Friday, July 17, 2009

On the brink of doom

Results out.

This is the first time I'm sooo anxious about my result. I always tell others that I'm not those who will fuss over results as it is no longer something we can change. But this time around, it matters. Money matters.

As my CGPA for last sem was 3.13, I have to at least maintain 4 Distinctions in order to secure both loan and scholarship (requirement is GPA 3.0). Err my scholarship covers just a small part of my tuition fees, that explains why I'm a loan student.

Alright, so what's my result?

Sem 1, 2009:
AFW2401 - Commercial banking and finance ~~ 77 D
AFW2491 - Company reporting ~~ 77 D
AFW2851 - Accounting information system and financial modelling ~~ 72 D
ECW1102 - Introductory Macroeconomics ~~ 73 D

GPA: 3.08
WAM: 75.53

Well~~~ at one glance, I achieved my target of getting 4D and secured my loan. Also, both 2401 and 2851 paper exceeded my expectation. 2401 (finance paper) is because I scored my first C last year, so it sank my confidence for finance paper deep deep down. 2851 (AIS paper) is basically I have been complaining about this subject since the start of the sem. The AIS theory was totally boring and does not make sense to me. Thank goodness I can say good bye to them. Although Excel was interesting but nah..... I just don't like this subject.

Now, why I'm still not satisfied?

Because... its 2491 (accounting paper). I scored quite high for my internal marks (for quizzes, assignments). I thought I can score HD for it. Yes, I mind it, alot. I did not get HD for last sem and YES, I know I should not take it for granted. But~ last sem I didn't expect at all so that was different case.

Yea~ this post is becoming more "emo" because I seriously wanna spill all my dissatisfaction over here. This is not to bug those who read this but more to remind myself how the "dissatisfaction cum 不甘心 (pronounce as "bat gam sam" in cantonese)" feeling is. One thing, I do not feel bad about it. I know pretty well how much effort I spent for exam. No regrets, just purely feel defeated unwillingly.

Some say I'm optimistic. Some say I'm a worrier. I choose the latter now.
Judging the fact that my GPA is on downward sloping movement, I half mentally prepared yet still try to defend to maintain above 3.0 score.

This is not just about loan and scholarship. This is a matter of principle.

So yea! *blow all those emo dust away*

Sem 2, 2009, come what may!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Sri Ayutthaya

Sri Ayutthaya @ USJ 11

Today, 2nd bro work from home. So 3 of us (including sis) went out for lunch. Upon reaching the place, 2nd bro said he feel as if he went to some peaceful place because the restaurant area is so quiet! It is situated at quiet residential area, which is a big contrast compared to Taipan which is always conquered by cars and cars AND CARS!!


I like the drawings of this menu. but NOT the logo. Somehow it is too....... Thai? XD


Super thin + long fork & spoon.


Keang keaw waan kai
- Green curry chicken (medium)
~ taste not bad lor. It is not spicy unless you accidentally eat the chilli. (poor bro? sis? got it, saved me from trying it or I will be cursing the dish right now! XD)


Soup - Tom yam kai/ phark
- Tom yam chicken/ vegetables
~ the soup looks the same so I just post the vege soup here. Taste? Quite spicy and sour but the proportion of sour is higher. It is nice for those who like Tom Yam. Sis and bro quite okay with it but nah~~~ no Tom Yam for me. (Now you wonder why I eat at Thai restaurant? Err... something new to try? XD)


Khana phad pls kem
- fried kailan vegetables with salted fish
~ Well~ eat out with sis means "no nonsense (unhealthy food or food that can cause her to change shape) food please", so nope! this vege was free from salted fish! Anyway, the vege was fresh and nicely cooked. Ahh~ How I wish I can have this on weekdays too because my aunt will only cook on weekends...


Fried rice
- I don't know that sis ordered the rice. So... call it as "Pineapple boat fried rice"? =D cute leh!! *wink wink*
~ But hey... it taste quite nice leh~ the fried rice is not too dry and the pineapple made the rice more "juicy/watery". The best part is, it cooled down the spicy taste we got from those Tom Yamsss!


Thod man pla
- deep fried fish cake
~ It is quite similiar to "otak-otak" (maybe because due to the spices and herbs used?) and the inner part is quite watery (not that deep fried). It taste quite nice especially when it is dipped with the sauce. I personally think the sauce is lemongrass sauce. It taste somehow like that.


Sis said need to capture the flower pic. Don't want to waste the chef's effort is it? XD


Err..... some nice chinese style tofu.
I like this kinda sauce. Like those "ying yeung" noodles type of sauce. Another antitode to Tom Yam.

Before I end this post, bro told me to highlight this:
~ We saw "siu keong" a.k.a. cockcroach on the table! ~

*laugh*

The cockcroach crawled on the table and bro got a shocked out of it.
But nope, no one got diarrhea, so far~

Monday, July 13, 2009

Shoot the Popeyes

Mega Sale is here! Wee~~~ Shopping spree~~~

Went to Sunway Pyramid with PY. After a few hours of window shopping, both of us got a pair of sandals. Mine is white while PY got the black one. "Couple" sandals eh? NO WAY MAN! XD

And........!

Today is my first time trying out ARCHERY!! hahaha~~~ (ya so slow right, but better than not trying at all!)

I wanted to try archery since 3 years back and thanks to PY, I finally got the chance to try this game!


The what? Bow is it? XD
PY's on the left, mine on the right.
It was then only I know that the bow is different for right and left handed person. (wooo~~)


Target no.11 is my target but actually one of the arrows from target no.10 was my arrow....
hahaha~~~ My first shot went to target no. 10!!! Stupid right!!


A closer view of my score... NOT BAD la right~~~~~~

RM24 for 2 person with 24 arrows, plus 3 free arrows per person. Means... 15 arrows per person (ouch, I just exposed how low I scored...... XD)
But!! I want to try it again! This game is sort of like a substitution to M16... Arghh I miss M16...

After that, we went to Popeyes for dinner. We were curious about this new fast food restaurant opened in Pyramid (previously it was Delifrance).


Popeyes from Louisiana! Where's Olive? (Anyway, I don't like Olive, she's so dumb!)


The shrimp set
- The shrimp is fresh but the skin is not crispy enough, which is the small imperfection here. Anyway, the shrimp is not bad for a fast food restaurant.


The chicken set
- Now this is a disappointment. The chicken...? Normal chicken taste lo. For an almost RM10 price, I would rather spend it on KFC's chicken, even McD's ayam goreng McD taste better than this chicken. Really. Well maybe I'm too used to KFC's chicken but seriously, this chicken does not worth that price.

For the set, they serve it with mashed potato, coleslaw and biscuit. The mashed potato taste quite special, it is a bit spicy, like got some different herbs and spices taste in it. But I don't think I will order a large mashed potato if I visit this restaurant again. Err, not some taste that I will like to have it frequently. For the coleslaw, what else can I say? The standard taste la, similiar to KFC's coleslaw.

What about the biscuit??
It taste AWFUL! The texture is neither hard nor soft. It looks like a muffin but it was quite hard when you bite on it. Furthermore, it is tasteless! Yea I know biscuit right, but it is tasteless + not nice + the texture somehow made me think that I'm eating a product failure of either an unsuccessful muffin or biscuit. Anyway, it is just a side dish.


Seriously both of us don't have satisfaction at all.


Me very "palia" one. I took this photo because I think the spoon looks cute. Don't you think it looks like one of the "masak-masak" style of spoon??? (awwwww childhood memories~~~)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Pain!

Monday, 6 July

Today... I went to PM. Finally.

Aiyoh~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm so so so so reluctant to go wey. But if I don't go, my iron woman sis will kill me with her killer glare. So no choice lah!

Reached there at 4.30pm and sis sort of introduced me to her friends. Then, she directed me to a trainer and told me to fill in the member form. You know forms got a column specifically for acquiring member's health status. I felt like ticking all "yes" column for all the health problems. I even asked the trainer will I be spared from tough workout if I ticked all "yes". Being nice, she was patient enough to give me a smile and acknowledged my very "tak laku" joke.

So... sis told me to do warm up. me =.= immediately. You know why?! They look like normal workout instead of just a "warm up"!

Warm up regime:
5 minutes of rope skipping
Do 3 rounds of:
- 10 squats
- 10 sit up
- 10 figure of eight
- 10 push up
- 10 jumping pull up
- Samson stretch

I can't skip. So I was like =.= and >.<""

So both the trainer and sis taught me to skip. So-so lor, I can just skip once each time and most of the time I skip without both legs jump at the same time.

I managed to complete the warm up session. Then sis told me to do the workout! >.<""""

As I'm new (and weak), I was told to do "Mini Cindy", a different workout from the one my sis will be doing. But she accompanied me to do this workout though. XD That is why I have been calling her iron woman from the start!

"Mini Cindy" workout:
In 10 minutes, do as many rounds as possible of:-
5 jumping pull up
10 push up
15 squads

I managed to complete 7 rounds and another 5 jumping pull up and 10 push up. There was a boy who did with me. He completed 13 rounds! Aiya sis don't need to say la, she did blue band pull up, something like use a blue band to support her pull up instead of a table to support her.

After that sis taught me to do stretching. Then I finally can leave the place. Being stupid enough, I took the staircase instead of the lift. I forgot that my "kaki lenguh" and I was basically half walk half almost fall down style as I walked down the staircase. I guess my leg will be pain tomorrow, and now... my ass is pain la!! XD

Prison break

Wednesday, 1 July

I shall call this day as renovation day! Hahaha~
Because~~~ I went for scaling and cut my hair. I rebonded my fringe after a consistent persuasion by the hairdresser. He is good but ah... expensive lo! Bro said I act like a shopaholic. =.="

Thursday, 2 July

Finally... Outing with Charmaine!!! It was about 9 months since we last met before she fly to London. There were 5 of us -- Charmaine, PY, CY, Jessie and I. We went to Ajisen Ramen for lunch as both Charmaine and Jessie strongly disagree with having Western food. XD

Poor them. I think they will stop eating Western food until they are back to their uni. After that, it was TRANSFORMERS time!!!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- 2.30pm

Just some small spoiler and comments here:

1. I prefer the first movie than the second movie.
2. Too much metals. I think guys will like it more than girls (except for my iron woman sis)
3. Quite a number of unexpected funny scenes. I like it.
4. Megan Fox is sexier in movie 2 but she looked prettier in movie 1.
5. Sam's scenes are lesser than the metals... -.-"

Friday, 3 July

Sing k... again! Crazy right! 2 sing k within 5 days!

Yea! But this time is sing k with friends, the atmosphere and songs selection are different.

So... This is my first time knowing that the maximum number of songs that you can select in a go is 46 songs. So we had to wait for a song to end before we can select a new song (once we reached the quota).

There were 5 of us, Charmaine, PY, HY, Cheryl and I. I realised PY sang much more compared to the last outing. So YAY! Basically all 5 of us conquered the mic until 2 of the mic ran out of battery (or can't stand our voices?? =p)

But eh, I realise all my friends sing quite well. XD
You may think that I'm bias but what I can say is that all 5 of us represent different styles. Charmaine and HY are flexible type. HY's voice is more to girly, love song type while Charmaine's range is really wide! I'm a fan of her! Then, Cheryl and PY are more to lower key but surprisingly PY's voice is quite high when comes to higher key part. Ohya, I like Cheryl's R&B singing. XD

As for me, I don't like when I sing too high key. Sounds like a tikus! argh

Saturday, 4 July
Finally, I attended my jap class. As I skipped the whole June classes, I have 5 homework including current week's homework + addition revision homework! nooo~~~

I am so lazy to do and I will be having my finals on July 18. The best thing is, I'm so lazy to study and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is coming soonnnnn~~~!!!

I don't think I have the mood to STUDY but I guess I won't complain so much. Studying jap is my interest.

But...... I'm just so sick of the word --- exam.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Pasta Zanmai

Tuesday, 30 June @ Pasta Zanmai, One Utama

Outing day with mum! And! This is my first post exam celebration lunch~~ wahahaha~~~

YEA!!!!! EXAMS OVER!!!!!! For sem 1 but FREE!!!! (temporary though)

Food journey? Anime marathon? Drama fantasy? Bring it on! *yay*


Chicken Katsu Curry Rice
- To me, this is the BEST jap curry rice that I have ever tried! Yea~ Better than the one I tried at Haikara restaurant. This is my personal opinion anyway.

Why?
Because... Firstly, the curry is thick enough and there are ALOT of curry there (very generous). Secondly, the chicken cutlet is BIG enough and the chicken meat is nicely cooked. Thirdly, the curry level is just nice for me. Aiyoh I lack of vocab here.


Mum's Unagi Kabayaki to Onsen Tamago
- Their unagi is nice and fresh enough. Mum was very satisfied with this food. *shows a victory sign here* (v^__^v)


Tiramisu!


I miss the unagi wey! It reminds me of the taste when I look at it...


Now do you understand what do I mean by "ALOT of curry"??? *salivating crazily*


Favourite food item checklist:
1) curry - checked
2) chicken -checked
~~~~>>>> perfecto! =D


Yea I know the chicken here doesn't look really nice. Just wanna show that it is a big piece of chicken cutlet. (But of course! High price paid what! It is more expensive than Haikara restaurant okay!)


My favourite Tiramisu! (I'm spoilt wey~)

After that, Mum and I went to sing k at Neway for 5 hours! Syok!
Initially we have to rush back to the ss15 Neway but right before leave One U, the ss15 Neway called and informed us that they lost electricity and asked if I can change to other location. Oh man! We felt that we were so lucky because they switched the location for us AND we were not late for the karaoke session. Lucky day! (^0^)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Euro Deli

Euro Deli de Qualite Delicatessen @ Damansara Kim

Today is big bro's birthday! So I treat him lunch (lor~ XD). As we relied on the Google map to search for the place, it took us more than half an hour to find it. And.....! The address provided is outdated. =.= (wan gat!!)

Foooooooooood time!!! =D


Recently I developed a habit to take menu photos..... =D


This bread is softtttttttt~~~~ taste quite good


Emmenthaler wurst (Emmenthaler sausage)
- pork sausage with cheese, potato salad and sauerkraut

The sausage is niceee~ But because it is a pork sausage, it is harder than normal chicken sausage that I usually eat. In another words, there is 100% pork meat in it... XD

But ahhh...... it is very filling especially when there is cheese in it. It IS tasty but at the same time it is a very meaty meal. Anyway, I prefer chicken sausage more than pork sausage XD


Dang! Dang! Dang~ Dang!
Introducing~
Gabackene schweins haxde (roast pork knuckles)
- with mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut

Yum yummmmmm I love this! The pork meat is not too hard or too soft, just nice for me. I like to dip it into the mushroom sauce and put a small scoop of mashed potato on it, and...... *ngummm* *munch/chew/bite/whatever* ahhhh.... life is good~~~ =D

By the way, I don't like the sauerkraut. Taste weird to me.

I like this photo. haha~ I think my photography skill slightly improved here.


This pic is to show the side dishes to the pork knuckles~


Woah! Big BONE!! With big FLESHY/MEATY pork meat............ *drooling*


Birthday (old) man cut this pork for me. Because I was stunned and don't know where to start to cut the pork. XD

Both of us were 100% bloated after the meal. Too much meat eh?
So what! Calories banzai!!! XD