Archive for December, 2007
« Previous EntriesUS APPLICATIONS DONE
Monday, December 31st, 2007It is FINALLY DONE! What a relief!
Yes I may have been a little too optimistic. I only applied to the HARDEST-to-get-into universities (for engineering) in the US.
After all the thinking, I ended up applying to FIVE Universities in the United States:
1) MIT (Applying financial aid)
2) Stanford
3) UC Berkeley
4) Princeton (Applying financial aid)
5) Cornell
(Why no Harvard, [...]
Must Watch: NATIONAL TREASURE 2, Book of Secrets
Monday, December 31st, 2007A stunning movie full of wickedly intelligent scenes depicting how Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage) amazingly solves the mystery into the secret hideout of gold which unlocks secrets to the pre-Columbian era. This is an action movie cum thriller cum adventure movie. I was held on the edge of my seat throughout the 2 hours [...]
The Malaysian Brain Drain
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007I went back to Malacca recently (my hometown) and made an observation I wasn’t aware of until now.
One cousin of mine is now already a Singaporean (she took up a scholarship which requires her to be a Singaporean). Another cousin of mine is going to work in Singapore or Australia. I have another two cousins [...]
I AM LEGEND
Monday, December 24th, 2007A great movie which really was about Will Smith (Robert …?). He was the main actor, the rest were merely side actors. He stole the whole show. Amazing acting. But what really struck me was that the show also showed how God has plans to end a catastrophe, no matter how hopeless the situation may [...]
Many thanks for the birthday wishes!
Monday, December 24th, 2007Many many thanks to the many many people who wished me Happy Birthday last Dec 20th! I really appreciate it and God bless you all!
What a rejection letter from Stanford looks like… =(
Saturday, December 15th, 2007I was deferred, but this is how a rejection letter looks like:
The Office of Undergraduate Admission regrets to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission to Stanford University. The overall quality of our applicant pool and relatively small size of our freshman class means that we disappoint the vast majority of [...]
DEFERRED FROM STANFORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Received at 9.46 am, 15th december. Three applied from NJC for Early Action to Stanford. Zhong Liang and Varun were rejected. (don’t sweat it guys, so many more avenues out there which may be much better!) Well, they deferred me with a sweet sounding e-mail. I stayed up the whole night (or morning) but gave [...]
First Cell Group Meeting in BU (E12)
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Well, it was really a pleasant cell group with very pleasant people. God’s presence was really strong and the spiritual atmosphere was awesome. I felt integrated to the cell even though it was just my first time going to the cell group in Malaysia. Overall, the members of the cell were really a very friendly [...]
Stanford Admission Results in 16 hours!
Friday, December 14th, 2007Saturday, 7 am, Malaysian time.
That e-mail would then come into my inbox.
What would it say?
Learning Mandarin from scratch…
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Today I signed up for Kumon’s Mandarin course. Yes, I am going to learn to read and write Mandarin from scratch.
Perhaps in 8 months time before I head somewhere (only God knows where) I can shed the label of ‘banana.’. It is the unglamorous term for Chinese who cannot speak Mandarin. Too bad I did [...]
