Star Education Fund

i skipped a total of 3 classes today. 1 lecture and 2 tutorials.

and i actually regret that i skipped the lecture. i was in Menara Star listening to some Ah Beng telling me about self confidence and goal attainment. and i tried befriending 2 fellas i was sitting next to. the girl's cool. but the guy's a freaking poser...

speaker: ok i want u all make new commitment for this year, ah,ok?
me: commitment...hmmm... *scribbles on paper* do 21km under 2 hours 5 minutes
him: *peeping over my shoulder* why not 42 km? i did a 42 km. The KL International marathon. I did within....
me: *quickly looking at the girl* so what are your commitments?

gawd if there's anything i hate most it's talking big! what more coming from a stranger.

after the seminar, we had the award presentation in Eastin Hotel, which is directly next door to Menara Star. As usual, VIP was like an hour late, so in our free time, i do what i do best! *bec, this is even more bimbotic than ures k* Camwhore!!

This is Hui Lynn, she's the other Star scholar of Metro. She's doing RMIT though. Only 2 of us for the whole of Metro. So at the end of the award presentation, every college/institute/university get to have a photography session. and Metro only had 2 people while others have like15-20. there were a couple with only 1 scholar la...

there seems to be a heat wave going on...equinox coming...September 23rd! hehe check out my Geography knowledge man! last touched in form3! haha..i'm afraid that about all i can remember la. that and the occasional Geography lessons i get from my mum randomly at home.

ok...can't take the heat no more...my room's air con is out...now bunking in with little Keith. g'nite!

two down!

yes~! i have finally conquered my management assignment! i'm now such a know-it-all when it comes to Ukraine. Hit me with a question! Legal, political, social, economical, cultural...u name it! muahahahaha!!!

2 individual assignments down, 2 more to go! of course there are also the group assignments but those require powerpoint which i'm pretty familiar with.

i'm left with less than 3 months till i finish Semester 2. how cool is that!?

it looked like my race report was quite a hit. haha this is actually the first time i wrote such a detailed race report. i usually don't bother. but this race had left me smiling from ear to ear throughout the entire day.

tomorrow i'll be helping out with Metro's Cheer Squad. I have no idea how they're gonna come up with a routine in less than a month with members that have zero cheerleading/dancing experience. but training under Mrs Khaw have taught me that no time period is too short! ah...miss the days where she'd drill us for 3 days before the competition. yet we never fail to emerge as champs with a killer routine! that's Mrs Khaw for you! Kudos!

i have always been a procrastinator. which i don't quite understand why considering my parents are both systematic organized robots. i don't really remember how i was brought up during my primary school days, but watching how my mother trains Keith to finish his homework the moment he reaches home kinda puzzles me. i bet i was trained in the same fashion. i'm sure as hell my big brother was.

unless...i was a procrastinator since young! haha...perhaps my mum thought i was done with all my homework, when i actually wasn't? and i'd slave over them till late night to finish them without her knowledge? hahaha i dunno...

all i can say is i have always been one for as long as i can remember. but procrastinate or not, i never fail to do my work. i'd go on consecutive sleepless nights if i have to. when the work is due, it'll be handed in on time....

time for bed...which is a surprisingly early time for the night before an assignment is due! 10 points for being less of a procrastinator goes to me! :)

Adidas King of the Road

so the melodious tune of Simpsons from my handphone ripped through the silence at 5.30am this morning. funny how i felt as though i was already semi conscious at that point. i felt pretty much awake despite the fact that i slept after 1 am last night. yet i felt obliged to stay in bed for another 5 minutes, just for the warmth of my blanket's sake.

breakfast is always a chore to me when i have a run. i'm personally not a breakfast person. i usually attend college on an empty stomach and ikat perut till lunch break. but i need the energy during runs, so i often force myself to down a powerbar or some biscuits or bread. however the particular powerbar i found this morning has expired...hehe...so i figured i'd take it after the race as not to risk spoiling my tummy. didn't want to waste it...Uncle Toby's was pretty satisfying...i had 2 bars of it.

skipping to the race. i honestly thought i did not do so well. 7 minutes into the race i was kinda panting despite the fact that i warmed up a good 15 minutes before race start. there was an old man who was huffing and puffing so loudly that i feared he might just collapse in front of me any second. i silently prayed he hung on till i was at least 100 m ahead of him. but i was slow this morning. my own heart seemed to ache if i tried to push myself harder. i ended up trailing behind Mr Huff'n'Puff. after about 18 minutes into the race, only then did my pulse seem to slow a little. i felt a bit lighter and was able to go a bit faster. time to take down Mr Huff'n'Puff. i have to say, it took me a while. it was as thought Mr Huff'n'Puff was out to kill himself for this race! haha

the route was the exact same one as last year. yet i don't recall doing so many uphills! i swear it felt like the hills grew higher over the year. like one big hill disintegrated into many little hills and i had to take them on one by one. i was darn tired. once again i felt like i was doing below par. what the hell's wrong with me? i resigned to the fact that my timing would be a little off this time.

i think that my hero, or rather my spirit, came in the form of a middle aged Indian man, whom i can only identify as C331. haha...all he did was say to me "you're doing well, keep it up!" and i felt somewhat rejuvenated. That little gesture of his gave me a little boost of energy and my determination back. i was ready to do some PB!

feeling like i owed it to him, i decided to spread the good will. the next walking person i overtook, i told him "hey keep it up!". The guy looked a lot like kevin teoh from behind. except that he was far more skinny and frail. nontheless, he has a unique pan-asian look. i heard him trotting up next to me the moment i overtook him. next thing i knew he was ahead of me by about 30 m. note to self: give encouragement without expecting to beat the guy or u'll end up feeling challenged.

throughout the race, kevin-teoh-clone stopped several times, only resuming his run when little ol' me come zooming by. typical!

oh before i forget, right before i hit the hills, 2 women from my category overtook me out of nowehere. one was in a tight Nike Drifit running suit and the other wore a Songkhla International Marathon vest. i thought to myself that chances of taking down Ms Nike would be higher. Ms Songkhla seemed tough! hehe what did i know....when the hills came, Ms Nike was right ahead of me while Ms Songkhla lagged behind. I was utterly jealous of Ms Nike, coz not only did she just beat me, she looked good doing it too! she had the figure to die for i'm telling you. grrr....

it only took a couple of minutes before i saw Ms Nike for the last time as she vanished from my sight. Ms Songkhla was gaining on me and when we hit the downhills, she sped off ahead of me. To chase or not to chase? hehe...nahhh....she remained in sight for a good 3 km or so though. Towards the finishing she beat me to it.

i sprinted to the finish line like i always do, for the thrill of it. in other words, syok sendiri. nobody was in front nor behind me that would give me a run for my position. i reached the officer. i press Stop on my watch. to my pleasant surprise i saw:

this for 10.7km! hahah...the official gave me card...24th place! whoopee! collect medal!! Isaiah was already done. Got me a Sprite Ice. *Thanks buddy!* Waited around for my dad. Met loads of people.

Oh...then Kevin-teoh-clone came up to me with a friend. Hand outstretched he said "Thanks for your encouragement just now". *smiles* He does resemble Kevin quite a lot. Introduction. His name's Fendi, his friend's Neil, both studying in Sunway College. hehe...now you know why i keep joining runs? it's a social event! u meet new people everytime!

Before leaving, we got someone to take a pic of us. Found out that he was Mr Loh, former teacher of SMKSJ, also husband of Mdm Teh (gimrama coach). Small small world i tell you...

still struggling with my Ukraine business. sigh...why can't i run forever....

ukraine

The territory of Ukraine is mostly a level, treeless plain, called "steppe". There are the Crimean Mountains in the Crimean peninsula and the Carpathians in the west, but they are not very high. Mixed forests of pine and fir-trees, beeches, limes, oaks and elms cover the mountains, but the thickest woods can still be found in the northern part of the republic, in Volyn. Kiev and Cherkassy lie in the midst of Ukrainian southernmost pine forest....[read more]

yup...i've been working on my Management assignment...i am to be a manager of a global manufacturing company, intending to expand my business into Ukraine. Before i proceed, i must first research on the demoraphics of the place to analyse the feasibility of my business...

no i am not enjoying it...though i'd like to go to Ukraine one day...the nothern part where there are thick woods....

i hate assignments whereby citation and Harvard referencing is needed. Even worse is if a minimum number of citations is required, and a variety of them is crucial. dumb uni assignments.

i just found out today that i'm in the CSO sub committee. and that i'm entitled to a free movie screening of Creep on Tuesday. haha...u attend one orientation night and the next thing you know you're a part of everything...that's how under-staffed Metro societies and clubs are....

u noe, being a runner, i myself am shocked to realise how freakin lazy i can be. the sky was a clear blue today at 6 pm but i chose to continue my 2-hour nap when my class this morning started at 1.15 pm and i slept at 1 am last night and woke up at 11 this morning. grr...i'm so disappointed with myself for not going to the lake today....i'm such a pig...

owell, least adidas KOTR is this sunday! and so the running begins! i've done 12 km so far this week. after sunday i'd have 24 km covered this week. which is great since that's already more than a half marathon. apparently, if i'm training for a certain distance, i have to cover that total amount of distance within a week's training in as many splits as i want. for example if i wanna do a 10km run, i'll have to do maybe 5 times of 2kms within a week, or 2 times of 5km, whichever suits me best.

alrite...i'm following daddy to FTAAA tomorrow to collect my number bib...yayy!!

sway with me~!

i should take up latin...i need a partner...someone be my partner!!*pleading eyes*

it has been so long since i last saw my mum getting ready for school, my dad getting ready for work and little keith tearing himself out of bed for school. i do wake up early sometimes, for runs, but that's usually on sundays.

i think that even if i wasn't the one with falling tears, even if i wasn't the one who's in the relationship, today's farewell was rather touching.

it could be that Ju's my best friend and i hate not being able to do anything to make things better...

it could be that the entire Kung Lims were there...Grandpa Kung Lim was such a jolly fella...and little Siew Jin was just adorable...

or it could be that i have made a rather dear friend in Siew Ghee himself...

but i did feel it today...nonetheless...i'm so happy he is able to explore a whole new world, starting today....

enjoy yourself siew ghee! best wishes!

separations

sometimes i wonder if i'll cry when it really happens to me. i know i didn't cry when my kor left for Perth. i didn't cry when any of my friends left for their respective further education destinations. it wasn't that i didn't feel it. my tears just didn't threaten to fall.

maybe it's coz to me they're in for something really exciting. and it's more of a happy thing rather than a sad one. and i feel thrilled for them. i know i would be if i were to be in their shoes.

i could just imagine myself, jumping up and down in KLIA. i wouldn't be sitting down that's for sure. i'd be so darn hyper. i'd be jittery and excited. my adrenaline is gonna rocket sky high. i'd just be elated. and my family's gonna be there. my grandparents will be too. and my friends. Julie and Shirlyn. they'll be there. i don't know if they'd cry but i know i won't. sure i'd feel a little nostalgic and all. but that's about it. My mum probably won't cry, let alone my brother and dad. My porpor might tho, but my yehyeh won't. i'd be racking my brains if i had forget anything. my heart will be racing, thinking of my whole new life that's gonna unfold in front of my eyes. how can u cry when all this is happening??

to me, there's still the internet and the phone to stay in touch with. i mean, i know it's not the same and all, but i sure as hell know my mum would expect me to call every Sunday. and i'd probably see Ju online like everyday. same goes to all my fellow streamyx friends.

honestly, if i ever go abroad, i'd call home less frequently if i have a choice. i'll be online as often, but probably won't chat too much. i mean, that's the whole purpose of leaving home rite? to be on my own, to experience a whole new world, and bring them all home in the form of pictures, souvenirs, and stories.

i don't have a boyfriend so i wouldn't know how living-a-day-without-him would be like. that's everyday for me. but something tells me even if i did, and he left...i still won't cry. reasons explained above. i'd be too thrilled for him.

when Shirlyn leaves for Glasgow then i'll testify. she's one of my closest friends. Her leaving would definitely have an impact on me. if i didn't cry when she leaves, then i'd probably won't cry if my boyfriend-to-be leaves.

i'm not saying it's bad. i think it's good. i used to think what the hell was wrong with me when i was the only one not crying during the church camp i attended years ago. seriously, everyone in the room were sobbing and i just didn't get it! guys...girls...adults...kids...it was like a sobbing fiesta! but nope...i had to be that one person who's shoulder was everyone's to cry on.

so please tell me i'm not the only one with a heart of stone....

Siew Ghee is going to Canada in about 8 hours. Good luck to him! Guan Lim just told me he was leaving too, to Hong Kong. All the best! Kenny is leaving soon to UK. Bon voyage! anybody else???

Merdeka day celebration at Metro. i think the guy on the far right in white is quite a hunk btw ;)