Quiz

There was a quiz held in EC II class today. This came as a surprise to me because I never heard that there will be a quiz today. The quiz is in objective form for the first 5 questions and we were required to fill in the blanks for the next 10 questions. So total was 10 marks overall and I only got 6 out of it. My English seriously needs help now. I think my English had been deteriorating since after form 6. I have to save it before it's too late. I would not want to get another B for EC again.

Modem

I have no internet connection since I came back yesterday. The thunder spoiled our modem, and surprisingly, our housemate's room fan was also not working since the incident. so we decided to cram into my room for a few nights before the repairman comes on Monday. It's quite fun though because there are not many times that we can actually sit together and laugh for hours in a room. =D

TM

Prepared to go back to Tanjung Malim this morning. Actually I was supposed to come back on Sunday but I have practice on Saturday night and I have already skipped Friday's practice session. So thankful to have parents that love me so much that they are willing to fetch me from home to Tanjung Malim and back again. Well, came back here and I went to practice. It was then that I was informed that I have to choose 1 minute Erhu solo for the Kemuncak Seni. I was still wondering whether i still have my skills in solo playing as I have last time. It's been so long since I practiced solo pieces for Erhu. Hopefully I can do it!

Home sweet home

Second day at home. Feels nice to be at the comfort of my own house. I still have assignments to do, which there's one due next Monday. I hope I can finish it by then. But I'm so comfy now I'm so lazy to continue... =/
Well... What am I to do? I still have to finish it. Good luck to me!

Diwali break

This is my first day at my hometown since 6 weeks of lecture. It's so good to be home! I missed my family, the food and also my friends back in my hometown! We met up for a few hours just now and chatted. I really enjoy the time together with my family and friends. Although the break is not very long, I'm still very grateful that I can have the chance to come back home. After so long of eating Malay food everyday, I was looking foward to lots of Chinese food! Not that Malay food is not delicious, it's just that I missed Chinese food. Specifically, it's Foochow dishes!! Yumm~

Sungkai!

Had a trip to Sungkai organised by Tanjung Malim Methodist Church. It's not very far from Tanjung Malim. We got there in only about 45 minutes. We had to walk quite a long way from the entrance at the Sungkai hot spring.  We had some games before preceding to the water park. After that we went to the water park and continued to the hot springs to dip ourselves and also our feet in. There's a part where the hot spring is between 90-100 degrees where we can boil our eggs we took. It's fun playing with a whole group of friends! I really had a great time there! Group photo~

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I went home straight after the trip. The bus driver said that it's quite a distance to Sungkai bus station, and it's a different way. So his wife asked their son to give me a ride to the bus station. He didn't manage to find the bus station but he offered to take me to Bidor bus station instead. How kind! There are not many kind people nowadays.His wife was kind of worried and even asked me to call when I arrived home. I really do appreciate their help! =)

KL

Since today is a holiday, we planned a trip to KL. Main thing is to interview the RTM oboist for our EC assignment and the others are to enable my coursemates to consult him about the oboe and to shop. Straight after the interview in from 2pm to 5pm, 6 of us went separate ways. I had never been to Chinatown before, so I took this chance to go there. Unfortunately it started raining by the time we got there. So we just have our lunch and get the tickets to go home. It's still worth the trip though. Learnt a little bit more about oboes, even though I'm a flutist and we also finished our interview. That's just like killing two birds with one stone!

At Papa John. 

It's another rainy day

The weather was fine this morning, but it suddenly changed. The weather turned cloudy about 2pm. It's really really so unpredictable. It can be so sunny at first and it can turn gloomy all of a sudden. Rainy season really can bring joy and sorrow. I think it brings more sorrow to me this semester than joy because I have to cycle. Hahaha...

Sun burn

Since last night, my face was very very red. I didn't know that until I looked into the mirror when I was prepared for church last night. I got a shock seeing my red face. Everyone was like, what happened to your face?? I'm so thankful I have people around me who care for me so much. My housemate gave me mask to apply on and today pastor blended some cucumbers for me to apply on my face. I feel so grateful! Thank You so much!

Roasted!

We had 3 hrs taekwondo training starting 9am this morning. I'm fine with the period of time, but it's at the FIELD!! Imagine the hot sun burning you right through the skin! I feel like I was being roasted when the time approached 10.30am. This wasn't as bad as what I went through during National Service, which we had to march at 2pm. But that was already 3 years back, now I can't stand the heat anymore. Luckily the weather changed after that. It became cloudy and windy all of a sudden. I just hope that I won't get any sun burn because it hurts! >.<

Headache

I didn't have enough sleep for the past... 2 weeks, I think. The side effect finally came to me last nite. Around 8pm I started to have slight headache. Since I have something to do, I just ignored it. Then it got gradually worse and worse until finally I have to reject my friend's help on the thing she has to hand in tomorrow. I fell bad about it, but I really can't take it anymore. My head feels as if it's going to burst. I admit that I had overworked. I need more rest, as my room mate had said. Dear room mate, if you are reading this, I want to tell you that I will take care of myself from now on. Don't worry! XD

Money saver

Cooking at home really does save alot! I only spent about RM5 for a meal, 2 person's share. Although it's not as nice as those cooked outside, but it's still eatable. Hahaha... Hopefully my cooking skills can improve over the time.

Oh no... My holidays..

Well, Deepavali is just around the corner and I have been planning to go back to my hometown starting Wednesday to Sunday. Something came up. I can't go back as long as I planned it to be. We have KS run through sessions starting Friday, which means I have to come back on Friday. Gosh.. Why does it have to be this way? Well, think on the bright side. At least I can have my whole semester break untouched by the practice sessions. Teehee~

Sponsorship

After class, we went out to the shops around Taman Nusa and Taman Anggerik to ask for sponsorship for our coming Kemuncak Seni concert. Two of my course mates and I walked all the way from Taman Nusa to Taman Anggerik, going into every shop that's open to ask for sponsorship, or rather, donations. We managed to get RM100+ for today and I think it's really good enough. Yesterday we went to Taman U and we got RM200
+. Although the amount is lesser than yesterday's, but I'm still very grateful that we managed to get some money for today. And I'm also very thanful to have my course mates to help me. One of them was not actually involved in sponsorship but he is willing to help. =)

Presentation

Wasted two hours of my life on two hours lecture in the morning. Seriously it's so wasting time that I really think that 2 hours of my life every week had been wasted. Okay, enough of that. Now, we had presentation for EC class today, and I think that we did quite well, just that we didn't have the right article. What we presented was actually letters written to the editors, not entirely articles. I hope that it doesn't affect our marks that much.

Planner

It's after I came to university that I realized, a planner is very important. It keeps track of everything I have to do. Without it I don't think I'm able to hand in all my assignments in time. Somehow I realize that my planner for this semester has much much more events than I imagine. I didn't have that crowded writings everywhere in my planner before. For this months planner page, it is really congested, like a word jam. Hahaha.. But I still managed to get most of them ticked before they are due.

My hand hurts..

Taekwondo again today. In order to let us understand how blocking works, some of us were required to block the instructor's attack. He approached me today and I had to hit his arm in order to block his attack. That was really really painful! I think I'm going to have a bruise the first thing in the morning. It hurts even when I touch it gently. Ouch!

Yummy~

Two idiots cooked last night and we had alot of rice left over because we didn't estimate the amount of rice accurately. How stupid is that? Hahaha... So, we decided to have fried rice for dinner today with the leftover rice and veggies from last night. It's my first time trying to fry rice. With the help of my housemates, It turned to to be very tasty! Yummy! Although I didn't like the process of cooking, which the oil jumps out at me, but to eat something that we cooked ourselves is really satisfying. Second time cooking this semester. Hope to improve more! ^^

The result. 

I love the taste. Special thanks to my housemate for helping. ^^

Flute

Had my flute lesson again today, Finished the Partita in A minor by Bach after few weeks of lesson and today my lecturer asked to play another piece by Telemann, Fantasie in A minor. I had to sight read just now. I think that my flute sight reading is much much better than piano. Probably because it has only one line whereas piano has two lines to read. Hopefully i'll improve in both of them.

Exhausted

Thank God I can ride home without the blazing sun shining down on me. After lunch today, I went back home because I was really really tired and I need to have some rest before continuing our orchestra practice tonight. Well.. Slept a few hours and now I'm up to continue my assignments. Assignment weeks are really torturing. I rather have practice weeks. Hahaha.. I'm going to try my skills at cooking tonight, hopefully it goes well. I'm not keen to eat burnt food or tasteless food. XD
By the way, found another few photos of our faculty papa cat and kitten.

Gosh... They really slept so soundly..

Tuesday

After a whole day of activity yesterday, I finally have time for other things today. 3 hours of classes and that's it! I have time to practice my flute and piano. It's been quite a while since i have really sat down and practice my piano. There are still loads of assignments to do. I really have to get it done, fast.

Classes and practice sessions

Monday is seriously a busy day for me this semester. I have 6 hrs classes with 1 hour break in between and practice session for Kemuncak Seni after that. I was seriously exhausted. I hope I can get enough rest as not to burden myself with all the classes, assignments and practices. If not, I will be sick! And I really don't want that to happen.

The end of 30 pages

Sunday service as usual today and I continued doing my assignment this afternoon. Finally, I managed to finish the 30 pages required for the assignment! Hoorayyy!! This is the heaviest assignment I have ever had. I wouldn't want to have another one like this. It's really driving me crazy, what with all the time used on practice and classes. Well, 1 burden down, another... 5 more? I'm not going to get any rest this few weeks. Seriously.

Taekwondo

We had 2 and a half hours of taekwondo today. Seriously it's tiresome. 2 and a half hours is to replace the lesson we missed last week as the instructor was not around. Ever since I took Taekwondo, I hate saturdays alot because it makes my hands and legs ache the very next few days. Well, it's a good exercise though.

It's Friday again

It's Friday again. Most people will be cooling off somewhere after a whole week's hard work... But not me! I still have assignments to do and it's due Monday! Well, at least I had done more than half of  it. So far it's only 24+ pages. I still have lots of thing to do. Busy assignment week again.

KS

Kemuncak seni is coming soon! How time flies. Kemuncak seni is a final project for all music students. It is a requirement for us to graduate. As the number of music students are limited, all of the students in music faculty will be involved. The practice sessions started last week, and will be continuing till the performance. Well, good luck to all the seniors who are in charge of the KS this time!

Goodbye, See you soon!

Today is the last day our Vocal Ensemble II lecturer is going to teach us for this month. She'll be leaving tomorrow to go back to her hometown to see her mom, who was sick. She had been teaching us for the past 2 semesters, so it's sad to know that she's leaving. Although it's only for a short time, it's still a goodbye. I really want to thank her lots for her care and her great teaching. It means a lot to me. Thank You so much! See you soon!

1st Anniversary

           Last year's September 28th, my pet dog, Milo, was put to sleep. He had an incurable virus and was forced to be put to sleep to end his suffering. He was 4 years old. He had brought lots of joy to us during those years. Whenever I'm unhappy, I will sit right beside him and pat and talk to him. Some people may think that i'm insane because i talk to my pet, but I think it's totally normal. It can really release your stress. Without him around, Our house was so, so quiet. Miss him lots. Here's a picture of him and me. Last year's September 28th, my pet dog, Milo, was put to sleep. He had an incurable virus and was forced to be put to sleep to end his suffering. He was 4 years old. He had brought lots of joy to us during those years. Whenever I'm unhappy, I will sit right beside him and pat and talk to him. Some people may think that i'm insane because i talk to my pet, but I think it's totally normal. It can really release your stress. Without him around, Our house was so, so quiet. Miss him lots. Here's a picture of him and me.

Young Milo

Milo and me. Miss you lots!

Hmm..

I'm sorry if i'm being rude. But I really can't stand it. I was at class this morning and I went to get my bicycle straight after class. When I was about to unlock it, I found out that my lock was tangled in between the wheels. Someone had pushed my bike. Hello??? Can't you see that it's locked?? Lift it up if you want to move it idiot! Common sense please...

What a day!

It's Monday again! I really hate semester 3 Mondays, what with 2 EDU papers in a day and I have assignments piling up! I have to try my best to manage my time. I still have instruments to practice. So far it's the most hectic semester yet. Before I end my blog, I would like to share some great pictures of God's creation. The kittens!! XD
They are those given birth to by our Faculty's cat, whom we call mama cat. They are just adorable... Aren't they? Enjoy!

They were sleeping in the drain. <3

Cell Group

Every Sunday our brothers and sisters in Christ will come together to have a cell group to share God's words. Tonight's cell group was a great one. I've learnt to appreciate things that I have and also learnt the importance of prayer in our daily lives. I'm really thankful to have a sister in Christ that is willing to listen to my problems and sorrows, and prayed for me. Thank God for the great cell group today. Glory to our God! Amen!

A visit to LOGOs

Half day, a group of people, and a floating book fair! Yes, we went to the largest floating bookfair in the world, Logos hope! It's currently in Port Klang since 29 Sept and will be there till 23 Oct 2011 and it has more than 5000 titles of books available. Since it's floating all around the world, the stuffs they sell go by units to make things easier. The standard exchange is 100 units = 8 RM. There are lots of bible and spiritual books available. It's a great experience having a trip to a floating book fair! You who are reading this now, go to logos if you have not been there before! Hurry before it sails!!