Reflections

30th June 09.
Marks the existence of one Khoo Kok Keong for almost two decades!
Keep your little note from 'That Special Girl' ya? =P

30th June 09.
Marks the anniversary of...
Stepping into the unchartered, unknown, and under-developed land of Nilai.
Been in Nilai (and thus, away from home) for one year now.
So fast, so fast.

And yet when we're here, things seem so mundane.
Class, eat, sleep, study, stone, sit for exams.
Repeat cycle.

Just by doing that, it's been a whole year already!
But a moment ago, I was crying over the phone (yes, so the drama. =P) with Lynn thinking of the years apart, communication difficulties, the hugeee distance and leaving the little island. All the endless worrying about being far away from loved ones, being all alone in some foriegn country time zones away, the uncertainty of what's gonna happen next...Sure, i'm still clueless about my future (scared even) but i'm submitting it all before higher authority. =) I'll go where i'm called to go, not where my plans take me.

I can honestly say i wouldn't wanna change a thing about being here.
Well, except the insect ridden room and the food. That could use some sprucing up. Ehehe.
In the past weeks, i've come to realize that opting not to pursue the Northwestern waitlist was the right choice. Yeah sure, i could have been admitted (or not) into Northwestern if i waited. But there's so much more for me here right now that i can't get in US (no, i'm not delusional).
Serving, growing, learning and ultimately, changing to become a better me.
I'm glad there's an extra year for me to fully equip myself with a strong foundation before stepping out into foreign places.

In the past 365 days here,
Made new friends.
Learnt about learning ie. classical conditioning, Pavlov's theory...
Countless birthday surprises.
Squashed like sardins on board KTM.
Decimated insects by the dozens. XD
Got food poisoning.
Sleep over & movie night.
Academic award presentations.
Emo calculus test all-hope-is-gone moments.
Attended awesome conferences (Bloom Conference 08 & Revo Conference 09).
Going to concerts (this sunday!).
and so on and so forth...

The uluness is a setback sometimes. But i know my purpose here. I know it's not by chance or luck that i've gotten a scholarship to study in US and been placed Inti, Nilai.
I found it interesting that my batch is the one and only one with JPA students majoring in Engineering. None of our seniors were engineering majors and none of them in the new batch coming in this Wednesday are majoring in engineering.
So why did a handful of engineering students get sent to Inti, Nilai in 2008? ;)

Another 365 days around, it'll be time to prepare for the US of A.
We'll see what happens then. =)

Thank you for going through my 'verbal diarrhea'! =D

Meet Rachel Day

The day called for a trip down to Midvalley!
Three Cal3 students left the uluness and ventured into the city for a Friday afternoon mini gathering.
First stop of the day.
Secret Recipe for cakes and some 'private talk'. Hahaa.
Beng Yen made me look at the food-wall, which induced hunger despite having lunch a few hours ago.
We're such a bunch of food people. =P

Remnants of what was macadamia white chocolate something something and apple crumble.

And this is Rachel's little gift for each of us. =)
3 of us bought her a farewell gift too, which i forgot to take a photo of.

Cute clips which i think can double as hair clips and nobody would be the wiser. =P

Our one and only group picture of the day.
We either talked or eat too much that we mostly forgot about taking more pictures.

After the cake session, we headed over to Toast Box for another round of tea.
This time with Rachel's family. =)
Nope, no photos.
See, told you we concentrated more on eating and talking.
Ahahaha.
Toast Box was also where i first tried Milo Dinosaur. =P
Have never heard of Milo Dinosaur up till this week.

Proof that we did something else other than eat. =P
We went to jalan-jalan.
Which lead us to...

THIS!
Shinyy.

Yep, food again.
That was dinner at Kim Gary.

Sorry, have to turn your head 90 degrees anti-clockwise. Blogger went cuckoo. Wouldn't post pictures the right way up.
That's Crystal's cream soup, by the way. Looks like milk curds/porridge/goo. =P
So people, next time go for the borsch soup at Kim Gary ok?

This outing marks the last of the free time that we have.
Coming after this is nothing but tests, tests and more tests.
Then FINALS.
It also marks the last outing with this Sabahan girl.
She's flying off to US in August..and we won't be able to see her off cause it's during our sem break. =(((
Everbody say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
*sob sniff*

Thank you uncle and auntie for the dinner and tea, plus the lovely company of your family! =)
We will (if possible) make a trip to KK one day. Hehe.

Breather

Physics test 1. Check.
Music mid term. Check.
Calculus test 1. Check.

"...do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid"

Time to kick of my shoes and relax. =D
For a little while.
Till the next wave hits again.

RAWR

Sho cute!! ^^
Yay G-Force!
Hammies coming to save the world!

Teehee.

Education

Something i learnt this week.

Calculus lecturer in describing limits : Limits are like a couple kissing with a sheet of paper in between them. They're getting closer and closer to each other but their lips can never meet.

Ehehehe.
Go limits!

Greater things to come

Awesome awesome week.
Just so much stuff happening in Inti that i'm bubbling with excitement to see more coming!
*squeals* =D =D
Oh oh, there's a RecessRevo now in MGS! Go find out what it is. ;)

It's time to step up and step out.
For me, it took almost a year in Inti.
I should've realized since the very begining.

Revolution is here!
So why wait anymore?
It's YOUR turn today.

Heart

F.R.U. Ehud. Stand up. Change. New normal. Principles. Standards. Examples. Facing the impossible. Harvest field. Radical. Difference. Conviction. Courage. Continuity. Revival. Nation. Response. Revolution. Reach out. Reproduce. Asbury. Impact. Revolutionist. Campus Revo. Ideas. Start. Taste. Excitement. Passion. Fire. Desire. Hungry. More.

I really believe there's more to this world than living for ourselves.
What are you living for?

Rain of fire

The time is now!