First of all, this urge of posting is inspired by a little show of kindness to me from a friend whom i'm not really close with. I'm touched by her gesture, her generosity and so, i want to thank her here! Lye, i know you probably won't read this, but thank you! :D
And so, i want to thank the rest of my friends who are here when i need help or support. *getting emotional dy* Thank you for all of the thoughtfulness, the helps, the HELPS, the supports, the concerns etc. I deeply appreciate all of them and i will not forget them. ;)
In my previous post, i was pretty in a down state. Don't worry about it. I'm now alright! :)) More than alright i suppose. Hehe. The day before the competition, it was so terrible we felt we lost all hope. I was just thinking of going up and not to embarass ourselves only. So, in the morning of the competition day, we finally whipped up some simple mash up. (This is UPSI Got Talent competition, whereby it was opened to all UPSI students. Held in auditorium)
Before going up stage, i was pretty nervous. Really prayed to God and then performed. It was so scary, seeing the crowd but the shouts from friends really cooled me down. We didn't have a rehearsal using mics etc so there're so many technical problems. My guitar couldn't really be heard because i didn't know how to turn up the volume and i didn't know how loud it should be. Same goes to my mic. I thought it was already very loud so i drew further away from it, but after listening to the video, i realise i can't really be heard! Ugh! Wasted..can't really hear the harmonization! haha!
But anyway, when the result was being anounced, starting from the tenth place, we really thought we're not going to get anything at all when it reached the 3rd place because our group was still not called and the 3rd place is Kevin's team and they were so so good! So when they announced our name, i was like, "You serious ar? I don't think it's us la". When Syazza stood up, i wanted to tell her that i think we heard wrongly. But the judges looked at us, so i was like..omgeeee, is it really us?? Lol. So we got RM100 and a trophy! Still can't believe it.
Anyhow, life is back to the routine again i guess.Time to face assignments and tests! :)) God bless everyone!!
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A day~
Yesterday was quite a relaxing day. If you don't include me being drenched in the rain for the second time in 3 days. I sort of finished my synthesis report and almost done with my grammar one as well during Sahsiah class. Though my synthesis report was not really what the lecturer wanted, i guess it should pass. After class, went to the library to study Grammar. I didn't progress much as i kept dozing off. I was facing the scenery outside and it was so nice watching the clouds passing by and birds flying in freedom with mountains as the background. After that, went to Olahraga and did running. It'd been some time i didn't run like this! It feels really really good as it brought back memories of me running for my house in school. The smell of grass, the rush of wind against my face and blowing through my hair, the pump of adrenaline, the desire to run as fast as i can.
After Olahraga, i didn't follow the rest to dinner as i'd to rush back to college to prepare for a function. D'Sync was called to perform. So, was kinda hungry. My friend was supposed to tapau for me but she forgot to do that. So, i had to buy nasi lemak from the cafe, which after that, i found out i don't have to. In the function (some sort of alumni), they provided food for us and it was so scrumptious! We couldn't eat initially when the guests were welcomed to eat as we were thinking that after our performance only we would.
But, the temptation was too strong! So, at first, we just took the pudding cracker (my first time and it was GOOD!) and cocktail. Then, couldn't resist again, we started wolfing down the rice and lauk-pauk (ikan bakars, all kinds of sambal, chicken curry merah) in front of us. :D Ate halfway, we went to perform.
The crowd was a small one though the hall was large. There were many empty tables around with food in each one. Almost all who were present were above 40s, so we were thinking, 'Darn, our songs don't suit them', as we were going to sing Just The Way You Are and Price Tag. Anyhow, we sang that and due to the quiet dinner, we sang quietly too in a serene manner. Kinda nice. My Sahsiah lecturer was there too and he was watching me. So embarassing! Hope he won't say anything during class later. I almost couldn't remember whether he was my Sahsiah lecturer or Olahraga when we met at the hallway. Fortunately i didn't ask him Olahraga-related question, which i almost wanted to. Phew. So after performing, we resumed eating! :DD
Well, now, i'm supposed to study Grammar, but heck, i'm so lazy to do that. I wish it would just be filling in the blanks in the exam and not some explanations kind of questions. God bless everyone! :)
After Olahraga, i didn't follow the rest to dinner as i'd to rush back to college to prepare for a function. D'Sync was called to perform. So, was kinda hungry. My friend was supposed to tapau for me but she forgot to do that. So, i had to buy nasi lemak from the cafe, which after that, i found out i don't have to. In the function (some sort of alumni), they provided food for us and it was so scrumptious! We couldn't eat initially when the guests were welcomed to eat as we were thinking that after our performance only we would.
But, the temptation was too strong! So, at first, we just took the pudding cracker (my first time and it was GOOD!) and cocktail. Then, couldn't resist again, we started wolfing down the rice and lauk-pauk (ikan bakars, all kinds of sambal, chicken curry merah) in front of us. :D Ate halfway, we went to perform.
The crowd was a small one though the hall was large. There were many empty tables around with food in each one. Almost all who were present were above 40s, so we were thinking, 'Darn, our songs don't suit them', as we were going to sing Just The Way You Are and Price Tag. Anyhow, we sang that and due to the quiet dinner, we sang quietly too in a serene manner. Kinda nice. My Sahsiah lecturer was there too and he was watching me. So embarassing! Hope he won't say anything during class later. I almost couldn't remember whether he was my Sahsiah lecturer or Olahraga when we met at the hallway. Fortunately i didn't ask him Olahraga-related question, which i almost wanted to. Phew. So after performing, we resumed eating! :DD
Well, now, i'm supposed to study Grammar, but heck, i'm so lazy to do that. I wish it would just be filling in the blanks in the exam and not some explanations kind of questions. God bless everyone! :)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
D'Sync & Z.G.
These past few days had been..crazy yet again! Joined another singing competition, this time in 2 groups! First group is D'Sync. Second group is a new-found group, all consists of TESL-ians (Sharon, Yvonne, Jack, Vin, Jared, Ken and me). The name is Zero Gravity (almost named it Antiseptic..lol). We sang Jar Of Hearts, When You Say Nothing At All, and You're Beautiful. So yeah, it was actually just for fun. We were pretty lack of practice and worse, forgot to tune our guitars before we went up stage. So, imagine! haha! Oh wells, at least gained another experience and practising was fun! :DD
D'Syns's too not enough practice, lesser in fact. So we only sang one song, Just The Way You Are. Everything was pretty ok until the end when we sort of forgot how it goes! Syazza stopped singing and i was left singing the harmony. So it sounded pretty weird. Huhu. Brush that aside. So, expectedly, we didn't win anything. Hehe. There was this girl who sang Rolling in the Deep. She was so awesome you would have thought it was the real singer singing live. =P
So, after all of these running-arounds, noise, etc.. today and tomorrow would be a day of quietness. I would be sort of stuck at home here in uni today and tomorrow. Got to force myself to do report and hopefully, after that, to study a little bit on Grammar, which i doubt i can. =O Looking to spending some real quiet time with Jesus, not the fast stopping by. This quietness will be good for me. In fact, it was really hard to say no to going out on Monday to shop but i know i've been bombarded with so many things until i would feel uncomfortable if there's nothing going on at all, or when there's no noise but quietness. A day to slower down myself is what i need to balance everything. :)
D'Syns's too not enough practice, lesser in fact. So we only sang one song, Just The Way You Are. Everything was pretty ok until the end when we sort of forgot how it goes! Syazza stopped singing and i was left singing the harmony. So it sounded pretty weird. Huhu. Brush that aside. So, expectedly, we didn't win anything. Hehe. There was this girl who sang Rolling in the Deep. She was so awesome you would have thought it was the real singer singing live. =P
So, after all of these running-arounds, noise, etc.. today and tomorrow would be a day of quietness. I would be sort of stuck at home here in uni today and tomorrow. Got to force myself to do report and hopefully, after that, to study a little bit on Grammar, which i doubt i can. =O Looking to spending some real quiet time with Jesus, not the fast stopping by. This quietness will be good for me. In fact, it was really hard to say no to going out on Monday to shop but i know i've been bombarded with so many things until i would feel uncomfortable if there's nothing going on at all, or when there's no noise but quietness. A day to slower down myself is what i need to balance everything. :)
Monday, November 21, 2011
KHAR Talent Time Competition
Here i am, filled with junk food and biscuits! Uncomfortably full. That's what not-real FOOD does to me. I need REAL food! I've been surviving mostly on those food in this past 2 days! Well, story is i recently joined a Talent Time competition organised by KHAR. Me, Yvonne and Syazza were called to form a team representing my college for the competition.
Started being busy with the practices since Wednesday, if im not mistaken (it seems so long ago!). The competition was then held on Saturday night. We sang Memori Tercipta and Price Tag and all three of us played guitar while singing. It was really an enjoyable moment in front thanks to all who had came to support! Met lots of unique people at the back stage too!
There were 24 groups altogether in the comp. So yeah, pretty a lot of competitors so we didn't expect too much on being selected for the finals! Lo and behold, the committee called me on Sunday morning informing us that we got selected! I was in church service and am glad i didn't shout too loud because of that! :D
So, on Sunday night we performed again. Only 6 groups got chosen. At first, wanted to change our songs but in the end, we had not enough time to do much except to add on 'When You Look Me in the Eyes' song. It was not that bad! But well, the performance on Sunday wasn't as nice as Saturday. Probably we were pretty nervous as it was final! But Yvonne got the rap thing alright! It went quite well!
Well, in the end, the result came out and we got second!! The first is also from our college, the nasyid team! So my college sapu-ed all the group prizes! :P Not bad! Kinda happy at least we can get a placing! And the most important is experience, the memory and the skill learnt!
So yeah, with all that was said, what has all of these got to do with me eating biscuits for 2 days? I simply didn't have any time for lunch! And we couldn't take dinner because had to sing at night. A filled stomach is no good for singing. Hehe. Oh wells, it was worth it after all. x)
Started being busy with the practices since Wednesday, if im not mistaken (it seems so long ago!). The competition was then held on Saturday night. We sang Memori Tercipta and Price Tag and all three of us played guitar while singing. It was really an enjoyable moment in front thanks to all who had came to support! Met lots of unique people at the back stage too!
There were 24 groups altogether in the comp. So yeah, pretty a lot of competitors so we didn't expect too much on being selected for the finals! Lo and behold, the committee called me on Sunday morning informing us that we got selected! I was in church service and am glad i didn't shout too loud because of that! :D
So, on Sunday night we performed again. Only 6 groups got chosen. At first, wanted to change our songs but in the end, we had not enough time to do much except to add on 'When You Look Me in the Eyes' song. It was not that bad! But well, the performance on Sunday wasn't as nice as Saturday. Probably we were pretty nervous as it was final! But Yvonne got the rap thing alright! It went quite well!
Well, in the end, the result came out and we got second!! The first is also from our college, the nasyid team! So my college sapu-ed all the group prizes! :P Not bad! Kinda happy at least we can get a placing! And the most important is experience, the memory and the skill learnt!
So yeah, with all that was said, what has all of these got to do with me eating biscuits for 2 days? I simply didn't have any time for lunch! And we couldn't take dinner because had to sing at night. A filled stomach is no good for singing. Hehe. Oh wells, it was worth it after all. x)
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Joy
This week passes particularly fast. Faster than the previous weeks indeed. I don't think it is a good thing. I don't want the time to pass too fast.
Well, this week was filled with many things. Tests, assignments date line, meetings. At last i'm going to pass up my Reading Skills portfolio tomorrow. The joy~ :D
Yesterday, there was a vocal audition for my college and though i knew about it only that morning, i went anyway. It seems that i would be able to secure a place in hostel in semester 3 if i'm chosen. We waited for the judges until we felt bored and simply jammed songs with guitars. It was quite an enjoyable moment. I'm lucky to have some friends who love singing in the same college and same semester. In the end, the judge came and she told us we're all selected. Lol. Just like that. The joy~ :D
I went to Secret Recipe in Tg. Malim at last with Jack, Charlotte and Ken. We walked there from Tmn. Bernam. Well, walking towards the restaurant was not that bad, but walking back towards the campus bus stop was a little harder. However, it was worth it. On the way there too, i managed to drop by Yik Mun, AT LAST, to buy THE famous paos. The paos that everyone has been talking about! I find that the paos were pretty normal, and i think i could even get tastier paos in Kajang. But anyhow, still, the joy~ :D
Well, this week was filled with many things. Tests, assignments date line, meetings. At last i'm going to pass up my Reading Skills portfolio tomorrow. The joy~ :D
Yesterday, there was a vocal audition for my college and though i knew about it only that morning, i went anyway. It seems that i would be able to secure a place in hostel in semester 3 if i'm chosen. We waited for the judges until we felt bored and simply jammed songs with guitars. It was quite an enjoyable moment. I'm lucky to have some friends who love singing in the same college and same semester. In the end, the judge came and she told us we're all selected. Lol. Just like that. The joy~ :D
I went to Secret Recipe in Tg. Malim at last with Jack, Charlotte and Ken. We walked there from Tmn. Bernam. Well, walking towards the restaurant was not that bad, but walking back towards the campus bus stop was a little harder. However, it was worth it. On the way there too, i managed to drop by Yik Mun, AT LAST, to buy THE famous paos. The paos that everyone has been talking about! I find that the paos were pretty normal, and i think i could even get tastier paos in Kajang. But anyhow, still, the joy~ :D
Thursday, October 20, 2011
knock knock
I'm supposed to be doing my GOs (Graphic Organizers) now but i'm just too lazy. The weather is so cooling and my bones are paining right now! I've never had such pains before. It started from yesterday after i got drenched with the rain. After that, suddenly i had twice of shot-up fever. One yesterday night and one this afternoon. In the end, i just couldn't stand it so i took a Panadol. =( Well, at least the fever has left me. Left headache, dizziness and bone pain. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Long journey in train with bone pain will be very suffering.
Yesterday too i had my first session of jamming with Jack! We found a really good room in the campus. At last! But carrying guitar to campus from afternoon is pretty tiring and embarassing. Well, at least the end result was good! Had lots of fun.
I'm done with exams and presentations for now. Only for one week though. After next week, the exams resume. D: But am glad that some of the presentations are done with because my groups were chosen to be the earlier ones to present. (More to we drew lots and my groups got the earlier turns) hehe.
Oh, one more update, a few days ago, i gave in to buying an iPad 2. Lol. I find it pretty useful and i was thinking since i don't have a nice phone, why not get an iPad? =P And it arrived this morning! Mum called and now i'm so excited to go home tomorrow! :D
Another update, just want to say again, prayer is indeed powerful! :) Many times we may not see the result in the beginning, but in the end of the day, miracles do happen! In a way you may or may not realise until the end. So just wanna encourage fellow Christians who read this blog to never cease praying and not to give up when things seem bleak. God bless peepah! :DD
Yesterday too i had my first session of jamming with Jack! We found a really good room in the campus. At last! But carrying guitar to campus from afternoon is pretty tiring and embarassing. Well, at least the end result was good! Had lots of fun.
I'm done with exams and presentations for now. Only for one week though. After next week, the exams resume. D: But am glad that some of the presentations are done with because my groups were chosen to be the earlier ones to present. (More to we drew lots and my groups got the earlier turns) hehe.
Oh, one more update, a few days ago, i gave in to buying an iPad 2. Lol. I find it pretty useful and i was thinking since i don't have a nice phone, why not get an iPad? =P And it arrived this morning! Mum called and now i'm so excited to go home tomorrow! :D
Another update, just want to say again, prayer is indeed powerful! :) Many times we may not see the result in the beginning, but in the end of the day, miracles do happen! In a way you may or may not realise until the end. So just wanna encourage fellow Christians who read this blog to never cease praying and not to give up when things seem bleak. God bless peepah! :DD
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A close call
It had been a hectic day yesterday. I didn't even have time to update my blog. And now im updating on the bus! :P Well, yesterday was my exam and presentation day for both of my classes. So, started my journey from home since 9.30am. Supposed to go out at 9am but had some miscommunication with dad so it was a lil bit late. Nevertheless, when i reached the station, i had to wait for another 20mins. The train was delayed or perhaps the previous train had just passed. So yeah. It was still alright that time. Then, after an approximately one hour journey, i reached Rawang station at about 11.15am. One thing that is very funny. Previously, all of my journeys especially the transit from Rawang train to Tg Malim train were really smooth. Whenever i reached Rawang station from Kajang, the train to Tg Malim would always be there waiting for me. Thus, i've always thought the trains were pretty frequent. However, the opposite happened yesterday (of all days!) when i couldn't afford to be late! I had to wait for another 45 minutes because the next scheduled train was to arrive at 12pm! Wow..kind of worried already because it would take me another hour to reach plus all of the inbetween journeys might take some time (station to campus, campus to hostel, hostel to PC) AND my class was starting at 2pm!
I calmed myself down and tried to look at it as achievable. Slept throughout the journey and also tried to memorize my script for the oral presentation. The people on the train must had thought i was crazy because i was like talking to myself all the way in commuter and the train. Hehe.
Anyway, in the end, i took a taxi from station instead of the uni bus to campus. After that, had to wait for about another 20 mins for the bus to arrive at campus. I didnt manage to go back hostel to put my bags so i had to bring them all around. Thank God that for this week i'd decided to bring my netbook home thus it was with me.
Oh well, talking about my exam and presentation. I don't know what to say about it. Don't know what positive things to say about it. All i can say is that i guess i've tried my best. For the exam, it was pretty ok but i know i made some mistakes or put in the wrong answer. Just couldn't think of other answers. For oral, it was..pretty bad. I kept forgetting what i was going to say so had to refer to my script a couple of times. Sigh. Hope to do better next time.
After all that was said, I'm still glad that two of the exams and presentations are over! Time to prepare for the coming ones! :) Good day to all of you!
I calmed myself down and tried to look at it as achievable. Slept throughout the journey and also tried to memorize my script for the oral presentation. The people on the train must had thought i was crazy because i was like talking to myself all the way in commuter and the train. Hehe.
Anyway, in the end, i took a taxi from station instead of the uni bus to campus. After that, had to wait for about another 20 mins for the bus to arrive at campus. I didnt manage to go back hostel to put my bags so i had to bring them all around. Thank God that for this week i'd decided to bring my netbook home thus it was with me.
Oh well, talking about my exam and presentation. I don't know what to say about it. Don't know what positive things to say about it. All i can say is that i guess i've tried my best. For the exam, it was pretty ok but i know i made some mistakes or put in the wrong answer. Just couldn't think of other answers. For oral, it was..pretty bad. I kept forgetting what i was going to say so had to refer to my script a couple of times. Sigh. Hope to do better next time.
After all that was said, I'm still glad that two of the exams and presentations are over! Time to prepare for the coming ones! :) Good day to all of you!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Down..down..down..down..down..
Today i had my first group presentation that carries marks. We were the first group to present and we needed to teach the other students on Lompat Tinggi. What i can say about the presentation is that it totally went down hill. Well, we had tried our best but it seemed that it was not enough. Everything was pretty dull because the students were not giving much cooperation. On top of that, more than half of them came 30 mins late so our presentation had to be shorten 30 mins! Which means a 1 and a half hour teaching became 1 hour. D: At the end of the lesson, the instructor who was giving us the marks said some stuffs that confirmed that we weren't that good. Ugh, hopefully by being first to present, we got enough 'markah kasihan' to get us through! Oh wells~ one of the factors that makes my mood pretty bad. I guess i'm just having one of my moody days today. Went vegetarian for the night. A sign of mourning? lol. Anyway, shall rejoice because at least now 1 presentation down, 3 others to go for this and next week itself! :)
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Updates on uni
It's been some time (again!) i didn't update this blog. Sorry! to whoever who're still reading this. Anyway, i'm going to update about my life here in UPSI. It's been like what, 4 weeks, im here but it feels like i've been here for months! I find this place pretty comfortable. Love the views here especially from my college (which means hostel). I can view the mountains (might not be a big deal to you though)! =P
Anyways, as you know (or don't), i'm taking TESL which is Teaching English as Second Language. There're a total of 3 groups and i'm placed in the third group. =) Well, assignments are currently flooding in and due dates are approaching. Tests are coming too in one or two weeks time and i'm not really prepared yet. Lol. Had been lazing around for the first few weeks. Probably the constant travel between Tg. Malim and Kajang every weekend makes me slower in progress on those assignments! This weekend is my first weekend of not going back and i find that i suddenly have a lot of time! Thus, i guess i'll only be going back every fortnight.
Staying back during the weekends is rather interesting because i get to visit the churches here. I went to 2 churches in these 2 days. One is a Chinese Methodist church where all of them are UPSI students and another one is Grace AOG which has English service. Planning to visit another Tamil church on the next weekend im here. They have English service though i think they sing worship songs in Tamil! Well, just check it out? =) Also recently i got to know there IS a CF in uni! Gonna check out also in this coming Friday. Lol. Heard that they're mainly consist of Sabah-ans and Sarawakians. So they use Malay in the meetings. Interesting!
Anyway, i joined the English Debate club. Just went for one meeting only though but i find it pretty interesting. I'm not good in debating but i find the meeting will help me to think more like a debater, which is good! However, almost all my friends are thinking of quitting soon! Well, shall see whether to join further. I'm also joining the Chinese Club and they have this Dance Class every Wednesday. Its really fun to see everyone dance though we don't really know how. xD Another thing i regretted not knowing earlier is about the Pancaragam! I didn't know we can join or can only join in our first semester and drop the Kokurikulum course that has been automatically registered for us! If i'd known earlier, i'd have known another musical instrument, like FLUTE or TRUMPET or TROMBONE or etc! Wasted D:
Celebrated my first birthday here in UPSI on Thursday. Went to KFC and Blue Gardens for the first time. Well, some of the friends here bought a cake for me, which was a surprise, considering that Secret Recipe is quite a distant and the packed schedule on that day. Truly enjoyed my 20th birthday! :))
Have met some good friends here along the way and am really grateful about it. Shall see where God leads me in this place. I'll update more frequently! Promise :D
Anyways, as you know (or don't), i'm taking TESL which is Teaching English as Second Language. There're a total of 3 groups and i'm placed in the third group. =) Well, assignments are currently flooding in and due dates are approaching. Tests are coming too in one or two weeks time and i'm not really prepared yet. Lol. Had been lazing around for the first few weeks. Probably the constant travel between Tg. Malim and Kajang every weekend makes me slower in progress on those assignments! This weekend is my first weekend of not going back and i find that i suddenly have a lot of time! Thus, i guess i'll only be going back every fortnight.
Staying back during the weekends is rather interesting because i get to visit the churches here. I went to 2 churches in these 2 days. One is a Chinese Methodist church where all of them are UPSI students and another one is Grace AOG which has English service. Planning to visit another Tamil church on the next weekend im here. They have English service though i think they sing worship songs in Tamil! Well, just check it out? =) Also recently i got to know there IS a CF in uni! Gonna check out also in this coming Friday. Lol. Heard that they're mainly consist of Sabah-ans and Sarawakians. So they use Malay in the meetings. Interesting!
Anyway, i joined the English Debate club. Just went for one meeting only though but i find it pretty interesting. I'm not good in debating but i find the meeting will help me to think more like a debater, which is good! However, almost all my friends are thinking of quitting soon! Well, shall see whether to join further. I'm also joining the Chinese Club and they have this Dance Class every Wednesday. Its really fun to see everyone dance though we don't really know how. xD Another thing i regretted not knowing earlier is about the Pancaragam! I didn't know we can join or can only join in our first semester and drop the Kokurikulum course that has been automatically registered for us! If i'd known earlier, i'd have known another musical instrument, like FLUTE or TRUMPET or TROMBONE or etc! Wasted D:
Celebrated my first birthday here in UPSI on Thursday. Went to KFC and Blue Gardens for the first time. Well, some of the friends here bought a cake for me, which was a surprise, considering that Secret Recipe is quite a distant and the packed schedule on that day. Truly enjoyed my 20th birthday! :))
Have met some good friends here along the way and am really grateful about it. Shall see where God leads me in this place. I'll update more frequently! Promise :D
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