Wednesday 21 December 2011

The New Frontier (Part One)

21/12/2011
Wednesday
1923 hours


A lot of things can happen in two weeks.




Wait, a minute. How did I even get there? *presses the PAUSE button*
That's more like it.
Just pausing life for a moment for a chance to reflect and cherish.
So where was I?
Oh
SPM ended. 
WORK began.



Packing Procrastination




Errrr...ignore the mummy and daddy part. xD.
OMGGGG. I MISS PENANG FOOD. Stuff here more expensive. Yet, if there is one thing I like here, it's the PASTA. xD (and junk food :P)

Let's return to chronological order. 

Part and parcel of Starstruck's reward (Young Writers Journalism Programme by the Star), I was selected together with 15 others to intern at the Star for one month. All 16 of us are split into 4 batches. Batch 1 - Form Four peeps. Batch 2 - The home-schooled peeps. Batch 3 - Form Five peeps. Batch 4 - STPM and Chester Chin. 

Over the course of one month, we are assigned to different desks respectively, mainly Features (Star2), Education, News and Metro. Yours truly was handed Features (2 weeks), Education (1 week) and News (1 week).

Yet, what's life without some fun? 
*One day before Internship Batch 3 begins*

Jumped on Aeroline bus and headed straight for KL on a sunny Sunday morning. Amanda was on the same bus too so we talked and talked and talked and talked and talked all the way to the Land of Mud. 4-5 hours of non-stop talking. xD 

Time flies fast when you are enjoying it no? 


       
Some random pics :P (Credits Amanda)

When going outstation, accommodation would always be a major headache - especially when you are just a teen with little cash. Thankfully, Alicia offered up her place for night. Ellora the Sarawakian would also stay there as well - in separate rooms of course. 

LEPAK AT ONE UTAMA! LEPAK AT ONE UTAMA!

Dinner time swiftly came (that enjoying time thing must have something to do with it) and 7 of the Starstruck peeps met up at One Utama. What happened next? Priceless moments summed up in two rage comics. :")
Starring : Kyle Supershine Chan, Amanda, Alicia, Ellora, Le Shea, Wee Nie, Michelle. 



      This is what happens when vegetarian Amanda tastes meat after a very long, loooong, looooong time.



                                  Who needs credit cards to pay the bill? USE COINS! :D

We went on separate ways at 9 pm as a new life beckons ahead the next day for Amanda, Ellora and myself. Alicia and Michelle had started their internship earlier (Remember the different batches?). Le Shea and Wee Nie would later join us for the YNN video journalism camp as prize for emerging 'cream of the crop' in the lower secondary writers category. 

I admit I had butterflies in my stomach as I prepared to sleep that very night. 

No more school. No more teachers. No more exams.

Just strangers. Just assignments. Just deadlines.

Just MORE STRESS.

Just the new frontier of life. 





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