I've been wanting to write this post a few days ago but have been delaying it.I feel it should only be right for me to complete this post now.
Nope,it's not the Balik Pulau version of the hit ABC drama series Lost.It's about 3 noobshits finding their way through Balik Pulau to reach the Island College of Technology(ICT).
Hock and I have decided we should have a backup plan for our tertiary education in case we don't get a place in the local varsity or we don't get the courses that we want which has a high possibility of happening.And now that I found out I didn't get any offer from NUS,this backup plan is much needed(I'm gonna try appealing though).So we met on Tuesday afternoon to go to that college together and ask about the courses available.And these 2 noobs thought that each other knew how to go to Balik Pulau but in fact neither knew.But nevermind,can always call people and ask right.I called Chie Siang 1st cause he told us to ask him if we don't know the way but guess what.....
Dudu.......dudu.......dudu......
Chie Siang answers.......
Chie Siang : hello
Kah Whai : hello Chie Siang ah...
Chie Siang : ah Kah Whai....oo hamisu bo(yes Kah Whai....anything?)
Kah Whai : boh la wa boay mui lu the ICT an chua ki..(no la I just want to ask you the ICT how to go..)
Chie Siang : err Kah Whai ah wa ti cho kang tiau la(err Kah Whai I'm working now actually)
Kah Whai : oo ane ah biau kin la(oo like that ah nevermind la)
Chie Siang : sorry hah bye bye
Kah Whai : bye bye
So...how ah???The one promised to help didn't help...shit you la Chie Siang(hehe just joking ne I'm supposed to say sorry for disturbing you working..lol).
Then Hock called Teik Loon and asked.Teik Loon said just go straight from Apek's house we will find Balik Pulau d but the info wasn't enough for us to find ICT.I called Apong but he didn't know either.No one knew and we just sat in the car wondering what to do.And suddenly I had this idea..
Kah Whai : abo wa lang ki chai Apek ki la...kum pun ka liao lang bo tua choo beh Dota pun(Why not we go and fetch Apek and
and go with us...nobody for him to Dota with anyway)
Hock : ok lor....
And off we went to Apek's house.Coincidentally his dad came home for a while and Apek was able to ask his dad about the way to that college.So Apek came along with us and showed us the way.
However we still got kinda lost along the way because the roads there I gotta tell you,they are very confusing and you can barely see a building,just trees.If I haven't went on that trip I wouldn't have known that such place existed in Penang.And so Hock kept driving and driving until we reached a town in Balik Pulau.Apek's dad told him that we should look out for a Shell petrol station and a Petronas petrol station after that.That was all he could help because he suggested we ask at Petronas.But heck when we reached the 1st Petronas we had in sight,we were told that we came the wrong way and that we should go back to where we came from and also look out for a very small roundabout.That was where we should find the Petronas Apek's dad mentioned and we found it.We asked again and was able to get some directions from the bobos working there.However,we went the wrong way again.After driving for some time,Hock decided to stop his car for us to ask for directions again at some bobo store.And finally this time,we found our way through to the college.Phew......how glad were we??lol....
Before I came to the college,I thought it was gonna be big,well furnished and things like that since it's new but to my disappointment there were just a few chalet-like buildings and some dewan,well at least from what I saw.The buildings were all one-storey high only.I wonder how they can accomodate students with such skimpy facilities.
Then we went into the office for enquiries.Yea you got it right,all bobos except one a-ne-ne there only.Expected d la actually.We were greeted by a lady.Erm she didn't actually greet us until we started talking to her.We told her were here to enquire about the courses provided in the college.She brought us to the guest room and not long after some fat-ass bobo came in.I don't hate him but it's just the way he does things that irritate me.Take so much time just to get us some bloody brochures which were just outside the room.
Hock and I signed ourselves up for the Pharmacy degree course.As we were leaving the place,I thought to myself that I wouldn't wanna come to a college like this and prayed that I will be offered a course in NUS.However,it was a tough luck.I found out on Thursday that my admission was denied.KNN.I don't know why with my results I was quite confident I would get something.Maybe the courses I chose were too competitive.What to do???What are my results to them???There are dozens of people who got results like mine or even better.This is the world today.The fittest survives.
After all that,we headed back home.Thank you Hock from being the driver and Apek for navigating the way.
One thing I notice is that along our way there,I saw like practically 7-8 mosques and they were like only 100 or 200 metres apart.WTH.Why the fuck do they need so many mosques????Do they have THAT many people to accomodate??Or they have this inter-mosque games where they compete to see who can chant the loudest.KNN anyone living there is gonna die of noise pollution.
