Hectic. One word is enough to sum up all the things that have been going on here, in Penang Matriculation College (PMC). As a matter of fact, I’m currently stealing a fraction of my precious time to brag a little about my life, which in fact, is another form of waste of time. Heck, I should be studying in my room or in the chilly library (it’s freaking cold in there). Apparently, I’m blogging directly from one of the college’s cybercafé which imposed a charge of RM 2 per use. I’ve been experiencing emotional turmoil since the first time I stepped foot in this college. I’ve never been away from my family for such an extended period (two weeks and two days till date), and being the youngest and paling “manja”, I find life in PMC to be extremely tough and challenging. Each day, I’d force myself to take cold shower at around 5am, while others were still asleep. I count myself quite fortunate as I can still drink iced coffee on a daily basis since the cafeteria here sells ice for only 10 cents. Class would commence as early as 8am and last till 4pm, except on Thursdays whereby it ends by 5pm.
I was taken aback by the fact that my matriculation syllabus is more or less similar to Form 6 syllabus. The only difference is that our examinations are carried out on a semester basis whereby any topics tested in the first semester will not be questioned in second semester’s exam.
Besides that, I’m the only Chinese and non-bumiputera in my class, which totaled to 24. Initially, there were 27 in total, but unfortunately, my ex-primary schoolmate (Aqram) left PMC after receiving a MARA scholarship to do medicine, together with another malay girl (Mira). The other Chinese girl was another successful JPA scholar (India medic) whom decided to take a “little vacation” here while waiting for her offer letter. Her vacation period, however, ended last week. There are also quite a number of JPA scholars still undertaking matriculation here after receiving their offer letters. They decided to stay a lil longer till their studies commence next month. [Idiots! You know you got JPA, pergi belah-lah, biarlah orang lain buat matric]. Who says that matriculation students don’t stand a chance for JPA scholarship? That’s plain bullshit. What surprised me the most was that someone with a 2A in biology was awarded the scholarship (9 1A, 2A2) despite the fact that there are other straight 1A’s scorer being deprived of the scholarship.
I find it hard to form new friendships here as most of the chinese prefer to speak in mandarin. At times, I was left out totally as I couldn't understand their mandarin (different accent). So far, I only have one close friend, who originated from pahang. His dad's an indian while his mom a chinese. Mind you, he speaks fluent cantonese, mandarin and english. Will update more later...
That's all for now. Good luck to those in Form 6.
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Monday, 7 May 2007
United 300
I watched this short sketch at Yahoo! Video (Singapore) recently, and it was totally awesome. It features the original cast of 300 (the movie) and the acting is simply hilarious (especially when Xerxes commenting Leonidas on his yelling). Hope you guys enjoy it.
video link -> http://sg.video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=457131
[P.S. I'm freaking frustrated; blogger can't embed Yahoo! video clips !]
video link -> http://sg.video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=457131
[P.S. I'm freaking frustrated; blogger can't embed Yahoo! video clips !]
Friday, 4 May 2007
Lost
10 DAYS
That’s the precise amount of time left for me to mess around before departing to Penang for 1 whole year. I simply couldn’t picture myself living in a not-so-foreign land (I’ll still be in Malaysia) for such an extended period, and without any close companion. Imagine the hassle of forging new friendship (with a majority of Malays), living alone and having to do laundry myself. I’m a spoiled brat; seldom does household chores, let alone washing my own clothes (There’s a washing machine wert). One thing I can safely affirm without doubt is that matriculation will surely be much easier compared to Form 6, not to mention a shorter time span too. But, I’ll definitely miss my town’s famous Bah Kut Teh (certified non-halal) and the delicious coffee brew from Old Town Coffee shop. I’ve only been to Penang once in my entire life, later being my second time around, yet this whole experience is in some way portrayal of the mini-series Lost (only at the beginning of the series though). It’s a serial drama television series about a group of plane crash survivors living on a mysterious tropical island. Unfortunately, the entire storyline evolved into something overly complex and nonsensical to believe in. Bottom line, it kicked off with a blast, but ended up disastrous. Haha…Hopefully, I won’t end up like the series; start off brilliantly and end off splendidly, that’s more like it.
A few weeks have passed since I received the offer for matriculation, and my parents have bought me a lot of things to bring along. I’ll only highlight a few materials categorised under ‘necessities’, in which undoubtedly be my 60-day supply of 3-in-1 Nescafe (3 big packets) and a “dog-bone”-shaped pillow (costing around RM15). I actually don’t need the pillow, but since my brother has it, so would I. Ekekek…In the past, you can easily get one from Tesco but it’s only available at The Store Centrepoint for now.
P.S. Old Town’s White Coffee is priced at rm2.50 (including tax) for a cold, regular-size brew. Try it, you’ll love it!
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That’s the precise amount of time left for me to mess around before departing to Penang for 1 whole year. I simply couldn’t picture myself living in a not-so-foreign land (I’ll still be in Malaysia) for such an extended period, and without any close companion. Imagine the hassle of forging new friendship (with a majority of Malays), living alone and having to do laundry myself. I’m a spoiled brat; seldom does household chores, let alone washing my own clothes (There’s a washing machine wert). One thing I can safely affirm without doubt is that matriculation will surely be much easier compared to Form 6, not to mention a shorter time span too. But, I’ll definitely miss my town’s famous Bah Kut Teh (certified non-halal) and the delicious coffee brew from Old Town Coffee shop. I’ve only been to Penang once in my entire life, later being my second time around, yet this whole experience is in some way portrayal of the mini-series Lost (only at the beginning of the series though). It’s a serial drama television series about a group of plane crash survivors living on a mysterious tropical island. Unfortunately, the entire storyline evolved into something overly complex and nonsensical to believe in. Bottom line, it kicked off with a blast, but ended up disastrous. Haha…Hopefully, I won’t end up like the series; start off brilliantly and end off splendidly, that’s more like it.
A few weeks have passed since I received the offer for matriculation, and my parents have bought me a lot of things to bring along. I’ll only highlight a few materials categorised under ‘necessities’, in which undoubtedly be my 60-day supply of 3-in-1 Nescafe (3 big packets) and a “dog-bone”-shaped pillow (costing around RM15). I actually don’t need the pillow, but since my brother has it, so would I. Ekekek…In the past, you can easily get one from Tesco but it’s only available at The Store Centrepoint for now.
P.S. Old Town’s White Coffee is priced at rm2.50 (including tax) for a cold, regular-size brew. Try it, you’ll love it!
(Free ad)…
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