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Tuesday, 23 December 2008

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Thursday, 09 October 2008

Simple things that amuses me during this 2 weeks' semester break...

Raya Open House in PWTC to support the PM & get free food along with these thousands of hungry ppl. You really can't see an end to the queue. Took us 2 hours to get to the food stations. Verdict: Never again!

Would you like to live here? Yes it is actually a room... seen in its original state. My classmate's *name removed to protect identity* room. It's like WOW! I just had to take a picture.

Went down to JIC one day, saw Ethan, decided to play with him, took a box, threw it down the staircase, he ran down and pick it up... and the cycle repeats. And he actually did it for quite a few rounds. He can be quite obedient after all.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Xanga's getting slower these days,
Went for WI (Wordilicious Investigators) last two Saturdays
Really interesting was this year's event,
Glad I took time off & went...

Went with some UCSI Cf members,
Was great catching up with people who remembers
It was a carnival-like atmosphere,
With games & quizzes in booths everywhere...

Had a great time learning about Jonah,
The speaker acted the story & we're like "waah"
PJ Gospel Hall is a really nice place,
Also saw a strangely familiar face...

One vital lesson I learnt - you ask?
Be obedient no matter how difficult the task
Jonah had no problems working in his land,
But preaching to Nineveh was never his plan!

Feeling kinda lonely lately
Exam's over but there's nothing on telly
Seems like there's so much to say,
But nobody to talk to or be with to pray...

It's been a while since I last posted,
But nope, my computer's not toasted
Don't worry if the words don't make sense,
Just trying to rhyme & make it dense.

Friday, 08 August 2008

You know you're really scared of your lecturer when you enter into the same elevator as him, he stares at you & says "You look like you've just entered into the lion's den".

My 'atherosclerotic' pipe that was fully obstructed until it totally cut the water supply.

There's totally no connection between the 1st & 2nd sentence. Just the highlights of the day.

Saturday, 19 July 2008

Hidden paradise...

In a desperate attempt to watch 'Wanted' before it goes off the screen, yours truly & Matthew went on an adventure & found a hidden paradise for movie-goers just right in the heart of KL. Called MBO, the cinema is located in a less well-known shopping center known as Galaxy Ampang in Taman Dagang (was introduced to it by my seriously serious ex-school teacher).

That's the cinema hall after the show, with the look of a satisfied movie-goer.

Ok... the truth is, we were searching high & low for the cinema in the near-deserted shopping complex when we were told that it's located in a hidden floor and it's not accessible by escalators (it was like a journey to the center of the shopping complex, minus the falling part). When we found it, what a relief it was to see at least a familiar cinema-like ambience, complete with their own ticketing kiosk. Just one complaint would be that there's no air-cond at the ticketing counter where we were queueing up to buy tickets, but it didn't matter cause the queue was short. And oh... there's a budget 'Red Box' next to it too, literally a box complete with the karaoke set to sing your heart out.

The regular price for each ticket is RM8/9 except on Mon (RM7), Tues (RM6) & Wed(RM5). Yes, it is a little bit like the Air-Asia of the cineplex industry, which is great news in the days of GSC/TGV domination with their extravagant prices.

We entered the cinema halls about ten minutes before time, and the pathway to the hall was a little bit too fun-fairish for our liking, with a few workers sitting on the floor & loitering around too. But all is well when we entered the hall, which looks just like a small hall in GSC MidValley and we were subsequently served with trailers before the movie started, without any annoying ads at all! The quality of the audio & visual effects is satisfactory & we enjoyed the show without any glitches. Move aside, GSC & TGV... MBO is the cinema with a difference!

... and other tales

Year 2 of studies had been kind to me so far, and the highlights are the incoming of the year 1 juniors & the hospital visitations that we go for once a week. We recently had a whole week of orientation for the juniors. Just like how our seniors treated us & naturally being very nice people, we didn't torture them at all, so the word 'ragging' is unheard of. The worst thing that we did would be calling them to sing for the lecturers, dance with the skeleton etc. We also organized a dinner & an Amazing Race for them to bond among themselves & with us.

One of the hospitals that we are attached to is the Hospital Orang Asli in Gombak, and going to the hospitals is really something to look forward to. Just the past week, I encountered a patient with end-stage renal disease & she has to be put on dialysis, forcing her to stay at the hospital all the time, and she was crying as we were learning to take history of her condition because she feels so miserable and wanted to go home. As I was thinking back, it seems all the words about ESRD from the textbooks suddenly became alive and it'll no longer be just another disease that we have to study about. The song 'People need the Lord' also had a whole new meaning after being enriched with the experience of seeing people in such a helpless state. My prayer would be that the Lord will grant me a heart of compassion just as He has & the wisdom to learn how to help these people who are in need not only physically, but also spiritually.

Friday, 27 June 2008

P2P Greeniz Kinabatangan
(25th to 29th May 2008)

This is a long overdue post about the expedition to the 2nd longest river in Malaysia organized by StarYouth. Thanks to UCSI who sponsored the trip, I was able to join 30 other environmentalist wannabes ranging from form 3 to university students to dive into a world of fascinating and enriching experience deep within the heart of one of the few remaining tropical rainforests in the world.

We stayed in a beautiful place called Sukau Rainforest Lodge, a 2.5 hours of boat ride from Sandakan, Sabah at the region of the lower Kinabatangan. Here, we're exposed to the real meaning of eco-tourism, as the owner sought to conserve the environment as much as possible while operating his lodge, evident by the way the lodge was built (with as little clearing of the forest as possible), generating their own electricity & water supply, providing the local inhabitants of the area with job opportunities and taking part in conservation efforts around the river. Another unique thing about staying here is that we'd have to wear sarongs in other to get our dinner!

We were brought along a whole lot of cruises ranging from sunrise to night cruises to experience the different sights and sounds of the rainforest... where we witnessed pygmy elephants, proboscis monkeys, orang utan, hornbills, baby crocodiles, snakes etc. along with the unique vegetations along the bank of the river.

To learn a little more about life within the jungle & how the environment relates to our survival, we were taught how to cook the traditional foodstuff of the org Sungai, given a guided tour of the boardwalk teeming with plants used for making medicine, flavorings & furniture, taught how to catch prawn using the bubu & fish using the jala (it's not easy at all!)

We were also given a slight peek into how journalists do their job by having a dialogue session with the Sabah CM about his efforts & concerns for Kinabatangan, who arrived on the 2nd day with his whole entourage of supporters.

Of course, it was not just all fun & play as we needed to work on projects to educate the people about the importance of conserving the environment through four main mediums: human boardgame, fine arts (drama), photography & souvenirs and food & music. We were supposed to use these mediums to convey our message on the Green Day Celebration on June 8 in Taman Lembah Kiara and bring it back to our homes, school etc.

Now that it's all said done, it comes down to our own effort in our everyday lives that could help conserve the environment. This expedition helped me to be more cautious & realize that the little that we do (e.g. reduce wastage of paper by photocopying less, conserving water & electricity, reduce the use of plastic bags & disposable chopsticks) goes a long way in protecting & maintaining this gift of the environment that God had entrusted to us to take care of. Let's Act Now!

More stories here, here & here!

Credits: Some pictures were taken from other blogs - Alvin, Fanson etc.

Friday, 20 June 2008

Never open your house door for any STRANGER!

It's sad to be back updating on such a grim note, but yeah... a few cases of uncalled for "visitors" that came into my house warrants for this post as a reminder to myself and other people so that we'll be educated and alerted about this danger. And it's also to vent out my anger and frustation lah... wished I could do something about what happened. Sigh.

I'm sure since young we've been educated by our parents not to open the door or talk to strangers, period. But when you are placed in the situation itself, it is not as straight-forward as it seems due to a lot of other factors that come into play. Notably, how our feelings of fear and panic is manipulated by evil people to accomplish their sinister purposes.

Here's what happened: I was not at home. The time was around 10pm, Friday, 20th June. My mom just came back from work. Along came a tall Indian man claiming to be a policeman, saying that he's performing an 'operasi' to catch illegal immigrants. (My parents rented out two rooms to Indonesian ladies who work around our area... not my domestic helpers). He kept on pressuring my mom to open the door and let him come in to check. My mom initially refused but gave in due to his persistence & fear of the man's intimidation.

All hell broke loose the moment he entered. He went into my parents room searching for money in the cupboard, gave more threats then went to one of the tenants room and ransacked her room. Mission accomplished: He took RM 400 and her handphone, then left without another word. It was then that it dawned upon my parents that he's a robber.

I'm sure this story is nothing new and might even be increasing due to the rising cost of living & crime rate. Sometimes we think that we would have reacted differently if we were in the situation but we'd never really know until we ourselves are in that position. I think one golden rule and lesson learnt out of this would be to remain calm when handling stressful situations, because the moment we panic we'd have lost control of our ability to think rationally and react appropriately. Well, at least I could be thankful that the man was unarmed and my parents & the lady were unhurt.

Friday, 09 May 2008

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Friday, 21 March 2008

Modern sumpit

The moment i saw this cool device and is taught how to use it, it immediately reminded me of the sumpit and our friend in Sarawak. It may not be able to kill/paralyze someone, but it's used to measure the amount of air that a person can forcefully breathe out at one go. So a person takes a deep breath and forcefully releases it into the peak expiratory flow meter. Kinda useful to see how much air you can breathe out in case you wanna try using the traditional sumpit.

Farewell dinner for seniors

Recently had a farewell dinner for the year 2 seniors who will be going to Kuala Terengganu. Was quite amazed to see the lecturers being so sporting to dance around and sing solo, such a deviation from the normal seriousness & professionalism that I face whenever I meet them. There is, after all, a time for everything. The highlight of the day had to be that one lecturer went to the front to present the seniors with a parting present. At that moment all of my friends had the same reaction "Wah... Sung choong oh" as the present of a gigantic clock was revealed. Haha... nevertheless, it was a really nice gesture from that lecturer (who is from India-lah, so it's excusable) Perhaps it was a reminder to study hard cos time & tide waits for no man?

Saturday, 23 February 2008

Strangely Familiar?

Kuala Lumpur, 22 Feb 2008- This poster was found in the campus grounds of one of the local private institutions of higher learning here, where it sparked controversies of alleged copyright infringement. The ACA (Anti-Ciplak Agency) had formed a Special Task Force to investigate the allegation that this event was strangely similar to the "Ice Cream Nite" held in JIC on the 26th January 2008. The person responsible for the event was allegedly recorded as saying "It looks like it, sounds like it, but I cannot say that it is similar", a baffling statement indeed. The verdict is, whether it is similar or not, the latter event did have a nicer poster and we cannot deny that it is an effective and eye-catching program.

Disclaimer: The controversy behind this poster is purely fictional and subjected to the imagination of the reporter. It had nothing to do with any of the organisations named above. And to the ppl who made this poster, please don't kill me!