Well.. since I don't know why it seems like a courtship season now. Maybe seeing people doing courtship makes you wonder about yourself sometimes. HAHAHA... most probably its just seeing frens all over having partners or striving to get one adi. I guess being the odd one out isn't so bad after all. You get to be a free observer anytime you want!
Well the reason of this post is... erm... I suddenly thought of doing a humour look on the types of courtships( or modes of attack..) that a guy(or a girl) does to earn the love of the opposite sex. Bear in mind this is just a joke okay?? hehe .. for the amusement of those who has the same humour as I do. Hope it doesn't offend anybody though.
I got this idea when I reminiscenced a conversation I had with one of my friends about how he courted his gf.. So..
DISCLAIMER: If you cant take it as a joke.. don't read further!! and I am in no way an expert on this kind of stuff. As most of you who know me, knows my experience on relationships is VERY VERY LIMITED and was a long time ago. Heck its been almost few years since I was in a real relationship and I've only had one. And I don't think I'll be able to do anything like that either. So this is just for fun.
There are a lof of types of courtships we can classify. Those that I will present below are just what I could think of:
Type 1: Strategic Attack Tactics
This type of courtship is a well-planned step-by-step approach by the guy/girl to court his or her intended target. Outings and words are planned in advance with contingency plans for each and every moment.
Most used by individuals who are experienced in the art of courtship and are able to predict moves and counter-moves by the target and also competitors.
As of the moment I have not encountered any friends who are using this highly planned approach.
Type 2: Counter Attack Tactics
This type is actually where the person expresses his or her feelings first before the opposite sex does it ( of course feelings of acceptance la. rejection doesnt count).
The person would feel that the opposite likes him/her and therefore will ask for his/her hand first! hahahah
As of the moment, I only know of one who used this tactic before. Can't disclose it here =)
Type 3: Shock & Awe!!!
This is the most common type I've heard of! The person applies shock tactics to woo the his/her intended target.
This is done by .
(1) straight away in-ur-face expression of feelings. Hoping by some chance he/she is gonna strike it right and get the girl/guy.
(2) Arrange for a meeting or an outing alone with the intended target
and applying (1)
(3) Through electronic means (MSN, ICQ, IRC, phone) or traditional pen and paper and applying (1)
Type 4 : HOSTILE TAKEOVER!!!
Wow.. this one is dangerous. Do it at the risk of physical harm. As the name suggests, this involves courting a target who already has partner. In our layman terms, its called "using a spanner/crowbar and prying it off the cold hard fingers of another person"
This.. I leave it for you to decide the morality of it. I abstain from commenting.
Type 5: Friendly Merger
This one involves both parties wanting it to happen. In cantonese we use 3 words to refer to it. "Fai, Leng, Cheng" ( Fast, Pretty, Good).
No fuss, No waste of funds, No hassle.
But of course... who cares as you love each other rite??? heck .. I DONT MIND!
haha.. well only 5 types for now. So.. which one was yours or.. are yours.. or you prefer?? mind to share at the comment page?? don't be shy ler hahahahah!!! Maybe if you guys have any ideas to add to the above 5 feel free to suggest!
Monday, December 19, 2005
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Lamp-post
Speaking about being single when everyone around you isn't could be an irritating scene. Just when you want to hang out with your close friends, they are either too busy dating, or that they would have to bring their other half along. It sorts of kills joy. You have to watch what you say, be on best behaviour, etc. Basically, you just cannot be yourself 100%.
Frankly, when you decide to have a heart to heart talk with 'outsiders' lurking around, it isn't fun anymore. It's no more the same now because the group has expanded. Sometimes, you may end up as the towering, brightest lamp-post. It's worse when your friends start to make out or get all too lovey-dovey with their partner. Heck, you don't want to witness all their vows of love. And you are not interested in soft porn either. Sometimes, it makes you sick being the tiang lampu.
But, seriously, you have to accept the fact that your friends will not wait for you. There are other people whom they are committed to now and it's not about you anymore. But could those lovebirds spare some time for their friends because life ain't about both of you either?!
Frankly, when you decide to have a heart to heart talk with 'outsiders' lurking around, it isn't fun anymore. It's no more the same now because the group has expanded. Sometimes, you may end up as the towering, brightest lamp-post. It's worse when your friends start to make out or get all too lovey-dovey with their partner. Heck, you don't want to witness all their vows of love. And you are not interested in soft porn either. Sometimes, it makes you sick being the tiang lampu.
But, seriously, you have to accept the fact that your friends will not wait for you. There are other people whom they are committed to now and it's not about you anymore. But could those lovebirds spare some time for their friends because life ain't about both of you either?!
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Woohoo!
This is my first post as a guest blogger, so pardon me for the irregularities.
Bitter tea is good. Literally and metaphorically. But often we just never realise it. Everything that tastes bitter is often discarded as bad experience, but the silver lining that comes with bitterness is always a lesson. No wonder old people keep reminding us. They have been there, tasted everything until their tastebuds are numbed. So we might as well learn from them. A little bitter tea could do us some good.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
WHAT THE HELL!!! Dont They Grow up!!??
I just saw something on TV that was so bad .. I cannot keep it to myself and I have to blog about it! Its so sick!....
Have you ever seen or heard an awareness advert on TV about Dengue fever that is sung in some 80's kiddy pop style???? OH MY GOD!!!.... I can't believe I just saw something like that on TV!...
I was dumbfounded for half a minute there. My brain just froze in hell and completely went into coma when I saw it. How would someone in their right mind give a damn about such a low quality awareness advert that reeks of such bad taste that it would still seem extremely laughable if it was shown a decade or more ago...
The music composition was like some kindergarten song. And i seriously think Ba Ba Black Sheep sounds a lot better and gives more awareness than that advert did. I was like.. damn... even the picture quality sucked.. It was as though it was stuck in the 70's/80's where the colour that you see on TV were washed out and looked it it went into the washing machine one time too many with an overload of Dynamo.
What the hell are those in charge of these stuff in the government department doing?? Doesnt Filem Negara have better quality production tools?? or issit they have an overstock of 20 years of low quality 8mm films and can't finish them??? Its a sick waste of taxpayers money spending on these kind of low quality campaigns.
I believe that campaigning to raise awareness is an important part in combating any disease or danger.. but doing it in this way is just absurd! If I wasnt watching, I would have thought it was a childrens Barney song!.
Damn it! Won't those people in charge of these stupid, tax-payer-money-wasting, di*k heads that continue to run these stupid things grow up and open their eyes???... It was just sick.
Have you ever seen or heard an awareness advert on TV about Dengue fever that is sung in some 80's kiddy pop style???? OH MY GOD!!!.... I can't believe I just saw something like that on TV!...
I was dumbfounded for half a minute there. My brain just froze in hell and completely went into coma when I saw it. How would someone in their right mind give a damn about such a low quality awareness advert that reeks of such bad taste that it would still seem extremely laughable if it was shown a decade or more ago...
The music composition was like some kindergarten song. And i seriously think Ba Ba Black Sheep sounds a lot better and gives more awareness than that advert did. I was like.. damn... even the picture quality sucked.. It was as though it was stuck in the 70's/80's where the colour that you see on TV were washed out and looked it it went into the washing machine one time too many with an overload of Dynamo.
What the hell are those in charge of these stuff in the government department doing?? Doesnt Filem Negara have better quality production tools?? or issit they have an overstock of 20 years of low quality 8mm films and can't finish them??? Its a sick waste of taxpayers money spending on these kind of low quality campaigns.
I believe that campaigning to raise awareness is an important part in combating any disease or danger.. but doing it in this way is just absurd! If I wasnt watching, I would have thought it was a childrens Barney song!.
Damn it! Won't those people in charge of these stupid, tax-payer-money-wasting, di*k heads that continue to run these stupid things grow up and open their eyes???... It was just sick.
Friday, December 09, 2005
CGI vs. Non CGI.... FAKE ?? REAL??? Part 1
Hhhmmm..... I thought "what to write about?" and a friend gave me an idea to blog about movies that have so much CGIs in them that it went to overkill.. so I thought .. why not .. but just blogging bout that I would have little to write about, so maybe I would write a little bit more than that and provide the movies that I had savoured for the past year and movies that I loved with CGI and without.
Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love movies. I'm completely crazy bout them no matter in forms of live-action or animation. Hmm... when was the first real movie I saw with CGI that blew me away... I think was .. 12 years ago, Jurassic Park. Since then we've seen a lot of fake things made real =). Well, the path had been bumpy, for every wonderful movie with CGI you had 5 more that were bad. Bad as in not the quality of CGI most of the time, but the movie that it came in - the acting, the dialogue, the story. It seems as thought the moviemakers think that just having superduper CGI or special effects would make us forget we paid RM 9 - if ur watching in a cineplex ( or RM 5 on student discount) or RM10 ( if ur buying a good quality pirated dvd) and spending 2 hours of our lives to see flashlights. Sigh...
But I have to admit some of my best moments I've had on reel is made up of movies with loads of CGI's - and with strong stories!!.
Anyone of you Tpgites who are old enough surely would still remember Lido ( Leh Tor in hokkien ) Theater - some refer to it as cinema. Where people que up for hours for any blockbuster movie and push/shove each other to get into that large theater. Well my best movie experience during the first few years of my life was at that place, watching JURASSIC PARK. For a lot of people a generation before us, the defining moment for sci-fi or movie experience was Star Wars. For me, it was Jurassic Park. The moment the awesome Brachiosaur stood up on its 2 hind legs to feed on the leaves of a damn tall tree, I was lost in awe.. and when I think back, I can still feel myself sitting in that theater with the only thing I was aware of, was the dinasour in front of me. I was totally transported into the world. That was the defining moment for me when it came to CGI and was never surpassed at all, the closest any movie with CGI ever came to overwhelming me was the LOTR trilogy ( which I can tell you sits firmly at my top 5 movies - live-action- that I love . It certainly made me fell head over heels again.. but it was still second to the moment I had in Jurassic Park. I guessed I was spoiled by too much crappy CGI in too many bad movies.
Actually I can't take a stand between CGI and non-CGI.. because to me ... ultimately its the story that counts and it depends a lot on the story. Who can imagine LOTR or Jurassic Park without CGI?? haha ... But I have to admit there are a lot of crap out in the market nowadays.
But if you look at the past year, there were a lot of good films that used little or no CGI at all.. classic old-school story telling on celluloid I would say. Films like Million Dollar Baby ( Eastwood at his best.. highly recommended), American Splendor, Hotel Rwanda ( the ever likeable Don Cheadle in top form) and PTU from Hong Kong ( Johnny To and Simon yam - brining Hong Kong back to style) were films which I enjoyed and liked the most. If u asked me to name a CGI filled movie that I liked for the past year.. I'm hard pressed to give an answer really.
Maybe most of the filmmakers are losing their touch with story telling... consequences of the MTV generation maybe?? Who knows haha.
Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love movies. I'm completely crazy bout them no matter in forms of live-action or animation. Hmm... when was the first real movie I saw with CGI that blew me away... I think was .. 12 years ago, Jurassic Park. Since then we've seen a lot of fake things made real =). Well, the path had been bumpy, for every wonderful movie with CGI you had 5 more that were bad. Bad as in not the quality of CGI most of the time, but the movie that it came in - the acting, the dialogue, the story. It seems as thought the moviemakers think that just having superduper CGI or special effects would make us forget we paid RM 9 - if ur watching in a cineplex ( or RM 5 on student discount) or RM10 ( if ur buying a good quality pirated dvd) and spending 2 hours of our lives to see flashlights. Sigh...
But I have to admit some of my best moments I've had on reel is made up of movies with loads of CGI's - and with strong stories!!.
Anyone of you Tpgites who are old enough surely would still remember Lido ( Leh Tor in hokkien ) Theater - some refer to it as cinema. Where people que up for hours for any blockbuster movie and push/shove each other to get into that large theater. Well my best movie experience during the first few years of my life was at that place, watching JURASSIC PARK. For a lot of people a generation before us, the defining moment for sci-fi or movie experience was Star Wars. For me, it was Jurassic Park. The moment the awesome Brachiosaur stood up on its 2 hind legs to feed on the leaves of a damn tall tree, I was lost in awe.. and when I think back, I can still feel myself sitting in that theater with the only thing I was aware of, was the dinasour in front of me. I was totally transported into the world. That was the defining moment for me when it came to CGI and was never surpassed at all, the closest any movie with CGI ever came to overwhelming me was the LOTR trilogy ( which I can tell you sits firmly at my top 5 movies - live-action- that I love . It certainly made me fell head over heels again.. but it was still second to the moment I had in Jurassic Park. I guessed I was spoiled by too much crappy CGI in too many bad movies.
Actually I can't take a stand between CGI and non-CGI.. because to me ... ultimately its the story that counts and it depends a lot on the story. Who can imagine LOTR or Jurassic Park without CGI?? haha ... But I have to admit there are a lot of crap out in the market nowadays.
But if you look at the past year, there were a lot of good films that used little or no CGI at all.. classic old-school story telling on celluloid I would say. Films like Million Dollar Baby ( Eastwood at his best.. highly recommended), American Splendor, Hotel Rwanda ( the ever likeable Don Cheadle in top form) and PTU from Hong Kong ( Johnny To and Simon yam - brining Hong Kong back to style) were films which I enjoyed and liked the most. If u asked me to name a CGI filled movie that I liked for the past year.. I'm hard pressed to give an answer really.
Maybe most of the filmmakers are losing their touch with story telling... consequences of the MTV generation maybe?? Who knows haha.
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
I think Not.....
Well.. this is a record!!!! second post in one nite!!
The moment i'm writing this.. its half-time of AC Milan vs Shalke 04. and its 4.30 in the morning...
I remembered I wrote a post.. that should I write personal things here .. express personal feelings here or not..And a while ago I was talking to a friend about posting blogs. Somesort la.
Well.. I think (I'm quite sure) that I would not post personal feelings here at all... Never... these things should be kept for myself and maybe someone special. And I dont think I blog frequent enough for it too hahaha! .. Anyway the chat box is down. I dont know how to get it up again ( Partly lazy of course).
How about we play something for you guys. Since I blog very little, maybe this game would persuade or encourage me to blog more often and become my inspiration of sorts haha =). How about you guys put in the comments.. what you would like me to make a story of or blog about. =) I would try my best to do it seriously (as long as I approve!! ) hahaha.
The moment i'm writing this.. its half-time of AC Milan vs Shalke 04. and its 4.30 in the morning...
I remembered I wrote a post.. that should I write personal things here .. express personal feelings here or not..And a while ago I was talking to a friend about posting blogs. Somesort la.
Well.. I think (I'm quite sure) that I would not post personal feelings here at all... Never... these things should be kept for myself and maybe someone special. And I dont think I blog frequent enough for it too hahaha! .. Anyway the chat box is down. I dont know how to get it up again ( Partly lazy of course).
How about we play something for you guys. Since I blog very little, maybe this game would persuade or encourage me to blog more often and become my inspiration of sorts haha =). How about you guys put in the comments.. what you would like me to make a story of or blog about. =) I would try my best to do it seriously (as long as I approve!! ) hahaha.
Well..... Sometimes i dont know ...
Well its been ages since posted.... I wonder if there would still be people visitin this blog since I update it so "often" ( read RARELY ). Hmm... been back for holidays for more than 2 week already. There is only another 2 weeks or so left.
Sometimes it feels so lonely when your back. Don't know ler. Dont get me wrong, I always prefer back in Taiping rather than in Kuching. Just that sometimes when your back you really don't know what to do. It's kinda funny, I always joke with my gang.. LOL .. (90% of them have a girlfren adi and going steady..). I always tell them " SIgh Lu lang ka liao ou cha bo peng yiu liao... kua tiuk pun chiak chor ( vinegar) ... cham liao la wa... sien si ar ti chu chi kiok lang" - literally translated it means " Sigh.. all of u have gf adi .. see adi also jealous.. i'm in deep sh*t.. bored like hell alone at home" .. =)
Well its funny ya know.. I tell one of my friend ... He shoots me back that he's instead jealous of me, free to go wherever I want.. Don't have to answer to anybody.. Don't have to report to anybody. HAHAHAHA........
Ya know that day one of my friends asked me about my opinion on his relationship with his gf. How about this, and how about that. Hmm... then later when we were playing snooker with another close friend ( who also has a steady girlfriend for quite some time), they commented that I'm the earliest to have one la... most experienced la (?? WTF???).. so its good for them to ask me la... I WAS LIKE WFT!!!! experienced??? ARE U GUYS OUT OF UR MINDS??? I WAS 16 then!! and now look at me?? hahahahah!! LOL
No way.... aahahh
To think of it.... it is difficult to think of any of my friends who does not have a partner or who is not close to having one. I maybe one of the earliest to experience having someone but...The first to get... the last to have one again maybe? HAHAHA...
Anyway as a disclaimer: I'm not desparate or anything for a partner.......its just that nowadays its extremely hard to find an activity partner of the same sex for football or games or running or hiking. My god.. asking frens of the same sex to go for morning runs or evening hikes or for cyber games during afternoons and evenings is so damn difficult when they have girlfriends!! haha... maybe I was like that too last time. I think I certainly was.
Sometimes it feels so lonely when your back. Don't know ler. Dont get me wrong, I always prefer back in Taiping rather than in Kuching. Just that sometimes when your back you really don't know what to do. It's kinda funny, I always joke with my gang.. LOL .. (90% of them have a girlfren adi and going steady..). I always tell them " SIgh Lu lang ka liao ou cha bo peng yiu liao... kua tiuk pun chiak chor ( vinegar) ... cham liao la wa... sien si ar ti chu chi kiok lang" - literally translated it means " Sigh.. all of u have gf adi .. see adi also jealous.. i'm in deep sh*t.. bored like hell alone at home" .. =)
Well its funny ya know.. I tell one of my friend ... He shoots me back that he's instead jealous of me, free to go wherever I want.. Don't have to answer to anybody.. Don't have to report to anybody. HAHAHAHA........
Ya know that day one of my friends asked me about my opinion on his relationship with his gf. How about this, and how about that. Hmm... then later when we were playing snooker with another close friend ( who also has a steady girlfriend for quite some time), they commented that I'm the earliest to have one la... most experienced la (?? WTF???).. so its good for them to ask me la... I WAS LIKE WFT!!!! experienced??? ARE U GUYS OUT OF UR MINDS??? I WAS 16 then!! and now look at me?? hahahahah!! LOL
No way.... aahahh
To think of it.... it is difficult to think of any of my friends who does not have a partner or who is not close to having one. I maybe one of the earliest to experience having someone but...The first to get... the last to have one again maybe? HAHAHA...
Anyway as a disclaimer: I'm not desparate or anything for a partner.......its just that nowadays its extremely hard to find an activity partner of the same sex for football or games or running or hiking. My god.. asking frens of the same sex to go for morning runs or evening hikes or for cyber games during afternoons and evenings is so damn difficult when they have girlfriends!! haha... maybe I was like that too last time. I think I certainly was.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
F**King SEMester... sighh
well.. here i am again. By the time i'm writing this post i hate myself a lot. Dont know why but i hate myself a lot because of a number of reasons and also because of things that happened this semester.
I hate myself because:
1) Why cant i be like other ppl and not be so worried about responsibilities.
I admit i'm not the most responsible of people but... i keep getting worried about things which other ppl can leave behind and not worry. Why cant i be like them? I'm getting myself all stressed up by all these things which should have been the responsibilities of other people. ah.. F*ck.. i dont even know what i'm talking aboutt...
One thing i've learned from this semester - always trust your own instincts ... and if you dont feel its gonna work, dont do it, push it away no matter what people say. Just trust what your heart says.
Because i didnt do that i got myself into deep shit. i've learned the lesson the hard and bitterway. I just wanna get over this semester and forget things that happened and hope i dont have to repeat any papers. I lost so many things this semester. SHit
I hate myself because:
1) Why cant i be like other ppl and not be so worried about responsibilities.
I admit i'm not the most responsible of people but... i keep getting worried about things which other ppl can leave behind and not worry. Why cant i be like them? I'm getting myself all stressed up by all these things which should have been the responsibilities of other people. ah.. F*ck.. i dont even know what i'm talking aboutt...
One thing i've learned from this semester - always trust your own instincts ... and if you dont feel its gonna work, dont do it, push it away no matter what people say. Just trust what your heart says.
Because i didnt do that i got myself into deep shit. i've learned the lesson the hard and bitterway. I just wanna get over this semester and forget things that happened and hope i dont have to repeat any papers. I lost so many things this semester. SHit
Friday, September 02, 2005
today talkin bout exam experience!....I'm BACK from THe crypt.. at least for a few days..
Well this is the first post in .. whut... 2 months??? i've just met shin sar on msn and she thought i abandoned this blog already.. haha.. Well I told her not .. YET... haha.
well the semester has been sick ... crazy.. hell.. any other negative things that u can name it enter here---> (...).
I dont know what I've been doing this semester actually.. the previous saturday i had 2 exams and I crazily waited till the day before to start reading the notes. (Before that for those who do not know.. I have a History subject as one of my cores this semester... History of Economic Thought... 3 years after f5 and i have to study history again... "^_^...)
It was hell.. I had to take 7 cups (...or 8...i lost count) of coffee to read up on the History book and I onli started "browsing" through the notes of the other subject - which thank fully was a calculation subject at 4 a.m.....). I didnt sleep at all ..
I took a brief shut eye.. at 6 something in the morning i think.. then i opened my eyes after half an hour and my heart was beating hard and fast.. very fast... I thought "shit...whats happening.. must be the coffee + lack of sleep".. Hands started to shake too .. already 7 something at that moment and my exam was at 9.am.
My heart was pounding mad and I didnt dare to take a bath ( fear that the extremely cold water would cause me to suffer a heart attack .. or go into shock.. really worried.. )
Then to cut a long story short .. I sat for the exam with my heart pounding and my hand shaking. I choose a spot at the end of the exam room. There I had a clear view of everyone, I could see their hand movements (but of course I couldnt see what they were writing lar). I took a look at the question and ... -to borrow a phrase from Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World - I said to myself "What a wonderful world".
I COMPLETELY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER EVEN HALF OF THE QUESTIONS!
I looked around, everybody was writing.. shit.. so I started to write as much as I could remember from the previous night. It was a 2 and a half hour exam. I finished writing as much as I could after an hour, and it was barely half of the paper. I sat there staring blankly at my paper .. .then i looked around .. and another "oh f**K ".. automatically came out of my lips.. practically everyone was still writing , and they were writing rigorously! non-stop!!.. it was as if all were possesed!!!.. and now i'm having cold sweat .. i was practically the only person who did now have anything to write... they continued writing until around half an hour before the paper ended .. someone went to pass up his/her paper and i followed suit. hahaha i sat there for 45 minutes playing with my pen ..
When I went to pass my paper up to the lecturer - she knew my name, for which I dread everytime a lecturer knows me at all - she asked me " So, Kok Shyong, can do?? "I stood there, trying not to sweat... and I told her " ermm.. arr... actually... arrr.... I didnt do this and that and this ( pointing to the questions )" then I quickly walked out. SHIT!!
Damn... well when my frens asked me what I wrote, I told them honestly, "The lecturer wanted history, I wrote her a damn fairytale" "-_-.... sigh.. really... She wanted Adam Smith and the Division of Labor, I gave her Adam Smith and the Big Bad Wolf. She wanted Thomas Malthus and the Theory of Population, I gave her Thomas Malthus and the Ugly Duckling. She wanted Karl Marx and something i forgot... I gave her Karl Marx's Journey to The West.
Aiyooo.. she's gonna kill me when she gives the marks!.. I dont know if she will laugh or tear my paper up when she reads it . sigh! .. all that I have another paper one hour later.
Well.. this is a long enough post for a brief comeback ... I'll post another story tonite if I do come online =)
well the semester has been sick ... crazy.. hell.. any other negative things that u can name it enter here---> (...).
I dont know what I've been doing this semester actually.. the previous saturday i had 2 exams and I crazily waited till the day before to start reading the notes. (Before that for those who do not know.. I have a History subject as one of my cores this semester... History of Economic Thought... 3 years after f5 and i have to study history again... "^_^...)
It was hell.. I had to take 7 cups (...or 8...i lost count) of coffee to read up on the History book and I onli started "browsing" through the notes of the other subject - which thank fully was a calculation subject at 4 a.m.....). I didnt sleep at all ..
I took a brief shut eye.. at 6 something in the morning i think.. then i opened my eyes after half an hour and my heart was beating hard and fast.. very fast... I thought "shit...whats happening.. must be the coffee + lack of sleep".. Hands started to shake too .. already 7 something at that moment and my exam was at 9.am.
My heart was pounding mad and I didnt dare to take a bath ( fear that the extremely cold water would cause me to suffer a heart attack .. or go into shock.. really worried.. )
Then to cut a long story short .. I sat for the exam with my heart pounding and my hand shaking. I choose a spot at the end of the exam room. There I had a clear view of everyone, I could see their hand movements (but of course I couldnt see what they were writing lar). I took a look at the question and ... -to borrow a phrase from Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World - I said to myself "What a wonderful world".
I COMPLETELY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER EVEN HALF OF THE QUESTIONS!
I looked around, everybody was writing.. shit.. so I started to write as much as I could remember from the previous night. It was a 2 and a half hour exam. I finished writing as much as I could after an hour, and it was barely half of the paper. I sat there staring blankly at my paper .. .then i looked around .. and another "oh f**K ".. automatically came out of my lips.. practically everyone was still writing , and they were writing rigorously! non-stop!!.. it was as if all were possesed!!!.. and now i'm having cold sweat .. i was practically the only person who did now have anything to write... they continued writing until around half an hour before the paper ended .. someone went to pass up his/her paper and i followed suit. hahaha i sat there for 45 minutes playing with my pen ..
When I went to pass my paper up to the lecturer - she knew my name, for which I dread everytime a lecturer knows me at all - she asked me " So, Kok Shyong, can do?? "I stood there, trying not to sweat... and I told her " ermm.. arr... actually... arrr.... I didnt do this and that and this ( pointing to the questions )" then I quickly walked out. SHIT!!
Damn... well when my frens asked me what I wrote, I told them honestly, "The lecturer wanted history, I wrote her a damn fairytale" "-_-.... sigh.. really... She wanted Adam Smith and the Division of Labor, I gave her Adam Smith and the Big Bad Wolf. She wanted Thomas Malthus and the Theory of Population, I gave her Thomas Malthus and the Ugly Duckling. She wanted Karl Marx and something i forgot... I gave her Karl Marx's Journey to The West.
Aiyooo.. she's gonna kill me when she gives the marks!.. I dont know if she will laugh or tear my paper up when she reads it . sigh! .. all that I have another paper one hour later.
Well.. this is a long enough post for a brief comeback ... I'll post another story tonite if I do come online =)
Friday, July 08, 2005
Going back....
I'm gonna have to go back to Sarawak tomorrow... very reluctant to leave after a holiday that was so nice.. really recharged myself alot..
The past one month was really really..... dont know how to say. A lot of things happened ..so much in fact that i hope nothing permanently bad happened or anything.. I did a lot of mistakes and screwed a few important things up.. but before that a lot of happy things happened too.
I guess... this hols really opened my eyes and my mind to a lot of things.. Look forward to the next holiday. I'll have to go back and relive my image of a bookworm again. I think this semester calls for an image change.. i'm gonna be who i really am now! =) they would see a side of me that they have never seen =). The side that all of u know about me haha.. the hard playing type!
Anyway.. this blog may get left behind for some time .. unless i get real internet connection
See ya all ok! all the best to all of u out there
The past one month was really really..... dont know how to say. A lot of things happened ..so much in fact that i hope nothing permanently bad happened or anything.. I did a lot of mistakes and screwed a few important things up.. but before that a lot of happy things happened too.
I guess... this hols really opened my eyes and my mind to a lot of things.. Look forward to the next holiday. I'll have to go back and relive my image of a bookworm again. I think this semester calls for an image change.. i'm gonna be who i really am now! =) they would see a side of me that they have never seen =). The side that all of u know about me haha.. the hard playing type!
Anyway.. this blog may get left behind for some time .. unless i get real internet connection
See ya all ok! all the best to all of u out there
Sunday, July 03, 2005
On a Sunday Morning
"There is no better feeling in this world than to be able to share your joy with the one you love and share their joy in return, no better strength than to be able to share the sadness, pain and burden of your loved one, no better paradise or heaven than being together with the love of your life"
- Me
"The mind is a powerful tool .. but ultimately it still is inferior to the strength of the heart"
- Me
"It is as near to you as your life, but you can never wholly know it"
-Rabindranath Tagore
"You.. complete me" - Jerry Maguire from the motion picture Jerry Maguir3
- Me
"The mind is a powerful tool .. but ultimately it still is inferior to the strength of the heart"
- Me
"It is as near to you as your life, but you can never wholly know it"
-Rabindranath Tagore
"You.. complete me" - Jerry Maguire from the motion picture Jerry Maguir3
Friday, July 01, 2005
Today Morning.. memorable.. cherished...Past month.. wonderful!
I had a great morning today .....
Today morning was great, i'm posting this at 11 am.. i wont know whats gonna happen in the evening but it was a fun morning.
Havent had this kind of feeling of enjoyment and satisfaction in a long time ... really.
There was just this sense of.... happiness... free
I dont know if i'll experience this feeling again anytime soon... but i sure hope there will be another time.
I did something that i never thought i had the courage to do today... whatever happens,
I had a great morning that i will cherish. One of the best in my 21 years of existence
For the past month, there were good times, fun times and down times, but i think the happy ones out weigh the bad ones significantly, I never would have imagined i would be doing what i did for the past month. It was a happy month in my life overall and one of the best weeks of my life so far happened during the last month .. and one of the best few morning i've ever had.
I will cherish this month and the days in it.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Should I this.. or that???
I came back from PG a few days ago.. and before I say anything else, what a week it was. The PG trip was ok with Batman a wonderful movie ( Batman is not cheesy or crap anymore!) and Mr. and Mrs Smith, entertaining nonetheless. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.. would there be any other couple as hot as they are? It was worth the trip for both movies.
Anyway, this week I had quite a few thoughts running through my mind. And I didnt know what interesting stuff should I post on the blog. Even though a lot has happened, and a lot has been going through my mind, none I would put up on the blog without any doubt, which brings me to this posting today. Could I post personal thoughts that are normally private on the blog? make an anonymous name and create a new blog, post it out to clear my mind? I've been thinking about it today. Of course I cant post it here, even though I could use other names and say it in a 3rd party point of view, it would still be easy to guess. Hmm.. see how lor...
Also.. my hard disk is full with animes now.. i bought some dvd+r to keep them but it seems i need a lot more. Have to wait for my other trip to PG.
Anyway, this week I had quite a few thoughts running through my mind. And I didnt know what interesting stuff should I post on the blog. Even though a lot has happened, and a lot has been going through my mind, none I would put up on the blog without any doubt, which brings me to this posting today. Could I post personal thoughts that are normally private on the blog? make an anonymous name and create a new blog, post it out to clear my mind? I've been thinking about it today. Of course I cant post it here, even though I could use other names and say it in a 3rd party point of view, it would still be easy to guess. Hmm.. see how lor...
Also.. my hard disk is full with animes now.. i bought some dvd+r to keep them but it seems i need a lot more. Have to wait for my other trip to PG.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
.... they dont have music like they used to .. or issit i'm just an oldie
Well, 8 hrs before I head to Penang for my movie marathon. Anyway, I finished watching "Sepet". It was a nice film and had a nice story to go with. Well if you ask me, I would rate it at 3 out of 5 stars. =).
I found the first half of the film amusing and entertaining as it showed things that are closer to the reality for a lot of us. Can't help but laugh out at some of the scenes - even my mother had fun and laughed watching some of the scenes. I found the film to be more about the love story between 2 people than about the racial undertones that some make it out to be . There are mentions of things about races, but for me it plays a clear backseat and is just there to make it more real situation. Although some phrases from the film from time to time really are clearly targeted at showing some of the feelings each race "secretly" has for each other but I find it amusing rather than anything else. It's really nice to see that the Malaysian independent film scene has movies like this and I really hope to get my hands on more especially those from Ho Yu Hang, whom critics and the media have praised a lot. It's not easy to get films that are made by them. Still trying to find "Sanctuary" from Ho Yu Hang after so long. If anyone sees it please tell me ok???!!!
Anyway, one of the things that I really liked about the show was the parents of Orked and especially, the opening credits of the film. The opening was really sweet too, with mentions of Rabindranath Tagore's poems in Mandarin! . I mean, it would have been fabulous if we could learn it in f5 or f6. Language sessions would be nice. I liked the f4 literature book a lot. The collection of short works. Back to the opening credits...
I was kinda surprised when the Sam Hui song was used in the opening credits.. maybe it's nostalgia but it was really sweet i guess. His love songs and slow ballads really suit things like that. Maybe because its simple. I always found his slow songs to have that special thing. And one of my fav songs from him is obviously the ending credits songs. To me thats one of the most wonderful cantonese songs you can ever find. The current cantonese songs are a super far cry from his ones. They dont make songs like his ones anymore..... hmmm... Really wonder if anyone can make a translation of the song for me. I only understand some parts. But the music is really special.
I dont know how to read mandarin, so reading the lyrics to determine the full meaning of the songs is out of the window. Its because of things like this - not being able to read the songs lyrics or the numerous chinese novels - that I seriously regret not being able to read mandarin. Not because ppl criticise me or anything, but because of not being able to understand fully the nice things about these writings and lyrics.... Sigh... maybe I'll tell my son/daughter to learn mandarin because if not they would miss a lot of these beautiful things.
I found the first half of the film amusing and entertaining as it showed things that are closer to the reality for a lot of us. Can't help but laugh out at some of the scenes - even my mother had fun and laughed watching some of the scenes. I found the film to be more about the love story between 2 people than about the racial undertones that some make it out to be . There are mentions of things about races, but for me it plays a clear backseat and is just there to make it more real situation. Although some phrases from the film from time to time really are clearly targeted at showing some of the feelings each race "secretly" has for each other but I find it amusing rather than anything else. It's really nice to see that the Malaysian independent film scene has movies like this and I really hope to get my hands on more especially those from Ho Yu Hang, whom critics and the media have praised a lot. It's not easy to get films that are made by them. Still trying to find "Sanctuary" from Ho Yu Hang after so long. If anyone sees it please tell me ok???!!!
Anyway, one of the things that I really liked about the show was the parents of Orked and especially, the opening credits of the film. The opening was really sweet too, with mentions of Rabindranath Tagore's poems in Mandarin! . I mean, it would have been fabulous if we could learn it in f5 or f6. Language sessions would be nice. I liked the f4 literature book a lot. The collection of short works. Back to the opening credits...
I was kinda surprised when the Sam Hui song was used in the opening credits.. maybe it's nostalgia but it was really sweet i guess. His love songs and slow ballads really suit things like that. Maybe because its simple. I always found his slow songs to have that special thing. And one of my fav songs from him is obviously the ending credits songs. To me thats one of the most wonderful cantonese songs you can ever find. The current cantonese songs are a super far cry from his ones. They dont make songs like his ones anymore..... hmmm... Really wonder if anyone can make a translation of the song for me. I only understand some parts. But the music is really special.
I dont know how to read mandarin, so reading the lyrics to determine the full meaning of the songs is out of the window. Its because of things like this - not being able to read the songs lyrics or the numerous chinese novels - that I seriously regret not being able to read mandarin. Not because ppl criticise me or anything, but because of not being able to understand fully the nice things about these writings and lyrics.... Sigh... maybe I'll tell my son/daughter to learn mandarin because if not they would miss a lot of these beautiful things.
Monday, June 20, 2005
I got my hands on......IT!
Well I missed the football match between Brazil and Mexico but it didnt matter because I had a good sleep as compensation for the match. And Brazil lost anyway.. Oh boy... guess I didnt miss much then. BUT finally I got my hands on "SEPET"!! before that let me bore you with my morning....
I woke up at 6.00 this morning and I kept myself in bed for another hour since it was too early to go anywhere. Went for a jog at the lake around 7.30.... I really jogged instead of run today. Just wanted to sweat. Anyway, I went for breakfast at the car park ( below the Chamber of Commerce) and today as I was having my regular plate of wan tan me kon lou I suddenly thought about how long it has been since the first time I came to eat at the place. I've been frequenting that place for 8 years now. Oh boy... how time passes by. I still remember the first time I went there was after a morning scouts training session on a Saturday. Seniors recommended the place and it stuck since. Since then we've recommended it to our friends and juniors and so on. Its kinda the place where SGI guys would surely go for breakfast after a walk/jog at the lake. Hope it will still be there another 8 years down the road. But i dont see anyone younger than 17 from my school anymore though. Hmmm....
Anyway the highlight of the morning was when I went to the Plaza Perbandaran to look for some DVDs to kill time for the afternoon. There was only one shop open and I thanked God that my luck didnt totally run out. I was looking through the DVDs when the owner asked me what show was I looking for, I told him that I was just browsing through. After a while I couldnt find any I wanted and since I'm going down to PG in 2 days to catch Orangkelawar and En. & Pn. Smith I declined when he recommended them to me. Then I thought of a movie that I wanted ... I asked the guy "Uncle, pun te (local) he chut hi'e, teng nang ai huan na eh uu bo?" ( the local movie where a chinese guy likes a malay girl got ar?) to which he replied " oohh .. her le huan na hi'e hio" ( the Malay movie issit) . He rummaged through his black plastic bags for a while then returned and said it was not at his shop, at home. He asked me to come back at night but I was lazy and told him nevermind.
I continued to look through the DVDs and suddenly the guy when to the back of his shop, put his hands inside the table cloth and tried to look for something underneath. I was thinking "What the hell is he looking for inside there??? cockroaches??? or bread crumbs left behind from last nite?". After a brief moment his hand came out from underneat the table cloth holding the movie I was looking for. I had the "^_^ expression when he gave it to me. Still wondering who would keep it under the table cloth. He told me he had to keep it there because he feared the authorities would catch and summon him if they found the bootleg version of "SEPET".
Yea right! Uncle!... As if ur whole shop selling ORIGINAL DVD AND VCDs!!!! As if not having "Sepet" above the table would make ur business legitimate ( long phiak!). I almost wanted to laugh out but I just smiled at him and paid the money and went home. So I popped it into the DVD player and started watching it.. LOL.. it was fun but I only managed to watch half of disc one before I had to go out again. Anyway I'll post up my thoughts and short review of the show a later after I watched it.
And remember the lesson of this morning, you are doing a legal business by selling bootleg VCD and DVD unless you are selling bootleg versions of "SEPET". LOL....
I woke up at 6.00 this morning and I kept myself in bed for another hour since it was too early to go anywhere. Went for a jog at the lake around 7.30.... I really jogged instead of run today. Just wanted to sweat. Anyway, I went for breakfast at the car park ( below the Chamber of Commerce) and today as I was having my regular plate of wan tan me kon lou I suddenly thought about how long it has been since the first time I came to eat at the place. I've been frequenting that place for 8 years now. Oh boy... how time passes by. I still remember the first time I went there was after a morning scouts training session on a Saturday. Seniors recommended the place and it stuck since. Since then we've recommended it to our friends and juniors and so on. Its kinda the place where SGI guys would surely go for breakfast after a walk/jog at the lake. Hope it will still be there another 8 years down the road. But i dont see anyone younger than 17 from my school anymore though. Hmmm....
Anyway the highlight of the morning was when I went to the Plaza Perbandaran to look for some DVDs to kill time for the afternoon. There was only one shop open and I thanked God that my luck didnt totally run out. I was looking through the DVDs when the owner asked me what show was I looking for, I told him that I was just browsing through. After a while I couldnt find any I wanted and since I'm going down to PG in 2 days to catch Orangkelawar and En. & Pn. Smith I declined when he recommended them to me. Then I thought of a movie that I wanted ... I asked the guy "Uncle, pun te (local) he chut hi'e, teng nang ai huan na eh uu bo?" ( the local movie where a chinese guy likes a malay girl got ar?) to which he replied " oohh .. her le huan na hi'e hio" ( the Malay movie issit) . He rummaged through his black plastic bags for a while then returned and said it was not at his shop, at home. He asked me to come back at night but I was lazy and told him nevermind.
I continued to look through the DVDs and suddenly the guy when to the back of his shop, put his hands inside the table cloth and tried to look for something underneath. I was thinking "What the hell is he looking for inside there??? cockroaches??? or bread crumbs left behind from last nite?". After a brief moment his hand came out from underneat the table cloth holding the movie I was looking for. I had the "^_^ expression when he gave it to me. Still wondering who would keep it under the table cloth. He told me he had to keep it there because he feared the authorities would catch and summon him if they found the bootleg version of "SEPET".
Yea right! Uncle!... As if ur whole shop selling ORIGINAL DVD AND VCDs!!!! As if not having "Sepet" above the table would make ur business legitimate ( long phiak!). I almost wanted to laugh out but I just smiled at him and paid the money and went home. So I popped it into the DVD player and started watching it.. LOL.. it was fun but I only managed to watch half of disc one before I had to go out again. Anyway I'll post up my thoughts and short review of the show a later after I watched it.
And remember the lesson of this morning, you are doing a legal business by selling bootleg VCD and DVD unless you are selling bootleg versions of "SEPET". LOL....
Longest nite.... and a little bout TPG
Its only 11.28 p.m and I feel like its already 2 in the morning. Actually I AM waiting for 2 in the morning, well... more like 2.45 am for a football match between Brazil and Mexico but the way things are going I think I may well be dozing off before long.. So I decided to make a post to keep myself awake.
20 days before I leave tpg again for Sarawak. I think I maybe able to do 20 posts assuming I have enough topics ( which I seriously doubt - so maybe around 10 at the most). So... today its gonna be on what I think I feel about myself ( a little bit .. not much) and about Taiping, TPG ( also a little )
There was one night- I forgot which night that was- I was talkin to a friend on msn and our casual conversation took a detour and went to how we think about our characters, about ourselves. Well, so I told him/her... I think I was born in the wrong era.. 20/30 years too late but in a right place. Taiping is the right place for me I guess. A town that never changes much, keeping much of its characteristics of old intact - A slow, peaceful town suitable for long days of thinking and relaxing without much "hectic" or noisy entertainment. If you want movies and shopping you can go up north to find its much illustrious cousin who speaks the same dialect, Penang. If you want some serious entertainment, hot places to be and the hectic life of a bustling city, head south to its cantonese speaking cousin, Kuala Lumpur. Taiping is just like what people call it, a retirement city for those looking forward to a peaceful and most teenagers call "a boring life". ...... And it suits me just fine!!! In many ways I find myself just like this town and in many ways it reflects what I think of myself.
But times are surely changing. The lake gardens which before 4 years ago was a place I enjoyed running on the outer ring, whether its in the mornings or in the evenings is a bit different now. The look of it is still mostly the same - still beautiful as always. But its the other things that are changing. The traffic is the worst thing to happen to it. I can't enjoy running on the outer ring much anymore ... unless its very early in the morning before cars start to stream in. On weekdays its just impossible to run outside ( only on weekends... I almost died once while running on the outer ring) so these days I just keep myself to the inner lanes. But one thing I find nice is that a lot more ppl are coming to the lake gardens, more old and young alike, coming to enjoy it ^_^. If you want to be alone.. go early in the mornings before 7.45 am.. If you would like to see people.. go after that or come in the evenings. Ahh...... the Lake is alive again.. even the boat rentals are doing brisk business it seems. If only the traffic can be fixed.. hmmmmm
20 days before I leave tpg again for Sarawak. I think I maybe able to do 20 posts assuming I have enough topics ( which I seriously doubt - so maybe around 10 at the most). So... today its gonna be on what I think I feel about myself ( a little bit .. not much) and about Taiping, TPG ( also a little )
There was one night- I forgot which night that was- I was talkin to a friend on msn and our casual conversation took a detour and went to how we think about our characters, about ourselves. Well, so I told him/her... I think I was born in the wrong era.. 20/30 years too late but in a right place. Taiping is the right place for me I guess. A town that never changes much, keeping much of its characteristics of old intact - A slow, peaceful town suitable for long days of thinking and relaxing without much "hectic" or noisy entertainment. If you want movies and shopping you can go up north to find its much illustrious cousin who speaks the same dialect, Penang. If you want some serious entertainment, hot places to be and the hectic life of a bustling city, head south to its cantonese speaking cousin, Kuala Lumpur. Taiping is just like what people call it, a retirement city for those looking forward to a peaceful and most teenagers call "a boring life". ...... And it suits me just fine!!! In many ways I find myself just like this town and in many ways it reflects what I think of myself.
But times are surely changing. The lake gardens which before 4 years ago was a place I enjoyed running on the outer ring, whether its in the mornings or in the evenings is a bit different now. The look of it is still mostly the same - still beautiful as always. But its the other things that are changing. The traffic is the worst thing to happen to it. I can't enjoy running on the outer ring much anymore ... unless its very early in the morning before cars start to stream in. On weekdays its just impossible to run outside ( only on weekends... I almost died once while running on the outer ring) so these days I just keep myself to the inner lanes. But one thing I find nice is that a lot more ppl are coming to the lake gardens, more old and young alike, coming to enjoy it ^_^. If you want to be alone.. go early in the mornings before 7.45 am.. If you would like to see people.. go after that or come in the evenings. Ahh...... the Lake is alive again.. even the boat rentals are doing brisk business it seems. If only the traffic can be fixed.. hmmmmm
Sunday, June 19, 2005
A simple advice given?.. but i dont know if it sucks or not
This is just my 4th post and I think I'm suffering from something called a blogger's block, if there is something like that.
Its a Sunday already (technically a Sunday since its 2.18 in the morning) and another week has passed. Countdown to go back to Sarawak again, another 3 weeks. Yesterday a friend from my Uni messaged me. She said she was a bit down , most of her friends went to science courses while she went to an arts course (she's doing marketing) and with her grades dropping she wonders what will happen in the future.
Well, being a guy who sucks at giving advice and more adept at cheering himself up rather than another poor soul, I refrained from telling her too much. I just told her to dont think about things that are still so far away, how would she know whether she would get a good job in the future or anything else for that matter. I said " sometimes we worry about the future so much that we are blinded and miss out on the great things that exists in the present" .. "why dont you think about what are you gonna do next week, in another month and after this coming semester during the holidays, heck, why don't you think about where you can go pak tor with your boyfriend next month when you see him again, stop worrying too much and go enjoy your uni life with ur bf. Leave the worrying for bachelors like me!" ... ]
I did worry about the risk of unemployment after graduation too during a certain time. I guess its something that gets into the mind of every undergratuate sometime or another. But I think its certainly one that we shouldn't dwell on too much at this time of our life. Graduation is still 2 years away and we still have time. So enjoy the moments in life like ur supposed to and keep your 2 feet on the ground. Be alert of whats happening but don't worry too much.
Its a Sunday already (technically a Sunday since its 2.18 in the morning) and another week has passed. Countdown to go back to Sarawak again, another 3 weeks. Yesterday a friend from my Uni messaged me. She said she was a bit down , most of her friends went to science courses while she went to an arts course (she's doing marketing) and with her grades dropping she wonders what will happen in the future.
Well, being a guy who sucks at giving advice and more adept at cheering himself up rather than another poor soul, I refrained from telling her too much. I just told her to dont think about things that are still so far away, how would she know whether she would get a good job in the future or anything else for that matter. I said " sometimes we worry about the future so much that we are blinded and miss out on the great things that exists in the present" .. "why dont you think about what are you gonna do next week, in another month and after this coming semester during the holidays, heck, why don't you think about where you can go pak tor with your boyfriend next month when you see him again, stop worrying too much and go enjoy your uni life with ur bf. Leave the worrying for bachelors like me!" ... ]
I did worry about the risk of unemployment after graduation too during a certain time. I guess its something that gets into the mind of every undergratuate sometime or another. But I think its certainly one that we shouldn't dwell on too much at this time of our life. Graduation is still 2 years away and we still have time. So enjoy the moments in life like ur supposed to and keep your 2 feet on the ground. Be alert of whats happening but don't worry too much.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
A Sleepless 15 hours....
WOw, I managed to screw up my bio clock again as I have been awake since 6 pm yesterday and i'm still not feeling any effects of sleep deprivation. Before 6 pm yesterday I was sleeping like a baby for 8 hours because I was awake for the whole night the previous night and the same thing for the night before. I think my bio clock is now running at GMT +1.00 Amsterdam time
Anyway since I cant sleep might as well make another entry into my new born blog. ( I will be trying hard to re-adjust my bio clock to default settings of GMT +8.00 Malaysian time)
First about my previous motorcycle-messing-up hair-hot-skinburning-wet-thunderstorm entry haha. It was done for humorous reasons and its one of my least concerns when thinking about having a gf (although I admit it is a factor nonetheless). ^_^. For other reasons.... stay tuned to my blog!! hahaha if I feel like it I may tell for all you gossipers out there. ( what a way to sucker ppl to your blog..but seems unlikely it will work for mine).
I finished reading The Star paper for today and it contained some interesting things especially for the Star Two main story. Before that I would like to highlight one small section in the national news that had something to do with higher education. Our beloved Minister of Higher education Datuk Dr. Shafie Mohd Salleh announced that beginning with this year's intake for public universities the compulsory TITAS subject that a lot of us dread will be having 2 new elements, Ethnic Relations and Islam Hadhari. "^_^ . Personally, I would really like to see what would be in the Ethnic Relations element and I'm very relieved that I passed both of my TITAS papers in the 2 previous semesters and that I'm not in this year's intake.
But the real thing that made my day was the last line which mentioned that the ministry was considering incorporating a paper on ethics in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Well, now thats a "revolutionary" idea is it not?? Religious and Moral studies during primary and secondary schools for 13 years is not enough for Malaysians to have good ethical values, so what do we do??? Drill them more on what is "baik hati" and "kasih sayang" and another 14 other main values and God knows how many hundred sub-values and definitions and examples for those who are in the universities.
Brialliant idea! Pedidikan Moral then Pengajian Moral ... then now wut? Pendidikajian Moral???
Star Two today had a nice topic about job interviews. Had a good chuckle ( only a chuckle ) about the humorous situations that were mentioned. I dare not laugh because when I imagined myself taking the interview in the near future, I kinda had a spine tingling feel and a sudden cold wind blowing past me. "^_^. Can't imagine what would happen. "^_^
On a more cheerful note:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would be showing in cinemplexes on June 23rd!! I wouldn't want to miss that. Who wants to go!!! I can be reached anytime on my phone!. Not to mention if you have the book I will call you instead and offer you a complementary burger Ramlee.
And for you all who are fascinated with the creatures we call "Ah Beng's" a short but insightful chat with Wei Loon few days ago and some short description I read on the net a dozen hours ago made me think of why some (mostly guys who consider themselves as anti-ahbengs) hate them so much. hmm..... Maybe more about this in my next post as I try to think of the reasons why some of us call them so and why some of us hate them.
Anyway since I cant sleep might as well make another entry into my new born blog. ( I will be trying hard to re-adjust my bio clock to default settings of GMT +8.00 Malaysian time)
First about my previous motorcycle-messing-up hair-hot-skinburning-wet-thunderstorm entry haha. It was done for humorous reasons and its one of my least concerns when thinking about having a gf (although I admit it is a factor nonetheless). ^_^. For other reasons.... stay tuned to my blog!! hahaha if I feel like it I may tell for all you gossipers out there. ( what a way to sucker ppl to your blog..but seems unlikely it will work for mine).
I finished reading The Star paper for today and it contained some interesting things especially for the Star Two main story. Before that I would like to highlight one small section in the national news that had something to do with higher education. Our beloved Minister of Higher education Datuk Dr. Shafie Mohd Salleh announced that beginning with this year's intake for public universities the compulsory TITAS subject that a lot of us dread will be having 2 new elements, Ethnic Relations and Islam Hadhari. "^_^ . Personally, I would really like to see what would be in the Ethnic Relations element and I'm very relieved that I passed both of my TITAS papers in the 2 previous semesters and that I'm not in this year's intake.
But the real thing that made my day was the last line which mentioned that the ministry was considering incorporating a paper on ethics in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Well, now thats a "revolutionary" idea is it not?? Religious and Moral studies during primary and secondary schools for 13 years is not enough for Malaysians to have good ethical values, so what do we do??? Drill them more on what is "baik hati" and "kasih sayang" and another 14 other main values and God knows how many hundred sub-values and definitions and examples for those who are in the universities.
Brialliant idea! Pedidikan Moral then Pengajian Moral ... then now wut? Pendidikajian Moral???
Star Two today had a nice topic about job interviews. Had a good chuckle ( only a chuckle ) about the humorous situations that were mentioned. I dare not laugh because when I imagined myself taking the interview in the near future, I kinda had a spine tingling feel and a sudden cold wind blowing past me. "^_^. Can't imagine what would happen. "^_^
On a more cheerful note:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would be showing in cinemplexes on June 23rd!! I wouldn't want to miss that. Who wants to go!!! I can be reached anytime on my phone!. Not to mention if you have the book I will call you instead and offer you a complementary burger Ramlee.
And for you all who are fascinated with the creatures we call "Ah Beng's" a short but insightful chat with Wei Loon few days ago and some short description I read on the net a dozen hours ago made me think of why some (mostly guys who consider themselves as anti-ahbengs) hate them so much. hmm..... Maybe more about this in my next post as I try to think of the reasons why some of us call them so and why some of us hate them.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The Reason For Not Going......
I'll start off by telling you guys a story that happened around a week a go when I went to visit Wei Loon at Nagaria during his work hour to have dinner ( I had Thai fried rice by the way).
During dinner of course Wei Loon came by and we chatted because there really wasn't any other customer other than me and another small family seated quite far from where I was.
So we talked and out of the sudden our conversation went into the gf/bf territory. So he asked me why I didn't get one since I've been having a few new friends recently (Don't ask who!) and suggested I go after a particular one. So the part where I rebutted him and told him the reasons why goes something like this :
Wei Loon : Hey why don't you go get a gf.. go kau (court) her lar.
Me : Cannot lar. ( Don't have intention also )
Wei Loon : Why cannot? Ask her out lar or something. I support you.
Me : Wanna kau with wat.... I what also dont have, hamik pun bo.
Wei Loon : No need one, got true heart can adi one mar, girls see heart one.
Me : Aiyo....cannot say like that lar, i tell u one situation. Lets say I wanna ask the girl out then i tell the girl " Hey wanna go out today to xxxxx?" then the girl say "Sure!." then I say " I come fetch u with motorcycle ok? I come at 1 noon ok??" then ar the girl would have this reaction ( "-_- ) sure think "whoa siau! one o'clock ar! u think i very fair ar!.. pien tai eh this guy" and would proceed to tell me out of the sudden "hey i just thought of something to do.. boh eng lar.. sorry"
Wei Loon (ROFL) : HAHAH ... where got so cham ar!
Me : Sigh... not easy leh.. must have a lot of things. That one i told u just one reason leh. Think of motorcycle in TPG. When fetch the girl to come out dating burning hot like hell sweat until like pig and skin hurt, go back that time leh in the evening around 5 p.m. thunderstorm! kena soak like washing machine Whoa.. tua ki lor!! Double whammy in one day!! hahahah .. tiuk pa ji lor! LOL! Wanna go kau lui need to have car lor.. cannot lar moto. Bo ngam leh.
Wei Loon : Not all girls like that mar...
Me : I know I know.. Wa beng pek eh... but then.. sigh
Hmm... so that was how I told him my reason ( one of ) ... I WOULD LIKE TO STATE HERE THAT I SINCERELY BELIEVE MOST GIRLS ARE NOT MATERIALISTIC!!!!!! but i cant help but think of the situation above.. and the hell weather that is TPG.... and not to mention the super uncomfortable helmets that would mess up the best hair do and the difficulty and unbearable thing of riding on a motorcycle dressing up nicely. I am no way referring that girls are materialistic. What i said was just to add humour to the situation at that moment. I believe most girls wont mind at all. But i just cant help thinking about the situation above and countless other situations. And i cant bear the girl to suffer along. True nowadays the girl can come out with transport of her own one mar, but need how many times come out alone leh.... go back alone if at night also worried leh.
As i said once.. girlfriends should be pampered not brought along to suffer. I never thought about these things last time when i was young ( I'm still young ) but nowadays I kinda pause to think about it. Sometimes i imagine.. would i be able to bear looking at a gf to "enjoy" the weather with me like that and also go out no money eat out. Valentine day no money buy present.. B'day no money buy nice thing... Anniversay no money go dinner nice nice. Well like my pal Wei Loon and the gf pointed out later.. these things are trivial. But i think for me it may mean a bit more lo...since i dont know how the girl would feel mar ( and girls .. you ppl really are... hard to know how u feel!!! ). And i dont want the girl to suffer along.
Well after saying all this... Wei Loon say "ur caring lor.. gf sure lucky one" and some after reading all this may say "wah.. very caring and thoughtfull wor".......................................... but I'm actually not that caring and thoughtfull at all, not my gf donno nia.. if ur my gf can cry one lorr... aHAHAHAHA. I got even more bad things.
Just something to share in this blog and those of you who ask me why I still dont have a gf and wonder why? Now you know... =). And also I'm kinda pessimistic and plain and not that talkative at all... not much girls like that i think. UNLESS the girl come and ask me instead lar!! i dont mind that one kakakakakak!!! hey hey... just joking dont anyone get angry at this.
I firmly believe a lot of girls out there who would sacrifice a lot to be with their loved ones....
During dinner of course Wei Loon came by and we chatted because there really wasn't any other customer other than me and another small family seated quite far from where I was.
So we talked and out of the sudden our conversation went into the gf/bf territory. So he asked me why I didn't get one since I've been having a few new friends recently (Don't ask who!) and suggested I go after a particular one. So the part where I rebutted him and told him the reasons why goes something like this :
Wei Loon : Hey why don't you go get a gf.. go kau (court) her lar.
Me : Cannot lar. ( Don't have intention also )
Wei Loon : Why cannot? Ask her out lar or something. I support you.
Me : Wanna kau with wat.... I what also dont have, hamik pun bo.
Wei Loon : No need one, got true heart can adi one mar, girls see heart one.
Me : Aiyo....cannot say like that lar, i tell u one situation. Lets say I wanna ask the girl out then i tell the girl " Hey wanna go out today to xxxxx?" then the girl say "Sure!." then I say " I come fetch u with motorcycle ok? I come at 1 noon ok??" then ar the girl would have this reaction ( "-_- ) sure think "whoa siau! one o'clock ar! u think i very fair ar!.. pien tai eh this guy" and would proceed to tell me out of the sudden "hey i just thought of something to do.. boh eng lar.. sorry"
Wei Loon (ROFL) : HAHAH ... where got so cham ar!
Me : Sigh... not easy leh.. must have a lot of things. That one i told u just one reason leh. Think of motorcycle in TPG. When fetch the girl to come out dating burning hot like hell sweat until like pig and skin hurt, go back that time leh in the evening around 5 p.m. thunderstorm! kena soak like washing machine Whoa.. tua ki lor!! Double whammy in one day!! hahahah .. tiuk pa ji lor! LOL! Wanna go kau lui need to have car lor.. cannot lar moto. Bo ngam leh.
Wei Loon : Not all girls like that mar...
Me : I know I know.. Wa beng pek eh... but then.. sigh
Hmm... so that was how I told him my reason ( one of ) ... I WOULD LIKE TO STATE HERE THAT I SINCERELY BELIEVE MOST GIRLS ARE NOT MATERIALISTIC!!!!!! but i cant help but think of the situation above.. and the hell weather that is TPG.... and not to mention the super uncomfortable helmets that would mess up the best hair do and the difficulty and unbearable thing of riding on a motorcycle dressing up nicely. I am no way referring that girls are materialistic. What i said was just to add humour to the situation at that moment. I believe most girls wont mind at all. But i just cant help thinking about the situation above and countless other situations. And i cant bear the girl to suffer along. True nowadays the girl can come out with transport of her own one mar, but need how many times come out alone leh.... go back alone if at night also worried leh.
As i said once.. girlfriends should be pampered not brought along to suffer. I never thought about these things last time when i was young ( I'm still young ) but nowadays I kinda pause to think about it. Sometimes i imagine.. would i be able to bear looking at a gf to "enjoy" the weather with me like that and also go out no money eat out. Valentine day no money buy present.. B'day no money buy nice thing... Anniversay no money go dinner nice nice. Well like my pal Wei Loon and the gf pointed out later.. these things are trivial. But i think for me it may mean a bit more lo...since i dont know how the girl would feel mar ( and girls .. you ppl really are... hard to know how u feel!!! ). And i dont want the girl to suffer along.
Well after saying all this... Wei Loon say "ur caring lor.. gf sure lucky one" and some after reading all this may say "wah.. very caring and thoughtfull wor".......................................... but I'm actually not that caring and thoughtfull at all, not my gf donno nia.. if ur my gf can cry one lorr... aHAHAHAHA. I got even more bad things.
Just something to share in this blog and those of you who ask me why I still dont have a gf and wonder why? Now you know... =). And also I'm kinda pessimistic and plain and not that talkative at all... not much girls like that i think. UNLESS the girl come and ask me instead lar!! i dont mind that one kakakakakak!!! hey hey... just joking dont anyone get angry at this.
I firmly believe a lot of girls out there who would sacrifice a lot to be with their loved ones....
Monday, June 13, 2005
Finnnnaalllyyy the figging Pic is up
Finally i got to upload my picture to the profiles. Bear with the ugly photograph cos its the only one i currently have and as i seldom take or keep pictures ( the character of Ko Chun from God of Gamblers comes to mind kekekeke ) i cant find a better one at such a short notice.
Anyway it was taken at KLIA a few months ago and I may now be a bit chubbier and my hair would be shorter. Had some issues with Hello but maybe its just me getting confused by the layout. Got the hang of it now.
Anyway it was taken at KLIA a few months ago and I may now be a bit chubbier and my hair would be shorter. Had some issues with Hello but maybe its just me getting confused by the layout. Got the hang of it now.
First Post
Yo all this is my first POST in this new blog......ermm.... so what should i say now... errrrrr....
Ok.. i made this blog after i posted a short essay in circles99 taiping. Weihan got fed-up asked me to make a blog but i say lazy lar wanna make blog, but after a while got fans ^-^ ask me to make , so after a few days i bow to their request lor! hahaha .. yo joking bout the fans thing!! WHat i really meant was FRIENDS! and i made it cos i wanted to try it out too. Just making up a story for fun. Dont angry ya!
Joking onli ya, dont angry! And i think the ones who will come to my blog are mostly friends so, as you all know me, i prefer to use simple kopitiam english, and i dont type with perfect grammar or capital letters at the right places. I put them where i like to, cos i'm just plain lazy i guess. What to do, my typing skills were born from the fires of irc chatting. =)
CHeck back in a few hours to find my first crap story on the blog. GTG.
Ok.. i made this blog after i posted a short essay in circles99 taiping. Weihan got fed-up asked me to make a blog but i say lazy lar wanna make blog, but after a while got fans ^-^ ask me to make , so after a few days i bow to their request lor! hahaha .. yo joking bout the fans thing!! WHat i really meant was FRIENDS! and i made it cos i wanted to try it out too. Just making up a story for fun. Dont angry ya!
Joking onli ya, dont angry! And i think the ones who will come to my blog are mostly friends so, as you all know me, i prefer to use simple kopitiam english, and i dont type with perfect grammar or capital letters at the right places. I put them where i like to, cos i'm just plain lazy i guess. What to do, my typing skills were born from the fires of irc chatting. =)
CHeck back in a few hours to find my first crap story on the blog. GTG.
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