It has been okkkk so far.
I was given an intermediate class, so I'm happy about it.
Teaching students with too low / too high English language proficiency is challenging and extra2 stressful.
The students are all fresh from school, all about 18 years of age. They are all scholars from the ICPU (Canadian Pre-U Programme), but they are all from diverse courses (which is a headache coz it's difficult to inform anything to everybody when there are no classes). So i suppose they'll go to Canada if they fulfill all the necessary requirements.
The class is very2 active... and by that, I mean some of them are toooo chatty and they can't sit at one place at a time. They love to move around and distract me with irrelevant questions and stupid jokes. The Chinese boys especially are very2 talkative. The Malay boys ala2 malu2 kambeng kunun... and the girls are all prim and proper and not tooo active (as expected...). but they are all sweet and obedient.
So far, I think i can manage it, although some kept insisting on leaving early, and 1-2 students were testing my patience by sleeping in the class, and whatnot. I think i'm gonna split the Chinese boys' group next week, coz it's just tooo noisy when they are all together.
I don't know how well i can handle this, but i think I can survive these 2 months of teaching and prepare them for their IELTS exam.
Why do i always have to prepare students for big exams that i have never even taken myself and never ever seen, for that matter???
In UiTM before, i was preparing them for MUET. until now i dunno how MUET is like. hahaha....
and now, IELTS. I still dunno how the hell it's like either.
sabaq je laaa...
wish me luck for the upcoming weekszzz of teaching.
ciao
bridazzy's countdown
Friday, July 31, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
To a place I can call HOME...
A terrifying aunty to 'welcome' me home every day???
NO MORE!!!!
No more constant nagging...
No more fear...
This is what i call HOME...
To be honest, I don't feel like i belong anywhere.
The last time when i really felt like i had a family home was in Gombak.
And after that, my personal sanctuary was my apartment in Stafford House (apartment 106, ingat lagi!!!).
Since then, no more!
I feel like i'm bounced here and there, being forced to accept my new 'homesss'...
In fact I still feel awkward at times in my current family house in Jitra. And to be frank, there's a lil bit of uneasiness when people ask me where's my hometown, and I have to say 'Jitra, Kedah'. I don't really live there!!!
It's somehow like a hotel to me (my mom will kill me if she reads this). You know, the feeling when u enter a nice hotel once in a while, but u just know it isn't yours, and you are not free to do anything you really want with it, and you're gonna leave it sooner or later... That's exactly how i feel.
Anyways (jauhnya menyimpang...huhu..), what i wanna say is that, I am now contented that i have found my new sanctuary. I moved into my new house about a month ago, on the 20th of June. So far, it has been a splendid experience. Perhaps not as homely as a house that you would buy on your own, but good enough to be lived for a few years.
Why do i say so??? I think the following bullet points will suffice to answer the question:
LOCATION
-my house is actually a 'rumah kedai'. But since it is located at a rather new shop-outlet area, it aint that dodgy. In fact, its interior is pretty ok and spacious, although it doesn't really give a sophisticated or high-class vibe (like i care!!?). So for comparison amongst its 'peers', i would give a 4.5-star! minus 0.5 coz i have to climb up the stairs. It's on the second floor!! hahaha..
- it's located somewhere near the middle of the NPE highway, for example if you take NPE from Bangsar, it takes about 10 minutes to reach my place. add 5 more minutes, and you'll arrive at Sunway Pyramid (hehehe, my new shopping haven!)
-parking is ample and free!!! this is a great, great facility. I need not worry about not having a parking spot everytime i return home. And there're some people guarding the basement parking too.. ok laaaa...
-Not to forget, as the name 'rumah kedai' suggests, there are a lot of facilities within walking distance. This is a real plus point! No need to buy stuff at Jusco or Carrefour anymore for example, and no need to drive somewhere else just to get a packet of maggi noodles, coz EVERYTHING is available here! From a number of supermarkets, retail, bookshop, stationery shop, clinic, Cosway, restaurants, workshops, Old Town, laundrette, photo shop, Cyber Cafe, furniture shop, 7 eleven, K-Mart, burger stalls, goreng pisang stall, rojak stall, gerai2, optometrist, locksmith, hardware store, ohhh the choices are endless!
And whenever i'm in a shopping mood, karaoke mood, or ice-skating mood, etc, just drive 5 mins, and walllaaa, there's Sunway Pyramid! hehehe..
PRICE
-for a spacious home with spacious rooms, smacked right in the middle of KL, i must say it's pretty cheap. a lot cheaper than my room in Bangsar.
-and the landlord is very very nice. It's easy to negotiate with him. even if you encounter problems that do not allow you to pay the rent early, he's very considerate. He even helped us fix the toilet pipes, although we said we cud call a plumber. He said he could do it for free for us.. no need to waste money on cekik-darah punya plumbers. hahaha.
ROOM
-as mentioned, it's spacious enough to accommodate me, a few guests (if any), and zillions of my stuff! and still have enough space to pray and run here and there for some monkey actions. The tiles are new and easy to be cleaned unlike the one in Bangsar before. and i notice it isn't that dusty here. alhamdulillah...
TOILET- In Bangsar, because the aunty was sooo kiasu, all four of us needed to share one toilet. The other toilet is for her use ONLY. keji kan? So, incidents terkepit2 tahan nk buang air, and whatnot, always occured back then... Now, it's only me and Fariha sharing one toilet. It's sooo much more convenient. and even if one of us decides to reside in the toilet a tad longer, there's always another toilet in the Master bedroom that our other housemates wouldn't mind if we use. Phewww...
FLEXIBILITY
I like the sense of flexibility i get to experience here. I can decorate my room as i wish, i can bring friends/families for sleep-overs if i need/want to, without any fear. I can conquer the living hall and watch TV to my heart's content til whatever time i want. I can switch on the lights in my room without being nagged. Isn't life sweeter this way?
HOUSEMATES
My Housemates are AWESOME! One is Fariha, my ex-primary-schoolmate who has joined UM recently. The other two are working full-time... All of us are of the same age! Cool huh?
And everyone contributes to the pretty-ness of the house. So now, although all of the landlord's stuff had been taken away (Ah-long style!), we already have TV, cabinet, carpet, curtain, dining table, etc in the living room. and thanks to Fariha, we also now have a fridge in the kitchen! Woooh awesome!!!!!
PRIVACY
Also, there's so much privacy here. If i want to have some 'ME' time, i have a room of my own. If i want to have some social and chatty time, I can just have fun at the living room with other housemates. I am no longer constrained to the four walls of my bedroom like in Bangsar before. And i don't have to suddenly encounter any male family members of the landlord in the house anymore.
It's also much more peaceful here. No more noisy 'suratkabar lamaaaa...!!! ' and the mamak gas driving a lorry honking like it's the end of the world.
And i'm so relieved with the NO-GUY rule in this house. I had clarified this initially with my housemate, and only then I agreed to live here. In Wellington, it did not feel weird to bring a number of male coursemates to our house for lunch for example. And I didn't really mind if my other housemates brought their male friends too, as long as they were not going to stay there the whole night. Everyone knew the rules, and even if we had personal male visitors, we usually kept the doors open to avoid any controversial thoughts. hahaha... eh wait, rooms in Stafford House bukan boleh kunci pun..hahahaha..!!
But here, it's just awkward, especially if you are just renting and your parents aren't around. I'm no miss goody-goody, but in Malaysia, menda ni pantang sket la for me... alhamdulillah everyone in this house has the same type of brain of similar wavelengths.
COOKING
-I can cook here peacefully, without having to worry that an annoying auntie will come to me and give a 30-minute lecture on the do's and dont's in her kitchen. I can use all the utensils here without fear, and even if i terjatuhkan apa2, i won't have the strange ascending and rapid heartbeat anymore.
and with Fariha buying a new fridge, that is functioning well, I could now buy raw meat and frozen food to be cooked whenever i want. No more cheap dramas over the fridge! hahaha...
SECURITY
- There's a management office here, and after 6pm, there'll be security guards watching all over for bag snatchers and whatnot. I dunno how effective it is, but the presence of a so-called security system at least gives me a big relief. And there's grille downstairs, that makes me feel a bit safer. But still, wherever we live, we are bound to face some forms of danger. So i still kepit my bags as if i'm carrying 1 million dollars!
Ok, enough of reporting. I hope this peace and fun ambience will last, as long as i'm living here.
Ciao.
All cluttered....
That's the current state of my mind.
There are sooooo many things to do this semester!!! And I can't even imagine how everything will turn out to be this December.
These are the three main unanswered questions in my mind now.
But I choose to focus more on the second one.
Only if I study hard and try to complete my research project soonish, will I be able to think clearly of the other 2 questions.
Oh, anyway what's current??
-I am starting doing my research. VERY2 slow progress. I'm so freaking out right now, but still procrastinating, blogging, karaoke-ing, chatting, and facebook-ing like nobody's business.
-Tomorrow will be my first day working part-time at Taylor's. I don't even know what to teach yet. It seems that the first few classes will be very fuzzy, coz all teachers need to first determine the students' level of English language proficiency. Till then, i'm very much tied down to whatever teaching materials that the Language Centre team chooses. *sigh*
Oh i HATE it when i can't plan properly, especially for such a nerve-wrecking situation. I have NOT been teaching for more than a year peeps!!! Takot gilerrrr ok!
Do i still have the 'passion'? Do i still have the flair?? Or will people laugh looking at my 'MERIT' Practicum (Teaching Practice in 2007)???
Waaaa... I always have this fear of going to classes to teach. Even when i was doing it on a daily basis 1-2 years back. What more now, when I've transformed into a full-time student for more than a year... aiyaaaa... Pray for me yaa... You know how i tend to freak out and do stupid stuff when i'm nervous.. Haissshhh.. (mintak simpang...)
Ok, that's all. Need to continue to think of how the 'flow' of tomorrow's lesson gonna be like.
Ciao.
There are sooooo many things to do this semester!!! And I can't even imagine how everything will turn out to be this December.
- Will I get my dream wedding??
- Will I graduate??'
- Where will I work? What will my position be??
These are the three main unanswered questions in my mind now.
But I choose to focus more on the second one.
Only if I study hard and try to complete my research project soonish, will I be able to think clearly of the other 2 questions.
Oh, anyway what's current??
-I am starting doing my research. VERY2 slow progress. I'm so freaking out right now, but still procrastinating, blogging, karaoke-ing, chatting, and facebook-ing like nobody's business.
-Tomorrow will be my first day working part-time at Taylor's. I don't even know what to teach yet. It seems that the first few classes will be very fuzzy, coz all teachers need to first determine the students' level of English language proficiency. Till then, i'm very much tied down to whatever teaching materials that the Language Centre team chooses. *sigh*
Oh i HATE it when i can't plan properly, especially for such a nerve-wrecking situation. I have NOT been teaching for more than a year peeps!!! Takot gilerrrr ok!
Do i still have the 'passion'? Do i still have the flair?? Or will people laugh looking at my 'MERIT' Practicum (Teaching Practice in 2007)???
Waaaa... I always have this fear of going to classes to teach. Even when i was doing it on a daily basis 1-2 years back. What more now, when I've transformed into a full-time student for more than a year... aiyaaaa... Pray for me yaa... You know how i tend to freak out and do stupid stuff when i'm nervous.. Haissshhh.. (mintak simpang...)
Ok, that's all. Need to continue to think of how the 'flow' of tomorrow's lesson gonna be like.
Ciao.
Monday, July 13, 2009
My second mood swing of the year.
No, it isn't PMS.
I am perhaps one of the few female species who do not have frequent mood swings during menses.
When am I moody then???
Common sense bebeyh! When people waste my time or jeopardise my future, or something like that...
Ok, ok.. my second mood swing this year happened last Friday, in UM.
The plan was simple:
1. settle the payment issues in CIMB.
2. go to IPS to officiate my registration for the semester, and get that minuscule sticker on my matric card.
What happened??? Here it goes:
1- Woke up and felt eager to settle everything this semester, once and for all.
2- But i forgot how the registration process was like. So i called Leen and asked her to remind me of what i should do. There's a bit of change. Since UM suddenly opts for a 'technological' and 'paper-less' system this year, the payment SHOULD be done first in CIMB, macam masuk duit cm biasa la through deposit form, unlike last semester. Takde dah Slip Wang Tunai Masuk (WTM) like two previous semesters. I feel that WTM was a better system, though...
3- But I, I applied for the Budget Mini thingy this year from government, since I don't have a full-time job. I was not sure how this should be done. Fariha did it, but she's a new student. Knowing that the process is usually different between new and existing students, i went to CIMB first, coz I'd go through CIMB first rather than IPS. For the record, no instruction whatsoever was given in the IPS website, or emailed to students on how you can settle registration if you got the Budget Mini. So i did what i do best in UM all this time: ASK around!
4- [12 pm]- In CIMB- i asked: "puan, saya nk bayar yuran, tapi saya guna Budget Mini ni, macamana yer nk buat?"
the bank lady: "Budget Mini tak Budget Mini, awak kena beratur gak mcm orang lain, ambik no ni, lepas tu isi borang deposit duit ni"
me: Ouhhh *confused look*.. okkkkk .... [tapi dok pk, peliknya, aku xmasukkan duit pn kena isi borang deposit duit??? tapi igt... alah, that day was the 10th day of registration, mesti orang bank tu tahu what she's talking about. I'd surely not be the first person using Budget Mini]
me: tunggu lah kat bank tu.. 20 orang lagi, barulah my turn. There wasnt even a vacant seat. Bank sangat2 peuh. So i stood and waited for 5 mins then i thought "ish,, lambat lagi nihh, ramai nk mmpus.. lembab lak tu, p Pekan Buku la beli majalah.."
So i went to Pekan Buku, bought Reader's Digest, went back to the Bank..just to know that baru 5 orang lepas ...cheh.. tapi xpela.. i had something to read. After reading about half of the mag, it was my turn.
me: "cik, nk bayar yuran, guna Budget Mini.."
the officer: "haa? by cash??"
me: "eh takla, Budget Mini cik, kerajaan transfer kan..."
officer: "eh ni awak kena pegi pejabat bendahari kat level 1. sini untuk pembayaran tunai bolehla.."
me: *confused* ohh ok...
5- So i was like..speechless.. ya Allah 45 min aku terbuang cmtu je? takperlah, ada hikmah kot... walaupun rasa nk terjun longkang pn ada, coz it was already 1245 by then, and surely Pejabat Bendahari dh tutup, Jumaat kan..
i went to my car at the carpark, sat in there for about 10 mins, thinking where i should waste my time for 2 damn hours.
My only sanctuary in UM would be faculty Bahasa. So i went there, and took the slowest lunch I've ever had in my life. Alang2 p Zuhur skalik, and about 230 i went back to CIMB.
6- Pejabat Bendahari still xbukak. 2.45 baru bukak. i was there at about 235pm, but there were already 20 ppl in there waiting, smua dah amik nombor giliran.. Gilaaa!!! Tapi amik jela nombor, ada option for Masters student.. betul lah kot i thought..
7- 245pm, it opened.. and i immediately asked one officer whether I was at the right place to settle the Budget Mini thing for existing students. She said YES!
So takperlah,,duduk je la tunggu kan.. at About 3 pm, tetiba one officer lain jerit, "All Masters students, you should not be here. Go to IPS directly!!"
And i was like "what???" I asked again that guy for clarification. Dia kata, "soal pembayaran Masters smua di IPS".. Seriously i almost felt like mencarut je kat muka officers tu.. Nasib baik tak reti..huhuhu.. Pejadahnya kan? Kalo dah budget mini tu sah2 la Masters.. dari awl kat bank tadi pn i was being clear that i was a Masters student! Gilaaaa!!! Pompuan kat bank tadi kan just leh ckp simple je " Adik, Budget Mini, buat kat IPS.. xperlu datang bank/pejabat bendahari pn.. abih crita!! and..things cud have been settled by 1pm. kalo tak sure, jangan la buat2 pandaiii.. buang masa org ok?
8- in angry mode, i went to IPS pulak.. parking pon dh cam samseng kat tpt pegawai apa tah..xheran dhhh.. mmpuih pi lah... masa2 registration nih lah gatai nk reconstruction kan tmpt parking tu.. haritu kan cuti 2 bulan...!!!
it was 315pm. tanya lagi : "cik, betul ke sy kena kat sini kalo nk settle registration guna budget mini.. tak perlu ke resit pmbayaran ke apa2 ke dr CIMB mcm org2 normal lain??"
the lady : "ha ah betul.. just ambik no giliran.."
phew..ok... i was so afraid if they asked me to go to CIMB again for whatever God forsaken issues. ok, amik no... ada la dlm 30+ people ahead of my turn.. arggghhh!!!
Nasib baik sya, yana, and vanaja were there, so at least i had people to talk to and vent my anger at..hahahah.. they were stroking my back saying "sabar azrin sabar..."
Called my mom also while waiting..saying that if something was wrong againn, aku nk cekik orang tu.. Maybe my voice was a tad louder than it should be.. pakcik sebelah berkopiah dah cm pandang2 aku like i was one tiny carnivourous monster waiting to strangle any beings within 1 metre radius. Sian lak pk balik tgk muka dia..cm ketakutan pn ada.. hahahaha..
About 415, it was my turn.
me:" Cik, saya nk settle registration guna Budget Mini..boleh yer?"
the lady: "boleh2... sila bayar rm 27 yer.. "
me: haaa? *tetiba trigt fariha ada sbut psal that amount. ohhhh noooooooooooooo!!! *
the lady: "credit card ada?"
me: "mana ada cik..." nsib baik igt kisah fariha.. so i said "cimb clicks leh kan kak?"
the lady : "boleh2.. awak pegi buat dulu kat computer sana, baru datang sini balik, xyah beratur balik.. "
me: okkkkkk.. dlm hati mndidih pn ada... nasib baik dia ckp baik2, kalo x sah aku cekik dia..tapi geram gak.. yg aku tnggu sejam cm orang bodoh tu..xleh ke sapa2 inform yg kalo wat budget mini, leh use up that time pegi transfer duit guna cimb clicks ke apa ke..xbuang ms aku...
ini..dh smpai turn, pn.. kna lagi buat mnda alah bodoh tu.. n i still dun understand what that rm 27 is for..apa2lahh..nyampah aku..
then..about 425...settled! arrrrrrr.... cm magic pn ada mnda bodoh ni leh settle.. eiii keji2...
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my advice to UM registration officers... or apa2 yg bkaitan dgn management:
1- tolg bagi CLEAR instruction through emails ke surat ke.. ni info tak clear, tak ckup.. eiii..gigit gak kang..
2- officers yg dibayar gaji kat UM tu..sila lah know ur facts yer.. jangan buat2 pandai, and buat orang rasa bodoh... supaya x buang masa org... ko nk curi duit dr aku pn aku leh wat2 pasrah lagi.. but u stole my TIME, and for that i can't forgive... yet..
Memang Malaysia takkan maju kalo perangai macamni, semua mnda tak organised. Although i was in a foreign land before, and it was not even the no. 1 uni in the world or NZ for that matter, EVERYTHING was CRYSTAL CLEAR.
And officers kat Malaysia ni bukannya xpenah pegi overseas pn.. cuba lah amik pngajaran from whatever you see overseas.. and not just bring back chocs and souveniers as things to be remembered of.
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and to the man.. im soooo sorrryyyyy....
1- coz u didnt even want to come to KL in the first place. but because of my cold sms reply, u thought i was merajuk kot so u changed ur mind in 1 minute (yes i check the timing of the txt msg..hahaha). sorrrryyy. that was not my intention. it was just a wrong timing to inform me of something like that. n it wasn't even your fault.. sorrryy... huhuhu.
2- and sorry kena tgk aku dlm keadaan yg sangat marah.. sangat x puas hati, even after everything was settled. dh la cm trpksa dtg, tgk2 kna layan a moody girl plak.. haishh..
3- Thanks for cooling me down..i didnt know how exactly u did it.. but it went down from 100% to 10% to 0% anger in less than 4 hours. Hebat giler! hahaha
4- Thanks lah for a wonderful weekend although u were extremely busy. Rasa bersalah gile.
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and for others who are thinking of going to UM.. dun base ur decisions on my story please. When it comes to registration, from what i heard, no matter which unis in Malaysia you go to, you are bound to meet such stupid management people who are happy to make your lives even more complicated than they already are.
When it comes to studies, i can say bolehlaaaaahhhh... quality ada, but still below my expectations. sorry...
tapi sila lah masuk UM kalo bminat blajar. Well, at least i have fun in the Language faculty.
So cheryl, for example, dun be too quick to make judgments.
We must lower our expectations in many aspects. Which is a shame coz we have super bright local students!
Kalo nak sama quality cm our previous unis.. mmg lupakan je lah..
We must get real..
This is Malaysia!!! hahahaha
Ok, enuff of venting...
I am perhaps one of the few female species who do not have frequent mood swings during menses.
When am I moody then???
Common sense bebeyh! When people waste my time or jeopardise my future, or something like that...
Ok, ok.. my second mood swing this year happened last Friday, in UM.
The plan was simple:
1. settle the payment issues in CIMB.
2. go to IPS to officiate my registration for the semester, and get that minuscule sticker on my matric card.
What happened??? Here it goes:
1- Woke up and felt eager to settle everything this semester, once and for all.
2- But i forgot how the registration process was like. So i called Leen and asked her to remind me of what i should do. There's a bit of change. Since UM suddenly opts for a 'technological' and 'paper-less' system this year, the payment SHOULD be done first in CIMB, macam masuk duit cm biasa la through deposit form, unlike last semester. Takde dah Slip Wang Tunai Masuk (WTM) like two previous semesters. I feel that WTM was a better system, though...
3- But I, I applied for the Budget Mini thingy this year from government, since I don't have a full-time job. I was not sure how this should be done. Fariha did it, but she's a new student. Knowing that the process is usually different between new and existing students, i went to CIMB first, coz I'd go through CIMB first rather than IPS. For the record, no instruction whatsoever was given in the IPS website, or emailed to students on how you can settle registration if you got the Budget Mini. So i did what i do best in UM all this time: ASK around!
4- [12 pm]- In CIMB- i asked: "puan, saya nk bayar yuran, tapi saya guna Budget Mini ni, macamana yer nk buat?"
the bank lady: "Budget Mini tak Budget Mini, awak kena beratur gak mcm orang lain, ambik no ni, lepas tu isi borang deposit duit ni"
me: Ouhhh *confused look*.. okkkkk .... [tapi dok pk, peliknya, aku xmasukkan duit pn kena isi borang deposit duit??? tapi igt... alah, that day was the 10th day of registration, mesti orang bank tu tahu what she's talking about. I'd surely not be the first person using Budget Mini]
me: tunggu lah kat bank tu.. 20 orang lagi, barulah my turn. There wasnt even a vacant seat. Bank sangat2 peuh. So i stood and waited for 5 mins then i thought "ish,, lambat lagi nihh, ramai nk mmpus.. lembab lak tu, p Pekan Buku la beli majalah.."
So i went to Pekan Buku, bought Reader's Digest, went back to the Bank..just to know that baru 5 orang lepas ...cheh.. tapi xpela.. i had something to read. After reading about half of the mag, it was my turn.
me: "cik, nk bayar yuran, guna Budget Mini.."
the officer: "haa? by cash??"
me: "eh takla, Budget Mini cik, kerajaan transfer kan..."
officer: "eh ni awak kena pegi pejabat bendahari kat level 1. sini untuk pembayaran tunai bolehla.."
me: *confused* ohh ok...
5- So i was like..speechless.. ya Allah 45 min aku terbuang cmtu je? takperlah, ada hikmah kot... walaupun rasa nk terjun longkang pn ada, coz it was already 1245 by then, and surely Pejabat Bendahari dh tutup, Jumaat kan..
i went to my car at the carpark, sat in there for about 10 mins, thinking where i should waste my time for 2 damn hours.
My only sanctuary in UM would be faculty Bahasa. So i went there, and took the slowest lunch I've ever had in my life. Alang2 p Zuhur skalik, and about 230 i went back to CIMB.
6- Pejabat Bendahari still xbukak. 2.45 baru bukak. i was there at about 235pm, but there were already 20 ppl in there waiting, smua dah amik nombor giliran.. Gilaaa!!! Tapi amik jela nombor, ada option for Masters student.. betul lah kot i thought..
7- 245pm, it opened.. and i immediately asked one officer whether I was at the right place to settle the Budget Mini thing for existing students. She said YES!
So takperlah,,duduk je la tunggu kan.. at About 3 pm, tetiba one officer lain jerit, "All Masters students, you should not be here. Go to IPS directly!!"
And i was like "what???" I asked again that guy for clarification. Dia kata, "soal pembayaran Masters smua di IPS".. Seriously i almost felt like mencarut je kat muka officers tu.. Nasib baik tak reti..huhuhu.. Pejadahnya kan? Kalo dah budget mini tu sah2 la Masters.. dari awl kat bank tadi pn i was being clear that i was a Masters student! Gilaaaa!!! Pompuan kat bank tadi kan just leh ckp simple je " Adik, Budget Mini, buat kat IPS.. xperlu datang bank/pejabat bendahari pn.. abih crita!! and..things cud have been settled by 1pm. kalo tak sure, jangan la buat2 pandaiii.. buang masa org ok?
8- in angry mode, i went to IPS pulak.. parking pon dh cam samseng kat tpt pegawai apa tah..xheran dhhh.. mmpuih pi lah... masa2 registration nih lah gatai nk reconstruction kan tmpt parking tu.. haritu kan cuti 2 bulan...!!!
it was 315pm. tanya lagi : "cik, betul ke sy kena kat sini kalo nk settle registration guna budget mini.. tak perlu ke resit pmbayaran ke apa2 ke dr CIMB mcm org2 normal lain??"
the lady : "ha ah betul.. just ambik no giliran.."
phew..ok... i was so afraid if they asked me to go to CIMB again for whatever God forsaken issues. ok, amik no... ada la dlm 30+ people ahead of my turn.. arggghhh!!!
Nasib baik sya, yana, and vanaja were there, so at least i had people to talk to and vent my anger at..hahahah.. they were stroking my back saying "sabar azrin sabar..."
Called my mom also while waiting..saying that if something was wrong againn, aku nk cekik orang tu.. Maybe my voice was a tad louder than it should be.. pakcik sebelah berkopiah dah cm pandang2 aku like i was one tiny carnivourous monster waiting to strangle any beings within 1 metre radius. Sian lak pk balik tgk muka dia..cm ketakutan pn ada.. hahahaha..
About 415, it was my turn.
me:" Cik, saya nk settle registration guna Budget Mini..boleh yer?"
the lady: "boleh2... sila bayar rm 27 yer.. "
me: haaa? *tetiba trigt fariha ada sbut psal that amount. ohhhh noooooooooooooo!!! *
the lady: "credit card ada?"
me: "mana ada cik..." nsib baik igt kisah fariha.. so i said "cimb clicks leh kan kak?"
the lady : "boleh2.. awak pegi buat dulu kat computer sana, baru datang sini balik, xyah beratur balik.. "
me: okkkkkk.. dlm hati mndidih pn ada... nasib baik dia ckp baik2, kalo x sah aku cekik dia..tapi geram gak.. yg aku tnggu sejam cm orang bodoh tu..xleh ke sapa2 inform yg kalo wat budget mini, leh use up that time pegi transfer duit guna cimb clicks ke apa ke..xbuang ms aku...
ini..dh smpai turn, pn.. kna lagi buat mnda alah bodoh tu.. n i still dun understand what that rm 27 is for..apa2lahh..nyampah aku..
then..about 425...settled! arrrrrrr.... cm magic pn ada mnda bodoh ni leh settle.. eiii keji2...
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my advice to UM registration officers... or apa2 yg bkaitan dgn management:
1- tolg bagi CLEAR instruction through emails ke surat ke.. ni info tak clear, tak ckup.. eiii..gigit gak kang..
2- officers yg dibayar gaji kat UM tu..sila lah know ur facts yer.. jangan buat2 pandai, and buat orang rasa bodoh... supaya x buang masa org... ko nk curi duit dr aku pn aku leh wat2 pasrah lagi.. but u stole my TIME, and for that i can't forgive... yet..
Memang Malaysia takkan maju kalo perangai macamni, semua mnda tak organised. Although i was in a foreign land before, and it was not even the no. 1 uni in the world or NZ for that matter, EVERYTHING was CRYSTAL CLEAR.
And officers kat Malaysia ni bukannya xpenah pegi overseas pn.. cuba lah amik pngajaran from whatever you see overseas.. and not just bring back chocs and souveniers as things to be remembered of.
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and to the man.. im soooo sorrryyyyy....
1- coz u didnt even want to come to KL in the first place. but because of my cold sms reply, u thought i was merajuk kot so u changed ur mind in 1 minute (yes i check the timing of the txt msg..hahaha). sorrrryyy. that was not my intention. it was just a wrong timing to inform me of something like that. n it wasn't even your fault.. sorrryy... huhuhu.
2- and sorry kena tgk aku dlm keadaan yg sangat marah.. sangat x puas hati, even after everything was settled. dh la cm trpksa dtg, tgk2 kna layan a moody girl plak.. haishh..
3- Thanks for cooling me down..i didnt know how exactly u did it.. but it went down from 100% to 10% to 0% anger in less than 4 hours. Hebat giler! hahaha
4- Thanks lah for a wonderful weekend although u were extremely busy. Rasa bersalah gile.
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and for others who are thinking of going to UM.. dun base ur decisions on my story please. When it comes to registration, from what i heard, no matter which unis in Malaysia you go to, you are bound to meet such stupid management people who are happy to make your lives even more complicated than they already are.
When it comes to studies, i can say bolehlaaaaahhhh... quality ada, but still below my expectations. sorry...
tapi sila lah masuk UM kalo bminat blajar. Well, at least i have fun in the Language faculty.
So cheryl, for example, dun be too quick to make judgments.
We must lower our expectations in many aspects. Which is a shame coz we have super bright local students!
Kalo nak sama quality cm our previous unis.. mmg lupakan je lah..
We must get real..
This is Malaysia!!! hahahaha
Ok, enuff of venting...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Finally...
Finally....
My room looks like a room..!!!. hahahahaha!!
I didn't tidy up my room, as I usually would, for the past 2 weeks because i thought i need to switch rooms with my housemates.
Turns out that that's not happening, so finally last Sunday, I started to tidy up things, re-arrange stuff here and there, and finally it looks like a real room!
But everything was finally set up yesterday when i bought a table fan, to be put beside my bed.
The reason? The room is very2 hot!!! the ceiling fan is insufficient, so I've been sleeping on the carpet, right below the fan, for the past 2 weeks!!!
Last night, with the fan, I perhaps had had my best sleep ever!!! coz I finally got to sleep on ma bed!!! weeeeeee!!!
Pictures?? later lahhh ok?
But hint2, it doesn't look much different from my previous room in Bangsar!! hahaha..yerlahh, guna 'bahan' yang sama lah katakan...hahahaha
So far I'm happy here in my new home in PJ... Glad that I chose to move out from Bangsar. Bahagia di hati, dan bahagia di dompet...hahahaha..
What else ehh?
The new semester in UM has officially begun, starting yesterday. But I didnt have any classess to 'shop' for yesterday. So my semester officially starts today.
Observed two electives... Bolehlahhh..
But, still need to do more 'shopping'... so I'll decide my one last elective by the end of this week.
I've also got a GREEN light to start on my research project...
tapi dh dpt green light pn, xtau lagi nk start cmna... malas ada, blur pun ada...
I think the academic mood is just not there yet.. Cepattlahhh datang weeyyy..!!! Tak grad aku kang...!
Just want to share one more thing that i learnt yesterday...
I realised yesterday that luck has really been on ma side these days... Dapat the result that I dreamt of, dapat supervisor yg nak (altho office dh allocate orang lain in the beginning), dapat umah yg alhamdulillah ok, and many2 more rezeki yg Allah bagi...
Alhamdulillah2...
So i really2 believe yang kalo hati kita tak busuk, ikhlas dengan orang2 sekeliling kita, tak niat jahat, tak dengki2 kat orang, try tolg orang stakat terdaya without any hidden agenda, memang tuhan akan limpahkan lagi banyak rezeki kat kita.
So i was truly smiling to myself yesterday, as I walked out from my lecturer's room to my car...
Cuma, have to keep reminding myself not to become lupa diri of some sort. bila2 pun tuhan leh tarik balik kan??
Hope that this semester will run smoothly, in all aspects...
Ciao
My room looks like a room..!!!. hahahahaha!!
I didn't tidy up my room, as I usually would, for the past 2 weeks because i thought i need to switch rooms with my housemates.
Turns out that that's not happening, so finally last Sunday, I started to tidy up things, re-arrange stuff here and there, and finally it looks like a real room!
But everything was finally set up yesterday when i bought a table fan, to be put beside my bed.
The reason? The room is very2 hot!!! the ceiling fan is insufficient, so I've been sleeping on the carpet, right below the fan, for the past 2 weeks!!!
Last night, with the fan, I perhaps had had my best sleep ever!!! coz I finally got to sleep on ma bed!!! weeeeeee!!!
Pictures?? later lahhh ok?
But hint2, it doesn't look much different from my previous room in Bangsar!! hahaha..yerlahh, guna 'bahan' yang sama lah katakan...hahahaha
So far I'm happy here in my new home in PJ... Glad that I chose to move out from Bangsar. Bahagia di hati, dan bahagia di dompet...hahahaha..
What else ehh?
The new semester in UM has officially begun, starting yesterday. But I didnt have any classess to 'shop' for yesterday. So my semester officially starts today.
Observed two electives... Bolehlahhh..
But, still need to do more 'shopping'... so I'll decide my one last elective by the end of this week.
I've also got a GREEN light to start on my research project...
tapi dh dpt green light pn, xtau lagi nk start cmna... malas ada, blur pun ada...
I think the academic mood is just not there yet.. Cepattlahhh datang weeyyy..!!! Tak grad aku kang...!
Just want to share one more thing that i learnt yesterday...
I realised yesterday that luck has really been on ma side these days... Dapat the result that I dreamt of, dapat supervisor yg nak (altho office dh allocate orang lain in the beginning), dapat umah yg alhamdulillah ok, and many2 more rezeki yg Allah bagi...
Alhamdulillah2...
So i really2 believe yang kalo hati kita tak busuk, ikhlas dengan orang2 sekeliling kita, tak niat jahat, tak dengki2 kat orang, try tolg orang stakat terdaya without any hidden agenda, memang tuhan akan limpahkan lagi banyak rezeki kat kita.
So i was truly smiling to myself yesterday, as I walked out from my lecturer's room to my car...
Cuma, have to keep reminding myself not to become lupa diri of some sort. bila2 pun tuhan leh tarik balik kan??
Hope that this semester will run smoothly, in all aspects...
Ciao
Friday, July 03, 2009
Argh!!! comey nk mati!!!
Went to Pet's World Exhibition today at Midvalley Megamall. Oh dear Goddddd!!! the kittens there were mega CUTE!!!
I jatoh chenta with three kittens.
1. Grey + white fluffy kitten yang sangat2 the manja..
2. light beige cotton-ball fluffy kitten yang muka cam nak nangis ja... rasa nk tampaq2 ja..hahaha...comey sgt...
3. an SPCA cat.. looking very ordinary BUT VERY2 active, friendly, and talkative, as claimed by the signage there. hahaha.
Waaaa...i want them all!!!! if only i have my own house, with spacious compound for them to play around... haishhh...
Oh anyways, I didn't have any wet dreams about the IKEA table i saw last night... *sigh*
Maybe because I was not meant to have it...hahahaha...
I found a much bigger table in Carrefour today of about the same price, so I immediately bought it.. It will be sent to my home tomorrow. Weeee!!! will have a table yeah!!!
Ok, I should stop all this crap.
ciao
I jatoh chenta with three kittens.
1. Grey + white fluffy kitten yang sangat2 the manja..
2. light beige cotton-ball fluffy kitten yang muka cam nak nangis ja... rasa nk tampaq2 ja..hahaha...comey sgt...
3. an SPCA cat.. looking very ordinary BUT VERY2 active, friendly, and talkative, as claimed by the signage there. hahaha.
Waaaa...i want them all!!!! if only i have my own house, with spacious compound for them to play around... haishhh...
Oh anyways, I didn't have any wet dreams about the IKEA table i saw last night... *sigh*
Maybe because I was not meant to have it...hahahaha...
I found a much bigger table in Carrefour today of about the same price, so I immediately bought it.. It will be sent to my home tomorrow. Weeee!!! will have a table yeah!!!
Ok, I should stop all this crap.
ciao
Of awesome lunch and Karaoke-ing..
Finally today I had got the chance to materialise my post-engagement hangout plan with Leen.
And I'm happy about it!
She bought me lunch, at ... oh dear I forgot the name of the restaurant... Bubble Shrimp or something like that, at The Curve. hahahah.. Sorry leen lupaa! It was my first time there, and I loved the meal I'd chosen. Will definitely go again if I have extra bucks and would recommend to anybody who loves to splurge on food.
Then we went karaoke-ing. I didn't realise that it had been 7 months since I last had a karaoke session with anyone. Boy, i'm getting old!!!
takleh2.. after this, I must make this a regular outing again!
We sang til I felt like I couldn't really breathe normally anymore. And ultimately I sound like a darai now...hahahaha.
But I'm still craving for more melalak sessionsss!!! hahahah..
Then we went to Ikea for a short stroll.., and my eyes were glued to this one table... And it's pretty cheap.. haissshh.... now i'm gonna have wet dreams about it... susah2...
Ok, to be practical, perhaps I should pay Jusco, Carrefour, and Tesco a visit to check if they have better deals. If not, I'll surely get THAT table. I can't stand anymore looking at my wrecked room..huhu..
k, must-sleep-now.
taaa
And I'm happy about it!
She bought me lunch, at ... oh dear I forgot the name of the restaurant... Bubble Shrimp or something like that, at The Curve. hahahah.. Sorry leen lupaa! It was my first time there, and I loved the meal I'd chosen. Will definitely go again if I have extra bucks and would recommend to anybody who loves to splurge on food.
Then we went karaoke-ing. I didn't realise that it had been 7 months since I last had a karaoke session with anyone. Boy, i'm getting old!!!
takleh2.. after this, I must make this a regular outing again!
We sang til I felt like I couldn't really breathe normally anymore. And ultimately I sound like a darai now...hahahaha.
But I'm still craving for more melalak sessionsss!!! hahahah..
Then we went to Ikea for a short stroll.., and my eyes were glued to this one table... And it's pretty cheap.. haissshh.... now i'm gonna have wet dreams about it... susah2...
Ok, to be practical, perhaps I should pay Jusco, Carrefour, and Tesco a visit to check if they have better deals. If not, I'll surely get THAT table. I can't stand anymore looking at my wrecked room..huhu..
k, must-sleep-now.
taaa
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
30/06/09
It was a normal-abnormal day for me, i think...
10 am- went to IPS UM to complain about the error on my official result. Whenever i tell people this, smua cakap "ehhh IPTA cam UM pun leh wat salah cmni ek.. igtkan IPTS je.."
and i could just reply with: "u-think-UM-ni-bagus-sangat-ke?" look. huhu...
nk cari parking mmg cm org gilee... i think it's because of the registration week. and i was being a total samseng by parking double blakang keta org je.. there are signs of "carpark for new postgraduate registration' all over campus, but i chose to ignore them. Tak kuasa lah aku nk park like 2 miles away, when i wasn't even there to register!! i was there to complain!!
as usual pmpuan2 yg jaga IPS kaunter muka cm haram jerk. Then, i handed the wrongly printed results to them, and tgk muka depa berkerut2 tgk...
Dari rasa nk marah.. nk gelak pn ada.. i could hear sayup2 from afar... "ehhh.. 5 subjects.. ruang ni ckup utk 4 je..tu psl xkuar kot..." sabaq je la...
They took quite some time to figure out how to ensure all 5 subjects could be printed out on that tiny piece of paper.
Finally, DONE!!! Weeee!
11+ am- Then i didnt know what to do.. then i thought: "Pegi jelah fac.. kot2 ada apa2 info baru ke.."
Elok je turun keta... i was 'greeted' by a group of international students : "Heyyy you.... waitttt!!!".. And i was silently thinking: "Haaa? mende lak ni.. aku wat slh apa2 ke.. nk tanya apa2 soklan ke apa ni..."
then a guy from the group said " Heyy.. are u Malaysian? We are Koreans. We want to make friends! "
I was amazed by their friendliness. We talked for about 10 mins, and then i excused myself to the office..
As usual, i went to the office, and be the "annoying girl who asks too many questions". Nasib baik org layan.. hahaha. I took the new copy of schedule and to my surprise the letter of appointment of supervisor was ready!! weeeee... can officially start my research now...!!! I texted Dr J if she was around, but she's out of KL. so i guess next week i'll discuss with her anything regarding the RP. I can get other things done first.
Right after that, with a big smile, i went up to the parking space and felt like grabbing a small meal or sth at the cafe there. i had an appointment to sign contract n such at Taylor's from 2.30 til 5 pm. Was afraid that i was gonna be hungry or sth later.
tengok2 the Korean group was there. Not surprising since i was the one who suggested that place for lunch. Haha.. The moment i arrived at the cafe, they noticed me, and greeted me with the friendliest smiles and hye-s I had ever seen. Their table was full, so i just sat at a separate table, expecting as usual that i'd have my lunch alone.
Tgk2 lps tu, sorang dtg: "Can we join you???" And i was like "Suree..." Haaaa ngko, trus pastu 2 org datang kat aku hangkut skali pnggan2 nasik diorg yg diorg dah mkn sparuh jalan tu... hahaha... smua mamak2 kat situ heran tgk aku, cm xpaham kot awat aku glemer sgt dikalangan group2 Korea tu..huhu... Aku pun xpaham masalahnya...hahaha...
Then we all talked for about one hour... mak aii, lama gak ehh.. hahahaha.. And we ended our conversations by exchanging email addresses and phone numbers.
I still couldn't believe i made friends with a group of nice Koreans in a matter of seconds! lps ni lehla p Korea..dh ada kawan...! hahahaha..
2pm- Pastu p Taylor's... signed d contract, did the medical checkup (as usual tgelak2 bila doktor tekan perut...hishhh, now aku dh tau my weak point..), and talked to the head of Language Centre about the job offered. She told me that i'll start teaching end of July, not next week as written in the contract. Phew... legaaa..bagus gak..xready lagi nih..hahahah..
Then balik.. beli jambu Muar and air jambu kat bwh umah ni..hahahah..best2... and lepak je kat umah smpai skang ni...
That was my day...
10 am- went to IPS UM to complain about the error on my official result. Whenever i tell people this, smua cakap "ehhh IPTA cam UM pun leh wat salah cmni ek.. igtkan IPTS je.."
and i could just reply with: "u-think-UM-ni-bagus-sangat-ke?" look. huhu...
nk cari parking mmg cm org gilee... i think it's because of the registration week. and i was being a total samseng by parking double blakang keta org je.. there are signs of "carpark for new postgraduate registration' all over campus, but i chose to ignore them. Tak kuasa lah aku nk park like 2 miles away, when i wasn't even there to register!! i was there to complain!!
as usual pmpuan2 yg jaga IPS kaunter muka cm haram jerk. Then, i handed the wrongly printed results to them, and tgk muka depa berkerut2 tgk...
Dari rasa nk marah.. nk gelak pn ada.. i could hear sayup2 from afar... "ehhh.. 5 subjects.. ruang ni ckup utk 4 je..tu psl xkuar kot..." sabaq je la...
They took quite some time to figure out how to ensure all 5 subjects could be printed out on that tiny piece of paper.
Finally, DONE!!! Weeee!
11+ am- Then i didnt know what to do.. then i thought: "Pegi jelah fac.. kot2 ada apa2 info baru ke.."
Elok je turun keta... i was 'greeted' by a group of international students : "Heyyy you.... waitttt!!!".. And i was silently thinking: "Haaa? mende lak ni.. aku wat slh apa2 ke.. nk tanya apa2 soklan ke apa ni..."
then a guy from the group said " Heyy.. are u Malaysian? We are Koreans. We want to make friends! "
I was amazed by their friendliness. We talked for about 10 mins, and then i excused myself to the office..
As usual, i went to the office, and be the "annoying girl who asks too many questions". Nasib baik org layan.. hahaha. I took the new copy of schedule and to my surprise the letter of appointment of supervisor was ready!! weeeee... can officially start my research now...!!! I texted Dr J if she was around, but she's out of KL. so i guess next week i'll discuss with her anything regarding the RP. I can get other things done first.
Right after that, with a big smile, i went up to the parking space and felt like grabbing a small meal or sth at the cafe there. i had an appointment to sign contract n such at Taylor's from 2.30 til 5 pm. Was afraid that i was gonna be hungry or sth later.
tengok2 the Korean group was there. Not surprising since i was the one who suggested that place for lunch. Haha.. The moment i arrived at the cafe, they noticed me, and greeted me with the friendliest smiles and hye-s I had ever seen. Their table was full, so i just sat at a separate table, expecting as usual that i'd have my lunch alone.
Tgk2 lps tu, sorang dtg: "Can we join you???" And i was like "Suree..." Haaaa ngko, trus pastu 2 org datang kat aku hangkut skali pnggan2 nasik diorg yg diorg dah mkn sparuh jalan tu... hahaha... smua mamak2 kat situ heran tgk aku, cm xpaham kot awat aku glemer sgt dikalangan group2 Korea tu..huhu... Aku pun xpaham masalahnya...hahaha...
Then we all talked for about one hour... mak aii, lama gak ehh.. hahahaha.. And we ended our conversations by exchanging email addresses and phone numbers.
I still couldn't believe i made friends with a group of nice Koreans in a matter of seconds! lps ni lehla p Korea..dh ada kawan...! hahahaha..
2pm- Pastu p Taylor's... signed d contract, did the medical checkup (as usual tgelak2 bila doktor tekan perut...hishhh, now aku dh tau my weak point..), and talked to the head of Language Centre about the job offered. She told me that i'll start teaching end of July, not next week as written in the contract. Phew... legaaa..bagus gak..xready lagi nih..hahahah..
Then balik.. beli jambu Muar and air jambu kat bwh umah ni..hahahah..best2... and lepak je kat umah smpai skang ni...
That was my day...
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