Data About Revealing Your Life

Off we go!

2010-06-26T00:25:00.002+10:00

Phew, the past week sure has been hectic, what with that nasty exam business and all. It really was a stressful week so it was obvious that Mom deserved a break. Which is why Grandad and I was sent away - Grandad for a 2 weeks, I for a month (China 1st half - Malaysia 2nd half). So here I am sitting in one of Kuala Lumpur International Airport's sorry excuse for a cafe, waiting for my connecting flight to Shanghai at 1am Saturday. Yep, it's a 5 hour wait...on top of a 8 hour flight (Shutter Island + the Wolfman + Lightning Thief = 8 hours and a sore butt). I got so bored, I even started blogging again. Mind you, there's a Brazil vs. Portugal match going on right now and if I were even a little less nerdy, you wouldn't have gotten another taste of my literary genius so you're welcome. I must say though, it's quite nice to be back on home soil even if it is 20° warmer here. If only there was someway to alert my fellow countryman of my being here, I wonder what their reactions will be. I hope at least one of them will try to sound excited lol. Oh well, at least I can cath up on my sleep here...that is as soon as the vuvuzelas and bar crowd cheers die down. Till next time folks..if there is a next time.

Ps: To those still stuck down-under, I miss you all already. Don't miss the weather there though :)

Stale News..

2009-11-15T23:46:00.012+11:00

Originally, the title was supposed to be Fresh Content buuut via the magic of the Internet, a Math135 assignment and Rita, I seemed to have lost a whole week of my life. If any of you find be sure to send it back ah. To make up for this rancid content I will for one, start writing about said event. I'll even post potentially embarrassing pics! Then again..maybe not. I'll save that for when someone blackmails me.

Well anyway, I'm sure that by now, you've already guessed that something big must've happened to finally get me off my lazy unfat arse and blog about it. And you're right. Go get yourself a cookie.

You see, we had a wedding here last week and boy was it a grand one. It wasn't a church wedding, it was a Chinese one so yea we did the whole shebang. Tea serving ceremonies, brides family bribing, dowry and what not. Man it was certainly a hectic day. And if you could only see us in the weeks just before the 8th, the amount of effort we all put in into setting everything up for the big day was just incredible. Double happiness and wedding decorations were going up all over the place. Caterers were booked. Floors were swept, mopped, vacuumed, then swept again. A marquee was set-up. Shirts were ironed. Dresses were being picked. Geoffrey's jacket was being bought from the local Salvo. The womenfolk's hair were being styled/done up. The menfolk's...erm...armpits were deodorised?

The point is, WE WORKED OUR BUTTS OFF.

But it was worth it for the big day turned out pretty sweet. Well, at this point I'd say it's impossible for me to describe the whole wedding in words. Mainly because I'm not a very good writer. So.....PHOTODUMP INBOUND! Oh and in case you ladies are worried, please, don't fret, it's my uncles wedding not mine ;P . I gotta say tho, I rock a suit pretty darn good if you ask me

Earliest to rise. 7 am. Delivering up the roast pig.

Oh look who's hogging the spotlight. =.= Don't they look alike though. lol.

There we go. All suit action. Except for that rose among us thorns. Currently delivering the tray/dowries to bride's house.

Looking pretty excited there... However...sepet.

Don't you just hate people who camwhore right when there's a wedding taking place!

This is Uncle's ride. He used it to get to Aunt's place but it lol broke down afterwards. Fortunately he had a better ride awaiting.

GOH BROS here. How may we be of service?

That's the bridal chariot by the way and no, we didn't drive it. Rental guy didn't let us. Something about kids, crashing and expensive car or whatever.

Time skip!

Fast forward couple of hours. In that time we: did the tea ceremony, ate etc.

Now proceeding to wedding reception/dinner. Starting time: 4pm.

But first, you must be wondering. "Where are the newlyweds? It's their wedding but I've only seen your ugly mug!" Well, it's my blog! Plus I don't really like photodumping in a blog. I'll use flickr for that.

Anyway, I present to you: Mr Allen and Mrs Diana Goh.

Here they are signing away their freedom or as some would like to call it - signing the register.

You probably can't tell from this photo but it was drizzling about an hour ago. Now it's freaking HOT! I was sweating like hell in my suit.

Downside = Sydney weather!! Upside = nice photos.

I also should point out that Uncle is wearing a penguin suit. I really like the penguin suit. Especially the tails. lol. He also had a cane and a top hat. Never did wear the hat though.

This is a rare shot of Mom & Dad together. (Due to cam shy Dad)

Ever wondered why I look so good? Now you know why.

Look! M&P allowed me to drink champagne! Geoffrey on the other hand isn't. Doesn't stop him from pulling that smug face of his though.

Guess who?

Currently the newlyweds are out for their photoshoot. If your knowledge of Sydney is top notch, you'd know by now that we're having dinner right under the Harbour Bridge. Very scenic. Romantic too. But then sydney weather X_x The newlyweds deserve a medal for withstanding that heat for nearly 2 hrs. The guests are all cheering for you guys!!..from within the cool air-conditioned dinning hall with flutes of champagne in hand of course.

Dinner finally arrives at 7pm. Menu sounded trés bien. Taste wise, alright lah. Though Geoffrey was served ice cream for his main course by mistake (^o^)

Unfortunately, they realised it and took it away. (._.)

Strangely enough, we didn't have ice cream for dessert. Instead we had something called an "Eton Mess".

Sounds classy, Eton classy. It also sounds messy, Eton messy?

Not many people liked it though. It's rather erm..different from ice cream.

And after that was speeches from the Parents, Best men, Bridesmaids, Newly-weds and finally dancing! Then we all went home.

But I had no idea Uncle was such a dancer. Man, he got moves! Apparently, he learned to breakdance from a book! Hat's off Uncle. I gotta take up lessons if I don't wanna embarrass myself at my own wedding.

Well, they say that a pictures worth a thousand words so I'd say there's a good amount of words in this post. If you're still not satisfied though, I've got tons of pics. Literally! I alone took 800+ pics. Add my Granduncle's, Grandaunt, the professional they hired...we could probably make a trilogy of feature-length slideshows with all these material.

So here's one last pic of my Sam Suk (read:third uncle) and Sam Sam (read:third auntie)

Ah..marriage..the more I think about it the more I wanna...*oh shi..people are listening**ahem*

You know what's so significant about this pic?

She's saying "I do", He's over the moon and the Parents are relieved beyond belief.

I'm sure you know what comes after "I do" right?

HINT: "You may kiss the bride." Sorry no pictures.

Till next time!

See ya!

Snippets

2009-07-16T11:56:00.007+10:00

Thursdays are now de-facto blogging days due to the 3hr break in between Statistics class and Maths classes.

Waiting for the bus is a ball-freezing experience. Getting changed in the mornings constitutes endurance training.

Procrasination is BAD! Putting off your assignments till the last week is not a good idea. So why do I keep doing it?! Because blogging on blogs and surfing on webs are exponentially more fun than plotting plots and graphing graphs.

List of hopes and dreams, needs and wants, and everthing in between.

Hope

Possibly my own Rita
Perhaps my own laptop
Perchance my own room

Dreams

For others please ask Rita, fufu
Rita
???
Profit
To someday be able to play an eletric guitar
or bass
or violin

Needs

Warmer Australian climate
Rita
More money/Part-time job
Über 1337 programming skillz
More/longer holidays
A new handphone

Wants

>= Adobe Photoshop CS2
Vocaloid2 software
More money
Rita!

In betweens

Still waiting for that letter...ho hum...
.1.
..2..
...3...
RITA!

Ma & Pa

2009-07-05T01:03:00.003+10:00

Yea I know, I know. You guys are all pumped up bout my Supanova weekend right? Unfortunately, your gonna have to wait awhile cos something huge happened to me this week!! I'm talking astronomically huge!! Enough to dwarf a supernova!! That would mean that it's as epic as a quasar!! So what's the big deal then? Well, you'd probably have guessed from the title but I'll scream it out anyway, MOM & DAD are here!

For those of you having trouble grasping the significance of this event, here's a short parable to help you understand. There once lived a boy, who had to be sent away from home, far far away. He had to live away from his parents for a very long time (6 months). Day after day, he pined for Mother's caring touch, longed for Dad's uplifting humour but sadly he had to endure those 6 months all alone with his brothers. Finally the day arrives! He is finally reunited with his family and they can enjoy each other's company over a nice plate of authentic MALAYSIAN nasi lemak. And that was how nasi lemak was introduced to Australia. The end.

But seriously, having Mom and Dad here could not be any more awesome. I finally get packed lunches to uni, real proper brekkie, not to mention the Malaysian cuisine I sorely miss that Mom manages to dish up every dinner. Food aside, there's also the ton of stuff she brought over for us. I now have like a new bag, 3 new jackets, 8196 pairs of socks and a enough shirts/t-shirts to clothe all of Tokelau. Suddenly, I've become such a vainpot. I've spent more time in front of the mirror these past few days than I have in the past 6 months.

But of course, parents doesn't just mean food and clothing. The best thing about having them with us would have to be the family time we spend with each other. For the ill-informed, family time is the time spent with one's family where one has a feeling of complete safety and security. Doesn't matter if you're old or young, as long as your naïve enough to be lulled into the sense of security your family provides then you can enjoy it. Fortunately, I am one these people and for that I am truly thankful. Now, I don't mean to brag to everyone. I do realise that some people might not be as lucky as I am but to them I say, there has got to be a moment in time where you experienced this right? Even if it's for a short time, we should appreciate every chance we got/get. But I digress. After all, I really don't feel like I have the right to spout such stuff.

In any case, if for any reason I am inactive for the next month or 2 well, you know why. On the off chance you are still interested in that Supanova thing then I'll photodump it sometime soon. Too lazy to write about it already. Ta for now.

Supernova!

2009-06-28T00:19:00.006+10:00

No don't worry, while I certainly am a star, I'm not gonna asplode anytime soon. As least I don't plan to. Well, I've a confession to make...I've been hanging out with some pretty shady characters recently. I'm so ashamed...but more on that later cos I gots to prepare for another day of Supernova Sydney 2009 tomorrow!!!1 Until then, I would suggest reading other people's blog for a change. Now go on! Scram!

Yes, that's my hand. Note the cool looking lime-green band on it. Don't I look cool with it?

Oh and by the way, special shoutout to my comrades in Malaysia. Wish you guys were here. Isn't that fun without ya. Saya pergi beremo now.

weekEND!!

2009-06-18T22:56:00.014+10:00

Oh hey, it's me again. Just thought I'd stop by to check up on my blo...OMG!! CBOX SPAMMED WITH REPLIES!! I guess I am popular after all!

those voices inside mai head: no your not...otaku.;_;

In any case, expect a lot of posts over the next few days. I should have lots to blog about. If I don't deliver leh then I'm probably hyper busy lor. swt.

But for now, you guys probably heard that Rita came to town rite? What you didn't?! Fail!

Go directly to JAIL. Do not pass GO, Do not collect $200.

If you did read it or at least rolled a double then sally forth!

Well, I bet you're curiosity has been piqued eh? Your inquisitive nature has been whetted no? Just what did these two cheeky rascals do during the weekend to amuse themselves? Admit it, your life cannot continue without first satisfying your keh-poh streak. Well, I shall dally no longer. I shall, as they say, let the Felis catus out of the bag.

Saturday

We mostly spent our time walking around the city, shopping, lollygagging etc till dinner time. We then spent the later half of the day looking for a place that serves spaghetti because Rita had a craving for it. Unfortunately, though we were in a westernised modern city, stringy Italian goodness managed to escape our rumbling tummies. Fuming mad, we wandered randomly into some basement/lower ground food court located in Chinatown which my Grandad and I frequented so many times before. Still infuriated at the lack of clichèd (copied off John's blog) Italian food, we went up to the nearest store and carefully placed our randomly picked orders. 1 Singaporean Fried Mee and 1 Pork Rice something = almost AUD20 == RM50 (Holy ****!). Even more incensed, we stormed off lovingly back to Rita's hotel where I was forced to

Sunday

Checked out at 11-ish. Was bored wondering what to do. Both of us were still livid from yesterday's rip-off/lack of spaghetti. This time, I refused to go on without first tasting the glorious taste of what is known to mortals as spaghetti. With great determination, we scoured the cityscape, looking high and low for our elusive meal. Finally! After 30 great long minutes of searching, we located our prey. You'd think that we'd tuck in straight away after all that trouble yes? Well, surprisingly we didn't. Instead for another 15 mins, we just camwhored. Yes, even I did! GASP! I took pictures of the pasta, Rita, pasta again, Blue Drink (it's blue!), Rita, Rita with Blue Drink(which is blue in colour) etc. RIP $monies$.

After brunch, we kinda floated around again. Unexpectedly, we found ourselves going down a lift. All of a sudden, zombies started attacking us! Quick as a flash, both of us pulled out our Mini Uzi SMGs and let lose a volley of lead. But wait! No time to rest as another wave of brain-eaters marched towards us. Wave after wave came, thousands of magazines spent, hours after hours we pushed on, moving ever closer to the Goldman Building. Unfortunately, we both were killed in the foyer of that building by some levitating magicman known as The Star. Unperturbed, we decided to rape...i mean race each other (sry but the 'p' and 'c' keys are soo close to each other. LOL). This time, she cosPlayed as a princess and I was a mushroom. Fungi FTW! We shot loudspeakers at each other, bombs, banana peels, basin pans too. Oh what fun. In the end we both tied 4-4 I think.

If anyone can figure out what the previous paragraph was about then You win 100 points! Seriously

After that whole incident was over, came the time for us to part. Don't really wanna talk bout this. It was a sad moment indeed. But no need to fret because they all lived happily ever after. THE END.

Look! We did find spaghetti! wO0t!

Oh Hai!

2009-06-10T14:29:00.006+10:00

It's kinda sad that even though I've got like 5 drafts waiting in the wings, only 2 of them ever got published. Believe me, i do regularly think up of posts for my blog but somehow they rarely get past the drafting stage, eventually getting deleted. Reasons this happens is probably because of my laziness and procrastinating attitude. Though this may be my general attitude toward everything else in life (I'm working on changing this, honest!), in this particular context, my procrastinating streak is further aggravated by the fact that my computer's Internet connection is sooo fucked up!! God, it's so annoying. *RAGE**RAGE**RAGE*

I can always work around this problem by using my bro's comp conveniently placed beside mine but in order to do so I gotta shoo him away and can never bring myself to tear him away from his comp while he's searching for pron. Just kidding. We're not like that. Lol.

Well, on the off chance you may actually be concerned about how I'm doing here, I'll just sum up my current life here in one word. COLD! Today marks the 10th day into winter and I'm freezing my b*** off here. I even had to break out the long sleeve shirts i wore once a year in Malaysia. Still, the weather here is much more "interesting" than Malaysia's hot & wet/dry weather. If the local weather was personified, Malaysia's weather would be a simple-minded hot (literally) girl who's dry for one half of the year and wet the other. (I'll leave that to your imagination). Australia's weather would be a indecisive biatch that can't make up her mind if she wants to be hawt or give the cold-shoulder. With her in charge, you could actually experience a extremely cold morning and a relatively warm noon. It's particularly frustration in the winter especially if you leave the house all decked out in winter gear (gloves, scarf, thick jacket, long-sleeve shirt, etc.) then in the afternoon, you pay for your careful preparations by sweating like hell. T.T

Edit: Warning! Reports of a few wild profanities have been received. The management would like to ensure guests that there is nothing to be afraid of and is working to prevent future reoccurrences.

Also, wanna know what last night's temperature was? 6°C! Not even a blanket + quilt was enough! Tonight, I'm gonna hafta sleep with three layers. T.T

Here's to you...

2009-05-10T01:01:00.010+10:00

Most of my friends would probably agree with me when I say that I'm not the type to to type long mushy post about my feelings even for someone dear to me. In fact most would say that I'm not the type to post any posts at all. I guess most guys are like that (I'm talking about the mushy post thing). Ever so often however, there are times that a guy would like to do something special for his someone special. Even though it's not much anyway, i would still like to proclaim my love to the most important woman in my life *currently*....I am of course talking about my mother! (sry Rita but mother comes first..especially today). So to Mother who art thou in Malaysia which feels like Heaven since Hellboys are in Australia, this first son of yours would like to wish you with all my heart a

Happy Mother's Day!

Though here we live in a house,

There we had a home to call our own.
The responsibilities that I had (though rarely do),

Now feels like chores to be done by the freeloader.

Rules of the house that once seemed acceptable,

Have know become heavily enforced laws.

What privacy I once had,

I wish I could enjoy as frequently here.

Over here I'm merely alive,

But over there I had a life.

Now this has less to do with living with strict grandparents,

But more to do with living without our loving parents.

So though we may be LIGHTYEARS from perfect,

Without a doubt we all know how lucky we are.

Though it may not be much,

I hope that via this “poem” of-sorts,

This truly thankful and definitely undeserving son of yours,

would like to express his heartfelt feelings to both his parents.

Mom and Dad,

From Daryl, Henry and Geoffrey,

We Love and Miss You Very Very Much!

I am unsure whether mah & yeh should read this. I don't mean to be disrespectful or anything.

If the *currently* word worries you or anything, don't worry. That's just a joke. Don't take it too seriously. lol.

Goodbye Malaysia!!

2009-01-18T02:09:00.003+11:00

Most of my friends probably noe this aldy but for the benefit of those who don't...

I'm leaving Malaysia forever tomorrow!!

In fact our flight will be departing at 10pm, 18th Jan 2009. That'll be the date I leave ~18yrs of my life behind and start all ovr again...in a foreign country. Worse of all, I'll be arriving on a Monday!! I'm not fond of Mondays.

In retrospect, i should've posted a whole lot more blog posts. I've so much i wanted to blog about like about my trip to HK, my PSP, outings with frens and GF but i've been super bz these past few weeks...lotsa procrastination to be done.

Did you know?

Packing 18yrs of your life into a suitcase is not as easy as it sounds.

HAIZZ..there's so much i'm gonna miss! Where else in the world do you hv to beg taxis to take you to your destination? Do the Chinese in Aus pepper their conversations with profanities as much as we do? Who will replace the inconsiderate smokers who so eagerly pollute my air and invade my personal space? Despite its many many many shortcomings, Malaysia still is a very nice country and i luv it. Not enough to keep me here though.

meh! 2 l8 4 dat now. That's all in the past! Time for my future to begin!

Goodbye my beloved Malaysian friends! If any of you ever come down to Sydney, feel free to drop by my place at Bexley. Assuming of course you have food & lodging all taken care of. I don't want any leechers! Sayonara Pasar Malams and Mamak stalls! Good riddance frustrating internet connections! Hopefully the more dependable internet connection will encourage me to blog more! Don't count on it though. Here I come Australia! Land of beaches, beer and BBQs! Of course Rita will be waiting for me there too. Guess i won't be needing an adjustment period after all! Wo0t!

Signed,

Most Loyal Defector..

X:\C_Algo_Prog.c

2008-11-14T13:34:00.010+11:00

#include stdio.h

#include math.h

the html code used here means that I can't put the

<> braces around the stdio.h and math.h

initilization. Sry FIC nerds.

int main(void)

{

char understand;

printf("Do you understand this?");

scanf(" %c", &understand);

if(understand=='n' || understand=='N')

{

printf("that's ok. It's a nerd thing.\n\n");

}

else

{

printf("\nDon't worry, scientist are gonna reach a");

printf("breakthrough.\n");

printf("They'll find a cure for you eventually.\n");

}

printf("\nDe arimasu!\n");

printf("\n~Yuki Nagato is not amused by your");

printf(" bullshit~");

return(0);

}

Do you understand this?

If no then that's ok. It's a nerd thing.

If you do, well then.

Don't worry, scientist are gonna reach a breakthrough.

They'll find a cure for you eventually.

De arimasu!

~Yuki Nagato is not amused by your bullshit~

What's ur moe?

2008-11-08T01:23:00.006+11:00

I'm not dead. Tnx 4 asking.

Well, 2day was d last non-exam day of college. Final exams on Mon. In 5 days time, i would be graduating from FIC. Time flies when ur under pressure eh? To commemor8 my imminent graduation, i've changed the theme of my blog to a more programmer-friendly theme. If u dun understand any of the codes or syntax, feel free to sign up for Taylors Foundation in Computing. They hold tea parties for you b4 u graduate u noe.

To think that doing one year of FIC in TCPJ = time taken 4 me to write 20 posts. Boy, i must've been extremely bz.

Unfortunately for me, Aus Unis don't rly accept my foundation course. U cannot believe the troubles i (actually my mom) went through in order to get into a Syd Uni. Fortunately, there was at least one uni willing to accept me. So i guess i'll be going to Macquarie Uni by mid-Jan next yr.

To be fair, TCPJ wasn't a complete waste of time. In the space of a year in FIC, i hv learnt a great deal. For example, i found out that i am not bad in C coding, I now know the basics of JAVA and HTML, I haz made a short movie (more on this l8r) n lvled up my photoshop skillz. Of course these are just some of the minor changes. Most importantly, i've managed to make a number of good frens. Well some of them are pretty good, others...just plain evil! However, without a doubt, the biggest change i went through in the course of 08' would have to be Jit's + Dennis's + Wei's corrupting me wit d otaku virus. Haizz...oh well, like dey say "If u can't beat them, join them". I am only too happy to oblige =J

P.S: I like megane/meganekko characters but tsunderes will do just fine. De arimasu.

(Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-350792/Anime-motivational-posters.html?pg=73)

~d world nids more desu. no exceptions~

T.T

2008-07-25T01:25:00.005+10:00

The following are 4 autistic children in the Ampang Dyslexia Association Centre who I have had the privilege of teaching, playing with and being an abang to during my recent July hols. I am grateful to my mom, the association an to God for giving me a chance to do something constructive during my hols instead of slacking of like some of my classmates.

Shahrir is the probably the one who became the most attached to me. Cikgu Mariam (who's the Teacher-in-charge) tells me that everytime Shah hears my car pull up in the driveway he starts asking "Abang datang?" Shahrir's disabilities is known in the medical world as a "Global", this means that he suffers from everything. A bit of dyslexia, a bit of autism etc. That being said, he's actually quite good. In fact he'll be graduating from the Autistic class into the normal classes. Unfortunately, he's still a bit lax when it comes to sharing.

Iskandar is just soo cute, complete with baby-face, long eyelashes, mischievous yet innocent demeanour and child-like fascination with everything. He's afraid of loud noises which explains his phobia of rain, specifically rain & thunder (just like Haruhi Fujioka!). Also, when there are loud noises nearby, he closes his ears and starts spouting gibberish/random phrases like "Good Morning Teacher" and most commonly "Osa, osa, osa". You just have to hear how cute he is!! His favourite word is radio and he has a strange attachment to said device. Academically, he get's distracted really easily however, he's forte is maths. He can easily count up to 40 whilst the others falter around the 20 mark. Loli-shota anyone?

Chun Hong is well...for lack of a better word..untamed. Seeing as he's quite "new" to the class, Cikgu Mariam is still trying to get him to sit still. He regularly cries but the way he cries is hard to describe. He often cries out in LOUD bursts (Iskandar normally starts sputtering gibberish at this point) but then he'll get distracted quickly and settle down just as rapidly...it's a really weird potentially ear-drum perforating experience. Beneath his 'untamed' exterior, I believe he is normal. It's just that fate dealt him a bad hand. He has a tendency to spout completely random phrases and sing random (usually Chinese) songs. His favourite is CNY songs but also sings a medley of english songs.

Edzra (I think this is how his name is spelt). I know little about this boy since his attendance to the school is quite irregular. He has OCD and throws a tantrum when his schedule gets messed up. I think his disability is something like severe dyslexia. Accordingly, he takes a loooong time to learn something. His speech is also kinda slurred and difficult to hear. He loves puzzles.

Help!

2008-07-19T15:11:00.005+10:00

It may be may holidays but that doesn't mean i can have a break!

You see, i've somehow been chosen as the team coordinator for this sketch i have to do for my course's July intake students. It's supposed to be a short, humourous 15-min sketch bout the daily life of a college student. Problem is, we've only got like 5 mins of material. So far we've got a blur class scence, a scence about latecomers & evil lecturers, dissinterested students and one about dismissal. If you have any ideas for new scenes or add-ons, pray tell. I need this by the end of this week.

Please, please make my life easier. Tnx.

Thus far..

2008-06-16T11:22:00.002+10:00

Well, well..been a busy (yet fun) week so far especially the weekend. I won't bore u wit d details of college life as most of my readers r aldy in coll, instead i'll skip straight to IFF!

In case you've been wondering IFF is an acronym for International Food Fiasco. It's a big deal for us ex-SSG students cos it's the one time of the year we can congregate in our beloved high-school whilst wearing anything we please (i think i saw sum1 going 4 a lolita look last yr...it wasn't pretty >.<"). Also we get to meet with old friends and even older teachers. For the benefit of a lousy traitors who didn't come, i met up wit 1. Luther, whose hairstyle is like Aang from Avatar, also he isn't manlier or anything (NS failure wakaka)
2. Ming, who isn't as tanned as i tot she would be, she is also suffering from post-NS humour deprivation and is laughing at my jokes...kinda reminds me of Aika Hiiragi of Mx0.
3. Kim, i also expected her to be more "tanned", unfortunately she was more sensible and did not laugh at all my jokes (T.T)
4. Siew Por, lugging around his huge camera as usual.
5. Zuhdi, also changed his hairstyle with much better results.
6. Chin Meng, this guy is....unchanged and better that way.
7. John, always a pleasure to talk to.

I must saw I'm a bit disappointed wit not being able to see En. Adenan. I got to meet Mrs. Andrew, Ms. Mano and Physics God Khoo-sensei. I also met the ever fierce Ms.Lim tho (i saw right through her cheerful facade). Yes, Rita. I did say hi for you...unfortunately she replied by forcing me to buy her currypuff.

Then came Sunday. It's very nice getting together with Josh, Ming, and Wei. Together we are collectively known as Skinny Bouncy L-mo cos Daryl (Skinny) + Ming (Bouncy) + Wei (L) + Josh (emo). Thus the greatest threat to world peace was born...we leave no candy, chocolate, tic tac, washing detergent store undefiled! Mwahaha!

Paradise Lost

2008-06-06T14:00:00.005+10:00

No, this isn't about Milton's Paradise Lost, i'm talking bout MY lost paradise. Haiz...bros came back almost 2 weeks back. Fortunately the competition for computer territory wasn't as intense as before. (tnx to IFF for keeping my bro bz). Alas IFF is over and the competition are beginning to heat up!

As usual, i am the victor cos i can throw my seniority around! However since returning from Aus, they hvn't stop talking bout it as per usual. And as usual i would ignore them however this time is different! Why? Cos they got a chance to play Halo 3 !! *jealous* When I was there all i got to play was Gears of War. It's a nice game mind you but it's just not...Halo.

Hey guess wat! I've got really really BIG news for all y'all...my dad's company just gave us a sweet new E200 Kompressor! YAY!! Well, this is big news to me..once again, Mercedes-Benz has reaffirmed its position as my favourite car manufacturer.

Paradise Regain'd (again, not Milton's but mine)

For Jm:
As far as Eoin Colfer's books go, Airman is less whimsical than his Artemis Fowl books. It's more down to Earth and features no fairies, magic nor child prodigies..no wait, Airman does have yet another well-gifted young boy. The book has many references to medieval France and England, as well as fencing, aviation history but don't worry, there not very deep. In my opinion, the book could've and should've been longer. Overall, it's still a good read. I'd consider it slightly above Artemis Fowl but maybe dat's just cos Conor Broekhart is much more human than the untouchable Artemis Fowl (the guy got physically AND psychologically tortured, all b4 his 16th b'day). In case your already reading the novel, Uncle is my favourite character.

Breaking News!

2008-05-28T19:41:00.005+10:00

!!!! Breaking News !!!!

I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

At last, i have finished the last book in J.K Rowling's series! Albeit 311 days late. At least now i don't have to close my ears or leave the room to avoid spoilers.

Anyway I've also finished reading Airman and am currently reading Skeleton Key. As you all probably know, Skeleton Key is a Alex Rider book and therefore it's makes light reading. As i am about to finish it a new dilemma has arisen...i don't have anything else to read!! From having so much to read to nothing to read...this is not good...I can already feel the withdrawal symptoms appearing. Anyone has any good books to recommend/lend? I will accept any sci-fi, orwellian, dystopian, adventure or fiction genres.

Fortunately, the Internet has managed to stave of my hunger for more reading material. Currently reading Ouran and Alice Academy but i've finished reading Mx0. I'm incredibly annoyed by it's ending...actually it's more like the lack of it. Mx0 ended prematurely so you can just imagine the frustration of finally seeing the main character beginning to get more interesting then suddenly, the manga just stops. Gah!! Whoever made this comic is evil!! Why make a manga this interesting then just stop it like that!! Evil!!!

I've also finished the Alice Academy anime, does anybody know any other comedy anime like it? If so feel free to recommend. I've got nothing better to do wit my time...wait what was that? work? Oh yea..

Bookfest

2008-05-25T02:45:00.001+10:00

Haha! What a day.

Today, Dad n i made our way to KL Convention Centre for the Popular Bookfest for some quality father & son time. Unfortunately we both split up after a few minutes of entering the exhibition halls but hey, at least we both had our own fun. This yr's bookfest is definitely an improvement from last year's. At least now the english books make up 1/3 of the exhibition. In the last one, half of the bookfest was chinese books and 1/4 was music CDs. As a result, the choices of english books wasn't dat wide. However, this year they had quite a nice selection. I couldn't be anymore happier. They even had a small Anthony Horrorwitz section. The only downside is dat they luv to overcharge on food and drinks but then again being a tourist trap, KLCC has always been a bit expensive. But the best new was yet to come!! Dad actually agreed to buy me the books i wanted!! w00t!! So now i've got:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [yes i noe i'm extremely l8 on this book. yes i noe i've become rusty after not touching a book for so long but cut me some slack...178pgs in 3hrs is still quite respectable rite? rite??]
(Harry + Ginny...awww)

2. Airman
[Another Eoin Colfer book. After reading all his Artemis Fowl books, i just gotta read this one.]

3. Alex Rider Skeleton Key
[Been wanting to read this for a super long time]

The more perceptive of you would probably notice that this list doesn't include dystopians (which, if u don't noe, is my favourite genre). On the contrary, are all under the "Young Adults" section which we all noe is just the bookshop's euphemism for "kids stuff". If you're thinkin that i'm reverting back to a childlike state when your wrong! That stage usually kicks in after a man is married (This is why ur moms always call their husbands "big babies"...at least mine does). Anyway, the sci-fi genre here was pitiful. Only one tiny shelf! Sux! At least the Starcraft novels caught my eye but other than dat it was downright dissapointing. They've got a more "How to draw manga charaters" books than the entire sci-fi selection!!

In any case, i'm still pretty happy wit these books i got..Now if you'll excuse me, Harry's interrogating Mundungus...don't wanna miss dat.

Freedom!

2008-05-25T00:50:00.004+10:00

On Thursday night mom and my 2 bros left for Aus! This means dat from then till the 5th of June, i will be alone wit dad! N since dad has to go for work and consequently comes back late, i can hv a few extremely precious alone times every weekday to do anything i want! Wat's a boy to do with so much freedom? Unsurprisingly, when i posed this question to my good friend who will not be named, the first thing he said was "watch porn lah" [sic] (-_-")... Obviously this is out of the question when it comes to me. Besides, my Internet connection is far too slow to make that an enjoyable experience. I noe this because it takes ages just to load you-tube or crunchyroll videos...sigh..

Anyway, i was channel surfing the minute i got home on friday afternnoon while surfing the net. Den the ad for Alice Academy came up i tot to myself "WTF is dat?" So i crunchyrolled it. I noe it's supposed to a shōjo anime or wat not but dam i find it really funny. D way Mikan (over)react is so dam cute. So now i'm trying to watch the Alice Academy and Blood+ but my fucking Internet connection is making it so frustating!!! Maxis BROADBAND my ass!! My grandfather can write out the binary codes for the episode faster than this sucky thing loads!! Maxis Broadband sux balls!! It even blocks limewire! Gah!! So please, if you hv any way to remedy this situation, kindly do so before my bros gets back n i hv to wrestle them for control of the com.

Originally i tot being wit dad on the weekends would be a quiet afair since he's kinda like the quiet type. A likely scenario would've been sumtin like:

Morning
Dad: What's your plan for today?
Me: Nothing.
Dad: OK.
Both: ....

Noon
Dad: You hungry?
Me (while eating tidbits): Yes.
Dad: OK.
Both eats.

Night
Dad: You hungry?
Me (again while eating): Yes.
Dad: OK
Both eats.

Midnight
Dad: It's time for you to go to sleep.
Me: Nani? But..but..Alice Academy!!
Dad: NOW!
Me: (T_T) x 1000

Process continues for the remainder of d 2 weeks. Fortunately this didn't happen this week...At least not yet.

At least he took me to the Popular Bookfest today and 2morro to church and Kuen Cheng. Wonder wat'll he do next weekend?? Glee, glee!!

Webcomics

2008-05-22T00:42:00.002+10:00

As most of probably know, I like to waste lots of time reading webcomics nowadays.

(Mr.Sean if your reading this, I would like to point out that i don't always play CS during your lesson. I also read webcomics, do other subject's assignment, etc. If you're looking for the gamers then you should ask Jit Hua since he's the one who usually distributes the games)

For those who are remotely interested in joining me then here a short review of what I've been reading thus far.

First up is Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler. I first saw this on the daily deviation on deviantART and the art style just blew me away. The strips are done in sepia-tone in order to recreate that '20s era nostalgic feel. The story line is not bad either. It's quite funny with a bit of action. It's set in the prohibition era where a café owner is operating an illegal speakeasy, the character of the characters (all anthropomorphic cats) are extremely varied (Mordecai reminds me of Qayyuum). My only problem wit this webcomic is that it's a bit too short. There are only ~53 graphically stunning pages. Took me bout a day to finish. Highly recommended.

Next we have Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques. The Daryl most of you would probably remember from SSG would never have read this kinda comic. This webcomic is filled with sexual innuendos and has tons of references to obscure bands. So why do i read it? Cos it's the most interesting webcomic with enough content to last me more than a week. Most webcomics with great art usually don't have many pages. This one has 1147 pages. Should last me awhile. I'm up to 1000 sumtin then i had to start pacing myself. Also, it makes fun of indies, goths, emos, nerds and lots more...how can anyone not enjoy laughing at emos (especially emos like Joshua)? It's art is actually not bad. It's one of the better ones as far as webcomics go. As the webcomic is 1147 pages long(and counting), summarising the plot would be impossible. Even wikipedia doesn't do that. So you'll just have to find out yourself. Overall, it's a good read. Recommended unless you wanna keep your eyes as virgin as Luther's.

I highly recommend reading Concerned to anyone who has played Half-Life 2, Especially you SP. It's by this dude called Christopher C. Livingston (I think he's got sumtin to do wit Valve). There was an easter egg in Episode 1 that made reference to this comic; so if it's good enough for Valve to notice, it should be funny enough for you. The humour here is completely opposite to Portal's dead-pan humour. It humour is mostly derived from the main character, Gordon Frohman, who is sooo dumb, he's completely ignorant of the fact that he's living in a dystopia and that ppl around him are living in constant fear. He supports and even helps in the oppression of the human race! There's a lot of in-game parodies too. It makes fun of CS, CZ, Lost Coast, and explains some discrepancies in the game like, why are there so many explosive barrels scattered throughout landscape in wat is supposed to be a depressing and dark future for mankind. A must read but only if you've played the game, otherwise you won't get most of the parodies.

There are still a dozen more webcomics i'm willing to write about but since the more time i spend blogging, the less time i have to actually read the webcmoics, i'll just put a list and make a abrupt end here.

http://www.reallifecomics.com (not recommended unless ur a nerd)
http://drmcninja.com (only recommended if you have a thing for ninjas and doctors)
http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/ (another one old me wouldn't have read. Wat wit female comic characters and tight clothings? I like the chibi arts tho)

That's it for now.... see you all in approx 2 months time... i hope.

Tag No.3

2008-03-19T01:18:00.005+11:00

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

2008-03-17T18:58:00.016+11:00

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

2008-03-07T20:46:00.006+11:00

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.

Orientation nite

2008-02-04T14:20:00.007+11:00

Really, really sorry for the ubër late post. Reality has been really busy.

25 Jan 2008, TCPJ FYE Orientation Night.

This event is definitely worth blogging about...unfortunately since i don't hv d time 2 do so, i recommend reading Jaclyn's, Kuan Yew's and/or Taylor's FYE's accounts to get an idea of what happened...(Jaclyn's one is the most detailed, TFYE only blogs up till the end of the treasure hunt game)

My comments/thoughts/rants on this event are:

1. Staying true to Malaysian tradition, the event started about an hr after the "official" starting time.
2. I did not get my face painted. Why would i waste RM5 painting my face?
3. This is probably the closest to a concert i hv ever been...lame.
4. I willingly volunteered for the games as opposed to being dragged out like many of my classmates. (except for the pole dancing game..duh! I'd nvr enter such a game.)
5. Yes, i did take part in the newspaper game but fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on who u ask), my partner wasn't a girl...there were only 2 teams with same gender members...Ashraf n i was 1 of them...stop laughing! At least we came in at a respectable 3rd.
6. I was the last FIC student to leave..at around 11pm.

26 Jan 2008, Pavilion outing.

Lemme summarise wat happened…
At around 1pm, we met. Then we talked, walk around and talk summore 4 d next hr. Eventually, we head to d food court…fortunately, I had just taken my breakfast b4 I came…no need for me 2 waste $ on the overpriced garbage they serve there. After that we went to the cinema…and argued over wat movie to watch 4 d next half-hr.. (-_-“) Finally decided on Mad Money (i voted 4 Sweeney Todd)..ok movie lah..

The only thing worth elaborating is J.Co. Josh and i decided to leave d others (who were just standing around, talking...again) and try d J.Co donuts..i find the Al Capone quite nice, tho the others were a bit to sweet...didn't stop us from eating it tho! In conclusion, J.Co made me miss Krispy Kreme even more.

Went home at around 6-ish, straight away study for Comp test.

30 Jan 2008, Club & Societies.

I think that's d date... Anyway, i've signed-up for:

1. Badminton (normal lah)
2. Bowling (wanted to learn a new sport, squash wasn't there so i just took bowling)
3. Adventure Club (sounds really cool, we get to go rock-climbing, flying-foxing, etc.)
4. Computing Club (FIC students are automatically Computing Club members)
5.Music & Dance Club (now this is the real shocker...i dunno how well u noe me but i'm not really d dancing type, i signed-up for this so dat next time i'm in a formal occasion, i won't be making a complete fool of myself)

7 Feb 2008, CNY.

The very reason for my 2 months overdue posts...CNY! This yr's CNY wasn't as bad as 06'. This yr's CNY prep was just simple house-scrubbing...as usual, the whole family will be busy scrubbing, cleaning, wiping, polishing, vacuuming, and/or washing the whole hse. This yr, i got of quite lightly...all i did was clean the comp area and hand-scrubbed the porch wit my bros...dat is all..

Finally! I'm done wit this super-late post...now pls excuse me, i've gotta update my facebook and flickr.

Grey

2008-01-21T21:26:00.000+11:00

If my mood now was a colour, it would be grey (gray to you Americans). The flattest, most monotonous, solemnest, bleakest, emotionless, dullest, lackluster, tenebrous, unilluminated grey. Not to be confused with depression.

I don't know what brought about this state of mind...just felt this way. At breakfast, i seem to have lost my appetite, then for the rest of the day, i just felt really..lethargic-ish..at least college cheered me up a bit..but as soon as i got home, i felt grey again. In times like these, i feel like being alone, to be completely isolated and have time to just read a dystopian fiction or a satirical novel in peace..instead i wasted 10 mins of my time just blogging about it. Life seems quite tiresome at times.

Classmates

2008-01-18T01:21:00.000+11:00

Can't believe it...i forgot to write about my classmates! Better late than never, i guess...

My class isn't that big actually, only about 15 ppl. However, we get like a new student every day and we'll probably get a few more in March and June due to the month's intake. So far, our class consist of:-

Lee Khuan Yew (no relations to Singapore's ex-president / owns a Ben Q laptop),
Lim Aik Chuan,
Nurul Ashraf (pc modding aficionado / owns a Toshiba laptop),
Zeann,
Jon (who shares the same birthday as me, albeit in 1990),
Dickson Lim (who bears a resemblance to Alex of 4Sc3 / owns a N93i and tablet pc),
Tai Li Ter (really quiet guy),
Dennis (from Korea and kinda like Luther in some ways, except for the accent / owns a Samsung laptop) ,
Ahmed (from Africa / tallest and oldest guy in class, age 22),
Mohamad (who hails from Yemen / owns a Toshiba laptop) ,
Jaclyn (who kindly showed me the ways of the Malaysian public rail system),
Angel (1 of the 2 girls in class / works part-time as a Starbucks barista / owns a Toshiba laptop),
Daryl (youngest in class / age 17 / possibly the only one without a laptop / active game peddler with partner-in-crime, Jit Hua) ,
Jit Hua (Daryl's partner-in-crime / active game peddler),

There's a few others whom i didn't mention...this is probably because they're not on the blackboard 6, FIC namelist.

just another post...

2008-01-11T01:42:00.000+11:00

Stupid title...getting blogger's block.

So today I'm enjoying the first holiday of the college year. So boring.Wish i could spend it with Rita...haizz.. At least i got to chat with her, unfortunately my messenger is all screwy and disconnects sporadically, so damn annoying! Screw you Murphy's Law!!

Anyway, dunno wat else to blog about...writer's/blogger's block....guess i'll just end now and devote my remaining on9 time to RITA!!

College Life...

2008-01-07T16:30:00.000+11:00

Wooohoooo!!! I'm so bloody happy right now! You wanna noe y? It's because i passed my English Proficiency Test...Wat so gr8 about passing this test you ask?? Well, it just means that my college timetable will be much free-er :D

So, my college timetable will be:
Mon, 12pm-4pm
Tue, 12pm-4pm
Wed, 9am-4pm
Thu, 12pm-4pm
Fri, no class!!

Super nice! Now i have even more time to lepak!! Yeaah!!

P.s: My condolences to Jit Hua who unfortunately did not pass the test. Guess it's 9am-4pm for you. At least now you won't have to car-pool with me anymore. (except on Wed)

The 4th of Jan

2008-01-04T19:33:00.000+11:00

Today's Henry's (my bro) b'day. As usual, i got him what i've always got him every year...nothing. Don't start thinking that i'm a bad brother...well maybe i am but hey! I bet most of you out there probably don't give your siblings presents on their b'days too right? Anyway i'm close enough to my brothers so that even if i don't get them anything, my relationship with them is not affected at all.

So for my bro's dinner, we went to a Japanese restaurant behind Ampang Point. It's called Tuna House. Because it's run by some Koreans, the food was a fusion of both Korean and Japanese cuisine. The choices was limited though so i just ordered a Soba set as did Geoffrey (my youngest bro) cos i'm not really a sushi fan. Henry and my dad love sushi though, so they ordered a sashimi set. I tried some kimchi but i didn't like it. Wonder why the koreans love this stuff, tastes dead yucky to me...guess it's a cultivated taste.

1st day of College

2008-01-04T00:35:00.002+11:00

Today i took a bold step into a new chapter of my life story, today was my first day in Taylor's College! Unfortunately, i got lost.

As usual, i made an effort to arrive early so i arrived at the campus at around 7.15am, only to find out that i was too early and had to wait till 9am. So i had to wander around aimlessly trying to kill time. Luckily i met Sarah and her mom who managed to make the wait less boring. Then we met up with Jit Hua (he's also taking the same course as me) and finally Peh Xin Yi. Then at 9, we were all herded to the Multi-Purpose Hall to listen to the welcome speech and other talks...boooring!!! The talks lasted till around 12-ish. Lunch was quite a different experience from SSG's. In SSG, i would usually take a look at the food lose my appetite. It's expensive and tastes like cold, disgusting, leftovers...because it is cold, disgusting, leftovers!! In Taylor's I was suddenly thrust into an environment where i had soooo many choices...so wat did i order you ask? A burger.

New resolution: To try every stall by the time i leave.

The fun really started after lunch, we had this team building activity. Had quite a lot of fun till i remembered that i wasn't in some holiday camp but in college. 1st we played a game where we had to line up according to our birthdates but we weren't allowed to speak to each other.

Next we were separated into groups (our group was named No Name, courtesy of Sarah) and had to grab these coloured balls from a middle ring and put them into our team's ring. We also have to steal balls from other teams to get as many balls as possible. Obviously with a game as competitive as this, someone's bound to get hurt in the mayhem. Unluckily for Sarah, she was the only one who suffered any injury in the form of a broken fingernail.

Then we were given kindergarten-level ABC jigsaw puzzles which we had to assemble without speaking to each other. Not much of a challenge for a group college students right? Wrong! The pieces were all mixed up with other groups' pieces so we had to run around trying to ask around for the right pieces without speaking.

Last but not least, we played a game called Trust. 3 small groups had to combine into 1 big group and each member had to be carried through a hula hoop suspended a good 5 feet from the ground. Obviously i was one of the first to be carried through. Fortunately, most of the heavy ones were on the other team. Still, most of the time our hula hoop broke whenever we get someone through.

Today was really fun, just wish college will be this fun everyday.

2008

2008-01-04T00:24:00.000+11:00

Happy New Year Everybody!!

This year will be a special year cos it's my college year!

So for this year my resolutions are:
1) Maintain my relationship with Rita.
2) Stay in touch with my friends/ex-schoolmates
3) Try to improve my Chinese speaking abilities (or lack thereof).
4) Try to keep my blog alive by updating it at least once a week.
5) Gain weight. (impossible! but i must try!)

5Sc3 Reunion

2008-01-03T23:08:00.001+11:00

27th Dec 2007

Sry. Again I'm late. Anyway, on the 27th Dec 2007 some students of 5Sc3 has a reunion of sorts at Jogoya, Starhill Gallery.

I came at around 12pm, and finally met up with the others at around 1.30pm at J.Co. Josh, Syamim, Cho Sek, Tony, and Guo Hao was there. So was Piao Sheng but as usual, he was bullied into queing up to get the donuts for the rest of us. Finally got a chance to try a small piece. Nothing great but i wouldn't mind trying it again.

Loitered around then finally had our lunch at 3pm.

Jogoya was quite okay though I've tasted better food (Saisaki is much better!!). They had this ordering system where you have to place tags (given to you at your table) at ordering bowls. Tony took everyone's tags and ordered lots of teppenyaki chicken, some soup thingy and soft-shelled crab. As a result of Tony's reckless ordering of dishes, there was an obscene amount of leftovers.

After lunch, we spent another 1hr+ just taking pics. Haha. Poor waiter. The trouble he had to go through just to entertain a group of toubling teens.

Finally left Jogoya at 5pm. Total time spent in Jogoya=3hrs.

Last activity b4 I went home was watchin AVP2. I wouldn't recommend this flick.

Liang Sheng kept laughing. He loled during the scene where two loser's head's got blown off. What a sick sense of humour he's got.

Christmas Day!

2007-12-26T02:29:00.000+11:00

Actually, i wanted to go to my church's Christmas service this morning but for undisclosed reasons i didn't. Sry Ming and Wei.

This year's Christmas wasn't as commercialised as previous years'. What this means is that I didn't receive that many present's but then again i didn't expect much so i wasn't dissapointed. I did wish i could've spent my Christmas with Rita tho but alas, it was not to be... =(

So for this Christmas, i got 2 presents but they're really great! The first present was a Fireflyz keychain from my mom. So I'll just put that into my keychain collection. (gotta start counting how many i have)

The second present was an Esprit Rotunda Black Chrono watch (I think that's what's it called) from my Grandaunt. It's really cool!!! This is from the same grandaunt who got me my N93!!

So, that's my Christmas. Now you'll have to excuse me, i need to go examine my watch again and sms Rita (oh wait..no credit! waaa...). Anyway, Merry Christmas every1!

Keshinn's B'day Party

2007-12-26T01:24:00.000+11:00

Gr8 party Keshinn!
Although the invitation said the party started at 7.30pm, Malaysian tradition required that those who came early (like me!), had to wait till the others arrived before we could actually start. =( At least they were only half an hour late.

The party started with a game of twister. As the name implies, it is a sick and twisted game. The game just provides an excuse for making your friends assume embarrassing and often painful positions. That being said, it was still fun...except for the fact that i had a clear view of John's cheeks and I'm not talking about the one on his face!!

After that torturous game ended, (BTW, I won!) we were allowed to gorge ourselves on the delicious (homemade?) food. I'm sure you guys have dinners so i won't elaborate..

Next came the highlight of the nite...Pool dumping time!!

(most of the pics are with Wei)

First up was obviously the birthday girl, Keshinn! Then was Nazeera i think..wow she really put up a fight but in the end everyone but me got soaked, even Wei Li with her chlorine sensitive skin wasn't spared. I was spared because Keshinn forgot to warn me bout the said event, that and because i had the camera. Honestly, i wished i had brought a extra set of clothings so that i could've join in. Oh well, maybe next year. =)

2007-12-20T23:27:00.000+11:00

Yes! Finished Hitman: Blood Money today...quite difficult. I'm not a really patient person when playing games especially when i have a customised silverballer screaming out to be used to put a low velocity bullet into all those so called "innocent" bystanders' head...this game has a lot of sneaking around, disguising yourself, finding important documents/keycards that sort of thing and all the while you have to avoid really annoying guards...that's why after getting caught for the 100th time, i tend to go nuts with my customized M4..so much for silent assassin. The storyline is really cool tho...it's quite well told, altho i feel that the idea of Agent 47 as Class 1 clone is too far-fetched. Still, it's a bloody cool game. So the moral of this story is to not trust any bald person with a barcode on the back of his head..or else...

Oh ya..i also played squash with Kar Wai today.

SSG Prom 2007, Le Tapis Rouge

2007-12-18T13:47:00.001+11:00

I noe it's already been 6 days (WOW! A week already! Time really do flies when your having fun!) since the prom and i'm a little late but hey! Better late then never cos this prom is definitely worth blogging!!

Prom Preparations:

Me..

Since the prom was at 7pm, i had lots of time to prepare. I just played computer games wit my bros till about 5-ish then showered, then got dressed and finally left the house at 6. (I still got there 30mins late cos my driver didn't know the way tho)

Guys..

Probably about the same as me...Wake up late, laze about till 5, get cleaned up, dress up then leave.. some might even have gone to dye their hair...still, they should be done in under an hour.

The Result:

Hey! Darren Lam! The Best Dressed Male for Le Tapis Rouge! Not bad..wonder how long he took to prepare? 1hr?

Anyway, in my opinion, most of the guys look quite lame (sry Darren) when compared to the girls in their stunning dresses. Every guy was dressed in black. Except for Qayyum. Still some of us did look quite cool like Darren and Melcolm, and maybe even Cho Sek.

Girls..

They wake up real early, cos they have to go to shower, do their nails, do their hair, glam up their face, don their dress, check themselves, don't like what they see, redo everything, recheck themselves, prefer their previous look, re-redo themselves again and finally leave the house at 6..wait i forgot to mention accessories..nvr mind just add 2 or 3 more hrs..

(this account is obviously an exaggerated fictional account of how a girl prepares for her prom and i'm sure that not all girls are such perfectionist right?..right?)

The Result:

For ppl who don't recognise who this is, she's Ming Yi. Seriously. Yeah, that's right. The one from 5Sc1.

She looks soo..different. No wonder she won the Most Dynamic Female award..

Will be posting more prom pics soon..

Post 001

2007-12-18T01:55:00.000+11:00

Ok....post number 1...finally after 2 years since my last blog, i've decided to return to the blogosphere.

The main reason for my return is boredom...that and because my dad just got broadband a few months ago. Before that i used dial-up..can you believe it! Dial-up! While others were surfung at 1000Kbps (is dat right?) i was lucky to get 48Kbps. For those of you who don't understand this comparison of speed well at the internet speed of my old dial-up, i could go make a cup of Milo while waiting for my Yahoo! homepage to load..Glad that's all behind me now.

So with a satisfyingly fast internet connection, a renewed sense of boredom coupled with a feeling of envy for some of my friends great blogs, i have decided to make a comeback. Hopefully i won't get too lazy to update this blog and leave it to rot in cyberspace like my previous 2 blogs. :p And with that i officially post my first post.