Shopping Spree + Cooking

Since the food in campus is seriously yucky and expensive, my housemates and I decided to take the weekly shuttle service to Tesco to buy raw food to cook some meals. So, 3 girls happily went to Tesco with 1 ultimate target behind-- prepare to food for a week!

After merely 1.5 hours, we managed to get salt, oil, oyster sauce, tomyam stock, chicken thigh, kubis, siew pak choy, carrots, eggs, bread, rice, onion, garlic, apples, mihun, meesua, milk, pepper, pan set, soy sauce, tauge, frozen buns, plates, butter, chocolate spread, tuna fish, spaghetti, sauce, mixed veggie for fried rice, cheese, kitchen cloths, sesame oil, pillow, and the list goes on..

3 girls with so many stuff, so it was pretty tiring to board the bus.. Sin Lee nearly lose balance n fall as she board the bus, haha... Finally we got home! These are what we have bought!
We spent less than 1 hour to cook, eat and clean up.. Our 1st self-prepared meal in EduSquare-- Tadah!! Fried Bee Hoon.. Super nice weh!! This pot fed 4 girls.. costs us less than RM1 each.. haha.. So happy!

My New Squatting Place-- EduSquare!

I am finally in EduSquare, my off-campus accomodation in University of Nottingham! It is a 2-storey bungalow with about 14 single rooms, with ensuite bathroom. I am sharing bathroom with another girl. So far there are 9 girls in my house already, 7 from Malaysia, 1 from China and 1 fro m UK.

I am very satisfied with this place! There are bed with thick mattress, study table, wardrobe, ceiling fan, dressing table and air-conditioner at seperate charge in my room. Microwave ovens, stove, fridges, rice cookers, kettles are available in kitchen. Sofa set and LCD TV are also given in living room. There are even dining tables and chairs.. Cool!

Guards are always on duty, just to guard about 10 houses in my area.. haha.. so nice right.. On Day1, i even asked the guard to kill a gigantic spider in my room!

My house is just 10mins walk from the campus, but there are no trees around the area, so basically I will be grilled under the hot sun as i walk.. One more problem here is.. THERE IS NO FIXED PHONE LINE! So.. i wonder if i can subscribe to Streamyx or any other stable and fast internet service at reasonable price.

There is shuttle bus service that goes around campus, EduSquare, Semenyoh Town, Kajang Town and all the wya to Kajang KTM. I m pretty satisfied with the service so far. There is no hawker stalls, mamak, or restaurant within walking distance. So, the only choice i hv nearby is cafe in campus which serves expensive and yucky food... Urgh.. but seemed like there is catering service at reasonable price. Hopefully it s good, so that i will still b chubby.. haha..

Bed..

My study table and chair.


Kitchen and dining area

Living room

我希望。。

要到大学报到了，终于啊！
这次感觉上比去新加坡还要陌生，虽然说我还是在马来西亚，但是我熟悉的是马来西亚南马小镇，和新加坡！吉隆坡对我来说比新加坡还要“外国”！
说我完全不害怕是假的，我还是怕不能和同学融洽相处，怕住的环境不好，怕课业太繁重， 生活苦闷bla bla bla...
怕也没用。。当初我也是一个人到新加坡去念书，第一天在宿舍想要讨一条被单都不敢，两年后还不是混得好好的，还对宿舍依依不舍呢！

我希望接下来的大学日子里：
1。课业很有趣
2。能参加我喜欢的课外活动
3。平平安安！吉隆坡的治安让我怕怕！
4。遇到好的屋友
5。衣食住行都方便（internet 也超级重要！）
6。考到好成绩！不要在及格和不及格之间徘徊！（当然，一定要及格！）

English Assignment..

After reading the following passage, I suddenly felt that my English is bad.. I spent quite some time to figure out what is the writer trying to say.. Oh well.. maybe I should spend some time to catch up with our public university's standard...

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/02/horror-of-malaysian-education-system/

ADVERTORIAL
New Straits Times
23 August 2008, page 43

HONORARY DEGREE AWARD
7TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA
TO
YANG AMAT MULIA RAJA ZARITH SOFIAH BINTI ALMARHUM
SULTAN IDRIS AL-MUTAWAKIL ALALLAHI SHAH
D.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M.

Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah has born (huh??) on 14th of August 1959 in Hospital Batu Gajah, Perak. Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith is a third son (1/3??) to Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Perak Darul Ridzwan and Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Mazuwin binti almarhum Raja Arif Shah.

(OK.. I am never an English teacher... I shall just read..)

Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah get early education in Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Datin Khadijah Kuala Kangsar in the state his birthplace namely in Perak. After end of the education in primary school, Yang Amat Mulia continue the education to form one at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Raja Perempuan Kalsom Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

In the month of September 1972, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah have set forth to England for further education in Chaltenham Ladies College, Gloucestershire to form six. Then, Yang Amat Mulia continue learning it in Davies College London in September 1977 and his following year in receive enter to Somerville College, London after having passed Oxford Entrance Examination.

After graduated at Oxford University with Bachelor of Art in June 1983 and follow the traditional University of Oxford, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith will receive Master of Art after three years in 1986. Yang Amat Mulia also is a linguist follow several courses including language Mandarin at the tertiary level, French and Italy language.

As his father, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah is a person that talented in picture arts. Refinement of soul, Yang Amat Mulia always watching natural beauty environment immortalize in the form photograph and painting to make look and reference. Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith performance become guide to deliver the message education to general public. Yang Amat Mulia concern on women and natural world and it custody aspect in become deep theme in painting.

Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah comply have interest profoundest field documentation. Apart from producing book, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith doubled up guest writer in the The New Straits Times newspapers and in personal column it “Mind Matters” in The Star newspaper. Besides writing, Yang Amat Mulia comply active presenting a working paper at the conference national level and international.

Education from her father and mother over concern to the people, make Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah likes engaged in voluntary activities about as Deputy President of Majlis Wanita Johor (ROSE), Chief of Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia Johor branch, Chairman of Nationalistic Community Service Red Crescent Malaysia, Patron of Spastic Children School in Johor Bahru, Patron Rotary Club of Tebrau Foundation, Advisor of Traditional Arts School International in London and become Pro Chancellor University Technology Malaysia (UTM) and becomen Royal Felllow Faculty of Language and Linguistic University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

As the appreciation towards her contributions of ideas and efforts in the development of education in Malaysia, Chancellor of University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Duli Yang Amat Mulia Tunku lbrahim lsmail lbni Sultan lskandar, Tunku Mahkota Johor, has approbation to presented the awards to Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Education at 7th Convocation Ceremony of University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia in this year. Congratulation from us, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia members.

No wonder, there are seperate papers for SPM English and Cambridge 1119 English paper to distinguish candidates' standards..

理想的大学。。

9月16日也要到了，终于要结束我超级长的“假期”，到Universtity of Nottingham去开学啦！
从5岁开始，我生活就不曾有过超过2。5月的假期，算一算我可是10个月没上到课了啦！（我指的是我听课老师讲课，我当中学老师的那段上课时间不算！）

前几天去了新加坡，到朋友在NTU和NUS的宿舍里去tumpang。
看了很多很多的房间，还上了一个3个小时的forensic science lecture。
加上身边的朋友真的几乎全部都已经上大学了，可以很光荣的说“我今年大一！”，我开始向往大学生活了，虽然朋友都说大学生不简单，当初初级学院是老师说的什么“熬过A level上大学就简单多了”都是骗人的。。
我理想的大学啊。。就是offer我喜欢的科系，讲师有趣上课不会让我打瞌睡，内容可以让我这大头里面的小脑了解并知道怎么运用，考试要合理的难不要像JC时的考试让我一点成就感都没有，听到考试都没有想要奋斗的意愿，因为反正怎样靠都是一样不会A，同学相亲相爱，课外活动多姿多彩可以学到很多课外技能可是不要有政治，校园干净美丽，学费不要贵到让我觉得考不到超级好成绩会对不起父母。。。

好像不可能有这样的大学。
忽然，好怀念幼稚园的相亲相爱，隔壁的男同学在被我弄哭后还会给我粘土玩；
好像回到小学上永远都有趣的课，轻松的考全班前5名；
中学时课外活动的欢声笑语和学到的技能让我很庆幸自己曾经这么活跃。。。

大学生涯，希望你也能让我在好多好多年以后，让我有上多一次大学考多一个学位的冲动！