My SummerS

I always looking forward to my semester breaks, this was / is usually the months which i enjoyed the most in a year.

2006 - went for diving course. Obtained my open water diving license. It's really wonderful. This kind of brand new experience - breathing in the sea, swimming with the fish...having course and relaxing during the day, having reading and discussion during the night. With the beach mesmerizing view and breeze...It will cost my lifetime to forget everything happened there!

2007 - joined WWF to volunteer in the turtle saving project. I have to say I did not contribute much since i only manage to stay there for one week. However, this brought much impact to me somehow. Imagine every night spent in a deserted island: no electrity, no water supply, no any basic facilities (toilets etc)...Sleeping on the sleeping bag and stared at the starry sky...Patroling along the coast line in the chilling wind...Fighting with mightly turtles but still have to take care for not hurting them...collecting the fagile eggs...releasing the hatchilings...Again, it was unforgettable!

2008 - first time i took the plane, flied to kota kinabalu alone. The whole 12days trip was just eye opening! The most, I have finally conquered Mount KK! It was tough, for me. The icing temperature, the hostile wind and steep rock climbing in the last 2km of the tour was haunting me. However, the moment of reaching the peak made me just forget every hardship all the way up there! Especially the sunrise, bringing such a hopeful brand new day! This experience is just as precious as i will never wipe it away from my memory.

2009 - in this coming break, i will be spending 2 months in a totally strange country to me. 2 months of staying in a completely different culture and people around me. What would happen to me during the 2 months? I am not sure...For sure, another wonderful chapter is coming in my life journey!

Anticipating...

Reduce and Recycle

Today joined the Tzu Chi for the recycling volunteering work at the flat area behind UPM.

We were collecting the unwanted materials, dividing then sending it to the recycle centre.

In a very efficient and a happily environment, we accomplished our mission in 2 hours - finished collecting the resources for 6 buildings!

Well, my feeling after the activities: refreshed! I feel we all have a part to do in order to save the world. Not saying save the world, it sounds simply just too GREAT and beyond our ability, just put it as our obligation. We should implement the good habit in our life which is reducing our thrown-aways! To do it, very simple: less shopping! As simple as that! By doing less shopping, we could save up a big amount of money (esp in this eco down period). Only buy those necessary things. Human desire is unlimited...So what you want is never being satisfied...just let it go...forget it.

Another thing: let's say NO to polystyrene! Try to bring our own tupperware to dapao each time. You could not imagine how harmful polystyrene is! We don't want be the culprit to kill our Mother Earth right? With little change, together we could do SOMETHING!

I believe I can do it. So you can!

Randoms in Lab

It's cool to have the experimental food lab...we have the freedom in doing anything for simply FUN!

This is what our group have done for party food, the best of all: Suba's Brainy-Brainy Prawn (Otak-otak Udang)
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Learn Sin's mini pizza:


Freedom during the lab: drinking own-made mocktail...


Hui Yuan is our macaroon master:


This is her perfect products!


Sen Tien's yummy danish:


Previna's Mr.and Mrs Puff (peanut and chocolate cream puff):


Lee Gang's 4 seasons pizza:


Fatt Shen's snail cookies:

Save Turtle

It was my last lab for cooking in this semester before my final.

It's pastry.

Well, i was doing english scones...supposing like this:


Then for the balance dough...


Well, extra marks for this!

Cheers!!

60 Earth Hour

Switch off the light. See how much we can make the change!

28/03/2009 8.30pm-9.30pm

Together, we can make a difference!

Happy Ending

This semester, as I expected, it's interesting.

Much of it because of our marketing project. We are given the opportunity to start our own business, doing sales and EARN PROFITS!!!

I have to say, I have endured a lot along this project...At first, I was so excited and ambitious - planning a lot of strategies. Later part, my ambition was just like rolling from the Himalaya peak. Due to my personal perception...the kind of feeling of not being valued in a team. The kind of feeling of not being appreciated. So, in order to avoid any face-to-face quarrel, I moved back. Rather than fire up, why not just standing aside...Then it made me more and more frustrated...more and more deserted...

Frankly, I did blame others, blame myself...self-pity with gallons of tears shed. What a sad picture - a gloomy girl curling in the corner, trembling with kind of hatred and sadness which thought to be unknown to anybody else...

It cannot be like this! It's supposed to be a fun learning! I know, self-pitying only makes matter worse. Brace myself up! This is the only thing. Try to communicate. Try to think from different perspective. Try to give in. There are just so many to be listed...

Finally, it's almost over, in this week. I wish it is a happy ending.

Hottest Society

If you ask me, what is the most popular society among the university now, i would say: PET SOCIETY.

This phenomena can be easily detected from the daily conversation:
1. Have u visited me (in pet society) ?
2. Oops, I haven't taken my bath today (meaning the pet...) !
3. My God, I couldn't access to internet today (the line failed to support flash for Pet Society) !
4. Today I got the Champion ( Hurdles Race in the Pet Society) !
etc etc etc......

Isn't it a poison? Well, I am one of the victims, yet enjoy to be one of them.

Soloist

If the life is an opern, mine would be dominated by solo...


Seeing my friends, always hanging out with coursemates, friends. Life is never be alone. Yet, I regard myself is quite deserted. Most of the times, I do enjoy the solitariness. But sometimes, the silence is roaring until I could no longer bear it, deafening!


So some say, I am independent. I do not deny. Somehow it is always my pride doesn't allow me to ask for any favour! But i would say, there are pro and con...Most of my friends, they always stick together. Doing things together. So the life of them are much depend to one another, influene one another. This is what i am afraid of!

In order to stand out from those troubles which often occur among a group of people, i solitude myself. There are so many awful things which i saw, between people, talking bad, back-stabbing...scary...! In the end, i purposely keep a distance from others. Keeping myself safe.

Hiding inside my own shell. Isn't it a coward? Anyway, the existence of me doesn't carry much meaning, to them...I rather be alone, instead of waltzing in a masquerade.

Fight for Rights

Today i went to Batu Pahat Police Station to make report upon a fraud. Which is - my identity has been used by somebody to register the celcom broadband. Once i received the bill, i was shocked for being asked to pay for something which i do not apply at all! It was RM180 to date.

In order to clear this bill, i have to be ready for 4 documents : police report, court vow (mahkamah sumpah), birth certificate and identity card. Since today is Saturday, the court is closed. So i guess i have make another trip in order to settle it.

RM180, it may not be a big amount for majority. Some would just pay for it and terminate the service to skip those long and troublesome procedures. However, it's our right to complaint, to let the others know the fraud! My dad said it is so troublesome and the time spent on it may worth more than RM180！

I believe, most of the Chinese think so. They believe 破财消灾 （spending money to stop the disaster). In the end, they spent tonnes of money in NOTHING!

For my parents' case, it's mostly because of the language problem. They are just so reluctant to go government department. Due to the language barrier, they are treated bad and most of the time, they are scolded, yelled impatiently but can do nothing in return. As a result, they think ALL the government servers are low in efficiency, unfriendly, discriminating, etc etc...they never really want to go any government department. On the contrary, they are willing to pay more to go for private service, eg dental care, clinic...In this case, what is others' perception toward this group of ppl? Rich? The fact is, they tighten their belts so much in order to get a better service, at least not being scolded (imagine an adult being ill-treated by an arrogant public servant, not that hard to recall any incident, right?)

I do really wish everyone of us should be aware of our rights. Educate the rakyat for their basic needs and of course...get more public servants who are fluent in multi-languages (that can help a lot!). Fight for it. Not just spending the money and cover the incidents up to avoid troubles...Money can never settle it from the root, completely! Money is just the fertilizer, make this kind of culture growing well! Under table, darker and darker...

Form 6

I am a university student, 3rd year.

3 years back, i got my STPM result. Not satisfied, filled with guilt and regret but somehow looking forward to the university life.

Since the announcement of the STPM results, there are again, more and more are doubting the Form 6 education system.

As a product of Form 6 myself, i would say - i value both the lower and upper six of mine. Many of the FIRST TIME-s, were happened during those years. I met great friends and involved in few amazing activities, performance and sports. It turned me to a better person, more well-rounded, i would say.

Speaking of the semester system, as i have it now...to be frank, i don't think i learn that much and taking my academic results seriously neither. I still remember, during the Form 6 years, we examined our test paper seriously, trying to find out what went wrong and how to improve our grade. During the MUET, I enjoyed the most! Every week issue discussed in class triggering my mind!We scheduled our time table, organized after class tuition...in order to perform the best in the final assessment - STPM.

But, what now? I remember almost NOTHING in the previous semester learning, needless to say the exam questions.

What makes me writing this post? It the comment in the NST today, from Syed Nadzri, excellent product of Form 6, as below:

Form Six can provide that different dimension in the school-going proccess which would not be far off from what Twilight Zone fans would say: "A dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind."

Slumdog Millionnaire

My curiosity arose whenever saw this movie swept 8 of the Oscar Academy Awards.

It was a nice movie, though. I was shocked by looking at the slums shown in the movie. Is the poverty level so serious there in fact? I felt such a fortunate living here...have decent meals, shelters ( a proper bed, basic supply of water and electricity) etc.

Guys, imagine the life staying in the slums, where the basic needs (food, shelter, clothes) are always things to worry for each day!


The kids starred in the movie were invited to attend the Oscar ceremony Following the trip to the Los Angeles, those-used-to-be-living-in-the-slums kids began to repel. They just could not accept what they are having once enjoyed the luxury trip in USA. Depression, sickness attacked.

See, there is such a big gap in the living standard around the world! As part of the world, i think we all have the obligation to increase living standard of ourselves and family. Especially the undergraduates...Aren't we the hope of our family, the country? Level up our lives, does it mean saving enough of money and then pour then in the luxury shop??Perhaps some were saying, let those with great rich and great influence to change their lives. I have nothing to do with it. Well, it's true we, the normal people can't do much. Yet just wishing those who read this spare a thought for the real poor people, instead of complaining the things in life (we are extremely doing fine, compared to them, am i right?).

Cheer up, guys! Let's do something!

Stressed - Desserts

This Special Fruity Onde-onde is just fun to eat! Sweet coconut coating and sour fresh blueberry / strawberry / kiwi inside! It's such a new sensation to chew it! Yummy!

Empty sick week

Very soon, another one week flied. I hate myself during this week, practically doing nothing. Unwell. Physically and mentally.

First of all, it was the cold. Although it did come better, i m still suffering it now. Tired, bone pain all the days...
Then, it was the internet connectivity bothered me. Always, i could not access to blogspot and mailbox during the night (which i am free basically)...it frustrated me. So i have to get up as early as 3am in the morning in order to get things done. It made me a sleeping worm during the afternoon, i was the black eye lazy bug during the afternoon lab!

I felt dispirited. Especially on any project or team work. Just wish to shut myself from others, alone. I still have so many things to do, paperworks and literature finding and reading. Most of the time, i just left those aside and immersed in the movies and pet society. Running away from the reality.

I knew i couldnt be like this. Hopefully this weekend going back home i could be better.
Wish me luck!

Spontaneous Trip

It was a hot afternoon when i meet Cynthia at KL Sentral. We intended to go Sunway to check with dentist since we have made our appointment. However, seeing the Genting bus which parked somewhere nearby...an idea struck: how about going to genting highland?

Without much discussion, we bought the tickets and readied to go! We brought nothing...no jacket...i was wearing open-toes high heels somemore...
Genting Skyway

When we reached at the outdoor theme park, it was already 6pm! Fortunately it was a Saturday. So we enjoyed almost all rides until 10pm (space shot, flying coaster, spinner, corkscrew, cyclone, pirate ship, flying dragon...) Feeling: dizzy, upset stomach, freezing. However, it was exciting!! I would give the Flying Coaster the number one which i tried. RM10 per ride! It was new to me.

Then, spending our time indoor. Lots of F&B establishments.


I was amazed by the indoor designs. We enjoyed the 4D movie. Again, we were brought spinning around. But i would say, the movie was great! I love it!My dinner ( more precisely, my supper): bak kut teh with white rice, RM 17.20++
Our hotel to spend the freezing long night: Marrybrown

Able to take few picture when most of the visitors were zzz. So, in the chilling 4am, the place gave me another feeling. Lonely. But i prefer it.


The 24hour open Starworld (Casino de Genting) was my another eye opener. For the first time, i entered the casino. Something delighted me was: the security wanted me to show my IC! Was I looked underage?? LOL!
The time was like crawling as an 1000 y/o tortoise. Finally, the dawn was coming. The sunrise was BEAUTIFUL! Time to go back. I have had enough.

Anyway, I have never regreted for the impromtu decision. It was fun, although exhausting! I was lacked of sleep...zzz...