Updates: April 2006

I didn't update my blogs recently though many things did happen. E.g. I'm 80 bucks richer this morning without any good reason, yadda yadda yadda. LOL!

Last week was quite mundane; except for Wednesday (19th of April) as it was the Sultan's Birthday. Royal celebrations!!! LOL! Actually I was in KL looking for some accommodation options together with my parents. I was 'equipped' with some printed classifieds from tarcrooms.com and a couple of contact numbers to complete my mission. tarcrooms.com? tsk.tsk. The listings were rather confusing (embarras de richesses!) Well, I’ll be staying in TAR Villa with a bunch of new friends (mostly my F&I seniors!). The brand-new 'villa' is situated just beside the Wangsa Maju LRT Station and that provides me a greater mobility in the metropolitan KL! It's also served by efficient feeder buses and just 15 minutes away from my college by walking. =>

I guess it's time for me to reactivate my mind and stop it from hibernating again. I swore to myself that I must do well in my college examinations. Plenty of encouragements needed right now. Please assist me turning all my starry-eyed dreams into wishes come true by sending me some inspiring quotes from time to time! LOL! Watch out for my following post(s)! Take care!

P.S.: I'm going to Singapore this weekend to observe its election campaigns. whee.

Higher Education

I was in the crucial juncture of my life for several months which I'd to decide on many paths that lead into my future. I applied for Finance and Investment at TARC, Foundation in Management at MMU (which leads to Financial Engineering), and was actually thought of applying for University Foundation Programme at Metropolitan College (which leads to RMIT's Economics and Finance). It's like whether to walk straight (Form 6) or to turn into other direction (private institutions). I tried my best to figure out what's best for me by weighing the pros and cons of every available option. I understand that it's important for me to choose a path that I'm most comfortable with. That way, my chances of excelling will be the highest. Finally, I've decided to major in Finance and Investment. It's kind of challenging but I'm comfortable with it. I’m happy that my parents also agreed to send me over to UK to obtain my Honours Degree once I've completed my Advanced Diploma here. I'd like to thanks all the people around me (especially my parents, my sisters, economist Allen, etc.) for contributing their two cents worth regarding my tertiary education.

First Post of the Year

It was a great quarter one indeed.

New Year celebration at Sunway City, My Birthday, Happy Family Reunions, Chinese New Year Celebration, satisfactory SPM Results, explored some kinda big cities by my own, etc. PRICELESS! Contact me if you want to know more! I will share with you, definitely!

Final Post of Year 2005

I proudly present you my final post for the year 2005. Since mine is actually more like a quarterly updated weblog, so I would like to cover most of the events that happened in this period of time. Let’s start with October: the month that I digested all the books and tried some workbooks. November: SPM Examination. December: A relaxing month for me to drive around my hometown and observe everything in my lovely neighborhood plus other places such as Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. I’m not sure whether it’s my hundredth trip to the Penang or maybe KL, but one thing for sure, it’s my second trip to Singapore!

I arrived in KL mid-December, and spent a week there. I experienced many types of delicious food and activated my taste buds by visiting some of the famous eateries in the capital KL and its suburbs. Besides, I also shopped around for some stuffs there and observed some of the Christmas and New Year decorations in the capital. That was a great trip, but my Singapore trip was even greater. I spent a week in Singapore together with my family at the end of the month. We explored some of the main attractions of the city state, such as Sentosa Island, Singapore Zoo, Singapore Night Safari, the central shopping area on Orchard Road, Chinatown, etc. The Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari were the absolute highlights of our one week trip to Singapore. Both of the parks are stunningly beautiful and well organized. I managed to chat with some of the tourists and met a pretty girl which asked me to help her take some snaps in the Singapore Zoo! Exploring the trails of the Night Safari with hundreds of multinationals tourists was truly fascinating and exciting. I reckon none of you can imagine that I spent the whole afternoon in the Singapore Zoo and the whole night in the Night Safari. Unlike the local favorite zoo in my hometown Taiping, the Singapore Zoo and its Night Safari are two different places (entrance fees for the zoo and Night Safari are S$19 and S$20 respectively).

My dear friends, if you think the Christmas and New Year decorations in Malaysia are great, then you are probably wrong. Singapore is always adorned with the most beautiful decorations in the whole Southeast Asia during the festive season. I also managed to witness the Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s impressive ‘Earth from Above’ outdoor photographic exhibition along the Orchard Road (visit this: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/ ). I’m back to Malaysia on the 31st of December to celebrate the New Year in KL and will be in Taiping on the 3rd of January 2006! That’s all for now. Happy New Year!