Time Really Flies

It's currently my favourite song. Awesome music with lyrics that are powerful.

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Busy weeks had just passed like this. But for now, my assignments and projects are almost all done. And in less than 2 weeks' time, I'm having my finals for my first sem.

Nothing much had actually happened. For the first week of August, UTP was close down due to some positive H1N1 cases. Me, Melvin and Jack stayed at the ministry house of Hope Ipoh and went to a sight-seeing in Perak, Kellies' Castle.

Yesterday, me and my friends went to Gua Tempurung, another sight-seeing in Perak due to a sudden reason.

Kindly go to my Facebook photo albums if you want to look at the awesome pictures captured by me at the two sight-seeings. =) haha.

And below is a picture of fresh strawberries from Cameron Highlands, taken on the day it was pick. It wasn't me who went there though, it's my friends. I wanted to go, but I had Business Test and English Test today.

Captions of July

This is where I'm staying. Nah, just kidding.

The carpark.
Ok, this is way I stay, Village 6 of UTP.
Upon coming here, i realized how cool Tesco is. Tesco has its brand in most products, in cheaper rates.
Basically, i ate stuffs like these for breakfast, you can't get these in kuching haha.
Lecture rooms. But only for degree students.
The library.

Never know it's such a wonder place.

It's nice and air-conditioned.

Saying goodbye to this fella who's been useful to me since form 2. Using a 570ms now.

The comfy seats.

A lecturer can even play a music-cartoon video during lecture.

And mp3s. Seriously.
That's Sunway Lagoon but I didn't enter.

That's the ice-skating place in Sunway Pyramid.

It looks cool inside Sunway Lagoon from outside though.

Went to 175 cafe during mid-sem break.

The furnitures' nice.

Jonathan, Nazrin, Melvin.

Tried the fish spa. Itchy but nice.

University Life In UTP

I'm settled down with my life now.

Right now, I can give you my definition of university life:
-the life where someone will never get a break due to having never-ending assignments, projects and tests at the same time.

Know what? University life is not a wonderful time where you can play most of the time because you'll suffer the consequences of doing everything in the last minutes, especially when you're under a sponsorship and you need to maintain a certain level of result.

That's why, I really learnt how to be productive, to multi-task, to learn some time management skills and lastly, to discipline myself to revise my lessons. And of course, to make sure my stomach is never empty. haha.

I really thank God that He's always there for me when I needed Him. His grace is sufficient for me. By God's wisdom and strength, I managed to get good results for my Business Management Test 1 last week. This really encourages me even more that God is always with me and so are to you all. I also felt better over choosing this rather than JPA, since the course offered, Computer Science requires me to study Physics and Chemistry, the subjects I dislike the most and weak in.

I'll be back next week. Yesh! but I have tons of work I need to bring back to finish in Kuching. UTP is crazy...

I'm gonna drink lots of this.

And eat lots of this.

PS: Photos will be posted up during my mid-sem break. I have no time for that now, my apologies!

Pulled Through

I'm getting used to the patterns of my life now. Thank God.

I'm able to fit in the university's style of teaching. Thank God.

I have learnt how to manage my daily routine. Thank God.

All in all, thank God I had pull through the first few weeks over here.

And surely, He will help me in doing my assignments.

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Today there is this event called something like Going-Back-To-School event in Kuching High, from 8am to 4pm. Too bad I can't go.

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And after seeing the break schedule for my foundation, it seems that I won't be able to celebrate my birthday in my hometown nor joining the youth camp in december. Sigh. But I don't complain. As long God's with me everyday, nothing matters.

Seriously, I'm tired of walking at least 15 minutes to reach my lecture room from my hostel under the hot sun everyday on weekdays. (that is, if I'm walking in a fast pace.) It's as if I'm trained from very aspect here, be it physically, mentally or spritually.

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After going to the cell group of Hope Ipoh, I feel better over the pressure I had due to assignments.

Thank God for everything.

my pre-calculus book

The gang: me, nazrin, melvin, jonathan, ka wai

Of PSD scholarships , SPM and blablabla..

I have been busy for this 2 weeks, seriously. I know that whether you're another student who applied for this PSD scholarship this year, parents of these group of students or just another Malaysian citizen, you must had heard of this matter.

Of course, year after year, this problem continues. Bright students who got 12A1s, 13A1s and above didn't get the scholarship, especially those who applied for medical, pharmacy and dentistry courses. And then political parties like MCA and MIC will lend a hand to these students to appeal to PSD and get the scholarships for them. Why is this happening? Why are there no solutions to this matter that happens every year? Why seeing this matter on almost every newspapers in the country around this time every year? Haiz...But I can only say that I'm lucky to get this scholarship and I'm not trying to boast out loud and offend people who didn't get it.

Then the news come in, where starting next year, those who go for SPM 2010 can only take up to a maximum number of subjects of 10. Then a new grading system will be carried out for SPM, where there will be grades like A+, A, A- and so on. Does this helps? whether it's called A1 or A+, the matter will still not be solved. You can see how it will happen on March 2011 then. Thousands will score 10A+s, and PSD will still face the same problem in giving away the scholarships. I think the solution would be increasing the marks for every subjects for getting A1 (or A+) to maybe 75 or 80 at the very least? Actually 65 is the mark you need to get to achieve an A1 in some subjects. Or maybe PSD should make it transparent about the list of applicants who got selected for the scholarships, to make it fair and square.(If it really was,then there will be no more havoc. =l)

Well, I will not say anymore longer concerning this matter and let this topic be closed everywhere please.

I even heard about a student from Seremban who changed her SPM result in the appeal letter and was caught for that action. She would be blacklisted I think, although she got 13A1s already but tried to change to 15, sad case.

But great news, I read the news where those who got 13A1s(total of 52 students only!) will get the scholarship automatically, whether did they appeal or not. While those who got 12A1s will have quite a high chance of getting it too.

The results of the appeal will come out on the 1st of June, I heard. Those who didn't get it may opt for apply the local one.

And there lefts a month for me in Kuching. Lol. Happy and sad.

Minutes In Kuching

Last night, there was a blackout in the house due to a cut of electrical supply for about an hour. Then I thought, if Sesco or Tenaga cut off the electrical supply for whole Malaysia during Earth Hour, how would it be like? Lol.

The weather nowadays is also so hot so without electricity, I wonder if I can actually survive. I'm not saying that I'm very dependent on air-cons, but at the very least I need a fan.

Starting from yesterday, I waited and waited for letters in the mailbox while going online. I'm going to check whether there's letters in the mailbox every now and then during daytime.

But what I got are letters from various universities or colleges promoting their universities or colleges so that I will go enrol. Irritating letters I receive from them.

So i began to think. I will definitely miss Kuching and everything in it, the foods(kueh chap! etc), the culture(where everyone say "lah"!) and the people.

Only about one and half a month left to stay in Kuching. Nice?