Excitement building

It's a week from now that I can finally see my friends and family again back in Malaysia. Things are rolling out kind of slow this week -- you know, when you are anticipating something, time seems to pass a lot slower.

Since there isn't any final exams to attend to, all I have been doing this week was eat, sleep, TV and sleep. Well, I also spent time working more at the Dean's office since I had to finish off a project before I leave for the summer.

Ahhh... I guess I should start packing and stuff. Just don't feel like doing so, wonder where is the motivation. All I care now is to quickly get back and attend Saturday's BB parade. Also, I feel that God is directing me towards a second internship this summer. For now I am looking at Ogilvy and hope that I get accepted soon as I step back on my motherland.

This made my day. The email came early afternoon and my supervisor at work was kind enough to circulate this announcement around the department; I'm glad many staff there were concerned and came to congratulate. How very often would I get a "Cool!" from the Dean? I feel that all the hardship is worth the experience.

Alright, I find that I'm beginning to speak nonsense since my brains ain't functioning normal as it should. Just pray that things go smoothly for this entire week and look forward to a warmer week ahead.

Cheers!

Ten days later

I'm swayed. Way too focused on the other aspects in life that I had almost forgotten about updating this site. Forgive me.

There's just too much going on that I do not know where to start off. Classes are going well for now since there's only one month left before the semester ends (woot!). Luckily, I do not have many final tests for this semester as most of my classes focus on assignments and quizzes. But I will still be working my butt off until the final week of school.

Good things first: I am grateful that I was selected as one of the recipients of the mass communications scholarship this year. Hard work are finally paid off, praise the Lord. Also, my submission for the Student Research Colloquium has been identified for semi-final qualification. This means I will compete with the rest of the presenters on April 19 for the $300 best paper & presentation award. Again, this shows that hard work bears fruit.

Greater things are installed for next semester: My position as the communication and design assistant with SCSU Learning Resources & Technology Services is secured, same goes to the CA job. The most exciting thing is that I will begin next semester serving as a Teaching Assistant at the Communication Studies department, teaching CMST 192 (intro to communications) and probably some 100 level classes. These three positions are the ones that I am looking forward most, not forgetting also the possible Editor position with the Chronicle. (Wow, I just realized there's quite a bit on the plate already. But who cares, you only go to college once right? Most people do.)

So, hopefully these are some good news for those who wants to know how I am doing, after missing in action for the entire week. I pray that God continues to sustain me so I can survive the rest of the semester and ends with a bam.

Please do continue to stay in touch and let me know how you guys are doing. Oh, I also want to take this chance to thank you readers for breaking MyLife | HisWay's stats record of 4,000 unique visitors in a month! The readership increased 200% after the publication of Aron Ralston's story. I appreciate that your support and attention.

Cheers!

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Keeping my head in the game

Clutching some of the minutes here before attending my first class of the day at 10 a.m.

It's only mid-week but it feels like the end of the month already. Too many tasks and responsibilities are put on my tiny plate and many times I just felt the urge to give up. Yet, God is speaking to me in a unique way:

Keep your head in the game; fix your eyes on the prize, and you'll be motivated.

I have heard this from different people crossing my paths, professors, pastor, and friends. I realize how easy it is to get distracted by the many discouraging incidents, all happened to take place at this time of the week.

Our God is faithful.

I can't tell describe much He loves us because our humane mind could never have understood His way. All I can say is that He is always there. I know, because I've experienced Him.

The journey to completing the research analysis is really tough. I have never imagined the time and energy required to just get things done. Nonetheless, I am loving this experience itself. And with the new position at the Miller Center, more weights are casted on my shoulders and I am foreseeing a transition in my life. The working environment - though I'm only a student worker - is really different after all. Yet I acknowledge that all effort will payoff one day - when I get into an ideal occupation.

Well, I want to thank you all who has bear with me in this though times. Your encouragement and support are my sole pillars. Please stay tuned for many more pieces of my life and hopefully I will be your source for sustenance, too.

Let's keep our heads in the game.

Note: To those who would love to read some of the happenings with the International Students Association at SCSU, please follow the link to the latest edition of our newsletter on this image:

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It went nut...awesome weekend!

Back from the state of corn - Iowa! I consider myself fortunate enough to be chosen as one of the seven delegates representing St. Cloud State for the 21st University of Northern Iowa (UNI) RA Conference. It is a conference designated for resident/community advisors as well as professional staff. The conference ran from Friday to Sunday.

So, since I knew I will be away for the weekend, I planned to complete all my due-soon assignments before Thursday. Let me be frank, I went hair-wired! It was not easy at all trying to write 3 chronicle stories, 1 opinion-editorial, 1 scholarship essay, 1 research proposal, and several short essay homework all in 2 days. On top of that were the preparation for my web development position interview and the presentation slides for the case study competition in UNI conference.

I went from boom to BOOOM. Yet I really want to thank God for He made everything possible and things fall right into place for me. The persons that I am supposed to interview for the stories happened to set up information booth and the student union, and the film that I am supposed to watch for a class was available at the library. The idea for opinion came right when I was using the computer while eating at Garvey...things just happen at the right time and I had enough time to prepare myself for the conference.

It was the first time I am attending a large scale conference like this. UNI is a great place. The campus is larger than ours and the food - no, not Sodexo - was definitely whole lot better. This conference opened my eyes to other RA/CAs from the Midwest region of United States (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, South and North Dakota). Through the workshops I have learned new skills and knowledge about leadership at residence hall that I can apply in the semester. I really enjoyed the sessions and fellowships with the delegates.

Besides, Anil, Cora, Mariana and myself participated at the Case Study Competition. The judges must have love international students. Anil and I emerged as the top 3 award winners for our presentation and I consider that a recognition for our problem solving skills! At least I had something to bring home and also upheld the school name amongst all 89 participants in the competition. Go Husky!

I daresay this was a good experience, and we had also fostered better bonds between the delegates from St. Cloud State. A trip like this helped us to understand one another better. If I am around next year, I will definitely sign up for this conference again.

And so this was the madly weekend I had. I really needed more rest for the coming week...but things don't seem to stop overwhelming me! I foresee another busy/killer week. See you folks at next entry!

Cheerios.

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A New, Interesting Resume

My Online Resume

View more presentations from Jason Tham.

I was working on my resume for re-application of the community advisor (resident advisor) position in my university and I came across Jesse D's presentations on slideshare.net. I was so tempted to make myself a similar CV/resume and thus spent half my afternoon working on it.

I didn't know it will get heated up this fast.

I received an email from the slideshare editorial team a few hours ago saying that the presentation has been featured on their homepage and I'm flattered that it has received more than 800 impressions just overnight. More to my excitement, the presentation is also featured on the University of Manchester (UK) eProg website and numerous search engines, also downloaded by several professionals overseas.

I am opening this personal journal as another channel to this little presentation of mine, hoping that more of you could share my story (and ideas). Feel free to download it or set it as your favorites. Don't forget to leave me a comment so we can get connected!

Above all, thanks, Jesse!

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A real workplace

I am now officially an intern at Creative Thumbprint Sdn Bhd. One of my bosses is Terence Yap, ex-Captain of the 1st Kuala Lumpur BB Company. Thanks to him, I am now in my suit sitting in front of a PC, in an air-conditioned office - Yes. A real-world working experience.

As a full-timer, my job scope ranges from proofreading to copywriting/editing. Basically I help to proofread printed materials before they are published and I also do commercial writing.

As for the first day, erm, I am pretty free.

I helped my colleague to proofread Pelita Methodist newsletter and wrote a logo user guide for ReignKL. That took up my morning. Another colleague of mine said that I can do facebooking and messenger now because there's nothing up at the moment.

So far, I'm still liking what I am doing: Writing; playing around with words.

Aite, will have to remain in the office here at Sri Petaling till 6p.m. Cheers!