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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Trip Afterthoughts...
this has been a truly relaxing hOliday. temple visits were left tO the mOrnings with lunches taken back in the tOwn centre. we even had time fOr afternOOn tv/dvd sessiOns Or naps. dinners were mainly alOng pub street fOllOwed by a shOrt shOpping spree at the night market. the pub street restaurants are very, very gOOd! be it western, khmer, Or mexican cuisines, the taste and quality kept us craving fOr mOre. i am salivating as i recall the delectable fOOd we have had the chance to try. i dOn't usually give such raving reviews but if yOu are thinking Of making a trip tO siem reap, dO nOte tO visit these restaurants - khmer family restaurant, khmer kitchen, red pianO restaurant, i viva mexican restaurant... dO lOOk Out fOr happy hOur Offers fOr their draft angkOr beer as well! Oh, dining at night fOr me was an uncOmfOrtable experience. i had tO keep reminding myself tO fOcus On the fOOd instead Of the dOzens Of lizards On the walls and ceilings... eeeks! thank gOd the fOOd was fabulOus!
abOut the attractiOns... frankly speaking, i was left disappOinted by angkOr wat. it was huge but architecturally, i just wasn't bOwled Over. the site that i lOved the mOst thOugh was bayOn. impOsing faces lOOking dOwn upOn yOu, set against the clear blue sky. lOvely! we have gOt tO be truly thankful fOr the sun-filled days after all thOse fOrecasts Of thunderstOrms. the weatherman can be sO wrOng indeed!
all in all, it wOuld have been a really great trip if nOt fOr the stOlen camera battery charger. Of all things! i understand that the cambOdian peOple lead hard lives, but stOOping tO theft...
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abOut the attractiOns... frankly speaking, i was left disappOinted by angkOr wat. it was huge but architecturally, i just wasn't bOwled Over. the site that i lOved the mOst thOugh was bayOn. impOsing faces lOOking dOwn upOn yOu, set against the clear blue sky. lOvely! we have gOt tO be truly thankful fOr the sun-filled days after all thOse fOrecasts Of thunderstOrms. the weatherman can be sO wrOng indeed!
all in all, it wOuld have been a really great trip if nOt fOr the stOlen camera battery charger. Of all things! i understand that the cambOdian peOple lead hard lives, but stOOping tO theft...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
I Passed!
i made an instant annOuncement On facebOok when i stepped Out Of the exam venue. can't describe the relief and exhilaratiOn.
the prOblem with me is that i take things tOO seriOusly. there's nOthing inherently wrOng with that, but the expectatiOns just magnify the emOtiOns. i knew there was a high chance Of failing... explained the nerves and faint heart palpitatiOns. i knew i answered everything tO the best Of my abilities and bOy was i thrilled tO see "PASS (Scoreband: 80-100)" printed On the certificate. a mOrale bOOster. but nOw that i think abOut it, despite it being a victOry, it's still Of nO use fOr my career. bummer.
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the prOblem with me is that i take things tOO seriOusly. there's nOthing inherently wrOng with that, but the expectatiOns just magnify the emOtiOns. i knew there was a high chance Of failing... explained the nerves and faint heart palpitatiOns. i knew i answered everything tO the best Of my abilities and bOy was i thrilled tO see "PASS (Scoreband: 80-100)" printed On the certificate. a mOrale bOOster. but nOw that i think abOut it, despite it being a victOry, it's still Of nO use fOr my career. bummer.
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Sunday, August 02, 2009
About Studying...
this weekend had been dedicated tO last minute mugging fOr CMFAS mOdule 4A. i have always been a prOcrastinatOr when it came tO my studies and it's nO different this time. the variOus terminOlOgies, %, threshOlds, etc are seriOusly giving me a headache in spite Of the fact that i have prObably spent mOre time sleeping than actually gOing thrOugh the text. my mind is nOw rejecting a revisiOn sessiOn but i am nervOus abOut hOw much have actually been registered thus far. Oh bOy, i absOlutely dO nOt want tO fail and have tO repeat this prOcess again!
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