This is bad, week 6 is coming and I'm acting as though I'm on holiday. Whenever I'm free I'll start idling around and stream variety shows, and whenever I'm burdened by projects or school work I escape reality like a 7 year old and still idle around and stream variety shows.
Yabai.
And it's not as though my workload is as chill as a normal year 3 sem 2 accountancy student with probably 2 cores and some electives. I'm taking 4 cores and all are not easy. I'm lost in every class and piled up 5 weeks of readings for every module.
Yabai.
hahaha. Oh well, life still goes on. Hopefully I will find enough motivation to properly think of points for my group presentation on Monday. Yawns. I seriously hate HR courses. hate. People ask me, why do I take it or continue with it. My reply has always been standard - since I've already cleared 3 out of 5, I might as well just go on with it and graduate with a second specialization. But lately I have been unable to convince myself with this argument. It would have been more valid if I don't suck at all the HR modules. All they did were to pull my GPA down. If I hadn't taken it in the first place, I seriously think I might manage a first class honours, or at least a high second upper (I;m not bragging, I;m just lamenting) quite comfortably.
Sucks........
And not to mention my ear has been giving me lots of trouble lately. Started off with earwax buildup at the end of last year.... Then midway through it started bleeding... Then it became well after medication and subsequently the doctor flushed out the gooey wax (ew) out. Lately this earblock returned again. And it's now become a full blown ear infection + pus discharge (double ew), which I believe has been there since the time it started bleeding. That led me to think of how much information assymetry a doctor and a patient has, and how helpless we are to have to trust everything a doctor says. After so many trips to the clinic, I believe one or two of them are telling me bullshit. What are the right questions to ask?
Anw, if it doesnt heal up by this week I guess I would probably have to be referred to a hospital. Oh well, on medication now and I hope it will stop bothering me ever again. Keeps fingers crossed!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Everything you might want to know about Malaysian Citizenship Renunciation, or Minor Oath Taking
In my bid to become a kinder and more helpful individual come year 2011, I've decided to document my experience of the loooooong process of Minor Oath taking in gory detail, so as to serve as an info guide to help out anyone at all who happens to be googling desperately just like i did a month ago. Cuz I can understand how it is like to be clueless and unmotivated, help from veterans surely does help.
Anyway, amongst all the lucky Singaporeans, there are people like me - who are Singaporeans by registration. Although I may have been born in Singapore, by law, I had to follow the citizenship of my parents, who were then still Malaysians. It was only when I was about 7 or 8 when my parents decided to renounce their Malaysian citizenships and become full fledge Singaporeans. To cut the story short, although I had already renounced my M'sian citizenship back then together with my parents, being a minor, I guess it wasnt really counted as official. So now, at 21, I had to re-renounce (heh) my Msian citizenship, as well as to confirm my loyalty and pledge my allegiance to Singapore. We have a year to do so btw, and normally I would have done some serious last minute work but because my passport had expired and you couldn't renew your passport without taking the oath, I was forced to do everything up early in order to get it ready to book tickets for my grad trip (YAY).
Disclaimer: Information applicable as at Jan2011. It may change as time goes by....
Step 1: Renouncing your Msian citizenship!!! (i.e. Doing up what they call Borang/Form K)
Documents needed:
(please see http://www.kln.gov.my/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=245759&folderId=573173&name=DLFE-6212.htm)
ALL requires original plus 2 photocopies
i. Letter of approval from the Singapore Registrar of Citizens and ICA (i.e. the letter they mailed you to tell you to take the oath)
ii. Malaysian identity card (if any)
iii. Singapore pink/blue identity card
iv. Malaysian Restricted and International passport(including expired & cancelled passports)
v. Malaysia/Singapore birth certificate
vi. Borang W (i.e. Msian citizenship cert if you are holding singapore birth cert)
vii. Two photographs + 10SGD fee
viii. Some renunciation letter you received if you had renounced ur Msian citizenship previously. But somehow I didn't have that letter and I insisted I couldnt produce it. Thankfully the person let me off the hook, phew. Would be good to bring it.
please see the link above for full info. It says that you need photocopies of some of your parent's essential documents as well. But somehow....they didn't ask me for it. So I guess there isn't a real need..... But you'll never know right, so it would be good to have it ready first. Photocopying services there at the embassy rips people off by the way!!! 20cents (or was it 40??) per piece, are you kidding me? Okay, so armed with all your documents, you may stroll down to the Malaysian Embassy located at Jervois Road (you can take bus 32 from the nearest busstop you see when you exit redhill mrt station) to get it all done up! Contrary to some of the older information I had read in the blogs when I was doing research, the efficiency at the embassy is surprisingly good. So good in fact. haha
1) There's no need to schedule appointments at all! Apparently you had to do so last time just to submit your forms but it is really so efficient now you can definitely do so on the same day. I didn't even see the need to go down EXTREMELY early at the opening hour... Just be there early enough in order to fill up and submit all the forms by 11am. Filling up of forms should take you about an hour or so..
2) After submission, you'll pay your 10SGD processing fee, and after which they would issue you a collection slip to tell you to return to the embassy - I think 3 working days later, to collect your renunciation memo, which is basically an application-in-progress letter to let ICA know that you have submitted an application for renunciation, but the process hasnt been completed yet. Cuz the whole process takes about a year, they will only mail you the original Form K in a year's time if I'm not wrong. Anyway, note that collection time is only between 2:30pm and 3:30pm. This memo is very important because you gotta bring it to take your oath. =)
Step 2: Halfway there - Oath taking!!!!!!
The oath taking process is definitely much more straightforward and don't require much explanation. With your renunciation memo at hand you can once again take a leisurely stroll to ICA for oath taking. Bring along your IC, Singapore Citizenship Cert and the oath form as well. Just head up to 6th level and get a queue number for Oath taking. Before you know it, you are already a true blue Singaporean.
Step 3: Renew your passport!!!!!!
After oath taking you can just head down to the ICA lobby area at level one to remake your passport. Submit an application the usual way, just remember to attach a photocopy of your Singaporean citizenship Cert (front and back) to the back of the passport app form, because they will attach some documentary proof of your oath taking on ur citizenship cert. so yeah... patiently await for the passport collection slip to be mailed to you - mine did yesterday and I will be collecting my passport tomorrow! yahooo..
Haha, so as you can see, the whole process seriously doesn't take very long. Getting everything done within 2 weeks is definitely a possibility. Mine took slightly longer - all in about 3 weeks cuz of all the chinese new year fuss and also because I could only go down on wednesdays due to classes... But yea, moral of the story is, DONT PROCRASTINATE!!!!
Don't miss your oath taking because if you don't do so within a year you WILL lose your SG citizenship. No such thing as rescheduling another oath date I can guarantee you that. So don't sit around too long, get it done!
Anyway, amongst all the lucky Singaporeans, there are people like me - who are Singaporeans by registration. Although I may have been born in Singapore, by law, I had to follow the citizenship of my parents, who were then still Malaysians. It was only when I was about 7 or 8 when my parents decided to renounce their Malaysian citizenships and become full fledge Singaporeans. To cut the story short, although I had already renounced my M'sian citizenship back then together with my parents, being a minor, I guess it wasnt really counted as official. So now, at 21, I had to re-renounce (heh) my Msian citizenship, as well as to confirm my loyalty and pledge my allegiance to Singapore. We have a year to do so btw, and normally I would have done some serious last minute work but because my passport had expired and you couldn't renew your passport without taking the oath, I was forced to do everything up early in order to get it ready to book tickets for my grad trip (YAY).
Disclaimer: Information applicable as at Jan2011. It may change as time goes by....
Step 1: Renouncing your Msian citizenship!!! (i.e. Doing up what they call Borang/Form K)
Documents needed:
(please see http://www.kln.gov.my/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=245759&folderId=573173&name=DLFE-6212.htm)
ALL requires original plus 2 photocopies
i. Letter of approval from the Singapore Registrar of Citizens and ICA (i.e. the letter they mailed you to tell you to take the oath)
ii. Malaysian identity card (if any)
iii. Singapore pink/blue identity card
iv. Malaysian Restricted and International passport(including expired & cancelled passports)
v. Malaysia/Singapore birth certificate
vi. Borang W (i.e. Msian citizenship cert if you are holding singapore birth cert)
vii. Two photographs + 10SGD fee
viii. Some renunciation letter you received if you had renounced ur Msian citizenship previously. But somehow I didn't have that letter and I insisted I couldnt produce it. Thankfully the person let me off the hook, phew. Would be good to bring it.
please see the link above for full info. It says that you need photocopies of some of your parent's essential documents as well. But somehow....they didn't ask me for it. So I guess there isn't a real need..... But you'll never know right, so it would be good to have it ready first. Photocopying services there at the embassy rips people off by the way!!! 20cents (or was it 40??) per piece, are you kidding me? Okay, so armed with all your documents, you may stroll down to the Malaysian Embassy located at Jervois Road (you can take bus 32 from the nearest busstop you see when you exit redhill mrt station) to get it all done up! Contrary to some of the older information I had read in the blogs when I was doing research, the efficiency at the embassy is surprisingly good. So good in fact. haha
1) There's no need to schedule appointments at all! Apparently you had to do so last time just to submit your forms but it is really so efficient now you can definitely do so on the same day. I didn't even see the need to go down EXTREMELY early at the opening hour... Just be there early enough in order to fill up and submit all the forms by 11am. Filling up of forms should take you about an hour or so..
2) After submission, you'll pay your 10SGD processing fee, and after which they would issue you a collection slip to tell you to return to the embassy - I think 3 working days later, to collect your renunciation memo, which is basically an application-in-progress letter to let ICA know that you have submitted an application for renunciation, but the process hasnt been completed yet. Cuz the whole process takes about a year, they will only mail you the original Form K in a year's time if I'm not wrong. Anyway, note that collection time is only between 2:30pm and 3:30pm. This memo is very important because you gotta bring it to take your oath. =)
Step 2: Halfway there - Oath taking!!!!!!
The oath taking process is definitely much more straightforward and don't require much explanation. With your renunciation memo at hand you can once again take a leisurely stroll to ICA for oath taking. Bring along your IC, Singapore Citizenship Cert and the oath form as well. Just head up to 6th level and get a queue number for Oath taking. Before you know it, you are already a true blue Singaporean.
Step 3: Renew your passport!!!!!!
After oath taking you can just head down to the ICA lobby area at level one to remake your passport. Submit an application the usual way, just remember to attach a photocopy of your Singaporean citizenship Cert (front and back) to the back of the passport app form, because they will attach some documentary proof of your oath taking on ur citizenship cert. so yeah... patiently await for the passport collection slip to be mailed to you - mine did yesterday and I will be collecting my passport tomorrow! yahooo..
Haha, so as you can see, the whole process seriously doesn't take very long. Getting everything done within 2 weeks is definitely a possibility. Mine took slightly longer - all in about 3 weeks cuz of all the chinese new year fuss and also because I could only go down on wednesdays due to classes... But yea, moral of the story is, DONT PROCRASTINATE!!!!
Don't miss your oath taking because if you don't do so within a year you WILL lose your SG citizenship. No such thing as rescheduling another oath date I can guarantee you that. So don't sit around too long, get it done!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
zombie
Hmmmm, am I really the type who can't take criticisms?
I wonder....
I will usually not criticise someone or something if I know that he/she/it is very well liked by my friends, even if i have strong feelings of dislike towards him/her/it. Afterall, you wont die by keeping your mouth shut.
Yet........ this makes me seem a little fake? I wonder.
But recently people have been expressing their ill opinions (which frankly, I don't care) about things or people that I like in my face. I know you are entitled to your opinions however bad they are, but I am as well, so please don't drown mine with yours.
You have the freedom to like whatever you want. You have the freedom to dislike whatever you want. Just don't superimpose them onto mine.
Just thought you should know.
All the petty thoughts aside, happy new year! 2011, yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
I wonder....
I will usually not criticise someone or something if I know that he/she/it is very well liked by my friends, even if i have strong feelings of dislike towards him/her/it. Afterall, you wont die by keeping your mouth shut.
Yet........ this makes me seem a little fake? I wonder.
But recently people have been expressing their ill opinions (which frankly, I don't care) about things or people that I like in my face. I know you are entitled to your opinions however bad they are, but I am as well, so please don't drown mine with yours.
You have the freedom to like whatever you want. You have the freedom to dislike whatever you want. Just don't superimpose them onto mine.
Just thought you should know.
All the petty thoughts aside, happy new year! 2011, yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
Monday, August 9, 2010
yamashita part 2
Remember i ended off last entry with Yamapi, quickly do something interesting? Well, he has!! Showing off skin is definitely the way to go. yummy.
Let me start off with some older pics of him i have:
I think it should be in 2007, during his Pro Dai period. With proper cheeks. :D
Mid 2008... during Code Blue period. Look at the abs......altho most would divert their eyes to his chest, and call them moobs.
-_-"""
Calling them moobs certainly piss me off really bad. Because from my understanding, I believe it is a term used to describe fat men who have...well, boobies. I remember referring to one particular PE teacher of AJC that (GUESS WHO???? *coughs*ART**R L*M*coughs*) But usually I dont refute to that cuz it seems that fangirls are always gushing about yamapi's "moobs". so I thought. oh okay.
But recently, I'm finding it more and more odd, and am uncomfortable with that. So to satisfy my OCD tendencies, I went to google moobs to settle this internal argument once and for all. Haha. Here's a few hits I got:
"A combination of the words "man" and "boobs." This is what happens when fat gathers in a male's chest area, and gives him the appearance of having breasts. Usually seen in overweight males"
"Male Breasts,large in the cheast area not in the musculatory sense."
So there you go. I've had it with those comments. People should really find out what they're saying before they do... Not just in this sense but in life, in general. If you go around shooting your mouth in front of the wrong crowd, there's gonna be hell to pay. =)
Anyway, and then in beginning 2010 he became so skinny :(
.....Something like this. I was going to petition to force feed him.
But fastforward a few months after Ashita no Joe filming. Now he's sizzzzzzzzling. (With nice hair too) HAHAHA. Still skinny with even more sunken cheeks :( ....but wont you look at his biceps! So toned and tanned. AHHHHH hugs.
Armsarmsarmsarmsarmsarms... From the latest magazine scans. Haha... So this is actually the motive of today's entry.
ENJOY!!!!!! hahahaha. TAKE OFF THE SINGLET!
Still dare to call him puny, Joyce Winchester???? :P
Let me start off with some older pics of him i have:
I think it should be in 2007, during his Pro Dai period. With proper cheeks. :D
Mid 2008... during Code Blue period. Look at the abs......altho most would divert their eyes to his chest, and call them moobs.
-_-"""
Calling them moobs certainly piss me off really bad. Because from my understanding, I believe it is a term used to describe fat men who have...well, boobies. I remember referring to one particular PE teacher of AJC that (GUESS WHO???? *coughs*ART**R L*M*coughs*) But usually I dont refute to that cuz it seems that fangirls are always gushing about yamapi's "moobs". so I thought. oh okay.
But recently, I'm finding it more and more odd, and am uncomfortable with that. So to satisfy my OCD tendencies, I went to google moobs to settle this internal argument once and for all. Haha. Here's a few hits I got:
"A combination of the words "man" and "boobs." This is what happens when fat gathers in a male's chest area, and gives him the appearance of having breasts. Usually seen in overweight males"
"Male Breasts,large in the cheast area not in the musculatory sense."
So there you go. I've had it with those comments. People should really find out what they're saying before they do... Not just in this sense but in life, in general. If you go around shooting your mouth in front of the wrong crowd, there's gonna be hell to pay. =)
Anyway, and then in beginning 2010 he became so skinny :(
.....Something like this. I was going to petition to force feed him.
But fastforward a few months after Ashita no Joe filming. Now he's sizzzzzzzzling. (With nice hair too) HAHAHA. Still skinny with even more sunken cheeks :( ....but wont you look at his biceps! So toned and tanned. AHHHHH hugs.
Armsarmsarmsarmsarmsarms... From the latest magazine scans. Haha... So this is actually the motive of today's entry.
ENJOY!!!!!! hahahaha. TAKE OFF THE SINGLET!
Still dare to call him puny, Joyce Winchester???? :P
Friday, August 6, 2010
i really hate it when....
....... people add a question mark to their statement in answer to my question.
Increasingly, this has become one of my pet peeves. Just because i think it makes me sound like I'm dumb or something. I'm not asking a stupid question!!!!
Just a random example conjured out of nowhere (any similarities to real people are purely coincidental and unintended):
Say if you tell me all the work that you have completed is gone now. Out of curiosity i ask "Oh, how come?" and the response you give goes along the line of "Because my computer spoilt??"
........Nabei. How the hell would I know your computer spoilt or the nitty gritty things that go on in your life. I'm sure no one would know that the reason for my sleepiness these days is due to late night drama-ing and insomnia if I dont announce it right?
Dont you think a questioning response like this makes you feel like your level of intelligence is zero, for not knowing something so obvious. I'm sure this may just be a habit to some, and they do not exactly have that kind of malice in mind when they said it. But certainly it is really annoying to people like me who reads alot into things.
Makes me wonder, why can't people just answer to a question the way questions should be answered. Drop the question mark if you are typing (saves ur fingers' effort to try and type it anyway), or drop the questioning tone if you are talking.
So this is the #102919008017091 in my list of pet peeves. Along with curt sms responses if you still remember. Or being late (I HATE waiting)...... Just to name a few.
Guess I'm forever complaining. But with criticism comes improvement!!! <--- Totally made this words of wisdom up myself. HAHAHA.
Now that I have no dramas that I am dying to watch, I'm watching variety shows instead. Truly. The. Best. Thing......EVER!!! hahaha. I am beginning to be so intrigued and impressed by GACKT san, it's an unhealthy obsession. wahahha. He's such a genius. Master of so many languages, musical instruments, with an amazing voice. *fawns over* But really, when I see people always giving their all in the work they do, it makes me quite touched. I guess all Japanese are like that, no?
Quick Yamapi, come out and do something interesting now! *laughs*
Increasingly, this has become one of my pet peeves. Just because i think it makes me sound like I'm dumb or something. I'm not asking a stupid question!!!!
Just a random example conjured out of nowhere (any similarities to real people are purely coincidental and unintended):
Say if you tell me all the work that you have completed is gone now. Out of curiosity i ask "Oh, how come?" and the response you give goes along the line of "Because my computer spoilt??"
........Nabei. How the hell would I know your computer spoilt or the nitty gritty things that go on in your life. I'm sure no one would know that the reason for my sleepiness these days is due to late night drama-ing and insomnia if I dont announce it right?
Dont you think a questioning response like this makes you feel like your level of intelligence is zero, for not knowing something so obvious. I'm sure this may just be a habit to some, and they do not exactly have that kind of malice in mind when they said it. But certainly it is really annoying to people like me who reads alot into things.
Makes me wonder, why can't people just answer to a question the way questions should be answered. Drop the question mark if you are typing (saves ur fingers' effort to try and type it anyway), or drop the questioning tone if you are talking.
So this is the #102919008017091 in my list of pet peeves. Along with curt sms responses if you still remember. Or being late (I HATE waiting)...... Just to name a few.
Guess I'm forever complaining. But with criticism comes improvement!!! <--- Totally made this words of wisdom up myself. HAHAHA.
Now that I have no dramas that I am dying to watch, I'm watching variety shows instead. Truly. The. Best. Thing......EVER!!! hahaha. I am beginning to be so intrigued and impressed by GACKT san, it's an unhealthy obsession. wahahha. He's such a genius. Master of so many languages, musical instruments, with an amazing voice. *fawns over* But really, when I see people always giving their all in the work they do, it makes me quite touched. I guess all Japanese are like that, no?
Quick Yamapi, come out and do something interesting now! *laughs*
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
shiawase
*melts*
managed to chiong finish "Yamada Taro Monogatari" in a day. seriously one of the best dramas i've caught so far. not only were there some laughs to share, but the entire series was so full of meaning. family, friendship, responsibilities.
basically it was about this princey boy who was admired by everyone in school. he's very kind, intelligent - everyone thought he was rich, but in fact he was very poor. and the show was about how he worked so hard to earn money to support his family of 8, and scrimped and saved for them.
honestly, if u showed me scenes of dying people in dramas, i may be unappreciative. sappy love stories, i may be unmoved. but if u put family and kids (especially) into the picture.... this kind of warmness, i dont think my heart can take it. :") i think almost every scene that involved them doing something sweet to their family got me all teary eyed. muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
its good to be rich, but we do not necessary need to be so in order to be happy.
managed to chiong finish "Yamada Taro Monogatari" in a day. seriously one of the best dramas i've caught so far. not only were there some laughs to share, but the entire series was so full of meaning. family, friendship, responsibilities.
basically it was about this princey boy who was admired by everyone in school. he's very kind, intelligent - everyone thought he was rich, but in fact he was very poor. and the show was about how he worked so hard to earn money to support his family of 8, and scrimped and saved for them.
honestly, if u showed me scenes of dying people in dramas, i may be unappreciative. sappy love stories, i may be unmoved. but if u put family and kids (especially) into the picture.... this kind of warmness, i dont think my heart can take it. :") i think almost every scene that involved them doing something sweet to their family got me all teary eyed. muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
its good to be rich, but we do not necessary need to be so in order to be happy.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
i love K!
well.... i love to K and i love K!
let me explain myself. the first K refers to karaoke of course, and the second K is this singer who sang the 1 litre of tears theme song. "Only Human". omg melts. haha. such an old school drama/song i know.. and i didnt know he was korean. sigh melts.
i went to K at cash studios ytd with indah... sang JAP SONGS HAHAHA. super hilarious if u ask me. its probably the only situation where u will not see people staring at the screen while K-ing, but busy looking at their ipods/paper/BB for the lyrics. LOL. abit troublesome everytime ur song comes u'll be like EHHHH WAIT WAIT LET ME FIND THE LYRICS. hahaha. crazy stuff.
and of course my ability was rather limited being relatively new to this japanese stuff i basically mumbled through most of the lyrics like jaychou. so i had to pick out slow songs which were easier to follow, only to be accused of being emo. IM NOT LAH. is because im not pro at jap but have powerful vocals ok.
wah, singing jap songs is much more tiring than chinese songs. and halfway through i was zao-xia-ing like nobody's business. so we sang some english songs and it was freaking hilarious when we sang "When you believe" by whitney houston and mariah carey. hahaah. we totally acted just like them, e.g. doing their hand-actions whenever they try to hit super high notes. so fun.
let's go again! anyone wanna attend my concert can RSVP LOL.
let me explain myself. the first K refers to karaoke of course, and the second K is this singer who sang the 1 litre of tears theme song. "Only Human". omg melts. haha. such an old school drama/song i know.. and i didnt know he was korean. sigh melts.
i went to K at cash studios ytd with indah... sang JAP SONGS HAHAHA. super hilarious if u ask me. its probably the only situation where u will not see people staring at the screen while K-ing, but busy looking at their ipods/paper/BB for the lyrics. LOL. abit troublesome everytime ur song comes u'll be like EHHHH WAIT WAIT LET ME FIND THE LYRICS. hahaha. crazy stuff.
and of course my ability was rather limited being relatively new to this japanese stuff i basically mumbled through most of the lyrics like jaychou. so i had to pick out slow songs which were easier to follow, only to be accused of being emo. IM NOT LAH. is because im not pro at jap but have powerful vocals ok.
wah, singing jap songs is much more tiring than chinese songs. and halfway through i was zao-xia-ing like nobody's business. so we sang some english songs and it was freaking hilarious when we sang "When you believe" by whitney houston and mariah carey. hahaah. we totally acted just like them, e.g. doing their hand-actions whenever they try to hit super high notes. so fun.
let's go again! anyone wanna attend my concert can RSVP LOL.
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