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

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! >.<

Life in UTP (Updated)

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.

Back to Melaka - Quarantined?

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

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!