Postgraduate

My first semester as a masters student begins tomorrow.

How I feel about it?

Nervous?

And obviously excited!

So yeah I am hoping for the best :)

Positive thoughts!

My orientation was pretty formal.

It certainly shows there is a differences between being an undergrad student and a postgrad student.

So this is it.

I am a postgrad student.

LIKE REALLY!?

There have been a lot of settling in to do..

And I am adapting and still learning to adapt.

This place that I am in is pretty foreign.

I don't really think about home that much

(except for my dog, Snoopy since whenever I see dogs around I'll think of him and the late Vicky)

The late Vicky..

Did I really just say that? 

(Not sure if it's because I am spending so much time settling in and taking in the new environment) 

Anyway,

It's tomorrow!

HAH!

"It'll only get tougher from now on." (Reg, 2014)

"You'll be alright." (PhD student, 2014)

The present, 2013

 Back in 2010..

There were so many people whom I cannot remember from this photograph.

Moving forward to the present day in 2013.

Today is our final lecture for the final semester.

Next week is the finale.

Yes, it has been one heck of a journey with the batch.

The family has expanded tremendously over the years with additional peeps joining the batch.

We played sports together, had heaps of gatherings together, and endless laughter.

The batch is made up of interesting people with unique personality.

I cannot string together sentences/words to describe the time I studying with these bunch:)

But I shall end this post by saying..

Batch 12, you'll be missed.

It's nice having a bunch of people who understand what we'll go through being a Psychology student :)

Photo bomb

I'm usually way behind my blog post when comes to events..

It's so much easier to post pictures of good food cause at least my blog wouldn't be spammed with camwhore pics..XD

But since the past few weeks has been rather memorable..

And the pics taken wasn't a lot..

So here it goes..

CNY gathering at Runa's place..

 Last minute lunch & coffee session with the bunch..

Most of my classmates are coffee lovers.

Although most of them are Starbucks drinkers and I personally find Starbucks coffee tastes like instant coffee..

Hence I introduced them to good coffee :)

We went to Coffee Chemistry since it's convenient for us..

However,

The latte art was rather disappointing when I went there with them.

Maybe it's because it's lunch hour and they have more customers so their latte art wasn't that refine?

And the latte that I had wasn't that satisfying either for some reason..

It tasted rather bland..

But oh well..

At least this week I had my cup of good coffee from Antipodean Cafe :)

Even their bacon pasta (which is my usual order) tasted bland..

Celebrated Feb babies birthday:)

PS: Good food and a good cup of coffee makes me happy :)

Dissertation

Two weeks ago we have been busy working on the last bit of our dissertation.

And on Friday,

These are done and submitted to the department.

It's almost the end of the first month of 2013.

I have 5 weeks left in uni.

The final semester

It's my last semester break.

And tomorrow,

I'll be back for my FINAL semester..

So bring it on Semester 9.

Which comes first

Thesis, finals, and internship.

Which comes first? 

All at once?

Well almost.

June

Holaaaaa!

I will not apologize for the lack of update..

Anyhoo, the past few weeks have been rather eventful and hectic :)

But all is well *grins*

I started the month by celebrating Jyun's birthday!

My classmates gave him a small surprise by getting him a birthday cake..

Yeah I know it's sweet of them although they usually don't remember,

Unless we belong to their group.

And some of you readers know that we are just classmates, and there's nothing much to look forward to.

But, Jyun's presence made things different for me :)

A quarter of my classmates?

But it's really sweet of them to remember though..

Especially the ones who actually get the cake for him..

I on the other hand have plans for him on his birthday,

As in his gifts and such..

Although I am not sure where to take him for lunch/dinner on his birthday,

Since he's not choosy when comes to food,
So I decided to let him choose what he feels like having for lunch/dinner on his birthday.

And he was craving for pan mee, so pan mee it is :)

Had Japanese for dinner..

And he loves his gift! 

After that I got busy with my magazine assignment,

It's a ridiculous project I must say..

And it wasn't as fun as how it used to be back then when I was in the Editorial Board,

Anyhoo, I got than over and done with..

Then there's report writing and role play (which I found out at a very last minute)

I think we managed to pull that role play assignment off pretty well..

Turns out, our (Jyun and I) leadership essay turns out fine,

Albeit the last minute work :)

It's so frigging hard to get ourselves work on that essay until we had to work on it since the submission is due..

We decided to celebrate our little achievement over a cup of coffee and decent lunch,

At Coffee Chemistry! =)

My Cafe Latte

His Mocha

He got himself the pasta he had when we first went to that place for lunch..

I tried the herbal butter milk chicken rice..

Which was pretty good actually..

Since the chicken is crispy and not too buttery..

We also went to a German restaurant at the Curve for pork knuckles :)

Bavarian Bierhaus, a place with great atmosphere..

The pork knuckles were not as good as the place we went to at Bukit Bintang (Elcerdo)

The skin was really crispy, but hard. So it's hard for me to chew..

As for the meat, it wasn't as juicy as the ones I had at Elcerdo..

But the mashed potato were really good! 

I wouldn't go back there for their pork knuckles though,

Perhaps their German sausages will be a more satisfying meal :)

My sis were away for camp, but she called back home from camp since her stomach hurts a lot..

It was past 12am when she called back home..

Poor her..

I actually had plans with my mom to help out with my cousin's wedding in the morning..

And we don't know where is the camp site..

With Jyun's help we managed to figure out the way there through Google map..

Her irresponsible teacher gave us the wrong camp site name with no address in the permission letter.

Jyun however, managed to figure out for us the real camp site place along with the address..

It was situated in Hulu Langat, but in the letter it's written Ulu Langat..

We couldn't drive over there to pick her up since it's late and we wouldn't be able to find our way there,

In the dark..

So we waited till 5am and left home to search for her..

After asking around and looking at the faulty signboards on the road,

We managed to find her campsite.

My gawd.

There were at least 6-7 campsite there and even the local people who stayed nearby the camp site gave us the wrong direction..

It was dark and we didn't have a GPS with us since my stupid GPS couldn't work!

(That's for buying China product. Told my dad he shouldn't get that GPS since we wouldn't know when will the stupid company go bankrupt. And guess what? After a few months he purchased the GPS for me, the damned company gone bankrupt)

Anyway, we managed to find our way there,

Thanks to Jyun's good sense of direction and our faith in ourselves..

LOL!

Turns out it's food poisoning.

(Sis told me there were alot of insects in her food. She had to take them out one by one before eating it. Eww?)

Her irresponsible teachers didn't even contact us when she wasn't feeling well..

She had to find ways to contact us from camp.

And they gave her some medication which she didn't take since she doesn't know what medication it is.

After all my brother had already warned her against taking medication without proper prescription..

Her teacher reprimanded her for being stubborn when she doesn't want to take the medication.

The school teacher also lied to the headmistress of the school about the activities they organized for the students since the headmistress is against some activities which are deemed dangerous.

There were EIGHT school teachers at the camp.

And none of them bothered to do something when some of the girls had stomach upset at the camp.

I didn't know that my previous high school teachers were that irresponsible..

Sis came back home, slept and had to be dragged to the wedding event..

We were dragged by our mom to the wedding event so early because we were supposed to help out..

But guess what?

Some god knows who relative already gotten that taken care of..

So we waited there like a moron.

Yes, it was a waste of time.

And I hate attending events that early when nobody bothers to turn up on time!

*Rolles my eyes*

 My sis and I..

I don't know why she has to attend the wedding when she isn't feeling too well..

Out of respect perhaps?

Jyun, who happens to be my date and a great company,

During the dreaded event :)

A few hours

A few hours more,
Then it'll be over for a while.
I know I've been absent from blogosphere for quite some time..
I don't wanna keep blogging about work and start the post with "I've been busy".
Since I know you guys probably got used to that shit.
So yeah I didn't blog cause I don't wanna say shit like I've been busy or swamped with work..
Cause that's what I've been up to most of the time..


I also don't wanna rant about being a third year student since you guys probably know what it means to be a final year student..


I like doing what I'm doing now..
But I want more of that..
More as in..something different perhaps?
I wish the little brat wouldn't be all high and mighty cause seriously, I am sick of her bloody attitude.
Just because my mom spoil her, it doesn't mean I have to put up with her crap when I have no time for her nonsense..
The "her" is my sixteen year old sister who whines about how hard school is for her..
*rolles eyes*


Anyway...
I'll be back..
For a proper update..

Final year

It has been one hell of a week.

On my second day of my new semester, it just hit me hard on my face that I am a FINAL year student.

Gosh! Time flies. 

To be honest I sort of dread the final year for some reason..

And also before this I didn't wanna think about it until I have to which is during my 2 weeks semester break whereby I had to make myself to come out with stuff for my thesis and the proposal.

By my third day of the semester while driving back home,

I thought to myself,

God. This shit is real! (not hyperventilating, I swear I am not).

This semester will be one heck of a roller coaster ride.

By the end of Thursday, I have 3 term paper to work on, some shitty magazine, proposal, and some other stuff which I need to check my timeline to see what comes first.

Hell. 

I can't even keep track of the total amount of assignments I have piling up for me.

Long story short,

I managed to secure myself with a supervisor of my choice (yay me?),

I actually joined my classmates for some birthday celebration.

(not going to bother explaining what actually means).

But my Friday is pleasant..

Went on a dinner date with Jyun in an absolutely amazing place.

We have been postponing the date for a month of so due to unwanted circumstances.

That was a great meal I must say :)

More to come later.

For now,

See yah!

Work, food, coffee

Last week after we handed in out proposal, 

Jyun and I decided to head over to Plan B for lunch since I'm craving for a cup of good coffee. 

However, the coffee machine isn't working that day. 

And because of that, I discovered the goodness of mocha latte from Coffee Beans. 

(I usually opt for the ice blended drinks, but for a changed to decided to try the hot beverages).

 In fact, since I love the mocha latte from Coffee Beans so much,

 Two days ago after my presentation, I decided to hang out with my old mates at coffee beans just for the mocha latte :P 

I tried the red velvet cake from Plan B..

It was my first red velvet and I don't really fancy it..

Jyun tried the nasi dagang..

Yes, from is reaction you can guess that he likes it :)

I had egg benedict.

It was okay..

I've been doing a few interviews with people who knows about the Buddhism and Zoroastrian religion,

For my Cross Cultural Psychology assignment.

It was a rather educational assignment.

We took some pics from our observation since one of the center we went to allow us to snap photographs of the memorial service.

PS: My assignment is about perception about death. 

We interviewed 8 people in total.

I went for my thesis briefing the other day.

And it just hit me that I will be a final student in one month time.

Everything happens way too fast.

Long week

It has been a rather long week (this week and last).

But it'll come to an end soon.

I had been postponing my dates since we both don't have time for it.

I didn't celebrate Valentines this year (again due to the schedule).

And I don't mind since it doesn't bear any significance to me..

I've seen a lot of roses around on Valentines which made me wonder where has the creativity gone to?

Will do a proper blog update soon.

After I'm done with Thursday :)
For now,

Chiao!

2012

Yes, I guess we've grown since we first met.

2012

Social Experiment

I present you 4 incredibly tough, sporting, and very manly man..

Pushing aside their ego,

To experiment on the stigma among the transgender individuals by dressing up as one of them,

It's not an easy task for most guys but they pull it off well:)

And boy, we had such a great laugh because of them!

The girls are still having fun with their pics..

I've seen some around, men who dresses up as women,

And some of them look so good!

I think these people (the transgenders) deserve some respect.

You see ladies dressing up as guys and nobody say anything about it,

(since they still look good in guys outfit)

So if those men/guys who dress up as a lady/woman,

And they still look good why can't we accept them just like how we accept tomboys?

(Well not everyone are fine with tomboys to be honest, but when girls dresses up as guys people wouldn't stare at them or display any anger towards them)

Is it because of this unwritten rules that men should be all manly and aggressive?

Hence they shouldn't cross dress cause it'll degrade their own kind?

Well to be honest, those abusers, rapers, and men who cheats pretty much degrade their own kind even without these harmless individuals who cross dresses.