ah... i was going through my folder of pictures i took with my *ahem*new*ahem* phone... looking through the pictures i saw a few pictures i took the other day when my house had an electrical problem... so here's the story... one day (i can't remember when this happened), after dinner all was going well until suddenly blackout... but it was only my house that blacked out... so i figured that the fuse box tripped... as it was not raining, i naturally went to switch it on... but the fuse box tripped whenever i turn it out... so my dad felt something was amiss and called the technician... at first, i thought it might be a electrical power surge because i smelt burning/melting plastic/rubber... but upon inspection by the technician, it turns out my house main electrical circuit is already too old and requires a change... i'm not referring to my house ENTIRE wiring, just the main switch and others... in fact, upon further inspection, turns out my electrical main switch was taking heavy damage... it was burnt badly... so, the only way to get electricity back again is to do a bypass... which i think is crazy... they connect the live wire to the wiring with no fuse in between...!! and it's only protected with a black tape...!! my god... madness i tell you... here are some pictures i took...
ah yes... i'm going to be absent from school tomorrow... the first time i won't be going school since the start of the schooling term in january... no, i'm not sick nor am i skipping school for fun... it's just that i have to go for my MUET test tomorrow in another school... i'm taking the test as a private candidate... to those of you who have absolutely no idea what i'm talking about, here is some explanation...:
MUET stands for Malaysian University English Test and this test is for students who are in university or doing form 6... as the name states, this test is about english and how proficient the people sitting for the exam are... there are two tests throughout the entire year... one in may (mid-year) and one more in october (end-year)... there are six gradings known as 'bands', 'band 6' being the highest and 'band 1' being the lowest... there are four components in the test; listening, reading, writing and speaking... each tests the candidate on how well they, erm, listen, read, write and speak...
okay... wondering why i'm taking the test in another school...? simple... my school does not allow me (and the entire form 6 students) to take the mid-year test... why...? because the end-year one is in a different format and the teachers are given orders from the MOE to focus on the end-year test... but other schools in klang (near my school), are allowing their students to sit for the mid-year one...! a bit ridiculous i know... since the format is different, i made comparisons and found that the mid-year one is easier compared to the end-year one... so, i have no choice but to register as a private candidate... but i still have to sit for the end-year test no matter what grade i achieve in the mid-year test as only the highest grade will be taken into account no matter how many times you sit for the test...
having said all that, my speaking test is tomorrow... so far, my teacher said my ability to speak is good (not great) and that i would be doing quite well... i, on the other hand, ain't too confident with myself... simply because i can't speak well when i'm nervous... plus, i will be speaking in a group of 3 other strangers (not including the invigilator)... this is where i'm getting really worried... i won't know how well the other 3 people will perform as i won't know until they start speaking... i'm praying really, really hard that i don't get a debater or a public speaker as part or the group as i would pale in comparison... i'm also worried what topic i would get as a harder topic means less points to speak about...
i don't know whether i can get any sleep tonight... i'm really worried and nervous... i just hope nothing goes wrong tomorrow... meaning no sickness, stuttering, etc... keeping my fingers crossed and i would like to wish good luck to those also sitting for the mid-year MUET test... i'm going to need all the luck i can get...
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psssttt... i forgot to tell... i got a new handphone... =)
