Start of a new chapter... sneak peak

Alright people... as most of you know, I will be going to UKM (National University of Malaysia) this Sunday. Well, UKM is just a half an hour drive from my house but I will have to stay at the campus hotel coz of the first year rule... First years are not allowed to bring cars into the campus anyway (Ah crap.....!) so, maybe staying in a hostel is easier after all... although I really don't wanna leave home if I'm given a choice. :( But this will give a whole new experience. :)

So, this week, I have been busy preparing for the big day... medical checkup, buy stuff, fill up (I don't know how many) forms, get a new bank account, pay fees and bla bla bla.... Lots of things to do... (I still managed to go shopping and watch transformers though :P). But ahhhh... I hate filling up forms.... i wonder why the ministry of higher education here can't do everything online... papers are just so annoying and troublesome...! =="

So, next week will be orientation week... it seems it will be hectic week... the day starts 5 am that week... and moral lecture at 5 am on next tues (WTH??!! ==" Seriously I don't think anyone is going to listen to a moral lecture... esp at dawn!) lots of physical activities and lots of talks... Seeing all those activities, I guess I will have to say goodbye to my computer for that week... (I hope I can still come online for a while though)

THINGS TO BRING FOR ORIENTATION WEEK:

Of course clothes and my flip flops... That's only less than half of the clothes I will have to bring there mind you... :o

Shoes, shoes, shoes, and whatever household stuff... again not all are there ~~~

Ok.... not everything there... but 90% of the stuff on the table have to be brought. :P

AND MANY MORE OTHER STUFF......

THINGS I WILL BRING THIS WEEK IF I CAN CARRY ALL ABOVE TO UNI:

My lappie... I don't think I will find much time to go online during orientation week... but it may come useful :P

Hooray! :D

Got the course and the university I wanted... So, woohooooo!!!! :D:D:D

Picnic trip... That was FUN!!! :D

Well, I should have posted this yesterday... but then I was too lazy again. :P Anyway, went to a picnic with the youths at Lentang Waterfall yesterday. It was really fun! It's been a really long time since I last went to a waterfall area... so, playing in the cool river waters felt great for me. :) But yeah, I did get a few blue-blacks and bumps from all those slipping and bumping on those slippery river rocks :P but ah... who cares about that when you were having such fun in the water! :)

Here's the link to my facebook album containing the photos --> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82009&id=719768088&l=ae5968a1f4 (I can't post the pics here... there are too many pics there. )

Something Important...

Rejected applicants still have chance to enter varsity

PUTRAJAYA: Applicants not accepted into Universiti Sains Malaysia or had rejected the university’s offer will be re-entered into the University Admission Unit’s pool of applicants.

This will allow them to be considered by other public universities.

They, along with all other applicants to the unit, can find out if they have been offered a place in other public universities starting from noon on June 19.

On Friday, the names of 4,574 applicants were mistakenly uploaded on the university’s website as being successful in their applications.

This was in addition to the 3,599 candidates who had been accepted by the university.

As an apex-status university, it was allowed to directly select its own students for the first time this year, with its admission procedure separate from that of the unit.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin has ordered the ministry to set up an independent committee to investigate the incident.

“I wish to stress that I am very concerned,” he said, adding that he took the complaints from parents and students very seriously.

“I have ordered the Higher Education Department to ensure that those who qualify according to the meritocratic selection process were not left out,” he said in a statement.

Department director-general Prof Datuk Dr Radin Umar Radin Suhadi said around 1,300 of the “wrong” candidates had accepted the university’s offer before it realised the error on Saturday.

“The independent committee will investigate and take corrective and preventive actions to avoid it from recurring in future,” he said.

The committee, headed by deputy director-general (management) Omar Abdul Rahman, is expected to complete and submit its report to the minister in a week’s time, he said.

Applicants who were rejected by university have until June 10 to appeal for a review of the decision.

There are 40,366 places for public universities available for the 2009/2010 academic session while the UPU has received 61,027 applications.

Candidates can check the status of their university applications on June 19 at www.upu.mohe.gov.my, www.mohe.gov.my, www.jpt.utm.my and www.jpt.uum.edu.my or via SMS to 15888 (type UPU RESULT_IC number), or calling 03-8883 5858 or 03-8883 5848.

Candidates must indicate their acceptance of the offer online at their respective university’s website.

Taken from www.thestar.com.my

Hmmm.... so, the results of my application will only be announced on the 19th this month. Fingers crossed that I will get a good university and my desired course. :)

USM Application.... FAILED

Alright.... I failed in my application to enter USM... :(

So, I will have to wait and see how my application to enter the other local universities goes... which is expected to be announced in the third week this month. Fingers crossed for that!