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10 days in Lumut OBS

2010-05-09T22:49:00.000+08:00

I should have updated it earlier... it's almost 3 months since I left Lumut...(actually i don really know how I spent my time for the past few weekends lar~~just no time to update it..haha)

Sunset in Lumut OBS

I went Lumut with 75 other FSTEP-ians. We reached there at around afternoon, and we were divided into 2 groups , 6 watches(teams) after a short briefing. I was in Group 2 and my watch's name was "Jerai" (name after a mountain in Kedah) .

All other watches were also name after the names of mountains in Malaysia.

Of course, out of 5 other watches, I love Watch Chamah the most!! XD

Me and my fellow watch-man~

After lunch, we went into another introduction by our 'instructor', basically he briefed us about the rules and regulations of the school (why school? the place is called outward bound school ma..), and surrendered out our personal belongings which were not 'usable' in the school. (handphone/IC/RM/lighter/food/knife...etc)

Later at the night after dinner, we had an ice-breaking session with other group members. (Haha, actually no need ice breaking la..we've known each other long enough, ice melted d~~)

Activities

1) Rope climbing

It was an easy task, I just climbed up a rope-made net. It is similar to a indoor rock-climbing but much much more easier. As long as you don't have hypsophobia(fear of high places), you can finish the task easily. :)

Anyway, I've learned the basic steps of rock-climbing and how to use those safety equipment of rock-climbing.

OBML - Lumut, Malaysia

2) Raft-building

The main task of the day was to build a raft by using some PVC pipes and big water tongs. Use your own creativity and build the raft. Unfortunately, our raft was an unsuccessful one, and needed our instructor to help then we could make one. Haiz..

Finally, the raft was on the water and we sailed out to the sea. But on the way back, the 'helpful' instructor who helped us to build the raft, sabotaged it when we were almost reached the shore. Of course he made it in the middle of the sea and we went wet and swam back to the shore...

3) Wall Climbing

It's not easy as what you see. No time limitation, but it uses a lot of your energy.
(I couldn't finish it ... >.<)

Is it Jenny?

4) Pre-jungle Trekking

This was the day we learned some camping techniques and jungle tracking techniques. We were introduced those techniques and in the second half of the day, I should have joined my watch to do a pre-jungle tracking, but I wasn't feeling well, migraine.... haiz.. stayed at the medical bay with 2 other guys from SIA/Silk Air. (Singapore airlines send their pilots-to-be in this programme also but what they have is much much more 'intensive' then us)

I didn't know what's going on on that day, I was just sleeping till the time they came back. Later that night, I was told that there's a formation of jungle tracking, and each member play a role. My role was IRON MAN!! (it's a 'nothing-specific-for-u-to-do-and-just-keep-following position, good huh~')

5) Jungle-trekking cum Group Camping

Early morning in the 4th day, we started our 'journey' to the campsite. It's really a journey; it's my first time walking in a jungle for almost 8 hours!! It's really tiring. The path in the jungle isn't easy for walking, and a lot of leeches tried to 'make friends' with us!! (in our watch, LaiMun was the most 'friendly' team member with the leeches and she attracted the most leeches~) Btw, leech bites isn't painful, and basically you don't feel a thing. (but it's really disgusting la...to see a worm stick on you and keep sucking your blood...)

Our watch was the first to reach the campsite. Setting up the camps, cooking, and sleep...nothing much to do that night. That was the first night we sleep under no roof.

6) Jungle Trekking II

After the night under stars, we went into jungle again and trekked back to school... different road, but same friends who liked stick to us.

7) Solo camping

Each of us got an individual campsite and tried to survive in the campsite for one night. (Basically, nothing much for us to do la... just relax, enjoy and think back about what we are and what we've done wrong...)

It ought to be a relaxing day, but the worst thing was RAINING!!! It was raining that night and I couldn't sleep!! It was more tiring than other days!!

8) Kayak

Hao-Lian?????

Day 8, kayaking. It was the day we kayaked to Pangkor island from school. The day before, we had some training on the kayaking, we trained in pairs. On the night before we departed to Pangkor, my partner dumped me (she gave excuses la..like don have confidence with me lar..blah blah blah) . She left me no choice but to find another partner from other watch because my watch had odd number of members and those kayaks were 2-person kayaks. Thanks to Cammah watch, they found me one.

Capsize (overturn accidentally)

It was not a smooth trip to Pangkor. Like jungle trekking, there's a formation for kayaking. We kayaked in a diamond shape, where captain led the way, a sweeper at the back to make sure no one left behind, a left flanker and a right flanker to take care of the formation so that no one beyond them.

At first, my kayak kept meeting left flanker and the right flanker (yes, we were demonstrating zig-zag kayaking style where other went STRAIGHT).

Later part of the trip, I think those who participated will remember my kayak forever. Our kayak WENT CAPSIZE!! (@#$%^&* out of 36 kayaks, only mine went down!! Shit)

We were rescued by instructors in speedboat and most of the trip was on speedboat. No fun at all..haiz...

9) Rappelling

There's another challenge waiting for us in the island - rappelling. As usual, after reaching the
island, kept the kayaks and set the camps.

After all set, we went for rappelling. That's a good experience as I could view the beautiful scenery of the island as I was moving down from the high ground. The island is really beautiful~~

Pangkor island beach

Spent one whole day in the island, picnic, enjoying the wind and the water... the most relaxing activity in that 10 days...haha..

Billy's talkshow in Pangkor

We kayaked back to the school in the morning of the 9th day (luckily no capsize this time although my kayak still went zig-zag).

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Experienced a lot of things in these 10 days. My relationship with other FSTEP-ians become closer. Really had a great time there.

Thanks to OBML, Mr. Najib (my istructor, not the PM) , all the participants of the programme, and FSTEP who sponsored me there..thank you.

Thanks for the photos by Farah, Jerry, SK2 and Nancy (Lat Da). (all photos stolen from facebook)

Thanks to Max also for refreshing my memory..haha

Pre -Lumut OBS

2010-02-02T15:43:00.003+08:00

I will be going to Lumut (Perak) tomorrow~~for 10 days~~

It will be my 1st time joining this kind of event (OBS - Outward Bound School), well, I have prepared a lot of things, don't know whether I will be able to use them or not.. =.="

My feeling now, is a mixture of a lot of feelings... excited, fear, happy, unknown,....etc.

The good thing is, the costs of participating this OBS (RM 1,300-00 - damn expensive man!!) and the transportation are borne by FSTEP..haha, I don't have to pay them~~

But, I need to buy a lot of things too la, torchlight, track-bottoms, extra shirts, blah blah blah...really burn a hole on my wallet la... >.<

From tomorrow onwards, 10 consecutive days without my "小白" , no handphone, no movies, no internet... Well, I hope the camp will be a joy and meaningful one..haha (to compensate my loss of use of my P1)

I will try to update after I am back from Lumut~

Advertorial : FSTEP 5th Intake

2009-12-19T16:47:00.006+08:00

For those who read my previous blog entries, I think you know (or roughly know) what I am doing recently.

Well, I am "studying" in a programme named FSTEP with a monthly stipend of RM2.2k. Not a bad one huh~ I get paid to study..haha~

Now, FSTEP is recruiting, For those who wish to change your career path( into banking/financial line) or those who wish to be more "employable", it's time to send in your applications. Send in now before Jan 2, 2010.

Disclaimer: Waterox make zero ringgit zero sen from this advertorial. Waterox provides free consultation services and free resume delivery services but charges only a meal in TGIF for every successful application.

Rendezvous....

2009-11-18T19:55:00.005+08:00

I went to a rendezvous.......

in Nikko Hotel KL...

on 5th Nov 2009...

with a big group of people =.="

Nothing romantic there, it's basically a takaful forum to discuss the challenges of this industry in Malaysia.

Any good experience there? Yes, of course!! ~~I had five meals form 9 to 5 that day and the food there is quite delicious~~~~ I have learned a lot from that forum regarding to the takaful industry.

Special thanks to En. Hamidun and FSTEP for giving me this opportunity to ~~enjoy the meals for FREE~~ learn from various industry leaders.

And thank you Jerry, for the pictures. :)

U p d a t e s

2009-09-07T19:20:00.010+08:00

Long time didn't go online, finally with my multimedia gears, I am able to get connected.

Connected to MSN, started chatting with some old friends...Usually our conversation starts like this...

Where are you now?
I am currently living in KL, Taman Seri Petaling, around 1.7km away from the Bukit Jalil LRT station.

What are you doing now?? Working ar~ or studying~?
Erm... (I don really know how to answer this Q la~~)
You can say so lar~~I am paid to study..haha, for the time being. :)

HUH??!! (confused)
I am now under a training programme by Bank Negara(BNM), it's called FSTEP, so, BNM pays me for studying. :)

WAH~~so good~so, you are now working under BNM?
No! I take part in the training programme, but not work for BNM.

(more confused) Huh?! What is it about?
Erm...

Well, basically the programme is called Financial Sector Talent Enrichment Programme (FSTEP) , a programme under staff training fund of BNM, and it's managed by IBBM(Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia).

For more info, please go here~

Haha, sorry la...sometimes I am lazy to explain...

Am I working or studying? I am not really sure about it.

Or put it this way, I am taking a scholarship to study about banking and financial stuff, will it make the picture clearer? :)

What have I learnt so far? I have gone through an Intensive English Programme by them. They invited facilitators from British Councils to teach (facilitate??) us. It's a very unique learning experience I had. Their method of teaching is different from I had during my secondary and primary school times.

The so intensive classes were only last for one month, now I'm learning about the banking stuff.

Very good experience also :)
Senior employees from different banks come and "facilitate" us, telling us about the real banking practices in Malaysia. I am able to know some interesting stories in the industry through them.

Is it good to join? I got $$ for attending classes, and it comes with a guarantees package (bond) in which I will have adequate cash flow for the coming 22 months, what do you think?

My convocation 2009 08 09

2009-08-11T19:33:00.006+08:00

Finally, I am officially graduated from MMU!!!!!!!!!!!

It's on 9th of August, 2009, the 1oth convocation of MMU was held in the main hall of MMU Cyberjaya campus.

(Sandy, EuJin, HuiHui, JiaLing and ME)

The convocation was like a small reunion of all my coursamates, other than going up to the stage to receive the scroll from the pro-chancellor, the most exciting moment was to meet back most of my friends back in MMU.

(Back: CheeHoo and KangJie / Front: Sandy and ME)

Three years in MMU, I've learned a lot of things, and also widen my network there...Thanks to all my lecturers and tutors; you have enlighten me in various ways...

Mr. Ong Jeen Wei - My tutor

And also all my friends, coursemates, housemates, as well as whoever knows me; together we shared the pains and joys, quarreled and argued over some small tiny issues, sharing the good times together..all of these have become part of my good and sweet memories during the three-year time in Melaka. Thank you to your all~~

Came back from hibernation~~~

2009-08-03T20:02:00.005+08:00

Dang dang dang dang~~~

I have come back from hibernation~~~

I mean my blog lah~~lol

Long time never update my blog already...since I moved out from the hostel in Melaka. Read back my last blog, dated 9 Spet 2008...wow!! It's almost one year from now!!

Now, finally I can online and continue writing blog. Yea~

What is your value?

2008-09-19T05:46:00.006+08:00

What is the value for an individual?

A banker told me - zero. An individual to bankers have zero value.

So, what is the value of the individual to the people around him?

Don't know. It can be very significant or totally zero.

The term 'value' that I am talking about has a very broad definition. It can be your abilities, skills, knowledge, relationships, monetary value, or anything else that you can think of that you have.

People form alliances/ task forces because one feels that the other individual has some values which helps. Try to think that, in a political party alliance, which consists of 3 parties, if one of the party has no MPs in the parliament, very few supporters/members, will the party be invited to the alliance? I don't think so. It must be some reason for one to be invited into the alliance. I am not saying who's making full use of the others, but for mutual benefits, they are together.

The same goes to the selecting and recruitment process. When a company thinks that you can benefit them from whichever ways, you'll get hired, otherwise, your job application will not be considered.

I have been through a lot of task forces since my freshman year in university. I always think that 'no one should bind to anyone/group'. When tasks were given out, different tasks group were formed. Maybe my thinking is different from others, I just cannot accept that the saying of 'XXX was dumped by YYY and co.' or 'WWW and co. left ZZZ behind and form a group by themselves' or 'I couldn't leave OOO alone because no one wants OOO' . I find it very difficult to accept those sayings.

From the relationship points of view, ya, those are correct. Without some kind of relationship to support, no one will say these.

For me, I think like this. Whenever I am not invited into a task group, I am lacking of 'values' that the group needs, or, my 'values' to the group is relatively smaller if compared to other potential group members.

Face the reality, if you cannot acquire the 'values' needed by the group, you won't be part of them. But if you have such 'values', people will come to you.

Don't blame anyone for 'dumping' you and you shall not feel ashamed for 'dumping' anyone. Tasks groups are formed for mutual benefits. Neither sorry nor swear words are needed.

Although I feel disappointed for not being chosen into a task group, but I am fine. I don' have the 'values' that the group needs, I think.

What is your value anyway?

Is MMU Melaka under cursed?

2008-09-14T12:07:00.003+08:00

About 2 years ago, an MMU student who was reported fell down from Ixora Apartment (forgot which floor already) while attempting to reach his own locked apartment from his neighbour's balcony.

About a year later, another girl who was resided in Emerald Park was found dead in Ixora Apartment (again). Some said she decided to end her own life because of relationship problems.

Few days back then, an MMU student was reported missing on 12 Spet then found dead on 13 Sept. His body was found in the jetty near Holiday Inn there.
[link to ChinaPress.com regarding to this news]

I know that suicides are everywhere....but 3 cases in 3 years in this community, is it just a coincident or a curse?

RE: 'Isolation, Isolating, Isolated'

2008-08-28T22:40:00.003+08:00

A friend of mine talk to me about 'Isolation' issue on me lately after seeing my personal message on MSN (I wrote 'Isolation, Isolating, Isolated' on my personal message). She told me that I have changed since the beginning of the trimester. According to her, everyone around me have noticed that.

She has strong points.

I behave very weird starting this trimester.
I am boycotting the entire group of people.
I didn't join the entire group starting this trimester (dinner/ lunch/ outing).
I look very fierce when I am not talking.
I once didn't talk anything during a dinner with them.
etc...( I have forgotten..sorry)

I have something to say over these issues:

1) When I don't feel like to talk, usually for the reasons below.

I am tired
I am in bad mood
I am out of the topic

2) I really do not know how I look like when I stop talking. Maybe you are right, but if one didn't offence me, I will not scold that person~ Unless that person has done something on me. Did I ever scold a person for no reason?

3) Whenever I am asked to go out (shopping/ makan/ trip/ etc), I will usually. I will reject some invitations mainly because :

I have other things to do. (i.e. assignment)
I have no Vitamin M.
The place that I am asked to go makes me feel uneasy.
The people that I am asked to go with makes me feel uneasy.

Ya, I am choosy. I choose who to go out with. Try to think that, if you were asked to go for a trip with 3 pairs of love-birds, what is your position then? (I don't wanna play gooseberry/be a big spot light)

Other than that, whenever I am asked to go out, I will. Did I ever reject any invitations from you guys?

For meal time, if no one asks me to go out, I will take it as "you have taken your meal" / "you don't want to have your meal now" / etc. So I go back home and have my dinner alone.

I am not actively to ask people for outing. I am very passive indeed. The reason? I have no transportation! It is weird right? Asking people to go here and there without transportation? So, I usually follow the driver's destination.

4) That particular time when I didn't speak anything during the dinner is because I was thinking of something else and I was in a bad mood. I kept it within my heart. I was not boycotting anyone. Whoever asked me questions, I answered.

Well, that's all I want to say about what you guys have noticed.

Do you have any more things that you have mentioned and you want to tell me? You can leave me your message in the 'comment' area. You are welcome~

Am I overacted / petty?

2008-08-28T01:47:00.009+08:00

Have you ever felt of isolation?

I do feel that sometimes. I am also thinking of the reasons of being so. Is it 'I am isolating myself from others?' or "I am being isolated by others?'

I don't know, but I just can't stop thinking of that. I am also thinking of these questions into a deeper extent, 'Is that all my fault?' ,' Am I the one who cause it?', 'What has gone wrong in our friendship?'

Maybe I am too sensitive over some small matters, but, sometimes, these small matters bring up some signs of isolation. At least I feel so.

I got this feeling again recently.

I was outstation to participate in a competition with a group of people few days ago. That competition was a team based competition. We went there in teams.

It was a buffet breakfast. I went down to the breakfast a little bit earlier than the official schedule. To my surprise, the entire group were already there in a round table. Full. So, I had my breakfast alone.

Despite of singing "Where is the love" (by Black Eye Peas) while having my breakfast, I was thinking; "Am I part of the group?"

Yea...I took a very long time to think about this question. I try to think it in many different points of view.

From my point of view, the song kept repeating in my mind. (Forget it!)

From the second person point of view, I thought of some questions. I also answered those questions.( I might need a psychotherapist.)

X :" You stay in different room mar~"

Waterox: "Since when people starting to forget the existence of the invention of Alexander Graham Bell ?"

X:" Aiya, small matter only mar~why take it so serious? What to angry wor?"

Waterox: " Firstly, I ain't angry. It's just an odd feeling that I as a part of the group. I don't know how to describe it, try that, fit yourself into my shoes and you'll feel that. I didn't mean that as a group/team, all of us must stick together all the time, no! But, some common activities, we ought to do it together as a group or as a team, right? Secondly, I just wanna state out my feeling. It's a feeling of 'so near yet so far'. You got what I mean? I angry at no one, really."

X:" Got ask you to join ar, but you yourself don't want only!"

Waterox:" To squeeze in a 10-persons table as number 11? No, thanks. I am too fat to squeeze in."

X:" Then, what do you want ?"

Waterox:" Don't know, What would you do if you were me?"

X:" Why so petty ooo..?"

Waterox:" Petty?? What would you feel if you were me?"

From the third person point of view (I really need a psychotherapist.)

Y:" Relax lar~nothing to angry about lar~small matter only lar~"

Waterox:" I am relax. Nothing to tension about. I have no one to mad at. Ya, this is a small matter. But it reflexes my position in other people's heart. If a scale of 1(most important) to 10 is given to rank me in other people's heart, I don't hope that I am 1, 2, or 3 in the ranking, but at least, I am not 9 or 10 in the ranking."

Y:" What you want other people to do wor? Reserve a special seat to you?"

Waterox:" Not necessary to reserve a seat for me. But at least behave like a group when we were a team/group in outstation."

Y:"Aiyo, the table was too small mar~~What to do wo~?" Waterox:" Yaya...the designer's fault...."

Ya, maybe I am thinking too much of something unnecessary. Some might say that I am petty over such a small issue like this. Well, what to do, that's me, sometimes I am too sensitive or overacted. But I do have the feeling of isolation.

Talking about petty, some might have noticed that I kept my disant away from someone I know since few months ago. But a lot of people do not know the real reason behind this or they just know the part of it. They are thinking that I am petty or stubborn.

I went to north Malaysia for a trip few months ago. There was where the I started to keep my distant away from that person.

I know my driving skill sucks, a lot of people told me this before since I got my driving license. But, none of them can tell me exactly which part of my driving goes wrong. Is it I always speeding? Is it I always lose control when switching gear? I don't know. None can tell me exactly.

From what I know, I drive very dangerously. That's it.

The fact is, I don't know how dangerous I am when I am driving! One can only know how good the driver is when he is on the passenger's seat. Which driver is able to sit on a passenger's seat when he is driving?

Talk back about the trip.

I volunteered to be the driver during the trip. It was about 1200 when I rented a van and started to drive. Since then I received n-times of criticisms from that person on my driving until the night we reached the hotel where we stayed at around 2230. N-times (>6 times at least) . I couldn't recall it clearly. Actually I received few criticisms from my other travel mates as well, but most of the criticisms came from that person.

I ain't the type of person that cannot receive any criticisms, but, when you criticised me more than the "acceptable" times, it would piss me off.

The first time you told me - [yea, I received your message]
The second time you told me the same thing - [yea, I received your message. I hear you]
The third time you told me the same thing - [Hey!!! I've already known that!!!]
The forth time you told me the same thing - [#$%#!@! (*my limit breaks)]
The fifth time and above - [HEY!!! YOU ARE HUMILIATING ME!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW???]

Do you ever think that 'skills' is the thing that can be improved in a short time by just criticize on the person who is performing that skill? I am in doubt of that.

I kept my cool anyway. I didn't explode during the first day. I still drove them back in one piece despite of the humiliation.

When actually I exploded? After the breakfast of the second day.(Breakfast again~)

On the night of day 1, I was "advised" to hand over the key of the van to that person by some of my travel mates.

OK, I took the advice and handed over the key to that person. It should be fine then, no more criticism on me and I can enjoy my trip. I handed over the key to that person on the early morning of day 2. It was around 0620. I still kept my cool while having breakfast with them. (Although I was a little bit Dulan on those criticisms)

After the breakfast at about 0830, we were about to depart. I was walking 2 steps behind the new driver while heading to our van.

A travel mate who walked beside to the new driver curiously asked the new driver, "Eh?? Why you drive one?? Isn't it Waterox driving?"

The new driver responded :" 他啊, 驾到我有晕又呕!! (His driving makes me sick!!)"

Hey, I was right behind you!! Can't you use better words ar??? Again, I was humiliated !! @#$%!

Yes, that was where and when I exploded!

Since then I showed a black face in the trip. I didn't want to be a trip spoiler but I have no choice!! And one more thing that made me even more Dulan was, the new driver asked me to drive again later in the evening because the new driver was not feeling well.

What? I drive again?? Over my dead body!! I drive again so that you can humiliate me again? KNNBCCB!!! Asked other people la~ Everyone in the trip has valid driving license !!

I am really really pissed off then.

So, again I wanna ask,

Was I overacted in both issues?
Am I petty/stubborn?

If yes, what would you do if you were me in any case? (Answer with you true heart please...)

PNB Kuiz Pelabuhan 250808

2008-08-27T12:31:00.001+08:00

On 25 of August 2008, 9 of us went to Palm Garden Hotel to participate in the PNB Kuiz Pelabuhan. Namely : James, KeeYing, HuiHui, Joceylin, Fiona, Sailajah, KangJie, Sandy and me. We were divided into 3 groups. I was quite excited, because this was my first time carrying my uni's name to take part in an inter-varsity event.

It was a 2-day event, where the event was divided into 2 rounds. The first round was the written test, 2 sessions, and 50 MCQs per session. Those questions were mainly theoretical questions regarding to investment theories. I almost return all my investment knowledge to Mdm Norizaton...haha.

The second round was in day-2, the game show. As expected, non of the MMU-ians was able to take part in round 2. Only 3 teams qualified in round 2 with the highest team scores obtained from round 1. UTAR, KTAR and USM were the top 3 teams.

Yea~we were the audience.

But, it was good.

Why?

Try to think that, have you ever received a one night stay in a 3(or 4)-star hotel with a buffet dinner, a supper, a buffet breakfast, a tea break, a lunch and a back bag by just answering 100 MCQs?

Never, right?

Wasn't it good?

SRC election

2008-08-05T22:05:00.011+08:00

31st of July, the day which MMU-ians decided who will be representing them in SRC (Students Representative Council).

It was just like general election, but the different thing here is, each candidate is representing himself, no parties involved.

Candidates were allowed to have campaigns before the election day. Out of so many methods, the most common method that candidates employed was using posters.

I noticed something interesting here in the campaigns.

1. The size of the posters

Normally, candidates used A4 size paper.

To attract more attention, this one used 16 A4 size papers to make one big poster.

This one, even better. She used around 100 A4 size poster to make this. (There were 2 candidates' posters there, each of them used around 100 posters)

This one used a cloth banner.

This is the richest one. Other than A4 size posters, he printed a banner for his campaign.

2. The mottoes / slogans

Each candidates had his or her own unique motto or slogan to attract voters. I noticed some slogans, they were all well-written, but the devil inside me has some questions to those mottoes or slogans.

"Action speaks louder than words". This one nice... but it sounds like a proverb to me..
"First to serve, last to flee". Wow, you are great!! But what are you fleeing from?
"Towards integration, against differentiation". You are a math freak, aren't you?
"Students' strength through unity". Yea~so? Is there anything to do with you?
"No promises, only actions". WTF??!! You can't even make promises why should I believe you?

3. The manifestos

Just like slogans, each candidates had different manifesto. Manifestos are something which the candidates promise to do once he got elected. I selected some to share out.

This one said : "To make sure there's no more ADDITIONAL FEES" in his manifesto.

Wah~ This is extremely good especially this moment where prices of everything increase. But, as a voter, will you believe him? I mean will you believe he is capable of fulfilling this commitment?

I will believe....if:

The candidate is someone from the senior management of TM.
The candidate is someone from the senior management of MMU.
I am a retard.

Once you enrolled into this place, you should ~~know that you are the meat on its chopping board~~ know that there will be additional fees from time to time. How are you going to make sure that no more additional fees in the future?

Another candidate said :" Demolish differentiation between races and cultures"

Huh~?! What the....

Are you going to demolish other people's culture?? Are you going to unify all the cultures here?? Instead of that, I think it is better that to educate us to understand more about different cultures here, right?

This one, obviously for FET students. He had written manifestos and picture manifestos.

I understand the written one. But this one on the pic above... I don't really understand.

Are you saying that you are going to repaint FET once you got elected?

Are you saying that before you got elected, students had angry faces in class, but once you got elected, everyone will have smiley faces in class????

FET students, is it true?

4. Who to vote???

Yea, go back to the most important question, who to vote. After reading so many posters with attractive manifestos and handsome/pretty photos, it's time to choose.

Who should my vote cast to? Who will best represent me in SRC? Who will protect students' best interest?

I am not the only one who asked this questions, so do the candidates.Instead of asking people to support them, most of the candidates were asking voters to assist them in casting their votes ......

Wat da heck~~ (=.=")

Beware Supp takers

2008-07-31T02:37:00.005+08:00

According to Muhammad Hazimin Wahab , an academician in Multimedia University (MMU), MMU is going to charge those who will be taking supplementary examinations in this trimester with 30% per subject's tution fees.

Students can opt not to taking supplementary examination, but if they want to retake the subject, FULL FEES will be charged!

Does MMU think that we can print our own money?

Well, I hope that this is just a rumour and will not be implemented.

Anything / Whatever

2008-07-24T14:39:00.004+08:00

“Anything” and “Whatever” are names of two drinks.

What are those?

According to the official website of the drinks :

“Anything” is carbonated and is made in six flavors: Cola, Cola with Lemon, Apple, Fizz Up, Cloudy Lemon and Root Beer.

“Whatever” is non-carbonated and is made in six flavors as iced tea: Ice Lemon Tea, Peach Tea, Jasmine Green Tea, White Grape Tea, Apple Tea and Chrysanthemum Tea.

Recently, I saw them in Jaya Jusco. Out of curiosity, I bought them.

Can you imaging that the mixture of all six teas tastes like? So, I tried “Whatever” first.

Guess what is the taste like?
Nothing but sweet Jasmine tea~~

Then I tried “Anything”.

The taste? I really can't tell. I feel like I am drinking Orange flavor soft drink!

WTF~~ I didn't taste anything listed out in the mixture of “Anything” but I DID taste out something else!!!

Is there any problem of my taste buds??

MMU is a government university????

2008-07-15T14:03:00.005+08:00

According to Malaysia Government's Official Portal, MMU is a government university~

MMU has the same status as UM ,UPM ,UKM, UUM and etc.

I'm here in MMU for 3 years, now then I know I am studying in a government university and not a private university!!!!

Government university = government subsidies the university.
[correct me if I am wrong]

How come I am paying much more higher??

I pay 4k++ just for tuition fees only and students of other government universities pay only 1.5k for all the fees including medication, dental, tuition fees??

It's not fair~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fee$ , fee$ and more fee$

2008-07-15T11:35:00.007+08:00

I am studying in MMU for almost 3 years.

MMU = Multimedia University

But to some students, MMU has different meanings.

To them, MMU simply means Money Making University, Money Multiplying University, Money Minded University or Multimillion University.

Why students making fun of the uni's name?

Those name started to be heard since the first imposing of Library fees.

For me, RM60 per academic year of the library fees is a bit expensive because i seldom visit there. About 20 times per academic year I visit the library and what I do most is to use the loo~ (LOL~~of course la~this is my own problem, I don't complain that)

Recently, the uni is going to impose another fees named IT Services fees.

WTF is the IT Services fees???

The fee covers the maintenance fees of MMLS, course registration system, wireless services and other online systems. Besides this, a portion of the fee will be used to upgrade the bandwidth of Malacca campus (from 16 Mbps to 34 Mbps) and Cyberjaya campus (from 34 Mbps to 100 Mbps). [update : will increase to 100 Mbps for Malacca campus and 150 Mbps for Cyberjaya campus]

Hey hey~~ not everyone in the campus using the wireless services~~ and furthermore, those online portals are used to reduce workloads of both academic and administrative staff. It's already cost saving for the management. Now, we have to pay for your cost saving strategies?? It's ridiculous!!

Well, what's more to expect from the management?

Here are some ideas for MMU~~

Water and toilet services fees - pay for your pee.
Electricity usage fees - pay for the electricity usage.
Security services fees - pay for the security services. (or pay for people who check your car before you leave the campus)
Exam marking services fees - pay for examiners to mark your papers. (or else, no one will mark your papers)
Environmental services fees - pay for people who are taking care of the environment of the campus.
Air-con services fees - pay for the air-con that you enjoy in the campus.
Miscellaneous fees - pay for anything or whatever(not the name of soft drinks ya~)

After the name of IT services fees being introduced, I don't really surprise that one ( or more) these names appear in my bills in the coming trimester...

Things I have learned (May & June)

2008-06-29T18:18:00.002+08:00

Things that I have learned this month....

Stepping on others doesn't make you taller (or in a higher status), but, it does hurt people.
Choosing right travel mate is very important whenever you go on a trip.

Familiar Face

2008-06-25T13:00:00.006+08:00

Found it on the wall of Holland Fries in Queensbay Mall Penang.

The face on the wall looks familiar....

Yee Chuan, is it you???

偕音 (18 SX)

2008-06-12T21:23:00.004+08:00

以下是这次Langkawi之行所发生的一些趣事。。。

1）淋雨（冷笑话）

5月28日, 我与我的朋友们一同乘坐一艘快艇出海。我坐在船头，没有遮盖的部分；当时下着毛毛细雨。。。。

我对他们说。。。

NYQ：“我坐在这里，下着雨。。。所以我是（在）林宇中（淋雨中）！”

(=.=") [ 一阵冷风吹过]

2）羽毛 (18 SX)

同日，在观看老鹰猎食时，我在海面上捞起了一根老鹰的羽毛，并把它带回旅馆。。。。。。

当我正在整理那根羽毛时。。。

NYQ ：“这根（羽）毛是我这趟旅程的纪念品，我要把它带回家。”
KangJie ：“毛~~~ 毛~~~ 老鹰的毛。。。简称叫鹰毛~~”
NYQ ：（停顿了0.5秒）“哇靠!!!!!!!”
Sandy：“哇哈哈哈哈～～～～”
KangJie : （想了想）“Oii~~我讲的时候没有想到那里去leh!!”

3) High end products (18SX)

在Alor Setar，我们一行人正在前往某商场的途中，谈起了" High end products" 这个词。。。

Sandy: “ High end products。。。直接翻译的话就是　‘高完的产品’　咯　。。。High end mah~~ 高～～完～～咯”

NYQ：“ WTF!! 哈哈哈哈～～～”
KangJie：“ walao eh~ Sandy ar~~”
Sandy : “ ？？？”

********************************************************************************
不明白？？！！
不要紧。。。。
大大声念：鹰毛。。。高完。。。

自然会有人解释给你听的~

Ekspo Melaka 08

2008-05-26T06:29:00.015+08:00

It's holiday~~

Most of my friends here have already gone back their hometowns respectively.

But for me, I choose to stay in Melaka because of the trip to Langakwi on 26th of May. We will depart from Melaka and directly go to Alor Setar. From there, we will take ferry to Langkawi.

These few days in Melaka, I am very bored, nothing to do......

So, I planned to do something or go somewhere. I remember back I saw some banners somewhere about some kind of fair that is going to be held in MITC around this period of time.

[MITC - Melaka International Trade Centre]

Well, I checked the MITC's website. It's the Ekspo Melaka '08. This expo is from 24th of May until 1st of June 2008.

Without a second thought (as I was toooooooooo bored), I decided to go to the expo.

[Opening ceremony of EKSPO MELAKA 08]

The expo is a consumer's fair. You can find about anything that you can think of there. From the food stuff, toys, electrical appliances, banking products, cars, furniture and even clothings...

[The lady without hands writes better than me :( ]

Other than those businesses, I also found some charity business over there. They are not selling anything, but holding a box and ask you to donate. Well, it is good to help those who are in need, but think the other way, is it worth to open a booth there to ask for donations? As far as I know, the rental there is not cheap. Is it worth(profitable)? I don't know. Maybe those charity bodies got sponsors for the booths...

By the way, I also found something funny and new(to me lah~) in this expo.

1 - FREE credit card!!!

A guy (doesn't seem like from the bank, some kind of freelance agents I think) tried to promote RXB bank's credit card to me. He told me that this credit card is FREE!!! Free credit card?!?!

I was attracted. So far as I known, there is NO free credit cards in Malaysia. It's either you use until a certain amount then you can waive the annual fees or you pay the annual fees.

So, I asked more about this free card.

YQ : How to say it's free?

Promoter : When you use, you pay lor~ No use then you don't have to pay.

YQ : Really?!

Promoter : Ya.

YQ : What about the annual fees?

Promoter : It's free.

YQ : Really?! If I don't use the card and I don't need to pay the annual fees?

Promoter : Ya.

YQ : But your brochure says that I have to pay wo~~ (pointed at the brochure)

Promoter : ........... You can call to waive (the fees)...

YQ : ..........Huh~??

Promoter : You can call to waive...

YQ : .....................

Promoter : .....................

Well, he avoided my last statement and pretended to serve another customer.

It's illogical man~ Since it's free, why do I have to call to waive the fees? Maybe it is the new strategy by the bank. Anyway, something new to me, I'll find out later.

2 - "Upgrade" your English.

A young lady approached me and asked me if I wanna "upgrade" my English. Upgrade my English?? An evil thought suddenly came into my mind : I would like to "downgrade" , teach me how to downgrade please. (LOL) But, I kept this statement in my mind la~ It's not good to say out right?

Later then I realized I was in Worldwide Learning's booth. The young lady tried to promote me the BBC English programs.

Despite her hard work to pursuit me to take the test ( A kind of English level test, to find out which program that suits your English level), I rejected her.

I wanna tell her that I've taken the test before because I worked there 3 years ago!!! I have already known the answers (if it's the same set of question as 3 years ago la~) But I didn't tell her.... I just told her that "I go around 1st, later then come back" (but I didn't go back at all..haha)

3 - She-male show

The opening ceremony of the expo was on Sunday, the day i went.

It's officiated by Chief Minister of Melaka, Y.A.B. Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam.

There was a "Thailand Paper doll show" after the opening ceremony. This show is held every day of the event.

[Performance by "paper doll"]

It's funny as it is my first time to watch a she-male show.

The show was a cultural dance show, with those dancers dressed in some traditional costumes (Malay, Indian, Korean....).

If the emcee didn't say, I wouldn't know they are she-males. Their looks and their body figures are really a woman-like.

4- Unexpected encounter

I went there alone, I did not expect to meet anyone I know there because most of them are in their hometowns now.

Still, I met my friends there.

The first I met was my course mate - Jade, she's promoting RoboMop for her sister.

[Jade]

The second I met was my old neighbor - Alex Loh, he's promoting eTiQa Takaful.

[Alex Loh and me]

Well, I left MITC at around 5pm without buying a thing.The things sold there is either too expensive (I want but I don't have Vitamin M) or not suitable for me. The overall impression of this event is very good.

Busy May

2008-05-24T03:09:00.005+08:00

It's been a long time since I last update my blog. I was kinda busy last few weeks because of my final exams. Exam schedule was very pack - I had 7 papers within 12 days!

Taking 7 subjects in this trimester is the craziest thing I have ever done. The assignments and the mid-term exams almost killed me because all these things had to be done within 14 weeks. I was really really insane to make such a decision. But, I did not regret on this decision I made, because, if everything goes smoothly( i.e. I didn't fail any subjects in this trimester), then I will be taking 4 subjects in the coming trimester~haha~~

Although the preparation of the final examinations was a bitter one, but I had some unique experience too. On the night before the "investment" paper, Sandy, KangJie, Isabelle and me went to McD at Ayer Keroh to study overnight. We studied until 6 o'clock in the next morning and the exam would be started on 9 o'clock. That is, we studied until 3 hours before the exam started without sleeping!!! Later when we came back from McD, we went for dim-sum for breakfast until 7 something. It was crazy but fun. The crazy part is, the paper itself was a calculation-based paper and I took the paper with a very blur mind (I was really sleepy ya~ ). The fun part is, ~~we can refill the coffee for free in McD!!!!~~ we learned from each other through discussions. Haha~

[With Hui Yen, taken after the exam BBF 2154 - Investment]

Well, I wasn't studying for final exams for the whole month. I had some outdoor activities too.

On the 2nd of May, I went to Night Zoo with Sandy, Kang Jie and XiangRen.

[Night zoo Melaka]

The trip to zoo was nice, as it was my first time to a night zoo. But, as for my opinion, I would NOT recommend you guys to go to the night zoo. It is better to do it during the day time. Why? Because the night zoo is dim. I would say most of the time I couldn't see the animals there. Some more, some parts are closed during the night time.

[Sandy and XiangRen at Night zoo Melaka]

Later, we ended the trip at "Old Town" coffee shop with some "small talks" over there.

On the 4th of May, Isabelle's birthday.

[ Isabelle - the birthday girl]

We went to Portuguese Settlement to have her birthday celebration. The place is famous for the seafood. People say the seafood there is very nice. But too bad, for me, I seldom take seafood and I couldn't tell how nice the seafood there is. I prefer "landfood" more...

[Sandy withe her favorite crabs]

And one more, thanks to Sandy in helping me to handle the crabs so that I could taste it..haha~~

On the 15th of May, KangJie, birthday.

[KangJie - the Birthday boy]

We went to Island Red Cafe in Dataran Phalawan to celebrate his birthday. To me, the food there is at average standard, and the variety was very few. Nothing much to choose form the menu.

[at Island Red Cafe]

On the 22nd of May, all of us have finished our papers. We decided to relax a bit after a fortnight of torturing. Sam, CheeHoo, KangJie, Isabelle, Sandy and me went for a bowl game.

My result - very inconsistence. I got a "wash longkang"( 0 pin) in the first try and got a "strike" in the second try. What the (f) luck!!

[my @#$%^ result]

Later after the game, we all went to Geographer's cafe for a drink.

[All beer kaki except me]

Update of the post "Thank You!!!"

2008-05-06T03:46:00.001+08:00

Finally, I manage to get the "credits" video~~(Thank you to the person who gave me the video clips)

Well, actually I got the whole video presentation but I only upload the "credit" part ~~because the whole video presentation was lengthy and dull~~ because the video files are too big for me to upload as my internet connection is bad.

A little bit amendments I want to make la~~The "credits" part should be as follow and not as what I wrote in my previous entry:

Credits

We would like to thank

Risk management lecturer
Madam Maimum.

Puspakom officers

Branch Head (Alor Gajah)
Mr.Mohd Nazrul

Head of Technical Division
Mr Abdul Gahni

Our team members (self-thanking??)
Sok Yee
James Lim
Edmund Lim
Alvin Tay
Syahidah
Jia Ling
Hui Hui

And all our audiences

Especially
Ng Yong Qing

For asking question

These are the whole credits they made.

It was too fast that day, and normally I wouldn't care who are the people behind the videos. So, I made a little bit mistakes in my previous entry.

Here I make amendments to clarify about the credits.

They DID thank all the audience but I was special one to them.
They DID thank a lot of people and I was one of them.

What's more to say???

Erm....Thank you to them for making me so special.. (I think)

Thank You !!!

2008-05-02T15:54:00.011+08:00

Thank you - is a way to show your appreciation to someone for what he has done for you.

I googled the definition of thank you, and what I get is "a conversational expression of gratitude".

By the way, why am I looking for the definition of these words?

Because I received a special "thank you" this morning.

It was a video presentation and the audience were allowed to ask questions in Q&A sessions after that. Of course, "credits" would be given to those who ask questions by the lecturer.

After the lengthy video presentation by Group 1, Group 2 started their video presentation. They played the video until the end but they did not hit the "X" button on the top right corner of the video player (they paused the video la~~).... Something weird.... Normally, I will close that.

They opened the Q & A session to audience after that video, as usual, I asked. ( I wanna get marks also ma~~)They answered every questions from the floor until no more questions made. The lecturer then announced the Q & A ends and they continued to play the video.

It was the "credit" part of the video, to thank every one who helped them in completing this video.I was surprised!!
I was also in the credit list!!!
With my photo attached!!!

"Thank you to Mr. Ng Yong Qing for asking questions!!"

What can I say? (LOL maybe.....)

How nice they are to thank me~~ for asking questions in Q & A session~~

Btw, I got better pictures ya~~

How about putting this picture in the next time? (hehe)

[Relax la..I didn't feel offended :) Thank you to who are concerning me~~ (should I make credit to you all??)]

How to choose group mates?

2008-05-01T10:34:00.009+08:00

When group works are being distributed out, it's the time to choose your group mates.

But...How to choose? Who to choose?

Fear not~ Here are some tips for you.

IF you ARE a slacker:

Get to someone who seems to know a lot about the job, or
Get to someone who seems very enthusiastic about the job, or
Get to someone who seems very care about the results of the job, or
Get yourself into a group that has already been formed.

Why choose people fall under these categories? The reasons are very simple~

If you get to someone who seems to know a lot about the job, then you are worry free about what and how to do because you needn't to find out if you don't know. Problems will be settle automatically!

If you get to someone who seems very enthusiastic about the job or someone who seems very care about the results of the job, that's better!! He or she can also do the portion for you!!

If you get yourself into a group that has already been formed, that would be nice~~ After you join the group, just keep low profile and everything would be fine for you.

If you can find people that fall under ALL the categories above.....CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That would be wonderful for you!!!

IF you ARE NOT a slacker:

Keep track the records of slackers, and/or
Group with the people who are also slacker-haters, and/or
Group with the people who have initiative to find out problems, and/or
Group with the people who have capability of performing tasks.

Why these categories?

No slackers = better job performances = better job done.

( If you want to be a slacker and you don't wanna to be black-listed, be a smart slacker. You can slack off sometimes but don't overdo that until you break the limit within your group mates)

The idea of the post is from DLG's blog and now she has already moved her blog to here.

Things I have learned (April)

2008-05-01T10:15:00.005+08:00

Things I have learned this month....

DO NOT leave your work until VERY LAST MINUTE.

The picture is copied from www.kennysia.com

When you do not know something, but you are forced to answer it, BULLSHIT CONFIDENTLY. People might not know that you are bullshitting.

April 17

2008-04-24T23:09:00.006+08:00

On April 17, 23 years ago, in the afternoon,

a cute,

adorable,

delightful,

lovable,

charming,

endearing,

good-looking baby was born...

...........................

...........................

............................

Cut the crap la~~

It was my birth-date. (some people may need to clean their puke) ( LOL)

Well, last Thursday was my 23rd birthday and it was my busiest day in MMU since I first stepped in MMU.

Why was I so busy?

Because of assignment...me, KangJie, EuJin, CheeHoo, Sam, CheeTat, Sandy & Isabelle...we were in CH's whole night until 4 am next day, just to edit the video clip. We spent about one-week's time, almost non-stop to do this video clip...Luckily that we managed to finished this video on time..haha

Here is part of the video that we were busy for....

Although we were busy, but they still remember my birthday~(so touched..Really!). They intended to have a celebration with me, but too bad, me and my group members were really busy...so the celebration was called off...

The words are hand-written, not computer printed one wo~~

Well, I still received my birthday present from Sandy, CheeHoo, KangJie, JiaLing, and Isabelle.

Thanks for the gift :)

I like it very much~~

According to Sandy, I got a very big "face" wo... because she unsealed her brush and wrote the birthday card to me wo~~(thanks ya for giving me big face~~)

Probability question

2008-04-14T12:14:00.014+08:00

What is the probability that one player wins 5 times in 10 games, with 7 players in the game and each of the players have equally chances of wining?

That reminds me a probability formula (if I am not mistaken la~).

Did I use the correct formula?

Tell me if I am wrong..

So, I did some calculations, replaced the data given into the above formula....

X = 5 (won 5 times)
p = 1/7 (each player has equal chance in wining the game and 7 players playing)
q = 6/7 (1-p)
n = 10 (10 games played)

P(5) = { [10C5] [(1/7)^5] [ (6/7)^(10-5) ] }
= 0.0069371
= 0.69%

Wow!!! Less than 1%!!! Amazing!!!

Why this probability question is asked?

Because this kinda of crap was happened on me last Saturday, 12 April.

I was playing "draw tortoise" with my friends at Tribe. We randomly took out a card out of 52 cards played as our "tortoise" card, with the remaining 51 cards in played. (i.e. No one knows what is the "tortoise" card before the game ends)

Basic rule of the game:
1) discard the cards in pair(cards in your hand).
2) take a card from next player randomly until you have no more cards in hand.

Well, we played 10 games on that night. The players were KJ, KC, CH, Sam, Sandy, Isabelle and me.

Don't know why, the "tortoise" card kept stick to me until the end of games for 5 games!!!!!!!

What the luck I had for that night?! I was called "tortoise king"!! Wat da fart ?!

Sandy and Isabelle -
taken at Tribe

There were 2 "tortoise queens" of the night la~~
(I didn't mention who they are ya~~hohohoho)

They got "tortoise" 2 times each ~~ and KJ got once....

MUMOS night 300308

2008-04-11T02:53:00.002+08:00

MUMOS night was held on 30 March 2008. What is MUMOS night??

MUMOS night 2008

MUMOS is the acronym of Multimedia University MOvie Society. Basically, that was an awards presentation night to those who won in the short film competition.(A little bit like Golden Horse film festive and awards la~~) Btw, the awards presentation part for me, is not really important. (as well as for the organizer, I think la....becoz the award presentation only last around 10 mins and the whole show was 3 hrs)

The night started with saxophone performance followed by Malay traditional and modern dance, opening ceremony, live band performance by Illusion Nine, Wu Shu........etc.

Illusion Nine

MMU Wu Shu team

There were two waves of climax on that night. The first wave of climax of the night was about to start after the classical guitar performance. It's the fashion show~~~

Hey, ex-SSI guys, still remember her?

10 gorgeous from MMU Melaka were chosen to perform this fashion show.
( I could hear some wolf sound from the audience~~haha)

After the 10 gorgeous, second wave of climax approached.

She was the MAIN selling point of the MUMOS night.....
She was the reason for MOST of the audience to be there....
She was the main focus of all the camera there....

She is....................

Karen Kong

I didn't bluff, she really is the main selling point of the night and she really is the reason why most of the audience there. She really has her attractiveness.

The crowd finally cooled down a little bit on the performance of the break dance.(It's still hot, but not as hot as Karen Kong's performance)

Break dance

Finally, the last live band performance by Cross Fusion. He looks like Ricky Martin to me, but Sandy has a different view, she said that he looks like Brad Pitt...

Does he look like Brad Pitt + Ricky Martin??

The lady luck was on Sandy's side. She won the lucky draw on the night but she just too shy to go up the stage to get the hamper.(lol) Chee Hoo helped her to get the hamper form the stage. Anyway, congrats ya~Sandy~

Chee Hoo and Sandy with the hamper won.

Days without my handpone...

2008-04-04T03:51:00.000+08:00

This is my handphone...

My J200i with 3 years warranty.

I used to use it as my communication tool, my alarm clock and my watch.

It was in good condition until Monday night, when I wanted to SMS my friend, I found out that it was "off". I tried to on it back but I failed. Holy shit!!!

At that moment, I was thinking that, "Never mind la, I got 3 years warranty for the handphone, later when I go back JB then claim la."

(Btw, seems no one believe that such a low-end handphone came with 3 years warranty.)

That was my initial thought. Later on the next day, I found out I actually lost more than my communication tool, but my time teller also.

That's bad!! Without my handphone I don't know when to go to class, I don't when to wake up!!!! My friends couldn't find me and my customers couldn't contact me!! SWT~~

My watch and new alarm clock

So, I have no choice, the first thing I have to do was to get my "time" back first. I remembered that my sis gave me a watch before. Luckily I brought it here. Hehe

Secondly, I wanna get an alarm clock(or else I can't wake up on time). I went to pasar malam to buy one. The new alarm clock is nice, growing LED color change~

Lastly, most important to me, the communication tool. I just started my business, I must have a handphone!! I mentioned this matter to my house-mates, very fortunately one of my house-mates has an extra handphone and willing to lend to me~ Thank you very very much~~

Handphone borrowed from Siang Yan. TQ :)

Almost 2 days I have no handphone to use. After this incident, I realized that how much I dependent on my J220i. My life is miserable without it.......

Things I don't understand about our neighbor....

2008-04-01T21:56:00.000+08:00

Something that I do not understand about our neighbor....

1) Why we can't take photos in a temple? (to show respect to Buddha??)

2) Why temples hired armed auxiliary police officers? (to avoid the Buddha statues to be stolen??)

Things I have learned (March)

2008-03-31T22:54:00.002+08:00

Things that I have learned this month....

*When you do not understand the market, DO NOT try to sell the products.

*When you are in a group, DO NOT try to spoil other people's mood.

*When you do not have the ability, DO NOT bear the responsibility.

Singapore trip 180308 (day 2)

2008-03-26T20:26:00.000+08:00

Sentosa

Day 2 of the trip, the itinerary is very simple - Vivocity- Sentosa.This time, we had two more people joining us, that's KC and Jason. We continued with the economic trip, skipped all destinations that have to pay.(Except for the Sentosa entrance fees)
[Back row : (L to R)] me, Kelvin, Sandy, KC
[Front row: (L to R)] Sam, Jason, KJ

In Sentosa, we started our trip from the point where farthest from the entrance. We took the small train all the way to Tanjong beach from the entrance.

The beach there is very clean. It is a very nice beach to enjoy but too bad, i didn't bring my swimming trunks there. Otherwise I would like to swim there too.

Maybe the weather there is hot, too hot, very very hot for all my dear friends. They ordered 6 bottles of 100 plus (500 ml) at a hut near the beach ( I think that shop is a cafe or something like that lah~~It's basically a wooden hut with few tables and chairs, opens near the beach, their peak hours are at the night time~~ I also don't know what to call it)

Btw, how much do you think a bottle of 5ooml 100plus sold there? S$ 3 ? S$ 5??

Freaking receipt of a bottle of 500ml 100plus

Well, it was S$ 7.10 per bottle (including service charges and GST)

YQ : "Huh?! S$7.10?!"
Sandy : " It's worth, quite cooling!"
YQ : " ......"
KC : "Ya~ quite worth!"
YQ : " ................................."
KJ : "Yea~cool enough~"
YQ : "..................................................................................."

It was insane (at least for me) !! You guys paid around RM 16 for a bottle of 500ml 100plus??!!

We continued our trip after the "cooling" 100plus.

Parrot : " My right face looks better"

One thing you couldn't miss when you traveled to Sentosa, that is the logo of Singapore - the Merlion.Merlion

We didn't go up to the Merlion because it is also a pay-then-go place. So, we didn't go up but we took some pictures there before we left.

"Future development" - The place where the casino would be.

On the way back to the main entrance, we reached a place called "future development" .

"Future development" actually is where the casino would be. We stopped there for a while to witness the building of the first legal casino in Singapore.

It's getting late. After we had our dinner at Vivocity, we went back to JB.

Singapore trip 170308 (day 1)

2008-03-25T23:44:00.000+08:00

During last mid-term break, Kelvin, KJ, Sam, Sandy and me went to Singapore. Sam and Sandy had never been to Singapore before, so they wanted KJ and me to "bring" them to Singapore. It ought to be a fun trip but it wasn't fun enough.Anyway, I personally had some different experiences from the trip.

Before the trip, my mom and aunt told me about the story of run-away Mas Selamat and the long traffic jam in Singapore checkpoint there. So, I have mentally prepared to WALK from Singapore to JB.

The night before the trip, KJ, Sam and Sandy came to my house and stayed there. Not bad, the first time I had my friends stayed in my house.

Sam and Sandy - in my sister's room

This trip to Singapore was an economic trip and a two-day trip. As all of us do not wish to spend much in day 1, we had omitted all the destinations that need tickets. So, in our itinerary, we have Orchard Road, Bugis (for the GuanYin Temple), Chinatown, and finally Clarke Quay.

At the Woodland checkpoint, I saw a lot of Mas Selamat's posters. And you can see his posters anywhere in Singapore. I think now, he is much more famous then Fann Wong and Zoe Tay in Singapore with the free advertisements from Singapore government.

Sandy and me in front of Marriott

After the checkpoint, we took MRT to Orchard station. From the MRT station, we directly went to Marriott Hotel at Orchard, not because of check-in, but we wanted to use their toilet. :p

Four "suspicious- looking" persons with two "suspicious-looking" bags - should I call 999?

After some aimless walking at Orchard Road, we decided to go to GuanYin Temple at Bugis. We had our lunch there before we entered the temple. The temple is big, and a lot of prayers inside. I wish I could take some picture inside the temple, but I couldn't do so. There is a signboard indicates that no camera/camcorder allowed and the temple is guarded with armed auxiliary police officers. Too bad~~

OCBC's old logo??

Next station, Chinatown. My aunt said I might have a little bit disappointment when I reach Chinatown. But, it's quite OK for me as I have never seen the old Chinatown before. To me, Chinatown in Singapore is like Jonker Street in Melaka, a mixture of old and new. Those buildings there are old but the colorful painting on the buildings make them looks young...What am I saying?? Anyway, it's quite special lah~

McCafe Iced Latte S$3.50

After a little break in McD in Chinatown, it was almost evening and we decided to go to the last destination of the day - Clarke Quay.

The night scenery in Clarke Quay is very beautiful. Sitting by the river is very relaxing. We walked along the river and saw with different themes. One restaurant that attracted my attention most is the restaurant named "绯闻" (gossip - Am I translated correctly?).

Gossip - the name of a restaurant in Clarke Quay

It was around 9 o'clock, we headed back to JB. After the Mas Selamat incident, we all prepared to walk across the causeway, but fortunately, we did not need to walk across the causeway as there was no traffic jam on that night! Haha! Lucky us~ no jam at causeway~~