About Me

Pseudo-intelligent. Happy-Go-Lucky. Occasional introvert. Semi extrovert. Loves to eat but incapable of gaining weight. Sweet-toothed. Failure of a socialite. Failure as a hikkikomori (basement-dweller). A wannabe paradox.

Tag No.3

Didn't i just posted a tag like yesterday? Oh well, here we go again....

5 things found in my bag
- pencil case
- Chin Meng's box thingy [Yes Chris i still keep it! (Refer to Flickr)]
- Joshua's Japan thingy (again refer to Flickr)
- phone charger
- 10 boxes of Tic Tac (i wish)

5 things found in my wallet
- IC
- used movie tickets
- used boarding passes
- medical insurance card
- if u look real hard, u may even find some money

5 favourite things in my room
- undoubtedly, my bed....zzzzzz
- d ARSSDC board which d malaysian and indian ISSDC team autographed
- my books
- d air-conditioner
- again, my bed

5 things I always wanted to do
- Skydive
- Go paintballing wit ALL my friends
- Stop time like Hiro
- Come up wit a really good quote/witicism/critism/observation
- Go out with Rita again and again and again....

List out the top 5 presents you wish for
- A laptop. (for specs, refer to previous tag)
- An Xbox 360
- Tickets to Vn, specificaly to HCM city
- I guess a camera would be nice..
- another friend reunion.

The person who tagged you is: Jaclyn

Your 5 impressions of him/her
- short
- NOISY
- not good to copy homework from
- good tour guide
- kaki bola

Most memorable things he/she has give/done to you
stole 3 ferrero rocher from me... after she got 9 from Ashraf!

If he/she becomes you lover, you will
Haha! Dream on! no offence...

If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be
Because we all keep teasing her? Seriously, we're just joking k? dun take it personally..

Pass the quiz to 5 people that you wish to know how they feel about you
-u noe the drill, just tag urself if u feel like it.

Wizard of Aus

If you're expecting to see many cool pics of my trip to Aus then boy, ur gonna be disappointed.

Anyway, here goes...

Departure date: 6th March. Woke up early cos of my Intro to Comp final exam. Every1 was like super stressed by the exam, my buds n i had one of those pre-exam cramming sessions. Then, we entered "The Room" ... 2 hrs l8tr, it was all over. My first semester was all over..and as usual, there was all the post-exam worries but i felt pretty confident. In fact, i was smirking all the way back home on the train, much to the annoyance of the KTM gang of course.

Unlike many ppl, who waste an 8 hr flight by sleeping, i chose to waste that time by watching movies. I watched Bicentennial Man, Bee Movie and Juno. I found the latter film to be highly enjoyable. Ellen Page was really amazing in this movie. In my opinion, her acting was friggin' sweet and pretty solid..to put it in their colourful language.


The 1st thing to catch my eye upon arrival was their sweet HDTV set. A HDTV hooked up to a Xbox 360, a Mac Mini with internet connection, a Wii and a surround sound audio system. In layman's terms, it rocks out loud! In surround sound of course. The downside of this is dat u gotta hv a minimum IQ of 80 just to figure out how to work the remote. Spent the rest of the day in front of the idiot box. At the end of the day, i realised i hadn't slept for the past 39 hrs...but with so much to do, who's got time to sleep?


I pity ppl back home who think J.Co is the lightest, sweetest, best doughnut there is. Pah! Krispy Kreme make J.Co taste like Dunkin' Doughnuts. KK is like super light, any lighter and it'd be classified as cotton candy.


Besides hving a blast, one of my main reason for coming to Aus was to check out my potential future uni, the University of Technology, Sydney. This was the uni my uncle went to and he's doing quite well now, he got a Porsche 911 to prove it. Hopefully going there will allow me to own a Porsche as well.


Naturally, i had imagined a tech uni to look sci-fi, cool , state-of-the-art and all that and driving past other uni's like UNSW really built up my expectations...till i saw the UTS building...the student uni guide/mag's advice wasn't particularly helpful (pic on the left). Grandad described the UTS building as "the ugliest building in the city". My apologies to current UTS ppl but seriously don't u hv architecture students or sumtin? Fortunately, i found out that that wasn't my campus...phew. My campus was way cooler and was what i expected. It's even got a cool sounding name... the Fairfax Building..ok maybe not that cool but it certainly beats saying UTS building 10. Unfortunately i dun hv a pic so just wiki it.



Besides that, ntg much happened. Most days we went shopping. My Dad and I ended up buying a ton of chocs for friends and colleagues. I wonder if my dad's colleagues hounded him for chocs like some of my friends did. We bought like 3 suitcases full of just chocs. However, there was one day where my dad and i went on a book binge. It's like a shopping binge except u visit bookshops instead of boutiques..this may sound alien to some of u but to me and dad, it's prime bonding time. Did u noe dat in Syd, they've got a huge 3-storey bookshop. This is how i noe Syd is my kind of city.

On my 8hr flight back i watched Frequency, an episode of Ugly Betty (sux), 2 episodes of House (sarcasm is funny) and Juno again. I really recommend watchin this movie more than once. The first time i watched it i had a little trouble understanding their colloquialisms.

Ps: did i mention dat i had 8 boxes of Tic Tac? add that to the 4 i had yesterday would make 12 boxes in 5 days.

Well, dat's all for now. Enjoy it. You'll prob be seeing this repeatedly for the next few weeks.

Tag no. 2

Ya ya, i noe...i'm really late bla bla...here goes anyway.

Part 1: On the outside
Name: Daryl Goh Dui Siang
Date of Birth: 11th April 1991 (9.23pm)
Current status: In Syd!
Eye colour: unfortunately d normal asian colour..really dark brown.
Hair colour: same as my eyes, black but wit hints of brown. Righty or lefty: Adamantly right-handed (Politically, i'm a leftist..to the point of almost being a communist. Power to the People!)
Zodiac sign: The best zodiac sign of them all!...Aries, the Ram


Part 2: On the inside
Your heritage: 0.25 hainan + 0.25 hakka + 0.5 hokkien = a banana :'(
Your fear: slightly cynophobic but only of large dogs.
Your weakness: Brownies and books...i once got so engrossed into a book dat i spent 6hrs in d bookshop without even realising it...

Part 3: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your thoughts first waking up: 5 more minutes....zzzz...
Your bedtime: 10p.m if i hv to wake up early otherwise, 12a.m.
Your most missed memory: ISSDC, MUN, some classroom moments and everything between 8th Dec 2007 and 16th Dec 2007 (especially d 14th ^_^).

Part 4: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Did you know that coca-cola was originally touted as a medicinal drink?
McD's or Burger King: both...just eat lah
Single or group dates: both, depends on the occasion
Adidas or Nike: Adidas
Lipton Tea or Nestea: Milo ice...i rarely drink tea...'cept ice lemon tea..
Chocolate or vanilla: 1. Lemon sherbet, 2. pistachio, 3. vanilla
Cappuccino or coffee: I don't drink coffee...i intend not to get hooked on caffeine till i'm at least 21..

Part 5: Do You...
Smoke: never did, never will
Curse: duh...tho i try not to...
Drink: Yes, duh! Who doesn't?

Part 6: In the Past Month...
Drank alcohol: Yes, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
To the mall: how can any1 avoid d iron claws of the evil capitalists companies, greedily trying to squeeze every last cent out of you?
Been on stage: nope, no thank you.
Eaten sushi: i lost my taste for it..now every time i go to any sushi restaurant, i always order the soba set n dat's not sushi.
Dyed your hair: nvr!

Part 7: Have You Ever?
Played a stripping game: I am above such foolish, games..i hope.
Changed who you were to fit in: Nope. I changed, but not to fit in.

Part 8: Age
You're hoping to be married: YES! Legally of course.

Part 9: In a Guy/Girl
Best eye colour: irrelevant
Hair colour: physical
Short or long hair: attributes

Part 10: What were you doing?
1 minute ago: dying to play my uncle's xbox 360 and/or Wii
1 hour ago: walking out of departure gate D of Sydney International Airport.
1 month ago: Studying in Taylor's College.
1 year ago: Exactly 1 yr ago, it was 2 days after the KLMUN conference.

Part 11: Finish the Sentences
I love: Rita. plain and simple.
I feel: excited / hot (as in temperature wise) / sleepy (i hvn't slept for the past 39hrs)
I miss: my fellow Sri Gardeners.
I need: more time, more money and more of my Rita.

Part 12: Tag 5 People
One: Go
Two: Ahead,
Three: Knock
Four: Yourselves
Five: Out

List out 5 presents you wish for:
a) Rita
b) A 2+ GHz dual-core, 160GB, 2GB RAM laptop, preferably HP but i'm not picky.
c) An Xbox 360
d) Powers like the characters in Jumper. Guess where i'll jump to.. =)
e) Sharper wit and more chances to use them.