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Sweaty Experiment?!?!  

Posted by -NAZ-

Today was like any other day as a college student except for the fact that
we had a bit different biology experiment. Usually we would
just have to do an experiment within the lab itself but today we were
everywhere but the lab. Most of us were at the staircases. We were timing,
panting, sweating! And doing a whole lot of repetition. Guess what?
We had to do an exercise experiment today! YAY! *sarcasm*
Basically its because we had to measure our pulse and breathing rate
which lead us to the exercise. It was just a normal exercise actually
but it was so damn uncomfortable as we're not dressed accordingly for it.
Adding to the fact that at the staircase it was poorly ventilated and with all
this hot spells going on now and what not, it just made it worse.
(OK I'm just complaining here & making a big deal out of it, but just bear with me! :P)
So we completed the experiment drenched with sweat! *exaggerating*
But it wasn't all that bad. Thank god for airconds!! XD

p/s: 2 days until my 2nd sem exam results will be out (same day as SPM results)

- I feel so blissful right now -

Total Abandonment!  

Posted by -NAZ-

*sigh*

Ok how long has it been since my last post? *looks at the post below*
Like 5 months or so?? To be honest there was so much procrastinating on my behalf
regarding the postage on this blog. I had a big exam at the end of last year anyway (excuses) :P

Moving on! Today I had a sudden urge to finally open my blog
and I felt that I had so much things that I can write about.
So these are some of the stuff that happened for the past 5 months :-

Firstly I had my 2nd sem exams end of last year.
I had to take up to a whopping 11 papers!!! That's crazy wei!!
There was seriously so many things to study. A-levels is SO NOT EASY!!!
I felt good for most of it but not for the Unit 4 papers.
But what's done is done. huhu~~

So this week my results will be out on thursday.
Unlike my 1st sem results, these results will probaby be displayed somewhere in college.
Out in the open for everyone to see! Public Humiliation MUCH!!
Or maybe they will just give us the exam slips. (hopefully!!)

As some of you might know, I applied for UCAS which is for UK universities.
And I had replies from most of the uni!
I had a conditional offer from University of Manchester first.
Conditional offer being that I have to be able to get the required grades set by the uni first
before I can be given a place there. They asked for AAB grades.

Then I had another conditional offer from University College London(UCL)!!
I was so damn happy when I knew about this!
UCL is like one of the top uni. in the world and somemore its in London! Damn nice.
The condition was AAB which was quite ok.
On the same day I had another conditional offer from University of Birmingham
and they set a condition of BBB(this would totally be my insurance choice).

All of the previous offers are for Biotechnology course.
Then the most recent one was from Cardiff University.
But they offered me a Molecular Biology course since they replied to me earlier saying that
Biotechnology course wont be held for the coming intake. WTH!!
Nevertheless they asked for ABB grades.

So basically I had 4 conditional offers as of now.
And I'm still waiting for the reply from Imperial College London. This was my first choice.
Out of all the offers I can only choose 2 to reply to.
1 firm choice and 1 insurance choice.

Currently I'm trying to apply for any available scholarships related to my course.
It would seriously relieve some of the burden from my parents if I can get scholarship.

So I guess I've talked a bit too much this time around. haha!
Until the next post.
SEE YA!

Complete  

Posted by -NAZ-

Hi there!!

I finally finished reading The Biotech Century book!!
After like almost a week or so reading it whenever I have the time
like during lunch at college which I don't go to of course as I was fasting
and also at night which I ended up sleeping after a while as I read it on my bed. lol!!
All in all I find the book superbly written although there was some parts that don't really make sense to me
but there was a whole lot of facts that really intrigued me in the book.
One of it was like the endless possibilities that biotechnologies have
in reconstructing our very own nature and also of all the living organisms including us!
There were a lot of questions put forward by the writer which gave a chance
for the reader to ponder by themselves of what the answer should be to that question.
The book is well written in such a way that the pros and cons of the biotech century is not biased
nor does his own opinion biased towards any of the sides.
Everything is really up to the reader whether to see The Biotech Century in a good way,
the bad way or even both as all actions do have its consequences one way or the other.

Ok enough said on the book
Moving on to the things that are currently revolving in my life.
Something like only 2 days left of fasting which then will be Hari Raya Celebrations!!!!!
Seriously can't wait for raya with all those delicious foods, family gatherings
and of course DUIT RAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $_$
New baju melayu has been bought and this year I'm wearing purple.
Besides than that nothing much is done for raya preparation as usual
not like when I was small which we will be putting up pelita all around the house before raya
and play with firecrackers. Those times were precious. Good memories :)

Other than that, there will be a Chemistry test after raya
and by the way we only have 2 days of holidays as raya falls on sunday this year
so next week on thursday I'll be having the test and I need to study!!!!
Whatever it is I am so not studying during raya.
Though I hope I can for the sake of acing the test.huhu..

That is all for now. Bye!

My Results....  

Posted by -NAZ-

Yesterday my 1st semester A-levels results went out!!!!
I was damn scared and anxious to say the least.
So according to my college, they said that the results will be out on the 20th after 7 am.
But it didn't went out after 7 am at all when I checked the website for my results.
I could just continue sleeping but instead I stayed on refreshing the page once in a while.
Some of my friends even woke up early yesterday just like me as I can see them online in msn.
So after many failed attempts on refreshing the page I checked my e-mail
for the message they sent to me after you've registered at the website.
And guess what?? It said there that the results will be out at 6am GMT which is 1pm in Malaysia!
Damn it!!! I practically wasted my time in front of the computer like an idiot waiting for the results to pop up.
Then when it was 1 pm I refreshed the page again and the results appeared
and seriously I don't even dare to see it. DAMN SCARED!!
So slowly I watched my results from top to bottom.
Quite relieved at first and then a bit disapointed.
I'm sooo greatful on how my maths and bio results turned out. Especially BIO!!! haha.
But then again at the same time a bit disapointed at my chem and physics results.
I know that I can do better than that in those 2 subjects but whats done is done.
Nothing else that I can do other than to accept the fact and move on!!
So my feeling towards my results is that I'm happy and yet I'm sad (how is that even possible??)
~~~Mixed Emotions~~~

NOTE TO SELF : Study my ass off this sem and get way better results!!!!

p/s : Tomorrow will be the start of the month of Ramadhan which means I will fast for the whole month!! Yay!! LOL!! =P

Mr. L  

Posted by -NAZ-

Hey you guys!! I now it has been a long time since I have posted anything on my blog. I think its like 2 or 3 days already.huhu. This is only because I am too tired to even bother to open my blog this few days =P. Now I would like to share a story about this person which is my lecturer, my Physics lecturer actually.

He have taught me Physics like for more than a month already and most of the time when we had Physics with him its not always fun nor is it interesting. Most of the time we(as in me and my classmates against Mr. L) actually fight against each other. Its not like the actual fight, its just like mocking each other in a way to defend our dignity. You know why is this happening? Its all because of this Mr L guy whom is sooo damn RUDE, RACIST, and also a person who Look down on others. Before this I can still put up with his attitude of criticizing others and mocking my Indian classmates in a way which raises the racial issues, but now I can't stand it anymore. It all started when we had our lab practical on last Thursday which was really full of c**p. This is mainly because Mr L made fun of one of my Indian friends again and he was so pissed off so he fought back until Mr. L can't even fight back and it all resolve with Mr. L showing the middle finger to him(well kind of la). Its like his trademark, its not really showing the middle finger but only showing the other 4 fingers except the middle finger and he will usually ask to fill in the blank. It's sooo lame actually as when you fill in the blank it will be like a high five or something. lol. Then we had the experiment and there was a person who asked him about something and all of a sudden he went all berserk at us. So we were all like what the hell???? Then we were all like is he like having mood swings? Attacked by PMS??? hahahaha. So its quite a frustrating experiment actually as most of the question asked can't be solved and he didn't even teach us properly on how to solve it. He just write it on the white board and give a brief explanation about it and expect all of us would understand it. And then when we ask him again as it is normal to Physics being a bit complicated sometimes, he will like make a face of disbelief at us and then he will sigh at us and show us the working half-heartedly. So most of us were like pissed off that day and I gave up on doing the questions earlier than some of my classmates and just walk out of the class when it is all over. So that's it about the guy.

Madness!!  

Posted by -NAZ-

Today is officially the most TIRING day that I have ever had in my life. You guys want to know why??? Today I had classes from 8am in the morning until 7pm!!!!!! The college is crazy man!!! Usually during Wednesday I will only have classes from 8am-10am and 10am-12. Then I will go back home and rest for about 4 hours until I go back to the college at 4 pm to go for my freaking crap class that is Malaysian Studies until 7pm. But that is not how it is today. Apparently during the 4 hours rest from 12-4pm, two classes was replaced at that time back-to-back!!!! So all in all I had to endure 11 HOURS of study!

The first class is chemistry which we went to the lab to continue with our experiment. Thank god its not a lecture as it is more interesting to do experiment than to hear the lecture talk for 2 hours. lol. So today we collected our copper crystals that is deposited in the solution when we left it overnight in the lab. Luckily my crystals formed nicely and it is quite beautiful actually. There was one group which produced a HEART SHAPED piece of crystal which is quite cool and soo damn appropriate since Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Some groups could only produced fine powders of crystal which is quite a bummer for them.

Then after that we had Biology class. Actually on that day we really had bio class based on the schedule. But then after that there is another bio class which is a replacement class. So the first 2 hours we had a lecture then the other 2 hours we had our experiment. The lecture was quite the same as usual. The lecturer which is Miss Jaslinder is quite strict and all so we can't really play around in her class. Then at one point she stopped the lecture for a while and continue saying that most of us are dreaming and not listening to her. I think one of the person who is dreaming is actually me. huhu. As at that time I was like watching outside for a while to see what the hell was going on out there. lol. So after finishing the topic on enzyme she let us off quite early at about 11.30 to have our lunch and said that we must be at the lab around 12.20 in the afternoon.

So we went for our lunch at a new place today. Just trying out new places to see what choices of food is available around HELP. Then after eating our lunch, we went to the bio lab at block D. The lab is like at the top floor of the block, so I decided to take the lift with some other girls that was my classmates. Whereas the others was so fired up to climb all the stairs to the top floor. When we were in the lift this girl which is Juliana kept laughing at me for no reason so I called her crazy and then all of us was like laughing and teasing each other. When the lift was like half way up, suddenly the lift open up and out of nowhere Thong(one of my classmate) pop out in front of us and screamed at us. All of the girls screamed so freaking loud (but not me as I already know that Thong was out there). Then I went out of the lift and laugh like hell to them. Ahahaha. lol :D. Actually when this happened, a group of students and their teacher was like nearby and they were like watching us but I just kept laughing non stop. Even when we reached the lab also I can't stop laughing as it was so damn hilarious seeing the girls all freaked out. Then Miss Jaslinder came in and asked us to get ready faster but we had trouble putting on our lab coats as we can't stop laughing at the recent incident. Then we proceeded to our experiment which is quite simple that is the food test thing but its quite tiring as we had to go back and forth in the lab in order to complete the experiment. So after about 2 hours the class ended.

Then we had math class. As I said before in my earlier post, math class is so damn boring. As I was so tired I decided to sit at the back of the class where she can't see what I am doing. Then I was like just listening to what she is teaching rather than trying the question out. Surprisingly, the class finished earlier than we thought. So we were so relieved. Then I went to the Roti Man to eat some buns while just chilling out before going to the last class of the day which is s**pid Malaysian Studies. The lecturer which is Miss Belinda Ting whom is like the most boring people of all thought us about culture today. So as I was soo tired and sleepy I dozed off for a while in the class until the lecturer asked the class whether there is a Malay student or not. So my "short nap" was disturbed and I raised my hand up immediately.Oh by the way I'm the only Malay student in the class. A bit weird to be in that situation but I'm trying my best to fit in with all of them. Mostly the students are Chinese in that class and apparently they dominate most of the students in my batch. As usual the Malays are the least. Finally the class ended and I went back home and rested for a while to relieve my exhaustion.

p/s: Sorry for not being able to post any pictures in any of the post in my blog. Still waiting for my new camera that my father promised to buy for me. :P

Blood Donation  

Posted by -NAZ-

I just joined a club in HELP University College which is HIV-AIDS Prevention & Intervention Club and the club is currently trying to appeal for A-negative blood from the public. So I thought I'd post it in my blog. So if there is anyone that is willing to donate their blood which is the same type as the one needed, do contact Cdr. Anthony to make arrangement for the donation.

Cdr. Anthony can be contacted at:
03-2099-3752 (direct)
or email at:
anthonysamys@help.edu.my

Kindly pass the word around.
Your blood will save a life!

Back To College!!  

Posted by -NAZ-

Aiyooo!! So lazy to go back to college. After like almost a week enjoying my holidays, then all of a sudden must go back already *sigh*. Anyway today my class was supposed to start at 10 o'clock in the morning. The earliest time for a class to start was like at 8am. So I thought like I can relax a bit and maybe sleep in a couple of hours before getting up to get ready for college(this is excluding the subuh prayers which I do attend to in the morning). Then suddenly out of nowhere my father appeared and asked me what time was my class going to start tomorrow which he asked last night. So I just told him that its at 10am. Usually my dad will send me to college if its at 10 as my mother needs to be at her office before 8 and my father usually go to work at 10+. Then he said he can't send me as he got a meeting at 8am. He continued saying that I need to wake up early in order to go to college. I was like NO!!!!!! Then all of the dreams of waking up late destroyed into pieces. This is followed by the usual "silent" cursing and all of the rude words kept popping up in my head. I was so damn pissed off and finally I just had to obey them as there is no other way to solve the problem.

So reluctantly, the next morning which is today I wake up early and get ready to go to college. Then I went downstairs to eat my breakfast and I saw that my mum is still wearing her clothes that she wore last night. So I asked her why isn't she ready to go to work yet? And she said that she is not feeling well so she took the day off!!! I was like shocked and I can't believe that she didn't told me that before I got up to dress up for college. THIS IS CRAP MAN!!!! So since I was already ready I can't go back to sleep. So I just ate my breakfast and put on a long face with a bad mood. Then I end up watching TV the rest of the free time until at about 9.30 when my mum finally drove me to college.

When we were on the way to the college, I felt something was wrong and it was like I forgot about something. Then I realised that I haven't finished my math homework and I have a math class at 10. So I was like SHOOT!!!DAMN IT!!! As there was nothing else to do anymore at that time, so I just "redha":P. Finally we arrived there and I went in the block where the math class is going to be held and saw most of my classmates is waiting outside of the class. After chit chatting here and there about stuff, we went into the class and sat anywhere we want. After waiting for like 15 minutes the lecturer went in the class. By the way her name is Miss Tan. As usual math class is SOOOO DAMN BORING!!! This is mainly because she speaks so soft and sometimes I can't even here what she is explaining at the white board. Next is because the topic is so lame as it's about sketching graph and all. Nevertheless I did try to focus in the 2 hour period lecture and managed to absorb as much knowledge as possible :D.

So after the math class is over around 12 o'clock in the afternoon, I went to the cafeteria with my friends which includes Chin Harn, John, Thong, Mun Yee, and Yi Chong. We ate whatever that is served there. Then after filling up our stomach we quickly went to the physics class at Block E. When we were about to enter the class, the lecturer which is Mr Lee Kim Sang was already there waiting for us to enter the class. When most of the students entered the class, he started with the lesson. He taught us about pulley stuff today and I was like so damn blur. I couldn't understand most of what he was teaching as he likes to teach so freakin fast. Then when it came to do the exercise I mostly had trouble to solve it and finally solving it by just copying down the answers and working given by Mr. Lee on the board :D. Finally the class ended quite early at about 1.30pm.

The next class was chemistry and it was only supposed to be a lecture but Miss Pang(the lecturer) send an email to most of us that a practical session will be held. But only some of us get that email so we end up fighting against each other on who is the right one. Lecture Vs. Practical. Then Miss Pang came and told us that a practical is to be held at that time. So we went to the lab. As some of us haven't bought our lab coats which is compulsory when doing the experiments, we bought it which is freakin expensive that is RM42 and I end up broke without any money :(. So we went up to the lab and proceed with the experiment which is actually our first experiment since we entered HELP. I was paired up with Chin Harn on the experiment to produce like copper crystals I guess. So we wore our newly bought lab coats during the experiment and it look good. I truly feel like a real scientist when I wore it.lol. So after finishing the experiment with no errors whatsoever, ceyh! We packed our stuff and got out of the lab. Today also some of my classmate had LAN classes at 4-7pm. Seriously crazy! The LAN subject is an additional subject that is compulsory to take as it is "forced" by the government! I must take Malaysian Studies and Islamic Studies for my LAN. Thank god its not today.huhu. So after teasing my classmates who had LAN today until they were pissed off, I went back home. So that is what happen today when college started again after the chinese new year hols. OK done.