浮罗交怡计划 - 社区服务团 Langkawi Project

Haven't blogged in a while huh? Sorry, was busy preparing for my final paper before hand and went out a lot before I started to prepare the Langkawi Project stuffs (浮罗交怡计划).

Wah, just reached home from a 2D1N 社区服务团 (Langkawi Project) training camp in UTAR Sungai Long campus. Seriously, I'm not that tired but hell, my both legs are freaking in pain. Haha I know I'm complaining like an Ah Ma, but really, people who don't exercise much like me will face the same problem after this training camp.

Maybe you think that punishment like pulling ears up and down is easy and light, but when you are being punished 40 over times early early in the morning, you'll know the taste. Haha I'm not grumbling for being punished, but I think I really need to exercise more regularly d.

Haha imagine with our thighs aching like hell, we still need to climb a don't know how many fleets of stairs to the 8th floor of the building. When we need to go toilet within 5 minutes, we had to go down to 5th floor and go back to 8th floor. Haha.... I think I walked like a duck while going down the stairs because my thighs were so pain. LOL.

OK, enough for the negative stuffs. Besides that, I think for overall, I really enjoyed myself. Frankly, I thought of backing off from this programme because there was a time that I was really homesick and I wanted to go back hometown badly. But after this training camp, I'm semangat berbara-bara again. Haha no worries, I'll do my best because I've set my mind on it!

Learnt lots of clappings, dances etc. Plus, today we attended 4 talks and learnt a lot of stuffs. Lazy to list everything out. Basically, it's about:

• brief history and intro about Langkawi Project
• counselling techniques, how to communicate and get along with people
• steps and ways to become a good leader
• education loans, scholarships that can be applied
  www.malaysia-scholarship.com
  
• types of tertiary education for people who really don't like to study
  Eventhough they are not good in studies, they can still be as successful as us!
  
• things and qualifications that a leader must be well prepared with

Haha sounds boring? But the speakers are experienced speakers. They conducted good talks and successfully enlightened our moods and motivated us by funny and interesting ways of speaking=)

I really hope I can be as successful as those seniors and can guide my soon-to-be adopted brother/sisters well to the least of University level. I will be carrying a great responsibility to ensure that they have the right thinking and concept of education. All the best to everyone including members in Sg Long!

Here, I would like to express my gratitude to members in Sg Long for providing accommodation for members in PJ and Setapak last night, especially to Carmen. Her house is like a hotel to me. THANK YOU girl! It's nice meeting you from the 1st meeting. Next time must remember to take picture with you =)

The best sentences that I've learnt (in Chinese):

• 唯有当你愿意把功劳归给别人时，才会成为真正伟大事业。

• 不要与禽兽争斗（野蛮的人），因为：

如果你赢了，那你比禽兽还禽兽
如果你输了，那你连禽兽都不如
如果打平了，那你和禽兽没有两样

By the way, give you a question (mind test):

Draw a face consisting of 10 shapes. However the shapes are limited to only
triangle, square and circle.

Answer:
If your drawing consists more:

1. circles : You are lack of love.
2. squares : Square-minded. Don't know how to twist around and is a very logical person.
3. triangles : You're someone who always like to do the opposite ways. Rebellious.

So, which type are you? Haha won't tell you mine. Blek.

Hope that our team will be successful! GAMBATE everyone!

Will be busy preparing stuffs for this event until it ends on 12th of Oct. Till then!

-sherril=xuele-

More hectic after exam LOL

Haven't blogged in a while huh? Sorry, before hand I was busy preparing for my final paper and was totally stressed over it. Felt like vommitting the morning before the paper but after the paper I was totally alright. Haha, guess I was really stressed because I thought I didn't prepare well.

Last Saturday I went to National Zoo. Yea you heard me correctly, I went to NATIONAL ZOO. Haha, when I told my mum I'm going there, my mom was like, "What? You are still a kid a???!! Aiyooo..." Haha yea I'm still a kid so why not go there and have a look since it's so near my house?

Well the zoo's condition not that good, not sure why they didn't maintain it well. I felt that the animals there were so pitiful. They looked so skinny and sort of lack of nutrients. I wonder the 15 bucks that we paid had gone where??

Then on Sunday, we have house outing. For the very first time, all of us, the 7 of us got together and found a suitable time to hang out. COOL! Haha, it's been such a long time since we got to gather everyone in the house together. We went Sunway Pyramid, bought Fern's favourite baggie as her birthday present. She loved it so much =)

We thought of having steamboat as dinner at Yuen (opposite Pyramid) but we didn't make our booking and the booking list was already full. We ended up eating opposite Yuen - Chong Heng Steamboat Restaurant. Hmm... still not bad la. Then we had another surprise for Fern, a surprise birthday cheesecake. Haha, I tell you, she nearly dropped her tears because she was surprised and touched. Well, we didn't celebrate with her earlier because all of us had exam but we did a small joke with her that night =)

Monday had ice-breaking meeting at uni. I was kinda worried because this is the 1st time I'm participating in ice-breaking officially and am the chairman. Before hand I was just a helper. I hope those experienced members as well as my vice chair can help me out. Paiseh, I know I ddin't conduct well the 1st meeting. Hope I will do better!

Tuesday and Wednesday I spent my time in Genting with Kuak, Fern, Wei Yang, Baby Ong and Wai Kit. Quite enjoyable hehe and had a surprise for Kuak since we can't celebrate with him. Anyone going genting still? We went under this package - Special 888 Deals. Haha a standard room in First World Hotel only costs RM38.80 per night inclusive of breakfast (for LOW season of course). Super super super "tat" leh!

Yesterday had my 下乡3rd official meeting. VERY TIRED. Lol, actually everytime after this meeting I'll be super tired. Seriously, I'm kind of homesick right now. I don't know why, suddenly I wanted to go home so much. Feel like backing off from this programme but I know it's impossible. Haih... have to go on with it!!!

Was selected to be the pianoist for our group song. For your information, the song is self-composed by our members and it's very very nice. I'm kinda worried because I haven't seriously played the piano for like, 3 years?? Then, was asked to be the English emcee for the Edu Fair programme for kids. Haha yea I'm worried again. Because I may be ok in writing but not speaking. Oh mama, I'm a worrysome, isn't it? But have to worry because I haven't done anything of this sort before. Save me save me!!

Alright I think I won't be able to blog till the whole event is finished. Below is my schedule:

• 27/9 : Later going to PJ to overnight at a member's house
• 28 - 29/9 : Training camp in Sungai Long campus
• 30/9 - 8/10 : Intensive training camp in PJ campus
• 9 - 12/10 : 社区服务 in Minyak Beku, Batu Pahat, Johor
• 13/10 : Plan to go home! Yes!! I miss Penang so much!!
  

By the way, people in Penang, can you please help me find a room for rental in Bayan Lepas area? A friend of mine is going for internship in AMD. Thank you so much for helping me and him!

Alright till here. HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone! Take care!

-sherril=xuele-

WANTED!

Haha...let me introduce you to the picture of the day. Well, not exactly picture, it's more like a WANTED ad, which was found pasted on the library glass door.

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TADAAAA!!!!!

Haha, is it familiar to you? My classmate, Kok Yik sent me just now. Well, who knows, maybe you will see this ad pasted around your apartment area. *ngek ngek*

I know you're asking, "Who the hell are they?"

Alright, the one on the left side is our Af Fang, who once seemed (or maybe actually) interested in our professor of class - my beloved cousin. He's a nice guy, not sure why he committed in crimes since the only bad thing I know about him is he USED TO smoke. Alright, see the word USED TO? Means, now tak ada liao.

Then on the right hand side is our Wei Hau ge. This stripe shirt of his left us (me, shyuan and baby ong) with lots of MEMORIES. Muahaha..... but I think he also learnt his lesson not to be so blurrrr. Won't tell you what memories since it's quite embarassing for him haha. Never know that a blur blur person will commit in crime one day. =___=

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Alright enought crap. Paiseh stressed like hell for the past few days because of finals so please excuse me if I crap too much here to de-stress myself =)

By the way, if you're half way stressed up right now, feeling like bashing people out, here's something interesting for you to de-stress yourself. Guarantee you'll have a nice time browsing through it.

I saw this link while browsing through my 11-year buddy's blog. This link will link you back to the the 60's of UTAR. Yea serious, 60's of UTAR. I know UTAR's history has not yet hit 10 years, but really, you can find the olden days of UTAR with the olden days seniors there.

Wanna see yourself? Then go to KiaSu Spirit. (p/s: Provided that you know Chinese. If not, then you're still welcome to view the wonderful pictures)

Alright till here. Basically I'm now left with 1 more paper, which will be on Friday. After that, wohoo!!!! I'm FREE!!!!! But before that, guess I'll need to prepare for the worst because I really think that within these 4 days my level of insanity will increase drastically.

Analogue Electronics, anyone???

-sherril=xuele-

Singapore Blogsphere and Malaysia Political Atmosphere

Wow, lately been doing some research on current Singapore blogsphere as well as current Malaysia political atmosphere.

Am never been interested in politics, but ever since the last major election in March, issues of the dirty-minded politicians have drawn my attention. Sadly indeed, these dramatic plays are for real.

Remember the Immigrant case??!!

He made racist remarks and was suspended for 3 years but Raja Petra Kamarudin, founder of Malaysia Today, Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng and DAP Seputeh's MP Teresa Kok were detained by ISA. Why?? Visit The Star Online for more info. Anyway, go to Kenny Sia's Chinese Squatter and Ah Mad Strikes Back posts. His comics are funny =)

In history, we were asked and taught to LOVE our country, and taught us to be Bangsa Malaysia. Today I just had my Pengajian Malaysia paper. Needless to say, I did badly. I remember answering the last question :

"Terangkan 4 langkah yang boleh mewujudkan Bangsa Malaysia."

Well, I crapped stuffs in it. I crapped things that I personally feel unsatisfied in it. What to do? We are taught to write these kind of answers. =_='' In your mind, how to form Bangsa Malaysia?

I remember reading the 13 May 1969 incident. This is what was written in the lecture notes that were handed out to us:

".....ketidakseimbangan ekonomi juga antara penyebab peristiwa 13 Mei. Orang Melayu merasa bimbang dan tidak selamat terhadap jurang perbezaan antara mereka dan bukan Melayu terutama dalam pendidikan dan ekonomi."

We are always reminded not to talk and raise any issue about this incident, and yea we DID NOT utter a word about it. But who raised it first after so many years? Who threatened us with this incident??!! And was that really the reason for this incident to happen? Read these links for detailed information regarding this incident: Malaysia Today, Wikipedia.

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Alright enough of those. I'm sure avid bloggers are aware of what happened in Singapore blogsphere :

The catfight betwteen 2 Singaporean celebrity bloggers - Xia Xue and Dawn Yang.

While searching the net for more information about the thruth, I came across this blog, http://simonseow.blogspot.com. He posted the screen shots of the DELETED entry post by Xia Xue regarding the Dawn Yang thingy. This entry post created a controversy and Dawn Yang took action to sue Xia Xue by sending Xia Xue a lawyer letter (22 July 2008 enrty). But well, the case is closed already. If you happen to be like me, missed out this particular post and wanted to see how controversial it is, then you can read it in Simon's blog =)

Frankly, I'm not a fan of either of them, but if I have to stand by one side, that'll definitely be Xia Xue! Wahaha... she may not be as pretty as Dawn Yang, but at least she admits the truth and does not deny her plastic surgeries or fake her heritage. (though well, she might be rude at times) If you were to compare the 2 blogs, I would say Xia Xue's blog provides more info, rather than just photos =) Here's the pictures from their blogs.

~ Dawn Yang ~

A Christian girl who parties a few nights in a week and
self-claimed that Edison Chen woo-ed her through her MSN.
She said she's a conservative girl and denied having undergone
several plastic surgeries.

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~ Xia Xue ~

A girl who dares to voice out and write controversial articles.
Doesn't like to be compared to Dawn Yang and has
uploaded the processes of her undergoing plastic surgeries.

Seems that there are many Dawn Yang haters out there and they even created several hate sites of her. Well, I admit I'm kaypo and has nothing better to do than studying for exam. So Fern and I found these few sites quite startling. Visit them if you think you are as free as us wahaha.

1. Dawn WaYang
2. The Lies of Dawn

Alright till here. I have 2 more subjects to go before my holiday officially starts!

1. 15/09/08 (Mon) - Electrical Power and Machines
   
2. 19/09/08 (Fri) - Analogue Electronics

All the best to me and all the best to you! Gambate!

HAPPY MOONCAKE FESTIVAL everyone!!!!

-sherril=xuele-

Just KILL me!

OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!!!!!!

I'm going crazy soon. Nope, I'm crazy ALREADY!!!!

This Electrical Power and Machines is KILLING ME!!!!! Why I just couldn't understand it?!!

Is her notes confusing or I'm the one having problem understanding it? Because before her we were taught by Dr Mahanthy (the famous singing lecturer in UTAR who has already left UTAR). Reading and understanding his notes is not difficult.

But why I can't understand Miss Stella notes? Hmm.. I think should be my problem. I think I'm the only one facing this problem. You know what, I actually went online to google for the topic, just to make sure I really understand. I'm really insane d!

Everything's jumbled up in my mind now:
speed, torque, mechanical torque, shaft torque , slip, synchronous speed, rotor speed......etc...etc......... =_=''

I think tonight I'm gonna dream about me being transformed into an induction machine, with rotor, stator, all sorts of speeds, losses bla bla bla.....OMG I'm already half an induction machine now......

WHERE'S MY BELOVED PROFESSOR COUSIN???!!!!!!!

I'M GONNA DIE IN THIS FINALS WITHOUT YOU HERE!!!!!!

I can't imagine what will happen to me when I start to study Analogue Electronics. I think, at that time, the insanity in me will be soooo serious that I'll be sent to Tanjung Rambutan. Anyone out there willing to accompany me???

I feel so stupid to post to post but I still want to post it. Haha you can see how insane am I now. I've lost my senses I think.

-lirrehs=eleux-

范玮琪 - 一个像夏天，一个像秋天

Hi everyone! How's your revision progress going on? Mine's definitely slow but I'll speed up soon =)

Hmm, most of you should know that I'm a girl who seldom listen to Chinese songs except for Jay's songs of course. At home, 98% of the chinese songs in my TT Player playlist are Jay's songs.

However, lately I came across this song in Kuak's PSP. As stated in my title, it' is:

范玮琪 - 一个像夏天，一个像秋天

The melody is quite nice, though personally I'm not a fan of hers, I would say some of her songs are nice. Maybe you can google for some of her songs and see whether you like them or not.

Read the lyrics when you listen to this song. Maybe some of you will agree with it because I'm one of them. Here, I would like to dedicate this song to friends of mine whom I treasure a lot =) Especially my bestie babes and TOU, be sure to listen ! ^^

p/s: Sorry to people like Kevin who don't know Chinese. But still, you can listen to it if you want. If not, just ignore it.

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第一次见面看你不太顺眼
谁知道后来关系那么密切
我们一个像夏天 一个像秋天
却总能把 冬天变成了春天

你拖我离开一场爱的风雪
我背你逃出一次梦的断裂
遇见一个人后 生命全改变
原来不是 恋爱才有的情节

如果不是你 我不会相信
朋友比情人 还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱 把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我 只是骂我几句

如果不是你 我不会确定
朋友比情人 更懂得倾听
我的弦外之音 我的有口无心
我离不开Darling更离不开你

你了解我所有对的东西
才常泼我冷水怕我忘记
你知道我所有丢脸的事情
却为我的美好形象冒雨

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Sorry people, I know I've always been busy. Those of you who are going to UK soon like Kai Yan and JQ, it's nice meeting you all again =) Hope you all will enjoy life there while not forgetting people like me abondoned in Malaysia ^_^

Gonna go back to books now. By the way, don't ask me to add oil anymore because I'm gaining weight already! If you want, ask me to add water!!!!!

I want to flush out all those stubborn toxins in my body!!!

Gambate Gambate!

-sherril=xuele-

Complaining again

Finally, all UTARians have entered the most hectic week, STUDY WEEK. Been procrastinating the whole day, but still managed to gather myself to study after dinner.

I wish all of you all the best, and add more oil ya!

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Have you ever encountered the following problem?

You have once been close to someone, a very close friend. Fatefully, you both met and became close friends. You two used to stick together, do everything together, and were always inseparable. However, without any reason, (or maybe time is the reason) somehow the friendship became loose. At first it was because she was busy or you yourself were busy so you guys spent less time together. Then as time passed, it seemed that you guys barely keep in touch. In the end, from very close friends, both of you became strangers, or maybe just friends who do not what to talk to each other anymore. No arguments occurred, no disagreements happened, yet the friendship just faded away.

Did you face this scenario before?

I DID. And I really regretted for letting it fade away just like this. We were once inseparable, but distance, environment and time changed our friendship. I miss her and told myself, I would never let this kind of thing happen again if I met someone like her.

I tried to maintain, I tried to step out the 1st few steps, but it seems that my efforts are in vain. The same situation is happening to me again. Is it my problem? I don't know.

I've always said it's not easy to find someone who can click well with you. Yet when you have found, sometimes, things just turn the other way round huh? Is God giving us a challenge? But why the challenge? Seriously, I just don't get it.

Well, this scenario keep popping up in my head lately. Hope this scenario will fade away too.....

Hmm... end of complaining. Don't wish to complain so much, if not I'll really be like an Aunty like what MQ Clubber call me. ISH.

By the way, if you're overstress over studies, you can consider visiting this blog: Welcome to Mike's World. Read the post about Batwoman: The Dark Knight's Mom. You'll find it interesting, provided that you understand some Hokkien vulgar language. Friends kept urging me to read his blog about that, but I just had the time to read today. Enjoy it!

Gambate everyone~!!!!
Everyone in 拉曼大学第五届社区服务团 （第二团）, I miss you guys damn a lot. I've started to love you all more.... Take care!

拉曼大学第五届社区服务团 （第一&二团）

Can you spot me? hint: red collar

-sherril=xuele-