Thomas Cup 2010

Thomas Cup had taken up quite some time off my holiday this sem break.. It was so nice of RTM to have broadcasted the matches live in TV1.. For once, i can follow sports live without astro.. :)

It wasn't a happy ending for Malaysia to have ended up in the third place together with the Japanese team.. Wouldn't be so shameful for Malaysia had not talked so loud before the competition.. It has always been our tradition to boast about winning something big before we actually achieve it.. That's us, Malaysia...

The players aren't entirely to be blamed... Though they should have played better, we must understand the tonnes of load on their shoulder.. It would be terrifying when thousands of supporters put their hopes on us.. But remember, they are not always for us.. They will cheer for us if we win but anytime when we do not perform, they will jeer at us.. Selfish isn't it?

During the semifinal match between Malaysia and China, i can see that Malaysia is heading towards a very big problem.. I only see old faces in our team... We won't have back up shuttlers in the future.. We are too dependent on our Datuk Lee and KKK/TBH... Who are the rest who can give a fight to the Chinese? None..

Come on Malaysia.. You got to forget the old players and focus on younger ones who can fight.. Xia Xuanze who once played against Wong Choong Hann in the world championship is already a coach to the chinese singles player.. And yea.. Wong Choong Hann is still in the court fighting against Chen Jin coached by Xia Xuanze... Pity him old man..

I wonder when will our Datuk stop playing for Malaysia.. 35?? 40??

Interesting thing in Kuching..

Kuching, Kuching... What is so special about you? Apart from having its people staying on trees and Orang Utan being the best companion.. :) Nah.... I was bored of having to explain to people about people here living on trees and depending on orang utans and crocodiles as the only mean of transport..

I have found out another interesting thing in Kuching.. Yes, this... Satellite receiver or more commonly known as parabolic disc (English), tua tia (Hokkien) or tai bok ma (Hakka) locally..

They mushroomed in Kuching and maybe places like Sibu and Miri, east malaysia more commonly, for the past few years.. For all this while, we have been complaining for not receiving enough attention from the federal government... Yes indeed.. When people in west Malaysia enjoyed better development, we struggled here.. People in west malaysia have extra channels like 9tv and 8tv while we were stuck with RTM1, RTM2, TV3 and NTV7... Although, most of us here in Malaysia don't really watch any of these with the presence of Astro..

Lucky us, we have this... Though illegal, the number of 'parabolic disc' in kuching is ever growing.. Of ten houses, easily up to seven or eight will have them...

It's kind of interesting phenomenon here in east malaysia but honestly, i don't think it's a good thing for Malaysia.. We watch more chinese and taiwan channels instead of locals.. Kids here are exposed more to things happening overseas, china and taiwan mostly..

I wonder why we don't have 8TV and 9TV here since we are all part of Malaysia...

What happened to me from 3rd April 2010 to 5th May 2010

Once again, i have gone missing for almost an entire month from blogger. It has always been the same reason, busy. Last month was quite a hectic one, especially with EOS occupying almost three quarter of it. Somemore, we had IMU ball earlier that month.

IMU ball 2010, Audacieux, was a great one when almost the whole batch of B107 attended. It was really a special night, being the first for many of us. It would have been even better if IMU ball is held after our EOS. I am sure all of us would have enjoyed more. Nahhh, we still enjoyed ourselves. :)

We had our two study weeks straight after the IMU ball. In fact, it had already started on the day of IMU ball itself. As usual, study weeks had always been the most dreadful time of the semester, not the exam day itself. This was the sixth time we suffered in IMU, waking up at 7.30am and sleeping at 12.00am the next day. In between that, what we did was study, of course minus the time for lunch and dinner plus about an hour to chill. We drown ourselves with notes and sometimes memorised the whole lecture, unable to understand a single thing... We studied about twelve hours a day, for 12 days. Straight away after that, we had five days marathon of EOS. Who on earth could have done that?? We did, because we are crazy. Call us machines, not human.

- six semesters of lecture notes-

-our C-15-2 base-

EOS this year wasn't that smooth for me. Did some silly mistakes here and there. Was glad that it was finally over and it's time for HOLIDAY, a freaking two months of holiday plus i am flying to Cebu, Phillipines. Muahahahaha...

- our second base, library -

- dinner time -

Went to Genting with my gf after the EOS. It was a great trip, when things went smoothly and weather was great. This time we went outdoor theme park again. Proud to say that i went onto spaceshot for the fifth time, and it wasn't that scary anymore.. haha.... Entered the casino and donated RM60 to uncle lim. Well, i didn't just donate RM60 blindly because i will be getting a free room soon.. Wait till i figure out how to collect my first point from the genting worldcard. :)

Oh ya... i met Misbun there and took a photo with him.. I didn't know why he was there only to find out today that they were attending tan fook's wedding reception the other day.. So unlucky we didn't get to meet the rest of the team. Guess what, Misbun's son was confirmed with H1N1 yesterday. Gosh, i had direct contact with Misbun... I don't want to get H1N1... Hell no....

Now, i am back in Kuching... Gonna spend my two weeks of holiday here wisely before i leave for Cebu.. But champion me... I have forgotten to bring back my passport, meaning i will not be able to leave malaysia... Thank god my friends were still in KL and they brought it back to Kuching for me.. I believe i will be deadmeat if i were to fly to KL just to get my passport...

Some photos of Cebu... salivating?? lol...... i hope the place is as nice as in the photos..

Anyway, here i am in Kuching enjoying my holiday.. Two more of this kind left before i step into another phase of my life.. Can't wait to graduate... :)