Thursday, June 16, 2005

Got UPU's offer! But???

i didn't apply for any engineering course but i got the offer to do DIPLOMA TEKNOLOGI KEJURUTERAAN AWAM in KUKTEM, Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang! i'm now studying in Kolej Matrikulasi Pahang in Gambang too! KUKTEM's just a few kilometres away from KMPh!!! My first 5 choices are all of the BPG-Bahagian Pendidikan Guru's courses.(Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Biology, TESL). I went for the PPC-Program Pelajar Cemerlang's interview (oversea scholarship). Heard that if i failed to get the scholarship to study oversea, i'll get the offer to do my education course locally.. but how come i got this offer to study in KUKTEM though i didn't apply for it? i did tick in the box stating 'setuju menerima kursus yang lain'. but it's very weird. with 9A1s and 1A2 (moral), GCE-O A1, i can't even get the course i want? at least TESL! the interviewer did ask me whether i want to put TESL as my 2nd choice if i don't get Chemistry and i said yes! some said that those who got matrikulasi won't get upu but since i'm in the 2nd intake, my name's not deleted in the upu list. anyone please help?

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Back for holidays...

hihi.... i'm back at home! just arrived home yesterday evening... didn't plan to come home this weekend, came back to do my agreement form... still waiting for the result of JPA and PPC scholarship. if i got any of them, i'll be studying in KL in a few weeks time...
i'm in Kolej Matrikulasi Pahang, Gambang, Kuantan, 3 1/2 hour drive from my hometown... 4 in a room, 3 bumiputera and 1 non-bumiputera...
all science students of the 2nd intake was given physical science (physics, chemistry, maths, english)... i want to do life science! so i appealed (many appealed too!) and waited for 1 week while attending for physic lectures and tutorials! at last, i got what i want! i'll be switching to life science stream (biology, chemistry, maths, english) next week! however, i've to study 4 biology topics which had been taught in the last two weeks on my own! oh my God...
i reported on monday, and misread the name list, thus, went into the wrong group, lectures and tutorials! and i only found out that i wasn't in 3F17a but 7F39a yesterday! that means, i've been entering the wrong class for lectures and tutorials for 3 consecutive days since last tuesday! after knowing that i'd entered the wrong group, i straight away went into the office to inform all my 3F17a lecturers&tutors and tried to inform my 7F39a lecturers&tutors (i didn't know who're they)... the 1st lecturer i met was a Chinese lady, an English lecturer but she's not teaching me... i think she's the head of English Department... i told her my problem and asked for her help to get my answer sheet for my English Placement Test (very easy!) from my 3F17a lecturer and pass it to my 7F39a lecturer... she was so nice and very helpful... for some other lecturers and tutors, they thought i copied the timetable wrongly and just misentered their class alone... they didn't know that i went into the wrong group, meaning i've followed the wrong timetable and went for lectures and tutorials of another group! still didn't manage to meet all the lecturers and tutors 'cause i had to attend for lectures and tutorials yesterday... but now, since i'm successful in switching to life science stream, that means i've to meet all the lecturers and tutors for 3 groups and explain to them one by one about my condition! oh... i think my jaw will drop in the end...
the life style here is the same as it is in universities and colleges but the rules here are stricter... my college's a new one (i'm in the 3rd batch here)... it's cool studying there compared to Form 6 because lecturers use LCD projectors and computer to conduct lectures... i know some of you might think this is 'normal' or 'usual' but to a 'kampung girl' like me, it's interesting!
the campus is very big so i've to walk a lot everyday! since i'm from the 2nd intake, i've missed the orientation week, which is described as a torturing one by those from the 1st intake.
well, i'll try to update my blog as frequent as possible 'cause i can only access to the internet from the library and i've to wear formal attire to go there, which is very troublesome...
going back to Pahang tomorrow... have to reach there before 6pm...