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Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:09:15 -0000

i'm a pig

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:09:31 -0000

no, you did not hear me. i said i'm a pig.

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:09:45 -0000

but a very cute pig. =)

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:10:07 -0000

damn it dont kacao kacao, i'm still configuring.

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:49:45 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:56:05 -0000

faster! your turn!!!

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:10:01 -0000

who afraid who.... hem! (damn it i'm still login as you!)

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:45:35 -0000

"who afraid who" hahaha what kinda england is this!

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:17:48 -0000

guys, this new comments system is the coolest. you can leave video or audio comments now!! i dont have a webcam on my old laptop at the moment so i cant leave a video one, but i'll use my macbook to test out the video comment function when i'm done studying for my calc test :)

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:20:06 -0000

actually its not :P my friend alvin and i were just randomly testing out the threaded comments function up there, so it looks a bit messy.

i LOVE the audio/video comments functionnnnnn

Re: pig is testing new comment system

pinkpau — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:40:58 -0000

eh all you folks with the little display avatars.. did you guys sign up with disqus or did they auto-import your avatars from wordpress or blogspot or something?

Re: Pinkpau’s Guide to US College Applications, Part 1

pinkpau — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:51:11 -0000

nope wrong su ann

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:06:36 -0000

hello!!! :D a video comment from me!

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:23:28 -0000

fail already =( i left two thirds of the paper blank. and it's like a 25% weight on my grade. HAIH.

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:43:26 -0000

hahahaha that is the most ridiculous accusation i've ever heard. but it made me laugh at 5 in the morning, so.. :P

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:34:34 -0000

egg mcmuffin's relative!

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:37:53 -0000

cant see/hear your comment :(

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:38:59 -0000

i dont think so..! you just put it in a box and write on the label that it's food, but not anything that requires refrigeration, and is packed up in airtight containers. not sure about australia's regulation though

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:39:34 -0000

i flew SIA but from what i hear thai airways is cheapest. i'm going to fly that or cathay next time

Re: Twentieth

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:51:47 -0000

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pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:55:27 -0000

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Re: Pinkpau’s Guide to US College Applications, Part 1

pinkpau — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:03:12 -0000

just curious : eh i noticed you like to ask questions but never leave any identity. why?

hw : well said! :)

rainbow : ahhhh i knew i forgot something. the international supplement!!! if i remember correctly, we should submit the international supplement in place of the SSR right? in which case you should use SPM in your international supplement and Pre-U for MYR. i'm assuming from your questions that you didnt do pre-u? i only converted the GPA for the actual SPM, because that was my "final" grade. for the rest of Form 1-5 grades, i just attached transcripts without converting anything. definitely write letters explaining whatever you're doing. all of us should write at least one letter just on the grounds that our system is different from the american system. most adcoms know what the malaysian system is like, but it's always good to explain anyway.

booyah : ooh tough one. did you know that actually you're not supposed to look at your recommendations? you're supposed to sign a waiver of your right to view the letter, and then your recommender is supposed to give you back the letter inside a sealed envelope for you to mail out. so translation by yourself is definitely out of the picture. you COULD edit grammar for them... but know that this is "illegal" and you do this at your own risk. the adcom could call up your school and ask to speak to your teachers (for whatever reason), or email them, and if they find out that your teacher's english is not good, but the letter displays perfect grammar, they're going to think you wrote your own letters. i dont mean to scare you.. but it's something to keep in mind.

cs : that's definitely not good.. :( US colleges are particularly keen on weeding out people who join clubs and then not contribute (ie "activity collectors") or people who are lazy and give up quickly. it would definitely be obvious to them when you are filling out your application, because the duration of all your activities are like only days or weeks long.

-p : well i already said that what works for me may not work for you :) i thought the conversion was important especially if the adcoms were using a specific index to rank their applicants. yes i got interviews.

blue : you shouldnt have to send any certs at all, because you will 'declare' all your activities in the application forms or your resume. yes thats right, i sent in my final year exams for Form 1,2,3,4 with a letter explaining our schooling system (that in the first 3 years we do the same subjects with progressively more difficult syllabi, and that we have a mid year exam and final exams, and then a national exam in form 3, followed by form 4 and 5 where we choose a stream of subjects for two years.. then SPM.. blablabla). hmm you shouldnt convert anything except your SPM results. remember that converting is not necessary, but it was something i chose to do. you can just cross out those sections and put Not Applicable, and attach another letter explaining your ranking in school, how many A's you got, what the highest number of A's in your school was, etc.

jeanette : ok you see the headings for all my sections? some of them have Envelope 1, Envelope 2 etc. these are the envelopes that you send in by mail. at the end of the day, you should have something like 5 to 7 individual envelopes for one school, so what you do is put these 5 to 7 envelopes into one big envelope and mail it to the school you're applying to. so yes you would collect sealed envelopes from your recommenders to put into your Big Envelope. as for the letters... if you looked at your forms properly you would see that the SSR and MYR evaluation space is only for counselors, not teachers. so teacher recommendations should not even be in the SSR in the first place. if you did both high school and Pre-U, you should have 2 teacher recs and 2 counselor recs. if only high school, then 2 teacher recs and 1 counselor rec.

Re: Pinkpau’s Guide to US College Applications, Part 1

pinkpau — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:21:44 -0000

nope i only applied to US schools

Re: Pinkpau’s Guide to US College Applications, Part 1

pinkpau — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:27:49 -0000

give your teachers several envelopes, ask them to photocopy their letters after they've written them, and then seal the envelopes. yes of course they accept photocopies of the SSR and MYR :)

as for the explanation letters... my school actually had a kind of booklet explaining the malaysian system and also the school-specific system, so i sent that in. my letters mostly went to explaining the difference between my pre-u and high school, which was sent thru the common app Additional Info, so im afraid i dont have a copy of that anymore. it's not that difficult so dont be daunted :) we all have to work hard to make our applications the best they can be.

Re: The Martian Surprise and Birthday Gifts

pinkpau — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:52:45 -0000

nyrac : HAHA I LOVE THAT LAST LINE! not that we went through 12th grade.. actually you know what, i think i'm still stuck in 6th grade :P

kiran : :)))) i must have been collecting some good karma points lately

piggygrace : thank u!

suanie : haih dont praise him so much later he ego =(

charlenediane : i know :) im very grateful.

lynn : thank u :)

reallybites : i thought about that.. but i thought she wanted to come here cos got better clinics T___T

japuffy : haha constant reminders dont hurt i guess. thank u!

entwined : genius?!?! she freaked me out okayyyy i couldnt study for like 2 days!!!

aud : YALAR why your friend like this =(

chef mel : well martian and i arent really superstitious so i guess we'll be fine !

carolyong : OKAY!! :D actually this liewsuetli also got exams the same time as me. do u have midterms on the week of the 20th?

sweatlee : "if you're normal" hahahha liewsuetli dont be weird. ya memang u drama.. haha you see down there someone said you watch too much moonlight whatever

andy : hahaha she's a funny girl, yes?

ria : aww glad you're smiley today :) i'm smiley today too. it's a nice sunny day here in NY after weeks and weeks of cold and rain

zzzyun : but but she made it so ambiguous sure must ask questions!! any normal logical discerning person would!!

ky : what is!! issit Ham!

chareli : yaaaa cos of that text i stressed for almost 7 hours and couldnt study for my test =(

hui wen : he's damn bad that day i went to stay with him in his hotel room then he scolded me for not bringing Ham -_-

hou yee tan : dun say so loud! dun u know that small girls usually can pack a big punch!!

themilkyland : awwww thank u :))

pearly : YA I DONT KNOW WHERE PEOPLE COME UP WITH LIES LIKE THAT... seriously... abortion ... hospital.. haha geez.

ronin : no they were very good liars T___T except liewsuetli cos the abortion thing is like a bit over the top :P eh dont say that to martian!! later he dont wanna marry me...

catherine : thank u :))

shaolintiger : and ur recent posts are making me drool! pls tell me there's a roast and yorkshire pudding post coming up soon :D

mchllchn : calculus did not got well =(

tera : me?? haha i was the least dramatic of all these ppl, ok! i wasnt the one coming up with hospital and abortion stories :P

missnobody : it happens to me ALL the time :(

ym : haha the world is full of funny ppl

ssd : ssd i just realized that you and suet li share a common bond

martian : are you tearing at your clothes and hair and beating your breast?

vvens : more like too paranoid :P

mg : i did :)))

pinkyboo : haha we are like that wan. very attention seeking from each other. wow you're sending your ex bf a handmade card!! handmade cards are the coolest ever. im sure he's not going to throw it away :)

kreazi : that's what im afraid of, that the excitement of birthdays will die down :( i hope it never does! hahaha yes yes it must be this moonlight resonance thing

rachel : wow 2 essays in an hour? actually i wish i could advise you but back in school i always used to go over time for the essay components, and in the last 5 minutes i would have to scribble a really hastily put-together ending. my problem was that i spent too much thinking of a spectacular story idea, and also spending too much time on the perfect opener.. but when i realized that i should just settle for an average topic but write it well, and also not to agonize over the opener, i was okay. i suppose since you're writing sopo essays, your issue is how to organize your thoughts? a rule of thumb is always to use signposts at the start of each paragraph to indicate a new idea. try to sequence your points as closely as possible so that they have a nice flow. to be honest i'm just clutching at straws here cos im not really sure what your problem is :\

takemoto : HAHAHAHAHAHA suet see takemoto's comment!! very funny!!

hw : haha wait till you're put on the spot :P see what excuse you can come up with

cb : 2 bucks?! wtf. no la i pay him back in kisses :D

thegeekinpink : her sharp and dashing wit! haih yalar what to do i guess men can be attention seeking too :P

linsey : indeedy!

sheon : why you say he's the man but never say im the girl =( haiya 3 years! long time more

bjk : noooo i need my own space

lishun : thank u lishun :))) thank u for the video comment also :))) you were the very first person to leave me a vid comment!!!

luxfare : haha actually its just the curtains that make the whole room look pink cos the sun was shining in. ya i actually do trust people too much. not a good thing, but i think i know the right people to trust too much :) occasionally i make mistakes tho

:) : thank u!

WP : no idea =(((

wenqi : okay! let me know soon. martian going back to singapore/kl soon. actually, email me if its urgent!

mei : haha why would i be offended! the more ppl have the piggy card, the happier i am! its so cute

mel : cannot T___T there's only one martian and he's mine T___T

jin : the cupcakes were soooooo gooooood

creampuff : i think equus is closing soon, so i probably have to go quite soooon!

josh : wow what did you guys paint! are you doing architecture as well, or did you just bump into her and started painting?

beebee : i feel so happy that my boyfriend bought me shoes for my birthday *heart*

c: OMG THAT IS SO ROMANTIC!!! congratulations :D even though it was months ago. when's the wedding?

ccjj : no one's jealous la haiyo :P i miss home too. is home kl for you?