.. The MEDAL ..

This is the GOLD medal for the Citi Netball competition! :)

And also, NIKE $50 Voucher!! :)

Wow! Praise the Lord for these blessings... :)

And the typical pose for any sports person with the medal :

Hee hee... The burnt skin on my forehead has started its peeling process.....

.. We WON the GOLD!! ..

Yeah!! We (IPB) won the GOLD in the Citi Netball Euphoria 2008! =) =) =)

It was such a SWEEEEEETT victory!

For the last 3 years, there is this team in Citi, that many of the other teams in Citi just do not like... maybe it's the arrogant nature that they displayed??.. Hmmm. Maybe they are actually nice people? Well. Guess it's the kind of impression they gave...

This year, they came back stronger, with a new GA who is quite accurate with her shooting. In fact, they even engaged a personal coach! Wow. Sure we did feel a little intimidated. For us, we just did practices on our own.. But I guess the weekly friendly trainings with ESPN team helped us, cos we (the whole team of girls) played with the team which comprises of 3-4 guys! Playing against the guys definitely made it so much tougher cos they are faster, taller and more aggressive than us!

Anyway, in the semi-final first match, we played against GCB (my former dept). It was like a friendly match, where both teams just had fun and enjoyed playing. We won the game 21-1.

Then we watched the next game, ITO vs ICG (which is the team all of us disliked :P) ... Something that still remains in this team is this, they are still so rough & aggressive! I remembered last year when my team (GCB) played against them, I played the shooter and this defender just kept tagging to me, shoving her arm around my waist when I did not even have the ball. After a while, i "buay tahan" and I asked her, "Can you stop doing that?".. And you know what she did? She simply "bo-chap" me. **BOILED** >_<

Anyway, we won that game 9-7!! Close match! Eventually we won silver in that competition cos we lost to IPB in the final! Lol..

Back to that ITO vs ICG game, ICG won that game by a close margin. So we knew it would be an IPB vs ICG 1st & 2nd placing final! Many people came to us and told us we MUST win that game cos they just cannot stand that team!.. :O

The game started!.. The GS whom I was guarding irritated me sooooooo much. She kept pushing me when I was standing somewhere below the pole waiting for the rebound if the GA missed the goal. I was being pushed a few cm away from where I originally stood. *BOILED*.. We were leading 3-1 when the 1st quarter ended.

The 2nd & 3rd quarters were so close!.. By the time 3rd quarter ended, the score was 6-6! Nervous man!!.. But really thank God, because the umpires Citi employed were really professionals. In fact, one of them was Mr Liew, who happened to be Wen Wen's netball coach in her Pioneer JC days. At least the game was played much fairer because the umpires really did a great job. Many fouls, steppings, dragging, etc were being faulted. In fact, the GA from the other team really 不甘愿 and she made many remarks about the umpires. Then we heard Mr Liew told her off and said, "GA, you keep your comments to yourself. Leave the umpiring to the umpires." .. Wow! We went "YEAH" on the inside of us man! :P

4th quarter started!!.. The SUN was still burning above us. We made some changes to the line-up. Jamie played GA and Audrey took back Centre. Guess the change made ICG confused a little bit. And yeah! Jamie put in few goals! Eventually we won the game 10-7! When the final whistle was blown, we went "YEEEAAHHH"... and we went running & hugging one another. Ha. Very drama right. But guess all of us were just SOOOoOOo happy. What a SWEEEET victory.

But I got to leave early for CGM. Didn't manage to wait for the prize presentation.. I wonder how the medal looked like this year? Hee... 2 years ago i got a bronze medal. Last year, silver medal. This year! Gold medal! :)

Now I am still smiling away... Wahaha...

Thank God for this VICTORY!! :)

.. The MATCH !! ..

The MaTch is ON this SAT!!..

May the IPB-ians retain the TITLE...

IPB WooooOOOoshhh!!

。。 我的大学梦想 。。

Went for netball practice just now. Good time of de-stress. Had a rather disappointing week, but I guess this work-out was really good. Netball competition is ON next Sat!.. And I hope my new team can retain the championship! Yeah!..

Hair is still wet!.. So I shall take this time to BLOG!

Hmmm. Very disappointed with the way Kaplan handled my case, and I really felt unjustified. This was what they wrote in the email:

"We would like to inform you that without further evidences of miscommunication on our part, we will not be able to give you any special rebates or discounts or refunds for the A.Dip modules.

You will have to take and pay for the bridging module required if you choose to continue your studies with BBA. If you wish to transfer the first instalment of $856 paid for BBA to any of our other degree programs, we will be glad to do so."

Without further evidences? Most of the things were verbally communicated! So, how do I "have" evidences? I do have an email sent to Citibank HR in March 08, clearly stating the course I am interested in is Bachelor of Business Admin (BBA). I was seeking their advice then, wanting to ensure the degree course I'm going to take is recognised by the bank. Too bad, this "proof" is not good enough for me to justify my case.

And the "best" part is, the senior consultant said she will "try her best" to get a waiver of the bridging module for me after hearing my case. When the email was sent by her, it was a blunt "you will have to take and PAY for the bridging module..."

Well well. I decided NO WAY am I going to continue my degree program with KAPLAN.

Because:

1. Misleading information given to me prior to signing up for the Advanced Dip program.
2. Irresponsible staffs, who just shrinked away from taking responsibility...
3. Three different consultants giving three different advises. I wonder are they from the same company???
4. Advising student to take an "Adv Dip" program when the student can already gain direct entry to a degree program. How worse can it get?
5. Sales-oriented, instead of meeting the need of the student.

我真得很生气 ！！！ 太过分了！！！

Well, life still goes on. It's not the end of everything!

The dream of a degree will still go on. In fact, I do have a desire of getting a MBA too! :)

Looking forward to the day when Mad, Wen, 姐夫 and myself in convocation gowns taking a studio picture with my parents! We are going to hang it nicely on the wall! It will be a nice picture, with Samuel, Daniel and maybe Esther. Hee.... Maybe, got some other "people" too. Wahaha... :)

Every experience is a lesson learnt. So definitely I will learn from this.

So, if there's a next time, MUST ensure:

1. Seek the advices from few consultants, cos you will be surprised that different standards actually exist!!

2. Get a "black & white" written, signed off by the consultant whom you speak to. So in case next time there is a dispute and they ask for "proof", you have it and watch their jaws drop!!

Yah. I am sarcastic I know. But it's true! Protect yourself! :)

Ok. I am feeling much better!.. Blogged whatever that is in my heart.

Now, I just want to concentrate on clearing my LAST module : Computing/Data Management. Then, get my Advanced Dip cert! To think positively... I am going to have a higher cert! Yeah!

Hair is getting dry! It's 2.45am!.. I better get some rest now.

Even though bad things do happen to good people, life is still very beautiful... because my God is always there! :)

。。 袁俊帅呆了！。。

Went shopping with Yuan Jun, Chong, Wei Liang and Verona today after lunch at JP, and Wen Wen came joined us a while later.

Yuan Jun wanted to buy a sling bag, did not manage to get it, but it was still a very fruitful day for him. He wanted to buy some new clothes, so we went shopping with him...

AND! After some opinions from his “军师”，look at what he bought! :)

Isn't it nice??

Hee hee... It's actually quite fun and enjoyable shopping with the brothers... It's good to know that the brothers from W116 can SHOP! :P

Next time we can plan a CG shopping fellowship someday, HA!!

.. Exam is OVER!! ..

Cleared my Business Info Systems paper last evening... in 1 hour 15 mins! The fastest so far in my record. Hee.. Paper was supposed to be from 7-10pm. I left at 815pm. Even earlier than Business Comm paper, where I left early to rush to Wen's birthday party in April... Went to my ex-colleague Lai Yee's dad's wake. He had a sudden heart attack on Friday and passed away...

Anyway, paper was ok. This was the paper where I really went through a very disappointing week, had some issues with Kaplan that I want to get it settled SOON. Affected me in certain way... Nevertheless, am glad it's OVER!! Now on to my last module, Computer/Data Management.

Hmmm. The issue I have with Kaplan is, imagine you are on the way of finishing your Advanced Dip program in one month's time. And you get to know from another consultant that actually you do not have to take this program to gain direct entry into the bachelor program that you want to take. I was stunned upon hearing that... Wondered did I just hear correctly what I heard??.. I actually just need to take 2 modules out of the 6 modules in this Advanced Dip program, together with an Econs bridging module... Well... Am really very upset when I get to know this...

Well. Indeed it's a "People" test that I am going through... will just commit into the hands of God, and trust that He will turn this to be something good.

:)

:(

Something really BAD happened. :(

I am very upset.

But, like what the Bible says in Romans 8:28:

"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them."

I will stay positive. That it will turn out to be GOOD.

God is my Judge. God is Justice.

May justice be given to me.

God is GOOD, all the time. All the time, God is good.

* Bind the devil! :o *

.. BIS Exam ..

Time flies and I'm going into my last module for my Advanced Dip program soon!..

Business Info System exam on this Sat, 7-10pm. So, I'll not be blogging till then! Focus focus focus. Study study STUDY!!

Please help keep me in prayers... an "A" for this module!

:D

.. Yearbook Yourself ..

I must be crazy to put these pictures up here.

They looked SoooooOooooO weird. :P

But nonetheless, I think it's quite fun. Haha.

So this would be how I looked in the past? :)

1950

1954

1958

1960

1962

1964

1966

1968

1970

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

Funny? :P

Try yours at http://yearbookyourself.com/

.. Happy Birthday Ng! ..

Celebrated Jason Ng's birthday today!

Happy birthday Bro! :)

Thanks for your support and help with the CG all these while.
You have been such a blessing!

Enjoy your special day on 8 Oct 08! :D