what now?

I'm officially done with my degree!! :)

(okay, not really officially..but yea considered since I don't see myself failing Advanced Topic :P)

Before the paper: EXCITED & NERVOUS!

After 12.30pm: ECSTATIC!!

Few hours later: Aimless. Torn.

I feel like a lost little lamb trying to figure out which path to go and where should I go! Yea, I know it's kinda way too fast to be worried about working and all.. but I like predictability. I like to know where's my goal. where am I heading to.

Penang or PJ?
HR or special needs children services?

I want Penang and PJ. I want Penang so that can be with mom, sisters and Kah Wei. But I want PJ so that I can be with my dad. I sure gonna miss him like mad when I'm in Penang. That's for sure. I'm a daddy's girl. :P

God, help me.
Lead me to the path that You want me to pursue.
The path that will lead me in fulfilling Your purpose in my life.
Equip me with wisdom to know what's from You and what's not.
In You, I trust.
Thank You, Jesus.
In Jesus' precious and matchless name I pray,
Amen.

Have you ever...

.... felt you are so near in reaching your dreams...

... yet so far from fulfilling it?

2009 in a glance

Review of 2009

January
CRZ's 21st birthday & beginning of new sem - Year 2 Sem 3


February
CNY 2009 with 5% of cousins with mom only

Sun's house-warming..

My first time playing mahjong! *obviously*

Cognition and Perception class..


March
Psychology Dinner 2009

Dinner-BBQ at CRZ's


April
Time-out practice! *with Miss Cheong as the kid! LOL*


May
Kite-flying

Belated Teacher's Day celebration with Miss G! her surprise video!

Chu's birthday!

Network Tea with Employers 2009

Penny Pao's birthday!

Psychology gathering at Kenny Rogers, Sunway Pyramid


June
My 23rd birthday!! *lurves*

Random shopping after random lunch.

EeLin's birthday!


July
Penang-Langkawi trip! :)


August
My first day of internship! *excited*


September
-cant find any pics!- :(


October
Mom's birthday!


November
Children's Camp! *I miss the kids*

Sun, Gloria and Nisha's birthday!


December
Christmas 2009

New Year's Eve at Ian's house! *loved the fireworks*


May 2010 brings happiness, joy and laughters to you guys!
:)



With love,
Rachel Khoo

lazy pig!

muahahahaha. that was for rachel khoo! her blog is soooo dead till I have to update for her! haha.
No special update actually. she is just so lazieeee. I'm such a good sister. =P







toodles people.

sarahkhooyoongwei signing off.

Mass update. :P

SORRY FOR THE LACK OF UPDATES! yea.. very very lack of updates. ;)

So, what's going on in my life in Penang? I guess it could be summarised with one word ABUNDANCE!

Let's see:

1) ABUNDANCE in food! goodness gracious me. I think I've gained like what... 3-4kgs. And it's still ever-increasing!
Outcome: At least once a week of 30mins in gym!




2) ABUNDANCE in getting connected to canine. My working place has got 2 dogs. mix-breed. but I have no idea what breed. Forgot to take pics of them too. one day. LOL. Oh and my uncle bought a tshih-tzu! male pup. He called him Whisky. Hahaha.. I love that dog! so cute! I love kacau-ing the pup. but my granda keep saying that I am so rough with the dog. and believe me, everytime she sees me...there she goes again... "Ah Ting ar...ya da ya da ya da..." hehe. even to my cousins! hahaha.
OUTCOME: I also want to buy dog!

KahWei's cousin's toy poodle. Apparently, the poodle 'jumps' instead of run. hehe. how cute. like little lamb. :)

Whisky

3) ABUNDANCE in gaining experiences at the centre I'm working with. both good and bad. really.
Bad: I've experienced mother who was unhappy and say it rudely in front of me. Well, the issue was with the fee and her keep canceling her son's appointment. and so happen I was dealing with the child, so yeapz.. I was the victim! She sort of showed her attitude in front of few parents.
Outcome: Me trying to explain to her and trying to discard the forfeiting of fee for her cancellations at the last minutes and ended up being embarrased! and for a split seconds or maybe minute, I actually doubted myself if I have done anything wrong. But, nope. not me. it's her. Thank God my kind-hearted supervisor is on my side! :)

Good: I have opportunities to conduct (more to like assisting) workshop. So far, I think 3-4 workshops. Some workshops do pay us. But some, nope. So, yea. Depends on the generosity of the person-in-charge who invited us to conduct the workshop. It's fun. Especially when I get to learn from my supervisor! Her ideas of games and how she connects it to the point is eye-opening! :) Not to say it's really WOW. but well, though it's simple..but well, amateur as I am.. I never think of any of the ideas before. haha. :P
Outcome: Tired but satisfied after each workshop. But actually, almost every day I enjoy working. Except for the waking part. hehe.

Tired after work.

English teachers from various schools and kindy in Penang. One of the workshops.
Given one word: caning. and everyone was supposed to continue to form a sentence without seeing the previous person writing his/her word. so, it's kinda surprising that each teacher above can connect and form a really meaningful sentence. The rest were pretty here and there. Not a very meaningful ones.

4) ABUNDANCE in hair? erm.. artificial I would say. haha. cos I permed my hair to make it more volumized. :) but my personal hairdresser said my hair condition improving. ALOT! woo hoo! PRAISE GOD! :) hopefully I'll get used to the new hair!
Outcome: It costs me a BOMB to perm it. at least I think so. Some people think it's okay. Some think it's cheap. And of course, others think it's expensive. well, no regrets. never try, never know!

Pictures above is on the day I permed. So, probably by now, I won't look as nice. haha.

In August, I went to church family camp with KahWei and family in Kampar on somewhere end of the month. First time been to family camp. Experience was amazing. enjoyed myself.

Picture taken during the free time. We went to the waterfall which can be seen from the North-South Highway. Really nice! :) (notice I'm gaining weight?)

Last but not least, I will be going down to KL on Sunday from Pahang. So, dinner together guys!!! :) SO looking forward to it!! Friday gonna go to Pahang for wedding. The real day is on Saturday. Then Sunday off to KL! I MISS EVERYONE OF YOU!!!

Truthfully, I miss our classes! :(

before i leave, take a last look at my straight hair cos the next time you see me... my hair is no longer straight but wavy :)

See you guys in few days time!


With lots of love,
Rachel K.

Week 2 Internship

Went to attend workshop in Penang GH. 2 days Family Therapy Workshop. first day was by Dr Lai Fong Hwa then on the second day was Dr Barry Mason. Overall, it was good as i learn more about counselling stuff. how to ask ques and etc.

Want to tell more but kinda bad mood now. wait till when i free i shall tell more


and sunn!! where are you? i need to tok to you. desperately!! i m very frustrated! i need to tok to u! sobs! wish i am back in kl now. :(

1st week of internship

Just started my internship this week..first week already busy! most of the nights..reached home, kinda tired but kinda fun also lah. cos get to attend to children! :) Let's see..

Monday: First day of work.
Nothing much as every Mondays are meeting days and also to finish up reports for the children. So, Monday nothing much. Was greeted by two dogs in our centre. Kinda scary at the beginning because they bark bark like those dogs that can "rest" their teeth on you!Anyhow, now they are my friends! hehe. So back to Monday, I attended meeting, the other interns (UTAR students who started in March or May) brought me around the centre and introduce the assessments that we use in the centre. One of those mostly used are CTONI IQ test, PEP-R, Carolina test. Yupz. All so new to me. So, in the end, spent my Monday morning reading the manual of those tests. :) My lunch time is with the rest of the colleagues in the centre itself. They cook there. :) Around 11am to 12pm, some of them will start cooking! home-cooked food! nice nice! save $$! hehe.

Tuesday:
Tagged along my colleagues when they attend to the child. So that I can learn about how they do things there and etc. Lots to learn. Kinda interesting! Get to see lots of different children! Went back home tired. :)

Wednesday:
Still tagged along my colleagues when they attend to the children. Had a chance to administer to some of the children. DS and autistic. oh as well as ADHD! oh-my-gracious-goodness-me!! now you guys know where my energy was contributed to. Met one DS kid with hole in the heart. such a pity. Some of the kids are actually very pretty and cute. Sometimes, I feel kinda sad to see kids in those conditions! Oh.. and when I went back yesterday... I wore the wrong slippers as I was wearing house slippers.. so I ma go change slipper. I did not lock the door. I just closed it. BUT lo and behold, the dogs (Diamond and 2-way) ran away! Goodness! I was super-panicked! nd i felt very bad! very very bad! i cant even sleep at night! every time I think of dogs sigh.

Thursday:
The moment my mom turned into the road to my centre... I asked my mom to check whether can she see the dogs there! cos I didn't have the courage to check! When my mom said yes it is there... I did not believe! When i turned and checked... wow. my heart jumps! cos i was so scared if the dogs are not back then i donno how to explain to my supervisor! hehe. Apparently, my colleague who was there on Wednesday told me that she stayed till 6something for the dogs to come back home! haha. Today, I had fun doing things! hehe. see kids and etc.

Friday: (tomoro)
Going to Bukit Mertajam to see the children there. We have a centre there too. to cater to those who stays at the mainland. COme to think of it.. alot of people there too. our waiting list is quite long. and we have 400++ active cases with only 8full timers and 3interns! imagine that! its sort of like back to back work. But it's all worth it!!

Saturday.. we going to one of the schools to have workshops with kindy teachers! We are going to teach them about ADHD and ASD. Theory of mind, play and etc.

Sunday..another workshop in Disted. busy busy. this one is a full day thing. hehe.


Alot of workshops ahead! one in August 28 2009 but i couldnt make it. as i have family camp to attend to. first time i attending family camp. well, the family camp i am not attending with my family..but instead with kahwei's family! :)

Okay. so till here lah. will update more! but actually i have lots in my mind before i online. but once i face my new post thing... i lose the track! haha. soo toodles!