Student Council Election Poster

This is how the poster for the campaign looks like. Quite farnee le...It's even more freaky to see my face all over the university!!

I just hung the posters up this afternoon. Ai...tough job man. The day was SO blazing hot, and the job of just hanging up 85+ posters was madness! Thankfully I had 3 other friends to help me out...gah.

Seriously, I didn't see myself getting into such a position when I first enter this university. I wanted to get out of the uni SO ever badly...and had no intention whatsoever to get into the MPP...it's the highest council in the uni after all...who would have the ambition to get in? Nyeh...not me.

*sigh* Politics...indirectly, I am already getting my hands dirty. Bah. It'll be a one year of donkey's job...for the welfare of the students. That's the main purpose of the MPP, and as part of the new council, I really hope to see that the reputation of the MPP will be raised back to where it should be. How far do the students trust the MPP? I hope that we can get them to trust us more through our sincere actions...eekk...

Student Council Elections (part 1)

*sigh* After a LONG journey, attending trainings at PD and Taman Negara, having to go through all the turmoil and torment, the day for elections is finally at sight. I attended a suffocating leadership course last weekend, which took yet another of my Sundays up, at Taman Negara. It was quite a surprise as I didn't really know that we were heading to that direction. All along, I thought we were to head to Balok Beach. Bummer.

Anyways, I won the elections already...without competition, of course :P Actually most of the faculties won both the seats allocated for each faculty except for the Chemical Engineering faculty. Gah. Thus, the only seats 'up for grabs' are the Chemical Engineering faculty seats, and the 'Public' seats...kerusi Umum, they call it. There are 5 seats for the top 5 positions and 2 seats for each faculty.

Tomorrow will be the Voting day. More updates on the results will be posted up as soon as I have the time to do so.

Just testing

Just testing out whether this Word Blogger thing works… if it does, that’ll be great!

When Reality Sinks In

It's really scary to find out that the campaigning for MPP would start next week! I'm SO not prepared!

I have to get all the support I can from all the years of my course, from year1-year3. The best part is that I'm Chinese, so I'll have to work even harder to get the votes. So far, I've approaced a junior to help me, to be on my side. Then, she will get another Malay friend of her's to be on my side as well. I've all the help I'll need from Joey and the Faculty's preseident too (Malay guy). They agreed to be on my side & to give me their full support. I don't need to worry 'bout missing votes from the Chinese, I suppose. It's just to get votes from the Malays cos my opponent(s) wil be Malay(s). Plus, my current opponent is a good friend of mine. It's gonna be tough. If there are others coming in as 'calon bebas', then the competition will be like a war! If no other candidates coming in, then both my friend and I will be in the council automatically.

*sigh*

Soon enough, I'll have to work hard for my speech and confirm it through my actions. Time is catching up. I need some sponsors... I think the HEP ain't gonna give that much to fund our campaign. It's gonna be quite funny to see my face everywhere I go. But I guess it will be a great experience as well.

I won't be able to attend church for about ONE month as duty calls..sigh. Faith vs Duty. The passage in Luke on this issue struck me hard yeaterday. I suppose sometimes we have to carry out pur duty eventhough it means giving up some stuff...like going to church! Argh...what am I saying??!!! I won't give up my faith...it's tough la to get stuck in this position. But I believe God has His ways. I pray that I'll follow Him and not my own thoughts. Pah.

Packed, & I've no regrets whatsoever

These couple of weeks has been terribly packed with activities and work. I don’t remember getting any proper rest since I came back from my one-week break, which I didn’t get any real rest either.

One-week break
The break was filled up with meeting up with people and doing loads of catching up before I get back to uni again. I met my Form 6 friend, whom I haven’t met since I left school. Then I also spent time with my good friend, who came back from Ireland for his hols. I had a great time gathering with the TRACies for lunch and supper….met up with Irene and Kenny. Oh, I finally met up with my brother, who came back from India for a short break. Gosh, I haven’t spoken to my Ah-Kor since like…I can’t remember when! We went out for dinner with Theng and his friend, who so happened to be someone I’ve known for quite some time, but we didn’t keep in touch! That was a superb surprise ;) Hehe…he cia-ed us Swensen’s ice cream too! I think that was the first time ah-kor belanja us man!

Coming back to my previous week…
The week was a blasting busy one. Before I can sit down and think, the week has passed me by already. *sigh* I had assignments, reports and the silly Process Modeling project, which was the major project for the week. Stayed up past 12 everyday and wake up as early as 6.45am on certain days. With all the workload I had, 5 hours of sleep ain’t enough at all.

Let’s put my BM to practice…heehee

Activiti yang paling sronok pada minggu tu ialah Kursus Kepimpinan Perdana 2005 yang diadakan di Port Dickson, dari 16-18 September 2005. Seramai 15 calon MPP (Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar) sahaja yang dipilih tuk mengikuti kursus istimewa ni.

Ku tak sangka yang ku kan menjadi yang terpilih tuk program tersebut. Lagi-lagi, aku bukannya yang paling best kat KUKTEM. Mungkin pihak uni nak at least sorang budak Cina tuk mewakili populasi KUKTEM di kursus tu. Ai...Sbenarnya, ku tak endak gi. Hatiku kat Kuantan...endak sangat tuk ke rumahku di Kuantan; rumah Abishua la tu. Dah lama tak gi sana...rindukan suasana kekeluargaan. Haha. Lebih-bih gi, kalau ku gi kursus tu, tak dapat pulak tuk gi CG pada hari Jumaat. Sayang skali tau? Dah berapa minggu tak gi. *sigh* Rindu. Tambahn pulak, Kelvin sruh aku buat ice-breakers tuk CG minggu tu...aiya.

Walau bagaimanapun, aku tak kesal sikit pun yang ku gi kursus tu. Memang, skit pun tak kesal. Tak sangka dan tak tau pun yang kursus tu adalah tuk seluruh IPTA (universiti tempatan) di Malaysia! Dasyat sungguh! Kira-kira 250-300 calon MPP dan jentera menghadiri kursus tu. Oh, lupa pulak...kursus tu kat World Marina Resort, PD. Sebelum tu, aku ingat yang tempat tu resort benar-benar. Tertipu pulak. Macam apartment aje. Buruk tu! Habuk kat rumah setebal 1 cm kut. Macamlah tak didiami orang langsung. Cis.

Room amte ku iailah calon dari KUKTEM juga; dak India. Taklah buruk sngat tinggal ngan dia tu. At least boleh gile-gile skit...hehe. Kat kursus tu, hanya ade 14 budak Cina aje! Oh, dasyat skali! Menakutkan tau? Semuanya dak Melayu dan India pun ramai jugak.

Yang paling best kat kursus ni ialah slot simulasi pilihan raya pada hari ke-2. Lucu skali ku tengok bagaimana pilihan raya dijalankan kat universiti lain. Ganas, menakutkan dan penuh smangat. Taklah cam kat KUKTEM...tempat yang aman dan damai skali bila pilihan raya diadakan. Takde kes calon diculik, takde parti pembangkang, takde rusuhan. Peace.

Anyways, I enjoyed myself very much. Met loads of new friends and got to know students from almost all the local universities in Malaysia. It’s a massive event and there’ll be more to come if we ever get into the MPP (Student Council). Those of us who are chosen to attend that course are under the government party. There’ll definitely be the opposition parties in the conventional universities. As for college universities such as the one I am in now, we don’t have such things. Politics and ‘wars’ are not practiced here. Oh, oh…I met a 2 friends at the course too! I met Wai Hoe, who’s an officer in the 1st Petaling Jaya Boys’ Brigade Company (at Trinity Methodist Church PJ…my home church!) and the other guy I met is Gary! Gosh, I SO didn’t believe my eyes when I saw him! I met Gary at the Catholic camp I participated about a month ago (12-13 August). Did quite a lot of catching up with him…

I actually had a culture shock to know that the elections held at the other universities are so ‘filthy’ (political) and that there are so many universities involved in this course. I was even more shocked when I heard about the kidnap case of a MPP candidate at UKM! Our uni didn’t inform us anything about what’s going to happen; they just got a bus for us and sent us on our way. There weren’t even any chaperons with us! All those who went for the course are this year’s candidates for the upcoming elections…and not even all of the candidates were chosen for this event as the uni budgeted for 15 candidates to attend only. Bah.

No regrets, no turning back. I can say with pride that I am one of the chosen ones to experience the fullness of university life :) It’s not a common thing to meet up with leaders from all the local universities in Malaysia at one go. Despite the fact that most of them are Malays, I didn’t feel too out of place. Indeed I am the ONLY Chinese candidate (there’s another Chinese girl from UPSI, but she is only a jentera, meaning the task force). The rest of the 13 Chinese are guys. Can you imagine that??! Ah well, didn’t feel that outa place either cos I’m used to mixing with guys. Gah.

The experience gathered is priceless. I shared my excitement with my mum when she called to check out how I’m getting on at the course, and shared it with Kin Hup as well, when that poor fella called to relate the stuck-in-between situation that he’s in. Although I was dead tired on the way to the course, during the course and after the course, I can say that there ain’t even a single bit of regret. I only have God to thank for giving me this opportunity! :)

I’ll be exceptionally busy this week as well. I’ve one more training course to attend this weekend, meaning I can’t go to church again!! Argh. This time around, it’s just for all MPP candidates from my uni and it’ll be held tentatively in Cherating Beach. The place that we’ll stay in, I have no idea yet. Pah.

I MISS MY MABEL!

(I just had to use that as the title...needed some place to express it out...gahaha..)

The SAD mid term exam is tomorrow, barely 24 hours away, and here I am sitting in front of the comp, having a fork in one hand and a can of tuna in the other. My faithful can of tuna that fed me for the day! Coming to think of it, I haven't had any rice since I came back to uni! All I had was bread and instant noodles (yesterday)!!

I had an awesome one week break, and it's just such a dread to come back to uni again and hit the books. Why do I need to study?? Plus, study something that I don't like and that I can barely understand no matter how hard I try??!!! Pah. This course is just SO technical. The creative part in me seem to slowly disintegrate! Language is a freaky choice of either Mandarin or Malay, while for food and fun, I needn't explain any further.

Well, the ONE thing (in today's case, a person) that made my day was none other than MABEL!! Argh...I SO miss u!! Met Mabel on the msn messenger today. Yeah man, it's my FIRST time on the msn messenger after at least a month of not being able to get onto ANY of the messenger sites (i.e the msn & YM). I was in class at that time, so the chat was barely 10 lines long. Yet, it was good enough to satisfy :)

I've got WAY too much to write concerning my one week break. Will update this site asap...

A GOOD HEART, BUT...

taken from an email sent to me...

(Scene-Sunday A.M. assembly; silent prayer)
Max: God, I want to do great things.
God: You do?
Max: You bet! I want to teach millions! I want to fill the Rose Bowl! I want all of the world to know your saving power! I dream of the day-
God: That's great, Max. In fact, I can use you today after church.
Max: Super! How about some radio and TV work or … or … or an engagement to speak to Congress?God: Well, that's not exactly what I had in mind. See that fellow sitting next to you?
Max: Yes.
God: He needs a ride home.
Max (quietly): What?God: He needs a ride home. And while you're at it, one of the older ladies sitting near you is worried about getting a refrigerator moved. Why don't you drop by this afternoon and-
Max (pleading): But, God, what about the world?
God (smiling): Think about it.

A Twist

Well, who would have guessed that the competition for the Students’ Council elections would get stiffer in just a week before the ‘training camp’? I wouldn’t. Just today, I heard that Nik is asked to join the MPP elections. Whoa…I was a little taken by that. Another candidate? Interesting.

The ‘battle’ is now not only between Izham and I, but with Nik in the scene as well. Whatever the final decision will be, I shall be thankful for the priceless experience. The percentage of winning the elections has dropped from 50-50 to a 33% assurance. Hmm…one side of me, feels a little disturbed as my chances of winning has been lessened. But on the other hand, I’m quite relieved that there’s another better candidate. The former is somewhat stronger. Seems like God has a mysterious plan here…

As I look closer into all that has taken place recently, I can see a certain pattern weaving through my life. Uncle Jeff is looking forward to have Kelvin and I lead the CG in future, while I am still tied back by the MPP thing. *sigh* What actually is going to happen? Jessel said there will be more chances for back-up singing as well. *scratches head* So what’s it gonna be? Church, CG or uni? Where is my focus? Where am I called to serve and concentrate on? Gah.

“Be it unto me according to Your Word; according to Your promises, I’ll stand secure.”

A Different Weekend

Photo on top: During the dinner- HChen, Joey, and I. Supposed to look corporate, but that was their version of a corporate look, I think...they even went to the salon to get set their hair and their make up!

Photo below: Aunty Evelyn (lady on my left), was my make-up artist and my assistant for the night...Aunty Helen was the consultant...:) I thought the lip colour was a little too red, but they said it would look ok under the bright lights in the hotel. Oh, whatever goes...

26-28 August 2005

I bunked over at Aunty Evelyn’s house last weekend instead of Abi’s. It was indeed a whole new dimension of life in that house. The kids were everywhere, despite the fact that there were only 2 of them, and the atmosphere was just so different. I felt somewhat foreign, yet somewhat ‘native’ during my weekend there. Perhaps the factor was like erm…I kinda knew them; yet, I don’t know them well enough to share their family-life as part of it.

The kids were really mischievous and they are a total energy-bursting item! I have to admit that I am not as young to keep up with them anymore; my energy level died after half a day, or more like a quarter of the day. Bah.

It’s pretty queer sleeping on Nichol’s bed. Things around seem a little miniature, like those of the baby bear in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Kin Hup told me before that the bed is quite small for an adult as he slept on it the last time he bunked over; seems strange to sleep on a bed that a guy-friend has slept on before. But then again, hotels have a similar concept…way too many people have slept on that one same bed! Gah. I reckon he used the same blanket too!

Anyways, it was nice staying over and being a friend to the child. I have a feeling she feels lonely most of the time while she is at home. Her parents are busy, her grandma has a hand-full with the younger one, and well, there isn’t anyone else to entertain her…so to say. I bet she was delighted to have me around; at least she would have someone to disturb and talk to when she feels bored *winks*

The preparation for the faculty’s annual dinner was fun. Aunty Evelyn was my make-up artist cum hair stylist, while Aunty Helen was my consultant. Teeheehee…Aunty Evelyn was having her share of fun alright. I was her life-size Barbie doll! I can say that she did a good job in dressing me up *smiles with satisfaction* The lip colour was a little on the darker side, but she said that it would be alright for a night setting. Ah well, all goes for me!

To put it shortly, the dinner wasn’t very grand. I felt slightly awkward walking into the ballroom so corporately dressed. The rest wore things that they would wear for a prom night. Bah. Nevertheless, I thought I looked good in that style. Anchor lady like- just as if I am attending a board meeting or something important. I didn’t take that many photos; wasn’t that interested anyways. If I have my own camera, then maybe I would do so.

In any case, I felt that the function was way too short. If it was slightly longer, perhaps more fun can be added to it!