1st University Presentation...

The chapter that i am going to present. "THE DEVELOPMENT OF ERP system"

Wednesday, 30th July 2008, the date that marked my 1st presentation in Australia or as in University life... I really put alot of effort on this presentation... I was quite nervous in the begining, but as the time moves on, i began to overcome my fear, and after awhile, i finally get to what i am really good at. That is, of course, TALKING and to talk without fear of being questioned. My coursemates were rarely falling asleep as i tried as hard as possible to make my presentation as interesting as possible. Other than that, i constantly tell some jokes as well.

As i was finishing, I have a look at my watch, as I haven't notice, I have been talking or presenting for 1 hour. The time limit for the presentation was, 40 minutes. The lecturer must had been quite interested in that, so, she haven't called me to stop (but, last week, she called one of my coursemates to stop presenting while my coursemates is reaching the time limits,might be mine is more interesting). After i finished presenting, my lecturer gave comment on me. She told me that I made an excellent job (and I was quite happy for that because i really wasted a awful lot of effort in that) because i was presenting 1st time in University. After the class finishes, my other coursemates also told me that I done a great job in presenting. And I was all smilling. Too bad that, 2 of my friends already withdraw from this subject. If not, i will be supporting them next time. They came and support me while they already withdrew from the subject. Haha. After that, I was quite satisfied with myself for the presentation. And there goes my first hurdles in University. There are many more to come, might be nightmare next, not hurdles. Haha. Who might know what a joyful day can turn into a pressured day? Nobody knows. Haha

Me in my new black white stripe sweater which proves quite good luck.

Me answering questions.

Me presenting module of ERP.

Winson in Tasmania...

Hello all... It's quite a long period of time since last i updated blog. As you can see in the last post, i am still in Penang. Haha. Sorry that i failed to blogged for this period of time. Really. I was trying quite well to adapt to everything in Hobart, Tasmania. Yea, it's true. Things are certainly different without my family here, especially my parents. I had to made own desicions, made own breakfast, and take care of some housework (which, i never bothered during my times in Penang. Haha. Looks like i have learnt to live independent). But, for some credit, i still get to talk to them through video call quite rightly, every night. Haha.

First point first. I have safely arrived in Hobart, Tasmania. And I have already started to go classes since last week. This week is already week 2. How fast times past. Looking forward, maybe the next time i blogged, it might already been few minutes before i sit in the plane back to Penang. Haha. Let's keep our finger crossed. I arrived in Hobart at 6th of July 2008 around 10something Aussie time (which means it is around 8 something in Malaysia). Before that, we sat in the Melbourne airport for around 9-10 hours before we finally managed to transit to go to Hobart.

Picture taken while waiting in Melbourne Airport

Pictures of Melbourne Airport.

After we arrived, there were a guy fetch us to our accomodation. The guy name is Michael, he is quite friendly, by introducing us many place while our journey to our Villa accomodation. But, when we arrive in our accomodation. We were quite shocked. Why? You might asked. It is because, our accomodation are quite far from the University. But there's a shortcut. Because we are all the way top in the mountain named Mount Nelson. We need to walk down the mountain for 15 minutes to arrived to the Uni. But, if we were to climb up, (which i tried before) it would take us approxmiately, around 45 minutes. Haha. Btw, when climbing down, the hill is quite sloopy, so my knee will be quite pain. But, after few tries, then i am already okay with it.
Me, Tze Hau, Chee Sen and Jay are all living in Unit 6 now, while Sin Hoong is living in Unit 5. Which is next door.

The living hall of my house.

The room with the door opened is my room.

Me and my friends that lived in Unit 6.

The shortcut walk to uni that takes 15 minutes. (You can see how far i am now)

View of casino from top of the mountain.

Pictures of the University Center, from opposite bus stop.

My studies right now here are not quite good. It is because 3 of my 4 subjects that i took is 3 online study. 1 of them is fully online and 100% coursework, while 2 more does have workshop without lectures. 1 more is an elective subject, but my degree co-ordinator told us to take one subject called Enterprise Resource Planning. On first thought, this would be the only normal subject that i took with lectures. But, on the first class, i had a shocked. The lecturer (which is the unit co-ordinator which advised us to take this subject) told us that we need to prepare for presentation, because we had 9 students and just had 9 chapter, so, each of us will do presentation every week on every chapter. Wow, i was in quite a shocked, this means that the lecturer doesn't need to teach already. After all i added up, all 4 subjects does need self study. What a tough university life. Haha. What to do, I just have to try my best. Btw, i picked 2nd chapter to present, which means, i will be presenting next wednesday. Haha. What a rush towards uni life. Haha. That's what i can write till now. In the next post, i will write more on places that i went to and also nice scenery that i taken down on photo. Till then. Bye

Last few days in Penang..

Sorry that i stopped blogging for quite a period. But, now i am back to blogging. Lol. I was quite busy with my preparation to leave to Tasmania soon. With lotsa stuff left for me to do, and just rightly so, 7 days left to go before I leave my hometown Penang. I still have some things left to buy and also few things for me to do before i leave.

Okay, back to this. Lol. Yesterday i went to checkup with dentist before i go. It is because the price there for dentist is quite expensive, so, it's better that I have a check before i go. We made an appointment before i went to the dentist. While i was in the room, I was quite afraid because of the last time i went to dentist. The last time i went to dentist is to pluck out my wisdom tooth, Listen to me hear, PLUCK out, i bet u can feel my pain and ride my fear now. Lol. Now, back to now, this time I met him, he asked what is my problem? I told him that I would like to check if there are any problem before I went to overseas. Then i told him that some of my tooth have holes that's why sometimes some stuff that i bite just left between in the hole of my teeth. I hope u all know what i meant. Haha. After seeing that, he told me that I have more than 10 holes in my teeth. I was like so shocked. Shocked and scared too on second thought. But, his sentence was not over yet. Haha. He continued by saying small hole doesn't need to do anything, my teeth can at least last for 20 years. After hearing that, my hole heart was like so relaxed. Then i asked him again, "What about wisdom tooth, no problem right?". Lol. Guess what he answered me? He said "Oh, nothing wrong. You have another wisdom tooth on another side of your tooth" My reaction and feeling was like WTF?! Lol. Another shocker. After that, he said that the another wisdom tooth has no effect on others. So, he told me not to worries. Haha. What an relief. After checking, he said nothing wrong with my tooth, just dirty. So, he cleaned for me. Haha. Lucky for me. But still, I am still scared whenever i heard the noice made by the tools of dentist. But, before i know, the cleaning does come out with this kind of tools and voice. Sigh. Luckily, there are no other problems, such as in the past. Haha. The dentist also did talk to me and asked me where i would be going. He told me that Tasmania is a great place with great scenery. Haha. He was a good dentist, but always gives me a shocker. Lol.

Today, i went for my god brother's convocation in TAR College. When i arrived there, it have so many people, i almost lost my way through the waves of people. Then i get to met my other friends. Soon, most of them start asking when is my departure date and time. After talking to them, i soon met my god brother. And i helped him to take pictures for him, his family and friends. After that, he treat us for lunch. Lol. Then, i went to another friends house and start chatting till evening and i went home. After that, i went town with my father to do some banking so that i will be able to pay for my accomodation in Tasmania this monday.

Btw, i will be staying in a Villa at Tasmania together with my 5 friends/college mates. The weekly pay is AUD 144. Haha. Quite expensive according to here. But, it's the most cheapest in all the hostel they offer. Lol. If i paid upfront, which means i pay all 18 weeks in one short then the price will be AUD 144, if i doing direct debit, then it is AUD 148 which means they will be debiting from my Australian bank accounts. Another type is by weekly paying which means cash and etc. That would cost AUD 152 per week. So, after consideration, i will be paying using the upfront method. Haha.

Thanks all my friends and family for wishes and I really hope to meet more people there and know more things and help my journey in life. Thanks. :-)

P.S. I will be coming back in November middle. Haha. Keep updated on the actual date. Hehe. Bye

A horse, a cow and a donkey

A horse, a cow and a donkey were having an argument about who had most contributed to the war effort. The horse said he had done the most - ‘Without me, the soldiers wouldn't have been able to ride off to war’.
The cow said she was the one - ‘Without me, there would have been no one to feed the civilian population’.
The donkey, not to be outdone, said, ‘True....but I was the head of government. Without me, there would have been no war!’

Got this from Sms blog.

Coupon from McDonalds...

Haha. It's weird i came up with this post. Haha. I went to watch football at McDonalds Sg. Dua last Wednesday. I didn't know that they were having a promotion of giving each person a coupon of french fries in every goals scored by any team. We went there to watch Portugal vs Czech match, and we were quite rewarding. Haha. In the 5th minute, Portugal already start scoring. Haha. And we received the first coupon. Hehe. And another few more minutes, Czech equalize and then we get another free french fries. Haha. Till the match ends at 94th minutes, the score is 3-1 for Portugal. We did get coupons till the 3rd goal of the match, but the 4th goal, the McDonalds guy told us that they were out of coupon, so we just have 3 free coupon of french fries. Lol. What a rewarding night!!

Stuff Lately...

Sorry I havent blog for quite a long time because of I am busy. Last tuesday, i came back from Genting after i followed my friends for vacation. We went there didn't do much things, caused we didn't go to outdoor theme park to play. Most things that we did there is gambling, gambling and only gambling. Either in casino or in room, we don't care. Haha. I went into the casino both of the days and lost 100 each a day. Haha. Talk bout luck. Lol. Nothing much can be said bout Genting, as things stayed almost the same. We drive over way there to Genting with RM 180 of petrol money with going and coming back. So, we divided among ourself. Increase of 78 sen in petrol per litre sure affected alot on many people. Haha.

After I came back from Genting, I have much focused on Euro 2008. After much i have seen, it looks like that Holland is going to be the most favourites to win this year's European Championship. Their sytle of play has been tantalizing and their tactics have been thoughtful and lastly, their class is just master-class. No doubt. They can play nice passing in midfield, speed in wingers, intelligent striker and good defender. This is total football and attacking, you name it they plays it.

The second favourites really have to be Spain. After long time without any international championship to their name, they also plays beautiful football in this European Championship and one man really need to be acknowledge by the world of football is this guy called David Villa. He already scored 4 goals for Spain in this Euro 2008. He scored a hattrick in the 1st game against Russia and he scored a late winner in the game against Sweden to guarantee them as group leader. Spain is my bet to win the Euro this year, but after emergence of Dutch, i really have to say that they have been demoted to 2nd favourites but still my choice of winning the championship. Haha. Portugal is the 3rd choice and 3rd favourites to win this championship. Cristiano Ronaldo is the name everyone should think about when people mention about Portugal. And true, he has quite rightly shine in this tournament so far.

Still have 15 days till Euro ends and there might be many things to happen. And there are 20 days left for me before i am going to Tasmania and study. So, this means that i only have 20 days left in Penang, my home, before i going to further my studies. But, don't worry bout that, I will be coming back in the month of November this year. Hopefully to enjoy more after i came back. There are many things to be done, and plenty of things to be bought before I will be going this 5th July. But, i am still waiting for the visa to be granted or approved. Before that, I went to medical checkup in Penang X-Ray clinic last week for student visa. The only thing that I want to say is that the nurse there are young and nice/beautiful/hot. Lol. Really. Trust me. Haha. The whole clinic have around 6-7 nurse and most of them are nice. Lol. Back to topic, hopefully i do pass my medical checkup.

Decision made...

I have made my decision to go to study in University of Tasmania if everything goes through well in applying the visa. I had just made my payment of AUD$5598 for the University through bankdraft and credit card. The officer also booked for me air tickets to go there which cost RM 5k for two way flight with the return flight will be open for 1 year. But, the air ticket haven't confirmed yet. So, if there are any cheaper one, then I can apply for that too. I will be coming back on the November this year. Haha.

The offer letter from Tasmania came on monday, which offers me 1.5 years course there. With full exemptions, on wednesday, they also offered me a 25% scholarship too. The 25% scholarship makes me saved a few thousand ringgit for my father. But, two condition must be taken in order for me to take the scholarship. One, i must arrived there no later than 7th July and second, I must reached satisfactory marks in order to continue my scholarship for next semester(I am quite scared for this condition because I am fairly an inconsistent person, sigh).

Each semester tuition fees is AUD$7000 then after discount of 25% it will be AUD$5250. The rate when i buying the bankdraft is 3.15 (which is very high!!), maybe because it is the day that our petrol fuel rise which affected Malaysian Ringgit to go down abit in World Forex Trade. The living cost in Tasmania fairly cheaper than other places in Australia. I had planned to book and stayed in the hostel for the 1st semester of my course. I will mostly staying together with my college mates. Hopefully there are places left. Haha.

The visa for me haven't been approved yet, but it will be approved soon. This sunday, i will be going to genting highlands. Then i will be going to medical checkup after i came back from Genting. Hope everything might goes well.

JUNE

With few more days to go and it is the month of June. Well, many things have happened in this month. But one important things that coming in June, is whether if I am going to Australia or not. The offer letter of University of Tasmania haven't arrive or reached to me yet. Sigh. It is almost one month ago when i 1st applied to this University, and they still haven't replied to me. If the offer letter is were to reach me so late in June, where to I have time to prepare to go to Australia. Other than that, application for the student visa also needed time to be prepared.

Other than that, the time for me to be staying in Penang is getting lesser and lesser, as I am going to leave my hometown to undertake my degree, whether is Australia or not. The feeling now i am having is like "I am not going to leave my house", haha, some might laugh, but this is what i am feeling now. Without knowing, I already had to leave. I haven't have the preparation to leave now. As I had to make decision to go Australia or not, I haven't noticed that I haven't make any preparation yet to leave anywhere. Sigh. I don't know what should I felt now, as I am now just enjoying as much as I can and also trying to do what I can in this family or house, so that can happily cope with my leaving to other place to study, which I know they could. Haha. Every friends have told me that I should go to Australia, but I can't make decision about this yet. Sorry for that.

All i have to say is that JUNE is an important month for me to prepare for everything as offer letter of UniTAS haven't came yet. All the best to everyone. Thanks