Let's finish up the second half of year 2012. As you all already know, I resumed to my studies right after my last employment at Recruit Express. I chose the CAT (Certified Accounting Technician) course as my Pre-U programme even though I got a place in Johore for matriculation in accounting. The reason I did that was because I would like to pursue towards ACCA through a faster route. Yes, I totally agree with you on the expensive cost of college but no worries, I took my college scholarship and managed to cover the remaining administration fees using my salary. Technically, I am proud to say that I financed 80% of my college fees. My parents are currently supporting me in my examination fees (thus, the 20%) and of course my living expenses (transport, food and shelter) HAHA
Hence, 4th July marked the start of my college life at HELP CAT. My intake has about 18 students in total but we combine with April intake students at times for several classes. The administrators and people there are friendly and just awesome people to hang out with xD They remember you BY NAME. I don't think other colleges even do that now O.o If you think your college actually does the same, just cbox me and I will give you a piece of my mind. HAHA just kidding! xD
Now, let me present to you, my college mates...
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| I love to tease them :D (in a good way) Haha I present to you the pink
ambassadors in support of the Breast Awareness campaign (From left : Pik
Chieng, Xin Yan, Yin Thung and Kit Yee) |
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| A day at the KLCC park with Melissa, Pik Chieng, Joyce and Kit Yee |
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The July intake students of CAT consisting of from left :
1st row - Syafiq, Feroz, Yong Jie, Terry, Zu En, Ezzat
2nd row : Sook Ting, Kit Yee, me, Yin Thung, Xin Yan, Joyce
3rd row - Chiew Jhin, Vinnie, Li Kiah, Chiew Min, Priyanka, Pik Chieng
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In spite of all the craziness at college with my new group of friends, I have not forgotten about my ex-schoolmates.
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| LIAMST The Musical (Love Is A Many Splendoured Things) where Isabel starred in it. I am glad that I went for it *thumbs up* (15th July) |
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| The Choong sisters and I were enjoying our coffee break at McCafe (22nd August) It was the first time I discovered McCafe! hahaha |
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| After the movie Step 4 : Revolution, with Nina Lim at Pavilion KL (24th Auguest) |
Yu Wein just so happened to upload an album of Class 2011 which motivated me to organise a reunion for 5U 2011. Coincidentally, 5B was also having their reunion on the same day at the same venue which we picked so we decided to have a joint reunion of 5B/5U 2011. Fortunately, 17 of us came from 5U's side whereas 7 came from 5B's side. The number of people that turned up did not really matter. What mattered most was the fun we had that day! :D
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| 5U 2011 |
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| 5B/5U 2011 Joint Reunion (25th August) |
It was rather funny though because we seemed like a group of tourists in Mid Valley. There were about 25 of us in the group and we were all headed to the Galactic Laser for laser-tagging. Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances at the eleventh hour, our game was delayed to 5.30 pm instead of 4.30pm. We were split into two groups ): The first batch needed to leave early so they played the 4.30pm game whereas the rest of us waited for the 2nd game at 5.30pm. Despite all that, we managed to have an awesome time together! I had no choice to cancel the bowling lanes which I booked for the occasion. No worries, it was all good because everyone was dead tired from the two games which we had played. We did not have anymore energy left for bowling so we dismissed ourselves around 7.00pm after the laser-tag game.
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| Moments before our game... (25th August) |
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Time flew by and September was the month for me to study as mock examinations and progress tests were around the corner.
October came along and my schedule got more occupied than I expected. We had to rush our Malaysian Studies assignment and also sat for the examination which required us to write essays. -_- My college lecturers took Malaysian Studies very seriously. Fortunately, I passed my Malaysian Studies with an A.
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| Our group presentation (24th October) |
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| T.A.R. group with the administrators of the ACCA Dept. We were the most unique group because we put on traditional costumes as our formal wear. *winks* (24th October) |
More mock exams were nearing in October. Since Halloween was near as well, I wanted to cross something out of my to-do list which was to watch a horror movie in the cinema with some friends. I never had the guts to do it! At first, I invited only two of my other friends but then, I decided to extend the invitation to others as well. The next thing I knew was 18 of them tagged along. Wow, my first horror movie in the cinema with 18 others?! Haha I love my life xD
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| Among those who came were Melissa, Gillian, Chiew Min, Chiew Jhin, Vinnie, Li Kiah, Yin Thung, Kit Yee, Priyanka, Xin Yan, Sook Ting, Terry, Yong Jie, Zu En, Feroz, Ezzat, Pik Chieng and Allen |
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| A toilet break after that Haha I think everyone needed company after Sinister :D What a way to celebrate Halloween! (30th October) |
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As the month of November ushered in, I went through the most hectic week ever since college started. It started off with two early mock examinations which I had to prepare in just three days. I had to sit for my exam earlier compared to others because I was chosen to represent my college at ACCA Malaysia's first student conference which happened to clash with my exams. It was weird though. I had the shortest time to study but the results were the best in comparison to previous mock exam results. Praise the Lord! xD
After sitting for my mock examinations, I headed to Equatorial Hotel in Bangi along with a few others who represented the ACCA Dept from HELP CAT.
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| A photo with people from ACCA Malaysia (8-9 November) |
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I was truly grateful to be given the opportunity to attend this conference as it was a pleasant way to meet more people. I had a great time there! Not forgetting, we were all taught to EAT FIRE. I think the climax of the event was the fire-eating session. The video has been uploaded on Facebook for those who are interested to watch :D
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| Moments after the fire-eating session *thumbs up* A phenomenal experiece! xD |
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| A group photo of HELP CAT and HELP University College Ambassadors (8-9 November) |
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| ACCA Malaysia's first student conference (8-9 November) |
Then, on the Sunday in the same week, I participated in an activity organised by the Excursion Club and braced myself for Skytrex Adventures at Taman Pertanian, Shah Alam. It was an awesome experience and a great way to get to know the other Excursion Club members. I would encourage those who love adventures and physically demanding activities to go for this! xD I am sure you will enjoy it :)
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| Our group was the first to successfully complete the Extreme Challenge (From left : James, Dave, Joyce, Me and Melissa) |
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| Excursion Club members (11 November) |
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| Another meet-up with the Choong sisters and Maxine in KLCC (15th November) |
Soon after that, my actual examinations came and it was another few weeks of intensive revision. Thankfully, I managed to pass all four UK papers which were basic Management Accounting, MA 1 (84%), intermediate Management Accounting, MA 2 (84%), intermediate Financial Accounting FA 2 (96%) and Accountant in Business, FAB (72%). That was the end of my first semester! :D
My semester break has not exactly been a break for me xD I got a job offer at Maxis where I worked as an iPhone 5 Roamer for three days, from 14th to 16th December for the launching of iPhone 5 in Malaysia. It was held at Capital Square this time instead of Maxis Tower. It was a good exposure for me though! I loathed it at first because we had to serve flooding customers who waited since 6.00am and 'to top it all of', we were not given proper instructions of how to key-in customers' details into the iPads. Gosh, chaotic moments!
Fortunately, the next two days got better. Hallelujah for my group (E7) as we had the most awesome job ever! We were assigned to the Unbrick Counter where we learned to set-up the iPhone 5s and had first hand experience in handling those iPhones. It was awesome and not as tiring as the job which required us to key-in customers' datas into iPads. E7 was indeed the luckiest group alive! xD hahaha
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| iPhone 5 Roamers (14th-16th December) This was some from the morning shift. In fact, there were actually 160 roamers in total! :D |
A great experience to meet new people :D I was so stoked when we were given two free Maxis shirts, a nice green lanyard and free meals everyday! Working with Maxis was totally worth it despite the craziness on the first day. Haha
On December 17th which was a day after my contract ended with Maxis, I started another job with Suria KLCC Centre Management as my employer. I have been working as a temporary administration staff under the Leasing Dept and also assisting the Fit-Out Dept. My contract only lasts for a fortnight and my last day will be on January 2nd which is in two days and on the 3rd, I will be back in college :D Woohooo!
Before this year ends, I still managed to hang out with a few of my closest friends despite working like a donkey every weekday.
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| My best friend, Harshiah and her mom came to visit me after work. We had a great time spilling out our deepest and darkest secrets (18th December) |
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| Another meet-up with the Choong sisters and Maxine at Dome Cafe in KLCC as a pre-Christmas celebration! XD (23rd December) |
Just to share with you guys, I spent Christmas morning with my friends at church and then in the afternoon, I celebrated with my family. We watched 'The Hobbit' and treated it as our Christmas movie for the year which was three hours long O.o Annual family rituals! :-P
Yay, my second half of 2012 is officially done! I can't believe that I actually managed to update this blog. Haha Just so you know, New Year is finally here :D Let's usher in 2013 with open arms and open minds xD
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