Umizaru: Results are out!

Haha, the big smile on my face definitely indicates something good had happened. Indeed, many great things occurred today. All in all, I loved this particular day.

Before I move on to the good news, I shall let you know what I've been up to lately. Just today, I went to Bukit Bintang for Redbox Karaoke with some friends. Had great fun there, sang my lungs out actually. Went off pitch for a couple of times, but heck, who cares. I'm not a professional, neither an amateur, just someone that sings without any vocal talent.

Prior to that, I was busy with my work for the past three to four days. On Sunday, I went to Ruums for a bried shooting as an extra artiste. It was for a Mainland drama production I guess, since the main actors are all Mandarin literate. Well, job was easy, just do as what the director says. The role that my friends and I played were fans to a concert gig. Was pretty exhausted after the whole shooting as it took 'em roughly 8 hours to finish off the concert scene. As it was my first time participating in such production, I have to be honest with y'all that it's really tough to produce films/dramas. A lot of commitment is needed! And one has to be really patient, as a scene might requires multiple different shots that will take up hours! Oh by the way, the drama is called 梦想 D.I.Y.

Okay, on the next day, my adventure as an extra artiste continues. This time around, it's for a tv show called Aquarium Chinta, a new production sponsored by 8tv, the popular local tv station. Well, I'm not sure what it is about, but on the set was all Malay actors, and I was the only Chinese there. Hmm, indeed the compliments thrown at me all these while that I look like a Malay is a tad true. Anyway, this job was so much more difficult than the previous one, and the pay was less. The shotting started from 9.00p.m. and eventually ended at around 1.00a.m. in Ampang. Heck, it's really challenging to be an artiste. Even as an extra artiste (kelefeh), I sometimes lose my patience too when retakes repeats continually. Nevertheless, the experience gained is valuable.

Yesterday, went for a part time job interview as a telemarketer which pays about RM10 per hour for the job. I hope I gets it. Working 9 hours a day won't kill me. Besides, I have quite a lot of free time for my next semester, and the job will only take place on Mondays and Fridays. So, I still get the weekend off for some uniwork. Then, I might also get a part time job as a surveyor, given that I passed the test that I took to be qualified as a professional in that field. That job requires um, roughly 6-12 hours a month, and the pay is up to RM240. Great deal, right?

I guess that's about it. I shall now start with all the good news!!!

Results

After waiting since a month ago, finally the results to my semester one of my first year in Monash University have been unofficially published on the students portal. Well, it was up earlier than expected, because we were told that we'll only be able to obtain our results by noon tomorrow. For that, I wasn't aware of it till King Kong gave me a ring on my cell about it while I was still in Sungei Wang.

When I was done with all my shopping and all, I rushed back home. On the first page, the link to the result page has been provided to make things easier. Damn, right after I keyed in my Student ID and password, my results appeared immediately directly in front of my innocent eyes which has no preparations at all of what I was about to see. 2HD's, 1D and 1C for the 4 subjects that I took for my first semester. it appeared to be better than I expected, although I am disappointed with my performance for Accounting. A 78 percent is good, but if I hadn't made the mistake on the calculation for depreciation in my exam, I could have obtained a high distinction for that particular subject which I will be majoring in. The other 2 HD's are for Economics and Business and Economics Statistics. Without any surprises, I got a credit for Management. Heck, I'm very happy with that. Glad that I need not repeat that subject next time.

Now that Semester 1 has officially ended, I do anticipate Semester 2 quite a lot. Will be taking a 2nd year subject, which I hope I'll be able to cope up. Law is also coming to change my days from heaven-like to hell-loose. All in all, bring it on!

Shopping

Bought this wonderful figurine today to add to my collection of E-sal!

It is priced at RM20 at the shop I went to. The set actually consists of 4 different monkeys, but with recent financial constraint, I managed to get 1 out of 4 only. Well, the other 3 monkeys, please wait for me to escort y'all back home one by one in August, September, and October respectively.

Anyway, in the same shop, 4 giant monkeys also captured my attention. Priced at RM99 each, I guess I'll have to save more to purchase them some time in November or December. Hopefully, no other buyers will buy 'em. Y'all know how much I love those monkeys. Kawaii, kawaii, KA-WA-IIII!

Lost and Found
Some time ago, I lost a ring that I love a lot. I was, of course, devastated. However, I found it back today while I was using the tissue box. Yeah! Thank god!

Genting Trip

Here are the pictures taken during my trip to Genting with King Kong, Orang Utan, Cow and Shark on the 6th and 7th of July. The trip was really fun, and we enjoyed much from it. Spent some time criticising people before entering the theme park. Then, we also went clubbing, beffore hopping into the cinema at 1.30a.m. for a late night movie called Recycle. Speaking of that, the movie was awesome to me. really meaningful, and at times frightening. I screamed a few times, which was cool to me, as it could have scared some of the moviegoers there too. Then the next day, we were all exhausted by then and went straight back to KL by bus which took us approximately an hour.