~ annyong~

It’s already about 4 days since I’ve reached Korea. It’s pretty easy to get internet connection, but due to some error, my room IP address isn’t listed in the guide book, so, it took us a while to get in touch back to the internet world. And the connection here is super fast ^^. But then, everything on the net is almost all Korean, even blog itself, yahoo, google. Its getting on my nerves!!

1^st of all, I want to thank all my friends back in Malaysia for making a memorable farewell moment for me. I’m very thankful till no words can describe it. I just can say that I’m lucky. Not just for getting the scholarship, but to meet a bunch of friends like you guys. ><~ . I’m missing all of you all already..><~

It took approximately about 6 hours from Malaysia to fly to Korea. Since my university ( chon nam university) is located in Kwangju ( a province below Seoul) , it took me another 4-5 hours bus ride from Inchon airport to chon nam. Gah, 10 hours journey, very very tiring. The season here is just early spring, and once we come out from the airport, we are freezing like crazy. I’ve always thought that its gonna be summer soon, so I wasn’t prepared . It was below 10 degree at that moment. If this kind of weather already almost freeze us scholar to death, imagine what will happen in winter. = =

1- r&r ( while on the bus to kwangju)

2- little cute toilet for chilldren in r&r

3- even number-floor lift

There’s a Bangladesh guy who volunteer to pick us up from the Kwangju bus station and guide us back to our university. Then , we meet the university international student admistrator and she brought us around and complete our registration ,eg make bank book, do medical checkup ( gosh, they even do blood testingà I hate needle……and even half body x-ray) .

Although Kwangju isn’t the big city, it’s isn’t ‘ulu’ either. There is no farm or anything, just slightly less busy compare to Seoul. They even say Kwangju have the best food in whole Korea. ^^. And the living expenses here are really low. ( like, those starbucks kind of coffee is like 2500 won, approx 6-7 ringgit).So I can save more money to travel around, even can save some money back to Malaysia next year.

My dorm room is pretty clean and neat. Not very big, but the space is sufficient for me and my roommate to move around. Thank god the room have the temperature control, so we always set the temperature to 28 degree Celsius, make it warm and comfy.

1&2 -dormitary block

3- my room

We have the ironing area on each floor, and laundry room on the lowest floor ( but need to pay bout 100-500 won). Chon nam uni is very big, until today , I haven’t tour finish my whole uni.

our dorm central area ( they have cafe, restaurants , cybercafe , stationary shop, hair salon, butique, etc)

the last pic is the cafeteria

The hostel and cafeteria is also very high-tech, we need to enter our ID then our finger print to enter them. . And , hahaha, its so cold outside that we leave our drinks we bought outside the balcony ^^

our fridge

Since orientation is on Thursday, while our class will start on ‘only- god-knows-when’, we are pretty bored and free to linger around. We tried to explore the shops behind our uni, and found some pretty interesting shops. Its like the back lane , having many many ‘cabang’ of roads, then , those uphills and downhills just like korean drama, mix of shops, residential area , church, etc in the same row. So the view is pretty contrast .

1&4 - its early spring, flower is blooming....

2- cute little doggy i found in the university...

others- random views

1- 2500 won coffee
2-very nice decorated coffee bean
3-uphill just like korean drama
4- another random nice shop
5- cute korean kids on the walkway

thats all for now, my laptop battery is running low ( darm, the adapter i bought doest fit in their bloody socket..><)...i'll update soon~^^

~Judgement Day~~

1st of all , i would like to congratulate our friend , Hannah Hiew for achieving such a excellent result for STPM ( 4.0 ). She really deserve it~ ^^ ( If she doesnt get that, there's something VERY wrong with the examiner) . If i'm not mistaken, there's only 13 student in Malaysia who achieved 4.0 . ( Correct me if i'm wrong) .As a Sixth Former, i sincerely salute those people. ( exspecially on how they handle Math T paper --->bloody hard) . Here too, i would like to congratulate Wai Hong ( a partner blogger that hardly blog..XD) as he score 3.75 in STPM . A pointer that make every Sixth former go envy for ( inlcluding me..XD) .

Not forgetting our Art-stream friend who achieve pretty good results . Congratulation to sue ann, Joash, Kin leong, and Pao suen !!! All of them got pointer higher than 3.5 ~~ Hard work really seems to put off for them. ~( tak belanja pun when go makan nasi beriani..><~)

As for those who get lower than 3.5, its not the end of the world yet ( i've been telling myself this every second). When a door of opportunity close, another door will open. Juz try apply for every single thing that is possible, well at least you tried rite? This is just an introduction of our lives. After this, that's when the true beginning of our lives start to take action .

For those out there who's still devastated or confused, quickly take action and start applying now!!! bygones is bygones and there's no use wondering & regret bout the past. Time doesnt wait for anyone. Don't hesitate , just apply, apply and apply. Who knows, i might call anyone of you a Dr. ****** someday ( Dr in Doctorate)

Good Luck ~ n All the Best ( to everyone & myself ...wakakkakakakaka)

Alas

TO ALL STPMERS GOOD LUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!121211211!!!!!!!!!!!!

Road less taken, anyone?

Gosh, its around 5am. Me eyes are still as wide as an owl. In any case, read the poem below.

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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Seems familiar? Nostalgic, innit? This piece of literature, written by Robert Frost, was my 2nd favourite when I studied English literature in Form 5. Numero uno was Shakespeare's sonnet. Shakespeare's sonnets and his anthologies of poems were pieces of beautifully rendered and composed literature art. Almost legendary. So deep and intricate, and cleverly depicts the story that Shakespeare was trying to tell. Well, I'm no Shakespearean, but that's how Shakespeare's poems appeal to me.

Sorry I digress. What I want to talk about today is Robert Frost's "The Road Less Taken". To me, this is a quite clear-cut literature, but the poet himself admitted that this is a tricky poem, at least, this is what wikipedia told me. But nevertheless, allow my to present my humble, but idiotic interpretation of this poem.

For me, this poem signifies the nostalgic of the persona, when he looks back to the path he took just as he started out his journey into adulthood. Looking at the path with him, he carefully examines and reconnoiter the available paths to him. Exactly what most ppl around my age shouldn't be doing. Most should have carefully thought up their plans for the future, and should be wheeling and dealing to achieve their dream.

And through the wiki, I found out there's the ironical interpretation of the poem. The irony is, the ironical (pardon the pun,its unintended) interpretation could just be what I'm feeling now.

renew driving license ~~

Sigh~..had you guys renew your driving license aready?
Well, since now im soooo frekin bored , my random thoughts reminded me bout the incident occurred last month when i went to JPJ change my P to D license.

First of all, i must admit that the way JPJ handling their work is now far more efficient compared to years ago as there were no more slow piggies taking their sweet time to process our documents . Just need to wait for a few minutes for your turn, go to the counter and tell them what you want ....then within few minutes, tadahh~~...mission accomplished ~ ...very worth praising for.

But well, nothing's perfect i guess. The moment i started to praise 'em, then they start to show the ugly side of their system.
My license expired on 14th of Feb, so , as i'm trying to be a 'good' driver who try to follows the law, i went to JPJ to renew it on friday the 13th ( friday is a very very busy day....longer queue than normal days) . DANG. there's goes the lady at the counter says that i cant renew more than 1 year if i renew it B4 my license expire. She told me that, if i were to come back on Monday, i can straight away renew it for many many years to come .

Since im not a very fond of the idea visiting JPJ every year, i've decided to renew it on monday so i can get 3 years straight. Although its not a big deal, but i seriously do not what kind of system that they are implying on motorist. Are they encouraging more and more people to drive on the road with expired license? I don't understand government nowdays .

So tips for those who have not renew their license --> renew it AFTER your license is expired...the longer the better coz they will start to add the years from the date you renew your license ( not from the day your license expire)

*irritated* ><~