A Trip to Remember (part 1)

Hello my fellow readers :)


Today's topic is best place(s) to go. So after a "long" thinking, I decided to talk about...

DAMAI BEACH, SARAWAK

Me and my family went there 5 years ago and I'm still longing to go there again because it was just too awesome! Seriously, the beach there is like way, way nicer and cleaner than Port Dickson's beach. This beach is located near the Santubong Mountain as you can see in the picture above. There, we stayed a resort called, Holiday Inn Resort for 3 days and 2 nights. Frankly, staying at the resort for 2 nights was not enough for me and my sister. The place was just too good to leave. During my stay there, the receptionist told me that the resort is claim to be the largest lagoon-shaped pool in Sarawak. Me and my sister was like, "Wow!" Not bad for an attraction.

I remembered the first time I stepped onto the resort. It was super huge! You can almost feel like you're in paradise. The beach was calm and relaxing. It's definitely a must place for tourists to come and stay in this marvelous resort.

The view of the resort from the beach

The resort offers you many activities that you could do with your friends or family. One my favorites were body surfing and the miniature golf. You can also ride the banana boat there. I wanted to but i was too scared that I would fall in the middle of the beach. 

The first activity I did there was body surfing. It's kind of like surfing but instead of you standing, you lay your chest on the board to surf. To me, it wasn't that easy. You need a lot of energy and strength to keep yourself from falling. It was dreadful yet exciting!

Me and my sis waiting for the wave to come :D

Then there was miniature golf. Since I know nothing about golf and my dad knows everything about golf, laugh, he taught me and my sister how play. There were many types of holes you could try. It's good actually. You wouldn't feel bored hitting to one hole only. So after a few sets of the game, yours truly (me) won! Surprisingly,  I was pretty good. I found my new hidden talent!

That's me playing golf under a hot sun wearing sweater =.=

The next day, we vent our journey to the beach! I love going to the beach, I would go crazy when I'm at the beach! Like for instance this,

Me doing cart-wheel 

Me having a really good time :)

You've got to admit that the beach is the only place you could be crazy and just have fun. Oh, how I wish my house is just by the beach. I would definitely sleep peacefully everyday with the whooshing sound and cold air from the outside. Now that's Heaven to me! 

Me relaxing on a rock, meditating :P

Continuing, after a fun swim in the beach, me and my sis planned to bury ourselves in the sand. It was so funny. I remembered my dad and sister throwing all the sands onto my body and especially my face. That was so mean! I couldn't even breathe properly.

Me putting sands on my sister

A sand "sculpture" of me

So to conclude everything, it was the best stay of my life! Period. Seriously people, you need to see it, to believe it. 

til then,

Jaszmin :)

College Life (part 2)

dear readers,

First of all, how are you guys doing? 

Hope you guys had a really good week. Well for me, I had a good one. Anyway, I’m just going to start with the second part of my college life. So I was half and hour late for my first “college” class, all thanks to the KTM train. Seriously, the train never reach on time when they're supposed to. 


Well for my first class, I had Introduction to Information Technology (IT), College Study Skills (CSS) and Mass Communication (MC) class. The lecturers were really awesome. I like them a lot. I like them better than my school teachers, obviously. 


Then the next day I had Fundamental in Management (FM) class. Ms. Rosaline was a little strict but she is a fun lecturer actually. I just love her "sarcastic" jokes. I've never had my Creative Comm and Portfolio Development (CCP) class with Dr. Benedict yet, so you can say I'm actually anticipating his class. 


Through all the classes, I did made some friends. It's still awkward between us but I'm sure we'll be fine after few weeks more. One of the few friends I made was Nadiah. She was the first that I was "close" to. Then, Nadiah introduced me to Amy and Jay. Coincidentally, all three of them are from Klang. So I was the only one from Selayang. From that day onwards, I've been hanging out with them, from going to classes and having lunch together. 


I did made friends among my classmates but it was just a friendly "hello" and "goodbye". Nothing much. To be honest, I didn't know making friends was that difficult. It's like, I have start all over again. To me it is sickening but I have to because I have to survive in college. But after a few days goes by, everything went well. I now have friends to hang and talk to. It was a fun experience. 


The day college starts was the day I say to myself that I have to change my habits and the way I live a little. I have to be more responsible and mature than when I was in school. I sometimes have to give up watching my favorite TV series and all. Even after few weeks in college, I still can't balance between my old life and college life. Since I love to join dance competition or events, I have to give them up so that I could concentrate on my studies. I'm not saying that entering college life is bad. What I mean was that we have give up things we like to achieve and have a good future ahead. So, no worries there.


To sum up everything, I can say there is a difference between college and school life. Like for instance, in school, we concentrate and are instructed with every subjects by using a text book; while in college, we only focus in a certain subject that we major in. Besides, college life actually did trained me to be more independent. I'm really looking forward to my life in college. I hope and pray that it'll be a fun and exciting journey for me. 




Till then,
thanks for reading people! 

College Life (part 1)

Hello Readers :)

Finally! The day I had look forward to since my school days. I can say now that I'm a college student. Yeah! I'm a happy girl. Laugh. It was the first day of college, it was a day full of new experiences. I woke up early that day. Like every girl, we always plan what to wear to college right? So I planned mine like 1 week before college starts. Yeah I know, typical. 

Since my older sister is also studying in Taylor's, it wasn't my first time stepping on to the campus. The buildings and people there weren't a big surprise to me. But somehow, on that particular day, I had a mixed feeling of nervousness and excitement. It was a whole new place to me. It's like I have to start my life all over again. But I was thankful that my sister was there to guide. Thank god! I admit the students there look rather snobbish but it was just my mind playing tricks on me. I thought to myself, "I'm sure they're nice."

It was a full day ahead for me. There wasn't that much activity to do except for orientation and campus tour. They had the orientation in the MPH building. As I walked in, I saw thousands of students queuing up to register themselves. I think the Mass Communication course has the longest queue. So after i registered myself, I took my place somewhere near to the stage since my vision isn't that good. There was many new and unfamiliar faces in the hall so, I'm still having a hard time talking to "strangers". It reminded me of how it was when I first started primary school. 

The orientation was held just to let the students know what’s around the campus and etc. Nothing much actually. I had to admit, again that it was pretty boring. I almost fell asleep actually. Giggle. Then around 11a.m. the orientation wraps up. I didn't knew and make friends with anyone yet that day. It's not that i don't want to make friends, it's just that I'm really a shy person and it's difficult for me to approach to a "stranger" and just talk to them. I know weird right? But that's just me. And well since i was really hungry, I just had to filled my stomach with food. Like badly! My stomach was already making noises. I think there's a lion living in my tummy, it keeps "roaring". So I called up my sister and asked if she could accompany me to the food store.

I meet up with my sister and her friend at this Korean restaurant. One thing I love about Taylor's, they have Korean restaurant there. I just love Korean food a lot. So after I had my favorite dish which is Kimchi soup with white rice, we went to Starbucks and hang out there. Even though there was a campus tour at 2p.m. but I skipped. To be honest, you are bound to know the places in the campus, so what's the point ? So to me, it wasn't important. 

To end this post, I can say that my first day in college was rather dull. Nothing to shout about actually. I just hope that I could make friends within this week. 

Thanks for reading everyone :D