Busy Busy Busy

This semester is starting to get really, really busy. My ETP is slowing down a lot and the internet connection just sucks so badly. Huhu. Oh well, hopefully things will start to look up soon.

Really do need a break. =(

By the way, really praise God. I managed to confirm my internship placement for next semester. Praise Him for a good company and a great opportunity.

But I'll be missing YOU real bad. Come visit often k??

Back Again

I'm back in UTP again. This semester is going to be pretty tough. so far I'm about to go full swing with the Engineering Team Project. Thank God for providing good teammates though. Hopefully we'll be able to make our idea work.

Also I wanna really do much better this semester and pull my grades up. Gotta stop being lazy and pull my butt up to do my work!!

Pray for me that I will be able to ace this semester though. Will be preparing to go for internship already. Just got me resume done up.

p/s:
I will be missing YOU so so so so so much next semester. Wanna make full use of this semester to be with you as much as I can.

Praise God!!

Indeed as the title suggests, I must give Him the glory for what has happened recently. I have just got back from KL, that's why there has been no update from me for quite a while.

It was a wonderful semester for me last semester in almost every way, and I have finally harvested the fruit of last semester. Before the results came out, I have been praying and asking God for results that will truly glorify His name. My previous results have not been too good, as some of you may know, and this has caused my CGPA to fall below even the mark of 3.

Having 22 credit hours was not an easy thing, but it really seemed so light and easy (even though I have had practically 1 lab report per week!). This in itself was a true miracle #1.

Miracle #2: I managed to actually keep studying throughout the whole semester. o.O this is actually quite a good improvement as I had been pretty lazy to study for some reason.

Miracle #3: When it looked like there was no way at all, God provided a way for girlfriend to come down to JB and visit for Christmas. =D

Miracle #4: As my previous posts would tell, I have been able to complete my driving lessons and obtain my license successfully on first try!!

Miracle #5: Results came out... and I am back in the dean's list again and my CGPA took a massive boost from below 3 to something more convincing!!



This is not to boast of myself, but rather to boast about how God has really blessed my semester and made it awesome! Praise God indeed!

The Big Test 2

So the not so BIG test started and ended today. Was a little nervous at the beginning and especially when I stepped into the car that was going to be used for the parking test. The moment I tested the clutch...

"Wait a minute, this feels so springy... Oh man, this is gonna be tough."

Never touched a clutch this springy before. Not even the vans I tried before were that way. =( Anyway excuses aside, I did my best and did pray before each segment. In the end it was pretty unfortunate....















... that....















... The guy before me FAILED. He passed his road test and was a little too confident and crashed the poles while going up the slope real fast. So this means he'll have to re-sit for it on next Wednesday.

Ok, but seriously... I managed to...


















... PASS!! Woohoo!!!

Really praise God that I managed to pass. Phew! This is one big thing off my shoulder, and now I can drive myself and gf around liao. =D Thank God! Really couldn't have done it without him. For some reason this morning I felt great. When I tested out the car and drove my parents for breakfast, everything just felt so smooth. It could only have been God. =D

The Big Test

Ok, maybe not so BIG. But yes. Tomorrow is the day that I finally take my driving test with JPJ. *wide grins*

After completing several lessons and driving around JB with dad, I can say that I'm ready for tomorrow. I've not failed a test before (I think!!), and I hope to maintain the status quo. Currently I am only a few hours away from owning a legal driver's license. *butterflies in the tummy*

I'm going to be sleeping early tonight so I can get some rest though. Been a little tired today and it's a miracle I could drive properly today. Thanks to God, I'm finally here.

Well, wish me luck though. =D Hopefully will come back with good news!!

Beautiful Week

Legend:

• Places
• Food
• Noteworthy
  

Last week was simply fantastic. Girlfriend and her brother came to JB for a couple of days (22-26 December). After so long, finally got to see them again. *grins* It was very nice and thanks to them, we had a wonderful time.

Was very excited to see them when picked them up at Larkin Sentral bus station. Immediately the next morning we headed for some of Cathay Laksa and the "famous" Beef Noodles near the newly-built customs complex. After that we headed off to shop for some stuffs at City Square.

Decided to have some Baskin Robbins ice-cream at the newly-opened outlet. Turns out to be that the ice-creams there are larger in size compared to the ones we normally have at other outlets. Thanks to girlfriend for the beautiful treat though. =D

The next few days we went out eating and trying out some food. Fortuntely, we got to taste the Nasi Lemak in Mana Lagi. After so so many years of not being able to taste the food there, I can still say that it is THE BEST Nasi Lemak in Malaysia!! =D and now, girlfriend has got a chance to taste it too. =DD

On the 25th we went to Kukup fishing village to see the "kelong" (fishing village on stilts) and to have some real nice seafood. Anyways, some of you might know that I have an allergy towards crabs. So I finally mustered up the courage to have some crab meat. Thanks to girlfriend and mum for helping me peel some pieces (bahagia XD), it went well and my tongue didn't even itch. I wonder if that is a sign that I'm healed of that. *scratches head*

The trip was quite fun 'cause we got to spend a lot of time together and took a whole load of photographs, which I might be posting soon. But we sure slept up to really late evening after getting back from Kukup, and had a late dinner.

But night time was one of the fun nights. Since girlfriend was going back the next day, we decided we would have some fun in Danga Bay on the last night.

Me, girlfriend, Jason (her bro) and Joel (my bro) went there by car. Burned a few coins on the arcade shooting hoops. There came a point when the time was up but for some unexplainable reason, the balls just kept coming. So we just kept on shooting until we got fed up of it. Wanted to play some fusball but the machine was out of order. Ended up playing Photo Hunt instead.

This is where it gets crazy...

We rented a tandem bike after digesting our dinner and decided to do something crazy. I took the wheel (adding to the danger deliberately!). We rode our way over humps and bumps, braving the traffic from each side of the road.

1. Into the carpark we went, overtaking another tandem bike
2. Past the "NO ENTRY" sign, leading into the pedestrian areas
3. Into the extreme park (via crossing over some railway tracks when the train was coming!)
4. Riding out and overtaking that same unfortunate bike XD
5. At this point, Joel (my bro) suggested we ride through and break a no entry tape denying access to the area sealed off for the new year countdown party.
   
6. We rode in and due to lack of power, we got stuck.
   
7. Struggling to break through, security personnel was arriving.
8. Broke through!!
9. Kena halau balik... =P
   

Anyway this trip was a really wonderful one and one that I will cherish for life. Hopefully there will be more of that to come in years and years. =D Oh, and Happy New Year everyone!!

Finally!

Finally the day is tomorrow. Finally the driving instructor is going to come and help me complete the remaining few hours of my driving classes. Hopefully they will come to an end after a few days.

Last week the instructor was supposed to come to pick me up, since he already picked up my documents and renewed my "L" license days before. Somehow or rather, it just didn't work out. Something cropped up, and he didn't make it. Hopefully, he will finally be able to make it and put an end to my long wait.

Until then I am still trying to complete some tasks to help out the kids' church in their presentation to find some background music for the scenes.