All these years people generally feel very positive about my academic results , I myself am satisfied with it of course .... but here at NTU things have changed ....
Let's take an example . The recent Biochemistry mid-term exam was so so so tough .... really squeezed every single drop of brain matter out of my head and I felt good with the paper because I managed to finish all the questions ( tembak here and there of course ) .... my results are ok ... but wait until you heat this :
" 3 students scored 100% and about 40 scored over 90% "
I was like so stunned when I heard that .... What ???!!! 100% ???!!! 3 PEOPLE SOMEMORE !!! The total number of students in the class is only 200+ ..... there are about 25% of freaking smart geniuses all around the lecture theatre .... And I thought I was good at Biochemistry ...
It feels terrible .... do any of you actually felt this way before ??? This is my first time and I am trying to cope with it .
Well .... don't worry , I won't do anything stupid ... I realized to compete with these geniuses are really useless .... I decided to just try my best ( at least must try to maintain the scholarship ... ) and try to hang out with the more " ordinary " people ....
Well , what am I doing ??? Study study study .... haha ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Embarrassed ....
I had the most embarrassing experience today ...
After my volleyball training at about 10pm , I headed back to my room and found out I forgot to bring the key and Joonas was apparently out ....of all the times I actually remember to bring the key , it has to be today whereby I forget and he 'gam ngam' went out ....I was sweaty , smelly , tired ... anything you can call after 3 hours of practice ...
Since I wasn't very close to my neighbours , I went downstairs to ask my friend ( who lives right a floor below me ) for help . She was kind enough to invite me in but judging from the pungent smell from my body , I would rather wait outside her room ....
I went to the security guard and he said I have to get the key from the security office ... which was located miles away ... I was too exhausted to move another step , let alone making it all the way to the office . This left me with the last option : to wait for him to come back .....btw , I left my handphone in the room also and no one I knew had his handphone number .... such bad luck ...
So I borrowed my friend's towel , shirt , sandals , shampoo and soap to bathe .... Of course I have to use back the same pants .... And here I am .... writing a post in the computer room .... some people are using the music room for group discussion ... for goodness sake , use the lounge ( which isn't air-conditioned ) ....
I have no idea why my luck can get so bad .... as if SOMEONE is purposely planning this .... haih ....die la ... no revision today ...lol .... and now I owe my friend a big favour ... lol
After my volleyball training at about 10pm , I headed back to my room and found out I forgot to bring the key and Joonas was apparently out ....of all the times I actually remember to bring the key , it has to be today whereby I forget and he 'gam ngam' went out ....I was sweaty , smelly , tired ... anything you can call after 3 hours of practice ...
Since I wasn't very close to my neighbours , I went downstairs to ask my friend ( who lives right a floor below me ) for help . She was kind enough to invite me in but judging from the pungent smell from my body , I would rather wait outside her room ....
I went to the security guard and he said I have to get the key from the security office ... which was located miles away ... I was too exhausted to move another step , let alone making it all the way to the office . This left me with the last option : to wait for him to come back .....btw , I left my handphone in the room also and no one I knew had his handphone number .... such bad luck ...
So I borrowed my friend's towel , shirt , sandals , shampoo and soap to bathe .... Of course I have to use back the same pants .... And here I am .... writing a post in the computer room .... some people are using the music room for group discussion ... for goodness sake , use the lounge ( which isn't air-conditioned ) ....
I have no idea why my luck can get so bad .... as if SOMEONE is purposely planning this .... haih ....die la ... no revision today ...lol .... and now I owe my friend a big favour ... lol
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Cooking ....
Last Sunday evening a few of my friends and I decided to cook Tomyam in Hall 5 .... but it didn't work out .... it turned out that the tomyam paste she bought was for chicken and we only had pork .... so we decided to cook normal chinese meal instead ...
There was a lot work to be done , but we managed to prepare everything within an hour .... ( there were 4 pairs of hands ok ... ) . The menu was as follow :
1 . Rice
2. Fried kangkung ( chinese style )
3. Fried carrot ( don't know what style .... first time trying )
4. Sausage and tomato paste ( from fresh tomato )
5. Fried egg with onion and chinese sausgae aka 腊肠
6. Marinated pork ( cooked using the oven )
7. Watermelon
8. Fruit yogurt ( with kiwi , mango and orange )
Wa .... seems a lot right ??? but we finished everything .... gained like 2 pounds .... but believe it or not ... each of us only paid SGD1 !!!! .... Cuz most of the things was bought from Malaysia .... it was a great experience ....
I was actually planning to try on cooking green bean 糖水 but I was too lazy that day ... I may try it this weekend ....
I guess this will be my routine every Sunday considering there is no canteen in my hall .... Cooking in is the only way to prevent me from dying from starvation ...
There was a lot work to be done , but we managed to prepare everything within an hour .... ( there were 4 pairs of hands ok ... ) . The menu was as follow :
1 . Rice
2. Fried kangkung ( chinese style )
3. Fried carrot ( don't know what style .... first time trying )
4. Sausage and tomato paste ( from fresh tomato )
5. Fried egg with onion and chinese sausgae aka 腊肠
6. Marinated pork ( cooked using the oven )
7. Watermelon
8. Fruit yogurt ( with kiwi , mango and orange )
Wa .... seems a lot right ??? but we finished everything .... gained like 2 pounds .... but believe it or not ... each of us only paid SGD1 !!!! .... Cuz most of the things was bought from Malaysia .... it was a great experience ....
I was actually planning to try on cooking green bean 糖水 but I was too lazy that day ... I may try it this weekend ....
I guess this will be my routine every Sunday considering there is no canteen in my hall .... Cooking in is the only way to prevent me from dying from starvation ...
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Relief ...
There was a misunderstanding between my neighbour downstairs and I 2 days ago .... but thank goodness it was settled yesterday ....
Ok . Now I can focus on my studies already .... have a 3.5 to maintain .... no matter what , I am glad it was put behind us ..... lesson learnt .... probably won't repeat the mistake for a long long time .... lol
Ok . Now I can focus on my studies already .... have a 3.5 to maintain .... no matter what , I am glad it was put behind us ..... lesson learnt .... probably won't repeat the mistake for a long long time .... lol
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
I think I was possessed ...
Don't be terrified by the title .... this was what happened ...
Just now while I was playing computer games , I heard a knock at the door ( my roommate was out ) . There was a guy standing in front of me ...
" Do you have a minute ?"
" What is this about ? "
" Well , our hall 7 jam band is currently raising fund to buy new musical instruments . We had to borrow from other halls in the past . Would you like to make a contribution ? A dollar or 2 will help ... "
......Pause .....
It was really awkward ... normally I would just say " NOT INTERESTED " and slam the door .... well , not slamming the door... so rude .... furthermore it was for jam band ... like Christian jam band ..... Every common sense in the world would have done this .... but I didn't know why .... I just went and took out 2dollars and gave it to him ....
OMG .... I feel so stupid now .... All the tasteless meals and bread was all for nothing .... I think I should go for an exorcism ... haha .... even though I don't believe in it .... Bad luck I guess ...
Just now while I was playing computer games , I heard a knock at the door ( my roommate was out ) . There was a guy standing in front of me ...
" Do you have a minute ?"
" What is this about ? "
" Well , our hall 7 jam band is currently raising fund to buy new musical instruments . We had to borrow from other halls in the past . Would you like to make a contribution ? A dollar or 2 will help ... "
......Pause .....
It was really awkward ... normally I would just say " NOT INTERESTED " and slam the door .... well , not slamming the door... so rude .... furthermore it was for jam band ... like Christian jam band ..... Every common sense in the world would have done this .... but I didn't know why .... I just went and took out 2dollars and gave it to him ....
OMG .... I feel so stupid now .... All the tasteless meals and bread was all for nothing .... I think I should go for an exorcism ... haha .... even though I don't believe in it .... Bad luck I guess ...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Never eat Chapati in Singapore
Yeserday morning Wei Han and I arrived at Tanjung Pagar KTM station in Singapore and decided to have our breakfast there at an Indian hawker centre ...
Roti Prata ( aka Roti Canai ) was sold there . Roti Kosong was sold at SGD1.00 = RM2.45 ... SO EXPENSIVE !!! Then I saw Chapati at the next stall , only SGD0.50 = RM1.225 .... Still expensice but that was the cheapest food I could get . So I ordered it .
When the waitress came . She asked for SGD3.50 !!! What ?!
" 2 chapatis is SGD1 , and the mutton gravy is SGD2.50 .... "
Omg ... since when gravy is charged seperately ??? Even Wei Han who bought a Roti Telur and tea was cheaper than mine .... not to mention that there was hardly a visible piece of mutton ... all chopped to such small pieces ... I can't take spicy food some more ....
Thinking back how I used to eat so well in Malaysia ... RM40 for sushi ONLY .... dined in at Italiannist ..... SEAFOOD ............ now even Roti Canai I have to calculate first .... I hope W** H** reads this ... next time can belanja me dinner .... lol
Roti Prata ( aka Roti Canai ) was sold there . Roti Kosong was sold at SGD1.00 = RM2.45 ... SO EXPENSIVE !!! Then I saw Chapati at the next stall , only SGD0.50 = RM1.225 .... Still expensice but that was the cheapest food I could get . So I ordered it .
When the waitress came . She asked for SGD3.50 !!! What ?!
" 2 chapatis is SGD1 , and the mutton gravy is SGD2.50 .... "
Omg ... since when gravy is charged seperately ??? Even Wei Han who bought a Roti Telur and tea was cheaper than mine .... not to mention that there was hardly a visible piece of mutton ... all chopped to such small pieces ... I can't take spicy food some more ....
Thinking back how I used to eat so well in Malaysia ... RM40 for sushi ONLY .... dined in at Italiannist ..... SEAFOOD ............ now even Roti Canai I have to calculate first .... I hope W** H** reads this ... next time can belanja me dinner .... lol
Friday, October 2, 2009
One week break
This blog is officially quite outdated ... looking back was like one day sure got 1 post .. haih ...hangat-hangat tahi ayam ....
Anyway , I am having a week of semester break and it's ending tomorrow .... I think Malaysia is the opposite of Singapore .... A place to gain weight , a place to get tan .... a place of super NICE FOOD !!! .... gosh , believe it or not I actually had a list of must-eats before I came back to Malaysia and I managed to complete the list yesterday at Italiannist ...
Ok ... good things have to come to an end . Going back to NTU tonight .... On the bright side , I get to lose weight again ....
Anyway , I am having a week of semester break and it's ending tomorrow .... I think Malaysia is the opposite of Singapore .... A place to gain weight , a place to get tan .... a place of super NICE FOOD !!! .... gosh , believe it or not I actually had a list of must-eats before I came back to Malaysia and I managed to complete the list yesterday at Italiannist ...
Ok ... good things have to come to an end . Going back to NTU tonight .... On the bright side , I get to lose weight again ....
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