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Exam...tomorrow...finals...OMFG

I hate this subject. It's the pain in the neck felt by every student taking it in this semester.


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Post - Oh God

It's such a relief. All three exam papers have come and gone. I'm not going to dwell or sulk on the mistakes i've done in the papers. I'm not going to go through each and every question with friends or the notes just because it's all over now. Instead, now full attention is to be paid to my Studio work which I have yet to begin. I will try to allocate the work throughout the week but of course i've set aside the weekend for some unwinding.

I really want to make up for Studio as I performed below satisfaction in the two previous assignments. This third and last assignment is not only the most tedious, its also a culmination of the previous assignments and naturally would carry the most marks. I have just a week left to complete everything before the 1st of December, which is when the bloodbath criticism session shall begin.

And for now, the top priority in my to-do list is.....REST (isn't it always ;) )


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Oh God

The finals have started are are going to last throughout the week. So, i'll be keeping myself busy with revisions and studying the night(make that evening) away. I'm putting off work on my studio assignment until next week when the exams are over and done with.

I'm very concerned about my Studio work as i'm not very confident in my design approach. I've still got many things to consider and to work out. My friends have had the benefit of consulting the lecturers last week on Wednesday while I was back in Penang. So, I guess i'll try my best to make do with what I have.

PS: I left my cellphone in Penang. It slipped out of my pocket into my dad's car. So, if you want to contact me, you can't. Leave me a message here or e-mail me. Thank you!

PPS: Someone had better refrain from washing their dirty laundry in public.


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Short 'Hiatus'.

There will be little if no posts in the coming few weeks. That's because i've been bombarded with countless assignments which require detailed and meticulous execution of the work. The tasks are here and will be collectively due in the week before my study break. Things are once again speeding up as the finals approach.

But it's not really the finals i'm anxious about. It's the assignments as they are the ones which carry most of the marks load. So, they are the ones which i'm freakin' worried about. Panic only merely describes how I feel right now.

So wish me luck as I charge forth and attempt this daunting task ahead.

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Rut

To say all's well and everythin's fine would be a big lie for me right now. Things are hectic. Time is insufficient. And i'm in dire need of a pick-me-up. Something. Anything.

So why am I in such a rut lately? Two words: Exam Season. That just says it all doesn't it? So far it's two down and one more to go. I just finished my English paper two hours ago. It would have been better if I had more time. I had so many ideas but so little time. Only two hours for subjective questions and a 500 worded essay. 500 words! I think I only managed less than 400 words. I'm so dead.

Previously, I had my Building Materials exam which was quite challenging. And yesterday was the submission of my Introduction to Design class journal which totaly sucked as i've been slacking a lot on that one. The first few chapters up til chapter 8 was fine. It's chapters 9 to 11 which I totaly blew on. I sped through them as again, time was limited. I should have done them regularly, I should have done them way earlier, I should have added and researched on more topics. All these 'should haves' are useless now. Regrets are painful.

Next week, I will be having my final exam, Malaysian Studies and also 2 submissions for my Design Communications class. I hope they go better than my journal.

PS: I will be going to Seremban for the weekend. And also, I forgot to bring my cellphone charger from Penang, so my cell has died on me. I'm trying to locate someone with the same charger as mine.

One more, just one more to go

T'day was another judgement day: Biology paper
It was not bad, according to me, but everyone else was like "oh my god, that was the most mind boggling paper i've ever sat through." But, who knows, the marking scheme might be more uptight than i expect, so i only can hope for the best. My last paper is chemistry on Friday. I can't wait to get it over with and yet i don't want this experiance to end.
Today, I went to Ivan T.'s house with the ever irritable Yong Ming. No offence, but if you're reading this, somethings are just so hard to say it to your face. Anyway, we bought a burfday cake for him coz' his b'day is tomorrow. I wanted it to be kinda like a surprise and give him the cake with all the candles and everything but SOMEONE didn't bring along a lighter!
That aside, I now have a proposal plan regarding my studies, which is possibly to acquire a skill first like baking or something in the cullinary profession and then once that's done, only will i continue with uni. It's still on the rocks but i thought it was a pretty good plan. Hey, Karen! I might be pursuing something relavent in your field!
Other than that, nothing's been going on...that figures, since it's exam season.
Shout-out:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Ivan Teh

- Looks good dunnit?

Just 2 more

Three down and two more to go. I'm having m Biology paper this Monday followed by Chemistry on Friday and then it's freedom, baby!!! Yah, Just less than one more week to go. I'm so to face the papers and yet so anxious to just get it over with and get that burden off my shoulders. I have officially like 31 hours until my Biology paper starts and that includes sleep time and a whole lot of other stuff. Crap dee lah. I don't know how well i'll do this time. In Inti it's bad enough that I only got an average score and now I have to face the Australian marking scheme and god knows how strict or lenient they are.
On more happy thoughts, my plans to go holidaying in the States might actually be realised. Usually when my parents like have holiday plans, I tend not to get my hopes up too high to avoid getting dissapointed which in most cases, do happen. But things are looking good on this one. I hope to spend about a month there up till Christmas and probably New Years. Yah, the only thing is that our schedule have to be in sync with my sister's, coz apparently, she might be going to Belgium of something. Jeesh, it's been only like 3 months that she's been doing her job and she's already jet-setting. Kinda cool actually.
Halloween in Penang is BORING. Nothing special, no public events, no parties. And not only that, I spotted this pumpkin in Cold Storage priced at a freakin' RM230. Ka-Ching!!! I wonder who in god's name will buy that thing!?
Anyways, I got some photos from Mei Zhi of the BBQ/Farewell/Lantern festival party thing held at the Inti hostel a couple o' weeks back and here's one of them:

Ramblings of an insane mind

Okay, so i'm back here sooner than I would've thought but I need some rest from "studying". Okay, fine I admit it! I'm totaly screwing it up! But it's not like I want to do badly or anything. It's not deliberately done. I didn't choose to do it...okay fine, I kinda did choose...but...okay, you know what, don't listen...or in this case read, what i'm insanely rambling about.
Anyways, going on to more sane topics, I ran into Wei Hong today in 1-stop while I was having my post-lunch-pre-snack meal. Really great to catch up with thing that have been going on with him and Eugene(he was there too). Good for me too coz he provided me a lift home. Hehe
On a total seperate subject, someone says that his friend says that her friend says that someone in my college likes me. ME! Can you believe it. ME! Little old, low esteemed me! Okay, maybe it might not be like as in 'like' like ya know, but it's still something when others have positive opinions about you. I won't go into detail about this issue. I kinda sound proud don't I. But believe me, i'm not...well maybe a little...I mean I am unique, perhaps even admirable. Oh my god, will someone just PLEASE STOP ME from rambling crazily!!! Tie me up, gag me or something, I am outta control here!!! Something is wrong with me today! I think I must be high or something.
Right. Let's see, other than that...umm...oh yeah, Alvin came to my home today. Let me rephrase that, Alvin came UNINVITED to my home today. No offence, but he like just called me up and said "Hey, i'm at your doorstep, please let me in." I did just get out of bed, but being the 'kind' person that I am, I let him in. We talked, chatted and Alvin toyed with the boundaries of normal social conduct when he wanted to seduce my magazines. I think he was high too.
Yup, great day considering I hadn't planned anything originally. Yesterday was fun too, I studied a little and hung out with Zhi Xiang in the evening. Stormbreakers would have been an entertaining show if it wasn't for the damn couple with their stupid kids crying all over the place. Man! You'd think they'd shut the hell up but nooooooooo, they let them run loose all over the cinema like little urchins beyond self control. If I got the chance, i'd whack the tears outta them!...WHACK!
Here's a poem I wrote dedicated to my business studies exam and to further prove that there is indeed a screw loose in my head:

~*~

Ode to an Exam

by Justin K.

I am in stress,

i feel depressed,

i'm in a mess,

i need some rest.

Business studies,

ain't something i'd miss,

need my buddies,

to help me get through this.

Still in this rut,

not yet a nut,

nearly loosing my gut,

so get off my butt.

~*~

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Oh yeah, to Wye Sern, Khang May and me sister:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Finals

Hey again, finals are here dee! Kinda killing myself here with all the reading and refreshing up what has been taught to me over the past 10 months. Gotta tell ya: NOT easy. So far, only my English paper has passed. One down, 4 more to go. So I might not be posting much over the next 3 weeks. All that i'm hanging on is the taught that by the time the finals are over, I will have several weeks of 'lepaking', shopping and general merriment!!!

The HSC finals are not as easy as I thought it would be. Like I didn't completely finish all the questions in the English paper 1 because of the time constraint and the fact that I write too damn slow. Paper 2 was no joke too, I only managed to write about nearly two pages for each of the 2 essays. The listening paper was a surprise coz' it was an interview and the interviewee was none other than celebrity chef, Kylie Kwong! Good interview...pretty good.

Sad to say, Business Studies is next on Thursday and I definitely do not want to screw this up! It's one of those subjects that I like learning. I'm glad to say that I don't regret taking on Business as one of my subjects coz not only is it a whole new thing to me, but it's interesting to learn about the concepts and workings that go into a business.

The last couple of days, it's really a bitch just gettin' around Penang. With all these KL-lites here and also the petty people from other states jamming into our streets, it's like everywhere you go there is this queue waiting! Like today in Gurney plaza...it seemed to me as though it was a weekend with the amount of people swarming the bloody place. Jeesh!

Nothing much to say until the end of my finals or when I do find some free time to blog.
By the way, a very Happy Deepavali to all me Indian friends and Selamat Hari Raya my fellow Malays! And yes, I mean you, Mohan, Jeff and Farid!

The one on the last day

Classes are over! Yup, but it's not all joy yet, nope. This only means the finals are drawing closer than ever. This Friday is my first of the many more days of finals to follow. My exams officially end on the 10th of November. The subjects i'm taking are: English(Paper1, 2 and Listening), Mathematics 2 units, Business Studies, Biology and Chemistry. So much stuff to read up!!! Crap. But luckily, the papers are spread out evenly, so like I don't have two papers one day after another.
It's just so tough to study these days with all the distractions around me. I've got the TV, the computer, the magazines and of course, Gurney Plaza which is only about 5 minutes walk away! Studying is just so stressful and arduous that I tend to not do it at all, but the more I avoid it, the more i feel guilty and the more I actually want to study. It's just a vicious cycle isn't it?
The last days of classes were great, our chemistry lecturer was no longer on a scolding rampage and our bio lecturer spent her last lessons with us talking and chatting. Business and Math lecturers were all about taking pictures and English...well she practically didn't turn up at all. The whole week, most teachers were just basically drilling us as much as we can take. And I think it's pretty effective...if you did pay attention of course...I think I did...maybe. Everyone like brought their cameras and just started snapping away on the last day itself, disregarding some of the ongoing lessons, but our lecturers were understanding too :) I'm sooo gonna miss you guys at Inti...

-photos that we were snapping all over the place.

Nothing much more to do now but to sleep, shit, snack, study and shop...oops, scratch that last one. All this tension building up is bound to make me go boinkers dee. So much info to absorb. So little time. All the stress is bound to have an impact on my health and skin. Double crap! Can anyone spare me an anti-depressant...no?...a tranquilizer maybe?

So far so good

Well, the back-to-class week is over and so far so good. Everything is going as usual except when our lecturers give out our results. I performed like so horibbly. I mean I so need to buck up on my studies. Although I did perform surprisingly well for my Business Studies. 88 baby! Other than that, things are fine especially with the rest of the students from other courses who are on their holidays..which means the whole college is ours to roam! Hehe. Homework is kinda pouring in though as my lecturers are starting to pick up speed again. But unfortunately, I'm still on my holiday mood. I have barely done any of my homework and it's already Sunday! Am I screwed or what?!
Anyways, I haven't been going out a lot. Since everyone is just so busy and preoccupied and/or are staying far from me. So basically, I'm just cooped up at home except on Fridays when I go out with Zhi Xiang. Like two days ago when we watched Snakes on a Plane. We would have caught the 5.30 show but SOMEONE overslept. Jeesh...But great show though. The snake part...not the plot.
Speaking of going out, I still remember the times when I would go out to a coffee place at e-gate and talk for hours. Here's a question, which is more important to you, a girl/boyfriend or your close friends. Would you neglect your friends for just a girl/boyfriend? I mean, girl/boyfriends come and go but friendship is so much more than that. Don't you agree?
PS: the Mega sales are coming to an end so go get shopping people, before you regret it!

Still Aliveeeeee!!!!

Hiya people, oh it's just so good to be back! Today i've been feeling kinda weird, well, actually wonderful weird. I just can't stop smiling! I guess it must be the fact that : I'M ON HOLIDAY!!!...so YAY!
I know it's only going to be like a week long but it feels soooo good, like that sip of icy drink on a hot day! Anyways, I just came back from making MYKAD. I know you guys out there will probably say "Haha, you got fined!!" But laugh it up coz the joke's on you. I only had to wait there for like 15 minutes and it was all done within10 minutes. There were like so little people there and the unusual thing is that the staff there were kinda, well, kind. Did not expect that after my friends warned me about the impoliteness of the staff there. But yah, they were pretty good and they even let me check my picture to see if it's alright!
Last week was hell. Trial exams are downright torture. I can't imagine what the finals will be like! :( But i'm so glad it's over coz for the past whole week, I barely slept at all. I mean I like sleep at around 10p.m. for 3 hours and I get up again at 1a.m. and start memorizing stuff! I probably had panda eyes that week.
Anyways, for now (the holiday's) i've got nothing big or too exhilirating planned coz I wanna just kick back, relax and melt my worries and stress away. Speaking of worries, yesterday night, I could barely sleep, I guess it must have been because my internal alarm has been screwed from my sporadic sleeping pattern last week or maybe I was worring about some book that I found missing or I was worried how long the cue would be at the MYKAD making place or the who would win the America's next top model competition..oops..oh, what the hell! Anyhoo, today I feel so much better!!!!

PS: here are some extra pictures from Karen's farewell!

-at PIA