Memo# 36 : Court or Courting

As I know I'm not very good in public speaking
Thus i have remained often quiet in front of new people.
Yet just sometimes people take it that acquiring a minimum level of speaking English justifies me actually being competent in English. I know joining these competitions would only boost my confidence and help me in the long run


What I'm talking about is the Mock Trial. This is not to be confused with Mooting for mooting is the process of appeal in court while the mock trial is somewhat like an actual trial with witnesses, cross examining, lawyers and hard hitting questions.




Too bad the Mock Trial Final between AllSaints and Tsung Tsin was more like a mockery of the justice system. Not to be too heavily critical of their performance for it was a good and interesting trial. Only some parts it wasn't as smooth as it should have been.


Most witnesses accounts are said with inaccurate or inconsistent testimonies while the judge being a little easier with them, a real serious trail would have the lawyers apologizing frantically to the judge while he swears and throws their submission onto the floor and questioning the competence of the lawyers

Josh was getting emotional ..hahaha.... with the teams as he watched from a far not being in the finals. He would have been had more concentration if they had made it to the finals.
From what I heard La Salle presented and won the case against All Saints in the preliminary
round but lost on performance because it is a team effort where the witnesses from both teams are judged.

All Saints won in the end and the proceedings lasted from 9.30a.m. to 1.00p.m.
Picked up Potriyan at Centre Point and sent the teacher back to school.
Later dropped by at the Boarding House to change and even had lunch there.
Eunice didn't follow after that so it was me,pot and laura to go and check out venues for Interact Installation Nite and Prom Night.



Shangrila Tanjung Aru Resort should be sending me the quotations tomorrow and the other places we checked were all closed in the particular department so have to call back.
I am aiming for STAR or Promenade even though it could be expensive...the venue for me is the most important.

I have too many responsibilities in Form6 but am not bored at any 1 moment

Memo# 31 : KL Experience - Bangi: The Final Journey

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Interesting : Signs that people are getting more and more lazyA ONE Floor Elevator ; next to the stairs
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I embarked on my journey to discover my soul 1 month ago starting from the Kota Kinabalu Low Cost Carrier Terminal. Though I have yet to discover anything,

In my 4th week here in Semenanjung, I travelled to Bangi after staying 3 weeks in Sentul.
The place is around an hours drive from Kuala Lumpur.
Here in Bangi, I went to visit the National University of Malaysia.
The place is newer than the Malaya University and is built within a protected jungle (according to my friend lah)
There's even a lake there.
The place is more like a park than a University after you get deeper and deeper in, most of the other faculties are on top of hills and tiring to go by on foot. As an example, I took the journey on foot to fully experience the campus than just taking a bus up because the Law Faculty is at the very end of the campus.
The wildlife there is aplenty, with monkeys ...BIG monkeys hanging out and monitor lizards(biawak) and also a flowing stream full of fishes
We headed to the Law Library after the tedious journey there to rest and cool down.
It was empy due to the term holidays so it was more quiet.
Just went there to read some newspaper.
After that I went to search for my answers.
The Vice Registration Officer was where I was going to get it.
So she said that she didn't even know about the change of policy in Malaya University, that they were only accepting STPM students now. So far UKM still accepts matriculation and foundation in law UiTM to pursue careers in Law. But I'm not to sure of when they would change the policy
That sure gave assurance that going to matriculation would still give me a chance to chase my dream. So far I failed to get a place with UPU into IPTA (Local Public Institutions) , but considering my lousy grades, I didn't expect much. Even someone with 12As albeit being Chinese can't get it..what lagi me
I have only 3 options left; Go matriculation or go into a private University or take STPM
For sure STPM is the safest route albeit being the longest while matriculation being the fastest but not sure whether it can further my dreams and private being the most expensive option.
It is confirmed though that I will be taking matriculation starting from next week. I still haven't even have time to rest. Tomorrow is my flight to KK
Later we decided to head down to the Canselori to check around.

The building looks very grand from the outside.
Inside was interconnected with a lot of faculties that walking inside felt like going through a castle. With stone walls, large empty corridors and many passages, the University is indeed very grand

There's even a courtroom inside!
But we had to sneak in, people aren't allowed in unless there's a teacher present.
Of course the lights everything was off, so we went in to just look around
All rise!
Judge Ma presiding
Judge : Ahh! So you were caught selling VCD Panas at Chow kitt ah!!!
Me: Nonono!!! I was just..errmm..sharing them
A.R : So I put fourth that H was caught red-handed selling illegal VCDs
Me : OBJECTION!!!!


It was getting late, and haven't even eat dinner yet.
Luckily there was a night market, just tapau some Nasi Ayam and eat at home.

At 10pm, went down to town to eat some supper cause earlier on I saw a Pizza Shop there.
It was only RM9.80 for a regular size one. It was a frozen pizza, so I thought it would be too hard and chewy
But the pizza was nice..crunchy and not too hard with tomato sauce and mayonnaise .

Memo# 27 : The KL Experience?

Ever heard of P.W.T.C.? It stands for Putra World Trade Centre where traders go there to hold exhibitions. It was even the venue for Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) ke-14, 2007 on the 28th of April which happens to be be today.

I got up at 10.00am just to walk there to see a bookfair. My sis said something about experiencing KL by foot. One thing I seem to notice is Sentul has a lot of motorbike shops. I think there were over 10 shops I passed through, but considering it's a cheaper alternative to a car yet still KK doesn't seem to have a lot of them.
The journey in the morning *mind you KL at 10 is like KK at 9* was not very humid though the sun was already high up. The weather was cool and breezy and not dry.
We took a wrong detour an ended up taking the long way to PWTC but it was the scenic route we took. The pictures tell most of the story for one point I actually crossed a bridge across a rapid albeit muddy water in the middle of KL!

Unlike stagnant drains in KK, they built an embankment along the river banks and left the river naturally flowing. The ancient MIC building was next to the river and overlooking is the UMNO building.
When we got there, it was crowded with people all going to the book exhibition. It featured mostly from Malaysian publications and God knows some unknown hip magazine.
Went to see the children's section upstairs on the 2nd floor consisting of books mainly from Sasbadi,Sarjana, Pelangi and others.Stopped at the Noddy books corner where they quickly summoned an Indian "teacher" to talk to us
He went on an introduced himself and talked about the benefits of showing this cartoon to kids to promote brain development. It was a bilingual edition in Bahasa Malaysia and English.
Consisting of over 10 books with teaching references and VCD, it so calls gives kids a better grasp of the national language. He said he is teaching is child,age 4, 4 languages (Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil, Chinese) and that he doesn't force his child but only to have fun. His famous statement and I quote :

"Do NOT teach your child alphabets"

I was dumbfounded he had the audacity to say that. He said it would only confuse the child as to reading the correct way because Bahasa and English is different in pronunciation
e.g. : buku
B.U bu K.U ku
buku

and something else I forgot. And the price? RM2000

So we left and went around looking again and found another place that sold educational kid videos..price? RM10
We could get 200 of those CDs without getting the Noddy set.
It was already 1.30pm around that time and it was getting hotter. So walked all the way back through another way back to the apartments.

And on the way I saw another decent looking car
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I think I can make a series for Zhng my car around Kuala Lumpur
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tadaaa!!


Zhng-ed Proton Waja


Post Script-Ijok by-election results are out:
BN wins against KeADILan with a 1850 majority

Memo# 26 : Why is the Rum Gone?

I got my butt out of bed at 7am this morning. Hardly a normal thing to do for a nocturnal person like me to do considering I wake up at noon everyday since I came to KL.

Such an important matter would not be taken as a triviality. My recalcitrance with my sleeping habits must change.......
........................in College.


The main reason for the disturbance in my sleep pattern is due to my long awaited visit to Malaysia's oldest University: University Malaya.

I had been planning to visit the Law Faculty ever since I planned my trip to KL earlier this month. Part of my reason for coming here was to see the University and view the possible options to enter Law stream to fulfill my destiny.

Left around 9 o'clock because knowing government servants, they punch in at 8.30am and go off to drink coffee at 9.30am until 1 hour before work ends to punch out.
I thought it would be filled with students when i reached there, but it seems they are having a holiday for all i saw was empty corridors and vacant parking lots. The campus itself is vast and surrounded by hills and trees.

Went to the office on the first floor to ask some questions. The staff there were helpful and provided relevant information. I found some out not-so-hopeful things about the entry requirements into U.M. Law

Entry Requirements

• STPM - 2 Principles
• Diploma

I'm screwed!!! They don't accept the Centralized Matriculation Program
nor
Asasi Sains(Foundation in Life/Physical Science) UM
nor
Asasi Undang-undang(Foundation in Law) UiTM

It's either waste 4 semester(2years) in STPM or 3 years taking a Diploma course.

Well at least I know U.M Law doesn't take in lousy less qualified students from matriculation because everyone knows the quality of matriculation students are not on par with students from STPM



After that, drove around campus checking out the other faculties in the vicinity. The Law Faculty is newer compared to the others like Architecture or Engineering Faculty.
Rumour has it that there used to be a floating pub at the centre of the lake(yes..there's a lake on campus) previously before the nation became zealous.

Later I went to see the Campus Asasi Sains a few minutes drive away. It looked really sucky and resembles a typical national middle school with low ceilings and a weird smell.
Asked the lady at the office about the Official Release Date for the UPU(Unit Pusat University) Results (Tarikh pengumuman Keputusan UPU 2007)

The clerk said it will be out on the 5th Of May (next saturday) online through their websites.
So those still expecting to get into local university can check it out their website at http://www.mohe.gov.my or http://www.jpt.uum.edu.my/
or SMS UPU<>IC Number(no"-") and send to 32300

Took a picture of the lecture hall. The KL bus goes through the campus so getting in and out is simple. It is located near the heartland of the city so it isn't really a question on where to go but what to do.
On the way to the car park, I saw this old looking Mitsubishi sportscar..
I was thinking.. "Hmm..I've never seen this model before"


Come on guys..look at it
From the front it actually looks decent. The bonnet together with the bumper in front and square lights that actually look like a bona fide Mitsubishi

So I took a step to see what it was called and to my surprise..
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This!!!Ahahahahaha..it was a zhng-ed Proton Wira
From the front it looks real!!
I kid you not..it's the same car..not 2 different pictures..good work though!
XD *Zhng my Wira*



By that time I was starting to get to get hungry so we left UM and went to Bangsar Village first to shop for some groceries for dinner.


At the entrance, one shop selling funny t-shirts caught my attention.
It was a bit pricey though,for a white shirt with funny designs but probably only ironed on costs around RM30 per shirt.
The funniest one I saw was with the AM Bank group on it:

I didn't dare take a picture for fear of retaliation by the shop owner..so I made a replica
All I have with me is Microsoft Paint ....so don't mock me!!

After getting the groceries, went to Bangsar 雲南咖啡店 Yun Nan Coffee Shop to try the famous Hong Kong Fish Paste with vermicelli (mee hun)
The fish balls there are made from real fish without much of starch that modern machine processed fishballs taste like. For only RM3.50 a bowl, it's very tasty.

I ordered Wantan Mee cos' I didn't feel like eating soup. I still think Kuching Kolo Mee is the best. KL Wantan Mee uses too much kicap so it's thick and salty. The Kuching variety uses sesame oil and tastes lighter than it's KL counterpart. I think I'll go back to the place I went in Sentul to re-review the Konlo Pan Mee I went to on Thursday because it was nice and I like the dimsum there though KK still IS the best
On the way out, a trailer was blocking our car.
Someone's BMW was smashed on the front bumper.. hangkang such an expensive car.



I will be going U.K.M next week to ask around about the Law Course's requirements.
If not then I'll just do an external degree.

p/s:Wonder who would win the Ijok seat..my vote is on *************