Earth Hour!

In December 2009 world leaders meet in Copenhagen to agree on a post-Kyoto policy for tackling climate change. One billion people voting with their light switch during Earth Hour will create a powerful mandate for our leaders to take strong and decisive action on climate change in Copenhagen.

So, for those who never turn on their television and have no idea what Earth Hour is, please switch off your lights on Saturday, March 28 from 8.30-9.30pm. VOTE Earth!

25 March-Group behaviour

Ah......finally found some time to update this blog. Had been very busy since the SPM results came out. Immediately after getting my results, I had to fill out all sorts of forms and get all sorts of documents ready to apply for a number of scholarships. Today I found out that I got selected for interview with JPA (Public Services Dept.) on 2/4 at Pustaka Negeri Sarawak at 2pm. Hope I'll get through.

So, today David teached us about group behaviour during T5 class. He talked about things like personality, perception etc. He told us how having the wrong perception can get us into trouble by telling us a story during his teenage years. Maybe I'll tell this sometime in the future.

We also learned about norms. One important thing we learnt today are the 3 norms of the class:

1. It is ok to talk in class while the lecturer is talking.
2. It is ok to eat during class.
3. It is ok to listen to music during class.

Cool eh? I bet you won't find this in any other college!

T1 he-he-ha-ha class!!!

Tonight we have a special consultation class for T1 from 6.30 till 8.30pm. Before the class started, look at what some of the guys did-three guys raping another guy!!!(Pictures below)

Class started a few minutes pass 6.30pm(as usual). This is supposed to be a consultation class for us to ask the lecturer questions.(This class exists because we keep breaking the record for lowest passing rate) But instead of doing that, we spend time joking and laughing. When the clock struck 8pm, the lecturer released us early because nobody have any more questions.

We have 2 progress tests tomorrow(T1 and T2). I have a bad feeling about this...

3/3-Movie day!!!

This afternoon all the three CSB classes have been combined to watch a movie titled 'Enron-The Smartest Guys in the Room'. Actually it is a documentary on the Enron scandal.

The Enron scandal was a financial scandal involving Enron Corporation and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen, that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting procedures conducted throughout the 1990s, Enron was on the verge of bankruptcy by November 2001. A white knight rescue attempt by a similar, smaller energy company, Dynergy, was not viable. Enron filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001.

As the scandal was revealed, Enron shares dropped from over US$90 to less than 50c. Enron's plunge occurred after revelations that much of its profits and revenues were the results of deals with special purpose entities(limited partnerships which it controlled). The result was that many of Enron's debts and the losses that it suffered were not reported in its financial statements.

In addition, the scandal caused the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which at the time was one of the five largest accounting firms in the world.(Source: Wiki) For more info on the Enron scandal, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron.

Some of the main characters involved in the scandal include Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling and Andrew Fastow. This documentary showed interviews with formers Enron employees and other people connected to the scandal. The recordings are very real and detailed. As the documentary was an uncensored one, there was a scene showing nude strippers in a bar which caused quite a stir in the class. Some of the people interviewed used vulgar language and got the class laughing out loud. The funniest part was when Jeff Skilling, former CEO of Enron, verbally attacked Wall Street Analyst Richard Grubman with the term 'asshole'.

February 26th

There's nothing much to talk about for T2 class in the morning, so I'll just talk about CSB class in the afternoon. After our first CSB progress test, David let us listen to a song titled 'Waking Up Tired' by Hoodoo Gurus, an Australian band. (Picture below)

Then he asked us to write down the lyrics of the song. The song is sung so quickly that we had to listen to many times before completing the lyrics. (Picture below)

Next he let us listen to rock song by Autralian artist Jimmy Barnes. However, it was a total failure because of his deep Australian accent that we can't make out a word he's singing! That's about all for today's entry folks!

24/2/2009

I started my day by having a short test for T2. Then we start our lesson on computer systems(BORING!!!). I yawned my way to the end of the class...

At noon I went to a cafe called 'Wonderful Place' at Hui Sing with a few mates for lunch. Me and a friend of mine ordered salad chicken rice from this stall(picture below).

A few minutes later, I was served with this...(picture below)

The picture doesn't look right, does it? Something's missing right? Yes!!! It's the salad! Salad chicken rice without salad! And when we ask the stall owner where's the salad, she said she ran out of it. What the ****?!! How can you let people order what you don't have? One more thing, try counting the number of fries on the plate. You got it right mate. There are only TWO! What's worse, the fries are hard as rock! This is perhaps the worst salad chicken rice I've ever tried. My friend also claimed that the chicken wasn't cooked well, so she left with almost the whole plate behind(picture below). So much for a 'wonderful' place. Sigh...

After lunch I had CSB(Communication Skills in Business) class with David(picture below). As the class is small(only 10 students), we can normally spend some time playing games. Today we spend the last hour of the class playing a game which I forgotten the name(it starts with an S). We're divided into two groups of 5. One member of a group will take turns to draw a slot. Each slot will contain something which the drawer must act out for the other members of the group to guess. If the drawer's group members guess it correctly, the group gets a point. This is basically how the game works.

When David ran out of slots, we're asked to make slots for the opponent group. On one occasion, I got a slot which says......CONDOM! Oh my...how am I gonna act this out? You don't wanna know(The opponent group is an all-girl group while I'm the only guy in my group). Fortunately, one of my groupmates knew what I meant and got us a point. In the end, it was a tie. What a day...

Monday, 23 February 2009

It's Monday again. My long week starts today. In the morning we have T1 class with Miss Hii. She surprised us with a new hairstyle. The picture above shows the scenario at the beginning of the class. As usual, the class will get noisier and more chaotic as it progresses. The picture below is an example of what normally happens during T1 class.

The strange thing is, we are only chaotic during T1 class. We tend to behave slightly better during the other classes. Even I can't get why. That's about all for the morning.

In the afternoon we have T5 class with David. This is the first time we see David wearing the Sunway T-shirt. The class is abnormally noisy today. Usually we'll be very attentive and quiet during T5. But today is just different. Almost everyone(I'm one of the exceptions) is talking and chatting as if David wasn't there. Fortunately David didn't blow his head or we'll be in trouble, although he did give us an indication that he wasn't happy. End.