Penang Trip

Went to Penang on 7th Dec and back in KL on the 11th.

It was a post-A-level trip, not to mention it was my first time in Penang, and first time flying (by plane of course, and alone).

It was not a family trip. I went there to meet up with Choong, Eric, Mizan, Christine (all KTT-ians) and had Jimmy and Edwin (Choong’s wonderful friends) to join us.

I’m not going to blah a lot here (holidays make people lazy). So I’ll just mention the important stuff…

First, my mobile phone had a culture shock. It turned into a super troublesome gadget once I landed in Penang, just to name a few, frequent blackout and spontaneous shut down, which made communication very very inconvenient. Ish!! The worst thing is, the problems still persist even till  now.

Second, we went to various tourism sites, including Kek Lok Si Temple, Gurney Plaza, Queensbay Mall (not shopping spree ah) and some other places which I don’t remember or don’t even know the name.

 

From left: Choong, Eric, me, Jimmy

 

 

The newly constructed pavilion housing Guan Yin statue. I think we missed the officiating ceremony by 1 day earlier or later.

 

Meet up with Christine on the 4th day at Queensbay Mall where this retarded  photo was taken. XD Haha…

 

Third, Penang delicacies. I didn’t try much Penang food (I mean the ones which Penang is famous for) due to many reasons but I still managed to have a sip of nutmeg juice, some Char Kui Teow and rojak. Hope to revisit Penang again!

Last but not least, million thanks to Choong and his uncle for providing comfortable accommodation as well as hospitality, and Jimmy and Mizan for providing transport and driving us around and across the island. Oh ya, TQ Christine for meeting us even though you were suffering from food poisoning and diar… throw up.

Hope to see you guys again (KI should not be the reason) and happy holidays!!!

 

P/S: I need to brush up my Hokkien to prepare for future uses. Or, I can pretend to be a banana as this can solve most communication difficulties in places like Penang.

A Night to Remember

Event: Graduation Dinner aka Prom Night

Date: 21 Nov 2009

Venue: Pan Pacific KLIA

Honestly, a part of me wasn’t looking forward to the event

but another half of me was dreading for it because it marks the end of my life in KTT

(at least no sight of KTT for few months before I return for a language course).

Reason is… I have to perform in a musical *ish*.

The last time I performed was on the last day of orientation,

and it seems that an opening must (god says MUST) be followed by,

unfortunately, an ending,

and the musical proved this theory.

I wanted to get over with EVERTYTHING

(the musical, prom night, and eventually KTT).

But turned out that I enjoyed myself!

I always find myself enjoying every single moment

where before everything happened,

I was hoping for it to end quick and clean.

As I promised, below are the snapshots.

As always, photo sessions began

before the start of any event,

when someone important was crapping,

sorry, I mean delivering his/her speech,

and continued all the way

until everything in schedule has ended

and we were commanded to leave.

in the bus…

mee and yasmin =D

ah cheng (neighbour), mee, choong (roommate)

where’s daniel (housemate)??

mee and weird neighbours: eric, beh

mee and beh with a vampire fang

ahem… let me introduce…

my prom date: christine

and her housemate, sylvia

also a resident of tangga 3, Hui Zhi

congrats for getting a grand prize in lucky draw!

i only got a water heater…

and her housemate, Chai Lian / CL / Jill / Power Station Cindy / Mrs. Beh

who always looks fierce

unlike the sweet felicia

黑白配

mee, Mrs. Chua (Lynn) and beh

welcome back christine

where have you been?

cat fight with lynthia? demon vs. evil??

ic...

can imagine mee dancing? no way…

and finally

全家福

congrats people! yummmmmm seeeennnnnng!!

oh ya

malaysia’s next top models

syok-syok sendiri… lol

_________________ (fill in the blank）

more pictures in facebook

even more in my laptop

if you have access to them

:p

The most wonderful night in my entire A level

has finally come to an end

Millions thanks to all my dearest friends for being

kind, helpful, funny, weird, forgiving, sexy & …

Happy Holidays to all of you!

For those travelling

have a safe & memorable journey

& remember to buy souvenirs for me

For those working

may you earn a lot until you beg for money to stop coming

& don’t forget to chia me

For those just eating & sleeping at home

may you rot and we never meet

XOXO

wasabi

you know you love me

ya, i'm watching gossip girl

It all ended

Here's a brief summary of what happened last week...


A2 exams ended on last Tuesday =D
Followed by KL trip until midnight
Had my hair trimmed and styled
Bought a shirt and a pants for prom night
Took a super luxurious dinner at Jogoya :q
Spent RM500++
-.-

Went to 1 Utama on Wednesday
Had a "romantic" diner
Happy and tired, but still happy

Thursday and Friday
Packing of belongings, cleaning of apartment
picking up shit and throwing away tonnes of refuse (and money...)
Practiced for performance- musical theatre
when those not performing were sleeping or shaking legs
Tired~~

Saturday
D-Day!
Graduation Dinner / Prom Night
I believe pictures say more than do words
So,
stay tuned!

Oh ya
I almost forget

Sunday (today)
Sayonara to 1 and a half years of
frustration and disgust
and
everyone who kept me moving and alive

另类固执

把昨天都作废
现在你在我眼前
我想爱
请给我机会
如果我错了也承担
认定你就是答案
我不怕谁嘲笑我极端

相信自己的直觉
顽固的仍不喊累
爱上你 我不撤退

我说过
我不闪躲
我非要这麽做
讲不听也偏要爱 更努力爱 让你明白
没有别条路能走
你决定要不要陪我
讲不听偏爱 看我感觉爱
等你的依赖
对你偏爱
痛也很愉快

不后悔 有把握 我不闪躲
我非要这麽做
讲不听也偏要爱 更努力爱 让你明白
没有别条路能走
你决定要不要陪我
讲不听偏爱
看我感觉爱
等你的依赖
对你偏爱
痛也很愉快


张芸京
《偏爱》


献给
友达以上 恋人未满


又是一个依磨夜


你啦！干嘛急着转头？！

Bumblebee Halloween Costume

I couldn't laugh man...



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All the best to those taking exams...

Mass Destruction

My Raya holiday is coming to an end in few hours time and I’ll return to KTT tonight. ~_~

To describe this 12-day holidays, the word “unproductive” sums it all. I didn’t do anything meaningful (study, do revision) that a student like me should. I planned to spend my time wisely by studying because A2 exam is just 1 month and few days ahead.

Nevertheless, I only managed to finish browsing through several biology and physics chapters. Compared with my initial “aspiration”, I really feel like a loser now. And, of course, guilty. But… everything is too late now.

That’s why people say don’t count your chickens before they are hatched! (is the sentence correct? nvm…)

So, what have I done in the previous days?

Well, I ended up being a couch potato, watching dramas one episode after another. I couldn’t help it. I was not in the mood of studying because holidays are a luxury for KTT-ians…

Below are the 2 dramas (1 Taiwanese, 1 Korean) I watched. They have been released for quite some time but due to certain reasons, I only got to watch them now.

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First,

• Title: 痞子英雄 / Pi Zi Ying Xiong
• English title: Black & White
• Genre: Police, action
• Episodes: 24
• Broadcast network: PTS
• Broadcast period: starting 2009-Apr-11 (in Taiwan I guess)

Synopsis

Pi Zi and Ying Xiong are two cops who are as different as day and night. One does nothing except for drinking coffee and living a luxurious lifestyle while waiting for information from dubious sources to crack his cases. Another believes law and justice are the pillars of society and is constantly on the street catching criminals… a little overzealously for his superior’s liking. When a case brought these two top crime solvers together, sparks fly and a little light peeks into this dark city where the nation’s President is on friendly terms with the local mafia and people are killed while drinking milkshakes…

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Second,

Title: 꽃보다 남자 / Kgotboda Namja

Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers (lolz)

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 25

Broadcast network: KBS2

Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-05 to 2009-Mar-31 (in Korea)

Synopsis

Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four richest and most spoiled boys known as the F4. After saving a boy from jumping off the roof of Shinhwa High School, she is admitted into the school on a swimming scholarship. Jan Di tries to avoid confrontation with the F4 at all cost because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, when Jan Di's friend, Oh Min Ji, accidentally gets ice cream on the leader of the F4's shoes, she's forced to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.

And of course, they fall in love with each other, leading to a tangled mass of relationship like that in the picture below (not made by me ah). Orange lines represent love relationship, red for hatred or rivalry (I can’t read Korean language), black lines linking family members.

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Both dramas took me so many days to finish watching, with each episode lasting 60 +/- 10 minutes. Phew~~

The stories are intriguing, especially Black and White. If you enjoy tears-stimulating dramas and love love stuffs, the second one is right for you. If you don’t watch dramas or find them idiotic, kindly move your mouse cursor the the top right corner of this page and click. ^.^

~*~

Time to say goodbye
Paesi che non ho mai
Veduto e vissuto con te
Adesso si li vivro.
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
Its time to say goodbye.

Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli

被点中！

被点到必填，不填代表你不尊重传给你的人和问卷。
(1) 请老实的回答每一个问题。
(2) 不行擅自塗改題目。
(3) 写完请点5位小朋友，不可不点。
(4) 点完后请通知那5位小朋友他被点到了。
hehe… …

===========================
1. 是谁传給你这份问卷的:: 宁芮
2. 你们认识多久呢:: 9 或 10 年了吧
3. 你觉得他(她)对你來说很重要吗:: 重要！（有点不好意思~）
4. 你与他(她)的关系是:: 好朋友
5. 你觉得他(她)的个性如何:: 复杂，但不讨人厌
6. 请问他(她)的兴趣是:: 帅哥？？
==============================

問 : 當你在更衣室沖水，门忽然被打开了你会？
答 : 更衣室内有冲水设施吗？
問 : 海中忽然大浪來襲后，你发现比基尼小姐上身泳裝被沖掉了你会？
答 : 看看她的表情
問 : 去海边玩会使用咩交通工具？
答 : 敞篷跑车
問 : 你突然发现沒帶泳裝、泳衣你会買吗？
答 : 谁说没带泳衣就不能在海边玩？
問 : 会的。。
答 : 会什么？
問 : 回去时，发现有其他遊客手机沒拿，你会觉得是哪牌子的？
答 : Nokia
問 : 海边对你來说是？
答 : 放松心情的好去处
問 : 看到镜子，会不由自主的向前吗？
答 : 当然不会，也没那个必要
問 : 经常用洗面乳吗？
答 : 每日几次
問 : 说到自恋会想到谁？
答 : 学院那里的朋友
問 : 有人说该減肥了你会？
答 : 出世至此没胖过！
問 : 自恋，適合你吗？
答 : 希望有自恋的机会

完毕！！

Mantoux Test

I have just taken a medical screening which is requested by JPA, and I will be collecting the report on Tuesday. The tests include physical examination such as height, weight,blood pressure, pulse etc and lots more like chest X-ray and others which I don’t remember.

The most troublesome test of all is the Mantoux Test. For you guys wondering wth is a mantoux test, below are extracts from wikipedia. Hope you find it useful. =D

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The Mantoux test (also known as the Mantoux screening test, Tuberculin Sensitivity Test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for Purified Protein Derivative) is a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis. It is one of the two major tuberculin skin tests used in the world, largely replacing multiple-puncture tests such as the Tine test.

Tuberculin is a glycerol extract of the tubercle bacillus. Purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin is a precipitate of non-species-specific molecules obtained from filtrates of sterilized, concentrated cultures. It was first described by Robert Koch in 1890. The test is named after Charles Mantoux, a French physician who developed on the work of Koch and Clemens von Pirquet to create his test in 1907.

Procedure

A standard dose of 5 Tuberculin units (0.1 mL) is injected intradermally (between the layers of dermis) and read 48 to 72 hours later. A person who has been exposed to the bacteria is expected to mount an immune response in the skin containing the bacterial proteins.

The injection was “disgusting-ly” painful man. The pain of the initial ant bite before extracting a test tube-full of blood is totally incomparable with this. First, I felt the needle piercing through the skin, then the needle “travels” between the skin layers. When the tuberculin is being injected, I felt as though something was hitting the bones. After that, a swelling just like that caused by a mosquito bite appeared.

The reaction is read by measuring the diameter of induration (palpable raised hardened area) across the forearm (perpendicular to the long axis) in millimeters. If there is no induration, the result should be recorded as "0 mm". Erythema (redness) should not be measured.

I’ll have the reading taken on Tuesday.

If a person has had a history of a positive tuberculin skin test, another skin test is not needed, but if negative another test may be needed.

Classification of tuberculin reaction

The results of this test must be interpreted carefully. The person's medical risk factors determine at which increment (5 mm, 10 mm, or 15 mm) of induration the result is considered positive. A positive result indicates TB exposure.

• 5 mm or more is positive in
  • HIV-positive person
  • Recent contacts of TB case
  • Persons with nodular or fibrotic changes on chest x-ray consistent with old healed TB
  • Patients with organ transplants and other immunosuppressed patients
• 
  
• 10 mm or more is positive in
  • Recent arrivals (less than 5 years) from high-prevalence countries
  • Injection drug users
  • Residents and employees of high-risk congregate settings (e.g., prisons, nursing homes, hospitals, homeless shelters, etc.)
  • Mycobacteriology lab personnel
  • Persons with clinical conditions that place them at high risk (e.g., diabetes, prolonged corticosteroid therapy, leukemia, end-stage renal disease, chronic malabsorption syndromes, low body weight, etc)
  • Children less than 4 years of age, or children and adolescents exposed to adults in high-risk categories
• 
  
• 15 mm or more is positive in
  • Persons with no known risk factors for TB
  • (Note: Targeted skin testing programs should only be conducted among high-risk groups)

A tuberculin test conversion is defined as an increase of 10 mm or more within a 2-year period, regardless of age.

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I’ll receive my test report on next Tuesday. Hopefully everything’s fine just like last year (this is the second medical check-up I did, exactly the same as that I took before entering KTT last year).

Tata. =D

Bedtime Stories

Night time has always been an emo time for me, and it’s still is now. Whatever that meets my eyes or crashes my ears will always be interpreted in a very different way, emotionally to be exact, than that I feel in the hot and sunny daytime.

Of course, it is also the emo-waves that washed away the laziness-causing parasites in my body and brought me here.

PS: I personally recommend reading this article at night. =D

Wonderful things happened to me last few days, the sweetest one being me obtaining an overall band 8.0 for the IELTS I took. Whether it’s just luck that I got merciful examiners to mark my papers and evaluate my speaking ability or I underestimated my ability, all of them are no longer important. I got what I want, in fact, it’s more than what I expected.

Million thanks to whoever that helped, encouraged, discouraged or spent time joining my stress-release sessions even late at night. Now, I’m more than content and grateful for having things (e.g. success, care…) which I thought I have to live without.

And then it was Chai Lian’s 19th birthday. If anyone notices, the date was 09/09/09 (dd/mm/yy). What a nice combination! How I wish I was born in such “auspicious” day, not to mention having a sweet partner and a van-full of people to celebrate the awesome day.

There were 13 of us including the birthday girl. We enjoyed ourselves to the fullest and played the craziest way. And it’s also the day I let out another side of me (playful? stupid? Whatever…) which I rarely project elsewhere. I felt incredibly carefree that day. Realising such opportunity to hang out with the people I like is a scarcity, I know that I really have to throw away all the burdens which I carry most of the time and accept the happiness just a few feet away from me.

Again, thank you guys for inviting and allowing me to join.

For more photos, kindly visit my Facebook profile.

On Friday night, I celebrated Jun Suet’s belated birthday with Ning Jui and Li En at TGI Friday’s, IOI Mall. So many people I know turned 19 in September. Despite being tired, I still made my way to the mall to wish her Happy Birthday because it’s the last birthday she can have with me around before I fly to India next year (hopefully). With amazing people and great food, we spent quite some time there eating and chatting. It was warm, I mean emotionally.

What can possibly be better than spending moments with people who meant so much to you?

Finally, it is now 13/09/09, 1.56am. I’m the only person still awake at home, still don’t feel like sleeping although am feeling bored and emo.

I wish… that things can always be better than last minute.

Everything shall return normal

I was terribly sick few weeks ago, having persistent fever for 2 weeks accompanied by flu, cough and headache (seem familiar right? Yea, all those are the symptoms of the hottest influenza A H1N1). Nevertheless, the symptoms and illnesses subsided before I was declared a carrier. Phew~~

And thanks to those who wished me a speedy recovery.

Then came the release of AS result. To my great relieve and satisfaction, I got straight A's (4 A's to be precise), and so did my buddies in college. There were 53 or 54 students who got 4 A's (I counted 1 by 1 from the name list leh) and this accounted one-third of the people who took the exam in June.

Not forgetting those who obtained staight A's in all the 3 subjects they took. Congratz!!! All the countless hard work had been paid off. What was next? Celebration time of course. Most of us escaped the college and had a good time in shopping complexes, making the college building seemed evacuated (almost).

Next up was IELTS tests which was held on last Friday and Saturday. I was feeling very stressed but can't find any way to release the tension. I tried to jog every evening until nearly run out of energy. For that fraction of time, it seemed as though the dreadful thought of IELTS tests faded. However, the feeling surfaced not long later when I was resting at night.

I know the best way of keeping myself from thinking unnecessarily is to keep myself extremely busy. But I was not in the mood of doing anything meaningful and so let the negative imagination drowned me.

Nevertheless, I finished the tests yesterday. I won't comment about the tests here 'coz what's done is done. It's time to get back on track with everything as I was left behind due to IELTS preparation. I can finally return to my normal study routine. No more jealousy towards Daniel (my housemate) 'coz he has been studying like mad when I was completely occupied with IELTS stuff as he had done the tests weeks before me. Yeah yeah!

Trial exam is just around the corner. There is so little time for so many things. I pray that I manage to finish learning and revising the exam syllabus before the exams.

Bring it on!

Back. Finally.

Well, I know I’m a very lazy person. It’s been long since I last posted and I have many reasons a.k.a. excuses for abandoning my blog for such a long time, which, as usual, I’m not going to explain why. To you who are reading this and others who care about this pity blog, thousand apologies…


To make things simple and understandable, point-form does the best job.


1. Finished the AS exam in early June, now undergoing the third semester of A level programme. Tough life…

2. Moved out of my apartment (hostel) and joined Choong, Daniel and Ah Wong in the apartment one floor below the previous one. Choong said I’m the most “normal” person in the apartment. But if that’s the case, I’m actually the most “abnormal” one when this situation is viewed from another perspective.

3. New semester, new time-table, and new lecturers. Thank God~~

4. Juniors (new JPA scholars) joined the big KTT community on 13th July. Congratulations or commiseration?

5. Busy selling books to juniors while some friends busy hunting LZ & LL. I don’t care, I just want the $$$.

6. Learned a lot about my new housemates. Their behavior, routine, likes, dislikes and so much more…

7. Went to Times Square with Choong, Ah Wong and Ah Cheng. We watched the IMAX version of Transformers 2. That was the 2nd time hanging out with college friends (1st time with housemates) after a visit to Tong Zen Temple during CNY.

8. Had my first ever Physics night class at 9pm to 11pm, and after that dinner (or supper) at 11 something coz the spaghetti (my supposedly dinner) wasn’t ready before I went to class. You think water boils at room temperature is it? (only my housemates understand this)

9. Kai Hsien’s 18th birthday!! Grow up ok??

10. Farewell to Bryant =( . But congrats for securing a place to study medic in Indon. Btw you are cute, sorry Wong!

11. Engagement issue which troubled me physically and mentally.

12. Mid-semester exam at 8.30pm started on Monday and ended on Thursday (16th July).

13. Home sweet home!


Present and future:
Can’t wait to meet Su Lin who just returned from China, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! OMG OMG!!!

Oyasumi nasai!

Scholarship virus

An outbreak of why-didn’t-I-get-the-JPA-scholarship endemic has started few days ago. The influenza biasiswa is known to the nation as being annual, and for reasons unknown, there is still no vaccine available. As history suggests, the virus will linger in the community for a considerable amount of time, inflicting frustration and gloom before vanishing into silence.

It can be seen from the newspapers and TV news that students who did not manage to secure themselves with the scholarship were voicing their protest and dissatisfaction, despite obtaining bunch of A1’s in SPM. Some got the scholarship offer, but it is not what they wanted, e.g. different course or scholarship to study locally instead of overseas.

Such chaos happens every year, and the reasons and causes behind all these were… many. Due to my “identity”, I must not comment in depth. However, I’d still like to provide a few dosages of opinion (just what I think).

I understand that many people are very disappointed. They have worked very hard and getting the scholarship is the best present to compensate whatever they have sacrificed. However, luck was not at their side. Yes, LUCK. It is even more frustrating when a person who got 14A1’s did not get the scholarship while another person with only a dozen got it.

There are plenty of reasons causing the scholarship to slip from their fingers, one of which is the course they applied for. Here, I’ll just talk about medic. The number of applications for medic is more than threefold the number of scholarships actually available. It seems like so many people wanted to become doctor. But are they really ready for it? Are they sure that they will hold no grudges when they are forced to work 36 hours continuously, looking more like patients than the patients?

People may wonder how it feels being a scholar, especially JPA scholar. As such, they will start fantasizing about the glory and money and everything sweet. As time passes, the thought of getting the scholarship rooted deep in their mind, and they get super sad when they don’t have it. It is even more sad to see parents saying things like: “ … all the efforts are wasted…” Is studying really just about getting scholarship?

What I can say is that getting JPA scholarship is just a brief burst of fame. But after that, life goes on. With all eyes on you, you have to work thousand times harder than you were. Also, the scholarship does not guarantee you a flight ticket to study abroad. With greater challenges, harder syllabuses and more competition, can you handle the pressure?

There is also no turning back. If you regret making the decision, you will face the fate of paying back all the money the government spent on you, and it’s a really BIG sum of $$$. Unless you come from a wealthy background, then there should not be a problem. But why taking the scholarship when your parents can afford to send you study overseas?

If you did not get the scholarship, calm down and don’t feel upset. Maybe there’s a blessing in disguise?

OK, it’s time to return to the alphas and betas, sine, cos and tan. Ciao!

Trash

It should be a very long chain of words here, full of rancour, but accidents happen in life, no matter how we dislike them.

I'm extremely reluctant to re-type everything that was here few minutes before, because the fact that doing this will just resurrect everything evil and this would possibly affect the quality of sleep I shall have later stops me from doing this. Just ask me if you are curious enough to want to have everything clarified. I'll answer you vocally.

Lets KISS (keep it short & simple).

Tomorrow is the first day of AS exam, beginning with Pure Maths 1. Here, I wish those who are reading this and will be taking any sort of exam ALL THE BEST and MAY WE SCORE WITH FLYING COLOURS!

I'll be returning to the place of sorry sight this afternoon instead of evening. Wish me luck.

Don't be stupid

2 more days to the fate-determining AS exam

Pure Maths 1 marks the start

also bringing me closer to the end of anxieties, uncertainties

everything unnecessary

fear is crawling on my body

perhaps...

a sinful bite on

the heavenly

a

creamy ~ rich Belgian coverture chocolate ~ white chocolate filling

aka chocolate indulgence

a

could shake it off

a

a

don't forget

the softness # the taste # the residual fragrance

*

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*

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it's time to...

a

a

a

a

a

SLEEP and STOP DREAMING

LWL!

All about DREAMS

I had my IELTS presentation yesterday. Luckily there was enough time for my group to present it, so we don’t have to wait until next week. Phew~~

The topic: DREAMS

It was a Power Point presentation and I was the last one in the group to present. For that few minutes, I took the role of “dream interpreter”. As the name suggests, yes, I interpret dreams.

Dream Interpretation: the process of assigning meaning to dreams.

Some of the info I presented were…

CHASE DREAMS

If in the dream, you are
pursued by an attacker, and you re running away from he/she/it
the dream suggests that you are avoiding a problem in your waking life

you are the chaser
you have the drive and ambition to go after something you want / you are falling behind

FLYING DREAMS

flying with ease and enjoying the scene and landscape below
you are on top of a situation

having difficulties staying in flight
lack of power in controlling your own circumstances

feeling fear when you are flying / flying too high
you are afraid of challenges and of success

FALLING DREAMS

The dreams indicate that…

you are feeling overwhelmed and out of control in some situation in your waking life

you fear of failing in your job/school, loss of status, or failure in love

TEETH DREAMS

If in your dream, you have your teeth crumble in your hands, fall out one by one with just a light tap, grow crooked or rot, the dream

reflects your anxiety about your appearance and how others perceive you

you fear of being embarrassed

you are experiencing a sense of powerlessness

TEST DREAMS

If you dream that you are taking a test/exam, the dream

indicates that you are being put to a test or being scrutinized in some way

suggests that you may feel unprepared for a challenge

is an indication that you are being judged

Lastly,

NAKED DREAMS

o.0

In the dream, if you are

naked in public
you may be hiding something and are afraid that others can see right through you

naked at work / in a classroom
you are unprepared for a project at work or school

naked in your dream, but no one else seems to notice
the dream implies that your fears are unfounded

proud of your nakedness and show no shame or embarrassment
the dream symbolizes your unrestricted freedom / you are drawing the wrong kind of attention

Interesting???

In general, I gave myself a score of 8 out of 10 for my presentation. I used to be very nervous when I was delivering a presentation and I tend to have frequent “technical problems”. But this time, I managed to suppress my anxiety to a not-so-harmful level and this allowed me to sail smoothly till the end.

Tips for those who want to give a good (at least not very bad ) presentation:
Say it LOUD and SLOW
Search for people where you can have EYE CONTACT with

Hope they help!

My wishlist

Before I leave my blog news-less for perhaps another few weeks (which I’ll try to avoid), I’d like to add something here while I still have the urge and time to do so. This time, please allow me to venture (I mean, crap) into Fashion & Entertainment.

I went to Times Square on Friday and stepped my feet for the very first time in SUB (a clothing store). I’ve visited Padini Concept Store for plenty of times but the reason why I never visit, or at best to patronize SUB is that most of the apparels are in white or black. This gives me the impression that the clothes are costly and they are far beyond my reach.

Nevertheless, I’ve successfully made a few rounds inside the store. What I have to say is, the shirts I saw in the shop are those I’ve been seeking! From casual wear to formal shirts, I couldn’t resist wishing to own a few pieces of them. I simply grabbed a formal top and cast a glance at the price tag. It’s priced at RM119.90. Well, I was surprised as it’s not as expensive as I imagined and still, er… affordable (courtesy of JPA’s $$$).

The visit was a brief one because I dislike being tailed by promoters. I love the clothes being worn by the mannequins and the way the clothes were mix-&-matched is creative yet acceptable. As I didn’t really explore the store thoroughly, I viewed sub.com.my to find out more about the store and the products it offers.

Below are snapshots of men’s wear, readily combined and matched with accessories.

I picked 3 of my favourite and the comments are:

undergarment Nice little black column which imitates a tie

sunglass Something I won’t try putting on

sling bag (or whatever it is called) Multi-purpose, but I won’t consider bringing it to class

shoes My favourite of all! Must get myself a pair. Anyone don’t mind buying for me??

undergarment Luv it!!

cap I’m a bit of anti-cap. Not handicapped ok? Touchwood!!!

vest Nice, but I have confidence issue for putting it on

bag Ha! This is the 1 I’ve been looking for. I’ll definitely won’t hesitate buying. Suitable for most occasions

jacket (or whatever it is called) +2_undergarments +scarf Very trendy and catchy combination. But is Malaysia so cold for that? Nor is it suitable for most areas in India (think too far…)

shoes Another items I’ll consider buying. Could they make me taller?

For the ladies, well, check out the website or the store for more details, hehehe.

Conclusion: I’ll definitely pay another visit to the store. What’s more? SUB is a Malaysian-based international fashion group. Who says Buatan Malaysia= no good? Time to feel good for being patriotic!

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Here comes the entertainment part.

For all those HARRY POTTER fans out there, the 6th movie of the series is finally here! It is estimated that the movie will release in Malaysia in 16 July, and if that’s the case, we, Malaysians, got to watch the movie earlier than most of the world!! Such a long wait it has been, but I don’t mind waiting for a few more months.

Will there be a 3D version of the movie at Times Square’s IMAX theatre?????

So that’s it, my simple yet hard-to-get wishes for the month. Is there anyone who’s generous & kind & wealthy who has no idea of how to spend the time & money? Contact me!

Or if you have the $$$ but dunno how to spend it on a person wisely, call me!

日行一善，功德无量噢！

Short Story

After abandoning my pity blog for more than a month (wow!), finally, and fortunately, I’ve decided to re-oxygenate it’s blood before it dies quietly.

I’m using English now because typing Chinese words is an extremely tedious task, for me la. Initially I decided to use mandarin in all my post because I wanted to limit the readers of my blog to certain group of people, hehehe, as some of the contents of the blogs are not meant for EVERY1. No offence, lol. HOWEVER, i succumb to my native laziness.

OK, back to business. Yesterday went to KL for a half day trip with Ning Jui & Jun Suet. Ning Jui’s mom took us to Jalan Petaling in the morning and dropped us at a “branded” (used to be) restaurant where we had our not-so-tasty dim sum where 90% of the people in the restaurants consisted of senior citizens.

After filling our stomach with meats & cholesterol, we walked around at Jalan Petaling. It was 9am something and most of the shops were still closed. I found that, surprisingly, there are many “hotels”, precisely motels which i think provide not just accommodation… OK enough of this.

To my great disappointment, one of the sport shoes that I was wearing had its bottom section (the rubber which cushions the foot) torn which made walking so “voluntary”, with conscious control over each and every pace. I was desperately looking for a shop selling shoes but most of the shops were still sleeping! The only hope I had was Times Square but it was thousand miles ahead.

Nevertheless, we managed to reach Times Square after walking for such long journey under the hot and mean sun. The first stop we visited was the washroom, of course, separately.

The next thing to do was to get myself a new pair of shoes. Lets trim the details down and go straight to>>> Ya, I bought a pair of Neckermann shoes and I’m jealous, till now, that Ning Jui bought a pair of BUM Equipment shoes at only RM19.90!! It’s genuine… but my feet are unexpectedly larger than the maximum size of the shoes available… Never mind, I still like mine.

And then… (further trimming and making life easy)… We walked for about 7 hours inside Times Square, appreciating everything beautiful but expensive along the way. I spent the least yesterday, while the other two got themselves the so-called “worth it” merchandises.

At 5pm something, we walked from Times Square to Tong Shin Hospital where Ning Jui’s mom works. The journey was even more torturing than that in the morning, with more vehicles at greater speed, more noise, hotter sun and more sweat. Finally, thousand thanks to Ning Jui’s mom, we returned to Puchong and home sweet home.

A fun and memorable experience ended, and with high hopes, there shall be more in the future.

是第19，也是第1次

昨晚上了大约9小时的课。由于KTT又治水（听说是拖欠水费），今天的课都被取消，而明天的课早已移前，所以照理来说我昨天就该回家了。但是我仍然留在学院，听朋友说今天会给我惊喜。

上完了昨天的课时已是傍晚了。我在学院对面的草场旁跑几圈后就到cafe跟朋友聊天。从谈话中，我“挖”到了朋友们将在今天为我庆祝生日的料。为了不辜负他们的一番心意，我决定留在学院。聊了好久好久后我回到宿舍洗澡，洗完后已是晚上8时许。

平时在这个时候的我一定是在温习功课。但由于生日即将来临，所以我决定暂时放纵自己不读书（其实也只是在找藉口偷懒）。那晚，我收到很多的简讯祝我生日快乐，也有收到几分礼物，真的是太开心了！后来有几个朋友陪我倒数看戏（不是去戏院，而是用我的手提电脑看），而其中一部是Slumdog Millionaire。

值得一提的是Slumdog Millionaire这部戏。起初我对它完全不感兴趣，但后来知道这部电影在第81届奥斯卡颁奖典礼获奖无数，当中包括最佳电影奖项，之后才对它产生兴趣。除此之外，我也想看看究竟印度的贫民窟长什么样子。我不管室友的劝阻，硬着头皮看该电影。

果然如他所说（：“不看会比较好。”），看了该片后那贫民窟的一切从此牢牢地烙印在我脑海里，远比我想象的还恐怖、夸张。而且，戏里的贫民窟其实比其他“同类”的地区好很多了，试想想真正的贫民窟的情况到底是怎么样？无论如何，这部戏的题材和构思还不赖，推荐大家去看。看完后已是凌晨2点多，睡觉时间到。

原本调好闹钟早上9点响，但我7点多就起床了。跟往常一样边吃早餐边听收音机的广播，过后再梳洗一番。然后？很无聊，也没心情温习功课，但仍逼自己“吞下”几页的书中黄金。

好不容易终于等到中午12点。后来我被阿骅“骗”上学院的巴士。我早已猜到大家的计划，但还是装傻配合。一上巴士，朋友们就高唱“生日快乐”，为我的生日惊喜划下起点。不知过了多久，大伙儿被载到Nilai的一家Pizza Hut外。我们用了很久的时间来决定要吃什么，后来就边吃边玩边拍照。在这里先让大家看看几张照片，迟些我会将所有的照片上载到Facebook去。

 

离开前，店员把朋友们准备的Secret Recipe蛋糕送到我面前。接下来当然就是唱生日歌和许愿咯。有趣的是，当我说：“I wish that all of us can  fly to India.”后，大伙儿面露不悦，不断ahem ahem。原来，我说错话了，sorry sorry！Christine纠正我，她教我说：“May all of us be sent to UK… Australia also not bad…。”哈哈，看来大家还是不肯接受将去印度深造的事实。噢，对了，那蛋糕的味道蛮好的，口味是Yasmin喜欢的Chocolate Indulgence。这是我第一次品尝S.R. 的蛋糕。有钱的话再光顾吧。

回到学院，他们叫我讲讲感言。我所说的内容包括这是十多年来第一次有人帮我庆祝生日，第一次切生日蛋糕，第一次收到生日礼物，还有这是我在KTT有史以来最快乐的一天等等。我非常感激他们为我所做的一切，他们的心意我都收到了（虽然嘴巴没透露太多）。再一次向他们说声：“谢谢！！”

回到宿舍，我处理一些事物后就回家。回到家里，我收到了宁芮的礼物。谢谢!

以上就是我度过第19个生日的方式。衷心感谢祝福我的每一个人，愿你们心想事成，随心所欲。最后，我希望自己能更勇敢、坚强地面对排山倒海的挑战，并且绝口不言放弃。

好久不见

前天我的前室友学长Jesse回KTT领取他的A Level Statement of Results，然后来到宿舍跟我小聚半小时。看到他四科A的成绩，心里充斥着羡慕。

短短半小时，我跟他聊了很多，大部分都关于学业。他下个星期五将会飞到印度展开他的学医之路了。他将在印度修读两念半的医科，过后再回到马六甲的分院上完另两年半的课。至于将于七、八月飞往印度修读牙科的学长们也将会在下个月回到学院上语言课（三种印度方言，包括Tamil和Kannada），为期三个月。

我很羡慕他即将成为医科生。是我太贪心？还是太不切实际？我无法否认，至今我仍希望能够更换科系。我甚至还说服不了自己牙医不是“二等”医生。我很了解医生的所承担的压力和工作时间比牙医多，但我之所以那么执着，是因为我想得到当医生的那种满足感。

医生所拥有的知识比牙医广泛、全面。他了解身体各部位的疾病与医治方法。牙医也一样，只不过他所了解的不比医生透彻，大部份的知识也只局限于口腔。我有把这些想法告诉Jesse。他安慰我，说：“如果你当上了医生，迟些日子你一定会去修读专科，如心脏专科。若你是牙医，你就像比别人早得到一个专科学位… …。”但如果我反问学长：“若让你选，你会选择当个医生还是牙医？”相信学长会感到很矛盾，不过，我当然没对这个让我十分敬佩的人下重手。

我明白学长的用心良苦，但也许我的想法太单纯，宁愿当一位被压力牵绊一生的医生也不要当个“比较”轻松的牙医好好享受生活。很希望自己真的是想法单纯，而不是真心想要成为一个医生，拥有那个照顾好身边的人的能力。

另外，学长告诉我JPA也许会从今年开始送学生到印度的北部修读牙科(印度北部某些地区有冬季耶，那里也是Bollywood Stars出没的地方)。若事实真的如此，这将会是史无前例的创举，还真希望能当其中一只开荒牛。他也说有些医学系学长成功向JPA申请转换就读的地方，当然不是从印度转到爱尔兰，而是从full-time India转到part-time（即twinning）或相反。但牙科生的申请却到目前为止没有成功的例子（更何况是另JPA付更大笔钱的转换科系）。无论希望多么渺茫，他还是鼓励我抱着希望。若真的不行，就把全副精神发在牙科吧。

很快的，学长就要回家了。临走前我俩承诺会保持联络。看到他离开了，我心里还真依依不舍。这种感觉比当初他毕业离开KTT时更强烈和深刻，可能是感觉到他真的即将离开大马了吧。

随着他的离开，我也回到了自己的世界，一个人的世界。当晚八时许，我考了道德考试。

在这里给学长送上深深的祝福，愿前途似锦，身体健康。

到底怎么了？

终于收集了新年假期前的考试的分数了。总的来说，有好有坏。

昨天才得到数学的分数，坦白说还蛮伤心的，成绩比预测的差好几倍，但这还不是重点。
重点是，从开学至今，我已经历了3次考试，每次都一定会考生物,化学，物理及数学。在每一次考试，我最多只拿得2个A，这真的让我很沮丧。

昨天上了数学课后，我回到宿舍收拾东西准备回家。当时的心情蛮负面的，一边打包东西一边聆听手机播放的哀伤音乐，一心只想回家，离开这个令我非常不适的地方。

我知道大家会叫我看开点，别把成绩看得太重。其实我明白这一点，我只不过对自己无法有突破性的表现感到失望。已经考了那么多次试，但成绩都保持为AABB，一直摆脱不了这个厄运，一直眼看别人好，自己却连羡慕都不敢。我自认已经很努力了，甚至比临考SPM时更用功，但为什么一直无法把AABB变成AAAA呢？（A是90%以上）我真的面对瓶颈了吗？

我虽然从不放弃，但事实已血淋淋地摆在眼前，不管我再怎么拼都始终抹不掉内心深处那源自没信心的自卑感。我说服不了自己，催眠不了自己，那些曾经令我感到自豪的回忆无法扶我一把。

也许有人会问：“成绩对你来说那么重要吗？”没错，我不否认，因为我不想被别人和自己视为弱势的一分子，我还想为自己保留一些尊严。

我会继续努力，绝口不言放弃。我仍然会以笑容欺骗大家，但希望有一天，我能够真正地由心笑出来。

独白

刚考完试，终于可以无忧无虑地坐在电视机前“煲”电视了，心里觉得还蛮感动的，哈哈。为什么会感动？说来话长。嗯，有很多原因啦，当中包括宿舍没电视看、之前因为考试要到了而不能够“放心”地看和 so on so forth...

考完试，当然就放假咯。接下来焦点就得放在新年啦。说到这个新年，不知该期待还是害怕。

期待，是因为可以放假。对于大部分日子必须在宿舍度过的人来说，假期是个可以回家过个象样的日子的大好机会。而且，由于是新年，大家的口袋、钱包、都有得进帐，袋袋平安＄＄＄＄

害怕，是因为新年的来临也正代表开学的日子慢慢逼近，各种烦恼压力都将来贺岁，让人不禁想延长假期，但又因为明知道这是不可能的事而感到纳闷。悲啊。。。

好了，点到就止。伤心的事不要再说了，今天就破例讲些“中性”的事。

新年新希望。

自己对“新年愿望”这四个字有些见解。也许自己的想法比较实际，与其谈论“愿望”这种听起来遥不可及的幻想以及为了避免希望变成绝望，还是讲些比较实际的东西。

所以今年，我要，不是希望，是要

万事如意！！

是的，没错，我要的就是

我要怎样就怎样！！！

Ahem... 也许大家会 swt 到脱水，读了那么多个字才发现自己把时间浪费在一整篇废话上。但是我答应，这绝对是空前绝后，下不为例（不过也得看我是否记得自己说过的话，做过的承诺）。

好了好了，手累了。在新年来临前提醒大家一定要

向钱看!!

谈未来

已经好久没上载文章了，这次一定会讲好多好多。下个星期就要考试了，大家都在埋头苦读，自己却在网上游荡，感觉还蛮奇怪的。

昨天在学院参加了一个活动。三位前KTT学生，由就是我的学长学姐们应该是趁大学放假而回大马一趟。他们现在在印度修读医科，这次回来时要跟我们分享他们在印度的生活。

他们讲了很多，我大概只记得以下这一些。

先说食宿方面好了。

他们说那里的水很脏，有锈铁的味道。起初他们都喝矿泉水，而且腹泻是很正常的。求神拜佛，最好自己的宿舍有过滤器。食物，当然是印度餐咯。。。至于电供呢，宿舍那里有generator，不过经常停电，比如说走几步路去拿水喝，就会突然停电，所以必须习惯这一切。

他们说刚到印度的前几个月大家都会手头紧。虽然JPA付每人每月USD$700，但由于要先缴几个月的房租和买这个拿个，所以刚开始时必须缩紧腰带过日子。

JPA多数把学生派到MAHE集团旗下的几所大学就读。每所大学所教的课程都一样，只不过在环境上就有些差别。打个比方，Kasturba Medical College。这所学院应该非常历史悠久吧，所以建筑物很简陋，可以说是很旧，座椅都是木制的，其他的器具都很旧。但是这间学院靠近很多商场，所以购物、娱乐不成问题。

另一间大学 Manipal University 则和 Kasturba 正好相反。它是一所新大学，什么东西都是新的、美的。但美中不足的是它的地理位置是处于较偏僻的地方，远离市区，就像KTT，所以要去到市区需要一段路程和时间，会有些不方便。

自己会被送去哪里，没人知道。

好了，现在就讲讲上课那方面吧。

听学长们说，他们的时间表都蛮packed的。早上八点上课，中午上解剖课，下午做实验直到傍晚才结束。由第二年开始，他们每天中午还必须到医院去学习，包括星期六。他们也强调，这是我们一生中最辛苦的5年。我再说一次，是最辛苦的5年。。。

谈到医科，当然少不了死尸咯。上解剖课时，大约20个学生共用一具尸体，整堂课有大约有200个学生。然后学生必须动刀切这里、割那里。平时空闲的时候，他们会到停尸间练习，但都是趁其他人在用餐时才去。如果是高峰期去的话，根本没机会下手。练习完毕，他们才带着满手，甚至满身的尸臭味去吃东西。也许你们不知道尸臭味到底是怎样的，但我很清楚，因为我曾嗅过死老鼠那种让人毕生难忘的味道，现在更何况是一整具也许是一米七的干尸。噢对了，我也看了很多尸体的照片。

然后医科生每人都会拥有一副人骨模型以帮助学习。跟其他国家的大学不同，他们都是用真人的骨头，甚至是“新鲜”的。除了要面对干尸，他们也有类似assignment的东西，也就是一旦接到消息有新尸报道，他们就必须赶去先睹为快。那些尸体都是刚被发现的，有的被淹死、被勒死、被奸杀等等。那一年内，他们必须看20具尸体才算完成任物。

把4年多的课程上完后，他们还需在那里的医院服务1年半，这样才可以拿到学士文凭，正式毕业。以上所讲的都是医科生的故事，但我会是牙科生，不知道情况又会是怎样。不过我听说，在第1年里，牙科生和医科生都读同样的东西。

在这里只是列举一些大家比较感兴趣的例子，除了以上的故事，我还听到了更多，例如种族歧视、课业压力等等等等，不过这些就留给自己好了。

前天我参加学院的基督教社团的活动，聆听一位在英国 Leeds 服务的本地华裔肾脏专科医生 Dr. Ken Woo 讲解他在国外的生活。他说：“No matter you are going to be a doctor or a dentist, it’s not about how genious you are, but how hard you work… You will have not enough time to sleep, not enough time to eat, not enough time to play, but have to study MORE THAN EOUGH…”

结论是，前方的路不好走。离乡背井在陌生的国度历尽长达5年的各种历练、磨难和折磨下，相信自己以后绝对会成为非常坚强，不畏惧任何挑战的人吧。不过前提是，必须先完成目前的任物，即在A Level考到好成绩，这样到了印度才不会被瞧不起（那里的印度医科生在17岁就开始他们的第一年了，而我们当时却已是20岁！）。