Raya+exam post

I think this will be my last post before my exams start in 10 days time. I've been studying like mad this past week, and I'll be studying until exam starts on Monday the 29th. I'm so tired. Blargh.

Ohhh, I spent raya at PD this year and not in Kelantan. Again. But we had so much fun! Even though now my face is like peeling because of the sunburn and I gained so much weight. Urgh. But the highlight of the trip was when we all went karaoke-ing last Sunday. We were only supposed to use the room for 2 hours, from 9 to 11, but we ended up using the room until like quarter past 12. The older kids (including yours truly) were actually a bit reluctant to go karaoke-ing. I mean, really...karaoke-ing with your parents and uncles are not exactly how we want to spend our vacation. But it ended up being SOOOO MUCH FUNNNN!!!! Everyone became tak betul that night. Dah la we were all sunburnt, and everyone had red noses, so we kinda ended up looking like drunks. And the fact that we were melalak-ing for 3 hours just enforced that perception. I posted some of the videos that we got of the night on Youtube (not like anyone's going to watch it anyways), so take a look:



Singing lagu raya!


Singing Kau Ilhamku....


My dad and my uncle singing Bujang Lapuk....I still can't believe they did that!

Oh, this is a video of my uncle and my cousin lighting up fireworks at my grandparents house last Tuesday. The fireworks were so pretty! =)

This is how my desk looks like right now. Messy yea?

Urgh

I've just realised that my exams start in less than 3 weeks. Just last week I thought that I might have a chance of getting all Distinctions for my exams....and suddenly now I feel so stupid.

Yesterday, I realised that I know next to nothing about Marketing when our tutor asked us some Marketing questions. I was damn blur, and I felt so stupid. I don't even know how I'm going to study for my Marketing and it's my first exam paper! Rawr.

I got back my results for my second Business Law assignment and I was soooo disappointed with myself. Overall, my internal marks are 20.5/30. I need 60 marks to get a High Distinction and I can just see my HD for Business Law flying away right in front of my eyes. I'm still targeting to get 60/70, but there's a really, really, really slim chance that i might get it.

I feel like I'm going to screw up my exams so badly this semester. I don't think I can prepare for three subjects in less than three weeks.

Songs

I need music when I study. Really I do....but not when I'm studying Business Law la. That subject needs my full concentration. These are the songs that I absolutely love listening to when I'm studying (and when I'm not studying, too!):

New songs (to me):
Jem - Falling For You
Cascada - Truly, Madly, Deeply
Quietdrive - Time After Time
Katharine McPhee - Ordinary World

If you've noticed, I don't like most songs that come out on radio because after two weeks, even the best songs around will be overplayed. Sadly. And I get bored really fast. Once I can sing along to the whole song without looking at the lyrics, that's the death of the song to me.

Old songs that I rediscovered and love listening to when I'm studying:
Kyo - Derniere Danse (Thank you my lovely cousin for introducing me to this song)
Sum 41 - Pieces
Delta Goodrem - Mistaken Identity
Keane - Everybody's Changing
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole (my super-sexy song!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love love love this song!)
Dido - Hunter
Jack's Mannequin - The Mixed Tape

Ok, now that I've finished rambling, I better go to sleep. I have to write a report between 1300 and 1500 words for the accounting assignment that I have to send on monday. Bloody hell. Confirm i'll write crap tomorrow.

Hunger

OK, yesterday's post was a 'bimbo moment' post (I seem to be having loads of those moments lately), but today I want to move on and be boring. Hahaha!

I feel like talking about HUNGER. Quite depressing actually.

Anyways, during buka puasa yesterday, my parents, anis and I, somehow got around to talking about the history of Hong Kong (because we plan on going there in December). Actually, it was more like which country does Hong Kong belong to, or if it is truly independent. So suddenly we ended up talking about communism and why all these crazy things happen in the world nowadays (generally it's because people are greedy and power crazy). And please, don't ask me why we started talking about history, and the stupid promises that politicians make. But then, my dad actually said something that made sense. Sometimes, when the really poor people in a country cannot bear to see the rich get richer while they starve to death, they will revolt. My dad said that because they do not have access to food and are starving, getting killed by the government's soldiers is not a scary prospect to them because they have nothing to lose. In fact, to these people, dying would be better than living because at least they don't have to starve anymore.

And it got me thinking, what a sick world we live in.

And when I was bored just now, I surfed the net and saw this picture from Time.com's Hungry Planet article:



The caption for this article said that the woman is trying to sift through sand to pluck out any bits of grain that "might have dropped to the ground during the previous day's ration disbursement." This is at a refugee camp in Chad. And it got me thinking, "God, if only there were some way that I could help her"

You know how they say the Ramadhan month is a month of reflection? I totally agree. I think being deprived of food and water for 14 hours is nothing cause I bet the woman in the picture has to go through worse things. I mean, when it comes to buka puasa time, we know that there will be enough food for us to eat, but those people that are discriminated and poor might not have anything to eat.

I know this entry might depress some people...but it just got me thinking that we are lucky to have access to almost everything and we should be thankful for that. Please remind me of this the next time I post an entry on self-pity.

I promised myself I had to study.

But then I keep getting distracted. By Japanese TV series.

Dah la i promised myself never to watch the series. And I still have not watched the first 2 episodes of Heroes Season 2.

But then I got distracted by this guy:



And I end up watching Hana Kimi. Damn you, Shirota Yuu! Why do you have to be so comel?

I'm starting to sound like a bimbo/fangirl.

And I have 2 assignments to send in next week, not including the weekly submission for Marketing. And I had the worst.period.pain.ever. Blargh.

Scariness

Monash just loves to send their students bulk emails. It tends to get annoying la sometimes. But today I got this email that piqued my curiousity. The subject title was "Blogging". Well, since I'm a blogger, obviously it got my attention. And I dunno why, but Monash is famous for keeping track of students that write bad stuff about them on their blogs. Some people got caught last sem. So anyways, here's some part of the email I got:

NOTICE TO STUDENTS

RE: BLOGGING

It has recently come to the attention of the University that there have
been several blogs written by students on the internet which were
derogatory in nature and made against the University and its lecturers
("the Blogs").

As such, we wish to bring to awareness that there are laws in Malaysia
and disciplinary policies at Monash University relating to such matters.
The words used in the Blogs could be construed as defamatory or seditious
words and constitute offences under the said laws and policies, thereby
placing the blogger ("the Offender") in danger of attracting legal action
and/or disciplinary action against  him/her.

Definitions
Words are "defamatory" in nature if the words "tend to lower a person in
the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally" (per the
Defamation Act 1957) or if the words "makes or publishes any imputation
concerning any person, intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to
believe that such imputation will harm the reputation of such person"
(per the Penal Code (Revised 1997)).

Words are considered "seditious" if they have a tendency to bring into
hatred or contempt, excite, raise discontent or disaffection, promote
feelings of ill-will and hostility against another person or party (per
the Sedition Act 1948).

Consequences/Dangers for using defamatory or seditious words in blogs
There are numerous legal and/or disciplinary actions which may be taken
against the Offender:-
(i) a civil action for defamation may be initiated in court by the
University and/or the offended lecturer against the Offender;
(ii) a criminal action for sedition may be commenced in court by the
Authorities against the Offender;
(iii)  the University may take disciplinary action against the Offender
for committing a misconduct under the Students Disciplinary Policy;
(iv) the University may take disciplinary action against the Offender
for committing an offence under the Acceptable Use of Information
Technology Facilities By Students Policy.

Advice to Students
In view of the above and in view of the very public nature of the blogs,
the University advises all students as follows:-
(i) to exercise caution when blogging or making any other postings on
the internet so as to avoid writing anything which may be defamatory or
seditious in their blogs or postings;
(ii) to immediately remove any blogs (together with its entire blog
trail) or postings which could be defamatory or seditious in nature;
(iii) to lodge any grievances or complaints through the proper channels
made available at the University, such as through:-
(a) the University's Counselling Services;
(b) MUSA Education Affairs Committee;
(c) the University's Student Services Department;
(d) the Course Managers of the respective Schools.

The University also encourages students to at all times maintain and
uphold (and not tarnish nor prejudice) the good name and reputation of
Monash University as being a premier international university as a good
name and reputation serves to benefit not just the University but also
the students.

Please be so advised.

Thank you.

I don't think I've written anything 'defamatory' about Monash.

I really hope I didn't do anything cause this is just S.C.A.R.Y.

Last week I had a one week break.......and it was so not enough. I woke up at 10 everyday, and it was so hard for me to wake up this morning. Uni has changed me. When I was in HELP last time, I always wake up at 8, even on holidays.

I have become lazier. Not lazy...lazier. Urgh.

So last week I went to buka puasa with zaty, went to Pyramid with Anis to find raya shoes, and bought raya clothes. Other than that, I didn't do much. I studied a bit, though. Pathetic.

I didn't blog last week because the internet was down. :-( Thank God it's back on now!

Oh, I heard this song on my phone last week....since my phone is full of songs from the previous owner (my uncle?) I was listening to some songs randomly and fell in love with this song called Falling For You by Jem. Take a look at this clip to listen to the song:



A reason why I love this song is because there is no possibility of it ever being played on radio. Thank God.

And my dad told me about this Proton clip about wearing your rear seat belt. It's DAMN FUNNY!


Watch it!!!

OK, I want to go buka now. My stomach's grumbling.