Demopower: Aih... I give up la...

For those who didn't know, I actually went for the Demopower interview way back long time ago.... (click here for the post)

Okay.. okay.. so I didn't really go and follow up with them on the interview... mainly was because I was busy for the subsequent weekends, and that school later started again. But during the short semester I tried asking them again. The person at the headquarters gave me the phone number of the person whom I am supposed to contact, and told me to contact him/her myself to ask whether there's any projects available for me.

There's different supervisors for different locations... e.g. Mid Valley, Subang Jaya, Kelana Jaya and so on. I asked for different locations during the multiple times I called up the headquarters, just to increase my chances of getting 'employed' =) I called them up, and all of them told me to leave down my details, and that they will call me up when there's projects...

Somehow none of them really called me up. I understand that they have already a couple of promoters under their hands right now, and I fully understand why they couldn't take me in at the moment. But I really wanted to try my hands at this thing.. I mean, I have purposely walked around in Jusco in Sunway Pyramid, just to kind of look at myself and I have thought to myself... gosh, this is fun!! I got to try this! I can do this! =)

Well, maybe next time!

Photos: Work (Dec '08)

19-28/12/2008 - Job

The very next day after my last paper Pengajian Malaysia, I went to Sunway Pyramid and secured myself a job. After quite a walk I decided to apply for the 'Attendant' position in Sunway Mega Lanes. In fact, it actually stated there: "Part Time Attendant (preferably Chinese speaking)" So I thought I just walk in and ask. The pay was ok only... not that I expected much since I am not like marketing anything or what... The supervisor told me that they need someone to work for ten days from the 19th because there will be a tournament going on and people from the Far East will be coming to play too... so they want people who can speaking Mandarin to cater for this group of people...

Maybe I am the only one misinterpret words here but, look at this: "Part-time" doesn't mean temporary, isn't it? Part-time is like you are doing for only a few hours compared to the other full-timers, isn't it? In this case since I am working for ten days only, it should be temporary, not part-time attendant... isn't it?

Never mind, it's just a vacancy notice that's all, no big deal.

Again, the simple-minded me thought that an attendant's job is to attend to the spectators needs such as on standby for any queries or what... I didn't know that the supervisor was going to put me as a waiter... hmm... got a bit shocked at first, but then I thought... aih, just for ten days only ma... furthermore I have never tried my hands on waitering before, and since so many restaurants turned me down, why not grab this opportunity to do some waitering, even for just ten days?

Ten days is definitely not enough to improve my own skills, such as communicating skills, people skills, etc... it's more like only through this short-term thing I realized that I am so terrible in these areas... and by the time I wanted to improve in these areas, I have to leave my job already, and I have no chance to work on it anymore... =(

Well, tomorrow Sunday will be my last day of work, hopefully will be able to move on to another job before school reopens on the 12th. Just called up Demopower to see if there's any promoting projects for me... have not been able to do it... even though I went for interview long long time ago. Monday will be going to Genting with family... hopefully everyone will be enjoying themselves hard on that day because I doubt with my brother starting pre-u soon we can get another family gathering like this in the near future...

12/12/2008 - PC Fair

After my Pengajian Malaysia paper I waited and boarded the UTAR bus straight to the LRT station, then took the LRT down to KLCC... just to have a look at the PC Fair. Nope, nothing on my mind on what to buy before going there... just went to have a look at some things only =)

Short Sem Finals at a Glance

Tata... the finals were over! I'm not trying to make this thing as though as this is really a huge thing or what... Look: both the grades for the subjects which I applied for this sem i.e. Pendidikan Moral and Pengajian Malaysia, does not count towards our CGPA. So basically I did not really give a damn about what is the outcome of it, as long as I passed!

Unlike all the other papers, both these papers are closed paper (kertas tertutup) which means the papers are not supposed to be taken out from the exam hall. Don't ask what the questions were like... I can't remember them..

06/12/2008 - Wireless@KL e-Commerce Workshop by P1

Actually Dad was the one who told me about this workshop. Basically this workshop (or shall we say a talk) was about the power of eBay in selling and buying stuff, how to start selling, how to be successful via eBay, the people who got a big break just by doing sales via eBay and so on...

I have never been into an eBay website before.... and I do not feel ashamed about it... I think a lot of us have not been there also =) I told myself before going to the workshop that I will probably never do this kinda things... I just went there, followed my Dad with an open mind.

Anyway my father and I have been trying to commit ourselves to one of the dates of the seminar, but we couldn't make it until the very last workshop which was held on Saturday the 6th at this bar called the Apartment at KLCC. It started at 11am, and the atmosphere was quite casual actually. Just a projector, a screen, a laptop and about fifty chairs... and a couple of small booths could be seen set up at the area. Wanted to take a picture of the venue but was prohibited from doing so...

The workshop... well, it was really good actually for someone who is a beginner in this eBay or online marketing thing. I would really recommend people who are really committed in becoming successful in this eBay thing (not really depending to it...) or even people who are curious to try out in this thing. Basically as I have mentioned... she taught us how to start, how to get this PayPal thing, how to buy, how to sell, even how to make good descriptions of the products, how to take good photos of them, how to set the right prices for our goods and so on...

Dad being the optimistic that he is start talking to my Mom, bro and sis about this eBay thing for next few days... haha! He seemed to be really drawn by the whole thing when he looked at how the people got so successful via eBay... I guessed he just got carried away...

It's really for beginners like myself... I think for those people who are self-confessed computer geeks probably already know about this kind of stuff for a long time already. I learnt alot anyway through this talk/workshop... but for poeple like me... the probabililty of me become an eBay frequent user is like... next to zero.. haha...

Short Sem Week 7

Finally... end of short sem!! This week's lectures were quite short actually... On Monday was the presentation... Finally our group (or shall I say, one of us...as the other three only did the background things =) has the chance to give our presentation...

Tuesday and Thursday was about giving back our papers and assignments, and also about tips on what to study for the final... and that was it... heck... the Peng Msia lecture period was only i think 1 hour plus only!

Okay, now it's study week and then the two papers on the 9th and 12th... Actually I myself call it a 6 week holiday... haha... 'coz the two LAN subjects are so lame... haha... Is it possible for me to work for such a short duration? Hmmm....

Short Sem Week 6

Ok, time for another update... Monday and Tuesday Pengajian Malaysia, then Thursday and Friday Pendidikan Moral, then Saturday (today) was the Pendidikan Moral test 2 in PG Block.

Oh, talking about the place where we had our test, I thought Mr. Muthu told the class to prepare ourselves for the cold atmosphere inside the room... coz he said that the class is very cold. It turned out, that the air-con wasn't working. Can't find people to fix the problem... reason? It's Saturday! =O

Reminds me about something... why the toilet water systems not working in the morning??! No water from the taps, no water from the drinking water dispenser... so terrible! The UTAR people... is this because this building will no longer in use in half a year's time?

Short Sem Week 5

Week 5 -- Passing up of the Pengajian Malaysia and the Pendidikan Moral projects. Phew.... a load off our shoulders... Now I can concentrate fully on my studies...

Just to make this thing 'alive'... the past few weeks has been... not too busy, not too stressful but not too easy either.... I know this sem compared to my first year first sem was much much less stressful, but this does not tell me about short sems.... I saw the Y2 short sem people... they seemed to have a lot to study and do.... like they say, all CRAMMED into just 7 weeks... imagine the pace... (but then again less subjects to study...)

Will blog as frequently as possible from now on... but I doubt it since there's tests and the final exams coming...

04/11/2008 - United States Presidential Elections

First of all, congratulations Barack Obama!

Jumping on to the bandwagon (obviously), I thought I should write something about the historical day, not only for the United States of America but also for people from all around the world.

I have to admit... I was really happy to see him winning the presidency. For all those good things which I have read from the Internet and the newspapers I could not agree with them more. I have watched three times already, in two days, the video in which US President-elect Barack Obama gave his winning speech in Chicago. How memorable and historical it must be for the American people...

I don't know how to write a appropriate conclusion for this post though... I will let you readers make your own!!

Geraldine - The Winner's Song

Since I have started posting some things which were out of the ordinary.. so I thought I should post some song lyrics to some nice songs....Check this out on youtube or whatever website... it's nice, and it fared quite well in the UK.. Check out the show in which this song was first performed... it is hilarious!!

Geraldine - The Winner's Song

I started with nothing
Now I have something
I proved them all they were wrong

So glad I kept fighting
And I never stopped trying
Been waiting to sing for so long
My winner's song

I couldn't carry on
I thought my chance had gone
I was ready to stop and give in
I thought I'd give it one last try
Look this moment in the eye
Then maybe who knows, I could win

I dreamed about this for a lifetime
But I could not imagine
What it feels like standing here right now

I started with nothing
Now I have something
I proved them all they were wrong
So glad I kept fighting
And I never stopped trying
Been waiting to sing for so long
My winner's song

This journey's been incredible
Now standing in the light
I hope this lasts for more than one night
One night

I started with nothing
Now I have something
I proved them all they were wrong
So glad I kept fighting
And I never stopped trying
Been waiting to sing for so long
My winner's song
Been waiting to sing for so long
My winner's song

Tagged

Tagged by Chin Ling...

(My first time doing tag...)

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?

Devastated.

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what will it be?

Wealthy... (kinda the reason behind me studying AS now...money money $$... =)

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?

No one. Not that kinda person.

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?

Travel around the world. Maybe start a new business and hopefully will get myself another billion dollars $$... Also will give them to charity la =)

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?

I won't know.

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?

Being loved by someone.

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?

I'm that patient kinda guy... until I had enough I guess...

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?

Tell her about my feelings and later move on with life.

9. If you like to act with someone, who will it be? Your gf/bf or an actor/actress?

My gf. I think that would be really fun and chaotic at the same time.

10. Will you invite your ex bf/gf to your wedding dinner?

Why not? I'll accept my ex's invitation if she invites me...

11. What's your fear?

Left all alone... (read, same with others)

12. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?

A loyal friend. She's also a friendly, cheerful and easy-going person.

13. How would you see yourself in 10 years' time?

Happily married... Enjoying every minute of my job... err... not good at this looking at the future thing... =) Embracing challenges that I will face?

14. Would you rather be single and rich or happily married but poor?

Happily married but poor.

15. What's the first thing you do when you wake up?

Shut my alarm and go back to sleep again.

16. Would you give all in a relationship?

100% yes.

17. If you fall in love with 2 people simultaneously, who would you pick?

I hope it won't happen to me. I don't know how to pick if like that...

18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing the someone has done?

I would. A number of people have done that to me, and I am thankful for them.

19. Would you prefer being in a relationship or being single?

I'm okay with both.

20. List 5 people to tag.

Not tagging anyone. =) Anyone who's interested in doing though, you are most welcomed to do so.=)

{Honestly, I have read some of these tags across other people's blogs... I always tell myself that I could not answer creatively to the questions... just as creative as those other people. =) }

24/10/2008 - MPH Warehouse Sale

It was a Friday, and I thought I could do some things before my class which started at 9am. I underestimated, and so entered the class late... At that time I just sat at the front row facing the lecturer... alone... Never do like that again..

Anyway, the main thing which I want to talk about today is the MPH Warehouse Sale which I visited after the three-hour lecture. The books were really VERY CHEAP... (and I mean it in terms of monetary terms, not quality terms.... =) Too bad for a person like me who does not complete a single novel which I have started.... I have not continued reading my Harry Potter novel for like almost one year... hmm...

Anyway, for book lovers, it is still a good place to visit. Just be sure to park your cars at a suitable place (away, far away), or go early before the lunch break... (today is Friday, so the lunch break was long for most people, and most decided to come here to have a look at the books during that time...)

21/10/2008 - (Watching) Pengajian Malaysia Presentations

"Hanya sembilan kumpulan yang bertuah sahaja yang akan menyampaikan presentations pada hari Selasa minggu depan..." Ms Kavitha told the class on the second day of our Pengajian Malaysia lecture.

Bertuah?? Hmm...

Our group was not chosen/picked by the teacher for the session. Wonder what does that mean...

Basically the nine chosen groups need to do a presentation with the help of Microsoft Powerpoint about Kedatangan British di negeri-negeri di Tanah Melayu. Only one from each group will come out on that day to do the presentation (which means the others will do the behind-the-scene things...) Even though so, a few groups have more than one person who came out to present.

Also, the allocated time was 15 minutes. Some of the people finished their presentations halfway through the allocated time. (Actually later after the first few presentations I thought 15 minutes is too long....)

Surprisingly, some of the groups really did a good job in it... I know there's this girl who not only talked about what that was written on her group's slide, but also read some additional notes which were written on her palm. Their group really did a lot of preparation on this...

But that doesn't mean I like this presentation things... I wonder how many more do we need to do...

16/10/2008 - Pendidikan Moral Lecture

Helo once again... this time will be talking about the Pendidikan Moral lecture which I am currently studying for this semester (aside from Pengajian Malaysia)...

So went for my first Moral lecture today. The lecturer was okay... at least it was not those lecturers which will keep us asleep... Ah.. talk about it... I actually was caught yawning in front of him... how embarassing! (really it was unintentional... I kinda closed my mouth but then he noticed it and told the class that I wasn't... sorry... but I was paying attention though...)

It was funny how he called the students to stand up and answer questions..."Mari kita pilih mereka yang memakai baju kuning..."

"Budak yang memakai baju putih dan hijau tu..." referring to me.

So, the lecturer gave some overview of the subject, and later after the break he talked about the Moral project which we need to do as a group... Just like Pengajian Malaysia, the group leaders need to select a question in random for the group to do... The more he spoke about it, the more I trembled inside... so many things to do ah??

Anyway, the class dismissed very early... almost one hour earlier... (just like last Tuesday's PM class) That's good, especially when it's afternoon class and it was raining outside... traffic jam...

13/10/2008 - First Day of Short Sem

It was the first day of my short semester after almost 4 weeks of semester break. Before this I actually went to my faculty office on Thursday to get the timetable for my course and to register for it. I actually find it hard to plan my time when I don't know when are my classes going to be held. I was hoping that they can settle it all down in two days, but it turned out that we are going to have classes for everyday except Wednesday... hmm...

Aiyah... what am I going to do for the rest of the time when I am not having classes? I know that we are going to have some assignments for the two subjects... but I don't think it will take A LOT of time, would it? Some days I have classes in the morning, some in the afternoon (well, 1 only...) How to find a job that suits my time?

Parents suggested to me to study for my first CAS/SOA actuarial paper... and I know a lot of people are studying for it now... Probably I will too...

Anyway, arrived a bit late into the lecture hall, and within minutes the lecturer told us to form groups to do assignments... Wow, that's early (and I kinda couldn't believe that we need to do some assignments also for this...)! I couldn't get myself a group, the people sitting next to me formed their own gangs and so I texted message my former groupmate to see if there's room for a poor groupless person like me... hmm...

There are two three-hour Pengajian Malaysia classes per week... Mon 8-11am and Tue 8-11am. Before this I spent time reading my seniors' blogs about their experience on sitting through the Pengajian Malaysia periods, just to prepare myself for the class. And it was all negative. I expected it actually. What I read was people listening to music on their MP3s, reading, sleeping... those kind of things.

On Monday and Tuesday, there weren't many people doing those kind of stuff. I suspect that it's because those were the first two lectures of the semester. Maybe by the third week people will start to get bored... I don't know... The things that the lecturer taught were all those that we have learned before during the Sejarah periods we had last time in sec school... Heck, I even brought along my Form 5 Sejarah textbook to class on Tuesday!!

Anyway, today (Wednesday) there is no classes, so I got to kinda rest a bit.. =)

16th September 2008 - 12th October 2008 - Sem Break

(Writing this post on 13th Oct, 1st day of short sem...)

Aih, my semester break has come to an end. (gosh, to me and my family, we still call it school holidays -- obviously 'coz my siblings still in sec school only...)

What have I done during the short break? Honestly I have done a lot 'behind the scene' but when I look at it from the 'outside', it was like I have done almost nothing... =( Clean up here and there... and then arrange my docs on my computer... followed my family/accompanied my siblings out for 'hang-gais'...

Everyday woke up, and start to think to myself: Should I go for the short sem or not? What should I do if I were to not go for the short sem? Work where? As what?

Oh, everytime I go and surf the net on my computer, I always got hooked on the United States presidential elections. I found it funny... haha =) I mean, there's so many breaking news about the two candidates from the two major political parties... Those accusations and name-calling... I guessed that that was the case here in M'sia last March... but I just didn't notice about it that much?

Anything else?

Really, I know I did a lot but I couldn't write it down here... coz I forgotten what are the things that I have done already... =)

19th till 21st September - T7 Pangkor Trip

Wow... I didn't post this up soon enough... Okay, hopefully I still remember the 'millions and millions of things' which happened during our trip to Pangkor... let me see...

This trip to Pangkor have been talked about for a few weeks prior to it. But for me... you know la... not really in the mood at that time since there's this final exam thing going on...

The trip was a memorable one to be really REALLY honest, especially for me, whose last 'REAL trip' was with my classmates almost three years back with my Form Five classmates in Langkawi. No trip after STPM. Anyway...

Day 1

The 14 of us first gathered at the McD restaurant at Petaling Street before we made our way to Puduraya. By the way, this is the first time I have been to Puduraya... probably because it was at night, and so there weren't many people at the bus terminal... But my view of Puduraya all along has been that of a very crowded, dark one... Guess you really need to be there in order to experience it for yourself the environment...

Okay okay, should not be talking to much about this... Where am I?...

Oh yeah.. we took off from Puduraya almost exactly on time... 11.59pm. By the time we reached Lumut it was almost 3am in the morning. Some of us went to the restaurant which was still open to customers, while the rest of us just sat at some 'dataran' near the shore and played 'dai-dee'... for me I just watched them playing coz not clear how to play after not playing for so long... (but later I played at night and I won on my first game...haha=) )

We waited and boarded the first ship to Pangkor. Next we went to our hotel by two vans, which was located next to the beach at the other side of the island. It was still very early at that time, I think it was about eight or nine something... a few of us took a nap almost immediately after they settled down their things.

We settled our elective selection, surpisingly, here in Pangkor in our room 0.0 (I just followed what the others chose... obviously...)

We headed back to the Pekan Pulau Pangkor (PPP) for lunch. I had chicken rice btw. (Still UTAR's Chicken Rice is the best... afforable too...) Walked around PPP and I was wrong to think that it is some town exclusively for the nelayan community and the visitors... There ARE people who live there and stayed there for years... I wonder why they want to exclude themselves in this lonely little island out of nowhere... Don't know for others but for me I was surprised to see internet cafes and banks and stuff like that here... no traffic lights here though...

Later that day played a bit in the water. Dinner was at an open air restaurant. After the dinner the few of us who sit inside the van was taken for a 'memorable' ride up and down the hills of Pangkor... closing the car lights while driving... I for one was excited all the way... thankfully we had a skillful driver... haha... will try it the next time if I ever will go there again...

Played cards together in our room later that night. I think I was wrong during my first time as the 'MC'... got to remember so many things and I got messed up =( I think a few of you knew about that...

At night when everyone was about to sleep a few of us went out by van for 'yam-cha' at a shop... It was a very quiet and breezy area, nice place for 'yam-cha' but I didn't try to food though... I ate a lot before that during dinner. And then when we went back we all were so tired that we just fell asleep right away once we laid our heads on our bed..

Day 2

The fourteen of us went for a boat trip, discovering the various places and islands around Pangkor Island. Went for snockelling and banana boat (it wasn't fun at all when you don't have your glasses on... for me my glasses was like 4.50 for one side and 5.25 for another... that's really bad already...) Had lunch, and next was a trip to some temple...

I wasn't sure what did the others do after that, but I followed a few of them for a cycling trip all the way from one island to another... Walaoe... really tiring. Btw, it's RM2 for one hour, and RM6 for 24 hours (Strange eh? Can still get it back the day after.. also, they did not charge like 'wang pendahuluan'... don't they get scared that the bicycles will at the end of the day, be unreturned?)... I don't know about the others, but a guy like me who has not been on a bicycle for like almost centuries... I actually felt a bit of pain after the whole journey.. But I woke up the next day feeling ok...

Oh yeah... during the trip the captain of our boat recommended/suggested that we try one of the restaurants by the beach... which we later did that night. I am not really sure how the workers there felt when they saw us arriving at their restaurants to have a meal there... I mean, 14 of us young adults... arriving as such a big group at a place where only romantic couples and visitors from overseas have their meals... Everyone turned their heads and looked at us as we 'swarmed' the place... haha....=) And not just that... we were quite noisy, in fact, really noisy actually, at least for our table...

Later that night went out for 'yam cha' again at a food stall near our house... wonder whether these guys really do go out so often during normal uni days for yam cha... can't do this on a regular basis la...

Day 3

It was the last day already... felt weird coz I really don't wanna go back so early but then felt like we almost toured the whole island already? Maybe I was wrong... But anyway we had brunch (no breakfast or lunch)... and boarded the 12pm ferry back to mainland. Reached mainland half an hour later, and then boarded the bus back to Kotaraya.

All in all, I had a great and memorable trip. Sure can't wait for our next one during our next semester break...=)

(Wasn't in a lot of pics...)

Final Exam at a Glance

Err...It has been so long since I posted something up in my blog... Hopefully I can still get back to my blogging habit. Anyway...

Thought I should start by telling you about my exam week 'experience'...First time having my exam in such a large hall.. I remember the last time I had it was during my piano exams YEARS AGO.... (during primary school). During secondary school, my school exams and government exams (i.e. PMR, SPM and STPM) were also conducted in classrooms. Since I was so afraid that I will get nervous looking at people answering the questions, I decided to sit 'almost in front'...don't know whether it had worked or not...

Anyway, I have written a few notes about the individual exams on my myspace blog... go check it out.=)

Study Week at a Glance

The week from 2nd September till 5th September was the semester's study week. There's no classes... meaning to say that we actually don't need to come to school (why I still keep calling UTAR a school instead of a uni ah... but call it school is not wrong right?..) But I DID went back to school... to 'study' la of course!! (But I wonder did I really study anything while in the study room with people chit-chatting and stuff like that...hmmm...)

Anyway, I studied with a few people, who later on I identify them as my' 'study group partners'... (I didn't ask them to come, they just come as they wish...) I found it much more easier to study, instead of just studying on my own back in the days in secondary school. There are so many things that, if I study alone, I will not pay attention to. Also, when I have problems or questions, I got an answer straight away at the spot... I guess some/most people tends to study differently when they are in university as compared to during the school days.... guess I need to follow the flow too!!

But yeah... I like the way how study week turns out... They should kinda put more study weeks in between teaching weeks so that we can catch up with the syllabus much more faster and easier... So, that we can study more 'effectively'... A yes vote for more study weeks!!