Get It Done - The Crazy Geologist

The Black Semester Ends.

2011-05-22T19:18:00.000-07:00

FYI this is a re-post. The original post is being deleted by Blogger a week ago unknowingly and resurfaced mysteriously. So this is not a real-time post. It reflects my feeling a week ago when the semester break started. And this mishaps of Blogger had even added my misfortunes for the last semester.

Last semester (January 2011) is another black one . Misfortune keep surface one after another; I lost many precious things. My right shoulder was dislocated, and makes me not fit to swim FOREVER. The damage of the tendon in the arms could never heal. Therefore I can't even go to the gym. Well, then I may just turn my fitness program to jogging. But who knew I sprained my knee, and now can't jog anymore! DThen how should I keep fit? I dont know. I just feel kinda pissed. Depressed. Helpless. =\ And I have to cancel all my plans for many runs and marathon events which I gonna take part in this few coming months. Damn sad...coz I had anticipated so much for participating in all these runs/triathlon/swimming events etc. And now all my dreams vanished into thin air. Its like Osama got hit by the bom. Gone....

Not only my body had suffered lost. many of my "properties" lost as well. My car window got smashed (RM110) + (RM100 sunscreen) and I lost my favorite waterproof bag (RM5). The burglar took it away with all my expensive sun lotion, shampoos and stuff(RM100++). =(. My car bonnet was leaking too and haven't get it fixed. Then my laptop also went kinda crazy. Keep on BSOD-ing anytime anywhere . And the WORSE thing is it keep bluescreen-ing during my finals and never able to start at all. How I gonna study? Luckily I had did some of my revision early enough. Then my sport sling bag (RM46) koyak, my luggage zip broken, laptop bag (RM78) also got its zip broken!! WTF! I lost 4 bags in 1 semester! Not to forget that my printer also malfunctioned and couldn't fix yet though I had spent RM20 to repair it. Oh yea my handphone (Rm410) also died early in the semester and I downgraded it into a nokia N-series. Argh what a damn BLACK semester!

"All Izz Well!!". I prayed that everything goes well for the next semester (which is now). I real hope my shoulder and knee would recover soon so that I can go back to active again. SIGH~~~

When Fruits Talks

2011-05-15T18:34:00.000-07:00

Here are the 9 jokes which I could think of for the moment, all abouts fruits. Hope you guys has a good laugh. =D Sooner I might draw some funny comics strips if I have more inspiration.

#1
Durian: Hey hairy, how are you?
Rambutan: Shutup. At least imma not horny.

#2
Eggs: W'sup mate, why're you so hairy?
Kiwi: U idiot. Imma not from a chicken's ass.

#3
Orange: Hey friend, why are you laughing?
Apple: Coz durian claimed that he'd made Newton discovered gravity! And he even claimed that he's the one that stuck in Adam's throat...

#4
Banana: Hahaha u looks like an ass! And when u're dry u looks like a nut sack!
Prune: You look worse!!

#5
Papaya: hey who is that dude?
Banana: I have no idea, mate.
Umbrella: Did I even looks like one of you guys????

#6
Apple: Wanna go for horror movie?
Orange: Which movie dude?
Apple: Iron Chef Episode III. They gonna make apple pie and orange juice.

#7
Tomato: I love you! Would you marry me?
Apple: Sorry we can't be together. Coz you're a damn vege!

#8
peanut: Anyone has the nuts to challenge me??
Coconut: Here I come~~

#9
Potato: Can you please don't took off your shirt simply?
Banana: What's the matter? It's hot out there.
Potato: My uncle fell down and turned into smashed potato.

DISCLAIMERS: None of the above are copy-righted and are mostly of my own inspiration.

These are of non-educative purposes and therefore might be a piece of crap to nerds who might not have a sense of humour. If they pollute your nerdy mind please don't memorize them. Any mishap is regrettable.

In A Complicated Relationship...=\

2011-05-11T09:23:00.000-07:00

During a Chinese wedding dinner Ah Hock ask his 3 years old son Meng to greet and address all the elderlies. Its a common practice among the Chinese to greet each others to show politeness. And here Meng goes one by one:

"AhGong, AhPuo, DaShu, ErShu, ShanGu, SanShuMu, XiaoGu, XiaoShu, SanGuZhang, XiaoGu, XiaoGuZhang, BiaoShu, BiaoErShu, TangShu, TangShuMu, DaYima, ErYima, XiaoShuGong, etc.."

Did you see a rainbow? Because the chinese are colourful. Pity little Meng. Okay. Now lets twist the situation a lil. Everything remains the same except that we change all the characters into English people. Ah Hock becomes John and Meng becomes Little John. He greets all the elderlies too one by one and here he goes:

"Grandpa, Grandma, uncle, uncle, aunt, aunt, aunt, uncle, uncle, aunt, uncle, uncle, uncle uncle aunt, aunt, aunt, uncle, etc.."

AND I really can't deny that Chinese has a real complicated relationships. Lets get an example. Who is TangShuMu? She is your ~~father's father's~~ grandpa's brother's wife. And who is ErYima? To be frank, I also can't remeber......too.

I FINISHed my exam!! (Punch-worthy article!!) =P

2011-05-10T00:24:00.000-07:00

Yeah my exam has already finish!!! And how should I ~~showoff~~ announce it to my friend who are still having their paper until the next week?? hiak hiak. Lets try a few of this *evil grin*:

""Shhhhhhh.....lemme tell you a little secret.....MY EXAM IS OVER!!!!"

-OR-

"Haiz...why is my exam over TOO soon.WHY? Its boring you know..."

-OR-

"Hey, wanna ask you, did I just finished my exam??" *sohai face* =3"

Which statement would earn me more punches/slaps? xD
Hope you have a good laugh after reading this and at the same time, dun whack me. Hope I do help you to release some good stress. Good luck peeps! All da best and may God bless. =)

Anyway I am going home tomorrow. And I real miss my family. Cant wait any longer! >.<

Old Words New Meanings, Only in UTP!!!

2011-04-27T03:52:00.000-07:00

When you live in UTP, these words has different meanings.
Hope you guys would enjoy ;D

pekchek
–adjective  The feeling when any sensible beings see this word "Proxy Error" for more than 5 times for a day.

angry
–adjective Have the same meaning as PekChek.

insanity
–Verb  A medical condition when you are Pekchek or angry for more than 5 times. Common symptoms includes nausea, high body temperature and pressure, and bloods vomiting.

anemia
–Noun  Deficiency of red blood cells due to frequent insanity. Could be treated with blessings, miracle or impossible at all.

blessing
–Noun (1)When Google page is loaded in front of your eye. (2)When your cellphone have a bar of DG coverage in V5.

miracle
–Noun (1) A situation when you can surf the web smoothly without being disconnected. (2)The moment you picked up your DG operator phone in V5. (3) The unlikely and amazing situation when no cats are seen.

impossible
–adjective  The word used to describe the situation when you stop swearing UTP internet LAN.

lucky
–adjective  The feeling when your friends can't online while you can.

happy
–adjective Having the same meaning as Lucky.

breakfast

–noun You could have it for lunch Paprika, but it has to be English.

Top 9 UTP Scenarios (FUNNY)

2011-04-08T20:13:00.000-07:00

CASE #1 - The internet
Son: Daddy daddy, why Google cant load?
Dad: Welcome to UTP!!!
Son: ....

CASE #2 (on a phone to company)
Student: Hello sir, good morning we are from UTP we have some...
Sir: What Could I sponsor you?
Student: ....

CASE #3 (Couple on a phone)
Girl: Hey darling! Do you still remember its my birthday tommorow?
Boy: Meow meow meow meow meow...
Girl: can you please get out of UTP when u wanna talk to me??
Boy: Meow meow meow...

CASE #4 (when gf wanna call her bf)
Girl: *dial number*
Boy's Phone: "The number u call is unavailable. Please ask your boy fren to get the hell out of V5 and dial again later. Thank you."

CASE #5 (new UTP intake)
Freshie: Sir where is Pocket D?
PakGuard: Next to Pocket C lah...

CASE #6(during class)
Lecturer: Whats the answer I asked you guys to Google yesterday?
Student: Unable to connect to the proxy server
Lecturer: .....

CASE #7 (Facebook Comment dialog in UTP)
A: Wow tats a great photo of yours!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
A: Whats wrong with you?
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
A: Are you KIDDING me?
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
A: Can you SHUT THE FUCK UP??
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!
B: Thanks!

CASE #8 (student coming back from V2 cafe n toilet)
A: Ghee, you smell like a burger.
B: Yeah. It's Ramli's.
C: *back from toilet*
A & B: Ouh mann, you smell like SHIT.
C: Yeah. I hope it's not Ramli's.

CASE #9 (2 UTP boys talking)
Malat A: My sister is coming to UTP next week.

Malat B: Wow didnt know your sister....

Malat A: Ouh, she is beautiful. And this her Facebook. Correct me if im wrong.
Malat B: .....

DISCLAIMER: All these had been inspired purely out of the super slow internet connection, pathetic phone signals and others funny issue in UTP. There is no intention to insult a particular group of people, or the university itself. Solely for amusement.

HAIZ...hate this year.

2011-03-18T11:14:00.000-07:00

Today...

I cant finish my assignment...

Its 10 more minutes away to deadline,

I have to rush all the way to block13 to hand in;

to my horror, my bike was GONE!

Angry and worried at the same time,

I borrowed my room mate's motorbike...

just to hand in my assignment IN TIME.

An hour later,

I met the bastard who steal my bike,

when I was driving off the campus.

I horned at him.

HORNED again. Damn him.

He stopped.

I didn't flame him, just ask him to return my bike.

Luckily he did. Else I would send him back to Africa.

BUT---

the worse part is yet to come...

I lost my room mate's motorbike's key!

gosh. GOSH.

So nervous and worried,

helpless.

Lucky which ever guy who so happened to found the key,

actually uses the motor,

Its moved to other places;

but he LEFT his motor key as well in the basket of my roomie's motor.

NOOB.

The case is reported to the security dept..

pray tat everything will go good.

Bad things comes like domino, one after another. Its exactly like what happen in Japan recently, a 9.0 scaled earthquake had triggered a huge Tsunami that swept 6km inland, and the Tsunami had triggered the nuke crisis by shutting down all its cooling system. Things comes one after another, and causing further crisis which are more horrifying. Its like nuclear chain reactions.

Nokia 1280

2011-02-07T10:10:00.000-08:00

People are going crazy for I-Phones, BlackBerries or any other super-phone which is not like phone at all. But I am way different. I never crave for luxuries items, and therefore these phones had never came across my mind. What I need is a basic phone which can SMS/CALL. Therefore my phone keep on reducing, from Sony K-Series to Nokia 1280.

Now that I am quiet contented with my new phone for several EXTREME(s):

-Extremely Cheap RM83 (anti-theft and rob)

-Extremely durable (4days battery)

-Extremely easy to use (no lagging, simple interface)

-Extremely SMASHABLE (can whack dog)

But a few drawbacks, for being NOT...

-NOT Showoff-able (not stylish, not high tech)

-NOT exam-friendly (no camera so cannot snap notes to be referred in toilet)

-NOT fun (lousy games)

-NOT "in" (no GPRS, 3G, 4G, KLCC, ABCDE....)

I am indeed a very practical person. I only buy things that I need. Now that I has a new camera so I do not need a phone which has camera anymore. Bye bye SE K series. I has Lumix for the job dy. hehe. Way nicer and professorial. I think I'll only need a Blackberry, I Phones, PDA, or wateva it is when I am working. As a student there isn't such need at all. Unless I has a gf(s) or wife/wives which needs to MMS/Video calling with. But eh, my laptop has a web cam too. haha...

Melaka Indoor Swimming Pool

2010-12-12T08:01:00.000-08:00

This is the new "heaven" I discovered in Melaka. Too bad I am only here for 2 months. =(

Finally.....FINALLY, Melaka has its SUKMA indoor swimming pool open for public!! It is a swimming complex with 2 pools: 1 Olympic-sized pool (25m X 50m) with 11 lanes and 1 diving pool which are 18 feet deep. Here you often find the state's polo team do their routine training. The complex is part of Stadium Hang Jebat, located in Krubong adjacent to the federal highway.This something new to me; indoor means independence of weather to go for a swim, be it hot sun or lightning storms. =D

Thing you might need to take notes:

The pool closes every Monday, rm3 per entrance, 9am-12pm, 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm. The water is not clear at the moment and its is very cold, since it is indoor. =D The only bad thing about this pool is that it would be off when there are competitions or training sessions going on. =\ Therefore it is vital to make a phone call to the POCs if you are not sure of it.

Somehow I still prefer the MPMB swimming pool, certain aspects. Because it has clear, warm water with a 12 feet deep-end for swimming and diving. And most of my swimming party are always there. =)

Crazy Geologist

2010-11-03T06:45:00.000-07:00

Geologists are folks with crazy brains;

All of them are curiously trained.

They count the sand, grain by grain;

Memorizing rocks with stupid names.

They crush the rocks, again and again;

Just to discover fossils not known to man.

They dig the earth, hand after hand;

Hoping for oil to spill in the barren land.

Its the fact that never change,

that geologists are indeed crazy in the end.

....

Nah...just too stressed out and all this funny ideas came from nowhere....

So I wrote it down since it is funny. xD

I really hope that I could survive for these few final hectic weeks...

-BUT-

Here came the millions of tiny green bugs again that swarm the whole blocks in UTP.

Biting us, making us itchy, and dirty the floors.

SIGH~

The Driver and His Public Transport

2010-09-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

Having a car is convenient; you can go tronoh makan nice food, no need walk to class, can go Ipoh hangkai every week, can go explore Ipoh, and some even said can pikat perempuan (tackle women). Yeah indeed, to those who never own a car in UTP, you guys might think tat having a car is something very honorable and enjoying. I would said it is true...but only up to certain extend. If you don't believe me, bring a car to UTP and you'll find what I said is true! And I bet, nobody would evr understand my feeling and the problem that I face.

Despite being a driver, which sent people in and out to main gate, Taman Maju, Ipoh, etc

You'll face another big dilemma, real BIG DILEMMA!!!

People would start borrowing your car. In fact, if they paid me the petrol money I would be more than happy to lend it. But frequent borrow doesn't sound pleasant at all, and that's the case! Imagine almost every 2 day on average (which now up to everyday) there would be someone come up to ask:"Eh, can pinjam your car?", "Can fetch me to bus station?" Here comes the hard and undesirable part to make decision: It is very difficult for me to reject their request neither to accept it!!!

IF i deny, then that's really bad (since most of them are my close friends, and with good reason to borrow), and I would seems to be a lousy friend for being "selfish", "inconsiderate", and"calculative".

--------------------BUT-----------------------

What if I borrow my car frequently to different people? It sounds more than making my car into a piece of public transport, which is even worse! (since you paid to ride a p.transport) and do bear in mind...whenever my car is in other hands, I have the reason to bear some unnecessary worries: crashing and summons. Not even to mentioned about the maintenance, which ain't you know that....

It need time? Money? Energy? Situations where it would fried you? Such as workshop closed on Sunday? Tauke go limteh? Need to wait so long!!! Just one word - TROUBLESOME! And there are so many parts to be spoiled: tyre would run out, so does the brake, clash, lubricant oil, car radiator, alignment, aircond gas, battery, etc. The more the usage, the more I need to service my car. So please do understand that I am trying very hard to cut down those, and even myself, I cycle to class EVERYDAY. in UTP, i used only my bike. =)

There are some "bonuses" too:

You'll start noticing some distant friend start to come close to you temporarily, you'll feel the "hypocrisy". Then off they go again once business is done. Then there is even a worse case where people actually took my car to Lumut WITHOUT my permission and NOT even informing me, then having my bumper CRASHED, then diam diam (keep quiet). This also happened to a few frineds of mine where people use their car full-heartedly without them knowing.

Now then, I am really pondering whether my car had bring me more troubles than benefits. =/

Hmmmm.....

Shitty Timetable and Cafes

2010-08-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

Having no other options, I have to kiss goodbye to my ever relaxing life....Seriously I am a lil dishearten by the time table this semester. Imagine that everyday you gotta leave ur warm and comfortable mattress early 7 in the cold morning and force that reluctant lids to open just a few cms...then barely grab a few bites of biscuits before going to class - late. (yea maybe I m not used to since last sem my class were all late...mostly 10am) But, there are little breaks in between my hectic, "lab-ful" classes before I could call it a day in 5pm. Problems often complement well with other problems. It had since become even troublesome and undesirable because the only available cafe is in Pocket D, far beyond reach from my academic block, and also far beyond my pathetic budget as a student. NO breads, NO biscuit nor simple economical take-away snacks is available, means you have no option but to queue up A DECADE to make an order. Would we have time for that? Even worse, the food prizes are getting more expensive, and still increasing!
Lets have a look at the very basic meals:

-1 toast bread
-1 scrammbled egg
-1 ramli chicken burger meat
TOTAL = RM4

-2 omelet eggs (rm0.64)
-2 small hotdog (rm0.60?)
-2 toasted normal white bread (rm0.30?)
TOTAL = RM5

-1 beef/chicken burger meat
-1 mixed vege (tesco beans n carrots n corn)
-rice
TOTAL = approx RM4.50

(PS: with those prices we could obtain a big chicken and a few vege and drinks in a normal cafe, and maybe 15 AA eggs!!!)

Other menu you don't even need to know since they are meant only for the rich international students and lecturers! RM10 fried chicken, rm12 beefs, rm30 burger? Locals (even with rm500/month scholarships) would find it financially burdened!For heaven's sake its our DAILY meals and in a long run, our wallet would bleed! How about those private students who need to pay RM138 per credit hours (excluding hostel and book expenses)? Perhaps they need to acquire the art of hibernation so that they no longer eating. Why would UTP make the Chancellor Complex such a "high-class" location? Yea, student may bring their own lunch box during academic period, but the issue is, we should be given other options instead of a single, "high class" cafe. Even with my own lunch box, gosh I would not wanna eat bread every single day! What else could I prepare other than bread? Pizza, Lamb-chops, Teppankaki, CharKuehTeow?

There is even a time where MINERAL WATER is NOT available in the cafe...therefore making the entire Chancellor Complex a mini-Sahara Dessert. I do bring my own water, but it would finished off by noon. Then I have to learn from a cactus to survive till 5pm. In fact I had to drink pipe waters sometimes. Maybe I should bring more water, 2 heavy bottles, or a big pail. Then I shall ask the camels how to carry them. Maybe UTP have to consider installing water dispensers. Having hundreds of lightings and running the IRC aircond 24-hours would be a pride, but what for having something which is nice to eat but not healthy? Nice to look but hard to use? How about the money and electricity which vanished into thin air? Students shall deserve better cafe and facilities because we paid for it (and our sponsors). Or maybe UTP really meant for those who are willing to pay.

"Badan Cergas, Hotak Cerdas"

Fantasie-Impromtu by Frederic Chopin

2010-07-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

Music Sheet: Fantasie-Impromptu

Perhaps one of the most well known piece of Frederic Chopin is Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op 66. I first heard this music played by one of my friend, and later on reminded me of an old classical "Tom and Jerry" film which used the middle part of this piece as background music. I real like its ending part, where it ends slowly with the left had playing a few notes of the main melody. I tried to play this with my piano but its way beyond my standard. First challenge came when I realized it has a unique tempo of 8:6, where each bars, right hand plays 16 notes while left hand plays a 12 notes. This means when your right hand hits 4 notes, ur left hand hits 3 notes. In addition, I am real sux in side reading since I had never attended any piano lessons, luckily I found a useful video in Youtube to help me recognize a couple of numbers of notes. Anyhow I could manage to play a few part quite smoothly with the right tempo. Hopefully I would seek some guidance from my friends. They are some of the most talented musical people I would said.

Anyway, lets appreciate what these great composers in the medieval time had done for us.

Other pieces which I liked is:
-Etude Revolutionary
-Moonlight Sonata
-Original Flight of the Bumblebee
-Rachmaninoff Prelude
-Hungarian Rhapsody

This is the video which helped me a lot for being a bad side reader. In case you have no idea what the software is, I let you know, its called Synthesia, kinda O2Jam interface which reads and translate MIDI files into graphical visualization.

Yundi Li playing Fantasie-Impromptu. Sit back relax and enjoy!

Same Fate... =.=

2010-06-19T21:45:00.001-07:00

Me n my car share the same fate.

I got mild fever coz throat "pecah"....my car oso got "fever" coz radiator pipe pecah... =/
I wan go clinic but is Sunday so closed....my car wan go "clinic" oso but same thing...=/

me: HAIH~
my car: HAIH~~

My Beloved Mom: Pencil sketch...takes around 2 hours.

Yeah since I am sickish and I cant go anywhere I'd decided to do some "indoor" stuffs. But when I finished this portrait of my mom, I just realized that today is FATHER's DAY? Really ironic isn't? Maybe I shall give the drawing to my dad...as father's day present? haha...he would be contented maybe...=|

Anyway....Happy Father's Day!!!

CASFUMAL Food + Pulau Perhentain

2010-06-17T22:29:00.000-07:00

The room I stayed in during CASFUMAL in Pan Pacific Hotel. Really a nice stay.

This holiday I really had a super fantastic vacation in Pulau Perhentian after my tedious but memorable event, CASFUMAL (Career Summit for Malaysian's Leaders) where in my life, I had lived in the very 1st 5-stars hotel and had enjoyed all the 5 star facilities albeit a whole day of tired workings. The event was held in KLIA PAN PACIFIC HOTEL. I really enjoy my stay in such a grand hotel. Its all FOC. However, what I wanna focus here is THE FOOD. It is literally a food heaven! I nearly went crazy as it was my 1st time to eat in a 5-stars banquet dinner buffet, with fresh oysters, smoked salmon, sashimi shushi, pasta, pizza, CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN with all sort of desserts, cheese cakes, even some very expensive fish liver pate similar to the infamous "foie gras", and etc. (Can't name finish). The chefs there is ever ready to grill anything you want: steaks, salmon, etc. The Breakfast is also excellent, with a "gallery" of breads, cheese, (i tasted the blue cheese, but yucks), smoked bacons, grilled hams, Japanese breakfast, cakes, scrabbled eggs, served with fresh milk, coffee, etc... Some day I think I would return to this "Heaven", but RM90, who can sponsor me again? xD

These are what I had for a single dinner...damn full after that but the I would not forget this meal.

Chocolate fountain where I coat some marshmellow and fruits.

Non-Asian Friendly: This is the yuckish blue cheese. Didn't finished it all cause it is so pungent, bitter and taste a lil spicy. It is terrible because eating it is an acquired taste. Its like eating Durians for SE-ians, and eating Nattou for Japanese and Korean.

I real like the gym there, clean, ventilated, complete and modern.
Had a few heartful workouts here.

This is my temporary "office" or workstation. 2 laptops with a printer, some blades and siccors. Dun really like the solitary of the work. :(

-the 2nd nite of CASFUMAL-

I left and check out my room at 4am, leaving Pan Pacific to LCCT...
where my true vaccation starts!

I woke Robert and Ah Kok up, passed them my car key and laptop, so they would help me to drive my car back to my home. I felt real exciting that time, coz would be boaring a plane soon to Kelantan for the much anticiapted Pulau Perhentian trip. 6am I reached LCCT for the very 1st time, very crowded. The air planes are really small.

Ready to take off!
Air Asia is indeed cheap, with all its economical set ups.
The journey only costs 40 minutes.

I would like to thank to my room mate and Yun Huan for the time and effort for touring us around in Kelantan and Terrenganu. While in HanShen's "Kampung", we kinda linger around, playing with cow, spiders, going to river, climbing up a short coconut tree to pick some coconut, chop it on spot and drink coconut juice.

Well, I am not gonna said much for the trip in Pulau Perhentian. Pictures tell a thousand words:

Group photo: In front of the Beach of Teluk Dalam.
From Upper Left: Henna, Yun Yuan, Pei Fen, Feng Jie, Branson, Andy, Micheal, DG,
From Lower Left: Han Shen, Tom, Denson, Me

Playing with the cigarette: being a "Pai Kia" seems cool. Will consider...xD

The top-rated "pai kia".

Look at Micheal's Hand. Something fishy...

Aviator shades is cool. Haha. People said I have a police face, esp with this shade. Haha.

Snorkling is a norm in Pulau Perhentian. The water is crystal clear, being famous for the beautiful coral reefs which are home to many fishes.

Coolest pair of room mates? Hehe...

Another group pic with the cool boatman, standing in the middle.

In front of Han Shen's House. The elderly man in the middle is his dad. A very nice and generous person.
Thank to the stay!

End of my First Year Degree!!!!

2010-06-02T09:48:00.000-07:00

This is the table I always use in common room. This photo was taken when I found most of the stuffs are there. When bored, I played the violin, or do some gym with Andy and Branson. I also love to draw stuffs while studying vector calculus...

My personal collection of rocks, I could remember each individual rocks where they came from. Of course, I knew all thier names as well.

From top left: a grey slate, propyritic gabbro, yellow slate, an arkose hornfles, banded marble, granite with inclusions, black quartizite, a schist, limestone with calcite veins, another feldspartic slate, a gabbro with quartz intrusion and a white quartzite.

Just a matter of seconds, I had already officially graduated from my 1st year degree in Petroleum Geoscience in UTP. In conclusion, my 1st year was quite fun albeit being busy, and had been learning a lot, especially in familiarizing myself with the earth sciences such as mineralogy, petrology, geomorphology and mapping technique. I would said that I had made myself fall in love prerry much with geology. I had attended few geological field trips as well, and I would say, it was a blast! By now, we are ready for more future challenge as a petroleum geologist, and we really are! I really love my course, all the subject which I had learnt and my course mates despite of races. Of course not forgetting my beloved lectures, especially AP Askury, Mr Jasmi, Dr Chow and Dr Zuhar. They are a bunch of talented and well dedicated professionals who lead us through harsh time. Real thankful.

My first year life doesn't mean academics on its own. It is also consist of V2A. Well, what is V2A? its the block which I lived in. What's so interesting about it until it had become part of my life? This is because I had spent most of my time there after classes. Nah...many of you out there who had not been staying in a dorm in a university might be interested to know more. How can we survived in such a seemingly inhabitable environment (with nasty toilets, stuck sinks and stuffed toilet bowls with plenty of unsinkings, rubbish-scattered floor, cat-infested corridor, heat-intense furnaced, a small room just enough for you to sleep, etc) Does it scared you off? Well, the answer is "bo bian lo...have to get used to it lor...xi guan jiu hao" Haha...However the good side of it is the bunch of funny people who eventually turn out to be my good friends, albeit all being labelled "lasap" or "lapsap", literally mean garbage in Cantonese, but is used to describe some funny behavior. Most of them are my EE (electrical and electronic engineering) friends. We hang out everyday in the common room, doing homeworks together, but also chit-chatting, playing at the same time. V2A was really a great place than holds lots of my memory there, and not forgetting the adorable and obident cat and her kitten, known as Jack and Branson:

The cat at the middle is Jack, Branson's mom. They are very naughty...now I kinda miss them. We always played with them, doing some mischievious stuffs with them. Hehe..

First Geology Field Trip - It was a Blast!!!!

2010-05-09T11:07:00.000-07:00

Its me in the 2nd day of the trip in the Renyuk Waterfall, Jeli, Kelantan.

It had been a week since my return from my 4 days 3 night geology field trip all the way from Perak, Kelantan to Cameron Highland with A.P Askury and Dr Zuhar, along with several assistance which is very obliging. Basically it was a normal geology field trip that all the geoscientist out there had to go. Studying geological features and rocks through outcrops along the high way.

It Ain't Easy, being a Geologist in Field.
It is not kinda leisure trip which everyone is expecting. The weather is killing me; we spend hours spending under the blazing hot sun which nearly tear my skin apart. Despite that everyone was listening to our professor explaining about geological facts, swiftly taken down all the essence in a handbook. We have some compass and hammers in hand, just like other geologist to aid us in exploring. We also climb over the terrains to collect data (strike and dip of beddings and directions) and some rock samples. And definately photograph, though we are required to sketch each outcrop.

We had gone through cliffs side in highways to study sedimentary rock and igneous rocks, rivers to observe some drainage systems, caves to study limestones and Karstic structure, hot spring, and finally to Cameron highland's famous tea farm to study a few metamorphic rocks. The tea farm site is among the most enjoyable, with breathtaking environment and cool air.

Shitty Experience

What happen if you couldn't find a toilet while your bowel pressure is building up tremendously? You do not even have tissue papers for later cleaning task. So the answer is leaf. Luckily I found a small stream so I had forgotten about leaf. That is not uncommon or taboo while you are off into remote area. Its quite common. 101 survival skills.

Well, not too bad, at least, finally.

It was kinda satisfactory though, after a day of tired expedition with all the precious data and beautiful rock samples from many sites collected as my personal collection. I have produce some artistic sketches of geological outcrops, where I really like it. We had stayed over in some quite nice hotel (except the 1st one in Jeli, Kelantan). The stay is indeed very happening, with good foods and good room. The stay is very different with all my fellow GeoScience course mates. We do have some presentations and discussions with fellow lecturers about the trip of the day during the night. Really learnt a lot.

Beware of your Belonging

My friend nearly lost his precious 4 months old laptop, a 1 day old NEW camera, and an external hard drive: all due to a second of carelessness. He is sitting next to me in the bus while he realised this. He first inform me about this shocking news. This scene still playing vividly in my mind and I feel the anxiety in him as I had observed how his face changes - very dramatical and he nearly cried. Immediately we rushed down to stop the bus and get to ride in Dr Zuhar's car. The driver make a U-turn and after nearly a half an hour road taken through the town, we finally reach back the RnR in the highway, where he left his laptop, camera and hard disk. We ran there and, THANK GOD it is still there after nearly an hour!!! no body takes it. My friend was overjoyed as tears filled his eye. That day we had really learnt a very valuable lessons.

One of my sketches on limestone outcrop, crisscrossed with calcite veins. A rock sample is sketch below with a white vein of calcite.

In front of Gua Ikan, Kelantan

In front of Gua Ikan. From left: Robert, Ayu, Ruth, Aina, me, Kevin, Ee Juan, Ah Kok, Zaid, Mark and Amrith.

Listening to Dr Zuhar's explanation. This is in the 1st day.

My 1st Mouse Driven Digital Painting!!!

2010-04-22T00:43:00.000-07:00

To date, this is my most superb artwork ever, which is also quite unexpected .

Everything here was hand-drawn, and digitally painted, including the background, without any references. The concept art of Mutalisk are of my very own idea.

All works are done solely by mouse.

I had never realized that Photoshop could be complemented with my drawing and painting skills so well that, it pushes me way beyond my normal limit! I had discovered myself many methods of painting in Photoshop, which is quite easy, effective and versatile. Though in the industry Corel paint is more well-known, as a freelancer Photoshop could be simply more than sufficient and user-friendly. You can still do well even without a drawing tablet.

Well, back to my paintings of Mutalisk, I would show you guys step by step how it was done. =)

I have drawn a Starcraft Mutalisk in a piece of paper (long time ago During a boring talk session in PLKN), and decided to colour it using Photoshop recently when I found that 2 years-old drawing. Therefore I have capture it with my K770i SE camera with low resolution, and that brings the drawing to stage 1 as follows:

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STAGE 1 - Sketch

This is the enhanced version of the camera image. I use Photoshop to contrast the background and the lines of drawing, and make it clean. It looks almost original.

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STAGE 2 - Colour

As you can see basic colour is being filled into the a white "background layer". I have the original layer topped to the highest layer as "cover layer", with layer blending mode "multiply"

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STAGE 3 - Toning

Once the base colour is being filled, more or less like the traditional painting, we begin to detail out the toning of the colour, with an imaginary light source. In Photoshop, the tools involved are "Burn" and "Dodge" tool. I start to tone the muscles and carapace to make them more defined.

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STAGE 4 - Texturing

To make this Mutalisk look lively, I start to work on its texture, such as the muscle fibers, grunges and scratches in the carapace, blood vessels in its wings, etc. The textures are very fine and some are only visible when you zoom in. (click on the image to enlarge) The technique invole is also normal painting and toning to create the textures.

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STAGE 5 - Reflections

Minor reflections is added to give the carapace and muscle look even realistic. Notice that the dark are also having thin white reflections as lining.

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STAGE 6 - Finalizing and Cleaning Ups

At this stage it is sufficiently considered as completed. Change a little bit of the hue and saturations of the colour and sharpening all the edges which are initially blurry with pencils grunges.

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STAGE 7 - Backgrounding

Finally I have decided to add a suitable background to this Starcraft creature. The backdrop which I had painted features the 2 moons of Mar Sara (a fictional planet in the Starcraft Universe.), as the Mutalisk roamed veraciously in across its atmosphere in high altitude, which subject the the Confederate's aircrafts in constant fear.

Retire from Events!!!

2010-04-05T11:13:00.000-07:00

All the while my semesters had been very hectic. Apart from the "mandatory" academic schedules, my time is fully packed with events which I had joined (as organizing committee, not participant or delegate), such as EDX, SPE, CONVOFIAR, CHILDPRO, OCM, TOASTMASTER, CASFUMAL, ICC, etc. I went to meetings almost everyday, even until 12.00am. My life is full of schedules which had grabbed off most of my free time. Yea I do admit that organizing events are beneficial, but overdoing it is really unwise.

Well after reflecting deeply, I had made my crucial decision - I already had enough experience and moments to be treasured while organizing events and now its time for me to retire for the very next sem!!! Though I had been offered numerous posts in many events incluing HODs, even PD and APD, I had reluctantly rejected all of them. I am just a simple person who yearn for a simple but meaningful life. I want a peacful, slow-paced life with good quality:

Weekdays:

-study and do revision with own sweet time

-study with my EE friends everyday in common room (miss that)

-doing crazy stuffs with crazy peeps like Branson, Feng Jie, Andy, Alex, etc

-swimming is a MUST, jogging, workouts during evening

-cook good food (and they taste heavenly tasty after sport!)

-online and play some PC game before sleep

Weekends

-study whole day until tired and bored

-then go for sport to "unleash the boredom!"

-or play my violin, drawing and producing some artwork which I really enjoy

-and sometimes Sunday evening is a hangkai-movie-swimming-eatouts day in Ipoh!

We live uni life only once, and when we step out of the campus upon graduation to work, we'll again face the hectic life where you once had had before in uni. And this time it is until you retire. So why wanna make my life miserable by organizing too many events? Control yourself, Wei Di. Don't be too naive and blinded by the posts offered; those are just workloads that burden your life if you don't like it.

People might say that by organizing events you can learn to lead people, carried out task efficiently and it helped you when you stepped out there to work. Yea it is true but I am simply different. I am a person that is ignited only by passion and duty. Now I see my passion in joining events is dying rapidly so I can't afford to join anymore as that would results in irresponsibilities in me after joining. I can't anymore give out much commitment as last time as I did. I realized that I had changed. But when come out to work its different, because its my main responsibility and I will do whatever I can to please the one that pay me salary. (I am kinda $$-orientated)

Anyway do not follow what I said, as different people have different way of life. Some people simply enjoy to be an organizing committee, while some don't. I am just sounding out my personal feelings.

Tears of Mother Nature (Poem)

2010-03-29T09:13:00.000-07:00

Tears of Mother Nature

The rain's falling like a million feathers;

with gentle rhythms sounds sweet to the ear.

The sky is echoed with rolling thunders,

with friendly voices of Mother Nature.

The air is fresh and ground filled with waters,

with aroma and essence that wets the summer.

Its the moment She nurture Her creatures,

with love and care that shower with her tears!

By Wei Di

29/03/2010

Making a Map for Warcraft III - an Overview

2010-03-15T01:38:00.000-07:00

People really having much fun playing Warcraft Maps (such as DotA, The Three Corridors, Fight of Characters) but did anyone know how these Maps are created? As a Map maker, I am gonna explain a lil bit here so you guys could appreciate what people has done for you to play!

Well, to create a good map (game) with many original customizations, it is indeed a tedious project:

-it requires you a knowledge in programming (Jass script), or at least, basically, in GUI

-a knowledge in graphics editting (2D for Icons, textures, etc and 3D for models)

-a knowledge in sound editting (but doesn't seems popular among the community)

-a knowledge in terrianing

-AND good knowledge in gaming of course!

Scripting:

There are 2 methods where you can write your triggers:

*(triggers are the procedural codes that would be automatically be executed in response to certain events or happenings)

1)The GUIs (Graphical User Interface) for beginners- but has limited functions, and
2)The Jass Script- very powerful but need an advance knowledge in programming.

Therefore, I prefer the GUI method since I have not undergone any proper training in programming. All my knowledge is self-explored (since I have no internet during form 4 and therefore no web-based learning). Below is an example taken from a map that I have created during Form 4 (Legacy of the Damn):

A piece of trigger Written in GUI - simple. However if you did it beyond limits, it would be very messy, especially when you are dealing with 2 dimensional array variables.

Jass Scripts - I see stars!! Well it is very messy to untrained eyes, but would be very neat for pros as you can create variables of type both "local" and "global". So it is very powerful and have almost unlimited functions.

Texturing and Modeling:
This is another aspects of map making, where it enhances the art effects of the game. It requires you to a skill in
1) 2D graphic edittings - Photoshop to do texturing, Icons, LoadScreen, with alpha channel
2) 3D Graphic editting - 3D Max (Modelling, Animations, Particles, etc)

I am good in 2D Graphic editting, since my 3D skills is for LightWave and SketchUp, not 3D Max. Anyhow I do know some simple 3D editting for Warcraft III model. Well I gonna show you the 2 models (out of many) that I have customized in my map (Legacy of the Damn)

Left: My first editted model (Fozeron) , editted originally from the in-game LightningRevenat model. I had added some icy particles with the particle emitter. Right: The texture that I editted. Added a thin layer of snowy ice so make it look chilled.

Another Hero I edited. I change its particle colour from green to red, then add some flame effects on its head and hands. So the whole infernal is really ignited! The 4 icons below are his spells I programmed in GUIs (including art effetcs). The 2nd and 3rd icon is drawn by me using Photoshop. The right image showing Magma casting Lava Splash (3rd Icon).

Terrain Editting
Well this is another knowledge you need to have in Map-Making. But it is simple to create the terrain with the terrain editor in World Edit. Most people found it easy to master, however, if you are not a good artist, the map would look very fake and not natural. So its all instinct and intuition that u are dealing with! A map that is too empty or crowded is not good.

Another map of mine - the Jurassic Survivor.
Upper: A texture Wire-framed terrain.
Below: Rendered in-game previews, where I added in linear fogs, rain effects, and did all the terraining myself. Imported models including Dinosaurs, araucacia trees, palm trees, fern trees, grass, etc.

Sound Editting
Well most map-maker don't use custom sound for sound effects, since there are pretty much in-game sounds in the game's directory readily to be used. However if you chose to, it is another advance knowledge in MIDI editting! Though I do composed a few theme song for my map using Sibellious, but the file is too large for it to fit in. Plus, it is not so nice also. So I just simply download some track and put it in my map.

Well, I would say that making a truely genuine map with high quality is quite a tedious project. For me, where my modding team consist of only my brother and I, so the modding (modifying) process seems endless! (Plus I cant find any other map makers in Malaysia). Stuff goes even harder for me since my house have no internet connections that time; it also means that I had to learned the whole modding process through myself - explore exsisting maps, try and error, experimets!!! And mighty good thing I made it all!

Now I have stop modding map and whatever I wrote here is just for some general knowlegde that I wanna reminisce and share with all the gamers. =) Someday, maybe in the holiday I would continue to complete all the map that I have made halfway. (Legacy of the Damn, Farmville, Pro Shooter, Underwater, Jurassic Survivor, etc)

Photoshop Tutorial #1: 3D Sphere in 5 Minutes!

2010-02-14T18:56:00.001-08:00

Wallpaper of the day - Only 4 source images is used (the left 2 corundums and right 2 garnets).

The rest I did it manually in Photoshop, after discovering the technique of creating spheres

with shadows and reflection.

For most people, Photoshop is an image editing software where you combine 1 or more source images (photos, stock images, pictures from internet, etc), modify them, add in information and make them into a new piece of image. Or many people prefer to use Photoshop to retouch photos.

But now I gonna teach you to go beyond what other people normally do. I'll show you how to create images instead of modifying, and here is the 1st tutorial, one of the simplest.

TUTORIAL 1

3D sphere in 5 minute. Sound kinda impossible? I'm gonna unveil the mystery layers by layers so for those who are still new you'll know what is going on with the "Layer" feature in Photoshop, a very powerful gifts in graphic designing. There is no 3D functions, preset filters, or add-ons involved.

STEP 1

Not big deal. Create a grey circle like this. There are many ways to create a circle. I prefer to use the Pen Tool to create shape.

STEP 2

Now make it 3D. How?

This is the tricky part. You need to add tones to the plain circle using your mouse. I do recommend you to use the Dodge and Burn tool. Dodge is to lighten it while Burn is to darken it. The upper part should be brighter as light if reflected and the lower part, darker. To make it more realistic add a little reflection at the edge near the ground. Step 2 would just be a piece of cake if you are talented. =)

STEP 3

Now its time to add shadow. We add it manually.

Create a feathered-edge black circle. For me, I use the Brush Tool with large diameter and 0% hardness. And dot one on the canvas. Then proceed to transform it (CTRL + T). Compress the feathered circle into oval shape.

STEP 4

Place the shadow behind the ball so it look like this. Adjust it till it is right at the bottom of the ball. You are not done yet anyway, only for the 3D part. For skilled people this takes only 30 seconds. (by aids of shortcut keys, of course)

STEP 5

Copy and paste the 3D sphere layer so you have 2 layers (CTRL + J). Transform and flip the copied sphere vertically (along the x-axis) so it resembles the mirror image of the 1st sphere (Edit->Transform->Flip Vertical). Then adjust its position till they touch end to end at the bottom. Use Eraser tool (E) to fade the bottom part of the reflected sphere with uniform gradient. The eraser should be feathered, i.e. 0% hardness. Tada...you are done! Congratulations. Wait a second, maybe you want it to look metallic instead of a gypsum plaster?

STEP 6

Now get a source image. In this case I have took a picture. (Chancellor Complex of University of Technology Petronas) This photo would gonna be the reflected environment in the sphere. DONT use your photo else you wanna see how funny your face got distorted! xD

Use the liquefy filter to make it appear reflected on a spherical surface. (though I prefer to use warp transform) Then crop out the part. Place the cropped image behind the sphere. Then apply Linear Light mode to the Sphere layer so it looks like this. Repeat the same thing for its reflection and you are done!

DISCLAIMER.

I shall notify that all tutorials and materials that had been used here are very original. No other tutorials from other sites is pasted, nor referred. Every ideas are original.

"Cat"astrophe.

2010-01-28T16:31:00.000-08:00

I woke up some 6am n feel some warm furry thingy near my leg. To my big surprise I come to realise that I have actually slept with a cat for the whole night! (ntg happen between us btw) Naturally I grab the nearest tool (broom) and whack it hard...chasing after it. It run real fast. But my anger drove me even faster. Until we reached the balcony where it's the dead end. Thx God I was conscious enuf 2 let it survived. BTW I casted my ulti - pour it with a big pail of water. It then drifted skillfully off the corridor like AE86.

New Template!!!

2009-12-07T12:21:00.000-08:00

Lets start off with a random picture -
Its my new hard drive! 320 GB SeaGate worth RM230 of warranty 5 years.
Wanna thank so much to my dad!

New Attire
Well, it is pretty obvious that my blog have a new appearance. Since there are some extra time in hand (holidaying of coz) and I'd been freaking bored with the old appearance of my blog, finally I decided to do some "renovation".

So I browse through Google and found a piece of nice template.
Blue. Plain. Simple. Vast.
So did I downloaded them...and Whoala.

I always prefer Blue or green simply because they are rejuvenating.
Though in the past I favored dark-coloured background, now I've my taste twisted a lil.
Nice isn't it the new look?

Frenz 4eva!!!
It had been nearly a year since my last meet with Conilia and SinChean during CNY and unexpectedly we meet again this very end of year. Thanks to Joey for the call up! And its been 2 years I've not seen her.

This time we go to Wings Cafe. Quite a cool place. There is a professional performer there that plays the guitar and sings. And the beverages, of course cost us quite a fortune.
Therefore I only had a drink. hehe. Then we had a great conversation, mostly of some past memories that we spent together, esp about the trip to Japan. Really miss those times.

Classical: Its Conilia, Joey, SinChean and me @ Wings Cafe.
Dug out some memory in Japan.

Though there's a big gap of time seperation since we parted from our beloved alma mater St.Francis, I never expected today we're still talking and laughing excactly like we used to. Moreover no one had really changed in appearance, except me. Slimmer. hehe.

By the way its great to meet up each other after a long time of separation - each living own's life barely contacting each other. I suddenly remember what Conilia once said to me, that she was quite sad to leave SFI. In fact everyone does. All of us used to be close friends and we share lots of great memory. But time doesn't allow and we have to depart for each's journey of life.

Don't let time to tarnish the friendship between us. Friendz Forever!!!

Every rings of friendship that we belongs to throughout our life would end someday, and a new rings always form. Hence we should appreciate all our friends. Often, we don't realize how much our friend could mean to us, until the time that we need to depart draws near. Only by then we feel reluctant and start to appreciate his or her presence.

-signing off-
.....

98th 99th 100th 101th spin....

2009-12-04T00:05:00.000-08:00

This is the ceiling fan of my room. There is nothing special about it. Just that when I got have nothing much to do I'll start to count how many spins it did....

- sign of rotting at home -

A New Melaka, or An Outdated Me?

2009-11-28T12:16:00.001-08:00

The Historical Theme Park

There are a tonnes of changes in Melaka recently which I don't actually realized until I tour Micheal, Andy and Abang (my Sarawakian friends) around. I am not much like a tourist too I think when I marveled trough the sea of tourists which flooded the entire Stadthuys, Clock Tower, Chirst Church, and Jonker Street. I have to agree with what Andy said, Banda Hilir is like a histocrical theme park! Since all the historical monuments and tourist attractions like the Menara Taming Sari, Boat-ride, etc is confined within one small region, even the shopping malls for the locals are in the same region, and I am proud to announce that my formal secondary school St.Francis Institution, is just right in the middle! Well I'll roughly introduce a few new places worth to visit.

Near the clock tower. Really flooded by tourists.

Jonker street.

Out door bar at Jonker.

Tourists grabbing goods as if they are free at "San Shu Gong",
a shop that sells local delicacies at Jonker.

The newly built Dataran Sungai Melaka (next to QuaySide) has probably turned out to be one of the most attractive site, and I rate it as "unique" because it had successfully transforms the smelly and polluted Sungai Melaka into a scenic yard with picturesque scenery especially during sunset, but still it is smelly as ever. By the way Andy rate is as "romantic". The Kincir Air replica, the rebuilt forts and the beautiful lamp posts that torched alongside the river further enhance the scene. In addition, there is a Boat Ride to tour around the smelly Sungai Melaka, with fancy boats and a narrator to explain about the river. Too sad we don't get to ride as it rained heavily.

Night view at Sungai Melaka. The river cruise could be seen at the back.
At the far end is the Eye of Malaysia.

Andy at the side of river.

The Maritime Museum in the replica of a Portuguese ship.

A few steps from the Dataran River take you to the rows of museums. There are at least 8 to 10 museums in a row. Among those Tortura (next to gate of A'Famosa) is the 1 that stands out. It is a temporary museum (until February) that exhibits medieval instruments of torturing and killing people. The entrance is kinda creepy like the Ghost House in Genting, coupled with medieval choir as ambient musics. RM10 per entrance but worthy and I rate it as "informatively traumatic" as you'll be perfectly stunned with the cruelty and demonic acts of the past human and sigh for the agony suffered by those victims. Micheal rate it as "spiritual and possessed", as for those exhibits might be real. Often we would tend to contemplate on our own fate after watching those, on how lucky are we to be born in the modern society, despite the painful fact that some legal authority still practice the act of torturing secretly.

The entrance to Tortura. Looks creepy.

Osim message chair? No way its a chair with thousand spikes.

The Human Saw. The Victims are hung upside-down, with their leg spread apart, then 2 executors would hold each end of the saw and cut the victim into 2 slowly. In great agony, victim would slowly die when the saw reach the lung.

Andy, Micheal and Abang are just too lucky to choose the right date out to visit Melaka. Not only the weather is nice, but exaclty on the 26th - 28th there is a Cultural Art and Performance being carried out on a few spots in Banda Hilir, the so called "theme park". It was my first time to see such a weird performance also. There is a sound system playing music, and a performer soloing some artistic dance. Perhaps it is too abstract for us to understand. The performer shout, scream, do funny faces, etc. Some act which I recognized as "mad". By the way it do attracts crowds of people to watch.

Spider man? An art performer from the Austrailia.

"Melaka! Melakaaa!!! my Me....lakahhhh!" He is trying to express something but we don't underdstand.
Looks like he is proposing to the fort.

Another performer from Sumatera.
He is pouring flour on himself.

Next I bring them hike up the famous St.Paul Hills - the place where you could see the entire Banda Hilir. The ruins of St. Paul Church are there too. From the hill then you could really evaluate how much Banda Hilir is like "theme park". Musics are anywhere, probably played by the trishaws' loud speaker. Groups of tourists, thousands of them, and streams of beautifully decorated trashaws filled the entire city. There you could see the Eye of Malaysia (a huge Ferry's Wheel) and the soaring high Menara Taming Sari, a revolving tower, sort of a mini KL tower. I bring them to have a ride in the tower and they queued up terribly long.Abang and Micheal at the staircase up to St.Paul Hill.
Really a tired day after walking for the whole day.

A view from the Hill with tourists queueing up to reach the hill.
A hotel is in construction at the far end.

The Menara Taming Sari as seen from the hill.
It takes the shape of the Keris of Taming Sari and therefore its name.

During late night there is still some places of interest - The Jetty, just behind Mahkota Parrade. Well I would not say it is a tourist attraction, but somehow it is unique and attracts many night-life people. It is a 400m long building extending to the sea. There are K-box as many as 60 rooms, Pool games and snookers, Cyber Cafe, restaurants, etc all above the sea. At the end it is the floating cafe and K-box, where you can sing, and have meals in the open air and open sea. There is a night club and dance club too at the beginning. Andy and Micheal rate it as "heavenly entertaining" since everything is available within 1 place while Abang rate it as "unique and beautiful"

Eye of Malaysia as seen from The Jetty. Beautifully illuminated.

Craziest Jam

Imagine this situation: It had been 20 minutes yet you barely drove a few meters away. Certainly for some hot-tempered person this would be a nerve-stretching process but what can you do? It is helpless. Even pedestrians on their foot are much faster, they walk pass your car swiftly with great ease. This certainly prompt you to abandon your vehicle to join the stream of pedestrians, or maybe bang them hard with your car to release some tension? Well, it took me some 30 minuted to reach Mahkota Parade from QuaySide, which translates to around 500 meters. Its tedious for the jam alone, and the monstrous nightmare complements the jam perfectly when it comes to parking. All the slots are fully occupied and there is no way for you to park your vehicle. And thanks to the road next to new Newton being sealed off (for some pasar malam thingy), I have to take another 30 minutes joining the almost static traffic just to turn around Mahkota Parade to reach the parking near the Jetty. What a "long" journey!!!

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

2009-10-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-10-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

*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

2009-09-24T10:45:00.000-07:00

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....

2009-09-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-08-05T06:14:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-23T05:50:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-16T22:17:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-06-11T17:22:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-03-24T03:53:00.000-07:00

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....

2009-02-11T08:33:00.000-08:00

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?

2009-02-03T06:36:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-23T21:37:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-15T00:39:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-01-13T04:36:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-01-06T11:09:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-01T21:10:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-25T00:43:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2008-12-17T21:37:00.000-08:00

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...

2008-12-07T09:36:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-01T12:24:00.000-08:00

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)

2008-11-16T10:30:00.000-08:00

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...

2008-10-28T13:14:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-07-24T16:18:00.000-07:00

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

First Impression on UTP

2008-07-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

Well, I'll not gonna write long since it is deep in the night and I still have a long list of orientation programs way to go this week. Moreover, I am using my roomate's laptop.

I reached UTP at about 9 o'clock in the morning, and I recieved an SMS from Rachel asking me about my depature at the same moment. Well, I then headed to the Chancellor complex (in the picture) for registration. For your information, the complex actually symbolizes UTP, credit to its unique architectual design. Besides, labs and library in this complex is really amazing, with its fastinating futuristic looks.

I would say that I'm very lucky to got admitted into UTP because I could see something where other university can't - the UTP society. I would love to stress on the Malay friends in UTP. They are the chosen one all over Malaysia, the cream of the cream. The vast majority of them here are very capable especially in leadership, and of course, very friendly and sociable. Ya, What really caught my attention is that, many of them are REALLY excellent in English, and are really good English speakers! The officers and lecturer are even better! I really respected them. Well, I met friend from all over Malaysia, as well as from other country such as Austria, Zimbawe, South Africa, Thailand, Sudan and etc.

Ok, I think I'll stop here. Time doesn't allow. I'll post an even detail one with more pictures soon after I got to access the free computer in the Library!

Last Moment In Melaka - Emo

2008-07-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

I'll no longer be staying in Melaka, the place where I used to call home for the past 14 years. Before I step out of my house with my luggages in hands, I turned my head back to look shortly into the living room once again. Kinda procrastination. Kinda sad. It was empty, dark, silent. Yet, memories of the past keep being reminisced in my mind. I saw my siblings watching television though they were all sleeping soundly in their bed. In fact it was just an imagination of a normal day. I pay a last visit to my aquarium for this month (hopefully), but the fishes were all ''dormant'' at night. When the car engine roamed, I know that it was time. I finally stepped out of the gate, reluctantly. I am really, really emo! A mixed feeling of sadness and happiness! That nostalgic midnight really means a lot to me, signifies a junction which change my journey of life forever... Soon, we departed. Well, I am actually kinda emo, sad to mention, when it comes to this kind of moments where I am departing for another life. (The same implies to the day before I go to Japan for 2 weeks and NS for 3 months. But UTP for 5 years!!!). I will appreciate all the my stays in Melaka, and the time I spend with family and fellow friends. Adios Jia Wei, Han Way, Amin, Heng, William, Wee Chen, Kin Woon etc etc! After 5 years pursuing my foundation and a degree in petroluem engineering in UTP, scarcely I stand a chance to come back here, or to meet with you guys. Yes, only for vacations I'll come back. I might be working miles away off-shore in the middle of 'nowhere', or thousands of miles away off-Malaysia. That's why when I think more and more, I became more and more emo. Ok. Enough mention of my stupid emo's emotion. Come on, that's normal!!! Oh, forget to mention that Amin had finally decided to take ALAM rather than Petronas in search for a much greener pastures in USA. Amin, good luck and be cheerful as you always be! I will always support you!

Jaya Jusco Annual 'Flood'

2008-07-10T12:21:00.000-07:00

Today I keep myself busy with packing, packing and packing, shopping, shopping and shopping. I go to JJ for a luggage-hunt, and also satisfactorily hunted down a few nice clothes. Oh yeap, Rachel said she would be there also, luggage-hunting too, so a Rachel-hunt was going on. Hehe. But too sad I never saw her. There are human all over, flooding every corner. Really too "much" of human. I could barely walked without colliding with them. It was not appealing at all environment wise, so hot and congested with human. You know la, human breath out hot gases and occupy space, because they are matters. But on the contrary, the prices were, wow, fantastic! That's why it's like sugar attracting ants, honeys attracting bees and money attracting the forever craving human. Including me, hehe, human too. Oh, ya, due to the astonishing numbers of car, it left me no choice but to park my car far away at Han Seng's big mansion, after my mom granting permission from her mom. However what a pity of us when my car came broken down half way back to home...haiz. Had to called out my aunty to send us home...

Nasi Lemak Template

2008-07-05T11:09:00.000-07:00

Drooled, I wandered unknowingly into the kitchen, being lured by the tantalizing aroma. My eagle-sharp eyes glanced swiftly across the table...and was instantly caught by the sight of...NASI LEMAK. Oh...my mom had just finished cooking Nasi Lemak. Itadakimasu! (why Japanese?) Next I saw slices of banana leaf in the table, with many shiny water droplets on its surface. Then, here came my inspiration, a 'divine' inspiration that shakes the very foundation of, -.- my blog design mind set. Cheh!
CONSEQUENCES: I started to love leaves and green colour. I changed my template.

Well, besides having too much time in hand, I decided to change my template into a better one so that it could passionate me to blog. I modified the original 'This Way' template by giving it a new skin. Albeit spending hours trying and erring, the results are worth. At least I learned how HTML works. Furthermore,I really love this brand new 'Nasi Lemak' template.(tough the textures seem to be like bamboo) Its dark green background had given this page a rejuvenating, cooling effect to my eyes. It is very comforting. Yea, for your information, this template is solely for decoration purposes, so it has nothing to do with my blog title ' The Rolling Stone' at all. Anyway the water droplets are arranged in the shape of 'm' which stands for 'Maxor', my Internet Nickname.
NOTE: No Nasi Lemak or Banana leaves are being hurt in the making of this template.

Bye Bye Form 6

2008-07-04T06:40:00.000-07:00

When the counting of months became weeks, I finally made up my mind to put a full stop in my form 6 life. I will soon leaving this very home town to start off a new life as a university student far to the north in UTP, Perak. Hence, my time at home is getting more precious as it goes shorter, so I had decided to spend more time at home. Ya, for some may doubt over my sudden disappearance in class, leaving MHS in silence without a word. So here I explain to you why is it so. In fact I set the date 20th of June (Friday) as my last day in school, and would be bitting farewell to my class. However I didn't make it to Friday since i fell ill for the last 2 day, therefore absent and off I went.

These are the few conclusions that I'd jump into about MHS form 6:
It deserves a thumb-up for the teachers and classmates. The teachers are hardworking, experienced and really talented in teachings while the classmates are among the cream of the state (I am not boasting). Everyone are so smart that really pissed me off, make me feel inferior and intimidated especially people like Tang Xing Yi, Ang Wen Jean, Low Jia Wei and Nicky Thong. Others may be, too, but I don't know them long enough. For sure, I'll always be at the last position if i were to stay there. Somehow the classes have a superb atmosphere strong enough to urge me studying. For your information, MHS is among the top in ranking in the whole country for its STPM achievement for the pass few years. Oh, forgot to mention about the toilet...it really sucks! So filthy and smelly that it'll probably awaken those who on a drug effect. The toilet had it's doors pulled off, and the mirror was shattered into pieces. Yea, the wall is full of graffiti. I wonder it makes it look prettier.

Well, there are a few things that I gonna miss:
Definitely I felt reluctant to stop my school life, for it had been the daily routine that I'd been so used to for the past 11 years. I totally agreed with Jia Wei's point that school life is something that money can't buy with once it'd passed. Don't tell me that you are gonna put on your school uniform when your are in the age of 50. Hell, that's totally freak! School life is fun, especially the time I spent with my fellow friends. By leaving Form 6, I'll gonna miss all my friends, especially those from SFI like Han Way. There are also a few from IJC whom I know since form 2, like Tang Xing Yi and Wen Jean, likewise, would be missing them too. I would also miss the school uniform....lol, rather looks like a waiter or salesman's attire. So be it!

Whatever it is, life is always dynamic. We keep facing changes in our life. So hopefully I had made the right choice and UTP won't let me down. Despite of the non-Chinese dominance and strangers there, I'm quite adaptive environment wise and would be used to it as proven in NS. I can always be connected with my fellow friends through blogging and MSN.

Tagged by Sonia & Wei Jian

2008-06-25T18:38:00.000-07:00

LAYER 1 : ON THE OUTSIDE
Name : Gan Wei Di
Birth Date: 25.6.1990
Current Status : Single
Eye Colour : Black
Righty of lefty : Right

LAYER 2 : ON THE INSIDE
My Heritage : Descendant from China. Xia Men, Fujian.
My Fears : Dentists, surgeons, nurses. What kinda phobia is this? Yea, darkness and bosses.
My Weaknesses : below-shit-level confidence, hellish bedroom. Cant resist to use a bazooka
when see cockroaches and maggots. They are must-destroyed to me.
My Perfect Pizza: Chocolate pizza with wasabi paste, delectable "see harm"+ salmon
fillets and durian toppings. Irresistibly scrumptious but sumptuous!

LAYER 3 : YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
My thoughts first waking up : Fellow pillows and my lovely bed, I'll gonna miss you!
My bedtime : Fluctuates between the range of 10p.m. to 3a.m. depending on what I'm doing.
My most missed memory : Many, especially form5 and my time in Japan.

LAYER 4 : MY PICK
Pepsi or Coke : Tesco Coke
McDonald or Burger King : Ramli
Single or grouped dates : both
Adidas or Nike : Bata (Buy and throw away)
Tea or Nestea : Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla : Chocolate! Needless to ask. I'm a great fan of chocolate!
Cappuccino or Coffee : Both

LAYER 5 : DO YOU
Smoke : Yes...years ago when I smoked away rain bugs that swarmed my lamp...haha.
Curse : Yes...only in DotA.
Take a shower : Never......when I'm having a cold.
Have a crush : Everyone did!
Think you've been in love : Dont ask me. But I'm only in love in MONEY. Muahaha!
Go to school : Definitely. Currently MHS.
Want to get married : Let the supremacy of fate to decide...
Believe in yourself : I believe more in LOW JIA WEI. lol

LAYER 6 : IN THE PAST
Alcohol : Yes. I only love the elegant red wine.
Gone to the mall : yes but rarely.
Been on stage : Yeap. I shivered.
Eaten sushi : I eaten my first sushi in my life in Japan last year! とても美味しいかった!
Dyed your hair : If do, then black is the colour. 永永远远是龙的传人!

LAYER 7 : HAVE YOU EVER
Played a stripping game : Never! only Idiots do that.
Changed who you were to fit in : not sure lor...

LAYER 8 : AGE YOU'RE HOPING...
To be married : more or less 30.

LAYER 9 : IN A GIRL...
Best eye colour : Black
Best hair colour : Depend on her look
Short hair or long hair : Never shorter than mine!
Best height : MUST be shorter than me. (Can't imagine how short she'll be!)
Attitude : caring, loving, concern.

LAYER10 : WHAT WERE YOU DOING...
A minute ago : Typing this survey.
Hour ago : Dreaming in my bed. I KO 1 guy in martial art!
4.5 hours ago : Dreaming still...
1 month ago : Rotting and being grown by fungus and spider webs at home. A boring holiday.
Year ago : Struggling for SPM.

LAYER 11 : FINISH THE SENTENCES...
I love : those who love themselves.
I feel : that learning is harder than living.
I hate : Cockroaches, maggots, emos, selfish, arrogant people and whatever similar on the par...
I hide : other's secrets.
I miss : SFI and Japan!
I need : grow mature and change my absent-minded frailty.

LAYER 12 : TAGGING 5 PEOPLE.
Khuan Yew, Soon Heng, Yang Xin, Hui Kit, Han Way.

Petronas Annual Report

2008-06-24T03:37:00.000-07:00

Promptly after the announcement on the reduced petrol subsidies, the public broke out in rage and dissatisfaction, protesting to the fullest and some demanded Petronas to make its annual report more transparent and holistic. I think everyone deserve to have a look on the report. Take your time to glance through shortly before giving any remarks that hopefully would be rational.
-Click here- to view the annual report of Petronas in year 2007.

My concern
Since that I'm gonna be part of the Petronas community very soon, (starting from 12th of July* upon admission into its Universiti Teknology Petronas as a sponsorship holder) certainly I show some concern on this company's future. The recent petrol price hike did make me worry and completely unnerve as petroleum is one of the Petronas fundamental affiliations. Likewise, the arising public attention and doubts towards Petronas financial management may affect its financial planing in future, in turn, would give an impact to me as one of its future work force. The salary schemes may need to be reconstructed to lower the cost of oil productions. However after having a short glance through its annual report, I'm much relieved in the sense that Petronas would never go bankrupt due to its stability in its finance. Nevertheless, Petronas is very much in the shortage of professionals such as experienced engineers, who can boosts up the efficiency of oil production thus cutting cost and lower price of crude (an increase in rate of production would bring it meet the market demand).

On the other hand, lets review on its background. Petronas is a multinational corporate which had and yet to invest in as many as 36 countries worldwide venturing mostly into the very profitable petroleum production businesses, and I think that it still remains numerous decades to come before all the petroleum reservoirs on earth reach depletion. Also, Petronas reached the reputation of the Fortune Global 500 ranking. With the assets value of 294.6billion Ringgit and a net profit of 46.4billion Ringgit in 2007, Petronas proved to have a very strong reserve in economy that make it stands firmly. I hope that the recent political conflicts would not affect Petronas, do take note that Petronas is a business entity, and is apart form our government's policy. If its fate is similar to Proton, I got nothing to say...

*July - so sicked of this word! tend to type as June for so MANY times!!!! IShhhh!

Don't Buy Petronas???

2008-06-21T04:59:00.000-07:00

Recently I received some circulating e-mails in the internet which ask us to boycott Petronas retail outlets. I concluded this as irrational as Petronas got nothing to do with the recent price hike. It is apart from our government policy and the petrol price is up to the decision of our government. The e-mail contents are shown as below:

It's different and successful approach….' Don't' buy PETRONAS'
Just DO it!!!!

LET'S JUST DO IT ! ! !THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' PETROL FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET PETROL BACK DOWN TO RM1.92 PER Litre....
This was originally sent by Phillip Hollsworth, a retired Coca Cola executive.

If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this winter, take time to read this, PLEASE.

Phillip offered this good idea.

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day' campaign that was going around last April or May!

It is worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

We are going to hit RM 2.70 a litre and it might go higher!! Want petrol prices to come down?

We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at last year's action because they knew we would not continue to 'hurt' ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
Please read on and join with us!

By now, you're probably thinking petrol priced at about $1.50 is cheap.
It is currently RM2.70 for regular unleaded.

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a liter of gas is CHEAP at $1.50, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace...not sellers.

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.

The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their petrol! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol.

But we CAN have an impact on petrol prices if we all act together to force a price war.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol from Petronas
the biggest price-up driver company.

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Petronas petrol buyers. It's SO simple!
Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions and even BILLIONS of people!!

I am sending this note to 20 people.
If each of you sends it on to at least twenty more that's (20 x 20 = 400) ..
And those 400 send it to at least twenty more (400 x 20 = 8000 .... and so on,
by the time the message reaches the fifth group of people, we will have reached over SIXTY FOUR MILLION consumers!!!!!
20x20 = 400
400x20 = 8,000
8,000x20 = 160,000
160,000x20 = 3,200,000
3,200,000x20 = 64,000,000
64,000,000x20 = 12,800,000,000
That's 12.80 Billion people folks, who will have been contacted!!!!!

Unbelievable?? Do the math and see for yourself!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 20 people. That's all!
I'll bet you didn't think we had that much potential, did you!
Acting together we can make a difference..

If this message makes sense to you, then please pass it on.
THEY will LOWER THEIR PRICES TO BELOW THE RM1.92 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

It's simple – send the message along to others and choose to not buy petrol from Petronas.
TWENTY FIVE POINT SIX BILLION people:

Now THAT's people power.

LET'S
JUST DO IT ! ! !
More power to you friend.

The retail price of petrol in our country is actually fixed by our government through APM (Automatic pricing mechanism) where the retail price of petroleum products is determined by the price of crude, refinery cost, marketing costs, government taxes and commissions for petrol station owners. By varying the amount of taxes levied on the petroleum products its price becomes fixed at the retail level. As long the price of crude fluctuates within a certain reasonable range, the AMP works. But the price of crude oil continue to rise and escalate, therefore APM no longer holds. Our government not only had to totally forgo the taxes but to introduce subsidies to petroleum products to fix its outlet price.

-adopted from The Star

Therefore Petronas ought not be blamed. Is it fair to boycott Petronas alone but not other oil companies like Shell and Mobil since they sell their petrol at the same price with Petronas?

Blogging in My Definition

2008-06-17T08:19:00.000-07:00

Well, it is a big big disgrace to announce that I only started to blog recently for the first time in my life! What a horrible statement huh? But everything do have a beginning.

Lets find out how I got associated with blog... Last time I do not even know what a blog is, sad to mention, but thanks to Low Jia Wei! Why? Because he is the one that always introduce me his blog so to read on his long articles, mostly about politics. Upon realizing that writing something informative is interesting, like him, I started my blog. Still, I thought that blogging need to be formal and factual...it was not until when I discovered more of my friends' blog, of all varieties, from funny and creative one like Jude's to political fanatics like Alex's. There is also some expert in English like Julian Tay and Philip Goh, whom, OMG I nearly gave up reading their blog! Maybe you may say that my English is BELOW SHIT LEVEL!

I also started to realize that blog itself is another tiny world, a world smaller than my formal school yet covers a wider community. This world, which I think, mostly comprises of only SFI and IJC bloggers. So, it is also good that I can match those faces with the names which I had already knew long ago! Huhu~! This is my previous situation - I always heard of Ester Lam, Sharon, Jun Mei (the same person in fact) Amanda, Stephanie, so on and so on...and when go to tuition or elsewhere, "hey, I noe her", "I hav seen her", " she is very smart, I noe tat." but "what's her name?" Haha, now the game is over! However I also get to know them in Form 6.

Anyway I am not hoping many will come and turn up reading my blog...(since I am a male, and females don't really know me here, and I am not part of the gang, China Town neither) So I just blog for fun since I got too much time in hand. I also blog for another purpose - to report my life history. So such blog I would post in a relatively formal way, such as the previous post about my PLKN thingy and expected the reader is none other than myself! Yes...since I have poor English, I hope I could at least learn something from other fellow bloggers who love bombastic words! Good luck to myself! May God bless me~

In future I'll post something informative, mostly unrelated to the bittersweet of my life.

From: Newbie

Life in National Service (Program Latihan Khidmat Negara)

2008-06-10T06:54:00.000-07:00

I am one of the millions of trainees nationwide who are called to participate in the National Service in year 2008. Unlike my other fellow unlucky friends (because got selected) who are lucky enough to camp in Melaka, my camp is located far away in Kluang, Johor, which takes me almost 2.5 hours journey to reach there by bus from Melaka. Approximately the same length of journey from Melaka to KL.

About My Camp
The Camp is known as Kem PTH Padang Hijau or Green Feild Resort - the best equipped camp (so far I knew) with the most beautiful landscapes atmosphered by rejuvenating fresh air. As the name suggested, the camp is surrounded in oil palm plantation...therefore "hijau", means green. In the sea of oil palm trees, there stand our lovely dorms...which looks rather like chalets, especially during night time under the argon lamps illumination. Since the land is uneven in height, the dorms are built on cliffs after cliffs, thus making the scene more like the "Hanging Garden" while being viewed from far. Every morning, this camp would be covered in a thick fog, sometimes much more intense than Genting Highland due to its high humidity. The air is simply cool, fresh and soul-enlightening. I am quite satisfied with these when compared to other camps. We have white marble floor in the dorm and brand new toilets. You could hardly believe that you can see a reflection of your face in the floor in C5 dorm! 1 more thing...I could hardly see any mosquitoes...but flies are a big threat!

These look rather like chalets than dorms.

General Info on PLKN
-Chairman is Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye
-Chief Minister is Dato' Haji Abdul Hadi Bin Awang Kechil
-Boys are called Wira, and girls are called as Wirawati, while the trainers are known as cikgu.
-Four main companies, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta. I am in Delta.
-Accommodation - dorm
-Food and beverage - Malay foods
-Under JLKN (Jabatan Latihan Khidmat Negara)

These 2 photos are taken just after dawn. As you can
see the available sight radius is not even more than 150m.

Friends

I think that I am pretty much lucky to have 8 guys from my formal school accompanied me. Suppose to have 9 of them, but Chua Kwee Shen got exempted from participating in this program due to his medical situation. The other 8 were Lee Shih Tien, Tan Guan Ann, Tan Say Hao, Yeow Kin Woon, Jie Han, Yoga and Yusof. Lee Shih Tien and Tan Guan Ann even share the same dorm with me, while Kin Woon and Say Hao share the same Dorm. Kin Woon and I are already friend, and only acquainted with Tan Guan Ann and Lee Shih Tien. But within days an intimate friendship had developed within us, and also with other chinese trainees. Among them are William, Jason, Matthew, Ah Wee, Ann Xiang, Xiao Xiang, Chow Xiang, Winson, Ah Yonng, Ah Quan, Alan, Tee Ming Hian, Jia Hern...

From Above left : Ann Xiang, Me, Ah Wee, Staff, Winson, Ah Yong, Blackie Matthew.

From Below left: Ah Quan, Kin Woon, Shih Tien

Well, of course, I did make friend with some Wirawatis too. Ee Ling was among the first that I got to know, then Audrey, Hui Juan, Jessica, Siew Kian...and they had added in colour into my NS life. Among them Hui Juan and Siew Kian are the 11As scorers, exactly the same as me, then Ee Ling is 10 As. Really glad to know them. However in the camp there is some chemistry between Wira and Wirawati...well, since this is sensitive and personal so I would not gonna share much of it. But I could tell you that almost everyone did experience it.

Free time to spend with freind
There is actually quite a lot of free time while in the camp. This only refers to non-Muslim as Muslim would have to be forced to do their prayers 5 times a day! So that time we are on our on feet. But there is some limit, of course. So usually we'll take out snacks to enjoy and cook some cup noodle. Then, while eating we'll chit-chatting with each other, and talk about our life. There, I realized how lucky I am! We are all from different walks of life, from student to bartender and fighter! It is almost impossible for us to meet together, live under one roof and become close friend. But NS do! That's how I learn to appreciate people around me! Below are some photos of us in the camp, reminiscing the lovely memories.

Frenz 4eva!

Delta - the leading company

Cheeze!

Jessica and me

Xiao Juan and me

NOT ADVICABLE to Attend the 2nd batch!
This is really true for those who excel academically. Since we are only allowed to contact the 'outside world' through telephone and faxes, while not having a chance to serve the net, it stands us no chance at all to get to know more scholarships. Yes, newspaper are available but how much can we do? How to check our application results? Note that my parents are no good in this aspect. Moreover it is really troublesome to get out of the camp to attend all the interviews, as the procedures are pretty much and annoying. The situation then get worse when I was called to interview in Perak for the Petronas scholarship! And my parents have to run front and forth all the way from Melaka to Johor. Imagine that, one single journey (from Melaka to Johor) would cost my father's Datsun 120y RM30 for the petrol, and RM14 for the highway toll. So there is a total of 4 times of travelling the same journey when I took an off to go back Melaka (my dad go to Johor to fetch me, then go back home with me. Then go to Johor again to send me there, then go back to Melaka). So the total expenses is approximately RM176. Note that I did not go back once, but several times for some festivals such as Cheng Meng and the Wesak day. The total expenses would result a lost when I contra with the RM450 I recieve from them.

Low Jia Wei
Being helpless in the camp, 1 of my good friend swiftly turned up to lend me his helping hands on dealing with new scholarship applications. Thanks to Low Jia Wei who had helped me so much regardless on the money he spent for hours of calling me over the phone, and the time and effort he had contributed to help me apply those scholarships. He also keep me informed of the latest results via SMSing. Moreover, he even helped me wrote a thousand words essay for the Sime Darby scholarship. Sadly I got none of the scholarship...but still I am thankful to Jia Wei.

Why Unlucky
Well, there is a few reasons behind this. First - changes in physical appearance, which is also one of the aspect which youths concern the most. Through the 3 months of trainings under the programme...much of us (trainees) actually gain nothing physically but rather, surprisingly, weight. Why? Because we had 6 meals a day while working out too little!. Well, for some might be confused which 6 meals, they are breakfast, morning tea break, lunch, afternoon tea break, dinner and supper. Terrible. For Wiras, which include me, got our precious hair trimmed to the skin!!! Therefore we look the same...as dumb as a donkey. However it is very cooling and well ventilated. Some boys lose their power and confidence without hair (like Yeow Kin Woon) as he kept complaining he looks unattractive. However in my view, it is on the contrary. The best way to counter this is to put on a cap. So it is not strange for you to notice a sudden increase in the number of "botak"s and cap bearers recently following the end of the 2nd-batch training this month. Second - lost of freedom. Well, we gotta follow all kinda rules while in the camp. Eg, when we go outta our dorm, we'll need to put on a tidy attire. Just similar to my formal school, long pants, no jeans, well tucked- in collared shirt, and shoes with socks and it is made compulsory for the Malay girls to put on the tudungs and long sleeves shirt. Moreover, girls and boys are forbidden to interact for most instances. Only allowed in classes, or in some activities while under the trainers' strict monitoring. While in canteen, boys sit at the right side while girls at the left. This is okey as girls and boys should be mixed. Third - no more kakak and mom. Well this doesn't affect me much (though normally chores are done by my mom alone) however some of my friends begun to cultivate some habits. Good or bad? Both. For sure good one is that one become skillful and experienced in washing clothes and dishes, like me. However some became used to wear unwashed clothes that smell...well to be sarcastic, one spender can wear four times. How? normal, backside front, inside out, inside out and backside front. Muahaha!

Why Lucky?
Who would think that they are lucky to got selected? Think wisely. We are actually lucky to participate in this program. First - M-16, the dream of most trainees. Holding the Colt M-16 machine gun is once-in-a-lifetime chance. Well, you may hold the normal hand gun or hunter's rifle, but never an M-16. (except in Counter Strike) M-16 is made of stainless iron weight only 2.95 Kg. It's bullets are made of copper, and cost RM16 each! Under the close guidance and monitor of army officers, we are allowed to shoot 30 bullets in the shooting range. A target is given at a distance of 150 meters, and we do our best to aim the bull's eye. Finally, I manage to score the highest among the males in my company! With a total mark of 88 out of 100. (though i Know Bagi score 100!) . Second - get to know a lots of friends. In the camp I had really made lots of friends with people of all walks of life. well, I've explained everything previosly. Third - obtain a certificate. During my last day, I got the most precious thing, a yellow certificate with Najib's signature. This certificate definitely has its significance. We will be on advantages as we go for interview, and I think NS help me to got my Petronas scholarship. (that time I'm still in camp) Fourth - experience. I obtain many precious experience in the camp dealing with people and activities. Fifth - RM450. We would receive RM 150 from JLKN under Bank Pertanian Account every month, so a total of RM450 in three months. But should be RM550 as JLKN had promised to award those who obtain 9 As and above in the SPM examination. But it is obviously BULLSHIT when my account only shows RM420. However, as I've been told by the vice commandant, there is a new order from the JLKN recently which make us fully paid even that we leave the camp early. But the effects of the order still don't seems to show up when my one of my friend has only 150 in her account!

Here are some info on Colt M-16:
-light and easily handled
-durable and suits all land and weather conditions
-made in USA
-common weapon in WW2
-are used in the War of America in Vietnam
-bullet moves at a speed to 990.6 ms
-178kg of force is exerted by bullet when hit target
-15 bullets per second for auto-mode

The real situation of the shooting session in the shooting range. Try imagine how thunderous the shots are.

Fatality of NS trainee
NS has always been a sensitive issue in our country, especially cases concerning trainees' death.
There has been a total of 16 death since the program started in year 2004. Chilck here for wikilink.
Out of these 16, 1 death happened in my camp 2 years ago back in year 2006, which was caused by fight among Delta trainees.

Get It Done - The Crazy Geologist

The Black Semester Ends.

When Fruits Talks

In A Complicated Relationship...=\

I FINISHed my exam!! (Punch-worthy article!!) =P

Old Words New Meanings, Only in UTP!!!

Top 9 UTP Scenarios (FUNNY)

HAIZ...hate this year.

Nokia 1280

Melaka Indoor Swimming Pool

Crazy Geologist

The Driver and His Public Transport

Shitty Timetable and Cafes

Fantasie-Impromtu by Frederic Chopin

Same Fate... =.=

CASFUMAL Food + Pulau Perhentain

End of my First Year Degree!!!!

First Geology Field Trip - It was a Blast!!!!

My 1st Mouse Driven Digital Painting!!!

Retire from Events!!!

Tears of Mother Nature (Poem)

Making a Map for Warcraft III - an Overview

Photoshop Tutorial #1: 3D Sphere in 5 Minutes!

"Cat"astrophe.

New Template!!!

98th 99th 100th 101th spin....

A New Melaka, or An Outdated Me?

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

Bad luck.

Yet Another Mid-sem Break

Missing Those Days....

Quarantined!

Past Memory - Digimon Drawings

KL Outting

Tagged by Molly

What a Black Week.

Updated!

Photoshop, Lightwave and Sketchup....

Starting off with the new sem! Hectic or Idle?

Into The 3D Realm

Methana and Propana - A New Start

WORSTEST year!

Photoshoping Again!

Back to Kluang, Johor

Trip with MHS

Tagged, tagged and tagged!!!

Tagged by AlexConcerto D Amore

Busiest Holiday Ever...

Last Moment in UTP for Foundation First Sem 2008

Life in UTP (Updated)

Happy Depavali...

Tagged by Wei Jian

Rules:

Back to Melaka - Quarantined?

First Impression on UTP

Last Moment In Melaka - Emo

Jaya Jusco Annual 'Flood'

Nasi Lemak Template

Bye Bye Form 6

Tagged by Sonia & Wei Jian

Petronas Annual Report

Don't Buy Petronas???

Blogging in My Definition

Life in National Service (Program Latihan Khidmat Negara)

Tagged by Alex
Concerto D Amore