Monday, September 28, 2009
Thumbs up for Nicol David
Other sports review:
F1 Singapore Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton has won his 2nd race of this season for McLaren Mercedes, finishing ahead of German Timo Glock of Toyota and Renault driver Fernando Alonso of Spain. This victory was the 11th win of Hamilton's career in Formula One. Sebastian Vettel had a chance for a podium finish but had to settle for 4th place. Nico Rosberg, running 2nd in the beginning of the race, ended the race in 11th place. Ferrari's Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen had a chance to get a few championship points but he allowed the opportunity to slip away after he pitted. Championship leader Jenson Button of BrawnGP finished 5th while teammate Rubens Barrichello 6th. Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen and Robert Kubica of Sauber finished 7th and 8th repsectively. Button brightened his chances of winning the world championship this season after Vettel only managed to score one more point than him, thus diminishing Vettel's title challenge. Brawn looked set to claim the constructors' title after widening the gap with Red Bull to 42.5 points.
English Premier League
Manchester United replaced Chelsea at the top of the standing after the Red Devils defeated Stoke City 2-0. The Blues lost their 100% record of the season after Wigan beat them 3-1 at home. Robin van Persie scored the only goal in Arsenal's 1-0 win over Fulham. Fernando Torres bagged a hat-trick in Liverpool's 6-1 thrashing of Hull City. Tottenham Hotspurs blasted 5 goals past Burnley with Robbie Keane scoring 4 of them.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Cup as gift for 2nd time in a row
Earlier this month, I've received a cup set for acheiving 100% attendance in CF for 2nd consecutive semester. Just now, I got another one thru a lucky draw.
This afternoon, I went for Public Mutual's Business Opportunity Preview seminar together with my parents. (my mom is a Unit Trust Consultant with Public Mutual.) The seminar was to introduce Unit Trust and recruit potential agents. Throughout the seminar, Ms Lok Wai Meng, a Group Agency Manager who has 15 yrs of experience in this field, Mr Yun Chee Keong (Agency Manager) and Ms Ooi Chin Bee (Agency Supervisor) shared abt what is UT and who is Public Mutual. There is lucky draw at the end of seminar. The gift is a Public Mutual cup, to be given away to 7 lucky persons. And my name was called. So I stepped forward to receive the gift from Ms Lok. After that, refreshment time. Then we left the place and carry on with our own plans.
Heehee.. going back to Kampar tmr night. Getting ready to go camping in few days time. Got the packing list n additional info thru CGBC Campus Connect Facebook profile. Woo... I can't wait for the camp to come. Done with the packing.
Oh ya, CF camp is also around the corner too.. to those who have signed up, enjoy urselves ya.
Here, I also wanna wish happy birthday to Sin Fei (an old friend of mine) and Joey Low (my fellow EL coursemate). Hope u both had an enjoyable day!!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Home sweet home
Departed from ah yee's house around 11am, we (my parents, granny & me) stopped at Temoh to have lunch at one of the restaurants there lah.. then we stopped at my Kampar house for a short while to get the rest of my luggage bags. We reached Ipoh at around 3 sumthing in the afternoon... after dropping off my grandma at the house of my mom's youngest brother, we went home
Reached home at around 4pm.. unload all the bags in the car boot, send the clothes into washing machine.. wow, loads of clothes to wash.. until now, only washed twice.. still haven't wash all yet
Anyway, spend a few days at home first.. then going back to Kampar maybe around 27 Sept.. wait to go camping.. after that, thought of staying at ah yee's house for one more week. Then wait till 17 or 18 Oct, then go back Kampar, ready for my short trimester.
Hee... whenever I'm free, I'll be spending time reading 4 books: 3 on literature, another one borrowed from my ah yee. The book title's Answers to Life's Problems by Billy Graham.. I find this book very useful indeed. Maybe I'll share what the book is about after I've finished reading it.
Ok, that's all for now. Catch ya next time! Take care & all the best to those who still have exams! And Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all my Malay friends & Muslims all around the world!
Monday, September 21, 2009
In KL now...
Yesterday, my parents came and pick me up to go KL together after attending my neighbour's wedding luncheon... in the beginning they said they'll come pick up on the way back from KL. But my mom suggested that come get me first then travel to KL lah... so they came around 4.30pm.. after putting my luggage bags into the car... off we go
Around 7.30 pm, we reached my ah yee's house.. then uncle Diong brought us out for dinner... we went to South Sea Seafood Restaurant in Subang... after placing our orders, I went out jalan-jalan around the restaurant... nice environment there... wow, I saw a lot of live marine creatures there... lobsters, crabs, eels & abalones just to name a few... really an eye-opener for me.. have nvr seen live water creatures in my whole life before
Another thing I noticed there is that the ambassador for the restaurant is Michelle Yim who is a HK TVB actress. Her face is seen around the restaurant, holding a lobster to promote the restaurant. Yim Wai Ling (Michelle), or commonly known as Mai Suit, starred in a lot of TVB series, among them are Heart of Greed and Moonlight Resonance (hee.. currently I'm watching this series thru a programme my fren gave me, but most series are in Chinese, it would be nicer if it's in Cantonese for HK TVB series)
Then our food came... looks very delicious and tasty too... we had an enjoyable dinner there. Then we went home and had fellowship with one another. Later that night, we watched New Police Story where Jackie Chan starred in the movie.
As I'm typing this out, Cicak-Man, starring Saiful Apek, is shown on TV right now. Later, there's Cicak-Man 2: Planet Hitam and X-Men: The Last Stand. Ok, gotta go now. Catch ya next time. Sayonara!!!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Dinner fellowship with coursemates
Just around 7pm, still raining outside... not very heavy... go wait at JL's house first... then baru jalan... those also going were Ivy, Steffy, Bee Ling, Kim Yun, Chia Huey, Pei Ching, Pui Chee, Winna n Eugene... Stippie joined us as well... we decide to go makan at Golden Sand Cafe (behind MahaMaju 2)... all except Eugene, Winna & me went there by walking in the rain (with umbrellas of course)... 3 of us went there by motor
The restaurant environment n design quite nice la... we chose to sit upstairs... then when everyone settled down, we order our food. Since we've finished our exam dy la (except Stippie, he still got 2 more papers), we decide to celebrate. I ordered mushroom chicken chop rice (should've ordered sumthing else), dragonfruit ice blended n banana boat. RM12.80 the total cost... our food came, but my dessert came b4 the main dish n drink, strange right? And sumthing not right with the banana boat (Winna also ordered this too)... it came with mangoes instead of bananas... wth... nvm hungry dy, just eat lah... then in the middle, my dad called... it turned out they're gonna cum pick me up tmr to go KL together... yippie, can go home earlier lah.... hehehe
After done with our dinner, we celebrated Pei Ching's birthday. Actually, today not the actual date.. her birthday next Fri (25 Sept).. so we celebrate earlier for her la... bought an orange cake from Caker's Inn... quite delicious, yummy... took sum photos... had sum time fellowshiping with each other...then around 9.30pm... we balik rumah masing-masing... happy birthday in advance, Pei Ching... take care & happy always ya... also hope u get gud results in the just concluded exam
Gotta start packing now since parents coming pick me up while on the way to KL
Exam finally over
Aaaahhhh... finished my last exam paper today... phew, glad that it's over already... now can enjoy my long-waited holidays kau kau la... but have no idea how to spend my semester boh... apart from go camping n reading literature books that I got after exam
Talking abt the exam la... overall it was kinda ok la... but I won't get an A this time... cos lost more than 10 marks... left 1 or 2 questions unanswered... coursework 51.8 out of 70... to get A, I must score at least 28.2... but it's impossible now that 3 marks already gone... nvm, A- or B also can la... other sections quite easy la... cum to write an editorial, I done 2 pgs on PPSMI... half way thru the exam, suddenly SHHHAAAAAAAAAA.... raining outside... after exam it became smaller... then later Eugene asked us stay back a while... to get the books we've paid... 3 books in total... titles of the books: We Could **** You, Mr Birch by Kee Thuan Chye (play), Spirit of the Keris (short stories & poems), Green is the Colour by Lloyd Fernando (novel)... a lot to read... guess I'll be spending most of my holidays reading those 3
Going back on 21 Sept, spend a few days at home... then come back around 27... ready to go CAMPING.... yay... after camp, see how 1st la... maybe go visit my auntie in Shah Alam... oh, I missed Teck Wern... long time din see my cute little cousin sister dy la... wonder how she looks now... should be more prettier than the last time I saw her.. also missed her two brothers, Teck Shen n Teck Waye... maybe I wanna go MPH to buy sum more Warriors books... luv the series a lot ever since I read one of the books, Fire and Ice... oh ya, maybe watch sum movie also can woh
一天都光晒... guess everyone should be heading back to their hometown these few days... sum today, sum few days later... sum who has finished their exam earlier than us went back dy.. Esmond, Eugene's brother, among them... anyway, going for dinner later with coursemates around 7pm... this semester no BBQ gathering cos everyone's busy due to the tight exam schedule la... no time to go buy food... all the time spent studying
Oh ya, wanna say happy birthday to Zong Wai n Nicholas Aw... their birthday today
Friday, September 18, 2009
Just one more
Phew.. done my fourth paper, Psycholingustics, just now... not easy, but not hard either... sumhow managed to answer most of the questions la... kinda satisfied this time cos I did quite well esp in Section C, writing short notes... I performed much better than I did in Quiz 3... for essay question la.. 2 choose 1... one on +ve n -ve effects of bilingualism, another on speech errors... can think of sum points 4 both Qs... dunno which 1 2 choose woh... in the end, wrote slightly more than 1 page for speech errors (with sum examples)... I hope I'll get a B 4 this subject
Then after exam, Eugene made an announcement abt Malaysian Literature in English, one of the subjects I'm gonna take in the short trimester next month... he mentioned Mr Lim has ordered 3 bks for us, one each for plays, poems & short stories.. ttl cost RM67.15... if hav money of exact amount, pay him on d spot, if not, either tmr or by 1st week of next sem la... will get d bks tmr... lucky I withdrew sum money b4 going 4 exam jus now... so pay him 1st la... but short of 2 bucks... but Winna helped me to cover the sum 1st... so hav to pay her back rm3... gonna pay her tmr...Eugene also told us to read the bks during our sem break... Mr Lim afraid that we dun hav much time to read up the bks during the semester, so ask us to read 1st... ok lor, can also.. not sure how to spend my holidays mah... so reading those bks can makan away sum of my time
One more obstacle standing in the way...tmr my last paper, Journalism 2.. lots of things to rmb too... but I'll get over it... after that, holiday here I come... will b going back to Ipoh on 21st... spend few days at home... then cum back Kampar maybe around 26 or 27 Sept... why leh? go camping la... CGGC camp on 30th till 2nd Oct... CF camp also same time, but one extra day... cant wait for the camp
That's all I wanna share for now... all the best ya in the remaining papers... also to those going for CF camp, hope u peeps have a wonderful, enjoyable, ss(syok sendiri)-ing time there
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
2 more to go
The questions quite easy la... format similar to the past semesters' exam papers... practised doing the exam papers that I asked Winna to photostat for me... got familiar with it... so have no difficulties dealing with this battle
But I almost made a blunder just now.. didn't read the instructions carefully for the last question... if Mr Wong hadn't reminded me la... I would've lost all the marks for that question... anyway, thanks Mr Wong... did the correction dy... recheck my answers b4 handing in my answer booklet... left the venue around 10.30am.. guess I'm the 1st one to leave.. met Amelia on my way out of Block G... she had her exam there too... sembang with her for a while la then balik cos my last 2 papers is on 2 straight days... one in the morning, the other in the afternoon... then hor... can go holiday loo... although exam timetable kinda pack, the good thing is that my coursemates & I can go home earlier... hehehe
OK la... time to do my revision dy la... will spend time revise for both Psycholinguistics n Journalism alternately.. but will focus on Psycho first... cos the exam on Fri, 9am
All the best to all my readers in the remaining papers ya! Also wanna wish Pashmina happy birthday! Who's she, u wonder? Actually, she's a cartoon character from Japanese anime Hamtaro... part of the main Ham-Ham gang... she loves pink a lot... and little Penelope too... love to watch this when I'm small... my favourite characters are Hamtaro, the main character, and Bijou, his sweetheart... lemme tell u la they're an ideal couple... one of my 3 favourite couples... the other 2 pairs being Mickey-Minnie n Firestar-Sandstorm (from Warriors novel series by Erin Hunter)... apart from Pashmina, sum of my frens also celebrate their birthday this month la.. won't mention those that has passed... upcoming birthdays: Gerviene Choo, Zong Wai (housemate), Nicholas Aw (CF member), Eng Kian, Jun Hong, You Liong, Sai Leong, Pei Ching, Joey Low, Sin Fei, Lisa Chu, Anthony Siah (Mei Yun's bf), Tai Loong, Cawan & Tze Lip.
Pictures of Pashmina (Mafura-her Japanese name)
Monday, September 14, 2009
Another one down
Talking abt d exam la.. kinda ok.. 1st 2 sections kinda esay.. just identify topic sentences, thesis statement la.. error in sentence... then essay.. 3 questions choose 1.. argumentative, discussion, compare-contrast.. thought for a few minutes which one to write woh.. can think of sum points for each question la but chose to discuss abt how to improve public transport system in our country.. here, I fired at will... just simply hentam watever that comes across my mind la.. the essay almost 2 pgs long
Fuh.. did my best.. then go check my coursework marks.. got 43.8 out of 60.. quite good la.. sumhow hor.. dunno wats wrong wif my grammar la.. got low marks for 2nd asgnmt.. among the lowest compared to others.. haiz.. but to lighten me up, my 1st asgnmt got high marks.. when I check back my asgnmts, there isn't any errors in the 1st asgnmt.. only 4 words written on the cover page: good, short, succint, simple.. but for both asgnmt hor.. I din include references for the drafts.. nvm, I done my best dy... Mr Paul said I shud get an A.. I hope so.. but dunno why I said A- or B+ is fine for me.. I shud think positively.. it is possible to get one.. but it depends on Mr Paul now... I done my part, I hope he do his part too
Next giant to face: Morphology & Syntax on Wed, 9am at Block G.. managed to locate where it is.. the building design quite nice la.. this is the view of the building
Went to check out the new blocks last Sat (right after Moral exam)... wat I heard is that this gonna be the new library.. dunno wat will happen to the 1 in Block B.. anyway, that ain't important to me la... 3 more papers... maybe I shud sharpen my weapons now.. to prepare for the next fight in a new environment... heehee
Ok peeps.. gotta go now.. see ya around.. all the best in the remaining papers ya!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
1 down, 4 more to go
It's Moral... glad that it's over dy.. lots of theories, religions n other info tm be remembered
Sumhow, I managed to get over the first battle... sum questions easy, sum hard, sum even tricky la.. MCQs quite ok la.. sum I know wan.. dunno wan just simply tembak onli la.. come to essay.. quite ok.. not too hard.. 3 choose 2.. 1st one compulsory la.. the other 2 choose 1. But it's a little hard for me la.. sumhow can't rmb sum thoughts n criticisms of sum theories... but I did my best in the battle, now leave the rest to God... also hope Mr Muthu baik hati enuf to give me higher marks la.. heehee
Nvm, relieved that overcomed the 1st battle..
Academic Writing!!! Here I come!!!
Nothing much to study for this subject... just essay writing n sum sturcture questions only la
Then Morphology... not much to study either... just practise do sum past sem exam papers.. but need to read up the notes also la
After that, Psycholinguistics... wow, lots of things to study
Lastly, the battle will end on 19 Sept with Journalism... then go for holiday... will cum back for short trimester on 19 Oct
Ok la.. back to study.. ciao
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Let the battle begins
And mine will start from 12 to 19 Sept
All the best to every Utarians
Take care & God bless
To the ends of the earth
Overtaking my heart
You take me in
Finding peace again
Fear is lost in all you are
Pre-Chorus
And I would give the world to tell Your story
Cause I know that You've called me
I know that You've called me
I've lost myself for good within Your promise
And I won't hide it
I won't hide it
Chorus
Jesus I believe in You
And I would go to the ends of the earth
To the ends of the earth
For You alone are the Son of God
And all the world will see
That You are God
You are God
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Prayer meeting
Prayer meeting on 5.30pm every Wed.. but I normally din go la cos busy with my studies mah..
But now study week dy ma.. got free time.. of course need to study also la.. but dun hav to study all the time la.. sumtimes need a break punya ma.. today's meeting is to pray for those Kutar (Ktar + Utar) students in the final exam lar.. Ktar has started their exam but Utar not yet la.. gonna start this Fri.. my exam start on 12th n end 19th.. kinda pack right... ya, 5 subjects in 8 days man.. really envy my other frens la.. they like have more than 10 days... this ain't fair.. we're the first one to know our exam timetable but the schedule quite tight.. but the good thing is that we end our exam earlier.. can balik kampung earlier than the rest la.. but I'm not gonna go home so fast.. wait for abt 10 more days..relax myself first.. then go camping lu.. haha
Abt my revision, I've started on Moral since it's my first paper.. a bit on Psycho.. the rest haven't started yet.. gonna start soon cos there isn't much time left
Oh ya.. speaking abt the prayer meeting.. only a few were there.. Daniel, Irena, Jessie, PC, KLynn, Mun Yee (first time also).. the meeting began with a short worship session.. then pray for final exam n also the camp.. in btwn, sum1 familiar to us appeared.. John came back from UK on Sat.. he left us last semester to go Liverpool study la.. he shared his life there.. glad to see he's back safely.. thank God for protection on him.. he gonna look for job after graduate Feb or Mar next yr.. his parents also anxious la.. help him to find job as well
Then after he has shared.. we're divided into 2 grps to pray.. Daniel, me, John n KLynn in one while the rest in another...among the items prayed were final exam, camp, good health, protection, wisdom, John to look for a job ASAP etc.. I took the opportunity to thank God for guiding me to a decision to join the CC camp.. KLynn also prayed for me n Eugene as our exam timetable kinda tight.. pray that not only 2 of us but also other 28 girls to use the time available wisely.. after that.. PC, KLynn they all go makan but I din join them la cos I joined Calvin & the gang for dinner..
Ok la.. that's all.. woo.. time to go, back to study.. see ya next time
09/09/09
To most couples, this day is considered very special for them
As the word 'jiu' (pinyin) means 'longevity' in Chinese, most couples will choose to tie the knots today ( I really hope Mr Kuek and Ms Cheng will get married today, but their wedding is next month)
Some couples who are either married or not ready to get married will spend quality time together
What abt me? Honestly, I really envy those are dating or going to get married cos I don't have any girlfriends yet.. yup, not dating at the moment.. still waiting patiently for the right girl to appear.. maybe she has already appeared but I dun realise or aware abt her presence or existence.. dunno when I'll meet my other half.. haiz.. but I believe the girl will appear when the time is right.. so now focus on my studies first.. facing the giants (final exam) soon
Although it's not my day of romance, today is a special day for me too... Wanna know why? Cos it's 1st anniversary for AES3730... u wonder what is it? Haha.. my scootie lah
My bro n mom bought it for me last yr la.. Suzuki VR125.. yellow colour.. for abt 2.3k.. still rmb the day I got my bke.. 9 Sept 2008.. one day after Phonetics n Phonology final exam.. that day, my mom din go to work.. she n my bro came down to Kampar to visit me.. my bro say wanna buy motor for me woh.. it's around lunch time they arrived at my place la.. after makan, they bring me go Old Town to buy motor.. my bro sent me photos of the bike he wanna buy me la.. so after nego nego.. we bought the bike dy la.. then my mom drove me home using her white Proton Saga Aeroback (now sold off) while my bro ride my new scootie home.. then I test drive my new bike.. get familiar with it.. then after a few times, I get used to it.. my mom n bro very happy la.. so around 5 sumthing... they wanna balik dy.. saying my dad waiting them for dinner.. so I bye-bye them n carried on with my revision.. around 6pm.. my dad called me from Ipoh.. asking me where is mom n bro.. he was furious at that time la cos my mom n bro promised him to go out dinner.. I say they balik 1 hr ago n shud b back that time .. my dad was suspicious why my mom din go work that day.. he knew bro gonna cum visit me.. but din know mom visiting me.. so I lied to him, saying mom came visit after her work..during our conversation, my mom n bro came back.. so my dad put down the phone n I heard him scolding them la.. so I hang up n continue with my revision
Until now la.. onli my mom n bro knew abt my scootie.. my dad din know.. wonder wat his reaction gonna be if he finds out.. really can't imagine.. also my other relatives din know as well.. apart from my mom n bro, my housemates, coursemates n other frens in Kampar knew abt it...
Now I use my scootie very often esp going to Utar, church (CBGC and WMC) n other places... of course, I still use my bicycle sumtimes la.. so far both my bikes don't give me lots of trouble la.. they serve me well.. but I shud give them the service they deserved (honestly I din wash them very often)
Anyway, I have thank my bro for buying the scootie... he said lar.. if he hasn't bought it for me, maybe I still dunno how to ride a bike n be a road user until now
Happy 1st anniversary, AES3730! Also sincerely wish those dating couples and newlyweds have a wonderful day!
Side view of my scootie
Friday, September 4, 2009
It's all over...
Today... handed in my last asgnmt la... Academic Writing...
Feel a bit lighter cos all my burdens removed... hehe... everything gao dim dy... quizzes, presentations, assignment... now left with final exam onli la... but the exam period getting nearer and nearer.. my first paper on 12 Sept... my exam timetable displayed on my blog... now relax for a while first la.. then start work liao
From left: Renjie, Jan, Manmeet, Hannah a.k.a. Tweety Bird, Helena, Ann, Grace
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Presentation over
This time on psycho... as mentioned earlier in the Presentation grps order decided.. there were 9 presentation grps la.. 4 to present this morning, which over dy... n 5 in the afternoon, which means now la..
My grp was the 3rd grp after Eugene's n JL's grp n b4 Marigold's grp
Topics presented: Lenneberg's Critical Period Hypothesis by Gene's grp, followed by Jean Piaget's biography & contributions (JL's grp n my team) and bilingualism (Marigold's grp)
All did a good job I can say... for me la, sumhow I still can't speak fluently n sumtimes had to read from slides... but sumthing different this time.. u know wat... I wasn't nervous while presenting this time... not like other presentation earlier... probably I prayed to God the night b4 that... God sumhow calmed me from getting nervous woh.. really wanna praise the Lord
I also checked out my psycho coursework marks with Mr Renu la...27.6 out of 40.. quite ok la.. but it could be higher if I performed well in Quiz 3... nvm... I did my best dy la.. although not so satisfying la.. gotta work hard to score well in the final exam... using the method recommended by Mr Renu... try to recall info after finishing a section or topic, he told me la.. that wud be more effective la.. usually I jus go thru the notes once or twice during revision.. now I discover that way doesn't help me much in storing info into memory after learning abt memory processes...
Heehee... as I'm typing this out... sum of my coursemates are doing their presentation now... all the best ya...
Last day tmr... AW asgnmt due... morphy quiz in the afternoon... ok la, back to work.. catch ya next time
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
CF Finale at GKH
then, as I walked in.. I met sum of CF committees..
Renjie, Shu Ern n Sui Yen... welcoming guests
so curi-curi snap sum photos 1st la..
From left: Kelvin Wong, Ngee Derk, Melissa, Kai Ning & Wai Wai
Wei.. wake up la.. the nite bout to start lor
among them were sum new faces la..
but Mr K n Ms Cheng belum sampai la..
very leng zai one... who leh? try n guess la...
our CF chairman
according to wat's required
almost similar to DiGi song I will follow you
other songs included Everyday, Here I am to Worship and Still
everyone enjoyed watching it
Eric and Shirley... emcees for CF finale nite
then hor... Shirley appeared and she's also emcee for the night la
Eric said that the video clip was done by Shu
he came up with an idea la...
when Shu comes in, he asked us to clap hands and shout his name la
Eric also said ar.. Ms Cheng dressed very nice woh...
so when she stepped into the hall, we clapped hands also
but Shu is away from a moment
while Ms Cheng hasn't arrived yet
Mr K, Ms Cheng n Mr Marn Foo shared their thoughts
the lovely couple, Mr K and Ms Cheng
the CF tree that we built during the first meeting
received a prize la.. a Mickey Mouse cup set
she once was my lecturer
next time have to call Ms Cheng Mrs K lah
first few friends I knew thru CF
Renjie and me