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.

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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.

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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.

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Orientation nite

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.

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Tag

Got tagged by Jaclyn.

  1. Do this tag and answer all the questions in your own blog.
  2. Delete question no.20 and add one of your own question instead.
  3. Tag 8 victims to do this tag.

Questions:

1. What is your dream when you were a small kid?

Frankly speaking, i didn't have one...i just played, slept, eat, irritate mom, play somemore

2. What is the happiest thing in your whole life?

Something that happened on the 14th of December 2007...secret

3. What do you wish to have right now?

Wit. I'd settle for a good dystopian fiction tho.

4. When is the last time you horse laughed?

When i was typing question 20.

5. What did you realize recently?

Taylor's College PJ doesn't have enough convenient toilets or rubbish bins

6. Which bad habit in you that is the most unacceptable?

Laziness, addiction to slacking, forgetting important info during tests...oh u mean 1 bad habit?

7. When you are unhappy, what will you do?

Blog, or isolate myself.

8. What are you afraid of losing?

Rita, my N93, Touch n' Go card and Taylor's Student ID card (dun 1 2 pay fine!).

9. Within 5 years, which target is the most realistic one?

Getting into RMIT (or maybe UTS) and meeting up wit Rita, Cho Sek, Kar Wai again.

10. When you met someone that you like, will you confess or hide your feeling?

Hide 4 awhile while waiting for the "right" moment. In reality, I just confessed.

11. List out 3 kind of people you hate the most?

My bros (just jk) Err...i don't really hate anybody.

12. Define loneliness?

lone; solitary; without company; companionless. Source:www.dictionary.com

13. Are you satisfied with your life now?

Yes but that's no reason for it to stop getting better.

14. When is the most recent time you felt touched?

In the train...oh u mean emotionally?

15. Where is the most beautiful place that you've visited?

Vietnam..but then again, i find the urban landscape of Syd, Houston, KL beautiful too..

16. A song that is playing in your mind recently?

refer to musicbox. Almost everyday a different tune goes through my mind. Now it's the Potential Breakup Song (because Angel played it dat day on her laptop and it's really catchy)

17. If you have a wish to come true, what is it?

Rita would be with me, I had $50billion in the bank and I would already have a secure job waiting.

18. Do you have anything to be worried or scared recently?

I'm a student. Of course i've got sumtin to be scare about! Tests! SPM results! NS nxt yr!

19. If the world is going to end, what will you do?

Migrate to another equally habitable world.

20. How many Jay Chao fans are there in Taylor's College?

1, Jaclyn

This is the first time i got tagged so, if i broke any "tagging" rules, sry. If anybody wants to tag me in future, go ahead...just don't expect straight answers.

Ppl i wanna tag:

Rita, Joshua, Siew Por, John, Kimberley, Wei Li, Chin Meng, Nazeera.

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