23rd Birthday

My 23rd birthday is over, nothing much has happened in this year, especially when I compared with the past few years. This year, there isn’t even any birthday song. Luckily, I still received blessing and presents from a lot of my friends. Thank you everyone for your wishes and blessings. I truly appreciate it.

Thank you Voon Yin for your Japanese Dictionary, although I have stop learning it, I am sure that I will pick it up again one day. Thank you Carmen and Phuah for the body make up, although I am still not sure when to use it, I am definitely find a chance to use it one day. Thank you Say How for your Bear Handphone Hanger. Also, thank you Bao Bei for the wonderful seafood dinner and the self-made light.

The trip to Penang was fun. I have eaten a lot of good food. I ate so much that now I am feeling that I have put on a lot of weight. We went to a few places, such as the Fishermen Village, the beach, Gurney Drive, and of course not forgetting the DVD shopping at Batu Ferringgi.

It is really so fun to be able to spend time with your friends, especially when most of us have not meet up for so long, to be able sit down and spend time like this has already became a luxury among us. Since we graduated, everybody has own life and has followed different path of life. Voon Yin is now studying in Tanjung Malim and working towards teaching career. Jenn is studying her Master in Communications and juggling a few jobs at the same time. Jo has gone back to Penang and will be going off to UK for her Master next year. Such opportunities to gather together are getting lesser and lesser.

However, I must say that I am quite disappointed during this trip. When I depart, I took it as my birthday trip, a birthday trip that my best friends organized and gave to me. I didn’t want them to sponsor the trip, I know it is impossible. All I want is just a small birthday celebration with just a birthday song and maybe a small cake, which I didn’t get it all.

For the past few years, since we know each other, we have been spending each other birthday together. This is the first time that we are so far apart. Maybe when you grow older, birthday is no longer important, as it reminds you that you are growing older and older. Maybe a lot of girls hate birthday, but I am definitely not one of them. To me, birthday is a day that you are born. I always love friends’ birthday, because I am really thankful that they are born. Thanks their parents who gave them the life, so that I can know them now and enjoy every single moments with them.

Dance Club - "Pimp My Night"

Today is definitely going to be one of the most memorable nights during my working tenure in UTAR. As most of you guys would have known that I am leaving UTAR, my last day in UTAR would be next Monday. Tonight was “Talent Showcase 2009 - Pimp My Night", which was organized by Dance Club, PJ Campus. At the same time, this is also my last event/ project in UTAR.

During the preparation/ planning process, a lot of miscommunications happened among the committee. The committees were clearly not prepared for the event. Planning was not properly done. The committees were completely clueless about what they can do and what they should do. One point of time, I even considered to postpone the event. Thank god that the committees refused to do so, they insist to carry out the event as planned. Otherwise, I might feel regret for the rest of my life, for missing such a good show and killing their spirit and passion in doing this event.

I am not saying that they did a fantastic job. In fact I have seen some better events. However, with short time frame and committees who clearly were unsure of what to do, I would say that I am proud of the outcome tonight! Everybody put in their best effort in making this event a success, and I do think that it is a successful event!! For such a long time, I stop seeing PD011 full with people. Ever since most courses were transferred to other campuses, almost all events are facing the problems of getting audience, and today the hall was full. It was so full that people actually have not enough places to sit. They have to stand or sit on the table. It was just so encouraging and motivating!

This makes me regret on my decision for tendoring my resignation. I am really so happy working with all the students here, helping them during event was so tiring, yet so enjoyable. This is the kind of feeling that I might never get in other institutions, industries or other position.

Jo told me that I have to move on; maybe I will be able to see better and more wonderful things at the world outside. UTAR is always going to be one of the best memories in my life. My effort and contribution in UTAR will not come to a waste. At the end of the day, I will be able held my head high and says that I am proud of myself and I am proud of UTAR students. Because they are really a bunch of kids who are able to make the impossible into possible!