Thursday, November 29, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Back from BTN
Rumours were spreading among us who were going to the BTN camp that the camp is going to be torturous. Well, I refused to believe that. I mean how bad can it be? Even though I'll probably pay 100 bucks or more to skip the camp and stay at home, that's because I'm the lazy type who refuse to immerse myself in outdoor activities. But then again, if it's for karaoke, bowling, yumcha, watching movie, shopping, then that's different case la XD. Camping? Thanks but no thanks.
Nonetheless, I was still able to remain positive about the camp. I was inspired by a line Mila said in ANTM. She said, "I think if you just concentrate on the positive, the negative things would just go away". I know how naive it sounds, but it works for her. And in this case, I think it works for me too, as it was exactly through holding this thought that I was able to complete this camp on a bright note.
Day 1 - Nothing much happened. We enrolled in the evening at the camp and got ourself a room. But when we reached our room, our room was already fully occupied. But thank goodness, the few of us who did not have a room were assigned to another room. It was all cool cos the few of us kinda owned the entire room as there wasn't anyone else in that room.
Day 2 - Ceramah all day. OMG. This was probably the worst part. Ceramah from day til nite.
The 1st speaker voice was so annoying. His voice interchanged between high and low constantly and abruptly. His voice was extremely loud one second and then super deep and low on the next. It's almost as if he's singing one of Mariah Carey songs that goes high and low all the time. If I were his Public Speaking lecturer, I'll most definitely fail him! I mean what's the point of going up so loud, we're not deaf, and there's a loudspeaker there for god's sake. Also cos of his fluctuating voice, we can't sleep in his ceramah >_<.
The 2nd and 3rd speaker were also boring but I can't really remember in detail how they speak la. Primacy effect eh maybe? kakaka..
Then, there's the last speaker. His speech very much exceeded the time limit and he cracked damn lots of dry jokes. Maybe I'm the only one who can't get his joke, my mind was so blank at that point that I absorbed 0% of the things he said. The rest of the audience seemed to enjoy his jokes though. Hmm.. o_o
The ceramah day was just a disaster la. I have to sit still on my chair for so many hours. I got really really restless during the ceramah. So restless, so impatient that I wished someone could just write my name on the Death Note OMG!
Day 3 - The day in which LDK begun. LDK means Latihan dalam kumpulan btw. I was given the 1st surprise when I entered my room in LDK. Why??? Cos my facilitator was actually the 1st speaker from the ceramah. OMG yes, the Mariah Carey guy. But I was OK la. Maybe because I didn't expect much from LDK, I didn't really mind.
During the LDK sessions, I kept myself as low profile as possible. Trying to be that lil bug in the corner observing everyone, I talked only when asked, and answered questions as succinctly as I can manage. But that changed during the night session when we're suppose to have a debate+discussion activity. I saw that faci scribbling non-stop on his paper when we're talking, I knew I can't keep quiet anymore. So I speak up a little la (voluntarily).
Day 4 - LDK ended. Actually LDK was kinda fun despite me dozing off several times during the sessions. Blame that on the lack of time to sleep. 5 hours a day, what you expect.
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Also I soon learned that my LDK group was the best among my friends. I like my group mates, all of them. I don't talk much to them but that's because I'm reserved. I enjoyed my group mates companion and listening to their opinions. Also, the activities in our group were rather fun. Besides, I also learned quite a lot bout politics and our government. I still dislike politics though. They give me headache.
Also, my faci is pretty open minded too, he accepts diverse views from us. He's really kind to us too. Besides, when LDK ended, he gave us some feedbacks about us too. I was kinda surprised at what he said about me. It was really true. Why I said I was surprised is because what he said bout me was something bout me inside, not sth obvious people will notice. It might even take my close friends a long time to notice, but it only took him 2 days. Hmm....!!!!!!
LDK aside, I also like my room mates. They were really fun! Also we had quite a heavy discussion among us on the 2nd last day, which was quite an eye opener for me too.
Food also, some are good some are OK, some are bad. The 'tea time' food are often very oily. Also, I like the whole wash your own plates policy too.
The physical test. Haih suck at it la. Only got 60/80. It says there I'm physically 40++ years old O_O. Oh such a blatant lie. I passed the test anyway, so whatever la.
Kawad kaki sucks also.
Then about exams. It was really difficult. I was like WTF when I got the questions.
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Well, overall the camp is pretty enjoyable and meaningful too. I think if I started the camp thinking negatively, I probably would have ended up feeling miserable. Well, luckily I didn't.
Nonetheless, I was still able to remain positive about the camp. I was inspired by a line Mila said in ANTM. She said, "I think if you just concentrate on the positive, the negative things would just go away". I know how naive it sounds, but it works for her. And in this case, I think it works for me too, as it was exactly through holding this thought that I was able to complete this camp on a bright note.
Day 1 - Nothing much happened. We enrolled in the evening at the camp and got ourself a room. But when we reached our room, our room was already fully occupied. But thank goodness, the few of us who did not have a room were assigned to another room. It was all cool cos the few of us kinda owned the entire room as there wasn't anyone else in that room.
Day 2 - Ceramah all day. OMG. This was probably the worst part. Ceramah from day til nite.
The 1st speaker voice was so annoying. His voice interchanged between high and low constantly and abruptly. His voice was extremely loud one second and then super deep and low on the next. It's almost as if he's singing one of Mariah Carey songs that goes high and low all the time. If I were his Public Speaking lecturer, I'll most definitely fail him! I mean what's the point of going up so loud, we're not deaf, and there's a loudspeaker there for god's sake. Also cos of his fluctuating voice, we can't sleep in his ceramah >_<.
The 2nd and 3rd speaker were also boring but I can't really remember in detail how they speak la. Primacy effect eh maybe? kakaka..
Then, there's the last speaker. His speech very much exceeded the time limit and he cracked damn lots of dry jokes. Maybe I'm the only one who can't get his joke, my mind was so blank at that point that I absorbed 0% of the things he said. The rest of the audience seemed to enjoy his jokes though. Hmm.. o_o
The ceramah day was just a disaster la. I have to sit still on my chair for so many hours. I got really really restless during the ceramah. So restless, so impatient that I wished someone could just write my name on the Death Note OMG!
Day 3 - The day in which LDK begun. LDK means Latihan dalam kumpulan btw. I was given the 1st surprise when I entered my room in LDK. Why??? Cos my facilitator was actually the 1st speaker from the ceramah. OMG yes, the Mariah Carey guy. But I was OK la. Maybe because I didn't expect much from LDK, I didn't really mind.
During the LDK sessions, I kept myself as low profile as possible. Trying to be that lil bug in the corner observing everyone, I talked only when asked, and answered questions as succinctly as I can manage. But that changed during the night session when we're suppose to have a debate+discussion activity. I saw that faci scribbling non-stop on his paper when we're talking, I knew I can't keep quiet anymore. So I speak up a little la (voluntarily).
Day 4 - LDK ended. Actually LDK was kinda fun despite me dozing off several times during the sessions. Blame that on the lack of time to sleep. 5 hours a day, what you expect.
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Also I soon learned that my LDK group was the best among my friends. I like my group mates, all of them. I don't talk much to them but that's because I'm reserved. I enjoyed my group mates companion and listening to their opinions. Also, the activities in our group were rather fun. Besides, I also learned quite a lot bout politics and our government. I still dislike politics though. They give me headache.
Also, my faci is pretty open minded too, he accepts diverse views from us. He's really kind to us too. Besides, when LDK ended, he gave us some feedbacks about us too. I was kinda surprised at what he said about me. It was really true. Why I said I was surprised is because what he said bout me was something bout me inside, not sth obvious people will notice. It might even take my close friends a long time to notice, but it only took him 2 days. Hmm....!!!!!!
LDK aside, I also like my room mates. They were really fun! Also we had quite a heavy discussion among us on the 2nd last day, which was quite an eye opener for me too.
Food also, some are good some are OK, some are bad. The 'tea time' food are often very oily. Also, I like the whole wash your own plates policy too.
The physical test. Haih suck at it la. Only got 60/80. It says there I'm physically 40++ years old O_O. Oh such a blatant lie. I passed the test anyway, so whatever la.
Kawad kaki sucks also.
Then about exams. It was really difficult. I was like WTF when I got the questions.
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Well, overall the camp is pretty enjoyable and meaningful too. I think if I started the camp thinking negatively, I probably would have ended up feeling miserable. Well, luckily I didn't.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Inversed Life
Yes Kremlin Inverse. I think I'm living like a rat now. Maybe worse. I'm sleeping at 5 am and wake up at 2pm everyday.
I thought I could get a normal life after my exams mana tau lagi worse. Day become night, night become day.
So in an attempt to inverse the current life back to normal. I'm not going to sleep today. And hopefully I'll be tired enough tomorrow to sleep early.
Let's see if it works.
Call. me. shallow.
..but I <3 money$$!! Especially in times like this when I gatal wanna spend but not much money left!
Yes, only last week I've withdrawn $500 and spent habis in less than half a day. Oh no.
Last week, my friend went to teman me to hunt for some winter clothings. We walked from timesquare to Pavillion back to Lot 10 then again Pavillion and finally timesquare.
We attacked the department stores first. I thought that department stores would be a good place to start cos last year around this time I remembered finding some really nice winter clothings in Debenhams. But damn.. Debenhams bankrupt already!! So we looked in Metrojaya and Parkson instead. To my dissapointment, only a really reallllyyy small corner in these department stores sell winter clothings. >_<
So in the end, I bought 3 pieces of clothings (a long sleeve shirt, a jacket and a T-shirt). All non winter wears o_o. The jacket is suppose to withstand cold, but really la, it's only Genting standard kind of cold. I might need to wear like 10 layers inside if I wanna wear that in US. But wth, I still bought it, I thought it has a reasonable price for jacket of that kind, and I thought it's quite nice. And moreover, my another really nice friend came to Pavillion just to help me buy that shirt using his sister's voucher. That would give my jacket and another T-shirt a 20% discount. How could I resist the temptation! So I thought maybe I'll use that as my Fall wear or sth.
Since I bought that jacket, my parents have been really skeptical with my choices of winter clothings. I told them I know that isn't a suitable winter clothing, but still they insist to assist me in choosing my winter wears. O_o.. Not gonna let that happen though. kakakakaka~
Anyway, I also bought a birthday present for my friend in Pavillion that day. The present is really cute, it's a shame I didn't take any pic of it. It's a cubic soft cushion clock, adorned with criss-crossed pink lines. Wait, you don't still think giving a clock as a present is a taboo right? I did consider for a while whether buying a clock would be suitable, but I thought that clock really would make a good gift, so wth we bought it.
Then my friend and I went to Tower Records in lot 10 to look for our birthday girl, Clara. I'm glad she really likes the present. Also, we decided to inspect whether the clock is really functionable. We unzip the clock and took out its content. And yes, we found battery holder inside it! How miraculous! A spongy cute fully functionable clock!
Also, my friend and I decided to go to JCO doughnuts for tea break. We also would like to see what's so gung-ho bout their doughnuts that people all over the town are talking bout it. Well, I did try before the doughnuts on Speech Night. I must say it's really just OK. I don't like how they melt the sugar on the doughnut. I'd prefer the normal makcik sold doughnuts with rough sugar on it. The sensation of chewing the crispy doughnut is different. But then again, I think the doughnuts Intec ordered are the cheapest ones. So I decided to give it a try again.
But.. when we reached there, to my surprise, I realized my sis' friend really wasn't exaggerating at all. People actually do make long queues just to buy their doughnuts. Oh snap, I dismissed my thought to tea break there almost instantly.
So we went to the normal drink sections instead. The drink sections look sophisticated. In fact, the whole food court (is this food court?) is quite sophisticated. I only don't like that the sections in the center of the food court are quite messily arranged.
I love how they arranged the drinks on top of the rack!
Also, after the tea break my friend received a phone call telling her that she was selected as one of the finalists in the Mines photography contest. ZOMG.. Considering the fact that she only took photography for a sem, and she was already able to make it to the finals in this nation wide held competition. Wow.. Really proud of her! I'll ask her to post her selected pic on The Unheard soon and show you k?
Anyway, I'm straying really far now. I was saying I love money right lol? Yes, who doesn't?
Whoever says money can't buy happiness?
And whoever says money is the source of all evil?
Oh these jealous people!!
Lol seriously, I need to budget and spend my money carefully now. Besides the $500, I also recently lend my friend $300. Also, I need to fork out another $600 soon, not to mention I haven't buy a proper winter clothing yet.
Sidenote: I noticed I used "also" a lot recently. I must have been influenced by Deric's writing. XD
Yes, only last week I've withdrawn $500 and spent habis in less than half a day. Oh no.
Last week, my friend went to teman me to hunt for some winter clothings. We walked from timesquare to Pavillion back to Lot 10 then again Pavillion and finally timesquare.
We attacked the department stores first. I thought that department stores would be a good place to start cos last year around this time I remembered finding some really nice winter clothings in Debenhams. But damn.. Debenhams bankrupt already!! So we looked in Metrojaya and Parkson instead. To my dissapointment, only a really reallllyyy small corner in these department stores sell winter clothings. >_<
So in the end, I bought 3 pieces of clothings (a long sleeve shirt, a jacket and a T-shirt). All non winter wears o_o. The jacket is suppose to withstand cold, but really la, it's only Genting standard kind of cold. I might need to wear like 10 layers inside if I wanna wear that in US. But wth, I still bought it, I thought it has a reasonable price for jacket of that kind, and I thought it's quite nice. And moreover, my another really nice friend came to Pavillion just to help me buy that shirt using his sister's voucher. That would give my jacket and another T-shirt a 20% discount. How could I resist the temptation! So I thought maybe I'll use that as my Fall wear or sth.
Since I bought that jacket, my parents have been really skeptical with my choices of winter clothings. I told them I know that isn't a suitable winter clothing, but still they insist to assist me in choosing my winter wears. O_o.. Not gonna let that happen though. kakakakaka~
Anyway, I also bought a birthday present for my friend in Pavillion that day. The present is really cute, it's a shame I didn't take any pic of it. It's a cubic soft cushion clock, adorned with criss-crossed pink lines. Wait, you don't still think giving a clock as a present is a taboo right? I did consider for a while whether buying a clock would be suitable, but I thought that clock really would make a good gift, so wth we bought it.
Then my friend and I went to Tower Records in lot 10 to look for our birthday girl, Clara. I'm glad she really likes the present. Also, we decided to inspect whether the clock is really functionable. We unzip the clock and took out its content. And yes, we found battery holder inside it! How miraculous! A spongy cute fully functionable clock!
Also, my friend and I decided to go to JCO doughnuts for tea break. We also would like to see what's so gung-ho bout their doughnuts that people all over the town are talking bout it. Well, I did try before the doughnuts on Speech Night. I must say it's really just OK. I don't like how they melt the sugar on the doughnut. I'd prefer the normal makcik sold doughnuts with rough sugar on it. The sensation of chewing the crispy doughnut is different. But then again, I think the doughnuts Intec ordered are the cheapest ones. So I decided to give it a try again.
But.. when we reached there, to my surprise, I realized my sis' friend really wasn't exaggerating at all. People actually do make long queues just to buy their doughnuts. Oh snap, I dismissed my thought to tea break there almost instantly.
So we went to the normal drink sections instead. The drink sections look sophisticated. In fact, the whole food court (is this food court?) is quite sophisticated. I only don't like that the sections in the center of the food court are quite messily arranged.
I love how they arranged the drinks on top of the rack! Also, after the tea break my friend received a phone call telling her that she was selected as one of the finalists in the Mines photography contest. ZOMG.. Considering the fact that she only took photography for a sem, and she was already able to make it to the finals in this nation wide held competition. Wow.. Really proud of her! I'll ask her to post her selected pic on The Unheard soon and show you k?
Anyway, I'm straying really far now. I was saying I love money right lol? Yes, who doesn't?
Whoever says money can't buy happiness?
And whoever says money is the source of all evil?
Oh these jealous people!!
Lol seriously, I need to budget and spend my money carefully now. Besides the $500, I also recently lend my friend $300. Also, I need to fork out another $600 soon, not to mention I haven't buy a proper winter clothing yet.
Sidenote: I noticed I used "also" a lot recently. I must have been influenced by Deric's writing. XD
Friday, November 09, 2007
Stolen from Sharon.
OMG.. Right Brained.. Pick wrong major already la...
| You Are 25% Left Brained, 75% Right Brained |
 The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports. |
OMG.. Right Brained.. Pick wrong major already la...
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Bernard Chandran can go DIE
How was Project Runway finale?
It is exactly like Intec's Speech Night results.
Disappointment.
Unfairness!
It is exactly like Intec's Speech Night results.
Disappointment.
Unfairness!
I've been waiting all season round to witness Alex being crowned as the best designer!
But what happened?? What happened??
Before tonight's episode, I really thought all three of them will put up a good show. Ok, they did. But I expected it to be a more intense competition; a competition among three really distinctive sets of designs.
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At first I really have high expectations for Felix' designs. The idea of 'transformers' sounds great to me.
"Nothing is really what you see" <-- A great slogan for a collection right?
Throughout the competition, we've seen a lot of designs that are kinda "tranformer-ish". These multi-purpose 3 in 1 designs are really cool, not to mention very feasible too, esp for busy city people. Yes, everything is fast fast fast for these busy citizens. Just imagine that if you need to attend an evening cocktail party right after your work and you have no time to go back home and get changed again, what would you do? Fret not, if you have one of these transform-able dress, all you need to do is just loosen up a button, pull up your collar and then tada... your office wear would change to an evening party wear in just seconds.
I thought Felix' designs are going to be somewhere along this line. With his model pulling this in, pulling that out, and then take off a pin from the hair and do the 360 degrees swing of hair (like the rejoice painting ad) before walking back from the runway. But no, nothing like that on the runway. Sigh.. what a let down. None of his design "transform". Besides, his designs are actually kinda commonplace. Nice but not outstanding. His usual designs in the competition are better. A de-provement indeed.
-------- Then there's Hatta
And...... I was right. His collection on the runway today is superb! It's romantic, fairy tale-ish and barbie doll-ish. Yep, the models are like walking barbie dolls! The flower at the bottom of the skirt, the erected sunflower petalled collar, beautiful, just beautiful! Stunning collection indeed!
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Now now now.. what about Alex?
Alex' designs were the most innovative of all. Urban and bold. The 1st dress up was already a powerful one. The dress looks good front and back. It's like double surprise for me. I was impressed when the model came out, and when she turned around O_O. Even the back of the dress is extraordinary. As her models came out one by one, you can see the progress of her designs, changing gradually towards the end. It's almost like witnessing evolution taking place!! lol... The last dress in line was really striking. The tiny bulu2 on the dress look so cool! They're like those electrostatic phenomenon we used to learn in Physics where paper sticks on an object due to electrostaticity. Btw, the model in that wear looks like a cactuar! ha ha ha ha..
There was sth else though. Even though Alex' designs are cool and all, I feel that there was something missing. The heart of her designs that used to impress me to no end in the competition seemed to be losing its magic in the collection. I mean, where's that bulky shoulder? And her trademark style?
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And then there's judging time.
And this is exactly the part I hated!!!
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That Asiah Mion.
She's so judging from a scheme. Very rigid thinking. It's almost as if she's looking on one aspect only - the consistency of the designs in the finalists' collections.
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And that Bernard
He seriously need to go DOWN THERE and WARM his feet!
I mean just look at his fucking face. So menyampah! You know that time when he invited the contestants to his workhouse, he was so fucking hypocrite. Pretending to be the Mr. Nice guy and all. And what's his workhouse name again? "Fancy room?" My god, what is he? 3 years old? How did he manage to think of such a lame name.
In the previous epis judging, he's so so soooo narrow minded, narrow until it's practically closed. Ya, closed minded. He dare to criticize Alex' designs?? I don't think his designs are anywhere close as good as 21-year-old-Alex'. If you say his designs has Alex' 0.0000000001% creativity and innovation, I would like to disagree. Overestimation.
Throughout the competition he never compliments the contestants. He expected to see them coming up with sth new, sth the world never see before every single episode. The contestants, to me are very innovative, but he still managed to complain like an aunty.
He was unsure in his remarks too. DId you know he was the culprit behind Alwyn's elimination? How? He said he thinks the phoenix design on Alwyn's gymnastic dress looks familiar. Familiar? Was he sure he seen that design before? Even if the phoenix motion was used before so what? Does that mean if someone used phoenix before then no one else is suppose to use it for the next 1000000 years? Idiot. Imbecile!
And so Alwyn was eliminated that episode because of unoriginality! Because he said his design looks familiar wo.. Alwyn wasn't alone. Bernard accused Fitri too. He said again "I think I saw the KL tower jacket shape before la.." Erm..
Whatever la Biatch!
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On the other hand, Bernie Chan (the host) was great though. Even though her dress are sometimes quite "unique", but surprisingly she gave fairly good remarks when judging.
In today's epi, she was defending Alex aaaalll the waaay! I already noticed she's a fan of Alex' designs in the previous epis, but I never knew she would go this far in defending Alex. So touching! She was absolutely correct when she asked them judges whether they are looking for designs that are made for now, or the more forward looking designs. As usual, Bernard stupidly answered that he only want to see designs for now. OMG.. closed minded.. rigid minded.. Downfall of civilization!
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Whatever la. Felix wins, Alex did not.
Honestly, I think Hatta should win. His avant garde 80s designs is not only innovative but also consistent in the whole collection.
The design consistency in his collection is also what I think the other two lacked.
Besides consistency in design, I think Alex design also did not fit well enough with her theme. The 1st few designs in the collection don't look torturing enough for me.
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Ok now, my last words:
Alex, your bravery, determination and innovation will bring you success in the fashion industry. With the exposure you have now and the qualities I've mentioned, you will in no time become an international designer. I hope in the future I could see more of your designs, and hopefully I can see you use more of your trademark styles too, as you did throughout the competition. Besides, I really like your personality Alex. Your kinda laidback style.
Hatta, I love your designs! You are a fun person, really funny guy. You made the show a joy to watch because of your fun personality. However when it comes to work, you can be really serious in it! I know that the fashion path wasn't exactly smooth sailing for you, but in the end you succeeded in proving to people who were skeptical about you that you are indeed a
Felix, I don't hate you. Even though the contestants dislike you, I don't think they hate you too. Erm.. Maybe some of them do la.. But in essence, I believe you are a good person at heart. I think your designs are good too. They have your touch in them. A professional designer indeed. But i think you need to be less egoistic and you should try to listen to others. And also, stop saying you're a workaholic ok? We know that already! lol..
Monday, November 05, 2007
The Old Posts
I just glanced through and read back some of my old entries to check if there is any post that's too personal. I made a few posts as draft, too emo for public viewing XD. I did not delete them though cos they are important happenings in my life.
Anyway, reading back my posts I realized I have waaaayy too many posts bout Jolin lol! Also, some entries are really funny when I read back. Besides, I also spotted a few grammar mistakes here and there too. I'm not going to correct them though; they show how my writing changed over time.
When I intro this blog to some friends, I got the same question as I used to have. What's ng-revolution. What's ng?
Well, read this post for an intro about my blog and what NG actually means:
The New Generation Revolution: The Vision
Anyway, reading back my posts I realized I have waaaayy too many posts bout Jolin lol! Also, some entries are really funny when I read back. Besides, I also spotted a few grammar mistakes here and there too. I'm not going to correct them though; they show how my writing changed over time.
When I intro this blog to some friends, I got the same question as I used to have. What's ng-revolution. What's ng?
Well, read this post for an intro about my blog and what NG actually means:
The New Generation Revolution: The Vision
Sunday, November 04, 2007
My Umich Acknowledgement
I've been wanting to make this post for a long time cos I really feel that I owe you guys a lot, and I need to acknowledge you for your help. If it weren't for your help, I don't think I could have completed my Umich application on time let alone being admitted to the university itself.
Here it goes:
1) My parents - I owed the most to you both! I don't think there are anyone else in this world who would go to such great lengths just to help me in my application. Because I was doing my application last minute, my parents have to do a lot of things in a rush to help me. For instance, I sent my certs and results last minute to my parents' office to ask them to help me print and get the docs certified. As a result, they have to ask for assistance from their colleagues to open the mail, adjust the work to fit in the print paper, print them, and to certify them.
This is what I felt bad about. They have to ask their friends to help me cos they aren't techno savvy. Knowing my parents, I know they don't like to ask for help unless it's really necessary. And this isn't a small favor to ask. My mom had to ask a typist to stay back after work to help me print my docs. My mom felt bad too, cos she knew the typist had other works to do. So she asked the typist to finish her work before helping her. I knew she wouldn't have done that if it's not for me and if it's not desperately needed. Then my dad had to ask his boss to help certify all the certs. It's not 1 or 2 certs, but a whole stack of em'. But I gotta admit la the results are really cool! Certified by high court wo my certs!! XD
This wasn't all. My dad also sent me countless trips back and forth to my high school to get things done on my high school's side. Then there's also this once that made me feel 10000X bad. My dad have to go all the way from KL to Shah Alam to get my high school results to be certified. No, KL to Shah Alam is not a short trip! It's an 1 hour-trip. But what's worse you know? When my dad came, I can't even find the results he came there for. X_X So I passed the other certs for him instead la.
2) Second on the line to be thanked is... Mrs. Kiran
I love Mrs Kiran so much! Haha..
Before this, I always thought Mrs Kiran was quite cold, as in she doesn't connect much or generate a good rapport with her students. Maybe cos the class I had with her was only a 1 month class, too short for any sort of connection. She's a really great teacher though, I knew that from the 1 month intensive class. Very knowledgeable and dedicated. A very stylish lecturer too. Now thinking back, perhaps she isn't that cold in the class after all cos she was quite good to some students, she offered to marked our essays, and asked us to SMS her after we get our results. She does cared bout us in her class.
But that's besides the point. What I really appreciate from her is that she helped me to complete my recommendation letter even in her holidays. She's also the only lecturer and teacher who offered to write on her own. I gave her a draft and she wrote it during her holidays. She also kept SMS-ing me to clarify matters. In the end, when I got the letter, WOW! It's really a kick-ass letter! She exaggerated some things without distorting its meaning, really succinct too. A letter to impress indeed.
Of course that's not all. Mrs Kiran also helped me in checking my Umich essays. It made all the difference. She pointed out the major mistakes in my essay and suggested an alternative outline I could follow. When she found that my 2nd short answer was a bit out of context she even helped me googled and printed out what she found on the net. After following her advise, I could really see the difference and the improvement in my essays quality. She also offered to help me checked for 2nd time too. On my 2nd draft, she written on it "Good job, all the best!". As usual, it's succinct, but really encouraging words!
But what I really appreciate most from her is that all of these weren't her job, but she's still willing to help me. It shows how she cared for her students.
3) The 3rd to thank is... Mattie aka Artemis fowl aka Mathias la..
You're the one who kept me on track with the application. You kept me updated on the application and gave me encouragements to complete it. You also helped me to check everything. From my translations to my recommendation letter to my essays and to my whole application set. All of them really helped.
You're really one of the genuine friends I have in Intec. Thanks for everything!
4) Well now, who's fourth on my list??
---> Sherene Ho!
Yes, I actually got a lot of help from this non-intec friend. Yes, sherene is one my secret weapons in my UMich application!! XO Haha.. I gotta admit that I actually have a lot of strategies in my UMich application. I think probably only my room mate knew all or at least most of them.
Anyway, Shen Yee, thanks a lot! You are probably the only one who have witnessed how my essays evolved; how many versions they've taken before settling down as my final product. At first when I sent my essays to you I only expected you to give me a few feedbacks. But in the end, you gave me comments that are longer than my own essay, and you even gave me an alternative version of the essay. In the subsequent versions I sent you, you also helped a lot in my structures and grammar in them. It made me realize how good your English is. Not that I don't know before this, but after you helped me, I just thought that you're really a writer. You would make a good writer or a good English teacher I think!
Also, my third essay. I think it was somehow inspired by your Nathaniel Tan's post on Puh-leez too.
5) My room mate, Seng Wui.
It's sooo great to have you admitted to UMich with me. Even though it's unlikely that we'll become room mates again cos we're taking different courses, but nevertheless I still hope we can be room mates in Umich! Haha..
Well anyway, thanks for your help! You help me in all the miscellaneous stuffs in my application. A bit here and there! It's great to apply UMich with you, you kept me on track and you made the application process less stressful and more fun.
Now, there are also others to thank (in no particular order):
-Winnie - you're the one who gave me the idea for my 1st short answer question! And that's a big help! Also thanks for glancing through one of my essays.
- Douglas How - despite all your sarcasms, you're still a supportive friend. I knew you wanted to help me but you were busy at that time and can't online. Thanks for the encouragements though.
(Well yeah.. At this point, you would probably noticed that the whole Puh-leez team had helped me in my application! Thanks! I'm proud of you guys! Really!)
-Puan Norrehan - thanks for writing my recommendation letter. You're my fav teacher in SBS! Rock on!
-My sister - thanks for the encouragements! Seriously, your encouragements helped me to hold on through the strenuous process. And thanks for the checks for my essays.
-Joshua Lim - thanks for checking my essays. The comments and compliments from you gave me bring me confidence too! I mean, compliments from Joshua Lim wo!! Wow!
-Zhao Siang - my fellow applicant! We were in this together! Thanks for going through the process with me and also helping me glance through my essays.
-Kai Boon - thanks for the resume and sample dossier you lend me. Thanks for the check for my essays too. Your comments helped!
-Philip Phang - thanks for checking my essays and giving me useful feedbacks. Your feedbacks had helped me to change my essay, the 2nd one in particular!
Well, I think that's about it. I hope I didn't leave anyone out~
The uni application experience is really valuable for me. It made me realize how lucky I am. I realized that sometimes people would actually go further than myself to help me, which makes me extra ashame of myself for being a loser at times. I realized who are my friends, who are sincere to me. Thanks again! I also learned some important lessons, such as never to do things last minute, to persevere and give it my all in doing sth, it pays.
I also really really hope Mathias and Zhao Siang can get into UMich! Their application results are still pending. The experience in UMich would be less fun and definitely different without you guys. Please, oh please get admitted!
Also, Wai Khong and Carolyn and Ooi Haw. Hope you guys get admitted too!
Here it goes:
1) My parents - I owed the most to you both! I don't think there are anyone else in this world who would go to such great lengths just to help me in my application. Because I was doing my application last minute, my parents have to do a lot of things in a rush to help me. For instance, I sent my certs and results last minute to my parents' office to ask them to help me print and get the docs certified. As a result, they have to ask for assistance from their colleagues to open the mail, adjust the work to fit in the print paper, print them, and to certify them.
This is what I felt bad about. They have to ask their friends to help me cos they aren't techno savvy. Knowing my parents, I know they don't like to ask for help unless it's really necessary. And this isn't a small favor to ask. My mom had to ask a typist to stay back after work to help me print my docs. My mom felt bad too, cos she knew the typist had other works to do. So she asked the typist to finish her work before helping her. I knew she wouldn't have done that if it's not for me and if it's not desperately needed. Then my dad had to ask his boss to help certify all the certs. It's not 1 or 2 certs, but a whole stack of em'. But I gotta admit la the results are really cool! Certified by high court wo my certs!! XD
This wasn't all. My dad also sent me countless trips back and forth to my high school to get things done on my high school's side. Then there's also this once that made me feel 10000X bad. My dad have to go all the way from KL to Shah Alam to get my high school results to be certified. No, KL to Shah Alam is not a short trip! It's an 1 hour-trip. But what's worse you know? When my dad came, I can't even find the results he came there for. X_X So I passed the other certs for him instead la.
2) Second on the line to be thanked is... Mrs. Kiran
I love Mrs Kiran so much! Haha..
Before this, I always thought Mrs Kiran was quite cold, as in she doesn't connect much or generate a good rapport with her students. Maybe cos the class I had with her was only a 1 month class, too short for any sort of connection. She's a really great teacher though, I knew that from the 1 month intensive class. Very knowledgeable and dedicated. A very stylish lecturer too. Now thinking back, perhaps she isn't that cold in the class after all cos she was quite good to some students, she offered to marked our essays, and asked us to SMS her after we get our results. She does cared bout us in her class.
But that's besides the point. What I really appreciate from her is that she helped me to complete my recommendation letter even in her holidays. She's also the only lecturer and teacher who offered to write on her own. I gave her a draft and she wrote it during her holidays. She also kept SMS-ing me to clarify matters. In the end, when I got the letter, WOW! It's really a kick-ass letter! She exaggerated some things without distorting its meaning, really succinct too. A letter to impress indeed.
Of course that's not all. Mrs Kiran also helped me in checking my Umich essays. It made all the difference. She pointed out the major mistakes in my essay and suggested an alternative outline I could follow. When she found that my 2nd short answer was a bit out of context she even helped me googled and printed out what she found on the net. After following her advise, I could really see the difference and the improvement in my essays quality. She also offered to help me checked for 2nd time too. On my 2nd draft, she written on it "Good job, all the best!". As usual, it's succinct, but really encouraging words!
But what I really appreciate most from her is that all of these weren't her job, but she's still willing to help me. It shows how she cared for her students.
3) The 3rd to thank is... Mattie aka Artemis fowl aka Mathias la..
You're the one who kept me on track with the application. You kept me updated on the application and gave me encouragements to complete it. You also helped me to check everything. From my translations to my recommendation letter to my essays and to my whole application set. All of them really helped.
You're really one of the genuine friends I have in Intec. Thanks for everything!
4) Well now, who's fourth on my list??
---> Sherene Ho!
Yes, I actually got a lot of help from this non-intec friend. Yes, sherene is one my secret weapons in my UMich application!! XO Haha.. I gotta admit that I actually have a lot of strategies in my UMich application. I think probably only my room mate knew all or at least most of them.
Anyway, Shen Yee, thanks a lot! You are probably the only one who have witnessed how my essays evolved; how many versions they've taken before settling down as my final product. At first when I sent my essays to you I only expected you to give me a few feedbacks. But in the end, you gave me comments that are longer than my own essay, and you even gave me an alternative version of the essay. In the subsequent versions I sent you, you also helped a lot in my structures and grammar in them. It made me realize how good your English is. Not that I don't know before this, but after you helped me, I just thought that you're really a writer. You would make a good writer or a good English teacher I think!
Also, my third essay. I think it was somehow inspired by your Nathaniel Tan's post on Puh-leez too.
5) My room mate, Seng Wui.
It's sooo great to have you admitted to UMich with me. Even though it's unlikely that we'll become room mates again cos we're taking different courses, but nevertheless I still hope we can be room mates in Umich! Haha..
Well anyway, thanks for your help! You help me in all the miscellaneous stuffs in my application. A bit here and there! It's great to apply UMich with you, you kept me on track and you made the application process less stressful and more fun.
Now, there are also others to thank (in no particular order):
-Winnie - you're the one who gave me the idea for my 1st short answer question! And that's a big help! Also thanks for glancing through one of my essays.
- Douglas How - despite all your sarcasms, you're still a supportive friend. I knew you wanted to help me but you were busy at that time and can't online. Thanks for the encouragements though.
(Well yeah.. At this point, you would probably noticed that the whole Puh-leez team had helped me in my application! Thanks! I'm proud of you guys! Really!)
-Puan Norrehan - thanks for writing my recommendation letter. You're my fav teacher in SBS! Rock on!
-My sister - thanks for the encouragements! Seriously, your encouragements helped me to hold on through the strenuous process. And thanks for the checks for my essays.
-Joshua Lim - thanks for checking my essays. The comments and compliments from you gave me bring me confidence too! I mean, compliments from Joshua Lim wo!! Wow!
-Zhao Siang - my fellow applicant! We were in this together! Thanks for going through the process with me and also helping me glance through my essays.
-Kai Boon - thanks for the resume and sample dossier you lend me. Thanks for the check for my essays too. Your comments helped!
-Philip Phang - thanks for checking my essays and giving me useful feedbacks. Your feedbacks had helped me to change my essay, the 2nd one in particular!
Well, I think that's about it. I hope I didn't leave anyone out~
The uni application experience is really valuable for me. It made me realize how lucky I am. I realized that sometimes people would actually go further than myself to help me, which makes me extra ashame of myself for being a loser at times. I realized who are my friends, who are sincere to me. Thanks again! I also learned some important lessons, such as never to do things last minute, to persevere and give it my all in doing sth, it pays.
I also really really hope Mathias and Zhao Siang can get into UMich! Their application results are still pending. The experience in UMich would be less fun and definitely different without you guys. Please, oh please get admitted!
Also, Wai Khong and Carolyn and Ooi Haw. Hope you guys get admitted too!
Restart
I decided to wipe off the dust this blog had been collecting for a year!
If you read my Exodus post, you would know I separated my blog to personal and general ones. Well, since I worked with the Puh-leez team, I've abandoned this blog cos personal stuffs go to my LJ, general ones go to puh-leez.
But now I decided to reopen this to include things I want to share with my friends; about my life in general. I have quite some thoughts in my head that I need to sort out and pour it here.
Anyhow, to old readers, hello again. To new readers, welcome!
If you read my Exodus post, you would know I separated my blog to personal and general ones. Well, since I worked with the Puh-leez team, I've abandoned this blog cos personal stuffs go to my LJ, general ones go to puh-leez.
But now I decided to reopen this to include things I want to share with my friends; about my life in general. I have quite some thoughts in my head that I need to sort out and pour it here.
Anyhow, to old readers, hello again. To new readers, welcome!
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