Tuesday, June 28, 2005
LONDON!!! Sigh...........
Went for my aunt's house warming cum Thanksgiving on the previous Sunday. Had great fun with the rest of my cousin and my other relatives. It had been such a long time since i attended kenduri and helped out at the kitchen. It was great fun and chaos with the rest of my aunties, cousins, childhood friend's gf.. We were laughing and making jokes abt everything.. It was great!
There has been a certain sthg that is still stuck in head since that last Sunday. My family came early in the morning to help my aunt set up the buffet table and stuffs. My mum managed to have a conversation with an auntie of mine who had moved to Johor and they were chatting abt it and other things. They came ard to talking abt me, like what am i gonna do after my exams. My aunt's 2nd son is studying in London right now doing his Masters but will be back in Sept to get married to a girl he met there, a Malaysian. And after the wedding, both of them will head back to London where his future wife wld join him doing her Masters. And apparenty, she has a brother who is a doctor working in London.
Upon hearing that i have just finished my degree, my auntie insisted that i shld do my Masters straight away in London! Because it will only require 1 yr over there instead of 3 yrs upon distance learning. I was like thinking there is no way in hell my mum wld allow me to go to London alone. My auntie kept on the conversation going and profusely insisted that my mum shld let me go ahead with doing Masters in London. She assured my mum that i cld live with her son and future wife and that i wld always be under their watchful eyes. My mum started to ask my auntie more and more question and kept smiling at me. I was like, is that a sign that she is keen with the idea? My uncle later on joined in with the conversation and assured my mum that initially it wld be difficult for my mum to adjust with my absensce but she wld be fine after a mth or so. I was starting to like the idea!
My dad had insisted early on, before my final exam that i shld just continue with my Masters but i said no. I told my mum that i need to work and gain experience or else the Masters would not mean anything. I was set on that, but hearing London and most importantly, my mum is keen on the idea has excite me! My mum cannot be separated from me, she didnt allow me to go to Aust to do my degree cos she said im her only child and the thought of being separated for 3 yrs is unheard of. So i gave in and studied in SIM but now, she is toying with the idea of me going to London because she felt its kinda safe with relatives ard to take care of me.
My mum brought the subject up to my dad and to my dismay, my dad did not agree!! AAAAHHHH!!!! But then again, he has been working hard to see me through my degree programme and to make him fork out $50k at his age wld seem unfair. Sigh.... My mind is already 1/4 there... But too bad for me, another chance of studying oversea is slipping by...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
TIRED!!
It has been such a long, long, long day and it has yet to end. And im pretty sure that this entry wld be a long, long, long entry. Oh ya, i am very, very, very tired. I wld have turn in early to have my beauty sleep but promised azza to be online to know more abt the job interview tmr.
My day started at 8am when i sent my cousin's gf to work cos i was borrowing her car today to drive my aunt and mum to Johor. Reached home abt 9am after running an errand for my mum. When i reached home, my mum informed that my dad gonna pick us up in abt an hr time to settle some insurance thingy. It was 9am and as usual i wld switch on the TV to check out Oprah Winfrey show and it was featuring AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys. I was estatic cos i have not seen this interview before, so i was glued to the TV. She interviewed him abt his addiction to drugs like cocaine, his excessive drinking and i was so surprised to find out that he actually ODed twice! Reading Danielle Steel's His Bright Line, roughly gave me an idea how bad an OD wld look like and i was shocked and sad that AJ went thru it all but he was lucky enuff to have survivied it. Oprah surprised him with the presence of the rest of the Backstreet Boys member. Some tears were shed among the boys, Kevin was red eyed, AJ and Brian were trying to wipe away some tear drops. It was such a touching sight.. AAAWWWWW...
For those of you who never knew me as a BSB fan, now u know. Before being a fan of any rock groups or any other group, my 1st love was BSB... hmmm.. maybe i shld say my 1st love is still BSB? I thought i wld grow out of that whole BSB phase but i guess not! With their new album out, i can wait to see what they will do soon. Perhaps a concert in S'pore? I wish that wld come true!! I so wanna go!!!! Brian is now dad by the way, and yes, Brian Thomas Litrell is my fave Backstreet. Oh ya, the copycat N'Stinks, is planning for a comeback too after seeing the success of the BSB's return. COPYCAT!!!
Anyways, back to AJ, im glad he is sober for abt a yr during that interview which was abt 1-3 yrs ago? The last i heard abt him, he was still sober. Kudos to him! Right now, i just cant wait to get my hands on NeverGone but now a bit dry, so have to wait when my wallet is thick.
After the interview ended, my dad called and we were on our way to Great Eastern. My mum and i thought that it wld only take abt an hr so i called my aunt to be ready within an hr and i wld pick her up. Boy were we wrong! After settling some insurance stuffs, my dad wanted to go to the bank and then to Orchard to buy a new phone cos he got a $500 voucher.
We went to the Comcentre to check out the hp and my dad finally decided to get Nokia 3230. He had his eyes on Nokia 8800 which cost abt $1329, he nearly bought it but it was out of stock. It is so sleek looking!! Next mth he will get another $500 voucher and he is planning to get the Nokia 8800 if he managed to sell the Nokia 3230. Anyone interested?? Used only for 2 mth, have the Bluetooth Headset for $500????
We went for lunch after that and my dad suddenly sad that he wanna go to the barber. My mum cringed cos she and i were suppose to pick my auntie up abt 2 hrs ago. So my dad had to go to the barber alone while my mum, grandpa, auntie, Ayu and i made our way to Johor.
I am dead beat from all the drivings, my mum and i always disagree whenever it comes to road. She wld insist that the other way is faster while i wld insist another way. That happened just now and being a good daugther, i followed her instruction and boy was it a "short" cut! I thought we were going to Kota Tinggi! She kept insisiting to just go straight and look out for the Second Link sign.. Not only was it a long detour to the 2nd Link, we were caught in the traffic jam. What a luck! Those of you who are familiar with Malaysian traffic wld understand how frustrating the traffic lights timings are. The red light takes ages for it to turn green and cos it was 6pm, there were like influx of cars on the road returning from work. And to top it all off, Malaysian drivers drive like they were never know the existence of the word "COURTESY!". They wld just cut in from the back and cross your path! It a traffic jam so be patient lah! It is so freaking rude trying to squeeze on the road shoulder and when u some opening u quickly swerve your car in to join the queue. Shame on you!
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
From the Sky?
Have not been doing anything much since the exams had ended, had a 2 gatherings right after the exams though.
Right after the exams, the SIM babes were very sweet to throw me a surprise belated Burfday party. It was supposed to be a surprise but due to communication breakdown, i came to knwo abt it on our way to Plaza Singapura. We had lunch at Secret Recipe, they insisted that i ate but since im meeting my other Khalawat Members, i only ate a pie. Went to Swensen for dessert after that cos Tanya was pissed at the waiter at Secret Recipe. I seriouslt think that the waiter need a serious attitude readjustment.
Headed down to City Hall after that to meet the other Khalawat Members. I thought that i was the last one to be there, but apparently, someone was later then me. We had intitially planned abt a mth ago to try out Too Hot Halal Cafe, so we were pretty excited to finally check out the food but it was such a great disappointment. Sigh.... So we headed to Lau Pa Sat instead after Maghrib prayers. Had a really sumptuos dinner and of course, all of those activities were accompanied by crazy laughters and jokes. Laughters and jokes are the main iternary whenever the 5 of us meet up. Cos everyone brings a different dimension to the group, btw, Fiq and i are suffering from OCS (Only Child Syndrome) cos we tend to do things the same. Overall, it was a great day and i have yet to go out again. And im looking forward to our Operation Khalawat Misson 3 and 4.
My couz slept over at my place last night to watch Pesta Perdana together. Well, no comment abt the Pesta Perdana. To me, the only highlight of the show is Najip Ali, without him, it wld be do dran boring! Me and my couz didnt talk much before we slept, i guess we were just too tried to stay up and chat abt stuffs.
Anyways, gonna attend a wedding function tmr. The groom is related to me and we were childhood friends, he is abt 2-3 yrs younger than me and he is getting married tmr! Just now, in the evening, another one of my close relative came to invite the family to their son's wedding. Yet another childhood friend of mine and he is my age! And my couz also told me that on the previous Sunday after i left home from my auntie's place, one of my childhood friend came and he brought his gf along and was already calling his mum, Mak. Hmmmm.... why is everyone from my childhood seems to be getting married?
My mum jokingly said that i shld be more open in getting a bf, btw Azack, my mum said the both of us shld do that! Hmmm, but 22 and married? I cant seem to envision that! I have yet to set my foot in Turkey, have yet to work in Dubai, i have yet to see the tribal dance of the South African. There are so many things out there for me to do, and getting married is like the last on the list. I hope God wld not be angry at me for saying this and not find a match for me. Well, like they said, "Jodoh, pertemuan semua di tangan Allah" meaning :Marriage, meetings are all in the hands of God". So who knows, tmr when im on my way to the wedding, suddenly some guy fall from the sky and sweep me off my feet? U never know.... hahahah....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!! i am FREE!!!!!! I am so glad that that exams are over, nothing to do now! Actually i totally feel like doing nothing at all!! Just wanna laze ard and do nothing! Watch tv, eat, sleep and stare into space! Thats what i wld do! But before that, i am so glad that i am back blogging away!! Yay!! Kinda missed it! The 1st entry for today wld be a post-moterm(thats wat Azack called) on my 4 papers and the 2nd entry later wld be our Operation Khalawat 2.
Human Resource Management!
I cld say that i did work hard for this paper that i was totally tired from reading all the notes but come actual day, i was really disappointed. I think it was the fact that i was tired of waiting for the exam to start, that i just felt burnt out for the 1st paper. I was confident that Job Redesign wld come out, and it did but it was asked with OCB!!! I was like , "What the heck!" That was the 1st timne they linked OCB and Job Redesign! I was shocked cos i have no adequate theories to liknk them! So i had to let it go, my strongest topic! I think i spent too much time on the 1st two essay that i didnt have time to finsh my last essay! And i have to write in point forms, that was Jackie told us. If there is insufficient time, write in point forms. And that last qn was Psychological Contract! If only i didnt over-wrote for thr 1st 3 essay, i cld just vomit everything out! By then again, i have to thank God that at least i managed to write abt 2 pages for the last essay before writing in point forms. I wasnt too happy abt the paper cos for most of the time, i had a mental block and cld not write out what i intended to. Sigh...
Corporate Finance!
Initially when i found out that Misha did really well for this paper last yr gave me a ray of hope that maybe i cld score for this paper but i was proven wrong! Thanx to Shaipul, that i managed to answer a half qn from sectionA. I had planned to only study APT and FST for section A cos APT didnt come out last yr and had decided to ignore CAPM and the MVF. When i met up with Shaipul to study, he thought me MVF. And guess what? It came out! There was no qn on APT and FST!!!! Was really lucky that i cld at least do a half qn abt MVF and that spared me from my worst nightmare, which was not able to answer a single qn from section A! Section B was pretty ok but i forgot certain formula for merger and didnt managed to answer one small part, i hope that it did not carry too much mark. Asset Substituion and Debt Overhang came out, so that was pretty lucky. Managed to answer but dunno if it wrong or right. After the paper ended, felt kinda disppointed cos i felt that i cld have done it better!! Sigh.........
Management: International Comparartive Perspectives!
This was the paper that i wld say worry me the most cos i didnt really much due to insufficient time. So i did selective studying and it ended up as the paper that gave me a sigh of relief once it was over. Even though i didnt manage to finish up a few points, but i felt quite good after the paper ended. I dun think i did extremely well but i just felt good in the sense that what i studied did come out. I wld fare ICP better than HRM, the paper thati studied like crazy. Maybe its the company, i dunno but certain ideas and theories did flow quite smoothly. I really do hope that what i wrote made sense to the examiner reports. Im hoping for the best!
Analysis of Strategic Management!
AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!! This paper was so badly done!!!!!!!!!! Those topics and hard qn that i studied like crazy didnt come out!!!! I was banking in on cartel and it didnt appear!!!!!!!!! I didnt study Strategic Moves and it came out!!!!!!! Just dunno what to say... i hope this paper does not hold me back!! Really, really disppointed in this paper and to think that it was my last paper. But what to do, im hoping for the best.
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Friday, June 10, 2005
THIS IS SO SURREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!! ITS COMING TRUE!!!!!!! ITS REALLY COMING TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SUPPOSE TO ABSTAIN MYSELF FROM BLOGGING COS OF EXAM BUT AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! JUST GOTTA SHARE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
gonna share with u guys the details when everything is confirmed!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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