Guiltiness

I heard a story from Emel. She witnessed a fearsome accident last night.

Apparently, at about 1 a.m. this morning, Emel was at Ghani (mamak) having supper with her friends when the accident occurred. It was a terrible collision between a KTAR student (motorist) and a UTAR student (driving a car). The accident took place at a junction where the motorist turned into the main road when the speeding driver knocked into him. Perhaps the driver, who drove a little black Kancil, was unable to stop his vehicle on time and bang the motorist.

The impact was really big. The motorist was thrown from his bike to the engine part of the car and the impact made him break the windscreen. He then fell from that position and rolled into a drain (situation about 5 meters from the junction). The motorist was badly injured, with broken limbs and though he was conscious, he was unable to move or talk. He driver was injured as well. His head was bleeding and half of his car engine was damaged. The ambulance arrived not long after that.

She told me this story during our first class (tutorial) and on our next class (lecture), I was informed that the motorist died on the way to the hospital.

May you rest in peace, dear victim.

Not long ago, before I decided blogging about this frightening scene, I got to know that the owner of the black Kancil was actually someone from my neighbourhood. Imagine the guilt he felt. At the age of 19, he became a murderer.

Class Trip To Genting Highlands

It's my final sem as a foundation student. In May, I'll officially be a first year degree student. Of course, just like any other classes, my class, TE1, organized a class trip. Last weekend, we went to Genting.

TE1 in Genting.

On Friday, we (as in the whole TE1 students except for 5 person who could not make it for the trip) were supposed to have class till 4 p.m.. However, we self-declare and ended our classes at 12. Yes, we skipped one class (English) just to make it on time for the 1 p.m. bus. Our class was supposed to end at 12.30 p.m., but thanks to our lovely and considerate lecturer, Ms. Thavamalar, the class was dismissed at 12 p.m.. We (me, Guat Shan and Leon.) headed to the bus station at 12.45 p.m.

Classmates and I while waiting for the late bus.

We waited and waited and waited.. and the bus only arrives at 2 p.m.. Never mind that, we took a bus from Kampar to Pudu then Genting's bus from Pudu to Genting. The cable car ticket was included in the bus ride fee as well and it was only RM 5.70. Cheap, no?

Roomies :D

Anyway, we reached Genting at about 6.30 p.m.. We were splitted into groups of 4 and 5 to share rooms. I was roomed with Guat Shan, Leon, Emel and Wei Khiang. Since the rest of our classmates wanted to have McDonald's for dinner and the 5 of us do not want to, we went separate ways. Instead, we ate at the Genting's cafe. After that, the 5 of us walked indoor, outdoor and around Genting and snap pics until it was time to rest.

At the area where jockeys pick cars up.

I just love the angle where this pic was taken.

Emel, Guat Shan, Me.

The following day, we woke up at 8 a.m. and was supposed to meet the rest of them at 9 a.m.. Thus, we went to have breakfast in McDonald's and while waiting for the rest to arrive, we bought 4 movie tickets (Leon did not want to watch the movie) for Ah Long Pte. Ltd.. When they arrived, we bought our tickets (outdoor only for the 5 of us since we think it wasn't worth to pay for indoor rides). Initially, we planned to stick as a group and go for all the rides together but since it was a little hassle to stay as a group, we splitted again. By the way, I found that Emel is a very kind soul. While we were buying tickets, there was this little Pakistani boy who got separated from his parents and was crying. She talked to him and brought him to the Genting guards :)

Yes! We're ready for outdoor!

Yes, my class is dominated by girls.

Being superheroes.

My room mates and I stick together and went for all the rides. At about 3 p.m., we went back to our hotel room to bathe since we were wet from one of the rides. After that, we had lunch in a noodle shop where a bowl of normal wanton mee costs RM 14. I ate spaghetti which cost me RM 11. Ok la.. not that bad compared to Guat Shan's wanton mee. Anyway, after lunch, we went for the movie which tickets we bought earlier.

I know cameras are not allowed in cinema but we just want a pic XD

The movie ended 2 hours later. We met up with Leon and we strolled around indoor for a couple of hours before returning outdoor for the chilly air. It was really chilly at night. Perhaps because I was only wearing my jacket without any clothes underneath (remember my shirt was wet from one of the rides and I only brought 2 pairs of shirts). However, Wei Khiang was really kind and gentleman for lending me his jacket ^^ Really appreciate it.

We just want to feel England XD

Every one wants to return to their childhood where life was so simple.

We went for the Caterpillar Monorail and guess what? We got stuck! Thrice, to boot! The first time was the scariest since the caterpillar stopped all of the sudden in a deserted area. The scariest was, however, when Guat Shan started telling the possibilities of us getting stuck, we got stuck and when there was hysterical laughters. We were a little freaked out but we knew very well that the laughter was from the other carts. Yet, we still scare ourselves.

We went for a few more rides after that then dinner. Dinner was late. We finished eating at Pizza Hut at about 10 p.m. and went to the arcade after that. Somehow, we managed to obtain enough coupons to exchange 5 keychains, 3 postcards and 6 stickers. I think Wei Khiang should be the one to exchange for whatever he wants since he was the one who spent the most on the games. But he was nice enough to exchange 5 keychains for us. "For remembrance," he said. Going clubbing was one of the plans but because I am still underage, we cancelled the plan. We went back to our room and sleep instead.

Taken outside a pub called Cloud 9, if i'm not mistaken.

Next morning, we thought we were supposed to check out at 12.30 p.m.. So, we planned to wake up at 1o a.m.. The next thing we know was Jing Jing (one of our classmates) rang our door bell at 10 a.m. and told us that we were supposed to check out at 10.30 a.m.. Heck, we rushed and somehow managed to check out on time. We took the 12.30 p.m. bus from Genting to Pudu and our bus from Pudu back to Kampar was at 5.30 p.m.. Hence, we lingered around Times Square for 3 hours.

Leon's lonely back while waiting for the bus to arrive.

We met up back at 4.30 p.m. to walk back to Puduraya bus station. We received a message from TD1 students saying the bus was very punctual and 2 students were left behind. We panicked and started to walk really really fast back to the station because according to Jing Jing, we had to be at the station by 4.45 p.m.. Worst still, it started raining while we were hurrying to the station. We reached the station dripping wet with perspiration and waited for one full hour before the bus arrive. So much for being punctual. It was 8.30 p.m. when we arrived at Kampar and I was more than happy to be able to watch M'boro vs. Man. Utd.'s match. All in all, the trip was fun and exciting. I grew closer to my classmates and yes, I no longer left the barrier between us.

TD1 on the left.

P/s: Just in case you're wondering how come Leon joined TE1 when he's from TD2, it's because he wanted to go so badly and his class didn't have a class trip. And, by the sides, TD1 class trip fell on the same day as my class. That explains why TD1 was able to tell us that the bus was very punctual.

P/s + P/s: I notice there were A LOT of people wearing Man. Utd. merchandises from jerseys to t-shirts to jackets. I'm so proud of them :D

Scholarships For The Poors?

I was filling up the scholarship application forms earlier and I realize something.


Why do only the poors deserve scholarships?

No, I'm not saying that I'm rich or anything but shouldn't it be both the poors and the average ones who have the desire to study deserve to receive a scholarship? I mean, yes, I think my family can support my education but wouldn't that be a little unfair to me? I want to study and yet, I have to pay for it. And there are people to do no do as well but still, they are on scholarship. All they need to do is to score the minimum CGPA and yay, they can study for free. Some of us, on the other hand, struggle to be the best in hope to receive a scholarship and the next thing we know is our family income do no permit us to receive one.


Please do not get me wrong, I understand that scholarship is to help those to cannot afford their education. Yet, I still think there are people who are on the average line but deserve the scholarship as well. Think about it, have you receive the scholarship, you can use the money saved for many other purposes! Maybe the money can be used for your sibling's education or maybe you can use the money to buy text books. Or, pay your house rental? Other fees perhaps?


When will they finally notice the flaw in their policy?

A Day Tour Around KL

Like I've mentioned earlier, I've been busy the whole of last week. My assignments were all due on the same week and my presentations were all on this week. I'm done with all those burdens (as for now. One last one coming soon, next week) and I'm, finally, able to blog. Yay! Anyway, I went to the zoo with Guat Shan last week when we returned back to Klang. Although we're quite familiar with KL, Leon insisted on being the tour guide. Oh well..


And so, we went to the zoo. I'm sure you must be thinking like, 'Gosh! How old is she? Still wanna go zoo ah?' Well, I wouldn't say going to the zoo at my age is a bad thing. I actually learnt a thing or two. I saw fish that kisses.


I saw fish that smiles like an idiot.


I saw and learnt about fish that are prove of evolution.


I even saw an unknown species of monkey that walks backwards.

I bet you never seen any of these before XD

Before that, in order get to the zoo, we took KTM to KL Sentral then Putra LRT to Wangsa Maju and then Rapid KL to Taman Melawati. But, we haven't reach the zoo yet. We walked through a 'village', a part in KL I never knew of. And it was scary!

The scary path.

After the zoo, Leon took us to the place he always have his nasi goreng with ayam kunyit. Sadly, I've totally forgotten to snap a picture or two of the food. I was too hungry to remember XD Anyway, we then took Putra LRT to Masjid Jamek, changed our transportation to Star LRT to get to Sentul, where Leon's temple was located. According to our tour guide, the temple, Seri Jayanti (Not really sure of the spelling) has the biggest indoor sitting Buddha in Malaysia. And yes, indeed, it is big and looked so pure (probably due to the total white interior).

The giant Buddha.

Though tiring, and the National Zoo wasn't as impressive as Taiping Zoo, I will not complain. Rather, I felt adventurous since we traveled on our own and had to walk some distance to get to each destination. This Firday, which is tomorrow, I'll be leaving to Genting for a class trip. Looking forward! :D

Tagged!

I've been busy all week and finally, I'm able to spare some time to update my blog. So, here it is, a simple tag, tagged by Emel.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
*~ About 27... After i get a stable job but of course, not too late as well. It'll be difficult to tone down my body after giving birth, that is if I plan to XD

2. What will you do when you feel really emo?
*~ Sleep it off or the best is sing! Express it through songs.. Let the music heal your soul~~~

3. What do you have in your mind now?
*~ Buy shoe!!! :D

4. Where is the place that you want to go most?

*~ Well, a lot! But the #1 will obviously go to Japan *nods* No doubt

5. If you have one dream to come true, what would it be?

*~ Be just like Bill Gates- a billionaire at the age of 31

6. Do you believe in seeing the rainbow after the rain?
*~ Not really. Scientifically explain, people will only see rainbow when there's shine and rain. So, rainbow don't just appear after rain.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most right now?
*~ The life I'm living, surrounded by happy people.

8. What cheers you up for the rest of the day?
*~ If there was football the day before, it will be Man Utd winning. If there wasn't football, it be a good joke or news :D

9. If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?
*~ Well.. It'll be difficult. I'm not the type that easily confess or fall in love in this matter. But if i really did found one, then I'll only confess when I'm sure he feels the same way. Play safe, my dear XD

10. List out three good things of the person who tagged you.
a) She's very neutral and I love/admire the way she handles stuff. Very professional.
b) Down to Earth and easy to get a long with.
c) Funny!!!!

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
*~ Ask Guat Shan, Ah Wei or Sito and they'll give you lists after list. To summarize this, physically, he has to be tall, fair and smart looking at the same time good sense of fashion. Mentally, he has to be intelligent, patient and open-minded.

12. What type of person do you hate the most?
*~ People with the same species of this guy

13. What would you do if you won a million dollars?
*~ Give maybe 1/10 or 1/8 to my parents, spend about a thousand or two on stuffs I really wanted, go for vacation and of possible, pay for my friend's and save the rest for future use.

14.What is your ambition?

*~ Well, I've always love to write.. But since I'm studying Biotechnology now, guess my ambition is to be a Biotechnologist. However, if I could, I'll make myself a Biotechnologist and a freelance journalist.

15. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?

*~ Laziness :P

16. What is your favourite colour?
*~ Orange! wooot~

17. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?

*~ My friends and family <3>

18.If there’s one thing in your life you want to do but yet unable to, what would it be?

*~ Killing someone I really hate and you know who. I'll make him suffer before he dies. Call me evil, but yes, that how much I want him to die.

19. What would you do if tomorrow was the last day of the world?

*~ Go shopping with my buds, eat dinner with my family and online as much as I usually does. Try not to think that tomorrow will be the last day of the world. I wouldn't want to die with worries and getting all mushed up with people I love.

20. What quality in your friends do you value the most?
*~ The trust, support and 'heng tai-ness'. I love my friends so so much! :D


Alright, so I'm tagging people who wants to do this and 3 special bloggers, Sito, Kenji and Xian Foo. You guys must do this! XD

Of Sandwiches and Leon

Leon has been eating in my house since sem 1. He said he wanted to cut down his monthly expenses and since he eats like a lot. A LOT. So, we made a deal- we cook for him and he need to do the dishes after that and pay the monthly fee of RM 30. RM 1 per day, cheap huh?

Anyway, he has been eating our (my housemates and I) dishes for 3 sems now and he finally decided that it's time to pay back. 2 days ago, he made us lunch :D

Chef of the day, Mr. Leon

5 Leon Special Sandwiches!

As simple as it looked, I have to say his sincerity wasn't that simple. He took the effort to cycle to my house, prepare a list on what he was supposed to buy, buy the raw materials he needed and took an hour to prepare the sandwiches. They came together with juice, to boot!

Fresh juice to accompany our sandwiches

I hope he knows how much we appreciate his efforts :D


Thanks Leon!

Beloved TD Mates

Maybe I've mentioned before, maybe not but this sem will be my last sem with my TD friends. They'll be leaving UTAR Kampar for UTAR Setapak because of their courses. There'll be another 3 weeks with them before I bid them goodbye. So, this post is specially written for them, my dear TD mates.


Kenji


His real name is Kheng Zie but I renamed him. He's the one I always make fun. People always tease him with Ah Wei, saying stuff like he's trying to court Ah Wei and stuff. Good thing he's not the sensitive type. Well, I would say that he's a caring guy. He always try to help people out and his solutions are, I would say, applicable. For instance, maybe you have a problem with someone which is very difficult to solve. Normal people who advise you to, you know, talk to that person, apologize and stuff like that. But have you ask him, he'll tell you something more practical. Not so stereotype. He'll say things like, "Just let it be like it is now la. Just don't worsen the situation." When he give advices like that, it makes me think that he actually understand each people's situation. He understand that it's difficult to apologize when you're angry or when emotion took over you. He love philosophy and figuring people out. And the way he analyzes people sometimes freaks me out. It's just like he talk to you then the next thing you know is he knows what personality you have. He's taking Materials and Manufacturing Engineering but I think he suits Psychology well XD By the way, he recently created a blog. Have a look.


Khai Chiah


He's smart. He's nice. He loves Man. Utd. and he calls me 'Ah Pui'. I don't know why he calls me that but I don't really mind though. It's just like you know, teasing a small kid kind of tease. He's one of the top scorers in my stream with GPA never lower than 3.7 but you'll never find him talking about studies 24/7. When I first entered UTAR, I faced difficulties in communicating with people around me who speaks Mandrin or Cantonese. Khai Chiah was the first Chinese-speaking guy who spoke to me. His English wasn't that good but I really appreciate it. He knew he couldn't speak fluent English yet, he talks to me. This is where I got the motivation to brush up (or learn) to speak Mandrina and Cantonese. Most people would try to avoid talking to people who speaks English like me. My neighbour once told us (my housemates and I) that they wouldn't talk to us because we speak English. But Khai Chiah isn't that type of people. He don't believe that language is a barrier in communication. I like him for that. Plus, when there's football, we always watch it together. We're Man. Utd.'s died heart fan :D


Wei Chyi

When people mention this name, the first thing that comes to my mind is a smiley :D Yes indeed, he's a smiley. I've known him for almost a year and never once I've seen him without a smile. When when he's angry (or when I though he was angry), he curse in the manner you'll never thought he's cursing. He always talks logic into situations. For example, maybe someone did something nasty to him. He'll try to think of all possible reasons as to why that person did such thing to him. Maybe that's the reason why he don't 'boil' that often. He doesn't believe in ghost and he'll convince you that what you saw (if you saw something you though was a ghost), wasn't what you thought it was, which is another reason why I think he's so happy :) (because you know, when you're scared, you won't be happy). He's a genius in programming. Last sem, we had programming assignment and he was my hero. I still haven't treat him for that. Oh ya, he loves to jump into cameras. In short, Wei Chyi = Smiley :D


Ken


His real name is Yik Wai but it soon changed into Ken when Ah Wei said he looked like a HK actor whose name in a TVB series was Ken. Initially, he was against that name. He kept telling people that his name is Yik Wai not Ken but now, he introduce himself as Ken. And I think that name suits him best. I can't bring myself to call him Yik Wai. I just can't XD Anyway, he's another top scorer in my stream. One thing about him that I always sweatdrop about is that he'll suddenly jump into a conversation and say something that will make people sweat. Take this conversation as an example,

Me : You know ah, that day I went to the pasar right, I saw this man. He very weird la. He bought something for like RM 1 then he want to bargain some more. So cheap already then he go bargain another 10 cents.

Guat Shan : Madness! 10 cents also song ah?

Me : Yea la. People also want to untung right? Better ask that seller to give that man for free la.

Ken : *kept quiet all this while and suddenly jumps in* YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT!

Me and Guat Shan : ..........

Leon : Actually Ah Ken will just say that line every 10 minutes.

Me and Guat Shan : ................

There was also once we went Ipoh to get formal wear and through out the whole time, he kept saying "This is damn cheap!" everything is "Damn cheap" to him. He's also the gossip king. If you want to know any recent updates, ask him, and he'll tell you from A to Z.


Joe


Stylish. I love his style. It's like those rich kid kind of style. Just a simple t-shirt and a denim pants and he looks perfect. Not just style, I love his English as well. His English is just so English, if you get what I mean. He has the accent and all. If you're thinking he's just another wannabe who speaks in accent, no, you got it wrong. When he speaks in a normal conversation, his English is simply Malaysian. But when he goes for presentation, his English turned perfect. One of my lecturer even asked him to consider being an anchor man. I assume he loves languages. He learns Japanese from me and speaks Indonesian kind of Malay to Ken. Sometimes, he also speaks Bangladeshi type of Cantonese to Guat Shan. He once told me can speak like 6 languages (plus dialect) and he wants to learn Japanese to make it 7. Cool, isn't it? Anyway, he's from Penang which is why I think that he's rich. He loves shopping and the brand of clothes he wear are never unknown. And oh, I asked for his opinion when I once wanted to straighten my hair. In the end, after getting opinion from him (and others as well), I did not straighten my hair. Did I mention that he's really smart as well?


Cuo Teck


He watches anime, I watch anime. He watches football, I watch football. He loves Arsenal, I love Man. Utd. That's the reason why we always 'argue' about which team being better. When we converse, it always starts with, "Arsenal can ta pau already la." or "See la.. at the final battle which team is better." He enjoys calling me a 'Banana Girl' because I can't speak Mandrin well. He's like those small hyperactive kind of kid who speaks loudly. But he's nice though.


William


He calls me 'baby' because he thinks that my mental is only 2 years old. He's one hell of a guy. He cracks people up with his jokes. He has a wonderful voice and once won UTAR Talent Time with Leon. Together with Leon, they can topple the whole UTAR. He'll speak English then all of the sudden switch to Tamil like people understand him. Leon and Guat Shan said it's just like how I speak English then switch to Japanese like people understand me. Alright, back to William. He's just fun to be with. He'll make you laugh till you cry.


Leon


I guess when he leaves, we (my housemates and I) will feel the deepest lost. He was once our enemy (we even call him Mr. Horne, for God's sake) but now, he's our 'chi mui'. Everything changed so fast with him. We first met him during Ice Breaking and he was Mr. Horne then. We went fishing (because of Kenji) and the next thing we knew, he's already a part of us. Sito was shocked at that time because before he left for Klang, Leon was still Mr. Horne and when she returned 3 days later, we asked her of she wants to go fishing with Leon. Anyway, he's really nice to be with even though I do argue with him sometime. In my opinion, I think that he's really wise, though he might not look like it XD We're so close to the extend that we can just as him to shut up and laugh after that. He can just act girlish in front of us. We can just wake up, not bothered by our ghostly hair when he's around. He'll wear that orange shirt he'll never wear out, in front of us. Even though he's not our housemate, he eats, sleep, bathe, study, etc. in our house. Everything we do evolve around him. When we go out and he didn't follow, and it's lunch time, we'll think like, "What Leon gonna eat ah?" "Want to ta pau for him or not ah?" "How he going to eat ah?" "Who is fetching him?" I quote from Guat Shan, "Dunno what he put into our food until we kena jampi." and I quote myself, "Dunno what we did in the past life that we hutang him so much now."

All in all, I love my group of friends now and if I could, I would want them to stay in Kampar. I wouldn't want them to shift to Setapak. Everything will not be the same again after they leave. I won't have Kenji coming to my house and start tell me about Philosophy. I won't have Khai Chiah to call me "Pui" and watch football with. I won't have Wei Chyi to call me shorty and ask me to 'chiak sai'. I won't have Ken to send me dramas and stuff. I won't have Joe to ask me what certain word is in Japanese. I won't have Cuo Teck to tell me Arsenal is a better team. I won't have William to speak Tamil to me. And I won't have Leon to do crazy stuff then laugh our heads off. The most important thing, I won't have the chance to spend my time with them. I really really do not what them to leave. I don't want :'(