Adam Geordrey share his thoughts and life journey: December 2017

Hello and welcome back everyone. I know that I have been missing and gone away for a very long time. I admit that it is such a shame that I was even having a very hard time to get myself logged back in into this blog of mine. It really show how long I have left this blog behind. I am starting a new blog for our school magazine. If you are interested to see the content, feel free to go to semaiancrewsince2017.blogspot.com

Initially I intended to create a facebook group or page for that matter but I do realise that not everyone have the Facebook account. So, if I were to get the photos uploaded there then it would be something hard for those non facebook users to view those photos. So, I decided to get it all uploaded on the blog instead. On the negative side, since not so many people are familiar with blog writing, I found out that I only get to monitor the views with no feedbacks or any comments and honestly speaking it is quite disappointing. So, now I guess that I will still have to create the facebook group or account to at least have those facebook users to be part of the school even after they are officially an alumni to the school.

Anyway, I think that I should share it here for why am I, out of the blue decided to write an entry in this blog after I have left it for more than a year I believe. Well, frankly speaking I have just done watching this one Thai Series (for Thai series lovers they understand why am I so into it) called SOTUS. You may find the series online available with the English subtitles. I get a lot of flashback and throwback when I watched the series. It is circulated about the uni life and I have left that Uni life for almost three years now. Time do past so fast. I would like to share this one quote in the series that really caught me... The recite this line several times in the series... "... because we only get to be the First Year Student once.". So original and so true right?

Well, just to have some flashback and an update on those years and the people it may concern. I met my besties (Alex and Yong) during our first year where all three of us are in the same residential college called Kolej Kediaman E or as how most would call it Kolej Kediaman Perempuan (All Female College) due to its blocks where out of 7 (if I am not mistaken) only one block is available for male students. All three of us (AlFahRey - Thats our acronym), managed to get our place in the college up till our second year and starting from our 3rd year we all went out to the other residential college where me and Alex got ourselves in at the Indah Permai Residential College while Yong got hers in USIA College. And just for the record, we (me and Alex) were among those who live as the final year student in the final year college season for Indah Permai.

Anyway, after we have gone through the 4 challenging yet meaningful years, we did it and we graduated in the same year of 2014. It has been three years now and here I am writing this blog from the district where I am currently serving one of the government school here in Bintulu, Sarawak (Borneo) while Alex is still in another part of Borneo, Sabah teaching in somewhere around Tawau or Semporna (can't recall) and guess where is Yong or her full name Sha.Yo Na B Om Sal ? Well, she is expected to get her Masters Degree Scrool in this coming 14th of December 2017 in one of the University in Melbourne Australia. Whoooo!!! I am super excited.. I really wish I could be there for her graduation day... It has always been our dream to pursue our study abroad and she is the first one to did it! Yong, worry not... We will follow your footsteps for sure.. I am targeting for UK... wanted to be at the place where the language that we teach are coming from.

So, can you see how life is? Now only that we are in the current moment that we are able to look back at what have we done and how much have we gone through throughout the past and still trying to figure out what the future holds for us. It seems impossible at first but when we finally did it, we now know that it was not impossible at all. We did it because we allow our self to do it! So, there is no wrong in dreaming big but as we all know, big dream comes with big sacrifice... it could be anything, time, money, relationship, career, anything is possible. Its just the matter of time and whether or not we are willing enough to sacrifice big things for a bigger things.

Well, I guess I would want to save the words for another entry next time, which I hope I will keep on posting. I just want to say that it feels good to be back on track where this is the base where I get started and this is the mould that shape me for who I am today. So, lets not look back and regret. We should keep moving forwards and look back once in a while to see how far have we been through to make things happen and always be grateful for everything serve their own purpose and meaning.

Now, it would not be complete to have the entry without any flashback photos as the down to memory lane right? So, here there are. Some of the chosen photos to resembles our/my uni life in Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

I tried to choose the best photos from those year when I had my uni life but I cant because there are too many memorable events. So... I have got more than 60 altogether.

Let's get started!

UMS 2010 (First Year)... I only selected some for First Year because I don't want to have this entry filled up with up.. need to spare some space for the following years...

Fitting if for our Formal Tesl Official Course Jacket... Thats Jason.

In classs photo during our Tesl First Year Classs

At the Dewan Kuliah Pusat Lama (Old DKP)

Our first Unofficial Class photo during our First Year back in 2010 at D' Bayu Cafe area

Us again at the same ocassion right after MSM has ended... Alex, Anton, Me and Yong

During Majlis Amanat Dekan SPPS when I was the emcee for the event.

I looked funny in this// but yea... this was during the E Residential College Family Day at Karambunai Beach Resort.

The Same Ocassion with the great First Year Students of 2010

Kampung E Family day.. Thats my team..

I cant recall what play was this.. Midsumers night dream or Macbeth... During the presentation.. I was Othello..hahaha

Moving on to UMS life in 2011...

This was during our first Tesl night in 2011 at 1 Borneo Grand Ballroom.

And this was me and Alex..in our working uniform (shirt)... We had about 4 months semester break and decided to get a part time job. So we did... and yeah.. we were the former worker of RAKYAT SUPERSTORE TUARAN SABAH.

Us having our discussion outside BT4 (TESL ROOM) as we always did.

Behind the scene of our first formal photoshoot. TESL UMS.

And this is the formal photoshoot. Funny enough... we never had enough members in any class photoshoot up till the day of our convocation... hahaha

Next, lets look at 2012...

Me during my microteaching presentation

Jason at the back of me.. we were trying to be an archer... Archery in 1Borneo Hypermall...

This was during the APK Expo... Me and Alex were in the same group and yong and anton were dropping by our stall..

This was during our trip somewhere.. I cant recall..hahaha.. and there behind us.. Jasbillery Kansedo... he used to be our housemate in Indah Permai... and yea.. we were in the UMS Bus...

The chaotic TESL night during our second year sem 4.. we were the organiser of the event which takes place Putra Ballroom in Kampung Nelayan...

Alfahrey is doing the show! Performing Sway... Pussycatdolls version... Me, Alex and Yong...

Our energetic performance!

Taking a shot with the TESL members...

This was taken at Birotatanegara in Kundasang Sabah..

At kaki gunung kinabalu.

At the D' Pustaka Cafeteria behind the UMS library.. I heard they are no longer exists... had a lot of great memories here...

not so sure when and where

Us at our TESL Night preparation

And in this shot.. the besties are being awesome.

Shall we continue with 2013??

During out water rafting in Kiulu...

Our night activity during Perkhemahan Kokurikulum in Kiulu.. The Tesl family,,

Me and Yong was preparing for an event as the emcee but Yong ended up be the emcee alone..kesian..hahaha

Our Permadik Family... Well, I was one of the Students Representative Council for our Faculty.. hahaha... Gila kuasa ka like that?

During out water rafting in Kiulu...

Another memory captured at D'Pustaka cafe.. i miss Uncle Bob Chicken rice...

Getting ready for our UMS Yearbook.

At the Tesl Night with Clarissa...

Puppy love during one of our outreach in SMK Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu

Taking photos with the head of the program HT06 Tesl (Dr. Lee Kean Wah)

A crazy behind the scene of our video shooting at ODEC Beach,,

With our lecturer Ms Cripina Gregory K Han

The official class photo at FPP..formerly known as SPPS

The besties.. Alex, Yong, Adam

There we go at the mak cik punya ofis okay.. Setiausaha Agung MPP Datin Sharifah

Oh.. I remember this.. I designed this logo and it was officially used for a campain in the uni.. I am proud,,.haha

Outing after done with the interview for our assignment

We interviewed Wawa El-Diamond (Miss Borneo 2011- The lady in pink) for one of our assignment

Porky porky at tuaran.. Asadap boh Mee Tuaran with Cynthia after done visiting our school for Evaluation Course,

Our so called formal photo for the Evaluation Course Cover

Fuhh... what a long lists right? Now, lets move on with 2014...

This was the photo we took before we officially off for our practicuum (Teaching Practice/ LM/Training)

This one was after we were done with our Marching as one of our course in Bachelor of Education

A photo with Jason Wong Guo Shun... This was before we enter the hall for our graduation ceremony. ohhh.. how fast time flies..

Done receiving our scroll.. this was our final class photo as UMS Tesl Undergraduate... and we are officially graduate students at this very moment..

This was done two days before the real convocation...

And we have come to the final throwback of my Uni life in UMS... It is very sad to leave them behind but the sweet memories do remain.

And this is my 2015 throwback...

I was there as the Research Assistant of Prof. Vincent Pang while the other friends of mine are there as his masters students.

Me and my great, awesome former boss., the former dean of PPIB.. Prof Vincent Pang..

Us after the field trip for the research

At the PPIB lobby with the other lecturers and the masters students.

Well,, how was it? If you are not yet a university student and having a dream to be one, go for it. Embrace the world and your life... I do understand that money does matter but even us, when we entered UMS we were one of among many students who came from a not financially well family but we still go for it because it is an investment for a better future... And yea,,having no money should not be an issue because government do help a lot in giving us the education we need... And if you saw my photo in the red t-shirt with my friend, yea. we did part time job to earn extra money for us to use during our uni years.. Thats what we called sacrifice... And believe me, once you have passed the hard season, you will be smiling knowing that you are glad that you took the chance to do it.

So, I'll leave you with this long entry and hopefully I will be back for more stories because right now I need to do something regarding my job as a teacher because hey, I am a working person now remember?.. UMS 2010-2014.. get posted in 2015 and this 2017 is my third year teaching... so... cant wait to see what 2018 holds for me.

Bye for now.. till we meet again..

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