MY Ordinary Story

Hi y'all

2008-12-19T05:06:00.003+08:00

I made a come back after years of silence. Well not really in silence. Just can't find a time to slot in a new entry. I can barely remember my username and password now, had a tough time trying to login to my dashboard. Ahahaha!

Hope to provide new updates soon. =P

Mugen Craze!!!

2008-03-10T00:08:00.003+08:00

2007-10-11T03:50:00.000+08:00

My journey to Cardiff

2007-07-08T19:13:00.000+08:00

Haa.. I’ve been in Cardiff for a week already. I still can’t believe I’m here. And for the next 3 years I will be living here alone, far away from my family. I can still remember on the day of my departure. Part of me didn’t want to go, leaving those dearest to me. But I have to pursue my PhD. I will have to leave them behind for awhile. 3 years seems very long but I have to move on.

Back then, my dad asked me to go to the MAS Golden Lounge to experience the best lounge facilities in KLIA. So after got my passport endorsed I hurriedly searched for the lounge, I seriously don’t know the location of the lounge so I move back and and forth searching for it. As time was running late, I asked some guy and finally got there. But as soon as I wanted to get in, I can hear the announcement calling for departure and it happened to be my flight. Tough luck!

I was quite sad but as soon as I got my feet on the plane, I completely forgotten about the sadness. Traveling by business class is really sumthin. They treat u very well. The seats were marvelous and the foods were wonderful. I really enjoyed and relaxed myself during the whole trip. But 1 thing was bothering me during the whole flight was my stomach. Got a really bad stomach ache and I went back and forth to the toilet. Sigh really a spoiler!

After 13 hours and 20 mins of flight, I arrived at Heathrow airport; I was given a pink pass by one of the stewardess. They told me to show the card at the immigration and I will be given a fast lane entrance to the UK, especially for business class and first class passenger only. SweeT! So the was no hassle during the entry process. Got my passport and visa endorsed, and quickly got in UK!

I was supposed to meet my cousin in Heathrow, they were on their way back to Malaysia after a long holiday. They asked me to bring something for them and I searched for them like hell. I don’t want to bring those stuff anyway as it will add some weight into my luggage but they insisted. Even though it was quite cold, I was soaked drenched in sweat. I need to pull my 40 kg luggage and with the cold weather, it hurts my hand. I tried contacting them to no avail. Each sms I sent cost me RM2!! Talk bout roaming. They eventually replied saying that they have already at the Gate waiting to board the plane. I was pissed as I was sweating like hell and lost couple of RM for sms them all evening. I ended up keeping the stuffs for myself.

I made my way directly to the Central bus station which was about 20 mins walk from the airport. With the luggage and the entire walk seemed like forever. I met few Malaysian at the bus station and asked them bout the area. I left my luggage with them for a while so that I can go to the toilet. To bring 1 big bag into the toilet was tedious job. The guys left at 9 pm and so I waited alone.

After a while there was this arab guy came along and stayed with me while waiting for the bus. He wanted to go to Sheffield and is a student there. Bus services was delayed on that day. There was a bomb threat in Scotland. Few cars wee exploded. I was informed that the security around the area was quite strict. There was this funny incident going on during that time. This arab guy like walking around. He left his bags with me so that I can keep an eye on them. A group of mat salleh came, they looked frustrated and exhausted. Then they saw the arab guy’s bags. The asked for the owner but I was not interested to answer. Then a lady in the group came to the bags and read the tagging. She leaped and shouted the bag was from Saudi Arabia. They were all panicked and thought the bag was a bomb and was left there on purpose.

I told them that the guy went to the toilet for a while and will be back soon. They were angry with the arab guy and told him not to left luggage unattended. The main thing is that they were paranoid after the car explosion incident. Stupid isn’t it?

Well my bus was also a bit late. It came 1 hour after the expected time. So exhausted I hopped onto the bus. The seats were small and were packed closely together. Not like the buses in Malaysia. So the journey to Cardiff from Heathrow took about 3 and a half hour. I arrived in Cardiff at 3.30 am. Cardiff was not like I expected it to be. It was cold and surprisingly dirty. The roadside was full of garbage and drunk people. Normal sight for the locals during the weekend. I popped out my cigarette and on the first puff, there came my ‘girlfriend’ to fetch me. So after I finished my cigarette and we went straight to her house.

Centralized Academic Staff Recruitment

2007-05-23T18:18:00.000+08:00

Don't throw all ur knowledge away, yes we are hiring people now. Interested? READ ON!

The Ministery of Higher Education (MOHE), has rendered a policy to increase the number of academicians with PhD qualification or equivalent degree to 60% by the year 2010 in all public universities. Therefore MOHE and all Institutes of Public Higher Education (IPTA) will be holding walked in interview sessions for the Centralized Academic Staff Recruitment Programme.

Where? When?

DATE : 26-28 May 2007

TIME: 9.00 am -4.00 pm

VENUE: KL Sentral Terminal

PROGRAMME: Opened interview for all public varsities (employ direct to lecturer post); interview sessions for MOHE Scholarships (Master & PhD candidates)

and IPTA exhibition.

Please bring along copies of your IC, past degrees and qualifications, CV, latest passport size photographs. (2 copies each). So what are u waiting for? Get prepared now! Gud luck!

A sad wedding

2007-05-22T10:02:00.000+08:00

My cousin just got married last weekend. The wedding ceremony was supposed to be a celebration. People get excited, happy and all. But that was not the case. The truth is, it was not a dull event nor a disaster occured during the ceremony. So why's the title sad wedding? Simply becoz I was not there to experience the event. I was not invited.

A lot of things happened lately. As I can recall, the wave of change struck us right after my grandma passed away. Now everything is haywire. Blood is no longer thicker than water. We are no longer a family. We are on our own.

Most of my uncles and aunts including my dad were offended by my "uncle" action for not inviting us to his daughter's engagement day. From there on they were not satisfied and planned not to attend the wedding. Not suprised, he did not call or showed up at our door step to invite us to the wedding. He did send the invitation card though but there was no spirit in it, just like ajak2 ayam only.

So on that wedding day, me and my family just stayed at home, pretending nothing happened on that day, one of my aunty continue her business as usual, some of my uncles went on a holiday. There was no special occasion on that day, well not on our calendar of course. So in the end how would the bride and the bridegroom feel when their closest relatives did not attend their wedding?

I don know when will this ends? I'm hoping that this sick cycle carousel will eventually stop spinning. I really missed those days where we gathered together and have a lot of fun... as a family.

Tribute to Prof Azizan

2007-05-22T08:05:00.000+08:00

Maybe most of u all are not familiar with this name. He passed away peacefully on the 3 May 2007. When I told my father bout it, he was also shocked, we've met his daughter a few months back in Taiping and asked bout Prof Azizan. And never in our mind would expect that he would pass away this soon. So the question is, who is Prof Azizan? Sure he is not my lecturer. The truth is, I dont know him personally but I have known him for sometime due to his products.

Prof. Dr. Azizan Ismail started his business in homeopathy in 1978 then he sets up the first homeopathic clinic in Jitra,Kedah. At the same time he also formulated over the counter homeopathic and herbal product. The first product Examo CKM (a special combination of biochemic tissue salt) was formulated by Prof. Dr. Azizan in the same year. With increasing demand in homeopathic and other alternative medicine product (it started in the Northern side of Malaysia and spreaded throughout the nation) , Prof. Dr. Azizan Ismail set up Darulaman Homeopathic Laboratories (M) Sdn. Bhd. or Homeolab in short, in year of 2000. Homeolab is a fully GMP facility and being licensed by the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau,Ministry of Health of Malaysia. Homeolab is the first Homeopathic Manufacturer in Malaysia and the South East Asia.

Way back in early 90's I was introduced by my Pak Long to Examo CKM, which is a homoepathy product for the mind. (I never heard or knew of homoepathy b4 that). Examo CKM along with its booster was formulated by Prof Azizan for a supplement for the brain, acts like a substrate and it improves the mind, the nerve system so that we feel refresh, relaxe and revitalize. Thus having the perfect condition for the brain to concentrate and focus on study.

I can still remember clearly, during that time I was in standard 6, preparing for my UPSR. My Pak Long said that this product is very good and can increase the creativity and the awareness of the mind. Well short version of the story, me and my siblings started taking the examo. I did experience the difference. I felt a bit clever if not much.., it did hightened my concentration skills and improved my memory. How does it taste like? something like glucose. Sound good to be true? But it does have some limitation. While taking the examo there are certain food that we need to avoid, there are pantang larang. But after awhile we stopped taking the examo. Just becoz we were matured enuff to self train ourselves.

A few months back me and my dad went to Taiping for a work visit to contaminated sites. On the PLUS highway we saw this billboard with the Examo ad on it. My father asked me to write down the numbers. So we called and went to the shop in Taiping, and bought a few box of the examo. So currently my lil sis is taking the examo, she is very clever but she is quite lazy in her study and lacks concentration. I hope that she will get benefits from examo. Only time will tell.

If anybody is interested u can go to era edar website to know more, just type it on google. I'm not an agent and I'm not promoting their product. But I know one lecturer in USM that is an active agent. So for arwah Prof Azizan, I hope that Allah will bless him and placed him among the soleheen. Amin.

Visa?? I prefer Mastercard

2007-05-05T15:58:00.000+08:00

I have been refused a UK visa. They say they cannot process the application due to the date on my offer letter has already past. My offer letter was effective as in 1 Apr therefore they don’t intend to process it. A fren of mine, Nana told me b4, that visa will issue based on our offer letter. So the 3 years was supposed to initiate on the 1 Apr. I’m very disappointed with the agent coz the offer letter is NOT an undergrad’s offer letter that we need to enroll on the specified date. PhD offer letter valid for 1 whole year. They can just issue a visa starting from 1 April. Woo… I was so pissed off. But they don listen to reasons. Tis was one bad April fool joke for me. My mom and my sister previously don’t have any problems with UKvisa. Lately everyone complaint bout the UKvisa application as they oredi outsource the task of accepting application to a Malaysian agent. So it has becoming more stringent. So I’ve contacted the Uni and asked for a new offer letter.

Ok so that’s done, just got the new offer letter from the University. The prompt reply was sumthin that I did not expect. B4 tis I asked for a scanned offer letter for my scholarship application, they didn’t reply. So tis time I contacted my svisor and he chased the registry so that they will hasten the process of sending in the said documents. There is another prob though, that the new offer letter that I recently received stated that my PhD would commence effectively on the 1 July. The University ensures me that the date (I asked for 15 May) was not an official date for PhD enrolment. My scholarship and study leave starts on the 1 May. So for 2 months I will be sitting ducks. So basically I will have to finish my PhD within 2 years and 10 months. The only gud news is I got my scholarships, allowance and my salary for the coming 2 months.

RC

2007-05-05T14:45:00.000+08:00

RC. It is a common term in civil engineering. It is a well recognized notation for Reinforced Concrete in structural engineering design. For me, RC is one of the killer subjects during my study time when I was in undergraduates. I never like structural design not until the end of the second year. Well that was all in the past now. I’m not talking bout tat RC in this entry. It was not until recently that I was so passionate over RC. Remote control that is.

This is how the story began.. I was straying all day long in KL when I came across a shop which displays a lot of RC. And I mean a lot. From RC cars, trucks, tanks, heli, planes, saucers, speed boats and even hover crafts.. and the list goes on. Wat caught my attention was the heli. Small yet practical. These things never existed and wasn’t around when I was just a kid. These babies can really fly. Seriously. As I watched them demonstrate them closely I felt I’m acting like a child.. wanted to have tis toy so badly. The difference is, now that I am working, I can afford to buy them myself. Hehehe.. So wat the heck. I bought a small one for a try. Only few centimeters long, no bigger than my palm. Brought it home and straight away test it. It flew great. My lil sis was thrilled and wanted to play as well. So I decided to give the small one to my lil sis and head back to the shop the day after.

After few hours of testing and listening to demonstrator's explanation I've decided to take home the VOGUE AH-64 II which was bigger and meaner that previous chopper that I bought the other day but still, the heli is a 2 channel model. It means that the heli can go up and down and turn left and right. The helicopter was made by simulating and downsizing the Apache AH-64 LONGBOW helicopter. 390mm in length, 150 mm in width and approximately 200 mm in height. This helicopter applies high quality materials with good stiffness that enhances its anti-break capability (hit the wall and dropped from 6 meters height once with no problem =P). The funny thing bout this heli is the box is affix with the word toy heli, but in the instruction manual, it is a different story. There is a warning sign which stated that tis is NOT a toy. Well this heli was made in China after all. U get wat I mean.
Powered by twin brushed motors, the twin propeller is very powerful. On full speed, tis heli can fly really high, higher than a 5 storey building therefore it is not advisable for indoor use. The excellent part is that tis heli can simulate basic acts of Apache such as hanging, advancing, retracting, yawing, and etc… and the flight is very stable. So no regrets there. Flying this baby can be really tricky for a 2 channel heli, as it is very powerful. It is very useful to understand about the basic theory of helicopter aerodynamics and the influence of wind on the heli.

The gud thing it is that it can be upgraded and have loads of spare parts. I’m thinking of upgrading it soon. Having a RC helicopter is really great. I’ve become an enthusiast myself. But I’m considering of buying more powerful 4 channel of even 6 channel heli that can even fly upside down. In the future maybe. For those of u who want to join the club, ur most welcome. But be warned though, heli requires a lot a space to move freely and again.. it is not a toy. Hahha..

The Last Game

2007-05-05T14:29:00.000+08:00

Now that I’m working, I gain extra weight and extra fat. Got less time to exercise (tis is just an excuse). But the gud thing is my office mates are all active sportsmen. They do a lot of activities such as playing badminton, futsal, and some other sports. I joined them once in a while to loosen some muscle and removing extra fat. Lately I have to concentrate on both my work and my PhD preparations. So I got occupied by these 2 and got lesser time to exercise. I haven’t played anything with these guys for the past 2 months and so last month they asked me to play futsal, a frenly match between the bachelor and the married team. Both of the teams are from my very own faculty. This is the first time in history that they conducted a frenly match among ourselves, usually we play against other departments and other faculties. Some may say that is not fair. But to be frank the married guys are our main player and the best that we have for our main team. So the next paragraph was taken from the official UMP memo published the day after.

Kuantan, 24 April 07: Team Power menerima kekalahan yang memalukan dalam sejarah hidup berkeluarga mereka apabila dibelasah 5-13 oleh Team Sabun di Padang Futsal MPK, malam tadi. Kata-kata cemuhan dan cacian daripada Team Power sebelum perlawanan malam tadi telah dijawab oleh Team Sabun tepat pada waktunya. Pujian harus diberikan kepada Team Sabun yang diketuai oleh Asman Gonzalez, yang menjanjikan persembahan terbaik penuh bersemangat dan tidak gerun dengan sorakan penyokong-penyokong Team Power (isteri & anak-anak).

Team Power yang memulakan sepak mula tetapi Team Sabun pantas mengatur serangan walaupun agak tenggelam pada awal perlawanan. Dengan strategi menghantar bola tinggi ke kawasan lawan, jelas menimbulkan masalah kepada pertahanan Team Power yang dibarisi Idris & The Gangs.
Dengan memenangi pertarungan bahagian tengah, Team Sabun melancarkan serangan pantas terutama di sebelah kiri yang dikawal Suhaimi dan Fadzil yang kepenatan. Kehebatan Team Sabun malam tadi banyak dibantu dengan ketangkasan serta keimanan yang tinggi penjaga golnya, Leman Seaman yang banyak berborak kosong dengan pertahanan yang tak takut mati seperti Noram Ferdinand, Amir Campbell dan Syamsul Maldini. Ditambah pula dengan pemain tengah yang kreatif lagi inovatif seperti Yuhyi Hagreaves, Muzamir Giggs dan Mizi Carrick. Kehebatan penyerang Fendi totti dan Asman Gonzalez seperti gandingan Maradonna dan Pele amat memikat hati pengunjung-pengunjung gerai makan di sebelah jalan.
Kekecewaan Team Power jelas terserlah yang nyata gagal menyaingi ketangkasan Team Sabun. Apa-apa pun pujian harus diberikan kepada komitmen mereka walaupun sibuk menguruskan keluarga yang tercinta tiap-tiap hari. CINTAILAH ZAMAN BUJANG ANDA.........

So tis is probably the last game I will be joining b4 I set off for Cardiff. I’m surely going to miss these guys.

Sad...

2007-04-12T16:40:00.000+08:00

I just came back from Shah Alam tis morning. Go straight to the office. I need to submit the SLAI scholarships that I took from KPT to the HR department. I need a letter from the HR so that I could proceed with my visa application. And the HR people need these scholarship documents b4 they can produce a piece of paper stating that I am allowed by UMP to further my study. This piece of paper as simple as its seems is damn crucial for my visa application. Damn! I thought that I could just go straight to the British High Commission in KL. Becoz of 1 letter I have to travel back to Kuantan and go back to Shah Alam again 2moro. Huh.. tiring..

Well I was in Shah Alam since Monday. Got a meeting yesterday at SIRIM. I luv going to SIRIM. They would pay handsome honorarium money each time we (committee members tat is) attend their meeting. Sweet! But the meeting is only held once for every 2 months. If only the meeting are conducted every month or every week. Hehehe.. think bout the money I can make. But it is far from reality. Sigh… I involved in the Site Remediation Workgroup for the preparation of Malaysian Standards. We have a lot of problems related to contaminated sites in this country. Land scarcity is the main problem if proactive measures are not taken seriously now.

During yesterday meeting some of the members proposed to go for a site visit so that we can get a better view on what the issues going around related to our group. The next meeting will be held outside SIRIM and will also include site visits. I wont be here anymore to enjoy the trip nor the money. I’m going to UK soon and have to leave all of this behind…. I don wanna go now..huhuhu

300 2??

2007-04-10T11:57:00.000+08:00

The title is not 3002 as in three thousand two but three hundred two. The sequal of the mother of all blood thirsty sword fight. Well i think we gonna get slapped again with a sequel to the $127 Million Box office smash hit. When 300 was released it was based on the 300 graphic novel. Read my previous entry on 300. So wat is 300 2 is all about? I have no Idea. But I hope to get another round of pure sword fighting action in the next a year or two.

How far is this news from the truth remains a mystery. Is it possible to make a sequal out of the original? Will it get any better? Well... this is Hollywood... and this is also business. Which means that if there is indeed money to be made... then a way can be found. And guess what... with over $127 million at the box office after just it's second weekend in theaters, it looks like plans for 300 2 are on the table. Tis is wat I came across while browsing through several sites related to 300.

"Snyder has hinted to Variety that a second hyper-stylized Greek bloodbath is in the works. Both Snyder and co-director/writer Frank Miller are tight-lipped about the sequel's source material but the article does say this: "Miller is also prepping a follow-up to "300" based on another mythic tale from Greek history, but he won't divulge details."

The picture above is the only hint that is available on the internet. Wat can we do bout it? Keep our fingers crossed!

Kaer Azami - Menjelma

2007-04-10T11:25:00.000+08:00

I went out wiff me mom last week to Alamanda Putrajaya. She wanted to buy few cds b4 she head home to Wien (Vienna). So I took her to Speedy Video and search for some cds that my mom wanted to buy. Malaysian artist that is these kind of cds wont be available in the Wien market. Hehehe.. I myself are not too fond of Malaysian music. Some of our in house songs are worth listening while others just.. just.. filling the emptiness in the air. Once in the shop I got my eyes hooked on an album laid on the best sellers rack. The singer is familiar to me none other than Kaer, and I kinda like the way this guy sings.

So AFTER three years of silence, Wan Mohd Khair Wan Azami, or Kaer, is back on the music scene with a bang and a sleeker look. The 22-year-old, who made it into the top six of the reality TV show AF2, has an album out and is enjoying plenty of airtime. The self produced album features the single Izinku Pergi, which was composed by famous Malaysian songwriter Azlan Abu Hassan who recently won the Juara Lagu for the ballad Terlalu Istimewa sung by Adibah Noor (my mom wants tis cd) and the late 2004 Kembali Bersama. By the way Izinku Pergi was top of the Astro Era Radio chart for four weeks.

At first I was hesitate to buy the album. 11 songs for RM29.90. Will it be worth it? My mom told me to buy it anyway. To my surprise. yup this album kick ass.. no wonder the album was sold 5,000 copies in its first week. Menjelma is an album with a diversified music genre ranging from R&B, Jazz and Pop Jazz to House Music infused with traditional gamelan beat. Well this is what my mom told me. I don know much bout jazz tunes anyway. hehehe.. So I would recommend this album to those of u who enjoyed listening to jazz and R&B music. Worth evey cent. Way to go Kaer..

P/S: Some of my sister's fren said that I look like Kaer. I don think so!!

Water Day.. I'm thirsty..

2007-04-09T19:44:00.000+08:00

Last March the world Celebrated The World Water Day. This month it’s our very own country’s turn to follow the bandwagon. Alongside with visit Malaysia 2007, the government put a lot of effort and ehem.. our money in this particular event. The launch of the National Water Festival month promises a splashing time for locals and tourists alike. This two-day event will feature a variety of both modern and traditional water sports activities. This year, the legendary island of Langkawi has the honour to host the national launch of Pesta Air 2007 (2007 Water Festival).

While the World Water Day (WWD) 2007 was guided by the theme 'Coping with Water Scarcity' , the Malaysian however have abundance of water to spill and waste with the emergence of a new event called “simbah kuyup” (soaking wet) kinda like something they have in Thailand during the water festival. Not only this event depleting our source of water but also our damn money.

SULTAN OF PAHANG LAUNCHES VARSITY’S NEW LOGO

2007-04-04T09:16:00.000+08:00

Sultan of Pahang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah officially declared Universiti Malaysia Pahang as the new name for Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan & Teknologi Malaysia and launched the new University's new logo at a grand ceremony in Putrajaya on Sunday night. His Majesty the Sultan was accompanied by the Chancellor of UMP Tengku Mahkota of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Al-Haj Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah and his consort Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Hajjah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah binti Al-Mutawakkil ýAlallah Sultan Iskandar. Also present at the ceremony held at the Marriot Putrajaya Hotel were Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education Dato' Dr. Mohd Taib who represented the Minister of Higher Education Dato' Mustapa Mohamed, Chairman of the University Board of Directors Datoý Hilmey Mohd Taib, UMP Vice Chancellor Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohamed Said Mat Lela, members of the University Board of Directors, Deputy Vice Chancellors and senior officers of the University.UMP Chancellor Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Abdullah Al-Haj in his royal address said that the name change would help correct the misconception by the general public on the status the University. Previously, the public tended to look at the public university colleges as second-tier universities and this had somewhat affected their academic reputation and the morale of their graduates.

The Chancellor also urged the University Management to strive to make UMP as the best higher education in the region. UMP according to Tengku Abdullah, should produce quality graduates who can compete and face challenges, they should also be taught how to create and not to only seek employment upon graduation. He also expected UMP graduates to be innovative in order to create career opportunities from the knowledge and skills they have acquired at the University. He added that the University should also intensify research in the areas that could contribute to the greater development of the state of Pahang as well as to the country.

UMP's nu logo

2007-04-03T16:46:00.000+08:00

The dawn of a new Era. Feast ur eyes on this! Finally the logo has been officially launched. There was a slight delay though. The logo was launced on the 1 April at Marriot Hotel, Putrajaya rather than on the 29 March. The lauching ceremony was a successful one. Many reporters and cameramen came to the scene and broadcast the ceremony live. For the first time in history, the logo was revealed to the world and the story bout it also came out in the newspaper the day after.

The rebranding of the university and the new launched logo will hope to strengthen and boost the working spirit of UMP's associates. Other university college does not change their logo but merely change their name to a full university status. Vice versa, our university changed to a new logo. The logo in my opinion is not as eye soothing as the previous logo.It looks too plain and simple. The idea of the logo is a pair of tusk (gading) that represents the menara gading and the icon of the state of Pahang. Do u see any gading there? I don see no gading.. sigh! I dislike this entire abstract thingy. Whose idea is it anyway?

The first thing that came into my mind the first time I set my eyes on it was that the logo resembled a logo of a private company Umpan Holdings Berhad. The only difference is that the Umpan has a U shape logo instead of a V. Other that than they are all the same. The color scheme matches the ones in Umpan Holdings. Well it's a small world after all. The university also rearranges the motto from technology, engineering, creativity (UTEC) to engineering, technology and creativity. Our core business is engineering after all and has to be put up front.

After a long wait at last all outstanding work can now be acomplished. Previously most of the works were on hold due to unavailability of a logo. Letterheads, envelope, exam answer sheets, exam questions u name it, all printed materials have to remain on hold. Even we lecturers did not get to reload our long gone business card and we were not allowed to use our official stamps even for internal use. Now that the logo is out I hope that we can get all the delayed jobs done.

Personally I don like the new logo. But what the heck as long as I got my job, I'm a happy man. I'm busy with my preparation for my PhD anyway. Why should I even bother.. but still it gets on my nerves everytime I came across this lousy new logo.

300

2007-03-27T09:52:00.001+08:00

I’ve watched tis movie a few weeks back. I would like to share my xperience with others that tis movie is badass!! From the start till the end of the movie kept my adrenaline rushing. 300 is a real candy for the eyes, the sound track is amazing, and the story is well told. I have waited for tis movie to hit the big screen eons ago. For those of u out there u never knew anything bout tis movie, it is actually based on a comic by Frank Miller (the artist of Sin City). Some people who haven’t read the comic might wonder what all the fuss is about. It’s an impressive comic, and the movie rocks as well. So read on!

300 have been collected in a beautiful “wide-screen” hardcover, so it’s not too hard to find. I bought them way back in 1999 and is still in near mint condition. During those days It’s a perfect book to give to a non-comic book fan, since it’s a graphic retelling of the Spartan defense at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Tis mini series consist of 5 issues. The picture is the scanned version of the comics. I dislike it at first cause all Frank Miller’s comics are an eyesore. The images are poor, almost grotesque. But as we read on.. We tend to forgive the drawing cause we eventually will get hooked to the story. It’s historically inspired, not historically accurate; Miller’s more interested in the myth and legend than detail.

The story is pretty straightforward, and Miller outlines it well in issue #1. The Persian king Xerxes wants to take over the world. He sends a messenger to Sparta telling them he wants a token gesture of submission. The Spartan king Leonidas kills the messenger and prepares for war. Leonidas plans to stop the Persian advance at a narrow pass through the mountains, a pass bordered on the other side by the sea. The Persian numbers will not be a factor because of the little space, and Spartans will kill them easily. If u wanna know more u just have to go and watch the movie.

The sad part bout tis is that many people are making it controversial. The Persians are mad at the movie claiming that tis is not historically accurate and is a blasphemy to the Iranians. In tis country people are condemning the movie by saying that it is too violent, too adultery and too… aarrgghh u get the point. They even planned to ban the movie. But who cares. 300 was an amazing work of art and nothing more. It was entertainment, capturing the myth and glory of ancient Greece. NOT a historically accurate vision of Greece. But some of the part in the movie or the comic are historiacally true if not accurate. Sigh… Can’t you people watch the movie for what it is? A piece of art? If u want to quarrel bout the historically inaccuracy of the story, might as well watch National Georgraphic channel or the Discovery channel.

2007-03-26T12:05:00.000+08:00

No smoking week

2007-03-23T07:38:00.000+08:00

Well I'm feeling kinda sick lately. Started out with a sore throat.. then shiver all over. Till now my throat is like on fire. It spoils my appetite and my mood for the day. So like it or not I have to stop smoking for a while. Here is sumthin I found out in frester posted by my x classmate apisz. Mael if u read tis entry don try and start a fire ok? Don start smoking. hehehe...

1.Perokok merupakan penyumbang pendapatan negara dari segi cukai rokok yg dikenakan. So, hangpa kena pikiq…tanpa perokok, mcm mana negara nak maju. Walaupun kerajaan nak naikkan lagi harga rokok, perokok cuma mengeluh sebentar sahaja and then terus menghisap dan membeli rokok demi kemajuan negara. So, perokok lagi bagus drpd depa yg tak bayar incometax. Kita harus bangga ngan perokok nih :)

2.Merokok dalam tandas dapat menghilangkan bau yg kurang enak. Anda tentu lebih rela menghidu asap rokok berbanding bau….errr….anda paham kan???

3.Rokok boleh meningkatkan produktiviti. Ini terserlah semasa kenduri kendara di kampung, dimana anak2 muda amat rajin membasuh pinggan sekiranya dapat rokok free dari tuan rumah.

4.Merokok dapat menambah kenalan baru. Contohnya sekiranya anda tiadal ighter untuk mencucuh rokok, perokok boleh tegur sapa2 saja yg dia suka..’errr..lighter ada tak?’ tanpa rasa segan silu lgsung. Secara tak langsung mengeratkan silaturrahim sesama manusia tanpa mengira darjat,bangsa atau agama. Org tak hisap rokok mana berani nak pi tegur org tak tentu hala kann??? Nk tegor org tanyer jln pun malu beb!

5.Rokok boleh menghilangkan bau mulut. Bau rokok rasanya lebih enak berbanding dari bau mulut yg busuk tambah2 baru lepas makan petai, jering dan seangkatan dgnnya...hehhe..

6.Perokok seorang yg tak kedekut. Anda boleh ”pow“ rokok kat sapa2 pun..tak kenal pun takpa. 95%org yg anda ”pow“ tu akan bagi rokok kat anda.

7.Tengok…betapa pemurahnya perokok. Tapi jgn mintak duit…perokok memang kedekut kalau mintak duit.

8.Perokok seorang yg mempunyai hati yg kental. Ini terbukti apabila dia ketagihan rokok, tanpa menghiraukan apa2 atau sapa2…perokok dgn hati yg kental tetap pegi merokok.

9.Merokok dapat menghalau musuh.Contohnya anda tak suka org tuh mendampingi anda…so, anda hisap rokok byk2…hembus asap kat muka dia. Tentu dia lari kann…Di samping itu, rokok dapat jugak menghalau nyamuk tapi tetap takleh halau tebuan.

10.Merokok dapat menambah keyakinan diri. Perokok tau rokok tu bahaya…tapi perokok tetap buat bodo saja. Tengok…keyakinan terhadap diri sendiri amat tinggi.

The sad thing is that, I found out that nowadays most smokers are women. There is this one nite when I was ‘lepaking’ with my fren at Coffee Bean. We were bz chatting until I felt like smoking. I popped out a cigarette and guess what? I forgot to bring my lighter along and have to borrow it from someone. I looked around and see so many people smoking around me. But DAMN! No guys. All the smokers around me were female... I felt embarrassed but the urge is too strong.. so I just go and borrow a lighter of a girl that sat in front of me. She said ok no prob .. ark.. I guess this is what they meant by living in the world of modernization…

Desktop

2007-03-14T11:29:00.000+08:00

Referring to mohdismail.net entry entitled Desktop, the webmaster wanted bloggers to demonstrate their own desktop. So here is mine.. My desktop theme is simple yet practical. I prefer simplicity rather than complex or haywired desktop for the sake of watching it all day long without having a bash on the brain or sore on the eyes.

The XPS background is courtesy of Dell (refer to my pc model). A splash of blood red on the visual style add up some details to my Desktop. As u all may notice, I dislike icons on my desktop coz they tend to make the desktop seems crowded. I'm a Virgo person after all.. so I prefer something neat. Hehehe.. Later I added some functional stuff such as an analog clock, a calender so that I dont need to double click on the clock at the start menu every time to know today's date and a weather forecase, just in case I forgot to bring my umbrella along. And not to miss that one BIG recycle bin at the right end corner. So there u hav it. My very own unique desktop. Are u willing to share urs??

McD price Boost

2007-03-13T17:57:00.000+08:00

I was on my way back to Kuantan the other day from Shah Alam. I stopped by at Puchong and fetch my girl and went straight away to Gombak. She wanted to see the Deputy Dean and we ended up waiting for that guy until 12 p.m.. guess what? to no surprise that guy never came, he even turn off his phone for the whole day. Darn! I was so pissed. We decided to leave to Kuantan ASAP. After a few minutes of driving we finally reached the R&R and stop by at Genting Sempah McD outlet. The time was 13.20p.m. and wow... am I hungry. I havnt got the time to eat my breakfast. So we hurried in and ordered our favourite menu.. and to my surprise... WTF!! The price has gone up! The so called value meal has increase its value but still maintain the quantity of the food. I'm sure the price was lower the last time I went to McD. So b4 I feel dz thinking deeply bout these pricing matters I decided to asked the casher instead.

Me : Eh harge dh naik ker?
Casher : Aah.. sejak bulan 3 aritu
Me : Ooo yeke? Baru gk ler?
Casher : Mmg dh naik.. sorry
Me : Eh nape sorry lk? awak xde wat silapkan?
Casher : Smiles
Then I feel a force on my side.. Oww.. (Ok got the point, no flurting with other girls ) So tat's the drama...

So back to the main story... McD has boost their price without any notice wat so ever. Or did I missed the announcement? Although the increment is not that significant but it is still noticable. I always go and eat at McD. So dont try to fool me la the price I know oredi maa.. While the goverment are trying to remove fast food commercial away from the box known as the television and other mass media, most fast food industry are trying so hard to get the public attention by lowering their prices.. like mamee for instance.. but not McD I think they can increase the price willingly.

For those of u out there wether u guys notice or not, McD can survive in the market even without relying on commercials. The world will never be the same once you've taken a snack at McD's restaurant. Most of us like myself I are craving for McD. I can still remember the time when I was a student, me and my frens would travel kilometers away just to go and eat at McD. Haa.. Look on the brightside of the story. The gud thing bout the price hike is that the higher the price, the thinner our wallet will likely become. The thinner the wallet the lesser we will go to McD. In the end we can eventually eat sumthing rather nutricious to the body and not those sloppy fast food that tend to reduce the amount of health that we have. Yeah right! Does tis makes any sense?

First Ink

2007-03-13T11:54:00.000+08:00

Well this is the 1st time I'm posting a blog on Blogspot. I'm sick & tired of posting blogs on friendster. I can't get anything rite on that **** site. A lot of people suggest that I should try tis blog service instead, and would experience less frustration. Is it true? I can only hope ...

It so happens that I got a lot of things on my mind that I wanted to write so badly. I hope I can share the latest info bout myself or any news that I can grab and post them on my page from time to time. Till then.. CHEERS!