Saturday, August 13, 2005

Haze!

Assalamualaikum.. Good Day everyone!

The haze was so bad days earlier that the University granted us 'a break'. Woohooo! I am at home right now. Lucky there's no haze what so ever in Johor. I felt so relieved when I reached JB 2 nights ago.. All I smelt in Uniten was smoke! My clothes were ruined by it.. geez..

I am so happy to be home again. I really need a break. The schedule is just too hectic. I bring along my homework and assignment.. hopefully I'm hardworking enough to do all of them. In fact, I'm doing research for my assignment right now. Huhu... Just started actually.. after 2 days. LOL. And tomorrow I have to go back to Uni again.I heard the API has decreased... So MALAS.

The great news is, my dad has bought me a brand new laptop. Acer TravelMate. And epson printer. I am sooo happy! the computer is superb. With 1.73 GHz Intel whatever processor, 512 RAM, 60 GB hard disk space, WiFi, bluetooth, 6 in 1 card reader slot, DVD-CDRW combo, Windows XP.. and many many more. It's actually RM 3699 (quite a bargain for a decent laptop,eh?), but because I'm a student, I got RM 300 rebate. It's a bit bulky, with 15" monitor, but I don't mind because I won't bring it with me everywhere I go... Now I can do my assignment and do whatever I want in peace.

I went to KIPMART just now, a shopping 'market'.. just to buy some DVDs. Heh. My older sis (who is also on holiday because of the haze) and I bought 7 DVDs! Great. Dunno when I will have the time to watch all of them. I'll bring some of them to uni for sure.

Actually, my mid-semester break is on the 28th August till 4th September. After the holiday, (7th Sept) I'll sit for my computer-based TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language). This is one of the requirements to enter overseas universities. It consists 4 parts; Listening, Reading, Structure & Writing. It was hard for me to concentrate in the listening pre-test. Especially in the 'Long Conversation/Lectures' section. Some of my friends consider that section as lullaby. It is! The writing is hard too.. because we only have 30 minutes to write a perfect essay. Impossible for me. Nyeh nyeh. I'm underestimating myself. Out of 6 (the full mark), I always got 4 to 4.5.. never 5!! I'm so frustrated. The minimum requirement for universities worldwide is 4.5. I need to do better than that. Come to think of it, for SPM, we had an hour to do an essay.. even that wasn't enough for me..!!

Our preparatory programme coordinator asked us to start researching for universities. We can choose 4 australian/new zealand universities. I'm clueless about all these. I've done a bit research but it's hard to shortlist all the prestigious universities to just 4.. My parents want me to go to Australia. But I'm quite unconfident about it. It is harder to obtain a place in Australian universities compared to New Zealand's. But I want to go to Australia too. For now, what I have in mind are..
-Uni of Melbourne
-Australian National Uni
-Uni of Auckland (NZ)
-Massey Uni (NZ)
But my dad insisted I put 3 australian unis... hmm..later lah!

Oh! I nearly forget to mention this.. but.. MY MUM IS PREGNANT! Just a month or so.. I'm so super excited! I hope the baby is healthy and my mum is healty.. I'm quite afraid because just last year my mum had 2 miscarriages. We all really want this baby. Pray for my mum too!

I've got to go, today's my 8th siblings birthday. The 'party' is about to start. And I'm still in front of the computer!!! bye for now!!