2ndD@y at Un!

Korean class was fun yet. We learned ' hello ' and ' goodbye '. Though both are simple words to learn but the way to pronounce is different. The lecturer told us the way we pronounced them is wrong. She even made a joke. She told us not to make a mistake when calling her as she had a student called her 'sensei' before instead of 'son seng nim'. 'Sensei' is Japanese for teacher whereas 'son seng nim' is Korean for teacher. Everyone laughed out loud.

This morning class was quite enjoyable. Initially we had only four students and we can't have a class if there are less than 5 students. Luckily, in the end, we ended up with 7 students so we could go on with our course, else we have to recruit students to join us.

BaCk 2 uN! 0Nc3 aGa!n

Today is a brand new start for me. It's the first day of University life once more. My class starts at 8am so I woke up early to prepare myself. Actually I did not get much sleep as Kayden slept quite late last night (around 2.30am). To prevent myself from getting stuck in a jam or lack of parking space, I left home around 7.30am. Luckily when I got there, there were many spaces available and I got a good parking spot.

So I walked over to the building, saw many coursemates' chatting around there and looked for my class. Make some friends today as well. However, class was cancelled as the lecturer is not in yet. Even though, I was looking forward to my afternoon class, which is Elementary Korean. Been wanting to learn to speak at least one foreign language, and Korean seems like a good choice.

All d0N3

I am now a registered student in UBD. Had gone through all the procedures, walked a lot and thought a lot.... Also came to a final decision on what modules I should take (after discussion with my SIL) and registered for the modules too. The result will only be out on Sat (1st Aug - noon time). Timetable for the first semester looks alright, not too tight except that most of the classes I have chosen started at 8 in the morning ;-}

Will be looking forward to start to 3rd August...

GoT iN

Yesterday, I received an sms telling me that the list to enter UBD GenNext programme is out. So I went to UBD to get my letter. When I was there, the admin staff told me that they had called earlier to inform me about my offer letter (dated 2nd June) but I replied that I never received such call. However, she insisted that she did. Not wanting to answer back (I don't want to sound rude or anything) I just smiled at her.

When I opened up the envelope to have a look at the offer letter, I was surprised to see the word "FEE PAYING". I thought that as a Brunei citizen, I am exempted to pay as citizenship allows students to study for free. But for my case, it wasn't. So my in-laws and I decided to appeal to MOE and UBD about obtaining a scholarship to study for free. I just prayed that it might go well as lately things are not going as smoothly as planned.

Hope God hears my prayer :0)

$h0cK!nG

This morning, I went out with my in-laws for breakfast. Because we took a late breakfast, my FIL decided to buy a kebab before playing his golf game in the afternoon. So I went down from the car to buy his one from this small stall around the Seri area.

Boy, was I in for a surprise! I am not a fan of kebab and all this while in my mind, I assume that kebab is a pita bread stuffed with beef and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, big onions... (like the picture shown).

When the man was frying the kebab (the beef was a lot except that it's mixed with cucumbers only), I thought the pita bread would be the big kind but it's not...

It's half the size of a normal pita bread which I think it will only fill a kid's stomach.

In the end, I ended up buying another roti john for my FIL because I really don't think that kebab would be very filling!

A wAk3 uP cAll T0 SeRa$a BeaCh, pLeaSe!

Last Monday, my in-laws and I took Kayden down to Serasa Beach - we wanted to check out the 'fish market'. It was a long drive from our house - I never realised the distance. When I was young, we used to go down to Muara Beach and most of the time, it was my dad driving. Now I know how he feels along the 'journey'.

This picture shows how Serasa stalls used to look like. Now, you just imagine it without the camp and pieces of broken sticks lying around there...

The 'trip' was a disappointment! Not only did we not get to buy fish, the environment was quite a disaster! - broken stalls everywhere, rubbish all around... But the scenery was beautiful. When I drove along the road, it reminded me of Singapore's East Coast Park. In my head, this is a perfect spot to have a replica of East Coast Park - the long stretch of road could be a pathway for joggers or cyclists, the open space could be made used of, for example, build simple but nice restrooms, some huts for people to have picnics... Serasa Beach can be fully utilised if the authorized people could just sit down and plan ahead - even Muara Beach looks nicer than before.

SleePinG RouTinE

I realised that Kayden had a night time routine. His sleeping time varies - sometimes, he would go to bed at 10plus (which is the earliest unless he's tired) or the latest is around 12plus. Then he would wake up at 3am - 3.30 am for his milk. When it first started, it was really hard for me. But after a while, I got used to it and instantly at 3am, his milk is always ready for him.

Sometimes, after drinking his milk, he would go back to sleep but there are times where he would be awake and will only go back to sleep at ard 5.30am.

NeW CrOcS

My Crocs

Kayden's Crocs

He looks so smart wearing them...

Yesterday, Kelvin bought a new pair of Crocs for me and Kayden. He said he himself bought one too but have not arrived yet. The three of us have the same kind of Crocs and also the same colours - red and black.

DaY aT EmPiR3

It's been a while since I penned in here. Many events has happened and yet I have no time to write them here.

Yesterday, my in-laws and I took Kayden to Empire at around five plus. When we reached there, we parked near Li Gong. Kayden loves looking at the water fountain near there. After that, my SIL called for a buggy and we rode it in.

It's the first time for Kayden to sit in one and he looked very happy and enjoyed himself immersely. His hair was even messed up by the wind, hehe. We asked the man to drove us to the pool side. Upon reaching, we saw a beautiful sunset. There were many people enjoying the view as well. However, I did not manage to take a picture of it so the one shown is a replica.

While walking by the pool side, I saw one of my ex-student, whom I taught when he was in Primary One. Time really flies because he is now in P6. Looking at him and two other boys swim, Kayden stood there, memerized. He was fascinated by them and wanted to join them as well (he wanted to jump into the pool) ;p

There was one part when the kids splashed water and one of those water droplets got him on his face. He gave a surprised look (too bad it wasn't caught on camera)...

DiFFeReNt PoSeS

Lately, Kayden has been striking plenty of different poses, bringing laughter to the family...

{ Pose No. 1 }

Look at his right hand - he puts it under his chin while watching Barney (which is currently his favourite tv programme)

{ Pose No. 2 }

Look at the way he relaxes, with his legs and hands wide open... hehe

{ Pose No. 3 }

Another new style - grabbing one foot

{ Pose No. 4 }

Look at his mouth. Nowadays he has so many different mouth poses. However, it's so difficult to take each and every different poses - I only managed to take this very one...