My Miri Escapades...

Salam..

In my last post, I mentioned something about heading off to Miri right? Well, I had gone there for the Shell Recruitment Day. It has been a very interesting and enlightening experience, especially doing the exercises and meeting the people there.

One thing I certainly notice first is the friendliness of the people in Miri. We had some difficulties finding a halal restaurant for lunch + dinner, but in the end, everything came through. =) And very sorry for the lack of pictures, I didn't bring my camera because I was trying to keep things light, and if you've seen my camera, you'll know what I mean..

LoL..

Aerial view of Miri, taken from here..

Anyway, the SRD lasts for two days; the first is the prebriefing day which also includes practices for group discussion regarding the case study, while the second day is the real deal. But regardless of the results, I never regretted the decision to come because:

1. I got the chance to go to Miri. Have never went there before, and now am jealous over the fact that it is so peaceful there. No traffic jams, no reckless drivers, very easy atmosphere and nice people.
2. Met with and get to know a few great people; the other candidates (there were 5 of us altogether), the coordinator and the accessors. You felt welcomed and very much at ease with these people. =)
3. Gain more experience in preparing myself for an interview, in this case, preparing for the other accessments as opposed to only interview.
4. Just plain experience, which is a valuable lesson by itself because it shows me how I acted under stressful situations and how to overcome some of the things that I didn't expect I would do under that circumstances.
   

So, basically it was a good experience. And now, for the pictures, courtesy of one Mr Jackson :

The three out of four guys of our group. There's Gobi, Peter and Jackson (l-r) and the one missing is Ahmad. Yep, you guessed it, I'm the only girl there. Haha.. Nasib baik all of them is very gentlemen and did not bully me. LoL..

4/5th of the whole group.. =) Nice bunch of people, this is.. =p
(And that includes me! Angkat bakul sekejap..)

Yours truly, with Peter as the photographer.. Haha.. Kesian us, we had nothing else to do
after the interview that we pass the time taking pictures.. =)

Oh well, we certainly didn't have enough time to jalan-jalan in Miri because of the tight schedule, (and our dwindling pocket money.. *sob*), so anyone game on going Cuti-Cuti Malaysia??


Thanks for reading!
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ps : Seems like I have hutang tag to do, hehe.. Will try to update a-s-a-p okay? =) And in the ast picture, when I mean famous, its the picture behind us.. Haha.. Don't terkena punk'd k!!

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Happy Mother's Day!!!

Salam..

It's Mother's Day today!! Haha.. Happy Mother's Day mom! =) Me and my dad cooked dinner just now and mom just had to sit and eat. LoL.. Sorry, didn't take any pictures though, I was rushing here and there doing the vege and drinks. My dad made the steaks, while I'm in charge of the potato (as d complement to the steak), vegetable (had broccoli btw), mushroom soup and the gravy.. Haha.. Managed to finish everything under 1 and a half hours..

And now, I'm full up. Hehe.. And judging through my mom's wide smile, I know she's happy.

Picture taken at a wedding ceremony of my dad's ex-employee (who also happens to be my mom's friend)..

Anyway, had a really full day today.. Went to ITEX at KLCC Convention Centre (didn't manage to find mr hilman though...), bought a few books, a late lunch and rushes back to prepare d dinner. Will post bout ITEX later k, I'm off to rest for a bit and be ready for tomorrow.. There's a LOT to tell, and I'm glad to say I gain a lot from that visit. Still, let's save it for later yea...

And, as always, thanks for reading!
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Chem-e-car Competition

Salam..

A lot of things happen, and I noticed I have promised to post about so many things such as the USM trip for the chemecar competition, my interview for the industrial training with Shell, the movie, trip to the East Coast and yada.. yada.. Hehe.. Well, sorry to kept you waiting (perasan nya pulak.. =p) especially Patt who reminded me, "Rina, bila nak post pasal UKM????" Hehe.. So, here it is :



Last Friday, a group of UKM students braved the walk (or drive in some cases) in the cold, breezy morning sporting sleepy faces to meet up at the Faculty as instructed.. With the burden of high expectations on their shoulders, and their resolve strengthened, together, hand in hand, they board the cold UKM bus, each lugging their heavy bags and the much-needed car necessities and off they go. After a wild ride through the traitorous PLUS highway, with mobiles who were driven by people with devil-may-care attitudes, finally they arrive to their designated dwelling for the day, The Summit Hotel, Bkt Mertajam. The next day, the fight for dominance begins at the hall. They fought and shouted and pleaded and cheered, finally their efforts are paid with handsome rewards. In the end, they live happily ever after...


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Huh?

Oh, you were expecting more?

LoL.. Hehe... Sorry2, wanted to experiment with some style of writing. Couldn't keep it up tho, I was scratching my head on what other words to add.. =) Don't know if it works or not. Hehe.. Oh well, how about I start from the beginning?

On Friday, the majority of time are spent on the bus. Of course we ate at Hentian Sebelah(s) and had dozens of toilet stops, but finally we arrived at the hotel at about 2.30 pm.




Then, we head to USM for the test runs of the car.. The groups are Chemiformers (UKM1) and BFOY (UKM2), and judging from their performances that day compared with others, we were quite sure that UKM teams would be big competitors in the competition. At 6.45, we went back to the hotel.

Just one thing to add, The Summit also doubles up as a shopping complex, so guess what we did?


Shopping!!


LoL.. No-lah, just window shopping. Had a big dinner consisting of pizzas from Pizza Hut, and Almond Pistachio ice cream (it's nice I tell you.. Yummy!). Sorry coz we didn't take any pictures during that time. Too busy eee-thing while watching OIAM and American Idol.. =p

Then, we went photo-crazy.. Take tons of pictures amidst geleng2 kepala of our tutors who come along as chaperones(?) and giggles of our coursemates..

Abid, me and Dilla.. Wan is taking the picture.. =) Seeing this picture reminds me of another similar picture.

Notice the similarities? =)
This one is taken on Gebeng trip last year.

Then, sleep beckons.. Had to wake up early coz we were supposed to start out for USM at 6.45. Had an early breakfast, and sempat lagi taking pictures.

Eat.. Eat..

Then, the competition is commensing. Both teams started to warm-up their cars. Let me tell you about the structure of the competiton. Each team would have two tries, and only their best score (or distance) would be taken into account for the prize. There are three main awards, first, is the car competiton. Ideally, the car should stop at the exact distance. So, if it crossed the line, or didn't manage to arrive at the specified distance, the winner will be determined from the closest distance they managed.

BFOY warming up their car.
(this is taken from Sam.. LoL)

Second, is the poster competition. Due to some problems, the teams (we noticed that almost all) didn't know they had to present a PowerPoint presentation along with the posters already completed and pinned to the walls. So they had to do their slides that Friday night. Third, is the special award rewarded to the most consistent car, which means that the car with the best consistence will be the recipient.

The result?

The scoreboard.. =)

BFOY won first runner-up for the CAR competition.


UKM1 - Chemiformers with their poster.


UKM2 - BFOY.

Besides bagging the second place, BFOY also won the poster competiton AND the Most Consistent Car. To sum it up, UKM 'almost' become the overall winner. Congratulations to the contestents!

Another thing, there are reports of someone from UKM being seen with a small boy, about 8 years old. Guess who?

Lol.. It's my cousin, Jaafar.. He's a 'bit' shy with strangers, notice the bowed head? Haha.. He's malu-malu kucing with Abid, who's taking the picture. =)

Finally, it's our turn to grace the stage. Here's the Supporters Group, who lent their voice and antics that add colour to the competition :

Can you find me?? =p

Anyway, I think thats all for now.. Thanks for reading yea..

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Industrial Training

Salam..

Seems like this blog is full of short posts lately. Hehe.. Well, guess what, this is, another short post! LoL.. Haha.. Reallyy wanted to blog about USM, but can't coz I'm a bit busy this 2 days, so will try ASAP!

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Anyway, I'm having a Shell interview tomorrow. VERY nervous right now, and wanted to sleep a bit early, so wish me luck guys!

Hehe..

And thanks for coming here. Don't be dissappoited k. The pictures for USM are ready, just you wait and see! LoL..

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USM Here I Come!!

Salam..

Another short post. Just telling you that I'll head to USM tomorrow as part of the Supporters' group for the Chem-e-Car competition.. Haha.. Really can't wait to go.

Wish us luck k. And safe journey for us.


PS : Will post about it later, so, keep your fingers crossed!

LoL..

And thanks for reading!
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