Saturday, July 17, 2010

Fly green insects fly!

It's been 2 months and 7 days since I first entered KMS, and in 2 days, the mid-sem exams begin.

And in 4 days, the 10-day break commences!! :D

Looking back at the 5 month long break in between SPM and the 10th of May, I've really been taking the comforts of home for granted. At 6 am, the one thing you wish you had was a water heater. When the pile of laundry starts piling up, you think about how easy it would be if a washing machine was on hand. When you face Maggi Hot Cup for the third night in a row, you think of mum's cooking and your stomach starts making strange noises. And when-

Okay self, enough whining.

So today I discovered that the roti bakar + kaya at the admin cafe is really kind of awesome. Big thanks to Zieyra for belanja-ing me! :P

Monday, June 7, 2010

Panas KMS Panas! ( No, literally)

Survived one full month in matrikulasi! :)

There's a running joke that studying in KMS is the cheapo's version of studying in Egypt - it's practically a desert here. And having to trek across campus in a baju kurung the whole day doesn't really do much to alleviate the the problem (on another note, I've since lost 5 kilograms! They should really list weight-loss as one of the perks of being in matriculation).

Ironically, I'm in the Physical Science stream. No biology, just physics/chemistry/mathematics. Digging out my Form 5 Physics reference books remind me of how I motivated myself to get through tedious calculations regarding forces and tension and masses and gravitational pull and lenses and electricity by telling myself: "After SPM I never have to study Physics again!"

Hardeeharhar.

Slowly getting used to the food here, and prices are reasonable (a.k.a. cheap enough for kedekut people like me). Except for the cafe between the boys' dorms, that charged me RM 3.50 for a tiny, meatless, tasteless piece of chicken and two quarters of a sausage. Huh. However, I'm getting pretty sick of sirap ais.

Lectures are interesting, if only for the fact that the halls are air-conditioned and that there are constant sounds of crashes thanks to the annoyingly loose swing-up-tables-attached to the chairs (I'm sure there's a proper name for those things).

The cold showers took some getting used to, and just as I got accustomed to icy showers in the a.m., I got a nice surprise today when there was a sudden blackout while I was still in the shower.

...

Anyway. Being away from home wasn't as frightening as I thought it would be - could be due to the awesome roommates that put up with my scaredy-catness :P Insect-hunting at night is really a lot of fun... though I still don't understand why those darn creatures insist on invading a room full of humans 500 times their size instead of enjoying the outdoors with natural air-conditioning.

I should stop crapping.

Only 10 months to go!






Friday, April 16, 2010

Numero Uno

What's with the blog name?

First ever dinner at T.G.I. Fridays for dad's birthday - and the food was... bland, overpriced, overrated, stomach-turning, and cheesy (only one of those adjectives is positive). The only thing that prevented me from simply walking out of the outlet was, yes, the cheese, and the table salt.

...or maybe I'm just fussy.

What am I up to? (Other than whining about terrible food).

I'm gonna be shipped off to Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor on the 10th of May. Time to buy pillowcases.