501/11 and Terminator 2

Dah lama nak tulis cerita ini, as it was one of my memorable PPP/ ITM experiences. 

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Mid 1991, after a few weeks masuk PPP/ITM, I moved to room 501, block 11, via two rooms, left them sebab occupants of the first room pindah ke Subang,  while the 2nd room, I left due to old Jasin trauma.

The first or second weekend that I joined the room, me, VI, Man, that I remembered... we went to Klang to watch Terminator 2 at the cineplex at Bangunan Shaw, Klang. Went there by bus Shah Alam - Klang.

Movie was excellent, as it is. But, yg I remembered is the ruckus me and VI whenever funny scenes appeared, kept doing Arsenio hand pumping. Man later commented, " Malu aku la .. bising betul korang .. " :D

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The Calculus Affair

 I had to take calculus during my PPP years, and I sucked at it. There I said it :P  

One of my clear memories of calculus is the story below ..

One of my roommates, let's call him Man, is a genius. Dude scores la in his studies suffice to say. And we took the same calculus classes, and he did well, and I barely passed, one of the reasons why I changed my major from Statistics to Management Information Systems later.

On the second calculus course we took together, there was a monthly test. And it was on a Monday. So good old me on whole of Sunday, spent practicing for the test. And, Man was out on a date. Later in the evening, after Maghrib, he came back. He was mumbling, saying that he didn't practice for the next day test and felt he will not do well. What he did for the next few hours, was, and am not kidding, he sat on his bunk bed, READING the chapters on which the test was based, using the big red Calculus textbook. Yes, no practice, no scribbling. He would read a bit, ponder for a while, and continue. 

The next day, we took the test, and when the results came out, oh well, I barely passed and he ACED it. 

Life ain't fair :P

picture from here

Ps / the picture is just an illustration