Let me just tell you what happened during the past three days, where the sun when hiding and the rain came out to play;
Monday - Oct 9
It was the first day of the semester. And indeed, it was thrilling to meet up with my classmates again. And with two subjects this semester, i can at least free-lance a little. Let's hope my backlogs are cleared first!
Anyway, after the Moral class, Alex, Eu Wah, Lily, Nic, I-Ling and i went to Mid-Valley. And was it raining cats and dogs while we headed there.
Nic told invited us to go skating there. It was ice-skating without ice.
At first mention of it, i thought it was some sort of sale gimmick. Skating without ice is no different that the normal skates on wheels. Or is it?
Upon arrival, it was true. That place was a skating rink without ice. It was more of a combination of the two worlds. The participant basically a pair of roller-blades, with its wheels replaced with bladey-wheels to go on the fiber-optic like rink. Ergo, the hybrid skates.
So, all of us, except I-Ling decided to give it a try. And by looking at the little girl staking around leisurely, we thought it was easy, but once we stepped into the ring, we knew immediately that we were wrong.
It was tougher than it is. Even Alex, Nic and myself who can skate took awhile to adjust to the situation.
But after skating for almost an hour, i got a hang of it and managed to skate faster. Later, in the evening, i learnt how to skate backwards! It was indeed an acheivement after a roller-blading hiatus of nine years!
Well, if you're into the manga/anime Bleach, i basically bankai-ed.
If you're more familiar with Digimon Adventure, i've digivolved.
Or if The Law of Ueki more of your cup of tea, i've earned a zai and a Jingi.
In laymen's terms, i've mastered the skating skills on this arena, but at the cost of my legs. The ached badly the next morning.
Tuesday - Oct 10
Went out for lunch with Joanne Lee, Justin Tan and Clarene (can't believe up to today, i don't know her surname!). It was a public holiday in Selangor, thus the whole area around Mid-Valley was crowded. It took me about 20 minutes to get around the megamall. Twenty minute of my life that i'll never get back.
Lunch at La Manila was decent and affordable. I wish i thought of this place the day before when we were looking for a place to settle for dinner.
Later, we decided to watch The Devil Wears Prada, though i wanted to watch another movie like Miami Vice (can't get over The Banquet issue!). And if i'm right, it was raining then in the evening.
It's basically holds the same storyline as the original novel: The protagonist, Andy Sachs (Anna Hathaway) got a job in Runway, a fashion magazine, which has a ruthless and cynical editor, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). The job Andy got is one where many would die for.
And through the movie, she manage to adept to the company and survive... but at what cost?
Lessons learnt from the movie:
1. If you want to do a job you enjoy, don't go applying for a job that you don't.
2. Colleagues at work might not be friendly, but be yourself and be friendly. It pays off!
3. If you're at the top, you better have a lot of cards under your sleeves, just in-case a coup happens. Being cocky and arragont is small fries if you have lots of information in hand.
4. Blending in to be accepted could be the best way. Beat your boss at his/her own game. Though, you might loss yourself in the process. (Heck, you wouldn't see me speaking in fluent Mandarin or being an Ah Beng in my university anytime soon!)
5. It was worth my RM7! Every single sen.
6. Next time, try abstaining from saying 'Mermaid','Ariel' or 'swim like a fish' around Joanne Lee. You wouldn't like it!
Wednesday - Oct 11
CF was on, though many things was not properly planned before. Just as we about to give up, students from foundation studies came. Thus, we decided to move somewhere else for some tea, food and chit-chat a little.
One of the informal meeting we had. Joshua, Lydia, Simon, Sui Li and myself with the three students, Ruth, Felicia and Shee Wuen were eating rojak at the hawker center was okay lah, since McDonald's in Sec 14 had no power while the KFC joint there was under construction.
Most of the time, we were talking nonsense and making jokes here and there. But we did discuss of why God put us here in UTAR, and how we can impact our friends in UTAR. I really want to make an impact towards the people around me.
I can't wait for the next CF meeting. But faith and prayer, i discovered, plays an important role in planning.
And once again, it was raining when we left the hawker center.
I wonder if it will rain tomorrow?
"...Rain down on me
Here in Your presence i am free
Pour down like rain
Come touch me again
Lord, let your presence fall on me..."
Taken from Planet Shakers' Rain Down
Love & Peace!~
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2 comments:
you just have to post that up, don't you???
*slaps*
HAHAHA!~
Looks like i can't help it.
*ouch*
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