Sepang CMC Carnival

Went down to mum's hometown, Sepang for the weekend ~

 i drove ;) haha.. just to show mum that i can in fact drive safely for a long distance =P

Sepang CMC is having a Carnival to fund their new education block, so we'll be helping out at the sales booths =)

FRIDAY

Left home around 3pm.. dropped by Sepang town for tea.. a TRADITIONAL kopitiam that serves TRADITIONAL kopi and toast that costs TRADITIONAL prices~ =D

toast+kaya+butter = Heaven~ ^^

mum's fav kopi-O

After tea, we returned to our car to find a flat tyre!! I swear it wasn't flat when i drove it!! XD guess mum was doubtful.. =P Thank God there was a repair shop a few shops away from the kopitiam =P

oh dear..

Anyways, we reached Sg. Pelek safely =) went to Tanjung Sepat for seafood dinner with mum's friends~ yum yum ^^

nyek nyek nyek.. =P

 =)

SATURDAY

Woke up at 5.30am and got to the Carnival venue at 7am.. It was raining heavily then.. Thank God the weather was beautiful after the morning's rain =) i was assigned to help out at the blood test booth.. giving out numbers and helping them with the registration.. was too busy to take any photos XD there was lots of people in the morning as they wanted to get their blood test done to end their 8-10 hours fast.. I oso took my first blood test that day.. 

See..? ^^

Well, i think i wasn't afraid of the needle.. XD but still the needle did look rather intimidating.. XP haha..

Busy busy busy busy.. there was lots of home cooked yummy food, sushi king oso came and opened a booth~  ^^ all sorts of things were on sale too, u name it we've got it ;) haha.. guess the booth that drew in the most revenue was the games booths! XD there were lots of attractive prizes eg mountain bike, SE handphone, toys.. we oso had a blood donation drive and kids colouring contest~ the carnival ended successfully at 2pm, by the time we cleared everything and got home it was already 3+pm.. Nap time! =P

Went to church for a sharing at 8pm by... 

the famous Singaporean host/actor, Moses Lin =)

SUNDAY 

Went home after breakfast to attend our church service =) simply love~ the RM 2.50 wan tan+char siew mee we had for breakfast! XD

 i ♥ kampung~ =P

Happy 53rd Birthday Malaysia~

Happy 53rd Birthday Malaysia~

May you grow stronger and more prosperous as the years go by.. =)

Let's unite and work hard towards a common goal! =)

***

I miss Yasmin.. 

 One of Malaysia's great talents.. National Day doesn't seem right without her ads.. 

Kudos, Yasmin =)

Comfirmation Cremony

Footsteps in the Sand

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along
the beach with the Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand,
one beloning to him and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the
very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life there is
only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most
you would leave me."

The Lord replied "My precious, precious child,
I love you and would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffereing,
when you see only one set of footprints in the sand,
it was then that I carried you."

How can i thank God for His unconditional love?
How can i repay God's abundant grace in my life?
Hope that i can share God's unconditional love and love others as He loves others too..
May I carry my own cross and follow Jesus' footsteps faithfully throughout my life... =)

Though there have been lots of ups and downs, I remain grateful, for God was always with me, and always will be.. =)

MY laptop

My new laptop~~ o(^__^)o/>

Finally have my very own laptop~ =) bought from PC fair at KLCC..

Next, a wireless router! XD 

*can't online with laptop yet =P

Broga Outback!

30th July ~ 1st August

Just came back from 迎新生活营（+ - x /）2010 ~ Am dead tired right now XD haven't been exercising regularly, thus am suffering muscle pain from the excessive outdoor activities that we had! XD on the whole, it was quite fun despite not really knowing anybody before the camp =P Made some very awesome friends~ ;) this camp was held specially to welcome first year students to uni life, many UPM students attended the camp as UPM is the nearest uni~ come to think of it, if i hadn't choose to study in ATC, i would be one of the UPMers! =D haha.. basically, i'm the ONLY student that comes from Serdang! 80-90% of the students are from Sarawak~~ and they are all Fukchows! XD makes me very guilty when they speak fukchow, cuz i'm a fukchow illiterate fukchow!! ah!! XD need mix around more to learn fukchow from them =P anyways, who cares where you're from and what ethnicity you are? God loves everybody regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality and etc! God always loves the person on the inside, so should we~ =) Had a great time with my new friends, lots of laughs, lots of fun~ ;)

Our camp's theme

Woke up at 5am on the 31st to climb Broga Hill to see the sunrise~ it wasn't an easy climb up, but we made it in the end, the beautiful scenery and fresh air made the exhaustive climb worthwhile! =) ohya, met bowl and xing and co too! surprise surprise~ ^_^

Cloudy sunrise

Devotion

My team's photo~

 Group photo~

^__^

After returning to the campsite, we had obstacle courses XD did some really extreme activities for the first time =P FIRST time playing flying fox, rock climbing and leap of faith~

All geared up~ Flying fox here i come~~ 

was very very gan jiong cuz it was my first time facing the flying fox obstacle.. it was really an ecstatic experience~ =P was soooooo tensed when i jumped,  however, when i relaxed and i started to appreciate the beautiful bird's eye view, and before i knew it the ride was over.. =P

The activity that made the most impression was the 

Leap of Faith.. 

We had to don on a full body harness and climb a super tall tree, reach the mini platform and JUMP!!! our target was to catch hold of a black horizontal pole hanging in mid air.. XD

ready?

JUMP!!!!

Bingo! ;) caught hold of the pole ^__^

The tree was really very tall.. no kidding.. didn't even dare to look down from the platform.. XD

靠着那加给我力量的，我凡事都能做！！

恩德传道 was our speaker of the night..=) many of the students dozed off as they were extremely lethargic after the day's activities =P 

Fashion show~

XD

My Angel~ Wen Wen~

All in all, it was a fun and enjoyable camp =) 

May God bless us in our uni life to make the right decisions and to walk with Him throughout the journey!

The Present

This jem of a book was given to me by Jie Hui for my 19th birthday. =)

(Thank q Kak~ ^^)

It has taught me a valueble lesson which is to be more aware of the happenings surrounding myself.. 

This year, i came across another book of Spencer Johnson's..

Learn from the Past,

Live in the Present,

Plan for the Future.

That is what I've learnt form 'The Present'.. I realised that i do not spend enough time LIVING in the PRESENT and focusing on the task at hand =P it's amazing how often I let my mind wonder during classes and even during conversations with others! XD 

Ding Dong~ it's high time for me to learn from my past, focus on the present and plan for my future~ 

This book has been a valuable wake up call for me.. =) 

 I highly recommend these 2 books to be read by those who have not.. since i am currently in possession of both, please feel free to borrow them from me as these books prove to be very quite costly.. =) 

Next book on my list is..

I was also reminded of this verse in the bible..

 弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了。我只有一件事，就是忘记背后努力面前的，向着标竿直跑，要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。(腓3:13 - 14)

 The bible has already written down these life lessons about 2000 years ago! In the book of Philippians~ How great is the wisdom God within the bible! =) Now, i wonder.. wherein did Spencer got his ideas from.. ? XD haha..  

Baby Moo~

The place where u can find the cutest babies ~ Church ^_^

Baby in cow suit~

What are u doing? ^^

Haha..

She looks even cuter when she smiles!! 

La Lasagna

Mum had to attend a Techer's Day Dinner in Putrajaya.. so, that made Chef Denise in charge of dinner for the 3 girls left at home =P It was a perfect opportunity to try something new that my mum abhores~ Lasagna~ ^__^ 

First, prepare the ingredients~

 4 lagsana sheets, half a bottle of prego sauce, a cup of milk, 6 pieces of Cheesedale Cheddar, 250g of minced beef, 2 tbs of butter and flour, oil, Parmesan cheese powder, oregano, salt + pepper, chopped half a carrot, 1 onion and 5 cloves of garlic.

Then, cook the meat sauce. heat the oil, sauté the onion, garlic and carrot, add the beef and cook till it turns brown.  After that, add the prego sauce ( actually people make their own tomato sauce from tomatoes and stuff, using prego is cheating XD ) and water and let it boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes. 

Next, the cheese sauce~ melt 2 tbs of butter and stir in 2 tbs of flour over small fire. Then, remove the pan/pot from the heat and add 2 cups of milk. Put it back over the heat and add in the sliced cheddar cheese. (Packets of cheese sold in supermarket are sooo expensive, so i opted for sandwich cheese which turned out ok too ^^) Stir the mixture all the while  (u won't want it to burn ) till it is smooth.

Lastly, we layer the it~ start with the meat sauce at the bottom, then layer it accordingly - lasagna, meat sauce, cheese sauce. Keep repeating the layers and end with the cheese sauce right on the top. I managed to complete 4 layers only as my baking dish is too small.. Used up only half of the cheese sauce, so will reduce the cheese sauce recipe by half next time. =P Sprinkle a lil cheese powder on top and walah~ it's ready for the oven =)

I added a lil too much cheese powder on the top, which surprisingly doesn't melt in the oven =.= anyways, preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius and cover the dish with aluminium foil before baking it for 40 minutes. Only remove the aluminium foil for the last 10 minutes 

 

and..

TaDaA~ ^_^

Michelle - Pass

Amy - Pass

Chef Denise's First Lasagna Attempt - PASS ~ (^__^)V

I'm a LEX student!

Remember my previous post bout how ready i was bout studying LAW? if u do, forget all about it!! Studying law is CRAP!!! The mountains load of information that we need to read and know is IMPOSSIBLE!! The acts, the case studies, the analysis! How could i be sooooo NAIVE~ How the hell am i supposed to write 12 pages of facts for my exam in 3 hours??? I didn't sign up for this Sh*t!! 

I QUIT!! Going back to UPM next week!

AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Seriously, do u think I'd do that? XD I'm not going back to UPM lah..=P just fooling around.. But the reading and exam part of the above was real.. XD So.. almost done with week 2 of my Lex (law in Latin~) studies and am somehow or another enjoying myself.. =P No maths~~ Am finally free of its 13 years of torture~~ ^__^ however, every page i flip now is all covered in words.. words, Words, WORDS!! Am missing the colourful bio cell diagrams and molecule structures.. XD Seriously, there's lots of reading to do, if u don't like reading its gonna be pure torture!! 

There's also one downside bout studying at ATC... No campus life!!! T^T all my friends who entered public uni posted on facebook about how they were torturous their orientation week was.. am so envious XD well, at least they've experienced it before.. most of the atc seniors are still on holiday.. they will only be back in sept.. 


Have not got my textbooks yet.. i have to be officially accepted as a student of the University of London External Program before getting my textbooks flown from UK.. am in the process of applying now.. in the mean time.. we're photostatting! XD talk about copyright infringement.. haha.. hm.. so far the lessons are.. fast? XD we've already finished the first chapter in Contract L and Criminal L.. O.O its seems that the higher up the academic ladder we climb, the faster the teachers teach.. have to get used to studying law.. need to find my style of studying~ XD  no more spoon feeding~ XD actually am still a lil in the holiday mood..XD have to jiayou orh~ no more procrastinating! =P plus, i got myself in a debate! XD Should UK adopt a written constitution? I'm on the supporting team.. hm.. think i better start doing research for the debate next week instead of blogging.. =P




Some times there is no next time, no second chance, no time out. Sometimes... it's now or never!

better start studying.. =P

Of Uni and Decisions..

i know this post is long overdue.. anyways.. *ahem* *drumroll*...

TAHNIAH!

Anda telah berjaya ditawarkan program pengajian seperti berikut :

KOD PROGRAM : PS26

NAMA PROGRAM : BACELOR SAINS (KEPUJIAN) -MAJOR BIOKIMIA

IPTA : UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM)

got to know this around 2am last last friday.. XD of all my eight choices that i submitted.. this is my LAST choice.. Didn't anticipate this turn of events as i thought i would have gotten my first choice (UM's English) or at least my second ( UM's TESL) as my results definitely qualify me for them.. was very quite devastated upset bout it.. XD however, there is still hope.. once i report to upm, i have to go to upm's lauguage faculty and enquire IF there are any empty seats available.. IF there is an empty slot, i need to go back to my own faculty admin to ask for a transfer with the language faculty's consent.. IF my faculty does not want to let me go.. i have to study biochem for a semester.. Get good results and IF i'm lucky, i'll get transferred to the course i want.. IF i cant get a transfer, i need to complete my first year and try all over again.. XD

Was quite ready to take on this path when suddenly my mum's friend suggested that I might as well be studying law! Me study law? the absurdity! XD haha.. I've never considered that career path as i know i'm that outspoken type that likes to argue.. Law has always been a very elusive subject to me.. with thick volumes of books and outspoken people.. plus lawyers seem to be like elites.. black suit, black briefcase, stressful office job..
However, finding some info about it won't harm me right?
So, i started talking to people.. law students.. biochem graduates.. reading stuff.. and through them i really gained a lot of insight of what i was getting into if i were to study law or biochem.. Well, basically, biochem is more of bio.. its about the cell's biochemistry reaction.. therefore i'm going to study my form 6 bio in more minute details.. plus a lil maths and chemistry calculations.. hm..  the job prospects.. my friend is going for her masters that is not really related to her field.. some work at labs.. most goes into sales and marketing of scientific products.. direct sales.. Amway.. insurance..@.@ i dun want that! basically.. i can't imagine myself doing serious research either.. playing in the lab and copying results is one thing.. finding a cure for cancer is another.. XD

 Suddenly, law doesn't seem as intimidating as it used to be.. mountains of reading is involved.. never ending case studies.. a good command of English is required.. and also of course thinking and communicating skills ( who want a lawyer that can't think and can't speak?)... self discipline and perseverance.. basically if i work hard, i'll be able to get through.. reading volumes shouldn't be a problem to me.. plus no maths! XD alot of people keep asking me.. Are u interested in law? i find it hard to answer because i've never done it before! XD if u ask me bout history and PA i'd say yes its interesting to me.. okay, maybe i'm not as knowledgeable and up to date bout politics and government policies like some of my schoolmates are (eg. Ah Boon) XD but i do think i can do this =) maybe i'm tired of trying to understand things like chemistry.. or comprehending maths that i cant seem to be able to solve by myself.. the reason i pulled through stpm was through lots of practice.. PA was by far the easiest subject for me.. (probably for many others too) =P the more i think about it the more i like the idea of studying law. Why have i never considered studying law before this?? XD It's definitely not going to be a stroll in the park.. but i do believe i can accomplish this =)

Found out more about studying law in ATC in KL.. surprisingly the fees does not amount to 100k.. the whole degree program costs about 45k.. inclusive of books, exam fees and etc.. going to apply for PTPTN loan which covers it.. Went to ATC yesterday just to enquire more info.. and i ended up registering with a mere deposit of rm50 and was ushered to class.. XD but guess what? there were already 4 CHSians in class~ =P Zhao Ying, See Khee, Yen Hsien and Yet Han.. plus me, 5, plus boon next week, 6! Well at least there are some familiar faces =) the lessons started.. i've already missed 2 classes, however the lecturers are still going very slow.. giving out sound advices and telling us what to expect of the coming year.. some lecturers have already started a lil on their lesson.. even though some of the times i'm not familiar with the topic however it is nothing that i can't read up by myself.. after the day's lesson, i realised that i have a lot of reading to catch up on.. Thank God for the internet! ^^ haha..
so basically, i'll be doing Contract Law, Common Law, Criminal Law and Public Law for my first year.. 4 subjects per year for 3 years.. so.. i'm taking an hour long bus ride from my home to kl and back again.. not to mention the walk from home to bus stop and from bus stop to ATC.. haha.. so far lessons will be conducted 3 days per week.. the only thing i'm going to miss will be my campus life.. which is a huge part of uni experience.. cuz ATC doesn't have a campus.. =/ and there are only like.. 8 clubs to join.. XD

I know that i don't know a lot of things that i should.. however, i'm willing to learn.. =) maybe i'm not as ambitious and as passionate as others are.. maybe i'm very naive and am not aware of the hot soup i'm getting myself into.. however, i'll perservere.. when there's a will, there's a way~ I don't know whether is this what God planned for me.. However, i know that He'll always be with me ^__^

At the end of the day i asked myself, is this what i want? me studying law is very sudden.. is this a rash decision? do i still want to study biochem in upm? cuz i'm only reporting at upm this sunday.. i can still make it if i want to... do i want to??
 i smiled...  cuz i already know my answer... =)

no regrets.. it's all onwards from now.. 

no looking back..