Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Charming prince

He's royal, he's charismatic, he's friendly, he's tall, he's good-looking (the next cute gray hair guy after richard gere), he got the car, he DEFINITELY got the brain (MA from Harvard and Doctorate from Oxford. what more can u ask) and he just cause a great deal bunch of the college girls fall in love with him at the first sight. oh, and he's single and looking.

I kept on wondering why, of all the colleges in Malaysia, he chose to visit ours. However Dr Foord said to me it happened that Mr Small and him once played golf together and so he invited the prince to visit the college. But it took quite some time making the arrangement as the prince needs to travel outside Perak (exactly 10km from Perak/Selangor border anyway) and come to another state, so it'll involved some sort of acknowledgement of the Sultan of Selangor which explains why there were some representative/observer from the Selangor palace.

Furthermore, royal visit. Protocols etc etc. Despite all that the prince was very amiable and approachable, but it was apparent that the students looked a bit awkward as we were rather slightly intimidated of him.

The visit triggered a question.(Actually it was Dr Foord who asked us this question). By any chance, would I trade my place with him? Well, some people said they don't mind having half of the prince's life and it'll still be good enough for them. For me, I love my life too much to trade it into royalties. Being perfect might be everyone's dream, but it is simply utopian dream. However complete we think we are, there will be something missing. The examples are everywhere. It just shows that you can't have it all. So, be grateful.

Monday, March 29, 2004

Hujan rintik rintik, air bergelora

Water crisis in college! Words spread around that it is due to some problem of the underground pipes. Kept a pail of water last night from the big black water tank that the college provided for the female chalet occupants, so that's what I used to bath and wudhu' this morning. Seriously, I really can't live without water. Take away the electricity, but not water!

Anyway if this goes on until tomorrow, I guess the college will just have to bear having smelly kids around during Raja Nazrin's visit.

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Plain lazy?

Now my blog has been a twice-a-week updated matter to me. Hmm.. haven't been anywhere, haven't been that busy, but still felt pretty occupied. Really need another booster.

Anyway I just found out that I bought a bottle of Nutella than I bought last week and it was kept hiding in my bed drawer. yay a bottle of Nutella in the stressful week. I remembered how I finished a BIG bottle of Nutella during last year's AS exams month. Apparently I will know that I am in the middle of stress when the amount of my food stock increase. And how it's consumption rate increase too.

Anyway the official offer from Imperial was received yesterday through UCAS website. I was extremely surprised with their conditional offer. ABB, A in Maths and BB in Physics and Chemistry! wow, didn't expect it to be that low, but it was rather a relief. At least I just need to concentrate on passing the cut off point by PETRONAS, and I certainly can't afford to get ABB. tak fly la nantii... So far I know only me and Aimi was given that offer, while others are around AAB and there's even AAA!

Anyway, another friend has join the world of blogging... welcome Keymoy!

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Uh'huh

Haven't update my blog for quite some time. Packed and occupied. I was just elected as one of the committee members to organize the pre-departure programme for our batch. The job was rather reluctantly accepted, since I've vowed to give full commitment to my studies. Even the KMB thingy was perceived as something that I shouldn't do anymore at this stage by my tutor. I can't imagine what he'll respond if he knows that I am committed to another task by now. But you just got to do what you got to do. Will try my best to fulfill the commitment. And I was kind of lucky as the heads were flexible and tolerant in allocating the job to me. At least it will be something I am familiar with and something I don't dread to do.

I'm starting to feel sleepy. Sleepy.. sleepyyyyy....ngohh ngoh...zzzzzzzzzz

double period mechanics tomorrow. cheerio

Saturday, March 20, 2004

Big no no

A dear friend prompted me to talk about election today. Election. Politics. It's not that I am being ignorance, but I just don't fancy politics. And not planning to anytime soon either. Maybe some time in the future, but not soon. Can't comprehend the justification. Maybe I am too technical or naive to speculate about it. The moment the topic being brought up, I immediately lost interest. He said I was dead. Still waiting for the explaination of his definition of dead.

Friday, March 19, 2004

Where I wanna be

Today I attended the Loughborough talk for applicants. And now I'm hesitant, again. Which one to put for my insurance choice. Loughborough, or Manchester, or Birmingham. Comparatively, Loughborough is very much like KMYS, and Manchester/Birmingham is more like London of a smaller scale. A wide gap between my firm and insurance choice. Malaysians just can resist branded items, one London uni speaker used to say. Guess there's no harm in playing it their way once in a while.

My favourite Thai series ended today. yea Kongphob and Neng are together at last! It was such a sweet story, partly because the hero is cute but mainly I like him for his character in the series. It has been quite some time since I last follow a TV series. My life has been pretty mundane these days. Particularly this semester. Guess after the mocks everyone was looking for something entertaining to look forward to, at least for some time before everybody get buried back in books. Anyway, my chaletmate Wan Mae, planned to leave her Biology class early, skipped her lunch and only ate 3 bananas so that she won't miss the last episode. Not very typical of her. And she even ponteng her tutorial lunch. Same goes to Husna. Aisha actually took out the lunch from the dining hall and ate it in front of the TV. And Shila. hehe I was lucky since I have free blocks before lunch today. And I ate my lunch. At the dining hall. Peacefully. :)

Thursday, March 18, 2004

Force over Area

Stress. That's what most senior students in college are feeling now. Stress is good. At least I think it's good. It keeps me on my feet, and usually it resulted from a big slap on the face. A slap on the face, felt that quite a few times recently. Not literally, of course. But in a way, it's good. Humans need to be awakened from their misleading dreams. Most of the times the method needs to be harsh. But I can tolerate that. Just slap me so that I'll be awake. So that I will not need another slap to get me awake again. So that I will not need to be awakened again.

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Fotopages

Anyway I've updated my fotopages! yay I just love taking pictures nowadays :)

Blessed

Haven't updated my blog for quite some time. Exhausted! Nevertheless, it was worth it. KMYS netball team and basketball female team emerged champion for the Intercollege Sports Carnival 2004! The extensive daily training that we undergone paid off finally. Came back with a big plastic bag of dirty sweaty smelly clothes, without my towel (left it in KMB :( ) , bloated burnt tanned face, another crooked finger AND toe, 2 wins and a BIG smile on the face! :D

Well KMB was more or less fit the description of those KMYSians who used to stay there. "Wardrobe dia half size dr yg kita punya kat kolej, bilik kecik, katil kecik, study table kecik, no power points in the room yada yada yada...." Honestly, it was all rather the truth, but I have to say I found that tolerable. I would've been in KMB anyway if I took the other path to study dentistry under JPA. The sponsors send us here and there to study, not exactly to have time of our life. Maybe KMYSians are just too exclusively pampered in the college. Still some of the ungrateful ones complained about the dining hall food, this and that. Humans are never grateful of what they have. I shouldn't and wouldn't be complaining, it's a blessing there's someone paying all my tuition fees, pay me to study and to study HERE. What more can I ask?

Saturday, March 13, 2004

Intelligence

Making a choice is a difficult one. That is what life is partly about anyway. Last night I was put in a position to choose something in which I rather sacrifice my own position in it, but the technicalities wouldn't allow me to do that. I just can't choose. Really.

The talk about emotional intelligence during our Friday assembly made me realize how emotionally unintelligent I am. I always connect emotions to feelings (which is part of it), and feelings is not something I always consider to be of extreme importance (icy and cold? kind of. but reserved is a better word). Anyway among the component of emotion intelligence are self-motivation (need more of this), handling relationship (hmm..), stress handling, emotion control (Sin said I gotta get more of this since I like to jentik her...I wonder what's the connection :P).

Since the new knowledge of today is about emotional intelligence, what I can say is that making the right choice is also a trait of an emotionally intelligent person. It seems to me that to work on something, EQ is rather more important than IQ, since IQ is more towards the acquired knowledge while EQ is like killing a bad habit. And everyone knows how injurious a bad habit is. I certainly do.

Friday, March 12, 2004

Full blast

Tired. Even to type. Full court practice basketball and netball for 2 sweating hours. Volcanoes really melt you down.

Thursday, March 11, 2004

Wednesday's Child

Scatterbrain
You've been crying in the rain
You've been drowning in your pain
Ain't gonna die

Do the right thing
Win or lose
Don't confuse
Wednesday's child

Pa-pa-pa-pa pa pa-pa-paa
Pa-pa-pa-pa pa pa-pa-paaa
Pa pa-pa-pa pa pa-pa-paa
Pa-pa-pa-pa pa pa-pa-paaa

Walk on by me
Don't deny me
Anytime

by Emiliana Torrini (Love In The Time Of Science)

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

I should be so lucky

I am in the state of euphoria, so HAPPY! The Imperial College interview was over and I believe I've succeeded it. Can't stop smiling while walking back, my face becomes so stiff. "Now I am making you a conditional offer yada yada yada..." yay! And the interviewer was so cute *hehe*

One thing that I felt rather curious about is, why I was asked so many technical/academic questions?? 1st Law and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, numerical methods, he even asked me to integrate ln x! The other part was just typical interview questions. So grateful that I was able to answer all the questions. Good thing about interviews during examination week.

The felicity is so extravagant, even having to know that I have Physics resit paper tomorrow still can't reduce the intensity. It's a celebrious feeling that I haven't felt for quite some time.

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Somebody save me

Please, why do I have to know why freezing point is depressed if involatile solute is added into it? Now I am depressed.

I was very happy when I initially thought that François-Marie Raoult (1830-1901) was a woman. I was wrong. A melancholy mood induced by the sight of ancient ruins.

Ancient ruins. How I ruined a lot of things. Most of them do not particularly deserved it. And I am sorry. And now it befalled upon me, and it backfired. Please don't let me fall, I still have the skies to grasp. I've fallen before, and it always seems not worth it. Let me fall for real and forever and for good.

See how 'expressive' I can be when I am trying very hard to distinguish between steam distillation and fractional distillation and why boiling points are elevated likewise freezing points are depressed?

Monday, March 08, 2004

Teamwork

Today we start our first proper netball training to prepare for the intercollege tourney in 5 days time. "Ufah, KMB ramai state player tau.. INTEC pun ada proper team." "Anyway KTJ sure has a complete team since they also have secondary school students.." oh ok..now what are you guys expecting from a captain who last played serious netball when she was in standard 5? I tried my best and keep on learning, life is about continuous learning anyway.

I am so grateful that the other netballers share the same enthusiasm, and are not afraid to comment or help each other out in anyway they can. This is what teamwork is all about. If we lose this saturday, I will still feel grateful to be in such a wonderful and closed-knitted team.

Sunday, March 07, 2004

Kichiko

I happened to bump into one of these whats-ur-****-name, and this time it's Japanese name. It turned out I am so-called Kichiko. yeah right..*sigh* Please alert me if it actually brings any indecent meaning ok?

Anyway I just came back from a friend's chalet, and again was misunderstood, or preferably mistakenly misunderstood. It was truth, but I rather think of it as a misunderstanding as it was not supposed to be in her knowledge. How it did? God knows. Or I might inadvertently revealed myself in a way or another. Why people is so fast in jumping into conclusion? Being somewhat technical by nature, I hate to speculate, so I expect others not to when it comes to me. Don't speculate, just ask. And only after that I'll decide anyone is of worth knowing or not.

Chemistry practical paper tomorrow, another planning and design. Hope I won't lost hope in p&d, my life depends on that.

Saturday, March 06, 2004

Unoccupied

Yesterday was ended relatively late, and today has started surprisingly early. An SMS was sent by Mira last night to remind me to pick up the Chemistry exercises prepared by Mr Amaran at his lab during break time. To think of all the hassle of changing into the saturday college uniform just for that, I resolved not to do anything. My mind kept on thinking if there is anyone who might need to go to the academic block, so that he/she can do the job for me. Hmm...

The a vypress msg popped out. It was Aida. "Ufah, kalau nak pegi acad block kena pakai uniform tak?" wow, that was lucky. "heh, tak tau la.. kau nak pegik ke? minta tolong plsssss.." so coaxing process begins.

"Apa dia?" she asked innocently. And it happens that she purposely wanted to go to the lab to pick up the papers, so there she goes. Around 20 minutes later, a knock on my window, and there she was smiling and passed me the papers. "Thanks a lot Aida!!" I grinned.

Browsing through the papers with excitement that soon faded when I realized that I've completed all the questions during last year's holiday.

Friday, March 05, 2004

Environmentalist

Anyway after my Physics paper 4 yesterday, I was too demoralized to study any physics. Today's paper i.e Option Physics was faced without much preparation the night before, since I slept immediately after Isya' prayer and woke up 6 am this morning (so-called rejuvenating sleep). Ironically, the questions were relatively simple and straight forward for Fluids and Environmental part. haha, who told you to merajuk awal-awal? Anyway it was a fair paper and I am fairly happy.

Talking about fair, my dear friend and I was talking during breakfast about unfairness that occured to her some time ago just because she's living at a 'wrong' place. I will not specifiy who or where or when, but it surprised me how extreme it can be if we move to certain part of this country. Mainly it'll not involved all layers of community, but that certain involved party surely have considerable influences on us. Anyway I know exactly how she felt, as my father was once a victim like her, more or less. Thank God I was spared. In a nutshell, I just want to say eventhough foreigners will say that we live in peace and harmony, I'd say it may be peace but not totally harmony yet.

Finally one depressing week full with horror papers (horror??) ends. And I got myself a new shoutbox! cun tak?? bimbo giler kan? :P

Thursday, March 04, 2004

Phew

Paper 4 structure Physics. I answered the questions as if I've never learn physics before. It was damn tough!! If it were my real paper, I think I'll definitely break down and cry once I stepped out of the exam hall. Now I know why our seniors last year cried after their paper, and even the college best scholars said that he screwed up his paper. It was their paper that I answered for our Mock. It was tough, extremely tough.

For Mathematics, it went surprisingly well , for both P3 and Mechanics. Well at least that made my day.

I just went back from the netball and basketball practice. Going to KMB next week to participate in their so-called sports carnival in netball and basketball. Nearly got foot cramp, since I haven't played for quite a while (it was a vow not to play too much basketball or netball or badminton this sem, dunno whether can still hold on or not).

All in all, a physically and mentally exhaustive day.

Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Physics Structure P3 M1

3 major paper in 1 day, one after another (well..almost, with about 1 hour gap in between). P3 will start in 8 hours time. Hope I am still alive after that to post my blog.

Well today is my good friend's birthday, Aimi. I went to her chalet to wish her birthday and give a freshly made birthday card :P and she immediately lock her room. hehe, not surprising, bday girl or bday boy just have to beware on their bday night, people will come and rumble them - eggs, flour, cold water (fortunately) or very cold and not very hygienic water (unfortunately). Well that was what happened to me last year, I was unalarmingly seduced to step out of my chalet and suddenly there it went - a swooosshh of cold water and splattt - fresh eggs (thank god). My skin got its free cold egg treatment that night. But I was very delighted, it had been a very stressful week (it was the week during the preparation of Bangsawan Night) and I even cried once earlier that week due to stress. The celebration certainly lifted my spirit up and eased away my worries.

Anyway, to Aimi, just bear with the invasion, it just shows how much they all love you :D Hope to see you this morning for our Physics paper, healthy and in one piece.

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

Terror

Today's news.

I am terrified. Extremely terrified.

Monday, March 01, 2004

Shoot!

yes.. I've finally gotten myself a photopage !! yea..at least can save some of the space on my harddrive.. the first one would be pics of our class celebrating Mr Amran's birthday. I was so surprised, just after about 5 minutes uploading the pics I've already got someone viewing my page and leaving a message saying 'Good!'. hehe it's just a word but I felt very happy, and I have to say I just love taking pictures,thanks to the digital camera so I can waste as many photos as I want and still ending up having at least a few good ones.

Actually the idea of having this photopage was inspired by a girl in Oxford named Shaliza, in which in my opinion her photopage was just impressive. I also read her blogspot unfailingly, it's just wonders how she can write about plain small things in life that we often neglect to sound very distinct, and most of the time I do agree with her.

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