Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
2d@y
It's the holidays!!!!!
Well, a one week holiday during mid-sem/ Deepavali. It's not too short.
Haven't planned what to do yet but I'm sure it's going to be fun.
About the picture above:
Potato in a jacket with drumsticks.
Maybe it's a bad pun, but I like it.
Inspiration from my food serv friend's lab report.
"Jacketed potatoes; drumsticks"
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
[Essay] Pencil Case
Hello, everyone. Today I want to share with everyone about my pencil case. It may be a small object, but it's actually a big part of my life.
What is in a pencil case? Pens, pencils, erasers, correction tape... all in all, stationary.
When I was in secondary school, there's more than just stationary in my pencil case. I used to put sewing needles and threads or a few band-aids in it. My pencil case was my emergency kit. The sewing needles are stored in a pencil led casing while the threads and the band-aids are stored in a side pocket of the pencil case. Do you still remember when girls had to wear pinafore as a part of the school uniform? The pins or buttons tend to come loose at the worst timing. Whenever that happens, I could take the sewing needles and threads to sew them back immediately. The band-aids would come in handy whenever there's any paper cuts or small injuries.
My pencil case is also something I feel safe or even confident with. Holding my pencil case while walking into the exam hall, I feel confident. This is because I know that I am well prepared. As the quote goes, the first step in being successful is having your tools well prepared. With the tools I need in this pencil case, I can concentrate on answering the exam questions without having to ask the examiner, "Hi sir, do you have a pencil sharpener?" or whisper to my friend, "Can I borrow your eraser?" or risking myself into getting caught for talking in exams.
Last of all, my pencil case is something that I need whenever I want to express my thoughts and emotions. If I feel sad or moody, I would take the tools I need from my pencil case and write down my feelings or a short story. This helps me when I feel bothered by troubles because when I am writing things down, I am also organizing my thoughts and maybe, just maybe, I would find a solution to the problems I'm facing. If ever I feel creative, I would draw or make crafts using the pencils, ruler, penknife or glue that is from my pencil case, For the friends who has my Facebook, I'm sure you've seen me posting photos of my artworks.
A pencil case may seem small and not that important. But to me, it is something that I always have by my side. This pencil case stores my stationary, acts as a personal emergency kit, a confidence booster as well as a helper whenever I feel down. I believe, my life is colourful than it could be because of the things I can do with the help of my pencil case.
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This is an essay that I wrote a few weeks back for a subject called Public Speaking. Yeah, it's a speech about introducing myself through an object. I'm not sure if it actually fits with what the lecturer wanted... but I hope it's good enough :)
What is in a pencil case? Pens, pencils, erasers, correction tape... all in all, stationary.
When I was in secondary school, there's more than just stationary in my pencil case. I used to put sewing needles and threads or a few band-aids in it. My pencil case was my emergency kit. The sewing needles are stored in a pencil led casing while the threads and the band-aids are stored in a side pocket of the pencil case. Do you still remember when girls had to wear pinafore as a part of the school uniform? The pins or buttons tend to come loose at the worst timing. Whenever that happens, I could take the sewing needles and threads to sew them back immediately. The band-aids would come in handy whenever there's any paper cuts or small injuries.
My pencil case is also something I feel safe or even confident with. Holding my pencil case while walking into the exam hall, I feel confident. This is because I know that I am well prepared. As the quote goes, the first step in being successful is having your tools well prepared. With the tools I need in this pencil case, I can concentrate on answering the exam questions without having to ask the examiner, "Hi sir, do you have a pencil sharpener?" or whisper to my friend, "Can I borrow your eraser?" or risking myself into getting caught for talking in exams.
Last of all, my pencil case is something that I need whenever I want to express my thoughts and emotions. If I feel sad or moody, I would take the tools I need from my pencil case and write down my feelings or a short story. This helps me when I feel bothered by troubles because when I am writing things down, I am also organizing my thoughts and maybe, just maybe, I would find a solution to the problems I'm facing. If ever I feel creative, I would draw or make crafts using the pencils, ruler, penknife or glue that is from my pencil case, For the friends who has my Facebook, I'm sure you've seen me posting photos of my artworks.
A pencil case may seem small and not that important. But to me, it is something that I always have by my side. This pencil case stores my stationary, acts as a personal emergency kit, a confidence booster as well as a helper whenever I feel down. I believe, my life is colourful than it could be because of the things I can do with the help of my pencil case.
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This is an essay that I wrote a few weeks back for a subject called Public Speaking. Yeah, it's a speech about introducing myself through an object. I'm not sure if it actually fits with what the lecturer wanted... but I hope it's good enough :)
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
2d@y
So, this is a challenge initiated by a senior in university, KinHao. It's about the ice bucket challenge that everyone seems to be trending. It's a form of spreading the awareness towards a certain condition called ALS. You can check it out at the website.
Or donate here
2d@y
So, it's going to be another semester soon.
New courses
New lecturers
New lessons
New experiences
New juniors
And there's more but my mind is not functioning as well now. It's 3.07 am in the morning and I'm tidying my stuff... and when I mean stuff, I really mean everything random. From books to photos to clothes to shampoo... Yeah, everything random.
These two months of vacation has not been fully relaxing. I've been moving from one place to another. It's as thou my home is just a rest stop for me as I prepare for trips to different places.
It felt so fast when I think of it now. Two months, eight weeks, around 60 days. Yet, It felt like I was running around and time was just running much faster than me. When I finally realise it, I'm already preparing myself for the new term... Time really do fly...
Well... I'm not going to blog about the details of my two month activities... there's too much and I don't really want to put it in the public...
But here's a small summary, depending on how my mind is functioning now.
For the first month, I spent my vacation at a relative's home in Europe. I used home and not house because I really felt like I was living with them. I wasn't just taking a refuge. I was spending time with my cousins and knowing how their lives are. It was really an eye opener, or even more, a culture shock. There was so many things that was different from where I came from... from household to the scenery. I'm a person who looks at random detail so it was a very interesting experience. From the food to the schools to the transport to the scenery to the society... I really hope I can go there again, this time, with my family... perhaps?
On the fifth week, I was at home, taking a short rest and at the same time, having some gatherings here and there with my former classmates. For some of them, I haven't seen them for at least a year and a half. That's quite a long time, for me at least. We chat and found out that even thou we had studied in the same class room just two years ago, everyone had gone on different paths. Some were studying overseas, some were in the north of Malaysia, some at the eastern states... and the stories we shared... even thou all the meetings were short, we got to talk about our current selves as well as thinking back of the memories we had in pre-university.
Sixth week. This was one of the more nerve wrecking week that I had in this eight weeks. I had to go to KL for a volunteer work. While I was there, I would be living with one of the student who is attending the class, also, my "foster family" for the week I was in KL. I took a bus there and met this new friend, XiuJuan who was very friendly. After a small chat, we realise we have quite a lot of similarities. Well, about the volunteer work. I was doing translation for this class, it's called longevitology. It's about improving your health through simple meditation and to also help others through a process called "healing". I have learnt it since I was in secondary school. Anyway, back to the work. I had to do Mandarin to English translation since the teacher was a Taiwanese. The organisers have these headsets that non-Mandarin speakers can use to listen to the translation of the speech. I had to speak through a microphone and then these people can listen through the receiver and understand what the teacher is talking about. It was nerve wrecking because we had a problem with the microphone on the first day. There was loud static while the translation was going on. But it was solved after about an hour later when we switched the microphone. I was also having a bit of a tough time since it was the first time I was doing a full three hour translation. There were words that I couldn't translate because I had forgot about it at that moment. I really hope I had done good enough for the listeners to understand about the topics...
Seventh week I was back at home, resting a bit as I went for gatherings again. This time, we went to Singapore. It was a one day trip as we spent our time in the Singapore Zoo. Besides that, I also got to spend some time with my sister. It was a half day trip to the mall nearby. We did some window shopping and had bubble tea. The time I spent with her will never be enough... I really hope we can go out again next time.
Eighth week. Just like what I was doing in my sixth week, but I was at home. I felt a little better this time since I was a bit more confident in myself. But I was still stuck when I couldn't translate certain terms. "Jaundice" was one of them. I really should read more...
Well... this is a sum up of 2014 holidays.
New courses
New lecturers
New lessons
New experiences
New juniors
And there's more but my mind is not functioning as well now. It's 3.07 am in the morning and I'm tidying my stuff... and when I mean stuff, I really mean everything random. From books to photos to clothes to shampoo... Yeah, everything random.
These two months of vacation has not been fully relaxing. I've been moving from one place to another. It's as thou my home is just a rest stop for me as I prepare for trips to different places.
It felt so fast when I think of it now. Two months, eight weeks, around 60 days. Yet, It felt like I was running around and time was just running much faster than me. When I finally realise it, I'm already preparing myself for the new term... Time really do fly...
Well... I'm not going to blog about the details of my two month activities... there's too much and I don't really want to put it in the public...
But here's a small summary, depending on how my mind is functioning now.
For the first month, I spent my vacation at a relative's home in Europe. I used home and not house because I really felt like I was living with them. I wasn't just taking a refuge. I was spending time with my cousins and knowing how their lives are. It was really an eye opener, or even more, a culture shock. There was so many things that was different from where I came from... from household to the scenery. I'm a person who looks at random detail so it was a very interesting experience. From the food to the schools to the transport to the scenery to the society... I really hope I can go there again, this time, with my family... perhaps?
On the fifth week, I was at home, taking a short rest and at the same time, having some gatherings here and there with my former classmates. For some of them, I haven't seen them for at least a year and a half. That's quite a long time, for me at least. We chat and found out that even thou we had studied in the same class room just two years ago, everyone had gone on different paths. Some were studying overseas, some were in the north of Malaysia, some at the eastern states... and the stories we shared... even thou all the meetings were short, we got to talk about our current selves as well as thinking back of the memories we had in pre-university.
Sixth week. This was one of the more nerve wrecking week that I had in this eight weeks. I had to go to KL for a volunteer work. While I was there, I would be living with one of the student who is attending the class, also, my "foster family" for the week I was in KL. I took a bus there and met this new friend, XiuJuan who was very friendly. After a small chat, we realise we have quite a lot of similarities. Well, about the volunteer work. I was doing translation for this class, it's called longevitology. It's about improving your health through simple meditation and to also help others through a process called "healing". I have learnt it since I was in secondary school. Anyway, back to the work. I had to do Mandarin to English translation since the teacher was a Taiwanese. The organisers have these headsets that non-Mandarin speakers can use to listen to the translation of the speech. I had to speak through a microphone and then these people can listen through the receiver and understand what the teacher is talking about. It was nerve wrecking because we had a problem with the microphone on the first day. There was loud static while the translation was going on. But it was solved after about an hour later when we switched the microphone. I was also having a bit of a tough time since it was the first time I was doing a full three hour translation. There were words that I couldn't translate because I had forgot about it at that moment. I really hope I had done good enough for the listeners to understand about the topics...
Seventh week I was back at home, resting a bit as I went for gatherings again. This time, we went to Singapore. It was a one day trip as we spent our time in the Singapore Zoo. Besides that, I also got to spend some time with my sister. It was a half day trip to the mall nearby. We did some window shopping and had bubble tea. The time I spent with her will never be enough... I really hope we can go out again next time.
Eighth week. Just like what I was doing in my sixth week, but I was at home. I felt a little better this time since I was a bit more confident in myself. But I was still stuck when I couldn't translate certain terms. "Jaundice" was one of them. I really should read more...
Well... this is a sum up of 2014 holidays.
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