崩溃了

终于，我崩溃了。

我没法让自己相信这一关是100%过得了。

时间逼近了，但是还是没成果。

如果过不了，怎么办？

好想放弃！

我确实不适合留在这个领域。根本就是我不喜欢的东西。

我不要埋怨，只想要快点结束，快点让自己从这个噩梦醒过来。

我，已经好久好久没有好好睡了。

因为压力，所以老毛病又发作，每晚睡觉都做梦，有时还是噩梦。

是不是再努力就一定可以？为什么我觉得还是不行呢？:'(

-雪乐-

B&S Program: An experience interacting with Japanese students

"こんにちわ。わたしはSherrilです。" : )

 

Finally what I have learnt during my Japanese lessons could be put in use.

 

Well, at least that was what I thought when I joined the B&S Program (Brother and Sister Program). It is a program whereby university students like me will lead a small group of Japanese high school students to tour around KL city for about half a day. And the best part is, we're paid to bring them around, because it is a part time job.

 

But after my 1st experience with the 1st group of students that I led, I realized that what I have learnt could only be applied about 10% of it. The rest of the time we communicated like chickens and ducks. I spoke mainly in English and made many silly actions to make them understand what I was trying to say. Really funny.

 

However despite the language barrier between us and the super hot weather, I had fun :) It was a great experience interacting with the Japanese students. Altogether I have led 2 different groups. The 2nd group was from Hokuryo High School in Kyoto.

 

I think they were quite lucky compared to us because they had the chance to come to Malaysia for a few days for a short study trip. They would go to selected high schools in Kuala Lumpur to interact with our local high school students while doing some discussions with them. Sounds fun right?

 

Anyway, here are some pictures of this program. The places that we went were mainly tourists spots like KL Tower, Suria KLCC / Twin Tower, Central Market, Chinatown, Merdeka Square etc.

 

For the 1st group, I took them to KL Tower and Aquria KLCC. Since Yoon Sin and her group were going to the same places, we practically sticked together during the entire trip. Each of us had 4 students.

 

 

1st stop: KL Tower

 

View from the tower

Magnificent view?

 

We stayed up there less than 15 minutes because there was basically nothing special, except the KL city view. Before proceeding to the next destination, we went to the mini zoo and horse-riding stall below the tower.

 

 

Destination: KL Tower

Price: RM38 (Adult)

Comment: It is a place where you should only go once, because the price is not worth for a second visit.

 

 

2nd stop: Aquaria KLCC

 

From Dang Wangi LRT station we took train to KLCC where we visited Aquaria KLCC.

 

Before reaching Aquaria KLCC, we led them to the garden where they could have a view of the Petronas Twin Tower. They were like "すごい！すごい！すごい！"

 

 

 

The 1st group picture together with Yoon Sin's group

 

 

Then we entered Aquaria KLCC.

 

The turtle mates

 

Had fun in souvenir shop

 

They took quite some time to choose their souvenirs in Aquaria KLCC souvenir shop. Therefore me and Yoon Sin played around with the soft toys while waiting for them to get done.

 

Destination: Aquaria KLCC

Price: RM35 (Adult with MyKad) or RM30 (Adult with student card)

Comment: This was my 2nd visit and I thought 1st time was better. But it's worth visiting at least once.

Then, it was dinner time! Other groups headed to Pavilion for Carl's Junior and we thought we should bring them there for dinner because they have nothing like that in Japan. Plus, we were warned that they were only allowed to eat fast food like McD, KFC etc or dine in food courts. You know, they have different type of stomachs haha. After that we headed back to Seri Pacific Hotel where we bid our goodbyes and exchanged contacts.

The last group picture

 

 

For the 2nd group of students, I took them to Merdeka Square, Central Market, Chinatown and Times Square.

 

We set out around 9am from Legend Hotel and were required to reach the hotel at 1.30pm. Guess it was because that was their last day in Malaysia and had to go back later on that day.

 

For this school, things were more formal. Before finding our group members, there was an official ceremony to greet us and they have representative who gave a welcoming speech in English. Then only we met our group of students, introduced ourselves and started our journey.

 

Not much pictures were taken for this trip. Too lazy for it. However, through this program I realized that there are many places that we can reach simply by walking because the distances between the destinations are short. From example, from Merdeka Square to Central Market. And from Central Market to Chinatown.

 

 

Playing with his じしょ (jisho = dictionary)

 

This black shirt guy brought along his electronic jisho. When we had communication problem, he would type in his dictionary to obtain English translation. However I could not type in his jisho for Japanese translation because we could not find the "spacebar" button. I guess he has never typed English sentences in his jisho before XD

 

My group!

So many students!

Closing ceremony speech in English by their representative

 

 

Souvenirs from Japan!

 

Yes, they bought souvenirs for us before they came. For my group, they gave me these. Quite oriental, aren't they? Haha. Thank you guys!

So there goes my experience leading 2 different groups of Japanese students from different high schools. There should not be a 3rd time for me I think because from now on, I shall not be working any part time job anymore as I want to concentrate in my FYP. If not I have the possibility of not be able to graduate. *sigh*

Anyway, cheers to all of you!

おやすみなさい

-sherril=xuele-

Happy Chinese New Year 2011!

Everybody, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Muahaha, so excited and happy now. It is a brand new year! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Keong Hi Huat Cai! Ang pow lai lai lai!!!

My god! Now my neighbourhood is full of the fire cracker noise. Especially the red type! Noisy noisy noisy. But very xin jia feel haha.

I had a fabulous reunion dinner with my lovely family just now. Although every year we get to gather for dinner for numerous times, but gathering for reunion dinner seems more meaningful. The feeling is just so different from the normal gatherings :)

Ah... I really love reunion dinner!

But too bad, from this year onwards no more steamboats for reunion dinner. Last time we used to take turns whereby each family would host the reunion dinner, breakfast and lunch for the 1st day of CNY by preparing steamboat for the entire Leow family.

But I guess they are getting older each year, and preparing for the whole family is actually quite a tiring job, especially when children like me do not help around much haha. So after like 10 years, this year they decided to call it off and just go to restaurant.

Not bad. Easier job. No marketing needed. No preparation of food, soup, bowls, chopsticks etc. No washing needed.

What we need to do is just to get dressed nicely and reach the restaurant punctually XD

But still, I prefer steamboat!

Alright, just a photo of 1 the dishes served tonight:

Abalone, scallop, mushroom.......

Yummy!

HAPPY RABBIT YEAR!!!!!!!

-sherril=xuele-

第七届超级星光大道总冠军：李佳薇

啊，我超激动的！想在这里大声的说：

第七届超级星光大道的总冠军是来自马来西亚芙蓉州的李佳薇！！！！！！！！！

李佳薇，你是我们马来西亚华人的骄傲，我们都以你为荣！

呵呵，老实说这一届的星光我没什么看。但是当我到家开电视听到她唱“回家”的时候，我超感动的。因为，她真的唱得很棒！而且啊，她是星光历届以来首次连续拿下四次30分满分的选手哦！很赞！！

*到现在还在youtube回温她所唱过的歌*

我喜欢听和看她唱歌，因为她的歌很有影响力，听了很有feel。而且真的可以感觉到，她是很努力很认真的准备和比赛，全因是她想让更多的人听到她唱歌。还有一点，我觉得她很有自信又爱笑。Awesome :)

Hmm不多说了，在这里share一些她的video吧！

1）第一个30分满分：

2）第二个30分满分：

3)第三个30分满分 （总决赛Part 1）：

4）第四个30分满分（总决赛Part 2）：

5）马来文歌 - Gemilang by Jaclyn Victor （当天她是感冒的）：

我们同样是马来西亚华人，同样是大学生，同样是23岁，但是成就却是那么不同。李佳薇点醒了我，我需要认清方向，为我的梦想努力！

最后我想问，有人认识李佳薇吗？她之前是UKM的学生。我想要她的签名哈哈 XD

李佳薇，继续加油！

-雪乐-

Sherril's Project 365: #58

27.01.2011 @ Roti Bakar

Captured this picture yesterday night.

It was my darling's birthday, and I was glad that I was able to come back in time for her. Nothing luxurious, it was more like a chilling session with her and the rest of the gang.

She turned 23 years old yesterday, though she insisted that she was still in her sweet 16 :)

23 is a huge number, because when I knew her we were only 13 years old. 10 years have passed, not only we have graduated from high school, she has even graduated from college and is now a working lady.

This 10 years of friendship means a lot to me. I shared my deepest secrets with her, walked through many memorable moments together and watched her blossomed into a pretty young lady. For sure she will be happy like mad if she sees this compliment XD

Darling, you're one of the best person in my life. Love you! xoxo

Happy birthday and sweet 16 to you!

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #57

If only you can find "I ♥ You"....

Something happened today and I was surprised at how differently I reacted to this problem compared to previous times.

No, I did not complain.

No, I did not cry.

And no, I did not blame anyone.

I realized my mistake, thought about ways to correct it, smiled on and tried my best to make things better.

If only there are other ways to express the 3 words, "I ♥ You".....

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #56

No matter how dark it is, eventually there will be light and hope which will be able to guide us on.

Have faith and believe yourself :)

-sherril=xuele-

Sherril's Project 365: #55

Friendship of 16 years

She's a friend of mine for 16 years and her name is Ming Lee.

We've been in the same class ever since Standard 1 in primary school till we graduated from high school. Was my class monitor for a few times who always took great care of all our fellow classmates. As a friend, she was always like a big sister, who is always gentle and caring towards her friends.

All the best to you, dear! We will miss you when you go back to the place where 'birds do not lay eggs' XD

-sherril-xuele-

1st Post in 2011

You know, 2011 is going to be such a huge year for me that I am getting nervous every single day when I think about my future.

2011 seemed so impossible to reach when I first entered uni 4 1/2 years ago. I was always like, "Aiya my course will only end in May 2011, now only 2006... still so long!"

Have always looked forward to 2011, hoping that time could run faster so I can graduate faster. But when the time came, I chickened out. I actually wanna stay on longer, hoping that this time, time can run slower.

I hope that after I complete the missions in my mind by probably early next year, I can see a clear path ahead of me.

To work? To continue with Masters? Take a double degree? Or do something extraordinary than my friends?

I would like to take the "extraordinary" option :)

-sherril=xuele-

It's All About Orangey Yellow

Ok so I guess most of you know that the there was no water supply for most places in Penang on Tuesday. And it so happened that my housing area was one of those in the list. Hence my mum suggested that we should go out station for a day trip, to "run away" from the "no water hassle". :)

So off we went to Taiping, since we have not been there for ages. Without doing any research through the internet the night before, we went with just a few simple maps provided by magazines.

Quite a spontaneous trip I would say, so everything was spontaneous. As we failed to find the place my uncle recommended for lunch, we ended up eating at this hawker centre at Jalan Panggung Wayang.

I took a walk in it, observed what most people were eating and realized most of them ordered "Fishball Char Kuey Teow". So, of course I follow them and ordered the same thing.

Nah, this is how it looked like.

Notice how oily is it? Gosh, I would not order again, though the taste was actually not bad. Very different from our Penang Char Kuey Teow :)

After that we drove around Taiping town, saw the Taiping Zoo, Jail and Lake Garden. Nothing much to see actually, so we headed back to Bukit Merah.

Snapped a few pictures in Bukit Merah and I decided to edit it to orangey yellow feel. Here they are:

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Though it was just a simple trip, we were very satisfied because it has been some time since we went for a trip together. Missed the family trip in June this year due to my stupid final exams.

Just as we thought we came back at the right timing where water supply was supposed to be available, we were wrong. It was stated that there would be no water supply from 7am to 7pm, mana tau for my place, water only came back the next morning. But stopped around 11am something, then water came back but the pressure was worse than your pee. Until this morning only then the water supply was normal.

Thank god. Because I want to bath with shower and wash my dirty hair!

By the way, say hi to my little Pooh :)

-sherril=xuele-