Of Choices and CNY

Okay okay. Why I took SAM. As said in the previous post, I had 4 choices. Form 6 ( STPM ), ‘A’ Level’s, ICPU and Australian Year 12 ( SAM or AUSMAT ).

I’m sure some of you humans know I loveeeee Psychology and how I detest the idea of having my performance evaluated based on a few sheets of paper ( tests, exams ).

Mari kita mula.

Form 6 ( STPM )
Duration - 2 Years. It will take up too much of my precious time. No thank you. =)
Difficulty – High. Not worth the difficulty and duration.
Standard school holiday - I CAN ATTEND CF CAMP AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WEEE.
Pricing – Yes it’s the cheapest course ever. Unless you get a scholarship for some Pre-U.

CAL ( Cambridge ‘A’ Level’s )
Duration – 1 ½ Years. A waste of time.
100% External Examination ( final exam ) - EWWWWWWWW.
Almost half the friends I know are taking this – Sorry but I like meeting new people. Haha.
Pricing - RM24000-30000 Ouch.

ICPU ( International Canadian Pre-University )
Duration – 1 Year. Short.
70% Internal Assessment ( coursework etc. ) and 30% External Examination – I like. But I heard they give sooooo much assignments it actually can keeeel you.
Minimum of 6 Pre-U subjects ( per term ) – Can mati wei.
Pricing – RM21000-23000

SAM ( South Australian Matriculation )
Duration – 1 Year. Short.
50% Internal Assessment and 50% External Examination – Well balanced out.
They offer Psychology as one of the subjects - WEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Pricing - RM19000-20000

Hmmm yeap. So now you know why I chose what I chose. Good good.

Chinese New Year
Yay. I went back to my hometown on a Sunday morning and came back the next day. Sadly, I couldn’t stay too long at my aunt’s place. Why? I currently don’t have a maid and I have 3 dogs. They need to be fed so.. Yeah. Oh well.

During this new year, we brought Silver ( yes the tiny Silky Terrier ) back to my aunt’s place!! Haha she was surprisingly obedient. Which is extremely rare la.

I would like to say that Chinese New Year isn’t about the Ang Paos ( red packets. yes yes. the one with money inside ) and the food. It is about family. People ( especially teens ) nowadays only care about the ang pao and food. If they happen to receive less than expected, their CNY will be deemed as boring/waste of time. This is actually very sad you know?

So, my sister and I planned to bring the Uno Stacko back during this festive season. =) It was simple hilarious la. Playing Uno Stacko with the adults is so…. Entertaining. I had fun. And based on the expressions on my aunt’s and uncle’s faces, I’m sure they did too.

Have a blessed new year people.

Resolutions
Oh yeaaah. I created a whole list of resolutions quite some time ago. I’ll post them up next time. Now, I have added two more. =D

-Ignoring that fella for the next 2 weeks.
-Writing a letter in Chinese ( with Joshua’s help since my Chinese is soooo bad ) for my grandfather.

Ann Ee

Edit : Yes, I know my post was rather explosive. Deleted that section!! =)

~ by caedda on January 31, 2009.