Mou Tak Ding

My laptop has been kept away in my laptop bag since last sunday. o_O I know, that means I haven't been online for a week!!! Like OMG. But I did go online at work to check my mails.

Finished my exam for electronics fundamental mentalities. Back to working with the red and white babies. It's been ssssoooo long since I last worked with the red and whites. Handskills and technical knowledge all rusty now.

No sweat, will be right on track in no time.

Pictures all the way to the end of this post.

September 16 2008

Something big was supposed to happen today. Something historical was supposed to happen today. Everyone was waiting for something to happen today. But did anything happen? I don't know, I'm not sure. For now, everything's still the same.

Is it too good to be true? Or has it yet to come true? Everyone's sick and tired of the childish games played by adults in the eye of the public. Everyone's ready for a change. Whether the change will be a good one or a bad one, we have yet to find out, because it has yet to happen.

Let all the finger pointing stop. Let all the fights end. Let us all go back to our similarities, and forget about our differences.

Tolerate each other. Why should other groups of people show toleration to one group of people when that group of people won't give the same toleration back? Why so selfish? You are not the only ones living in this world.

Here's to hoping for a change. Hoping that there's a chance, still a glimmer of light for that change to happen.

Let's all change together.

Hey, if you're going to dream, might as well dream big.

HERE'S TO RM1.10 PER LITRE OF PETROL!

That's only my dream ar, don't go spreading the word that the petrol price is going down pulak.

Flying Away to A Foreign Land

Last Thursday, I sent off my ex-classmate from univ to klia, he was flying to UK to further his studies. It's a pretty big thing going overseas to study huh? While I was thinking about what to write here, I remember the day I met him and the first thing I ever said to him. "Oi! Ape pandang-pandang?!" Seriously. That was the first thing I ever said to him. He was staring at me from across the street. The best thing was, he didn't look away when I returned the stare. In fact he didn't even realise I was staring back at him.

Then my friend told me he felt bad. So on another day, I went over and ask him why he was staring at me. He said I looked a lot like someone he knows, and he said sorry. Ahaks. We laughed it off and were friends ever since. To think our friendship started off like that. Funny how things turn out.

And now, he's in UK, wow. How time flies.

Sometimes I envy those who go overseas and all. But when I think about it, it's no big deal. I have a friend who says, it's no different than studying locally, it's the same. Except that she felt bad because it's costing her parents so much money when she can get the same thing locally.

Now, if I was offered full scholarship that comes with funny allowances that covers all the crap you've never thought about, then yes I would go. But I won't put myself in debt paying off loans for the next few decades to go somewhere. One loan is enough.

I'll reserve my trips there for vacations thank you very much.

In the mean time, I'll be breathing local air for years to come.

I Am Totally Slacking

Lame joke recall

A: What's the most confusing fruit in the world?
B: I dunno, what?
A: Strawberry.
B: How come?
A: I dunno, confusing right?
B: T_T
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I have been slacking big time in class and studies. Totally zoning in and out during class. I try to revise, but the procrastinator in me is too strong!!!

I guess having did well in the previous module went to my head without me realizing it. Dayum. When the instructor shoots a question at me, I use to be able to shoot back the answer, but nowadays, I'm out of ammo. ssshhhiiiiiaaaaaaattttttt.

I need to shape up!!! Argh!!!

I have to eat, breath, puasa, sleep electronic!

I love electronics.

Say it with me

I LOVE ELECTRONICS!

Bitch Fest

I wasn't even going to blog today. But then (long dramatic pause) as I woke up from what was supposed to be a short nap, this piece of information jumped out at me from my laptop screen practically doing the happy dance (where you look like you're stirring a cauldron full of evil potion with a sinister smirk on your face) and the conga line dance at the same. I found it too big an opportunity, too juicy, too bitch-able for me to NOT blog about it.

See, the beauty of blogging is that, when you're pissed, you can bitch and rant all about it in your blog. Without letting the-people-you're-bitching-about know about it, but letting the rest of the world in cyberspace know it. Then you secretly hope that the-people-you're-bitching-about WILL somehow come across your blog, read it, feel belittled by what you wrote and go crying to their mommies. After that, just as an after thought, you secretly, secretly (nope, not a mistake, I meant to type it twice) hope that they DON'T come across your blog, because then it won't be fun anymore. You no longer have a sinister secret place to bitch. Ahaks.

So, here's the ice cream on this brownie. Apparently, some unfortunate souls who have not been blessed with the ability of note taking in class, have been stealing my notes while I'm not around, and in under 3 minutes, managed to flip-flip-flip and find the piece of info that they needed, copy it, then put my notes back where they found it. All that under 3 minutes.

WHAT AM I? A TOUCH N GO TAMBAH NILAI LANE??!!!

Now, there's two sides to EVERYTHING. Let's first look at the bright side.
1. They think of me highly enough to snitch notes from me. My notes must be dayum bloody good then.
2. They've graduated to copying post-examinations instead of copying during examinations. Kudos! Give yourselves a big painful whack, I mean, a pat on your back.

Here's the other side (formerly known as the dark side, but has been changed to keep it light and positive injected with a few milliliters of sarcasm)
1. They are so very-the-incompetent that they can't come up with their own notes.
2. Even with half the class in their 'friends-but-I-still-bitch-about-you-behind-your-backs' list, not one of them have better notes than theirs.
3. So they had to resort to stealing from the OTHER side.
4. They somehow have the skills to come up with the divine plan of snitching notes. Wow,they never cease to amaze me.
5. When their previous pool of notes became inaccessible due to the right plan but bad execution on their part - also known as an error - they looked for a new pool to dip their toes in.

And that is how they ended up having the honor of being condemned in my blog (look!look! NOW you can go tell your friends I'm condemning them okay?)

After all the blood, sweat and tears I poured into my notes. (ok, not really. Just kinetic energy and grey matter. That's besides the point.) They think they can just waltz over to my notes and copy it? You watch out man.

You know what? The biggest marvel of their plan is, I hardly even leave the class for a long period of time. Since it's the fasting month, I only go out for toilet breaks. I only left the class longer than 5 to 15 minutes ONCE last friday. Looks like the 25 minutes turn around time is a piece of cake to them.

I have come up with a plan to catch them off guard while they are reloading their touch n go at my table. But then, decided that it'll be a huge waste of my energy, I've already wasted Giga Joules on this post. So let them be.

Biarlah mereka yang solat 5 kali sehari mencuri ilmu tanpa kebenaran daripada tuannya pada bulan yang mulia ini. Aku halalkan segala apa yang TELAH diambil.

But don't expect to find my notes available at your disposal anymore.

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for spending your precious time reading my long rant.




P.S: If you are looking for the post on the Bento Partay, it's below this one.

Stress Free Weekend of Mine

Finally! There was sun and heat today!! It's been raining for the past few days, so much that my laundry won't dry. But thank God it did not rain today!! My clothes are finally dry. Well, now I actually have to get around to go fold it up. Dayum lazy.

Yesterday and today was pretty good. Yesterday was full of plans (and rain all d way from nilai-seremban to sunway and back to nilai sheesh). First thing of the day was my dentist appointment. Well, nothing exciting there (just mention it cause that's how my day started)

After that, I headed down to Damansara for a Bento Partay! eheheheh. If you don't know what a bento is, click here and here (and, not or, means click both >_<) The party was organized by my mom and Pat. I reached the party a lil late. They were already halfway through the how-to-bento talk. The highlights of the day were, each person gets a goodie bag, inclusive of a bento box amongst other things (check out the pix), a bento competition was held, we had to use the food for lunch and arrange it in our new bento box, the most creative arrangement wins a prize. I think the best part of all for the bento enthusiasts was that the 100 Yen store guy was there with a huge supply of bento gear! There were bento boxes of various colors and designs, bento straps, cutlery sets, and loads of other stuffs all for RM4.90 per piece. There were also other gears that Pat outsourced from somewhere else. Did not get any pictures of those though.(mom, I think you bought loads, take a picture of those)

Pikchah!!!

Pat giving the talk

My Mommy giving the talk.
"Ladies, recycle, save our environment"


Some of the lunch buffet spread. I was late so couldn't snap much before they were devoured.

There's my Aunt Hannah posing with her bento for sis's camera.

Sis's bento. See the cute mufiin? Two lil piggies on it!
Now those piggies are halal ones wakakakak!


This is mine


Close up of the muffin I managed to grab.


Leftover maki that I tapau-ed


Contents of the goodie bag!

Had fun at the party, for more pics go to Molly's blog!

After the party, I went straight to Sunway to meet up with Tina, she couldn't stay long cause she had to go somewhere. Brenda and Diana arrived later, just in time for a few pics with Tina before she took off. Then the three of us literally spent 2 hours wandering around and around the mall figuring out what to eat. Finally settled for Delifrance by running Diana's finger up and down the directory and stopping randomly down the list (WE WERE THAT BORED AND LOST OK) Giler kesian, like nothing better to do only T_T

Then today, was a very unproductive relaxing day thank you very much.

This is what I made while I was feeling creative today.

Wanna come up with a name for it? It's tamagoyaki rolled in a whole meal bread.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Khaled Hosseini. Author of the best selling book The Kite Runner. If you've read The Kite Runner, found it good, but have yet to read A Thousand Splendid Suns, I'm telling you to go out, buy, beg, borrow, or steal a copy now.

This one is so much better. I cried reading this book, a few times. The other times that I've cried reading a book was while reading A Walk to Remember and when Sirius Black died.

This book is about the lives of two women - Mariam and Laila - before and after their paths crossed. Set in Afghanistan before and after the Taliban ruling. The hardship they went through is unimaginable. The brutality and discrimination.

Values of trust, family, friendship, love. What it is like to be a woman in their country.

I can't put into words how I feel about the book, I'm so not good with reviews. So go get a copy. I can't do justice to it.

The Month That Was

Last month was a whole lot of things all rolled into one. I found myself feeling annoyed, irritated, agitated by the littlest things, trivial matters. I don't know why. Somethings people do, somethings people say, or even the people themselves bug, annoy and irritate me. Well I hope I irritated them as much as they did me. I do not know what's wrong with me these days. I get pissed off easily.

However, there were events that managed to get my mind off work, and the people from work.

My ONE AND ONLY Uncle got married last saturday.

The hall.

Decos on the ceiling.

The walk to remember.

Entrance to the dinner hall.

The table.

Then, the next day went for lunch cum reunion at Carcosa Sri Negara with my grandma's family.

Those two days was like a flurry of madness. Catching up on my relatives, learning who's who, putting a face to the names I always keep hearing, or learning names of faces that I recall from my childhood. Meeting with relatives that I do know and whom I only meet during weddings. Meeting long lost childhood friend whom I used to play with back when I frequent my mom's place on weekends as a child. Brings back memories of polypockets and barbie dolls. Brings back memories man. It was crazy.

How time flies.

That weekend was all eat eat eat. I think I gained all the weight and inches in time for puasa. Mind you, puasa-ing and losing weight does not come hand in hand T_T.

Back to the present. Currently in class. Current class is all about current (pun intended). Module 4: Electronic Fundamental. Have to keep up my grades, somehow someway I did well for the last module, and this module is like a continuation to it. Dayum.

Am looking forward to this weekend of escape from my working world and away from technical minds.

Quickly

Just a quick post, so as not to leave my blog idle for too long. Last weekend was filled with food! and driving around. Just so happens fasting month starts today. So I guess all the eating during the weekend was good.

Uncle got married on saturday. CONGRATULASI!!

It's back to class tomorrow. >_<

See y'all.

Happy puasa-ing.