Adventures

Gambling

2009-04-14T23:13:00.004+10:00

There is this 'attraction' now in Starcity where, with the swipe of your card, you can win up to the known $100 instant cash. We can play this 3 times a day once within the 3 specified periods. One of particular importance to me is the 3 - 6pm period.

Because if I get a 'FAIL' ticket, I can still throw it into another box, where at 6pm, there is this guy who would come and choose the lucky 'FAIL' ticket to get the big big prize of $10,000.

Pretty enticing leh, with $10,000 I do not need to work for 10 months!! That is pretty damn long! I would have already decided what I wanted to do and gone out of Australia by then.

But, would I use up all my luck if I go there everyday after work? I know I'm pretty lucky this year. First time in my life, I won more than 100 bucks through gambling. Even I can win big money with poker. So, should I try?

Let's say, that luck would indeed be used everytime I swipe that card. And if I really get that $10,000, sure I would have used up a lot of luck.

Now if luck can also be 'used' to find a wonderful girl, I think I would rather save up all my luck, and meet up with the most wonderful partner and be happy all my life.

I rather err on the safe side, save my luck to find that person >.<'''

Connie Talbot

2009-03-30T17:24:00.001+10:00

Connie Talbot's "I Will Always Love You."

You are like an angel who came to grace the earth.

Thank you :)

You make me Feel

2009-03-25T17:12:00.002+10:00

Emo Song of the Day: You make Me Feel - Westlife

I am what I am today, because I met you.

If not,
I would still be hooked to computer games.
My world would still be in shades of black and white, void of colours.
I would not feel pity for those who are being excessive.
I would not know what it means to be brave.
I would not know what is trust.
I would not know what is prudence.
I would not be truly honest to myself.
I would not be able to plan my future.
I would not know what it means to be hardworking.
I would not be able to see what I had missed.
I would not know what is fate, and what it brings.
I would not know how to care.
I would not know how wonderful it is to love children.
I would not not be able to see more clearly what are real and what are illusions.
I would not know what it means to know someone deeply.
I would not know, how it feels to be going after a dream.

My life had changed in so many ways, much more than I could write now.

But, Thank you very much, from deep inside my heart.

I love you.

Exodus for 2 weeks

2009-03-24T19:15:00.002+10:00

It feels so good to be traveling everywhere. Although I had traveled many of those places, it feels so different. I guess it's the company that makes that huge difference. I see them in a very different light.

I'm going to be selfish here and not say anything more muahahhaa!!

Anyway, song of the period now is Mr. Big's To Be With You. :)

All I Wish for

2009-03-01T23:09:00.003+10:00

Actually, I do not wish for many things in life. I do not see myself wishing to get a new computer everytime I pass by the computer shop, or that I want to watch a movie in a cinema, or to be so rich that I can buy anything.

For me, I take things as they come. I do it so often that I always hear people say that I lack a life goal or direction or whatever. But that is not true, I at least do know what I want to be when I die.

But there is one thing that I always find myself wishing. I always wished that I can reach the person I'm calling on my phone. It is just too frustrating to keep making a missed call that sometimes I lost all my mood to do anything. I would blame the supernatural for playing a fool out of me. I would have my brain bursting thinking why, why, why?! I just find it impossible not to pick up the phone. I would grow angry, because I can never get to tell what I want to tell.

So please, pick up the phone.

TESOL Class

2009-02-24T21:55:00.001+10:00

I'm going to start my journey to be a teacher from tomorrow night onwards. I will be attending classes to get the TESOL cert.

Hehe.. exciting.. I wonder whether I could pass or not = ='

Game design

2008-11-13T21:53:00.001+10:00

This Saturday, I'm going to perform a dance in front to loads of Koreans.

I hope they do not laugh at my poor dancing skills >.<

PR

2008-10-31T06:17:00.000+10:00

Finally got my PR today. Haihz, 8 months of wait. Now I finally have the CHOICE to do something. = ='

Found back Hui San

2008-09-29T23:21:00.002+10:00

I can't believe that I finally got to chat again with her again. It's been like almost 10 years since we last seen each other. And it feeld good to be in touch with my childhood again, once more ;p

I had been reading the post I had written three years ago in this blog, about the dream I saw which started my search. I went from friends to friends, asking if anyone have her contact number. But to no avail for several months. And the funniest thing is that she could be found on Friendster >.>

Anyway, good times again. Thanks for the song too!

PLaylist

2008-09-09T22:22:00.002+10:00

I wanted to write down my playlist here, but once I see that there are 150 songs. I gave up >.>

Overflow

2008-09-04T22:11:00.002+10:00

It never cease to amaze me. And it also never failed to miss a moment. You are the only person that could make my heart overflow, like water pouring out of it's glass. To drown my surroundings with all I have, my feelings and my love.

Break time

2008-09-02T22:46:00.002+10:00

Hmm, lots of things to think about. Things to plan. But all of them have to wait until I get my PR. Damn! I can't hop over to another job because they want at least PR. I can't go and study Masters, not because I do not have PR, but I need PR to get that government loan thingy. And I also need PR, to go overseas, so anything overseas can only be put to the shelf now. So basically, I'm stuck here, without anywhere to go on until I get my PR.

Faster la >.<

Korean class

2008-08-31T18:56:00.002+10:00

Learning Korean brings back lots of memories. Especially when the teacher teaches words that relates to those wonderful memories I had in my uni days.

There's that Solji's birthday party where all she ever said was otoke lol! There is also one memory with Han during City2Surf when she taught me what yeppuda means! And also that time with Eun Hae where she said sorry to that malaysian driver after she knocked the door into his car lol! Damn, it's getting fun!

The conclusion of Bitter Virgin

2008-08-26T20:13:00.002+10:00

'One day, a man much more mature than I am should take care of her.'
'One day, he will find a cheerful girl much more suited than I am.'

But until that day comes...

Shall we dance?

Waaa >.<

Age of Aquarius

2008-08-23T00:35:00.002+10:00

Just been to another of that preacher's session. This time, he was talking about the second coming. He talked mostly of the Chapter of Daniel, and it got interesting once I found the number, 2300 years. Now who was it that kept saying it would be 2000 years. Hmm.. must be the Y2K people.

Based on another fulfilled prophecy of Jesus' baptism, the Judgment Day would be the year of 1844. And that's where time ran out. So... what happened in the year 1844?

I looked at Wikipedia, and found out that lots of Christians understood that the second coming would be then, only to be severely disappointed cos it did not happen. The funny thing is that, the pastor who preached that kept pushing the date forward. That sounds desperate lol!

Then YMCA was formed in that year! Did not know that it's actually a Christian association oO

That year was also when telegram was first tested and used. The first sentence was, "What hath God wraught!" We should bring that guy to this age, then he might say "What the Devil!" when he sees the internet = ='

So I thought I might as well google about the second coming. Then lo and behold, lots of dates popped up! Some said year 2034. Do not know why. Some said 2012 cos that is when the Mayan calender ends. Then a duo said it would be at 2014/15 cos in that year, four lunar eclipses happens on the Jew's holy days. It could only happen once in a few hundred years, and using some verses from Isa and some historical evidence (previous such occurence happened when Isreal and its capital was founded), they declared it should be then.

But what I found most interesting is the Age of Aquarius, which we are entering into now. It would being about spiritual awakening and lots of other advancements and new morals and freedom. An astrologist believes, on his calculations, that it started in the year 1844, although no one knows for certain except to guess from visible signs.

Then another person, psychic I think, said that it would be on the year 2075. Don;t know why it would be that year. Anyway, drawing on those verses where man would not know when it arrives, no matter how they seek or open their eyes, because it happens in the inner. That Jesus would not come as how we would recognize him, like how the people back then did not recognize that Jesus was the Messiah, and he would change the way people grow spiritually. You can read the whole thing if you google "Seth Speaks" by Jane Roberts, and I tend to agree with it mostly.

But anyway, the session which I attended today seemed to be filled up with more zealots than before. It always feels scary when there are people who are so fervent about things. All that matters to them is that they recognize that Jesus was their lamb, is their priest and will be their king. I bet that subconsciously is that they want to be rid of their sins and without a doubt eternal life. How else can I explain that they actually have a session of how to postpone your death by 7 years?

I can't stand people who want to get rid of their sins but they still continue to create sins. Do they even know what of the sins they have, other than they know that they have sinned?Do they do as was taught by their saviour? When I look at what is going on around me, I think they are more inclined to do it only in their own terms. The worse ones are those who claim to be a Christian but do nothing, only just for the benefits, if they are given at all.

I say, if you want something, work for it.

Preachers can never escape from not converting people

2008-08-20T21:20:00.002+10:00

I knew it would come sooner or later. I knew it the moment when he threw aside the 4 pictures of the Pope, Obama, Dalai Lama and Al Gore into the back recesses and talk all about the Bible. I knew when he kept reiterating that he himself was a non-believer 12 years ago countless times. I knew it when he kept mentioning 'even secular people like xxx...', 'even secular sources...' ,'even scholars...' and many other secular here and there. And I knew, when he begins and end with a prayer.

He seeks to convert non-believers into Christianity.

Today, he gave out a card, asking the audience to tick if they believe Jesus is their saviour, that they want to be baptised, that they want to join a Bible study group. Hoping that after telling us of how Daniel got leveled up in chapter 9, of what Jesus said in Matthew chapter 23 and of what history showed us. He trusted that we would be shocked and awed by the accuracies and the fulfilled prophecies, even telling us the odds in fulfilling one of them at that time.

Sigh, this preacher must have spent lots of stats into Charisma to be more persuasive than many other preachers I had seen so far. Good for him, now he can buy items from shops more cheaply now.

Would the world better without religion debate on SMH

2008-08-19T21:40:00.001+10:00

I just watched finish the debate sponsored by SMH just today. And something struck me, I remembered that that preacher said that most such debates, it is always about science vs science backed religious arguments. An interesting thing is that the govt who supports that the world would be better without religion actually used some materials from the bible. Mostly to highlight the negatives of God.

My opinion is this, we should not actually debate whether religion should be done with or not. In fact, it should be there because as all books are, they teach. The problem comes when people become extremists, those who hold that their book is the ultimate truth and should be followed zealously. Like how their nation should be, how their laws should be and all those things which we can pick up from news so often.

How can we enjoy the beauty of creation, or God, has given us if all we ever do is to live life to the book. To live like how it was millenniums ago. Would we be able to appreciate space, the wonderful colours of supernovas, stars, suns if all we ever do is to read the holy books all day and all night? The book doesn't teach how to appreciate living beings, doesn't teach that we can cure diseases, doesn't teach that there are more than this Earth (materially speaking). We need science for that. So that we can be at awe that our human body and by extension all things in this universe follow the proportions outlined in the Vitruvian Man. So that we can cure stupid illnesses like flu so that we are healthy again. Or that we would be shocked to know that the universe is so much bigger than our eyes can absorb. It is because of scientific advancements that we can appreciate God more.

I often feel sad for those zealots. An audience spoke during the audience session time. I do not remember the whole thing of what he said, but the gist is that ' He is glad that there is God. Because without him there wouldn't be Jesus to carry his sins. And that the sins he bear are too much for him to carry alone. And that Jesus died on that cross so that he would be relieved of his sins and to bring him eternal life.' And damn, he said it with a serious convistion and faith. The kind of tone that he wouldn't let any other views to change that.

From my own minute readings of the Bible, I come to one conclusion that the reason that the Old Testament was there before the New Testament, it not entirely because that they came first, but it shows to chronicles of how human come out of its hole to learn more about things. If God have all the knowledge and morality in the universe, he would have given the ten commandments to Adam and Eve or anytime then in the beginning of time. But why would he only give to humans after the ostracities that happened in Egypt? It is because people have to learn through experiences of what is wrong and what is right before they can gain that knowledge and morality. If we do not know that stealing is an action where it deprives another person of their possibly hard-earned efforts, how can we be told that it is wrong? If we do not know that the extensive lawlessness and evil in Israel, how would we know that our sins are becoming too great to carry? In extension, we are all learning along the way, up until now. So to those who live by the book, please do not be comsumed by it. Even people who are living during Jesus' time, who were reading the old Testaments and living it like crazy, still accepted a new teacher, more knowledge through Jesus.

Finally, how I view sin is like this. For example, I killed a father. The wife would grieve, the children would mourn. The sons would direct his feelings to seek revenge, the wife would scream for justice. Sin is created. How? Because of those negative feelings that are generated by them, and all of them are directed to me. I am now bearing the sin(feelings) of my actions. The only way to pay what I have taken is the equal amount, my life. So to be relieved of that, I must be killed. On a side note, Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice by getting killed, because nothing else is worse than that (Don't say slow torture please = ='). So if the son kill me, my wife and children would grieve and mourn. And the wife would scream for justice and the son would direct his feelings to seek revenge. And the cycle of sin continues....

The only way we do not generate sin is to not do things that causes people to direct negative feelings to you. If many people hate you, ah, your sin is becoming heavier (ala Herod). And the way to relieve sins are to, obviously, generate good feelings from other people. This may sound stupid for some, but if you are willing to clear off all pre-judgments and prejudices, why do sentences such as these appear in all those many holy books: "Do not do unto others what you do not want others do unto you", "Love yourself, love your neightbours and love your enemies". Which simply means that do not do things to other people if you would make them feel unhappy, and treat all and even your enemies as good as yourself. Simplifying further, making people unhappy creates sin, loving people relieves sin and simultaneously, in the context of not seeking revenge, you would not generate sins for yourself.

Jesus said if you do those, together with loving God, you will have eternal life (for the sake of it, Luke 10:27). But the impression I get from that guy, and many many Christians I'd seen and heard, have the view that it is because that Jesus died on the Cross that we may have eternal life. PLEASE! He did that to teach you people, not to bring you to Heaven and eternal life. And while I'm on this, since feelings are so powerful, with that kind of notion that Jesus would bear your sins and you trusts him totally on that, and you continue to sin, you are actually directing your sins to him, which he needs to bear. AGAIN, PLEASE! Give that poor guy Jesus a break. Deal with your own sins and get your 'eternal life' on your own. I doubt if you do wonder what eternal life basically means or not >.>

Blogging

2008-08-18T15:30:00.002+10:00

Woah! Gossip ar!

My recent trip back down to Canberra was good. Although initially I expected to have a good relaxation time, far away from the hectic Sydney but most of all away from my computer(!), i did not have much time to relax at all ><

Going to 2 balls in a day can be really tiresome, gotta spend so much time to prepare, then going back late. My sleeping times have never been later than midnight ever since I came to Sydney! Now everything became kika suku, meaning hay-wired, and I'm struck down with headache and cough and any common illness combined =/

But that doesn't mean I did not enjoy it! It's like living my uni life again. The joys of poking fun at people, to tease, and also basically become a bastard haha! I have to thank the 2 main actors and the actress for their wonderful performance. It's like watching another pandora box being opened, and with it the dramas and life.

Damn, missed my moments last year. ;p

Hmmm

2008-07-31T20:20:00.003+10:00

Hmmm...?

Sigh

2008-07-25T23:56:00.000+10:00

Money no enough...

Not to be Emo..

2008-04-25T20:25:00.002+10:00

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories." - George Eliot

Sigh..

*gets flooded with memories again*

Quit from Musashi

2008-03-20T22:41:00.002+10:00

Yesterday was my last day at Musashi Jap Restaurant.

Now no more washing dishes..
no more cleaning the kitchen..
no more preparing lettuce..
no more washing bean sprout..
no more peeling King Prawns and Paradise prawns...
no more making pork panko...
no more cooking huge pots of rice..
no more making sushi rice..
no more cooking simmer snapper..
no more nobashi prawn... unagi.. calamari.. octopus.. hoki.. oysters..
no more keeping fishes in the fridge...
no more lots of things.. like making thousand island from scratch ~
most of all... no more making WASABI!

Opposition wins!

2008-03-09T13:52:00.003+10:00

I'm in a very high mood today! I stayed up until 5am my side in Sydney to follow the election news. I do not trust The Star on reporting everything. So I tuned in to Malaysiakini.com

Then at about 11pm my side. The website overloaded !! Now that's what I called funny. And like cockroaches another 3 mirrors were setup, and I continued on the 3rd mirror.

I feel a sense of triumph because authority can never stop the people's will to broadcast news!

I read in glee that DAP got Penang by huge wins. I knew that Kelantan would remain to PAS. But what shocked me most that even Selangor was taken by the Opposition ! LOL ! I never expected that.

BN lost a lot of cities. Penang. Taiping. Kuching. Kuala Lumpur. Petaling Jaya. Kota Melaka etc

Then it came to me, why at these selected places? I think it's because of the consciousness of these places. The internet prevalent in these urban areas brought the people to other news than fed by the government. They can know about things in other places, the feelings of citizens from other states, the actual condition on the ground from places that we could hardly go like Kelantan.

So in general conclusion, Opposition wins the urban centres, BN wins the rural areas. That statement is a good enough to sum up everything that they are putting forward and targeting at.

Morning Songs

2008-03-07T10:32:00.003+10:00

Once again, I woke up today with a lingering song in my head. And as always, it's a song that I'd knew deep inside, but I do not have have it in my playlist.

Today, it's 'You were always on my mind' from Willy Nelson.

It feels wierd sometimes you know. On one side, I felt happy that I finally have another good song to listen to again, then felt a bit emo when I listen to the song. But most of all, the song sometimes mirrors what my heart is feeling.

Oh well, time to go 'haihz ~' :)

Political season

2008-03-06T20:43:00.002+10:00

In commemoration of the political season in so many nations, particularly US.. I present this quote:

"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many' and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. - Larry Hardiman

Good luck to all god candidates.

Black rings

2008-02-29T10:04:00.002+10:00

Tired tired tired >.<

Now that I'm working again, I understood once more how nice it I'm studying again. The thing now is that instead of working hard to put stuff into my brain and then using it, it's now quickly putting it inside and doing it immediately, but without the chance of a decent rest anymore.

Haihz. T.T

Valentine

2008-02-13T21:55:00.001+10:00

I guess it must be the monotonous lifestyle I'm living now. Suddenly, another holiday came = ='

Happy Birthday to sis ~

And Happy Valentine's Day to everyone ~

Nothing can be worse than this

2008-02-12T11:11:00.000+10:00

I dreamt about making a song with a group of people. All of us were standing in a line, and words just flow. But all was left of the lyrics when I woke up are these words ringing in my head : "Nothing can be worse than this."

I remember that John Lennon wrote a song which was composed in a dream.

But I'm not that great! So I googled it... and found someone else did something similar it, - MurDERouZ-.

Nothing can be worse than loosing YOU

Trapped in a fantasy by an untimely muse,
but nothing can be worse than losing you.
Drowning in an ocean so deep and blue,
but nothing can be worse than losing you.
Abducted by aliens and stranded on the moon,
but nothing can be worse than losing you.
Executed by a jury for a crime I'm accused,
but still nothing can be worse than losing you.
Even starving to death from lack of food,
but nothing can be worse than losing you.
Fighting a battle against love only to lose,
is the worst that could happen cause I'd be losing...
Losing you.

~:+:~ Eyes Opened ~:+:~

Happy CNY

2008-02-08T10:53:00.000+10:00

Happy Chinese New Year ~

Bus Crash

2008-01-31T13:06:00.000+10:00

It is high time to induce change in the transport system in Malaysia.

Why?

Roger Frederer lost.

That is good enough momentum generated to shake the world. Keep it rolling. Roll it on..

Nian Ning is my friend's girlfriend. Imagine how would you feel if someone so close to you just dies, without any chance to do the last few things before she leaves the world.

There's a petition at Bus Crash No More.

I have no idea what difference it could make by itself, by at least something is done, at least, it could serve as the first step, the foundation for real change.

Gnostic Scriptures

2008-01-29T10:21:00.001+10:00

I had always wanted to read what was written in the Nag-Hammadi scriptures found off in a dig site in Egypt.

Since it is written in an old language, a team of translators, including christians, went about doing it. It is recorded that some are written during the time when the New Testament came out.

Am now reading the Gospel of Thomas.

I find this interesting:
(28) Jesus said, "I took my place in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them in flesh. I found all of them intoxicated; I found none of them thirsty. And my soul became afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts and do not have sight; for empty they came into the world, and empty too they seek to leave the world. But for the moment they are intoxicated. When they shake off their wine, then they will repent."

Seems like we are far from going back to God, with all the wars and anger going around. >.<

Long distance calls

2008-01-22T22:13:00.000+10:00

Sien... now I understand why people say long distance relationships can be so difficult.

Not that I am in one, but trying to talk to a good friend who are not only busy, but also lives few hours away, and only free at night after dinner and coupled together that I cannot talk after 11pm at my place, just brings that the actual free time is only 1 hour everyday. And that one hour is not always available everyday, as real actual commitments in everyday life could just easily be given priority instead. So... haihz ~

No wonder long distance relationships could potentially fail, seen so many others fail in front of me that I no longer bothered to count anymore = ='

The message

2007-12-18T22:36:00.000+10:00

I can still remember the notice I saw posted in the guy's toilet in Ursula at the beginning of this year. Although I do not quite remember the details, the main thing was that,

"Do not leave the one you love for someone you like."

That's so true.

Sydney

2007-12-16T00:40:00.000+10:00

Wah..... wah... wah....
haihz.. dunno lah..
My visa is preventing me from flying back home!!
>.<

Separation

2007-12-08T15:11:00.001+10:00

Just the other day, I attended a small meeting somewhere in the suburbs of Sydney. The topic was pain of separation. Once I heard it, it just hit straight at me. Those words couldn't come at a better time, just after 2 days of sending someone away. When I reflected on it, I could definitely feel it more prominently now. It's more material, it's more engulfing.

If I have the chance to go back through time, I would spend more time on things that matters. I shouldn't have wasted those times, those opportunities, and to especially remember those precious moments. I want to keep it within me for my whole life. I remember them when I go back to those places again. I remember whenever I eat those dishes today. I remember when I looked at the teabags again. I remember when I browsed through the photos in my computer. I also remember them before I go to sleep. Although it's not a 24/7 thing, they are the moments that conjures up whenever I come across the things we did together.

The lyrics are all too fitting...

I am yours, like the sun which sets
The beautiful memories are all from one place
Precious memories of the naive days together
They remain as a picture which has no regrets

You are mine and make the lonely times pass
You are the sunlight which shines on me
Your small white hand in mine
Like the sparkle of a jewel it makes the promise of eternity

You are mine, like a sad graduation song
You are still a small part of this heart of mine
Your beauty glitters in your eyes
Like so many stars I hope you will always shine

Undoubtedly, everything was that perfect. Forever remaining inside as the most wonderful chapter of my life.

Damn Slow computer!

2007-10-26T00:52:00.000+10:00

OMG! Why do people need to use all of the MAC computers in my hall! I thought not many people like to use MAC wan?!

So now I'm stuck with the idiot Dell computer. Apparenly bought new last year, but it's still MUCH slower than the MAC! Sending the message to the printer to print 10 pages gives me enough time to check my email accounts, browse through blogs and even while I'm writing this blog, it's still have not been sent!

Oh wait! It's printing now! Wa lao eh ~ The printer making such scratchy loud noises... the printer in the Dell room is also spoilt iszit? Aiyo!! Where can treat me liddat! Less than 1 week then exam start di!

Why? Why ar Tell me why? >.<

What I like to do

2007-09-25T00:34:00.000+10:00

What I like to do most, is multitasking. It may not seem to be efficient working process to some people, but that is how I do things. Because you see, I simply cannot focus. I have attention deficit disorder, I cannot possibly be able to anything one at a time. Without knowing and doing anything new, I'll die. Like life has no meaning, life is just monotonous. I rather lie down and sleep forever if it's like that.

Now when I see something new, I get renewed rigour and will strength to pursue it. This energy seems to come out of nowhere, like out of nowhere lolx! This is when I can focus a lot, my brain goes into overdrive, ideas, solutions and crap would just flow out like a waterfall.

Which is exactly why, I need to multitask. After writing for assignments, my brain gets clogged up. So I go and chat on MSN. Since people take time to reply, I'm here writing this entry. And while I'm typing again, I go back to my assignment and write myself another 50 words. And the cycle restarts. You see, once I do this 50 times, I get an essay done. Isn't it that easy?

Now, if only I had more time to do this 50 times...

Plans always get screwed up

2007-09-13T23:07:00.000+10:00

You know that there are those times, when you had planned it all ahead. The concept of the things you want to do, how you are going to do it, what would be the expected reaction to it, then maybe what doing it will bring to your life.

What I meant is that, plans could be drafted ahead, but whether it is achieved in the end, is never certain.

Like I planned that I'm going to tackle and hopefully finish at least 2 of my assignments during the holidays. And up until so far, yes, I did read and chose my topics to answer, but had not completed a single one yet as of today.

The time when I planned to do something for a person I like, even if I practised two days ahead, trained myself to say the right words and do the right actions, but once I see her, nothing comes out of my mouth, and my actions were not moving as they should. As though I got hit and had a blank out, everything is so white....

I admit that I'm a lost when I get close, that everything that can go wrong goes wrong. Haha! At least I can still laugh it off in the interim moment..

The only thing that I pride myself now, where I can complete the whole process, from planning until finishing it on time, is cooking. I had a thought to make herbal chicken soup for supper, and invite everyone few nights ago. Planned it at 1800 hours, made it at 2200 hours. It's not bad to be honest, but it lacks my mom's cooking flavour. Maybe in time, I can cook something delicious.

Now this brings me to my next project, Pepper soup. I just bought the stuff today over at Belconnen market, lucky I din bring anyone along, I got lost lolx! Must maintain my reputation of being a good navigator ;p

Anyway...

Two words to bring them home,
Along with happiness carved in stone,
Today, it's nothing of the usual tone,
these two words, welcome home!

Wah! That just came up right off the hat! Keke ;p

So drunk@

2007-08-31T10:40:00.000+10:00

I was soo drunk last night! Singing songs out loud, like "I don't wanna close my eyes", "心太软" and some others i just forgotten. I ran and tried to kick at the pole, trying to make the light go out. Jumping and hitting road signs with my hand, grabbing tree branches (@.@')

Really got nothing to say about that, no comment lolx! After that, I started to have some urge to do other things also.. but cannot say here haha! Let's just say it's more of a daring thing to do rather than something criminal. But then, I still got control wan ~ But then hor, regretted I did not do it ahahahah!!

I just woke up, surprised to find that my sink smells like vomit. After a close look, my sink is clean. Lucky I still got the sense to clean up. But then, my Chicken Gourmet chips and chicken all down the drain!! Wasted!! >.<

But then, this night is really interesting. A lot of people are doing something they rarely ever do, like me drinking half a pint in one gulp <-- oO, getting themselves lots of tequila shots, abscene (did I spell it correctly? lolx! But anyway, it's 75% alcohol thingy, crazy!), then also scenes of Don getting a bit wild, Barney going for another night drunk, Zhong getting himself to win as much beer as he can, Eun Hae and her slow sense again! But what is interesting is that, 3 guys here were this crazy, because they wanna forget about their sorrows, and it's the same few people again!

Wait, the funniest thing is this. We did not land ourselves in the pub to drink, it's to celebrate Jia Yun's birthday! XD

Ursies Ball 2007

2007-08-27T13:37:00.000+10:00

This should be my last year in Ursula Hall, so I decided, might as well go for the annual college ball. It's called Simply Irresisti-ball! Lolx! Whatever la. And also now that I'm earning some money, I also thought that I should go out as much as possible, so there goes a lot of my money, into suits, gifts, and flowers! 3 digits, but it's so easy to earn them back in a week! People should work here, money is like growing everywhere, waiting for you to pick them up!

Anyway, I somehow felt like I brought myself into it, all I did was just to ask her out as my date, and the whole Asian community sprung into some kind of action. I did not know too much about last year, but my seniors said that this year's ball is very different, as if the guys are out to ask girls as their date.

Frankly speaking, I myself have only been to 1 ball before, and even then, I had better experienced people to look out for me. Right here, it's me and a bunch of beginners too! The more experienced people could only drop by for few hours days before the ball to help, and although it's a great help, but I could only fend for myself at those last minutes where I'm rushing. Stupid tie!

That tie cost me lots of time, and in the last fervent moment to get it right, I just forget about it, do it roughly correct and went out to get my date, with flowers ;p

So this is how I look then!

The group table had already been decided. The funnier thing is that, well, some seat changes had to be done due to sOMeoNe's last minute date >.>

The dinner was spectacular, I would feel that the $60 bucks was well spent if I don't have a date.
The medium rare steak, with the wonderfully stewed potatoes, crunchy brocolli, and that tender-crunchy mix made me asking for more! (Okay, I'm not so good at writing food reviews >.>)

This time, with a bigger bunch of crazy Asians, someone started the wedding "Yam-Seng" event.. Which eventually proved contagious and competitive... oO

When the time for photographs came, the girls wanna show off their exceptional beauty...

But the guys aren't going to lose so easily!

The original 6 member cigar group, with cheap EU made cigars ;p

Let's end this post with the series of "Yam-Seng" videos!

City2Surf

2007-08-21T16:53:00.001+10:00

Just last Sunday, I'd just attended one of the most fun charity run in the world aka City2Surf in Sydney. Initially I thought, running around the city with a huge bunch of people, with the roads so packed, how fun could it be? Well, I was surprised by the things people come up with to make things fun! Dressing up as a fairy, carrying a balloon rhino, creating a cardboard train, dressing up as a weed, bear, running drunk, spraying water, bands playing, top naked guys... so many crazy things that it's easier to look at those photos from Sydney Morning herald website.

I went there with my college group, my in-house sensei (a Japanese lecturer staying over, a year since) ran the competitive league, while us useless runners ran the casual have-fun section, and we really do just that!

To give an idea of how many people there are... if you want exact numbers, these pictures only captures part of the 65,713 people!

We started out somewhere in the middle of the, Soul Back of the Pack. A nice cool way of saying the last people lolx! However, defying all expectations to actually participate, we actually went on a small detour to McDonald's for breakfast! And by the time we came back, we returned just in time to overtake the last police car checking for leftover people ;p

So, the road is so empty!! And I'm still eating my hash browns kekekeke

Now that there aren't many people around, we had the whole time in the world to pose for pictures at 'significant' landmarks!

We finally reached the 4th km mark! Everyone!! Show it out!

Halfway mark!! You can do it! Just another 2 more hours XD

The Flags of our Fathers...

Now the funnier things we did...

Holding hands through the shadows...

Huh! This run is not enough exercise!!

Haihz, only get to drink water after seeing two such streets.... We were so late that they are already packing up! >.<

The end point.. Bondi beach!! Woohoo!!

How we look like at the finish line. So tired >.<

The Ursies City2Surf International group ;p

Reminder

2007-08-08T20:40:00.000+10:00

This is how I look now ~

Reading the past

2007-08-05T15:31:00.000+10:00

I was more or less browsing through posts I had written years ago in my blog.

I certainly did not believe back then that I'm still here after 3 years.
And i certainly did not believe what I wrote back then too.

The posts are so long. The words are so close together that it's hard work to read them. And finally, they are so philosophical. There was this post where I wanted to say that I made a serious mistake, which a few sentences would be enough, but then I wrote almost 1100 words.

I brought up things when
I was in primary school, my high school friends,
my in-game mates, things happening on the streets,
how I treat people, what is society,
what I wanted from others, how they treated me back,
my relationship with my girlfriend..

All those, just to say that I'm irresponsible, unsustainable and a heartbreaker.

I only have one comment: Haihz..

Money!

2007-08-04T02:38:00.000+10:00

Come on yeah! Shower me with shifts to work!!!!!!!

2007-08-02T13:25:00.000+10:00

Woot! Finally earned my KL -Sydney Air ticket!

Now I still got the other air ticket to go... Ball ticket... City2Surf ticket... Year end $$... spending money for use in malaysia...

Got tagged!

2007-07-28T02:02:00.000+10:00

INSTRUCTION : Bold the statements that are true to you. Italicize the statements that you WISH are true. Leave the fibs alone. Then, stab 5 people to do the same test.

1) I miss somebody right now.

2) I do not watch tv these days.

3) I wear glasses or contact lenses.

4) I love to play video games. (Used to...)

5) I have tried marijuana.

6) I have been in a threesome.

7) I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (Yeah!)

8) I have changed mentally over the last year. (Not as in retarded lolx!)

9) I curse. (For fun!)

10) I am totally smart. (I hope so >.<) 11) I have broke sumone's bones.

12) I am paranoid sometimes. (I do... what is that guy is actually thinking?)

13) I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.

14) I need money right now. (I wanna go back!!)

15) I love sushi. (Sweet!)

16) I talk really, really fast.

17) I have long hair.

18) I have lost money in Las Vegas. (25 cents lolx!)

19) I have at least one sibling.

20) I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.

21) I couldnt survive without Caller ID. (For emergency ;p)

22) I like the way I look. (I wanna be confident about my image >.<) 23) I am usually pessimistic.

24) I have a lot of mood swings.

25) I have a hidden talent.

26) I am always hyper.

27) I have a lot of friends. (Or are they acquaintance? ^ ^')

28) I have pecked someone of the same sex.

29) I enjoy talking on the phone.

30) I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.

31) I love to shop.

32) Enjoy window shopping. (No money dun look at stuff la ~)

33) I would rather shop than eat. (Food first!)

34) I dont hate anyone. (I could say this 1 year ago.)

35) I am a pretty good dancer. (I want to...)

36) I am completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. (My mom is great!)

37) I have a cell phone. (Cheapest ever lolx!)

38) I believe in God. (I believe everything that happens is for the best.)

39) I am an adrenaline junkie.

40) I watch MTV on a daily basis.

41) I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months. (I couldn't get drunk!)

42) I have rejected someone before. (Regretted =/

43) I want to have children in the future. (Not sure yet hehe)

44) I have changed a diaper before.

45) I have called the cops on a friend before.

46) I am not allergic to anything.

47) I have a lot to learn. (So much.... >.<)

48) I am shy around members with the opposite sexs. (Not as friendly as some people..)

49) I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.

50) I have tried alcohol before. (Alchohol is so cheap here!)

51) I own the South Park movie.

52) I would die for my best friend.

53) I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza. (Not anymore!)

54) I have used my sexuality to advance my career. >.>

55) I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all. (I like his songs ;p)

56) Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (Only once before >.<) 57) I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it. (What the...) 58) I am happy at this moment! (How can... friend talking about his sad love life >.>)

59) I am obsessed with girls/guys. (Not as much as Hong Kongese!)

60) I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I”ve ever met.

61) I study for tests most of the time. (Ganbatte!)

62) I am comfortable with who I am right now. (Still wanna improve!)

63) I have more than just my ears pierced.

64) I walk barefoot wherever I can. (Eee.. dirty!)

65) I have jumped off a bridge.

66) I love sea turtles.

67) I spend ridiculous money on makeup. >.>

68) Plan on achieving a major goal/dream. (I got lots! Now focusing on few ;p)

69) I am proficient in a musical instrument. (I wished =/

70) I hate office jobs. ( To a certain extent....)

71) I love sci-fi movies. (Only certain scenes look cool..)

72) I think water rules. (Water can heal the body! Drink water ar!)

73) I went college out of state.

74) I like sausages.

75) I love kisses. (Absolutely~!)

76) I fall for the worst people.

77) I adore bright colours.

78) I cant live without black eyeliner.

79) I dont know why the hell I just did this stupid thing. (True....)

80) I usually like covers better than originals.

81) I can pick up things with my toes. (Depending how bit is it la...)

82) I can whistle.

83) I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither. (Eww)

84) I have ridden/owned a horse. (Gallop gallop ~)

85) I still have every journal I've written in.

86) I can stick to a diet.

87) I talk in my sleep. (To my detriment >.<)

88) I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.

89) I have jazz in my blood. (They are good to listen to..)

90) Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.

91) I wear a toe ring.

92) I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.

93) I am a caffeine junkie.

94) I cosplay or know what cosplaying is. (Who doesn't?)

95) I have been to over 15 conventions.

96) I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.

97) I am an artist.

98) I only clean my room when necessary. (I should do it routinely...)

99) I like a person of the same sex. (Liked.... XD)

100) I love being happy. :)

The 5 people are...... Barney, Bryan, Don, Andrew and Wei Min!

Flying back!

2007-07-26T00:49:00.000+10:00

Jetstar tickets.. only RM88 to and fro KL - Sydney? So exciting!! Must buy lolx!

Then 2 days later... Air Asia X servicing KL - Melbourne(?) for as little as RM10!!
Lucky I still haven buy my Jan ticket to go back to KL yet hehe ;p

Luck luck please grace me!

Central Australia Trip: Posers

2007-07-22T22:39:00.000+10:00

Meh ~ I turned into a poser in the Central Australia Trip. It's kinda bleak out there, much worse than Canberra, and the more so to create our own entertainment. Good thing, or unfortunately, several events left chances to pose, and coupled with several accidental shots, wonderful :)

The posers are me, Don and Zhong ;p

We got stranded right on the first day! What luck lolx! The story was that Fred, the driver thought there was at least 1/4 of fuel left, but the bus decided to fool him by spoiling the fuel indicator. So there were we, waited an hour for him to fetch fuel... from somewhere.

Well, the farmland views are just spectacular. No trees, wait... clumps of trees, except ploughed land as far as the eye can see. As if we are in the countryside, which we were kaka. Photo.. photo!

Our classic basic poses, point at something.. anything!

Found a 'stranded' signpost, so why not take a picture with it? ;p
Many says this photo is classic cover pic, I leave the judgment up to you ^ ^

The starting event of our CS poses!

A stroll along the single-street Alice Springs CBD...

Natural poses are the best pose pictures ~

After thinking for a while, it seems like we are making an advertisement for sunscreen...

Muahahaa! Climbing up Uluru is not enough exercise for us 3 guys!

Ah! I can see my house!

Semester 2 starting

2007-07-15T19:41:00.000+10:00

I'm not fully prepared to welcome the second semester yet. I can still vividly remember 2 days ago, after going out for a good dinner at 2 Yummy that I told myself to fully enjoy my last 3 holidays. And now, it's just few hours away from 2nd semester.

The things I had done the past 3 days, Asian Cup, Ping Pong, Letters from Iwo Jima, the first movie in the Star Wars movie marathon, frequent room visits, job applications and a CS game or two, damn, I dun feel like I had spent them substantially.

Right now, I'm feeling that I had wasted lots of time. Watching 1 litres of tears really drove the point into me. Although it's kinda late for me to go more than 100% at my life right now, I hope it's not too late yet.

I want to see myself in the future, with a job I like, with friends that lasts, with a family I love. Ha! I even prepared a syllabus to teach my children! Can't believe I had thought of that, especially when I do not have the intention to marry few years ago. And if it was me 2 years ago, I would just brush off a certain scene I encountered in Uluru.

Climbing up steep 75 degrees Uluru is not easy, worse with the strong winds, and there was this parent who carried a baby on both hands, coming down with 3 more stories to go. And later, father and mother each with one. Now they are what I called crazy people! Do they not care about their children meh? I feel damn scared and worried for those little babies, and now after 2 weeks, I still can't believe those idiots dare to do that to their children. Crazy!!

Haihz.. don't care anymore. Studies liao.. studies liao..

Facebook

2007-07-13T01:14:00.000+10:00

Ah.. I'm playing facebook now. I'm actually surprised to see that my friend Ai Ling also knows Chung Lern! Lolx! Such a small world.

The past 2 weeks, I was away traveling Central Australia. Lots of fun, lots of good photos and most importantly, lots of companionship! 13 + 1 of us signed up together. Haha! Pitching up the tents, then breaking down for the next camp, the mountain climbing, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, night games, new friends, all those add up together makes the trip a very memorable one ever.

But actually, I'm just too lazy to blog nowadays. zzZzz

Birthday photos

2007-06-21T01:21:00.000+10:00

I know this is kinda late, but yeah, why the exam period just have to coincide with my birthday!

This year's is seriously the most happening bday event I ever had; 4 course dinner, 30+ people, 2 cakes, Korean style presents, room fragrance (= =''), 2 champagne, and one most interesting birthday present gift ever!

When someone turns into 21 years old, it's Korean tradition for the person to get 21 roses, perfume and a kiss from their special someone. So nice! Although I did not get the the kiss and roses, at least I got perfume lolx!

Crazy people attending my dinner...

Present! Present! Woohoo!
*I spent 3 minutes figuring out how to open it lolx!

Cake + champagne session out in the cold! So cold until can shiver! >.<

The chart highlighting my life since I came here, really keng la you Barney and Don!

Im white!

2007-05-21T20:05:00.000+10:00

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Update

2007-05-12T23:10:00.000+10:00

Hahah! Back again. These days, well, might not seem very interesting if it is to be gauged from my blog activity. So sad, nothing new at all. But then it's not so bad in reality, there was table tennis competition, malam kenduri and lots of gossiping (lolx!). Well, most of my days were spent gossiping, and afternoons were all studying that few thick books, haihz.

Guess I did not say much about my earlier melbourne trip. Let me put it this way, I went ahead, with high hopes of having quality time with the people I went with. And yea, I did have a very good time. It's like a big trip out together, trying new things, seeing new stuff, and enjoying the companionship. The best things to look out for are the beaches along the Great Ocean Road, the stars at night when its far away from the cities or towns. It's a feeling that will stay.

For those people who chat with me on MSN, you would then know more about the side things that happen. But I rather know who are the people who knows about it, instead of writing them all in a public place like this.

And in these few months, now I finally appreciate the wondrous thing of coming abroad. Now that I learnt so many new things, I can say that the former me is just like, unknowledgeable and self-centred. Maybe I still am to some people, but I think I improved as a person, as I can see the difference. Now, I reach out to know about other people, able to be a bit more assertive, slightly more direct and less cryptic.

But then, I gotta focus more on studying now. Still dun understand why I'm still just a little bit away from Distinction no matter how much work I put in. I go into exams, fully confident, and out, still confident because there is not one question I do not know how to handle, and yet, results says otherwise. Something must be going on = ='

Melb trip photos

2007-05-01T01:43:00.000+10:00

I'm too tired to say anything at the moment. Too many things to think about. And, even talking about it verbally takes up about 40 minutes. I'll just dump some photos over here.

Melbourne Trip

2007-04-14T10:48:00.000+10:00

My 200th post is right after my Melbourne trip, my most memorable ever. Sweet, beautiful and yet so heartfelt, where to find such a trip. And I believe I made real full use of my camera, finally all the photos I'd taken cost me 50 cents each when based on purchase price lolx! A total haul of 462 pictures from my camera, and there are 6 woohoo! I will put them up soon!

And just for nostalgia, my 100th post...

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert Heinlein

Skyfire

2007-03-15T11:06:00.000+10:00

Talking about the best things of Canberra, Skyfire is certainly one of them. 20 mins of fireworks that blows up in accordance with a soundtrack, it really made watching fireworks uniquely enjoyable.

Now that I'm more or less a senior here hehe, I get to help out to make the first years life easier. So this time I and Zhong was enlisted to book a place for 60+ people, up to 120 who signed up if we can. The initial plan was together with Ronnie and Chern, so we can make a nice square. But then...

Just only 2 guys went >.>

We found a big place, but then we did not bring anything extra to mark our spot..s we use our shoes instead!

I was kinda worried that the ang mor's would not accept that we book the place. While we were placing our shoes, these people look at us one kind. Although there are some who sourly accepted our reserved spot, there are some who went "You don't have the right to book a place like this!" Inside my head was "While you can for your parents who have not arrived?! What the..." I offered them a place just 2 steps away and this girl around her 17s have to make such a big fuss. Good thing her younger sister, maybe around 13 is considerate enough to understand my plight to book for much more people than them. Haihz >.>

The fireworks shoot out from these.

With some people getting this chance to get married!

After 2 hours of "sun tanning" and a minor thistle accident.. Ursula finally arrived!

Leonard, my provider of FM radio! That was Zhong behind....

One third of the Asian gang.. with my SR John ;p

That guy in white shirt at the top left corner has been labelled 'Dangerous' for girls. He is the most ultimate version of hentai guy I've ever seen.. He stares at gurls and must be fantasizing in his brain. The worst was when he actually asked "What colour is your underwear?" to a gurl!! You are not welcomed man!

Together with Malaysians, look at the first years outnumbering us seniors..

The last few final pics before the fireworks begin!

More hailstorm pics~!

2007-03-05T13:05:00.000+10:00

Campus got shut down for 3 days, major damage to 60 buildings. Although I dun deny that the university shutting down in an entirely bad thing, hehe, but i believe everyone is relishing that the hail storm actually landed upon us all. Especially in these pics..

Continuing from the night..
Zoom in to see the nice little ice balls ~

A bunch of crazy people wearing shorts out...

And having fun celebrating..

Posing..haha!

Then the next day..
The creek was back to normal

But ice still lingered around

Apparently oblivious to some people = ='

Best event yet!

2007-02-28T08:27:00.000+10:00

I hope! Never did once in my lifetime thought that I would see a hail storm happening right in front of my eyes, and to actually touch those ice. I'm so glad that I did go all out to savour it. Some people went even further, hugging and kissing everyone cos they felt so happy to be still alive oO

The biggest hail was as big as my fist, too cold to hold aha!

Even mist had gathered!

After a brief stay in the refugee camp...

We went out to see the new Canberra!
Does this picture feels like a white christmas? ;p

A picture of the mist..XD

The transformed creek!

Look at this!

Ice covered field ^o^

From Russia with love ~

This leads up to a knee-deep ice!

The day after tomorrow?!

More pics to come!

Pics from Summer

2007-02-22T05:26:00.000+10:00

I think I had uploaded like 60+ pics already. So here they are, pictures during my summer in Sydney..

Server
A proper server is being built right in front of me!

Two fans for two processors

And two to cool the new generation of RAM.. FB-RAM

The copper heatsink!

Nice cabling here ;p

Let's look at the whole thing..

Completed in less than half an hour ;p

How it looks from the front

Then we put this sticker, to show the warranty period. So if you have this, you can claim almost anything in the shop!

Car Accident! Not even a scratch but already got people lunging at each other, in front of the police!
Car behind..

which bumped the butt of this car...

Injuries
All these can happen in a day >.<

But then... good food from the hard work ;p
Christmas party with friends

Christmas dinner with the boss and colleagues

All at a club :)

And ended with a drink ~

Quite nice... for a non-drinker like me ^ ^'

Then it's New Year time!
Sure must have hot pot!

Went out to celebrate at the Botanical Gardens

So many people...

and others..

Back to work..
More servers.. super slim!

Very little space inside....

Until hard disk can be almost be removable.

Greenish motherboard..

New stock too!

Only 20 of this in Australia at time of photo ~

Veli veli expensive processor.. cos it's Quad Core!

Vista came early to the shop too.. with it's office friend

I sat on this... a stack of five XD

Playstation 3!!!

So many things that I need the trolley to throw away the boxes.. 1st in 2 months..

And errr...

More Ursie photos! Beach and Yee Sang!
Went through custom safely ;p

The gang invited... Zhong as cameraman.

Beautiful beach!

Boys playing beach soccer. Funny to see the ball move awkwardly ;p

Happy to be on the beach ^ ^

And finally a picture of me there!

The busy O-Week ;p

2007-02-19T18:44:00.000+10:00

Arrival
Woot! Nothing is as exciting as arriving at midnight! The rush to get the taxi, finding for small changes or there won't be any changes from the taxi driver, the swarming of new changes in the hall when exhaustion has reeked in, and also hoping that the SR is still awake to get the keys!

Well, the very first thing that was new in the hall is that the back phone beside the vending machine has been replaced for one 'the-world-can-hear-you' phone thingy in front of the reception. Every words from the contacted guy would be put through loud speakers, so do I need to when I answer back. Dunno who so smart...

And yeah, carrying 5 luggages from Sydney is no easy job. I took the liberty of 3 hours before boarding time to settle it, carrying my huge space bag, monitor, desktop, trolley luggage and my backbag over from Pyrmont to the central station. And yet I am still rushing for the bus! Lolx! Nothing really went smoothly that Thursday afternoon. I wanted a seafood snack in the fish market: closed at 5.45pm, took the wrong luggage for the first round trip: should put the small ones in the locker as per my 'fool-the-driver' plan to be done as cheaply as possible, wanted a haircut: locked myself out of the apartment, taking half an hour to get the key from the reception. Although saying goodbye to my shop colleagues and my 7-11 friend was part of the plan, spending like 45 mins there wasn't. But getting a A$3.70 bottle free and a desktop strap free more or less compensates for that.

Then began the 15 mins rush to carry the whole 50kg up the bus. Good thin the bus driver is generous enough to allow it, and my hands were sore from the run. I even had to trust an Indian couple to take care of my desktop while I take my luggage from YHA lockers, and I do not want to miss the bus again! Hmmm, just noticed somehow the coaches and me does not go along together very well..

And for those who are 8kua enough to know, the first thing unpacked in my room was my desktop, within the hour. With 'while-waiting-for-the-room-to-cool-down' as an excuse. I even switched it on to go on MSN lolx!

The first day
The next day was catching up day with friends. In sequence, I caught up with Ji Lu, Zhong in the afternoon, then Don, Jia Yun and Ting Yi during dinner time. The afternoon was spent on a shopping trip, it was to grab a longer ethernet cable for me. Successfully bargained it from A$16 to A$13, only to find out it doesn't work later. Something to do with the price I bought at? Hmm...

Neighbour
Anyway, roughly 59% of the population in my hall are first years. And my neighbour Jared from Malaysia, well, I heard lots of stories of him being the siao kind of person. And guess what, when I visited him in his room, he showed me 'Hard Gay', some variety show. Errmmm... my final year ar... >.<

Before closing the night, I went for Disco Bowling, a hall event. And Jared came along after he knew I am going. Eeekk! And an even worse eek later is that 2 games cost $20 bucks!!! Even if the RC subsidised 25% of it, it's still much much much more expensive than Malaysia for a quality that is half as good. Haihz. No need to say, I scored very badly. My skillz gone liao mah? T.T

Chinese New Year Eve
Was spent at Unilodge! At A&A's new couple 2 storey room. A group of us boys and the Korean girls made the visit over and we had Yee Sang, with smoked salmon! And the amount of salmon we had is a lot! Literally covering everything else as it was put on top, woot! Since only Msians and Sgeans know about this, we had to teach those from China and Korea what to do, and what to say. Basically, anything that is good. No need to say, striking lottery still could be heard, it's been becoming a fav thing >.>

The Second Night
It wasn't a good night's rest for the second night. I woke up every half an hour, either not feeling comfortable or some noise that broke my sleep. The final one was of someone using the electric brush, that somehow come accompanied with a monkey laugh. Wth. So 5.30am I woke, with a generous 2 hours to spare before I hit the bus for the beach. Good thing Jared stayed behind.

Well, to keep things short. Pictures instead!

Applying sunscreen! Even behind the ears!

Don and Chie from Spore/Japan!

Yun-jin, So Yeon, Yong Suk and Henna

Me, Eun Hae and Ronnie, and thus the Korean/Japan girls are all here ;p

Resting under the shade ~

Ooo, cold drink for the summer heat ;p

Gucci lost on the beach >.<

Embrace the beach guys!

Happy Chinese New Year to all! ;p

Going back to hall loo

2007-02-14T19:08:00.000+10:00

Back to uni soon.

2 Months of work just passed by so fast. Some were fun days, bad days, busy days and lazy days and of course, I did not miss out any opportunity to take pictures. I plan to publish them all out soon, right after I'm done with packing first.

Space bag, better do your job man!

Hmm..

2007-02-09T14:56:00.000+10:00

Customer: I want to buy an external modem!

Staff: Which one do you want? An external dial up modem or an ADSL modem?

Customer: I want to go onto the internet. I need an external modem.

Staff: Yes. Both also can go onto the internet. Just that one is 56k and the other is broadband.

Customer: Which one should I take? I just want to go online.

Staff: It's very hard to but an external modem if you do not know what you want....

Haihz....

So there's an obstacle after all....

2007-02-07T16:02:00.000+10:00

After the coin test, it's been decided that I would get the 8800GTS.

The first step is to PUT ASIDE one of them, before they get all sold out.
Second step, is to check the current market price of my current 7600GT. This would take a day, considering that the coin test was done after office hours.

Leaving that aside, what is left is to pack my old one up, NICELY, so that future customers would not know it has been used...

Ahem. Remember to check for seal the next time you buy stuff from computer shop my friends.. ;p

So! That means the graphic cards box HAVE to be in my house, before I can actually exchange it.

But what I had found was my motherboard box, my Sonata II box and the keyboard box....

Where is my graphics card box!! T.T

I have lost...

2007-02-06T11:59:00.000+10:00

I have lost... due to 2 coin tosses.

First, we must talk about peer pressure. Not to say that it isn't real, but it is very subtle, insignificant enough not to notice about it.

It reels into you slowly, like odourless vapor that slowly churns you inside out. TThen before you know it, you start to lose your ground, and begin to compromise more and more.

I have an unreal and another rich enthusiastic, with the former buying the latest stuff like it doesn't cost money to him. His favourite tag line to me is, "Jason! Invoice me this now!"

So this is what happened.

I'm using 7600GT now, DX9 architecture. Bought for $196.
Target: 8800GTS, DX10 architecture. Can last for another 3 years, high end stuff. $462.
Difference: $266
Previous difference: $463

That is what that caught my attention. 43% price drop!

With me, I buy depending on my needs, and also stuff of very good benefit:cost ratio.

But I still do not want to spend my money, not easy to earn you know. So I decided on a coin toss. So...

You know what happened.

Sydney's beggars..

2007-02-05T06:16:00.000+10:00

Wonder why there could still be beggars in the first place. They got the welfare service, acomodation at really cheap prices offered by the government. But still could find them lying down on a streets. But this one is different.

He came over to me, wearing a 2-piece shirt and LEVI jeans, blabbering so softly I can't get a thing he was saying. But the one thing I can hear so clearly is if I have a dollar to spare! I looked a him, clean shaven, the clothes might be 5% rugged but this one thing decided it all. HIS LEFT HAND IS ACTUALLY CARRYING A SONY DISCMAN!

What the hell... go away u faker

(..)

2007-01-26T14:16:00.000+10:00

What the hell! You are a customer, you do not ever go "Come over here." with that hand of yours calling me over. I'm born to serve you iszit?!

And you still have the guts to ask for discount, what the...

Drama!

2007-01-25T08:32:00.000+10:00

Woot! Something to spice up my life, happened the very first moment at work!

The main computer is like a spoiled kid today. Asked it to switch on, the lights flickered for a few times, then poof it shuts itself down. Huh? What is this lolx! Barger what is it thinking haha! Since it don;t want to start up, all the receipts that are printed had to go through to slow colour brother printer. Damn, those customers can go buy lucky draw already. They scored coloured invoices.

Anyway, gotta fix it. Main computer leh!

*psst! We are an Asus dealer. Hear this clearly, our main computer is from Acer!*

Lolx! Liddat also ca. Not only that, it's so old that the casing looks like taken from a computer 6 years ago (the flat one), and gotta pull out the front panel to access the insides >.<

Not to mention all the solidified dusts....

After dirtying my clothes, transporting it to the tech area and all those other misc stuff. The solution was to unplug the power cord and plug it back.

(......)

First time!

2007-01-24T07:18:00.000+10:00

Just for a moment yesterday, I wished that I'm lazying away in my room in Ursula. Sleep till late, wake up to eat, play some games and read something. Work has been becoming a bit repetitive, different faces but same types of customers. Only the occassional 'interesting' customers makes the day different, and of course new technologies and new stocks too.

I need variety man!!

Anyway, Vista is out. Very fast for some jobs, but I'm still waiting for bugs keke.

Character

2007-01-19T03:14:00.000+10:00

In the Naruto test last year I was Kakashi.

Now in the Final Fantasy Series, I am...

>>

Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?

Final Fantasy 7

Do you C-Tick?!

2007-01-18T13:27:00.000+10:00

You got c-tick? Selling computers? You know, like those hard drive, processor, casing, mouse, keyboard, DVD drive.. and err.. shaver,toaster, oven. You MUST have the C-tick! Do you have it!? How come this USB phone do not have it? Where you got it from?! Here, this IS A C-TICK!

ThiS!

tHIs!

ThIs!

THIS!

Get a C-Tick Mate!!@@#!@@#

Personal Note: That is why I do not like authorities.

Hmmm

2007-01-17T12:31:00.000+10:00

So the money counting for the past few days were always short by small changes, like 20c, 50c and like today, $1. That means that we could have given back to the customers more change than should.

Finally, the mystery has been unraveled. In a small plastic pouch that the boss handles, inside lies the coins that are to be taken from the till to be deposited. The bag has been labelled "50". So, with everything are $2 coins, should have 25 golden coins inside. But... there are 2 silver coins? huh?

They are 2 x 50c coins! What are they doing there?! That makes them 51 bucks!

= =''

Boss trying to siphon money from the shop ar? >.>

Post

2006-12-20T09:11:00.000+10:00

Testing testing... juz posting for the sake of posting lolx!

I'm actually at my workplace now.. no people so I'm free to do other things like blogging!

So this is where I'm working now..

And a A$6000 or Rm17,000 computer desktop!

Yeah, I bought myself a new camera at cost price ;p

Seafood Dinner!

2006-12-13T17:58:00.000+10:00

Who would have thought that a part-timer would have the chance to have SEAFOOD DINNER in place of the boss?! Well.. I just indulged myself on a succulent 8 course dinner, complete with wine and coffee! And also with a lake view, wow.. this is great!

I had HUGE squids, fresh oysters, marinated prawns, baked cod fish, fried butter chicken and grilled lamb. Oo la la, what a feast!

Although the dinner was very good, what disappoints me most is that in the lucky draw, Seagate did not include its latest 750GB Hard Disk! So stingy lolx! But then again, compared with Western Digital dinner, Seagate only spent half of WD's budget, a low $60 per head. Come on, I'm sure you can do better! Even WD included HDD in their lucky draw prize.

But how can I complain lolx! This shouldn't be happening for a small fry like me. Must appreciate :)

Probation

2006-12-07T17:32:00.000+10:00

Woot! I went for probation trials for both of my jobs today! It really surprised me that the computer shop called me one day late to usher me for a tryout! That's good haha! That is how I spent 6 hours basically helping out potential customers around, collect and input incoming stock and some other menial works like putting up stocks for display. Arrgh.. when will I be given a chance to build a computer, I'm itching to build! Something peculiar is that the actual boss are almost missing for the most of the day, only coming in to replenish stock. I haven been given the chance to handle money yet (duh!) but I doubt I would ever have that chance. Very sien to call my customers to find my colleagues to pay money. The job wasn't hard, quite easy as today wasn't a busy day. Wonder how would a really busy day would be. It's like taking a stroll. Anyway, I left the place reminding myself to know where and what stuff the shop has ~

Unlike the long probation, the restaurant try-out is short, close to just an hour. It was a crash course. I'm totally in charge of an important information chain! There are 3 sections for this restaurant, the waitering, the kitchen and everything else in between. I'm in the middle department. What I did was to receive the orders from the waiters, prepare them properly for the kitchen to cook and for the guys who serve. This part is easy, just to clip the tags for the kitchen and put the other sheet up on a board. Then when the kitchen rings, if there are no one around available I'm expected to help serve it. Just to take out the keg and cross out it from the sheet then serve, simple as that, complete with a smile. But the kitchen is very slippery, dun like it. However, that's not all. The other half of my job is inside the kitchen! To wash the teapots, prepare the tea, stuff the rice inside that tupperware, take out the cleaned bowls, cutleries and the others. Though when I did not exactly focus on that earlier, dun really like the kitchen. But overall, I'm good enough to be hired, unlike some other guy earlier who did drastic mistakes, as so I heard.

And yea, beware of the rice you are eating. They might be recycled. Blame it on those who dun eat finish their rice.

Clean

2006-12-03T17:26:00.000+10:00

Seems like the body readjusts itself quite quickly. When I was just hit with ear block after using that Waxsol thingy, I couldn't hear anything from my left. So its like almost half deaf lol! But after around 4 days, I could start to differentiate sounds coming from the 'prohibited' zone, so it's all kinda good then.

The ear syringing procedure reminds me of a water gun. The nurse fires water straight into my ear, to my previously unfounded horror that the ear drum would break when touched my anything haha! At least I know now, it's tough.

After a few cracking sounds in the ear, pop all the wax comes flowing out. Left ear cleared, now I can hear. Although I would not say that it's akin to a whole new left world being discovered, but almost close to that. The brain needed adjustments ;p

Next, left with the right ear just to complete the symmetry ;p

Story

2006-12-01T19:35:00.000+10:00

Woot! I can't believe I'm writing a story! Although it's not meant for entertainment but yea, I'm doing it. It's about this group of adventurers trying to go about living the world. But then, the world is set on the game I'm creating. So then, the whole point of writing it is to capture interest and explain features 'delicately'. Lolx!

And my left ear is still blocked, can't hear anything properly now. Oh please, go away >.<

Internet back!

2006-11-27T05:18:00.000+10:00

Haihz, finally the internet rebellion saga is over. I'm without internet at home for the past 3 days, dunno what happened. And the helpline is also like in Malaysia, offering solutions like restarting the modem and isolation test, then finally asking the fixed line monopoly to check. Maybe it's the onlyy way but maybe they can improve by listing out to their customers the possible solutions they are going to employ, like an overview rather than us waiting in the dark, desperate for internet lolx!

Hot!!

2006-11-22T15:59:00.000+10:00

Meltiiiiiiing!! Iiii'mmmm meellttiiiiinnnnggggg!!! >.<

1st Day

2006-11-21T17:43:00.000+10:00

I just love it when that dota sound 'Ownage' comes to play whenever i finish some game level!! ;p

I went around selected parts of Sydney to find some job. I found out that I'm quite selective today, only going for those Chinese shops to ask. Hahaha, talk about racism. Not only that, I'm trying to aim for those jobs that i can learn something from. Haihz, dunno la = ='

I tried a few shops today, and wa liao, Easy Way literally have shops everywhere! I really zha dou when there are 2 of them opposite each other just across a street. Almost all of them got that recruitment post, which is good, while those that dun have, also accept my application. Keke. Looking forward to make some Bubble Tea professionally by my own in the future ;p

Another job I had always wanted to try out is as a cybercafe host! I tried 2 today, one of them has other chains in sydney, City Hunter and another, chinese one. That chinese cybercafe rejected me!! They say cos I'm not old enough. Aiyoh, I'm not old enough for what wor, I'm already legal enough to go into those Club X kind of shops adi, haihz. The City Hunter wan, although din ask for part-time ppl, accepts my application. Let's see how it goes, hehe. If i get it, Woot, imagine all the research I can do for my game!

There are others, but either kena rejected or that I need a resume. First on the list is a comic bookshop ahhaha, I doubted my chances big time, not only are they not looking for one, they would be very wary of any other people thinking that they might come and steal comic. So as expected la. Next is a pizza shop! Quite small though, but they are looking for people who can work there for quite a long time, still i gave my contact to them, it would be very good if I get it, I would have some chance to learn how to make pizza! Then it's Subway, this one got chance, just that I need a resume first. I had also just completed some test for Coles group, hope I get a job reply soon! And I'm still waiting for Auran to reply me, it's been 2 weeks already! All the replies I get from them is that it's still pending, haihz.

Nonetheless, tomorrow I'll be walking the whole of George Street, armed with a standard resume. I guess my pickiness would still continue, haihz, still cannot learn my lesson yet.

You do not choose your destiny, it chooses you.

Weight

2006-11-20T17:58:00.000+10:00

Wa lao eh?! I lost weight again? Just a month ago I was at 63.8kg, and now I'm at 59kg! But I had juz eaten a dozen prawns! What happened lolx!

It is not absolute truth that you seek, but the truth that applies.

Done!

2006-11-19T16:23:00.000+10:00

Woot! Now i'd done finish packing! Total stuff: 1 Large box, 5 normal boxes, speaker box, 1 luggage bag, 1 small luggage bag, 1 back bag and laundry basket filled with more stuff! Lolx! That is like... 11 boxes! Wa liao.. I din expect to have so many things! And I'm trying to stuff every consumable into my stomach now! XD

So tomorrow I shall leave Ursula Hall for the year, and they greeted my farewell with what I like best! Seafood! Semi-fresh prawns for lunch! All you can eat! Hahaha! Now i had eaten back all those missed breakfasts and lunches! Keke ;p

What you eat determines what you are.

Random Era!

2006-11-17T18:30:00.000+10:00

The random era beckons...

1) I actually burned 50 CDs in 5 days!! Hahaha, now I need to go out and buy another stack, I still got at least 3 more movies and 2 more series to burn! Plz plz there are still cheap CDs for sale >.<

2) I finally found a computer game that I can't play! As in not because my computer is not good enough but I can't take it. Too long of it then I might puke =/
Further study is required ~

3) Finally, my game designing hobby has broken another milestone. Continuing the second part from the first series, it will be much more dramatic. Based from Sid Meier's philosophy of 1/3, it's now about 45% complete. Progress has been stimulating ;p

4) When people sing when they bath, I let my imagination soar instead. No no, not that kind lolx!

5) Rubbish is strewn everywhere in my room, and I'm too lazy to clean them up! 3 more days.. la la la..

6) IT ACTUALLY SNOWED IN CANBERRA!! For a brief 15 minutes!! And worst than that, I missed it because I am indoors for exam! Now I have a new reason to hate exams lolx!

7) The earth is dying... everything going haywire.. I knew this since it hailed in KL!

8) I need a new computer, with MORE space! >.<

A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.

Packing day!

2006-11-15T17:46:00.000+10:00

Packing done nice and easy. I got one large box, 3 normal sized boxes, 1 for speaker and another for rice cooker. So that is like, 5 boxes, excluding my clothes. I think that amount accounts for an average guy i guess. Books and notes will always take up one box. I din know I got so many course related stuff in my room! It was always only 1 shelf this year. hmmm haha!

And I had always knew that trucks are manual!! If not how to drift?! Ok la lolx! Not drifting but really, I can't imagine an auto truck. It's kinda dangerous if it's auto, how to gear brake le. But then I know it's not nice driving a truck, looks like I gotta lift, as in really lift my leg to press brake. Not certainly used to that, I had always just leaned my leg over to the brake pedal. So no truck driving for me!!

Last note, the award goes to Khuang for having the most boxes to store! 22 in total!!! Wa lao eh, really dunno what she put inside. I thought 15 from Thomas already hit the limit, dim chi.. haihz. I won't be aiming for that award kakaka.

Aiya, tomorrow is microecons. Last paper. Afternoon. Faster finish la... ><

Random Facts

2006-11-13T16:30:00.000+10:00

1) Xiu Qi, why la give me instant soup? Now I got more things to finish, not that I'm complaining hehe.

2) I'm starting on designing my second MMORPG already, the basic idea already been put out. It would be almost completely player-based. But the first game must be successful to gain enough reputation to launch this 2nd one.

3) My left ear got something wrong la. Like there got something blocking my hearing. Mei Sim say it's 'yit hei' la. Hmm, going to see doctor tomorrow.

4) Storage ar... on the 14th. And i only got 1 box packed only! How la.. no more time already =/

5) 5 subjects so sien le... now i kinda understand why uni dun want ppl to take 5 subjects, it kinda muddles with our brain capacity. Before uni we got 1 year to study a subject, now we only got 4 months, beh intensive le.

6) Actually wanna blog about my cooking milestones wan, but dunno how come turn out to be like this lolx!

Current Issue #1

2006-11-08T18:38:00.000+10:00

*Before you read this post, please be advise that this is just an attempt by me to write down what is going through in my head in words. By no means this post is directed at anyone or anything. No double check for offensive materials are done. Haihz, sounding like a disclaimer. Well it is but I hope what is in the post stays in this post. Thanx*

I was wondering, what if one day, I'll have no one to talk to ever. How would I become? Cos I dunno why, these few days, I think I find myself searching for someone to talk to. Now I want to know how they are doing, know their problems, be there for them those kind of things. I asked, gossiped and teased people now. Through this I know that cl is finally doing what he wants, ps and yh got a new computer and really relishing them, pan, although i can't catch him for long, can sense he is doing a lot better now, heck, i even know how is yk's business going! What is happening? Why am I so curious to know what is going on? I dun even know what is going on unless someone tells me. Last time, all I ever did with my friends is to go and do something together with them. Like those times when I'm with cl, yh, ps, pan, I'm just there observing them. I dun have a topic to say at all. Just watch, suck in everything I see. And once I open my mouth, it's just only to ask them what are going to do next. Then those times when I go out, especially with gurls, worse still. Let's say that the plan is to go to Pyramid, watch a movie and eat lunch. So it was, Hi when we met, let's go buy the tickets. Then, what you wanna watch? I think watch this this or that that is good cox got who who act and someone someone direct. After we bought the tickets, so let's go eat somewhere, what do you want? I haven try this this, or I know that that is good. Sum it up, 99% of what I said are about what to do next. Not even once I tried, not try but willing to know more about that person.

When i was like that back then, I dun think I was appreciative of any relationship. It's like I'm treating them like, ok, you are there, hi haha bye. I was always such. Then why now am i suddenly thinking about all these? Was I not bothered at all? Why the change? Not to say that it is bad but really, why now? Why can't I change earlier? How was I back then? I still remember in primary school, I know my friends good enough to be able to be 100% sure of what they would do, how they will react, where they will go and all those shit. How come I lost it? What caused me to change from then?

I can still remember very clearly what I had always thought of myself. I do not need anyone in my life, I can live on without them. I will solve my own problems, I do not need help. I will find my own outlet, my own entertainment. I will do what I want, what I can. I will learn everything, I will be prepared for anything. I will face the problem, analyse it, think out solutions and predict what would happen. And I got through them nicely. So why do I need other people when I can do all these by myself? I can solve my own mysteries, why do I need to talk about it?

So my mind was a complete blank, in balance. So for that blank, I just input everything i see, i hear, i feel, i understand. So there is it, just observing. Even if I had the need to talk to someone, it's cos I ran out of ideas and need some help to continue on. So then, what is happening to me now?

I'm so fucking kepo on how Barney's relationship is going. I actually insisted that I want to know every head and tail. I even want to know what kind of presents he is giving, comment on them until the cows come home, want to know everything basically. I did not ever asked such things from yh. Oh, yh, still together ar? Good lo. Eh? Breakup ar? Why? Aiya, not really interested but let's go sing K relax a bit. See the difference? It's like from end of the spectrum to the other end of it!

Then there's more, I admit it, I had not made a single call to anyone ever since I came to Canberra. Excluding that I have to 'report' every week to my sister, No, I did not even bother to call any other person on my own will. Wth. How come? Why I dun have that urge? Then how come liddat now? Before this, I did not ever have the guts, yes really, no courage, call me weak whatever I dun care, I dun dare to phone a girl. How come? Why like that? This week, I did not think twice, heck I dun think I did actually think, I just bought an IDD card straight out. $10 no more stock? Nvm, just get the $20 one. I just want to call. I know that I'm not buying a neccesity, so I'm forking this money out of my own pocket. My wallet have no money for goodness sake! None! Nai! Nothing! I usually simulate properly in my brain every action I'm going to take. I would have checked whether I'm able to afford anything, and that the benefit must outweigh the cost. But this time, no, I did not do that. My simulation is functioning at -100%! Cos even the thought of it did not come into my mind! So, what is happening?

More than that, I think I know more about my 2 ex just from the past few days than all my life with them. How fucking sad can that go? What the shit I was doing then? What I was thinking when I with them? For what reason, seriously, was it because I like them? When I say I like them does it mean that I know them well to say that? Shit, fucking idiot. How could I be such a bastard? I can't believe it, what happened to those perfect settings? What was I doing all along? And now, what am i doing? I can no longer see the results of my actions, I just know that going forward is the only way. I feel so insecure and yet I know my security zone is somewhere in front. But then, why is this happening? What is actually happening?!

"It's a road that all humans have to cross. When they find a new purpose for themselves, they will find the answer they need."

Such a stupid mistake!

2006-11-07T09:55:00.000+10:00

Just the other day, Kelvyn was explaining to me about his programming project. So I had a look at some of the codes. It reminded me the days when I feel like I can code a program! Although it would be in Turbo Pascal mode haha!

Ever since i changed to this blogskin, I'd always wondered why my archives did not appear at all in the Links section. So I took this chance to recheck, and found out i closed the division too early! How come I could not notice such a simple mistake! Haihz >.>

So for those who wanna read the past entries and laugh, you can go ahead now!

"From time to time, you meet people you must learn from."

>.<

2006-11-04T23:25:00.000+10:00

Damn, I miss you so much! Miss you to bits!

Stage 1

2006-11-04T10:30:00.000+10:00

Woohoo! One paper down! Emet 1001, dun wanna touch you again lolx!

Hmmm, i dunno where was the exam venue actually. And it starts at 9am. Nearly got fooled by my hp clock also, it said 8.47am, I haven change it for daylight savings yet! I'm not going to miss another exam again XD

So I head to the MH, and met all the biology students = =''

Eh? Not here meh? Since I thought I got time, so I talked with Felix.

"Eh Jason, what are you doing here?

"EMet lo, you bio right?

"Wei! Emet is at the sports hall! faster go!! 9 already!"

"Eeeek!"

:P

"There is no such thing as coincidence. Everything is inevitable."

Exams

2006-11-01T13:25:00.000+10:00

Seriously I dunno when I last blogged, seems like ages ago. Well, this time I'm blogging to set this date as the date that I'm going all out. On the contrary, not for accounting or anything related to my course, but actually to delve into game designing. The design I had made gained, truthfully, cautious acceptance in the ANU network due to radically new ideas, but generally agreed to have potential.

And a gaming programmer amongst them suggested to me to start small, very small. He said what plagues most programming company is that it never gets off the ground, and never past the discussion stage, let along the non-existing teamwork. So the first move would be to create a clone of another game ie Minesweeper and move on to create fun versions of that clone (Wanna get rid of that minelayer? just thought up ;p).

Incidentally, I have applied to 2 gaming companies for intern. One is Brisbane, Australia and the other in Perak, Malaysia! Both companies are very capable, with the Australian one had produced a best selling product and the Malaysian one currently have 1 million players in its online game. Although they do no have plans for internship, I'm going to push my luck through what I can offer. I have nothing to lose but all to gain.

So.. please grace me with luck! This is the first time I felt I'm doing something for my material future!!

USB Thumb Drive!

2006-10-18T14:29:00.000+10:00

Holy shit! The thumb drive is really shockingly, terrigyingly, absurdly, insanely resilient!! It had endured 2 washing machine washes, immersed in detergent water for 1 hour each time and now, it is still working fine! Like nothing happened. Although it's a bit cold but wa lao eh!! Must really praise the designer, he must have thought of me when he designed it :)

Busy and scary week!!

2006-10-12T14:30:00.000+10:00

First time I got so many things on my mind during this time before the exams! Must be cos of the 5 subjects pa, no wonder uni do not recommend. But as for me, I also had to care about my summer...

Anyway, yesterday was the first time i heard anything so instantly loud. My back was facing the glass in the bus. Then while i was talking, something, i think a rock slammed at the glass behind me. The whole glass just cracked shatteringly, dunno if that is how to describe it but anyway, there is this irregular shaped hole and cracks sprang at all directions from it. I thought the bud had rolled over some metal or whatever, it was only when my friends had pointed out to me to get away from the glass did i noticed what had happened. Haihz, no time to feel scared... gotta write more and more notes for revision.. so long and sien to do it.

Catch up time again >.>

2006-10-10T19:02:00.000+10:00

Haihz... yare yare.. i wonder if there is anyway to avoid this recap period again. What I always do during these times is to go back to week 1 and write notes... summaries of each chapter in the most concise and simplest form possible. But now with 5 subjects, it can really take up a lot of time. Somemore looking at old stuff, it really bores me away. I rather be learning new things, finding solutions and most of all no exams!! Aiya... i dun think the education system will change in my lifetime anyway. Seems like next time i better write these notes right after lecture, then i dun need to be so stress at this time. See if i can keep this up la!! I must read this again in 6 months time!

Chains

2006-09-30T02:04:00.000+10:00

It's been a long time. Just like the weather had turned warmer, I had turn back to another me, more talkative hehe. So what had actually been restraining me these few months? It can't be winter kua >.>

Just a few days ago, a lot of things had happened. I got rid of WoW from my computer forever. Went for those odd 1 hour lectures in the day. Had breakfast almost every other day. Even I'm writing this at 9 in the morning when I'm usually sleeping!

Then I think, there had been chains around me. The law of nature, flow of time, society are some of the chains I dun think anyone can escape from, but I guess I had imposed on me a chain, dunno what that is though, but I'm relieved now. :)

"Words are a double-edged sword. If we tell ourselves that we can do it, we will be able to do it but if we insist that everything is impossible, everything will be impossible. Not only words can affect just ourselves, but the words will affect others in the same way too."

Is this a potential side income?!

2006-09-27T20:30:00.000+10:00

There are now 2 interested buyers but the buyer that caught my attention was this who offer me a behind-the-scenes buyout at $350. My buyout is $599 though. But that aside, I can't believe someone wanna buy at $350 when other auctions are going for $200 more or less. So I thought it must be one of the main drawpoints of what i can offer. The easiest most quantifiable would be the virtual money 1500g.

I went to this website, www.brogames.com. It offers services to anyone who wanna buy gold through them using real money. So I looked at their prices..... OMG! 1500g is selling for US290 which is AUS385.70! That means he want to earn money through arbitrage! Looking from another view, I'm underpricing my auction! (I think ;p)

Excited at the insanely high prices (RO Malaysia: 1 million is only RM1 and it's freaking hard to get that amount), I looked at the price of 100g, what I can get in a day. US 25.78 = AUS 34.29. Cost: AUS 1.40. Profit = AUS 32.89 a day! Let's say I take total one day in a week, AUS 131.56! That already cover more than what I buy for snacks in a month thrice over! Woohoo! I see money streaming in $.$

Now gotta test the market availability in eBay. Kekekeke

Source:
http://www.brogame.com/Khaz'goroth-US-Alliance-gold-p-1226.html
http://www.x-rates.com/d/AUD/table.html

Nice one!

2006-09-27T08:56:00.000+10:00

I had initially thought of faking as a buyer to pose questions to stir up some going ons at my auction, but then someone else had already posted one! Hahaha, this is good. No need to be so mafan keke. A crowd pulls a crowd. Normal restaurant technique. Hope this first guy can start a whirlwind for me :)

Thumb's up for CLAMP!

2006-09-25T17:00:00.000+10:00

Clamp's work really brought new meaning to anime. In their work lies lots of meaningful truth about a person's life! I'm watching their Tsubasa Chronicle and now xxxHolic, both of it really made me think about life in itself.

These are the best ones I like the most:
"There is no such thing as coincidence. Everything is inevitable."

"Every incident that passes through in life has meaning."

"No matter how trivial a meeting and things that follow may seem, a knot that cannot be unraveled has been made."

and

"A person can wish for anything they want. Both happiness and hardship alike. Even if what they wish for does not have good outcomes, people have the freedom to choose. And nothing can interfere with that freedom."

First item on eBay!

2006-09-24T19:16:00.000+10:00

Yeahaha... just listed an item to sell at eBay! Start bid $299 buyout $599! Hope someone wanna buy.. oh please buy ^^

Sueh...

2006-09-23T19:04:00.000+10:00

Wah.. today very sueh le. At around midnight, some three idiots from dunno where go throw eggs at my window! This is not the first time it happen in my hall though.. but still why me la.. i din do anything also. And they are cleary NOT DRUNK people, since they still can run away so fast! 2 eggs... but both kena the wall beside my window -their aiming so chah- but then my mosquito net also kena abit. What's the most peculiar thing is that, at both occasion this happen to the hall, Zhong is in that room! The harbringer of sueh ar? >.>

Then as if that incident is not enuf.. my ceiling light gave up on me! Pop and it's no more useful. Good thing happen in the afternoon (dun ask me why i left the light switched on..). So now le.. can only rely on the desk lamp so brighten my room a bit. So from a yellow shadowed room become into bright white, like hospital liddat. Eeee, deaths always happen at hospital.. and somemore i watched like 3 horror movies in 5 days... not good not good >.<

Something..

2006-09-22T11:58:00.000+10:00

I had an entry typed out... but then my adaptor decided to hang my computer! Although it's not like those normal hang where nothing can be done, it's a somesort of a freeze where all my resources got taken out.

Anyway... how come my chatterbox account got deleted wan....

Besides that, i watched emily rose again. Not as scary this time, maybe cos got light in the room or maybe i knew what is going to happen already. I discovered something new in the movie. I thought the whole point of the movie was to tell us the existence of another realm. I din expect that the director also addresses an issue about society, about conformity, believing only what is known to it and cast out and condemn everything else unknown. How come i din notice before, other than the lawyer is real shit guy.

Venturing into cooking rice world...

2006-09-05T08:32:00.000+10:00

Since the holidays are here, I decided to try something new, cooking rice! But what I'm actually aiming for is Bi Bim Bab rice! They taste really wonderful in those times I ordered them from the Korean shops, so I might as well try to make them in my room. So with the sauce and the short grain rice bought, i start..

Apparently it seems easier to wash these kind of rice than those i'm used to back home. 3 times of washing is enough but i spend like 5 times the last time. Maybe I'm more skilled liao haha! I understood the rice for bi bim bab is a bit wet, something like sushi rice. So instead of a cup of water for a cup of rice, i added slightly more water.

Then start cooking... all seems well until the bubbles got filled up to the rim! So i had to open the lid up when that happens in case the lid gets blown off! Dunno it will or not but if it happens, i'm too lazy to do anything other than vaccuum my room lolx! Bet it wouldn't be enough >.< .. Then the 'ingenious' thought, why not I leave the a very small opening instead. Ahhh.. no more oveflowing bubbles but the water gets dried up so fast!! So I added more la.. of cos hot water.. so the final result is...

Somewhere between porridge and rice lolx! Surprisingly sticky.. haihz. At least I din burn them on my first try!! Good job!! So I poured over some Bi Bim Bab sauce for some supper... and it turned out that it's 10 times hotter than the shop's bi bim bab!! Wa liao!! I called over Barney to make sure but he also said so hahahaha!! Seems like I can no longer pour the sauce like crazy as i used to in the shops =/

Next day, round 2... this time i remind myself to not bother adding water... and one thing extra!! Using miso soup as the water instead!! Wa hehe, i learnt this from iron chef.. wonder how it will taste like keke.

I cooked twice as much this time, since I'm quite hungry. While waiting for it to cook, i finally looked at the recommended recipe behind the rice package (^^)'
They say, "add binegar,sugar and salt into the rice". Wa liao, i dun have these stuff le... nevermind. The rice came out reasonably alike the shop rice, and it had taste(!) rather than bland rice (bleh). Then in the corner of my eye, I found vinegar!! Apple cider vinegar hahaha!! Dunno why i just poured in without thinking XD

And the vinegar covered the bi bim bab spiciness, now no longer so spicy liao.. but still got the taste!! So woohoo!! Nice job done, the next few runs to finetune it then it's ready for serving :)

Wish me luck ;p