never wither

update

i'm back in kuching!

till the 29th.

life in intec, a summary of a summary.

night scenes usually give the picture a better effect. this is the place where we stay, Kolej Akasia.

that's my bed and you could see a little of my side table there.

my study table with my morning breakfast of double chocolate chipsmore and black coffee for that day.

my steel wardrobe.

the toilet cum bathroom.

my already decorated pin-board

the shoe rack.

the two-seaters sofa. we have 2 of these in our living room.

the white board to write whatever we want.

my waste basket.

the key to my apartment.

and now, the people!!!

me at the ALM block. ALM stands for A-level Medicine.

took this in the great INTEC hall.

outside the mini mart in our college.

at the entrance to the ALM block.

met up with corde and her coursemate in sunway pyramid!

lastly, let me present to you the beautiful scenaries from one of my classrooms.
(took the photo from my classmate's blog)

tada! thats all for now. i've been wanting to post this up for a verrry long time but didn't have the time!

careless, careless...

could you believe that it's the holidays already? i've just started my classes for 3 weeks only! well, because of the outbreak of H1N1 influenza at the main campus, our mid term holidays have been brought forward to this week instead of in the coming 2 more weeks. they informed us about this change of holidays last friday through sms, just after most students had left campus to go back to the hostel so i guessed that it was a sudden decision made by the "higher-ups" in intec or uitm, either one. anyways, i won't be back in kuching for this holiday. neither am i going to go back during the raya holidays. only anticipate my homecoming this november the 14th. that'll be the earliest date i will set foot in kuching again.

i've been more and more careless nowadays. on my 2nd week here, i locked both my set of keys in my locker. i had to get the repairman to break open my lock in order to retrieve the keys. luckily, it wasn't that difficult to break the lock eventhough it was the most heavy duty lock that i've brought to intec. on the 4th week, which is this week, i lost my wallet and gained fame at the same time.

i was going in the library with my laptop backpack which the librarian thought was a normal backpack so he told me to put the bag outside. i told him that it was a laptop bag and i had my laptop inside but he asked me to just take the laptop out together with what other neccesities i need and bring only that in the library so i went out from the library to go to the locker room to keep my backpack. took out my laptop, the cables, my mouse, my wallet and my handphone from the bag. i remembered putting my phone into my pocket while i placed my wallet on top of my laptop. i checked that i have everything i need with me before i left the locker room to go into the library again. i made my way up the stairs to get to the first floor and found myself a comfortable spot. i settled down my laptop on the desk, plugged in the cable, took out my phone and sat down. it was then i realised that my wallet was missing. i searched frantically around the desk, thinking it might have dropped when i place my laptop down. it wasnt there. i grabbed my laptop, leaving my cable there, still plugged in and rushed downstairs to go back on the trail i came from just now. i didn't see my wallet so i continued back to the locker room thinking i might have left it in the locker. still, no sight of my wallet. as i was searching through the locker, the PA system cracked a sound, "saudari chong siew ai, sila ke kaunter pertanyaan segera. terima kasih."

a sense of relief washed over me. luckily, a good samarithan found my wallet and all my money was still inside. best part of it, i gained fame. my name was echoed in the whole of that quiet 4-floored library.

hah, i never would want to experience losing my wallet again.

time for some pictures

the internet connection's painfully slow so this is the only photo i could upload for now. this photo was taken at michelle's aunt's house and that little kid behind is michelle's cousin. she's very very adorable!

ah, the connection speed's picking up a little bit so here's another photo. in case you don't know, that's the flag of ireland. coincidently, the flag of ireland is just in the view from my balcony.

that's me with the flag in the background.

i guess that's all for now. connection is back to it's turtle speed so i'll show you guys more of my photos in intec some other time.

this blog will never die

because it was never alive. it's an inanimate thing. how do you suppose it to come alive? thus, this blog will never die.

as for me, i'm still alive. breathing in the fresh air of shah alam. or you could say the aromatic air in shah alam's KFC. hmm, the temptation! but i shall resist it for the sake of surviving the days till i get my allowance from JPA.

life's quite fine here. we students stay in 5 floored apartment blocks. each unit apartment will have 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a laundry-balcony and a toilet. each bedroom will be shared between two students so each unit aprtment will house 4 students. students from the same programme will stay together so that means that those taking a levels will stay with others taking a levels while those taking ausmat will stay with the others who are also taking ausmat. michelle took ausmat while i am doing a levels but...

we are roomates! yeah, you heard me right. we registered late and they just conviniently shove us into a room.

another goodnews would be that the unit apartment that i'm staying in is shared by 2 other person only. the other housemate moved away to her friend's apartment so there's left the 3 of us only.

the weather is unexpectedly fine here! quite cool as there are many trees around shah alam. rains occasionally too and when the sun's out, it didnt feel that hot because it was always windy.

i guess have to end my blogpost here as it's getting quite late. that's all for now. see ya!

leaving tomorrow, 5 minutes after today ends.

i think i'm done packing.

wait, i have to be done packing. i don't have the luggage space for anymore items! infact, i exceeded my luggage allowance of 15kg already! oh, and i haven't even buy my wheatgrass supplement. and my pork floss too. and i want to bring my ridiculously big mug.

but there's hardly any space left in my luggage...
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i have good news and bad news.

good news is that i'll be leaving tommorow instead of today. bad news is, my flight's at 0015 hours or equilavent to 12.15AM. will be arriving in kl at around 2AM. perhaps i should look at the bright side of this. at that time, in the dead of the night, there wouldn't be as many passengers as any other time and thus, less likely to meet any foreigners who might contract the H1N1 virus!

2007

My cat.
she came after my second black cat, salem, went missing. My mom bought her from Sunday market and gave it to me as my belated birthday present.

Only the cat in the photo is my birthday present. The rest were my dad's retirement gifts which perked my cat's curiosity.

a cat's not a cat if it's not curious eh?

Archery.
Photos were taken during the 7th Annual Christmas Shoot. After knowing this sport, I can't decide whether I liked playing badminton more or archery!

Chess
No more vacation in 2007 since all the chess tournaments are held in Kuching.

At the civic centre during MSSM Interstate Competition.

my opponent was the previous year's (2006) sarawak champion in the under 18 girls category. this is one of the games when my luck took a turn to the better.

Photography Workshop.
joined this for the sake of the certificate at first but the workshop is actually quite fun too.

Permai Trip.
Organised by the Koperasi Club. I got badly sunburned after returning from this trip but it was all worth the fun!

that's me, buried alive.

Independence Day.

So, these are some of the pictures from year 2007. It was a year full of both good and not-so-good memories. both of which i'll remember.

2006

Hartz.
Pn Tan chia-ed our whole class because we managed to collect quite a large sum of money during the 2006 St Teresa School's Food and Fun Fair Festival.

Notice how everyone looks so much different from how they look like right now? People do change in the course of time.

Terengganu MSSM Interstate Chess Competition
My first year representing the state for chess competitions. Honestly,I've never thought that I'll ever be playing chess at National level. I'm grateful that I'm given the chance and thankful to the teacher who trusted me.

Check my archives if you want to read more about my trip.