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What A Way to Turn 20

11:43 PM | Labels: birthday, exams, friends, psychology

How nice... I'll be having not one, but 2 exams on my birthday. Yeah.........

Usually people end their semester with an exam and start looking forward to the holidays. I on the other hand, start my semester with an exam.

Not only are the exams on my birthday, they are also on a Saturday, which severely limits my social activities, assuming I had any.

I'd better not fail those two papers or this will go down in history as the worst birthday ever.

On a totally unrelated topic, there have been new additions to the Ministry House Gang. Jonathan from Melaka/Johor, and Melissa from Penang. Jonathan is now staying with us at the Ministry House while Melissa is housemates with Joycie.

Welcome to the Mad House \(^0^)/ Nice to have new faces around! If you think you're relatively sane and normal....well, I thought I was till I met the Ministry House Gang...haha. Watch in amazement as your IQ plummets and your LQ soars!

Lol.

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Pre - Exam Stress

9:49 PM | Labels: exams, rant, thoughts

For some reason, this time round I'm not feeling the panic... It doesn't feel normal.... There isn't the usual "Ahhh! It's 2 days to my finals!!!!" feeling which usually hits around, well, 2 days before the paper. No running around in frantic circles regurgitating notes from lectures past.

These few days, it has just been study gatherings with the gang in Mackers all around town. Calm and placid, ruminating on both our notes and on burgers. In fact, I actually feel kind of elated that the exams are round the corner. This is definitely not normal.

I need to see a doctor. Quick. I bet they'll name this condition after me. Imagine:"I'm sorry to tell you, but you've got Shimron's Syndrome".

Achoo!

Great, now you've got it too.

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Tata!

5:06 PM | Labels: exams, psychology

Well, at least not forever. My exams are this very week itself and I haven't finished what I am supposed to have covered. I'll be taking a short hiatus, and I'll get back once the gruelling ordeal is over.

So back to operant conditioning, hypnosis, internal validity, personalities, and work breakdown structures.

Ganbare, Shimu!!

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To that place far away

12:24 AM | Labels: art, exams, thoughts

I miss lazing on the hillside under the big blue sky. Watching the airplane glitter as it danced silently. The wind's gentle caress. The smell of wet grass. The sound of nothing but the breeze waltzing along the meadow. The sun on my face. The ensemble of cicadas in the distant woods. The cry of the soaring lone hawk. The thought of a lunch waiting at home. The taste of ice-cream in my mind. Oh, summer song...

I just got 24.6% for my Research Methodology Mid-Term. Not bad, huh? Actually, quite ok, since the highest is 27.6%. Try harder next time. I just got 10.9% for my Project Management Mid-Term. Quite bad, huh? Well, actually not too shabby considering the highest in the class was only 20%. Could have been better.

I wonder what my results for Introduction to Psychology are....

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A&W's

12:00 AM | Labels: exams, food, friends

Last Saturday, right after my PMG paper, I joined the CF for a bowling outing. To recharge our batteries, we stopped at A&W's.Seriously, I can't even recall the last time I ate at A&W's before this. There was one in Melaka but it closed down when I was still in primary school. So I've been living without Rootbeer Floats and Onion Rigns for like...about a decade? Imagine the ecstasy of stepping into an A&W's again after so long.

So there you have me posing with my Rootbeer Float and Coney Dog (^_^) They've changed the packaging of the Onion Rings and Coney Dogs. It used to be like solid paper trays and boxes, but now its like eating a banana: Peel and eat. I'll be back before you know it for another of those nostalgic floats and rings....

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Lookout Point

1:03 AM | Labels: exams, food, friends

So Joycie decided she had to repay us for her birthday barbecue.

So Alvin decided we should go to Lookout Point for dinner.

So we all went after spending one whole day reading up on the Medial Temporal Cortex, Papillae, Pinnae, and Cranial Nerves.

So we had dinner at a place called Gasoline.

So that place has a superb view of KL city at night.

So we all made our orders.

So I noticed there was lots of black pepper dishes on the menu.

So I was super hungry already.

So I decided to try a dish called Sacha Beef Steak.

So as Murphy's Law would dictate it, not only my meal was the last to arrive, I had nothing at Gasoline but a cup of Chocolate Shake-shake and some tofu.

So after everybody was halfway through their meal, I call to check on my meal (45mins past).

So THEN they tell me (with a thick Pakistani accent) "Sorry sir, no beef"

So I say, ok, I'll have the Tomato Lamb Chop.

So 20mins later, I still have nothing in front of me.

So I check with them.

So THEN they tell me, "Sorry sir, no lamb"

So I tell the waiter, "I want to see the person in charge"

So he mumbles and dissapears.

So he doesn't come back, but we're billed for plenty of items which we ordered but never arrived.

So Alvin drives all the way to Murni's at the opposite end of town,

So I can have my dinner.

So assuredly I say unto you: Gasoline sucks, try next door.

So I can also safely say that I have super nice friends.

So thank you, God, for this opportunity to let them shine in my life.

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Ah... Sweet relief, almost

10:42 PM | Labels: birthday, exams, joke

3 papers down and two more to go!

Information Systems went quite well taking into consideration the fact that our lecturer for the 2nd semester failed to impart any knowledge of any sort. Though, I must say, we will be missing his absence.

Economics was not as rosy, but heck, I'll survive. Mrs Chiu was rather appaled at my total of 4 pages for my essays. " You need to write at least one and a half pages for each essay! " Oh well... guess I ran out of crap to put into words.

English, by personal standards, was a horrific disgrace. I shall dwell no longer on this dismal subject.

All that is left is Maths and Accounting. I don't expect As out of those two subjects, but I'm working for a pass.

Then after that I can commit the most henious crime in the literary world. Hehe...

It was Becky's birthday today, and so Bell decided she would LIE to Becky and tell her that Miss Betsy wanted to see all of us at 12. Who knew... The 1st person Becky saw when she walked into college this morning, way before the planned time, was none other than Miss Betsy herself.

Way to go, Bell! Haha.

p/s: Happy Birthday, Becky. This is the age ,where according to stats, you stop growing. hehe... guess you ran out off "growing" opportunities. Pardon the pun.

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Exams, exams... sigh... They're just like women; Can't live with them, can't live without them

12:33 AM | Labels: exams

I'll be back once my exams are over...or at least when most of it is. (^0^)/

Good luck to you guys out there taking your exams too! I'll be praying for you all!

Till then, au revoir!

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Post-exam blues

11:40 AM | Labels: exams, hope, theology, thoughts

Where is my strength that I should hope? Dang... This is the first day of the week and I'm already depressed... I can't even dare imagine the rest of the week as the exam papers are being returned...
Maths...I was hoping for a 50 at least... what do I get? 21....!#$%& 21.... And I thought I was doing fine....
Where then is my hope?As for my hope, who can see it?
Sometimes I just feel like yelling out like Job:
"Are not my days few?Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort!!"

"but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance" I'm not well known for my stamina... I just hope things get better before I start cracking under the strain.

Then again, through all this depression and sadness, I am reminded that I should “cast my burdens on the LORD,And He shall sustain me”. For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. I'll have to give Him credit for that (^o^) He's never failed me yet... His comforting hand has always been there to support me through tough times.
So I guess there's not much use in staying emo any longer... Better buck up and ready myself for my finals (>.<) 頑張れ！

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Freiheit? (Freedom?)

1:06 PM | Labels: exams, relationships, thoughts

Yeay!! I am FREE!! My trials are over! Accounting, was ironically the paper I was most confident in. Maybe be it had something to do with bringing my *ahem* calculator in. But still, my intuition has almost always been wrong, so there.
So much for freedom.... My finals are just 3 weeks away. So it's all back to square one. Study, study, study. Didn't anybody mention that studying ways my least favourite activity?! Libera te me ex inferis!! I'm sure Dante must have forgotten the 10th layer of Hell where studying for exams, one after another, is part of the torutre...

Temperate countries boast 4 seasons. Here in Malaysia, we've got more: Rainy season, dry season, football season, haze season, Megasale season, Raya season, CNY season, Merdeka season, Deepavali season and....exam season. Of all the available seasons, that is the only season that is the bane of any student's life. At least it brings us students together, like a friend puts it: "at least is gives us something common to complain about".

Well, at least I have comfort in the knowledge that Friday's lunch went on fine (^o^)/ Hopefully there'll be more to come. I'll just have to remember my manners the next time... (-.-;)

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(Finally, It Is The End!) وأخيرا ، فإن نهاية

8:21 PM | Labels: animals, exams, food, joke

There you go... It's the last paper for my trials. I'm very confident about this! Very confident that I'll........be failing this one too...

Accounting...

I have no idea what prompted me to do the insane: I took up Accounting for a 1 year course, with zilch prior knowledge of the subject...(T.T) So now I'm doing 2 years of Accounting in one. I'm either a genius or suicidal...

Despite all the terror of tomorrow's paper, I still am looking forward to tomorrow afternoon! After such a loooong while, I'm finally treating myself to a lunch of fish and chips. Oh, I could just envision the butter dripping of the golden fillet....

By the way, the cat in the student lounge has just been awarded celebrity status (^.^) Since we found her and her kittens in the cupboard, we've been visiting her maternity ward, showering them with affection. Lots of people have discovered their hidden fetish of watching kittens breastfeed...(-.-;)

Just the other day, a friend of mine heard about me staying with my landlady. When he found out she was a mistress, his 1st reaction : " Does she like have whips in her room?!"...Lol. Don't want to know and don't intend to find out....And just to be on the safe side, I'll lock my room door at night...

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Day #1 of Trial Exams...

12:01 PM | Labels: exams, future, rant

Another day's worth of trial exams would difinitely break the gauge...

I can't believe I actually screwed my Applicable Maths paper...

20 questions, 3 hours, and I ran out of time at the last 4...

There goes at least 30 marks...

This is sooooo depressing...

I wish I could just do this:

But, NO... apparently my future is intricately linked to this !#$%^&* exam

Well, tomorrow I'll be dishing out economics and big words like nobody's business...I hope...

This exam business is becoming really depressing... I need my anitdepressants...

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Nick's fall...(>.<)

11:46 AM | Labels: exams, friends, joke

Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes

We walked into IS class right after break when we discovered that there was to be a assessment. We were all taken by suprise as we weren't informed of the test. Still, being the carefree students we are we sat down anyway. That was when the Know-it-all of our class exclaimed:

This is the 1st time I don't know any of answers...

Okay... Since the Genius couldn't answer as none of us had studied for this test, we made an argumentum ad ignorantiam (^.^)

We couldn't stop laughing our heads off... Usually Nick would be complaining how he ALMOST got 100 in his last test, and how he ALMOST beat the top of the class by 1 mark... And today for the 1st time in history, he says he doesn't know any answers, with absolute panic in his voice...

Well Nick, Sic vita est! (^.^)/

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What A Way to Turn 20

Pre - Exam Stress

Tata!

To that place far away

A&W's

Lookout Point

Ah... Sweet relief, almost

Exams, exams... sigh... They're just like women; Can't live with them, can't live without them

Post-exam blues

Freiheit? (Freedom?)

(Finally, It Is The End!) وأخيرا ، فإن نهاية

Day #1 of Trial Exams...

Nick's fall...(>.<)