Langkawi sucks

Langkawi sucks!

The oni thing I like about this trip is the fact that I can hang out with my frens.

I dun wanna write an entry that just badmouth this tourist destination, cuz recently i just complained a lot.

Instead of showing vanilla photos like one of these:

I am going to make this a laughable blog post that could make me laugh when I read it again someday in the future.

So, I would let the following funny pictures do the talking:

A pic called "U R NOT ALONE"

Just to be clear, this wasnt taken in 1960.

It reminds me of OKU.

"Who r u kidding!? Mine is bigger than urs"

I'm sorry for the loss of ur "father".

A pajmena beauty!?

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Turns out, just an ordinary boy who desperately need a facial plastic surgery.

Night at the Casino

I bet you have already watched "Night at the Muzeum".

People claim that this is a great movie.

Well, this claim hasnt been justified, (since i havnt watched it yet)

but what has been justified is that "Night at the Casino" is quite remarkable.

As a 21-yr-old, I just had my first-time try at wagering (my lecturer, madame khaw claimed this is a better word to use than Gambling) in Genting Highland last nite.

Imagined the first time I stepped into a casino on my own, without any purpose of work, it is a bit overwhelming.

Finally, I can give the guards in the front door of the casino a oh-so-proud glance.

Despite I know the fact that statistically the house has an edge, I just wanna go there and try it at least once.

It just makes me feel so adult-like.

And I'm glad I did it last night. Hahaha...

Though my frens and I did lose some money last night, I'm still glad we had our first try.

Since we all were considered rookies, we had to learn all the "rules and regulations" from the scratch.

The learning process was a thrill and full of laughter.

Here is one of the embarrassing moments.

At the pontoon table, I kept hearing some aunties screaming out the same cantonese dirty word - "67" everytime the dealer draws a card.

At first, I was like "Wah, these aunties are rude!".

Apparently I was wrong.

When I asked my fren why they are so rude, she told me they were just saying "Picture",

and definitely not "67".

So embarrassed at that moment...

Embarrasing Story #2 is about my fren- B.

When we were about to start our first bet, we asked B to change money for chips at the Cashier Counter.

B totally obeyed us and went to the counter asking for changing for chips.

The worker stared at him with a puzzled look and said,

"What do u wanna change? You dun hav any chip"

Later on we were told tt we can change for chips in the gambling table, the cashier counter is only for cashing in chips.

Somehow five of us just couldnt stop acting silly in the casino.

Overall, it's a very good experience, but i just didnt see the real fun of wagering in the casino.

Just dun understand y those uncles aunties like to spend so much time wagering in there.

The place is filled with smoke and noise.

I got bored after playing the French Boule for just an hour.

Perhaps, it would be more exciting if all of my frens and I can sit at the same gambling table to play pontoon.

At least we can scream "Picture, Picture" together.

Footprints in the Sand.

A song so special that I wanna share with u guys.

*WARNING: It might trigger the sadness over losing a loved one and bring tears to ur eyes.

prepare the tissue.

How can they cancel Beyonce!?

I'm so frigging angry with the whole Beyonce-postponed-concert thing.

The concert organizers said that the postponement is solely the decision of the artist and has nothing to do with other external reasons.

Oh, come on!

We all know this is all becuz of those stupid concervative people, who r so free to keep banning this and banning that.

Well, if they are really that outraged at the prospect of watching a pretty young woman shake her scantily-clad body on the stage,

why dun they just stay away from the concert and stop KACAU-KACAU.

There are still people out there like me, who would be glad to watch this kinda show.

Furthermore, if the young people in this country is so unstable and easily to be influenced, then I think these concervative people should have done a lot more of works in other fields, and certainly not to protest against a fantastic concert like this one.

Really Diu-Na-Sing with these people.

Even our neighbour Indonesia is ok with the morale standard of Beyonce's concert,

but why is it so difficult for us to accept this?

I guess somewhere out there, some people must be cursing these conservative people like what i'm doing right now.

Luckily the concert ticket could still be refunded.

And the only problem left is my two way bus tickets...but i guess those two tickets are non refundable.

HAIZZZ...

BAD LUCK...BAD LUCK

Sabah + Convo

This month is gonna a bc month!

I just got back from Sabah and now I hav to prepare for my final.

I always seem to scramble for time whenever exam approaches.

This time, I told myself that if I manage to do whatever I've planned to do,

this month is gonna be bananahamic!

Let me just briefly talk about what I've done these four days in Sabah.

The main purpose, of course is to attend my sister's convo.

3 and half yrs of studying, finally she graduated.

The happiest person is undoubtedly my father, who just finished second grade.

There she is, my sister who decked out nicely in her UMS branded robe.

After having seen both UUM and UMS convo, if u ask me which do u like more, I think I'm gonna have to go with UMS convo.

U would agree with me by simply looking at these two pics, not to mention the performance and their systematic arrangement.

uum's

ums'

Besides attending the convo, of course we took the opportunity to hit some of the hot spots in KK.

Hot Spot #1: Island/Beach

Manukan Island:

B4 heading to Manukan Island, we rented all those necessities in Jesselton.



Then we took a shuttle to Manukan Island.

What activities did we do?

Snorkelling

At night, we went to Tanjung Aru Beach:

Though it was the night time, I could vividly c the brown color waves crashing onto the beach.

Hot Spot #2 : Gaya Street

I really do think this is a great place to visit.

It's more or less the same as Petaling Street, the only thing different is the cleanliness and tidiness.

Gaya street is much cleaner and organized than Petaling Street.

Below are some of pics i took in Gaya Street:

Hot Spot # 3: Seafood Restaurant

(Huge sea shells at the entrance of the restaurant.)

I didnt remember the name of the restaurant.

Anyway, this restaurant wasn't really that good.

Among all the dishes we ordered, the only one that was considered "not bad" is the "Bak Quek Har" (prawn on the left hand side).

Others were so so-so.

The only flaw of this trip was that we dun get the chance to climb Gunung Kinabalu.

It is a bit like going to New York without climbing up to the Statue of Liberty.

Anyhow, I had a great during these four days in KK.

In the end, I just wanna say something to my sis.

To sis,

Happy Graduation Day!

(Supposedly I should snap one with all the hats floating in the air, but...)

I'm a PLASTIC bag!

Kiehl's tries to tell Anya Hindmarch that when it comes to doing a good deed for our environment, plastic isn't neccesarily the enemy.

Well, this is what i read in the latest Kiehl's newsletter.

It's a bit appalling to me to read this in the first place.

Since public's consciousness of eco-frenly shopping has been raised by Anya Hindmarch in 2007, most of us take PLASTIC as our #1 enemy.

It took me half an hour to truly understand what's the ultimate motive behind this hype.

Obviously, this time around, recyling is no longer a hit.

Soon, upcycling is going to be all the rage.

This upcycling thing is actually the concept for this bag.

It encourages consumers to take something that is disposable and transform it into something of greater use and value.

And u only need to fork out RM28 to get this sturdy, utilitarian, eco-frenly bag, which is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.

Honestly, I begin to like this kinda products.

Just like I'm-not-a-plastic-bag, this reusable Kiehl's bag combines fashion with the concept of eco-frenly.

It not only raises the awareness about importance of recycling/upcycling, but it also spread/upgrade the sense of fashion among the people.

So, while u r trying to be eco-frenly, u can also look fashionable.

This is certainly killing two birds with one stone...

Well done, Kiehl's!

Let it be...

What would u feel after u have put so much effort into sth, but in the end it turns out to be nth?

I guess no one is more perfect than me to explain this feeling now.

Well, it is like...after taking tons of yogurt and banana, and yet u r still having really bad constipation.

It's a bad description but it really does convey my feeling right now.

I just screwed up my econometric midterm exam this morning.

And I feel really bad about it.

The reason i care so much about this paper is that I had studied this subject for almost four days.

4 days!

Didnt even care about the FMI exam at all.

My world just revolved around this damned subject during the last 4 days.

It turned out, days of hard work can't prevail against one silly step.

Huh!

I guess the only way for me to ease my "pain" now is to keep on whispering words of wisdom:

Let it be,

Let it be,

Let it be,

Let it be...

(u would definitely know what i mean if u hav listened to this song b4)

H1N1 hits UUM!!!

A historical day!

For both UUM and me.

This is the first time I encountered such a happening in my life.

I think u oredy knew it from the title of this entry.

H1N1 is attacking UUM!

Yesterday, my dear Uni has announced to suspend all classes and student activities for six days from today following the high number of students with mild H1N1 symptoms.

Following the announcement, there was a slight riot going on in the entire Uni.

At first, I was quite enthusiastic about the forthcoming holidays.

6 days of holidays...wat should i do with it?

Apparently, there was no such thing called "what should i do with my 6 days holidays" for my other Uni frens.

They were so bc with packings, and ticket booking once they got informed about the news.

The rumour that everyone would be quarantined once the Uni has closed the front door at 6pm had definitely flustered everyone especially juniors.

Many of them followed the trend of leaving UUM.

They hadn't even booked the tickets and yet they just finished packing and fled from UUM.

The whole situation was like World War 2.

Everyone was so afraid of the Japanese Soldiers and did their best to flee the battle scene.

Likewise, in this case, Japanese soldiers were like H1N1 and battle scene was like UUM.

I was told that the uni made the decision of suspending classes after a large number of students were referred to the PKU with mild symptoms of the virus.

From my point of view, class suspension is a must.

And yet allowing the students to return home wasn't a good way to curb the spread of the flu.

Dun u think it will oni let the virus to spread even more rapidly?

If u have ever seen the doctor in PKU, u might know y the flu can spread out that rapidly and stealthily in UUM.

My previous experience tell me that the doctors in PKU are freaking damned irresponsible.

Their first question usually is "what kinda problems do u hav?",

and next, you can get ur butt out of that chair and wait outside to take your medicine.

And weeks ago, my roommate who had the flu went to c the doctor.

He told me that the doctor simply gav him some fever and flu medicine without having further check-up.

How the heck can the flu not even spread if the doctors act like this?

This time, I hav made the decision to stay bac in UUM.

Hopefully nothing bad will happen to me.

And to my frens out there, take care.

My Work Life at Padini Authentic!

For the last 2 weeks and 3 days, I have been bc working at Padini Authentic in Genting Highland.

I have to admit that working as a sale promoter at PA (Padini Authentic) wasn't easy at all.

There are a hell of a lot of rules and regulations for the shop.

And the person in charge just couldn't stop asking me to give superior customer service to the incoming and outgoing customers.

Sometimes I felt my mouth didn't belong to me.

It just became "natural" for my mouth to pop out the words "Welcome" and "Thank You, Bye" whenever there is someone coming to or going out of the shop.

WARs always happen in here.

You will know exactly what i mean by "WARs" when you c me dealing with those Aunties.

To me, aunties are like TRANSFORMERS.

They will automatically transform into a horrifying DIGGING MACHINES whenever they approach the 50% Offer Bins.

They just can't help digging n digging the clothes until they find one to their liking.

Of course, I have to fold the clothes finely and quickly like a maniac.

The scene at the 50% offer bins is like the battlefield between Aunties and Sale Promoters.

Anyway, I learned something important from my working place.

That is how to be brave and confident to talk to someone.

I was demanded by the Person in Charge to introduce our clothing lines and promotions available to every customer.

You just can't be shy and gotta be brave to open you mouth to talk to the customers.

Confidence is essential,

especially when you are facing with the Singaporean customers.

They are really demanding and aren't afraid to complain whenever they find something unsatisfactory about the shop.

It's not easy to satisfy these customers, but the hard work really pay off when the customers smile back and say thank you to you.

As with any living and work environment change there are always tradeoffs.

This time, I lost my freedom in my work schedule, and the time to rest and sleep,

yet I gained new working experiences, and new colleagues and frens.

Below are some photos of my colleagues and friends:

Pic taken on my last day of work.

Farewell gathering: Chong, my humorous supervisor and Chi, my future junior in UUM.

Overall, I learned a lot during these 2 weeks++,

and now, I have to get ready to go bac to the forest.

Haiz...

My 3 Favourite Things about Kemaman!

Last month, my sis got back from Sabah.

Coincidentally, my 2nd sis and I were in holidays too.

So, we (included my mum) decided to go for a short trip in Kemaman.

(For ur information, Kemaman is located in Terangganu)

It's been a long time since I visited Kemaman in Form 3 six yrs ago.

I found that things in here really havn't changed all that much.

I still can remember where my uncle's old house is.

Is that a sign of good memory or a sign of slow developement in Kemaman?

I'm not sure abt tt.

But what is certain is that I'm quite fond of this little town.

This town has its own "culture" and style of living.

Well, I like it bcuz :

firstly, the beach lifestyle over there.

Since Cherating Beach is quite near the town (within an hour drive of the town), the people here live a beach lifestyle.

Honestly, I quite keen on this kind of lifestyle.

U can go for a breezy walk, take a refreshing dip in the sea or even take a sunbath (if you think u r not tanned enuf) anytime u wan.

It has totally captured the Lifestyle of "The O.C.".

The only thing different perhaps is the cleanliness between the the O.C. Beach and the Cherating Beach.(Cherating Beach is not really clean.)

Anyway, here come the second thing I like about Kemaman,

the tea drinking habit.

Of course it's not the herbal tea I mean.

Drinking coffee is what I mean.

In Kemaman, you can see a lot of kopitiams,which most of them have same approach to the decoration, just like the Old Town's.

The Hai Peng,

It's like the Starbuck in Kemaman.

The place was congested with people when we arrived.

Seem like the business is running well in here.

You can see all these antique things inside the shop.

The creepy happening took place when I was walking towards the backyard to have a look at the small Great Wall.

Firstof all, you have to take a look at the picture below:

C the old man inside the picture?

Well, he is the one who freaked me out when I was walking towards the backyard.

Dun u think the poster has created an effect that make the old man seem like a late old man who had passed away centuries ago.

You know, the old man's just sitting right in front of the small Great Wall when I stepped into the backyard.

N I gave him a "Oh, My God! Did I just see a ghost?" reaction.

But...luckily soon I could prove he is a living person, cuz he just opened his mouth n talked to one of the workers there.

Sound really silly.

Anyway, the coffee there isn't good at all.

It can't mention in the same breath as the coffee you find in Bentong.

I would rather recommend Kemaman Station (the other kopitiam in Kemaman) instead of Hai Peng.

I just dun understand why Hai Peng is so famous in Kemaman.

The third, which is oso the last thing I like about Kemaman is the seafood cook here.

Just let the following pics talk:

Best crab I ever ate.

Tom Yam Fish.

Fish Mee.

They wont look delicious, but trust me, they really tasted good.

Jai Ho!

I just finished my 2nd sem.

It seems so fast and I thought I will be rather busy after that.

Apparently, I was wrong.

Finding work in Bentong is as hard as giving birth.

Meeting with continual rejection make me so frustrated.

Sometimes I feel like slapping the face of the employer when the words " Sorry, there's no vacancy at this time" popped out from the employer's mouth.

Fortunately, my self control is so strong that I can help doing that.

Unemployment, sliding fund price, boring n dull lifestyle...

Is that what a recession means?

(I think "Yes")

OMG, I cant believe all these things happen to me.

What should I do?

Oh, no, I'm not going to be beaten down by this kinda situation.

I think what i need to do is keep on finding,

otherwise just stay at home, meet some old frens, do some reading ( what i call "invest in yourself"), o mayb join Auntie Soh on some boring meetings (which could be "fun" n meaningful), n wait until the opening of the new sem.

BTW, not forgetting to sing,

Jai Ho!

Jai Ho!

Jai Ho!

(May victory be yours!)

She has reached the Next Level!

I think this might be the coolest mv i've ever seen from Ayu.

Coolest Dance Move,

Sexiest Outfit,

Sassiest Hairstyle,

What else can u ask for?

She has definitely reached the Next Level.

Share wif u guys this mv,

"Rule - Ayumi Hamasaki"

Spring Festival 2009

Spring Festival Show took place in 16th of March 2009 in Dewan Mas.

Honestly, I was quite eager and had high expectation for the Spring Fest Show since the Moonfest Charity Show 2008 was so well done.

However, this time it turned out to be quite a let-down.

It's not like the show is really terrible, but it's just not as entertaining as the Moonfest Show 2008.

I think the the emcees have to bear some responsibility for the "failure" of the show.

I mean, the emcees really suck like leeches.

They kept on saying something ridiculous and sometimes I just couldn't help laughing out.

The most ridiculous gaffe happened when we're going to sing the University Song - Biru Warna.

One of the emcees dared to "memohon" the audience to "duduk" when it came to singing the University Song.

Perhaps, they should read the book - HOW NOT TO BE SUCK AS AN EMCEE.

Other than that, the show seemed to lack variety on the performances.

The emcees had gone on stage to perform for so many times.

Maybe The Spring Fest 2009 should be renamed to "The Emcees Concert 2009".

Anyway, there are some performances that I quite like, for eg, Human Pyramid Performance, Girs Peforming Hiphop dance and the drama show.

(Sorry lazy to upload the pics)

By the way, there's still another ridiculous thing I havn't mentioned.

It's about the lucky draw prize.

On tt night, one of the lucky draw winners was my roommate - Keong.

Guess what did he get?

A basket of woman things: Toner, Breast Enhancement Soap and last but not least,

the Vagina Spray!

It's damned funny.

I mean,

KEONG has a penis,

What the hell is he supposed to do with that vagina spray?

Happy Graduation!

To Jena, Jimmy, Hui Teng & Pik Wah,

Happy Graduation!

It's time to don the robe,

put on the cap

and have a wonderful Convocation ceremony.

Remember to enjoy this moment,

since it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Btw, sorry I can't attend ur convo, but I'm very happy for u guys.

p/s, Dun forget to treat me a big meal after getting ur first pay.
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Education in Malaysia Has Given Them A Lot of Trouble!

Last two weeks, when I was checking out my Facebook recent happening, someone's recent status caught my attention.



It's my good friend, Herman who would start his first sem on 23th of February in Lim Kok Weng University of Creative Technology.

The other two of my good friends, Andy and Pui would also start their first sem in February in Segi College.

Actually, they were my Form6 classmates who had had no "luck" to be chosen to study in local university.

Luck is definitely the right word to be used to describe their situation at the time.

Why do I say so?

It's becuz of the education sytem tt we hav in our country, which will always be directly associated with the quota system once we mention our "highly praised Education System".

Well, I know it's a sensitive issue to talk about.

So, I will only lightly talk about my own experience with regards to what I hav encountered in my U.

Here is the case:

Last sem, one day during my Managerial Math class, when we were all doing our math exersice, one guy who was sitting in front of me, suddenly turned his back on me and asked me,

"Bang, bagaimana nak selesai bahagian ini?"

The question that he asked me was merely about "i+3i" is equal to wat.

Obviously, he and his friends dunno how to do it so the guy had to ask others.

I'm neither exaggerating the case nor showing off, the question's really a form 4 level question and he should know it before he entered the U.

Different kind of feelings got to me at the time,

I'm shocked for being asked a damned simple question,

I'm wondering why my friends, Herman, Andy and Pui who hav all these math knowledge at their fingertips, failed to get to local university,

I'm angry at the goddamn education system that only cares for the "majority" and treats others like shit.

I mean, this quota system has truly become the main stumbling block in efforts towards fostering a national identity.

Evidently, the guy, who asked me the question, is one of those "lucky" majority.

As a polite, educated person, I'm glad that at that moment, I could help replying,

"Dik, ini pun tak tahu buat ka? Bgmn mu dapat masuk ke U".


I know three of my friends had gone through a really baaaaaad patch during those time when they're waiting for the private U intake.

They worked as a temporary teachers in order to save some money for their very expensive future college costs.

They put in a great deal of effort to search for the rite private college & to apply for the scholarship and PTPTN things.

The process isn't as easy as I thought it would be since everything would be done by themselves, not by Faci.

Among three of them, Herman is the one who I think, had worked the hardest.

He really worked his ass off to apply for his HOPE scholarship and PTPTN education loan.

Making thousand of calls to PTPTN counter, attending the HOPE scholarship interview alone...I'm just very impressed by what he had done for himself and wanna giv him a big thumbs up.

Lastly, I just wanna say,

I'm very very very PROUD of u guys.

Finally u guys hav made it.

Triple Kill the Goddamn Broodmothers!

If you aren't a Dota player, probably you wont get what the title means.

Ok, let me explain,

Broodmother is actually one of the Dota Heroes.

In fact, it can be rather redoubtable if the player is really good at using this hero.

I admit I would be quite happy if I were assigned to use this hero.

However, when it comes to reality, it's a totally different story.

I HATE SPIDER.

Unfortunately, my hostel room is full of this kind of goddamn creature.

It's just very unpleasant to sit or study under these spiders.

Let hav a look at my very nauseating "roommates":

Ain't they big and disgusting?

It's not enough, let look at the spiderlings:

What a big family. n they look very creepy...

If you look carefully, actually you can see all these poor little things getting caught in the spiderweb.

Having seen them everyday within these few months made me become sick of them.

I just couldn't stand it anymore.

So, today, I became rather determined to get rid of all these spiders.

With the help of my "weapon" - a wet mop, I swept it across the spiderweb to clean up the web.

At the same time, I did need to aim nicely at the spiders in order to squash and kill them.

It took me almost one hour to kill all these spiders.

Huh!

All my hard works really paid off,

becuz finally my hostel room turned out to be :

It might look a bit messy on the tables, but at least there are nth hanging on the ceiling anymore and it look clean.

Most importantly, I can bid my ever nauseating "roommates" an everlasting GOODBYE.

Congratulate me!

Dragonball - Evolution o Devolution?

I know many of the anime fans have been very excited about the forthcoming live action movie - DragonBall Evolution.

If I'm not mistaken, the anime series were played on NTV7 or TV2 every Saturday or Sunday.

I admit that I was a huge fan of Dragonball when I was a little kid.

Yet, my previous experiences tell me that any adaptation will suck.

So, I'm less than esthused about the forthcoming movie adaptation.

Having seen the poster of the movie, my precognition has been justified :

Look at the so-called Goku:

Wearing the same costume doesn't mean that they just look alike.

In the cartoon series, Goku does have a considerable amount of muscle, but this guy, come on, he doesn't even seem like working out to play the role.

The so-called Bulma pula:

She just doesn't look like the iconic blue hair character in the anime.

The worst part of the movie is master Roshi:

I'm sorry to say that, Uncle Yun Fatt, you look too young and serious to portray the role.

The role Master Roshi should be played by someone who looks a bit like a lecherous old man.

Definitely not by someone with that serious-looking face.

Overall, I can't really tell how the movie is going to be since I havn't watched the movie yet.

What I can tell is that the characters are really a mess-up.