Dang

I missed my 4.0!

Hahaha.

Got 6 As, 1 A-. A- for Business zzzzzzz after ALL my hardwork last sem on that stupid subject! Still, could have been worse. Really thank the boyfriend for all his work in transporting me around KL finding stuff! =) =)

And of course, thank God for my results considering the horribly busy and lack of sleep semester I had. 3-4 hours of sleep per night throughout the 10 weeks of lecture and classes without a single break was NO JOKE.

Final GPA for this sem... 3.957... is that 3.96? Or 3.95?

Well, I'm happy enough with my results, good ending for first year. =)

Some unis have A+! And that's a 4.33 pointer which is AWESOME hahaha cause it means you always have a chance of targetting 4.0. (But then again, won't we all be aiming for 4.33 then??)

Anyway, that's all, have a good day!

God bless,

Jo

La Guitarra

As I was polishing my precious Raimundo a couple of days ago, my mum looked at me intently concentrating on my task and commented, "You very free hor."

My answer?

"Of course I am!" =P

Suffice to say, my Raimundo has been getting the proper attention and love it needs (and lacked throughout my last sem) the past few days. =) Playing on it, polishing it, more playing on it... I have yet to fully utilize and unleash its maximum wonderful power that my teacher can do so easily, but hey, I'm getting there slowly. =D It's been a steep learning curve ever since I first picked up the guitar in 2008, but the havoc of starting university has stunted the progress I was making on it. Will have a few months to catch up and polish up and most hopefully ace my grade 6 exam in August, but it's been a good few years with the classical guitar. 3 years? Considering my constant breaks in playing and lessons due to Kedah/STPM/Uni, I think it's going okay =)

Recently picked up acoustic guitar playing, it's a different world altogether from classical playing but I'm really enjoying the journey of learning. Although steel strings hurt BIG TIME when I lay off playing acoustic for a while. What can I say? I've been spoilt by my wonderful classical soft-string guitar... and also because I'm not willing to invest in a really good acoustic guitar which will hurt my fingers less I think. Not for now, I'm pretty much a noob on acoustic playing.

What I REALLY want to learn is fingerstyle after classical playing, but that's a long way more to go. Cause I wanna 'finish' my classical guitar education (in terms of exams, I know learning is a lifelong process) first. Haha! Few years time I hope..

My apologies if this post is mumbo-jumbo to you, just decided to give my blog a lil' bit of life. =D

God bless,

Jo

Hello Alphapha!

How's life been for you?

I've been attending 20s (ok, I tried to but Elaine asked me to teach her Econs in church instead =P), youth, teaching pre-teens, and helping the church clean up as they prepare for the renovation. =)

Past few months I've been so much more involved in Powerkids (Our canggih-manggih name for Sunday School) that the young people claim I've disappeared from church. I haven't, I'm just right above you. =)

My 4 month break started! =D

I'm tired, yet to catch up on my sleep!

I played badminton for my faculty against the Malaysian military something something college the day before my Thai exam. The staff lacked a women player so they conveniently sought me out and I went right after my Engrish paper. I played against our Malaysian women soldiers... and boy, are they HUGE. Not fat huge, but big-sized women..! Oh well, better people their size defending Malaysia than people MY Winnie the Pooh size.. haha!

Yes, I'm happy as you can see based on the number of exclamation !!! marks. =)

Joash is fine, busy with business and studies, *cracks head on how to make life easier for him* I bought him a new shiny ring because his old one died. =) He's working so so so hard but I don't know how to slow him down, I'll just make life easier for him... hehehe.

Today I went shopping with mum and bro, something I have not done in MONTHS! Haha I actually bought things too.. =) (While Joash slaved away at work, talk about guilt trip for me..!)

Feels good to be living on my own money (scholarship) rather than relying on mum, really it does. I remember wanting to give tuition to earn my own money last time and mum of course discouraged me, she just attempting to quell that stubborn independent streak I have in me I guess. But anyway, I got JPA so such hardworking thoughts all flew out of my head, I just need to worry about getting the best score I can get now so that I can ... (dreams not meant to be shared with the whole world). =)

Anyway, that's all, just light stuff, a good 4 month break for me to just sit back, relax, take better care of the hubby, concentrate on guitar.. =)

The best part? It's JUST starting. =)

I'm done with first year!!! *pheeeew!* Time really really really flies, the special someone started 'disturbing me' (and I gladly disturbed him back HAHA) during my first sem, and now I'm done with 1st year! It's been one trying sem, so many things out of focus, but I've learnt a lot about what to do, what not to do, what to commit to, what to step back from.

Aye, I'm just glad it's over. =)

God bless,

Jo

I know I've been busy when...

1. My phone credit reaches 44 cents. Since I got my hp years ago I've not allowed my credit to drop so low. (Then again, could be because now thanks to Easy Prepaid I can call and sms 3 vital numbers for free. =P Guess who those 3 lucky people are!)

2. My purse reaches an all time low and I actually borrow money from my bro/mum.

3. Car petrol at final bar.

4. Energy level below final bar.

=P Haha, actually all the problems above settled di, just wanted to blog about it.

Left 2 more papers! Relatively light papers!

According the the 'markah tak rasmi', I got an A- for my Business. :( Sigh. Buhbye hopes of 4.0... After all my hardwork the ENTIRE sem and I get an A- on APK! Sheesh. Don't know where I went wrong, exam was pretty easy... mmm. But still, no regrets, I gave it my all, so I don't feel the "I should have tried harder" feeling.

One of my faculty's staff called me up and asked me to partner her in a badminton competition tomorrow, against some military people! Haha Thursday only left Thai paper, that one no need to study one la so I agreed to partner her. =) Bring it on, tentera!

Hubby's business is up and running! I'm gonna paint the shoplot after my exams! Hahaha *itchified*

Ok, gonna sleep a while. *Smells May 12th, 1.30pm drawing closer*

God bless,

Jo

Nocturnal

Messed up my sleep cycle some days ago, been keeping awake all night, sleeping at 9am and waking up at about 2, 3, even 4pm these days.

Hmm... can't wait for exams to be over!

Kenari tire decided to puncture a few hours ago, happened to Nat (hubby's BFF), so good thing these 2 guys knew what to do. If it had happened to ME in the middle of the night (won't happen to bro and mum because only I go out at odd hours =P)... I would have just called the hubby so no problem la actually. Hahaha! =P Needed a tool that Yan's house had, thank God!

Why am I blabbing??

(Cause I'm avoiding work)

Asia Tenggara next week, 4 papers next week, so so tiring! But but I can do it, another four papers and I'm DONE with first year! Soo soo freaking fast! Then only another 2.5 years of studies! (Yeah right. Hahaha.) I love this academic world... don't think I'll leave it lah. =)

Mum said we've (Joash and I) have 'been good' because we've not been on a real date in mooonths! Usually just a quick meal and back to our busy busy lives. Haha, we've been 'good'! For not dating. -_- *throws hands up in the air in disbelief* Soon, soon! ;-)

The brother got a job! So now I've got to take over the bills agaaiiin. -_- Get ready for all the phone calls and letters demanding late payment again! *Must learn to be more responsible* Haha, poor guy, he has to work so hard, mmm *enjoys studying for now*

Ok, verbal diarrhea over, back to Southeast Asia's ekonomik demokratik politik blablabla

God bless,

Jo

Edit (4.28am): Oh oh oh! Was watching some Youtube videos, I know my next experiment during my 4 month break! I want to play around with videos and music! =) *Lol, sorry that's all my mind can focus on... 4 month break!*