Buat Ayesha.

Jyeah!

Ayesha finished SPM! woot woot!

:) SO happy for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Aku pulak yang excited lebih. haha.

Now, you go and get your diriving license and drive me around pulak ahh! :D

We shall conquer the world !!!! :D (One step at a time, beginning next April, eh? )

Have a great great great great great holiday you!
Don't get bored because you're never going to get a holiday like this in long time.

We shall spend enormous amounts of time together once my exams end! Promise! :D

I wish I had 5 months of nothing again.

What?
Don't tell me you former form fivers wouldn't like some of that right now??

Yeah, thought as much. ;)

HAVE FUN AYESHA!

DoodooKakaPooPoo

Hokay.

Ready to write. Haha.

Semester 2, KMS, Banting.

JEEEEEEEEEE VILLIKERS.

Hell. Hell. Hell.

Okay I am exaggerating, yes, but if you do read my blog, you'll notice I do that alot :)

I swear, if university life is like this, I might lose my mind.

Lemme break it down for you.

Monday:

Chemistry tutorial.

Tuesday:

Taklimat UPU.

Wednesday:

Chemistry Presentation and lab report submission, and English Research Chapter 1 submission and Math Tutorial

Thursday:

Biology presentation, Agama presentation,Chemistry quiz, Taklimat Markah Koko, Taklimat UPU.

Friday:

English research chapter 3 and research material work, Math quiz.

Now you see, the freest day was Tuesday, mainly because all I had to do was attend lectures and listen to a talk about UPU. But the rest of the week, My goooodddnessssss. Crazy man, crazy.

I easily used about eight mahjong papers for presentations this week. This was probably the first time the Macster has been up and working so long as well.

Poor little Macster, having to withstand heat outside, then the extreme coldness of lectures, then back to lukewarm-ity. But he's aite, he's holding up just fine aren't you Macster? HE'S AWESOMEEEEEE because he won't get any viruses. There's this virus going around in KMS which turns all of your files in your thumb drive to shortcuts. This virus is a particular favourite when you're in desperate need to print your product promotion brochure that you're supposed to hand out tomorrow and all the thousands of files on your 320GB external hard drive are turned into shortcuts and cannot be accessed. Beautiful moment that was for me. NOT. Crazy virus. At that point, I was running back and forth from the computer room in one of the girls' blocks to the bookstore trying to figure it out. Finally did, though we had to settle for photostatted brochures that had crease lines from the original copy, copied along with it. Beggars can't be choosers. But Mr Mac. He's great. All my files work good, no virus. Non-living saviour of mine. I don't mean to brag or gloat about him, absolutely not. I am just telling you how it's been something that is functioning smoothly without any problems when everything around it is chaotic. I know I'm talking about a laptop here, haha but wahtever, it's cool :)

I have mid semester exams coming up in less than a month. Time is flying all over the place, and it's so difficult to catch up to it.

Its Monday. Click. Tuesday. Click. Friday. And I don't know how Im supposed to set time aside to study. But, I must say, I still am setting time aside, and Im doing the best I can, and InshaAllah, I will succeed :)

I don't know why, but the highlight of my week was this:

I followed my friend to the lecturer's cubicles and passed a Biology lecturer's cubicle (not my lecturer, but one that everyone says is good). He has an orang utan soft toy (its huge) sitting majestically on other soft toys in the back left corner of his cubicle and two terrariums and many quotes stuck on the right side of his cubicle wall. There's this one piece of paper, it's just so adorable and awesome, I thought. And I have no idea why I enjoyed it so much but I felt, "this is what a teacher should be like; fun and knowledgeable."

Wanna know what it said?

Biology Teacher by day.

Deadly Ninja by night.

It was awesome.

Okay. That was my life this past week. How are you ? :D

I shall now proceed with the soppy mushy part of my post this fine evening.

I miss my girls.

Really I do.

Guess who ? :)

I miss Sarah's infectious laugh. Her huge smiles. Her great hugs. Her BR obsession. I miss my tuition partner. I miss my walking home partner. I miss my workout partner. I miss YOUU :( I really wish I could fly you back here or fly out there or something. I know I haven't been talking to you as much as I'd like to admit, but just know I alwayssss think of you and alwaysss miss you cuppy. :) I love Sarah.

I miss Aisyah's smell (she always smells nice). Ironic thing is, her house is only 2 minutes away from me right now, and I don't know where she is or what she's doing. I miss having photo shoots with her, laughing about dumb stuff. Talking about anything that comes to mind. Eating chocolate with her. I miss her weird handwriting. I miss her laughing at my BM. I miss her calling me the Grammar Granny. I so miss her shit face (right Sarah?haha), :D I love Aisyah.

I miss Dahiyah's warmth. Her hugs and her smiles. Our oh so long and wonderful conversations about nothing and everything. I miss her old laugh (she's got a new one now, which is equally as great, haha.) I miss our sleepovers and our hangouts. I miss her car :) I miss laughing with her until my brain feels like exploding and my stomach cramps up. I miss the fact that she laughs at all my jokes even when they're not that funny. I love Dahiyah.

I miss Nadia's energy. I miss her liveliness and vitality. I miss her bouncy attitude. I miss her business sense. I miss us fighting but never losing the friendship factor because we love each other too much. I miss finishing her sentences but how the words I say never match up to what she wants to say. I know we don't talk much anymore Nadia, and how I miss my B1 you'll never know. I so want to talk to you like we used to, because I hope you don't forget, we're twins on the inside. :D I love Nadia.

I miss Khairani. Full stop. I hope you're doing fine. I miss you, lots. Can't wait to see that huge smile and beautiful face of yours. My kazzers!!!! I love Khairani.

One of the rare photos with all six of us in it.

I miss Shida, and her warm smile. I miss her laugh and her ambition. I miss her words. I miss her murderously annoying me with the Gardeynia song.

I miss Nicholas, who was a friendly and much needed friend during the horrible first week at KMS. Thanks Nicholas, for being awesome. HANYA 4 BULAN LAGI!

I miss Adnin and Aiman who have without a doubt been two of the coolest dudes I've befreinded :) Hope you guys are good.

I miss Azeem my "protege" cewahh, and Reuel, my Romeo! :D

And to all my other beautiful friends, I miss you all.

Alllll of you.

If I haven't mentioned your name, do not fret oh awesome friend of mine, believe me you are remembered and missed dearly too.

Love you guys, don't forget thattt!

Jyeahh boiiii.

Oh boy oh boy oh boyy.

Blowing dust of the archives. Turning to a clean page.

Man has it been eons since I've written anything in here.

Hellooo? Anyone there?

Sorry :)

Haven't been able to come online and post stuff. Busy :)

Anywhoo,

I think I just came on here to tell you people that I miss you :)

Aisyah, Daia, Sarah, Nadia, Kaz, Shida, Nicholas, EVERYBODYYYYYY!

Hope you're all doing well.

;)

TTFN, just FN, promise.

Oh Fiddlesticks.

I didn't post in October :(

Darnit.

Im on holidays now! :D
I swear, I came back on Tuesday, and now its friggen Monday the next week.
WHERE DID MY SIX DAYS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?

I don't know how they went so fast.
Its mind boggling. I seriously remember it only being Wednesday and I was all
"YEAH, I'm home, and I'm going to relax and take each day nice and slow"

BAM!

Its Monday.
I've been home for almost a week.

I
DIDN'T
FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
IT
PASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

I'm so frustrated. I feel like I've done nothing. I feel like I haven't really spent time with my family, everyone's working. So here I sit, at home, alone, keeping myself busy. Haha.

So this week, I'm gonna do what I can to make me feel satisfied with the holidays :D

A little part of me can't wait to dive right back into college work and life, but it's not dominant...
I don't want it to come too soon, though its less than a week away.

I go back to college on 7/11. Bummer huh? But what to do :)

Astronomical!

Fly me to the moon.
I want to see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars too.

We can't go to Venus; and if I find out you're taking me there I'll kill you first :D
In other words, please be true about our destination.
For I do love you, and would hate to have to kill you, honestly.

Haha. Complete randomness. I miss learning astronomy :D

Just because.

Honestly I'm only posting so that there's at least a post every month in my archive. Haha.
Been so busy these past few weeks. Final exams are creeeeeeeeping up on meh and I shall say I am not appreciating it. haha.

I'll write something, soon. Promise :)

Love from,

Normal :)

Not Relating to Flatulence and Things of the Sort.

It's the invisible dance choreographer of nature.

It guides the trees and flowers effortlessly so they sway with grace.

It manages to make branches perform a sinuous dance, as if they are made of water.

It ruffles the feathers of a resting bird, or the fur of a roaming tiger.

It sweeps sands into undulating dunes and destroys them, then trails them above the surface, one grain after another.

The beauty of wind, though it cannot be seen, is amazing. Its sound, its smell, and the aura it brings wherever it goes is beautiful.

I love breathing in wind, (as if it's any different from breathing in air) how about you?

Freshhh.

Confession.

I did go home when it was larian KAKOM week.

Hehe.

I didn't go home when it was exam week though, so I made up for it :P

Muahaha.

Im Backkkk

WOOOOHOOO

1 and 1/2 weeks of doing whatever I want, again! :D

time to study ma camerahh :D

see you around peoples!

Hehe.

Nah, I don't really mind staying here.
It's just it's the first time staying back at college for a weekend since Matriks started.
So yeah, big deal.
At the end of next week, I have a story to tell my grandchildren.

" Hangpa tau tak?"
"Apa nek?"
"Nenek ni, dulu pi belejaq kat kolej matrikulasi selangor tau, dekat Banting."
"Oh ye ke nek?"
"Haaaa. Ada satu kali tu, nek tak boleh balik hujung minggu."
"Kenapa nek?"
" Ada larian KAKOM."
"Larian KAKOM tu ape nek?"
"Tak tau lah. Nek pun dah lupa, tapi takpalah, nek nak cerita ni. Nek tak balik ghumah dua minggu!!! Lama tu!"
" Fuish. Dua minggu nek? TERRRRORRR lah nek!!!"

Huge smile spreads across old nenek's face, she's glad her grandchildren thinks she's awesome :D

Boy was this post lame -_- "

Babalabashabalabadingdong.

Can't. Go. Home. This. Week.

Eeeeek.

Larian KAKOM,
WHY ??

WHYYYY?????

Homeeeee.

Again, :D

Tak Sengaja.

Sengaja sebenarnya.
Mouse aku baruuu je landing atas semut yang tak bersalah. Reflex.
Kesiannnn Encik Mut.

Aku duduk kat tingkat 3, semut ada, lalat pun boleh sampai atas tu. Tak penat ke dorang? Agak tinggi lah kan tingkat 3 tu. Mestilah penat, tu la sebabnya kerja dorang lepak kat bilik aku. Dah penat kan mendaki gunung everest, lepak ah kat puncak. View best, makanan belambak. Bila hujan plak, kelkatu nak dekat seribu kot datang terbang2 dekat dalam toilet la, koridor la. Pastu bila terbang dalam bilik, aku cepat2 tutup lampu so dia terbang kat roommate aku punya seksyen hahha :D Pastu nanti dia terbang, terkena fan, dengarlah bunyi "tiungggg" pastu nampak dia terplanting kat sebelah sana pastu dlm keadaan mabuk cuba terbang balik kepada cahaya lampu roommate sebelahku.

Kat koridor, ada satu labah2 yang bontotnya warna ke-silver-an. Suka tengok, kadang2 macam ada deimon deimon (diamond) kat bontot dia tu, bulat, comel je. Tapi bila angin kuat, sarang dia pun dah mula berhayun hayun, lintang pukang lari balik bilik.

Praying mantis apa dalam BM? Mentadak eh? Haaa, tu dah jumpa warna hitam belegam satu, dan warna hijau daun satu.

Tambahan pula, toilet2 di asrama ni, boleh buat Zoo Serangga.
Serangga jenis apa kau nak tengok? Semuaaaa ada.

Belang2 hitam merah, warna cokelat(biasa tgk kan), warna hijau, warna hitam, warna grey, warna oren, besar gila nak mampos, kecik kecik, rupa lipas tapi bukan lipas, rupa kelkatu tapi bukan kelkatu, rupa semut tapi ada macam genetic disorder jd macam mutant lipas campur semut, semua adaaa.

Petang tadi baru nampak kupu-kupu (kot) yang bila dia stop rehat kat dinding, sayap dia flat kat dinding tu, macam muka transformers. Ada satu ni bila dia tak bergerak, rupa macam tengkorak. Ada satu ni, kecik nk mati, warna hijau, macam lipas KECIKKKKK tapi bukan lipas, boleh terbang, bila dia gigit, adoiii...tensen. Dan bukan satu sahaja yang datang untuk menjamu selera, die pg jemput satu kampung dia datang makan. Sakit dan gatal. Ngok ngek tol.

Tapi kan, bila dah mandi diteman beratus serangga setiap pagi, aku dah tak takotttt. Terroorr kan :D

Tapi, lipas. YEEEEEEEEESH. Tadi nampak satu BESARRR punya lipas, tapi dia lain skit. Kaki dia lagi berduri, macam keras punya duri, dan lagi panjang. Badan lagi nipis. Warna teh o. hahaaa :P Yuck. EEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEE. Yech.

So, jika berminat, jemput datang ke Zoo Serangga, Tandas Asrama Vega :)
Ada 16 habitat. Masuklah satu2 untuk melihat serangga2 yang disebut di atas.

Oh dan p/s, kat tepi aku skrg ni, ada satu labah2 mati, kering kedontang dah. hahaaaa.

Woohooo! :D Seronoks!

The Harmony Silk Factory

Reading this book has required me to open my dictionary more times than I have ever opened a dictionary in my entire life. (Exaggerating, yes.)

But I think that's why I liked it so much. I didn't even know half of those words existed. And those words were formal, and sort of posh, which I think fit the novel perfectly because of the era it was set in. It's set in during and post WWII in Malaya by the way. The story is written through three perspectives of the notorious Johnny Lim's life, from Jasper's (son of Johnny) point of view, Snow's (Johnny's wife) point of view, and finally Peter's (Johnny's good friend) point of view. My favourite at first, was Snow's but as I read further I found Peter's side of the story more satisfying to read, as he explained the things that I was wondering about in earlier stages of the book. I think that's Tash Aw's way of writing too, he doesn't reaveal everything at the start in this book, he lets you wonder and wonder, and all of a sudden something happens, or someone comes into the picture and you find yourself re-reading previous pages to figure out what you'd missed, when in truth you didn't miss anything and it's just that frustration and curiosity that keeps your eyes glued until finally,

"Yeahhhh! I knew it!!"

or

"Ohhh! So that's who he was!".
or just plain old
"Oh My God!"

I like the way he described the setting, especially when he described it from an Englishman's view, because everything seemed so exotic, so warm and so vivid.

My mother didn't like this book because she felt it was a bit draggy, so when I wanted to read it I did have my doubts, but I really did enjoy it :) Good good read.

Well, for me at least.

Next on my 'to read' list, is another book by Tash Aw, Map of the Invisible World.

I'll let you know what it's like :)

Woohoo Tash Aw!

Recent.

With hurried strokes, she stained the paper before her a deep ultramarine. Just as the paint began to sink into the paper, she added whisps of white, rough yet somewhat undulating against the blue background. She stood back and looked at her barely finished "work of art" ( she wondered if it even deserved such a title) and found that it reminded her of a microcosm of all things calm. The sea, the froth of gentle waves diving into the water, the morning mist, the sky, the clouds...

Someone fascinated with the subtleties in life would detest this particular painting of hers, as it had none to notice. But she couldn't care less. As long as it remained the way it was, half-empty so that she could leave the rest of the painting to her imagination. Today, she filled the empty space with fecund land, flowers emerging from it as blooming bursts of colours and warmth. She imagined herself swinging her arms with frivolity in the multicoloured meadow. Her lips spread into a small smile as she opened her eyes. She turned around and left the room, looking at the painting just before it disappeared behind the closing door, anticipating what would be in store the day after.

The Vegabooms

You two rock!

Never in a million years, I swore to myself, that I would watch or laugh or cry at a korean drama, neither listen to korean songs. That is literally impossible when you're friends with Nadzirah. Not only did you make me memorize the names of the group members of DBSK, (which I previously called DBKL, honest) but you made me laugh hysterically at them while on a game show. I will never ever forget Dragon Fire Ball or whatever it is. Haha, though I still don't LIKE korean media, you did succeed in making me see that they aren't that lame :P

Miss Ahda Nadzirah, and Miss Nor Zaity, you guys made the first few weeks of KMS bearable! The fact that you were just a few doors away from me was amazing. Though that may not be the case now, wherever we are in Vega, we're still Vegabooms! :P You guys are great to be around, to talk to and to have a good laugh with. May we be friends for a long time to come! :)

So so.

Long time no update, I know.

I just have no mood to write anything.

College is good, getter easier to be there day after day.

Coming home is great, I swear my air conditioner misses me tonnes :) And I believe so does my little brother, maybe justttt a little if not a lot :)
I MISS my parents, therefore seeing their lovely faces every Friday after lectures finish makes my heart do cartwheels. So good to hear them around me. Amazing feeling to be where you know you're okay, with family.

Life, at the moment, it's fast. Really fast.
So I guess my duty for the next 10 months, is just to keep a steady pace.

I'm tired, but I'm dealing.

"You don't miss your water 'till the well runs dry."

After a long wait.

They day finally came.

It's today actually.

:)

But it's alright.

Let's just move forward !

Quarantined.

Tomorrow, is the last whole day that I am spending at home before I go off to Matriculation :)

Quarantined! Packing and ticking things off the "To Bring" list.

I'll miss everything about these past 5 months. Don't think I'll be getting a "holiday" that long ever again. So, here's to a good solid 5 months, of doing nothing :D

A happy yet sad sigh is called for :)

Whoah. Finito :)

A week and a half after receiving the sketches drawn by Ayesha's friend, Shara :), I have finally finished 5 Kemanusiaan Bakti's magazine pages for the 2010 Sri Aman Magazine!

So, here's to finishing a project! :D
I'm no pro at editing, but I did the best I could! And I'm quite happy with it, as are 5 Kemanusiaan Bakti so I've heard :)

Originals:








Finished pages (with minor tweaks):

Woohoo!

Not absolutely gorgeous I know ! :p But okay enough! :D

Ciku, Peek-a-boo

I ate, no better yet, rapturously devoured Honey Ciku the other day.

Wahh, the caramel brown honey-ish colour, with the juicy, rough but smooth texture. Perrrrrrfect man!

You know when I was little, I used to have this book, with this really cute little girl in it, and it was a Peek-a-boo book.
I really loved that book :D

Panas weyh, panasss.

It's happening alright.

Definitely, unavoidably, inevitably happening.

" Keisha, this is your foray into the real world."

The statement above is tantamount to the severest of truths.

Venturing into the unknown.
Speaking of vents,

Can I get an air conditioner and install it in the dorm room?
PLEASE? :)

Do you dream in Black and White, or in Technicolour?

Subconscious wants.

When we close your eyes, it's no longer the world we are accustomed to seeing, no longer the world our eyes have adapted to. It's a big black hole, infested with stories.

Sometimes, dreams are so unfair.

You try so hard to stop yourself from heading to that hole in the ground, but you still fall through.

You try so hard not to wake up when you see that face, so perfect; but in a split second you're staring at the ceiling cursing under your breath for waking up too soon.

You try so hard to scream for help; but not a single sound ever comes out.

You sit up and open your eyes, tears streaming down your face, glad it was just a dream.

But sometimes, dreams are better than the reality of the lives we live.

It's this world where anything and everything can happen, where the rules of reality don't apply.

Some people are lucky enough to be able to set the scene for their dreams.

And some, just don't dream at all.

The tangibility of our dreams is naught, obviously, but there's something so real about them that we do feel we are in that situation at that moment in time. We subconsciously analyze our actions and act them out in our dreams.

To me, your dreams, are a invisible scale of your imagination.
Recent and or dusty old thoughts and feelings come into play, and intertwine with eccentric, uncanny happenings to create a original film that normally only runs once in our little theater.

Dreams can mean so many things.

A physician believed dreams were sort of a dump truck for removing ideas that weren't fully developed or unnecessary memories from the day.

Others say dreams are result of firings of neuro patterns while the brain undergoes memory consolidation during sleep.

I say, dreams make sleep less boring, and gives us something to think about when we open our eyes in the morning.

Simple as that.

Hoarders.

Spring Cleaning day today.

My father, mother and I took out all the junk in the store room, and sorted it all out.

There were so many shoes in there, that we forgot were there.

So, as my father was passing me the forgotten things from the store room, he handed me this see through black plastic bag containing a baby pink, oblong shaped object, that had a smaller oblong shaped hole in the middle.

It was, a toilet seat -_-.

I swear! I don't even know WHYY it was there, or how it got there!
Had a right laugh pulling it out of the store room.

" Why on earth have we got a toilet seat in our store room?!?!?!"

I think it was partially broken even.

I cannot even conjure up a cover-up reason, honestly.

We found, sun tan and deodorant in there too. Rexona for men. Full bottle. Haha.

Then came all the motivational books that were stocked away in a big square box. Found some I thought I ought to read. Look out for them on my Unputdownable section eh ? :)

It's good we organized the store room though, much more space. Good organizing day.

Next, my room. Eeek. :S

College.

What do you think it's going to be like?

Away from the place you've been for 17 years for those of us who weren't in boarding school.

I'll miss my parents, soo much. I can feel my tears accumulating waiting to gush out right now.
I'll miss my chicas when we go our separate ways.
Nadia's been gone a while, 4 months now, and I miss her bad.
I don't know what will happen when I don't see Sarah, Aisyah, Daia Nadia and Khairani altogether for 4 months.

Ah. Don't want to think about it right now.


SKAND for life :')

Relevance.

Maybe I know somewhere, deep in my soul,
That love never lasts.
We've got to find other ways to make it alone,
Or keep a straight face.

-The Only Exception; Paramore

I see you shine in your way,

Go on,
Go on,

Go on.

- Giving Up the Gun; Vampire Weekend

The Town of Everlasting Peace

I can't help but feel at peace every time I visit Taiping.

I love the smell of the air there.

This time round, my favourite part was Saturday morning in the cool cool waters of this place you're about to see.

Indulge;

The view from where we were.

We swam in that water. The pool is much bigger, you just see a small portion of it up there. It's mostly sand and big rocks underwater. The water: SUPER cold!

And to the right of that pool is...

This:

Family members had a blast sitting under it trying not to get whooshed away. They said it was like a big old back massager, haha. There was a big uneven slippery rock from under the waterfall right up to the bottom of the picture up there, so it was sort of a natural water slide :D Had a good laugh trying to crawl up it on all fours :P

The surface was so smooth you'd think it was buffed! Look really closely in the middle of the above picture :P

I love this one.

(I'm still working on my photography skills :P )

One of the best weekends ever!

Short 2

Err.

:D

Short 1

So alright.

I've given this blog (and you, whoever you are, you are out there reading this aren't you?) extremely long entries recently.

So what I've decided to do, is give this blog a couple of short entries to do some "damage control".
I honestly doubt anybody actually reads this stuff I'm posting.

I just send all this information out into a big giant void by applying light pressure on the Enter button of my keyboard.

Well, I know my friends and Mother :D read this, and that's cool :)

END.

Familiarity

What do you feel when you're approaching home?

Seeing the tall trees, the shrubs, the road; indicating you're just moments away from comfort and safety.

The same trees and shrubs along the way, the same road taken every other day, all leading to this place you wake up in every morning (almost).

You're lying down across the backseat of the car, or on the reclined passenger seat closing your eyes. If you've been living there long enough, as you enter the neighbourhood, you'd memorize every turn, every bump, even that pesky little pot-hole in the middle of the street, and you'd know where you are without even having to look.

Why don't we ever get bored with that?

It's because we know, when the car stops at the end of our journey, we're home.

And home, is just too comfortable a place to be for us to say that we're bored of it.

Where do you feel like going when being out and about has drained you of your energy?

Where do you want to go after a long day at school or work?

Where do you want to spend a rainy day with a cup of tea to sip while flipping through the pages of a good book?

At home :)

Nefertiti; A Novel

The most amazing book I've ever read. Hands freaking down.

Happiness, hatred, anger, sadness. I felt all of these emotions while reading this first novel of Michelle Moran's. I fell in love with so many characters, they all came alive.

The story is about Nefertiti, one of the most remembered Pharaoh's of ancient Egypt. Most remembered by the bust she had made of herself. The story is told through the eyes of her sister Mutnodjmet or more fondly known as Mutny. Simply put, the story revolves around the reign of Nefertiti and the influence she had over the people of Egypt at the time. How she and her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten had created a new religion and had built a new city from scratch where no other Pharaoh had built before. The city of Amarna.

Here's a link to a review, because I don't really want to spoil it. But my gosh. I can't tell you how good it was to read!

http://novelreviews.blogspot.com/2007/06/michelle-morans-nefertiti-novel.html

These are some pictures of the famous bust that Nefertiti had made of her.

You can see the an eye is missing a pupil and iris; it was never finished.

Below is a picture of Nefertiti's mummy. Her face and chest were smashed when thieves broke into her tomb for the gold, so the story goes.



After discovering the mummy, the experts scanned it and managed to reconstruct the face of the mummy based on its skull. So, this is what Nefertiti might have really looked like:



And these are statues of her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten. He had statues made to specifically depict himself. Others before him had the same kind of pictures and statues just to let everyone know they were Pharaohs, but not Akhenaten, he had his statues made to look like him, with sharper and stronger features. He also made the statues look feminine and masculine, with the face being long, and the hips wide and curvy.

So there you have it. The story of Nefertiti, the self proclaimed reincarnation of the goddess Isis.
Beautifully immortalized for eternity; as she had wished.

JPA Interview Experience and Tips 2

Straight after, the guy interviewer ( there were 2 women and one man by the way) asked us about Medical Negligence. So this time I asked to speak in English because his question was asked in rojak anyway. So, I answered (not so well, I might add) in English. So did the rest. Then they asked the meaning of INTEGRITY. I have never in my entire life, looked up the meaning of that word, and ended up telling them my perspective of it. After which I received the disappointed shake of the head of the interviewer in return. How unexpectedly not so delightful that was. I remained smiling.

They then asked us about how to confirm H1N1, the steps to reduce the spreading of H1N1, what cough etiquette is, what the working hours of a government doctor are, what to do when faced with an emergency situation (in our case it was a woman and two children, bleeding after being involved in a car accident), what attire was used to protect ourselves if we were to be in the A & E department of a hospital, why those protective garments were needed. We were asked for an example of an airborne disease, and finally, why we wanted to go overseas. I think that about sums up the questions they asked us. The thing is, they'll ask you questions to do with the field you've applied for. Like in my interview, 4 applied for medicine including me and 1 for pharmacy. So the questions asked were more associated with medical news. That's how it goes. For example, they see it as, " You want to be a doctor, you have to know about the issues to do with the medical and health care field"; naturally.

So during the interview:

7. Be confident, but don't be all snobbish. If you honestly cannot answer a question, say I don't know. But try your best to avoid that from happening.

8. Sit up straight, and put your hands on your lap. Smile. You can use your hands when you're talking if you feel comfortable.

9. Listen to the questions carefully. Start processing the question the minute the first word of it is uttered. This will prevent from you taking a long time to come up with an answer, you need to be quick on your feet and on your toes. If you need the question to be repeated, don't hesitate to ask, it's better than rambling about something entirely off topic. DO NOT talk without giving anyone else a chance to. Be fair. Yes, you want to show them your leadership and communication skills, but don't overdo it.

10. Bring your own notebook and pen.

11. Wear something smart. Don't go flower power. Go smart and cool. Suave ya know what I mean? Haha. Black is the safest option. Be careful not to blind the interviewers with big earrings (HEHE) or bright colours. Show you're serious about it. Wear covered shoes, I made the mistake of wearing my black crocs, but they looked like leather and no one noticed, so it's alright. You don't HAVE to wear leather shoes. Put it this way, wear something that adults would wear to work. There :)

12. Treat the interview like it's just a 45 minute discussion. The interviewers are there to test you, yes, but the calmer and more confident you are, the better you can articulate your answers and give a good impression. So, just treat it like you're just discussing certain topics with a few people, you'll be A-Okay.

13. Bring some water and try to have some food before you leave home :)

14. BE YOURSELF! :D Give it your best shot.

For our year 2010, the number of scholarships offered to specific countries are as follows:

5 to UK

5 to New Zealand

10 (or so) to Australia

And the rest (the interviewer did not mention how many) are sent to Russia, India or Indonesia.


That's basically it :D Hope you guys with upcoming interviews found this useful.
I'm not saying I did all of the above, and that's probably the reason I'm writing it all out.
I made some mistakes in my interview, the word "some" could be an understatement, but I honestly feel that I did my best.

Sources for all the tips up there:

- Mother and Father. All the good stuff up there's from them.
- Personal experience in the interview room.
- Tips read and remembered from all sorts of forums and blogs on the world wide web, :P


Good luck!
And sorry for the extremely long entry.

Toodles ;)

JPA Interview Experience and Tips 1

Ok, so after my search for the most information on the previous years JPA interviews, only a handful had useful information. So I have decided to write down what it's like and how to conduct yourself when faced with the reality that you are to attend an interview with JPA, so those searching for information, may find what I am about to write as helpful as they need it to be.

This is a REALLY long post. So I'm breaking it down into two parts. JPA Interview Experience and Tips 1 and JPA Interview Experience and Tips 2. Still, both of them are long, so I apologize!

First of all, Congratulations on getting the interview. You're one step closer :)

So here's the deal-io. The moment you find out whether you got called for the interview, make sure you read the letter. The one that you have to download as proof you got called for the interview. READ IT carefully. And please take my advice on this, from that moment on, do the following:

1. Get all the necessary documents ready. Who cares if it's still early. Prepare and be calm. If they say they want documents of your Ibu/Bapa/Penjaga, I advise you to not follow their instructions and print and copy either ONE. I advise you to print and copy ALL. My father go back to Shah Alam from Putrajaya to photostat his IC and birth certificate and then back to Putrajaya again because I had followed the instructions on my letter and photocopied only my mother's IC and birth certificate. So yes, please photostat ALL. Better safe than sorry. Make sure ALL copied documents are certified or "DISAHKAN". A lawyer, your mother/father's head of department. Just so they know that it's not forged :)

2. Read the newspapers. DO NOT take the of-little-importance-to-you news lightly. Chances are if it's related to your field of choice, they'll ask about it. Even if it's the smallest thing, read up on it. You spend too much time reading about the government, you're going to die. Do some research about the field you're interested in, you have to know some advances and breakthroughs. Have some good answers to questions that are expected of them to ask, i.e "Why do you want to be a doctor/engineer/accountant/veterinarian?" or "Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?". Prepare the answers to those questions in BM and English.

3. Take the online test. USE INTERNET EXPLORER. Not Mozilla. It'll freeze and tell you you didn't complete the test in the allocated minutes. Don't worry, it's just a personality test. You'll face some trick questions like whether you'd take an offer to work overseas and so on.

4. Start talking to people again. It's been almost 4 months you haven't been conversing in BM and or English properly. If you have/had a job, then fine, you have been conversing with customers. If not, brush up a little bit because chances are you're a little bit rusty with the vocabulary. I'm not saying you have to read a dictionary day and night. Just make sure you can speak with an uninterrupted-by-stammer flow. I didn't do this. Resulted in a me almost having a gelabah moment in the interview room.

So before I get to the next number on the list, I'll tell you about my experience on the 5th of April, the day of my JPA interview.

I got up at around 5.50am. I left the house at 6.30 am (I live in Shah Alam). My interview was stated on the letter to start at 8 am. So I got to Putrajaya International Convention Center at 7.10 am. 50 minutes early. So I went in, looked for my name that was listed in one of 15 papers each with 25 names on them.

There were 15 panels. 25 people per panel. All panels start at the same time. 5 interviewees per session. So, 5 sessions per panel.

Capiche? :)

I was panel 7. Number 12. But anyway, so we started moving into the sitting area. Each interview lasted about 45 minutes, give or take 10 minutes. So I went in at about 11.20 or so because the interviewers went out for a break at about 10.50 and I came out at 12.15.

5. Okay, so when you're there waiting your turn, make sure you can hear the secretary who's in charge of your panel. Because chances are you won't be able to hear when he/she calls you unless they come to the corridor and shout your name (which one secretary did do). Also, while you're waiting, get to know others around you, it'll calm your nerves if you are encountering those pesky stomach butterflies.

So I was instructed to knock and go in. I greeted the interviewers "Good afternoon" when it was only 11.20. Felt a complete fool, but oh well. Haha. Sat down when we were told to.

6. The first thing they asked us was to introduce ourselves in. She spoke to us in BM, so having read all the pointers I could about the interview beforehand, I answered in BM. But the next guy asked permission to introduce himself in English and the interviewers said they had no problem with it. Might have been a way to test us, but the fact is, they only wanted us to speak in BM when they said " Okay, now answer me in Malay." So that is something to bear in mind.

*CONTINUED IN JPA Interview Experience and Tips 1.

The i-Unexpected

We decided to go to i-City this afternoon. We didn't think of going down to walk around, just planned to drive and have a little look. But when we got there, oh my, it was just beautiful! Definitely difficult to resist not being in the midst of the forest of colourfully illuminated trees. So my father convinced us to go down and walk, and so we did. I took some cool pictures as you can see below. It was really impressive, and so awesome. It's the kind of place you want to take let's say, your foreign friends who come to Malaysia to. Or even friends in general for that matter. It's just a cool place to be, and take lots and lots of pictures. Which, I'm sure, us girls wouldn't mind doing :P Guys too maybe, hehe.

Anyway, I said it before and I'll say it again, it was A W E S O M E :D

The first non blurry picture I took when we first got there.

Everyone was literally going "Wow! Wow!"

- I absolutely love that purple, blue, turquoise-y green and white, Whooh! The red doesn't really do it for me, but it still looks nice, hehe.

- I like this one, it was cool to be able to walk in between the trees.

- I love the striking colours against the dark night sky, really nice bright neon like effect. Sigh :)

First of the Month

First post on Macster :)

I was at the supermarket just now, and on the way back to the car with a trolley load of groceries, I had to cross the road. Naturally, as we all were taught many times when we were wee little lads and lass', I looked right and left to see if it was safe to cross. Not a second later, I felt a bit dumb, because who looks left and right on a one way street?

Maybe it's because it's so, routine. Or the fact that you can never trust Malaysian drivers. Haha. Jokes jokes.

Excuses, excuses :P

Scrump-diddly-umptious.

4 hours in the kitchen,
2 different recipes,
2 slabs of butter,
4 eggs,
3 cups of sugar,
4 cups of flour,
4 teaspoons of vanilla extract,
1 cup of milk,
One 12 mini-cupcake pan,
One 12 cupcake pan,
60 cupcake cases,
A punctured piping bag,
A cup of pistachios
and
A cup of dark chocolate chips later,

And yes, the stand is mine :) And I am in love with its adorable-ness.

Here's to many more awesome cupcakes in the future !

The Idea :)

What a marvelous night it is.

What a fantabulous night it is.

Why, shall we dance?

Beneath this comfortable blanket of stars, twinkling in all their magnificence.

A waltz, a foxtrot even.

Let's just dance.
Allow inhibitions to dance alongside us instead of them dancing within us.

Oh how we'll smile. Oh how we'll laugh.
Imagine the fun we'll say we had.

Lets, shall we?

:)

Words of Wisdom

My mother e-mailed this to me, and it was definitely worth the two minutes it took to read it through.

I Believe....

That just because two people argue,
It doesn't mean they don't love each other.
And just because they don't argue,
It doesn't mean they do love each other.

I Believe...
That we don't have to change friends if
We understand that friends change.

I Believe....
That no matter how good a friend is,
they're going to hurt you every once in a while
and you must forgive them for that.

I Believe...
That true friendship continues to grow,
even over the longest distance.
Same goes for true love.

I Believe...
That you can do something in an instant
That will give you heartache for life.

I Believe....
That it's taking me a long time
To become the person I want to be.

I Believe...
That you should always leave loved ones with
Loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I Believe....
That you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I Believe....
That we are responsible for what
We do, no matter how we feel.

I Believe...
That either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I Believe...
That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs
to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I Believe.....
That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I Believe....
That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down
will be the ones to help you get back up.

I Believe...
That sometimes when I'm angry
I have the right to be angry,
But that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I Believe....
That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had
And what you've learned from them and less to do with how many
birthdays you've celebrated.

I Believe....
That it isn't always enough,
to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I Believe...
That no matter how bad your heart is broken
the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I Believe....
That our background and circumstances
may have influenced who we are,
But, we are responsible for who we become.

I Believe...
That you shouldn't be so eager to find
Out a secret. It could change your life Forever.

I Believe....
Two people can look at the exact same
Thing and see something totally different.

I Believe...
That your life can be changed in a matter of
Hours by people who don't even know you.

I Believe.....
That even when you think you have no more to give,
When a friend cries out to you -
you will find the strength to help.

I Believe...
That credentials on the wall
do not make you a decent human being.

I Believe...
That the people you care about most in life
are taken from you too soon.

'The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;
They just make the most of everything they have.'

Program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor

Day III

Still, today, not much.
Visited Pembedahan Am department.
Got the same old talk from the surgeon there.
How long houseman-ship is, how long med school is.
Wish they talked more about their daily schedule as a doctor in their respective fields.
Anyway, he was funny though, so it was alright :)

We just saw some patients lying in bed in the surgical ward. Got another speech from a houseman. She was very direct, and truthful, and I liked her. She told us all about what being a houseman is about, but that time, even after hearing it so many times from different housemen that I didn't want to listen to, I believed her. I heard her, and I believed and respected her, for some reason. I don't know. Another houseman was nice, she said, it's satisfying, and if you enjoy helping others and being there for them and making the better, she recommends the profession for you if not, then don't.

So that was the program. It was good, had a good view into the lives of doctors in different departments, as small as the view was, we got a general idea I think.

All in all, it was a great experience and I won't forget it, and I'm grateful for the fact that I got to see what I was getting myself into before actually putting one foot in the door, unlike those before me.

Sorry there aren't any pictures, most of the time we weren't allowed to take any so yeah, didn't bother taking anything at all. Hope my memory served me, and you, well :)

Adios ;)

Program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor

Day II

Today was Outpatient Clinic, ED, and Orthopedics day.

All were pretty much the same. Tours with information.

The outpatient clinic was cool. We saw doctor's diagnosing patients, and there's a diabetic footcare clinic there too. A person had to amputate half of the left foot including 4 toes. And we saw how the doctor took care of it. That was basically it.

The ER was just a tour with some info. Nothing much. The critical zone was quiet. Not many people were there.

The orthopedics was alright. Got a tour, went to see some patients in the wards. Then talked to some houseman's. One in particular was really good. Liked the way he explained what a houseman's life is all about. It's hard, but if you manage time well, it's alright. There was a houseman who's pregnant. Showed us you can have a life, despite all the things you hear.

Till tomorrow.

-K-

Program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor

Day I

It started at around 9 am and finished at 4 pm.

We were all divided into 6 groups, I'm in Group 5.
So awesomely, the first thing on Group 5's agenda, was to visit the forensic ward.
Boy was that visit UNFORGETTABLE.

We went into the autopsy room after getting a tour around the place, and they were performing a postmortem on a 2 year old boy. We just saw them finish up though, they were stitching the boy's abdomen. He died a sudden death that boy. It was sad, to think about his parents and family, but other than that, I didn't feel much queasiness or nauseous or anything like that. After that, we went to a meeting room to look at a slide show about forensic science, and forensic cases the hospital covered. One case was a person who fell off a building. I am completely serious here, that person's brain and head looked like it had exploded, berkecai. There were shreds of flesh hanging from the top of what used to be a perfectly formed head. And, to top that off, the person's face split into two, right down the middle. No joke. They showed us what they use to cut the skulll, its a big drill basically. Though it has this vacuum technology to suck all the blood that comes out. They showed us some pictures of exhumation where the body had begun to decompose. All sorts of things, alcoholics, people who got hit by trains, and also those who had TB. So after the slide show, we went back to the autopsy room and they were performing a postmortem on a 22 year old lady who died of postpartum complications. That time we all saw them looking at the woman's insides. They cut her brain as well (sort of slices), to see whether there was any violence involved in her death, to search for impact points of blows to the head if any. And the forensic specialist showed us the woman's medulla oblongata. It's really not that big ;P

After that, we went to the obstetrics and gynecology department. Nothing much there, no live viewing of anything. They just showed us where the clinics are, and we saw some pregnant women, and we saw a newborn baby, very amazing :)

So it was a balanced day for all of us.

Death in the morning, Life in the afternoon.

That's a day of exposure alright.

- -

Bye bye comfort zone.

Preparing to say hello to a whole new world, is scary.

And that is exactly why

I


am


scared.

It still isn't comforting.

Got my P today :)
Well, I passed the test, :D

As the title says, it still isn't comforting.
I thought, maybe after this test, I'd be less, I don't know how to describe it.
Let's just put it this way, I thought I'd be less bothered.

Bothered about, thinking about my future. Haha, honestly I have no intention of being dramatic here. It's the " What's to become of me?" sort of feeling.

Medicine has already put its spell on me; lured me in like a siren does sailors.

I'd be moonstruck if Medicine was a man.

HAHA.

What a way to put into words what career path you have chosen for yourself. Weird. Leave that department to me, "Being Weird". I'm terribly good at it, believe me.

Speaking of career paths chosen for yourself, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to walk that path. I guess I'm ready for that. But by ready, I mean, I'm ready for me not being able to do it overseas. I still want Medicine. Haha, I'm moonstruck, remember? :P

But seriously now, if, I don't get to do what I want to, for some strongly persistent reason, then, I'm going to have to think and think fast, because I have no idea what would be better than Medicine at this point. I was contemplating Geo-science, but after giving it MUCH MUCH thought, Medicine still won. My heart is just set on it. I don't care what people say about it being hard, or the fact that you'll be putting yourself under a lot of stress. All I'm thinking about is that gratification, when I've finally become Dr.. I know I'll feel good about myself. And I think that's all that matters. Realizing your dreams, one step at a time, and enjoy the fruits of your labour when you've reached that goal :)

Even if I don't do medicine, finding a substitute will be hard, I will not fib. But, once I find it, I'm going to do the best that I possibly can to make me proud of myself. And of course, my parents. I'm probably going to be a bit embarrassed if I don't do medicine after this, but hey, if I can't then I can't.

So, I'm just going to have to work with what I get.