End Of Orientation & Feedbacks

Today was the 3rd and also the last day of orientation. Not to mention the worst day of the three. Some guy from california fitness came over to promote their club and they also had an activity planned for us newbies. We were even instructed to wear sports clothes instead of our usual formal wear for today. Surprise surprise~~~

I have no idea why are we doing this in a college but we had to bloody `dance`. Not just any dance but those step dance, kind of like exercise or aerobic maybe. Owh and we had to dance in front of the main entrance. Imagine all the passerbys, seniors and parents watching us do our silly looking dance. Talk about pai seh~~~~

So lectures went on like normal and we had almost 2 and a half hours break today. That is actually very long for someone who doesnt leave the college area for lunch. I went to check out the library and read some of the game programming books I've been dying to purchase. I have yet to check out the computer lab as it is always booked for classes.

Lucky me I made 2 new friends on the final day. In case you didn't know I didn't make any new friends since day 1. These 2 guys which I forgot their names again (sorry :-p) are pretty funny fellas although they tend to get pretty excited at the word sex.

We had to do a short presentation today on whatever topics we want. We can look for info in the library or google it on the net. So one guy was presenting about software business. He was rambling what software was and its definition when my friend made a stupid joke. It goes something like this:

`When a guy sees a leng lui, their software will become hardware`

I literally laughed my head off when I heard that. Lolz.

Overall orientation has been pretty fun though I can't ignore the fact that my class students are really a shy bunch. They never answer any questions, raise hands or even give opinion to the lecturers. Maybe its cos were all still new to the environment and people around us. So far, I'm pretty impressed with APIIT and I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best in time to come.

PS: Tan Zhao Hao, Sorry for not remembering your birthday as I have permanent amnesia for birthdates. Please forgive me, thanks for the supper and friends forever :-)

A Day Before Orientation

Yup yup 1st day of college is tomorrow and I'm darn nervous and excited at the same time. New friends, new environment, new people to meet, new stress to resist and new challenges to undertake. I guess these are all part of college life although I seriously do not know what to expect. So my orientation starts tomorrow at 10 in the morning. I have no idea why my college's orientation lasts one whole week although the place is really really small. In case you guys don't know or forgot, I'm enroled to APIIT/UCTI which is located at Technology Park Malaysia (TPM), Bukit Jalil.

Sorry to dissapoint, but once again our trip to the Haunted House was an unsuccessful one. We arrived approximately 1am and was ready to go in until some bloody `nathans` just came, parked their car and went in as if we were nonexistent. We went to PROJET after that to chill out but decided that it was too late to go there again as it was dangerous. So lets just hope we will have a chance to go there again.

Here is a new Online Game I found pretty interesting. The Korean version has been out for quite some time but the english version's beta is set to begin soon. The website has a pretty brilliant soundtrack (To me at least) so here it is. Check it out!!!

http://www.playrohan.com/

Dream Outing

17th March
This has got to be one of the better outings I've ever experienced. Before I got my driving license, I have always been dreaming of going for an outing with my friends where many car behind each other, stopping for breaks and then arriving at our destination.

Today's outing aint exactly what I dreamed of but it was quite what I wanted it to be. So heres the story,

A total of 11 people; Teo, Daniel, Tan, Joshua, Jeffrey, Victor, Princeton, Brian, Ariff, Taufik and Me met up at Joshua's house. Our initial plan was to eat satay at some restaurant that I do not remember its name but it turns out the restaurant was full.(I sat on brian's car on the way there and I do now wanna mention about it. You guys should be quite clear about it) So we decided to take away em satays and head to Ariff's house to chow em delicious satays down our stomachs.

After wasting a few hours, we welcomed another 4 into our party (Abhinash, His cousin, Kana and Gopi) and Brian left our party due to parental problems. Abhinash came out with the topic about this Haunted House on the way to Zooview. After hearing his `epic` tale, our whole party decided to give this Haunted House a visit.

Although I would really like to call it an expedition, I have no choice but to call this visit suicidal. Threats of the Haunted House visit:
1. Drug Addicts
2. Thieves and Muggers
3. Supernaturals aka Things that follow you home.

So we moved in pairs and even made a `Safe` chant. The stairs leading into the house was quite difficult to move as the pathway has been badly damaged. It was everything you'd expect from a haunted place. Broken stairs, damaged plaster ceilings, practically nonexistant lighting, half opened doors, pentagrams on the wall (gasp) and list of names. We only managed to navigate into the living room when someone freaked out and everyone else ran outta the place as fast as they could. We all headed to projet after that and listened to Abhinash's story about the place.

So what was the `epic` tale about? 8 years ago a Singh man killed his whole family and committed suicide not long after for unknown reasons. Why is the house still there after 8 years and why has it been left abandoned is still unknown. After all it has been 8 bloody years. They could've just bring the whole house down to ashes or rent it out for somebody brave enough to stay in it.

Abhinash and his macheas apparently went exploring the house during daylight. They said there is an extra stairs leading to another floor but the stairs are built by wood which means it will be very dangerous as the stairs may collapse at any moment. (And dyou think it'll support the weight of 14 of us?) Overall I found it pretty exciting and it provides a good sense of adrenaline rush in all of us.

So that was practically how it went. We didn't venture any further into the house. But guess what?

WE'RE GOING AGAIN THIS FRIDAY SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE `HAUNTING TALE`

EDIT:
1.Added Daniel's name which I've forgotten due to blogging at late nights. Millions of apologies.
2.Added a little more details.

Survey

Rule 1: List 5 weird or random things about yourself.
1. I hunch
2. I like Video Games
3. I'm straight
4. I'm not really exposed to outdoor activities
5. I suck at remembering stuffs. (especially birthdays and roads)

Rule 2: 5 people whom I want to do the quiz
1. Jo Lene
2. Sue Jan
3. Ai Cheng
4. Daniel Khong
5. Nicholas Chann (Xeos)

Three names you go by:
1. Kevin
2. Sayming
3. Azel

Three parts of your heritage:
1. Mother side, happy family
2. Dad side, err all weirdos
3. None

Three things that scare you:
1. Heartbreaks
2. Exams
3. Bald headed, grumpy looking malay guards (Sorry have to mention malays cos bald headed, grumpy chinese guards aint so scary)

Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Computer
2. Handphone
3. Clothes

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Hard Rock Cafe Shanghai T-shirt
2. Baggy pants
3. Tai Fu :-p

Three of your favorite songs or fictional Disney musical artists (at the moment):
1. Utada Hikaru - Travelling
2. Prince Of Tennis - Driving Myself
3. Anything Eurobeat

Two truths and a lie (in order):
1. I love games.
2. I like cars.
3. I hate games and cars.

Things about the opposite sex that appeal to you right now:
1. Personality
2. Way of dressing up
3. Looks

Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. Playing games (Video games)
2. Window Shopping
3. Anime

Three things you want to do really badly right now:
1. Drive
2. Try out Civilization 4
3. Rest

Three places you want to go:
1. London
2. Japan
3. Las Vegas

Three things you want to do before you die:
1. To be well known (In the virtual world at least)
2. Get married with successful kids
3. Get rich (pretty common I suppose)

Three ways that you are stereotypically male/ female:
1. I don't wear a skirt
2. I like females who arent lesbos
3. Got no bras in my wardrobe

Three people you would like to see take this survey:
1. Jo Lene
2. Daniel Khong
3. Anyone else who has a blog

Quest For A Driving License

Alright I hereby declare obtaining a driving license is the most hectic thing I've ever gone through. Well the driving examination at least is long and tiring. The weather isn't helping and the you have to worry about failing at the same time. The small area is dominated by more than 500 people each one of them filled with anxiety and the stech of their sweat filling the area as well.

Can't blame them as I have also been soaked in sweat. So about the driving examination, I passed it. Yup I'm now eligible for a P license and can now drive legally. I have absolutely no idea how people can stand working at that place. Its hot, its smelly, its boring and worst of all, its in the middle of nowhere!! Even working as a rubbish man is much interesting than as a driving examiner. You gotta be super patient to work as that.

I have been playing World Of Warcraft on guest pass. 3 words. I LOVE THIS GAME!!! Ok thats 4 but whatever. Yeap the game is really good, it doesn't require much time and roleplaying is awesome. Where will you ever meet another real person playing the game speaking dwarven language? Its the minor touches that makes the game interesting and fun at the same time.

Til' It Comes

I'm feeling totally uneasy these few days. My driving exam has been postphoned(again??!!!) because its already full according to my driving school, but I believe these people are just too lazy to bring us to another examination spot. So in the end, few of us were seperated between 28th February and 7th March and I being the unlucky one ended up being kicked back to 7th March. I heard Teo, Abhinash, Tan and Jeffrey(Yea you got 18 you am khong :-p) passed their exams without much hassles while Murali and Colin weren't as fortunate as them.

I seriously wonder how I'll perform next week. Thinking of driving with an angry and grumpy examiner next to me gives me the chills. Examiners nowadays can be pretty irrelevant. They force you to make mistakes and use extra effort to guarantee you failure. I mean what sense does that make? Are they trying to tell us that it'll be a miracle if all 500 students actually passed their driving examinations in a day? Or maybe they're trying to force extra cash out of you? Its sad but I guess this is how it goes these days...

2 days ago, I went to Mid Valley to catch the preview of Final Destination 3 by The Star. Yup they offered free tickets for 218 (If i'm not mistaken) people who brought the newspaper cutting and you get two tickets for each newspaper cutting. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. Ok it was gross and all but the movie really got most people in the cinemas gasping off their seats.

The GUY next to me even made some pretty girly reactions. Although it was good but the movie is shortlived and its prequels were better according to most people. I didn't watch any of its prequels but I think the movie has a pretty smart concept and you never know, it might even happen to you?

Newspapers have officially announced that SPM results will be out on the 13th of March. That is an insanely short time and stress is building up on me thanks to my driving examination. About college, I guess it depends on how I do for my SPM. If I get 5 credits then its all good to go and I can go ahead with my Foundation. If I get less than 5 credits then I'll have to go through the 2 years of Diploma. Not that it makes much difference but of course I would do better with Foundation.

Although it has been some time now but I've recently changed my handphone again.(Yes, call me a gadget freak or whatever) I swear that this will be my final change of handphones until next year at least. My Motorola V3 Razr has been passed on to my sis and I'm currently using the W550i. To those of you who are close to me I guess you guys know that I've been dying for this phone for quite sometime now. Bought it at RM950 with original warranty. About the phone, its small but pretty thick. I do not need to comment about the audio capabilities as it wouldn't be a Walkman Phone if it doesn't produce good audio. After all, Sony are the audio experts. The interface is pretty fast for a Sony Erricson phone. The only complaints I have with the phone is that the swivel function can get a bit irritating if its in tight jeans. The keypad is also pretty hard to type because of its limited space between each characters. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase. :-D

A few great RPGs were released these few months. Grandia 3, Tales Of Legendia and Dragon Quest 8 are pretty good titles. I'm currently alternating between Grandia 3 and Tales Of Legendia although I have to give more credit to Grandia 3 for its superb battle system. Tales Of Legendia on the other hand has a better story to tell and is wayyy longer than Grandia 3.

The WCG 2006 official games lineup has been recently announced and once again its a pretty boring list. CS Source has been replaced with CS 1.6 this time, Warcraft and Starcraft is still there and NFSU2 has been replaced with NFSMW(Expected). The other games which are not in Malaysia's game list were Warhammer and 2 Xbox 360 games DOA 4 and PGR3. Although its understandable why Xbox 360 games weren't competed in Malaysia because Xbox 360 did not receive an official launch in Malaysia, I have absolutely no idea why Warhammer is not competed here. Another thing is they could've added more new games such as FEAR, Age Of Empires III or maybe Civilization 4?