Insight into ZhaoMing

Malaysia is a rich country actually. It's just that certain mismanagements by the authority had caused us much misfortune.

If all ministers were to be issued an official order to use public transport only, I am sure the current public transport is to be improved significantly. *grin* However, this is Malaysia and with the current government, it is not possible. We are far from being dynamic. Our economy is stagnant, if not degrading, and our reactions to global issues are slow. Where's the biodiesel which was promised? Malaysia will be bloody rich if one day there is a way to move the engine with palm oil. And if one day, when the biodiesel is to be implemented in Malaysia, care should be taken that such wealth will not fall into the hands of other nations like what it seems is a tradition.

By the way, "Vision 2020", is it just a dream? =) If yes is the answer, then I would like to dream on. You know why? Because this is what typical Malaysians do and I am a Malaysian with "Kewarganegaraan : Malaysia" on my all-glorious-but-serve-no-function-blue-coloured MyKad.

Just when I wanted to start enjoying my life, there came a spoiler message from my fellow former class representative, Helmy :
"Sorry for disturbing. Puan Rita inform me that we have to take the JPA's Medical Checkup form from her. This may cause some trouble to some of you, but I can't afford to help. Try your best ya. Even me, myself, is asking Azam to mail it to me. Nite."

When I received this message, my head was spinning wild and I was darn pissed off. Really pissed off! Why can't they inform us earlier? It is not like the place I am living is a walking distance from INTEC. Now... I have to figure something out of this. Would rather do C4 questions than thinking how to complete my medical checkup before the deadline. Darn... Malaysia Boleh! Malaysia Pasti Boleh!!!

Greetings...
and my sincerest apology to all readers.
The last few months were my busiest since I got myself enrolled into INTEC. First, there is that tricky interview. It then followed by the nerve-breaking A-Levels exam. But, life still went on and I received a conditional offer from International Medical University (IMU). Right now, I just hope that I didn't attempt any paper so badly that I screwed up my entire subject.

Sure, the one-and-a-half month long exam had taken its toll on me. However, I had plenty of time to prepare for it unlike the trials which had grabbed away part of my Chinese New Year celebration time. Hngh... Screw you, trials!

The IMU interview was smooth-sailing for me and I seriously thank God for it if you take into consideration of others who failed their interview or those who were grilled severely by the interviewers. Fair enough, I would consider myself lucky. Both my interviewers were kind and friendly. However, occasionally, I needed to watch my tongue and make fine sure that I didn't say anything which would have backfired on me. They were definitely good in psychology, making you feel good for one minute so that you would let your guards down and bombarding you with all sorts of "you-know" questions the next. The interviewers were also well-trained at finding loopholes in the interviewees' answers. So, if you ask me whether the interview was easy, 'yes' and 'no' will be my answer. But if you ask me whether the interview was tricky, it is a definite 'yes'.

As there were too many gaps in my A-Levels exam, Andrew, Si Han and I decided to go to the Popular Book Fair at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) during the school break. The book fair was impressively gigantic and the books were at discounted prices. I bought myself two books and a 4gb "Silicon Power" thumbdrive which had cost me around RM48. Not to forget, I met Geok Teng at the book fair. She worked as a volunteer at the counter. And you know what...? She had already finished her first year medicine in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Darn... I had only just finished my A-Levels exam thanks to JPA. What a shame... Ish......!

Hmm... About the exam. I had already forgotten much about it. Haha! Erased all subject-related memory on the last day of exam. To be honest, after Biology 4 & 5, I was already in holiday mood. Who cares about synoptic... =) Consequently, I have a really bad feeling that I had screwed up the remaining papers. On the last day of exam, which was last Thursday, Si Han, Sun Quan, Johnson and I went to Subang Jaya to play and celebrate. We spent some time in Sunway Pyramid and watched "The Happenings" directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Though the storyline was a bit crappy, the scientific idea about neurotransmitter in the brain and hormones from plants was good. In overall, I personally felt that it was a good scary movie. After that, I had a few DOTA sessions in Si Han cousin's house and watched the EURO Cup quarterfinal match between Portugal and Germany. Germany deserved their win and Portugal should feel bad as they failed to finish despite having numerous chances and statistical data backing up for them. The losing side had ignorantly put all their hopes on the all time Oscar winning actor, Christiano Ronaldo. He, the playmaker? I think with his selfishness, he would do fine as a target man instead. Portugal coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari must have felt both happy and sad when his Chelsea's favourite Michael Ballack scored and ended the Portuguese's dream to win the EURO Cup. However, I think I saw a glimpse of pride in his eye when Ballack scored that goal. Yeah, Roman Abramovich certainly pays him more than the national squad.

That night, Si Han and I didn't sleep a wink and with swollen eyes and dizzy head, we headed to the graduation ceremony in INTEC. To be exact, I didn't sleep for 26 hours which was comparable to the Bintang Walk trip at the end of Semester 2.

Enough said about myself. Here, I would like to bid farewell to my fellow 2-years roommate, Sun Quan, who is going to Manipal, India for medicine and also Andrew, who is going to the University of Cardiff, UK to do his M-Pharm. Ahh.. and I had already viewed the apartment at IMU which was recommended by Johnson. It is good and has a golf-course view. So, most probably, I will be staying in Vista C.

For now, Happy Holidays to all ALMers and ALGers... Oh, and also the ALEd's.

Friends in KT... C'mon let's go yam char and play! ^_^

Hey Chai Ei... Maybe I will publish a proper post as a tribute for you in a few weeks to come, after you have gone to Japan. Haha... Now, I am just damn lazy or rather lack of motivation...
Anyway, good luck in everything and enjoy your time there in Japan yah! :P
(And stay away from kites in Japan. Duh...)

This morning, Jia Haur fetched Chai Ei and me to eat "Nasi Dagang" at Batu Buruk. Guess what time was that...

8.00am!!!

And I slept at 3am++ the previous night. Bravo Zhao Ming. You actually woke up at 8 to take your breakfast.
We thought that going back to home immediately after breakfast would be a waste of our effort for waking up in the wee hours of the morning and make us looking like a total idiot.
We decided to go to Terengganu Equestrian Resort (TER) for a karaoke session.

Bad idea really.

We went there, strolled around the area and waited for 30 minutes just to find out that the K-Box would only be open at 11am++.

Next, Jia Haur had some problem with his rectum and eagerly searched for a toilet. It appeared that the washroom quality in TER just failed to match his criteria for a nice place to carry out the defecation process, so he decided to do it in Park Royal Primula Hotel instead.

We spent our next hour in the hotel, eagerly looking for something interesting, if not exciting, to do. At that point, our mission failed.

However, these threesome were not giving up that easily. We went to the beach. ^^

We talked, talked and talked until our conversation was interrupted by an idea from Zhao Ming.
(A stupid idea)

"It's quite windy. Let's go and play kites."

Jia Haur spotted a few kites on sale not very far away and said, "Eh... Not a bad idea. Let's go Chai Ei!"

"Okay..."

Then, as we were walking to the car, every step became heavier and heavier.
Our brains were calculating the sensibility percentage of this idea.

Playing kites is okay. But, three guys play kites together??? Ya, I mean three guys.
It would be quite an embarrassing moment if someone, whom we know, spotted us playing kites together.

It's too late.

Once Jia Haur had set his mind, he would never let it go that easily.

So, poor Chai Ei and Zhao Ming got to accompany Jia Haur to buy a kite and play with him. Oh my, we were so, so embarrassed.