M.e.o.w.H.a.v.e.N.

Rawr!

2009-10-17T02:57:00.000-07:00

(: Just partially how my feeling is at the moment :)

Serenity

2009-09-20T00:58:00.000-07:00

Happy 22nd Birthday Rosline!

2009-05-31T07:42:00.000-07:00

Looking at today, the 31st of May 2009, it would have been another normal day for us 3.2-ians if not for the remembrance of the birthday of our beloved class rep, Rosline Lam Soo Kean.

Wishing Happy 22nd Birthday to the late Rosline Lam Soo Kean (31/05/1987 - 01/08/2006), a friend and a great individual who also happens to be TBF's group 2 class representative...

Did You Know? 3.0

2009-05-24T11:27:00.000-07:00

If you do...

2009-02-08T07:55:00.000-08:00

if you need me, call me
no matter where you are
no matter how far

just call my name
i'll be there in a hurry
u dun have to worry

coz baby
there ain't no mountain high enough
ain't no valley low enoughain't no river wide enough
to keep me from getting to u

Happy 2009 New Year!

2008-12-31T22:58:00.000-08:00

Have a blissful 2009 New Year, though the recession might be around the corner!

Smiling

2008-12-21T04:11:00.000-08:00

Its at times like this that such picture actually brightens up your day.

-Smiling Face in the Sky @ Dec 1, 2008-

But(s)...

2008-09-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

Slow and steady wins the race. AND All good things come to those who wait.
BUT
Time and tide wait for no man.

The pen is mightier than the sword.
BUT
Actions speak louder than words.

Wise men think alike.
BUT
Fools seldom differ.

Look before you leap.
BUT
Strike while the iron is hot.

Birds of a feather flock together.
BUT
Opposites attract.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.
BUT
Faith will move mountains.

Silence is golden.
BUT
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

You're never too old to learn.
BUT
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Hold fast to the words of your ancestors.
BUT
Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
BUT
Out of sight, out of mind.

Isn't this frigging ironic? How we humans tend to contradict with ourselves? =P

TBS Rotaract Installation Night 08/09

2008-09-07T00:52:00.000-07:00

Just a lil' post to support the Rotaract Club whom I was the Charter Secretary, the TBS Rotaract Club is having their annual Installation Night for 08/09. Event is held at The Hideaway, Taman Yarl, OUG. ~~God knows where the place is, I'm in the limbo as well~~

Tickets are going for RM50 each, so get in contact ASAP with Ming Kee or Michelle Yong (both Organising Chairperson) to RSVP your place! Oh, and its on a Saturday, so no excuses with "busy at work" or "busy in college"

Hurry up while the tickets last!

p/s: FYI, contact details are as follows:

Michelle Yong: 017-3967296 / mywaicheng@live.com

Ming Kee: 012-6606692 / mingkeelovestars@gmail.com

Promotional Flyer for the Installation Night 08/09

Mei's 20th

2008-08-29T04:39:00.000-07:00

Been too busy recently to drag my sorry lil butt to update. Just a short update just to waste some space and also to advertise Mei's 20th birthday that is.

Mei is one of the youngest graduate ever for a bachelor degree holder in my course. At 20. Deng. As per the usual routine, a birthday dinner coupled together with a birthday song and a birthday cake and THE BIRTHDAY GIRL was the main attraction at that night.

The Birthday Girl and the BF

Venue was over at Gasoline, Lookout Point, Kuala Lumpur. First sight of the place? Impressive. After the first sight? Horrendous. Besides having the poor Pang Han suffering from their tendency to breed prawns whenever they're ordered, the poor guy had to starve for more than 1 1/2 hours before finally changing his order to something else. Throw in a pair of speakers with one side being the Treble and the other being the Bass, you'd probably get frustrated, especially if you're sitting near the speaker with the Treble.

The KL night view

And, thanks to Amy for being the entertainer for the night, where she perfomed her trademark show of "playing with the THING" at the request of PaPa BeaR. We thought it was a free performance till PaPa BeaR's orange juice was disappearing as though the jar that he drank from had sprung a leak. Till. We discovered Amy being the "leak". LoL

Amy. Trying to play with the THING.

I LoL-ed at this PLKN advertisment

2008-08-25T06:49:00.000-07:00

High School Musical 2?

A Confession. By Someone. To Someone.

2008-08-15T07:51:00.000-07:00

.ph. says:
i din get to discuss much with her
.ph. says:
problem is i dun have her contact

.ph. says:
wats her number in mas?
.ph. says:
er no1 wanna gimme her number? >.<
.ph. says:
mei if u dun want to make it happen at least gimme her number lor

m E i says:
0122708683
.ph. says:
eh i got her number d wor hahaha

Online E-Boutiques

2008-08-10T10:01:00.001-07:00

Finally had some time to park my butt in front of the PC ever since I've landed in Malaysia, here's an update for those girls who are seeking for new pieces of clothings...But hey! Its not an all-girls only e-boutiques as guys could probably take a sneak peek and surprise their other half with these gorgeous pieces offered by the two e-boutiques.

The two boutiques can be found respectively at: ( And. A lil sneak peek shall we? =P )

Dainty Dresser - http://daintydresser.blogspot.com

Dainty Dresser - Fulfilling all your shopaholic desires

Devilish Bunnies - http://www.devilishbunnies.blogspot.com

Devilish Bunnies - The store with loads of bunnies <3

Modelled by gorgeous models, its definately a not-to-miss opportunity to grab some of the really nice pieces that are currently on sale. Hurry while stocks last!

p/s: The models aren't for sale LOL!

Selamat Pengantin Baru...

2008-08-10T03:45:00.000-07:00

And I was just reading back on Francis and Ai Vea's wedding post dedication and finally the question of "which would be the next lucky couple to tie the knot?" is finally answered. Curious? Read below.

Well, had my wedding invitation from Natasha and her beau, Arif and this is the second wedding invitation that I've got invited to, first of which, was Francis and Ai Vea's wedding.

Held on the 3rd of August 2008 at the 3K Community Complex in SS13 Subang Jaya, we had a contingent of about 10 people from UWE who had attended the wedding. Food and entertainment at the wedding was great, preparations and the wedding reception itself was splendid indeed!

Didn't bring my cam out, so will have to make do with pictures taken by Raqib's trusty 7.1mp camera. And of course without the guidance from camwhore queen, we shall end this post with one. and only ONE picture. =P =P =P

Nik Natasha and Arif, the Raja and Permaisuri on their wedding day...

Here's to Westerner(s)

2008-08-03T20:43:00.000-07:00

A perfect defense when being caught sleeping during lectures/tutorials

Ariel Ng

2008-07-14T15:17:00.000-07:00

Alright some long-awaited update. Went for Francis & Ai Vea's daughter's full moon party at his place almost a week after I touched down from the UK. Yeap, for those who aren't updated frequently enough, Mr Francis Ng and Ms Fuan Ai Vea has become proud parents to a daughter named Ariel Ng. Who would have thought that parenthood struck like a bullet train, but I guess all ends well for this happy couple, with a happy daughter.

Pics are courtesy of Mr. George Khoh a.k.a. the Camera Man for the day (as usual, for those who're acquainted enough to know the joke originated from Italy).

I Love Daddy...

Or I Love Mummy more?

Hey Hey! You there! Taking my pic costs money you know, it's tiring posing for you all to take my picture. =(

One big, happy family. Of three that is. *I think*

Cause I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane...

2008-06-24T15:55:00.000-07:00

And so, the end is inevitably here. Its quite an emotional affair as this place at Room 3 - Flat 307 is where I had called "Home" for a short period of a year.

Sure shit had happened during my 1 year stay at the New Student Village @ UWE Frenchay, Bristol. ~~E.g. Lift breaking down, Shitty arsehole running around knocking on doors at midnight etc etc~~ But nonetheless its still quite a nice place to call "Home", gotta grow to love the room with an en-suite bathroom and thicker walls, unlike the ~~slums~~ Caroll Court which is a stone throw's away from NSV. Hehe.

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

That quote just aptly summarises the whole post actually. Tee hee. Now wouldn't you want to kill me for making you read through the whole emo post.

Just a little sentimental photos for readers to enjoy the nice scenery at the NSV, just scroll on below. (Note: Pictures are of courtesy from Fer "Mrs. Bear" Lynn)

A closer uplook at the NSV flats

The nice green lung that we can feast our eyes on after a tiring WoW session...

Gloomy outcast by the skies, nonetheless NSV is standing tall & proud over Caroll Court

A great ol' tree, and unlike Malaysians (in the name of DEVELOPMENT), they don't chop down trees like these

Itadakimasu

2008-06-20T16:01:00.000-07:00

Not to be outdone by Mei's delicious and sumptious Japanese food post in her blog, here's one post dedicated to compete with hers. =P

Anyways, the setting is at Obento, located at the Bristol City Centre, a stone's throw away from the usual stop that the Ulink bus stops at the Victoria Street's stop. Quite a small outlet, but it did indeed had some good music being played that helped nuture the elegant-feeling atmosphere, except its a bit pricier at £139 for a dinner for 5 people; but hey, good food always come with a better price tag ain't it?. And the event? Was to be in conjunction with Edward Saw's 23rd Birthday dinner and also to satisfy both Edward and I's craving for Japanese food ~~(thanks to Mei :S).~~

The food surprisingly came quite fast, right before both the three of us (Ed, Jon and me) could say "Gief Food!" And most importantly, we left as a satisfied customer, both spiritually and physically (the stomach of course!). Meh, its getting pretty tiring writing up this post, so I'll let the pictures to do the talking.

Obento, Bristol City Centre

A delighted Birthday Boy =3

Can you say; "Foooood. Glorioussssss food." Or, "Meh. Gief Sushi!"

In Loving Memory of Rosline Lam Soo Kean

2008-05-31T15:39:00.000-07:00

Time has passed on so fast that it is Rosline's birthday on this very date, 31st of May, where she would have celebrated her 21st with a big bash if she were still around. Rest assured, the times in TBF will not be forgotten by all of us in Group 2, as you'll remain as our one and only best friend and also our beloved class rep.

Let's all have a moment of silence on this very day. And this post is specially dedicated to you.

In loving memory, Rosline Lam Soo Kean
31 May 1987 - 1 August 2006
You remain in our memories forever.

Dato' Nazir Razak - CIMB Group CEO

2008-05-03T16:22:00.000-07:00

A meaningful quote from the CEO himself:

CIMB Group CEO Dato Nazir Razak : “My worry is that when the government is trying so hard to help the Bumiputeras, it may hamper and undermine their future and achievements. When you give them contracts and money easily, you are actually undermining the spirit of entrepreneurship.”

R.I.P.

2008-05-01T14:34:00.000-07:00

Not too long ago (a few days ago), my beloved Compaq Presario V3010AU decided to self-destruct itself ~~for seeing me starting to study so early~~ due to unknown reason. Right now, its sitting in George's home after the final tests had been done to ensure that its really dead before committing myself to getting a new one.

The laptop that was laid to rest
Honestly, Dell has disappointed me for the first and the last time in getting one of their Vostro series by forcing me to take the parts upgrade worth £60 as a trade-off for a free delivery, BUT THEIR WEBSITE SAYS ITS FREE DELIVERY. Wtf. Daylight robbery in progress. What a way to treat your customers and even dare to tell them that "Sir, even if you placed your order on the website, it will get declined the next day". So tell me then, why does Dell bother to update their website with their latest offer if customer's aren't entitled to purchase them? ~~FFS~~

The designated successor of the Compaq

O.o''' *Lenovo nudges Dell over* o.O'''

Lenovo N200 3000 stages a coup-de-etat
Yeh, since Dell doesn't care about their kuchirat customers (i.e. purchases not more than £400), I moved on to get myself a Lenovo 3000 N200. Specs are so much better (except for the proc, but cousin says its quite ok) and a dedicated graphic card, all for £30 extra. No longer do I need to entertain some idiotic sales department personnels, its all down to peace and quiet now.

Mother - A Documentary

2008-04-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

A not-to-be-missed documentary about the perils of one being poor, yet still has the determination and preseverence to earn money through sheer hard work with her bare hands and legs. This is what my friend (together with his other friend, who produced that documentary) had to say about her:

Followed a recyclable waste collector for 2 days to walk in her shoes and feel what it's like to be her, from what I experienced of her, I don't think that I have the will to live trough her life and to be honest, I'd suicide/died long time ago.
This woman lives in a house which I would describe it as the aftermath of a collapsed building the only difference is that the house still standing, everything in the house is damaged, dirty and dark, I've seen some very dirty houses but nothing I've seen so far can be compare to this.However, it's not her fault for the house to be like this, she did her best to keep the house clean but one woman simply cannot win against 7 uncooperative bastards (Yes! They deserve the credit for messing up the place.)
She is poor and unfortunate, she has to beg for leftover food at the economy rice stall to put food on the table, and the unfortunate parts comes in when the children refuse to eat, takes from the mother's saving and go out and eat with their friends.

Some might laugh at her mis-fortune, some might laugh at her being uneducated. To me, if you'd do that, you're stooped so low in life that you're worst than a pile of dung that anyone finds on the roadside.

Life's full of fortunes and mis-fortunes, but it is how we perceive and handle the situation to make the best out of it. So what if you're poor? So what if you're rich then? Does it give you the right to be complacent and do nothing to improve the situation further?

Think about it...And. Happy Early Mother's Day to those in Malaysia! (although it's still two weeks away - celebrated in Malaysia on every 2nd Sunday of the month of May)

Food for Thought: Stock Altis vs. DC5-kit Altis

2008-04-25T08:06:00.000-07:00

Just a food for thought. Which one of the kit actually looks nicer, the stock Altis kit or the DC-5 kit for Altis?

Altis with DC-5 custom front bumper

Tagged by Mei and Shea

2008-04-05T06:23:00.000-07:00

Instructions: Remove 1 question from below and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
- 27?

2.If you can turn into anything, what do you wish you can turn into?
- A kitty cat.

3. What job are u doing now?
- Full-time uni student

4.Where is the place that you want to go most?
- Venice

5.If you have one dream to come true, what would it be?
- To have a wish, which I will then wish for unlimited wishes

6.Do you believe in seeing the rainbow after the rain?
- No?

7.what are you afraid to lose the most right now?
- My opportunity to finish up my woodbeads in UK

8. What cheers you up for the rest of the day?
- State-of-the-art computer parts

9.If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?
- Duh?

10.List out three good things of the person who tagged you.
- Blur, Sushi Addict and Loves to Shop! (Mei)
- Gila, seorang Penyair dan suka bergurau (Shea)

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
- Independent

12.What type of person do you hate the most?
- Two-faced people, with absolutely bad politic skills

13.What would you do if you won a million dollars?
- Invest in Mutual Funds/Fixed Deposits/Bonds in £ or USD

14.What is your ambition?
- Make tons of money with a simple job

15.What would you wanna be after you're dead?
- Reincarnate and become a pet of my loved one who is still alive? LOL!

16. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
- Get slim yo!

17. What is your favourite color?
- Black & White

18.What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
- Scouts (could never live without it)

19. What's the last thing you think of before you go to sleep?
- Need to drag my ass to lectures and tutorials (though I'll never do it again in 2 months time)

20. What would you do if tomorrow was the last day of the world?
- Splurge and eat all i want together with my loved ones!

Eight ppl that i wan to tag is..
1. Jomay
2. Mei
3. Edward
4. Fer Lynn
5. Niki Poon
6. Amy
7. Mel & Mich
8. MKee

Repeat after me: I am bored. That is why I play flash games

2008-03-28T14:01:00.000-07:00

89 words

Speed test

UKEC - Graduan Fair 2008

2008-03-28T11:31:00.000-07:00

Reading Mei's blog had somehow reminded me of my forgotten blog, shall do some update now. Haven't been doing much throughout the Easter holidays, been staying at home for the past 1 1/2 week, thanks to online gaming @ World of Warcraft (WoW).

Somehow during this period, I was forwarded an e-mail bearing the details of a graduates fair by Malaysian companies, organised by the United Kingdom & Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC) down at University College London (UCL). Decided to just head down and see what's the hoo-ha about this fair. Managed to get two-way bus tickets for £14 and two nights stay at a 2-star hotel for £30 per night.

Had an interesting discussion with Mel over the fair, yeah and agreed that although it is beneficial for students as to having such career/graduate fairs around, its the prerogrative of the students/graduates to go around looking for opportunities for summer internship or netting themselves a career which they would love to pursue. Such fairs defeat the purpose of making the students/graduates appreciating their hardwork and trouble in getting the job (reading up, getting prepared for interview etc.), and to be honest, it is more like spoonfeeding to the students/graduates.

Well enough of ranting about the fair. Not that its really important anyway, and for those interested, have a look at the participating partners of the fair in the poster below.

Participating partners of the UKEC Graduates Fair 2008

Arctic Cooling MX-2

2008-03-09T20:28:00.000-07:00

Weeeeell. Assignments are over (after resubmission of IF on 11/3/08), and hands are getting itchy. Found out what was causing the random shutdown of my laptop when I'm gaming. Apparently the thermal paste that was provided should be time to be replaced with a new paste for better heat transfer...Can you believe it? My Nvidia GeForce GO 6150 GPU core in normal windows mode is running at 99°C. Same goes for Edward's laptop I'd think, thanks to Fer Lynn for donating her nail polish remover which contains Acetone to clean the old thermal paste off.

Project's kicking off after Tuesday, and by then the Arctic Cooling MX-2 should have arrived by 1st Class Royal Mail post. Hopefully it'll solve the problem by then. Am considering to even replace the CPU's thermal paste as well. After reading quite a number of reviews about the Arctic Cooling MX-2 as compared to my cousin's favourite Arctic Silver AS5, finally decided to get Arctic Cooling MX-2 over the Arctic Silver AS5 just for the sake of testing the new thermal paste which claims to have a 8 year life span with a slightly better 1°C operating temperature (lower than AS5).

Main features of the Arctic Cooling MX-2:

High Thermal Conductivity
Low Thermal Resistance
Non-Electrical Conductive
Non-Capacitive
Non-Curing
No Bleeding
Odorless

A sneak preview of what's coming by post on Monday/Tuesday:

A syringe of Arctic Cooling MX-2

Of Gym and Foam Party

2008-03-03T15:18:00.000-08:00

Been on a hiatus lately from blogging due to the nature of feeling shit scared for my double-weighted AIC assignment which is due on Thursday, the 6th of March. Going to experience D-Day tomorrow as the International Finance assignment is ready for collection at Helen Riley's room @ FC54. Heard from Taylor-ians that the results from Kenneth David for their IF assignment is not encouraging at all, and, yeah. Can you imagine the smartest person in the course scores only 67 for the IF assignment?

Naturally with assignment deadlines looming, all of us here at UWE could earn a Ph.D doctorate in Hermit-ism because all we would do is to stay at home, read piles and piles of articles, and visit the mobile Kebab stall located outside of New Student Village (a.k.a. Kampung Baru Pelajar). Its so bad that even my hourly gym session with Niki Poon was distrupted, ahhhh. We're turning into fat phucks. Dammit >.<

A sneak peek of our hourly gym session workouts (Niki's differs as he has more stamina):

Distance = 23.40 km/miles (not sure...) and burning almost 350 calories

Managed to be convinced by Niki Poon to go for the Foam Party taking place at Syndicate on the 10th of March. Apparently they're utilising the UK's largest legal foam machine for this event. Oh well. We'll see about that... ¬.¬

Sneak peek of the event...

Futsal Session

2008-02-29T10:28:00.000-08:00

Many asked, "How would you celebrate a leap year that occurs every 4 years". We, here at UWE, have a very simple answer for you. "Play Futsal". LoL. Yeah and so we did, with 19 people (was 20 initially, until Wei Ho suffered a cracked lip), the session was held at the Astro Turt managed by UWE Sports Centre.

The game was good, initially when both teams refused to wear bibs, as they were honestly quite ugly looking. Left with no choice, a bet was made: whichever team who scores first need not to wear the bibs. Bet taken, 1st goal was scored by the Accounting & Finance (AF) side, and so the Business Administration (BA) had to wear the bibs.

Leg cramps striked approximately 3 players on the field, namely Billy Lee, Ivan Chan and also Chiew Vincent (after his heroic save of the ball as the GK).Probably its that boring for a futsal post but somehow an interesting event happened during the futsal. Chiew Vincent, playing Defense position, had a go at the ball being controlled by Ivan Chan, somehow the two managed to collide, with Vincent's head striking Ivan Chan's pelvic bone, resulting in a time break for a while. (Note: It was not a groin injury after all. LoL)

AF team was leading with the score 3-0, and then the BAs struck back with a goal. AFs eventually picked up and scored another two goals, making it 5-1. BAs, gathered back their team spirit, went on a goal striking spree until they took the lead at 7-6. Last few moments, AFs really picked up their pace and scored an equalising shot and the game ended with a draw. AF 7 vs BA 7.

Overall, a nice draw at 7-7; even better as we've managed to play for 2 hours non-stop.

Peace by Inches - Pacino (Any Given Sunday)

2008-02-28T09:27:00.000-08:00

I don’t know what to say really.
Three minutes
to the biggest battle of our professional lives
all comes down to today.
Either
we heal
as a team
or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch
play by play
till we’re finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen
believe me
and
we can stay here
and get the shit kicked out of us
or
we can fight our way
back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can’t do it for you.
I’m too old.
I look around and I see these young faces
and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh….
I pissed away all my money
believe it or not.
I chased off
anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately,
I can’t even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life
things get taken from you.
That’s, that’s part of life.
But,
you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game
life or football
the margin for error is so small.
I mean
one half step too late or to early
you don’t quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don’t quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game
every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us
to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know
when we add up all those inches
that’s going to make the fucking difference
between WINNING and LOSING
between LIVING and DYING.

I’ll tell you this
in any fight
it is the guy who is willing to die
who is going to win that inch.
And I know
if I am going to have any life anymore
it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch
because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can’t make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy
who will sacrifice himself for this team
because he knows when it comes down to it,
you are gonna do the same thing for him.

That’s a team, gentlemen
and either we heal now, as a team,
or we will die as individuals.
That’s football guys.
That’s all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?

Homer Simpson Ads

2008-02-27T16:45:00.000-08:00

Just couldn't stop laughing at these two ads that I've randomly found off YouTube. Really hilarious. Don't believe? Take a look...

Malaysian Election Parody

2008-02-24T19:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Big Two-One

2008-02-21T12:44:00.000-08:00

The Birthday Girl aka Amy Kor

This post is hereby dedicated to this very young, single and available energatic girl named Amy Kor Shin Yin on her most important birthday of all, her Big Two-One birthday! Beware though, only worthy and sincere guys are to pursue dating this Pieces girl...

p/s: Did I tell you that she can sing Mandarin songs quite well?

Valentine's Day + Tzon Cher's birthday

2008-02-20T08:37:00.000-08:00

14th of February, Valentine's Day. The time of the year where love probably strikes couples even more than it is when its on other days of the year. For a lucky chap in the Business Administration (hereby referred to as BAs) student (a.k.a. Liaw Tzon Cher), his birthday falls exactly on the 14th of February. How lucky right?

The venue of the dinner is at Mayflower Restaurant, a Chinese restaurant located at a secluded location, nonetheless their food was better than most of the Chinese restaurants located around Bristol City Center. Dinner was great (drool at the pictures below!) and the customary birthday cake was baked by Jomay (John's other half), and clearly you could see that the birthday boy appreciates the cake that was baked with a mix of cake mixtures, blood and sweat.

No birthday is complete with the customary "Aluba" for the birthday boy, but somehow everyone really got happy and I got aluba-ed too (hmm. seems like I'm the main victim here!). Tuck in to the pics below (if you do feel hungry that is...)

p/s: Look out for J&J Confectionery Cake House Sdn Bhd the next time you hop around in Penang...only sumptuous confectionery and cakes available there.

Tzon Cher and Jomay (the smiling girl. =P)

Derek Soh. The most sought after guy by some girls

Some of the participants of Table No.2

Full ~~list~~ photos of participants of Table No.2

Hey! Jomay's cake was so delicious until we had to eat the candles as well...

On to some of the dishes pictures...

Braised Peking duck (at least I think it is)

Yam Cakes & Stewed Pork

Obviously, prawns.

Owner of Slaves in Friends for Sale, Facebook

2008-02-15T16:14:00.000-08:00

Since Mango has taken upon liberty in posting in my tagboard that he does indeed owns me in Friends for Sale application in Facebook, here's a post dedicated to the new "owner" of me in Facebook.

16 Feb 08, 04:48mango: I own topher now on friends for sale.. muahaha!!

Note: Viewer's discretion advised. Image below may not be suitable for those who are faint hearted, minors and those who do not advocate same sex marriage.

Anthony Lee Ming Kho a.k.a. Mango

Feminine Men

2008-02-09T18:24:00.001-08:00

Just as I had an Accounting in Context (AIC) lecture not too long ago when the lecturer mentioned about feminine men and masculine women, we were all laughing and thought it would not be possible and that "lucky" to bump into one in real life. Well just to clear the air around here, feminine men here DOES NOT refer to gay (homosexual) men. Feminine men simply refers to men's softer side when it comes to approaching something in particular, and there is absolutely nothing WRONG with being a feminine man.

Funny how life gets back at you, yesterday I just caught a glimpse of Edward Saw aka PaPa BeaR aka Penang taiko's feminie side. It all started with Eeyore, the donkey who's Winnie the Pooh's friend in Niki Poon's room that belongs to ~~Misha Poon~~ (Note: Change of ownership, she lost 51% of the majority shareholding of Eeyore) that got into Ed's possession. And the situation after that? Let the pictures do the talking.

Eeyore. Conquered the nether region that no one else could.

Eeyore: Aiyak. Kemek jor...=='''

Eeyore: Can someone help me here? Gettting a tad bit too tight with the BeaR HuG...

Happy Chinese New Year!

2008-02-07T12:19:00.000-08:00

Well, Chinese New Year fell on the 7th of February 2008 (this year!) and being stuck here in UK and with friends, there was a mini-reunion dinner gathering amongst the Business Administration (BAs) and the Accounting & Finance (AFs) students at Dynasty Restaurant in Bristol City Centre. Total guests participation stood at 44 people, with some of the attendees bringing their friends along. ~~i.e. Jomay brought her friend Jasmine~~ Note: Corrected below by Jomay.

jomay....happy chinese new year to all my frens.... says:
u know....jasmine
is actually fun fu and john's high sch mate
jomay....happy chinese new year
to all my frens.... says:
she is john's primary schoolmate

Formality was brought to a whole new level with the four of us, i.e. Jon, Edward, Niki and I, not forgetting Fer Lynn who went in a smart-casual-like attire, went to the dinner wearing suits, matched with Topshop/Ted Baker shirts (and ties as well) and together with trench coats. Nonetheless everyone was dressed at their best effort for the dinner, and yeah, there was no vote for the "Best Dressed" for that night.

Opening ceremony was done by Tory, the Year Two AF by playing some classical Chinese New Year (CNY) song on the keyboard (well done!). Some of the more "fortunate" (or unfortunate) people were picked based on the discovery of a bell in the red packets (aka angpows) on their plates, little did they know about the requirement of being put on the stage for a karaoke session after the dinner was served. George as usual, was trigger happy with his new Canon Powershot A570IS (which he terms it as FTW [short abbrevation of "For The Win"]) and took about 272 pictures all together of the short, 3 1/2 hours dinner.

Edward, Jon and I got happy and ordered Pinot red wines for ourselves, with Jon sponsoring 1 bottle and Leonard another one. Total consumption was around 4 to 5 bottles of the Pinot red wine whilst Niki being the beer man, ordered for-god-sake-how-many-pints for himself, Fei Kiat and William (Sindy's other half) of Sun Lik Beer.

To cut the crap short, hats off to Derek as the organising chairman for the nice and Chinese-like atmosphere dinner and let the pictures do the rest of the talking. Last but not least, would like to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year and may all have a prosperous year ahead in the Year of the Rat.

Group picture outside the Dynasty Restaurant

Men in White? o.O'''

Similar to Red vs Blue, we have Black vs White...

Natwest Online Banking Card Reader

2008-02-04T13:13:00.000-08:00

Been a long time since I've updated this blog, so this post is dedicated to the Natwest Card Reader. LoL. Retrieved this small gadget from the Mendip Reception (they're the ones that receives parcels on behalf of students living here) after noticing that I have a parcel awaiting for me.

Apparently this dinky calculator-sized gadget is supposed to verify the authenticity of the user of the Online Banking services provided by Natwest, by using the unique code which the Card Reader generates everytime when it's used.

Looks complex? Nah, it's actually really simple. There's only 2 steps to it:

1) Verifying your identity
- Insert selected card
- Press the "Respond" button
- Enter the PIN
- Correct PIN will result in the message "PIN CORRECT"

2) Authorization
- Check last 4 digits of the authorzation number and ensure its the same as the last four digits of
the account number that you wish to pay
- Enter authorization number as provided into the Card Reader
- Press the "OK" key
- Enter number generated by the Card Reader

The Natwest Online Banking Card Reader

Friends for Sale! on Facebook

2008-01-29T16:24:00.000-08:00

Finally after long, hardworking work on Friends for Sale! application on Facebook, am now the proud owner of Eddy Saw, well, don't look down. His networth is around $180,000, making him one of the more profitable commodity to be traded on Friends for Sale! application...

Chimpunk de DiGiBoy owns the Beruang...

Shop till you drop

2008-01-26T07:58:00.000-08:00

Just a random post with shops, shops and more shops! Geez.

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

2008-01-26T07:35:00.000-08:00

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that just as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

She humbly asked, "What does it mean, Father?"He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

How about you? Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with pain and adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength?

Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart? Were you a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a divorce, or a layoff have you become hardened and stiff? Your shell looks the same, but are you bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and heart?

Or are you like the coffee bean? The bean changes the hot water, the thing that is bringing the pain, to its peak flavor reaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit. When the water gets the hottest, it just tastes better. If you are like the coffee bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and make things better around you.

How do you handle adversity?

International Finance (IF) presentation

2008-01-17T20:51:00.000-08:00

Did my one and only formal presentation for the whole of Year 3, which is the International Finance module, under the supervision of Helen Riley. Grouped together with Edward Saw, Fer Lynn and also George Khoh, with 3 out of 4 of the group members being UWE's greatest procrastinators. (Note: Will not name who you all are, you guys should be aware =P. And yes that includes me)

Presentation was on the 14th of January, 9.30am to 10.00am. And when did we start our work? On a Saturday, the 12th of January. Yes, that's just 2 days before the dateline but what can I say? We work well under pressure, or shall I just put it as constructive stress.

Managed to scratch it off would be an understatement I'd say, well that was the initial thoughts before we went into the room 4B020 and presented and recorded by a video camera which was stored on VHS video tapes. Yep, you've heard me right. VHS Video Tapes. LoL. Which has been already phased out in Malaysia, but its still quite popular over here in Western countries.

The shock came after Helen asked whether we were sharing the same marks for each group members, in which after that came the marks. Stunned, amazed, shocked. Some of the words that were running in our minds after she announced the mark, a whooping 76% out of 100% (yeah yeah. though it constitutes only 10 marks out of the assignment's full mark of 50 marks, still is an achievement right?)

I think the camwhoring disease is slowly spreading, don't know why after we were talking with Fer Lynn about taking picture of our one and only time wearing formal at UWE in UK, both Ed and me went back to our own rooms and camwhored. LoL. And it turned out pretty nice too, so am just going to share two pictures at the end.

p/s: Going to get the other 2 pics from Fer Lynn and George Khoh. Be patient at the moment.

Edward Saw

Topher

Quote our lecturer: "Apparently Fer Lynn's holding a piece of paper, for those who haven't seen a piece of paper before"

Working last minute is akin to being run over by a high-speed train, as George had demonstrated

Malaysia Airlines System

2008-01-11T04:24:00.001-08:00

Since the current hype now is blogging about work, I shall hop into the bandwagon and post a little something on my previous workplace at Malaysia Airlines System (MAS).

Many would perceive that the working environment will be tough, hard to make friends and will not be enjoyable, simply because its a Government-Linked Company (GLC). Here's where the old saying comes in, "Don't judge a book by its cover". Really, you'll have to experience it yourself if you are to give passing remarks as all of the staff are really friendly and will not hesitate to go all out in helping you with something. It's still a dog-eat-dog in the corporate world, at least it has some humanity and warmth in it.

Knowledge is meant to be shared. Truely upheld, I've been also sent to the Integrated Financial Systems (IFS) training cum refresher course for Station Heads from the Asia region. An honour it is, because it is a training for high ranking personnels, and being an intern, it signals that you're placed on par with just as important as anyone else in the organisation, and as long as you're willing to learn, then you'll be able to learn.

IFS Training, Room 211, MAS Academy

The MAS Academy at Kelana Jaya

And well, after my 2 month stint, they even went to the extent of getting me a farewell gift which comprised of the MAS's souvenir set of a pen and a keychain. Well that's a little sneak peek at working life, hope you'd enjoyed reading it.

The farewell present

Jeff Dunham - Akmed the Dead Terrorist

2008-01-09T10:52:00.001-08:00

Italy Trip

2008-01-09T10:12:00.000-08:00

Well well. Finally settled the Financial Management (FM) test on Monday the 7th of January 2008, so here I am updating this blog on the Italy trip that took place from 26th December 2007 to 3rd of January 2008.

Overall the trip was well worth the £400 (est.) expenses that were incurred during the trip. The itinery was from Bristol (BRS) to Milan Bergamo (BGY) and then to Rome Ciampino Low Cost terminal. The stopover at Milan was practically due to the price differences of the airline ticket (Ryanair) which amounted to almost £40 extra if we chose to fly to Rome straight. Now what was in Rome? The answer was Anthony Lee Ming Kho, one of my coursemates when I took the Taylor's Business Foundation 2005, and we sorta agreed on visiting him when the mini Group 2 TBF Jan Intake 05 reunion dinner took place somewhere in August 2007.

Basically the whole of the Italy trip was visting the ruins of the Roman empire, getting to the churches and also a visit to the Vatican City and the Vatican Museum. The Vatican Museum was a pain in the ass though, a long wait of about 2 1/2 hours from 7.25am till 9.30am in the winter temperature of around 4-5 degrees Celcius really gets you worked up. Not to mention that we had to get up at 5.30am to take the Metro just to get there in time for the queue.

That's Mango and us being crazy on the bicycle (do you even call that a bicycle!)

Giolloti Gelato anyone? 7 scoops of ice-cream in less than 20 minutes...

Some Mummy from Egypt on display at the Vatican Museum

This one is dedicated to Ferlynn. A big building for Fendi alone...

Recommended Italian delicacies, simple and yet wonderful taste

The Vatican Garden, where only distinguished guests invited by the Pope could set foot in

The Roman Theatre

San Angelo Castle

Trevi Fountain

Piazza Republicca

Colloseum

Ancient Roman road

Italy's Independence Square

Posing at some unknown church...

Run DMC - My Adidas

2008-01-09T03:41:00.000-08:00

Nothing special about this post, just posting up this video to remind myself and Niki Poon that there is a theme song for Adidas Superstars shoes, as with his new red AF1s

=D

Back from Italy

2008-01-05T09:19:00.001-08:00

Am back from Italy, landed on Ryanair flight FR8623 from Bergamo (BGY), Milan to Bristol (BRS), UK.

Well, updates on the Italy trip will have to wait, to make way for my Financial Management (FM) test which is on the 7th of January 2008 at 9.00 am.

Till then, stay tuned!

Asian vs Western Culture

2007-12-25T18:21:00.000-08:00

Through power of chain letters today I received an interesting overview of the differences between Chinese/Asian (including the Indians, Japanese, Thais, Koreans, Indonesian, Malays, Dayaks, etc...) and Western Culture, research conducted by Liu Young, Chinese born who studied in Germany. Without much talking about it - see for yourself, pictures speak thousand words...

Blue --> Westerner
Red --> Asian

Opinion

Way of Life

Punctuality

Contacts

Anger

Queue when Waiting

Sundays on the Road

Party

In the restaurant

Traveling

Handling of Problems

Three meals a day

Transportation
1970
2006

Elderly in day to day life

Moods and Weather

What's Trendy

Sainsbury's "Fishy" Deal...

2007-12-22T14:49:00.000-08:00

Was shopping for Niki's birthday dinner groceries when we chanced upon this fish that was on offer for £7.99 and it was damn huge. Couldn't resist the good offer so we bought the fish, and the next thought was, "How were we going to cook this gigantic fish?".

Jon Chan, usual with his whacky ideas, gave the suggestion of BBQ. Mighty fine idea but then, its the month of December, which means that UK is currently in the first half of the winter season already. Contemplating on the idea, everyone got high and happy and well. Shit happens. We DID BBQ in the middle of the ~~fucking~~ chilly winter. Great or horrible idea? You decide.

Jon Chan (middle), the mastermind of the winter BBQ >.>'''

Mweee. Fishie. =3

Pretty sure that the pictures did the talking. About how crazy we were over the fishie...

p/s: Edward Saw, when you're back, we're going to do another fish of that size again just so you don't miss out...

AMA Assignment down, 4 more to go...

2007-12-13T08:18:00.000-08:00

*Lets out a sigh of relief* Phew...Managed to complete the assignment, review the flow of the essay and managed to squeeze 2486 words out of the maximum 2500 words for my assignment.

What can I say? It's more challenging than Year One's and Year Two's assignments that I had did previously but nonetheless it proved to be quite challenging as no assignments had made me or any of my friends to stay awake for 1-2 nights just to complete the assignment.

It's safely inside the assignment postbox beside the Cribbs Cafe at the Bristol Business School (BBS) reception. Let's hope for the best results for this piece of work. Oh and yeah, that picture down there was what was submitted to the assignment postbox ^^

Relevance Lost - The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting + Sleepless nights = AMA Assignment

What's Love?

2007-12-12T00:01:00.000-08:00

What do you mean by ‘love’? What do you mean by ‘I love you’? According to Oxford Dictionary love is:

an intense feeling of deep affection.

a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone.

a great interest and pleasure in something.

a person or thing that one loves.

From here, we can see that love is quite unexplainable word. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia state a quite long explanation. Read it.

For me, ‘love’ means taking care someone unconditionally and have great feelings and interest for that person. So, what is love by the way?

Let’s see some love quotes by some people.

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” - Sophocles

“Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed.” - John Tarrant

“We love because it’s the only true adventure.” - Nikki Giovanni

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.” - Dorothy Parker

“Love is Blind.” - Cherylyn Chee

“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.” - Goethe

“To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia.” - H.L. Mencken

“Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it…It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more.” - Erica Jong

“Sometimes love is stronger than a man’s convictions.” - Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.” - Robert Mitchum

“Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside.” - Margaret Walker

“Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale… Love loves; this is its nature.” - Howard Thurman

“Love is like war: Easy to begin but hard to end.” - Anonymous

“Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

“Where love is, no room is too small.” - Talmud

“Loves makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” - Zora Neale Hurston

“Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” - Mark Twain

“Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.” - Nicholas Sparks

“To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.” - Karen Sunde

“A love song is just a caress set to music.” - Sigmund Romberg

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” - Peter Ustinov

“Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.” - unknown

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” - Erich Fromm

“In the final analysis, love is the only reflection of man’s worth.” - Bill Wundram, Iowa Quad Cities Times

“Love doesn’t make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” - Elizabeth Browning

“Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

A medley of extemporanea;

And love is a thing that can never go wrong;

And I am Marie of Roumania.”

- Dorothy Parker

“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.”

- Woody Allen

Christmas Dinner

2007-12-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

Imagine, waking up one day, and stepping out of your room, you'd find a piece of hand drawn card on your room door. What would you do?

The front cover of the card

The contents

Pick it up and read right? That's right what I did. And it says:

"To Chris

Because we are "awesome" and great artists, we have made you a Christmas card/invitation to our Christmas dinner on Wednesday 12th December at 3pm in flat 307.

Please RSVP so we know how much to cook.

love
fi & sam
xx"

The Pinky Fairy Mama turns 20th today!

2007-12-05T02:34:00.001-08:00

Note: The reason this whole post is in Pink because Pink is mama's favourite color, so bear with the brightness and don't be too blinded by the Pink from your monitor/lcd/tft screenies...

Yep you've got it right! Today is the Pinky Fairy's 20th Birthday...Want to know who is that?

Warning: Spoilers below this line...

Pinky Fairy a.k.a. Cherylyn Chee a.k.a. Mama

Have a happy and lovely 20th (I know you would, cause Papa is there... *blek*)...

Insomniac?

2007-12-03T20:19:00.000-08:00

Now to answer the rhetorical question above; No, I'm not an insomniac. Absolutely someone who loves to sleep, and sleep is the single most important part of a university student's life.

So if I'm not an insomniac, then what am I doing awake at 4.25 am (UK time)? The reason? The sweet, 298-page book below:

Relevance Lost - The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting

Yep, that's the book that everyone's been reading over here at UK and everyone's reading the Haystack Syndrome by Eli Goldratt back in Malaysia. Bookworms? Nah, it's for the Advanced Management Accounting (AMA) assignment that is due on the 13th of December 2007.

And the reason we're awake to read this book? Not because it's interesting, not because it has naked girls in it, but because we have to hand in the draft before the 5th of December 2007. Now it was not so rush at first because there were adequate time to do it, but procrastination kicked in again, so here I am. Reading, summarizing, providing a critical argument, research and come up with a conclusion for the literature, literally within 36 hours.

Need my dose of Gundam 00, a new anime which I'm currently watching, for a break time. And right, that ends this post here...

A union of two people - Francis Ng & Fuan Ai Vea

2007-11-30T12:10:00.001-08:00

What can I say? Fate works in a way that we will never understand, will never learn how its magic works, but am happy that fate did brought two very lovely people together, may both Francis and Ai Vea have a blissful marriage ahead of them...

Did not have the chance to fly back to Malaysia for their wedding ceremony, but have robbed a few photos off Mei's blog to be posted here temporarily, till Francis passes me his wedding photos.

Maybe age is catching up very fast, marriages are booming everywhere in my circle of friends, wonder which could be the lucky couple next to tie the knot?

Imperial China @ SS15...Lovely chandelier

The lovely couple, Francis & Ai Vea

Fine & modern concept of a wedding dinner

Paintball Day

2007-11-26T01:31:00.001-08:00

Had a paintball day yesterday at the Deltra Force paintball site situated at Thatchwood, Thronbury, Bristol BS35 3UF. It was quite far up north, so if one were to hold a map of around UWE, its far up north till it's out of the map actually.

Fifteen of us went, and yes yes, that included the guy that Amy was oogling at from mei and my Friendster...oh, btw Edward the bear took pics with him too. LOL! Amy, jealous or not? Tsk tsk...

Not much could be said about the paintball, maybe because most of them are sore losers anyway. Fragged 4 people for the second round in the jungle but they decided to continue playing after getting shot in the body (i.e. any shot in any part of the body except the hopper, the gun and headshots = dead). Edward even got scolding from a guy who had scolded Ed for shooting him 3 times and gave him a middle finger after he asked him why he was still in the game despite being shot at 3 times. LOL!

Let's let the picture do the talking of the day, shall we?

The other team's long way to the paintball venue...

After 4 games, still going on strong? Hell yeah!

Mind the ambulance behind me. Someone fell and broke his hand during the first game and had to be carted away in an ambulance...

Frenchay people

Frenchay + Fishponds people

3 Idiotic White Men...

2007-11-22T22:29:00.000-08:00

I have no remorse or whatsoever for typing the title above. To other courteous non-asians & asians, have no fear for you did not do what the 3 idiots below did. To the 3 idiots, have a very happy life in hell...certainly you just earned your tickets to hell, betcha a lot of people did pray for the express tickets to hell. Or rather, let's not be so evil. Let's see you 3 trying to make a living in wheelchairs, in wheelchair, neglected and begging for money. Karma will get to you, and at that time, I bet everyone will be filming you instead.

Hypocrite

2007-11-18T06:43:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia's Definition:

"Hypocrisy is the act of condemning another person for an act of which the critic is guilty"

Answer.com's Definition:

1. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
2. An act or instance of such falseness.

M.e.o.w.'s definition of Hypocrites...

"Hypocrites are 50% of the people around us, whether you notice it or not. They often come conveniently in a package which consists of self centered-ness, cockiness, and a good deal of acting skills. These obnoxious people often talk too much for their own good, thinks they're all that, expecting the world to revolve around them. More often than not, they are actually the ones with the most flaws, and yet, they think of themselves as perfection brought to life. In actual fact, they are the perfect example to "empty barrels make the most noise". Normal habits include breaking promises, difficulty in being punctual, and a most admirable talent in creating an impressive amount of excuses that almost sound believable. Somehow, they make themselves sound so righteous, and they deserve exceptions. The professional hypocrite is capable of creating an impression that they are not a hypocrite at all, and hence is able to perform the crime in broad daylight without getting caught.

How to deal with Hypocrites:

If you're feeling nice,
Smile and laugh it off. That way you don't have to lie. If you lie, and agree despite the truth, that makes you no better than the hypocrite him/herself.

If you're feeling sarcastic,
Casually remind them with an excellent example of the criminal in action, and tell them what a great joke it was, that you nearly thought that the person was really a "hypocrite".

If you have a crush on that person,
You will think that person has no flaws, and you'll probably not realize that he/she is being a hypocrite at all. Just stare and drool since he/she is talking to you. Agreeing under crush-influence is excusable to a certain extent.

If you really hate that person so much you get constipation just thinking about that person,
Record that piece of conversation, and play it out loud (or repeatedly) the next time the crime is committed by the hypocrite."

A flurry wave of nonsensical surveys from Blogthings

2007-11-11T16:12:00.001-08:00

Your Candy Heart Says "Hug Me"

A total sweetheart, you always have a lot of love to give out.
Your heart is open to where ever love takes you!

Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a surprise romantic evening that you've planned out

Your flirting style: lots of listening and talking

What turns you off: fighting and conflict

Why you're hot: you're fearless about falling in love

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

The Part of You That No One Sees

You are powerful, passionate, and dominant.
You have a vision of how things should be, and you do your best to make things happen.
People rely on you for your strength. You are a rock to many.

Underneath it all, you aren't so sure about your passions.
So many ideas spark your interest, it is hard for you to get behind a select few.
However, you see indecision as a sign of weakness. So you pursue your goals full force - no matter how foolish they turn out to be.

What's the Part of You That No One Sees?

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart.

In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.

You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is comforting. You crave a relationship where you always feel warmth and love.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage.

In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Your Brain is Purple

Of all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic.
You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.
Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.

What Color Is Your Brain?

The Road Not Taken

2007-11-10T06:14:00.000-08:00

No idea why, but suddenly this poem that I had studied previously in High School just pop-ed out in my mind, and made me felt like blogging it down...Though it has been quite a while since I read the poem, somehow it's just like I've just read it 5 minutes ago...

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
It leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Phyllis Caring Home

2007-11-06T04:13:00.000-08:00

Don't know why people can just neglect these folks in a home for the elderly back in Malaysia, seems like they'ev sold their conscience to dollars & cents...

Chinese New Year ads

2007-11-05T17:16:00.000-08:00

Don't know why, I just went to youtube.com and searched for Petronas advertisments...And true enough, I found really meaningful advertisments that were produced in the Year 2005, 2006 and 2007 from Petronas for Chinese New Year. Don't know about you all, but it did really touched my heart so much that I was literally T-T over watching the ads.

CNY 2005 Ad

CNY 2006 Ad

CNY 2007 Ad

Guy Fawkes Night

2007-11-03T18:45:00.000-07:00

Well, had a surprise invitation from the BA (Business Administration) friends today in the afternoon to go watch fireworks at Clifton Down in Bristol. Didn't know about it until Jomay called me up to enquire whether we were going for the show or not, so just decided to tag along.

The event information

The proceeds are to be donated to charities, so don't really mind in paying the entrance fees, at least its going to charity and not fattening some rich people's pockets.

The camwhoring disease sorta like spread from Ferlynn to us, so before we did head down to the city to catch a bus to Clifton Down, we managed to take a picture of us in a nice scenery in the campus, with the autumn leaves and trees as the background of the picture.

Camwhoring at campus...

Much to our surprise, it wasn't just a bonfire and fireworks display, but it's also a carnival! A lot of the rides there brings back memories of carnivals back in Malaysia (which is extinct!)...

Ferris wheel?

It was on the way in when I spotted St. John's ambulances parked on the road, so as a dedication to Chris Ng that is so into St. John's in Malaysia, George and I decided to show him how St. John's ambulances look like in the UK.

Aha! St. John's ambulance in the UK

Picture of the bonfire, close up...

Bonfire & me...

Some of the fireworks pictures...

And that concludes the event for today. Stay tuned for more daily/event updates in the blog...

80s babies born in Malaysia, read on!

2007-11-02T15:05:00.000-07:00

If you are Msia's 80s baby,read through this, we grew up watching Transformers, Thundercats, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks, Mickey Mouse, Jem, Mask, Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Baja Hitam, Ultraman n not forgettin POWER RANGERS n BUGS BUNNY!!!and anderra yippa mice? :D , McGyver ?

Had to brush our teeths during recess at primary school? had to hold plastic cups, line up with your classmates side by side and start brushing our teeths at some open area... or maybe near some drain??

Do you still remember that we had 'dentist' rooms where we had to have our teeths check?

Not to forget our 'program minum susu' in primary school.. everybody is suppose to buy like cartons of milk that costed 30 cents.. and you would see everyone drinking it everyday...its d UHT milk...

The teachers who would want to punish us must use yellow rulers to hit us on our palms?? 1 metre length..

That a bowl of mihun soup or some soup only costed 50 cents at the school canteen...

Went to some sundry shop near the school or to the 'roti' man waiting outside our schools so that we can buy junk food like chickedees, mamee, ding dang with some toys in it, 'Ti Kam', ice-cream and we would play games like monopoly, uno, old maid, and all other card games like
that...

Another fun time would be during Pendidikan Jasmani. the boys would play football while the girls would play netball... and it would be like we were playing in the World Cup...

But of course. the best would be main guli, batu seremban, bottlecaps, ice-
cream sticks, 'Pepsi Cola one-two-three', Cops and Robbers, main kejar-kejar duduk,getah... and for the not so active, those kind of 'book games' where we would use buku latihan to draw and ask our friends to play...

Do you remember the ice-cream tubes which are actually ice and colouring that are sold for 10 to 20 cents.. the colourful ones.. where you usually bite off the top to glup it down. Orange taste the best..(pop-ice)

What about days when we felt like doing naughty things such as folding papers so small to make 'lastik' amd shoot each other... how about throwing chalks??

Back then, Micheal Jackson was just turning white.. and still had albums coming out.. compared to CD's, we were listening to tapes that sold for RM9.90 ...

In computer class, we were still using black and white computer moniters..played 'Atari'... maybe SEGA or NINTENDO..

well, are we all getting older or what?

1) If you understand what you have read and you are smiling...

2) We have friends from school that are already married...

3) We shake our heads everytime we see high school students fussing about their handphones in school..

4) We don't hang on phone with our friends for hours a day talking about nothing...

5) When we meet back with our friends from time to time, we feel excited and happy talking about old times, the funny 'adventures' or stories that we experienced as a kid..

6) Last but not least, that when you read this, you would think of all the happy & sad memories that you have experienced when you were still a kid and would think of forwarding this to your old friends that you have known since forever... i'm sure they would have a huge smile on their face after reading this.....

p/s: if u feel u're one of them who experinced this, repost this to share it wif ur friends... :P

Halloween

2007-10-31T12:43:00.000-07:00

It's Halloween today! Went to the city after class at 12.30pm to get a costume, fortunately managed to get one for £21.99. Even had to queue up outside the blardy shop just because there was too many people doing last minute shopping on Halloween...

And then Jon had this brilliant idea of painting our nails black, so we got a nail polish for £1.99 at that shop too. Eventually managed to paint all of our nails, thanks to Renee and Edward's wife, and the result is as shown below...

O.o Black nails o.O

Original P.E.L.A.C.U.R. commitee members

Scouting in the UK

2007-10-29T15:36:00.001-07:00

Attended my first scouts meeting today with the 67th Kingswood (1st Mangotsfield) scouts group today. Lasted for about 1 1/2 hours, but it was different. Very different from the scouting back in Malaysia where it was so uniformed and have little room for improvisation of the activities that are being run back there.

Possibly see this as a long-term commitment towards continuing the scouting path, even managed to drag one of my friend, who was a scout back in primary school, to go along and boy, was he surprised at the different way that they do scouting over here.

Example of activities include scary video nights, ice skating at the mall, air rifle shooting, archery etc...

At one corner of the ex-church converted into scouts meeting place

Along Bukit Beruntung

2007-10-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

Secrets to Success?

2007-10-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

Found something that is worth sharing, ever felt that u'd need that motivational push? Take a look at the pic above, and give yourself that little motivational push that you need in whatever you are doing...

Your Love Life Secrets, Revealed

2007-10-22T08:15:00.001-07:00

Your Love Life Secrets Are

Looking back on your life, you will only have one true love.

Although you may have been hurt before, you tend to bring very little scars into new relationships.

You expect a lot from your lover - you want the full package. You tend to be very picky.

In fights, you love to debate and defend yourself. You logic prevails - or at least you'd like to think so.

Getting over a break-up doesn't take long. Easy come, easy go.

Your Love Life Secrets, Revealed

BBQ

2007-10-20T13:47:00.001-07:00

Yesterday had a BBQ session over at Niki's place in Caroll Court. It was the first inaugural P.E.L.A.C.U.R LLP's gathering since its inception about a month ago, and was attended by a few other distinguished guests like Mia (Renee's friend), Nora (Renee's housemate), Siang Chuan, Fei Kiat and Teng Teng.

Generally it went okay, but there was one person who was ~~kaypoh & distruptive~~ ruining the BBQ atmosphere, that resulted in some of the attendees getting pissed. Hopefully this becomes a nice lesson for everyone to keep ~~their mouth shut~~ quiet and give some respect to the organizing BBQ host.

Setting that aside, had much fun doing the twist (a.k.a. roti lilit) and Niki was doing the Potato in Egg, both were done ala scout styles that reminds both of us of the scouting days that we used to have back in Malaysia.

BBQ Pit from Argos at a cost of £20, and carried all the way back from Cribbs Causeway by Edward Saw...

Everybody just loves cheese, don't they?

Lava Lamp

2007-10-18T14:57:00.001-07:00

Decided to decorate my room a bit, so went ahead and got one Sainsbury lava lamp for my room. It's like greenish in color, but then again, it doesn't look quite odd in my room when the lights are switched off.

Weee....lava lamp!

Photoshop

2007-10-15T05:37:00.000-07:00

Cherylyn aka my mama really has good photoshop skills right? From the previos picture that was posted, she turned it right into a Fairytale backdrop...complete with a knight on a horse, a castle, a rainbow and even a princess. Talk about skills...

p/s: I absolve any knowledge that I have on photoshop =]

The ultimate fairytale backdrop...

Fairytale

2007-10-13T04:53:00.000-07:00

A fairytale backdrop?

Looking at the picture, doesn't it resemble a fairytale backdrop for Disney's stories? Some of you might say its fake, some of you might not. The scenery that you had witnessed above is real, and its existent in Bristol, UK. Somehow the countryside over in the UK seems so much nicer than Malaysia's, but I guess its a trade-off for all of your possessions that you've had back there...

Philips Speakers

2007-10-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

Well...what can I say? Another day spent at Cribbs Causeway, first having lunch at Nando's, and then headed to Retail Park to shop for our laser printers. After browsing through Comets, PC World and Currys, finally we settled down for a HP laserjet printer which set us back about £80. Then we found out that the ciplak people here don't provide the usb printer cable, and that alone cost around £15.

Went along somemore, saw this nice Philips speaker on sale for £63...Guess what? I think i'm getting hit by a compulsive shopping disease, went ahead and bought it, but partly because I did not lug my Edifier speakers over to UK. And the results? A pampered and satisfied customer of PC World.

Satisfied Customer ^^

Perodua Kembara?

2007-10-10T05:42:00.000-07:00

Well, I found a car resembling to the Perodua Kembara sold in Malaysia in my campus a few days ago. Quite astonishing on the sightings of Malaysian made cars in the UK, so far I had spotted a Waja, Satria and Wira. Don't know why, but the sightings of these objects made me feel closer home, and especially since sighting of a Yeos soya bean packet drink in the Student Union shop.

Daihatsu Kembara?

Work...work...Work!

2007-10-02T02:24:00.000-07:00

Classes commenced yesterday on the 1st of Oct, and guess what? The advanced management accounting module already whacked us with one assignment that is due on the 13th of December 2007. And that requires a 270-page book to be bought at the price of £12.99, known as Relevance Lost - The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting written by H. Thomas Johnson and Robert S. Kaplan.

Oh well, going to go to the library tonight with the rest to read up on the book and get a heads up on the assignment, guess there's no more procrastination this year for me -.-'''

Yep, that's the 270-page book that the assignment requires the student to read

On a lighter note, we finally got some mooncake to eat, courtesy of Jon, who brought the mooncake all the way specially from Malaysia..

Presenting to you, the lotus paste mooncake ^.^

This is a stupid tag game...

2007-09-29T03:45:00.001-07:00

Since my Mama Cherylyn had tagged me to do the desktop tag, i shall then be obliged to fulfill her request for a screenshot of my desktop...

Desktop Screenshot

Drinking Session

2007-09-29T03:35:00.000-07:00

Last night just had a drinking session with Edward, Niki, Jon and Ferlynn over at my place (Flat 307). Had a bottle of Smirnoff and also a bottle of JD, alongside with Coke and Orange Juice as mixers for the drinks. Nothing was amiss till Niki had decided to mix Jon's drink with Smirnoff + Orange Juice + Coke.

As a result, the mixture came out akin to the murky color of the drain water found in Malaysian drains. Haven't got my hands on the video yet, but here's a pic of the night

L-R (Drinks): Jon, Me, Edward, Ferlynn

Note: Niki's drink was not here as he took it away to prevent us from mixing his drinks whilst he was away

Durian in UK?

2007-09-26T09:55:00.000-07:00

"The King of Fruit"

Warning: This scene is not depicted in Malaysia, but in a chinese grocery shop in the UK named Kin Yip Hon in the Bristol City Center.

This came as a surprise as we entered into the Kin Yip Hon shop in the Bristol City Center to do some shopping for our groceries, e.g. light soy sauce, maggi mee etc. Then suddenly, I saw and smelt a very familiar scent, as though I was in Malaysia. Feeling curious, I went to check out the scent, and there it was! A bit on the pricey side though, its about 5.50 pounds per kg...

Parcel for Topher L S W?

2007-09-26T01:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday after coming back from the Natwest Bank on campus, went and checked my mailbox for any important letters for myself. Surprisingly there were not any important mails in my mailbox at all, but just a small note left there by the 24-hour reception, stating that there was a parcel for me.

Was quite curious on who had sent the parcel, but upon immediately reading from the note left by the reception, the name read as Topher L S W. That hit me in the head, only one person calls me by that, that is the Panda aka Ms Felicia Yeow Xinyi. Hahah, wanted to collect the parcel right away, but reception was kinda lazy, telling me that the time for collection was from 9am - 11am and 6pm to 8pm.

No choice but to wait, and when finally collected and opened the parcel, there it was. A simple, yet elegant gift from her. Want to know what it was? Scroll down...

Beef + Korean Noodle Recipe

2007-09-24T01:13:00.000-07:00

Had a damn good dinner yesterday cause it was one of the simplest recipe that we've ever tried in the kitchen. Mm mm, that taste great! Just cook the korean instant noodle and then whip up a side dish of a plate of beef. Heavenly...don't believe? Take a look at the other 2 person that was having the same meal as me. Judge for yourself....^^

The Korean Noodle

The other 2 satisfied people, apart from me

1 Litre of Tears SP (Special Preview)

2007-09-23T02:53:00.001-07:00

Title: 1 Litre of Tears SP / 一リットルの涙SP / Ichi rittoru no namida SP
Duration: 2 hours 20 min.
Aired: April 5th, 2007

With great anticipation I started watching the 2 hour 20 minute Special for the highly touted 1 Litre of Tears Japanese drama. It starts off roughly half a year after from when the drama left off. While it does a half decent job of portraying Ako’s (Aya’s sister) growth, it fails entirely in making us believe that Aso is now a doctor. The younger brother in the drama fails to make an appearance in this Special, and the youngest sister, now portrayed by another actress makes an appearance of a mere 10 minutes throughout the entire show.

Of course the mother and father are still the same, yet miraculously un-aged, and just to be picky, Ganbo the dog never made it to the Special either.

The first half hour seemed pretty interesting as it explored the current circumstance of Ako as she graduated from her schooling to become a nurse at the hospital that treated Aya. However we are left to believe that such an immature and wreckless individual such as Aso-kun is now a full-fledged doctor in a matter of a few years. If only life were like that… actually, if life were like that, I’d be a little scared of going to the hospital.

So on went the Special. Only now we are confronted with flashbacks of what happened in the past. This was of course expected in a Special that aired almost 2 years after the drama. I keep watching in anticipation of what comes next, only to be blanketed with scene after scene of what I have already seen in the past. Thinking these flashbacks would end in a matter of minutes, I was mistaken. Seriously mistaken.

It came to the point where I decided to fast forward the entire scene until I saw scenes from the present day. A few minutes here and the flashbacks came yet again. Only this time it seemed to be even longer. This ritual started to get very familiar as I fast forward, stopped, watched for a few minutes, and fast forward again, over and over again until I found myself fast forwarding until the very end of the Special.

So this is what I was looking forward to all this time? I thought to myself. What a pure disappointment. I was expecting more substance, more of what happens to the characters as they grow up with Aya in their hearts.

Instead I realized that this Special was merely a means to gather the entire country of Japan (ok, not exactly) yet again, to make them sob for just one more time, and to make each and every one of them realize how painful a disease this is. I hate to say it - especially when it involves something so serious and tearful as this topic does - but I’m afraid this was no more than another marketing gimmick to get the mass talking again.

For me, however, since I watched the entire drama series only 5 months ago, all the scenes were still fresh in my mind, making these flashbacks no more than a little boring (ok, I said it) than it was meant to be. I’m sure for the people who actually saw the drama when it originally aired in 2005, the flashbacks came as a welcome jog in their memory, as tears flowed down their cheeks and their emotions were fired up yet again.

Overall I was quite disappointed with this Special as it really only contained about a good 50 minutes of new scenes. That was not much to wait in anticipation for. It is a sad story nonetheless, and if you see it in its entirety, you will no doubt have tears flowing down again. But be prepared for flashbacks that lasts more than half the Special.

I miss Scouting...

2007-09-21T12:08:00.000-07:00

Having touched down in the UK alongside with my scout uniform, I have yet to even come in close contact with the local Scout Association to pass them my Letter of Introduction (LOI) that I got from the NHQ of PPM Malaysia.

Emailed the NHQ of UK Scouts, and were referred to the City Council of Avon to re-direct me to the nearest local scout group, and currently have no phone, so will do so when the phone line is set-up. Till then will be posting 2 of my most favourite scouting photo just before I left Malaysia for UK.

Rover! Rover!

One big happy family...

Room Scenery

2007-09-18T00:45:00.000-07:00

Dammit, my room is facing a block of unit of other flats but Edward's one has a nice scenery of a lush green field. That's like I got ripped off of the nice 7 star scenery that Edward had. LOL.

Damn small right the room?

Leaving Malaysian soil - 16/9/07 2140hours GMT+8

2007-09-15T22:08:00.000-07:00

The two tiny luggages in my room [p/s: I know the tv and the shelf is super antique like]

If I had not decide to leave for UK, I would never know that my life of 20 years could be summarized into two luggages. Yep, and it's summarized right into 2 luggages, weighing only 30kg.

Am really glad to have not bought so many rubbish during the earlier days, or else I would really have a hard time packing to UK.

Well, would update upon settling down in UK. Now it's T-minus 5 hours 20 minutes and 15 seconds before departure. Ja ne!

A joke a day makes any day a good day...

2007-09-15T11:58:00.000-07:00

Random Post

2007-09-14T12:58:00.000-07:00

Okay, this post is damn random. Found this pic in The Star not too long ago, must've been the most expensive sausage that anyone had actually paid for just to look at the sausages displayed.

The RM2.50 charged per "look" at the displayed sausages

Klebang Besar Beach

2007-09-14T03:14:00.000-07:00

Just thought to share the nice scenery of a beach located at Klebang Besar in Melaka. A not to miss stop-over if you're over at Melaka as the scenery is amazing, combining traditional fishing scenery that is blended together with modern scenery with oil tankers and pipeline.

Mahjong Day

2007-09-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Game in progress, discarded tiles are multiplying at an impressive rate!

Ming Kee's house was turned into a mahjong gambling den today with me, mei, mel, 5.5, OJ, ming kee and sean, playing 4-people mahjong. Was considered a marathon for us as we played from 4pm to about 10pm like that.

Couldn't escape from the Rabbit Cafe's gravitational pull, so had mamak at the same row of shops as Doggie Doggie, the all-dog shop. I wonder why there's no shop called Kitty Kitty which serves as the all-cat shop? >.>

Oh yeah, after mamak-ing, it was the first time I was being driven home in a very long time, since usually I'm the one driving home. The journey was not bad, no sudden heart attacks or anything, so I shall remind myself to be chauffered more often by girls...^^

Difference between the Mei made in China and made in Malaysia...

2007-09-10T01:59:00.000-07:00

LoL. Today's TheStar paper carried a photo quite familiar to Mei. I'm posting this for the sake of posting cause the two of them really lookalike...see for it yourselves...

The Made-in-Malaysia Mei

The Made-in-China Mei

Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

2007-09-05T04:45:00.000-07:00

Many disregard the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ). People tend to think that having the right amount of IQ alone will be sufficient in life. Even when down in the history books, it is a revelation that many brilliant men and women aren't exactly the smart kids in class. Many of those who failed miserably in class, underachieved or who have been relegated to life on the margin turned out to be one of the world's top people. However, despite this body of evidence, society has persisted in believing that success in school equals to success in life or at the very least - at the workplace.

This is an awful presumption. It is fundamentally based on the school system's rather restrictive way of measuring achievement. The book smarts are thrown into the limelight during the school years while the street smarts are marginalized. In society's mind, a person with a high IQ would be perfectly competent to be thrust upon the face of success. But first of all, what is success? I'll take a line from the book I'm currently reading. Let's see it this way, success defines the ability to set and achieve your personal and professional goals, whatever they may be.

It sounds simple, right? But as we age and gain experience woand maturity, our personal definition of success will definitely ebb away and change. Most of the time it is depending on the role we are trying to fulfill at that moment. Like for example maybe as a student, or son/daughter or a good friend. We're committed to succeed in what our main concerns are at the moment. So, I guess it varies pretty much from every individual. Albeit that, it can be said that the general meaning of success remains a constant to most of us.

I'm not going to delve deep into this subject. It will be time and energy consuming if I do. Those who feel intrigued by this, you can go borrow or buy a book on emotional intelligence. Get one that's easy to comprehend, like the one I'm reading now called The EQ Edge by Steven Stein. Anyway, back to topic, some of us might not probably know what is this "Emotional Intelligence" about. To simplify matters, emotional intelligence is the ability to cope, to adapt and to get along with others. Emotional intelligence is divided into five blanket areas or realms:

1. Intrapersonal Realm
This concerns your ability to know and manage yourself. It involves:
- Self-Awareness
- Assertiveness
- Independence
- Self-Regard
- Self-Actualization

2. Interpersonal Realm
Concerning your "people skills" - your ability to interact and get along with others, it is composed of three scales:
- Empathy
- Social Responsibility
- Interpersonal Relationships

3. Adaptability Realm
This involves your ability to be flexible and realistic and to solve problems when they arise. There are three scales:
- Reality Testing
- Flexibility
- Problem Solving

4. Stress Management Realm
This realm concerns your ability to tolerate stress and control impulses. Its two scales are:
- Stress Tolerance
- Impulse Control

5. The General Mood Realm
This realm also has two scales:
- Optimism
- Happiness

Okay, now that you've got a general idea of what emotional intelligence I am sure that you're able to discern the differences between IQ and EQ. In short, IQ is just a measure of an individual's intellectual, analytical, logical and rational abilities. Mostly, it is concerned with verbal, spatial, visual and mathematical skills. It gauges how readily we learn new things; focus on tasks; retain and recall objective information; engage in a reasoning process; manipulate numbers; think abstractly as well as analytically; and to solve problems by applying knowledge gained prior to that. If you happen to have a high IQ, I can tell you that you're well equipped to pass all sorts of examinations with flying colours. However, I am not able to tell if you will do well in life later on. Without much emotional intelligence, you will find it hard to navigate your way in our complex world - the personal, social and survival aspects of overall intelligence, the elusive common sense and sensitivity that are essential to effective daily functioning.

In our everyday language, emotional intelligence is referred to as "street smarts" or maybe "common sense". It has to do with the ability to read the political and social environment, to intuitively grasp what others want or need, what their strengths and weaknesses are; to remain unwavered by stress; and to be the kind of person that others are comfortable with. As a conclusion, emotional intelligence reassuringly plays a significantly large role in having a successful life. Of course, it would be even better if both IQ and EQ come hand-in-hand. But I think even if you have a low IQ but higher EQ, you would have an equal chance of doing well in life. I also think that schools should try to insinuate the concept emotional intelligence and not only focus on how "book smart" a person is.

Omega Constellation

2007-09-01T09:43:00.000-07:00

Does this look like it's worth RM8550? Believe it or not, that's the newest addition from mom's and aunt's shopping trip to Mid Valley on the 31st of Aug...

=.=

TTDI Satria vs. Tree

2007-08-31T21:52:00.000-07:00

Accident happened few weeks ago in Taman Tun, somewhere near Devi's corner...The driver was lucky, only a gash on his forehead and broke his leg...

Conclusion? Tree 1 Satria 0

Bomba in action lol...

Proton BOLEH! Logo still remain unharmed...

Car turned 180 degrees after slamming into the tree

The tree that the satria had challenged... =P

Road sign also been challenged and lost to satria...

o.O Should be bloodstains...

2nd gear or 4th gear? Your perception.

Seatbelt still intact, must be extricated instead of getting out himself...

Nice kemek lil door...

Cheesy Email

2007-08-26T16:27:00.000-07:00

This has to be the most cheesy email I’ve ever seen in my life.
Just for the search engines: hoax, virus, chain mail

Mon Nov 27, 2006
From: secur@telcan.com

Subject: Mail server report.

Our firewall determined the e-mails containing worm copies are being
sent from your computer.

Nowadays it happens from many computers, because this is a new virus
type (Network Worms).

Using the new bug in the Windows, these viruses infect the computer
unnoticeably.
After the penetrating into the computer the virus harvests all the
e-mail addresses and sends the copies of itself to these e-mail
addresses

Please install updates for worm elimination and your computer
restoring.

Best regards,
Customers support service

Attachment: Update_KB5046_x86.zip (24k)

File name: Update_KB5046_x86.zip
File size: 18kb
File type: application/octet-stream
Scan result: No virus threat detected.

Scanned with:
Keep your computer safe from Internet threats at all times. Visit the Symantec Security Connection to learn how.

Just goes to show how useless email antivirus softwares are. This is yahoo’s.

1 Litre of Tears

2007-08-24T05:33:00.000-07:00

This drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. The book that later followed entitled "One Litre of Tears" has sold over 1.1 million copies in Japan alone. Aya Kito proved her courage and positive attitude towards an uncertain future when suffering such an illness, spinocerebellar ataxia. The drama spans a decade, during which she graduates from school while her conditions worsen.

The story begins as Aya prepares for the new semester. Despite being happy, she suffers from slight physical problems, which only her mother seems to notice. However, one day, she falls unconsciously on the floor.

After she is sent to the hospital, she is shortly diagnosed with the disease. Despite the fact that she is diagnosed with the terminal illness, she does not lose the will to survive.

She still makes friends with others, including her first love, Yuji. She later develops an interest in Haruto. Although somewhat cold, Haruto was still kind to her. Meanwhile, her health continues to deteriorate.

Knowing that she will not survive for long, she returns a gift to Haruto, who discovers the fact when she reads the love letter that Aya gave him.

In the last episode, she dies peacefully, and her parents mourn her.

~~Teared~~Watched List:

1) Edward
2) Mei
3) Shal
4) Aaron
5) Mel
6) Alicia
7) Topher
8) Derek

Mei's Birthday

2007-08-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

Yesterday (23/8/07) was Mei's b'day. She spent us a dinner at Rabbit Cafe. We ate. We LOL-ed non-stop. WeShe camwhored. That's all. That's how we celebrated Mei's b'day.

Häagen-Dazs

2007-08-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

Well, was at One utama's Haagen Daaz for its superb smooth creamy ice creams....but well..it's a promise of me to a special friend. So, I haf to keep my promise lor.We ordered the Fondue...and....

Nice!!!!!!!!
Got fresh fruits, 12 balls of ice cream, if i'm not wrong, the flavours are macademia nuts, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla.

Yes..Yes...dip the ice cream into the melted chocolate....and dip the crushed nuts....u nubcakes...gg!

Of doughnuts and more doughnuts...

2007-08-20T08:12:00.000-07:00

I'm not usually a big fan of doughnuts, but lookie here...

Beautiful, mouthwatering doughnuts!

So I found this new place in The Curve that sells doughnuts. Big deal....NO! This IS a big deal. You're now witnessing the dawn of my Doughnut infatuation! No only that I'm fascinated by their Doughnut-making machine, I enjoy reading the quirky doughnut names and fancy descriptions, I'm especially fond of watching Doughnut sifu-s making their doughnuts pretty! What's more fun is picking which doughnut looks more delicious, because I'm jobless and only have enough money for 1 dozen of them.

The impressive variety without compromising quality.

I swear they're so fresh the chocolate icing was still dripping when they were packing into the box! Business seems very brisk, with the line reforming itself over and over again. That kept the Doughnut sifu-s really busy, the Doughnut trays never full. Lady luck must've been watching over me because I managed to get the last Chococino! I'm nuts, (nuts over dougnuts, geddit? Lol... No? Nevermind) but who wouldn't go nuts over these beauties?

For my next birthday, I want a box of doughnuts *Hint Hint* It does make a good option doesn't it? Economical, easy to obtain, convenient, and practical, best part is, no wrapping involved, muahahaha... Those people who still owe me yumchar, you all are gonna treat me to doughnuts and coffee, wee... Drown me in Doughnuts!

Jogoya

2007-08-10T06:56:00.000-07:00

Jogoya is a famous japanese buffet chain from Taiwan. There are the usual buffet style counters where you go and take what you want to eat but there is also a cooked food counter where you place your table clip in a bowl in front of a sample of the dish you want, the chef will cook it and send it to your table.

It's quite cool, because you don't have to stand around waiting for your food. You can go grab other stuff and when you reach your table, your cooked food would have arrived and you'll be able to just dig in! The interior of Joyoga is pretty Zen-like. Nice environment to eat in with soothing music playing in the background.

This place is recommended if you want to stuff yourself silly or a place to celebrate a friend's birthday :-) Nice decor and good food!

2007-08-09T16:22:00.001-07:00

Lol Edward, look @ this! DIGIBOY external hdd enclosure...GG!