Last Day of 2009

Recap of the year..
erm not much happenings this year
1. experienced a new studying environment in college
2. meeting friends from a lot wider backgrounds
3. my SPM achievements
4. learnt to drive 
5. had my first car mishap
6. scary and time-consuming assignments and essays
7. outings with close friends since all of us are no longer in the same school
8. first time "ponteng" class for starbucks free coffee
9. took lots of pictures in college =) 
10. first time being taught by 'ang mohs' in IELTS classes.
see, i told you this year has been a so-so year for me only..

Of course there are some other tiny ups and downs momentsi've gone through me but i can't really recall them them already.. so friends, if you can recall any other memorable events we had together, please do inform me about it.

It's New Year's eve! Mone asked me to go for countdown party and hotel stayover but Dad won't allow coz he said things can go rowdy and uncontrolled..so what can i do for new year's eve?? stay at home and watch countdown concert on tvbs =)

Happy New Year to everyone! 
May you have a great year 2010 ahead of you!!

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tracia's redbox party and winter warmers

Tracia invited us to her early birthday at Redbox yesterday, so me fetched Kp and Simone. we were so late that tracia called us to aask where we were. simone answered the call for me and said in hokkien "lang eh Michelle driving la, ka ban" yaya, compared to mone i drive super slow =) kp said " lang pui('fei' in mandarin) tiao ki liao" LOL so funny wei...

reached there at 4.20 lidat coz i took some time finding for a parking lot and to do the reverse parking, with the expert ms Simone giving me advise "Look at your side, turn your steering to the left, nono, to the right, press the acceleratorm etc.."

so we went into our room at 5.30 coz we're waiting for Florence. go in for a while, the waiter came in and asked us to move to another room. all of us, each with our glasses walked to another room. the whole scenario was as if we were trying to escape from the cops in a nightclub*exaggerating*
moved into a much bigger room and started singing, it was kinda fun since we have not been to redbox for quite some time.

At around 8pm, the 4 of us(me, mone, kp, flo) went for dinner at Winter Warmers. the music was so loud and we started lip synced along with the music with mone taking a video of us. makan makan then we went to  gHotel to pee. me and kp were pulling the other two of them there cos' they're scared they might be shooed away by the guards. went to the ladies and started vaining inside. kp and mone are having all the pictures but belum upload yet. 

left Gurney at 10pm and it was so jammed right from the multi-storey carpark. kp n mone taught me how to cut queue. so here's a tip that mone gave me: Raise your hand as a gesture to ask permission from the driver of the lane you wish to go into and he will let u do it! it really WORKS =P

Chit chat the whole way back. dropped mone first at greenlane heights and should've headed back to greenlane but we(kp n i) got lost on our way back. we really have very POOR sense of direction man! we drove till the road to farlim then later have to made a U-turn at the batu lanchang skol punya entrance. oh boy...

~the END~

Iced peach tea from Winter Warmers. it was quite sweet and refreshing.

no pictures of our main dishes coz' it wasn't really good

P.S. people remember the lady Gaga's song? Mum Mum mum Mah..P-P-P-Poker face...

I HAD FUN YESTERDAY =)

back to INTI with my two carpooling buddies

Today was the first time after our HSC exams that Kp, Ange and myself went back to Inti together. fetched the two of them at about 7.50am. three of us shared stories during the whole journey to Inti. We brought our textbooks to college for the secondhand book sale, very bad response. kar pei and ange, we shouldn't have gone so early.. then fetched them home like what i used to do. Ange said something like that, " ahyo i missed college lar, the wednesday eat-outs etc but not the studying part la." Totally agree with you =)

i knew about the sale the night before, so i packed my books till 2am yesterday and woke up 6.35 this morning! that's very early okay...
i was rather reluctant to sell my books and notes away coz a lot of effort has been put into doing the notes.
hence, i took some pictures of all my post-it(it's called 'bian li die' in mandarin..haha) that i removed from my books and some other pictures

all these came from my BS, physics and chem textbooks as i used to write the questions i wished to ask and stick them on the books

all the additional analysis that Ms Kam shared with us... Oxymoron, paradox, antithesis, metonymy..still remember the terms, HSC people? =)

Decisions made

yup, I've chosen my degree course

 Econs in Uni of Queensland

Friends and family start asking why I chose this

the question i dislike the most

Can't reply them that I'm interested in Econs cos' I didn't take this subject in HSC

Some warned me that it's difficult

Some commented that it's interesting

So what should I expect of Econs next year??

......

My expectations: Econs is difficult(hopefully i can cope) yet interesting(hopefully i will love it )

Applications and accommodation at International House around 90% complete

just have to keep paying deposits & fees...

...future...

My future is so vague
I don't see myself at any particular place in 5 years time
I may just take the 3-yr degree Econs course(since the career prospect is quite good) and decide what i would want to do after that?
not exposed to this subjects previously so,
if I start to like it, then it will be good for me
if I have no interest at all, i will have to bare with it for the 3 years
really don't know what i want
don't have a particular passion
It's so difficult to decide
HATE it
wonders how some of my friends already found their interest/ambitions
while I'm still lost
although we are all of the same age
starting to ask myself who i really am
seriously, i don't really know who i am
Only know that i am a girl who got quite good results in HSC so now have the chance to choose my courses but don't know which course to choose.

PATHETIC

Dec 16th

by 4am (malaysian time)

HSC-ians will be able to check their results

feeling scared and miserable now

i'm surely hoping for the best

but still on the way preparing for the worst

if get teruk results, cannot go out kai kai tmr

if get good results, party till the next morning pun no problem

tonight will be a sleepless night....

super short KL trip plus 3 celebrities in 3 days

is and I followed eileen and her mummy to kl for a so called shopping trip on dec9 and 10th.

9th Dec, 8.15am: we took Aeroline bus there at 8.30am on dec9. right after my mum dropped us off at Queensbay, i found out the zip on my7 pants SPOILT. so aunty and I went to the QB toilet only to find out that the toilet was closed. so what to do? we went to one corner, checked for CCTVs and i changed there. luckily nobody was there. problem solved.=) enjoyed the bus ride to kl as we're sitting at the first row of the upper deck. it was fun. had nasi lemak from Ayamas for breakfast.

2pm till 10pm: lunch at Madam Kwan's and then shopping began. first we headed to mid valley then later walked across to The Gardens. upon coming out from the toilet, i saw someone who looks familiar. He was tall, fair, and had really good complexion. he walked by us and i told Eileen " isn't him the guy from 8tv's 'A cup of love'? who is he? Henry, Jason??we have difficulty recalling his name. my aunty was so excited that she even called her friend to ask for his name. on the way out towaards The Gardens, sis said " eh  Alan Wun sitting there!"  I was like "who is that? where? where?" so there he was, Alan Yun (not Wun ler, sis) chilling out with his friends. again my aunty was star struck. it was damn funny. the four of us were kept turning back to look at him! LOLOL.

took a cab to bintang walk at bout 5 something. went to sungei wang, Lot10. they bought some clothes from there.later not knowing what to eat there, the four of us walked to Pavilion for dinner at Hakka Chinese Cuisine. shop shop and went back around 10. legs were super tired.

10th Dec, 10.30am: checked out from hotel, left our bags at the concierge and walked to KLCC. initially we said that we are not going to buy anything from Padini but ended up buying the most from there. later bought some at ROMP also. lunch was at Du Viet Vietnamese restaurant.

3.00pm: walked back to the hotel for the bus back to penang. they gave us my fav Subway snadwich for snack. reached home at bout 8.15pm.

11th dec: went for a wedding buffet dinner at relative's hse. Met Marion Caunter!!! wanted to ask for a picture with her but paiseh la. she is the bride's friend and they are both ex-CGLians! i'm so proud of my alma mater =)

so here are pictures of the celebrities we met in the 3 days

the first local celebrity we met: Duncan Lim

the 2nd artist: Alan Yun

the 3rd: Marion Caunter

dec 15, 16 or 17?

my mind was all filled with worries

this whole morning

thinking that  "HSC results coming out tmr!"

posted on fb: "i don't want to go to INTI tmr"

had lunch and onlined again

took a glance at the calendar

"eh, tmr is only 15thdec..."

" results will be out on wednesday, not tomorrow la"

suddenly my friend asked

"hey michelle, do we need to go to college tml?"

i replied

no no, i made a mistake

he said

" i was shocked when i saw your post"

finally we both agreed that we only need to go back to college on Thursday dec 17th

see, this is what happened when your mind is so dense with all the worries and negative thoughts. gosh, i worried for nothing today when i'm only supposed to get scared tomorrow night. Of all days, why do we get to know our results on dec 16th..it's my mum's birthday! if i obtained good results, then it will be good lar..but what if it's the opposite? maybe i should just check my results on the 17th of dec...

IELTS

IELTS prep course + exams = FUN

okay the exam part was just okay, not exactly FUN.. but the prep course course at Brittish Council was fun =). the reasons?

well, it was the first time being taught by 'ang moh' teachers ( Emma, Emily and Simon- You guys are great). they have great sense of humour. some of you might say they would of course treat you well cos' we have paid for it but to me, i guessed it was worth paying the fee to attend the course. secondly, I had got great compliments from them for my essays which made me real happy. meeting people from different backgrounds whom many were older me. Mehdi from Iraq, someone from Yemen, Kenny who is studying in Uni of Tasmania, Sin Yi a friendly working lady from Butterworth, Nazrin JPA scholar, Maziah a nice kakak to me, Yin Huey from Taiping the other girl who is also 18 like me and some others. the short course lasted from 1st Dec to 4th Dec,  6pm-9.15pm.

Exam 5 Dec 2009

the night before, came back from class, ate supper, went through my papers till 1am. next morning.  was awake by 5.30am but toss around on the bed till 6.15am.

 headed straight to Cititel Hotel by 7.30am.

Registration started at 8am. Given a small piece with my name, candidate no, ID, and 1st language code printed on it. my candidate number was 000777. what a nice number =) my speaking test was scheduled at 4.50pm! wth Got to wait for such a long period after finishing the rest of the papers.

Exam ( Listening, Reading and Writing) started at about 9.15am and ended around 12 noon. it was freezing cold inside. part of my brain and hands were half-frozen already. To those who are planning to take the exam, do rememeber to bring along your sweaters. Like HSC exams, time management was relly crucial. My HSC friend Li Chen was there too so we went out for lunch together since her speaking test was scheduled at 5.10pm.

Returned to the hotel and both of us sat there doing nothing, almost bored to death. Sms-ed janice and mone coz too bored d. told them there's a tall and good-looking ang moh guy. Jan replied telling me to concentrate in my exams. hahaha. suddenly he came and stand opposite us, i was like " go and stand other places ler" i don't know where i should look. LOL. Later the teacher called the guy and li chen and I were shocked as he was actually not an ang moh. his name was elija sadam. probably from the Middle East. sweat case right?  typical me...

waited till like 3.50 for the speaking test. i was the second last. saw the uncle who supplies books to CGL and he recognised me. his wife was one of the examiner! so coincidentally, i was examined by her. trying my best to recall the questions.

Part 1:  asked for my full name, where i was from, any sports played, erm can't remember the rest

Part 2: Questioon on the prompt card: what course would you like to take if you have the time? well, i did a practice in British Council on that similar question so i was able to answer the question, but still had some long pauses. ish. of course i replied a course on baking and cooking! hehehe..

Part 3: more general questions and opinions eg. do you think those who are guided by teachers will be more successful than those those are home-schooling?

the entire exam was pretty smooth except having to write and think as fast i could in a freezing cold hall!

~the End~

left hotel at about 4.45pm. bathed and headed to Kampachi in Equatorial Hotel  for japanese buffet for family gathering which at the same time served as my post-IELTS celebration. lotza pictures taken and had a fun night.

 

IELTS Prep Course

this week, i'm occupied with my IELTS classes which start at 6pm and ends at 9.15pm from Tuesday to Friday..and saturday will be my EXAM!! shooot...
the first two classes were rather enjoyable as the ang moh teachers have been very nice and funny. the people i met there were very nice as well, no hot guys though...LOL. i'm the youngest in the class with 2 of my other classmates while the rest are in their 20's, 30's, 40's well maybe one in his 50's. and most of them are going to Australia! why is Aussie so popular??
hope i will enjoy the rest of the classes, focus in class and do well in my exam coz i've spent so much money in it!  since i don't get to go to Evan Yo's music showcase on Friday already, i might as well just forget about it and try my best in the exam.

Forget about the shocase but not the singer.. so here's a song i would love my fellow readers to listen to:
Evan Yo: 你看不到的天空 (ni kan bu dao de tian kong)