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... :)

two times in two days..

Had a great outing today with a bunch of friends from kuching.. It has always been relaxing to go out with them although it was like a repeat of yesterday.. What we did today was almost if not exactly the same as what i had during the outing with uni friends the previous day.. Sony expo, watching movie, bla bla bla....

Spending the whole afternoon in Sony expo was fun..We got lots of free stuffs.. Free air cond, free cola, free 3D movies, free entertainment to name a few... lol.. Too bad i missed the special performance by miss ding yennee... Should have stayed longer there...

Today was also my first time watching the same movie twice.. It was only yesterday when i first watched the movie.. Would have watched other movie if the time allowed.. Too bad, it was the only movie available at that time.. However, it was a great movie indeed.. I think i can train a dragon better now... Because i have learnt twice... :)

I had a lot of doubles this semester... hmmm... few months ago, i had japanese buffet twice in two days.. and today was a repeat of yesterday... i wonder what next....

PEPSI

Never know PEPSI can be used for other purpose other than to be drank..

It can be used as hair gel... :)

What can you find in Endah Parade?

When anyone asks you --> What is famous in Endah Parade?

You should answer immediately --> Reflexology

Don't be surprise.. The number of reflexologists in Endah Parade is more than that you can find in Bukit Bintang.. Easily it could hit ten (shops) in the second floor..

The most important thing of all, they don't actually massage your feet.. They provide special service.. :) Can't believe?? Go walk one round in the second floor and i am sure u'll be approach by them.. p/s provided you are a guy..

A Happy Post!!

Since a lot of ppl complaint about me being emo, here's a happy post to compensate yesterday's emo one.. Today, ten of us from IMU went to the National Pharmacy Sports Carnival 2010 and spent about 13 hours in the stadium.. Compared to other Universities who brought big groups of ppl, there were only ten of us, eight playing futsal, me alone playing badminton and a loyal supporter... Thanks soon yang for being there with us for the whole day..

The day started off with Mc Donald's and ended with KFC at shah alam... In between those, it was filled with fun and joy... Since my eyes are reluctant to open now, i'll just let the photos do the talking..

This is IMU's futsal team ( guys in yellow )... We were great... Plus a bit of luck we would have done better, really... Congrats, we can still walk out proud being the top four among the eight teams.. And the fact that Malays play better futsal, we can still defeat them...

Today, i got my first medal in the men's single badminton event.. Had never really expected this because i normally play doubles in competitions.. And to be honest, i need my partner to cover me for most of the time.. This time, i took singles and it turned out to be fruitful.. Though it is just a bronze but it's a NATIONAL event.. lol..... Sounds great right?? But honestly, it isn't that 'national' anyway.. Only bout ten universities took part... But i am still happy.... muahahahahahahahahaha.....

Random stuffs..

1. Timetable has been quite packed lately with project deadlines and test approaching.. I was caught up with stress and almost panicked, for no reason.. lol.. But when i really think about it, there's actually time for me to meet the deadlines.. So i guess the hormones are to be blamed.. :) Glad that a stressful thursday packed with PSDs was over and i feel much better now.. Getting to know that we'll be more free starting next week makes me feel even better..

2. Had PBL this morning and i think it was bad.. Everyone has put in tremendous effort, no doubt, but Miss July was right.. We should have focused more on the treatment.. I am quite embarrassed with myself for not able to answer any of the questions that she raised.. Hope we can improve on this in the coming PBL.. and ya, time management too... :) One thing i am proud to be in this PBL group is that everyone is so supportive and selfless in sharing information that they have..

3. I think i have problems with the Broca's area of my brain.. Improving my english, spoken english especially, has been one of my top priorities but so far there's still not much improvements.. I can't blame myself if my spoken english never improve.. Weird thing is, it is not consistent.. I may be good today, but the next few days, i speak kindergarten english.. Funny eh?? Must be something wrong with my Broca's area.. :)

4. It has been almost five years since we sat for SPM.. Many of my friends will be graduating soon, turning into a professional to serve the people.. Time passes really fast.. It is as though it was only yesterday when we were still in the school being the most notorious bunch of prefects ever... Graduation opens another chapter of life in everyone and i am excited to see how my friends path the way for the future.. I won't be too late.. :) I will be joining them soon..

5. Just to lighten the mood here.. I was reading online newspaper when i came across this photo which i find quite funny.. It's like a little boy playing together with his elder 'ko ko'...