goodbye 2009, welcome 2010...

2009 has gone by and hello 2010.....hopefully 2010 will be a good year for me!!!

16 random things about me

1. I have 2 sisters that I love so much. My elder sister, SuLing is my idol and my comforter when I am down. My younger sister, EeLing is so playful and I can't believe that she is going to kindergarden already.

2. I am fortunate to have the best parents....My mum who always lecture and nags about everything, my dad who is the best chef in the world, patient...Did I say that they are the best??

3. Loves to play and watch any games...indoor soccer, badminton, basketball. I really want to learn how to play tennis though....serving at 198 km/h in the scorching heat!!

4. Hate people who blast their music so loud while listening to their Ipod. The whole point of having a ear phone is keeping your music to yourself. If you are blasting yr music, bring a portable sub-woofer instead. I don’t want to hear the music in your ears. Please, don’t let me catch you doing that, cause you know I will be pissed!!!

5. Loves watching any type of drama,addicted to HongKong dramas, it may be predictable at times, but I still watch it.

6. Has a bad habit of judging people at first sight..But, the more I know you, my first impression goes away and I think of you differently after that

7. If you know me close enough, you will know that I tend to hide my emotions pretty well. You either know how I am feeling or you just don't know about my feelings.

8. I am scared to look at people in the eye, especially if you are a girl. If I looking at your eyes, it means that we are very close friends and I feel comfortable talking to you about myself.

9. When the time is right, I want to travel the world and broaden his horizons. I definitely want to go to anywhere that has tradition, history and food.

10. Loves outdoor activities and would do anything wild even though it is something scarry like bungee jumping.

11. This sounds cheesy but I do believe in love at first sight. Maybe it is because I been watching too many love dramas.

12. If I can choose an afterlife animal, I want to be turned into a dolphin or an eagle. Dolphin because they are so adorable and smart. Eagle because they are so powerful.

13. I always think that I am always overshadowed by my friends and the people that are close to me.

14. Singing or Dancing?? Dancing sounds cool, and I dream that one day someone kind enough would teach me how to break dance and do a flip. Dancing is not actually my forte but I think with practice, I can be a good dancer (hopefully!!) Therefore, I would choose to sing instead because singing is a talent born within.

15. Hopes that one day the world will be at peace with no war, no sacrifice. Just LOVE. Isn't that the ideal world to live in..Every country is united and agree with each other.

16. My greatest fear is dying alone with no one at my bedside.

I think you had enough of me for now.....and really, that is random!!! Now, you know YuJin better....

Flash Mob

Facebook sometimes amazes me...Did you know that you can do so many things with Facebook, write on people' wall, comment on their wall, post videos,upload pictures and tag your friends. Facebook is a trend that now employers are using Facebook to promote their company. To summarize what Facebook is, Facebook is a way to procrastinate effectively.
This week a group of people decided to start a flash mob group. Flash mob are people who volunteer themselves to do something very random for minutes and then they continue with their everyday activities. I got invited to join this flash mob group on Facebook. Flash mob calls for planning and participation and honestly they had both. Their plan was to randomly get people to worshipped the business school at 11.07am. It was raining before the worshipped began but the flash mob people still continue with their plan. Thumbs up for those to did the flash mob. I find this fascinating because this is the first time I experienced something like this before. It was random but cool nevertheless. Imagine if you are the passerby, and you saw the mob "worshipping" the school, it will just look awkward, don't you think??
I wonder what big plans are they going to do instead. From what I heard, they are going to chereograph a dance routine.....

When September Ends

The month of September is almost gone but the memories still remains..So many events happened during the month of September...My birthday, Ko Dongyeun birthday, Kyojin trip and tinikling practice. Here the pictures during the month of September courtesy of Teresa Kim....

My birthday gathering....

Another cute snapshot...

Kyojin Japanese buffet...

And, October is going to be busier...especially birthday parties...QiaoWen birthday this weekend, clubnight, Teresa Kim birthday, Bridget birthday...and not forgetting my mid terms exams is coming up soon..gosh!! too many things, too little time....

Choices

Sitting in my room, staring at the sky at night...I realized that I need to blog about this thing. Do you realized that in your life, you are trying to fit in with everything? Take for example: buying a new shirt, do you just buy the shirt straightaway after you stare at it on the racks? Of course you don't. You go to the dressing room, put it on, flaunt it...and decide whether this dress/shirt/ whatever is the right for you...The reason why I am blogging about this is that I have made 2 important choices that probably change my life..
In BB, I had a group of friends who just moved across the bridge into an all boys school. SSP friends were great but as they mature and transition to BBBS my closest friends changed....I realized that I could no longer sustain to be with this group of friends....I hang out with my SSP friends but slowly but surely I drifted off from this group. Then, Form 4 I finally found my true friends.in 4G. I kinda put the blame game on the egotistic Science students who looked down on Sub-Science students because they consider themselves to be superior. Anyway, being part of 4G made me realized my true friends are just beside me but I was ignorant and didn't pay attention. Being part of 4G was the most happiest moment of my secondary school. Don't get me wrong, I still talked to my SSP friends, just not as much as my 4G gang. The amazing part is that we won the inter-team futsal competition.
Next is probably my choice to study in the United States. Everybody asks me this question, "Why do you want to study in the United States since you did A'Levels?". At first, I thought that maybe I did make a wrong choice. All my A'Levels mates have gone to UK or Australia to pursue their higher education. And me, I chose to study in Ohio, US. To be honest, going to Miami University is the 2nd best decision that I ever make. I love the culture, the people, the environment(although it could be super-boring at times)and most of all my American, Asian friends.
Now, I have to make a choice again. This summer, I interned for KPMG Audit practice. Being kiasu, I followed what the majority of Miami students were doing..going into public accounting. 3 months were hectic. I am not complaining about the long hours of work, or the boring procedures that you need to face. That kind of culture does not fit my personality. I am a people-oriented person..I like dealing with people. I get disgusted when I go up to the Account Manager and he/she shows you the blackest face that you ever see. I am doing my job, and if you are doing your job...why are you complaining about things? Indeed, I get irritated...Working as an Auditor is really stressful...you are being pressured from top and bottom. Your manager is pushing you to approve the financial statements...and your stubborn client is not helping you at all. You get the point...Interning at KPMG made me realized that Public Accounting firms is not the right mix for me. I know it throws away a lot of my career opportunities. But what the heck, If you enjoy doing the things that you do, you will be more passionate about it. That my philosophy....
And there you have it....my biggest choices that affected or will affect my life in the future. Looking at the sky, I can see a star that is glimmering in spite of the dark black sky. That star is my hope...my aspirations..my future.....my passion!!

my 21st birthday part 1

It's my 21st birthday today...and I am officially legal to drink. No more "X"s on my hand...
I also had a surprise visit from my sister who baked me a Smarties cake, Hui Hui, Qiao Wen, Tiffany Kong, Stephanie, Teresa & Ryan...
I just realized that I know so many people that have the same birthday as me...Angel, my cousin, William, my BB friend, Greg Mattingly, the wackiest guy in Alexander....how weird is that, but special nevertheless....
Friday need to come by fast.....

Football season

This is a random blog for this weekend. Although I am not a football fanatic (coz I love soccer), the hype surrrounding USC VS Ohio State University surrounded my campus. Every where you see, people wearing OSU jerseys cheering for OSU to beat their rivals. I decided to join in to watch the game. The game was a closely contested affair until the final 4 minutes. Football amazes me because you can be trailing with minutes left and then all of a sudden your opponent scores a touchdown and the stadiums screams. That what USC did and boy did they left it late to clinch the game. The Michigan VS Notredame was a close one too and the same thing happened. Well, a last minute touchdown for Michigan was a setback for Notredame. That the beauty of sports, "Win it in style"
Next weekend is my "21st birthday". It's gonna be a big weekend for me because I am officially legal to drink. No more "X's" with marker pens on my hands. I will have a tag indicating that I am legal. This is gonna be crazy and exciting weekend for me...While my birthday bash will be in my mind throughout this weekend, I still need to concentrate on two exams.
"I gotta feeling...that this week gonna be a good week, that this week gonna be a good week...oooowwww"...

Korean Friday night

I was anticipating Friday to come by fast because I will have 3 day off because Monday is a Labor Day but because Asian American Association will be having their potluck of Asian food. Due to some minor problems, I arrived at the potluck quite late and had nothing to eat except plain rice and teriyaki chicken. Feeling a bit dejected, I went back home and prayed that my roommate would bring back food. Fortunately, he brought back pizzas and cinnamon breadsticks. He headed out again to pick up some Korean exchange students. They came over and disrupted my plans of going to party at Christina's house and heading up to 45 Bar uptown. Nevertheless, I had a good time hanging out at my apartment, because we played drinking games. It's a Korean game called random game; you can choose any game you want to play (Game of Death, Number game, Baskin Robbins, and Stand-up Game) and the loser had to take a Mojito shot or a Lemonade shot. I feel that I am getting absorbed into Korean culture because my roommate is exposing me to new stuff. I even have Kimchi stored in my fridge and Korean instant noodles for lazy desperate times. But, I will stay a Malaysian at heart. Last night was fun, I prefer drinking at home, hanging out talking, rather than going out to parties,cheering and drinking. It defeats the purpose...The drawback from last night was that I could not understand their conversation because ignorant Koreans spoke in their mother tongue. Oh well...

fall 2009

It's been a week of bumming around in Oxford doing nothing. Besides paying the bills and going grocery shopping, I pretty much just eat, sleep and going to the Rec. Reality slowly creeps up to me and tomorrow Fall 2009 has officially started. Now, I have to prepare myself to wake up early for classes, balancing my time with studying, homework and part-time job. I just cannot believe that three months have passed by so quickly. Hopefully, this semester will be a better semester for me....

KPMG fun times

Two weeks have passed by since my internship ended...However, there were many other VT's who are still doing internship. Audit M VT's are quite close with Audit G VT's because our department is located on the same floor and we go for lunch together. Friday was Jeffrey (Audit M) and Chris (Audit G) last day as a VT. They celebrated their last day at The Curve in TGI Friday.

Here are some of the pictures that we took:

Audit G VT's...


Audit M VT's

Jeffrey, Chris and me..

Jeff and me...

Kar Teng and Serene....

Race against time

One of my all-time favorite show on AXN channel is Amazing Race. Being a contestant on Amazing Race is really exciting because you can travel the world and do numerous activities at certain pitstops. Today, I feel like I am in Amazing Race. Before I could put down my bag and turn on my laptop, one of the assistant manager asked me to do a task for him. I had to drive to the Company's Commission of Malaysia to obtain the financial statements and corporate information for S company. The catch: I had to be back by lunch time. I don't know my way to KL so I decided to take a cab. I gave the taxi driver the address and he said he knew the way. He stopped me at Bursa Saham which was the wrong place. Luckily, he was kind enough to wait for me while I asked the security guard. It is actually in The Mall. The taxi driver drove to The Mall and the total cab fee were RM 26. To make matters worse, I have only RM80 in my wallet. When I reached the Company Commission, I took a number and waited in line. My number was called and I had to pay RM10 for a password for S company. Just for a password I had to pay RM 10...I don't even dare think how much earn in a day. Then, I had to logged in to the computer to get the financial information. I went to the counter to collect it and had to pay RM22 for printing. Next, I had to pay RM13 for the corporate information. I already spent RM 71 and only had RM 9 more in my wallet. I was worried that I had not enough money for cab. I took a cab and the journey back was so much faster and cheaper compared to going to CCM building. Finally, I arrived at KPMG office and paid the taxi RM 9. I completed the task given and even made it in time. Then, I thought to myself, maybe I should apply for Amazing Race Asia...the question is who will be my partner? The best part of this "Amazing Race KL" is that I get to claim back my expenses from KPMG. *whew*
What a day to spend a Friday morning at work..Later tonight, I will be watching Harry Potter in GSC!!It's going to be an exciting Friday indeed...

Intern Day

Today was an exciting day in KPMG. KPMG HR Department organized an event for all the interns. I felt that this assignment was very challenging because we had to come out with a solution and present to the Partners of KPMG. Also, we had to practice good teamwork skills in order to make this project. There were 6 groups and each group had 9 members. The topic of the assignment were Corporate Service Responsibility (CSR), Awards & Recognition, and Work-Life Balance. Our group, Team P.I.E which stands for Prodigy.Inspire.Elites had the second assignment. We took a long time to decide on our group name because we wanted a name that will standout and classy at the same time.After further discussion, we moved on to more important isssues. We had to create ideas that will help the company to improve. The criteria for this project was we had RM30k to spend to promote a good working environment. Our team came out with numerous ideas but we finally settled for 3 main ideas....Team Hall of Fame, Mini-Day Campaigns and Leisure Room. I am not going to elaborate on Hall of Fame because I bet you have an idea of it. KnowThyNeighbor, Smile...It's Worthwhile, Family Day and Banner Day are examples of Mini Day Campaigns. Actually, I feel that this idea can be implemented in KPMG office or maybe in the corporate world because everybody wants to work in a place that treats you well. I am sure that I would dislike it if I had to work in place where everybody is scolding and treating you like trash. Blogging about this made me realize that worklife is not like a bed of roses. Worklife is like a seesaw, you will never know what happens. One minute you might be riding up high and within seconds you are crashing to the bottom. You just have to be patient until that someone gets down from the seesaw and then you fly up again. Maybe this is not a good illustration. You get the point....
After lunch, we had to present our ideas to the Partners. We were a bit scared because we do not want to embarass ourselves in front of Partners. The Partners eventually reached a decision.....*Drumroll* "Congratulations, Team P.I.E you have won Best Idea Award. Wow, that a surprise....

K.P.M.G (Keep on Playing Mind Games)

Monday blues

The weekend is over and it is back to work again. Today, I left the house early and found a really good parking spot. Since KPMG is near my house, it only took me 5 minutes to reach Dataran carpark. I stayed in the car for a few minutes and heard some Hollywood gossip on Hitz.Fm radiostation. I decided that it was time to get out of the car and walked over to KPMG office. This morning, there were so many employees sitting on their desks doing their work. Everybody is walking around, staring at their laptops, printing their work or photocopying/scanning. And then, there are interns like me and Fariz. I am blogging and Fariz is reading some news. Both of us still have 3 hours to go before we can go for lunch. I wonder when will I be allocated to a job. ~sigh~

Now what?

Last week, I met a lot of MMU students who will be interning for KPMG. They were very friendly and helpful bunch of people. Probably all of of us need to pass the E-test in two days and that is the reason why we co-operate and helped each other out. All of us managed to passed the required E-test and we were allocated to our respective departments. As usual, it was back to basics for me. I was excited that I was allocated to a new job but then I realized that this job requires me to stay in the office. Being an VT, staying in the office means that you are helping people out. Actually, I do not mind helping assistants out because that is what I am supposed to do. After all, you need to "walk before you are able to run". I did not grumble or showed my facec but I voluntary helped the assistants who needs help. I even helped the manager to complete part of his job. I stayed in the office for 3 days, Wednesday until Friday and was eager to offer my hand to help anybody who asked for my help.
Since Eng Han, my supervisor was on MC, I took this opportunity to go back to my previous job, EITA company. I don't know why I like going to EITA. Maybe because I know that I can actually learn something, maybe because I can hear old songs on Lite Fm, or perhaps the assistants there that makes the place really funny. I chosen my career path to graduate with an Accounting degree but I know that this job really does not suit my personality. My assistant asked me this question, "After you graduate, do you want to stay in the US or come back to Malaysia to work?" I politely give them an answer, " I seriously don't know!" I hope that I will find something that I am actually passionate about...I want a job that is fulfilling and impacts people life everyday..I wonder what job is that!!

Interning at KPMG

It's been two days since I started interning at KPMG Audit Malaysia. On the first day, I arrived at KPMG office and then I had to do some paperwork at the Human Resources Department. After I finish filling up the forms, the secretary from the Audit M Department took me to my office. Then, I had to take a laptop from the IT Department. As a new intern, I was surprised that I was responsible enough to loan a laptop from the IT Department. I introduced myself to a few junior trainees and started using my laptop. Within minutes of logging in and exploring this new laptop, I was told to pack to head to a client office, Eita. I followed the junior trainee, Susan to Eita. I checked Eita invoices to make sure that the invoices is recorded correctly. The invoices need to be entered in the correct year. For example, if the invoice is issued in 2009, it needs to be excluded from the Income Statement in 2008 and vice versa. My next duty was checking Forex. Since Eita supplies its goods internationally, they use US dollar for transaction purposes. I always wonder what is the big deal about IFRS and GAAP. Finally, it all seems clear to me. The exchange rate tends fluctuates from time to time and Eita needs to account for this to make sure that there is no discrepancies.
Today, I did something extra special. I had to enter the amounts for the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Expenses and etc into KPMG audit. It took critical thinking to analyze the figures but I managed to overcome this struggle. After that, it was a breeze for me.
This is only the second day and I am exposed to so much experience in this field of expertise. I am looking forward for tomorrow to see what else is in store for me. I cannnot wait to learn more about this industry.

home home

I have been at home for a week now and it feels so nice. I splurge myself with so many good food like assam laksa, steamed fish, chicken rice, curry laksa, nasi lemak, and prawn mee. This list will go on but for now, this list seem sufficient enough for a week's worth of food. On Friday, I went to Murni for yum cha with my BB buddies. Besides that, I also went walking at Bukit Kiara with my dad. I also took care of my younger sister, Eeling. I am surprised at how well-behaved she is. Today itself, my dad took me to eat dinner with my cousins, Sharon, Angela and Jean.
Ah, Malaysia is absolutely the best place to be during summer time....

Student Manager

This is the second time I applied for student manager position. After working at Alexander Dining Hall for two years, I feel that I am qualified enough to apply for student manager. The reason I got declined last year was that I had not enough experience. I accepted the reason because I did not had enough experience. So, I decided to reapply again. Unfortunately, I did not get it again this year. The manager's reason was that I was not flexible enough and I always cared for my place only. When he said that comment, I felt that it was a wrong accusation of me. Everybody who I work before knows that I always help other people especially Traditions. When I am not doing the Hot-End, I will help serve Traditions or maybe help make pizza. I just could not accept that reason of not getting hired as student manager. I felt the excuse was lame and plain stupid. I showed up everyday for work, was on time and perform to my best everytime I work. In the future, I wonder whether my work experience will be the same too. You perform your best and then you get overlooked by your superior because well, you are not the Chosen One. Guess I hope this won't happen to me at work....
Instead of looking at the bad side of not getting hired, I should look at the positive side. I can schedule my work according to my timetable, and put sub-slips whenever I feel like it. I guess the pros of not becoming a student manager definitely outweighs the cons. I figured that I should not consider the cons because well, it is just not worth it. I am not going to frown and complain why I did not student manager. That is just plain dumb and immature...

Everybody has heard of American Idol and the buzz surrounding it. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, David Cook are the previous winners who have successfully made a name for themselves. As we move towards another country, Britain as we speak has amazing talent. The buzz surrounding this video is that she may look like a William Hung inpersonation, but when she sings her first note everybody was stunned and the crowd cheered for her. Even the judges were amazed...Simon Cowell, aka "The sarcastic judge" in this show, was impressed too. If you can impressed Simon Cow, you impress everybody and she showed just that. Look at how Simon Cowell face changes when she sings. I think he was just speechless. Impressive performance by Susan Boyle, who became the Internet sensation overnight.

Kudos, to her...I lift my hat of to her...

love or career

I have been downloading this TVB drama called Emergency Unit (E.U) and been addicted to it already. This show has 30 episodes, and I on the last episode. After watching this show, I feel that this show evolves around 2 themes:
1st: In life, guys tend to choose their career path and chase their dreams but ignore the people that they love
2nd: Throughout life, some people tend to change to fit in with the crowd, others still maintain their beliefs and values in life.

Sometimes, I feel that the first theme is true. If I am in this situation, I am not sure what I will do either. I do not want the people that I love the most to be hurt but I do not want to miss the opportunity to chase my dream. I remember reading a poem by Robert Frost, " Two roads diverged in a wood, and sorry I could not travel both..." I will decide to be with the person that I love the most because well, this is only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.. I believe it all comes down to fate.....To end the poem, Robert Frost said"I shall be telling this with a sigh...I took the road less travelled and that has made all the difference" Just remember that maybe taking the road less travelled can be the best decision that you will ever make.
For the second theme, I think that change is evitable in us. I have lost count of seeing people closest to me change. People who change their appearance usual cause we all want to look good at some point right? But, I hate people who change their behaviour and characteristic just because they want to fit in with the crowd. Sometimes, I am speechless at the actions of certain individuals but who am I to say? Hopefully, my best friends will not change forever...

Spring break 2009

This year spring break was so much fun. Dr. Wang, a professor from the psychology department organized a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his graduate students and he asked our Teninkling group whether we are interested in joining them. I totally jumped at this chance because I can get away from o'boring Oxford and enjoy the sun. The trip is totally free but our group need to pay $50 as a deposit. The reason for the deposit is that Dr.Wang wants us to help him with his research project. The project was pretty easy, at least for my part. All we need to do is translate the Chinese paper into English and then correct their grammar which I think does not require any thinking.

Here are the highlights of my trip:

Highlight No 1: Going to Charleston, South Carolina.

We decided to visit Teresa relatives down in Charleston and they were our tourist guides.This place is so homey and so wonderful. There is a path that you can walk along the beach and the enjoy the scenery. Battery Park was also the highlight of Charleston where the trees form a canopy. There are so much history in this place that I cannot even describe.

Highlight No2: Playing mini-golf.
Mini golf or aka putt-putt. There were so many putt-putt places at Myrtle beach that we did not know which one to go to. Our group chose the first putt-putt place that we saw and it was a very good choice. The course was pretty challenging but I managed to breeze through it. Although I did not win, but it was a good experience nonetheless. [I don't have pictures for this]

Highlight No.3: Clubbing

As usual, the group of us decided to go clubbing. We went to two club; Kyrptonite and Maribu club. The Kyrptonite club had Yin-Yang twins performing. I haven't heard of Yin-Yang twins before too. Their songs were not the best songs. I only have a word to say for this club: SHADY and SUPER PACKED. It is ironic how they are called Yin-Yang twins...

Maribu was a unique club to go to. The songs were pretty good but the club-goers were pretty much in their 30's. It feels weird seeing them partying at the club but it is Myrtle Beach, and everybody is enjoying their spring break.

Highlight No4: All-you-can-eat seafood buffet

It has been a long time since I last ate a seafood buffet and this was the perfect time to do so. They had a wide variety of seafood and even serve Alaskan crabs, mussels, and HUGE LA-LA. I felt that I was in paradise. haha.

Highlight No5: Myrtle beach and Broadway at the Beach

This beach was fun but we did not spend too much time there. Maybe it was because we went to a private beach. If it was a public beach, my perspective would have change. Broadway at the Beach was better. They had rows of small shops selling souvenirs and stuff. I took some pictures at Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe. I even brought shirts there too.

randoms

This semester has been very topsy-turvy for me. I feel lonely because my roommate has left for Korea and my sister studied abroad in Beijing. But, I still have friends that can keep me occupied especially the Teninkling group. It is amazing how close we have been after practicing for a year once a week. We were not so close to each other before this dance but now we are like a close knit group. Anyway, this semester has been going well for me accept my Accounting classes which I think is extremely hard. Taking 18 credits a semester can be very hectic and been noticing that. [This is so random]
Throughout the semester, I think I regret not doing 2 things. Firstly is applying to become a Resident Advisor (RA). RA is in charge of resident life. They are like a big brother to the students living in dorms. The best part of being a RA is that you get paid like $7000 a month and you get to meet new people living in your corridor. How cool is that? The next thing that I regret not doing is applying for POL or Leadershape. POL is Peer Orientation Leader(POL) for short..For more information about POL see my previous post. As for Leadershape, I think that this program is good to build my confidence level. My sister said that Leadershape was a good eye-opener and I think I would benefit from that program. I totally forgot about these two programs that I book my flight ticket back home so late. I dunno why I did that, but I just did and now I think it is too late to change my flight. Oh well, at least I can be home for a longer period of time.

Tiningkling dance...

I think this year's Fusion is my most memorable event I have ever experienced here at Miami. Fusion is a cultural event that promotes diversity on campus. All countries choreograph dance that symbolizes their own country's identity. I decided to be part of Tiningkling dance choreographed by Huihui, Qiao Wen and Tim Lu. Tiningkling dance is a traditional dance by the Phillipines but we incorporated a hip-hop part to make it even more interesting. We used bamboo poles to dance. I think this was the hardest dance I ever danced at but I managed to pull it off. Everytime before practice, I always screwed up some moves that HuiHui was so mad at me. Finally, I mastered the dance one week before Fusion. Unexpectedly, I did so good during Fusion that everyone was actually surprised at me. To be frank, I was surprised at myself too. Guess, everything is possible if you just believe in yourself.
We spent 2 hours every Friday practicing for this dance and we had such a fun time together. This tiningkling dance crew bonded us together in ways that I could never have imagined. At first, we were just friends but as we practiced together, we became best friends.
Now, I am sad that Fusion is over. There will be no more dance practice and the wackiness of our Friday dance practice is gone. There are no obligations to come for practice. I am free but something inside of me does not feel right. I will always miss Fridays. I want to perform tiningkling again be a star again for this dance crew. T.G.I.F now stands for: Tiningkling group, it's Friday.....

A Day of Coldness

Just 4 days after school starts, an alarming incident happened in Miami. It was snowing the whole day yesterday and today the temperatures went to 7 degrees. Here is the catch, United States does not use the standard SI measure to measure temperatures. They need to be special so they use Fahrenhait instead. If you learned Physics, 32F means 0 C. But, what does a single digit Fahrenhait means? It means it is freezing and it is blistering blundering cold outside. Guess, it is time for Plan B to go for class fully prepared and wrapped around so that I stay warm. Luckily, I brought some sweaters in NY to prepare for this weather. I think this is the lowest degree I have ever experienced here in Miami University, or maybe in my life. Sometimes, I just want to sleep in and not go for class.