Windstruck Borders

Tagged By Xentova/Daniel Khong

2008-07-28T09:27:00.000-07:00

Instructions:Remove one question from below and add in your personal question, making it a total of 20 questions. Then tag 8 people from your list. List them out at the end of the post. Notify them that they have been tagged.

1) At what age do you wish to marry?
Anytime before 30.

2) Where will you go if someone sponsors you a tour ticket?
Japan. Gadgets and chicks galore!!

3) What’s your favourite thing to do?
Yum cha, movie outings and nerding in front of the pc.

4) Do you think money can buy happiness?
Yup totally. Saving up and buying that thing you've always wanted makes you happy no?

5) Do you believe you can survive without money?
No way.

6) What are you afraid to lose the most?
Lives of loved ones...

7) If you win $1 million, what will you do?
Investments to make my next million.

8.) List out 3 good points about the person who tagged you.(Xentova/Daniel)
Funny, friendly and an overall great person to have around.

9) If you have only one wish, what will you wish for?
I wish I was not color blind.

10) If you could rewind time, would you?
Nope, don't think thats necessary.

11) What’s your ambition?
To have an ambition

12) What’s your favourite song at the moment?
Yeah yeah yeahs - Maps

13) If you can teleport once, where would you go?
The distant future

14) What do you think is the most important in your life?
Good health

15) If you could undo one mistake in the past, what would it be?
Being a total douschelord to certain people.

16) If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
My inability to lead and always follow.

17) What music have you been listening to recently?
Chinese love songs.

18) What is the one thing you cannot do but you wish you could?
Move my ass off the PC chair for 24 hours.

19) How much dyou love your bf/gf?
I could answer this one if I actually had one.

20) How was the movie, The Dark Knight?
Watched it twice, listened to the theme song all day, overall a pretty good movie.

Tags : Jeremy, Jeffrey Yap, Annie

Size Does Matter

2008-05-24T11:08:00.001-07:00

Guess what decided to drop by into my room one fine Saturday evening.

Yes, Its an 32 inch Bravia S-Series LCD!! Woohoo!!

Model number KLV-32S310A which is a discontinued model and this was the last unit. It'll be replaced by KLV-32S400A from now on.

This is where I'll be chatting with you guys from now on. This is just a temporary placement but for now this is how my computer table looks like.

So now, I have an LCD TV cum PC monitor in my room. How great is that? I can watch TV, play PC and play my PS3 (soon) all within the comfort of my very own crib. Here's the thing I'm worried about though.

1.) The TV is as close to me as a regular PC monitor

2.) I look at the monitor more often than I see the sunlight. There goes my eyesight....again..

3.) Gotta repay my dad as he bought it for me first cos it was on offer.

4.) Radiations on an LCD TV? Can anyone clarify this?

So my parents thinks I'm crazy putting such a huge TV in my room but who cares! This TV is awesome as hell. Oh and this TV also completes my Sony products lineup. Yeap I'm a Sony fanboy. So here are some Sony products I have

1.) Sony PSP

2.) Sony T-9 Camera

3.) Sony Playstation 3

4.) The Sony LCD TV

5.) Sony Vaio Laptop

The only thing left to get is a Sony Ericsson handphone which I have been trying to save up but failed. Anyway I think I've been overspending like crazy and yea my mom is right. My toys are getting a bit too expensive. I spent RM2.5k on the Sony Vaio laptop and another RM1999 for this LCD. Thats almost 5k in a month!! OMGAWD!~ Call me a geek or whatever you want but the real reason I bought this LCD is for none other than to play my favourite game which will be out in another 3 weeks.

Prior to the launch of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots, Lowyat will be having a launch party and we get to purchase the game a day before it's release date. This event is a first in Malaysia as our local gaming scene never actually bothered having launch parties for a game before. Anyone wanna tag along? =P

TAGGED by Annie

2008-02-02T10:24:00.000-08:00

Got tagged by Annie from http://nienietong.blogspot.com/ quite sometime ago but oh well might as well just do it now =).

* list out 20 friends and answer the questions that follow.*

1. Jeremy Tan

2. June Lau

3. Daniel Khong

4. Princeton Fam

5. Gan Wey Sian

6. Jeffrey Yap

7. Sue Jan

8. Mei Yee

9. Szu Mei

10. Suryaprasad

11. Muralitharan

12. Jefferey Ng Wei Xian

13. Victor Tay

14. Yap Ai Cheng

15. Low Pui Sze

16. Ong Su Wen

17. Ting Kai Yuan

18. Grace Tiou

19. Edison Hanz (Sze Han)

20. Kwong Ming Yee

Yes yes, I'm fully aware that some names I listed above do not blog but maybe you guys can answer it someway or another. At least I know some of you would... LoL

1. How you get to know 14? (Yap Ai Cheng)

Since the first day of secondary. We argued over exchanging seats in Moral class. Later found out she was in the same class as me.

2. What would you do if you never met 1? (Jeremy Tan)

I'd be missing a great and funny friend =)

3. What will you do if 9 and 20 dated you? (Szu Mei & Ming Yee)

I don't mind a friendly date with either of them. =)

4. Would 6 and 17 make good couple? (Jeffrey Yap & Kai Yuan)

Jeffrey?! No comment.... Kai Yuan.... I guess she would =)

5. Do you think 8 is attractive? (Mei Yee)

Personality wise a big YES =P

6. Do you know anything about no. 12’s family? (Emo)

Yup a lil bit. He's got an elder sis which is a female version of him and a lil sis that uses the computer til late night. Mom works in Ireka and Dad in Doha. =)

7. Tell me something about 7 (Sue Jan)

A very sweet, cheerful girl. Has a good sense of fashion and style. Loves camwhoring? =P. A very very good friend and me lou po!! =D

8. What is no 18’s favourite? (Grace Tiou)

Make up, make money and make cookies.

9. What language does 15 speak? (Low Pui Sze)

English, Malay, Cantonese, Mandarin and Oink language =P

10. Who is 19 going out with? (Sze Han)

This one's easy, some unknown Xiao Mei Mei. We'll find out who on valentines tho. ;)

11. How old is 16 now? (Ong Su Wen)

Should be 19 in 2008

12. When was the last time you talked to 13? (Victor Tay)

Yesterday, it was his 19th Birthday =)

13. Who is 2’s favourite singer (June Lau)

No idea. No.3 would know though =P

14. Would you date 4? (Princeton Fam)

HELL NOU!!!~~

15. Would you date no. 17? (Kai Yuan)

Yup... definitely =D

16. Is 15 single? (Pui Sze)

Nope, shes got a boi boi =)

17. What is no 10’s last name? (Suryaprasad)

OMG why must it be your bloody name weh. Sorry I can't remember.... LawL

18. Would you ever consider being in a relationship with 11? (Muralitharan)

................................. O.o .................................

......I shouldn't have done this tag......

19. Which school does 3 goes to? (Daniel Khong)

Easy, Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Melawati 2 in primary and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Melawati in secondary. Same school with me =)

20. Where does 6 live? (Jeffrey Yap)

Taman Melawati Jalan I8

21. What is your favourite thing about no. 5? (Gan Wey Sian)

His passion for music and endless chicks that are after him...heh

2008 and Freedom?

2008-01-25T21:35:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BELATED 2008 to Earth. Lol I finally updated.... Weather is hot as hell and I got nothing else to do while waiting to go to Daniel's house and follow him visit Victor at the shop he's working at. So it's been almost a month since New Year but I guess I can still list down some resolutions I have for 2008. Here are a few.

1.) I'm sure you guys have heard this one multiple times from me but, this year we have to tag females along on our holiday trips. No more gay-ing around, no more emo-ing with each other and no more all "sausage and egg only" squad.

2.) To be more hardworking and gain more talents. Gotta go to gym more often, can't be the lazy me anymore and overall total self improvement in terms of both physical and mental.

3.) To gain more weight =P

4.) Find true love? (Don't think thats a resolution but oh well)

My parents are leaving for Macau today. Which means I have the house to myself. I can go out anywhere I want, do whatever I want, bring home whoever I want. Basically freedom =P. But I sure am gonna miss my parents, and my doggie too who is currently under the care of my aunt cos I'm too lazy =P.

So for the first day of freedom I'm just gonna chill around until tonight. Will be heading to Laundry Bar tonight to celebrate June and Amanda's 18th Birthday. I feel like getting wasted because my parents are not around but nah, I think I'll just have a few cups tonight. UNLESS! The night can somehow be a blast then maybe, just MAYBE, I'll consider getting drunk but in a bar? I don't think it'll happen..

Speaking of birthdays, it seems like 20th birthdays is a sad rather than happy day. Everyone is dreading how they're turning old and theres no more `teen` in them. Suffice to say, being 20 is still very very young actually. Life has just begun and I'm waiting to see what exciting endeavours is waiting for us in store for our first step towards adulthood.

One Post To Review Em All...Okay Maybe Not

2007-11-21T07:21:00.001-08:00

All this while I thought I'd be able to recall all of the handphones I have ever used until a few nights ago. I was out with a bunch of friends at Ming Tien with the usual yum cha session when my friends asked me "Eh, how many phones you change ady ah?". I only managed to name half of the handphone models before I had to dig deep into my brain for the other half. Seems like the amount of handphones I changed has reached an amount that is a tad bit difficult to keep track of.

But that's what you get for keeping up with technology. You will always be behind and you are always losing. You lose money and the so called `new` technology will be obselete in like what? A few months?

I am now extensively trying my best to research on CPUs just to make sure I don't end up with the wrong birthday present. Oh I'm getting a new PC for my birthday, finally. Okay maybe my current CPU isn't THAT old (3 years almost 4) but after doing some research I was pretty much left awed at how much PCs have changed. Just when I was getting all hyped up when I heard what the Duo Core processor can do, they released Core2Duo.

I was yet again WOW-ing at Core2Duo and now they release the Core2Quad. Oh and there are at least 4 variants of Core2Duo processors namely the E6600, E6750 Extreme and another Extreme with some 4 number code just to name a few. WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!! How is anyone supposed to catch up with technology when it changes faster than a multiplying bacteria. Sheesh~~

Ok so back to the title, the yumcha session that day gave me an idea on giving a short review on the handphones I've used so here goes. I sure hope I won't miss out any.

1. Ericsson GH688

This is actually my second phone as I had some old Nokia with an antenna but I have no idea what model that was and it spoiled one day after I got it anyway. By the looks of the picture you guys should be able to tell how old this phone is. Antenna, super small screen, monochrome display and a 2 bar battery life. This was also one of the more difficult phone to use cos even at monochrome screen the interface was slow and sms-es were difficult as hell to read. Of course I'm comparing it to phones in this era but back then, this phone was still crap compared to whats out on the market.

2. Nokia 3310

Okay I guess this phone doesn't need an introduction. An absolutely groundbreaking phone well known for it's "drop also nevermind" and super fast texting feature. This was the BEST monochrome phone to date. You still see people using it up til today, it's reliable, durable, it's fast and it's EXTREMELY CHEAP(today at least). Hands down one of the best phones I've ever used.

3. Nokia N-Gage

Nokia's first and only gaming phone is also a very weird one. The sidetalking design of this phone is just a little bit too attention catchy in the public. It is however extremely comfortable to type and at that time, the design of this phone really appealed to me. I got it mainly because it was a gaming platform and I kinda liked the design but the games available on the platform are erm... dissapointing. Used this one for quite a while though.

4. Nokia 6260

Ok I admit, I got a bit influenced by Final Fantasy when I saw FF7: Before Crisis available for a mobile phone in Japan. The screen of the mobile phone can be twisted and twirled and that feature also plays a part in the game mechanics. I was instantly attracted to the design but was quickly dissapointed by the fact that the phone was only available in Japan. At that time, this phone was the closest resemblance to that FF7 phone, so I traded my N-Gage for it. 4 words, THIS PHONE IS CRAP. It has an absolutely lousy VGA camera, you're gonna look like youre only holding the top bottom of the phone when you're typing on the keypad, the screen is microscopic and they didn't even bother to put an external screen on a premium priced phone!! People still WOW-ed at the twist and twirl factor though...

5. Motorola V3 Razr

Motorola's groundbreaking design phone was also the best deal I got as I traded that lousy and ugly Nokia 6260 (mine was quite badly scratched thanks to it's previous owner) for a spanking shiny Black V3 Razr. This phone was THE phone when it came to design. It was exclusive for managers and CEOs but the phone was later released to the public but very highly priced.

This phone caught a lot of attention while it was with me, (everyone thought it was expensive but I got it for a steal =p) everyone wanted to take a look at it, tech enthusiasts gawked at it and girls just can't get enough of it. So yea the phone does look good on the outside but the interface and everything else on the phone pretty much sucks. My biggest dissapointment with this phone was it's camera. I still remember recording a video of fireworks with this phone on one of the new years, when I stopped recording the file wasn't saved and there was an error. Even still photos had errors when I move too fast. Maybe it was my phone's fault but still a disappointing point to note.

6. Sony Ericsson W550i

When I got rid of my v3 razr for this phone, many people asked me; "What happened to the nice looking phone?" and "Wah why change to this one, the previous one nicer leh". I gotta admit my first Sony Ericsson was also a very surprising one. This phone surprised me at how good the joint venture of both Audiophile Experts, Sony and Dying Phone Makers, Ericsson is working. The phone had excellent speakers, a chiq design, great packed in earphones and the super long lasting BST-37 battery. This was the phone that made me confident of the SE brand.

7. Nokia N90

This phone was bought 2nd hand in some secluded shop selling 2nd hand phones in Singapore. I admit I was still hyped about the FF7 twist and twirl phone thingy and this model was the best representation of it after the crappy 6260. At that time N70 and N90 were the only NSeries phone available and the N90 was at a premium price of RM2.9k. I manage to trade in my W550i and got this phone for around RM1400 due to it's incomplete set. If it was not for the `no vibration` thing I would still be using this phone right now. I'm serious!! I love it's flip feel, I can take excellent self portraits, the keypad is nice to type with and it has a superb screen. Still, too bad for the no vibration.

I shall stop here for now, too many phones and I can't remember whats next...need to recall again =p

To Blog or Not To Blog?

2007-11-14T10:24:00.000-08:00

Blogging really conjures up a weird feeling on people. Since writing a diary is already considered somewhat `outdated`, people now turn to blogs to tell the tales of their daily lives. Heck, some people even became famous by blogging (Eg. Kenny Sia). Everyday in a human's life no matter how mundane it is there's bound to be some events or happenings surrounding us (exclude me, I'm not observant enough to notice my surroundings). What I'm trying to say is, theres always something to blog about but how can we keep our blogs as updated as our lives are?

While you're standing at the LRT Station waiting for a train to come? You can blog about how you felt at that time and the expressions of the anonymous people around you. While you're sitting down having lunch? You can blog about how nice the aesthetics of the food is but how bad it tasted. Few hours before receiving your exam results? You can blog about how yesterday was a sleepless night for you etc etc.

So, is it necessary for a blogger to keep his/her blog updated everyday? Won't that be too overwhelming? If everything that's happening around us can be deemed `interesting` then wouldn't our lives be interesting all the time? I do think of my blog whenever something interesting happens in my life however, by the time I get home, how much of that event can I remember to chain up a good blog post?

Note: This post is a random post filled with crap. Just wanted to somewhat `update` my blog with a post. Although senseless but oh well =p

A Brief Entry

2007-08-12T10:23:00.000-07:00

All my life I have always been wondering what is it about clubbing, discos and alcohol that manages to attract so many people. I never understood why people liked alcohol. It's bitter and difficult to swallow. How can someone be addicted to something that tastes bad and makes you suffer to get it down your stomach? Trance and techno are noisy, irritating and senseless. How can a person listen to those all day long without going crazy. They put it on their car stereo, their mp3 players, their handphones, and listen to it as a normal person would listen to some Pop or R&B music. It wasn't music, it was noise. I even had a mindset of clubbing being an unhealthy activity and clubbers were stressed up people with no life and it was as bad as smoking.

Due to stages of growing up I'd say however, I'm beginning to realise what it was all about and I'm even looking forward for more sessions. So what was the catch?

My first time clubbing was a few weeks ago in Ruums and I gotta admit. It was helluva lot of fun!! The feeling of sufficient amount of alcohol to hit the active point in your brains and senses without getting you drunk coupled with some fast paced trance and techno music can get you grooving and letting it all loose. I never liked trance/techno musics. I even showed my friends `the finga` whenever they pop in trance music in their cars. Well there is a reason why the music genre is called trance. The catch about these music is it gets deep into your head causing you to be in a state of as the title suggests, TRANCE!!

As for alcohol, besides the effect it gives after a certain amount of consumption, it really is an unhealthy beverage to consume. I guess alcohol is identical to smoking. If you start and like it, then you won't stop consuming it. No matter where you go though, I'd have to say that the company you're with is more important than anything else really.

ICCG short for Inter College Cyber Games was held in our college last 2 weeks. Our entire Computer Games Development class were crew members and another few of my friends joined in too. Being a crew member somewhat gave me a perspective of a part time job. Getting to know new people and working alongside them were really fun too. But the trouble comes when you meet troublesome and lazy people ordering you around to do their dirty work instead. I guess that depicts the stresses of dealing with the community in a workplace.

I haven't been practicing my C programming at all. I'm beginning to feel a little scared of being unable to write out the codes during exams. Guess I gotta buckle up and load up that Microsoft Visual Studio shortcut sitting on my desktop more often. Holidays are over and assignments are piling up as usual. No matter though, a few assignments and an almost nearing exam still wouldn't stop me from going for outings :p........not unless my wallet's empty 0.o

A Few Short Surveys

2007-06-23T09:36:00.000-07:00

Was just browsing around friendster and read surveys done by other people. So just copy pasting the questions here and answering them :D

THIS YEAR.

1. Have you had any relationships?
~ Nope, never did

2. Have you had your birthday?
~ Nope, its on 30th November *hints at readers*

3. Been to church?
~ Nope

4. Cried yet?
~ No and hopefully not

5. Been on a diet?
~ Why should I?! 0.o

6. Pulled an all nighter?
~ Nope

7. Hang out at Starbucks?
~ Nope, rarely do

8. Went shopping?
~ Of course

9. Went Camping?
~ Nope

11. Bought something(s) for over $200?
~ Yea $200x9

12. Met someone special?
~ Yeapz ^^

13. Been out of the country?
~ Nope, goin to Bali in a few months though

14. Gone Snowboarding?
~ Never did

15. What are you thinking about?
~ Food!~~

> Have you...

> 1. Hugged someone who opposite sex?
> ~ Yep but just a friendly hug :)

> 2. Slept in opposite sex bed?
> ~ If my sister's one counts then yes

> 3. Drank any?
> ~ Drank any what?

> 4. Loaned out money?
> ~ Yeap

> 5. Gotten in a car accident?
> ~ Nope, Safe Driver ;)

> 6. Gone over your cell phone bill?
> ~ Nope, don't have to

> 7. Been called a whale?
> ~ Why whale?

> 8. Done something you regret?
> ~ Most of the time

> Last Person you hugged?
> ~ Szu Mei before she left for Australia

> Last Person to call you?
> ~ Ai Cheng, asking about monitors

> Last time you took a shower?
> ~ Few hours ago

> When was the last time you felt stupid?
> ~ Never did feel smart...@.@

> Who was the last person you danced with?
> ~ Lim at Fiona's Birthday Party (Unfortunately)

> Who did you last yell at?
> ~ Mom and Sis for calling me simultaneously to do something

> What did you do today?
> ~ Guitar Lesson, World of Warcraft, Dinner and Chatting on MSN

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE:

> 01. Have you ever been in love:
> ~ Yeap :)

> 02. Do you believe in love?
> ~ Of course~

> 03. Why did your LAST relationship
> fail?
> ~ Cos there wasn't a LAST

> 04. Have you ever been heartbroken:
> ~ Yeap

> 05. Have you ever broken someone's heart
> ~ Not sure but ermm maybe?

> 06. Have you ever fallen love for your best friend?
> ~ Fallen for her first before we became best friends

> 07. Have you ever loved someone but never told them:
> ~ Most of the time

> 08. Are you afraid of commitment?:
> ~ Nope, I think I'm quite dedicated. Either that or I'm just lonely :p

> 09. Would you ever date one of your exes?
> ~ If I had one

> 10. Have you had more than 5 different serious relationships ?
> ~ ...........

> 4 EMOTIONS

> 01. Are you missing someone right now?
> ~ Yea :-\

> 02. Are you happy?
> ~ I'm bored

> 03. Are you eating anything?
> ~ I'm going to

> 04. Do you like someone right now?
> ~ Hmm thats a tough one....maybe?

Buckle Up

2007-05-26T12:32:00.001-07:00

A lil shoutout before I begin this post: Happy 19th Birthday Murali/Tamby/Black/NoobDriver. Sorry, theres no cake for you this year because you wasted the ice cream cake I bought you last year. So padan muka, no cake for you this year /gg. Just kiddin there bro, got not much money this time around so couldn't get you a cake man. Once again, happy 19th Birthday dude ;-)

So, I finally settled all the registering commotions and got myself registered on Friday. I was quite amazed at how simple the registration was. Thankfully, we do not have to fill up long winded application forms all over again as the college's database has all our information stored so all the form requires is my Name, Ic No. bla bla....Not long fillups like address, parents workplace address, grandmother's name, father's mother's name or such. Yup, for the people who knows me, I registered for Games Development. There were a few doubts here and there before this about employability but I've decided to not give a shit about that. I don't see the word `unemployability` as a major issue as long as we work hard and don't expect to get highly paid as fresh graduates.

Now why Games Development? Yea, I do play a lot of games but no I was never good at any of them. I get excited everytime theres news about a famous game launch but no I do not finish the game when it has already been released (Besides Metal Gear and occasional Final Fantasies). Yes I've read up on various parts in games development's ins and outs, meat and bones and nitty gritty stuffs but no, developing a game is no fun at all. The very reason I chose games development is to find out what's so difficult about developing a game and what is taking developers so long to launch a game. But the thing I'm most curious about is, how can anyone in their right minds launch a game like this:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/
index.html?q=Worst%20Game&tag=result;title;0

Now this particular game is really, truly, honestly, insertwhateverwordyouwant, BAD!!!
The truck runs over hills, it doesnt go on the road, graphics are glitched all over..the list goes on and on.
Even if you've spent tons of money developing the game, why the hell would you release such a game to the market. To suffer more losses I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the developers of this game are grown ups with their brains at their right place. So yup, I would really like to find out why did these people release this game.

My Life Thus Far

2007-05-20T09:49:00.000-07:00

Pre-topic-comments: Yea so laziness kicked in again and I haven't been blogging yada yada, I will not be blogging about the Tioman Trip as it has already been fully covered in Jon's blog (jonloh.net) so to those who wants to know about the Tioman Trip please proceed to Jon's blog instead.

Well my 1 month-after-foundation holidays are almost over. Next week will be the final week of holidays before the beginning of my degree studies. How do I feel? Honestly, my feelings are sitting between the fence as I'm already half tired+bored of holidays and another half feels like continuing the current meaningless lazing around. As for the choice of degree I'm majoring in, I am 90% sure I will be taking up Games Development however until the day I register, I do not want to confirm anything. Second thoughts and changes may come up unexpectedly :)

Since the beginning of holidays, I have been sleeping around 4am, earliest at 3am and waking up around 1pm or 2pm everyday.......without fail. Now this really isn't a very good habit to practice but I have been doing it so frequently that it feels like I've been drugged by this late-nights thingy. So thats like what, sleeping almost 12 hours everyday? Dyou guys think I'm oversleeping cos I feel tired all the time and this feeling of tire only fades around 11pm. (Thus explaining why I always ask you guys out for yum cha at that time :p).

Okay lets talk a lil bit about money and spendings. On a typical holiday there are 2 things in common that every student do that has any relation to cash. No.1, they start going shopping, holidays, etc etc, in other words start spending like theres no tomorrow. No.2, they take up part time jobs hoping to earn more money or gain experience so to say. As for me, I've done neither. Nope I've never worked before in the 18 and a half years of my life (unless freelance writing is considered as working then nop I've never worked before) and the funny part is, I did not even spend. Okay probably for the Tioman Trip but that was all. I was feeling particularly rich because of not spending but I've just found out that my allowance has been cut to RM50 per week instead of my usual Rm100.......*two thumbs down for dad*

Everyday its sleep, wake up, lunch, computer, dinner, tv, computer, sleep, occasional yum chas>rinse and repeat. Yes, I do not take breakfasts even though its the most important meal of the day. Waking up at 1pm everyday prohibits me from taking any breakfast. Most importantly, this waking up late thingy has also been hindering me from going out for any outings at all. I wake up most of the time getting a sms asking me to go out......sounds great? The sms was sent at 11am while I'm reading it at 1pm. BoO~~

So what have I accomplished during these holidays that are worth mentioning. Well I finally moved my lazy ass and got myself registered for electric guitar lessons. My teacher was a pretty cool guy with rocker features (long hair, stylo clothes etc) and best of all, he has a really kickass guitar. No idea what brand is it as he bought it from Singapore for 900SGD. Pretty steep price IMO. And yup that was all I accomplished for this holidays. So much for self improvement period.

My initial plan for this holidays was:

1.) Guitar Lessons
2.) Swimming Lessons
3.) Go to gym
4.) Road and directions exploring
5.) Get a job

Well looks like I only managed to accomplish 1 out of the 5 plans....................

Operation B.L.A.C.K

2007-03-14T07:04:00.000-07:00

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Password : *****

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WARNING!! IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED, PLEASE SELECT BRIEFING.....
*beep*
Briefing Selected, Standby for Objectives Briefing Commander............

THE TARGET:

NAME: Piriya Dharshini
AGE : 19
SEX : Female
RACE : Indian
OCCUPATION: Student
MISSION ROLE: To surprise THE VICTIM

THE VICTIM:

NAME: KALO SAPA TAK TAU MEMANG BODO
AGE : TERLALU TUA UNTUK KORANG TAU
SEX : APA SEX SEX?
RACE : Natan
OCCUPATION: Part Time Indian
MISSION ROLE: KORANG SEDAP2 BAWAK AKU GI RESTORAN VIETNAM. AKU DAH TAU DAH ADA BENDA NI....(basically to be surprised :p)

THE MASTERMIND:

NAME: ????
AGE : ????
SEX : ????
RACE : ????
OCCUPATION: ????
ANY DETAILS AT ALL?: One word.....INNOCENT

THE SAME RACE BACKSTABBER:

NAME: Suryaprasad
AGE : 18½
SEX : Male
RACE : Indian
OCCUPATION: Backstabber
MISSION ROLE: Act stupid and pursuade THE VICTIM to get a present.

THE RACIST:

NAME: Jeremy Tan
AGE : 18¾
SEX : Male....gua
RACE : Chinese
OCCUPATION: *cHiNesE PoPsTaR*
MISSION ROLE: Act stupid, pursuade THE VICTIM to get a present and guide THE MASTERMIND to OUG Citrus Park.

THE EMO:

NAME: Jefferey Ng Wei Xian
AGE : 18½
SEX : Male
RACE : Chinese
OCCUPATION: Emo
MISSION ROLE: To divert THE VICTIM's attention by Emo-ing 9 him.

THE WITNESS-ES:

NAME(S): Victor Tay & Gan Wey Sian
AGE(S): 18 & 18+1-½
SEX: Male(s)
RACE(S): Chinese
OCCUPATION: Housewives....err husbands
MISSION ROLE: To kiss each other...0.o

THE MISSION:
Okay okay, I shall cut the crap. By now all of you readers will be growing ?????? on top of your heads so let me explain what exactly happened.

Our dear Piriya has just started her classes in IMU few weeks ago. Since shes staying so near APIIT, I decided to ask her out for lunch and also to give our friend a lil opportunity *ahem ahem*. After various attempts of inviting our `oh so busy` friend out, she finally agreed to go out with us on the 12th of March which also happens to be her Birthday.

Spotting an `opportunity`, I decided to plot a surprise for Murali by not letting him know about Piriya's attendance for lunch. I also proceeded to inform all our dear friends about her coming for lunch with us on her birthday. Truth to be told, its been a long time since such a complete party attended lunch together. The attendees were Jeremy, Surya, Jefferey, Victor, Wey Sian, Pui Sze, Kar Leng, Suit Mun, Murali, our birthday girl Piriya and last but not least, yours truly.

We had lunch at some Vietnamese Restaurant in Citrus Park, OUG. Me and Jeremy tricked Murali by asking him to drive Jeremy's car while Jeremy and I had to settle some purchase deal. It worked out perfectly as they headed for the Vietnamese restaurant first, while we proceeded to pick up Piriya. When we arrived at the entrance, they were all already seated nicely and thankfully, Murali's back was facing the entrance so he didn't have a clue until we went in and surprised him.

It was too bad I didn't pull out a camera at that time. The expression on his face was priceless....priceless I tell ya!! Moving on, we decided to get her a cake after that but I think we bought a rock instead of a cake. The American Chocolate cake was really rock hard, it didn't taste all that good either. Everything proceeded as normal after that. I got thanked by Murali but he swore to force revenge on me someday. Well, I would honestly want to see that happen...............;-)

EVENT EVIDENCES:

Murali & Emo fighting to open the Cake to see who gets to impress our guest

Piriya and the rock hard American Chocolate cake

Piriya: I wish my family good health and wealth...bla bla bla
Murali: *please wish something about me*

Me becoming light bulb

Happiest Moment of Their Lives (I Hope)

Aww how romantic, LETS KISS!!!~~ 0.o

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CONNECTION TERMINATED
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Aftermath

2007-01-13T07:29:00.000-08:00

My 2nd semester results wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, I'm quite satisfied with it although there wasn't any improvement from the previous semester. I got 2 distinctions, 2 credits and 1 pass. The best part was passing Quantitative Methods....it was an absolute relief. I too was feeling the same as everyone else, heart beating hard and fingers shaking while logging in, clicking on the links hoping to not see a fail in front of the computer in the lab. For the amount of effort I put in, this was good enough for me :-p

I have developed a very weird bad habit but this habit feels half rewarding at times. Some of you might already know as it is pretty obvious and that's.....Changing Handphones~~ Okie I can pretty much read everyone's mind everytime I pull out a new handphone. Its either:-

1.) Wah, this fella dam rich ah. Always change phone.
2.) How many times he want to change handphone weh!~~
3.) Show offla~ Always new handphone.
4.) Biasalah this fella....change handphone like changing underwear.

Let me get this straight. I am definitely not rich. The handphones I get are all second hand. I've never bought a first hand phone my entire life. Yes, NEVER! Here are the reasons for the frequent change:-

1.) Its cheap and I mean really cheap.
2.) I can sell for profit whenever I want to.
3.) If I can enjoy while making money, why not?
4.) I'm just circulating money, I don't pay any extra cash.

So the next time you see me with a new handphone, please don't put the word RICH in your mind. Please???~ One last reason is because, I have yet to find the phone to die for. Anyway, this does not apply to the way I choose a girlfriend, so don't worry! :-p

Here's a few snapshots to replace my boring and uncreative text blog. I'm sure you guys would prefer images than my uninteresting texts. Without further ado, here they are...

SMKTM Xmas BBQ Reunion

SanTa hAts GalOre!!~

Nice group picture with long time no see friends

Sushi King with Chi Mui

PhoTo SeSsioN beFore tHe FooD aRriVeS

StUnnED by YoU.....aS aLwaYs :-)

Kar Leng's Birthday @ Sushi King

UnLighTed CandLes?

WeY SiAn & KaR LeNg

OnE WorD......Cute >.<

WeY SiAn's DraWinG

ChOpsTicK NuB..

Its A Wrap 2006

EverYonE rEadY tO wElcOme 2007

FeW mInuTeS b4 fIrEworKs

NoTiCe tHe CrOwD's eXciteMenT

Sis's Departure to Doha

FrOm LeFt: Me, MoM, DaD, SiS aNd JaSon

MoM, SiS & DaD

DaD & SiS

FrOm LeFt: CouSiN, AuNt, SiS and UnCle

FrOm LeFt: AuNt, SiS & UnCle

2006 has been a pretty eventful year and definitely the most interesting in my entire life. With this, its time to say goodbye to 2006 and to look forward to a more eventful (and hopefully better) 2007. HAPPY 2007!!

(Ok a bit outdated here, don't care lah :p)

Sem 2 Finals and Wii playtest

2006-11-29T06:02:00.000-08:00

College life has been pretty amazing so far (which explains my long absence :-p). I've got my great bunch of friends, great outings all the time, going through hardships and fun together or maybe even love interests? Despite all the fun, there is this saying that goes `Every hello ends with a goodbye` (Ok maybe I made that up myself...)

Our finals is this week and we are already reaching the end of our 2nd semester. In a blink of an eye, 8 wonderful months has already passed and its 4 months left until we go our seperate ways (probably). All I know is, I really do not want that to happen and even if we do seperate, lets just hope everyone will keep in contact. Promise guys?

Exams has been pretty alright so far. However, the nightmare begins tomorrow. I have absolutely no idea about the subject Research Methods for Degree Studies as I've not concentrated the whole sem (*cough* sucky lecturer *cough* *cough*) and the words used in the text book are insanely difficult to understand.

EDIT: Ok moral is tomorrow...just found out...AACK silly me :-p

The next subject I'm pretty stressed up about would be Quantitative Methods. I still need a hefty 47 out of 100 to PASS the module. Well this is because I didn't do too well in the quiz and tests which contributes quite little to the whole in course anyway. Oklah, I admit, I was lazy this whole sem. Lets just hope I won't fail anything :-(

Exams aside, me and Jonathan have been keeping track of the Nintendo Wii's price since its launch. We already have our cash ready and we're just waiting for the price to drop to its maximum. After our Communications Skill paper yesterday, we went over to Cineleisure to playtest the Nintendo Wii. And this is how it went,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht6QcYGJf5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLr4RLcQFA

Holiday Trip To Bukit Tinggi Genting

2006-09-22T00:47:00.000-07:00

Holidays are finally here!!! But again its only a miserable 1 week holiday. So that is why we have to make full use of our holidays to have fun instead of some people being `extra hardworking` having meetings and studying. Sorry if that sentence offended anyone but seriously......think about it.

After much planning and waiting, me and 9 other college friends went to this:-

Heres a lowdown on what happened. We were supposed to go in two cars, one driven by Wey Sian's uncle and another by Jefferey. So everyone expected the uncle to be a better driver (of course right?) compared to a student but heres what happened. Midway Wey Sian's uncle met with an accident... When we reached everyone in his car was complaining how scary it was in his uncle's car. Lol I was lucky to be in Jefferey's car instead.

We arrived at genting pretty late because of the traffic jam before gombak and Wey Sian's uncle's accident. Upon arrival, we left our luggages at the portar and went to the outdoor theme park. This might be a bit embarassing but it was my first time on corkscrew. The last time I went to genting was during form 1 and I didn't dare go on it... Erm we got on corkscrew until we got totally bored of it. It was exciting the first 3 times but it got really dull and boring the next 3 times.

One word of advice for you guys who is planning to go Genting. Don't choose days like Mondays and Tuesdays. Yea there might be less people and you don't have to queue up for rides but whats the point when most of the rides are closed. Motion Master, Mine Train and even Solero Shot was closed. So much for wanting to try out solero shot.

At night, we went walking all over first world and as usual walk up to Highland hotel just for the sake of enjoying the temperature. I do not really want to comment on this but seriously, to those of you who go up to Genting and just want to stay in the hotel room, please do everyone else a favour and stay at home instead.....

That is all for texting because I'm too lazy to blog about every detail as it would take ages to do so.... I'll let the pictures tell the story for me. :-)

Ping Ing and Kar Leng in the cable car.

Notice that indian guy on the rightmost.
He self invited himself into the picture....creepy~~

Group picture in front of corkscrew after corkscrew.

From left: Murali, Sze Han, Jeremy, Victor, Me, Emo(Jefferey) and Wey Sian

Sungai Rejang (Before)

Team Machas

Team Leng Chais

Team err... Brokeback?

Team Machas Proceeds!!

Followed behind by Team Leng Chais.

Team Leng Luis

Trailing behind is Team Brokeback~~

Sungai Rejang (After)

Team Machas (Pants Wetters)

Team Leng Chais (Wettest. I emo ady all splash water on me..)

Team Leng Luis (Got jacket covering so not that wet)

Team Brokeback (Kissing each other in the boat so not wet at all.
Except emo's pants which is wet for unmentionable reasons..
ahem ahem *cough cough*)

Group picture after dinner. Had Beef Teriyaki for dinner. Was quite delicious.

Resting after night walk

Group picture after night walk

Group picture.....guess who's the cameraman.

Apparently, they spotted the rare and wanted Hipopotamus in his Missisippi Land Of Abu Bakar~~~

A Tribute To Genting Highlands. Thanks for the fun and memorable trip everyone!!~~~
You guys are the best!! =)

Eye Check & Multi Cultural Night

2006-09-06T08:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the absence again. As usual I was busy with college stuff (partially lazy) and really can't get time to blog daily as there have been a lot of events goin on and I can't blog each and everyone of em.

I went for an eye check today (again). Although it has only been about 4 months since my last eye check I went for another eye check to reconfirm the condition of my eyes. I have been having a lot of difficulties seeing in class, while driving and even just trying to look at a signboard. I am not very happy with it because my other friends has got worst eyesight than mine and they could still see the slides displayed while I coudln't.

I even went as far as to think astigmatism was the cause of it or maybe some errors during my previous eye check. So today I think I found out what was wrong with me. Well the optician told me that there are 2 reasons for my bad eyesight. No.1 I keep switching place in class which makes my eye focus inconsisteng. No.2 I haven't been getting enough sleep. Its a NO NO for No.1 because I sit at the same place every day but its a big fat capital YES for No.2.

I've only been sleeping about 3-4 hours everyday since 2nd semester started. I'd usually sleep at 2-3 and wake up at 6.30. Well, I can say that my health is actually pretty screwed up right now. I wake up everyday feeling really tired and unready for college. Guess its time to catch up on sleep instead of chatting til late night....:-(

Last last friday, me and my college friends attended APIIT's Multicultural Night. As the title says, it is an event on multiple cultures and lifestyles. It wasn't very interesting so we decided to take pictures instead of joining the crowd getting high over the lousy performances. We went for steamboat at Ho Ho in Sri Petaling before we headed for the Multicultural Night. Steamboat was superb and there were lotsa fun and laughs during steamboat. Murali took about 5 minutes or more just to eat one bloody prawn. It took him 3 minutes to bite off the head and tail and another 2 minutes for him to take out its shell....LoL..not good with seafood there :-p

Edit: Having difficulties posting photos on blogger...gonna post it next time :-)

What Your Birthday Means?

2006-08-15T08:24:00.000-07:00

A lil fun stuff for you guys :-)

http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

DEATH

2006-08-08T09:07:00.000-07:00

No no the title is not what you think it is. I'll still be alive as long as time allows me. Anyway I always have random thoughts which I think everyone does when you are alone. Probably sitting in a restaurant alone or travelling in the lrt alone. The things you see around provoke thoughts in your mind which can sometimes be things you never thought of. I always have these kind of thoughts but I just can't seem to remember most of them after its over. As Death being the topic I remember for now, I shall blog about it.

Okay so yea the basics are you are born, you live through hardships and life bla bla bla and in the end somewhere along the road....you die. Its our basic human life cycle. Alright what I thought of is how would you prefer to die among the many ways of death....

1. Old Age - Probably the most common deaths among us fragile humans. Our body being unable to cope with the times start wearing and tearing causing diseases and sicknesses. We then die because of old age. Of course this only applies to the elderly although it is uncertain because diseases can apply to anyone.

2. Accident - This one is obviously the painful way of dying. Chances are you being stabbed, run over, crushed or fall to your death. I don't think anyone wants to die this way. Applies to any age.

3. Suicide - I think this one's for the extremely stressed up and think they have no meaning to live anymore. This has got to be the worst way to die. More like, forced death and wasting life when you can still live on. Applies probably from teenagers to middle age people.

4. Murdered - Another bad way of dying. Something unexpected and you just die because of somebody else's grudge and hate. Applies to any age.

*BonuS* Peaceful - Yes there is such thing. You just die without any disease or sickness. You just go peacefully without grief, sorrow or pain. Definitely the best way to end your wonderful life :-)

Now think about it, which way would you prefer to die if Peaceful is out of the list? Lol this might sound a bit bizarre but thats whats going through my mind. The bottom line is, we really should enjoy our lives before any of those happens.....

A One Of a Kind Outing

2006-07-23T07:51:00.000-07:00

After a pretty long wait for more interesting outings, we have finally done it. Yesterday Victor Jeffery, Joshua and I made a trip down to Sunway Pyramid to meet up with Tan and his HELP college friends. Ok the drive to Sunway wasn't too bad cos the traffic was pretty smooth all the way but we did miss a few turns and ended up U-turning twice to get inside the parking. We reached Sunway area at about 1 but I think we were on the roads getting lost and U-turning for about an hour or so (thats long yea I know :-p).

Finally we parked our ride and headed over to Kenny Rogers to meet Tan and his HELP friends. Alright what made this outing so different is also cos of Tan's HELP friends. Cos of him, I've just made some pretty nice friends (Which I kinda badly needed). Ok I didn't manage to take any pics cos we ain't that close yet but I guess I'll name those people...they are Vivian, Hallie, Beauty or Ming Yi (right?), Wilson and Gerrard(?). Oh and they call Tan Nelson for some reason (Hmm your nama macho ah?). They are all pretty friendly people and their group are really fun to be with. Best part is I see a sense of care and concern among them. Well I can say our friend Tan has found himself a pretty perfect group of friends. :-) (Jealousla how come I don't get such nice friends)

As to what we did at Sunway, Victor and I joined Tan and his HELP friends for Ice Skating. We had to pay a total of RM21 (Rm16 entrance and RM5 for em small as hell gloves). I had no trouble as I still remember how to ice skate. Victor on the other hand was screaming like a sissy because he was very extremely unstable which I had no idea why. He was basically grasping on the wall trying to stay alive as long as he can....oh the perseverance :-p. And not to mention almost bumping into one of the girls but ended up in a hugging pose (Lucky ass).Tan on the other hand injured his leg....probably cos of the incorrect shoe size? We only skated for an hour, which was pretty short but I think everyone was already tired (as for Victor I think he gave up :-p).

We drove all the way to Centre Point from Sunway for dinner. I fell asleep in the car cos the journey was really long and boring. We went to Manhattan Fish Market for dinner which sucked all of our wallets dry. Went back to our headquarters (Desa) for a few rounds of CS and then headed home for rest. Thats how another fantastic weekend ended :-)......Looking forward for another great outing.

My finals will begin tomorrow with English being the first subject. I really got no idea what to study for English and our lecturer didn't want to give us any tips according to my classmate. Oh well, might as well do my best and forget the rest!!!

WARNING!! Hectic Week Ahead

2006-07-09T08:40:00.000-07:00

3 more weeks to exam and it will be the end of first semester of my IT foundation in APIIT. Sounds simple?? Think again. We still got 2 presentations to go and one of it requires us to interview a manager of any company regarding how their organization is run and such stuff. Simple enough? The problem? The assignment was given to us 1 month ago but we haven't even start setting the questions for the interview yet. And guess what, now we're left with only one week and processing the interview request letter would take a week; for NST at least. To make things even better, theres another Malaysian Studies presentation that we must work on. Owh and not to forget the finals which we have to study.....TIME OH I NEED MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!

I went to lowyat today to help much cousin, Teo get his rig (pc). Phew I gotta admit, there really are a lot of pretty girls in this world :-p. Alright craps aside, I noticed prices of CPUs have not changed very much at all. They still range from 1.4-1.9k depending on graphic card and ram. Everything else is just the same despite the advancement of technology. Luckily computer parts ain't as depreciating as handphones...

On the 7th of July, I managed to get a team to enter the World Cyber Games college preliminaries. Miraculously, we got second place............Great? Not really....cos the game we joined only had 4 participating teams which means we are in the semi finals from the start of the competition. Our first opponent was another team from our intake which trained with us many times before the competition but never did score more than 3 points against us. We thrased them pretty bad but in the finals, we got owned pretty bad because of my lucky hands drawing 2 maps that we did not train at all. In the end, we got second place and all we got was a lousy shoebag........................:-(

No Brainer

2006-07-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

These 2 weeks has been pretty hectic. A week ago we had to rush our Organisational & Social Environment (OSE) assignment and this week Personal Development & Study Methods (PDSM) report. It seems to be the current trend for `unsuccessful` students to rush their assignments last minute, and I happen to be in that bandwagon. Why last minute you ask? Well, its the same excuse the whole world is using; `I can work better under pressure` :-p. Currently, I'm really glad the assignments have been completed and its over. All we have to do is to wait for our marks now....

Malaysian Studies couldn't get any worse than this. THE LECTURER FREAKING LOST MY TEST PAPER!!!!! Whats worst, he simply gave me a 0 for losing my paper. I mean come on, he lost my paper and I get 0 for doing the test? Which part of that sentence actually makes any sense??!! To make things even `better` this will be the last week this lecturer'll be teaching us. Hes leaving the college for good next week. Triple/Quadraple the trouble. Which indirectly means, I CAN'T EVEN LODGE A FEEDBACK TO COMPLAIN!!! Sigh.....just hope he can somehow find my paper on his table or something......

I can't believe how fast time flies. Yes it is another pretty common line among us but..YEAH...time flies when you're having fun. In a blink of an eye, its already my 3rd month in college which is also almost the end of first semester. Overall, I had lotsa fun and studying in college is wayyyy more interesting than high school but I still haven't got to where it gets interesting yet. No IT/Gaming related subjects + Moral Studies + Malaysian Studies = YAWN.....

Here's a group picture of my closer friends in college:

From Left: Jeremy, Sze Han, Jefferey and Murali

This picture was taken at the Star Bukit Jalil station and apparently, we had nothing else to pose with cept the bag.....

Tokyo Drift = Total Adrenaline Rush

2006-06-18T01:17:00.000-07:00

The Fast & The Furious series has always been one of my favourite movie of all time. Its the only english speaking hot rides cum racing movie that actually has high production values and feels expensive although there is one thing I don't like about the series. It has always been focusing on American muscle cars, how strong their engines are and meaningless drag races......

Finally, my prayers have been answered and they made the latest sequel (Tokyo Drift) focus on japanese rides and drifting instead. The sounds of burning rubber and turbo engine shifts is what I wanna see and hear....not some american muscle ramming and showing their noisy engines but actually got not much skill on the road.

Once again I've been WOW-ed by the sequel. This has to be by far the best Fast & Furious movie..period. Though I am not very happy with the death of `someone` in the movie....sobz. The males are gonna enjoy this movie a lot (unless you're a geek and aint interested in cars and babes) while the ladies will either hate the movie or be as WOW-ed as the males are depending on their interest.

Watching the movie marks our first APIIT UCFF0603 outing. Attendees were Murali, Sze Han, Jefferey, Jeremy and Me. Other guests were Tan, Victor and Wei Ting. We had lotsa fun before we got on the lrt cos it got really frustrated when we ended up in so many dead ends. My collegemates stay in Sri Petaling and Cheras so after the lrt ride and the movie, they were practically-totally-absoultely tired out. Lolz talk about being tired, me and Murali have to take 16 stops of LRT but we ain't complaining. Eat that you guys who stay near college but still complain how early classes are..........

A few pictures to wrap up this post:

Elwin: Hey guys check it out!! Theres a strike-a-pose and win contest. Why not you guys try it out. If you make it you guys can win infinite supply of Kai Fan(Chicken Rice) in APIIT!! Its worth it...The clown in there didn't win it so you guys still got chance!!

Jeremy: Hey Tambi, you heard what Elwin said just now about the contest. Infinite supply of kai fan wor!!! We can eat til we go cuckoo...
Murali: Yeala macha I know weh. Hmm...but what pose should we strike?

Jeremy: Lets try this lah....Ultra Keling Man Tambi pose....
Murali: Macha I only look cool lah cos I keling lah....you chinese la macha
Jeremy: Err ok then how about.....

Jeremy: Classical Chinaman Bruce Lee Jeet Kun Do Pose...HAIYA!!!
Murali: Err macha...are you color blind?
Jeremy: Damn indian kid. Never mind....the next one's a sure winner....

Jeremy & Murali: Allah hu`Akhbar!!!!!! (No offence to Malay readers :-p)

Jeremy: Thats it lah Tambi...its a sure win with the Allah hu` Akhbar pose!!!
Murali: Yala I'm a geniuslah...what did I tell you....

AND THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE STRIKE-A-POSE CONTEST IS WON BY...........(Drums Rolling)

THESE 2 BEAUTIES FROM HELP INSTITUTE!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Impressions Of Other APIIT-ians On Jeremy And Murali:

(Insert Your Own Impression Here)

Chicks & Hot Rides Makes A Man's Day

2006-06-03T10:31:00.000-07:00

The KLIMS event has been going on for more than a week now but I only had time to go check it out today. For those that don't know what KLIMS is, it stands for the Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show. Its also the biggest motor show held in Malaysia, ever(Is it in Malaysia or....???). I just found out that tickets were only RM5 for students with student cards on weekdays but it was bloody RM20 on weekends...thats a really big difference right there.

Although the tickets were pretty pricey but the amount of people that attended the fair was absolutely unexplainable. Overall, the entire fair was really worth the money(Unless you absolutely have no interest in cars or chicks which shouldn't happen if you're an absolutely normal male). I don't mind going one more time, if only the tickets were cheaper. Owh I also found my dream ride, the Volvo C70!!!!!!!

I'll let the pictures to the talking this time(Taken none other than my humble N90):

A glimpse at the ticket

The Rides:

Bridgestone F1 Car

The NEW Savvy (With both auto and manual together)

The New Myvi SPORT (Fully modified with sport kits)

Toyota's Futuristic Concept Car (Notice the driver wearing some kinda vision goggles)

Another concept model from Toyota

Something from Naza World

And finally, my dream car, The Volvo C70

Volvo C70 in another angle

A kid in action on the Volvo C70's driver seat

The Chicks:

Bridgestone Girls

RX-8 Models

Myvi X4 Model (Pronounced as Cross Four)

My Dream Car Volvo C70 Models (Volvo Chicks has the best outfit btw)

The Chicks & Rides (& Me):

Skoda Chick and Me [I kinda spoiled this otherwise perfect pic :-( ]

Can't really remember but I think they're Perodua chicks.

Me and the lovely Mistubishi chick

Err forgot which model's chick is this...

Mazda MX-5 Model

Another lovely Volvo C70 Model

Ford chick with a really bright outfit

There are more pictures but they were either out of focus or were taken at bad angles. Worst part of attempting to take a picture in a crowd is how irrelevant some people can be. They know there are many people taking pictures but they squeeze in and stand right in front of our cameras just to get a better glimpse of the model. Feel like kicking those people in their asses on the spot.

Lastly, though they won't see this but I would like to thank em chicks for willingly forcing themselves to take a picture with me :-p.

A Tribute To The Da Vinci Code

2006-05-24T09:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.syfc.org.sg/events/dvc/cinema.html

Thanks to Graze Graze for the link...:-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MURALITHARAN A/L ANDI+GIANT

So we've been like what? Friends for 5 years+? Lah big deal la rite macha? We still hate each other, quarrel everyday and you SUCK!!!!!!

Lolz alright alright turn all those to their opposites. You are one of the best friends I ever had and I'm glad to have you as my friendlah macha. HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY!! So mature aedyla now.... Can go out and kao all the senior chix aedy lah. Can pancut more ady la..HAHA!!!

(The pix looks like a pic used for burial ceremonies but oh well........:-p)

What My Name Means

2006-05-23T09:47:00.000-07:00

You entered: Kevin Tan Say Ming

There are 15 letters in your name.
Those 15 letters total to 67
There are 5 vowels and 10 consonants in your name.

Your number is: 4

The characteristics of #4 are: A foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

The expression or destiny for #4:
Order, service, and management are the cornerstones of the number 4 Expression. Your destiny is to express wonderful organization skills with your ever practical, down-to-earth approach. You are the kind of person who is always willing to work those long, hard hours to push a project through to completion. A patience with detail allows you to become expert in fields such as building, engineering, and all forms of craftsmanship. Your abilities to write and teach may lean toward the more technical and detailed. In the arts, music will likely be your choice. Artistic talents may also appear in such fields as horiculture and floral arrangement, as well. Many skilled physicians and especially surgeons have the 4 Expression.

The positive attitudes of the 4 Expression yield responsibility; you are one who no doubt, fulfills obligations, and is highly systematic and orderly. You are serious and sincere, honest and faithful. It is your role to help and you are required to do a good job at everything you undertake.

If there is too much 4 energies present in your makeup, you may express some of the negative attitudes of the number 4. The obligations that you face may tend to create frustration and feelings of limitation or restriction. You may sometimes find yourself nursing negative attitudes in this regard and these can keep you in a rather low mood. Avoid becoming too rigid, stubborn, dogmatic, and fixed in your opinions. You may have a tendency to develop and hold very strong likes and dislikes, and some of these may border on the classification of prejudice. The negative side of 4 often produces dominant and bossy individuals who use disciplinarian to an excess. These tendencies must be avoided. Finally, like nearly all with 4 Expression, you must keep your eye on the big picture and not get overly wrapped up in detail and routine.

Your Soul Urge number is: 7

A Soul Urge number of 7 means:
With a number 7 Soul Urge you are very fond of reading, and retreating to periods of being alone and away from the disruptions of the outer world. You like to dream and develop you idealistic understandings, to study and analyze, to gain knowledge and wisdom. You may be too laid back and withdrawn to really succeed in the business world, and you will be much more comfortable in circumstances that are tolerant of your reserve, your analytical approach, and your desire to use your mind rather than your physical being.

You are very timid around people that you don't know very well, so much so at times that casual conversation and social situations can be strained. You tend to repress your emotions to the extend that some people have a good bit of difficult understanding you. You tend to be very selective with friends and you don't easily adapt to new environments or to new people very quickly.

The negative traits of the 7 include becoming too much the introvert and isolated from others.

Your Inner Dream number is: 6

An Inner Dream number of 6 means:
You dream of guiding and fostering the perfect family in the perfect home. You crave the devotion from offspring and a loving spouse. You picture yourself in the center of a successful domestic unit.

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A Much Needed Holiday

2006-05-22T03:09:00.000-07:00

HOLIDAYS ARE HERE.....Its only a week but I can finally get my much needed rest... Everyone was pretty shocked today when our Webspace showed that there were classes next week. Everyone complained and the whole class almost went into a strike/riot. In the end, few of them went to the admin office to complain and it turns out to be a mistake in the data input. Phew.....it'd be crazy if holidays were suddenly canceled......

Organization and Social Environment class was very interesting today. We watched a movie about what actually happened to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. In case you guys don't know Steve Jobs is the inventor of Apple's Macintosh and Bill Gates is the creator of Windows. Well it turns out that Bill Gates actually pirated Apple's Macintosh before it was launched (as Windows 1.0 which was also a part of MS-DOS).

Steve Jobs showed Bill Gates a prototype of his Macintosh before it was going to be launched, Bill Gates being totally amazed at the Macintosh's ability instantly offered to help Steve Jobs at Apple but it turns out Bill Gates was using the prototype Macintosh do develop his own Operating System known as none other than the Windows. Bill Gates quickly launched the Windows OS before the Macintosh's release date and Macintosh which was supposed to be the pioneer personal computer was shadowed by Microsoft's Windows. Bill Gates was also very cunning to release the Windows to the Asian market first since the Asian market is way larger than the US market. In conclusion, Macintosh which was supposed to be more popular today has been overshadowed by Windows because of Bill Gate's `piracy`. Interesting huh...You guys can download the movie if you want to. Its titled Pirates of Silicon Valley.

On Saturday May 20th, I went to KLCC to watch The Da Vinci Code.......with a little twist...There were 21 PEOPLE in our whole group watching the movie!! In the end not everyone had tickets for the movie and 6 person had to watch Poseidon instead. About Da Vinci Code, I think its a pretty good movie overall. To people who can't watch a movie without cool action scenes, please stay away from this movie. The movie is more long winded than your grandfather and if you're not into conspiracy/thinking movies then you'll most probably fall asleep during the movie. Not to mention that its 2 hours and 20+ minutes, a rare length among today's movies standard length.

College Moments:

And once again the best looking male in UCFF0603 goes to....Mr.Chan Sze Han!!!!

Jeremy: Damn why is he so handsome.....I wish I was as good looking as him.
Murali : Sigh me too lah machea......

Jeremy: Hey I know!! Lets take his picture and show it to our plastic surgeon. I'm sure he knows what to do!!
Murali : But my skin color totally differentlah machea.......

Adli/Adly (4got how to spell his name) : I gotta get a perfect shot.
Murali: What forlah machea?
Adli/Adly : Thailand needs more Ah Kuas like him!
Jeremy & Murali: (EMO)

A Night Trip Down Our Beloved Town:

Busy traffic. People rushing home after work to get ready for nightlife.

In front of Dorrsett Hotel.

Quiet street coz it was still early

Muscle Man??!!:

OMG look at those abs and muscles. Hes gotta be strong....though he looks kinda familiar...hmmm

<(O..o)>

Lucky Week?

2006-05-11T07:26:00.000-07:00

Passing up assignments the 1st time felt really weird. We gotta fill up a form, let them verify it and get a receipt in return. It really feels like purchasing an item at a shopping complex instead of handing up assignments. The first assignment I completed was the two 300 words English essay writing assignment.

The topics I chose was quite interesting but I didn't put in 100% effort to write the essays coz well...I was chatting and playing while working on the essay. Yup multitasking but only 10% effort put into the assignment :-p. 2nd assignment was Maths which was pretty easy. Breezed through it without much difficulty cept for a few illogical questions...

I got a call from Gameaxis yesterday saying I won a lucky draw for my Gameaxis subscription. It was a GIGABYTE Motherboard!!! I was pretty excited when I first got the news cos it was my first time actually winning any sorta `luck` thingy (Gambling excluded). My dad collected the item today and fetched me home from college. Owh it was also the first time I didn't have to take public transport home from college~ Checked out the Mobo and it turned out that the thing doesn't support PCI-E. So much for getting excited. Oh well at least its FREE.....

Our first English assignment group discussion went pretty well. We decided on our title and set characters for the drama. We just handed the stuff we discussed to one of our members, Kar Weng and he will handle the scripts. Next discussion is on next Monday which we will review and help complete the script done by Kar Weng.

According to most people, he is a pretty smart and creative fellow so I reckon he'll give us something presentable rather than we using our retarded brains to do the script. We did run into a big mess trying to select our group members though I shall not go into details as to what happened..........

After the discussion I had to attend Maths class which IMO is the most boring class....EVER. Its not cos I hate Maths(HELL NO!!) but its because of the lame lecturer we got. He pronounces `Any Questions?` as `Educations` and `Class Dismissed` as `Class Lismiss`!! Not to mention he speaks as loud as hes talking to himself. Was really hoping for break time to come at that time.

During break time, I went downstairs as Murali wanted to go to the convenience store(He always does :-p). Was heading to the toilet when I saw Mizz Graze(Not a lecturer :-p). She had no class til 3 and I wasn't in the mood to enter another round of Maths class so we went yum cha at the cafeteria.

Grabbed a teh tarik and just chatted away til Maths class ended. I actually kinda forgot I haven't taken attendance yet but thankfully Murali handled it for me. Well thats what happens when you're hanging out with a leng lui la.....(I know someone dam bangga now :-p)

Tomorrow is Wesak Day which is also a public holiday. I hope Jason is free to show me the way to Gasoline so I can bring you guys there for yum cha at night. Keeping my fingers crossed for now.....

Here are some shots I took in class with my new imaging gadget, the N90!!:

The Gays:

One unfine day, we have a bunch of frustrated asses rushing their last minute Maths assignment. Do not at any cost attempt to follow them....

Mr.Jeremy showing the `fingah` at me. All of em too emo ady cos cannot solve the Maths questions. Maths Questions + Frustration = EMO!!!

Our friend Murali to the rescue!! He saved the day and the EMO fellas became Neutral in an instance. They lived happily ever after.....I think.....

Mr.Victor rushing his Maths assignment a few hours before due time.(Hes not like Victor Teo don't worry)

And once again the day is saved!! Thanks to Muralitharan and his Machea Powers!!!! MACHEA GO!!!!!! ITAM BOLE!!!!!!!!!!

The Chix!!:

On the left is Priya(Coincidently Priya Darshini) and on the right is Miss Jusprith

Miss Kar Leng busy with her handphone....(Sits next to me btw :-p)

And finally, Miss Pui Sze who was trying to hide her expensive face from my expensive phone. This picture was finally taken after almost 10 difficult attempts.......

Trip Down To Singapore!!!

2006-05-06T09:08:00.000-07:00

On 2nd May,Tuesday night, me and my family went on a trip down to Singapore. It was mainly for my sis's Singapore airlines interview but my Mom bought a really cheap holiday package so my whole family decided to go down instead. The KTM ride from KL Sentral to Singapore was about 10 minutes....nah kidding, it was 10 HOURS!!! Well at least we had a place to sleep although it is kinda small for someone as `long` as me.

Singapore is a pretty well organized place I must say. Their shopping complexes are really nice, the streets, the people and the cleanliness. The food there wasn't too bad but there was nothing to shout about. Malaysia pretty much own em when it comes to food. Being a Malaysian, buying stuff there after converting RM into Sg Dollars is a big NO NO. Things there aint cheap...Eg. A Chicken McDeluxe costs about RM6.80 here (If I'm not mistaken) whereas it costs SG6.80 there, Exchange rate = RM2.30 so you do the math.

Yes normal stuff there are expensive compared to Malaysia but just travel a bit outskirt and it goes a little bit different from there. They were selling copies of Guild Wars Factions at Sim Lim Square. I was so tempted to get it but it was a bit more expensive than our price here in Malaysia after conversion. So I just flipped through the box and quickly left the store before I start pulling my wallet outta my pocket.

The handphones and gadgets sold there are cheaper than here in Malaysia. Ok yes yes maybe I did say I won't change my W550i to another phone til at least next year but....I LIED!!!! MUAHAHAHAHA..... Actually I have myself to blame for changing phones so often but the handphone prices there are really cheap and I really don't see why I shouldn't grab a better phone before I miss the chance. They say a picture paints a thousand words, so here it is, MY NEW BAYBEH!!!!!!

Overall, my trip down to Singapore was a really nice one. I really hope I can go down there with my friends instead of family someday. I'm pretty sure it'll be fun getting lost in Singapore...Right Guys??? Err maybe not...

Ps: Okay for those of you who are dying to know if the chicks there are hot.....I'd say we have better chicks here in Malaysia. Either I'm in the wrong part of Singapore or the chicks are just average compared to Malaysia ones. I don't think I'm in the wrong part in Singapore cos I was in Orchard Road (Town) all the time. Maybe it was Chicks Hibernating Festival.....

Ps2: A vacation down somewhere soon guys??

Ps3: BIG BIG SORRY to my chi mui for failing to get what you wanted. Tried my really best to look for it everywhere but couldn't find it. And to the rest, sorry no souvenirs cos like I said, it aint cheap and the souvenirs were kinda ugly....:-(

1st Assignment

2006-04-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

I've already received my first few assignments from English class. We were required to choose 2 out of 6 topics and write a 300 word essay for each topic. Sounds pretty straightforward. The problem with me is, I hate to START an essay but once I get into it I really enjoy writing an essay.

College sport's carnival was today but I guess I was too lazy to go. Here are a few reasons of my absence:
1. Its at SRI PETALING!!!
2. I was too late to get a team and register for Basketball.
3. I slept at 3am
4. Don't feel like going for more LRT and BUS rides.

Over the past few weeks I've made some new friends. Overall, I can say I have some pretty good and not to mention, fun friends. Well, there is a problem with my class though. THERES A WHOLE BUNCHA GAYS!!!!(Jokingly not serious of course). All of em are obsessed with this movie called Brokeback Mountain. Didn't know what the hell the movie about until my friend told me it was a GAY movie. SheesH~~~

There is ONE and only ONE leng lui in my class. Sad huh..... Well Murali and I sit behind her almost everyday and we thought it was a pretty good chance to go for her cos we thought no one else noticed her...but oh boy were we WRONG.. I was talking to my friend Alvin in class when he told me that almost the whole class is after that girl. I didn't believe what he said until I turned around to look. 3 rows of males all have their eyes set on that one girl!! Yes almost 9-12 guys and all of em are staring at her!!!

It seems like my blog posts have pretty bad engrish in it nowadays. I can't seem to think of the perfect word to use for my sentences. Guess I'll have to concentrate harder during english classes :-(

1st Semester Begins

2006-04-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

Classes officially began on Monday. Everything has been GREAT and I've had a really fun week in college (probably cos its always ice breaking and getting to know each other sessions & no assignments....YET) but I have to admit it.

Travelling all the way from Wangsa Maju to Bukit Jalil by public transport is extremely tiring. 9 stops from Wangsa Maju to Masjid Jamek. 3 flights of stairs to the STAR Lrt. 10 stops from Masjid Jamek to Bukit Jalil. ! Gotta get down the train and wait for the shuttle bus after that. The whole process takes about 1 hour 10 minutes. Multiply the amount of Lrt stops, shuttle bus rides and total time by 2 (including return) and you'll get a GRAND TOTAL OF 38 Lrt Stops, 2 Shuttle Bus Rides and 2 hours 20 minutes. Its the trip to college thats tiring me, not the classes or lectures.

As for chun chicks, well unfortunately I can only confirm that there is 1 average chick and the rest are all flops. I am kinda dissapointed actually but I guess there are more chances in the future for stuffs like these. For now, I just gotta focus on getting that degree.....

Wohoo next Monday and Tuesday is holidays. I can finally get my long awaited rests. I really need more sleep as I've been sleeping late and waking up real early everyday for college. I don't use to fall asleep in public places but I'm starting to fall asleep in the LRT now. My eyes were really heavy in Malaysian Studies but fortunately the class got interesting during the 2nd session. The 1st session was just disastrous as I really couldn't stay awake at all. 1st time experiencing something like this...

Today was the first day I drove out myself without parents sitting in the car. Man, I must say driving alone is much better and satisfying than having your parents nag you at every street, every corner, every traffic light. My first non family passenger is.*drums rolling*....Szu Mei!!! Haha. We just went yumcha at Taman Melati and I sent her home and drove back myself. Well driving back myself ain't exactly that nice cos I got no one to talk to and it can get pretty lonely. :-(

I have been pretty addicted to Snickers. Ya know the Chocolate Bar??? APIIT's convenience store sells it RM2.30 and it really is a life saviour when your stomach needs a quick refill. Owh I'm also addicted to this song sung by Rainie Yang, not to mention shes pretty!!! Here is a video of her and my favourite song sang by her!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwt78fWDu4

End Of Orientation & Feedbacks

2006-03-29T09:14:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-25T23:48:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-10T06:11:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-07T02:35:00.000-08:00

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

2006-03-01T21:53:00.000-08:00

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?

Modern Gaming On A Pause

2006-02-15T19:28:00.000-08:00

I haven't been playing much new console games lately (Mostly due to my laziness to turn the dam console on). MMORPGs don't really excite me as much as before and Pc Gaming was getting dull without competition. So what have I been playing lately? The answer; a whole load of classic games. I've been playing Starcraft, Final Fantasy 8 and the best classic RPG ever would have to be Final Fantasy 6. I've been playing FF6 on my Psp using the SNES emulator (No offence original junkies :p).

After approximately 5 months without sports, I have recently indulged myself in another sport which I feel is the best racquet game, Tennis. Pros of the game? Lotsa running, thinking, ball placing and returning a ball feels really really rewarding (for some unknown reason). The cons?Picking balls up everytime is a real hassle and if you're a beginner you will most likely pick more balls up than actually hitting the balls and playing the game. Weather is another obvious issue. You can't play when it pours and you won't enjoy it when the sun is `working` at its peak.

Newspaper have announced that SPM results will be out before the 2nd batch of NS students go for their sessions, which means it'll be out around mid-March. I'm not expecting much but I hope I will at least achieve the minimum requirements to register for college.

I guess I'll post about what happened during CNY. The first day of CNY as usual has always been busy. We visited the same old places and well I'm mainly there just to collect em ang paus. Heck, the relatives are so distant that I have not a single idea who they are!! In the end I only collected a dissapointing amount of RM113. Well not that it matters as long as I got enough to gamble :-p. Owh and guess who won RM76 by betting only RM1 per round ;-).

Arcade Rush

2006-01-24T05:46:00.000-08:00

Yup yup you guessed it. I was out almost the whole day today at a place called `The Arcade'. I've never taken any arcade game seriously but I guess I will take up a game this time. It is a breath of fresh air for me after years and years of home consoles and computer gaming.

Arcade games encourages competition and its a whole load of fun when you're playing with your friends. Rather than keeping those skills to yourself, why not duke it out with your friends and show those skills off instead? The downside? Arcade game costs from mere 50 cents to a hefty price of RM2.00 per round depending on how new the game is.

Alright enough babble about arcade gaming. I should proceed to telling about what I actually wasted my time on today. Yup Jason, Gabriel, Teo and Me `visited' the arcade at Carrefour and Jaya Jusco. I, being really confident with my skills, played 5 rounds of Initial D with Gabriel and end up winning only one miserable round. (Yes I suck, so much for confidence :-p)

After Carrefour we went to Jaya Jusco's arcade and played an amazing 6 ROUNDS of Daytona. The game costs RM1.50 per round so you do the math. Overall, that was how I wasted more than 10 bucks and half of my day.

I think I'm still stuck in the Virtual World...Someone save me!!!

College, Career & The Future

2006-01-16T17:47:00.000-08:00

The Star education fair was held 2 weeks ago at the KL Convention Center. I managed to find out lotsa stuff about the course I was interested in which was none other than Game Development. APIIT a.k.a UCTI offered a course for Games Development and Web Design and the counsellor there was really convincing not to mention a bit humorous. Nevertheless, my passion to pursue a career in the gaming industry has increased more than before. I just hope in years to come, the gaming industry in Malaysia will grow or I'll be stuck jobless unless I migrate to another country such as US or Japan.

Driving Lessons have been pretty slow so far. I have only gone through 3 lessons at the moment and I have only learnt stuff where other people can learn in one lesson. Either my instructor is just slowing the pace for money making purposes or hes giving us more time to practice. Well doing it slow isn't too bad since we can slowly practice and improve but I would've preferred the latter.

Heres a lil info on colors and what are they associated to. This is just for fun so check it out.

RED - Associated with intensity, strength and good fortune.
PURPLE - Associated with authority, power and regality.
BLUE - Associated with relaxation and tranquility. Darker shades convey authority, loyalty and perseverance.
GREEN - Associated with youth and naturalness. Green can suggest healing powers.
YELLOW - Associated with visibility and danger. Yellow is often used as a warning color.
ORANGE - Associated with warmth, contentment and wholesomeness.
BROWN - Associated with earthiness, solidity and reliability.
BLACK - Associated with power, authority and independence.
WHITE - Associated with innocence, purity and strength of character. White flags are often taken as a sign of truce or peace.

My personal favourites are Black and White. To me, black is cool and white is simple. Well but of course, wearing white clothes while eating is a real hassle especially when you're eating curry mee :-p

The Dawn Of A New Year

2005-12-30T21:48:00.000-08:00

This here is the last blog for 2005. Overall, 2005 wasn't a very good year for me. Although of course its not entirely bad but its still considered a bad year. I guess we can all call 2005 the most disasterous year EVER!!? Tsunami? Suicide bombings? Bird Flu? Hurricane Katrina? Death Of Prime Minister's Wife?? Whats with all the bad stuff happening all at once? End of the world? Maybe just a bad year? Or to prepare us for a better year in 2006?

So for the final day of the year, I shall list a few good and bad things that happened/still happening this year. And a few good and bads that I find err....good and bad..but mostly dealing with the games industry of course.

THE GOOD:
1.) SPM year, which means SPM will end.
2.) I am old enough to get a driving license.
3.) I got my PSP and Nintendo DS
4.) Bought original games for the first time ever.(Theyre not cheap)
5.) Made new friends in Guild Wars. (To all the CO people reading this, you guys have been great friends specially Xeos, Lexi, Fael and rest of the guildmembers)
6.) Final year in highschool (YAY or NAY?)
7.) Went for prom.
8.) This year is ending. (Seriously)
9.) POOL PARTY!!!
10.)

THE BAD:
1.) SPM year, which means I am grounded til SPM is over.(Thank goodness its over)
2.) I am now a big spender :-(
3.) A very uneventful year.
4.) My eyesight is now worse than ever.
5.) I still hunch.
6.) Family problems.
7.) I am still as useless as ever.
8.) I'm broke every month.
9.) Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire sucked.
10.) Final year in highschool (YAY or NAY?)

The goods and bads that happened in the game industry.

THE GOOD:
1.) Launch of XBOX360 (Which means next gen gaming is here)
2.) Resident Evil 4 as game of the year.
3.) Announcement of the PS3 and Nintendo Revolution
4.) The surprising Revolution `controller'.
5.) Announcement of World Of Warcraft The Burning Crusade
6.) Great Ds games lineup.
7.) GTA didn't win game of the year. (YES!!!!)
8.) Release of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

THE BAD:
1.) Zelda Twilight Princess delayed to next year.
2.) Final Fantasy XII delayed til August 2006!!!
3.) Kingdom Hearts II delayed til March 2006.
4.) FF7 Dirge Of Cerberus delayed til 2006.
5.) PSP's dissapointing games lineup.
6.) XBOX 360 a no show in Japan.
7.) Gamecube's almost non existent game releases.
8.) Death of humans due to excessive WOW.

So that is all I have to say about 2005. There has been ups and downs as would every year but I would say the downs outweight the ups. I wish everyone A Happy 2006 and lets all hope it would be a better year than 2005. Adios and so long 2005.

`Tis The Season To be Jolly?

2005-12-21T23:01:00.000-08:00

Yup yup yup, Christmas is coming real soon and I guess presents are already placed under brightly lit christmas trees and people are already getting excited over christmas. I on the other hand usually celebrate it by attending events in MMORPGs however this year, I have yet to decide on an MMORPG to celebrate christmas in. I still got my copy of FFXI sitting at the corner of my room waiting to be played. Or should I go with the usually fun filled Ragnarok Online? Or the cute side scroller Maple Story perhaps?

Christmas events in MMORPGs are usually filled with fun events such as quests to acquire presents or quests that involve a certain story specially made for christmas. For example, it has always been a tradition in Ragnarok Online that a certain Monster Lord will come attack a town to ruin christmas and it is up to you (the players) to defend the town against the monsters and celebrate a Merry Christmas together with other players after the event. Players will then rant about the event and share their thoughts while celebrating the event. Now that, is what I call a Magical Christmas.

I just came back from an overnight at Colin's house. There were 3 of us Colin, Teo and me. Teo brought his newly bought Playstation 2 to his house so we played some games, I played Magic The Gathering with Colin and went online with his pc. Slept at 3am and realized that I still grind my teeth when I sleep.... Anyone got any good ideas how to stop teeth grinding?

New Handphone, Party & Driving Theory Exam

2005-12-18T23:16:00.000-08:00

NEW HANDPHONE
I know its only been 2 months since I last changed my handphone, but here I am again with another new handphone. May I present to you the sleek and sexy, Motorola V3 Razr *insert silent handclaps and cheers here*. I traded my Nokia 6260 and topped up an additional RM110 for the phone. The reason why I decided to switch phones is because I thought the deal was great and my phone was seriously getting boring function wise. Its basically the same symbian OS all over again with even crappier audio capabilities than the N-Gage. Not to mention the housing is a blardy FAKE, handsfree port is busted and unoriginal battery.

So I met up with the guy at 2.45am (Yes its very late/early don't ask why). He called me up and said he would come down to my house all the way from Kepong to settle the deal. So hey why not, less hassle and I get my new toy!!

My current impression with the phone, its pretty alright. Function wise, its not up to my expectations but I give it a 10 for style and design. The camera is only a 0.2Mp camera which, well basically has no difference with other cheap Nokia phones. At least I get the box, manual and accessories. Don't ask why but when I buy something I keep the box as if its worth a billion.

POOL PARTY & DRIVING THEORY EXAM
My undang test went pretty well. Me, Colin, Victor and Wee Liam passed the test without much problem. I only got a mere 43 though. Close to failing but oh well. Colin got 43, Victor got 45 and Teo surprisingly was the highest among us.....47!! I had sum trouble with the color blind test actually but I *cunningly* made it through...... :-p

The pool party was once again, really fun. Attendance was less than the 2nd party but so what. The fun was still there. I was too tired to swim though. My legs and shoulders cramp pretty easily nowadays due to excessive gaming and lack of exercise. We threw a packet of cards into the pool and everyone had to grab one and the number that is nearest to the King Of Spades will get a beating out of everyone. Went for yumcha with my cousin and Mei Yee after the party and went home pretty late.

A Night To Remember

2005-12-08T21:05:00.000-08:00

Our year end SMKTM prom was held on 7th December. The venue was Istana Hotel and it was set to begin at 7.30pm. At 7.00 I was already fully dressed in my blazer, slacks, blue long sleeve shirt, a smart tie and crocodile shoes. Went down to Sue Jan's house and met up with all the handsome guys and pretty girls. Set out not long after that and we arrived at around 8.00 if I'm not mistaken?

The ballroom was brightly lit and there were lovely couples and well dressed people everywhere. Yea I was pretty jealous cos I was dateless after all. Went into the ballroom and we were seated at very odd places. Our numbers were supposed to be 11 but we were seated at table 19 instead. Talk about WEIRD. Not to mention the quiteness and boringness of the people at the table. I am used to it after all so no complaints there.

The event was fired off by a sucky DJ. That guy was making really lame jokes and he was kinda pissing some people off. The real thing began when Sufi started doing his thang. Lotsa people went on the dancefloor and jumped along with his songs. Umm his voice was from bad to average but everyone was happy with it and it was better than that lame DJ.

The food was average. Nothing special, not too bad but most people complained it sucked. Maybe they expected super nice hotel food since it was a hotel after all.

Not long after that the performers sang some slow songs. Ok ok I admit, I danced but only twice. Once with the slow song (with a partner of course. Kinda stole someone else's date.) and at the end of the prom where it was some really noisy clubbing songs. I seriously dislike clubbing songs as I suck at dancing to such Hip songs.

Went to Mcdonald for yumcha and reached home at 2.30. Sorry for the short blog on the prom as there too many things to elaborate and I'm feelling paticularly lazy right now. :-p

Life After The Struggle

2005-12-05T00:05:00.000-08:00

Due to overexcitement, I have been too busy to blog right after SPM. So here I am posting my first blog after SPM. Today is the OFFICIAL last day of SPM. I shall begin my tale from last friday.

Friday 2nd December
EST wasn't too bad though I think my report didn't have much substance in it. This, I suppose is due to my lack of concentration during the exam. I mean come on, its the last day and the only thing on everyone's mind is for it to be over. So our final paper ended at 10.50, we cheered, we screamed, we bade farewell, and the air was filled with nothing but joy.

Me and my cousin rushed home as we signed up for the Quake 4 Competition happening at the PIKOM PC FAIR 2005 at the KLCC Convention Center. We reached at 12 and was hoping we could make it for the tourney but in the end, we spent an hour looking for the damn booth. We even went through the whole fair twice to no avail. After hours of searching we finally found the booth and guess what, the competition was delayed. Heck, one of their workers didn't even know there is a competition happening at their booth!!

After my cousin went home, I met up with Joachim, Becky, Szu Mei, Alicia and Abigail for another round of Pc Fair. I made them wait quite long for my arrival which made me feel pretty bad cos I know Joachim wasn't particularly happy about it but oh well. Went into the Pc Fair for the 3rd time and we got seperated not long after that. So there I was walking with only Szu Mei and Becky. Lucky me having 2 leng luis with me. *cough cough*. Seperated with Szu Mei, Alicia and Abigail after that as they had to go watch Harry Potter. While waiting at the Pc Fair exit, we met Tan Sze *somtin*.(Sorry but I duno its wei or wen or what but its that guylah)

Said he just came back from college from very far and was going home. But in the end, he ended up following us all the way which made Joachim pretty pissed. I guess its cos Becky was there so thats why hes following us. I had to go get tickets for Harry Potter so I asked Becky to follow me while we let Joachim and Tan be `together`. Haha, we both wondered how he fared together with someone he dislikes. Joachim went to join Szu Mei after that and I walked with Becky and even met her mom. Well its my first time seeing her mom actually but she says I look familiar. Hmm...

Met up with Yap, Wen Dee, Thaesigen and Waylon at 4.30. We planned to go to Petrosains but tickets were sold out. Unlucky us! So we went for a walk and dinner after that in California Pizza Kitchen. The pizza was really yummy and the salad's chicken was syok. Err, actually I was the one who gobbled down all the salad chicken. Syhhhh..... Parted way with Waylon after dinner and then met up with my family and we watched Harry Potter.

Personally, the movie is a dissapointment to me. I guess it would be enjoyable if you watched the movie without reading the book but for a potter fan, the movie just didn't live up to the quality the book portrayed. Fetched Yap, Wen Dee and Thaesigen home and it was the end of an excellent day!

Saturday 3rd December
The excitement of the end of SPM didn't end there. Although my legs were killing me after yesterday thanks to the Pc Fair, I knew there was more fun waiting for me. Met up with Jeffrey, Tan, Princeton, Daniel and Joshua at Tbun and we headed off to KLCC to watch Kungfu Mahjong 2. To everyone out there, you should definitely watch this movie with your WhacKy FrIenDs. Its worth it for great nonsensical laughs. After the movie we went to the Pc Fair (Again!!?).

Manage to grab a copy of the 2nd issue of Iplay. Thankfully, my article was in there again. Yay!! Walked halfway and got a call from Jeshua and Sue Jan saying they needed my help to get some stuff from the Pc Fair. Since I'm already there, why not? Helped Jeshua get a Geforce FX5200 which I think would probably perform alright for the games he want to play. Sue Jan bought a webcam and a pair of headphones. She was particularly happy about it. Hehe.... Sue Jan fetched me home and i went for dinner after that.

Sunday 4th December
Went to batu caves for breakfast with my family and that was it. Didn't do much except pack the books in my room. Owh went yum cha with Woo, Teo and Tan at night. Played a game of Dota in Tbun before yum cha but I sucked since I didn't play Dota for a long time and I was particularly blurr on that day. (I think I always am)

A Mystery To Solve

2005-11-16T01:50:00.000-08:00

SPM has been pretty alright so far, except for History that is. Never liked and never ever will like that subject. Why can't we learn about some history of magic or wizards or monsters or something? I'm sure everyone would prefer to know something more interesting in the past than lame ass perlembagaans and undang-undangs. Heck we even have to remember those IKNOWMYNAMEISLONGBUTYOUHAVENOCHOICESUCKER names to actually answer the questions!!

I haven't been having good sleeps these few days cause of SPM. I wake up and the first thing in my mind is "Did I forget anything?" or "What was the formula again? Err..". These things really bother me a lot because..yea I can't remember things well and stress is building up in me. I really hope SPM will fly by faster....

Here is a mystery I would like you guys to give a bit of thought into. The link I'm going to post is a blog of someone who went into trouble in Zouk. She claims that she is innocent and signs points to yes but Zouk still accuses her for what she did. This news even came out in the papers and it happened not very long ago. So for those who are interested just go to the links I've posted and give some thought into it.

Zouk Abuse Blog :

zoukabuse.blogspot.com

Scroll down til you see a picture and read from that post onward.

Someone who thinks its bullshit:

www.elleashley.com

Hmm unfortunately I forgot what was the link to the newspaper articles about this..
I will post it up if I manage to find the links.

Reward Searches For The Patient

2005-10-30T01:08:00.000-08:00

I got my psp on friday!! But in return I had to give my World Of Warcraft away but thats a small price to pay in exchange for an incredible item. The Psp, is a really incredible piece of gadget. It can do almost anything from playing games(like duh!), music, movies and even surf the net!! Its an all in 1 portable media. The only complain I have with it is the lack of good games for it right now but I'm sure it'll be better as soon as 2006 comes around.

I manage to grab a copy of Iplay today. Few days ago the editor told me to give him some comments on the middle section of the magazine which made me very curious. Turns out the middle section of the magazine is overturned/terbalik!! I was like wtc!!! Anyway the magazine is pretty good except that I think it is a bit overpriced for a 100 page magazine.

Any of you watch To Catch The Uncatchable on Astro? The series actually had 2 endings!! Well its because in Hong Kong everyone complained about the TRUE ending. In the ending, the main character dies before his wedding but it was pretty blurry in the last episode as the show didnt actually show what happened afetr the main character fell down and closed his eyes. In the end, everyone complained about the main character dying and they actually remade the ending with another ending where the main character lives. So ermm the true ending of the series is whichever ending you prefer to see. I personally prefer the ending where the main character dies because it is a pretty nice flick which I think will probably make some people cry.

SPM is erm...Okay I'm speechless about SPM right now. Its just too friggin soon!!! I should be doing lotsa last minute studies but I can't seem to remember a thing I've studied. Temporary amnesia or just plain stupid? I guess I'll find out in the exam hall...

Magic Everywhere

2005-10-16T07:04:00.000-07:00

Prior to the SPM examination, my sundays has always been filled with kasturi, kasturi and err more kasturi? So as usual today I went to kasturi for the 2nd day of the 4 day seminar. Subjects were Chemistry and Physics. Basically I concentrated too hard on chemistry and couldn't concentrate on physics at all. Overall the seminar was pretty alright especially chemistry. Learned lotsa stuff.

Me and three other friends went to KLCC for lunch after the seminar. All 4 of us had SuP3r SpcY RaM3Ns for lunch. Our actual purpose of `dropping by` at KLCC was to get Magic The Gathering decks and booster packs. Magic is a card game thats been running for a pretty long time now and it has just gotten better. Man my life is full of games. Pc Games, Console Games, Game Magazines, Game Articles, Portable Games, Card Games etc etc. Anyway I have this friend who is really rich. Well maybe not too rich to you guys but to us he IS super duper rich. He buys 8 Magic booster packs every week. Thats like more than a 100 bux spent on cards only!! One upside of having him as a friend is we can always pursuade him to treat us but of course we don't take too much advantage of him (Btw I'm dead if he reads this so syhhh!!!). If I was him I would use the money to buy all the games I can and a CAR!!

After skipping school for practically the whole week, I've finally decided to move my ass and go to school tomorrow. Don't know if I'll regret it but oh well. I might as well just enjoy my last 2 weeks of high school life before we go for SPM. I just hope I can concentrate in school.

The weather these days is just.....WET!! Wake up in the morning..its raining. Go for kasturi's seminar for 4 hours...still raining. KLCC for lunch and chit chat.....STILL RAINING!! Dinner...STILL RAINING!!!!!!!!???? I'm pretty sure many places in Malaysia is already badly flooded.(I don't read the newspapers...so I won't know)

I just came back from my aunt's house after dinner. Was watching Harry Potter and The Prizoner of Azkaban for the 2nd time. Yup I am a fan of the Harry Potter and my favourite book is....jeng jeng jeng...the 4th BOOK!! Best part is..the 4th movie is coming out next month!! On top of that, I can go watch it right after SPM which doubles the fun!! Ahh life is good....

1st Goal Achieved

2005-10-14T06:34:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it happened so fast. Only a few days ago I was ranting about getting a 6260 and today.....I GOT IT!!! As for Goal 2 which is to get World of Warcraft, It'll happen tomorrow. But by the end of the day I'm gonna be so broke my pockets will have more than infinity holes in it. Oh well I'm really happy today for getting the phone. Let me fill you guys in my journey to acquiring the phone. I would say it wasn't a very pleasant one.

It all began in the forums. I had to message 2 people and plan out my time to get the phone. The plan was to sell my N-Gage to this guy called Vincent for RM450 and then proceed to meet the 2nd guy called Nabil and get the phone for RM650. So my plans are usually `ahem` very very tight. A slight change will disrupt my whole plan usually. Which almost happened today. I was supposed to meet this Vincent guy at 5.30 and then meet Nabil at 6.00. So I had 30 minutes to sell off my N-Gage til Nabil arrives. Well turns out that Vincent guy was some Sungai Wang handphone stall promoter!!

Which also means he's really fussy when it comes to handphones. I thought I could just give him the phone he give me the cash and DONE. Well what he did kinda frightened me and the thought of not getting my 6260 came while I was selling my N-Gage. That Vincent guy took off almost every part of the phone and checked almost everything from a tiny lil scratch, when was the phone made, which country was it from etc etc. He took off everything and I mean everything!!! And he almost didn't want to buy it because he `said` that my N-Gage is a Singapore unit and the original handsfree for it will cost a lot. I was pretty furious at that time because not only will my plan be disrupted but he just tore off my phone and told me he doesn't want it??!! Well but after that he decided to take it but he ripped 10 bucks off me. Which means I sold it to him at RM440 only!!

After that I went to meet Nabil which thankfully was a really cool adult with a really cool attitude. Reminds me of one of my guildmates in Guild Wars *wink wink*. The deal went smoothly and walla....I GOT MY PHONE!! Went home happily with my Dad after that. He was so eager to check out the new phone. Hehe thats what I like about em. We're both very INTO gadgets like these.

Kasturi's seminar starts tomorrow. With the advent of 10 subjects, tomorrow will be a very nice day for me because the seminar will begin with Maths and English. Both are my favourite subjects and I know I'm going to enjoy tomorrow. Owh and we plan to go to KLCC after the seminar but I don't know if I wanna tag along with my friends yet because I feel guilty for not studying for SPM.

Instant Gratification

2005-10-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

I really desire for lotsa stuffs nowadays. Before this I was eyeing on a Sony Playstation Portable. Then lately I found out that the Nintendo DS had pretty good games so the desire to get one existed. I have been wanting to play World Of Warcraft for a long time already but it will come true soon because I'm getting my copy this saturday. Yesterday I saw this guy using a Nokia 6260 and now...I REALLY WANT THAT PHONE!!

Alright lets do a lil maths here :
1. World Of Warcraft - RM170
2. Playstation Portable - RM900
3. Nintendo DS - RM500
4. Nokia 6260 - RM750 (Cheap right??)

So 170+900+500+750 = RM2320 <>
I can only afford at max 2 items...but I want em all!!

I followed my mom to carrefour today. Bought 2 magic boosters and too my surprise...I got Razia Boros Archangel. Yay!! The reason I'm so happy is the fact that that card can be sold to a friend of mine at high price which means more cash for the items I desire. Went to play 3 rounds of Initial D at the arcade after that but didn't win any races at all. Bloody computers...

I'm sms-ing with someone special while writing this blog. Listening to Aeris's Theme and Tifa's Theme from the Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children soundtrack really makes me think of her. Ahh I must be missing her too much. Handphone credit expiring tomorrow which means no sms til I reload it. Can't imagine a day without sms. I'm gonna be so lonely and the day is gonna be so quiet.

Anyway it looks like I'm gonna skip school again tomorrow but I'll still be attending the extra biology class. Well sad to say the extra class is only for failures like me but I guess it helps rather than staying at home doing nothing.

Prelude

2005-10-11T23:46:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. I have decided to use blogger instead of xanga to blog because of the hideous look on my previous blogsite. Hopefully I'll be able to blog more often than last time without interrupting my daily routines and I hope you guys will support me by leaving a comment or two. Any comment will do. I just want to know who reads my blog and who keeps track of it.

So I've decided to name my blogsite Windstruck Borders. Why you ask? Well I was busy rummaging through the drawers and folders in my brains and suddenly this name just popped up in my brain so walla....Windstruck Borders it is. Maybe I will find out the meaning to this strange name in time to come.

Reasons I skipped school today :
No.1 : I definitely need more sleep!!
No.2 : Laziness took over...
No.3 : Having mosquitophobia (Basically my whole school is infested with mosquitoes and with the dengue rates going up you must be crazy not to be afraid of mosquitoes now)

I sold off my copy of World Of Warcraft to a guy called Tunn from Lowyat.net today. Asked my dad to fetch me to Desa Setapak after dinner and met Tunn in front of 7-11. Cool looking guy with an even cooler phone....Nokia 6260. Turns out he bought the World of Warcraft for his girlfriend's brother's birthday present. Man what a nice guy. I wish my sister's boyfriend would buy me something equivalent too but with his stingy nature, the best I can do is dream of him buying me something like that.