Some unforgettable moments in KL February 28, 2009
Posted by wchih-lim in My Life as a TARCian.trackback
It’s been a very long time since I last wrote a blog. The reason is because I have gone to KL for my Advance Diploma and ACCA. Together with my friends, we rented a unit in a newly-completed condominium, Metroview, in Wangsa Maju. The problem of staying in a newly-completed condo was that, it took months for Streamyx to be up and ready. When Streamyx was finally available in my 2nd Semester, I was too busy with my studies (assignments!). Anyway, now I am back in Penang, currently undergoing practical training in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). I will be going back to KL in late May, for my final academic year.
(back row, l-r) Gin Seng, Kim Loon, Zhao Qin, Ming Khuen, Kean Tat and Jya Qi (front row, l-r) myself, Jian Zhi and Fang Ywee
Well, I lived in the 8th floor of Metroview Block A. There was another unit in the 14th floor, which I regard as my 2nd home, since I always went up to be with my friends there.
Here are some of my unforgettable moments during my stay in KL:
Meetoto night
Meetoto is sort of like The Sims Online, where players have avatars of their own in a virtual world. To get experience and gold, players have to sing into the microphone for other online players to listen. If you are good, they may throw you some flowers and give you good ratings. But, if you perform poorly, they can hurl ‘virtual’ s*it at you.
In one fine night, this Meetoto thing suddenly caught my roommate, Kim Loon’s interest. So, he created an account, using his own name as nickname (=.=’’). Since he has created an account, all my housemates, including myself, use it to sing. At the meantime, we use his account bearing his own name to give bad comments and hurl droppings at other players.
In fact, at that time, a test was just a few days away, but it seems like all of us has gone crazy over this Meetoto thing. We sang until late into the night, and all of a sudden we heard somebody yelled at us for being noisy and order us to stop singing immediately.
Deloitte Tax Challenge Finals
The Finals was held over 2 days. In the 1st day, all participants were required to attend a presentation skills workshop held at the Deloitte office in Damansara. My housemates, Gin Seng and Kim Loon followed me to Damansara, and then head off to watch movie at 1 Utama together with Eng Hwa who was at Damansara at that time.
In the 2nd day, I went to the office again for competition, with my housemates, Zhao Qin, Kean Tat, Ming Khuen, Kim Loon and Gin Seng together with my 14th floor buddies, Yong Sheng, Zi Wei and Eng Hwa. They skipped their classes to watch the competition as well as to lend a support for me. When all the participants were preparing for the presentation, they went to Damansara McDonalds to have their breakfast.
The competition ended in the afternoon. A dinner at Sunway hotel was held in the night after the competition to announce the result. Every participant were allowed 2 special guests to attend the dinner. I picked my 14th floor mates, Eng Hwa and Yong Sheng, as both of them have helped me a lot during the course of the competition. Together with 2 of my lecturers, there were a total of 5 of us who attend the dinner.
Unexpectedly, I was announced the winner for the Individual category. Later, after the dinner, we were in for a pleasant surprise. When Yong Sheng, Eng Hwa and I got into my lecturer’s car to go back to Damansara, the radio was playing the song “We are the Champions”. After we dropped off at Damansara, Eng Hwa drove us back to Wangsa Maju.
We reached Metroview at about midnight, and we straight away headed to the 14th floor. We celebrated until 2 something in the morning, and they took a lot of photos too. Luckily the next day my class started at 12pm.
(back row, l-r) Kong Yong aka Torrent, Kim Loon, Li Shuang, Jya Qi and Zi Wei (front row, l-r) Yong Sheng, myself and Eng Hwa
RM6 Economy Rice
Towards the end of the 2nd semester, my roommate, Kim Loon and I, were voluntarily tasked to buy dinner for the friends at 14th floor. In one fine evening, we met Zi Wei on our way. Suddenly a mischievous thought comes to mind.
For Eng Hwa’s dinner, stingray meat, chicken drumstick, luncheon meat and some veggies were bought for him. When Yong Sheng first saw the price written on top of the foam box, he was shocked, but shock soon turned into laughter.
Eng Hwa was told that this was for his own good, as eating well is important to face the upcoming exam, to which he replied, “I asked you to buy me a car, and you bought me a Ferrari instead!”
Christmas Celebration at Genting
Before going to Genting, Yong Sheng and I went to KLCC to have dinner with our former M7 classmates. We were unable to stay long, as we were rushing to take the last bus to Genting at the Titiwangsa bus station.
We reached Genting at almost midnight. When we reached, everyone was there already. There was a large crowd outside Genting Hotel, in anticipation of fireworks when the clock turns 12, but disappointingly nothing happens.
After that, we made our way back to our room at First World Hotel, where we played cards briefly before embarking on an ‘adventure’ to the casino. We were busy trying to make ourselves looked like uncles and aunties, and we managed to slip in without much problem.
After walking around in the casino for some time, and had a few free drinks in between, finally I decided to place bets. Well, sadly it turns out that I was luckless in that day, as I didn’t even manage to win a single round of bet. I called it quits when I lost more than RM60.
The night before, through a draw lot, I was one of the 2 persons who got to have breakfast at First World Café. However, I had to forego it, as I needed to get some sleep after only returning to the hotel at 7am. Well, no breakfast and all losses then, haha.
Waiting to get on the bus
Semester Break after 1st Semester
I went back to Penang immediately after my exam ended, in order to prepare for my internship application, and I gone back to KL again after 2 days for the preliminaries of Deloitte Tax Challenge. When I went back to KL, all of my housemates were packing their things to go back hometown, bar 2 housemates who still have exams to sit for.
There was an assignment to be submitted during the sem break. Since I was in KL, I was tasked to put on the finishing touches and submit it, in addition to finish my part of the assignment. I would say, compared to other assignments, I was most relaxed in completing this assignment. Since it was a sem break and so I didn’t have to attend classes, I can sit in my room for the whole day to finish it slowly. Besides that, I went up to 14th floor almost every night and play LAN games with my friends till 6 in the morning.
I did some travelling too. During that period, my parents came to KL to visit me, and together with them we went to Klang to visit my relatives. After that, from Klang, my parents went back to Penang while I went back to Wangsa Maju, and subsequently to Eng Hwa’s place in Damansara. The next day, we went to Universiti Malaya to participate in the 2nd round of Deloitte Tax Challenge. We parted ways at UM after the 2nd round ends, and I went back to Penang the next day.
After I returned to Penang, I had many outings with old friends and former classmates. What made this holiday different from other holidays was that, for most of the holidays, I usually laze around in the house or sit in front of the computer for the whole day.
Here are some of the pictures during my stay in KL:
Me and my Group 13 classmates
Birthday party at Feeling Cafe for my ACCA Business Game CEO, Khai Loon (center)
A trip to Eye of Malaysia, Titiwangsa, before its relocation
Birthday celebration for Ban Ting, my former teammate in ACCA Business Game, in the Metroview compound
After having lunch in the sports complex with the retiring TARC principal, Ms Yoong (center). The best thing was, the lunch was provided free for us!
A visit to the Parliament with my coursemates. Third from right is Ms Geh, our course programme supervisor and my Audit & Assurance tutor
Me and my Group 13 classmates. The sketch is actually based on this photo.
Hey..Glad to hear that you are doing fine in KL~
It has been a very long time since we last met..haha..
You are now in Penang right?
Hope we have the chance to meet up soon.
p/s: You sketched the drawing?
Yea, it has been months since we last met. Perhaps Old Town Cafe again? ;-). Anyway, when are you going to be back in Penang?
Btw, the sketch was actually done by a classmate of mine. You know I was never good in arts! Haha