Keep working?

It's nearing the end of  February and Davs and Sindhu are stopping work...idk...they want to sort out college and stuff...hmmph...Dad doesn't see the need for me to keep working since the SPM results are going to  come out....but I'm like so what if  results are out soon, it's not like I'm going to start college the next day! I'll still have to (based on my results) decide which college to apply to...and hopefully apply for scholarships as well!

Mum agrees with my stand on things, so I have  till the 28th to let my current employer know if I'll be available next month. She's fine if we want to leave, but if we wanted to stay she says she would still want to keep us for another month...

I'm hoping I can get a job at a nearby hospital...maybe a nurses assistant or something. Some of  you might ask why a hospital...well it's because I want to study medicine and I think that by working in a hospital I would be able to gain invaluable insight into the job of a doctor. ( That would replace my current job)  I think I could do a good job... Need to look into that today...

On a different note....

Something depressing happened...My cat died last week. While it was missing there was still the glimmer of a chance that it was just lost, but then I had to find it's body in a drain! My heart sank when I turned it's limp body over and saw the rhinestone decked collar I had bought for it wound around it's neck! =( So I dug a hole in my garden and buried it there. I don't think I did a very good job burying it coz  the garden stunk of decaying animal still but I figured it wouldn't be so smelly after a couple of days...I was right.

My cat looked a lot like this when I found it...

My whole exercise craze sort of fizzled out when the soles on either one of  both my pairs of trainers detached and I couldn't go out for about a week till my dad repaired them...I'm getting back into it now...slowly but surely:-)
In Fact I bought a brand new pair of weight to use with my workout VCD:-) Only used them twice so far though but I'm pretty positive I can feel the difference in my body =D

The super annoying pre-SPM-stress pimmples scars all over my forehead were really bugging me! So I went out and bought myself a concealer pencil from Bodyshop. I swear it looks like a jumbo crayon:-)! The shop assistant sort of made me up in the shop but I've yet to achieve the look she created for me myself.....:-( I will get it right though! The concealer doesn't completely hide the scars, but it lightens them which makes them not so obvious which is a billion times better than before! I haven't completely mastered the art of applying concealer though...sometimes it looks a bit cakey....then I have to rub it of and start again....but I'm working on it larh... I think I did it awesomemazingly to work today...but no one said anything...so maybe I was wrong...hmmm

Another item of makeup I've been experimenting with is liquid eyeliner and mascara...:-)
Liquid eyeliner, while the finished product looks better than when using a pencil eyeliner, applying it is sooo cumbersome! I almost always end up applying it unevenly on both eyes(i.e one side too thick, the other too thin)and have to remove it and start again.  Heheh...this is usually the reason I end up making my mom late for work everyday....

College anyone?

Well I've narrowed down my pre-u options to either STPM or A-Levels.

Let's start with STPM :-)
1.I can apply to both local and private unis.

2.Accepted by many universities internationally(including Oxford!)
3. More economical
4.I can stay close to home
5. Plenty of resources available in Malaysia (i.e tutions, revision material)
 but
6. I'd have to go back to school.
7. Oh yeah, it's supposed to be really hard! (think 2nd hardest exam in the world!)
8. Crap...I've run out of cons...!

Ok

A-levels
1. It's recognised in most or all Commonwealth countries
2. I'll be off to college:-) Super exciting!
3. A bit more freedom than the restriction of school.
   ok cons
4. It's a bit expensive. Even the lower end colleges charge around RM15k to  do 4 A-levels. Compared to the few hundreds that STPM would cost....
5. I'd most probably have to stay there if I want to avoid being too tired to study after commuting daily all the way back to Klang.( more expenses!)
6. Local unis don't accept A-levels as a valid pre-u course.




I plan on studying medicine so cost is a decicding factor  on where  I apply to. Can I afford to do it abroad? Uk...close to a million ringgit...No way without some sort of fee waiver or scholarship! IMU's website says I can do it completely locally for RM370k. Much more reasonable!  Local uni... I'm not too sure about how much it costs but half the battle will be gaining admission!

Either way, my SPM results aren't going to be anything to shout about so I have to really plan  my studies well whatever the pre-u course I finally decide on taking. Admission to study medicine is really competitive!

On that note, I think I'll bid adieu to Facebook for the time being in an attempt to get a headstart on the A-levels syllabus. Have to improve my discipline if I want to harbour any hopes of securing 4A*.

I was reading a thread on A-levels on a website and the author of an article stated that the recommended hours of independent study per subject when doing your a-levels were about 6-7 hours! Looks like luxurious afternoon naps are a thing of the past!





On a lighter note, I finally went jogging today! Just a bit more than a km, but I brisk walked about 5km first:-)
Then of all things, my shoe sole came off! Stupid Nike shoes. I guess this is what you get when you buy them from the WAREHOUSE shop in Sunway Parade. ( The same thing also happened to the Reebok's I bout there and my sister's Nikes) I'm pretty sure they're original, but they must just be old. If I get them from the Nike outlet they'll cost what....Rm200- RM300 plus! That's like more than 50% of my monthly salary! see first lah whether I'll get a new pair...

Oh, and I completed the biggest loser power sculpt workout level 1 and 2 back to back.
level 1 is by Jillian and level 2 is by Kim. You're supposed to do level one for  1 or 2 weeks then move on to level 2...
Level 2 is super hard, but it's probably coz it's the first time I'm doing it. It should get easier with practice:-)


Also last week I went shopping with my just received paycheck :-) Went with Davinna and Sindhu:-))) Suuuper fun! Didn't get all the stuff I wanted to, but managed to get 3 items. A floral cloth headband, a longish cardigan, and a pair of flare pants( at least that's hat I think it's called) I think it looks awesome coz I'm so tall:-0