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Sunday, July 8, 2007

Pesta Pantai at Batu Buruk

3 more hours to go before I leave Kuala Terengganu and embark on my Semester 3 journey in INTEC... I am having a mixed feelings of sadness and happiness... Sadness and happiness. They are two contradicting emotions. However, amazingly, they can blend with each other pretty well.

So much for my feelings... As promised, I will blog about the very exciting and enjoyable Pesta Pantai which I went with Shwu Jing, Pei Yi and Gim Hui...

29/06/2007 that was...

It was Friday, the night before Gim Hui left for UKM and a week before I am going to INTEC.

We really had had a good time there. We played the freakiest game there.... The one that spins 360 degrees in the air about 50 metres above ground!!! Actually, that was Shwu Jing's idea. Hehe.... And while waiting Gim Hui to come, we bought the tokens and had a usual, empty chat. (That SK2=Gim Hui bought her new Sony Ericsson hp that night) Wonder why we called her SK2??? Well, that's because she is extremely W-H-I-T-E!!! In her life, she has had a minimum exposure to the sunlight. ^_^"

Okay..., the main point here is the freaky game we played. The machine was a gigantic one.... And when we were queuing up to play, we noticed that there were always sharp screams coming out compared to other games. Alright..., Shwu Jing's theory was not wrong. That was the scariest game and it was not for the faint-hearted. Upon hearing the screams, Gim Hui's face turned pale....

"Can I not play this???" she asked.

"No way we will let you out of this...!" we replied together.

Our moment came. Shwu Jing frantically climbed into the seat and I took the one behind her. Gim Hui sat beside me, whereas Pei Yi took the seat beside Shwu Jing. One of the workers lowered the safety cushion thingie across our shoulder. It held us very tightly. Gim Hui immediately complained about the tightness she felt and I nodded in agreement. (Stupid me... I should have disagreed. Once we were swinged upwards to the air, I suddenly felt grateful to have that fragile cushion holding me.)
After everyone was seated, the game began. Up we go ferociously. The machine had indeed very aggressive movements. And as predicted, Shwu Jing, Pei Yi and Gim Hui screamed like mad. But, Gim Hui was the loudest and sharpest. It's quite impressive to think how could such a small size girl give out such a wild scream... I didn't scream and later I will tell you why.

The machine swinged up and down... 10 seconds, 11 seconds, 12 seconds...then everyone's screaming stopped. The machine had taken its toll. Gim Hui just lowered down her head and for a moment I thought she had been scared to death...had a heart attack..had no more energy left to scream or something like that. But, regretfully, I could not help her at that time as I was busy helping myself!!! The machine flew upward until it had reached the highest point and stopped. I held my safety cushion tightly, feeling very insecured at such position. Just like my prediction, the machine suddenly jerk downwards towards the ground. I could clearly hear the wild whisper of the wind at my ears... My sandals had almost dropped and I was very worried about my handphone. Looking down, I saw the people there were actually very much more relaxed than us. And when the machine jetted upwards, all of us were in an inverse position. Imagine sitting on a chair, which is embeded onto the ceiling. AND the ceiling is 50 METRES from the ground!!! My hand automatically held the safety cushion as tightly as I could because at that point, it acted as my lifeline. I desperately tried to push myself close to my seat, against the force of gravity. I was actually hanging in the air with the safety cushion only as my support.

No, I didn't see any tunnel with a bright light at the end of it. Instead, I saw the crowd watching us in the air as though we were performing for them.

"Wait... I could see them clearly. That means.... Oh no!!! This machine doesn't have a closed cover on the top! Once you fall from your seat, you will be falling 50 metres down to the hard ground!!!" A monologue was taking place in me.

I swear.... everytime the machine lowered down, I had the very urge to jump out of my seat to the safe, stable ground. But as the time passed by, I knew that everything was not under my control anymore and I should enjoy my time up there as I had paid RM6.00 for it. I closed my eyes and realised how fragile our life is. And then, that thing spinned 360 degrees for three revolutions. It was indeed very breathtaking if breathtaking is the word to describe the split second when someone is short of breath!!!

Wanting to know whether Gim Hui was stil alive or dead, I called her... It was no easy job though. The thing was spinning here and there, making me super dizzy, and my hands were always firm on the safety cushion in case anything were to turn bad. Again, I called out her name.

After a short pause, she replied softly, "Ha..?"

"Are you okay???"

"I want to go down now la... Don't want to play already." She said this when the thing was still spinning wildly.

"Haha...How to stop wor?"

Hey Gim Hui, if you are reading this,....... zzzzZZZZ.... You thought I am superman meh? Can stop this 'fierce' machine on my own.

Next, she told me that she could not breath.

It was followed by a threat to vomit.

"I want to vomit arr!!!" she said and there was a deep silent.

All the while, our conversation was taking place with her head lowered and eyes shut.

So, I patted her shoulder and asked if she was okay... And I was gentleman enough to take one of my hands of the safety cushion and grab her's. Walao eh.... Damn cold man!!!

"Hehe....!"she laughed to me and said,"I cannot feel anything leh. My hands are numb already."

Afraid that she might lose her consciousness, I kept on beating her until she finally responded with a faked ignorant smile... Siao one...

At last, the ride, which felt like what was for eternity, came to an end. Everyone got out of their seats very quickly. Pei Yi was sweating like she just ran a marathon and Gim Hui complained about stomache aches. zzzzzZZZ a weird girl... But, Shwu Jing really proved that she has the qualities of being our class monitor for 5 consecutive years. She was indeed very brave. :P

After that, everyone, with their pale faces, went to A&W to have a drink. And Pei Yi was still recuperating from her shock + tiredness.

Then, the one million dollar question came, all of them asked me why didn't I scream? Well, actually, I also don't understand why were they screaming in the first place? Because they are scared??? I had no extra energy to scream as I was really very busy trying to keep myself from falling down. Haha!!! No time for screaming or whatsoever... Life is more important than a few minutes of releasing emotions. That's all I guess. Hope to go for another outing like this. :-)

Had taken a few photos in A&W

Shwu Jing and Pei Yi

Group Photo


Gim Hui and Me


Me and Shwu Jing


Haha... The A&W worker was bad at photographing

The Pale Faces @_@


The day before yesterday was a Friday too. And actually, on that day, I had planned to attend Daniel Lee's concert, which was held in my younger sister's school. However, a twist of mood forced me to change my mind. I decided to be a home-stayer and enjoy the final few days with my family before going to Shah Alam. Besides that, what's the fun when most of my friends had gone back to KL to continue their studies. Lolzz... If I were to go to that concert, I believe right now, I will have another interesting material to write about.. :S

p/s : Gim Hui... I broke the promise. Hehe... But I do not consider numbness in hand, tenderness to vomit and stomache ache as embarrassments. :P

A "Photogenic" Semester 2 in INTEC

Sunset in Cendana Hostel ^_^... I will surely miss you!!!


Me and Enthusiastic Classmates


AND SO IT BEGAN....



Ethics Studies @_@
Darn Boring.....zzzZZZ

THE END OF BORING ETHICS... kekeke...




Let me Introduce you.... Johnson's Study Table!

And this is Johnson...! Haha. Sorry dude, don't want to waste any pics... Probably next time I will do a 'before' and 'after' ya. Then, we help the cosmetic company to promote their product. :-)




In the Study Room

Huh.... What the heck!!! Study means study? No toilet???


I wonder if this aircond was made in the North pole... I was freezing duh..


Messy Mess......





Ever Heard of CHICKEN FRENZY???





bet you don't....





I don't understand what it is about either... Just know this "unholy" and unhygienic frenzy involves processing and cooking of chicken....erm... beside the drain!

I REPEAT.... It was done beside the D-R-A-I-N !!!

This RM2000++ proposal was suprisingly approved by INTEC

HAHA... And it was held in Cendana!

Ewh.... There's no other place to do the washing and processing???!

The rest is left to all readers to imagine and elaborate. I didn't even dare to take one piece of chicken that day although I had paid for it.

^_^"

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Review of Semester 2 in INTEC

My second semester seemed to be quite a swift one due to numerous festive holidays. Guess I will not be that fortunate in the coming third semester (Joo Ken said that semester 3 is slightly more hectic than semester 2), but I still keep my fingers crossed. Though semester 2 was very short, there were many unforgettable experience, unlike semester 1. Semester 2 was a real good one as it enabled me to identify friends and foes plus all the current backstabbers and potential backstabbers. This is of dire importance because I will certainly know when there is a need to watch out my back from these masked assassins. Just like the culture of “defensive medicine” which is hotly debated, most of the time, I believe that it is better to be ‘safe than sorry’. Johnson, for instance, had experienced a sharp, piercing pain from the words of a backstabber who is supposedly to be his friend. Well, there is nothing for sure in this world and this is a life-long journey of learning.

The classes, which were taught by Puan Mimi, got involved in a fantastic biology presentation, namely “MSS presentation”. :P It was indeed memorable to see future doctors and pharmacists debating. And not to mention, Charles who shot out schematic questions to Johnson which did not fail to stun almost everyone in the hall. Imagine having to answer questions such as “Can you give me four reasons why …….” in a bio presentation? Four reasons translate to four marks. This seemed crystal clear to me. Fuyoh…! Once a scholar, always a scholar I would say. At this point, it’s the time to reveal something about my roles in the presentation. I was in-charged of explaining the methods of male contraceptive method and above all, free condom samples were given out to the badge of excited students in the hall. zzzzZZZZZ… Alright, I know that was unorthodox, but I strongly believed that it would bring better understanding about sex to the audience…. (Well, at least Suhaila did believe so. It was her idea after all.) This yearly presentation was successfully ended with Kien Seng’s melodious vocal armed with his loyal guitar. Opps…. Yah.., Johnson and Charles did sing too. Hehz…. And it followed by a wonderful birthday song for our all-favourite Puan Mimi! I would like also to thank Puan Mimi for her cute Patrick (Spongbob’s best friend) doll… haha… or rather her children. Puan Mimi, I will definitely remember "Structure and Function" in my future medicine studies. Copyright reserved to Puan Mimi!

I was down with fever for almost a week. The doctor diagnosed me with suspected dengue. I had missed many important lessons due to that. Luckily, my blood report turned out to be dengue negative. No significant drop in platelet counts… Ya, the number of platelets is one of the solid indicator for dengue. However, that doctor in Subang charged me RM112.00 for that. Erhem…. Quite reasonable la… That’s the money to earn for someone who has studied laboriously for five long years plus years of housemanship. In addition to another hole in my pocket, I broke my iPod charger wire and it was not warranted. It costed me another RM100++. :S

The first part of the Engliah Speaking Test was fabulous. I talked about the Seven Wonders of the World. But the second was T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E. I was still having fever when I was interviewed by the lecturer. At first, it turned out to be fine. She just asked simple questions which made me feel very at ease. Then, out of a sudden, a tough and complicated question, which required serious thinking, was bombarded to me. My mind spinned 360° at the speed of 360km/h. Time was ticking fast and there was a deep silence. Not wanting her to wait any longer, I managed to provide a simple answer in that kind of desperate situation. As simple as it was, it saved my neck. However, I was definitely penalized for the inevitable pause. Listening test was wonderful as the radio was positioned right on my desk… Could perfectly grasp every word in the conversation. :-) Just got one wrong.

In INTEC, I was very much attracted to a plastic plate with the printed saying of “Procrastination is the thief of time.” Attracted to this wise saying is one thing….adhering to it is another. That’s the problem with me. I realised that I was in deep trouble when the study leave week started. Seven days to go, yet there were tonnes of notes to cover. In addition to my misery, my flight back to Kuala Terengganu was cancelled due to an unforeseen blackout at the KT airport. Duh…. That was the first time the situation put me in such excruciating despair. I had never experienced something as absurd as that before. Well, as the attendants at the counter were not sure whether there would be any available flight back early next morning, I decided that enough risk had been taken and therefore, bought a bus ticket back to my hometown. And guess what….. It was the last ticket!!! I should consider myself lucky in such misfortune condition huh.. There gone one day of my study leave.

Back at home, I became almost insane with my books. I was in total indulgence (drowned!!!) with the river of knowledge flowing from Biology to Chemistry. No time for Mathematics and Statistics lah.. Haha… But manage to cover those during my exam period. The End of Semester 2 exam was D-I-S-A-S-T-R-O-U-S!!! Imagine having six solid papers in one day. It was certainly fast and furious. I don’t know why, but the exam this time seemed extremely packed. Last time, in their second semester exam, our seniors had the privilege to sit the papers for a duration of two-week time. However, much to our animosity, we had to complete all those papers, with an addition of a topic about kidney, in four days time. “FULAMAK!” said Melven. “What the hell?!” said Zhao Ming. “真的是太赶了啦(Zhen De Shi Tai Gan Le La),” said Sun Quan. “神经了(Shen Jing Liao),” said Jane. “我要疯了(Wo Yao Feng Le)!!!” Johnson gave an abnormal grin. “Must control myself already. No more DOTA for one week,” said Andrew. As predicted, hahaha… these were some of the scholars’ expression.

I felt that Semester 2 was my most take-for-granted sem. The common topic tests, especially for Biology, was much taken for granted. Vow not to repeat this in my third and fourth semester. In Sem 2, all my Bio papers were marked by Puan Rita, our A-Level Medicine Core Person. My papers in that semester were certainly destined to be marked by Puan Rita. Hope she would have mercy on my End of Sem papers, Unit 5 particularly, because I knew I did rather badly for that unit. Erhem!!! My excuse, this time, is having not enough time to be fully prepared. :P Sad to say, through historical data (previous papers marked by her) and conversation with her students did not seem promising for me to secure an ‘A’ for my Bio. How ever it is going to be, wish there’s still a fragile ‘A’ for my Core Mathematics and Statistics. Approximately three weeks ago, Yan Ning a.k.a Johnson texted me, saying that my Bio marks was the same as his. He also said that Radzi got perfect score for his Biology Unit 1. (the questions were totally adapted from EDEXCEL Biology January Paper 2007 punya pasal lah… :-( Huhuhu, should have got hold of the papers). An ‘A’ for Biology seems not quite right.. I really did screw up the papers, didn’t I? Anyway, I am still looking forward to seeing my result slip with my bare eyes before I were to believe it. I think I did quite well for my ethics though had a last minute study and studies were hampered by idiotic tasks. This would not have happened if I were a little bit more of a bad guy. I think I have had enough of disappointment. So, in the near future, Zhao Ming will not be the uttermost kind soul who is willing to do all things for his buddy. Heard I got an ‘A’ for Chemistry too, but a not-too-extraordinary ‘B’ for my English. Lucky me that English was not counted for the scoring system of 15. So, basically, if nothing goes wrong, I got a perfect score of 15 for my Semester 2, hopefully.

Semester 2 was also not poor with numerous achievements, though not academically. Hehe.. Managed to win dota matches with Andrew. This brilliant guy had indeed turned into a dota fanatic. Kudos to Andrew! I went shopping in Midvalley, Sunway Pyramid and Pusat Kompleks Negeri Selangor (PKNS) as usual. Jane, Jeremy and I met a taxi driver, who is a hardcore “Bah Kut Teh” lover like us, and he eventually becomes our private driver. Hehz….. Erm.. Sun Quan found his true love.. Oppss… Sorry, this should be my own review. Hehe. Stayed in Petaling Jaya (PJ) for my Wesak holidays.. (Special thanks to Uncle Bee Kuan and his family who were kind enough to put me up in their house for a few days :-) ) I did learn new things from Uncle Bee Kuan, such as the so-called “salesman talk” and the history of PJ.

O yea…, before I forget, on the last day of examination, I were so stressed out that I decided to go to Bintang Walk with my friends (Zhi Hui, PC, Hooi Li, Johnson, Jing How and Charles). Yeah, I was totally wrecked and had really forgotten about Jayvian and Gim Hui's birthday and their presents. Sorry ya Gim Hui! Sorry ya Jayvian! We spent the whole night there, experiencing the night life in Bukit Bintang. I didn’t sleep for 30 hours because I slept at 12am at the previous night. However, it was worth it as I took my first Irish coffee that night. Its taste was simply fabulous. Pure-blended coffee with an irresistible taste of alcohol. :P Don’t be jealous ya.. We watched Spiderman 3 at the cinema that night. Hooi Li and Zhi Hui were so darn enthusiastic to go clubbing. Haha…. Well, along Sem 2, I watched “The Three Hundred”, “Spirits of the Victims” and “Spiderman 3” in cinema. They were all worth a watch. Besides that, I watched “SAW”, “Borat”, “Jackass”, “Lord of the Rings”, “Curse of the Ring”, “I know what you did last summer”, “I still know what you did last summer”, “I always know what u did last summer” and the all freakingly disgusting “Hostel”! Mark my words,“Hostel” was certainly inhumane and bizarre. I hadn’t seen anything like it.

That’s all I think for Semester 2. A wonderful post on Pesta Pantai coming soon.. Be patient ya. Miss you all.

How Much Is Enough?

"He who knows enough is enough will always
have enough."


~Lao Tse~

Of A Happy Man

'If you want to make a man happy, add not to his riches but take away his desires.'


-Epicurus, a Greek philosopher-

What Money Can Buy

A bed but not sleep
Books but not knowledge
Food but not appetite
Finery but not beauty
A house but not a home
Medicine but not health
Luxuries but not comfort
Pleasures but not happiness
Religion but not salvation.
Say not this is yours and that is mine,
Just say, this came to you and to me;
So we may not regret the fading shine,
Of all the glorious things which ceased to be.

Author : Unknown