Few days left for me to be in Malaysia! How am I feeling now? I don't know. A cocktail of feelings perhaps?
Even though I will be studying at Manchester University, I will be spending more than 95% of my time in Preston as the univ put me under Royal Preston Hospital for my clinical studies.
So now, I have to look for a house in Preston.
And guess what? The property agent wants me to make an appointment to view the houses before renting them (which is logical) but they do not let me do early appointments, I have to do it less than a week b4 reaching there (logical too) but when I called them last week, they said all the properties are gone and I hv to call again next Monday to ask for appointments.
Okay, the explanation above was too lengthy; to cut it short, I HAVE NOT GET A HOUSE IN PRESTON YET AND I HAVE ONE WEEK TO GET ONE, ONCE I REACH MANCHESTER. AND IT'S BOTHERING ME.
My luggage might be too heavy, and I hvnt even finish packing.
I might need to leave a lot of things behind, I have only one full day left to pack all my things either into luggage, boxes or the waste bin. And I am really running out of time.
I have not registered online at Manch Univ website eventho they sent me an email to do so. My internet has been vry unstable and I do not want my registration to stuck halfway (adding up to the fact that I'm bit lazy nowadays).
You know they said the period of time between engagement and marriage is one of the most crucial time in a relationship? Anything can happen; ex-es coming back, new person appearing, instability and insecurity knocking in, all those emotional disturbances?
Well, I think that is somehow what I am feeling now. A mixture of all feelings, excited + worried + insecurity + hatred + self-pity + many many other emotional tests.
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
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I have two wonderful aunts staying in Penang. Both of them are not married, and for that reason, they have been able to shower me and siblings with all the love they can give. And for that reason too, despite the lack-of-time, I went up to Penang last weekend. And the most fun part of it, I went by train! :D
I boarded my train from KL Sentral, and it is destined for Butterworth station. And I was in a terrible mood before I set off frm house.
Things were really bad when I stepped down from the car, i almost cried, the tears stopped only because I do not want to be seen crying in public. I was almost certain I'll cry once I take my seat in the train. As I wander around KL Sentral, I am sure I looked like a time-bomb. But then slowly, the thought of going far lightens me. I became excited without noticing it. And I started grinning to myself once the train reaches the platform, and when I board the train all the sour feelings have been replaced with excitements. And for a moment I forgot what was bothering me.
I took out my novel and started reading. With the exception of occasional sms-es with friends, the novel was my only company. I sat next to a Chinese guy who got down at Ipoh station. Thus, I had bigger space Ipoh onwards.
I slept for a while, and got up to read again and dozed off, and got up again repeatedly.
The journey had done me good. I had time to calm down, and think.
A terrific way to vent out :)
But I cant believe my aunts thought I will get lost on my way there. They were supposed to wait for me at the bus stand in front jetty; but one of them walked in halfway to the ferry station instead, worried I might be lost =.="
I went back to KL on Sunday, having spent two nights in Penang :)
My two aunts waiting for my bus to KL to set off
My bus to KL was at 3.30pm.
At 8.30 pm, I reached Puduraya and I ran to LRT station for Bndr Tasik Selatan, ran to ERL station for KLIA.
For what?
Because Hui Fong and other friends are flying off to London that night! I so badly wanted to meet them for one last time.
But I was too late, I managed to only see Hui Fong for a minute, hugged her, snap a pic and she's gone.
Hmm...
This is a very short post, because I have lots of packings to be done!
Bye!
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
Yesss! Almost every girl has this problem. But somehow mine this time has taken a different course. My luggage is obese!
MAS allows us to check in only 25kg, and 5kg for hand carry.
My Davidson's is 3-4kg. My empty hand carry luggage is 3kg while my empty check-in luggage is 5-6kg.
Now, tell me how to survive? How do I bring my "civilisation" over there?
I decided to post some things over; but of course that means money.
Duh!
*nk nanges*
Okay...
Get back to packing!
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
Assalammualaikum.
Did I tell you abt my pre-departure briefing in Putrajaya? Yep!
Did I say I got my allowance that day? Yep!
And come let me tell you another thing, yesterday I received an email from the person in charge of our allowance.
They OVERPAID us RM430!
So now, we either hv to return the money to Putrajaya Bank Islam or they will be waiting for us at our check-in counters in the airport.
Well, I did my own calculation after receiving the allowance, but since they gave us allowance in Euro and GBP, and I am vry bad in converting currencies so I thought I calculated wrongly.
And now I hv to re-do my budget.
Wanna get angry, can't. Bcos the RM is not mine in the 1st place for me to get it.
But, how could they be so careless? =.="
Anyway, this is not the only thing that happened.
A lot of other things happened too, and a lot of them are the consequences of this allowance thingy while all of them are the side-effects of me having to fly off soon.
What a pre-departure test for me to go thru.
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
Wah wah....it has been a long time since I left IMU, only now I wanna write about it?
;p
Truth is, I've nvr really felt I've left IMU. Because I hvnt!
I still go back there like, at least once a week?
And the visits were for various reasons; online (internet speed is faster in IMU), meet friend, settle some official matters, or sometimes even ATM!
I'm unsure whether I purposely made those visits, or were they really that important.
In fact, I dropped by IMU last night at 12; to topup Touch n Go, just to find the ATM is out of service =.="
Perhaps I was being overly sentimental but having spent more than 2 yrs there, even the buildings evoke some kind of memories to me.
If the people is the reason I miss INTEC (my prev college) so much, then what had attracted me to IMU was the building itself. I spent so much time in it that I know almost each and evry corner of it; even which toilets are smelly, which ones are always super-clean, which ones are not for students to use etc etc.
But of course, I am not saying I can easily forget the people I meet in IMU, that's impossible. Some of them gave vry good impressions to me, some left bad memories to me while some left permanent marks on me :)
I actually quite extensively wrote about my first day and even 1st week in IMU!
Here are the posts :)
Day 1 (Monday)
Pre- Registration
Post-Registration
Day 2 (Tuesday)
I skipped day 3 bcos I was home late. :p
Day 4 (Thursday)
Day 5 (Friday)
Day 7 (Sunday) and one more.
Of course, no need to re-read the posts...heh...
Since I don't stay in the apartment in front IMU like most of my friends; I tend to stay longer in campus to maximise my time usage.
I spent like more than 8 hrs in campus, almost everyday!
Sometimes I come during the holidays too; to study.
But one thing, I rarely eat outside. Unlike my other friends, they can name the restaurants; mamak or not in Sri Petaling area.
And I got to know abt Ajimal only during my sem 4 I think. =.="
That famous Sri Petaling night market, I've been there once during my first month there! And I got lost finding the way... Haha..
The guards....yea...
I know almost all the guards in IMU.. Hahaha...and I am almost sure they know me ;p
Student lounge....I rarely rarely rarely spent time there.
There was only once I think, that I actually hanged out there with my PBL mates.
During sem 4 I think. I think I even wrote abt it!
Here it is!
I actually so many things to write about IMU.
But I think I will stop here for now.
:)
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
Assalammualaikum!
It's already 5 days into Ramadhan!
2nd day of Ramadhan saw me and fellow IMU friends in JPA building in Putrajaya for our pre-dep briefing; a briefing by MAS rep, Bank Islam rep and of course, JPA rep.
We received our allowance that day! *wink wink*
Right after the briefing, Lii Chyuan, Ah Q and me went to Wisma MCA to apply for our visa.
RM1301 for a visa application! Dried me out... :(
And I foolishly thought we can pay cash so I did not make any bank draft.
When I got to know that we can't pay cash, I ran to Citibank then to Maybank to make a bank draft.
And thanks to God, I managed to settle the payment on time. :)
After the visa application, I went Seoul Garden for buka puasa! :D
And was home at 11pm.
The next day, we celebrated Ah Kiew's and August's birthdays in Neway, Times Square.
Yup, Neway; a karaoke place.
And I was fasting....
So yea, goodbye to the meal package I paid for the karaoke, the tempting salad buffet and the birthday cake.
However, my friends were kind enough to give me half of the cake to bring home!
:D
And today, the 5th Ramadhan...I stayed quietly at home.
Didn't even step out of my house gate.
Tomorrow too, insyAllah.
:(
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
