＼(≧▽≦)／ Victoire Cheval Blanc Murao III ＼(≧▽≦)／

So, recently I went for a one-month internship at a hotel near to the ski slopes at Hakuba, Nagano prefecture, Japan (that's all that is to Hakuba - ski slopes), organized by InterCultural Language School (ICLS). Well, I may do a post about my experience sometime later, BUT that's not important right now! Today, I'm here to introduce to you guys Hakuba's Mascot~ ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆ *clapclapclap drum roll* 

His front, side and back profile

VICTOIRE CHEVAL BLANC MURAO III ( ´ ▽ ` )
ヴィクトワール シュヴァルブラン村男III世
Which is pronounced Vikutowa-ru Shuvaru Buran Murao Sansei
Which means the victorious white horse in French it seems hahahahhaha
Doesn't he sound cool already just from the name? Right? Right? (☆ω☆)
A how to pronounce his name video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtVqGQ3FwI

Well, ever since I found out about him, he has been my favorite character of all time haha So I decided to spread the love to the english community by translating his profile from the Japanese official website since everything about him is written in Japanese there
These Japanese just never writes anything in English |･д･)ﾉ Well, they're Japanese what can we expect huh hahahaha What am I saying lol Ok, back to the main topic!! 
Jeng jeng jengggg~ This is Murao-san (Usually the locals just call him Murao-san because his name is just too long hahahhaa) And they're the ones who named him ｡ﾟ( ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Just some fun facts (°ε° ) 

Top - His wings are handmade, therefore he can't fly

Top left - He hardly ever gets angry
Bottom left - He can't Janken
Middle top - Uses his favorite brand of hairstyling gel
Middle middle - Has a slight hunch back
Middle bottom - Washes his tail first when showering
Right - Sleeps 15 hours per day

ProfileName : VICTOIRE CHEVAL BLANC MURAO III
Place of birth : The Pegasus meteor shower
Current address : Hakuba village, Nagano prefecture
Gender : Male
Blood type : B self-proclaimed (unconfirmed)
Personality : Easygoing
Charm point : His bright red lips
Favourite word : Gamba
Usually seen at : Hakuba village
Dream : Secretly wants to be mayor

His message to everyone:
Hi, I am called Victoire Cheval Blanc Murao III, although a lot of people just call me the long named guy... I came from the Pegasus meteor shower to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of Hakuba's skiing. My charm point is my bright red lips. The wings on my back are handmade, so I can't fly. Someday, I want to be able to fly like a bird in the sky... So, this is the me that will even get scared on top of Hakuba's Jump Arena.

Ah, I'm usually told that I look like I don't have much motivation, but that's not true. I'm always praying for the love and peace of Hakuba! Since my foundation is that Love > Money! I hope that I can become the mayor in the near future.

Please do give me support even though I'm such a me☆

100 Facts about Victoire Cheval Blanc Murao III

1. Currently living in Hakuba-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano Prefecture
2. Male
3. Blood type B - he thinks (hasn’t undergone a blood test yet)
4. Came from the Pegasus Meteor Shower for the Hakuba Skiing 100th year
5. Prays for the love and peace of the Hakuba village
6. Has an easygoing personality
7. Hardly ever gets angry
8. His wings are handmade. Therefore, he can't fly 
9. Often looks like he is sulking
10. Actually, has a heart as clear as a sunny day at the Northen Alps
11. In some rare cases when his “serious switch” is switched on, he gains tremendous power as if he is a different person
12. His bright red lips is his charm point
13. The best friend of Hakuba Village’s high school students (He wilfully thinks so)
14. Talks to himself a lot
15. Of course, he’s very good at skiing, but he just started learning how to snowboard recently 
16. Recognizes more than 100 types of Alpine plants  
17. Wants to hike up mountains over 200m 3 times annually (recently influenced by “イ●トアヤコ”* it’s a fact that the number of hikes he’s going on is increasing)
18. Usually found at Hakuba village but he’s a bit like a phantom sometimes (meaning he disappears sometimes) 
19. Unexpectedly goes out for some sketching sometimes
20. Loves to eat
21. Admires Spiderman
22. Got confessed to twice before (He says) Now, he is looking for a girlfriend
23. Likes to drink sake
24. He’s quite forgetful
25. He knows how to look for his own type of luxury which doesn’t cost any money
26. Pretty good at waking up early
27. If a place is of a walkable distance, he will not ride a car there (Actually he can’t ride on cars)
28. Likes food made of flour. His favorite food is “Ohyokkuri”** (Hakuba Happo specialty)
29. If asked whether he’s more of a mountain or sea person, he’ll definitely answer mountain
30. Has a stack of things that he has attachments to and treasures them dearly
31. Loves onsens, and once he goes into one, he doesn’t come out after 2 hours
32. Aside from his parents, he has an elder sister and a younger sister (He says)
33. AKB48’s Akimoto Sayaka’s fan
34. Owns a smart phone but doesn’t really know how to use it
35. Doesn’t deny that he often finds himself treating girls nicer
36. Dislikes injections, therefore works hard to not get a cold
37. When he goes to a convenient store, he always stops at the sweets corner
38. Does not smoke
39. Often cries when watching movies or dramas
40. Enjoys the time spent on the Oito line
41. He is not influenced by fashion trends, he has his own fashion 
42. Surprisingly does not dislike “troublesome matters’
43. Goes silent when he rarely gets angry but revives after a night’s sleep
44. Drinks vegetable juice every day
45. He relates more to the freedom of a child than the adult’s common sense
46. Can use telepathy (Maybe)
47. Feels relieved when looking at the Katakuri flowers 
48. Feels a bit of jealousy for antelopes
49. Often sympathizes withミ●チル*’s songs
50. Doesn’t dislike cooking, rather, he’s good at it
51. Not many people get his good points, but the people who do get it loves him for a long long time
52. He gets a bit afraid of the height at the observatory of Hakuba Jump Arena
53. Often gets comments like “you are unexpectedly serious!”
54. Has a little hunch back
55. He’s the type that excels when praised
56. Not confident at choosing presents for friends
57. Will look at the expiry date when buying milk
58. Talking about jams, he likes blueberry jam more than strawberry
59. Cannot play Janken (Japanese rock paper scissors)
60. Honestly speaking, he’s very weak in stuff like haunted houses or horror movies
61. Would get a bit sad when the person he missed called did not reply him
62. Reads the whole manga volumes of One Piece
63. Believes the concept of “Love > Money”
64. Unexpectedly does not know proper Japanese (including Kanji)
65. For onigiri he likes Tuna Mayo flavor
66. For sandwiches’ filling he likes Potato Salad 
67. He separates his garbage seriously
68. He can stare continuously at trees aging few hundreds of years old
69. Favorite Family Restaurant is “ガス●*”
70. Sensitive to seasonal smells
71. Favorite word is “Gamba” 
72. Thinks that love transcends all nationality
73. Easily falls prey to hypnotism
74. When there’s a thing he likes to do, he does it thoroughly 
75. For ramen its miso flavour
76. He is actually not naked, he just wears white cloth over his body every day
77. Lays on his belly when sleeping
78. Loves stargazing, favourite constellation is Pegasus
79. Tries to eat healthy food
80. Kinda likes checkered patterns
81. Is through and through a soba person
82. Sleeps 15 hours daily
83. Drinks Chamomile tea before bed every day
84. He always sleeps with his pyjama and his nightcap
85. Likes solving crossword puzzles
86. Washes his tail first when showering
87. He’s a regular at more than 2 restaurants
88. He is sure to read the Ohito times
89. Doesn’t forget the touched feeling towards nature
90. Wants to fly in the sky like a bird
91. Likes futons more than beds 
92. Has his own favorite brand of hairstyling gel
93. Good at recognizing people’s habits and secrets
94. Always checks out the new flavors of Garigarikun
95. The best thing that happened to him recently is that he won a prize from the ice cream lucky draw
96. Unexpectedly confide his problems a lot
97. Brushes his teeth 3 times daily, more than 3 minutes each time
98. Likes “Mochi Kinchaku*” the best in oden
99. Has a more than expected amount of stamina
100. His dream is to become the mayor of the village

 *イ●トアヤコ(17)should be a name of a person/TV program
**Ohyokkuri(28), a Hakuba Happo specialty, is made out of kneaded flour (wheat flour) stretched to an elongated oval shape usually eaten in nabe (Japanese steamboat) 

Ohyokkuri

*ミ●チル(49) another name which I don't know
*ガス● (69) A family restaurant in Hakuba, find out and let me know the full name! I forgot ><

* Mochi Kinchaku (98)

Mochi Kinchaku

Well, if any of you guys are interested after reading this (✧ω✧) Here's his official website (Japanese) : http://www.hakuba-murao3.jp/ 

Murao-san goods!! : http://www.hakuba-murao3.jp/goods/

(Although if you go to Hakuba, you can find his merchandise everywhere~ Sometimes there's limited edtion items as well)

Murao-san's schedule <3 : http://www.hakuba-murao3.jp/schedule/

The kind Murao٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶

The cool Murao (((o(*°▽°*)o)))

Murao-san trying to help :3

Who knows? You might meet Murao-san by chance while visiting Hakuba, the place of beautiful powdered snow, scenery and also the place which provides more terrain, vertical rise and advanced ski and snowboard slopes than anywhere in Japan.The excellent powdered conditions are why everyone says skiing in Japan is the best ♡ 

Personally, I really liked my experience in Hakuba (although I don't have much to compare it to) #MalaysianKid #HotCountry. But the powdered snow was really really nice, especially on sunny days, when you can enjoy the sun + snow + scenery (°◡°♡)

Teehee, bye bye Murao~ Definitely gonna go meet him someday,
See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

Dentistry offer letter!! ╰(▔∀▔)╯

Yo guysss~ I finally got my offer letter!
.·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·. Was nervous for one month, finally the moment of relief pheww

Well, I was told that for Dentistry the results will be released by the end of the month. So by the end of September I was on my nerves all the while, waiting for that e-mail (❁°͈▵°͈) Looked at my phone straight away when there were notifications but all I saw were spam mails... Then I started to become even more nervous haha and started asking around my group of friends who applied to imu before.

So, from what I heard from a few friends and some research on the internet,
imu generally takes their time in selecting their students, especially if the applicant hasn't passed up all the required documents (ex. Ielts results, gap year clarification...) Sometimes its the only thing that is preventing them from sending the offer letter.

Their advice was to contact imu (Admissions Department 03-2727 7566 or admissions@imu.edu.my) either by e-mail or calling. They also said that calling was definitely the better option. I agree with them as well. So, when October arrived, after I also went to British counsel to get my ielts results, I decided to email them my results and ask them about the status of my application as well. I got 8.0 in my ielts hoho(´∀｀) And you know what they replied? That I had to wait till the end of Oct for my results, that the selection team hasn't released their results yet ｡:ﾟ(;´∩`;)ﾟ:｡ MY HEART

Well, a few days later I called them, and they told me to wait till the end of the week (⌒ω⌒) Wee~ Calling really makes a difference haha And, not to forget, IMU really sent me the offer letter by the end of the week (*/ω＼) 

Moral of the story
Don't be afraid to call up to check on your status, the reason probably why I had to wait some time longer was that I hadn't sent in my ielts results before 30Sep. If I count the days that I had to wait after sending in my ielts results it was actually quite fast.

Many thanks to the IMU administration & admission team,
See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

Châteraisé シャトレーゼ KLCC branch

Fuuuu, so recently I got to know that a new branch of Châteraisé just opened at Publika Shopping Gallery from a FB post
(o´▽`o) Those cakes, mochi and cream puffs are calling for me *drools

Since Publika is such an inconvenient place to go by public transport (nearest bus station masjid wilayah is 9 mins walk away) I went to the KLCC branch instead (￣▽￣*)ゞ Cravings have to be fulfilled by hook or by crook haha

So KLCC's Châteraisé is just located at the food area in Isetan, at the Concourse floor.

They sell mochi, cakes and other tidbits *o*

Too bad we cant dine in there, heard Publika's one is larger though.
It occupies a little corner near the bakery, a hidden gem in the crowd (´• ω •`) ♡ I bought three items of variety there:

1) The Legendary Fresh Cream Cake ( ´∀｀)ノ～ ♡ RM 14.80 *Dat swag name
It was the best seller of Châteraisé.

The packaging~

It was so convenient to open!

See that cute little cake, it doesn't look like what a bestseller would look like right? It looks like an ordinary strawberry cream cake ╮( ˘ ､ ˘ )╭ BUT IT WAS SHO NAISE hahahhaha Goosebumps

There's a cream layer on top, then a thin sponge layer then comes the strawberries + cream then sponge then strawberry and sponge and cream again. Were there so many layers?Σ(O_O) Probably not, but it felt as if there were so many layers cz the strawberry part just melted in my mouth \(￣ﾊ￣)/

The sponge layers were not too much or too dry, it merged with the cream nicely. Definitely a must try!

Another thing, I was very happy with their packaging ♡ There were spoons inside, and also easy to open for intake

See See~

*I ate them in Starbucks

2) The Double Fantagy *swagnameagain (Original flavoured cream puffs/Chou cream) RM4.8

Creaaaaam Puff

These were normal. But I guess it's because I had the legendary already so it felt normal It was actually pretty nice for Malaysian cream puff standards. It had soft skin and smooth insides, once you break through the skin, the cream inside overflows into your mouth, made me think of the cream puff that I used to really like from One U's isetan, which is now closed down
The cream was refreshing, not too thick, hmm I would say everything was perfect except that the outer part was soft, I prefer a crunchy outer skin

3) The Mochi Cream Cake Mont Blanc ＼(￣▽￣)／ RM 4.50

This is something quite special, It wasn't as sticky as normal mochis are. It's quite hard to describe, but it was shoftt and creammy~ (￣▽￣*)ゞ

Bought some again haha these are the flavours :D

Well, That's about it! I thank Starbucks KLCC for allowing me to eat all these desserts there o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o
Châteraisé definitely has much more to offer, really want to just buy everything and just have a bite of each (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) HAHA Have to go workout now after all these desserts!

See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

IELTS 2016 (acedemic) 10.09.16

So,I went for my academic Ielts examination last Saturday at British Council Malaysia. Thanks to my ever efficient mother, I managed to reach there at 6.30am in the morning when I only needed to report in by 8am ヽ(￣ω￣(。。 )ゝ What to do haha But contrary to what I expected 6.30am on a Saturday out in the city, there were already quite a few people out and about, rushing to their workplace. I guess that their jobs start 7am in the morning. Phewww, I shall appreciate being able to wake up at 10am in the morning every day and still have time to eat a hearty breakfast. 

Well, since I had lots of time left before 8am, my mom left me in front of KLCC because she thought it would be a good idea for me to walk to the KLCC park, find a bench, sit down and eat the breakfast she prepared for me in a tupperware. (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡ I followed her advice and walked towards the park, but it was a bit dark around the park so the coward in me led me to plant my ass on one of the staircase in front of KLCC's big fountains, where the KLCC guards were having their roll call and morning briefing. It was interesting to see them all lined up, they even sang the national anthem! w(*o*)w I never knew they were so dedicated! Teehee~

I really should take more pictures haha

By 7am the sky grew brighter and there were more people at the park. The park was brimming with liveliness with the joggers, guards at their stations, dog walkers, Pokemon Go ppl etc It's so amazing how different it looked just a few 20 mins ago 〜(￣▽￣〜)♪ The power of Daylight!! So I stayed there until 7.30am, caught a few eevees and even a ghastly hoho The power of Pokemon Go~ Never bored anywhere as long as you have your phone and a power bank (o´∀｀o)

Back to British Counsil, there isn't much of a dress code but I wore formal anyways, no harm trying to impress the examiners (I had all 4 segments of the test on the same day) The Ielts test is separated into 4 segments, all Ielts takers should be clear about this already. There's the Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. So, first, you'll get an email on the details of your Ielts test, details include the components, duration, date, venue, reporting time and the starting time. And they'll tell you that the result of your Ielts would be released 13 days after your test. Well, I don't know what's the usual arrangement, I'll just tell you guys my story.

So, I had two sections in my Ielts journey, the Listening/Reading/Writing (Written examination) part, and the Speaking part. The written examination part and speaking part would be held seperate from each other. I had my written examination at 8.30am in the morning, and we had to report in by 8am. There's a funny story about my reporting in, please learn from my example and don't do the same mistake i did (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) British council is hugeee (O_O;) I kind of regretted my slow paced breakfast at the fountain already when I reached the place. So I only had information from the email that said I'll be having my examinations at the 2nd floor of the South block. Thank God the South block is just near to the entrance. Once you go in from the front entrance, you'll see a big fountain and a jungle of trees beside the fountain. Before the fountain, there'll be a building on your left, that'll be the South Block \(^ヮ^)/ I think the examinations are always held here, since there was a big signboard saying that the 2nd floor was an examination hall.

So here comes the mistake, once you reach the South Block, you'll see a counter opposite a few elevators and some scary looking guards sitting behind the counter. I was kind of afraid of them so I just ignored them and walked my way into the elevators. The lifts were quick and a door opened straight away once i pressed the 'going up' button. I went in happily, ignorantly to be exact and pressed the 2nd floor button. It didn't light up Σ(°△°|||)︴ and the door closed on me. I was stuck there, without being able to go up. It was soooo embarrassing coming out of the elevator, it took me a while to gain the courage to step out (ﾉД`)

Well of course the guards out there laughed a bit and I embarrassingly went to face my fate. They were actually quite friendly people (╯_╰)  The correct thing to do: Walk up to them and look for your name on a list that they'll leave on the counter table. Sign beside your name, and they'll give your bag a quick check (They didn't check mine) Then, they'll go to the elevator with you, scan their card and press the level you should go to for you. Haih

Ielts has really strict security checks. Once you reach the top, you'll be asked to line up then they'll explain the rules, that there are 3 stations inside.

Station 1 : The belongings station
You leave your bags or bulky items here
Smaller items like your handphones/purse will be put into zip-locked bags with your name written on

Station 2: Registration/scanning station
You'll be asked for your IC/Passport for identification purposes
Then you'll be asked to scan your right index finger 4 times on their scanning machine

Station 3: Picture time
Then you'll have to take picture for identification purposes
Remember, no teeth, no spectacles, and your ears must be seen!

All these are done for identification purposes I guess, they don't want any other people impersonating you and nailing your exam for you (O_O;) Haha they even ask you to scan out when you go for a toilet break during the exam and scan back in when you come back >.<

Mm~ once you go in the exam hall, it'll be 2 hours and 40 mins of concentration and silence. There's a water dispenser outside the hall and they allow you to bring water in the paper cups they provide (゜Д゜)⊃旦, so actually there's no need to bring a water bottle in. They only allow clear mineral bottles.

Ohyea, some links that I think would be helpful:
Listening & Reading: 
https://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/sample-test-questions
Writing (model answers):
Task 1 http://www.ielts-exam.net/academic_writing_samples_task_1/
Task 2 http://www.ielts-exam.net/ielts_writing_samples_task_2/

A quick check of what you need to bring:
1) IC/Passport
2) Jacket (if you're afraid of the cold)
3) Clear mineral bottles (but they provide a water dispenser so you don't really need this as well)

The written examination part and speaking part are usually arranged separately. Some may not even be on the same day or venue. I requested for the same day and I got it. So my written examination was in the morning and I had to wait till 2.40pm for my speaking test. So, as usual, reporting in 30mins earlier than the exam time. The exam hall we used in the morning has now been converted into a waiting room. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ This time, we could bring in our belongings
\(￣▽￣)／ Basically everyone in the waiting room was either bored/dead nervous. Nobody was talking ＼(º □ º l|l)/ After a while, my name was called along with a few others. We left our belongings at the registration counter and went into different small rooms.

The rooms were really small!! Its about 1m x 2.5m. HAHA That was my first thought. My examiner was a pretty lady that smiled all the time. I can see that she was trying to make me relax. The whole thing went so typically that I was shocked. So I watched a few youtube videos for the Ielts Speaking test, (I'll put some links below) and it was exactly like that o.O The examiner recited some lines into a recorder, saying that this whole conversation would be recorded omg I thought the examiners in the youtube videos were recording because of youtube but apparently everyone gets recorded! Teehee

My speaking test questions:
Task 11) Tell me about the place you are staying right now
2) Do you like the place you're staying at right now?
3) Talking about walking, is there any place you can walk around in your area?
4) Anything interesting stories you encountered while walking around your area?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRFEKvsw-vs
This person helped me a lot.

Task 2
1) A question card that asked me who do I consider a leader in Sports, Politics or Work.
Explain - Who the person is    -How did you get to know him    - What has he done
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyDrz6YAwvw

Task 3
I forgot what she asked me on haha Basically she continued the above topic by asking me some questions about the leader I mentioned. I said Lee Chong Wei (*/ω＼) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyYHs1-6Vls

The whole speaking test was actually just about 10mins long. It went by really fast ─=≡Σ((( つ＞＜)つ It's the wait that was long. Well, I hope everything went well for me and that everything will go smoothly for anyone going to take the test ( ´∀｀)ノ～ ♡ 13 more days till the results come out~ 

See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

IMU Dentistry interview!

So, I went for an interview at the Bukit Jalil campus of IMU. It was a nice, classy place that might be misunderstood as an office building if it wasn't for this big signboard that says IMU International Medical University just outside the building. It was for me, quite big compared to the size of Methodist College, where I come from. They even had escalators in the building for students to use! Well, of course, compared to Sunway's or Taylor's Universities it's definitely smaller ｏ(＞＜；)○

The first thing I saw before I entered the university:

The Dress Code of IMU!! o(>ω<)o o(>ω<)o
I had always thought that MCKL was strict about their dress codes but in IMU, T-shirts, jeans, sandals and sports shoes are not allowed on campus! Students should wear semi-formal clothing with covered shoes to the university. I guess it's to build up the look of professionalism in us even starting from our student days, as all of the students here will graduate to be someone in the science and medical industry. As my already graduated from IMU sister says: "Who would listen and trust you if you don't dress up properly! Especially if you're in the medical line" I think this makes sense too huh Now I've got to plan a day of shopping to buy some formal clothing (￣▽￣*)ゞ

Okay, now to the interview!
Once I reached the admissions office, which was right by the entrance of IMU, I was registered in and asked to wait until the time of my interview. The interview was scheduled to be 2pm and I was asked to be there by 1pm. I reached IMU around 12.30pm so I had a little time to roam about before I had to go back to the admissions office at 1pm to get ready for my interview. I didn't roam far since there were small stalls selling food and snacks just outside the entrance (I think it's their cafeteria).

Then, the time came where I had to go back to the admissions office. There I met some of my fellow interviewees and we had a small chat. Then, the people at the admissions office showed us a short clip about the admissions procedure, what we should do after our offer letters came and when we should expect our letters to come. It was clear and detailed, IMU style (｀ヘ´)ﾉﾞThe staff were friendly and would attend to all our needs. Oh! There were free biscuits at the admissions office, it was nice hehe (๑╹ڡ╹๑) 

Well, after the clip, some student helpers came and brought us upstairs by the escalators (✯◡✯)  I'm like a countryside girl going to a city hahaha So 4 of us went upstairs first to wait outside of a glass-doored room. The student helpers were friendly, and they tried to ease up the tension by talking to us and making us (the interviewees) talk to each other, I realised most of them thought IMU was small (*/. ＼)  [most of them came from Sunway's and Taylor's] Hmph! It's ok I'm proud of MCKL ٩(๑`^´๑)۶

We were split into two groups, for two different rooms to be interviewed by different people. I was the second person to be interviewed for my group. I got to talk to the first interviewee, Hui Ting for quite a while. She was a cute and nice girl from Pahang, just as nervous as I was. But talking to each other really helped loosen the tension and after 10 mins of sitting outside the dreaded glass rooms, it was her turn to be interviewed Σ(ﾟロﾟ) I took a peek from time to time into the room and saw that she'd became pure red (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) Oh my! Was the interview that bad?! While waiting for her interview to end, other interviewees came up to the waiting spot as well, there were even students who are here for their second interview because they couldn't get through their first one

Jenggggg, and so come my turn in the interview chamber ＼(º □ º l|l)/ But, it turned out quite fine, the interviewers were actually kind of friendly and smiled a lot. I was interviewed by 2 interviewers, both female, one Chinese, one Indian. Both were from the medicine faculty.

Interview Overall:
So I went in, put on my best smile and said good afternoon, they replied with an equally bright smile as well, and I was asked to sit down. So the interview went like this:
1) Introduce yourself
 - My family background
 - Education background
 - Cocurricular activities

2) Say something positive about yourself
 - Patience to be able to communicate to the patient to find out how he/she feels

3) Talk about how you practiced in your ping pong team (because I said I was on the ping pong team during secondary school)
- Just had to have discipline and stay back every day even though it may not yield results because we were on one of the stronger districts with Chung Hwa Independent

4) How did you juggle between practicing and studying during tournament season?
- Had study groups during lunch hours before our ping pong practices

5) I see you've studied in MCKL, I heard from my son (he's currently studying there) that you have your compulsory service hours?
- I talked about my service learning experience

6) Case study:
If you were a businessman, late to your 100billion dollars worth business meeting on your chauffer-driven limousine, and you see a heavily injured victim lying down by the roadside. The victim needs transportation to go to the nearest hospital which is 30 mins away, the crowd around the victim stops your car and asks for help. Take note that you may lose your billion dollar business if you are late for another 30 mins. What would you do?

- This was hard. Well, my conclusion was to move the victim and any other belongings he had into the car and ask my chauffeur to bring him to the hospital. Then, I would call a taxi or any other drivers I had to bring me to the business meeting. In the meantime, I would also call the meeting place to explain my situation. I'm sure they would understand.
- The examiners would really try to rebuke your stand but stand by it and it should go well (´∀｀*)

Yeah, so I hope everything goes well and I get the offer letter by the end of this month. (It's end of the month for dentistry and in a week for medicine) Pray for me *fingerscrossed

So, as a conclusion, whatever you'll need for this interview is to remember to bring your:
1) SPM results original copy
2) A levels results (bring original if you have, if not bring the online ver)
3) Your IC
4) Ielts results (IF you have done it, I haven't so it'll just be a conditional offer even if I pass the interview) (IMU requires at least a band of 6.5 for local and 7.0 for twinning)
5) In your introduction, tell them only stuff you want them to ask you about since the conversation would just flow from your introduction, as seen in my interview

Now I'll just have to get my ielts done! My Ielts examination is tommorow and I'm here writing this ╰(▔∀▔)╯Hope it'll be good practice for my writing {{ (>_<) }} Good luck to anyone here reading this and has an interview soon, and I hope everyone has a nice day ahead (´｡• ω •｡`)

See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

The posts on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the positions, strategies, or opinions of the International Medical University

Methodist College Kuala Lumpur

So, I just had my graduated from MCKL a few days ago, when I say graduated, I mean going for the graduation ceremony, where we had to go up on stage to get the scroll of graduation, actually just a piece of paper （＞ｙ＜）. Well glad to even have a ceremony for pre-u, normally there isn't any.



Honestly, I felt that I had graduated on the last day of my A2 examinations, and the graduation ceremony held at Dream Centre Seksyen 13 pulled me back to the life of MCKL once again that I'm going to dedicate a post to my one and only college ♡

I took up the CIE Alevels course at MCKL, with 4 subjects, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. It was a tough but fun A-levels journey in MCKL. Would I recommend other students to take up A-levels at MCKL after their SPM? Definitely YES ᕕ༼⌐■-■༽ᕗ

Let's talk about the pros of studying in MCKL!! ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧ ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧
1) Their fees are quite cheap (compared to Sunway/Taylors) and their scholarship is quite easy to get as well. Most my classmates had at least a 25% scholarship in the first semester. The problem is to maintain the scholarship haha See this? *Taken from http://www.mckl.edu.my/admissions/scholarships (˵¯̴͒ꇴ¯̴͒˵)

Course	100% Full Tuition	50% Partial	25% Partial	15% Partial
A Levels Australian Matriculation American Degree Transfer Program (ADTP)	9 A+/A and above (must include 5A+)	8 A+/A & above	6 to 7 A+/A	5 A+/A/A-
Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Diploma in Early Childhood Education (ECE)	8 A+/A/A- & above	6 to 7 A+/A/A-	5 A+/A/A-	3 A+/A/A-
Minimum internal GPA (Maintenance)	3.2	2.7	2.2	2.2

Basically to maintain that 3.2 GPA, you'll have to get straight As in each subject.

For 2.7 its around an average B- or C+. 

For 2.2 its all Cs. 

It may sound easy, but for A-levels, you really need to spend those extra hours in the library.

Smalls tests and your diligence in assignments/lab also play a part in maintaining those GPAs, since it takes up a certain % marks for each of your subjects.

A-levels was the part of my life where I seriously took time to study, staying back in the college library ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ I miss my secondary school life so much, that carefree life when I didn't need to think of anything much. Well, talking about the library, next point!

2) The environment of the college

It has facilities that all colleges should have i guess, a basketball court, library(with computers), cafeteria, auditorium, computer room, hall with stage, the wright hall (with ping pong and foosball table) What's special about MCKL is the student's attitude and feel. I don't know whats the secret, but MCKL's environment/students really give off the study hard, play hard style. There are various active clubs in the college, and also the always full basketball court and wright hall, but you'll find people studying everywhere on campus as well. Cafeteria and library full of people during exam periods. Maybe its because of the dress code? Yes, MCKL has a dress code!

Dress code:
1) No below knee skirts
2) No sleeveless shirts
3) Trousers must reach the ankle                        
But you can bring shorts/singlets for sports during club activities and so on.

The girls in my class, hmm well most of us'll look like this with the dress code, simple but fun haha There's some MCKL t-shirts in as well

Some people may not like the dress code, but I personally like it as is saves so much time and brain power instead of choosing what to wear every morning. I feel that its a good transition between secondary school life and uni life, a little lesser social pressure from peers.


Jajang~ I'm so proud of our results this year ໒( ♥ ◡ ♥ )७
All thanks to our super dedicated lecturers~
Special thanks to (Physics) Mr. Ben, (Chemistry) Dr. Ing, (Biology) Ms. Angeline, (Maths) Mr. Lee for this one and a half years, some maybe not that long but at least a year it is!
I don't really know about the arts side, but they have pretty decent lecturers for science subjects.

Our post graduation lunch at Sukiya

Mr Ben and Dr Ing are really sporting teachers, they're kind of everywhere when there's school events etc. So you can expect that they really try hard to make their subject and class interesting for us. Mr Ben usually brings us out of class and does some station games with quizzes, Dr Ing usually has some lame joke hidden in her slides haha but it brings the mood up in the class :D

They were also there with us during our graduation ceremony. Even went to lunch with us, see, I told you they're everywhere! haha

Teehee everyone eating happily

Ms In and Mr Ben in the middle, our post makan photo

Next, our Bio teacher Ms Angeline. I love the way Ms Angeline teaches, she may seem strict at first, but when you get to know her style, you find that all her notes are really good. You don't have to worry about reading up anything extra since she most likely has covered everything needed for the exams.

Mr Lee is a typical maths teacher, he writes down note (everything we need to know about the topic) on the whiteboard and what we need to do is just copy and refer to it. He gives out lots of exercises to do, so no worries about not practicing enough.

Well, in conclusion, Most teachers in MCKL are responsible and responsive to our questions, not only these 4, the other lecturers that I've experienced are all quite nice and knows what they're doing, especially for the second and third sem. MCKL usually assigns better lecturers to you during the later semesters, when you need to face your AS and A2.

3) The college song
We have a college song! Nyahaha We don't sing it much actually but we learn it during our orientation and may sing it during some school events. Its really nice to have a song to relate back to the college, and it's often used in the character formation projects. Oh yes! another special thing about MCKL is the compulsory subject "Character formation" and "Service learning".

For Character formation classes, we have to do an assignment where we just choose something to do out there that's crazy, or that all your group members never done before. Some examples, going on the KL tower and sing the MCKL song, go bungee jumping, a group even went to learn how to drive a helicopter and took a photo of our college from the helicopter...
My group went on the challenge of singing while free falling at District 21 ( ╹ਊ╹) ( ╹ਊ╹) It was hilarious, we couldn't really sing while free falling, but it was fun, and most importantly created a bond between us and also taught us about getting out of our comfort zones.
щ(゜ロ゜щ) I can't find my old video, I may post it some other day then haha

Service learning is the class where we're supposed to volunteer in any NGO organisations to learn about voluntarism. It was a great platform to introduce to us the world of charity because the college would look up on organisations where we could go to to volunteer, we chose our organisation from a whole list and were grouped up from there. I went to Rumah Solehah and we were on a mission to spread awareness about HIV.

So, overall, MCKL has been a good experience for me, I think MCKL is special in many ways that they try to build character from the inside out, not only focusing on studies. It was a fulfilling one and a half year for me, and I hope it will be for you too :D

Ok See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

Introduction

Yo! So I decided to start up a blog! Yay~ ＼（＠￣∇￣＠）／

Well, I dragged a bit on the starting of this blog as some tragedy happenned T.T

Let me tell you my tragic story haha
So it goes like this, I started writing my first post excitingly, writing out the details that I wanted this blog to have, a beautifully (if I say it myself) thorough explaination of how I wanted this blog to be etc. And then! I accidetally clicked on the 'cancel' button instead of the 'save and view changes' button (-﹏-。)

Such a sad but beautiful story, ain't it? And I spent my whole morning writing that post.. 

Well, I feel so much better getting this out of my system, let's get to the main point.
So, I decided to start up a blog ୧( ಠ Д ಠ )୨

This blog will be about the things I have learnt in life, including college life (A-levels), my hobbies(Crocheting, Drums, Piano), maybe some movie or drama reviews as well. 

Ok, see you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce