Get It Done!

A Finishing Touch, A New Journey. 1st year 1st.

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:32:00 +0000

Life is always full of ups and downs, and the bittersweets that color our moments.

Sometimes it was super fast, yet it could be dreadfully long. Well my exams are just over marking the end of this semester. It is really damn fast that 1 sem had already passed just like this without realizing that I had actually managed to "survive" in UTP for one year plus. That day I heard the Petronas anthem which suddenly dug out some nostalgic momory. It reminded me of the very 1st day when I came to UTP for MAS as a freshy. Its still vivid as if they were just happened yesterday. I still remember the moment when I bit farewell to mom and dad when I was in the chancellor hall attending the opening ceremony. That time I wished that I never come to UTP. I wasn't used to.

1st Day in UTP. That time I weight a lot more than now!

The registration period. Still remember the background music?

It is playing in my mind right now though it's just a picture.

Things had changed ever since, with the magic of time. For each sem to come my homesickness lessens. I was packing alone in my room V2a-114 that day and unknowingly some emotions come to play, but it is mild. Perhaps I was alone and tend to contemplate. The atmosphere was so lonely and filled with emptiness, maybe the rain outside could claim this special effects. But I don't understand why. I am suppose to feel happy and

easy since I get to go home but my steps are heavy as I know I'll gonna miss my room so much. Whatever it is, I realized that I had already made UTP my second home (though I prefer my real home). I had adapted to the new environment, and have a new circle of friends. I'd learnt to appreciate friendship and what is called true friends. Nonetheless, there is a new me too. You got no idea how much I had changed just in 1 year plus.

Well everything is over, for the time being. What I could do is just having some flashbacks.

I would be missing these few things: my super free time table, EDX24, the swimming pool and all the kaki-renang (Aaron, Alex, Jun Yi, Kuo Chun, Pau, etc) which I hope they still on next sem, and some funny and unforgettable moments with my friends.

With this kinda time table without even a single lab session I concluded that it is the "freeiest" sem we had ever had. As for the coming sems I would gonna miss the swimming pool and Chinese Orchestra definitely.

On Thursday I don't even have a single class.

Is it way too relaxing? While I see my Roommate who is doing EE is kinda hectic. Hehe.

"SteamBloat" @ Kampar having a trio Bday celebration:

Leon, Beldon and Chang Yi.

EDX24 (Engineering Design Exhibition) had been my focus event this semester. And I am really tired of designing as there are too much that I had done. Below are some sample of them. BTW this sem I had a very nice HOD which is very unique to other HODs. And I'd finally found the person that can work very well with me especially when doing designs.

EDX Tshirt That I design. 100% own artwork no source images (expect the fonts).

BTW it is far too fancy to be EDX shirt, and some people dont like it. Art is subjective as it looks differently in different people.

EDX Teaser Wallpaper. I did it without any reference and without borrowing images from Google. 100% own idea and artwork.

Inspired by some graffiti arts. But it doesn't seems 1 at all since I drew these out themed on futuristics.

Thats all for this post.

-Signing out-

Bad luck.

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:36:00 +0000

*SIGH*

There is nothing much to start off but to give a big sigh.

Haih. Why am I having such a bad luck!?

My bike lost.

New bike key snapped.

Car key jammed.

Goggle stripe snaps.

Room key lost.

-it all happened on the same day-

Additional bad luck:

After I asked Robert to smash the old bike lock (coz the key snapped), and had bought a new one, Mei Foong suddenly told me that Cheryl is having the spare key.

Aiks!!!

KEY - Why you hate me so badly???

Haih.

Yet Another Mid-sem Break

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Tropicana Mall's ~~toilet bowl~~ basin.

Well lets start off with a lil joke here. Guess what, I saw this in Tropicana Mall yesterday and thought that it was a toilet bowl until I realized that there is a mirror in front! Well I can't imagine what would happen if there is such a toilet bowl with a mirror like that! xp. In fact that is a basin designed for kids.

Its quite surprising that I updated my blog quite early. Maybe its holiday?
But my mid-term holidays is always quite a busy one. Lots of "appointments" with family and friends. I've been nearly a week in Melaka AND I didnt get to swim yet! My movements are getting awkward. Noo!!! Am I too addicted to swimming? Lol. But it's a good thing. Many people said that I've slimmed down quite a lot. Ehe... ^^

Yen Hua and Pei Ying and family visited Melaka. Sadly I really can't make it to meet them since I have my cousin's wedding dinner to attend. Really busy. Then, Its farewel dinner for Ong Yi. Dear Ong Yi, I wish for you all the best while you persueing your studies in London. Keep in touch bro!!! We'll miss you badly.

Family Photo. (mom's side). The pretty bride is my cousin. Among all the lengzai lenglui I'm the short wan. Lolz.
Grand - I've been observing the interior design of the ball room closely. Classically beautiful with soft lighting effects.

My younger sister, youngest sister, me and bro.
Elegant - My sisters did some makeups and looks really different.

Me and my youngest sister.
Sleepy - both of us left our eyelid half-closed.

Genting!!!
Finally its my 1 day trip to Genting. I'll share some of it with you guys while waiting the photos to be uploaded in Facebook by the others. Though I've been to Genting for lots of time, it's still quite a different experience indeed to go with my fellow UTP-ian friends. And yeah, I've finally completed all the thrills in Genting! Though we ended up queueing up more than playings. I've finally ride the Cockscrew red roller coaster and the Flying Coaster which I've long wanted to ride. However it was not as thrilling as I imagined. *proud* Oh by the way, really thanks a lot to you guys for calling me joining the trip, and getting the ticket for us. Esp Mel who came all the way from Klang to KL just for that ticket. Really appreciate that and sorry for the trouble. BTW, I really enjoyed the trip. =)

The Cable Car.
Moves and disappear into the thinck mists.

RedRollerCoaster - Cockscrew.
I got to ride it finally! Not that thrilling by the way. =)

Spaceshot. One should try this out if wanna feel the greatest thrill in Genting.
It shot us to heaven, then hell immediately.

Man in red.

=D
Shu Wei warning someone? haha...In fact she forget to fasten the buckle.

B4 playing the donut boat. That lil kid is so cute and funny when he acted so mature.

Kong with his funny expression that caused most of us laughed in front of our PC when FB-ing.
Really funny.The discussion ends at 4am. lol.

Group photo says cheeze! from left:
Daphnee's sis, Daphnee, Mellissa, ShuWei, Mei Foong, Cheryl, Yik Chieng,
ChooKok, Johnathan, me and Kong.

On that night I stayed in Chee Hong's house. Though he claimed that his house is small, that doesn't matter at all, as long as he is willing to keep me for that single night. Thanks Chee Hong for the stay. =)

Oh, my assignments are piling up and tests are approaching. While I still have a mountains of EDX and Toastmaster stuffs to be settled within this week. Aiks. Time to offline and get into some serious business - sleeping. =p

*signing off*

Missing Those Days....

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Time seems to fly and I didn't even realized that half a semester is already gone. I still clearly remember the day I went to STE. Really missed those days. Miss the cooling river that I used to swim daily. Miss the 60 bucks that I found at the bottom of the river. Also not forgetting of knowing a bunch of crazy but nice seniors. lolx esp Simon and Wan Sin. By the way something special in my life also happened but I decided not to mention about it. It will however remain forever as a meaningful dream of yesternight in me and as time passed...

Life when got back to UTP hostel.
My new block has separated me with the rest of the gang. So definitely I have less time hanging out with them as what I did last 2 semesters in foundation. I start to miss all those things I used to do:

-hanging and loitering in other's room. Esp Chai Shing and Leon.
-Timmy's Cello
-Micheal's and Yeo's crazy shouts. Lol u guys rox!
-Futsal and badminton.
-Eating out in Tronoh, used to be a daily routine.
-Oh ya playing Dota and counterstrike,
-and Finally also not forgetting about eating Chai Shing's food. Hehe...
-Aiks...and also ponteng class. Lolx. Now I cut it off already.

Oh yea new look of my room:
I think it is very neat and well organize =p
This is the original look. I didnt clean it up before I snap the picture.

The table I use daily. Kinda small and messy actually. Not neat. Just like the wan in home.
The wooden table is extra.

What I call mini pantry. Its actually just a table with all the pantry stuff. Though I didnt cook anything before expect instant noodles. The white thingy below seems so cool yeah.

The view from door. I have a pile of food stock. Long time didn't stock in ed. The box belonged to Michelle. Hehe... The mini trash was useful indeed to house small rubbish temporary before I move them into a bigger wan below the wooden table.

Things changes as times passed. My thinking changes as time passed. I'd switched my course into Petroleum Geioscience. However I love my new course and new course mates now. The group is about 45 people. Somehow small but very much condusive compared to the PE which has more than 100. I love the rock and geology study as well. I treat it as the biology which I used to love, somehow rather the "biology" of the earth. Well, most importantly, I have an idle timetable ever! With Thursday's holiday.

As time passes by, I made more new friends.
This sem I've been much closer to Aaron and Ze Shen. Both are very talented guys. Multi-talented in fact. All thanks to swimming that met me with Aaron. He was an international swimmer and a professional musician with a very disciplined lifestyle. Probably the man known to sleep earliest in UTP . A guy with many principles perhaps, which probably gain lot's of my respect. Oh yeah, my swimming had been improving ever since, and now I was even asked by him to teach free strokes to some newbies if the swimming club is formed. I am really glad that my hard work was fruitful.

Though Aaron is very musically talented, I found Ze Shen also very impressive in his musical talent. He is those rare species that u could hardly find, with some incredibly precise and speedy tune recognition ability. Perfect pitched, we called. He is one of the best pianist I have ever seen, other than playing the violin and saxophone and etc. I am learning from him how to play chords in an impromptu manner. The grand style. But it was hard for me.

*signing off*

Quarantined!

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:14:00 +0000

WHAT A COINCIDENCE? or July just happen to be my BLACK month?
23th of July 2008 (2nd week of my foundation 1st sem.) I was quarantined a week home due to measles, also caused by a virus similar to flu virus. Again this year, 25th of July 2009 (also the 2nd week of my degree 1st year 1st sem) I got quarantined for a week due to suspected flu symptoms. It is even more coincident when UTP is CLOSED for a week, just excalty at the day when my MC expired (the day I am supposed to return back to UTP). Thus, another week off at home and hence, I have a total of 2 continuous weeks of "holidays".

CONVO and EDX PNP vs quarantined.
This sem I have been offered to hold the PNP HOD post for various events. But I haven decided whether to take or not, in fact I am really busy. Especially with convofair. BTW it was just so unlucky that I got quarantined and was unable to perform during that peak week. Worse still UTP is closed down for the following week. I have no chance to work for Convo at all though I wanted to! BTW EDX PnP is going quite smoothly even when UTP is closed. All thanks to the internet. We have all our discussions (all-time meeting in fact) in googlegroup. Very very effective and now many rough designs and ideas have been came out. I really feel the achievements we have done. Really thx to Chee Hong for having such a brilliant idea, as well as other committees with thier commitment. I am quite surprized that actually Mel is quite good in designing, and Ze Shen is picking up fast in Photoshop too.

Meaningful Reunion
Yeah, I've visited Ong Yi and his family yesterday (wednessday). Early in the morning 7.30 a.m. they picked me up at my house and we went to Tiara Resort to jog and swim. I really like the olympic-sized swimming pool there, and the environment is simply rejuvenating. Then in the afternoon Ong Yi's mom treated us in Kokkiya, a Japanese restaurant. Tang Xin Yi was invited there with her mom too, and Ong Yi's dad. Xin Yi was having "quarantined" holiday as well, as MHS was shut down a week too. We have a great time having many conversations. Later we went back to Ong Yi's appartment. I watched some documentaries about the Sukuji Market. Suddenly Xin Yi's mom came over and ask me to have a vaccination. So Ong Yi and I walked to Xin Yi's house and Dr Tang Injected us. Really thankful to the Tangs for that! I went home after that. Also really thankful that Ong Yi's mom had planned so much for us. Thanks!!!

Leaving Melaka soon....

Past Memory - Digimon Drawings

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:50:00 +0000

I suddenly found something that I'd totally forgotten long time ago from the hide of my book rack, deep in between boxes of old papers - an old and crumby envelope. Swiftly I grabbed it and was quite exited...oh yeah, still heavy as it is some 8 years ago. The condition was good, not eaten by insects. Slowly I opened the cover and took out its content. Whoala...still there! some 30 masterpieces of Digimons that I'd drew when I was in standard 5 and I'd forgotten them totally. I flipped through the old and crumpled papers piece by piece in great details, with great exitement, hardly believing that I'd actually drew them! Flash back occur as each pieces showed up...back to the time while I was in my formal house in Desa Baru, my grandpa house and my life in primary school. That time was the Digi-world. I used to love them so much and was a crazy fan. Well, that also reminded me of playing hide-and-seek with my dad, whom I dare not let him know that I'm actually drawing those as he'll probably got angry as for him, doing such are a waste of time. Still I remembered he'd confiscated my Digimon book where I refered and drew from. And how pathetic was I that day...those pieces were drawn in all types of papers: envelop, small memo, back of unused printed papers, scrap papers, but not A4 or art paper! This signifies something: I dare not even go and steal my dad's A4 paper and I am still clear about that! That's why I am drawing in whatever paper available that time...

To make these poor papers and my art work eternal I've decided to scan them and convert into soft copy, and I've uploaded them to some servers.

These are some of the pieces. (The complete set is in my facebook)

My favorite, solely it is a fish. I have affinity towards fishes...

Still remember the process of drawing this creature...
among the hardest.

Flaming bird...duno wat mon is this la...

Proof: can see the prining behind?
Traces of my primary school's badge on the top.

Another printed papers. Still have the traces of words.

Among the 1st Digimon I drawn. This initiated me to draw the rest.

V-mon. My last piece. Also lost the mood to draw dy...

Protagonist in the Digimon Anime.

Poorly mantained. Also among the 1st Digimon that I'd drawn.

Racing againts the time: still remember I was drawing this on
the glass table around 6pm like that
when my dad was away.

KL Outting

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:17:00 +0000

It was indeed one of the best outing I had ever had...and really glad that I am blessed with so many friends that colors my life. As soon as I reached KLCC, I stopped by Kinoukuniya - a routine whenever I came to Suria, and visited the Japanese section. Lots of Japanese are there and is like a mini Japan. Cool. Then I met up with Rainbow there and returned her her charger. She came alone all the way from Taylor Subang just for this...so we had some conversations. Not long after, Henry called me and ask me to met him up in the station. So I left Kinoukuniya and too bad we can't had lunch together.

1st day - MPO
Weeks before, Henry asked me join them to watch a chamber performance from MPO (Malaysian Philharmornic Orchestra) in KLCC. Then I see a good oppoturnity to join the bunch of talented people, perhaps we can exchange knowledge and have a nice conversation over musical thingy. Here are the people and their respective instruments (celloist seems to dominate):

Henry - pro-Piano, Cello, Double Bass
Zhe Shen - Piano, Violin, saxophone
Shu Wei - Cello, Piano, Violin
Denson - Er Hu
Mellissa - Cello
Timmy - Cello
Philip - Cello
Yun Chuan - Piano, Er Hu
Xuan Hui - Cello, Piano
Robert - Flute
Aamir - saxophone

Chee Hong - saxophone

We entered the Dewan Filharmonic Petronas and I was quite fastinatied by the design...damn grand espeially the pipe organ that stands elegantly around 16 feets high in the wall! However the chamber performance is perhaps too artistic and contemporary for me to understand...The melody they played are strange to normal ears and I didn't get them at all. First was a duet, between a clarintist and a violinist with a pianoist doing the accompaniment. Not bad and they musician looks so elegant and noble. Next came the cello soloist, nervous and a bit uneasy. But she did quite well finally. Among those, it was the first time for me to see a Marimba and Tuba being played in a duet. The Marimba is like a xylophones with pipes, and a women played it with 4 sticks. The last performance was a duet of piano and violin. Again I don't really hear music in the entire repertoire.

My first Nando's. How pathecic...
From left: Denson, Shu Wei, Mellissa, Henry, Philip, Zhe Shen, me, Timmy

Outside Dewan Filharmonik Petronas...
Back row from left: Zhe Shen, Henry, Philip, Chee Hong
Front row from left: Mellissa, Christon, Denson, me, Timmy, Robert, Yun Chuan,
Shu Wei, Xuan Hui

A glance of the Dewan Filharmonic Petronas. Design that really won my heart.

Soon after the performance we go around the complexes nearby: Plaza Low Yat and Times Square. Just walked around. Then I joined Chee Hong for dinner, along with Robert, Xuan Hui and Aamir. His generous dad treated all of us in a vegeratarian retaurant and I enjoyed the food there so much. In the car I realised that Chee Hong's family is from the SGM (Sokagakai Malaysia) which is of the same religion group with my mom. They are so surprized and happy upon knowing that my mom was from SGM and suddenly asked me a lots of questions.

I stayed in Zhe Shen's house that night. Days before Mel did ask me if to joined them skating in Sunway Pyramid, so after discussing the plans for the next day I decided to go Sunway. Shu Wei arranged all the transportation for us. After that I didn't sleep quite early as we (me and Zhe Shen) played Plant VS Zombies in his laptop until late midnight while Robert laid flat like roti canai in the bed! We discussed all kinda strategies, yet failed to withstand 30 streaks! No idea what was the time when we went to bed...

Second day - Sunway Pyramid
I woke up early 8 o clock. Shu Wei send me to Jelatek LRT station while sending Robert to Pudu with Zhe Shen. Cheryl waited me in the LRT station and I follewed her to Sunway pyramid to met with the Klang group - Mel, Timmy and Denson. Then 5 of us went to an Italian restaurant. Damn expensive and not so nice the food there. Cheryl complained of having diarrhoea after having the spaghetti the next day. After that we went ice skating...truely remarkable and enjoyable but I falled a few times. It was my second time skating...and the first was years ago in Japan. Timmy and Cheryl said that I learned quite fast, but still I have to thanks to them for teaching me. Skated until my legs and hand became ached after a few hours...coz keep grabbing people's hand when I am about to fall. Then we went Starbuck and I had my first Starbuck coffee...albeit it costed me a fortune I enjoyed that very much. Soon after I followed Cheryl back to KL then had instant noodle in Zhe Shen's house for dinner because I had spent too much that evening!

2nd time skating....
In photo: Mel, me, Denson

KL-trekking
Last day Zhe Shen and I went to KTG cenima. My first time. We watched Terminator the Salvation. Not bad but was quite different from the previous Terminator film. After the movie we went KL-treking. It was a bit crazy as we walked from KLCC to Pudu! But it was a nice route as we snaked through many complexes around KL and I get to see many things. We ate in small stalls around CheeChongKai. I finally went into the bus and leave KL around 6.30pm. Snoozed off in the bus...

Thanks friends for all the treats!

Tagged by Molly

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:18:00 +0000

1. Besides your lips, where is the favourite spot to get kissed?
How could I know how a fish tasted if I haven tasted one before??

2. How did you feel when you woke up this morning?
Great

3. Who was the last person/people you took photo with?
Mel

4. Would you consider yourself spoiled?
Yes...when I go to UTP I learn to spend...learn to ponteng...

5. Will you ever donate blood?
Yes that is a good deed!

6. Have you ever have a best friend who was of the opposite sex?
No idea...don't think so.

7. Do you want someone to be dead?
Never...

8. What does your last text message say?
Yea...thx. Oso say thx to your mom and dad la for the stay. =)

9. What are you thinking right now?
Zheshen's house...haha.

10. Do you want someone to be with you now?
No idea...

11. What was the time you went to bed last night?
2.00 a.m.

12. Where did you buy the tee you are wearing now?
lol no idea where it comes from but i just grab whatever tee in the wardrobe

13. Is someone in your mind right now?
always...

14. Who was the last person who text you?
Hwang Ket

10 lucky persons to do this quiz..
1) Lee Han Way
2) Alex Chang
3) Fu Ann
4) Leon
5) Rachel
6) Cheryl
7) Mellissa
8) Rainbow
9) Timmy
10) Denson

Who is no.2 having a relationship with?
Got meh? I dun think so...with his guitar...wahaha

16. Is no.3 a male or a female?
wah piang...male la...

17. If no.7 and no.1 get together, would it be good?
omg...haha...God knows the answer...

18. What is no.1 studying about?
Form 6 physics major.

19. When was the last time you chatted with them?
...cant remember

20.Is no. 4 single?
Yes...Leon Always the better Choice....

21. Say something about no. 5.
Ohh....stay in Melaka Baru now studying in Cheras in education courses...banana...hehe (no offences) Going to Austrailia very soon....

22. What do you think about no. 2 and no.6 being together?
Not bad also...hehe both single...but available o not i got no idea. Joking oni...haha

23. Describe no.9.
Timmy the sponge, he called himself. hehe. But I agreed...he is the sponge that suck in skills in no time....good in cello (half sem), piano, programming, singing, composing, drama and performances. But too bad he cant speak BM fluently...MUAHAHA....

24. What will you do when no.6 and no. 7 fight?
Omg...Cheryl will you fight with Mel?

25. Do you like no.8 n 10?
Yes why not......

What a Black Week.

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:22:00 +0000

My holidays started off with a black week, despite of the visit of my former Johorian PLKN friends. Black indeed with many unlucky events happen in a chain-reaction manner. It goes like this:

3rd day of the visit
Jayson and Alan were the only 2 people left in Melaka. Rainbow, Winson and Ah Yang already went back to Selangor to each respective colleges. So we decided to spent our last evening in Shi Tien's tart shop. Being so unlucky my family's Camry can't be started so I used my 30 years-old car instead. I fetched Ann Xiang and off we go. Half way near the general hospital, the doctor called Ann Xiang for emergency, notifying that his dad's cancer is in a very critical condition and will be gone any time. Imediately he asked me to turned back to the hospital but suddenly my car can't move at all and got STUCKED at the traffic light! Blocking off the traffic and soon to cause a jam! I bacame so nervous and totally helpless seing Ann Xiang's anxious face. Pity him that he ran all the way to the hospital while I keep stopping the traffic so that Jayson and Alan can push the car aside. We did it finally. Then we walked to the hospital, around 500m afar, and met up with Ann Xiang. We also called Shi Tien and he came too. Ann Xiang said that the doctor had made an incision in his dad's chest to allow water came out from the lung, to ease him solely not to cure. I really feel sorry to him but Ann Xiang was a tough guy. He faced it bravely.

Laptop Trouble troubles police in its wake.
Day after thier visits, my laptop couldn't load a single shit in the screen. The power came, but the processor didnt run at all. So a few days after, I brought my laptop to one dealer shop in Melaka Raya to diagnose the problem. Then it was the extra RAM that failed. The BIG trouble is yet to come. I drove my family's Camry and decided to go buy the RAM in other shop. While I was on my way I saw a police car going after me....OMG damn it. The police ask me to stop aside. I was alone that time and become anxious. They told me I taken the wrong direction in the one-way road. They said my "P" liceinse will gone with the RM300 summon they are about to issue. Then I begged them to "tutup satu mata" but they refused and had took my IC and lisence away. They said: "MACAM MANA nak tutup satu mata....?" I got thier meaning. and also something that can save my "P". Finally I said: "Kasih selesai kat luar la bang...jangan susahkan saya" they said: "berapa RATUS lu nak selesai? cepat lah. panas kat sini tau," in a very unfriendly and threatening tone. I simply quoted "seratus". But again BAD LUCK. Only left RM12 in my wallet. Again I don't know what to do at the moment. Kinda anxious. Then I told them I need to go to nearest CIMB take money. They followed me. Guest what's next? I LOST my bank card! Damn it and I become like a madman and started to worry that people will withdraw all my thousands of bucks in my account. I ran to a CIMB bank 300m afar and wanna to stop my card while kept the police waiting there. Damn it the bank CLOSED. WTH....I begun to worry that the police might get pissed off. I knocked at the office side door...and the guard responded. Then I ask 1 officer inside to stop my bank card while cracking my head of how to obtain 100 bucks. Suddenly it turned out to be so lucky and ironic, that I saw my uncle walking down the stairs...I borrowed 50 bucks and gave to the police. They return my IC and license then and the case settled.

Well what's over is over. Life is like a chocolate, sometimes it tastes sweet, sometimes it tastes bitter. My next agenda: MPO @ KLCC. I assume it should be a nice trip though...Henry and Xuan Hui will be there too.

Updated!

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:53:00 +0000

3 inches thick of dust...
3 kilos of spider webs...
3 months old of fungus...

I have no idea how long my blog had been abandoned until today. Anyway I am back...
How should I get started?

#Lets talk about something in the recent - the mid sem break:
I don't really get to relax as usual for this holiday because my sister had a meningitis (Inflammation of the meninges, or the brain membrane, due to viruses, bacteria or fungus. For her case is unfortunately viruses). Thank God that she had been recovered these few days and left only her double vision. Anyway it is progressing each day...what a relief!

#Now lets move on...MMU DEBATE!
First thing that startled me is the superb achievement of Kong! BRAVO!
Congratulation!!! It is way too far to anticipate that he could even beat all the rounds and feed backs to become one of the 6 adjudicators for the final round of MMU national debate competition. The main thing is, he came as a spectator...and got chosen on that day itself to be a judge! (I come, I see, I conquer) xp, it sounds so much like this to me^^ I am glad that I've offer him a place to sleep while he can concentrate on his adjudications...
Anyway I admit that I don't have the talent in debate at all...so I marvel those guys who are good in debate.

#Es freut mich, Sie kennen zu lernen, Herr Ludwig
Nice to meet you, Mr Ludwig. It was such a surprize and pleasure that Desmond brought his guest Ludwig to home visit me, on the 21/3. Along with them are Han Way and Fong Ling. Letr I get to know that Fong Ling is my sister's fomal senior in STPM. Nice to meet you^^. Ludwig is from German and is 17. We had a long conversation, in English definately. Anyhow, I suddenly recalled the moment when Megumi and Mai was sitting on the very same chair that Ludwig was sitting. What a nostalgic memory...
The second say we went to Han Way's house for a special lunch by his mom. We play cards then...sort of chinese new year feeling. I learned Romnace de Amour on guitar on that day.

#Swimming Fever

"wind your body
wriggle your belly"

Now I seems to realize why Heng Jia Shen suddenly become so enthused with swimming. Nevertheless, I am in his perspective now. As what he had proposed...I downloaded a Youtube clip that teaches me to swim butterfly stroke. It is really effective and I got the teaching. Now could move like a torpedo in the water! (ignoring my stamina) Hehehe...

#Ok now something about Photoshop again:
I've discovered a way recently on how to create 2D vector graphics (requested upon Rotaract's badge design). Seriously cool and efficient and less time consuming...this idea was inspired from my amateur 3D modeling skill...
No longer I need a software such as Inkscape or Corel Draw for assistance, nor Cheryl's Black Prince for breaking my limitation. By the simple means of merging, subtracting and intersecting geometries, it opened up the door to create all sorts of 2D vector graphics!! Yes of course...basic photoshop skills such as modifying selection, transformations and so on are needed. Anyone who are interested to learn do not hesitate to inform me...I would post a tutorial...or teach you personally. God gave me such a talent, therefore I shall be grateful and bless the others with this special gift =p.

These are 2 of my recently produced artwork:

Vector Graphics have sharp defined edges. All in Photoshop.

Starcraft Lurker drawn by using HP Pavilion.
Thx to Cheryl...

# 2 Good Games That I would introduce:-
-Left 4 dead:
This game is seriously kick-ass! I would rate it 9/10. Imagine horde of zombies running towards you while you shoot them down like falling domino. Blood spilled all over when their head exploded, limbs are broken and tear off. Plus, the sound effect and movie is so cinematic and kick-ass that it increases your hearth pace by 100%! Elements of suspens such as coming across the mourning WITCH, HUNTER and SMOKER will even scare you inside out! The WITCH is seriously damn-bloody God-damn 100 times scarier than any pontianak!!! Especially her cry, will make your goose bumps density 0.6k/cm2.

-World of Goo:
In great contrast to Left 4 Dead. World of Goo had greatly won my heart in terms of its creativity, sound tracks and brand new revolutionize game play, and high-resolution 2D graphics. This game is cute and it is a puzzle-solving game that had a strong emphasis in Physics. Anyway I had won all the levels in a relatively short time by my own. ^^

Building up a jelly Goo structure is often harder then expected.

#Oh yea when it comes to gaming...who wanna join me in developing a map for Warcraft?
Project name: Melodic Sheep
Project description: By arranging the sheep in a horizontal row, musical notes will be played. This is how it works: each sheep represent different notes. When each sheep dies, their tones will be played. Distance between sheep represent rest. The sheep will be killed from left to right one after another....

Basic programming skills needed...for GUI-ers. 3D Max-er required. Coz in modeling, my skills in Lightwave is futile since warcraft is only taking graphics from 3D Max. If you know JassScript, then it is better. Jass is a higher level of programming that only Warcraft machine could understand. If you know the basic C or C++, then Jass is a piece of cake to you. =p

Photoshop, Lightwave and Sketchup....

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Whole day gone, but the result is fruitful, especially to people like me who enjoy great satisfaction for my own work. I'd done my job as a PnP committee for this coming EDX. Though the design is fairly simple, but there is no means of ease. The below-shit-level internet connection is to be blamed. Finding a simple high resolution images also become unexpectedly tiring and torturing. Searching for a 3D model over the net also become very troublesome. Cause of the inadequacy of models, I'd drawn a few out by myself, such and the oil rig (SketchUp) and the Molecule model (LightWave3D). Some I'd just simply modified or combined. Anyway, I got no idea whether a mobile phone best symbolizes BIS, or whether it is even suitable for BIS. But I strongly oppose the wallpaper and banting designed for last sem's EDX. It used money to symbolized BIS, which I think is truly inappropriate. How do you think?

EDX Wallpaper

ICT Banting

ME Banting

EE Banting

BIS Banting

CV Banting

CE Banting
Organic molecule model: a simple and fundamental LighWave3D work.
Took less than 10 Minutes to complete.

PE Banting
Using SketchUp to drew this oil rig, not according to scale.

Starting off with the new sem! Hectic or Idle?

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:36:00 +0000

With the end of my joyful long holidays and CNY, here comes the start of my hectic semester of PE foundation. Being flung with tonnes of assignments, quizzes, projects, meetings, this la, that la...haiz...Have a look at my crazy time table:

Gilababi time table: Ideal or not? Mon and Tues'll gonna be tough, but Wed, Thurs and Fri will be so free! Haha classes will gonna end before 1pm! Could have more time for intensive revision, sports, leisure...a strategic approach I suppose...

This is my new room in the infamous Methana...I wanna say that now, Methaba really rocks! Especially when this famous catalyst name Ah Yeo presents in any reactions...
There are also a few others...

My new room which is an old room...water dispenser, table fan, meesy bed...

Playing with perspective: Tang Ren Jie or ChinaTown.
Look at those slippers and you'll probably know what is going on.

By the way, my life here in UTP is somehow quite interesting, in some ways...

I hereby summarise my experience here for the two weeks as follows
Here are some interesting facts:

The Terrible Scream/Shout
People do scream in Methana, when they got killed...in DotA or CS or etc...
People do shout for a simple reason of losing money...
People do laugh out REALLY loud when the jokers is going on with his tales and acts...
making fun of others...
ETC...

The Power of Toshiba
I bought some Thai Cuisines from Tesco as shown in the picture below, Pandan Chicken and the popiah-kind-of food. It is too cold to be consumed therefore I decided to heat it. No oven wor...how? Then I came out with this idea and it REALLY works! I placed it just after the cooling vent...and had one game of DotA. After the game I got my meal ready!

2 in 1: My laptop is capable of keeping a cup of coffee warm...no joke...

Raisins?
I went to KK's room and see this black thingy on his desk. He was playing DotA that time...
Upon being too boring...I came up with this hillarious and naughty idea...Quite Lolable.
Look at the picture below...what do you think they are? Dry seaweeds, chocolates or raisins?
They areactually crumpled papers...but I managed to ~~fool~~ deceive some of my friends to the extend that they'd actually put'em in thier mouth, before splitting it out and ~~rape~~ whack me...haha...

Yummilicious!

All Guys no Girls Make John a ~~Dull~~ Gay Boy
"So~ uninteresting" quoted by Madam Y.M.Chang on the 2th of Febuary 2009 8.23 p.m. I was having my very first English tutorial that time, and she is our tutor. She said that simply because there are not even half a female in this group! Lol...However the big gang is here, with Jeremy, Kong, KK, Chai Shing, Ah Wen, Kun Shum CY, CK, Timmy, etc etc...so~ uninteresting.

Call of Duty 2

By the way I'll be very busy soon...SPE is calling me as usual...and I got no idea about EDX yet, but I'll be working in the PnP department. This is my first EDX teaser ever created, designed upon request by Gosh when he interviewed me for the post.

EDX teaser: Truly a last minutes work but look quite ~~proffesional~~ ok...
Really just a few simple steps in Photoshop.

Into The 3D Realm

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Well, have you ever wondered how Nemo is being animated, or Alex in Madagascar been created? 3D graphics had become very common and is dominating the digital world, in every aspect including film industry, engineering, gaming industry and much much more. Well for those who are interested in computer graphics, and would like to know more about the arts of 3D graphics, below are some pieces of information:

Well, Lets take an example, the table lamp which I'd created using LightWave 3D version 9:

Well, it looks real right? Exactly looks like a photo isn't it? Of coz la...it is just a photo of my table lamp! >.<

How about this? It takes me 2 days!

Creation of a 3D Graphics
All 3D graphics of an object is created via 3 fundamentals processes:
-Modeling
-Texturing
-Rendering

Modeling
3D object is made up of points, which is connected to form polygons. Groups of interconnected polygons then form the surfaces of the object. Digital 3D object is often regarded as model, and the work of creating it is known as modeling. Very complex modeling requires acquired skills which takes a long time to master.

Texturing
When a model is done, it is plain and has no texture on its surface. Therefore textures are applied through a technique known as UV mapping. Normally texture is created using other 2D software such as Adobe Photoshop.

Rendering
This is the most important process among all the others. Rendering in 3D means the process of aa (anti aliasing) and simulating the applied attribute of an object such as reflectiveness, specularity, transparency and so on into your 3D scene. Normaly a 3D scene or setup consist of 3D models, particles and light. The computer will try to simulate how the lights would be bent, reflected and bounces off surfaces thourgh ray tracing. Hence the object looks photo realistic. The output of rendering would be normally be an image or animation. A single-framed high resolution image would takes up to hours to render! And animations such as Finding Nemo consisted of millions of such frame and the rendering is done by super computers.
Notes: anti-aliased means to produce images with smooth edges without pixelated out.

Some screen shot of LightWave 3D Modeler:

Bad Badtz-Maru!
The name of this cute cartoon character which decorates my table lamp. It takes me 1 hours to model it, and another hour to texture and detailed its surfaces. Normally organic objects are harder to be created and even impossible to replicate the real object by 100%!

The initial work. An output of modeling- a complete sub-patched model. Looks like Clay!

wire-framed

Textured surfaces

Rendered. Surfaces shine with reflections.

The real Bad Badtz-Maru!!!

Can you notice the difference? The surface of the rendered lamp looks realistic, and consists of tiny bumps resembles the surface of a plastic (cant be seen).

The images below takes me only a few minutes to model out the geometrical objects but roughly 2 and a half hours to render!

Marbles and Cubes. Emphasized on lighting and surfacing. Highly anti-aliased.

My first production: The Golden Jar and Glass Rings.
Emphasized on Reflection and refraction of light.
Note: Original image is of high resolution.
Software: LightWave 3d, Photoshop.

Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year!!!!
Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Methana and Propana - A New Start

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:39:00 +0000

Methane and Propane

Methana - this is what I called my new home in UTP. I'll be stayinng in M-02-16, your freindly neighborhood!!! Anyway please don't expect some guy swinging here and there except for the UTP monkeys. Unexpectedly all da guys in the formal ethana block didn't happen to stay in V1. Reasons unknown. All of them reside in Propana and Metana instead. Future China town in UTP...

Whatever it is, here are the possible ~~residents~~ leng-zais in V6:

All the super-duper leng-zai in Methana: can you spot da special one???

-Click on the picture to see who have the most pimples!!!

Well, dun look only lah! Give some complement to this pro face hunter. Ahem. *winks*
This ~~face~~ leng-zai collection is not complete anyway, coz it is not easy to find all leng-zais' faces. You should know la there is a lots of hides in UTP! So I appologized to those leng-zais whose ~~faces are~~ face is not in. If you wanna keep you may do so but give credit la. Haha...

*yawn*
*signing off*

WORSTEST year!

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:36:00 +0000

Crazy me and Chang Yi ridiculously went all the way back to the famous UTP just to register our room in the infamous V6, then planed to tour around KL for a pathetic half day and go back to hometown Melaka. However all my plan screwed up when my car stucked in the whell! Here it goes:

We reached UTP in 4.00am, to see no one but sleepy Ming Xian with his half-closed eyes, welcoming us.
*both of us continue our sleeping journey then*

Next morning, I regeistered a the room M-o2-14 in Methana, opposite to Kong's room. Chang Yi took Kevin's previous room, and Timmy hasn't decided which room to decided. Kinda normal to him.

Then Kong fetch me to Batu Gajah KTM to buy tickets to KL. 4.am depature time sia...
Then headed to Yee Weng house in Ipoh to get back my old car...
So terrified when I find out that my car's wheel was jammed! Propbably I pulled my hand break so tight 1 andn a half month ago. So I got no choice but surrender my car to a mechanic.

Nightmare for both of us when I left the KTM tickets in my car in Ipoh! ><
I'm wondering how to get it back without troubling other people...
So our trip to KL canceled. So the next day we went back by buying another new ticket!

Photoshoping Again!

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:09:00 +0000

It has been years since I last ~~played~~ worked on Photoshop. If I did use Photoshop, it's must a be project or task. However since it is holiday and I'm being dumped by my buddies just because of a ~~lame~~ good reason - holiday ended, semester starts, I face my PC almost 12 hours a day! Online chatting with cockroach, Playing DotA, Red Alert, bla bla...and finally Photoshop.

I don't see a productive lifestyle I'm having, except for the wallpaper thingy. These few days I've been crazy on wallpapers (caused by boredom) , especially on wallpapers of ~~myself~~ scenery. I've been downloading a few dozens, but still couldn't satisfy my crave. I want a perfect wallpaper of the blue planet! Suddenly I saw the Photoshop icon....tada...! (this is how I start engaging with Photoshop again) So it is done! However I edited and edited till 3.00 morning.... *yawn*

My wallpaper.(shape of moon is distorted caused by compression to fit in blogspot)

For those who don't have the knowledge on Photoshop may wonder how an image is edited, so I'll generously share it with you. Below are a few simple steps to create/edit a wallpaper.
(this is not a tutorial, but just simply giving a whole picture on the step-by-step processes)

STEP 1
Google it to get a background of the planet. Yeah, this one is a simple one. Plain and empty. But the original picture is dull so I've intensified its colour to yeild the result below.

STEP 2
Since it is so plain, why not add something else? ~~My photo~~, A spaceship, rocket, or space junk? I think a moon is a better choice. So did I googled it. Placed it in next layer above the earth. It looks like this:

STEP 3
It looks nice with the moon. BUT, did you notice that the earth surface is kinda fake? My guess is: probably computer-generated. So I'll need to replace it with a real one. Again I googled to get a new picture, then I rotated it, stretched it over the surface and finally blend it with the ozones layers. (using feathered earaser)

STEP 4
However still the picture lack of something....the twinkle lil stars. So again I googled a picture of stars, then placed it as another layer on top, and set the layer's mode into "screen", which means appear as "lighting", while removing those which covers the earth and moon with a hard-edge earaser.

STEP 5
Still, unsatisfying, the moon don't look good anyway. So I've replaced it with a luminescent moon. To create the light spreading effect, simply styled the layer with "outer glow" with mode "screen". This is the final result:
NOTE: wallpaper needs high resolution images!

These are some of the posters and banners that I've did in the past...for the banner the Franciscan should had seen them.

Back to Kluang, Johor

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:10:00 +0000

I've post this a lil late...
Due to my heavy fingers...
But still I think this is the moment I shall Cherish...
When you realised what a true friend is...
...
.....
Upon invitation from a formal PLKN friend of mine, I'd set my foot once again in Kluang, Johor, the place where my formal PLKN camp is located. I went there alone by bus, and around 11.00am I reached Kluang. Kluang is indeed a small town...but is never short of Starbuck, Old Town, Padini, MBO. So he treated me every meals, including Cenima. We watch ~~I.P. man~~ Ip Man. hehe...
He brought me to his camera shop, eating out in Old Town, and went lepaking around Kluang...
Then we took bus to his house in a deep kampung.
He's truely skilled in cooking, nearly a chef working in a restaurant.
He showed me the drawing that I drew for him during PLKN...he kept it so well.
Here are some pictures for a little memory...

Jason

extraordinary stoveGuan Gong

some exotic animals exhibition

baby monkey!

Trip with MHS

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:43:00 +0000

9.am. We entered the cave with the cave man. He navigated us, told us stories, and so so. The cave, so dark, so wet, so vast and narrow. Some said, creepy. But I love the cave quite much. Rock formations resembles molten candle, Mona Lisa, Chicken, Elephant, Cowboy, and so so. Truly 100% nature's art work. Amazing. However the floor was magnificent. Full with water, tapak kasut, Mentos wrappers, tissue papers, and other species of rubbish. Some parts of the walls have graffitis doodled by humans. Severely infected by humans. Me, Heng, Kellies both Koh and Teo, Rachel, Auyong, Yuin Kuan and other MHS peeps followed the cave man like the other did. Kelly Teo was so...kinda prone to fall. Vulnerable to rocks. She was so awkward to maneuver in the rocky stony tunnels, so I was enslaved to be her bodyguard. But she is really funny and naughty, keep disturbing the master ^^. Then we walked, climbed, crawled, jumped, fell. One part in the cave is quite dangerous. Peeple need to slide down deep rocks. I almost fell. So I helped the cave man to support people from the bottom when they slide, because I'm afraid people got injured, then troublesome. Finally reached another end. Then we turned back with different path. 4 hours journey completed finally.

We reached penang around noon. I became the "pilot", what the bus driver called me. I navigate with the map throughout the whole trip in Penang thanks to my experience. We stayed in Red Rock Hotel. 2 beds, 6 guys. 1 toilet. Then we went eat out. Both Kelly were so~ choosy. Kelly Teo took away all the bean sprouts, all vege stuff, basically everything except the mee. Kelly Koh also not much difference, but better than Teo.

Second day. We went Bukit Bendera. Rode the train up. So high the train went up, till 150++ metres above sea. I saw the entire Penang. Then we went to kek lok si. Stomach ache there. *sigh* Then went to Gurney Plaza. Almost nothing there except boutiques, but the gals like it. Then we went to the sea infront of it, enjoy the breeze but not the rain.

Final day we went to Sunway Lagoon in Petaling Jaya. Thanks to Alex for the direction. I called him when the bus doubted where to drive. Then reached Sunway but I got fever when swimming, *sigh* so I went up waiting for other peeps. Then we went to Pyramid. We searched for a specified restaurant for so long, yet finally decided to eat in Mr Teppanyaki. Truly yucky. The restaurant use normal rice instead of the nihon gohan, and have you ever seen bento without sushi? Summore green tea is charged. Miso soup tasted like maggie soup. sux. Cost us a fortune. Then here comes the funny part. We divide the money according to the menu we orders, but who knew it is so complicated and confusing to got the "debit" and "credit" correct! Fortunately got ah Kuan and Kelly Teo, finally they solved the accounts after some 20 minutes. Lol.

*photos coming soon*

Tagged, tagged and tagged!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:37:00 +0000

Tagged by Alex
Concerto D Amore

Monday, December 15, 2008

I. Put your iTunes/any other players on shuffle
.II. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
III. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
IV. Tag 11 friends who might enjoy doing this.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Reason

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Yesterday Once More

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Secret (lolz)

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
What a Wonderful World (!!)

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Ride with Me

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Angel

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
First Kiss (wth....)

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
I Believe in You

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Hand in Hand

10. WHAT IS 2+2?
A Moment Like This

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
No Air

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Flying Without Wings (haha)

13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Flash Back

14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
The Swan (OMG!!!)

15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Singapore Armed Forces (=.=)

16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Heal The World

17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Right Here Waiting

18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Better In Time

20. HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Opening

21. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
White Christmas

22. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
The Great Escape

23. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
First Suite in E Flat

24. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Concerto D Amore

People I'd like to tag (In no order of preference ) :
Pachelbel -Cannon (lolz )

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Tagged by Cheryl

Rules :
- Pick your birth month .
- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you .
- Bold (or italicize) the best apply to you .
- Copy to your own blog , with all twelve months .
- Tag 10 people

January.
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

Febuary.
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

March.
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves travelling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

April.
Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

May.
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attract others and love attention. Deep feelings.Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

June.
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft spoken. Having ideas. ~~Sensitive~~. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay.~~Choosy and always wants the best~~. ~~Temperamental~~ . Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills (Only with Jia Wei).Talk ative. ~~Daydreamer~~. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. ~~Easily Hurt~~. Prone to getting colds. ~~Love to Dress up~~.(no way I'm a guy!!!) Easily bored. ~~Fussy~~. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. ~~Brand Conscious.~~ Executive. Stubborn.

July.
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties instudy ing. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

August.
Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

September.
Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn.Quiet but able to talk well.Calm and Cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good Memory. Clever and Knowledgable.Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feeling. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

October.
Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children

November.
Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

December.
Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egotistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor.

Tag: Whoever!

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Tagged by Han Way

How you do the Letter Meme:
Dear (the last person who left a comment on your blog).
I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___.I think I realized it when ___2______3___ and I saw you ___4___ ___5___. I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___. I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory. You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___.___12___.
Loves;-
Your name-
P/S: You are so lifeless, ___13___, -The name of the person that tagged you-.

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - your dwarf bit me
April - I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - you put cuffs on me
July - I threw up
August - I saw the shrunken head
September - we skinny dipped
October - I quoted Santa
November - your dog ran amok
December - I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
American Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from
LAOrange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Fuck off now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

13. What is your favorite activities when hanging out with mates?
Gathering for drinks - Ugly pig
Foosball - Silly duck
Shopping - French kisser
Dulging for food - Cranky banana
Movies - Smelly armpits
Snacks - Horny wolf
Snooker - Tiny nipples
Bowling - Sexy grandmother
Outdoor activities - Vain pot
Having a long talk - Nose plucker
Taking pictures - Dumb bitch
Other - Burn yourself

Dear Rachel,
I don't really know how to tell you this, but (1)you're a loser. I think I realized it when (2)you put cuffs on me (3) In your camping car and I saw you (4)sit on (5) Bill Clinton. I'm sure you're (6)ashamed enough to understand (7)fhat Santa doesn't exist. I'm returning (8) your ring to you, but I'll keep (9)my virginity as a memory. You should also know that I (10)always have felt dirty before (11)our friendship. (12)Go burn.
Loves;-
Wei Di
P/S: You are so lifeless, (13)nose plucker, Han Way.

Tagging: Whoever!

Busiest Holiday Ever...

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:36:00 +0000

After my first semester, I had a nonstop "marathon" vacations from 3th - 9th December. Kinda exhausting but nice feeling.

Pangkor Trip (3th - 4th)
20 of us (Yau Kin, Ying Shen, Kong, Chee Kin, CK, KK, me, Puven, Ming Xian, Ah Yeo, Chai Shing, Leon, Chang Yi, Brenson, Feng Jie, Jun Lee, Ah Wen, Han Shen, Wai Chun and Digi) went to Pulau Pangkor.Yau Kin, Kong, Puven and I drove them to Lumut. Then we broaded the ferry. The moment we reach the jetty in Pangkor, Xiao Han welcomed us. (thx to Hanshen's effort) We then headed to Coral Bay Hotel to check in.We had snorkeling and and banana boat-riding in Pangkor. But it was a bit too disappointing when we went snorkeling, since the water isn't clear and the corals are so little, almost dying. So are the fishes. Despite of that the area is full of dangerous rocks covered with sharp barnacles' shells, which had made us all "scratched". The worst thing was, Chai Shing got slipped away and got cut in the legs by the barnacles. He got a really deep cut and Kong sent him to the clinic for injection. What a pity of him can't get to swim.

Scenery in Pangkor.

Faces of joy.

Breakfast togather.

Yau Kin

CK, Kong, CheeKing, Puven, WaiChun, AhWen,
me, Ah Yeo, Leon

Puven and Ah Yeo with crazy post

Chee King and Yau Kin

Penang Trip (5th-7th)
My family came to UTP and I drove my family's Camry to Penang. Kinda terrible when we reached Penang Bridge. It is super-duper jam, try to imagine a 3-lane road occupied by 9-lane of vehicles. I got stucked nearly 1 hour in the terrible jam. My family and I then took accommodation in the Grand Continental Hotel, in front of COMTAR. on the second day we went to Kek Lok Si, the Botanical Garden and Gurney Plaza. Surprisingly I met Chai Shing there! What a coincidence...However sad to mention that I got a summon at Gurney. The third day we visited snake temple, then to Perak, Gua Tempurung. Kinda disappointed when we can't go for the adventure tour where we could get into the water in the cave. So we just took a walk inside. Anyway I'm counting for the second trip.
This is a special dedication for Leon and KK: Thank you for helping me so much during my trip and being my "virtual" tour guide!!! Yea those maps DID help a lot.

Back to Melaka (8th)
I received SMS from Rachel asking me to join some MHS guys and a few others to go for a movie and badminton. So did I join. The movie we watched is 'Quarantine' at DP. No comment la, kinda zombie movie, but it is actually about rabies who spread on human and turn those infected into zombie like being, biting and eating others. With the camera swaying and swinging, my head turns together. No wander Joel say he felt dizzy. Then we went to Heng Ann for badminton. I met Yeow Kin Woon and his brother, then Soon Heng and Teck Peng. Sad to say that Desmond can't joint us that day because his house got flooded. Anyway can you imagine how could 16 poeple use 2 courts? Anyway we had a triple match. Seng Keat, Joel and Teck Peng vs Kin Woon, Soon Heng and I. Interesting and "authentic". Around 7 pm after sending Rachel back, I went home and headed to JJ to met up Kong who was in his way back to Sarawak. Surprisingly I met Chai Shing again!!! That day I met him in Penang and now in Melaka! Should I try 4d? Hehe...

Melaka Trip with UTPians (9th)
I went to Chang Yi house early in the morning to lead Kong and Chang Yi to our destination. Then we met up Yong Bao, Jennifer and Edmund in Mac Donald in DP. We started off with the Melaccan famous chicken rice balls. Then visited 2 museums in Melaka. Next we had the popular bridge-side cendol before I found that I got another summon for expired coupon! So did Kong! Anyway we went to the Melacca Zoo. Visited all kinda animals and walked till my legs blistered. After that we went to Edmund house, eat some super sour grapes planted by his dad (grapes planted in Malaysia, really rare!), so I finished'em all. Then I sent Yong Bao and Jennifer back before I brought Kong and Chang Yi for satay celup. The satay celup was a bit expensive so I brought them to Carry-on Steamboat. Eat until 11.00 p.m. We went back to Chang Yi's house and have some discussion on other plans. Then I bit farewell to Kong, for he is going back to Sarawak.

Changyi, Jennifer, Yong Bao, Kong (far end), me

Naughty Jennifer

The famous Chicken Rice Ball.

Edmund, Changyi and Yong Bao

In front of the Boat Musium
Siting at the cannons at both ends are the UTP futsal tankers, Changyi and Edmund. In the middle are yong bao, Kong, me and Jennifer

"Animal Cafe" with all the stuffed specimens.
The poor little chick was killed in front in front of us, being tore apart brutally into pieces and was eaten up. Gross!

Last Moment in UTP for Foundation First Sem 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:24:00 +0000

Yeah, finally all the freaking examinations had over when I finished my Thinking Skill paper! Kinda happy. My first semester thus ended peacefully. Then I got my summons paid. RM 30. Ouch! Afterwards I straight away rush to my dorm, started my car and fetched Chun Kiat to fix his out-of-shape bike. Kinda ridiculous when we tried to stuff that enormous metal frame into my car. Failed and helpless, so we went to Taman Maju to to meet the repairman. However unexpectedly I met Fook Ann, KK, Leon and Han Shen, later Jeremy, Edmund and CK at the saloon. So I and Chun Kiat decided to had our hair trimmed. So did us. *this was the first time I had my hair trimmed with a little style*

Then in the evening we started off our trip to Ipoh. It was fun when you can go to Ipoh with such a BIG group of friends. I fetched Vittaya, Leon, Hanshen and Chai Shing, Then Fook Ann Fetched KK, Jeochim, Chikin and Jun Lee. *I stucked in the Petrol station!* On the way I sent my laptop and YeeWeng's to his house. We then headed to Ipoh Parade, and played bowling. Yeah I scored 2 continuous strike! There we met other "cars" of people, including Robert, Yee Weng, Boon, and Houng Ket. Later Ming Xian, Andy and Micheal. Edmund, Ritchie, Yu Han and Hena of course, too. etc, etc.

After the bowling half of us went for steamboat near Exceliar/Excelcer/Excelcier/Elixcer dunno what Exxxxxx hotel. Yeow Kin's suggestion. Thx to him for such a nice place. RM 21 per person. There we met with the Chemi-gruop, CV-group and my own PE-group (mostly). OMG I and Hanshen almost crapped out there. We ate with all our might when we saw some exotic, irresistible cuisine, such as crabs, clamps, "heko", prawn, all sorts of siputs and seafood. Of course there are the usual fishballs, crabballs, meatballs, ballballs...Yea I stressed on the yummillisiousness of the APPLEMINT ice cream. Chai Shing crapped out too when he used a GLASS to put all the colourful ice creams instead of using the normal small bowl. He'll surely gain weight. Hehe...

Round-tummied, me, Fook Ann, KK, Jeochim, Jun Lee, Leon, Hanshen, Chaishing, vittaya and Chikin proceeded our plan to a K-box. (Karaoke) in Ipoh Parade. All of us gone mad in the K-room. Soon Mingxian, Yeow and Micheal came too. I sang like a mad dog...and Jay Chou accounted for almost 90% of all the "sings we songed". Until 1.00 a.m., we were done and went for supper in Tongsuikai. But we ended up chatting and bought CDs instead of makan. Met with Yeowkin and gang. We then go back to UTP around 3.a.m. What a day!
(PICTURES MAY COME SOON!)

NEXT AGENDAs:
Pangkor trip (3th - 4th)
Perak-Penang trip with Family (5th - ??)
MHS Penang trip. (22th - 25th)

Life in UTP (Updated)

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:30:00 +0000

My first semester in UTP is coming to an end in this coming few weeks. I had a very clear idea on how my life is in UTP. I'll give a very brief picture on life in UTP. Frankly, I enjoyed every moment here with my fellow friends and my sporting room mate as well. They give me the colour of life in UTP, though sometimes I'll tend to isolate myself to study when test or exam approached. We played soccer every week (sometimes untill 1.a.m.), swimming (thx to Yen Hua coaching me free style), badminton (favourite, and thx to KK teaching me to smash), go to Ipoh kai kai, watch movie, DotA-ing, Counter Strinking (both I solute to Leon's experties, but I am catching up in CS!!!) , Pasar Malam-ing, and go to Tronoh to get some yummilicious food. During weekends, I'll go for yang qin practise for the chinese orchestra. I really have a strong passion in all those musical instruments as they will release my tension efficiently. However things aren't perfect. I can't find a paino here, and there is only 1 grand paino in the subterrainean seminar room. Once I used to sneaked into that place, in DARKNESS late in midnight just to play the piano!!! Plus, the wifi in my room sux! That's why I can't online. When it comes to study, sometimes I really got too stressed by tests and assignments, and I feel that time is really insufficient for me to study...so i really did something terrible. I skip classes and even some of my meals...just to keep me studying. I even had a'lil conflict with my good friend, however it was settled not much later. That's all from me, now let the pictures continue the story...

Acting Cool....(drama)

Fu Ann-Bond, or the Terminator?

Our lovely moral group. Cheryl's favorite...
From left: Boon Chong (Perak), me and Cheryl (KL)

Jason Chung from Batu Pahat. A rich man-look.

Inside and outside of the lab.

Having a hearty dinner at Yee Weng's house.
From left: Yee Weng, Beldon, Jason, Ee Juan and I am the cameraman.

Modern music's examination... 3 flutees
From left: me, Kevin Teng (sarawak), Leon (Penang)

Timmy's cello (borrowed from UTPCO) in my bed. It is the best
substitute for piano and I used to play till my fingers hurt. Ouch~ FYI: pathetically UTP have only 1 piano.

Eating out in Ipoh's Tong Sui Kai could be interesting.
From left: Jason Chung, Zhong Ying and Yee Weng

Celebrating Houng Ket's Birthday at pavillion.

3 birthday guys. Massively get pied with cakes.
From left: Jun Leon, Chang Yi, Beldon

My English Tutorial poster (incomplete). I spent nearly 4 hours drawing those
comic strips from sketch.

My table. Those apples are constantly added.

Petronas scholars, except 2.
From left: Chai Shin, Jun Leon, Jeremy, Puven, my roomie Han Shen, Fu Ann and me.

Happy Depavali...

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Well, I suppose it is quite a long period I've stopped blogging, all thanks to my dorm's location in UTP, with such a weak signal that make online impossible. Sad to mention that. Well, back to the Depavali break, I've quite some nice memory together with all my formal friend back in Melaka. I've made a right decision not to stay in UTP. It is quite fortunate that I was invited by Thiru to visit her house. So I went to her house with Heng Jia Shen and Rachel. I picked Rachel up at Melaka Baru before Heng Jia Shen. FYI that is the very first time I met Rachel...then we went to Thiru's house with some present. After that, we went to DP GCS. This time with Ong Yi-OMG he put on wieght again! After the cenima, we went to Newton to have our dinner, but Kalai suddenly invited us to his open house. We went to Kalai's house and met with Silk Yuan, Jordan, Eugene, Jun Mei and Kin Wee. Not bad, a mini reunion. Soon after we called it a day. This is one of the best memory I had ever had with my friends.

Tagged by Wei Jian

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:42:00 +0000

Rules:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.

Starting time: 3.43 am (KL time)
Name: Gan Wei Di
Sisters: 2
Brothers: 1
Shoe size: the length of my feet
Height: 160+
Where do you live: Melaka (Home), Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak (Study).

Favourite drinks: Cocacola...
Favourite breakfast: Darlie...
Have you ever Been on a plane: Quite some time times.
Swam in the ocean: No, sea only...
Fallen asleep at school: Need not to ask.
Broken some one's heart: For sure.
Fell off your chair: Due to gravity.
Saved e-mails: Never.
What is your room like: Look like my room.
What's right beside you: A toilet bowl (not kidding)
What is the last thing you ate: Maggie Mee Mushroom Chicken Flavour with Carrots, Onion and some Veges

Ever Had

Chicken pox: Yes! When I was 7!!!
Sore throat: Who don't?
Stitches: Yup...
Broken nose: Never

Do you Believe in love at first sight: Very subjective...not gonna tell...
Like picnics: Rather play DotA.
Who was/were the last person You danced with: Fukuzono Megumi...if not mistaken.
Last made you smile: I smile to the mirror...

Today did you

Talk to someone you like: No.
Kissed anyone: No.
Get sick: No.
Talk to an ex: No ex.
Miss someone: My friends and family
Eat: Drink too

Best feeling in the world: TRIPLE KILL!!! or score good result.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: stuffed?
What's under your bed: Floor?
Who do you really hate: I hate those who hate themseves...
What time is it now: 3.56 a.m.

Random

Is there a person who is on your mind now: The one who tagged me (thinking why he tagged me with all these dumb questions...)
Do you have any siblings: yep
Do you want children: yep yep
Do you smile often: yep yep yep...I Love Mc Donald as well
Do you like your hand-writing: nope
Are your toe nails painted: painted with blood!!!
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: My Mom and Dad's
What color shirt are you wearing now: I cant see my shirt!
What were you doing at 7:00 p.m. yesterday: Sitting in car
When did you cry last: dunno
Are you a friendly person: yes
Do you have any pets: No. Fish
Where is the person you have feelings for right now: earth....for sure
Did you hold hands with the person who means anything to you now: Cant tell
Do you sleep with the TV on: I slept with my ceiling fan on.
What are you doing right now: BULLSHIT QUESTION!!!
Have you ever crawled through a window: yes...window 98, me, xp, vista....
Can you handle the truth: why not?
Are you too forgiving: forever
Are you closer to your mother or father: Equal.
Who was the last person you cried in front of: myslef
How many people can you say you've really loved: 10++
Do you eat healthy: always
Do you still have pictures of you & your ex: never was and never will
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you: never
Are you loud or quiet most of the time: loud
Are you confident: No, confidence below shit level

5 things I was doing 10 years ago
1.watching pokemon, digimon, sailor moon?

2.buring ants

3.cutting cockroaches

4.play lego

5.fightings with my brother and sisters

5 things on my to-do list
Lots of stuff.

5 snacks I enjoy
1. Toyota
2. Honda
3. Mitsubishi
4. Nissan
5.Suzuki

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
1. Be a multi-billionaire
2. Own Microsoft
3. Use money as toilet paper
4. Use bird nest soup as Listerine
5. Buy a jet, tank, m-16, watever cool stuff

5 of my bad habits
I am perfect.

5 places I have lived in:
1. My mother's womb
2. Melaka
3. University of Nottingham campus
4. My grandmother's house in Penang
5. Many hotels

5 jobs I've had
1. Student
2. Blogger
3. Brother
4. Artist
5. Traveler

I Tag
Low Jia Wei

Alex

Rachel

anonymous

Back to Melaka - Quarantined?

noreply@blogger.com (Maxor Gan) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Stay at least 5 meters away from me!!

Measles are highly contagious and the virus spread in the air via the contaminated aerosol droplets produced by sneezing and coughing patients. In some cases that I read in BBC news, the disease remains contagious still within 4 meters from the patient. That's why I am home now. (The picture don't portray my actual situation which is very mild)

It started like this - on the 23 of July, my symptoms begin as a mild fever. I felt very cold in the lecture hall, and a bit of dizziness and sore throat. Sooner, my friends said that my face looked as red as an apple. My eyes looked red as well, like "pontianak". We thought that this was a normal fever, and the Chinese usually used to said "overheated". So I went to see the doctor in UTP after my lecture sessions. Yet, the early symptoms were too insufficient to give a clue that the doctor assumed my condition as a normal throat infection. We didn't think of measles at all, and I had never been concerned about it. Taking it likely as normal sore throat, still I hang out with friends to have our dinner at V4.

On the very next morning, my roommate Han Shen who had taken care of me for the whole night said that my face remained red and my temperature remains high even he kept putting a wet clothes on my forehead. Then I knew something MUST be wrong. When I was changing my shirt, to my surprise, I noticed thousands of red spots in my chest! And a lil of them on both of my arms. Worse came to worst, I had a bad flu and nasal infections. The symptoms were fully manifested. I knew it was measles, so I rush to the clinic again and this time the doctor had confirmed it. Then I recalled my brother's case around 10 days ago before I came to UTP. He got measles too, and probably I picked up the same virus from him. After the incubation period of 10 days, the disease finally shown up in me. I was given an MC for about a week to rest at home. I managed to get Gabriel, my kind senior's help to send me to the bus terminal.

Potential Epidermic?

I reached home when twilight fell. Then I online to read more about measles. Only I did realize that measles is highly contagious and in some cases, fatalities! (1 out of 1000) However the good news is, in Malaysia standard of living is moderately high so there is no reason to be worry. Moreover we were all vaccinated against the really dangerous strain of measles virus. (FYI, there is many strains of the virus, not all are deadly) Anyway deep in my heart I am praying that none in UTP would pick up the disease. Otherwise, UTP might come to a standstill, just like
the Japanese Measles Epidemic and imagine this - I am the culprit that all the fingers would point!!! The result would be shown in 10 more days...

Lets Know More!

Measles is a very infectious viral disease spread by droplets of saliva.It is a serious condition that used to carry a high mortality rate, mainly the under threes. Measles is caused by the Morbillivirus.

Symptoms
-incubation period of 9-14 days
-fever
-conjunctivitis
-Koplik's spots in the mouth which resembles grains of salt
-runny nose
-cough
-rashes that spread throughout the body starting from the head
-rashes may join to form blotches
-painful joints
-rashes may itch

Complications
Measles is a serious disease. It may lead to vision impair or blindness as a result from eye ulceration. Up to certain extends it could be fatal. However rate of fatality can be relatively rare with a proper treatment. The commonest cause of death is pneumonia. The most serious complication it could bring is encephalitis or brain infection. 1 in 1000 patients with measles will develop this problem, 10-15% of those who do will die, and about another 25% will be left with permanent brain damage, which would result in coma, convulsions, paralysis and are intellectually impaired.

Treatment
Since it is a viral disease, there is no cure for it so far. However treatments are aim to relieve the symptoms and complications. Sufficient rest is vital for your body to fight against the virus. Take a lot of water to prevent dehydration from fever. Supportive measures such as Caramine lotion and paracetamol will ease the discomforts. In cases of bacterial infection such as pneumonia, antibiotics are prescribed.

Prevention
The only way of prevention is through immunization. An MMR injection (measles mumps rubella) , could easily render us invulnerable to the disease. Usually the injection is given to a 15 months old baby.

Reference:
-Encyclopedia of First Aid and Family Heath
-Wikipedia
-Free Medicine Dictionary