Monday, January 3, 2011

~College Dilemma~

I am supposed to sit for my Undang exam tomorrow but based on the condition I am in now, it pretty looks like I gotta delay the exam. My cousin who will need to undergo a spinal chord surgery soon might need some help in getting to know all the preparations she needs to know or do. Yeah, so basically, it will definately be like a 'One-day-translator-cum-info-asker' experience for me. Mummy told me by the time I am done with it, it would already be night time when I come back home. So, I guess I will be learning a bit of the society skills here and there.. *Sigh* May the surgery go smoothly, to think about it, we are in the same age, Ting dear. She had this problem since she was very young but think about all the hard time she had to go through all these years just to wait for the time she could finally finish her final school exam (SPM) and settle down for the surgery. *Prays*

Trying to save for college education. As I will be going for the A-Levels, it will be great if we could use the money for the degree instead, since they are similar, maybe slightly different if compared to other colleges. Went to TARC today just to find out that the office was closed and the distance to get to that college was really far, which means.. IF I  were to go there, I need to wake up at 5.30 a.m., sit LRT from Kelana Jaya all the way to Wangsa Maju which takes about 1 and a half hour every morning. And then, take a bus to the college. It's not that bad.. I hope..Think of the bright side, I can learn to be more independent and use the money instead for my degree which will be done in a better college. Although it means arming with pepper spray at all time. The fees as really cheap tho, haven't even reach 10K yet but probably with the SPM results, I guess I only need to pay about 2K or free. But in the end, mummy seems to be thinking of putting me into INTI because it's the second closest college to my house, after KDU. KDU was the first choice and I was about to enroll into that college when I received a phone call saying that they will not include my SPM Art result for the scholarship because it's not a core subject. Sounds pretty ridiculous to me because other colleges accept any subjects for the scholarship if you get an A for it. I am taking 10 in total and in order to get full scholarship, I can only afford to lose ONE precious A which will be Add Math. I mean, that's the main reason why I take up art subject for SPM because I know my capability.. I am not a straight-A student.. *Sigh*

Mummy is not feeling well, she's down with fever and flu. Every time this happens, I feel so bad, really bad and upset. I blamed myself silently for she over-worked herself with the house chores, fetching us to school and stuff like that.. I couldn't even do much to help her because she wants me to use my time to study and finish up all the school work instead. Perhaps I am being to sensitive, but the hearing the word 'useless' or 'stupid' can really trigger my emotion because it will make me feel that I am not doing enough for my mum as a daughter. I am trying, please do not say anything that keeps pushing me backwards and break my spirit especially when I am doing this all for my family and I.. Not everyone is as lucky as you. Thank you.. You will succeed in life. I want to be successful too.

I will never give up. I won't give up. This is my promise to you, mum.

I need to buy more fruits! The fridge seems to be running in low supply of it. Shyyyttttt... I'll check if they got sell fruits nearby the hospital tomorrow, need to get Kiwis since it's high in Vitamin C. Can cut them for mummy as soon as I reach home. Mummy is not feeling well and she does not even want to go to see the doctor. So hard-headed. *Sigh*

Okay, it will be 1 a.m. in about 10 minutes time. Need to go sleep now, I am the only one alone downstairs, and need to wake up at 6.30 a.m. tomorrow to go to the hospital.. Mmm.. So quiet.. Kays, goodnight. :)

~Hugs~

6 comments:

O C said...

I suggest you start researching on the colleges you want first. Distance and fees think later, most important is think of the educational option you can get through a certain college. Like for instance, after A-levels at TARC, where can it bring you to next?

Not saying that KDU is completely bad school, but from what I hear, it has quite a bad reputation.

KDU as well. I have no idea why, but for anyone who did enough research and can afford better educational conditions, KDU and TARC are to be avoided whenever possible.

Whatever it is, A-levels can be taken almost anywhere I guess. But different lecturers give different learning experiences with the students. So yeah.

Hope you make the right choice. Because before I made a proper decision, I was rushed to deciding on a college to enter to, and maybe if I was given more time to think about, I'd have had more preparation about my future.

So.. yeah. Anyhow, happy new year. But don't spend the year in regret. Lol.

O C said...

TARC* as well.

Cai Yun said...

Thank you so much for the useful advices. The main problem now is I could not decide on which courses would suit me best because if based on the secondary schooling subjects, I like them all equally. But one thing for sure, I dislike add math. I tried doing some research on Google about the variety of careers there are based on the demand and stuff like that but from what I see, it varies among countries. For example, advertising is high in demand in S'pore. Where else in M'sia, it's sales and marketing or something to do with the petroleum. :/

There are a few adults who adviced me to go for courses that will be able to secure me a professional career like lawyer, dentist etc but again, it's based on interest. Architecture needs strong add math skills which I don't have.. I was not in the science stream. Trials results are 8 A's which excludes Add math and Moral. Any recommendations?

Yeap, heard of the numerous things the adults said about KDU. From what I heard, KDU used to be a very good college but for the past few years, their performance and reputation dropped one year after another. It is even said to be only slightly better than TARC. What about INTI or HELP?

You're right about the lecturers. People used to say this: How much we pay reflects how much we will get. Haha.. yeah, I don't want to regret making the wrong decision that is why I am taking such a long time to decide on the colleges and courses. :)

O C said...

I'll send an e-mail to your hotmail since I can't find your gmail one on Facebook The wall of text expands a great length, so if you're patient and eager to read some "advice", feel free to read. :D

Cai Yun said...

Hahaha.. Thanks, I received it. It pretty amazed me how much you knew about the careers. I replied it in my hotmail. :)

O C said...

I think you'll know as much as I did if you researched the right materials and read the right books. And well, I've got my lecturers to thank I guess.