounded by 74 other JPA law students and 55 accounting students. The atmosphere was incredible- well, being surrounded by so many smart people DOES make me feel a wee bit inferior. O.O

Anyway, nothing much to talk about the briefing. Let's move on to the moving into the apartment part. *eager eager*

I shall start by mentioning that the management was terrible. Can you imagine, more than a hundred students plus their families who were with them were about to move in and there were bloody hell only FOUR elevators????!!!!!! Besides that, ONE elevator was not functioning.

Also, a lot were using trolleys (yes, trolleys abducted from Mydin's carpark which is just outside our apartment) to carry their stuff. I was one of them. I'm not ashamed to admit that. The luggage were heavy, okay? If you have any way to pack all your stuff into ONE luggage for a long time away from home, call me. And don't tell me to buy my stuff in KL as a short cut. We must save money~!!! What's with the petrol price increase and high standard of living in KL...

My parents, cousin Nick and I waited for more than an hour and close to two for our turn. But we gave up waiting. Dad, Nick and I carried most of my stuff SEVEN FLOORS up the stairs to my room. My mum waited for the lift to carry the big box up. Impossible to lift that one so far up... A lady from the hostel management told parents off from using trolley while we were not around. My mum was quite pissed. The second time she did that, boy, did my mum snap at her. I wished I was there to see it!!!!! Darn! I heard it from my dad anyway.

See, my mum was FURIOUS that the management told them off from using the trolleys only when it was at the end of the line. She blasted the lady and questioned her why did she not do so earlier, then the traffic to the lifts would have been faster. There was no point saying they can't use trolleys now when there were only a few more students left. Other parents also complaint and bombed the lady. HAHA! In your face, whoever you are. You deserve the scolding from my mum. Inefficient people who caused us so much time...

This is just an image of how many people were there. And this is only the girls line. Not including the guys...

But wow oh wow, when I saw the facilities and my unit, I.Was.Speechless. It way exceeds my expectation. Who would ever thought that I would have a swimming pool, a beautiful park, a volley ball court, a basketball court, shops, laundry service (it's not free..) and even a hair salon in Casa Subang?

Front view

The swimming pool~!
The park~!

That's not all...! Welcome to my unit!

A photo of my unit from the entrance

That's the dining table. photo taken from the living room.

La kitchen!!!

The balcony leading out from the kitchen.

My bedroom. =)

I'm to share my unit with six other people. I haven't met my unit-mates yet. We're starting Orientation next Monday. I guess everyone's in KL, enjoying the last of our holidays. I'm also staying over at my cousin's place. No point staying alone there. My wifi is not installed yet though I appreciate the water heater there... lolz I'll definitely make a report on my unit-mates when I get to know them. xP

I am now in Subang Jaya

Yes, I have registered at Taylor's College University. Yes, I have checked into my apartment (and omg...the facilities...I'll blog about it another day. Too tired now.)

My parents have left me. Feels strange without family and friends around. But I'm staying. with my cousin Nicholas tonight. There's no one at my apartment besides me. So I decide to stay over at his place. (He rents his own place near the college with another three friends.) Now, he has an empty room at his house. So, I'm staying in there for the night.

Anyway, my main purpose of this post is not to talk about my new apartment. The big objective is to wish my best friend a happy birthday. So...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHIA!!!

GOD BLESS YOU~!

If you come across an angel

Every day, in the world around us,
real-life angels are doing the things they do...
and bringing more smiles to the world around them.
Real-life angels build bridges instead of walls.
They don't play hide-and-seek with the truth,
they do whatever they can to help you.

Real-life angels understand difficulties
and always give the benefit of the doubt.
They don't hold others up to the standards
they can't live by themselves.

Real-life angels are what "inner beauty" is all about.
Real-life angels don't hold things against you;
the only thing they hold...is you.
They take your hand in theirs
when you could use a little reassurance.

They walk beside you when you could do with
a little guidance and direction in your life.
And they support you in your attempts to do what is right.
Real-life angels multiply your smiles
and add to you integrity.

They make you feel like,
"Hey, I really am somebody who matters."
Then they quietly prove to you how beautiful
and true that feeling really is.

If you come across an angel like this,
you are one of the luckiest people of all.
If someone in your life
is wonderfully like an angel to you,
it's important to let them know.
It's the nicest compliment you could ever give
in all the days of your life
and in all the years that you live.

-Douglas Pagels

This poem reminds me strongly of a very important friend of mine. I hope he remembers always that he is indeed a real-life angel to me.

I drew it myself~! *self-satisfied*

A close-up. X) It's been a while since I drew.

The photo says it all.

But my drawing cannot even start to be compared to my sis, Angela's...

Oh yea... She sketched a portrait of Daniel Radcliffe... for me!!! XD

You can check out her blog for more details about the process of her sketching this portrait. http://shellynze312.blogspot.com/

My last day in Kuching

How I spent my last day in Kuching?

Haha. Of course with my friends. To be accurate, friends who are younger than me and still schooling in SMKBL. X) There's no other way I would want to spend this day. ^^

Fyi, I went to Jubilee Grounds since today's Sports Day for SMKBL to meet up with friends. Sports Day was completely different for me this day. Firstly, I'm an outsider, no longer a student. Secondly, I was breaking the rule which I had reinforced strongly when I was a prefect in school. I entered Jubilee Grounds without proper attire (as in sports wear with school's logo) and entered as an outsider. Haha The strange irony.

In fact, I was there when houses and clubs/societies were marching. (Yea, why on earth do they march in the afternoon rather than in the morning???) And goodness me! The music which accompanied the marching was...REDUNDANT. Totally not a marching spirit kind of song. It sounded like an OST from a musical or something. Like I told Sophia and Jacqueline: It's as though ballad dancers are dancing to hip-hop music. XD Reening was so fascinated at the thought that he actually went off to watch the marching. LOL!

Anyway, guys, thanks for your company. I appreciate it tons!