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Rankings?

World Uni rankings means nothing to me. Yeap. That was what I said in one of my post centuries ago. Brought in by the propaganda, I don't need people to tell me which is good. I do my own homework. Nevertheless, I'm sure there is a commotion of the latest world ranking. I'm taken by surprise too, because UKM has risen so fast up the ranks. What? Did they pay the QS to elevate it? Nah, don't think UKM is that capable. Or overseas propaganda? Nah, UM is worthless to bring down. It's just the pride of most local Malaysian grads (not me though). Or somehow they just struck the jackpot? Weird. The truth is out there, and until I 'out' there then, I won't be able to find it out. Been browsing the Times online (free 14-days with my multiple accounts, for evey time I wanted to see it) and saw the rankings for Science, Biomedicine and Technology, the 3 latest list. As usual, none of the local public Uni is in the technology list. But, UKM is 62nd on the Science Uni list, with UM on the 95th. Surprise!! Nah, just kidding. UKM was in the top 100 last year, a minor improvement means nothing. But I guess UM will be celebrating again for the '95th' position again. Haha.. Back to the last list? Biomedicine. It was the list where UM excel in top 100 last year and they boast of their medic course, by the way. I guess they must have handicap other uni, cause they are not in it this year. And my my... I was looking at Nottingham Uni at 51st (a surprise for an engineering uni to get into top 100 for biomedicine but not in Technology, maybe there's another column for engineering, I guess.), then I saw Malaysia!! UKM in 56th!! At the moment, I was looking for UM. There, I saw another Malaysia!! At 95th placing. But, I realised it's not UM, it's USM. Lolz.. USM is on the rise too? Have to say so. I know UPM and USM will rise too, but UKM will lead the rise because it's the oldest after UM (by a merely 10 years, of course, by excluding the years UM WAS in Singapore, which is the current NUS). In the end, the rankings does not really reflect anything real. The standards of all public Uni will be more or less the same one day, and it won't rise too high, because of our rules and regulations. Yet, there is one thing that matters, UM's pride has been hurt. Sayonara, I don't want to listen to any people boast about UM. All public Uni grads are even.

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Holiday Season

It's holiday! Short but precious, I'd never look
forward to a holiday. Nevertheless, I'll always try to appreciate it when it comes. Life is too short to change the world, but yet, it is long enough to leave an impact to those around you. So, I had taken the opportunity to enjoy right after the assessment. And please, for the last time, I'm not the fella who will get an A for any test. Do not associate me with my roomate. Haha.. For the very first time, I felt happy with my performance although I did quite a number of mistakes. Who cares? I just want a B, or preferably B+. That should suffice. The zest for knowledge is still within me, and I've tried hard to kick off the lust for competition. It ain't gonna do any good to my health anyway. Anyway, went with Jo Ee, Ru Hui, Yi Hui, Sharen, Stella, Su Yan, Sze Wern, Ping Ling and Poh Jeann to KLCC. Sorry if I left any names, but I don't think so kua.. Fetched the 1st five cause they had a heavier luggage to bring. They plan to go to Hentian Duta from KLCC after that. Had lunch there, at the food court. Saw Alex and Jean Jean there too, heard that they are watching Ghost movie. Woo..
So we ate at the foodcourt, where I took the Red
Curry Duck with rice. Tasted funny, as if the curry and the meat doesn't blend well. And yet, with my eyes wide open (as usual) I told Yi Hui and Jo Ee that it was delicious, hoping that they will try that the next time. Haha.. Jo Ee went shooping for his sister's and girlfriend's birthday gift. He got her girlfriend a necklace with a cross pendant (whatever it is called actually) . His sister? I forget what he got her. The girls went to look for dessert and I walked alone around the few places of happening. Nolstagia. Oh, why am I being so nolstagic? KLCC was the place I had frequented since secondary years, although not as much as most of my KL secondary school friends, I had those memories that made me felt that it wasn't a place I had like to come often anymore. And yet, it also had memories which made me wanted to come. Happy ones of course. So, it remain a neutral ground for me, only going when my friends wanted to.
After Jo Ee, Yi Hui, Ru Hui and Stella took their
luggage from my car( Sure they are not carrying them around while shopping), I bade them farewell, and happy holidays. Went to watch "The Devil Wears Prada" with Ping Ling, Poh Jeann and Sharen. It's a miracle that they still show it in KLCC, so we manage to watch it. I really love the show, not really of the fashion, but of the moral behind the story. It closely resemble our real-life, and sometimes I could just see the similarities in my life in a way or two. Yet, in the end, it's still a fairy tale, but the lesson is well taken. Well, at least for a day or two before I MIGHT forget it. After the show, fetched them back to KTSN while I went home to have dinner with my parents. Later on, go KTSN again and get the girls (Ping Ling, Poh Jeann and Siaw Khing) to go lepak at one of the cafe at Sri Pelangi area. It's just quite relaxing having a chat there, because it seems ages since I had yum cha, with all my yum cha kaki gone missing in action. Wai Sun is still in US, Wei Yee in China, Zi Xiang in Penang and Flora in..KL. Takkanla both of us go yum cha oni, sure she also busy lately..Hee.. So, after that, I got them back to hostel just right before midnight. Hehe..
So, what's next? Oh ya, I still got lots of things to
do. First, report of the visit. Second, play arcade. Third, mugging books when the time is right. Forth, hang around doing nothing. I guess the forth is the hardest, since I just can't stop finding anything to do. So, wish me luck, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

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Post of Misery

By the time I'm typing this, I'm so in misery.Went for the "year-end prom night turned Oct hi-tea which start at 1 which ain't hi-tea anymore." I parked my car at Chow Kit near the Grand Season hotel, where I lost my handphone a month or two ago. I put my backpack in the bonnet, thinking it will be alright. What wasn't right was that I had my spare house keys and car keys in the bag. Perhaps the car remote alarm was being scanned by some high-tech gadget and mistaken as a laptop. When I drove back home and open my bonnet, the bag was gone!! It's such a mystery! First, my alarm didn't go off. Second, there is no obvious sign of breaking in. Third, My other things in the car was not stolen. Forth, since my car keys is inside, wouldn't it be better to drive my car away as well? And last, I remembered clearly that I put my backpack in the bonnet and Jo Ee saw it too. It's just so creepy, when you lost your handphone at the same spot too. Guess that @%#^$%!@% thief is stupid!

There's my purple expanding file as the backbone of the bag, making it easily mistaken as the shape of the laptop. My 3 pharmacology books, Lippincott, Katzung Basic and Katzung Review form the basic weight of the 'laptop' with at least a total weight of 3kg. My pencil case, my calculator and my Persatuan Pelajar book are there too. It's such a sad case. Now I have to change my house locks, buy a new backpack and the books plus all the stationery, easily cost me RM500 and worth nothing much to the thief. It's a lose-lose situation for it definitely is not worth the thief's effort. Haiz.. Have to say goodbye to my backpack which I had used for about 5 years, the longest serving bag ever. In schooling years, my bag usually last half a year, and the second longest became 2 years, from form2-form 3. I used the last bag since form 4 till now, and looking back at the memories.. Haiz.. My companion for many love-lives had come to an end where we had to part. I hope there will be a new owner who will know how to take care of you better. Thank you for all your effort and because of you, I survived my educational years with pride. *Salute*


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Sunday Quick Post

Guess I haven't been posting for quite some
time. Got my 2nd module results, an A. Nothing much to be happy, not that I care about my grades, as long as it is a pass. Felt happy for the coursemates who survive the scare from the first module. Most of us from STPM got at least a B, mostly A and A-. Hope they had the incentive to go through the 5 years. Hehe.. Overall, the results was VERY VERY much better than the previous module. I just felt bad for those who failed the last module. Anyhow, most did better this time around. But, that's all I gotta say, because I just need to read what I like, and not what is for the exam.
Been to the Pesta Tanglung today at UKM.
We were supposed to wait for the UKM bus to Bangi at 10.30am from KTSN. But, it didn't arrive. In the end, I had to ask my parents to bring me my car so that I could drive there. So, we departed from KTSN at 12.45pm. Ping Ling bawa jalan, although we went the detour through Mines. Haha.. In the end, reached there at 1.30pm, when my super senior Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting (He took STPM from TARC too) was about to finish his speech. I manage to watch the opening ceremony by him. It was a creative way indeed, with Datp' Seri Ong Ka Ting pouring some red liquid on the top of the transparent hose and the fluid flow around the 'lantern' with its glowing red color. Later I found out that the liquid wasn't from the bottle, but a large pail behind the 'lantern'. What a fake!! Haha.. The performance was very well done. For most of the part, I had no critics, when I usually have for most performances. It is done professionally. Then only I was told that the performers of the dance and play were given professional training from coaches hired overseas!! Even the scripwriters were professional ones, and definitely not those 'creative' play that can be done by most University students and even better than most local performers. Well, my RM8 is well spent then, with such an interesting show. The FSKB students were involved in the performances too, when I can see those from Biomedic, Pharmacy and other courses. Nevertheless, students from Dentistry and Medic was not involved in it, maybe due to the hectic schedule. Imagine forsaking your classes for more than a month to go to Bangi to train! For Medic students, we will be missing a whole module, and you can say bye bye to that module. Fail any module and you get to repeat the year. Well, maybe we should look at the bright side. Maybe he/she can partipate more times in Pesta Tanglung then. n_n"
Because I was late, I came in half-way through the
show. There were 3 emcees, one speaking one language each, that is, Chinese, English and Malay. The one speaking Malay were awful and the English emcee were kind of Ok. While listening, (it's too dark to see them from far anyway) I heard some Mandarin with familiar intonation which I couldn't really forget. I tried to stare but everything is just too dark. The shadow of the figure were quite familiar, but I dare not conclude. It was till when the camera was on her that I saw her face. Yes, the Chinese emcee was her indeed. Couldn't really imagine it was her, because she had always seem less participative all the while in TARC. I was truly glad for her. Perhaps I had been the one that had her tied down. A bird set free is always happier. At times, I might had doubted my decision, but now I know that I had made the right choice. There is no regret and perhaps much relief to see her much happier. And me, in my medic life, and no one knows of my path. I could be happy, and I could be lonely at times, but I will still strive ahead, for there is no point looking back, and the future to uphold.
Back to my trip. I didn't have my lunch, and
we went to the McD near KTSN (beside Tawakal) to have lunner(Lunch + dinner) at 5pm. Back to the place I used to play the playground during my kindy years. Hehe.. Overall, it's an enjoyable trip, for in a single day, I travel from the past to the present, and then, to the future.

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