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SEARCHing for the Right Words

05 Friday Jun 2009

Posted by boonken in Close Encounters of Misadventuring Kind, Non-Events

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SEARCH Conference, Taylor's College

Welcome everyone to last week’s SEARCH Conference at Sheraton Subang!

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My classmates were in high spirits and cam-whoring mode throughout the two-day conference.

I dunno who is the top cam-whorer in class, but Ai Khim should be near the top.

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And yeah, I am totally worth more than that.

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And I have no idea where my latest pose originated from, and God knows I posed similarly when I was at Urban-Attics a couple of nights back (that post coming real soon).

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Well, I shall fast forward past all the mundane presentation and what-nots to get to Akil’s presentation at noon. He was the first student presenter, so yeah, all eyes were on him.

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And he did awesomely well, but the only problem was that I was the next student presenter.

So yeah, for the first time in a long time, I felt a little nervous, it was not everyday you had to present in front of your lecturers and other professors from all around the world in an international conference in a hotel ballroom after your housemate totally set the bar high.

Wow, it felt strange to feel human again =p

So yeah, lunch was a non-event for me, did not eat much, so much for the RM50 I paid for the conference.

And next was my presentation, and how did I calm myself down? My trusty Zooey the Music Fairy of course.

Zen-before-a-presentation playlist:
1) Viva la Vida – Coldplay
2) Swans – Camera Obscura
3) Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
4) Underdog – Spoon

My turn next.

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Flop or not?

Did I choke?

Did I faint?

The moment of truth.

After days of preparation.

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*drum roll*

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Jokes and suspense aside, I think I was alright, not my smoothest presentation ever as I had to ask the chair-person “does this mean I have five minutes left or I just used up five minutes?’ when she passed me a slip which read ‘five minutes’ mid-presentation.

All in all, everyone produced some really impressive presentations.

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But most importantly, I could finally eat!

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PS: Credit to Boon and Edmund for the photos, and who between the both of them, managed to take ONLY ONE photo of my presentation.
=p

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HELP me, I’m a Taylorian

01 Friday Aug 2008

Posted by boonken in Close Encounters of Misadventuring Kind

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8TV, Cecilia Yong, grand finale, HELP University College, Sex and the City, So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia, Sunway Pyramid, Taylor's College, The Mummy 3: The Dragon Emperor

Dear friends,

The person you know as Boon Ken is now officially a Taylor’s College student. This is news to you as much as it is news to me. Last Friday, Taylor’s called me to inform me that I have been offered a full scholarship to pursue a three-year degree in the Bachelor of Arts (Communication and Media Management) by the University of South Australia. I just returned from the School of Communication campus at Leisure Commerce Square after attending the orientation yesterday, and this week has been a hectic mix of taking public transport to Taylor’s PJ, HELP University College, my house in Medan Damansara as well as Seremban in order to settle everything everywhere.

I leave HELP University College with an abundance of memories to last the next three years of my degree life which will now be spent instead at the Sunway area. I thank everyone for spicing up my Foundation in Arts program last year as well as two excruciatingly mediocre semesters in the Bachelor of Communication program, and I apologize for not being able to bid farewell personally to some of my friends. The last-minute nature of my scholarship award has made even the easiest of tasks difficult due to the lack of time as well as transportation due to my dad’s untimely conference in Johor Bharu.

Special shout-outs to my house-mates Leonard, Isaac, Charlene, Kim, and Grace for making my one-month stay a brief yet fantastic one as well as my family (including my “sister” Shir Lynn in Sydney) for all the support and advice, not forgetting Zhen Long for allowing me to bunk in with him for the past couple of nights. I wish I could upload some photos of the highlights of my HELP years, but with the internet connection bordering woeful, I will have to leave that post for another day. To anyone from Taylor’s reading this post whether you know me or not, please comment and maybe we can meet up.

To many happy years at Taylor’s.

Boon Ken

PS: My past couple of days at Taylor’s have been mostly spent watching movies at Sunway Pyramid. Please refrain from watching The Mummy 3 cause it is really brainless at best, but do watch it if you wanna catch glimpses of the gorgeous Isabella Leong and if you got nothing better to do. For all Sex and the City fans, the movie version is a must-watch as it most importantly does not feel like four separate television episodes and it stays true to everything Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.

Cheerio…

PPS: Cecilia, or C.C. is the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia season two after she outlasted three other contestants at Ruums, KL a few hours ago, so kudos and congrats to the recipient of RM50,000 and an 8TV scholarship. You go girl!

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