Hmm.. Why Not Department Stores?

Why not department stores?

Well, at first I thought the whole department store thing was too big for me... there's so many small shops around each selling different things, or offering different services... why go to such big stores?

I was having a really hard time trying to adjust my time to the working hours of the small shops... most of them requires me to stay from ten till ten or for four hours at night... The last thing that I want to do is to work at night when all my family members are at home relaxing... furthermore, what am I supposed to do during daytime?

Initially just for information I asked one of the department stores about the working hours and the pay and things like that...(apparently for Jusco, there is only one session when the interview takes place: 3 till 6 in the evening, not like anytime....) Actually the pay was like normal stores, but the working hours can be from 9.30am till 5.30pm for morning shift...

Actually wanted to start work asap but then because of CNY (I asked to take leave but was not allowed because too late notice...). So, she asked me to work after CNY... booked a place, but now with the class visit on the working I will try to get 16th holiday... which is kinda weird. Look: Tomorrow, I am applying for leave on 16th when I only start work on 11th...haha! Wonder how they will deal with this kind of application...

Sunway Lagoon Interview Process

Let's get straight to the point...

Actually one of the jobs that I considered before was Sunway Lagoon Theme Park (SLTP)... why? The other shops so far that I have asked ALL needs me to stay back at night during weekdays or weekends... Hey come on, that is the only time where I can spend my quality time with my family... (And not forgetting, I can't really spend much time with my family when I enter university later... so got to appreciated the time that I have with them now...)

SLTP opens from 11 till 6 on weekdays except Tuesday when it is closed. On weekends it opens one hour earlier. Bingo! No working at night.... furthermore I can work in such a happy merry kinda atmosphere... with family with kids... got to be a fun experience I thought...

Wanted to go to the office on a Thursday afternoon, but was told by the security guard there that the office will only conduct interviews on Monday (he told me that there IS, in fact, vacancy in Sunway Lagoon.). So, on that day arrived there at ten o'clock. I was ushered in to the main office which was surprisingly, situated in the middle of the theme park... like nowhere actually... haha! Went straight to the counter and the lady told me there weren't really any fields of work that I can choose... it is either.... if I can remember... customer service... lifeguard... zookeeper... that kind of stuff...

She said that they need lifeguard... asked if I can swim... I said I can... the woman told me to see this guy for test... the result... haha, don't ask me how I fared...

So this one I failed, went for customer service interview... was asked to wait for this man... but ended waiting for like almost 20 minutes before he was available for us. We were told to go in in groups of three. So, I went in with two guys who just finished their SPM. The man went straight down into business (obviously...)....

"Don't think this job is easy ah... just sitting there and collect money and issue tickets... you need to attend to the customers' needs... you need to check bags... "

Actually the job was supposed to look simple but then he explained to us so seriously as though it is like a job that thousands would want to have but not everyone is qualified for it...

"Okay, I will inform you all at a later date..."

Then we shook hands with the man and went out of his office room. It was a weird feeling....and I was thinking when I gave my pass to the security guard, collect my MyKad and walked out of the gate:

"Okay, so got to keep looking for jobs....again...."

Photos Photos Photos

Since I am sooooo freeeee at the moment, I thought I will post some pics... it has been so long... Afraid that I might forget how to do so if I don't do it often...

Here we go...

My family and I on holiday in Cameron Highlands in December. Picture taken on a hill on top of a Boh Tea Garden situated between Ringlet and Tanah Rata towns. Very nice view up there... got to climb up there and witness it yourself...

My family and I at a beach in Port Dickson.

My family and I at the living room with our Christmas tree... and some of my siblings' soft toys...haha...

My family having a barbecue at our house front yard on New Year's Eve... went out to watch fireworks display after that... so nice!!

Aih... now school started... wonder when can we do these things again in the future...

Any job?

Any job suitable for my consideration? Any job recommendation?

This is very odd... there's so many stores inside Sunway Pyramid but yet I couldn't get a job that 'suits my taste'... (okay la, I know I am choosy...)

Maybe it was middle of the month and the jobs are all snapped up.. maybe in the beginning of February there's people who are leaving and then I can take over...

No transportation (unless in PJ area... my mom will fetch my younger siblings to school in the morning and after school... that way I can come down at those times...)

If there's vacancies in school the better... haha...

'The vacancy was already filled.... FOUR HOURS AGO!!!!'

FOUR HOURS...

FOUR HOURS ONLY!!!!

Aiyoo!!! That's how late I am in getting the last position available... (and I did not even know that it's the last vacancy available...) Actually I could have been earlier but then... anyway, here's the story...

I actually arrived Chen Moh about 4 something on Wednesday (the vacancy I am applying for is a temporary teacher... btw...). I was asked to look for this teacher.. The teacher was saying... I forgot already but she was kinda saying 'I don't think we need more teachers already... we have enough...' something like that lah...

She took down my number... and told me that she will call when there's a job. Then she told me to pass up the form that was earlier given to me TOMORROW to the front desk.... (didn't really take serious note of it...)

Then I left. On Friday I came back to the school to pass in the form to the counter. (In the meantime I walked around Sunway Pyramid to look for jobs...) The person at the counter then told me that she was waiting for me... and that someone came to pass it to her!! I was directed to see a Senior Assistant who told me that the job vacancy was filled....

FOUR HOURS AGO!!!

Ayaya.... four hours only... should have just... four hours late...

ARGH!

Not that it is so very important... actually they told me to look for other schools which are although near but not where I can easily get to...

Some miscommunication there I guess...

Wrong on my part...

Suddenly wanted this teacher's job so badly...

Anyway, life moves on...

If any of the schools need someone to step in... I am available... as of right now...

Not going to find job until February... waiting for those January people to 'step down' and for me to replace them...

I know it's only a couple of months... five months but... I really want to make it memorable instead of just... filling in the time... (Actually that's what I thought about initially...)

TEACHING????!!!!

Teaching??!!

That's like the last thing that I want to do after finishing STPM...

But then later found out that a lot of ppl actually are teaching in primary school...

Went to get one form from a primary school in PJ Old Town the other day... The teacher told me that there's no vacancy at the moment but gave me a piece of paper... shocked in the beginning when I saw that I need to give one month's notice before quitting... but then, I should have known about it... it's not like I can just throw everything aside at the second that I say I want to quit right?

Thinking about the ppl who I know are currently teaching... the way I am... I am not like them! They really suits to be great teachers in the future... not like me who is so intimidated by the students when I saw them again in school the other day... They are so outgoing and... I can't be like them... no matter how hard i try...

I can't remember how do my teachers back in primary school taught me... I don't think my classmates can still recall too.. but then some of their relatives, may it be their parents or older siblings may have taught primary school before... that's why they know what to expect... I can only imagine through reading the blogs... (Thank goodness there are things called blogs...)

Orientation Week (3rd Day) - Ice-Breaking and Tele-Match

This is the most interesting event which I have looked forward to for the past.... wait, I only found myself interested in joining it the day before... haha!

It was what they called 'Ice-Breaking and Tele-Match'. (shoot, forgot where I put my programme book for that day... if I have it now I would have scanned it and put it on the net...) Anyway, arrived there early and registered. I was given a name card with a string which I can hang it over my neck... (after typing that line I went to hunt for this name card also, thinking I should keep it as a rememberance... nowhere to be found.... :(

While waiting for the crew to call us, I had a few chats with some new students that I have just knew in campus... looks like everyone was really in the mood to get to know new people... The students were really from all around Malaysia... I met two from Johor, a few locals, one from Sarawak...

It was not long before we were told to put our bags in a room and then gather at the car park. First it was the speeches by the chairman, the chairperson, a staff from the DSA (Department of Student Affairs)... and then some short briefing by the committee members of the event...

The next event was morning warm-up exercises... you know la... the aerobic stuff with the music on... and everyone was jumping up and down loosen up their body... Kinda felt like young schoolchildren again...

We were then assigned to four groups according to our name tag colours... and the fun then began... Our first station was 'Blind Man Walking'. Members of a team need to line up and successfully walk across a field where there will be chairs as obstacles along their path.... with their eyes BLINDFOLDED! The only person that will not be blindfolded will be the person who is the last person lining up behind. No one are allowed to talk... so the trick here was that the last person needs to give signals in way of hitting the person in front of him... and then the person that was being hit will then hit the person in front of him and so on... so that the message would be able to send across...

Okay, I give up... It's hard to explain... You can't feel the excitement unless you are really playing the game...

Next! We need to search for sweets in a lecture theatre... in the dark! So how to look for the sweets? Well, we were given candles (which are lightened up, of course!). Nothing interesting actually... all the funny places that the senior thought of hiding the sweets... we was able to find them all!!

3rd station was the paper-scissors-stone game... yeah, the one we watch on television... Again it's one team versus the other... and the winner from the battle will get the chance to splash water on the losing opponent... The only way that person do not get wet is to use the umbrealla given to him/her...

4th station was the human link game and the water balloon game... 5th one was about finding sweets from a bowl of flour... the last one was treasure hunting...

I give up... no use describing without photos of the event...

But anyway, just in case anyone of you happened to enter UTAR sometime in the future... then hopefully you will get a rough idea of what the tele-match was all about...

As of now, I am now looking for work... hopefully I can find work really soon... desperate to go out there and do something instead of playing games here at home...

Orientation Week 2008 (First and Second Day)

Last Wednesday to Friday, I attended the UTAR KL Campus Orientation 2008. Now before I go any further, want to note this out first... I discussed with my family and we have decided that:

I WILL NOT GO FOR JANUARY INTAKE

Yeap... this was after I found out from a classmate of mine that he don't know anyone who is taking up bachelor degree courses that starts in January... everyone is waiting for the results in March. Some have decided to do courses that are not available here in Malaysia, some hopes to enter public universities...

Anyway, back to the topic...

I submitted my forms to enter Electric and Electronics Engineering in UTAR in KL. Checked out the website after a few days and saw that my application have been approved. Someone from the office also called my phone about going to the PJ Campus (that's where I dropped my application form to) to collect my conditional offer form.

So on the first day, I took the LRT from Amcorp Mall to the Wangsa Maju station. Then I took a bus to TAR College (As far as I know as of right now there's no public bus from the LRT station to UTAR). Next, I walked for about ten minutes to UTAR...

(Okay, straight to the point...)

1st day

Those who have paid up all the fees are given some freebies and important documents and stuff like that... Since I have not paid up, I am not entitled to these... Next we were ushered to the Lecture Hall. At 9.30am the events started. First it was... er... (Now looking at the orientation programme list in front of me...) a video presentation, then some brief speeches from PIC of the library, ICTC, Dept of Student Affairs, and also student representatives (the guys who put this thing together...), people from the counselling unit, soft skills unit, and a rep from the Institut Integriti Malaysia...

Somehow when one of the student representatives was giving a speech, blackout occurred. Things went on as usual however.

Learnt a lot of new friends... But I think when I first stepped into the school compound my parents and I already kinda knew that I am not going to be studying there right now... It was me who made the decision to study in January because I would probably can't make up my mind of which engineering course to study when it is time to choose anyway...

2nd day

The dean of the faculty gave us a talk... or rather an overview of the rules, general information of UTAR, info about how the courses are like and so on... briefly speaking, the way she talked to us really was how she wanted us to take it... to tell and remind us that we are adults, no longer teenagers or students at school 'that needs to be spoon-fed'... we need to be independent and have the initiative to study alone.. blah.... blah.... you'll get it...

The most interesting, important and major part of the whole orientation thing must be the welcome and mass call event. This was where all the students took their oath (is this the word?) and pledge (something like that la...) as new students of UTAR in front of the VIPs of the university. Even the President was here to deliver her speech... according to her, she and her team of university officials have been to different campuses (UTAR has four campuses) to attend to these mass call sessions. Other high-ranking university officials were also there to accompany her.

Before the mass call session I kinda imagined how it will be held. Glad to have attended such an event. I think all the students must have felt a strong sense of belonging to the university after that.

Anyway, after some slide shows about various topics, it's time for some serious stuff... the PTPTN loan. Heard a lot of it but since it is regarding my tuition fees, it has always been my parents that asked questions or discussed about it... I considered a long time ago that when it comes to financial matters it will be under my parents' jurisdiction (even though we never clarified it... and it's not that I don't want to care about it... they are the ones who told me not to worry about it...)

Surprisingly.... or not surprisingly... a lot of questions were raised during the session. Now I realized how indepedent these students really are... Really humble about that fact... I am such a loser...

Last Day of the Year

It's the last day of the year,

Yet from the moment that I woke up from my bed,

Have been feelin' that today will be kinda like any other ordinary day,

Any other day where I will be lazing around the house doing nothing,

Any other day where there will be nothing really special going on...

Yet, I will not let that happen,

It's the last day of the year,

It's time to finish off unfinished business,

Time to reflect on what had happened during the past one year,

Time to add some final touches on my personal goals and plans for the brand new year...

Bring it on, 2008!

Was Just Lying On My Bed

Was just lying on my bed,

Couldn't sleep well at all for the past few days,

Even though I woke up early this morning,

Even though I did not take a nap this afternoon,

Even though I did fill up my tummy during supper at night...

Was just lying on my bed,

Thinking what a year it had been;

A year full of laughter and sorrow,

A year full of achievements and failures,

A year full of memorable events that marks a chapter in my life…

Was just lying on my bed,

Looking forward on what’s in store for me in the near future,

Excited yet nervous on what’s going to happen in my life,

Planning on what I am going to do as I grow older,

Imagining what will I be in five years time, in ten years time, in twenty years time…

Was just lying on my bed,

Thinking, until I was sucked into a magical dream of mine...

Happy New Year

Wishing all readers a happy new year ahead!

It's Time...

It's time...

But just can't seem to leave the memories behind...

All the happy times that I have shared with the friends of mine...

Friends forever till the end of time!!!

Open Days and PICOM PC Fair

It was the first weekend after my STPM examinations... and I have planned quite a bit so that all the things can be fit into the two days of weekend...

This weekend the first private college that I heard of that was having its open day was Taylor's UC... for three days. I visited the campus myself to listen to a talk called "Project Based Engineering at Taylor's University College" by one of the lecturers... Actually I thought that the title was just something to attract people to listen to the talk... like, instead of putting plain two words "Engineering Talk" as its talk title... to attract people to come and listen and see for themselves what is engineering all about...

But my suspicions were true... it wasn't really about engineering as a field of study. From the very first five slides of the presentation, I could sense that a lot of the parents that were attending the talk must be wondering whether they really come here to listen to all these stuff... all these about what does the students in the engineering department do during their study here in Taylors...

But to me as an STPM engineering student I think it is very beneficial to me... it really gave me a picture of what to expect when I am going to study engineering next year...

The next day I went to the UTAR Setapak campus for their one-day open day. Also listened to the engineering talk, and participated in the campus tour... got to see for myself how the campus looks like. But the tour guide told me that the engineering department is in the midst of relocating to the new campus in Kampar... I heard that it's going to be as early as next year!! Imagine... next year I need to be in Kampar already?!!!

Actually wanted to drop by the FACON Edufair in PWTC but did not have the time... went straight to KLCC for the PICOM PC Fair... A lot of people as usual... didn't really buy anything as I was just there to look around only... (There's so many PC Fairs in a year... and also I don't really have anything to buy also...)...

FYI, still staying at home doing nothing these few days...

Finally... It's Over

It's Over... It's Over... It's OVERRR!!!

Finally... Phew... together we made it through....

Thanks to my classmates who have helped me get through this exam...

This was what happened after the Physics paper yesterday evening:

Some went to sing K... some went to play at arcade... some went to play Dota... (I followed TK, Ben, WK, SL there... have not played for almost one year already... need to catch up a lot...) Some went straight home and settle some things first before joining us again... and some just went home like that after the paper...

After playing DotA we joined the rest of the gang at some seafood restaurant in Puchong... then we headed to a few of our houses... and that included my house. Then 9 of us (TK, Ben, WK, SL, Jo, HC, CW, XH and me) went to some Laundry Bar at the Curve. KH didn't follow us. We joined ZJ who was waiting for us there for drinks... and I mean drinking liqour... I actually drink a lot... but I don't think I was drunk... maybe added too much coke.. haha...

I don't think we really talked about any 'relevant' topic... we just sat down there... keep on pouring liqour and coke and some tea water... and then Han took out a deck of cards and we started played silly games with it... the ones who lose were to drink a certain amount of liqour... haha... Actually this was the first time I have ever been inside these places... what an experience!

By the time we reached that place it was almost 11.30pm... and since it was Monday I think it was the reason why the bar do not open till really late... so at around 1am we left and the ten of us headed to our next destination: some food court near Sri Hartamas. There the most of us were introduced to a new kind of 'thing' (couldn't figure out how should I describe it...)... they pronounced it 'shee-sha' and the restaurant is near the fire station in Sri Hartamas... (I couldn't really make myself recognize of the place because it was so dark at that time!)

According to Jo, 'shee-sha' is like this thing where you suck the gas that was created when the water is heated using charcoal.... that's kinda how I get it. RM 10 for a full thing... don't know la... it's like an alternative substitute for cigarettes... but of course for those who are health conscious la... actually it wasn't really hygienic... everyone uses the some mouthpiece...

Then Ben suddenly saw one of his cousins with his friends at the restaurant drinking beer (I saw close to ten bottles of beer on the table...)... then what I heard was that they 'asked' Ben to drink like the whole jug of beer... and the rest of us kinda just stood there, sat there looking at the 'atmosphere'... WK and a few of us started to get worried about Ben when we saw the amount that he drank... he was supposed to drive us all back!!

It was 2 something when Ben, WK, TK and I left the food centre... and at 3am thanks to Ben, I safely reached home... I heard that the rest of the gang at the food centre left at around 3 something close to 4...

Phew, what a day it was! Then today I need to wake up early again 'cause Ben, WK, TK, SL, XH, YC and I were to play badminton at the Fu Chiu building. Then we joined QX, ST, Eunice and YY for lunch in KL and then we went back... I went to bed immediately after showering and woke up only for dinner...

Never imagine that the two days immediately after the exam will be like this... it was really fun.. thanks to everyone who had made these two days unforgettable to me... really hope the next time we will be able to do this again...

Now I am thinking that maybe I will start working next week... if not the holidays will be so boring... but this week I definitely want to relax first!!

This Is It...

This is it...

All these 1 year and six months is about this... the ultimate exam...

As of right now I am actually feeling a bit nervous... haha...

Anyway, the message that I want to send across this post:

Good luck to all my classmates and friends who are sitting for STPM!!!

I'm Still Here...

I'm still here...

Trying to remember how to draw graphs..... (Maths)

Trying to understand why potential difference across a capacitor decreases when another capacitor is connected in parallel with it..... (Physics)

Trying to remember the steps on how an amide can be converted into a carboxylic acid..... (Chemistry)

Trying to understand those dasar dasar thingy in my PA textbook..... (General Paper)

Still studying... or revising... or reading... whatever you call it...

Thought I will have a lot to write about after graduation... but looks like my mind is all over exam...

Actually that's good...

... I mean that I am focusing on something important...

To my fellow classmates and friends... study smart!!

Graduation Day - 31st October 2007

That was it...

After almost 1 and a half years that we spent together.... we need to bid our goodbyes to each other...

Yaa.. yaa.. I still know that we still got the chance to meet each other during the STPM exams... last year I was also thinking like that... but then my mind was fully on the exam itself at that time and not so much about spending time with the others...

Actually the whole time at Form Six I was trying to build up my character (so to speak... I don't know what type of character but just to be better la...). At the end of the day when I ask people to write in my yearbook (some did write things from the heart...that's what I want...) I realized that I didn't really changed much...

All along I know that I have this weakness that I need to correct myself and have been working on correcting it since I was in primary school... in fact me myself still thinks that I am a very quiet/shy person who doesn't speak much... (actually I was quite surprised why I wasn't voted the most quiet in class...)

I felt like I have been working to be a better person myself and trying to mix with the other people all these 18 months and thinking day by day, I am making progress in terms in my communication and social skills... and now that I have graduated... I felt like I did not do enough, and want to stay on working in these skills...

Anyway, there's always university that we can look forward to... so enough of sad stories...

To my classmates a.k.a. my friends, I will miss the times that we shared together and those times will have a special place in my heart.. I will always remember those times and will never forget you all... thanks for cherishing my duration here in U6F...

Come to think about it... It is so much easier to let out what our hearts want to say to our friends now that school term is over, rather than asked to write down these things a few months before we graduate...

Don't worry, I felt like I got a lot to write on the blog over the next few weeks... at least all of you can have fresh things to read... ahaha....

First Malaysian in Space

Going to witness the event of the first Malaysian going to ISS (International Space Station) on television... A really big moment actually.... somehow at one moment I really thought he would be going to the moon... haha....

Did Nothin' on PMR Week Holiday

To my classmates who are sitting with me for STPM... not to worry...

My first weekend was almost fully spent on sleeping all day...

Then on Monday was in KL in the afternoon until late at night... i.e. tuition and after that badminton and then went straight for my class gathering...

By the way, the buffet was quite cheap and worth it(I mean that in terms of pricing... not the standard... it was like a five star restaurant with five star food...) Maybe I am just not that kind of guy who frequently patron these places... even in the Ramadan month...

Anyway it was great to be able to just spend time with friends during these times when STPM is just around the corner... I think a lot of us there must have forgotten for a while that STPM is just 1 and half months away!!!