The End Of The BETA chapter

This day, well actually it isn't this day per say, it was a few days ago. Approximately a week ago on the fine evening of the 23rd of May 2008, Friday marks the ending of my first year in my degree course. Time flies so fast as I think back of the road which I and many others have walked. It feels even worse when I see others walking it as I even type this chapter now.

Now as I look back and wonder on the past I come to realize that I would not have done anything different if I was given a second go at the road. No regrets whatsoever. Besides the fact I could have done better in my SPM exams. Ha ha ha ha.

Ah yes. Those were the days when I remember my parents telling me to study hard so that I will get some sort of reward after. At that time I realize that after the SPM exams I would walk a brand new road. The road I am currently on as I type this. I spent my time as best I could telling myself that this history I am about to make is worth it.

Little did I know that if I had spent more time on my studies then I did with making memories which I have now, I would be in Singapore studying in one of its prestigious universities. Now that I mention it, if I were to have done so I would not have met my friends in MMU and would not have these new memories.

My point is, I choose this. Nobody forced it on me. Though I would like to mention that if I knew A-levels are equivalent to STPM I would have taken it. Tsk Tsk Tsk.

Oh well, that would be a road I shall never know as I would never be able to move down that path any longer.

 

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Back to the topic anyway. The 23rd marks the end of my first year and I am glad to announce that I have another 2 years to go before I graduate.

Still I wonder if I would choose to further my studies or make my career with the government. The world is changing.

For the first time in Malaysian Voting the opposition has held half the parliamentary seats. Dr M has resigned from the UMNO group and disasters are befalling our neighboring countries. With that in mind, I find it crucial that I give thanks to whoever that controls peace of nature that it has not chosen to apply its wrath on Malaysia.

Yet as I mention this, time has flown in such a way that one would not realize it.

Such as the way a breeze blows suddenly and stops just as abruptly. Such as the first stage of a ripple in the water continued by other stages that you didn't realize that the first ripple had long gone and passed.

 

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It was a freaky and boring time as I waited for my bus to arrive and fetch me to Pudu Bus Station. It seems a traffic jam has occurred on the route to Melaka or rather towards the south.

So as the clock strikes 1.30pm and the Bus arrives, I tried to board the bus only to be told that passengers with the 1pm bus ticket can only board this bus.

I feel the pain and anger of these unlucky folks. My bus (1.30pm) arrived at 1.45pm. And only reached KL at 4.45pm.

As expected since I knew what I was putting myself through for choosing to take the afternoon ride instead of the early bird.

I hurried to the Transnasional ticket counter in Pudu Bas Station to buy a ride back to Ipoh only to find in horror that I was unlucky. It was selling the 6pm ride.

Oh well. I am not rushing anyway though I do have friends awaiting my return. Ha ha ha ha.

But I already knew I would only be allowed out of the house after a decent meal with my family and they have gone to bed.

That basically means I can only go out after 12am when they have slept. No I am not sneaking out. Its a privilege I earned for not lying to my parents.

See..... being truthful in my youth has its benefits in the future. I get to be fully responsible earlier in my youth which means more freedom then most of my peers who still have curfews.

 

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I would love to mention what I did in Ipoh as I only have till Thursday, 4th of June at which time I will have to return to University.

I was a successful candidate in the orientation committee interviews which now requires me to sacrifice 2 weeks of my holiday for preparations for the new intake. 

Here is the account of  those few memorable days which have passed in such a short time span of my already short holiday. (curses!! this post has mention the word "short" one to many times.)

 

Saturday:

Trip home took 9 hours. Had dinner with my family and chat with Benjamin at 11pm till (sorry I forgot what time we stopped)

(FOOD: Dried Cooked Chicken)

 

Sunday:

Met up with Benjamin for jogging in the afternoon and had dinner together with him, Guo Zheng, Sen Loong and his brother.

(FOOD: Taugeh Ayam Bercham)

 

Monday:

Benjamin, Jason, Daniel and Samuel met up for lunch at around 4pm. It was a late lunch and Jason almost fainted. Dinner with my family later on.

(FOOD: Taugeh Ayam Town, Wantan Mee)

 

Tuesday:

Met with Jason, Samuel and Mun Hoe at 12pm to have the biggest, juiciest and cheapest fried fish meat and noodles located in Pasir Pinji.

It was quite a drive as all passengers were sweating it out during the journey. My car's aircond is still not working up to standards.

After that we decided to go to Jusco to check out the new changes and feel the cool air. Daniel joined us later on in the evening and we had the greatest donuts.

Yes you got it right.

No its not Dunkin Donuts.

Its Big Apple Donuts. YESSSS!!!! Jusco Ipoh has a Big Apple Donuts Outlet.

Now all its missing is TGI Fridays, Manhattan Fish Market and etc. Later at 8pm I had dinner with my relatives and joined Vincent and Yoke Teng for supper.

Its just chatting over some long awaited ais kacang. Not toooooo sweet and yet not at all tasteless that I cant tell the difference between each ingredient.

Played Dota in a cybercafe till 5am.

 

 

 

 

(FOOD: Fish Cakes, Donuts, 8 course Chinese restaurant meal, Ais Kacang )

 

Wednesday:

Lunch with Sen Loong, Jason, Nicolas and Samuel at 12pm. Since Sen Loong had to go off to work after 2 hours of chatting the rest of us decided to hang out at my room.

At night, around 8.30pm Livendren, Daniel, Sen Loong, His brother, Benjamin and Chee Hoe met up at Mc Donald's to once again have mindless chatter. We chatted till 1am and parted our own ways.

(FOOD:Noodles and Cheese Burgers)

 

Thursday:

Benjamin, Sen Loong, Jason, Nicholas, Samuel and Daniel went to jog once again. Actually I and Benjamin just walked. We did some exercises with some of the parks equipment and walked/jogged/skipped for 3 to 4 rounds.

Daniel left soon after that since he had to eat dinner with his family. We were joined later on with Jian Yao and Chee Hoe to have dinner. The food was great and cheap.

Later on after that we were joined with Sen Loong to have Big Apple Donuts in Jusco. He soon left us to fetch his brother. The rest of the group proceeded to have drinks at Old Town Kopitiam.

Over there we chatted till 1am or so.

 

   

(FOOD: Noodles, Taugeh Ayam Town, Donuts LOTS AND LOTS OF DONUTS)

 

Well I guess that completes my adventure that I have been so silent about for the past few weeks. I left out the studying part of the exams as well as the adventure of the exam itself. However, I'm sure you'll understand as the saying goes.................

"A chef never reveals his recipe"

Until my next adventure ciouzzz.