Of Test, Assignments and Fall Break

Gahhhh, I am having STATS132 test tomorrow, and yet, I have the mood to blog here. Come closer, and I will tell you a secret. Closer. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO STATS132. IT'S SO CONFUSING THAT I NEED TO DIG A HOLE AND BURY MY HEAD INSIDE. Phewww, that was so much better. I never felt so lost in a class before. Even back in Malaysia, when I don't understand things, I always find ways to make myself understand. I am needing a miracle tomorrow if I want to score in STATS132. And the best part is, it's open book and open notes test, which sort of hint that the test is going to be frigging tough. >.<

After the test tomorrow, I will have 2 assignments to hand in, which is ACTS140 and FIN101. I did half of ACTS140 and never touch on FIN101. Am I dead or what? If I am granted 3 wishes, my wishes wil be, I need more time, I need more time and I STILL NEED MORE TIME!

What got me moving this whole week is the much anticipated Fall Break, which starts on Oct 13 to Oct 16. But for business students, it is actually starting on the 12th instead of 13th since business school is closed on Friday. Woohoo~ 5 days break, you must be thinking I am going to enjoy to the max. But no, I am supposed to work in Bell Center at least 4 hours a day. But, working in Bell Center is not that bad at all, considering most of the shift that I signed up for is study shift. Lucky me. =D

Alright, that's all for now. I will update more if I have more interesting stuff to tell. If you think that this blog is full of boring stuff, I am so sorry. I can't think of anything better to write. After all, my life is that dull. But, I LIKE MY LIFE!!!

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Late for Work

Alamak, I was late for work, for the first time...

My manager was quite unhappy, and of course, I am to be blamed >.<

Oh yea, I was late for work today because of Actuarial Evening, which is one of the reason I never regretted enrolling in Drake. Actuarial Evening is an internship and full-time recruitment program specially for Drake students. Of course, getting an internship or full-time job here is very competitive. But, it's a very good learning experience.

Ooh ooh, I got my free financial calculator already. Thanks to CIGNA! The financial calculator, BA II Plus will cost RM150 and I got it for free!!! =D

Drake Part 2

this is my 6th day in Drake.

orientation was held on wednesday. it was fun. i got to know some other international students better, thanks to the games. there were a lot of international students, around 100 of us. and 38 are from malaysia. the best part is, 99% malaysians are doind actuarial science, which is what i am doing also. at times, part of me wanted to change major. but, there are too many things to consider if i want to do so. i decided to stick with what i am doing right now, and put a little more effort in it. gahhhh, hope it works.

after orientation, we had some welcome weekend activities. honestly, i skipped a lot of the activities because i stayed in my room, a lot. but i did go for some of the activities and it was fun. i want to elaborate more of this, but sadly i did not have any pictures.


actually, des moines is a very quiet and peaceful place, as well as a boring place. it is hard to find some entertainment in des moines. most of the time, i had to rely on my friend who lives nearby to give us a lift to places. we went to places like walmart(super big and quite cheap), jordan creek(i think the nicest shopping complex in iowa. i bought an ipod there and nearly, a nike running shoe) and hyvee(i went yesterday to buy some chicken and vege to make curry chicken and ginseng chicken soup, and thank god, it turned out well. of course, i wasn't the chef but at least, i helped in the rice and some cutting job. damn proud wehy. =D).

i didn't take much pictures but luckily, rachel did. i will just ask her for some nice pictures that she took around des moines later. hehehe, so stay tune...

Destination : Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, US(Part 1)

i am in Drake University, Des Moines(pronouce as the-moi, i think this is French gua), Iowa already. =D

life here is very different. imagine in kl, you can see malays, chinese and indians everywhere. here in des moines, you can seldom see them. if yes, i can see chinese students, some indians students and very few malay students. at times, i thought i am in an alien planet or what.

the weather here is quite unpredictable. in the morning, it can be very windy. in the afternoon, it is always hot and a little humid. and it just rained yesterday at night. crazy weather, right? still, i can't wait for fall and winter, eventhough some seniors told be they hated winter so much. but, at least i can have something to hope for.

ok la, that's all for part 1. i shall save some interesting stories for part 2. i will try to take some beautiful pictures of Drake and post it here later. take care. =D

p.s. i miss my family and friends so much.

EXAM DAY 2 + 3

ok la, i promised to update yesterday, but i was just too lazy. pai seh la.

i had my art paper yesterday. it was just ok. i was actually guessing my way through the mcq questions and crapping all the way in the essay. so i am actually aiming for an A- in art. i will be jumping in happiness if i score an A. if not, i hope at least for an A-.

today, i had my macroecons paper. macroecons was terrible. bad MCQs, terrible short questions but they totally killed me in essay. essay was 30 marks. i think i am going to get 5/30. yeah, it was that bad. so, i am just going to aim for a B in macroecons.

since this is the end of my finals, i am going to predict my grades for this semester. so here goes:
1) public speaking - A-
2) statistics - A-
3) art - A-
4) macroecons - B

gahhhhh, no A this semester. there goes my last finals in INTI! >.<

EXAM DAY 1

dearest readers,

yupe, my finals has started today.

i did 2 of my papers today. 2 more to go. today's papers is not easy at all. i had a tough time during my stats paper. and tougher time in my public speaking paper. i have to admit la, i didn't study that much. but, stats paper was not as easy as what my lecturer had told me. kena tipu. >.<

ok la, i should study for my art paper tomorrow. art is never my cup of tea, but for the sake of my gpa, i have to do it! please pray for me. =D

i am happy!!!

Weeeeee...I am so happy...

Drake accepted me!!! And I was granted 15K USD worth of scholarship!!! Hopefully, Rachel gets it too, then we can go together... Drake, here I come!!!

But sad part is, I am going to leave Malaysia soon...

I will miss my family, all my friends, my bed, my books. my...everything :(

Right now, I need to concentrate and finish my 2 more semesters here...