Princess' Diary

On the 22 and 23 November, I went for a Leadership Conference organised by the Malaysian Students Department of the United Kingdom. They are here to provide service with regard to the welfare and academic performance of Malaysian Students in the UK by facilitating us to develop ourselves as knowledgeable and responsible professionals for nation building.

Im really surprise how the governement takes care of the welfare of Malaysian Students - mainly, of the majority race - the malays. *dont mean to sound or encourage racism but hey that's the true fact. We have quite a number of government ppl sent over to the UK just to make sure everything runs smoothly for the malaysian students studying abroad here. However let's not focus on things that dont benefit the prosperity and the unity of the country. It's always better to be united and have a sense of oneness than have partiality which causes disruption in a community.

Some of us who went =)

I didnt want to go to this Conference at first because i'm not really interested in all these kinda talks esp when it lasts for the WHOLE of 2 days!! The reason i went was because every participant will recieve a certificate and this will look good on my cv. PLUS, the next best thing is... i get FREE 3 MEALs for the 2 days of the conference. WHEEEE!!

Doesnt look that great here coz i didnt take it well. Anyway... it was superb until i burppp! hahaha kiddin!

Lunch for the 2nd Day : Pilaf Rice, Mugol Chicken & Mineral Water

As you can see, the rice is colourful and taste SOOO good. very very yummy!

Dinner for the 2nd day : Chicken Briyani & Mineral Water

For all those meals, I helped myself alottttT!! hehehe i had like 2 or 3 servings okie~! mmMMMMMM ate so much i felt all the lemak in my body adi. hehe. But im so happy i saved a lot of money in the weekend. Even kenneth felt the same joy! haha. A meal like that would have easily cost us 6 pounds at an indian restaurant.

Somemore we had like 2 or 3 servings... so tai okie! hehe =D

I would like to applaud the Malaysian Student Department for knowing exactly how to please us Malaysian students - GOOD FOOD! U see, if the food is bad, Malaysians will surely complain for sure. One thing all Malaysians have in common is the appetite for great food! =D yeaaahh!!

This is the High Commissioner, HE Datuk Abd. Aziz Mohammed. He spoke with truth that really amazed me, saying how malay students with scholarships should learn from the chinese students to work hard in finding the extra cash to support themselves here and to widen the circle of friends by initiating friendships with the British here. He went on saying how they should stop giving excuses that they cant go to pub and that's y they cant socialize with the British or the Chinese because he said, they can go to pub and not drink. It's not a sin. Very well said indeed. Not only that, i learned from him that we should not encourage politicking in the country. The most important question is to ask urself is whether your actions are going to benefit our country, Msia?

Mrs. YM Tengku Zarina is the General Manager of Maybank Berhad. The first woman holding a managerial position who's posted abroad. She is working here and brought her 3 children along while her husband is working back home in Msia. wah i really dunno hw she does it lor. Ill be so sad if im in her position. But i do really respect her husband who encourages her as she laddered to the top of her profession. How many men would do that for his woman? mmmm... sthg to think abt.

3 things i learnt from her:

1) Responsibility : A leader is not ranked by her position. Main thing is to be responsibile.

2) Energy : A leader uses her energy to energize others
She went on saying that a great servant will become a great leader.
U can always start of as being an informal leader.

Very impressed with this dude because he is SO young and is already holding such a high position! Not only that, he is also cute! hehehe. ANDDD married!! haha. Saw the ring at his forth finger.

Kolonel Tajri Alwi, Defence Attache, Ministry of Defence.

I learnt so much from this seminar, so much that i dont think i can type out everything here. Wrote down the qualities and what is expected of a leader in 3 pages. This shows if u open ur heart, u will get something out of it and that something u learnt will definitely benefit u.

Xiu Mei! =D

I finally have a mirror in my room aft 9 weeks! hehe. thxs to xiu mei who had an extra piece. I always wanted to go to Ikea to get a full length one but had always put it behind because very lazy to take a bus to ikea. Too many stops okie!

OH N YEAH!

We had a workshop. Im in Group A and Kenneth is in Group B. Since our groups were relatively small compared with others, we were asked to combined our groups tog. Hence, guess our name!! Group AB! haha so lame. Kenneth figured out one! hehehee.

The first task was to create a fort by using straws. We all brainstromed together and created this magnificent straw fort designed to take the impact of a falling egg which will be dropped 1 metre high in the air.

We inserted the ends of straws into each other to provide a cushion for the impact. And you know what, our team is the only one which managed to get full marks for this task!! The egg didnt crack and landed peacefully in our fort!!! WHEEE!!

The second task on the second day was to create one of the seven wonders of the world using cardboard. Ours was the pyramids. So happie! At least easier than the rest. U can also bring ur own materials and use them for this task. I brought a candle =)

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIENDS!!!!