Stephanie's blogz

2006-07-03T05:59:00.000-07:00

2006-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

2006-03-05T02:11:00.000-08:00

snow in leeds!!

2006-02-15T12:27:00.000-08:00

2005-12-30T03:18:00.000-08:00

Snowed again!

Kyle is so nice...he bought me a HUGE box of chocolates!

2005-11-15T14:39:00.000-08:00

LOL...HSBC is alwez creating problems for me. I just received the fixed deposit bank statement today and I was DAMN SHOCKED to find that the fixed deposit is a one year deposit instead of 6 months!! HOW COULD THIS BE!! The person -in-charge that day asked me 2 or 3 times whether it is a 6 months fixed deposit. Why is it written one year on the fixed deposit. Worse still, the fixed deposit commencement date is 11th November instead of 28th October! Also it is written on the bank statement saying that my fixed deposit will end on the 13thNovember 2006.......LOL.......Which means that the person that day simply talk...I asked him and he said that it will start on the 28th and he said that I could get the money back before the date 2nd June. WHAT IS THIS!! I told the person so many times that it is a 6 months fixed deposit. AND ANOTHER THING..LOL...How come the tax is deducted from my interest???? That day the person said that I am a student, tax would not be deducted from my interest! HOW COME???? If there are other procedures like forms needing to fill to prevent tax from deducted from my interest..why didn't they tell me?? LOL...THIS IS SO SO....OUTRAGEOUS... How ler if it really was a mistake that I actually put down one year instead of 6 months(I doubt...I reminded the person so many times and he even nodded his head, said yes that he understood what I said)....HOW COULD THIS BE! LOL....I think the person whom I talked to that day was not experience and simply talk....How to trust HSBC....lol....

If I really managed to change back to 6 months fixed, I don't think I will still be able to pay my rent on the 2nd June in time anymore...too late...LOL....WHAT IS THIS...HSBC cheated me lo....AND what if I cannot change back to 6 months fixed, HOW?? LOL..I AM STUCK!

Opening fixed deposit also so ma fan one....so much problems......

David told me that most probably if it is 6 months fixed, the interest for fixed is counted annually. So most probably the interest which is 4% is divided by 2, which makes 2%. My friend in Miri studying finance also said the same thing. So what should I do???? The people in HSBC no experience one(all young people)...cannot trust them anymore...simply talk somemore....

2005-10-25T14:15:00.000-07:00

Yea....sad...Linda, our CG member, is going back to Indonesia. She so nice leh...she gave me all the things she dun wan to bring back to Indonesia...but the things she dun want are branded and good stuff leh...She is going to give me a duvet. She already gave me most of her things which includes: a pillow, hairdryer, clothes (a winter coat which brand is GAP..actually she dun want to give me the coat..hehe..), pens, foolscap paper, christian books, pencil case, clock, table lamp, cosmetics(all the mosturizers and cream..), ginseng or whatever it's called, a rotary charger(quite ge si..I like to play with it even though it is not a toy), socks and bla bla bla...Quite a lot of things o...lazy to update..so that's all...

2005-10-13T11:37:00.000-07:00

Oh man..medical school sure is hectic! I have so many stuff which I have to complete in such limited time!

I have a 1500 words essay draft which I have to hand in on the 7th of november, IT skills exam on the 4th of November, a pharmacolgy type of in-course summative assessment which is due on the 4th as well and I have so much readings to do! The lecturers here are teaching even faster than the bullet train! They go through what seems like a 100 pages in my book in just one hour lecture! CRAZY man! You can imagine the amount of catching up you have to do!

I faced some problems in Biochemistry but thank God for Yvonne(a biochemist from Bristol but she is from Leeds)...well..she cleared some doubts for me...I have not tried asking David(a biochemist working in Leeds) for help yet...probably one of these days.

Ken was my group leader during Church's welcome nite but we didn't talk much that night. Then, we met again the day before yesterday. He talks a lot! My goodness I didn't know that..He told me he is a nurse..LOL...and JuLee and all were like 'yea...he is a nurse..don't you know?'...so I really thought he was a nurse! How paiseh arrrr... cuz later I found out that he is a surgeon who graduated in Scotland! How I found out...wah......I was going up the stairs when I felt pain in my knee...weird...probably because of the flu jab..I don't know. So, I told Ken my knee hurts. He asked whether I needed a doctor. I was like huh...don't need lah.. Then he talking about his studies in scotland..about how medical school was like there(I was like medical school?)....then only I know he is a surgeon arr....Wah...Leeds got quite a lot of surgeons from church oo...i have already met 2 who graduated from scotland(Wee Leon and Ken), 2 surgeons working in Leeds but I think they graduated from Leeds(Vincent and Paul). Paul was from MCKL 10 years ago!!! WAH...He remembers Datin Aru lehhh...Also got quite a lot of medical students in CG...one fifth year(Adrian), two third-year(Jean and Hao Ern)...there is a girl studying medicine in Newcastle but goes to church here in leeds. Can't really recall now...probably I left out some...

Today, I cut my brocolli too fast and accidentally cut my own finger.
ok..got to go and do work.

2005-10-03T19:40:00.000-07:00

Today is rather cold. Woke up at 7.45am, brush teeth(so many people always use the toilet at 8am and I have to wait for a long time) and went back to sleep at 8am..hahah..Woke up again at 8.30am, dressed and went to eat breakfast.

Went for lectures at 9.30am. Had biomedical science lecture(cell structure and functions) at 10am. After that, I had some lecture to do with SSC. Siao betul...I have to make decision on what essay topic I want to choose and hand in my decision this wednesday before 3pm. So many essay topics arrr...choose which one ler...

Then I had PPD lectures and group work. I need to complete my progress file after this. Wah...PPD so boring arr...did something on how to recognise signs of stress and how to overcome stress. The signs of stress arr...my group said is worry, cry, introvert, agitated and angry. erratic and mood swings. After that, we played a whispering game. Basically, the information was so twisted by the time the message was passed to me. Next week our PPD tutor won't be around, so we have to manage by ourselves. There are 2 voluntered patients coming next week. They will be sharing on their experiences about their communication with doctors. We have to ask them questions....

went home to cook, then Benjamin taught me how to use the wireless in Leeds..wah..so paiseh arr...at least i know how to go online in the parkinson building liao..

2005-09-29T15:14:00.000-07:00

Today is a cold day as well...windy again..

Woke up at 8am...and somebody was already in the shower room...shucks...had to wait for 10 minutes or so...

Meet JuLee at 9am. went to HSBC....Stupid HSBC opens at 9.30am only. So, went to Natwest cuz JuLee had to do something there.

At 9.30am, went to HSBC. Gave them my unconditional offer letter and accomodation contract. Last time, I asked the accomodation office for the university letter to open a bank account and they told me that the accomodation contract will suffice! Stupid HSBC said that they dun wan to see the accomodation contract. They want to see the university letter containing the start and end of my my course, my permanent address and my term time address! Stupid...so I cannot apply for my bank account today.

Went to The Learning and Teaching Office in the medical school at 10am. They told me to go online and apply for the attendance certificate.

At10.30am, went for lecture. Something to do with MSRC and MedSoc....

Went home at 12.40pm, ate lunch. Marcus gave me some stir-fry vegetable and meat yesterday. So...heated that up for lunch. Have some left for tonight and probably tomorrow.

Bathe and went out at 2.30pm...online.....

2005-09-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

Today is a surprisingly windy and cold day. Rained twice from the day I arrived till now. I am very lazy to buy an umbrella because people said that your umbrella will get blown off by the wind.

Forgot to mention that yesterday Ruth said that I could have her pillow!! But her condition was that I give the pillow away when I don't need it anymore because the pillow was given to her by an ex-CG member. The pillow is so nice....not the normal kind of pillow I use in my home in Miri.....the pillow is just like the pillow in Regent Hotel..made of duck feathers.....so comfortable! The only thing I have not bought yet is a sleeping bag. Have to buy it one of these days...

And yea...the paperwork from the bank has arrived! Probably I will go to the bank tomorrow so that my account can be done ASAP.

Today's introweek lectures weren't that bad. okok..like usual...

Nothing much to say...ciaozz

2005-09-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

Haih...busy week..I have not received my bank letter yet...weird..Ruth said she will go to the bank with me tomorrow and ask them.

I dun think I can work during the weekends after looking at my schedule...very busy.......a lot of work to do..A lot of self directed learning meaning I have to go and complete the exercise in my workbook before we go for tutorial lessons and discuss the answers ( yea..we have 3 workbooks - biomedical science biological molecules workbook,biomedical sciences cells and tissues workbook and biomedical sciences biomembranes workbook). The format and practices in the workbook is almost like last time A-LEVEL biology and chemistry practicals questions..but of course a lot harder. Also got quite a lot of lectures.....I feel that IMU too relax liao arr...hahah..

Yea...I wanted to try how the restaurant in Leeds is like...I went to Red Chillies with my CG members...AND IT COSTED £10!!!!!...Marcus(a good friend of mine) said that he will belanja me but I dun allow....I paid Jean and cancelled the play which I was supposed to be going today to save the £5 so that I can compensate for the dinner...then after we left red chilles and was walking home with the CG members...Marcus suddenly stuffed £10 into my hand!!!! He said I shud take it cuz he said just now that he wanted to belanja me....I insisted he take it back...He said ' no...you shud take it cuz you are a student but I am earning and bla bla bla.' ARGGHHH...his persuasive skills too lihai....I owe him a meal...shucks....

Last sat morning, we had a picnic in some CG member's house, and the CG leader(Lyon, a surgeon, graduated from Edinburgh) said that I should buy a house here cuz it's cheaper than renting rooms...dunno how true it is..

Marcus taught me how to play the guitar but I can't remember how to play anymore..haha...he is really really good in cooking cuz his dad is a chef and cooks all sorts of dishes-French, Italian, Chinise, Indian, English. He invited me many times to his place to eat. Last saturday nite, I went to his place to eat curry and he had leftovers. So, he put the curry in a container and told me to bring back home so that I have something to eat on other days....ARGHHHH....I cannot deny that his curry is 10 times better than Siwen and the rice he cooks is also SO DAMN DELICIOUS.....ARGHH...irresistable everytime he asks me to go to his place to eat...the rice he cooks is kind of special. He cooks the rice using the rice pot. Then when the rice is done, immediately he takes the rice out for frying...he fried the rice with lemon, spices, curry leaves which he chops until fine, and butter. He teaches me english such as pronunciation, vocab and grammar(if I ask of course)...and he speaks PROPER english. He was from London if I am not mistaken.

About uni, plagarism is a very serious matter in the uni, which means we cannot copy other's people homework/project/laboratory reports/assessments/essays..even similarities also cannot....or else we get a zero and fail our course. I have to write 3 essays this term(sept to nov). Our essays need to have the minimum 1500 words plus 10% meaning cannot exceed 1650 words. Our essays cannot be copied from the textbook/internet/reference books without proper reference....and if we do copied, we have to write the reference like from where we get the fact or information from. We have to quote the authors name and book properly or else it will be an offence(plagarism)....SO STRICT MAN.... Got a lot of group work. After the group work, we have to come up with our own individual reports(no plagarism) and also presentations. There will be a lot of tutorial work and also assessments(I am talking about term one)..First aid will be in january. And yea...we have IT skills(word, excel, power point, how to create spreadsheet, bla bla bla...a lot..i forgot liao) exam after we attend an IT course in october. Portfolios arr......they haven't briefed(is this the right spelling?) us on that yet. I joined MASSOC(malaysian and singaporean society) only because William told me to join....£5 for joining...no money to join the rest of the societies.

We are studying immunology(innate immunity and the complement system. Humoral immunity-immunisation and immunological memory. structure of immunoglobins. monoclonal antibodies. cellular immunity. the role of T-cell types:helper T-cells and killer T-cells. Self-recognition and autoimmunity. Transplantations and immune suppression. to appreciate the organisation of the human immune system and the mechanisms involved in responses to infectino and disease. to understand the roles of different cell types in the immune response: B-cells, T-cells and antibodies. communication between cell types, and the sequence of steps that occur in response to infection) in week 6, term one. bla bla bla..esther said she is studying immunology now...so I dun know if what we are studying for immunology this term is the same as hers...

Registration is ok...only thing left is the bank letter...I think the library is going to close soon...have to go....ciaozzz

2005-08-24T01:30:00.000-07:00

Today woke up at 9.50am. Suddenly Siwen called telling me and Esther to go and work. Shucks...dropped Janice and Esther there first cuz I had to go to the clinic to get medicine...

Arrived at the studio at 1pm...it was raining dog and cats. Took my camera along and took a lot of photos of Eden and Eiffel...so cute ler Eiffel.

Esther cooked dinner at the studio with Mark. Ate...went home..had to cook dinner at home cuz my dad went to Singapore..so nobody will be cooking.

Online until now...1.30am..eyes very tired and feeling very heavy..gtg bed....not much energy left to write a long blog...shucks...lots of things to write but kind of lazy today.

A lot of things to do arr....visa man...going toKL next week liao...changed plans. *sigh* Haven't fill the visa form yet...haven't pack yet...haven't make my list of things to bring yet...haven't finish my book entitled essential cell biology....haven't do a LOT of stuff...ARRGGHHHH!!!!!

2005-08-22T02:12:00.000-07:00

Finally..back in Miri! Went to Limbang for the past 2 days to visit my 87 years old grandmother. Oh well..there was nothing much to see in Limbang. I think I slept more than visiting relatives...haha..

Anyway, guess it's a good thing to be back in Miri again. Lots of unfinished work. I have to go to Soo Chew studio tomorrow to take my photo needed for my visa. *sigh* I haven't fill in my visa form yet. Furthermore, I have to go and do my medical check-up this week. Aiya..haven't book the meet and greet team at Leeds... 4 more days before I am off to KL again to apply for my visa...ARGHHHH...going off this friday liao lor...No internet at the condo in KL ler...how to update my blog leh? Maybe back to Miri only on the 4th of Sept. Have to go to Pahang to visit my ex-college senior who is studying medicine in Cambridge.

Booked my flight to England..Going off on the 15th September...not much time left. Headache ler when it comes to packing. So much things to pack ler..and I am not flying direct from KL to Leeds (cuz no such fight)..have to fly from KL to Manchester...then take a train or coach down to Leeds. A lot of carrying ler...how to handle so many suitcases ler...Going alone somemore...walau...

I believe God will help me through all these difficult times as He had blessed me with this offer from Leeds.

2005-08-19T01:10:00.000-07:00

Hey people...I AM GOING TO LEEDS!!! YAY!!!

Oh well...at first I thought I had failed to meet the entry requirements but decided to phone Leeds to appeal. My dad tried to call Leeds using the office phone but couldn'tget through..So..My dad decided to try using the hp to phone Leeds..Who knows..someone answered the call! So it ended up as my dad talking to the person at the other end instead of me appealing...haha...well..guess what..Leeds asked for my UCAS number and my name, discussed for a moment and said :" your daughter has been offered a place to study medicine in Leeds. We are writing your daughter's offer letter now." Whoa....what a relief!!

I am very excited about going to Leeds. But on the other hand, I am quite scared cuz there's a lot of stuff waiting for completion...applying for visa, packing all my things, learning how to use the computer effectively...man...I am so scared...

Ok...to comfirmed that I had been offered a place, I went to check my UCAS track and it says:

University of Leeds
A100
Sep 05
Accepted
Firm
17 Aug
campus:

Miss STH Ting
application number : 05-012190-8

The university/college is satisfied that you have met the entrance requirements,
this means that you have a place for the course shown.
University of Leeds, L23
Medicine, A100

Yes!! I am very happy today....bwahahaha

2005-08-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

Today is results day!! The day which I have long anticipated...Woke up at 8.30am...just in time to receive a call from my father saying that I got AABC...shucksss...C for Physics...as I expected..I was never good on physics anyway...It's a real pity that I nearly got A for Biology...10 marks to A...if only I had studied harder for unit 1 and unit 2 biology...SHUCKSSS...but something does surprises me...I actually got 82% for unit 5 Biology and 72% for unit 6 biology...surprising because I only got 42% during my trials...ahaha....furthermore, my biology lecturer told us before that unit 5 and unit 6 is so tough that nobody ever got above 80% besides the genius in the last batch who got 92% for unit 5....I didn't even study that hard for unit 5...before the exam, I just handed everything to God...

Ok...my results is one thing....My younger sister's(Janice) results is another thing...I don't understand why my sis is a damn genius...Why can she excel and yet I can't? She has to thank us too...hehe..because we taught her to study smart and she learnt from our past experiences...avoiding the mistakes we made in our exams...

For those who dun know how A-level works, this is it....A-level can be said to be divided in 2 parts: As level and A2 level. There are 6 units altogether in each subject.
As level is completed when all 3 units are taken. A2 level is the last 3 units. When all 6 units for a subject are taken, we have finished A-levels....
For the first 3 units, the total marks is 300. The total marks for the last 3 units is 300. So, we have a total of 600 for A-levels.
To get an A for a subject, it is encouraged to get as high marks as you can for the first 300 marks in As level so that the marks can compensate for the A2 level which is so much harder to score...

So this is it....my mad or crazy younger sis who sat for her As level got 293/300 for physics, 295/300 for chem, math 289/300 and bio 288/300 ....Don't you think she is such a genius??????? My As level marks last time wasn't as good as hers...mine was only around 240...Besides, she had 6 units with full marks....Her crazy marks are:

Chem unit 1: 86/90
Chem unit 2: 89/90
Chem unit 3: 120/120(full marks)

Physics unit1: 83/90
physics unit 2: 90/90 (full marks)
physics unit 3: 120/120 (full marks)

Bio unit 1: 100/100(full marks)
Bio unit 2: 100/100(full marks)
Bio unit 3: 88/100

Core maths 1: 100/100 (full marks)
Core maths 2: 92/100
Mechanics 1: 97/100

Ok...I admit she is kind of genius....marks which I dream of achieving but never succeeded...I 'gan bai xia feng' ...I can only hope that God bless her with a place in one of the medical schools in the uk...

My results arr....don't need to mention...my results sux....ahaha...anyway..tonight I am going to appeal to Leeds and I really hope that Leeds will accept me...Hope and pray for the best

2005-08-18T01:15:00.000-07:00

Today is the most boring day of my life...Woke up at 12pm...ahaha...just in time to get up from bed before my parents lecture me....

Went online till from 1pm to 5pm...checking friendster and wrote lots of testimonials...haven't write one for T.S. yet...thinking of writing it on the 11th October...ahahaah

Ok...then went to teach my brother BM penulisan and science(chinese). His BM teacher very lousy...Had a hard time teaching him...*tired*

7.30pm, went to help my dad to cook....My dad is really good...he can whip up 5 dishes within 25 minutes...of course I helped to fry..hehe...

8pm, ate dinner and went to bathe..

8.30pm, taught my brother maths(chinese) ....He 's quite good so I didn't have to waste too much energy teaching him that subject...

9pm, went online again to chat until now 1.15am...time for bed!!

2005-08-16T23:59:00.000-07:00

Oh well..today was quite an interesting day..woke up at 8am because the iPod's alarm clock sounded but continued sleeping until 9am because the music was too soothing....

OK...drove to the immigration office to get the passport forms for my brothers and sister...Esther went in the office alone while I waited in the car. Guess what!! I left the car clock on and when I wanted to start the engine..I can't!! Therefore, we were stuck at the immigration office for one hour...Nearly had to 'ma fan' T.S....luckily we decided to give the car one more try...to our relief, the car was back to normal...

1pm, went to Curtin again with T.S just to try out their finance lecture...Who knows I was so unlucky...there wasn't much lecture, more of discussion...I can see that the lecturer knows that I am not one of her students..ahaha...She didn't care much of my presence though..haha..T.S. was right..I didn't believe him...Whoa...so many formulaes the students have to memorise..I think I prefer biology..hehe..couldn't understand what the lecture is about today..anyway, it was worth the experience...

After lecture, went to Curtin library to check out whether the book on cell biology was written by Albert or not...wanted to confirm the author's name with my ex-senior studying medicine in Cambridge..My senior said that the book is good and I should read it...guess I better listen to his advice..

Reached home at 4pm...online until 6pm...found an email from Leeds uni..gosh..they are really after my IELTS results...This was written on the email:

Dear Stephanie

UCAS application – 05-012190-8

We have recently been going through our records to ensure we are as ready as possible for the A level results on Thurs.
I note that part of your condition is that you gain 7.5 in the IELTS and I would be grateful if you could let us have the results of this exam as soon as possible, directly to this office, or at least let us know when you expect to receive them. You can fax them to 0113 343 4375.

With kind regards

Ann Gaunt, Admissions & Electives Office Supervisor
Room 7.10, Level 7, Worsley Building
University of Leeds, LS2 9JT

Tel 0113 343 4362

I wonder whether Leeds will still accept me even though I got only band 7 for IELTS...I plan to tell them my IELTS result after the release of A-level results this thursday...who knows if I tell them my IELTS results now, they might get rid of me...Hope that doesn't happen..

After dinner, watch tv, online again until now...Supposed to go wushu today but felt lazy..haha

2005-08-15T02:23:00.000-07:00

Today, woke up at 11am...lost my voice because of sore throat...shucks...have to drink lots of water...helped a bit...

Went for babysitting at 1pm...don't know whether Siwen know that I am sick or not...if she knows, she will definitely ask me to go home...Finally, I finished the serial drama. Wah...what a twist at the end of the drama...didn't expect the girl's brother to be the killer...

Went home at 6pm...eat, bathe and then went to church...

Went home at 9pm, online then go to bed.

*sad* my friend( i think i shall name the person as M) failed his first year medicine in one of the unis in UK. *sad* No wonder that friend of mine never reply any of my messages since May, 'fang my fei ji' when I was in KL, and never online anymore...I knew from then that something is seriously wrong...Didn't know that...haihhh...*sad*..Looks like medicine is not an easy course...requires consistency in studies..if not ar...die....I wonder if I can cope with all the long hours of studying...shucks...I wonder if it is my fault that that friend of mine failed...probably we online too often and also might have played too much...some friends told me that medical students seldom have time to go for parties....hmm....feeling sad and sorry for my friend...whether it is my fault or not, I apologised deeply to M if M ever thinks that it's my fault...very, very sorry..I doubt M will ever forgive me...shucks....I really didn't expect such things to happen...sorry

2005-08-14T02:39:00.000-07:00

Today, I went babysitting ( for those who dunno...I have to look after 2 kids) as usual...the 5 month old baby girl (Eiffel) was in a good mood...she kept smiling and laughing...whoa...I really cannot tahan the sight of her...too cute...Wish she is my sister...

Brought the 3 years old boy(Eden) to my house to play...he enjoyed seeing the butterflies in the garden..haha...Feeding him today was a breeze...I find feeding him easier....used to be very difficult becuz he don't want to eat....I had to find new feeding techniques every two weeks...finally, I found that the technique of forcing and praising him is the most effective way to feed him...I can finish feeding him (usually on bowl of rice or noodles) within 15 to 45 minutes...I think I can be a mum liao..haha...

Siwen lent me VCDs(singapore series...entitled beautiful illusion)...haih...I am so addicted to them now...watched 5 episodes in one shot...haha..

At 7pm, there was a pot bless in Church.. We had to listen to some talk given by a lawyer on will writing...Guess what...I dozed off halfway through the talk..paiseh..

My computer crashed and I cannot go to msn messenger for the time being...sorry people...

2005-08-13T20:00:00.000-07:00

Today, woke up at 6.45am becuz there is a fruits festival in Bekenu...Only me and my parents went to Bekenu using my dad's friend's car...My dad's friend have a 5 years old son who is so naughty but I managed to get along with him thanks to my babysitting experience...haha....Maybe I should go for paediatrics in the future instead of gynaecology...

At the fruits festival, we bought cempedak, rambutans, langsats and so on...The fruits there were surprisingly cheap...Even then, the nancam(a name for a fruit which is the combination of cempedak and nangka) costed RM10......becuz it weighed 6kg..I do not deny the fact that Bekenu is a very boring place to visit...I kind of regret waking up so early just to see people selling fruits in Bekenu..haha...

On my way back to Miri, I dozed off...When I woke up, we were already in Luak Bay...so I went straight to Siwen Piano Studio for babysitting....Esther (my sister) had arrived and was cooking with Siwen downstairs...After lunch, we went upstairs...while looking after the babies, I watched the singapore series 'beautiful illusion'...watched 6 episodes in one shot and I still have 6 more episodes to go....probably I will be able to finish the series tomorrow...can't wait..

I am feeling anxious over my A-level results which will be out this coming Thursday....Hope that i get AABB so that I have a higher chance to get into Leeds uni even though I missed the IELTS grade by 0.5...

My throat has not been feeling well the whole day...I think I am going to have a sore throat soon...shuckksss...My sore throat could be caused by having insufficient sleep...For the past one week, I had only been sleeping for 4 to 6 hours...If this continues....I think I am going to face health problems...Gotta change this bad habit of sleeping late...

Nothing exciting happened today....so boring.....

2005-08-11T20:37:00.000-07:00

Tonite, my dad said that Datin( my college Pre-U director) and other people are angry and upset over my IELTS results...well...what has my results got to do with them...They blamed me for not taking my IELTS earlier...I didn't take it earlier because I think that taking the test earlier or later wont't make any difference...my english standard will be the same...unless I have been to some intensive and effective english classes only then I dare say that my IELTS results will be different...All MCKL can do is depend on the bright students...Do they know that students like me face a lot of pressure and stress?? They have no idea...all they want is fame...continuously pressurising the brighter students...unless they want to see us having nervous breakdown or something....

I really resent Methodist College KL(MCKL for short)...I am never proud of my college...All the college can do is impose stupid rules in the students' lives...I never had freedom in that stupid college...I hated the college very much every since the incident which happened in April 2004...All because of Datin...simply blaming me for something I had not done wrong, humiliating me in public...I tried my best to be the best student in college...but Datin....*speechless*...U wn;t understand what I am feeling at that time....They think that after what had happened, apologising to me can make me forget everything..well...they are wrong...I tried to forget..but it isn't as easy as they think....Going online in the library is also forbidden...When I was caught online several times, that stupid Datin had to humiliate me in the library....WHY??? Were in enemies in the past or something?? Why is it that she have to find fault with me all the time... I hate her very much...even until now...There is TOTALLY no freedom in this college...Even the decision of dropping a subject and taking 3 subjects was opposed by her...Why she have to make life so difficult for me....Other people had the choice to drop subjects...but I don't have that freedom...All those sufferings were caused by Datin and stupid Mr Lopez.....

If the college really want the bright students to excel, why not they employ better lecturers...lecturers with more experience?? Why pressing us and yet the lecturers sux? Chemistry....used to be my favourite subject....my results were ruined by that inexperienced lecturer...teaching us stuff which are useless in my opinion...She made Chemistry my second worst subject in college...teaching us unimportant things....made me suffer in chemistry...If I had gone to Taylors, my life will be different I guess...More competition...not like MCKL...College's life was the worst I had ever gone thru...

MCKL is something which I regretted going to and if I can turn back time, I would like to make a wiser decision...

2005-08-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

Today, 11th August, I had a really great time in Curtin, even though most of my time was spent in Curtin's library.

Woke up at 7.30am. Esther did not connect the speaker plug to the iPod properly so the alarm clock did not ring. Luckily she switched on her handphone's alarm clock so we still had time to dress up....waited for Mark to come and pick us up...

Reached Curtin sometime around 8.30am..went to the cafeteria before heading for the library. At the library, I saw a book entitled 'essential notes on cell biology'...quite interesting...never thought that Curtin would have such a book sitting on the shelf...haha..read a few pages on membranes and action potential nia....felt boring...decided to go and look for friends in Curtin..smsed Zack and found him in the student council room...chatted for a while before going to the toilet...on the way to the toilet, I met Adrian Foo...met Roger on my way back to the student council room. What a coincidence!

At 12pm, Roger, me and Esther went to the lecture hall for maths...hehe...instead of listening to the lecturer, me and Roger chatted...The maths lecturer in Curtin is not as good as my maths lecturer in MCKL though...hehe...I am thankful that I had a good maths lecturer in college...Miss Lim, who planted clear concepts in us... However, I forgotten everything I studied in vectors..haha..

After maths lecture, I went to the engineering lab with Roger. He was helping his friend to do some work.....

At 1.30pm, I went back to the library to kill time...Haha...instead of studying in the library, I slept till 3.00pm..quickly packed my things...was on my way to the toilet when I met Bai Yien...then I went to the cafeteria to meet my online good friend, T.S. at 3.30pm.

At the cafeteria, I found Esther and Mark. Mark said he wanted to go out and eat..but I cannot go because I had an appointment with T.S.... so he said he will come and pick me up later. Reluctantly, I agreed. Not long after they left, I met T.S. and Jia Yu. T.S.asked me where is my sister. I told him she had left. So, he offered to bring me home...well..why not? hehe... I might have to wait till 4 somthing if I were to wait for my sister to come back to Curtin for me..

At 4pm, me, T.S. and Jia Yu left the cafeteria...He drove and I had the privillege of sitting in front..haha....Jia Yu went home first...Then, T.S. asked me if there is anywhere I wanted to go...I had no idea...He suggested Canada Hill...so I agreed...Therefore, we headed to Canada Hill...Whoa...I never knew that T.S. drove 110km/hour on the 'highway'...faster than me....It was great fun to 'tumpang' his car...

I had a great time at canada hill though the museum was closed...too bad.......maybe one day we should go for something more interesting like a movie...Lots of movie I want to watch like Charlie and the chocolate factory.....but no time larr....Haha...but I don't know why I always have time for movie in KL...Probably because of the cinemas there...Honestly, Miri's cinema is the worst among all the cinemas I ever visited..Imagine seeing mice in Miri's cinema..gosh...they should upgrade their services... Miri is a boring city to me...haha...nowhere to go..unlike KL, I can never finish exploring KL...It will be great if there is 1 Utama or Megamall in Miri...hmm...megamall arr...getting too small for me, so 'migrated' to 1Utama...haha...Pity no Topshop or Padini in Miri....*sad*...wish there is Jusco or Carrefour in Miri...

well....I reached home at 4.50pm...Mark and Esther were in the house...they were playing the piano...I went upstairs to bathe...then I went online till now....