Jobstreet.com

Almost all of my colleagues, peers, friends, anyone... anyone that's taking part in practicum aka industrial training aka internship, has make a head start since last month. My progress? None, until yesterday. Stressed of how behind I am, with the fear of being condemned to an uncivilized work environment in god knows where, I decided to register myself in Jobstreet.com and apply a few places that appeals to me. I just copy my resume straight from the uum portal and paste it in Jobstreet. Lets see... name, address, locations.... computer skills?? Flash definitely because that's the reason I am in UUM right now, and I know I'm bound to learn Dreamweaver, photoshop and illustrator in this 6 month before my internship, and finally, the only software I learned this 2 and half years; 3dx Max 2009. Click click click and send. I mean, a little white lie doesn't hurt right. I am not lying about the skills I have, I am just.... writing my resume in advance because I am bound to learn that 3 skills anyway. There. I won't feel as guilty anymore for not doing anything.

Then I learned how wrong I am. The next night, I received a call

"Hi, you applied in jobstreet asking for internship right?"

"Yes"
"It says here you know photoshop andf dreamweaver?"
"................... Yes....." *Fingers crossed
"Can you come for an interview this thursday?"
"I might not make it because I am still in Kedah. Im going back on wed night. May I know what this job is about"
"Well lets say we want you to design a brochure with photoshop, will you be able to do it?"
"......... I guess... Do I have to post it up to the internet?"
"You might need to do some posting up."
"ok..."
"I'll send you an e-mail about the details, this is my number. Tell me bout it ok."
"ok thanks"
"and bring any portfolio if you have"
"sure"

I, again, just dug a hole for me to bury myself into. Please attend my funeral.

Grouping

Have you ever had the experience where you wish that someone will be or will not be in the same group with you? That one person that you wish would be close to you; or even you are so awkward with that you really just pray to god that you can be in any group the lecturer send you to as long as its not his. This is what happened to me. When Mr. Ng was about to divide us into groups, there are these 2 people where 1 I hope will be in the same group with me, and the other I am just awkward with.

I am in group 9. When the latter utter the word "nine", a shiver went up my spine. How can this be. Of the 9 groups over there, what are the chances that out of 45 students, the 2 of us will end up in the same group. It must be the worst day ever. Without wanting to make a scene, I dragged my chair to our group. Surprise, surprise, the former guy is standing right there beside the latter guy.

The world makes sense again. Give and Take; that's what I learned.

Robert Pattinson

Yes! 4 blog posts later It's finally almost time for the class to end. Another short post will fill this remaining 7 minutes perfectly. Lately, like so many other before me, I'm obsessed with this guy:


No, not Robert Pattinson. That's Edward Cullen and I just adore him. Fictional characters are always more perfect, comforting, and safer. Why safer u ask? Well u can't possibly stalk a fictional character and get arrested right.

30 seconds

I just learned 2 days ago that a 30 sec presentation can get you into shock. It's the kind where you get the sense of impending doom. When she uttered these exact words:" We have to present it today", I went into shock. Everything went totally blank before I tried to calm myself by chanting it's gonna b ok... it's gonna be ok.... Only 30 seconds done and I presented it after being pressured by Mr. Paolo. Hopefully someday I'll find it funny, after the initial embarrassment has died down.

Christmas 2009

13 more days to go and still not even a hint of this festive season while I'm far north. But there's nothing much to look forward to anyway. I doubt I can celebrate it with you this year.

17 days of MISC-3p Prestariang

In a way, I've learned more in these short 15 days compared to my 2 and a half years in UUM. Though it would've been nicer if the hostel rent didn't include close and personal experiences with wild lives - such would be roaches, lizards, nests' of giant red ants, swarms of tiny black ants, families of cats, and the ever popular monkeys. The animals here are famous for the tricks they can do. From the thrilling and exciting "Kill Me if You Can" and "Whack a Cockroach" performance by this ancient insect dated to the prehistoric days, to the amazing invading skills done by the monkeys. Visitors be warned though, you might lose all your food possessions to the primates and be sure to consult your doctor beforehand if you have heart complications.

Can't wait till I leave this place. Countdown: 4 days

Maaf, anda berhutang

My results are still pending unless I paid up to UUM. Jeez, why do I always do this to myself. Now its 2 days of nervous waiting before Bendahari finally reopens. Then only I can unlock my results. Butterflies in my guts....

Jon Schmidt

I know your not as romantic as the guy who serenade to his girlfriend with his guitar, but you've made it up by finding me this amazing song. Thanks.

xoxo

Swimming Pool

After being a lazy bum for almost 2 months, I've decided to take my chances and went to the sports complex one Wednesday afternoon. I said chances because that evening was cloudy without any sunshine and you can hear thunderstorms in the distance. Here in uum, if it does rain, rarely does the rain hit n run. If it pours, it pours slowly, like some lazy government officer, taking their own sweet time to finish their task, even though u wish and wish that they can hurry up and be done with it so that you can jump canon ball style into the swimming pool.

I had to go alone because all my friends were busy doing... something. Some had assignments, others have class, one even said that he'd rather practise his guitar. On the way the weather didn't really looked promising. I arrived around 5.40pm and not one soul was there in the olympic sized pool. There was two lifeguards in their orange tees sitting at the side and an Europian guy warming up. I put down my stuffs n climb elegantly down the pool. ( I missed cannon ball badly. I can do that no more ever since i entered my young adulthood) The water felt gooood... I know the risk was worth it because now i have the whole pool to myself, plus the weather is cloudy but not too dark so i wont get tanned.

It feels so good to be back here again. I put my palms on top of the surface and i can feel the soft tickling surface tension like a piece of silk. And when i wave my arms in the water i can feel waves sailing down my legs like cool soft blanket. The water is warm and after a few laps it feels almost too hot. I surfaced n the cool wind just blew at me. After 10 mins swimming, 4 or 5 more ppl arrived. They started to use different fancy styles like backstroke and butterfly. Since there were so few of us, we basically just swim however we want in the pool; horizontally or vertically. Once when i was swimming, i guy swam pass me in freestyle, and there was a trail of tiny air bubbles trailing him, floating gracefully and dissappeared at the surface. It was so beautiful...

Somehow my memory wanders back to a few months ago that may have been forgotten by others, but it made a great big impact on me. I will never ever forget that day. That person. That look he gave me. Sometimes i even wonder if it was my imagination, facts that have been twisted by my mind to see what i wanted to see; what i was hoping to see.

After an half hour bath, I had my dinner at the cafe with a view of the pool. Took me another half an hour to finish it, before finally walk myself back to my room. These are the days that are worth writing it down so that i will never forget it. =)


May 2009

New Year Bash

I've always been curious bout this guys-drinking-thing. So after consideration i went to this lil' gathering where a bunch friends gather around n... well... just drink. My bf n I arrived late. When we get there, 1 guy's down in d kitchen sleeping. 2 guys' hyper active, another guy just reminds of a... well hav u seen those ojisan that talks as though d whole wide world owes him? I think there's only 3 sane guys left.

When d night is over everything just make as much sense as d words that's coming out frm britney Spears's mouth. All they do is drink, then talk non-sense, then vomit, drink again, then finally sleep. The ones that kept shouting "I'M NOT DRUNK!!!" are the ones that are really, and i mean REALLY drunk.

I mean, big deal. All they had was 2 bottles of henessy, a bottle of red wine, and a couple of carlsberg. I myself took 3 glass. It was fun watching everyone go haywire. Bunch of Noobtards. Did alot of cleaning up with the host.

So now im writing this at 4am in my friend's kitchen, with 2 guys on the floor, 3 in d living room n 4 more upstairs. aint this a gd way to spend CNY. =P