Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?

I am not the brightest when it comes to love.

 Love brings delight. It brings peace to others. I am smothered by love in my family. I drown in it so often that I don't feel the need to find love depicted in romantic fiction. Love much akin to Romeo and Juliet or Uda and Dara.


 Or in this movie's case; Rangga and Cinta.

 Rangga's poem "Perempuan" moved me to tears.


 

"PUISI RANGGA" 

Perempuan datang atas nama cinta
Bunda pergi karena cinta
Digenangi air racun jingga adalah wajahmu
Seperti bulan lelap tidur di hatimu yang berdinding kelam dan kedinginan
Ada apa dengannya
Meninggalkan hati untuk dicaci
Lalu sekali ini aku melihat karya surga dari mata seorang hawa
Ada apa dengan cinta
Tapi aku pasti akan kembali dalam satu purnama untuk mempertanyakan kembali cintanya..
Bukan untuknya, bukan untuk siapa
Tapi untukku
Karena aku ingin kamu
Itu saja... 

Someday I might find love. But for now I'm happy with others finding theirs.

How to lose your voice (and bodily functions) in three hours

Put G-Dragon in the picture and crazy hiphop music. Done.

The queue. This is only a portion from our entrance.

6.45PM 

10.30PM

Alia. We dougie danced and jumped the whole time!

Updates from real world? Work is tiring but I'm counting down days till payday.

Also, I've received offer letters from the universities I've wanted in the UK but if my study loan is not approved, I won't go. Studying locally is okay too. 

I'll just relive yesterday at least until the concert withdrawal ends.

Happy dance!

Guess who tweeted me!

I might have squealed too much

Anyway guys, election is coming! I'm actually volunteering for a certain political party to gain some experience and see how things go during the General Election. I'm not 21 (yet) in a couple of months so I'm missing out for a bit. 

Politics is messy business and I know most of my friends are actually surprised I'm siding with the Blues. Yeah, family has brought me up that way but do respect everyone's pick. 

Besides, your tick is zipped. 

The only issue I have with this job is that I'll have to wear the party's tshirt during meet ups. Thank god the campaign room is only 5 minutes walk from home. I wouldn't be seen dead in it some other time.

Personal Statement

I would be posting my academic essays from time to time just to see how people would react as they read my terrible writings. This is your Asian kind of personal statement. We weren't really taught of the "how-tos". Ugh, to think that I'd have to take IELTS too is a pain in the ass.

Proof read by some English nazis. There's an another proof read version by Adrian in the email but my self esteem stopped me from reading them.

            Following my father, whom is a banker around from when I was just a toddler, I have always felt a sense of wonder being in banks. The hustle and bustle of people inside and outside of the institution, gave me an insight on how lively it is working in a bank. This is what attracts me to accounting and finance at the beginning. The technical nature and complexity of accounting is like unravelling a puzzle piece that never seems to end. Knowing how industries would not be incorporated without accounting gives accountants the upper hand as they hold the necessary information and records for the relevant users to make decisions. Because of this, it is no surprise that I am pursuing a degree in Accounting.

            Though I digest numbers like how I munch Oreo biscuits, books are fortunately an integral part of my life. Every year my parents allocated a certain amount of money to purchase books we had wanted then. I started saving money in primary school, knowing that at the end of the year there would be great bargains for books and by the time the sale commenced, I would have enough funds to buy books on my own. I was fascinated how monies are important when I was introduced to Principles of Accounting in high school. The subject made me realise how little I know about accounting and it drove me to participate in Taylor’s University Accounting Competition. Despite me not winning, it was an eye opener as we were pressed for time in preparing sets of accounts. It gave me a small glimpse on how it would be like working in an accounting firm with pressure dawning behind us. All those further allured me to pursue a career in accounting.

            I have read a lot of biographies but I favour Tan Sri Tony Fernandes’ the most. As an Accounting degree holder, he showed me how you could contribute to society with the power of knowledge in your hands. I had the pleasure to meet him once and I was awed by his presence and charisma as an individual. Seeing how he managed a failing airline into an established budget airline in the world got me thinking on how amazing it is to be successful and to have the ability to share success with other people. Because of that, I have participated in volunteer work arranged by my college. It aims to teach young children on how fun mathematics could be in camps using learning aids such as flash cards and graphic art by using the computer. It may not be much but nevertheless, this experience has taught me a valuable lesson in life. The smallest form of assistance goes a long way when performed with good intentions.

            In my college years, I have joined several societies such as the Debating Club and the Law Society. These two clubs taught me how to be calm, passionate and rational at all situations.  It may seem trivial but I believe that soft skills will help in my preparation to enter the workforce in the future. I do not doubt that in the path of accountancy, there will be pressure and complex tribulations. Fortunately, Financial Accounting has always been my cup of tea and I was rewarded when I received the Dean’s List Award from my 1^st till 4^th semester in Diploma of Accountancy. Outside of class, I am an active member of the tennis club and had participated in several intercollegiate sports. Besides that, I have also worked part time as a media officer assistant in Sepang International Circuit for several races such as MotoGP and F1 Grand Prix. The working environment taught me how important communication is between persons and interactions with foreigners gave me a new perspective in human relationships. I am interested to discover other cultures and individuals from all walks of life and indeed, studying abroad provides the perfect setting for me to venture outside my comfort zone.

            I have always envisioned my academic journey in college to be a unique and interesting experience. I hope by acquiring this degree from your university, I would be able to explore the opportunities laid out and perform well in my education. The university would definitely serve as an excellent foundation for me to be a qualified accountant and a good individual in the society.

A cookie for your thoughts?  

Holiday plans!

Well, to begin with these are only plans and I'll have to work to earn cash to go and have fun (eventually). Dad's only saying yes to paying the plane tickets but other expenditures will be entirely on yours truly which defeats the purpose of holiday-ing.

My good friend, Najwa is studying in Monash and I have a cousin family who lives somewhere close too.. it'll be fun to soak in the sun.. but I was told it will be cold in June. Oh my god, cold weather! Anything to avoid the tropical heat to tell you the truth. I've never experienced cold weather before, aside from Hong Kong (I was five so it did not count). Getting excited aren't we?

I wanna party the Melbourne way! Boo Dad, boo...... I'll be 21 this year too. ):

Mid-June, maybe.. if I have money

Moving on to my August plan if Melbourne doesn't happen. I'm more keen on going to Japan because of reasons... If you know me well, I love Japanese culture, the language and some other stuff I'd rather not elaborate. My super good friend, Melle is studying in Tokyo and it will be the perfect place to spend a whole week at!

She's been yapping non stop, asking me to go and visit her. I mean, yeah I'd love some nihon but Yen is not kind to Malaysian Ringgit. Everything is so expensive in Tokyo! I would like to splurge the Tokyo way. If I could do a pros and cons of travelling to either one of the countries, Japan will win.

August!

Demo-sa.. (But, you know..) it all comes back to the main problem where I don't have money. If I do work, yeah, maybe? I won't be able to do everything because of the budget constraint. It wouldn't be fun at all.

If not this year, maybe next? I'll be sure to come and visit during sakura week where sakura trees blossom all over Japan. Melle sent me a couple of photos and they're lovely.

Sometimes I curse the existence of Twitter because I see live updates at where I'm not physically capable of going.


Until next time.

Ritual

Strange ennui

Voicing out thoughts

You never knew existed

Dark timbers

Created shadows

Hiding you

From terrors this world offered

Vines making signs

Mapping your soul

Into the realms of the unknown

Marking

Tampering reality

End.

Dawn

6:00 AM

Why am I up so early?

That's because I have not slept a wink. I had a long nap and a restless evening with the warm weather Segamat is having. I miss the cold and by cold I meant rain or air conditioned rooms since my hostel won't ever be having any. Clearly the only sane thing to do so early in the morning is by typing away your woes.

Two tests over the weekend where Costing and Taxation created WWII with my brains and Audit on Tuesday tested my sanity. I find it amazing to be scoring a mean A for Taxation (thank you Prof, you're kind despite slandering away how my class fails to reach your expectation). Miza, the super overachiever is back after the first set of tests were not being kind to her. I do plan to get my Dean's List for this final semester. Last year's GPA don't cut it for me. Never mind that I won't be getting the uni's VC Award, what's important is the present and I plan to make use of this study break to do some epic studying. That involves "La Femme Nikita" and "Teen Wolf" marathon.

The last day of class for Diploma of Accountancy is today at 10am. Should I be sad? Yes. But, am I? Not yet. I will cry my eyes out during the last paper of finals on the 10th though but for now I'm excited! After 3 years of studying 3 hours away from home, living away from home, eating away from home... I'm finally ending this! Sadly, parting ways with friends whom most live in Johore while others and myself live in Selangor or Kuala Lumpur is kind of sad. You will never know when we could meet up again unless we were bound to see each other during Bachelors, that is if we would be in the same campus.


To cut things short, here are some photos from this week's and last week's dinners :


Pre-Graduation Night

More or less a protocol dinner where everyone goes by the code of conduct, same old same old. Good old goofball, Prof Samad (the rector of UiTM) gave cash to the lucky draw winners. Big chunks of cash! with three figures okay, which is unheard of. I have a bad ong and wasn't so lucky to win any.

Classmates. Some.

Maryam, Seet and Lion. They tried.

Wafaa

Muz

JAC1106A

Accounting Appreciation Night

Honest assessment. Worst dinner I've ever attended and the only reason I enjoyed it is because I was among friends. We made shit turned golden. Always.

Urfah, Maryam and Ain - fellow Shah Alam(s)

and again, we're being Glee-sy and predictable

Syud and Wafaa

Class is in 3 hours. I should try to get some sleep.