Mario Solo Piano Medley

Right after our exams were over, me and my coursemates went to Sg. Pelek to have food. Ok, the food was not exceptionally delicious, but our effort to travel far in the quest for tasty food made it taste better.

I have to admit that this piece of customized Gundam model set was the most impressive model set I have ever seen in my entire life. After all, there are no dragons or unicorns in factory-made Gundams models.

This is the largest Gundam model I have ever seen. It can be found at Sg. Wang Plaza for a limited time only. Guess it had already been removed from the site.

I Wanna

Last week I begged my friend to bring me along to an IET YMS team-building camp at Kuala Selangor even though I am not an IET member. The camp was just awesome. We stayed for a night at a rented house in Pasir Permatang (if I am not mistaken).

We made a detour to Klang on our way back. That presented us the opportunity to taste Klang BahKutTeh at... Klang of course.

Klang BahKutTeh. You might think I'm carnivorous solely based on the photo above.

But for the sake of the environment, I am trying hard to cut down the amount of meat I am consuming. Still, meat is so tempting... gosh, I am getting hungry already looking at the photo above.

Does anyone do BahKutTeh delivery? It's a great business idea~

I do think that it was a waste of money to see fireflies at Kuala Selangor. Until now, I still think that the lights that I saw were LED light bulbs.

Return of the Mack

I wonder when was the last time I updated this blog?

Chase This Light

You Were One of the Emo / Goth Kids

When you were in high school, you were still figuring out what you were all about. You underwent an intense period of self exploration, and you learned a lot about yourself. You may have felt like a bit of an oddball, but luckily you had friends who were in the same boat as you were. You probably aren't very goth or emo these days. However, you still are likely to see things from an alternative point of view.

What High School Clique Did You Belong To?

Next to You

Yesterday, I witnessed the graduation ceremony for 7 of my INTI seniors. I'm so happy for them. Even though I did not get to know them sooner, but I definitely glad to be classmates with them.

You might wonder why one batch of graduates only consisted of 7 people. Well, here in INTI-IU, science students like myself is the minority (approximately 5% of the totally student population).

So in case if you think the situation could be worse, you are definitely right! If things run as it is planned, I would only be graduating together with 1 other classmate, making a total of 2 INTI Biotech graduates next year end.

Only the 2 of us!? How sad can my future graduation ceremony gets?

Blackout

Bill Clinton visitation to INTI-IU definitely brought so much trouble to the students. Not only did INTI management locked down the student center building, but they also closed down the cafeteria, citing security reasons as the excuse. The linkway to the academic block was also closed for the same purpose.

In the end students without umbrella could not make it to their 8am classes due to the morning rain on Friday. Students also could not have lunch at the cafeteria for that day. And being part of INTIMA, I am stuck with two opposing roles: my commitment to serve the student community and my position as part of the INTI management.

So what are the options left to me? Do I just ignore this situation and hide from my own conscience?

No... it's better to take the initiative and lodge a complaint before the rage of 5k students fall on INTI management and INTIMA.

Chain Intervention

I have this whiteboard in my apartment.

Everyday when I sit down in front of my laptop, the writings on this whiteboard would remind me of the work that I have to finish and hand in.

Everyday it will list all the coursework that I have yet to complete.

Life as guided by this whiteboard seem dull... until my clever housemates added DoTA to the list.

......deng

Now I have removed DoTA from my computer or else I would not be able to get any work done this weekend. And also for the following week.

DoTA is addictive. And harmful. Do try to stay away from it.

Lean on Me

There will be a blood donation drive this week at INTI-IU. This time I hope that I can successfully donate blood. I failed miserably in my previous attempts to donate blood. My blood will stop flowing halfway to one full pack. Guess I either have low blood pressure or my blood just agglutinates too fast.

Oh yea, I remembered that I nearly fainted the last time I attempted to donate blood. Wonder will the same thing happen again this week?

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The only member of Glee cast who I can recall was the nerdie guy who was on the wheelchair. After all, I've never watched an episode of Glee, but I really like the complete OST from Glee Season 1.

100 awesome songs sung by the Glee cast, now can be found in the hard disk of my dear laptop.


This weekend I finally had time to use my Wacom tablet and my colour pencils. Time flies and it's the end of the month already. After not drawing anything for a long while, I definitely felt I could not draw as well as in the past. After all, I recalled that I always doodle in class or in lecture. The time spent doodling was in fact one of my happiest time in my life.

Just Be Friends

"What the the 3 nevers in life?"

My group members discussed and argued heatedly on the answers to this question.

Strangely, one of the answer I got was "never conform".

How I wish that is practical.

But life demanded the opposite from me.

Conformity seemed to be necessary to survive in this competitive and collective society.

Can I not conform?

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On the bright side, I had the fullest life in INTI this semester.

Never had I been so into student activities or sports.

And I have to say that I'm glad that I grab the opportunity that was offered to me.

Now I'm living life like I never did.

F.U.N

Calling out to all SCANDAL and Paramore fans!!! Both bands are coming down to South East Asia! Can this get any better?

Paramore will be performing at Bukit Jalil on the 19th of October, Tuesday.

Paramore! Paramore! Paramore!

On the other hand, SCANDAL will be performing on the 14th of November at Singapore during AFAX (Anime Festival Asia) with many other Jap pop artists. Tickets are selling from $55 (Singapore dollars of course). But can I even afford them?

I wonder if students at INTI Nilai are feeling the pinch from the constant changes that are happening? From what that I can see, the employment of student-centered learning equals to more coursework and assessments, particularly for final-year courses.

By the way, have I mentioned that final-year courses here are not easy at all? Now I spend all my (previously) free time reading journals and revising lecture notes.

No time for sports. No money for outing. No time and money for girls.

After overcoming last week's storm, now it's time to embrace a whole new week of problems and homework! But I know what can cheer me up: tickets to the concerts!

Or I can just continue to dream on. At least it does not cost anything to dream~

OVER DRIVE

Now I seriously felt offended. There is so much work to handle and the only thing you had to say to me in a committees' meeting is "you need a haircut".

Even before yesterday's meeting, I always knew that my hair is messy.

But nevertheless, that's my hair. My personal issue. A private matter.

The following message is intended to my fellow team members:

I can't believe some people thinks my looks could be affecting work when these people are preaching about being professional in dealing with their job and responsibility and yet failed to distinguish personal issues from official matters. If anyone actually had that in mind, that I suggest to you to recruit or hire pretty faces or some dumb blondes instead.

When it comes to work, I tried to do my best. You all demanded that I need to wear a coat and I have to buy one in the shortest notice when I know I do not need one. My job scope is unrelated to any of yours, but I desired to help out as I saw you all were very busy with your respective work. And instead of appreciation, all I got was complaints for sticking my nose in your matters.

A big sorry for being such a busybody. I decided to leave you on your own.

I wish that humans could focus less on physical attractiveness and try to look into the greater beauty inside. I understand it's difficult. But I know it's not impossible. So do not let your current mindset obstruct you from growing in wisdom, my dear friends.

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To my fellow readers, I am sorry to lash out like this but I seriously do not know who can I talk to about this issue and I was damn desperate. However, if you have read this post and would like to help ease my suffering, please chat with me. Thanks in advance.

Sigh. My sad life at INTI-IU.

All the Right Moves

Guess I should stop hesitating and just get on with life.

But I still wanna defer one semester and go to USA.

Life is definitely not waiting. Sigh.

Toxic

It's not a big deal, but I am glad that I successfully survived 14 days in KL without PC and internet. Unlike my elder brother who could not live one single day without internet connection.

My work in KL also brought up a new habit of eating apples. Previously I rarely eat fruits. Strangely, I now like to munch on an apple while walking. Munch...munch...munch... I like to annoy those hungry people who are walking to classes or to workplace by munching loudly...

It's not that I was reminded of Britney Spears when I chose the post title. But being sick for the past 3 days, I cannot help but to think that I must have had an unhealthy lifestyle.

Day 1: Flu and fever
Day 2: Flu persisted, fever subsided, sore throat came into the picture.
Day 3: Flu remained, fever and sore throat gone, but had diarrhea.

Hopefully the following will happen~

Day 4: Recover and ready for action!

But work still had to be prioritized. Hence, being part of the Orientation Programme organizing committee, I still had responsibility to carry out. Thankfully no hard labour was involved. Haha~

I was reminded ( at least a thousand times) to get a haircut. But as a loyal member of the counter-culture faction of society and a maverick of the mainstream fashion culture (something which I am very proud of) I will keep my hair for as long as I could.

I was on the verge of dyeing my hair red (I seriously wanted green ever since I was young, but I was afraid that my hair might be mistaken by herbivores as grass and eat it instead =.="), but luckily my financial constriction is holding me back.

Luckily.

Lips of An Angel

Today I brought back one whole year supply of

lecture notes and lab manuals

The paper bag holding them was at the brink of breaking

due to the heavy weight

If my bag was any lighter, I might have brought this cat back home

But these written papers

along with all my assignments and lab journal

helped me to get through my tests and finals

While packing these lecture notes

I cannot help but to reminisce

about the past 3 semesters (3 semester = 1 year)

somewhat similar to a debriefing session

• Did I grow wiser? Or I became more self-centered?
• Am I any taller? I definitely wished I did!
• Did I make any new friends?
• What are the interesting events that happened?
• What were my mistakes?
• Did I fulfill my expectations?
• How many times I skipped class?

Do try it yourself
and tell me what you gained or lost in your uni life!

A new semester! A new beginning!

I definitely regretted
for being reluctant try out new things in secondary school
but uni life gave me a second chance

P/S: Personally I hope to get one warning letter before I graduate!

Don't Say Lazy

I spotted a rainbow.

And it made me a little emo.

I'm back home once again.

But I definitely don't like it.

For one, one of my neighbours is renovating her house.

As a result, my home is polluted with noise and dust.

...

...

So what constructive thing that I can do this semester break?

Badminton? Backpacking? Blog?

Watch anime? Read Harry Potter?

I seriously have no clue...

...

...

I wonder how many people like stuff toys like this?

People criticized that I am unapproachable.

True, but that is because I wanna avoid to be superficial.

Unlike some jerks out there

who do not mean a single word that they said.

That's why I keep my speech concise.

Straight to the point.

Because I am truly sincere about every word.

So please stop beating around the bushes.

Assholes.

Follow You Home

My trip to Redang Island with my fellow SAM clan friend was absolutely awesome!

For the first time in my life I saw such pristine and crystal clear sea. The blue waters was just beautiful. For me, to be able to see the corals and other marine life during snorkeling was quite a thrill. Imagine an isolated world under water that is so different from the terrestrial ecosystem, one that is similar to the world in the movie Avatar.

I also get to see the famous clown fish aka. Nemo in their natural habitat. But sadly the existance of these lively coral reefs are being threaten by irresponsible tourists and resort operators. So make sure you readers try to protect these marine life when you wish Redang Island!

The trip was in fact very costly, but the experience was definitely worth every cent. After Redang Island, I do hope that I will have the opportunity to conquer Sipadan Island in the nearest future.

Next stop, home!

Scarlet

This posting is probably my only posting for the next 2 weeks. I decided to leave my laptop at home so that I can concentrate on:

• studying for finals!

u can't spell studying without DYING, so I definitely die studying for my finals this week or more accurately the next three day. I just hate to cram for my exams, sigh~

• Redang Island trip during Puasa season, right after my finals!

Yahoo, I can feel the sand between my toes already~ But for a non-swimmer like me, I do wonder if I will enjoy myself there... Nevertheless, this might be the last outing of SAM clan!

• EXCO camp for INTI student council at Port Dickson!
  

Wonder what am I suppose to do there? Conference? Team-building?

• BOOKFEST 2010 at KLCC during September!
  

But this time I will be there as a worker for a period of 14 days, working my ass off to earn a little income. I'll still take the opportunity to restock my stationary ^^

• Wait, there will also be an orientation for the September intake students!
  

Aiks, I've not make any preparations yet! Better not mess up another Orientation programme, Siang Ming!

Riding Solo

One feature great leaders of the world shared.

• Socrates was poisoned.
• Julius Caesar was stabbed to death.
• Napoleon died in exile.
• Abraham Lincoln was shot.
• Gandhi was shot.
• Kevin Rudd was Gillardteened

Meet You There

I just came to realize that some of my friends will be leaving the country for Australia, UK or USA to further their studies. After these final 2 weeks of classes, I possibly may not be able to meet them anymore.

So it's time to take some action and make good use of this remaining time.
And that's gonna make another hole in my wallet.

But nevertheless, let's go for an outing!

Halo

I am no saint, so stop expecting me to behave like one. I do not put on a facade most of the time and I do not intend to act superficial in any given time in the future.

I do, however try to be a little more outgoing, but I would not like to sacrifice my personal principles for such a goal. I would like to be a better man, but I do not think I will have to change my core values to achieve that. If I did, then I most probably lose my individuality in the process. As such, it will be pointless to carry out such self-improvements.

I have my share of flaws, and I am glad that my family and friends were there for me all these time. Thank you for accepting the ugly me.

I would like to say thank you once more.

How You Remind Me

My head was really heavy today, most probably for rushing the research proposal today.

The deadline for the proposal was at 5pm.

I handed in my product at 10am. But at 4pm, my supervisor contacted me and told me of all the mistakes she found in it. In the end, my final product became my 2nd draft and I rushed to correct all those mistakes by 5pm.

After that, my coughing syndrome recurred and I also started to experience headaches.

Overall, I am glad that I've done the research proposal and managed to submit it minutes before the deadline. I wish a million thank you to those who helped by providing feedback or giving moral support to me in order to complete the task.

Once again, thank you!

Replicated Angel

I'm definitely not from Peer Support Group, but I still like this picture.

It was first time I wore a blazer.

Complication

I've been drafting this post since last Monday but I couldn't come up with anything to write with. It's not that nothing happened last week. It's just that words do not come easily to me.

Firstly I'll like to announce that I've made it into the student union as one of the executive committee members! Though this was only made official on Friday, but the responsibility and pressure came from the moment I went to the first interview conducted by the election committee. For instance, I was reminded to mind my language when it comes to posting on INTIONLINE forum. To be honest I am not happy with this as posting on INTIONLINE forum had been one of the few sources of fun for me here in INTI-IU ever since the MPW lecturer incident in 2008. The fact of having this source of joy being taken away is definitely difficult for me to accept.

Now that I have more work to do in INTI-IU, I think I would rarely be back in my hometown even as it is only 34km away from my university. A home so near, yet so far from reach...

Crap, I've not yet completed my research proposal draft which is due this week! To be reminded that this research proposal costs 90% out of 100% of my entire course makes me more pressurized to finish this work! Now I think I need my time of solitude to complete this piece of work. Do pray for me that this draft does not get rejected!

Sign of Victory

OMEGA Project officially ended yesterday! Though some might be relieved that they would not be tortured any further, I do think that I will miss the programme. After all I did get to know a bunch of awesome friends and great teammates!

So thanks to the OMEGA committee members for making this learning process happening!

The 1 month long programme also reaffirmed my stand of saying "YES!" to all opportunities! Coz' you will never know what are the obstacles and opportunities that are coming your way.

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Yesterday, I tried my best to console a heartbroken friend.

It's really sad to see a friend to just breakdown in front of you. And as a caring friend, I could only wished that I could be of some help and not just feel so helpless as she cried. So guys, don't be a jerk who would not clear things off with your girlfriends. I do, however know why her boyfriend acted that way coz' I might have done the same if I was that guy. It's probably a 'man' issue.

Her tears were just flowing off like a river as she spoke out her pain and suffering. And being a person who has ZERO experience in those L matters, I merely listened and sympathized. Any comments I gave was from an academician's point of view which might have been harsh to whoever who listen to the comments. But I just do not know the word to say.

I admit that romance is definitely not my cup of tea...

Breakeven

To begin with, I'm going to quote a comment given by an Australian bloke about the recent World Cup matches which I strongly agree with his opinion.

"Rugby players spent 90 minutes on the field pretending that they were not injured where else football players spent their 90 minutes on the field acting as if they were hurted by any given chance. "

Having a hard time this week, figuring how to write a progress report and draft a research proposal. My work organization was at its worst and I am getting no work done just by staring at the laptop screen. But I could be staring at it for hours without getting any work done. And I am blaming PPStream for this.

Ah... how I wish for a bowl of Pan Mee right now. Kajang does have several great stalls selling Pan Mee. One of the many things I miss about my hometown.

But one thing I like to put it straight: I don't want to go home, not when my neighbour's dog would wake my up from my beautiful slumber whenever I am sleeping at home. No no no... I would not want to go home and not get any rest.

I Will Be

I've just finish watching my first football match in my life. In the past, I would have fall asleep halfway during the game.

Today, I cheered and shouted as Argentina trashed South Korea 4-1 on FIFA World Cup 2010 even as I am a South Korea fan in heart. I did not feel shy to do so even as I was surrounded by friends and strangers alike. Guess football really worked its magic and demonstrated that sports can really bring people together.

The euphoric feeling from watching the football match was definitely memorable. And now I take back my words that watching football matches is boring and stupid. But this doesn't mean that I will be a football fan.

Add-ons:
Originally went to check out a campsite by Sg. Pisang last Sunday, my friends and I ended up playing water in the river. When we were just about to have fun, one of my friend said that he lost his glasses. Then we started looking for the glasses.

Some tried to look to the bottom of the river. Others searched for the item with their feets. After 10 minutes of search effort, the owner finally got back his prized possession.

But right after that, I realized that my own glasses that was hanging on my shirt was now missing. So everyone continued their search effort for another 15 minutes. When I asked everyone to stop searching for the item, I saw a silver-coloured metal near my feet. I quickly reached for it and pulled that metal piece from the water body and noticed that it was my own glasses.

I was definitely relieved to get back my glasses as I expected that it was lost for good.

From this experience I definitely learnt to appreciate my belongings more. But I totally forgot about that moral lesson the very next day. After all, I lost MYR10 the day after the incident at the river due to carelessness T_T

Summer of 69

One upon a time, there was a stupid conversation between two intellects.


Me: Sir, can I have your sperm?

Sir: Oh yea, it's right there in the microcentrifuge tube.

Me: ...

Sir: Don't you mean the sperm single-strand carrier DNA?

Me: Yea, right. Whatever.

Ocean Avenue

Sorry sis I could not make it back home to celebrate your birthday. Had too much fun here with my friends at INTI. But of course I am also burdened by loads of coursework and club activities that I've been stalling for weeks.

Either way, I was looking forward to go to Bukit Tinggi with my friends. I have never been to that place and through the photos taken by others, Bukit Tinggi should be a great place to go to relax and enjoy after enduring weeks of lectures, assignments and other activites...

Think about... the cold mountain air....
the cool weather...
the beautiful scenary...
and also my favourite greenaries~

But in the end, the plan was foiled and replaced with... a trip to Malacca! Ruey2, get ready coz' here we come! You won't be running away though~

It was a fun trip. Compared to going on a trip with poorly acquainted people, I bet we had more fun considering we are the best of friends. To be honest, most of us are already very familiar with Malacca and its tourist attraction. As such, our trip was aimed to be gathering among friends and not some another tour around Malacca.

Btw, if anyone can mention any attraction in Malacca which is worth going, I am most willing to know of! My pal Ruey2 challanges anyone, including Melakans, to list them out! After all, being a Melakan, he had ran out of places to bring friends around his hometown~


But we had lots of fun in our 1-day trip at Malacca. To be honest, I think it is a great place to go to for the weekend, but probably not for long period of stay haha~
We enjoyed... ice-blended coconut shake...
Mild sea breeze...
Satay celup which was in fact most unhygiene...
And also the most awesome laksa we ever taste...

To boot, there was even fireworks at the end of the trip, which was not intended for us, but rather for the birthday of this country's leader I think. But still the fireworks was a great finale to this awesome trip!

I think it will be hard to organize any trips in the near future. After all, everyone else will be busy with their own studies. In fact, most of them are set to fly off in the next half a year to complete their studies abroad.

Let's just hope everyone would have time to have another gathering before anyone in the clique fly off to continue their studies abroad.

Add-ons:
Practically we stuffed 7 healthily growing teenagers into one Honda CRV. At one stage one of my leg got cramped. As we were walking towards our destination, my leg begin to lose momentum until I could no longer move that leg. I was practically paralyzed and just stood helplessly, waiting for the muscle cramp to go off. After 2 minutes, my friends realized that I was missing then came running back to the car park and said, " Why don't you shout for help?"

...

To ask for rescue just because of muscle cramp, I deem such a reason as insignificant and refused to ask for help. But still it was silly to stand in the middle of the road alone with a strong sense of helplessness.

I really should have asked for help at that time...

No Logic

I never realize what kind of trouble I just involved myself in
by joining student government and their activities.
And I will not feel remorse about it, not until the trouble grew big enough.

Well, I wanted to help out in the coming INTI student forum
where students and INTI management get some questions answered.
In the end, I was given the task to be the emcee.
And it's not that because I cannot take the responsibility, but rather
it will be my first experience of being an emcee.

Do hope that I don't screw up the whole event,
nor do I bite my tongue while I'm speaking on Wednesday.
I never have an similar experience that can help me to overcome
any possible stage fright or anxiousness.
Hence, I'm going to rely to moral support
so that I can keep up to expectations.

By the way, I'm blaming JiaXien for introducing me to Vocalogenesis. Now I'm addicted to it already.

200th

Just realized that this is the 200th post on this blog. So I am going to share some stuff that I like about this weekend. Most of them are from Lowyat forums or ComicFiesta forum...

A deadly vampire kiss~

This Pikachu's cuteness is juz way off the normal scale~

Angie cosplaying as Hatsune Miku... juz way too awesome!!

New Vocaloid album!!!

An older album, but have better songs than the newest album~

Whataya Want From Me

Apparently a lot is expected from me. I know that I'm not obliged to fulfill all these expectations but I also could not bear to let people down on me.

Even though the process is exhausting. Time-consuming. Stressful. And sometimes wasteful.

To be honest,I will be glad to be part of the student government so that I could be a catalyst of improvement for INTI student, though I doubt I have what it takes to be part of that change. After all, I know my flaws and strengths best.

It's kinda like a leadership camp in INTI-UC that I am talking about. And I am not absolutely happy about it. But I think I must make sacrifices so that I could actually learn something from this process. Let's just hope that I did not make those sacrifices for nothing.

Welcome to the Omega Project, where participants are tortured for the fun of the organizing committees. And sorry to say that I'm one of those poor people being tortured there.

Poor me...

There's Nothing Like Australia

Spy

Get to know a few seniors last night. All of them are awesome singers, which made my trip to the karaoke box worth the effort and time- I get to enjoy their singing performance.

The reason why we all went singing was because we were both angry and sad about Malaysia badminton team losing horribly to China's in Thomas Cup Semi-final. And to think that Malaysia media was optimistic that the national team would win this time after almost 2 decades.

So Malaysians, you all better wait for your next chance at winning the Thomas Cup. I might be a Malaysian myself, but too bad for you guys: I support Brother LinDan.

All the Right Moves

Haha... I bet I will be rather relaxed through this semester after dropping Immunology.

As you can see, I'm posting here almost every day.

This post starts off with one potrait picture of an old man as shown below:

Why Donald Trunp and his book, you might ask me. Well that's because my lecturer for Enterpreneurship read the summary of his book to the class. What caught my attention was the statement :

It's tough to be rich and be ready to get hurt.

Donald Trump

To note, this lecturer is amazing and she's definitely rich when it comes to life experience, but maybe not in terms of dollars and cents. Whenever she speaks of her experience, it's more inspiring than reading one self-motivation book, such as the one mentioned above. Glad that I had her as a lecturer even though I was not a business student. I maybe alone in the class, but I guess that way I might be able to pay more attention to her lectures this way.

All thanks to her, I am commiting myself to improve my drawing by practicing daily. Probably post them on deviantart.

Another point to note about my new semester is my Japanese lecturer, Ari-sensei. He may be a little too feminine in the opinion of many, but I guess that's what so special of him (but I doubt I'm homosexual). As such, his lectures were fun and he was able to crack jokes naturally. His passion and enthusiasm to teach us really made me want to learn the Japanese language.

I guess my life was never about me, but rather it was about all the great teachers and role models that I encountered all this while. To me, teachers have a higher place in my heart, probably even higher than my parents. After all, they are the ones who gave me precious intellectual property that mould me into what I am right now. And that's is what I like best of being human.

I may be arrogant and ignorant, but I will always respect the teachers that made me grew wiser.
Hereby I wish these great Happy Teacher's Day in to those teachers in Malaysia.

In My Head

Every Morning

Gosh... it's been more than a week since I updated this blog.

Recently I've been addicted to turn-based tactics video games such as Advanced Wars. Well, as women put it in words, men cannot live without their toys. For me, my toys must have been video games. But I guess that is about to change once I grab hold of a graphic tablet. Now I've gotto wait patiently for my new toy to arrive~

Well, my two weeks long holiday was gone so soon. that I couldn't even recall what I did in that period. In fact, I ditched classes several times this week so that I can have a longer holiday. Of course I am not supposed to do so...

But oh well, life is short. Better make it enjoyable while it last.

Infatuation

Infatuation... Companionate... Why there are differences between the two?

So there was I at a mamak stall discussing about my problems with my friend, Lew. Turns out one could lead to another in a perfect cycle that never ends.

So the question is where I lie currently in this cycle? I couldn't answer that question because I do not know how to handle my relationship problems. Love is still something unknown to me, not unless you're talking about my filial piety for my parents (of course you do not mean that).


Btw, have anyone check out Apple's newest product, iPad? I'm thinking of getting it instead of a Wacom tablet. Of course this is more costly (USD 600) but it will be worthwhile in the long run I believe...

Empire State of Mind

I guess I've gained a lot of life experience in the past 2 weeks. I have a lot to rant about... but I guess I have to keep it short. Can't blog much as I'm down with a flu. And probably a slight fever too. Let's hope it's not the dreaded H1N1 or H3N2

In short, these ideas have been running in my mind and I would like to share...

• Never study psychology unless you're a total optimist. Seriously, psychology is a depressing subject to study. Like medicine, students tend to think they have the symptoms for certain illnesses when they study, which in turn made them MORE depressed
• No music, no life. As simple as it sounds
• For the first time, loneliness striked me. And I was on the verge of breaking down to tears. Loneliness is truly scary.
• Academic excellence has no value if you don't enjoy your academic life. Therefore I'm truly thankful for having a second chance at school life by studying in INTI... though I dislike INTI management
• Karaoke is a great stress relief, not to mention it boosts self-esteem... not unless u sound like a zombie like me!
• Friendship provides intimacy and companionate without the commitment... sadly there's no passion to such relationship... that's why people opt for romance

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Sorry for all the emo ideas. But if I don't share it out, I'm gonna go crazy for confining all these thoughts only to myself. And thanks for caring (listening does not seem to be a good word to use for a blog)

Ok, now for some happy thought... I've completed another feat I intended to do before the age of 20 which is clubbing. Well, it was not as thrilling as I expected, but it was worth it as you get to see many scenarios that u might never imagine... All thanks to Grace, WG, EeWern+Gary, Carmen and BomBom.

I'll try to complete the list of feats as written in the previous postings in this 2 weeks of semester break. 2 weeks is just too short, don't you think so?

Btw, I still owe Leo RM26. Make sure u remember to ask from me the next time we meet, Leo!

Undercover

This weekend could not be any worse. For one, my study loan is at risk of being cancelled, just because INTI management made an arrangement with CIMB without announcing the change to us student, except through a small notice on the notice board.

Screw the INTI management.

Now I've lost my enthusiasm to study for next week's finals.

And sadly, all my housemates had went back home for their study break. With no one to talk to, I can only resort to the company of Nescafe and Nana Mizuki.

Tik Tok

Only one more month before I hit the 20 years old benchmark. Thus I am now listing down all the things that I've missed out as an teenager...

1. Go clubbing
2. Getting drunk
3. Involve in a brawl
4. Trashing my dad's car (done!)
5. Girlfriend
6. Anything else? Do u have any ideas?

Either way, my life is in the slums after April Fools' Night celebration at uni. Probably due to the fact that my sister finished all the chocolate that I left in the refrigerator.

A friend asked me whether I would restart my secondary school life if I were given the chance. "Absolutely!" I replied immediately. For one, I should not been such an introvert. I should not have study so hard and miss out all the fun of being a teenager.

Sigh~

Decode

Pfft~

I thought that I would be happier after finishing my last test for the semester. Instead, I felt worse.

But never mind, 'coz tomorrow will be a better day. For one, my lecturer and classmates are going to perform singing on stage. Regardless they are good or bad, it will be entertaining XD

Told you video games can be beneficial. Who knows, u might save the world accidentally. Try watching the anime Summer Wars to find out how. (But honestly, this theme had been repeated several times by the same director, so I find it kinda boring.)

By the way, thanks to WG and those in IMU for organizing such an awesome gathering. I just realized that I was the only one from INTI who came. If it weren't for CR to come pick me up, I probably FFK too...

I Caught Myself

Maslow's Hierachy of Needs:

If psychological needs are not fulfilled

then higher needs cannot mean anything

Suddenly I have the urge to intoxicate myself with alcohol. I've been feeling quite depressed recently. And I just could not explain this feeling.

Probably due to the lack of good companionship.

I am on the verge of going crazy if this psychological deprivation persists. My knowledge on psychology gave me lots of negetive thoughts on humanity. And yesterday's Microbiology test made me think that most of my efforts had been in vain.

No wonder INTI students date each other while the rich ones go clubbing at night. I finally understood after more than 2 years studying here.

Brick by Boring Brick

I've been getting better at sleeping in class. My classmates were wondering how come I would fall asleep in classes so easily... and yet not get caught of doing so.

Honestly, I'm pretty impressed myself.

But I think the lecturers knew that I was sleeping in his or her classes but refrain from putting me into public embarrassment. And I really intended to pay attention in class, just only that I succumbed to their hypnotic voices.

Okay.... okay, this shouldn't be something I am suppose to be proud of. Gotto stay awake in class for as long as I can... even if it was just a mere half an hour!

You Belong With Me

I had a one hell of a weekend.

But it was fun at the same time.

Thanks to CR, Leo, TC, Yen, Bryan and Rachel for making the awfully planned gathering such a memorable event. At the beginning, I didn't put my hopes high, knowing that I might be disappointed by another pitiful SAM clan gathering.

But I am truly touched by the genuine sincerity of my friends who rushed to Nilai just to meet up with those of us who are still at INTI. After all, we were busy people and scattered all around the globe: there's at least 2 future doctors studying hard in India and even a future ballet instructor completing her course in Australia.

I will cherish these sweet memories forever, I promise you my friends. After all, who knows when will I get sent home in a Mercedes once more? (^^)

听着那些熟悉的声音
感觉就像时间还停留在两年前
八个月的苦战
那时候的我们 虽然会痛苦

但是也很开心

PS: Taylor Swift looked so BEAUTIFUL in the music video for You Belong With Me, where she appeared in that fairy-tale-like white dress~

Down

Been to IDP Education Fair at PWTC earlier in the morning. Made me wanna go study abroad even more...more...

T_T

Furthermore, I've seen the Nike football shirt for this year's World Cup season. I may not be fan of football, but I'm now a support of Nike.

The reason is simple: the new products of Nike are made of recycled plastic. Every 8 plastic bottles recycled can generate material to make one football shirt. As a self-proclaimed environmentalist, I urge everyone to embrace this new technology.



Can I have this as a birthday gift please, friends?

Starstrukk

Chinese New Year officially ended last year. And to think that someone blasted loads of fireworks and firecrackers right outside of my apartment block in Nilai to celebrate Chap Goh Mei.

I would like to thank my coursemate Raja (his nickname of course) for the delicious BBQ chicken that he prepared for all of us to eat. Initially we intended to head down to PD beach for BBQ. However, due to transportation problems, we resorted to a BBQ at the apartment in Nilai. It might sound sad that our plans turned out this way, but I think that an opportunity closed is where another opportunity would arise.

Remembered how I dreaded of going karaoke in the past? Well, I went with some coursemates right after the BBQ session on Friday and I have to admit that I truly enjoyed myself out there and I am also sure that all of us did. At least there were more selection of English songs here in Nilai. ^^

But then the act of sacrificing our sleep time to have fun ought to have its share of consequences... another sleep deprived day and hole in our wallets. Something for me to laugh about in my dreams for the nights to come.

So long for now... sweet dreams everyone... and please support our Genetics blog.

The Show

18 hours since I last slept.

Another 3 hours to be spent on doing a long procastinated assignment before I can hit the sack.

Physically tired I may be, but I was determined to finish up my coursework before the final due date this weekend. Regret for not finishing my work earlier. Somewhat a last-minute work but I finally completed this coursework. The truth is this work was pretty much an unsatisfactory piece of work.

However I am humbly requesting for your time to review this article of our group of three. Do post comments in support of our work.

http://inti-genetics.blogspot.com/2010/02/do-advantages-of-genetically-modified.html

Thank you in advance for your sincere support of our Genetics blog site.

Use Somebody

Happy Tiger Year, everyone! This is a greeting CR was trying to promote. Made me think of Tiger Woods and his collection of girls.

For one, Day 1 of this CNY will be spent counting the amount of calories I am going to consume. Given that no one will be visiting on Day 1, I would spend my time eating... and eating excessively.

I could really use somebody to talk to on this Chinese New Year.

To note, there are many delicacies limited only to this festive season such as dried meat, my favourite pineapple cookies, roast duck, pork stew with sea cucumber and many more, all of which are extremely unhealthy food, except for the sea cucumber, which doesn't have much nutrients in the 1st place, not even fat.

Wishing Happy Valentine Day to everyone on Earth, particularly acquintances who are now in foreign countries to pursue their tertiary education.

Shoot to Thrill

Anticipating CNY celebration everyday...

Today I met Jocelyn, a year-one graduate from DSCAU who came to get some documentation doen. She had made her choice to study in Melbourne University, but she was offered a UNSW scholarship few weeks before departuring to Down Under. So lucky of her.

From her, I learnt how to earn my chance to study abroad. Hehe... gonna try my luck the next time UNSW representatives come here.

Let me introduce some awesome rock music. Band name AC/DC. I'm not sure whether this is the soundtrack for the coming sequel of the movie Ironman, but the music is nice. Not entirely pop songs, but a change to rock is definitely refreshing.

If you want the link, you can ask it from me. ^^

Don't Be Long

Juzt when I thought this semester couldn't get any worse...


My hair got burnt by the Bunsen burner during Microbiology lab today.


Lesson of the day: Get my hair cut. No more procastination.

T_T the hair that I tried to keep.... now it's gone like the wind. So in the end, my will to keep long hair was bent not by humans but rather by my own silly mistake.

I am, however thankful that not all of my hair was burnt off.

To note, this event did gave me a temporary boost of attention and energy, things that I really required during the lab session due to serious deprivation of sleep. Or else a more serious accident might have occurred.

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Biochemistry 2 is probably comparable to law subjects when discussing about the amount of information we biochem students need to MEMORIZE.

• enzyme name (eg. 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase)
• all products, substrate and probably by-products for 10-step pathways
• inhibitors and activators (all your hormones and drugs go into this category)

Please give me all the mental and moral support to survive this semester. And I pray no more mishap for this week.

Sourpuss

I finally understood why cooking is also known as home science. Not knowing how to cook, I've used the trial and error methodology to prepare food. Possibly edible food.

Yea, it's a huge risk I was about to take to eat the food that I myself had prepared.

At least the steamboat dinner I had with my classmates was a success. And each trial of preparing food would ensure the next meal a better success.

Chasing Cars

"Miss, your food is here", the waitress said in a polite tone, only to burst out of laughter together with my classmates when I divert my vision from a comic book to face her.

Crap, how can I be mistaken for a girl? I have quite a flat chest and abs to boast about and I was mistaken for a girl?

Guess this calls for a haircut. Even when I'm troubled by the piling coursework on my to-do list.

I Gotta Feeling

So happy that I was able to make nicely stained smears for my Microbiology lab session today. I finally can see the motility of microorganisms. Made me so excited the moment I saw them through the light microscope.

I'm wondering whether I am getting too fascinated by them.

That's strange, considering I was afraid of these microbes since last lab session. Probably because I failed so miserably the last time that I dreaded Microbiology lab session. Now at least my self-esteem had been restored by today's success.

Wonder how did my other coursemates fare in today's lab session?

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By the way, yesterday's presentation was also quite well done. My topic was on Aspirin the drug, something that I scraped from my SAM coursework, somewhat a last minute job lolx.

Grow Up

Have anyone purchased new clothing for this new year? I'm not specifying to the event of Chinese New Year, but I am looking forward to have new apparels for the coming festive celebration.

I might need to appoint a fashion advisor too, considering I had a poor sense of dressing. Mind helping me?

To be honest, I cannot control my budget when it comes to food! Whenever I see food, I am tempted to buy. Even when I'm not hungry at the moment. Except during Microbiology lab session. lolx.

Guess I have a serious case of greed and gluttony.

I still cannot get over the fact that I'm twenty years old starting this year. Were you all prepared for the same?

Cancer

There are two types of cancer that I recognize. Humans.... and bacteria.


Though I am more than happy to learn about bacteria, I now fear to work with them in the Microbiology laboratory. To be honest, lab sessions had never ever been this tensed. Everyone was afraid to talk to each other and constantly heard as mumbling.

I was also hit by depression as I did a major mistake in preparing stained smears of bacteria samples. Though the lab instructor did not take notice, I felt totally awful for misleading the rest of the class.

My lab coat is probably contaminated with microorganisms and therefore needed to be washed. Immediately. The stench of microorganism needs to be eliminated too.

Totally unhappy with this unpleasant experience during today's lab session.

Love is War

At 10pm, I decided to walk all the way to the campus common area, about 1km away from my apartment juz to access to the net. After all, I have nothing to do and there's plenty of time to kill.

I really wanted to rant it all out, regarding my first week of lectures after 2 months of holidays. Particularly my Head of Programme that's teaching me Microbiology this semester. She's so unapproachable. I wonder am I qualified to criticize her when I am the same myself =.=

Then there's my Biochemistry 2 lecturer who finished 2 chapters in 2 days of lectures. I think I ought to remind him that there's 13 weeks more in this semester so that he wouldn't teach so quick. And because of him, I'll need to do plenty to academic reading this lovely weekend. How sweet is that (=.=)

Not to mention my first lesson in General Psychology. The crowded class made me totally unconfortable. Or probably because having a girl sitting beside me. To be honest I've been pampered by INTI with small classes of 10-20 students. I ended up sleeping through half of the class duration to ease my discomfort.

Guess no more time to have a part-time job, considering this semester's messy situation.

Black☆Rock Shooter

Bang! Bang! I do hope that everyone's new year started with a bang!

Yesterday had a great new year eve dinner at Kajang Buddhist Centre. Though I thought that I would not be going there anymore.

Knowing that I couldn't live up to my new year resolutions, I wouldn't make any resolutions this time. Instead I am wishing that everyone would have a wonderful year without much mishaps. On the other hand, feel free to share with me your new year resolutions and I will assist you to make them come true wherever possible.

Well, my holidays will be ending in 48 more hours, so this would be the final chance for me to play, play and play before classes begin once again (to be honest, I am looking forward to play squash at uni). I am quite satisfied with my new classes schedule... but with Ms. Lalita and Dr. Palsan as lecturers, I don't think life for this semester will be easy-going. Do wish me luck with their assignments.

By the way, I thank you for all the support you guys have shown me and my blog over the year. A million thank you to all readers, particularly JW and EJ.

Once again, Happy New Year to all guys and girls!