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Having Career Planning Talk Now

August 20th, 2008

Aha, I’m obviously not listening to the lecturer now on interviewing skills, hope she doesn’t come to my blog ya.

“…interview is a two way process… blablabla.. how many have gone through phone interview? ” I’m falling asleep liao, tonight still have handball training and badminton training, block c go go go!

Hall life is super fun! Friendly people, interesting activities and sports, yea, sports can help me lose weight! But then Sheares Hall got nice supper and also damn ON supper kaki! We went for durian and xiao long bao supper at Geyland, 130am! More photos follow…

Too difficult to type on iTouch.

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Running at the Youth Park

July 17th, 2008

Multiple of tires are building up around my waist, so I decided to go for some workout to remove these tires. I went to Penang Sports Club, wanted to go to the gym for the thread mill and weights. Then when I enter the gym, the stupid malay fat lady asked me for my membership card. Wtf, for so many times i visted the gyms, there wasn’t once I need to show that card, and I didn’t bring. They are so heartless, or I could say coward. She says she afraid that her supervisor will scold her. Crap. I told my mum, and my mum called her friend, who was a VIP of the gym to scold her. But in the end, I end up going to the youth park. I am sure my stamina will drop by the mere glance of that fat yalam lady.

Youth park was so crowded, and the arobic session is so funny. Everyone there was following moves. Some very rare scenes in Penang.

So I jogged around the field, the park and then I can’t tahan anymore. Must really do more exercise from now onwards.

*I love my qingqing and I miss her so much*

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I Started Playing Badminton Again

June 21st, 2008

Yesterday, I went to play badminton with my dad. Finally coming back to some sports after 2 months of pure eat sleep, but amazingly my weight still hovers at 60kg. Well, I am gonna get it down to 58kg, 60kg still seems heavy! I have to start scheduling my gym sessions, sports as well as finger exercise aka PS3!

So, the badminton was fun but unfortunately my dad’s power was too strong until something like this happened.

I have never broken a badminton string before, no matter how hard I hit, how hard I try. I guess I don’t do a lot of skillful shots like slicing shots or drop shots which incur more friction. What I like is just hard smashing, which also reflects quite a lot of my personality, always seeking the fast and rash way to solve things. I should perhaps learn to take things calmly and be less rash and aim for quality work.

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Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit & Fifa Street 3

June 19th, 2008

I realised I can’t live with only 2 games on my PS3 (Army of Two & Assassin’s Creed), so I went to buy 2 new games (as titled) to cure my boredom. Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit is one of the much anticipated games in my list. Not only does it brings me back the memory of childhood, the fast gameplay and HD cartoon is sort of crisp and clear, HD gaming does indeed offer a luxury gaming experience as compared to the past, 2D and pixelatted. On the other hand, Fifa was never in my list, but the short brain-less gameplay makes me buy it, just to distress myself once in awhile. The simple button controls and shaolin soccer like gameplay is real cool and simply fun!

I bought them from Gamemart, 1-stop midlands. The buying experience was great overall despite the long delay of Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit. Reasonable prices and friendly staff. Dragon Ball and FIfa Street 3 were Rm170 and RM90 respectively

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Challenges Motivate People

May 29th, 2008

The rest of the post is about the life of a teacher and the values I derives from it.

From a third party point of view, he is certainly a person who really wants to make a change in his students’ lives. Instead of seeing teaching as mundane and a routine to go through, he sees it as a challenge, and he is constantly seeking ways to enlighten those students who are ignorant, hard to teach, stupid, lazy and etc. Though frustration sets in each time, he does not give up but continue, just that in a stricter and forceful manner to ensure that the students learn, at least a bit. Of course, he doesn’t feel good. Will you ever feel good scolding or even be fierce to your friends? He treats all his students like his friends and he goes the extra miles to make sure his friends are doing fine in his academic or even life.

As it goes on, meaning the students continue to be ignorant and (still) stupid, he starts to detest his job. If I were him, I’d left the post immediately. Nonetheless, he still sees the challenge in his job and he is formulating a way to educate these ignorant beings. I hope he will succeed, but i highly doubt so, given the IQ and attitude of these students.

I give him my respect, for his perseverance and determination. More importantly, for the way he sees things in life, as challenges instead of daily routines. I must start adopting these set of principle because I can’t persevere and also, I feel that only when we’re challenged, we will put in our very best. So, start looking at your life from a different perspective now and things will look more colourful and lively.

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It’s Never Too Late For Charity

May 26th, 2008

For those who know me well, have I given you the impression that my money is spent only on gadgets and ipods? I think thats the impression I give to everyone. But wait, I do like to do charity too, not trying to boast, I am trying to bring people into this doing good deeds.

The recent natural disasters have been devastating to the surviving victims as they lost their homes and love ones. Moreover, inefficient bureaucracy and paranoid government are the cause of further despair for the victims. I pity them.

I youtube the song 承诺 last night, sang by a large group of Hong Kong artists. In the video, Premier Wen was seen talking to the kids who lost their parents and he said

“你们幸存活下来，就好好活下去。”

while the kids were sobbing. It’s a very heart breaking scene. If possible, please donate and help them, for the reconstruction of schools, houses and every basic infrastructures. They shall not be deprived of a normal life.

As the chinese proverb goes, 祸不单行, meaning ‘Bad Stuffs Don’t Happen Once, But in a Series, One After Another’ (sorry for the lousy translation) Meanwhile, the promotion of the use of biofuel as the alternative source to petroleum has sparked what the economists called the speculative investment on our basic commodity - food! The demand supply theory is messing up our daily lives, causing inflation in almost everywhere of the world. We may not feel the pinch yet, but the poor people from the Africa Region are feeling the pain. They can hardly afford to feed their people, yet the prices of staple food like rich and flour have been spiking. Even the UN’s world food programme is now fighting a losing battle as it is short of millions of dollars to feed the hungry ones.

Although we are insignificant as an individual, we are almighty and beyond imagination when it comes to collective efforts. What we need to do are to donate a small amount or do whatever stuff that can show our support to them so that they won’t feel left out. If you haven’t thought of helping, you are not selfish nor ignorant, you are just unaware and not informed. No worries, it’s never too late for CHARITY. To them, your tiny help is precious and it’s now or never.

Read on to know more about the bag in the picture and for the video i mentioned.

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NUS BBA teasession, 24th May 08

May 25th, 2008

Okay, is time for a little update on my Uni choice. Just attended NUS BBA teasession yesterday in the University Cultural Hall. Great location. It seems like NUS has a really good career service office. Okay, thats not the point. NUS is really rich and generous. They are willing to spend bucks to attract students. They held a luncheon, inviting all potential BBA students to Orchard Hotel, 8-course meal man! Then the BBA Teasession where the location is wow, and they serve nice cakes too!

During the Teasession, I talked to one of the big shots from NUS BBA, she asked what I am being offered, and I told her Concurrent Degree BBA + MSc. Then she asked, ‘So you have accepted the offer?’ Obviously not yet, and her reply was ‘Wah, give you direct master, still don’t want to accept yet ar?’ (Those aren’t the exact words, but the meaning is there) Is the offer really that great? I had one friend saying me stupid that I still need to kill my brain cells thinking of my Uni choice as it’s so clearly that NUS has given me the best offer among the 2 versities I chosen.

So what’s my choice? Wait, not finish yet. When we were in the bus touring NUS, the Bizad President, Richie said he faced the same dilemma 2 years ago, but his choice to NUS was triggered by Dr Mahathir because when Dr M was giving a speech in SMU, he kept mentioning NUS. So, since a Prime Minister talks about the school, the school must be a good school, aye?

I think I would be stupid if I don’t go NUS for its USP, MSc and the flexible choice of cross faculty module. And since SMU has cheated my feeling by saying that they will reply us the outcome last week, I have decided to choose NUS. But I still like SMU, for its campus, style and culture. I used to think that the class participation thing is a very attractive feature of SMU, but I believe if I want to talk, i can speak up anywhere, and talk with passion, instead of being pressured to talk. Well, I guess, I’ll just have to be practical and choose the one which gives me more opportunities.

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The Final Showdown

May 22nd, 2008

Oh shit, I really don’t know how to choose. Flip a coin, head or tail? Banging my heads on the wall… BANG BANG BANG! Ouch! Still don’t know. If SMU don’t offer me Extraordinary Scholarship, I’ll go NUS, full-stop!

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Versity Dilemma

May 21st, 2008

Deadline is approaching. By 2nd June, I will have to make my decision of which Versity to go to, either SMU or NUS. The choice is difficult to make. Right now, I have been offered Business Management and Economics double degree by SMU and heard nothing from NUS apart from the acceptance of University Scholar Programme. Well, seems like there’s is only one choice for me now. But I guess NUS will reply in the coming days.

I realise both Uni adopt different strategies in luring students. SMU acted swiftly by comfirming the offer of places , just 2 days after the interview while NUS took damn long time but still no replies (but i heard many others gotten their outcome, maybe NUS don’t want me, I don’t care). Certainly, the sincerity of SMU is felt (i’m not bias) since their prompt replies reduce our anxiousness. On the contrary, the NUS internal systems seem to be fragmented. How can the USP gives me an offer while there’s still nothing from the School of Biz. Maybe they want to surprise me? I hope so :)

I was shortlisted for the Lee Kong Chian scholarship interview, entered the final round, but I don’t think I am going to make it though. Just praying that they are going to offer me some other scholarships instead. And yes, they are efficient, SMU says they will inform us between May and June. As for NUS, I went for the don’t-know-what scholarship interview, but heard that the outcome will only be revealed in mid or end June. Why don’t they just reveal it now to attract the potential students? i’m sure many will turn away just because of Scholarships matter. Right now, i can only pray hard for a scholarship, please pray for me too!

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Was she Fat or Pregnant?

May 13th, 2008

The MRT was very crowded even when it was already 9pm in the evening. As I boarded the train, just happened that this man stood up to stand by the door. (I think he don’t want to squeeze through the crowd to get off the next stop) People around were looking at the seat, then glancing around, hesitating whether to have a seat. Think so much for what, before anyone had acted, i grabbed the seat. Yea, I took out my The Long Tail and started reading.

2 stops later, the MRT was almost overloaded and I saw this lady wearing a tight and light color t-shirt in her 30s entered and was eyeing around for a seat. My first guess was she was too fat to stand, so she needed a seat desperately. Being me, of course I won’t give up my seat to a overweight person right? But wait, on a second thought, she looked like she was pregnant, I wasn’t sure. Meanwhile, she was still searching hard trying to see if anyone would give up their seat to her. I thought I should, but there’s still part of me believing that those were merely fats! I glanced at my neighbour, who was nearer to her, he was totally ignoring oblivious.

Well, I looked at her a couple of times, and I thought that there’s nothing to lose if I give up my seat, but she had a big risk of hurting her stomach if she was pregnant. So when I finally decided to give up my place, I felt paiseh. Why had only I given up my seat after the train had traveled for more than 2 stations? Nonetheless, I acted as if I was alighting and trying to shield my paiseh-ness away.

Therefore…

To all pregnant women, if you are expecting to get a seat in the bus or mrt, either wear some clothes that show clearly that you are pregnant or request for the seat. Sometimes, it’s just too difficult to differentiate fat belly and pregnancy.

Note: I do give up my seats to those who require them more and you should too! Cheers!

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