Perfection is not an Accident

holidaes are ere!!!

2007-09-02T09:20:00.000+08:00

room is cleaned.....bags are packed....and im all ready to leave this annoying place for a month of peace n relaxation aaaaaaaaand FOOD!!!!! wohoooooooo

behind the skin

2007-08-14T14:35:00.001+08:00

as u can see my bloggy has a new skin....nice?????
well at least its easier to see and read than the previous 2 right...

yes yes all this was done while i should have been studying for micro...just since i couldnt sleep last nite (only ended up sleeping at almost 5.30am) due to the excess amount of hrs i "nap-ed" after that oh so fucked up pharmac paper i decided to play arnd with photoshop couldnt concentrate much so thought screw it, ill study after waking up :P

im getting to be pretty good at this simple cutting out, layering, blending and merging photos thing using photoshop....use to take me a couple of hrs to do.... this i did in like half n hour..it took longer to actually find nice pics to use...

aaaah my stomach is telling me its lunch time...
studying makes me very hungry for some reason....can feel my tummy getting bigger...yeeesh!!!!
go back better do some exercise aldy

explosion of the mind

2007-08-05T07:30:00.001+08:00

damm yesterday was just an all around crappy day...no particular reason...was just crappy.... was in a sucky mood most of the morning and nite basically....
well went to sleep at 1...ended up waking up 5 times between 3.30 and 4am....my head was just spinning with soooo much random crap that i just couldnt fall asleep peacefully....shit that was some scary shit....never had this b4...like everything shoved in my brain just exploded n started swirling arnd n arnd....honestly think i started to feel a tad nauseated at a point...got up at like 4.15am...cleared my laundry...and my head finally calmed...shitty thing is im still damm wide awake as u can see....aii....guess ill make the best of this and get some studying in....
what a weird ass 24hrs its been!!!!

nothingness

2007-07-21T23:09:00.000+08:00

why is it no matter how hard you try somethings just never go away....
its like a virus....a virus that pops up once in a while to eat at u bit by bit...then lies dormant till it can strike agn.....
its annoying and extremely draining....
so much so...at times....it just makes me regret a lot of the choices i've made...

Transformers

2007-07-14T23:38:00.000+08:00

soo i finally watched Transformers the movie today (although i probably should have been studying for forensics) and what can i say about the movie except wow wow wow wow and double WOW!!!!! it was superb...seriously i wasn't expecting too much before i watched it...i mean looking at the past history of cartoons/comics that have been adapted into a movie, quite a few of it were let downs.....but this...fuuu...im very very impressed with it...
the story line was good...the CGI and special effects was fantastic! they seriously did an amazing job on the robots...it looked damm good..almost real in fact.
for any of u who haven't seen it ...i suggest u move ur asses and watch it...its well worth the time and money...trust me...

here's a lil history on how the transformers and the 2 main bots Megatron & Optimus Prime came to be.....enjoy (don't worry there aren't any spoilers to the movie here)

Millions of years ago, the planet of Cybertron was made by the Quintessons as a production plant for the robots they needed. At the start they experimented with creatures partially robot and partially organic, later they made real robots. There were two types of robots; military units and consumer goods. A computer; Vector Sigma, situated somewhere deep under the surface of the planet was used to give all the robots their own unique personalities. The Quintessons were very hard on their own robots and gradually more and more robots started to rebel. However the Quintessons had built gigantic robots to protect themselves; the Guardian Robots. Finally the great rebellion started and the robots (mainly the consumer goods) under the leadership of A-3, managed to defeat the Guardian Robots. The Quintessons had to flee from Cybertron. Five Autobots (Blaster, Ramhorn, Rewind, Blurr and Wreck-Gar) that came from the future helped the robots with this start of the rebellion (see later).

After the rebellion there was peace once again on Cybertron. The consumer goods-Transformers were finally able to do what they liked to do. This time was later referred to as the Golden Age of Cybertron. The military robots became restless and started riots in some cities on the planet. Not everywhere on the planet was there a struggle between the two classes of robots. So it was that two friends; a scientist (Skyfire) and a military robot (Starscream), made an expedition together. While exploring a distant planet they were separated by a blizzard. Only Starscream managed to return to Cybertron.

New robots were created, among these was Megatron. Megatron was one of the first robots that was able to fly in robotmode and thus he became something of a sensation. Robots in different cities heard of the incredible flying robots and of rumours that some cities were attacked by these same robots. Still they thought of the war as nothing more as a rumour, besides the guardian robots that were reprogrammed after the departure of the Quintessons protected all cities. During this time the consumer goods-Transformers developed the custom to hand over the Matrix from leader to leader. The Matrix contained all the wisdom of all its former custodians. Also the Autobot develop the art of transformation, soon the Decepticons start to use this ability too.

Orion Pax was a robot that worked on the docks in a city that was rich on energon. This city was Megatrons next target due to this energon. Megatron made friends with Orion Pax, who was awed by all of Megatrons capabilities. As soon as Orion Pax showed the energon supplies of the city to Megatron, Megatrons orders his troops to attack. Orion Pax, his girlfriend; Aerial, and another friend get seriously wounded. Once again some Autobots from the future play a critical role in Cybertron history, this time it are the Aerialbots. They carry Orion Pax off from the place of attack and in search for medical help they find Alpha Trion (it is possible that he still calls himself A-3 at this moment). Alpha Trion has made some sort of hospital and is already helping as many robots as he is able to. He promises to do his best for Orion Pax.

After some time Alpha Trion reports to the Aerialbots that he was able to repair Orion Pax, he has even rebuilt him. Orion Pax new name is: Optimus Prime. Alpha Trion was also the bearer of the Matrix at that time and while he rebuilded Orion Pax he gave him the Matrix. Alpha Trion assures Optimus Prime that he will send some droids to get the other wounded, he has even already a name for the girlfriend of Orion Pax/Optimus Prime; Elita One. Optimus Prime heads back to the battle, together with the Aerialbots. Optimus Prime drives off Megatron and many of his forces. The Aerialbots notice how many of Megatron troops go after the energon and decide to blow the entire storage building sky high to prevent the energon from falling in the wrong hands. They are almost killed themselves while doing it, but they are transported back to their own time just in time.

So the war on Cybertron starts for real. Megatron leads the military robots, his group is named the Decepticons, Optimus Prime becomes the leader of all the robots that fight for peace, this group is called the Autobots. Not all robots are willing to fight for peace, many leave the planet in search for a new home. So the battle rages on for millions of years. Even among the Decepticons there are some differences of opinion, Megatron captures five renegade Decepticons and stores their personality chips. During this time many new weapons were tested. One of the most feared of these weapons was the Robosmasher. This device of the Decepticons was able to reprogram any robot into a follower of Megatron. One of the last victims of this machine were the Constructicons. After being reprogrammed they lured Omega Supreme away from Crystal City, by saying he was needed in another city that they claimed was under Decepticon attack. As soon as Omega Supreme realized that he was tricked, he ran back to Crystal City, only to see it collapse. Omega Supreme followed the Constructicons and tried to undo the Robosmashers work, but without any results. The new ability from the Constructicons to form a gestalt (Devastator) surprised Omega Supreme and almost he himself became a victim of the Robosmasher. He managed to destroy the Robosmasher and he pursued the Constructicons across the galaxy for millions of years......

dinesh!

2007-06-26T21:20:00.000+08:00

dinesh nair --

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A person who is constantly high

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iron+foil+bread = TOAST!

2007-06-20T02:30:00.000+08:00

sooo i was hungry a couple of days ago...and bored... aaand i suddenly felt like eating toasted bread...
only problem with that was that i didn't have a toaster... and in my boredom i decided to try out something....
all u really need to make toast is something to heat the bread...and something to keep it hot....
so i got out my iron..and some aluminium foil i had leftover....and voila toast was served...
pretty simple actually:
1.place bread in aluminium foil.
2.wrap it up nicely
3.plug in the iron
4.set iron to the highest temperature setting
5.place iron on the foil containing the bread
6.after a while flip the foil and place the iron on the other side (careful, dont burn ur hand)
7.open up the foil (hot foil!)
8.check if bread is toasted enough
9. remove bread from foil
10. add butter/jam/cheese/peanut butter and ENJOY :P

here's a pic of my plain toast

a couple of days ago i tried making cheese toast....
turned out great....same thing...i did the toast first...then opened it added the cheese...and heated it up for a few more mins....and proceeded to enjoy the yummyness of melted cheese on toast... *sluuurp* delicious....

btw..this method of "hostel cooking" (hehe) can also be used to reheat food...

another block over with

2007-06-14T20:04:00.000+08:00

3rd block exams finished last week...pharmac was a killer as usual....damm i hate that subject sooo much...
hopefully i did ok ...what with the annoying power cuts and fluctuations i had to deal with....
i got to say this country is reaaaally getting on my nerves more and more as the days go on.... how in the world do u expect ur country to advance, to develop when u cant even get basic infrastructure like electricity set up properly (that and with so many annoying idiots walking arnd too)....
the damm power fluctuated so badly that day it "blew" the adapter of my modem....luckily i managed to get it replaced for free...

nothing much interesting happened this week....watched pirates last sunday...was a good movie...damm funny...found it funnier than the first 2....amazingly inaccurate portrayal of spore though...hahaha....was well worth the money ...so wish i could watch it in a cinema back home though and not here....

well...not really in a blogging mood today...soo till the next post...tata

Flying the coop

2007-05-23T18:35:00.001+08:00

Have u ever heard the words "i wish i could leave this country"or "i hate this country" or "just wait and see, as soon as i can im leaving this country" ...or have u uttered those words yourself?? or something along the lines of that....

I've heard it countless times from frens and neighbours, ill admit i have had those thoughts in my head too last time, never actually said it out loud, but i have had those thoughts before nonetheless...

I kinda feel now that those ppl who say that just have no idea how lucky they are.....how lucky they are to be in malaysia as opposed to saaay india (im sooo sure all those here would agree with me on this one..rite?? ) or any other place.....was talking with yowie bout it recently...he mentioned about ppl that are lucky enough to get to do what they want in malaysia, the job they want, the courses they want, scholarships etc.etc.... but then cus of little little things they wanna run away to another country.... i guess i got to agree with him it does sound very unappreciative..........well maybe its the type of thing where u got to experience life without it before u can truly appreciate it...

honestly i been to hmmm 9 countries so far and stayed for a long time in 2 of them, and to me there is still no place like malaysia, no place like home....no place where the ppl, the food, the culture and everything else even comes close.... dont get me wrong though, all the plcs i been, it has all been amazing places to go on holidays and all that, but i wouldnt want to stay there....i think sometimes ppldont realize that visiting a plc for a holiday and staying there are 2 very very different things...

Some ppl say they wanna leave cus of the goverment and all the probs ass. with it....well i think there isnt a country in the world where the gov doesnt have any probs...

Some say its cus of the annoying ppl....Gosh just try your hand at staying here, ill bet u anything u would want to strangle all the "tempes" within a year... the annoyance and the inefficiency cant be compared at all to what goes on back home

Well the list of excuses can go on and on....and i guess so can the list of rebuttals as well.....
ultimately its a personal choice and preference i suppose... but, to me, msia is still a wonderful plc to stay....

test test test

2007-05-18T23:31:00.000+08:00

Your Inner European is Irish!

Sprited and boisterous!

You drink everyone under the table.

Who's Your Inner European?

Your Career Type: Investigative

You are precise, scientific, and intellectual.

Your talents lie in understanding and solving math and science problems.

You would make an excellent:

Architect - Biologist - Chemist

Dentist - Electrical Technician - Mathematician

Medical Technician - Meteorologist - Pharmacist

Physician - Surveyor - Veterinarian

The worst career options for your are enterprising careers, like lawyer or real estate agent.

What's Your Ideal Career?

Your Career Type: Investigative

What's Your Ideal Career?

Your Kisses Are Medium-Hot

Your kisses are definitely sexy, but you're not about to make anyone gasp for air.

You take it slow and steady... and you ramp things up when you get the right signals.

Your kissing style is adaptable and adept. And people who kiss you love it!

How Hot Are Your Kisses?

You Are Pretty Happy Being Single

You have a full, fun life. And you definitely don't need love to be content.

Of course, being single can get you down a little. Especially when you've been single for a while.

But you know how to be patient and wait for the right person. You're life is too good to settle for anything!

Are You Happy Being Single?

You Are a Soft Kisser

Your kissing style is understated, but effective

You give soft, sweet, and soulful kisses.

And the key is, you only give kisses to someone incredibly special

Because you don't just go around kissing anyone

What's Your Kissing Style?

Your True Love Will Find You Eventually

You definitely put yourself out there a little - but you could be doing more.

If you're truly looking for love, try doing more things and meeting more people.

You don't have to actively look for love, you just need to stay active.

Be out there a little more, and the right person will find you!

Will Your True Love Find You?

You Are Iceman

You tried to live a normal life, but it just wasn't possible

A bit of a slacker, you rather tell jokes than cultivate your powers

Powers: turning self and others into ice, making ice weapons, becoming nearly invisible

Which of the X-Men Are You?

VisualDNA

2007-05-07T16:04:00.001+08:00

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Blog reborn

2007-05-06T15:57:00.000+08:00

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

final-freakingly this new blog skin n template is done... took soo freaking long thanks to the problems getting the html codes to work (me being a noob at html coding didnt help much)...
so how? is it nice? i know its a bit small though....btw just so u know it doesnt work well with internet explorer...so u ppl dont complain about that and just use Mozilla instead k....its better anyway :P
First off...special thanks to my darling cousin for designing the background for me *hugs* belanja u bah kut teh when i come back in september ok !!!
Note: i put the tiger in myself ...hehehe...proud of that one small task !!!!
And a big big big thank u to Chin Jun for solving the multitude of probs i hade with the html codes.

Theres been quite a big gap in between this post n the last one... so ill recap whatever i can remember...
ah yes yes .... besides my blog getting reborn..my bike was reborn as well.... its no longer pink!!!
here are a few pics.... i love the colour ..came out just how i wanted it too...thank God was scared that stupid mechanic was going to screw it up...

pay no attention to the cow bike in the background =P

K so hmmm whats next..... oh yeah UTSAV (intercollege cultural competition) was next.... nothing much there...mostly i was running around editing music for fren....took part in general quiz, mad ads and potpurri.... lost miserably in all.... was freaking unfair though....the general quiz was more like an indian quiz then general knowledge....that was fucked up...and the potpourri was no better....for the Tom,Dick n Harry segment we got some congressman from a northen indian state who was once some indian actors lawyer...WTF wei...how the hell are we suppose to guess that.... fucking unfair... think the only good thing bout UTSAV was the half day classes...that was nice...
anyhooo my college got 6th plc overall if im not mistaken... good jobs ppl...congrats to all the winners!!!

Then right after UTSAV was North-South games... just so ppl dont get mistaken like someone (u know who u are..hehehe) ....its not north india vs south india k...its all malaysian students and u compete based on which state ur from...eg: selangor is south and penang is north.... took part in volleyball... we won that....close game though...playd all 5 sets..

supremo games coming up soon too...think will play volleyball also...football too i guess since Ruben asked...

hmmm what else what else.... oh personal achievement attained the other day ...haha..proud of me self.... dont really wanna go into the details of it... but its a nice feeling..very relieving...took quite a while n alot of energy but its finally done with....havent felt this good in a long time... to those of u involved in it (im sur e u know who u are)..THANK U PPL!!!!!

okie dokie...this post stops here...micro test tomorrow morning and im not done studying also yet...dammm....always end up studying last minute...sooo not good...

adios for now

tag

2007-04-12T01:24:00.000+08:00

Rule of the game : Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!

well so this is for those of u who tagged me...finally... btw Thank you all soo soo soo much for tagging me (pls note the sarcasm here!). Chin Jun, Sharman, and i remember there were 2 more ppl but i cant remember who cus the didnt leave a comment on my blog...anyways here it goes...

1. Im normally a very tolerable person but when i snap its not a pretty picture. To quote the Hulk "you wouldnt like it when im angry" or something like that lah, havent read the Hulk since primary school so forgive me if its misquoted.

2.I hate it when ppl mess up my hair (girlfriend would be exempted from this...hahaha) although they say it doesnt make a difference cus it looks the same, but i think it looks different.

3. I looooove JELLY!!!!! yummy yummy!!!

4. Been told im waay to nice at times. I've actually been scolded for being too nice, who would have thought u could be scolded for being nice.

5. Turns out im the only one in my whole batch who "does his homework" ?
Btw in my defence i wasnt paying attention in class when i raised my hand for that one!!!

6. Ppl say im a very different person when im teaching taekwondo (damm i miss it), apparently i become very strict and scary (true ah mabel?????)

7. I can now msg without looking at my phone provided the buttons are working properly (a skill i picked up in medical school)

8. I think my 4th fingernail actually grows faster than the rest... hehe

9. I can be quite corny at times (or so i been told)

10. Im hungry now!!!! (bet u didnt know that rite??)

PPL im tagging:
- Sifu
- Kuan Ming
- Susu
-Eliza
-Mabel
-Wan Tze
-Crocodile

random crap

2007-04-06T02:59:00.000+08:00

when u want to forget something, when u want to erase it from ur life or at least shove it to the deepest parts of ur mind so that it doesn’t surface agn, why is it these memories are the ones that keep jumping right to the top of ur head and keep playing itself over an over agn???? No matter how long ago its been, days, weeks, months…just when u think u’ve forgotten it, the littlest things seem to trigger it agn…a sight…a sound… the brain is a weird thing don’t u think, its like it has a will of its own at times, the things u want to remember it forget (studies being a good example =P ) and then the things which u wanna forget it remembers for the longest period of time…

It just makes life that much harder to go through ….. it makes it harder to move forward with ur life cus u keep remembering the past…. It makes it harder to truly forgive someone even if u want to, cus u keep remembering the stuff that happened…. It makes it harder not to miss someone….. was reading this book a few weeks ago, Mitch Albom’s for one more day, there was a line in that book that kinda stuck with me, it goes

“When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times”. It’s a nice thought if u want to remember someone I guess, but what if u don’t, what if remembering that person just brings u more heartache than joy??

Sigh well I guess some things we just cant control….

You know that saying time heals all wounds, wouldn’t it be better if it were a tad more specific… like exactly how much time are we talking about here ???? seconds..minutes…hours…days…months…years???????????

Btw if 4 different ppl tagged me does it mean I got to do that tag thing 4 times ah ?? oh well im in no mood to do it today…maybe tomorrow…

the indian experience

2007-04-05T19:46:00.000+08:00

Back in manipal once agn.. actually been back here since wed morning buuuut as f*cking usual thanks to the stupid bsnl I couldn’t connect to the internet since then….such idiots…send the bill late then go cut my line so fast..dumb asses…

Im sure some of u out there wanna know how my trip went… boy are u ppl in for a earful… ok first lets start off with where I went….the itinerary went as follows:

New Delhi (4 days) then Agra (day trip) then New Delhi (overnight) then Amritsar (day trip) then New Delhi (overnight) then Bombay (3 days) and finally Goa (5 days)

Let me say overall the places we ( Taran, Ruben, Lembu and Me) went and visited, i.e. The monuments, the sights, etc.etc were nice and some were beautiful and magnificent BUT… now bear in mind this is my opinion and no offence meant to anyone..but I think the whole experience was really just spoilt by the ppl here… they made the trip frustrating and annoying….to quote someone “the places we go to is nice but as soon as we step outside it just becomes annoying” …. The auto drivers, the so called authorized guides, the ppl selling stuff on the roadside and even the hotel ppl all of them are out to squeeze out every rupee every paise they can from u…. it was up to the point I actually felt like everywhere u turn in this country there is someone trying to cheat u… some of u may think aiiyah ur a foreigner traveling around what!!! Sure lah kena cheat a bit, happens everywhere….well let me tell u at certain times they actually thought we were locals (lembu wasn’t arnd, oh and these tempes all keep thinking lembu is Japanese…hehehe) and yet they still try to jack us…see even their own fellow countrymen aren’t spared…

Let me give some examples just to make it clear:

1) the auto drivers will never fail to NOT use the meter, they will then proceed to jack up the price to ridiculous amounts, and the fucked up thing is if ur taking the auto from like an auto stop, they all listen to the price each other is giving and they all either just say the same price or jack it up further…so u either walk or fork out the cash.

2) Agn the auto/taxi drivers….tell them a certain place and ask them if they know where it is…they will say yes yes….then low and behold half way on the ride the idiot will turn arnd and ask where is the place cus he doesn’t know…. Dumb ass we’re the foreigners and ur the local and ur asking us…bloody annoying…if u don’t know the plc just say it from the start, saves everyone a shit load of time…

3) The annoying guides at all the tourist spots….now if someone tells u I don’t want a guide u don’t have to stalk the person, give it up for heaven sakes if I didn’t want a guide when u first asked me im not going to want a guide if u ask me agn 2 seconds later….. and some of these guides are sooooo bloody annoying u feel like punching them in the face….one asshole (after we refused his services) actually tried threatening us saying he would make problems for us and we wont be able to enter, and he actually tried, such an ass, I so wanted to turn arnd and flip him off as we were entering (yeah we managed to enter despite his attempts to not let us)

4) the tour guide on the tour bus…. Now if ur a tour guide on a tour bus, which u know has foreigners…fucking speak in english for goodness sake… not everyone in the world speaks hindi…its nota a worldwide language….u know these ppl are really stupid some time…take for example lembu….they all know his a foreigner but they talk to him in hindi....

those are just a few of the annoying things we had to deal with…I know its not really that bad in small doses…but when u have to keep dealing with it over and over and over… having to argue with these ppl all through the trip, it gets tiring and annoying and frustrating….

Now im sure not everyone in this country is like that..dont get me wrong im not referring to everyone,…just those that I had the unfortunate privilege of meeting on this trip…. Maybe they do this cus of the level of poverty here, I understand that, but it doesn’t make it any less annoying… a little advice, if u treat the foreigners nicely they will actually come back again and u will get even more money that you would strangling it out of them!!

*breath in breath out* fuuuuuuuuuuu

Ok..enough with the bitching… to summarize it all up… im glad I experienced this once at least I can say I did it but there is no way in hell im going to do this agn…

Took quite a lot of pics…here a just a few random ones…no time to put all up…anyone who wants to see some more feel free to msg me..

back home agn

2007-03-06T00:55:00.000+08:00

just thought id post up something before my blog became toooo stagnant...
well im back in KL!!!! yay!!!!!!!
landed in KLIA last friday at 5.20am....
well..havent been doing much, or at least nothing to blog about...
been eating like a pig though! stuffing my face full of food...haha... which btw is a good thing cus apparently i look "anorexic"/ "kurus kering" (to those of you who said that..i still dont think its true)
anyway i got to eat as much as possible cus im only going to be here till the 15th... then back to india on a short tour of the north before classes start..
oh got my new laptop to replace the shity toshiba one which kept breaking down one part by one part...got the dell inspiron 9400....

another day

2007-02-15T03:05:00.000+08:00

well valentines day has come and gone..
i initially did think i would be feeling a bit weird today for obvious reasons......but nope..nothing what so ever....
just felt like any other day.... albeit a bit of a sucky day... my bike fell (no i wasnt on it)... got back in the afternoon...parked...put the bike on the stand...walked like 5 feet then suddenly............. CRASH BOOM BANG!!!!!! (ps. sound effects may have been exaggerated for that added uuuump)... i turned slowly praying it wasnt what i thought it was, only to find my poor bike lying on its side...with the brake a few metres away from the bike...sigh...well on the bright side, thank God it wasnt the clutch that broke and the brake cable was still intact with no other noticeable damage...still ride-able...

yesterday wasnt much better in terms of having sucky luck.... sheesh....hope tomorrow turns out better than today.....
getting kinda sick of things i own breaking... first my keychain (which was a present), then my wallet (also a present from the same person, and one i really liked) and now the bike....sigh..whats next i wonder?????

btw thanks bro for the CNY card!!!

Goa 2007!!!

2007-02-07T01:45:00.000+08:00

went to goa 2 weekends ago...yeah now only blogging bout it....
im actually lazy as hell today and sleepy...so this post is gonna be mainly photos...
enjoy..

photos taken on the afternoon of arrival

my first meal in Goa.... Lobster Thermidore....superb....

where we stayed at.... belongs to irene...

my face is not in the photo =(

photos taken in and around Zanzibar

american breakfast!!!!! yuuuuuuummy!!!!!

me, gill, ruben and taran

chilling out.....

got bored sitting all alone...

world foosball championship!!!

tsk tsk ...pemabuk....haha

my best fren in Goa....

posing pun tak betul...ish ish

the dons have returned to Goa!!!

run ruben ruuuuun!!!!!!!

i love this effect

taken at anjuna beach

tugu goa!!!!

noooooo dont kill me pleaseeeee!!!

muuuuuaaaaaksss!

bang bang bang!

tugu goa part 2

i got no idea what caption to put for this one

me and gill

some shots of the scenery

photos taken at Le Restaurant Francais (a must eat place if ur in Goa)

dessert!!!! assorted dessert plate.... delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers ....

dessert 2!!!! chocholate thali..... beware not for diabetics

ruben and taran...and the egg yolk in the background

Lembuuuuuuuuu ........

alvin!!

chandan and gaya

photos taken at club cubana....

behold the amazing half man half pig

The Pussycat dolls!

chandan, gaya, taran and ruben...

chandan, gaya, me and gill...

the guys at club cubana!!! (ruben is MIA)

3 pretty gals in a row...and my ass trying to get out of the way....

here are some misc. photos.

poser poser

the pig strikes agn

interesting effect..and the guy in the background looks evil

me asleep on the train back to manipal....was to cute so they couldnt resist taken a photo...

loungefly (its a sorta lounge/club)

loungefly

loungefly entrace

monkeys!!!!!!!

just couldnt tahan from putting this up....tooooo funny

trying to show off!

looks like after a raid rite....

Apache indian performing in Goa.... dont know how many of u actually remember him..used to listen to his songs way way way back

yummy seafood platter at brittos restaurant....the oyster had a bit too much wine in the sauce though.

love drinks with cool names like this.... after drinking it you can go..hey i had an orgasm last nite!

looks like i won the hairy ...i mean manly....chest competition

ectatic after finding a bottle of water named after her.... look at the huge smile..haha

stupid bsnl

2007-01-24T18:21:00.000+08:00

finally i can blog....noooow...just so were clear i wasnt lazy ok ( directed specifically at Susu and useless student ..haha... ) ..just that for the past one week plus my internet connection has been down thanks to the idiots at bsnl....
now on to the updates....forgotten what i wanted to blog on also...hehe...been too long...
k start from my bday ( which for those of you who forgot was on jan 11th... ps: if u forgot it then im expecting a big big present to make up for it ya...ahem sifu! wei wei! and the rest of you )
well went out for dinner on thurs nite at Sai Parivar in udupi...dinner was nice..had the whole group there...frens bought cake for me and also for lembu..thanks ppl.... here are a few pics..

after dinner...and ismails bday celebration we adjourned to premier for drinks....played a drinking game...hmmm think bob and alvin were the most smashed among the lot....

Saturday nite was the ponggal celebration at the boat club temple... got to admit the temple soo wasnt what i thought it was....expected it to be bigger and nicer...anyway..that all went well...the food was good...decor was good too...obviously rite...done by batch 17, surely good wan!!!!
After ponggal went to blues...was still in a bday celebrating mood....had drinks and danced and talked....that was fun...had about...hmmm 6 glasses of whisky (1 blender sprite, 1 blender on the rocks and 4 JD on the rocks) before susu and andrew showed up...which was only about a couple of hrs.....then alllll of them decided to buy me drinks...oh what wonderful frens i have huh! nooo their evil, the only intention they had was to get me drunk.... and i know there are lots of ppl there just waiting excitedly for me to say this...so yea ill say it....i got pissed drunk! ...and since i dont remember leaving the club or anything until the following morning..this is all i can blog on this topic.....

oh...here are the presents and cards i got for my bday...thank you all!!!

This was from Baveen, Gillian and Daveena

The earliest present....from Tasha

From Chandan

this had a long long essay inside =) from Tasha as well

From mo-lester, crocodile hunter and kent

From hen.... a very early card

bday present from me to myself...hahaha...shuush ...dont tell my parents k....kena bunuh after!!!! and if ur wondering no i dont plan to keep it pink...

now...on to the next event....tuesday evening was the last football training before the interbatch competition on saturday....there were a bunch of tempes there (locals to those of u not from manipal) so we decided fine since they wanted to play too we would play against them... just as the game was about to kick off we saw something to slithering towards the center of the field....low and behold it was a cobra! now its not everyday we see cobras here although manipal may be like a mini animal planet...anyways we were all admiring the snake until it went off the field....little did we realise the snake was a bad bad bad sign..... soo the game started...things went well at first...we put in 2 goals...then i remember some one said eh i think the snake was a good luck charm, we should make it our mascot...we had a good laugh about that....fuuuu big mistake...little did we know the snake was to be the opposite....first casualty of the bad omen?? yours truly...was running for the ball when one of the tempes clipped my leg from behind...down i went at full speed....slammed my left shoulder and continued to skid for a while....now this wouldnt be a big deal if its a proper field...but nooo ..we are in india ppl....the area i fell at has no grass what so ever...its purely stones....so i ended up looking like i fell from my bike!! here are some shots (viewer discretion advised)

then the next casualty...none other than bob.....he and the tempe tried heading the ball but headed each other....that spilt open bobs left eyebrow....blood poured out like a tap...took him to the hospital and got it sutured....well ppl thats 2/11 down....but it didnt stop there...nooooo...
that nite while running away from milk...yeah milk...Ho went tumbling and injured himself as bad as i did.... 3 down..... yes theres more.... then steven decided to play bball...and what should happen ??? he sprained his ankle and it was put in a cast.... thats 4 of the starting line up injured or out of the game totally.... sooooo not hard to deduce that we lost our first game....disappointing....was 3-2... anyway good job everyone...we shall try agn next year...
oh and a big big big congrats to the guys bball team for winning the gold!!!

welll think ill stop here...annual nite is tommorrow, then ill be going to Goa (agn) for a short hol....will blog agn after that!!!!!

out with the old in with the new!!

2007-01-03T01:48:00.000+08:00

Bye Bye 2006 ...helloooooo 2007

A slightly belated Happy new year to all of u who i (unintentionally) forgot to wish and those of you who i could not wish cus i dont have your contact numbers....

i guess for this type of post around this time of year ppl usually recap the past year...all the things that happened... but unfortunately i cant remember much of what happened the whole year...blame 2nd yr of med school for that, i think i had to stuff sooooo much of information into my brain that all those memories which were not need to pass the exams just got shoved out..
well i think ill do an easier version of it...ill just give an overall diagnosis (fuuu diagnosis konon!!) of how the year went...

so how did 2006 do for me...well..i guess it wasnt a good year overall.... its wasnt all bad of course...there are loads of good memories...but due to stuff that happened i cant honestly say that it was a good year...
its funny how 1 event can lead to the whole year going from good to bad...but it does...
oh well its in the past now....brooding over it isnt going to change it...

SO... now on to the new year....the first events of the new year was...haha..touching to say the least....but i better shuush cus if i type it here i would probably be slaughtered by a particular person ....anyway i had fun that nite...
what did i do on new years morning and afternoon????
well like any other med student being tortured in manipal i sat and did my assignment in the morning....and just in case thats not med student-ish enough for u...i went to observe an autopsy in the afternoon....yup...first day of the new year n i watch a person getting sliced open.. was a new year nite accident....severe internal head injuries....
at nite we had futsal competition.....which i fucked up 2 of the games..shit how could i miss that penalty...it was sooo close to entering ....damm....and the next game urs truly conceded the penalty pulak...aiyo...shit...if not we could have drew that game..... sorry guys...
the competition was continued today nite....both teams failed to qualify for the finals....anyway great job guys....we will get them next time....

k ill stop here...body is aching n im soo tired aldy....

update 3 (xmas weekend)

2006-12-30T20:17:00.001+08:00

well ...was suppose to go to coorg for this weekend...but that plan tak jadi as all n i mean all the hotels there were fully booked....
so ended up spending it in manipal...sad i know..but wasnt that bad..

SATURDAY

woke up late...not sure y...cant remember what i did on friday nite ( i was not having a hangover or anything k....we did not drink the nite b4) ....after waking up..i think around 10 or 11... and after a bath...we departed for Kundapur, its a town near manipal...about 1 1/2 hrs by bus...the reason for going there...
TO EAT THE FAMOUS GHEE ROAST CHICKEN!!!!!!
wah it was worth the trip there...the chicken was mouth wateringly delicious!!!!!!! had to call n order in advance also cus it takes an hour to cook it... oh and its a whole chicken..now needless to say after lunch i was trully stuffed...now i know how a turkey feels on thanksgiving...
slept like a baby on the bus trip back.... when we reached back, me ruben n taran decided that the bus trip was too tiring n we needed to relax...so went for a massage in valley view hotel....i think i got a promotional package...cus the way the guy was massaging im pretty sure i got a massage as well as body n leg hair removal as well....hahaha... oh for those of you who find my hair sexy n manly dont worry i still got somemore left....LOL... and thanks to the olive oil they used i ended up with a cool hairstyle...

SUNDAY

sunday afternoon me n taran cooked maggi goreng...had to experiment with it a little cus we ran out of the proper seasoning...ended up making masala maggi goreng (tempe giler!!) ... oh and i made bbq flavoured hotdogs as well (that taste goooood...got to make it agn)...
at nite we had Justins xmas party....that was fun...food was good....and i got a present too....its a hand puppet Garfield...

MONDAY

monday morning i cooked bfast.... made fried butter bread....sooo long since i made that.... a simple yet daammm sedap dish....
rest of the day was pretty much normal....slept a lot...hehe...

update 2 (blocks)

2006-12-29T20:17:00.000+08:00

The first block exam of 2nd yr came and went....and my overall comment on the exam is...
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!
!@$@#%$&^&*&!#$#^%^$@#&$%%#%^$%%&$%@#$^*^#*^*%^&^%&^#$#%@&^^#
aaaaah...that felt good...now that the overall comment is done....lets go to more specific comments... which have been separated based on subject n paper for your easy reading..

pathology :

paper 1 = HAAAAAARDDDDDD!!!!!!
paper 2 = equally as HAAAAAARDDDDD!!!!!

pharmacology :

paper 1 = Holy shitzels batman! bloody hell, now to be entirely honest the paper wasnt thaaat hard IF and i mean IF i had started studying earlier...but as it stands i forgot sooo many things..

paper 2 = hard but a biiiit easier than than paper 1

microbiology :

paper 1 = finally a paper i did not find that hard...was ok ok ...pass-able
paper 2 = thought this one was good also...

forensic medicine :

aaaah i loved this paper soooooooooooooo much...only started studying the nite before...n finished the paper in about 40 mins...now why arent all the papers like this one? life would be soo much easier....

practicals :

all in all the practicals were satisfactory....nothing to complain about..

Not much rest after the exams were over cus had to get rubens bday present done by 12 that nite....the present was a video of our batchmates each giving him a bday greeting in their own way(this was done as he cant celebrate his bday this yr)...the idea was from taran...but i did most of the work...haha..she said so herself....anyway with all the hiccups we had along the way and the time constraint we had due to exams, i think the video turned out great...hope u liked it ruben, if u dont, tooo bad u got to act like u like it for all the trouble i had to go through to get it done...

update 1 (randomness)

2006-12-28T20:15:00.000+08:00

aaah... finally... it seems for the past week whenever i feel like blogging either something comes up or my internet goes whacko...
so my useless student who keeps asking me why i didnt update..there is ur reason...happy now??? hehe...

oh well...lets see now...what happened since dec 3rd....
shit i really shouldnt leave too long gaps in between...forgotten a lot of stuff aldy..

ooo yea...won 2nd plc for potpurri (dont know how they actually spell it)...and no its not a
competition where u make fragrant dried flowers....the game consist of 2 rounds...round 1 is written and is made up of 10 unscramble the letters to get a word..10 anagrams...1 sudoku puzzle (lucky we has sudoku sifu ruben in the team for this one) and 5 five word ladder. From the 20 plus teams 6 with the highest score got into the 2nd round (we got the highest score...yay yay..hahaha). k so round 2 consist of 4 games = charade, pictionary, taboo n 20 questions....
now ...for the reason i said we should have gotten 1st... for charades (movie titles) my team got philadelphia...how in then freaking universe do you act out philadelphia?????? its not possible...its unfair to put in stuff which you cant act out...if anyone knows how to act this out...do pls let me know k =)

also got the answer to my own question (how do you decide on something that you dont want to decide on in the first place?? ) ...the answer....simple....you just have to do it...make that decision, go with it, n pray n hope that u made the right decision and that its the best option for all involved....i still dont know if it is...but i do hope so...if it isnt...im sorry things have turned out this way....but it cant be changed .....
i know most of you are going "What in blue blazes is this fella babbling about?" well this last part is actually specifically for the person involved...so the rest of you ...blek! dont sibuk sibuk ok...
=P

reply

2006-12-03T15:53:00.000+08:00

I accept ur apology, as i have the ones b4 this. But, whats done is done, and just like how no amount of sorry is going to change how u are feeling, no amount of words or apologies will change what happened or change how i feel about it or make it any easier for me to forget. Its done and its impossible to turn back time no matter how much u wish it, so there is no point thinking about that. Guess there is a reason they say action speaks louder than words. I know u didnt intend for things to end up like this but they did, theres nothing more to do than to accept it. And i realise things will never be the same between us, what happened will always affect me in some way,i cant change that no matter how hard i try, and its near impossible to revert back to any stage before all this.... regardless of how over all of it i may be. That said, u will always be considered a fren, and u will always be special to me. Live your life, be happy, thats all i ask for....

so little time

2006-12-02T11:55:00.000+08:00

was damm tension now....soooo much more to study for immunity test...which btw is tomorrow....not too mention i havent even started studying anything for the pharmac sdl viva on tues....im so so so so screwed beyond believe.... and to top all that off....blocks are next week!!!!!!! arrrrrggggggggggghhhhh!!!!!!

and with all these wonderful things happening...what did i do yest....i went boating..yup boating...hahaha...first time ive been to the lake in manipal which i only came to know existed quite recently.....sad huh??? been here for a year and never knew we had a lake....LOL...
anyway took some pics....

shit i looked soo stoned!!....im sooooo not photogenic....also shows y i should shave often...haha...
btw im not photogenic cus im so amazing that God wants u to appreciate me in person not in pics *wink*

found this link on my cousins blog....was funny...read if u got time to spare...
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat

now found this comment posted on a frens blog...

tis type of people...from a psychological way...they are trying to protect themselves from being hurt....so they lie...they cant help but keep on lying...

now im not talking about anyone or any situation in particular k...so dont get offended ya..... it just that this statement seems damm true to me....i wouldnt say it applies to all situations...as always there are exceptions to things...but overall, generally, i think it hits the nail smack on the head....u may not think u are lying to protect ur self from hurt, heck u may have the most noble intentions...u may think ur saving some else from hurt....but u know, i think, subconsciously the main reason is to save urself... its human nature anyway...we all have this innate evolutionary instinct to protect ourself from being hurt...be it physical or emotional....survival of ones self over others....
and yeah a lie does breed more lies....for the simple fact, or at least in my opinion, that once u lie..it becomes near impossible to rectify it without getting hurt yourself as well as of course without hurting the one u lied to....and the more u lie the harder it becomes...so the easiest solution becomes to just keep lying....

update update

2006-12-01T01:01:00.000+08:00

well....nothing much really been going on i guess...mostly normal stuff like classes n all....

oh last saturday was the volleyball competition...or at least it was suppose to be on saturday.. we were suppose to play batch 19....buuuuut....the batch 16 agaisnt 15 game started late due to inconsiderate ppl who dont know what punctuality means...aiii...anyway to cut short the story...due to this by the time they finished it was aldy too late to start our game cus it would get dark b4 we finish (stupid indian courts got no lights one)...so our game got postponed to sun morning....which meant if we won we would have to play agn in the evening for the finals...we won the morning game...but we soooo got our asses whooped in the finals...anyway second plc is not bad...and we are still going to be defending champs next yr anyway =)
N me being my usual unlucky self i actually strained my left *what i believe to be* trapezius muscle...in laymen terms i was having a shitload of pain in the region of my left shoulder blade....played both the games with it...which made it even worse of course....im just stubborn n hard headed n dont know when to stop....if my mum heard this i wouldnt hear the end of it....

anyway rest of the week was pretty normal...didnt play much sports so my shoulder blade would heal....finally opened the box of cookies my mum sent....yummy!
now what else....oh ya....forensic lect lately has been riddled with weird stuff that made me laugh...
for eg..

1) we are learning about the study of death...and the topic was on brain stem dead or brain dead....and the lect was explaining about how to go about examining some1 before u can certify a person as brain dead....so we are suppose to test a few reflexs...2 of which were light reflex and corneal reflex....he then proceeds to tell us the procedure to elicit the reflex...

light reflex = ask the patient to hold his hand in the form of a partition in front of his nose... then shine a light into the eye to be tested and observe for constriction of the pupils...then do the same on the other eye

corneal reflex = ask the patient to look into the distance...then gently touch the cornea with a wisp of cotton and observe for blinking....then do the same on the other eye...

ok! now anyone who realizes the huge ass mistake in those to procedures kindly raise ur hand and let me know....dont know?? well let me tell u...firstly if u are doing this to determine if a patient is brain dead or not....then obviously he has to be in a comatose state first doesnt he....and how in the world are u going to get a comatose patient to put his hand as a partition or look into the distance!!!!!!!

2) the topic was post mortem (after death) changes.....
the first category was immediate changes (happens within 30 mins) which included
a. no eeg waves
b. cessation of respiration
c. cessation of circulation
now the (a) i found logical....but (b) n (c) ??? shouldnt that be something that happens at death..not after death...if he has respiration n circulation then his not dead is he??

hai funny funny.....donno if he said it wrongly..or its really like that....gtg to lib and read up on it i suppose...

today evening went to play sepak takraw at nehru...was playing when the ball went near a drain near one of the rooms...when i bent down to pick up the ball...all of a sudden a cat jumped out at me from a tiny hole above the rooms window n then ran away....we were wondering what the cat was doing in there....peeped into the hole...and low and behold... kittens!!!!!!
took a couple of pics...the weird thing was...before that we were just talking bout how we dont see many cats around in manipal (which is a good thing...im soooo not a cat person)

horoscope

2006-11-26T01:44:00.000+08:00

CAPRICORN

NiceSassy.
Intelligent.
Sexy.
Predict future.
Irrestible, awes0me kisser.
Loves being in long relationships
Great talker.
Always gets what he or she wants.
BY FAR the BEST in BED.
Very sexy
Coolest
Loves to own Gemini's in sports
very funny
loves to joke
Loves to be your first.so ull never
forget

=) true or not....hmmm

random ramblings of a bored person

2006-11-21T02:36:00.000+08:00

im bored....nothing to do....
sigh....
sooo tired from playing sports ever single day but then not sleepy....weird huh...

oh oh ...got my parcel with my tkd equipment, also had some food stuff inside...4 targets n 1 rubber knife....mum was too scared to post the rubber gun...but anyway still happy... =)
now can torture my students here more....muahahahahahahaha

2 classes have passed by aldy....so far so good....more n more ppl have approached me about joining...still all my batchmates though....hope it doesnt get too big...would be hard to handle a big class with students of different levels all alone....

anyway i had fun teaching the last classes...been such a long time..i really missed training and teaching....missed that satisfaction u get when ur student passes, or when they win a medal, or just knowing that ur playing a part in improving a persons life.....
i still remember one incident which really touched me....one of my primary school student was playing around before class n not sure how it happened but someones bicycle fell on her leg n it somehow pulled her big toe nail off half way....the bleeding was quite bad....carried her to the tap...washed off the blood...managed to stop the bleeding..her dad came n picked her up after that...
the following class she came up to me with a box of chocs and said master thank u for helping me last week....was so cute n sweet n really really touching....wonder how all my students are doing now?? hmmm??

cant wait to get back to melaka n start proper training agn....to feel that adrenalin rush u get from sparring or doing a demo or destroying planks or bricks with my bare hands or feet , fuuu been quite a while since i felt that rush....

damm i miss it........kinda miss my old life sometimes.....relatively less stress and probs, less heartaches (not that i dont like what im doing now..i love it...no matter how messed up my life gets or may get...i always know im doing what i want n i dont regret anything..... but sometimes its just nice to look back on those good old days n wish u were back there)

well another 1 1/2 yrs to go ....got to stick through it.....

Love

2006-11-06T16:05:00.000+08:00

Found this on friendster bulletin...cant remember who posted it...but thought it was interesting

Love is hard to forget.
Its like a memory burned into your skin and you
are constantly reminded of it when you see the
scar.
Its hard to move on because you love them more
than anything and knowing that they dont love you
makes you want them even more.
so,DONT LOVE.......if u cannot keep loving ur
beloved 1 4ever.....

i was thinking.....i get the whole beginning part of it....i know how hard it is to forget...no matter how hard u try.......i still cant to be honest.........and i get the loving them more than anything part as well....
but what i dont get is the dont love part.......
sure it will be hard to love again for quite sometime after going through a heartbreak...esp if it was a bad one.....and u really did love that person a lot.......but to say dont love....wouldnt that be just closing off all ur options....what if that person u loved b4 wasnt the perfect person for u..... maybe u were meant for someone else....and what if that someone does come along n u miss him/her cus u just didnt want to love agn..... im not saying that the one u lost cant be the perfect one for u....but if it is so... if it was meant to be, maybe sometime in the future u will get back together with that person....

guess i feel like there is no point stopping ur life or putting it on hold for someone....if things were meant to be ......then it will happen in due course....one can ever predict whats in store for us in the future whether near or distant....we may be back with that lost love or with someone new...who knows....

DONT LOVE.......if u cannot keep loving ur
beloved 1 4ever.....

and i guess it isnt fair to say that as well.....the human mind and heart is soo unpredictable even to ourselves...thoughts , feelings, actions they all can change in a heartbeat before we realise how it happened or when it happened.....
theres a saying...we cant help who we fall in love with....which i dont deny.....
guess we just have to hope that we fall for the right person in the end n have not lost the right one somewhere along the line....
so guess bottom line is ...hope is all we have for the future...what will happen in reality is unpredictable

how to eat homemade ooty chocs

2006-11-03T14:11:00.000+08:00

place the box on any available surface...for this demonstration we are using a normal study table..

open the lid of the box n remove the tin foil wrapping
note: u may want to keep the foil for future use (recycle..save the environment)

open the heat sealed plastic bag

remove the chocs n place them neatly into the box
(u may also leave the chocs in the plastic bag if want)

carefully picked up a piece of choc

bring the choc up to ur mouth....then take a bite of it

u may want to take this opportunity to appreciate the delicious filling.
note: not all chocs come with fillings..

pop the remaining half into ur mouth n let it melt on ur tongue

Dont forget to show ur appreciation..... yummmy!!!!!

Disclaimer : the author is not responsible for any sickness, illness, injurious or death resulting from the practice of the steps above.
No animals or humans were harmed in anyway in the shooting of this demo.

This demonstration was brought to u out of pure boredom!!!!
We hope u enjoyed it!

thinking of not thinking

2006-10-29T23:07:00.001+08:00

Have u ever been in a situation where ppl tell u not to think of stuff...
u know they say stuff like "try not to think about it" or "dont think about it too much"

But can u really not think of something...is it possible to take control of ur mind like that....somehow its like telling a tiger not to eat meat....u can keep the tiger occupied for a while with other stuff...but sooner or later, when u run out of things to keep it occupied its going to eat the meat!!!!

same thing with me i guess...i try to not think of it but it doesnt work.... keeping my mind occupied with stuff helps for a while...but when my minds idle...like just before bed or when i wake up...or resting...times like that...then everything just comes flooding back into my mind....i start going over it all agn....

i dont know y i keep thinking bout it.... i know whats done is done....i guess i know i had not much choice in the matter....ppl keep saying that it was probably for the best.... but some how i guess i just dont feel comfortable with what i had to do...it just isnt me....its not who i am =(

maybe someday all this thinking n all these feelings will stop...maybe.......

what a day!!!

2006-10-26T20:38:00.001+08:00

my day didnt start out too well today....woke up n my mind straight started thinking bout what i did last nite...about whether the decision i made was the right one...about if the things i said were the right words....about if what i did hurt that person....about if i should have waited a little longer or not....given that person a little more time....

frankly im still not too sure...

do i regret what i did??? well at this moment, maybe i do a little...not too sure if its regret im feeling..or dissapointment....or sadness.. but its probably expected i suppose, considering this wasnt an easy decision for me to make....probably the hardest thing i ever had to do....my heart was torn n my mind in turmoil for the past week thinking of which way to go with....but i think, in the end, i didnt have a choice anymore...all the other options were either shut down or was too draining for me to take....guess my back was up against the wall n there was only one door that i could take...its not the one i wanted but i guess its the one i got to take...i probably will regret this for a long long time, but its done with n i cant undo it anymore.... if u are reading this, then pls know that i am so so sorry things ended up like this, i truly am.......
And to those of u who helped me out, thank u from the bottom of my heart...u were a great help, n ill never forget it....u truly are great frens, n ill cherish ur frenship forever....

k enough of that....too much mushy stuff aldy....

things didnt get any better though...
after the morning class i had to go to the udupi police station to hand in a few documents...so took an auto....and just my luck for the day..the auto i was in had to meet with an accident...aiiii....these indians and their mad driving skills...dont worry im fine..nothing really happened to the auto...heres what happened...there was a bus oncoming...suddenly this guy on an enfield (motorcycle) decided to overtake the bus (while my auto was coming in the opp direction)...all this on a road that is only 2 lane (stupid huh...yeah well this thing happens a lot here)...anyway my auto moved as much as he could to the side...at first i thought the guy on the bike managed to squeeze through...but he clipped the side of the auto n lost control (btw he was going quite fast) went skidding then started rolling like a bowling ball towards another bus going in the same direction as my auto...

thank God the bus stopped if not he would have been pancake...i jumped out of the auto...thought the guy would have been seriously injured...but he wasnt (or maybe it was the adrenaline pumping) cus he managed to jump up n run off the road...but he was limping pretty badly n looked like he was in shock...got him into the auto i was in...n the auto took him to the hospital...funny things..one waiter from the restaurant brought a glass of water to give the guy...hellloooo he just met with an accident!!! its not like he just crawled out of some desert....haha...anyway the guys bike was totaled...pieces all over the plc...poor guy...well hope he drives more carefully next time.... this left me stranded cus there wasnt any more autos around..so i had to walk for 15 mins to the police station with my class attire, leather shoes n bag in the freaking hot indian weather...i looked like i just had a bath when i reached the police station..

sigh sigh ...what a day .... on top of that i got pbl to finish for tomorrow...
life...what a complex thing u are......
well i suppose what doesnt kill u only makes u stronger huh....

ramblings...

2006-10-14T01:13:00.000+08:00

Which would u choose?

To live ur life in blissfull ignorance, be happy and all and never know that what u were living wasnt true...

or

To be hurt/disappointed/angry after hearing the truth but know that what ur living at the moment is real...

.....on one hand feeling hurt or angry isnt nice (obviously).....but is living a lie(although in happiness)any better?? could u really call it living?? its not reality...

kinda like in the matrix movie huh...living in the matrix..u feel stuff, u smell stuff, u taste stuff....but can that be called living when none of it was real? just lies that were told to ur brain...

guess it all depends on which is better....which would u be able to accept..being lied to....or being told that u were being lied to...

as for me...at this point...its a question i cant answer for certain....either way doesnt seem pleasent to me...guess the best would be not being lied to at all.

no wonder im so hot!!!! lol

2006-10-11T02:29:00.000+08:00

2nd yr begins (beware.. freaking long post)

2006-10-06T14:12:00.000+08:00

well im back to the WASTELAND (to quote don trevor) .....second yr has started..
before going into that...since i didnt post anything during the hols...thought id reminisce abit about the past month..
the first few days i think i aldy posted about (mostly of what i ate)...

now lets see..what did i do after that that was interesting....oh yeah ..went to see the 4th UM intermedic physio quiz...that was quite nice...quite a few international unis as well this yr...for some reason unknown to me my uni didnt enter this year..wonder y ...we got 2nd plc last yr...anyway it was very satistying just sitting there and trying to answer the questions they asked the participant an actually managing to answer the majority of it....i thought every thing would have poured out of my head on the last day of exam (thats usually what happens) ...
oh and it was also kinda fun to hear the funny answers ppl give under stress...hehe..not to be mean i know its hard in a competition environment..but it was funny none the less... for example
Q: what process does the sperm have to go through in order to penetrate the ovum??
A(given by participant): decapitate (meaning = to cut off someones head)
A(actual) : decapacitation
and listening to the hong kong uni team trying to pronounce certain words was quite funny too..i know.. i know... im a terrible terrible person arent i ???
anyway...left the quiz around 12 or 1...then went to UIA gombak to see the CCAC taekwondo tournament...a big congrats to all our academy students who secured medals...excellent job and keep up the good work...wish i could join u ppl in training...
oh just a little suggestion to UIA gombak campus...gosh ppl fork out some money and put some ventilation fans in the female sports complex hall, or an air conditioning system...its was soooooo bloody hot!!!! how can u try to cool down a whole badminton hall with stupid small wall fans for heavens sake...

hmmm the following day wasnt a very nice wan...low point of the hols i guess... i "lost" someone i loved very much ... nothing much to say about that here...

so on to the next thing....hmmmm...oh yeah...went up to genting with ruben and Lembu (a.k.a Siong)...stayed at first world hotel.. heres a pic of the room

not bad for the price...anyway did the normal stuff there...theme park...jalan jalan around first world plaza....ate...and hmmm...ate some more...was a nice and relaxing trip.. here are a few more pics...

me on the ride i didnt go on last time i was in genting cus was over the weight limit...muahahahahahaha...im not anymore!!!

ooooo din din with the dino....yeah yeah lame i know...we had no rides left...so went to the dinosour land (or whatever its called)

got caught in the rain while on a ride...got drenched....lucky no one got hypothermia (yeah yeah medical terms) =P

sunset at genting...from first world hote...beautiful isnt it

heres another one

heres a couple of pics of stuff i ate up there =)

*yummmmmmmmmmmmy*

oh...we finally managed to solve the case of the missing fishes...let me brief u on the case first... for the past year the fishes in the ponds in my backyard have been vanishing under mysterious circumstances without a trace...they just kept disappearing..and the perpetrator didnt leave behind any physical or trace evidance...well...the suspect was identified when the senior officer (my grandma) stayed over at my place...she saw a monitor lizard hop into the pond and catch a fish..the run back into a hole at the side of the pond (which it probably made) ... so after an extensive investigation we decided to set up a sting operation and put an end to the serial fish killers killing spree... set up a rat trap with raw chicken..and managed to catch it....i never knew that monitor lizards smell soo bad...took it and got rid of it near negara properties...here are some shots of the convict!

surveilance shot of lizzio a.k.a 'the fish killer' (surveilance videos are also available on demand)

the suspect behind bars!!!!!

oh...heres something different...i actually managed to wake up early one morning and cook myself breakfast ...something i havent done in a long long time ...hmmm...last time i cooked also was for someone...anyway..wanted to make my (self declared) famous n delicious cheese omellette as well..but didnt have eggs...soo settled with hot dogs and bacon alone...

next thing was a trip to jb n spore....reached jb around 8pm...spent the nite at my relatives place there....got too see my 2 nephews...gosh small kids grow soooo fast in 6 months..the last time i saw the little one, he was still in his baby kot sleeping most of the time...now...

the one that looks like his passed out on the couch is Ivan and the little one wondering what im doing pointing my hp at him is Nigel

the following day went to spore...met up with wilson and wan tze...had a nice time catching up... ate spore ice cream (which wan tze said i must have to complete the spore experience)....basically a slice of ice cream between 2 wafers ...hehe... thanks u 2 for a pleasent trip...

the last friday before coming back...morning went to times square to have brunch with looi looi (a.k.a sifu) and phin (a.k.a coconut)...ate at hong kong food and tea rest....they have such a wide selection of food and drinks..amazing...anyway ate and chit chat...then i went to buy perfume...got a rm 20 ringgit cash voucher so thought go buy a tshirt also ... now according to sifu n coconut, i apparently always wear dull colours (as phin puts it look like soil!!)..so they said they would pick the colour...haha..and i let them, how can u say no to 2 cute girls (eh i puji puji ...so next time must spend me lunch ya..hehe)...they ended up with this...not bad i must admit..not a colour i would choose myself, but doesnt look bad on me... =P

after that i went to a chinese rest in ampang with my uncle....then at nite went out with mesanka and his frens....went to espanda, then moodswings, then mojo then chestnut and finally ended at mesanka's plc.... had a great nite..thanks chief...we'll do another round the next time im back..one rounds will be on me (if i remember that is)...shit wish i had a pic of the beer tower, that was sooo cool...

anyway the flight back here was ok ...the roads from the manglore airport to campus is in such a shitty condition...i cant imagine how it got that bad in one month...

2nd yr schedule is relatively more relaxed than 1st yr....dont have classes on saturdays anymore..so thats nice.....classes so far are quite interesting....i have pathology, microbiology, pharmacology and forensic medicine this yr...oh and clinical skills tooo...

the lecturers are great as well ....very funny...especially forensic med

in forensic medicine class ....

L (old guy who looks very strict when he came in) : u may all close ur notebooks now, i wont be teaching anything today....today we will talk about some general bullshit!

s:*burst out laughing*

L: can anyone tell me what u think forensic medicine is??

S: *all quite with heads down*

L: i knew i shouldnt ask that question...u ppl always put ur head down...do u know it makes me envious to see all that hair on ur head..i know i dont have much hair left..well at least in this area i dont.

s: *burst out laughing*

(next topic was on medical ethics)

L: which is stronger ethics or law?

s: law

L: are u sure??... there is no law saying i should respect some one....a person can come up to me and call me a bloody baldy bastard....what can i do..nothing...

s: *burst out laughing*

L: what law says that u should respect ur parent...if my sons comes up to me and calls me a bloody idiot..what can i do ...

S: *burst out laughing yet agn*

hehehe...that class was sooooo fun....

well thats about it for now...oh this a new edition to my room furniture...hehe...my own water dispenser...for lazy ppl who dont want to walk down 2 floors for clean water!

till the next post!!! cya

Good-bye

2006-09-25T12:04:00.000+08:00

As i pulled in the drive
and the time had come,
come to say goodbye.
We held each other for one last time,
held on to each other forgetting about time.
I wish i could have held on to you like that all night.
You said those words,
the ones i never wanted to hear,
but, eventually they came and all i felt was fear.
One last touch of your hand,
one last moment of total and complete bliss.
I looked out the window,
only to find you almost gone,
and as i watched you walk away,
oh how much i wish you could have stayed.
One last look, one last wave,
i started the car and drove away.
Now here i am alone in the night,
fighting the fight and wanting it right.
You and me forever again,
you and me forever till the end.
You opened my eyes and showed me true love,
and for that i will love you no matter what.
We said goodbye and we'll never forget,
and with my memories of you i have not one regret.
Our love was perfect,
and our lives will now move on.
But from this day forward i will never forget,
how beautiful and magical it was from the day me met.

i'll miss u.....

Home sweet home

2006-09-05T23:37:00.000+08:00

Hey ppl ...im back !!!! which means time to dust off the cobwebs from this blog of mine which hasnt been updated in ages... in my defense though i do have a valid reason for not updating (besides me not being in the mood) my laptop has been screwed up for quite a while now....donno whats wrong with the bloody keyboard....one moment it was fine...the next *poof* my control key, delete, X, C, V, M and : keys just stopped working....and not to mention the annoying number 9 key which keeps popping out everytime i touch it....sigh...why do i always have shitty luck with anything to do with computers....anywayzz

landed in KL on saturday morning....around 7.20am.... flight was good... had June next to me to disturb the whole way (hehehe *evil grin*) .... the baggage took quite a long time to arrive this time around...was much much faster the last time i came back ...or at least my baggage came much much faster the last time....my dad, brother and cousin from spore picked me up from the airport... from the airport the first order of business was of course BREAKFAST!!!!! ... stopped at the mamak shop near my place and had roti planta and teh 'o' ais limau *Yummmmmmmm* reached home and the rest of my cousins from spore (3 all together) and my uncle where there.... chit chat a while....then later followed my dad to the hospital to see my grandma...nothing to serious...after the visit came back home...was suppose to go for yong tau foo but my relatives were all still full from breakfast.... so ordered domino's ...dominos here taste so much better than that in india...

later in the evening went to visit my old tkd instructor...didnt see him the last time i came back ... the first reaction i got when he saw me was...and i quote... "wei u look like a drug addict aldy..dont look like my student last time"...and then the standard question came "why lah ?? the food there not nice ah??" ...hahha....ppl keep asking my this...i think i should pre-record an answer and just play that everytime i meet someone....the thing is, i honestly dont have any idea why im loosing weight...its not that im not eating..trust me on that... parents went to genting in the night for some concert...so took my brother out for dinner....went to carrefour ..and had burger king!!! oooooh i've been dying for a nice burger for 6 months....delicious!!...so much soo i even took a picture...haha...

was too full after that...but then once i reached home suddenly felt like ice cream...was too lazy to go drive and buy, so i did the next best thing...raided the freezer....and i found this.

mini cornetto....hehe...cute...but then one time put in the mouth the whole thing gone d....the should make giant cornetto's instead...now that i would buy...lol... anyway the rest of the days were pretty much spent at home ...eating most of the time =P and snapping pics of stuff i ate ..hehe...nothing else to do mah !!!
Gula-Gula Lemon....been ages since i've eaten this sweet.... ah those were the good old days

Wan Tan Mee!!!!
red bean ice cream potong (for some reason i've been eating a lot of ice cream recently)

Kuih-Muih wanted kuih lapis and that green and white one...but they didnt have it..sigh

my dinner for tonite a little bit of chinese + a little bit of malay = one very satisfied din din =)

see see ... =P

2006-06-27T20:07:00.000+08:00

thats me!!!!...

2006-06-26T19:50:00.000+08:00

I Want You To Know

By Angela

A brief moment of darkness
was all that I knew,
before Heaven's Gate
came into my view.

Loved ones and friends
I had missed for many years,
welcomed me with open arms
and many happy tears.

All the hurt, fear and pain
that I have ever known,
is gone from my life,
I am finally home.

I gazed upon the Lord's
sweet smiling face,
and for the first time in my life
I knew and felt His grace.

I know that you miss me,
but please dry your eyes.
I will always be watching and loving you
from my home in the sky.

A cool breeze on your face,
a touch of light rain,
I will send as a reminder
that we will be reunited again.

Life on earth is but one
brief moment in time,
I am finally home,
Eternity is mine.

You will be missed dearly.....

The brain song

2006-06-22T01:34:00.000+08:00

dedicated to all those studying neuroanatomy!!!!!

Trip to Goa

2006-04-23T02:18:00.000+08:00

Last Friday we had holidays for Good Friday and we managed to convince the Dean to cancel classes on Saturday (thank you Sir =) ).. soo what's a medical student to do with a 3 day weekend with no exams or test the following week....ROADTRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....so a trip to Goa was planned in a couple of days...went with ruben, his big bro rabin and trevor...left for the Udupi train station at around 7.30am...and when we reached there...what a shock..it was like a mini MMMC...the station was filled with malaysians...practically every batch had their representatives even the junior batch....the train reach at 8am....suprisingly it was actually on time (at least i found something here that happens on time...i used to think malaysian timing was bad...but here...yeeesh)....the train wasn't too bad....a bit dirty but the seats were comfy...took the express train (although it wasn't really express...just that the stopped at less stations)...when we boarded the train as usual these tempes (wanna know what this term mean...msg me) showed their usual antics...not only were they not seating according to their seat number but most of them were in the totally wrong coach...which caused many of my college mates to not have seats (btw the journey is 3.5 hrs so standing is a killer)...after some complaining the ticket examiner came and halau-ed those idiots back to their coaches....pretty much slept n listened to music the remainder of the trip....

DAY 1
Reached Madgaon train station at about 11.30am.....from there we took a cab to goa which was about 56km away from the station....the weather was hot but with a cooling breeze (ur basic beach weather)...cab ride was nice....roads were waaaayyyyy better than what we have here...and the music selection was damm on...best of reggae...haha...put us more into the beach mode...we reach our hotel around 12.30pm....stayed at Shelstar hotel on Baga (basically we were in the middle of the 2 best spots in Goa)....dropped of our bags and went our for lunch after we rented a bike n a scooter to make getting around easier...

.....went first to Tito's but they were closed for good friday...then went to Brittos which was also closed for good friday...sheesh, we were beginning to think we choosed the wrong time to come to Goa...finally had lunch at one of the restaurants on the beach....food was ok....after that we decided to take a walk along the rows of shops ....did some window shopping till about 6pm...bought a couple of things....then headed back to the hotel..... hung out and chit-chatted with some of my other batchmates who were there....trevor went to make reservations at the french restaurant nearby (highly recommended by trevor n now ME...so if ur ever in Goa visit Le Restaurant Francais)...had reservations for 9.30pm...so after dinner walked down the the restaurant...my gosh the restaurant was truly amazing...the decor was magnificent....damm romantic (wish my special someone was there..sigh)

...anyway ordered the food...i had the steak fillet with mushroom sauce n baked potatoes which was absolutely cooked perfectly...delicious!!!!!.

..in between the owner..a french lady named Fluorence would stop by the table and have a nice chat with us....after the main course it was time for dessert...2 of us shared 1 assorted dessert (a tray with a smaller portion of each of the desserts they have)....OMG let me tell u..the dessert is to die for....mouth watering-ly exquisite.....the lemon sorbet, the choclate truffle, the sort of choc creme brule etc,etc *drooool* everything was delicious....

we were so stuffed by the time we were done...talked somemore with the owner...then had a chat with the chef who is also french (and the owners bf)...think we were there from 9.30 till about 1.30am....

later thought of going clubbing...went to check out the club...but they were playing techno and the cover charge was way to high (800rs) not worth it for a couple of hrs...

DAY 2
woke up early for breakfast...went to this place on Baga beach called Zanzibar restaurant...got great seats with a direct view out into the beach....

had the english breakfast..a hearty helping of toast,jam,eggs,bacons,sausages,fried tomatoes and baked beans with coffee (now that kept us stuffed right till tea)....hung out at the restaurant...chilled out, talked crap, had a few breezers n drinks and just enjoyed the beach air n view (if u minus the locals..u would think u were somewhere in europe...soooo many mat sallehs there).....around 3 we left the restaurant and went to the tibetian market...basically selling all sorts of handicrafts like necklaces, earrings and rings and carving...didnt see anything i was interested in...went to a shop that sold hand painted UV painting...bought a painting of Gandalf from LOTR...now need to go back to malaysia n find a UV light before i can hang it up in my room ...hehe.....later went for a late lunch at Souza Lobo...al of us were still full...so we ordered a couple of dishes and shared....the fish dish was really good....later we took a ride to Anjuna Beach which was about 15 mins drive...watched the sunset there....

then went to the saturday night market nearby....

that place was even more packed with mat sallehs (some of them even running stalls there!!! )anyway most of the stuff there were the same stuff u get at other shops around Goa...they had a lot of food stalls there and also a live band playing (the sax player was white)...decided to have dinner there...had roast chicken (cooked by a mat salleh...haha...they seem to be running Goa)..chicken was quite good and reasonably priced...by the time we reach back to the hotel it was about 10.30/11pm....sat around chatting for a while...trevor went out to check out the clubs...was soo exhausted that by the time he came back all of us were asleep....trevor ended up going clubbing alone...hehe...

DAY 3
Last day ....woke up even earlier....checked out of the hotel by 8.30am....then went to brittos for breakfast...found out that they dont serve their famous seafood platter till around 10.30...we had to leave Goa by 11.30...anyway decided to wait for a while....later the waiter said it was going to be later....so had something lite...i had a strawberry tart...which was delicious (so delicious i even tapau-ed a lemon tart to bring back for dessert after dinner...hehehe)....we then went to Lila's cafe for an early lunch .....was a nice quaint place overlooking a river...nicely decorated....had blackpepper sauce steak...was superb.....the watermelon juice was very nice too....after lunch...sent the bikes back and got on the cab for the train station....the taxi driver was nice...chatted with him a bit....reached the train station around 12.30pm....found out that the express train was delayed till 3.30pm (from 1.30pm)...so we decided to get the normal train at 2.30.... waited at the train station....when we got on the train..heard another announcement that the express train was delayed further till 4pm...all my other collegemates were on that train...poor guys...what an irony huh, the normal train reaching earlier than the express train....the downside of the normal train?? IT WAS SUPER PACKED.....had to sit on the floor near the entrance, which actually turned out to be quite nice cus of the wind and the view....the trip was about 4 hrs + ...reached Udupi station around 6.30pm....came back had a bath (the water turned brown as soon as it hit me...a downside of sitting near the door of a train)..went for dinner with ruben, rabin n trevor....then came back and KOed...

All in all the trip was very fun.....a nice break from studies and exams....have a few more reasons to go back next season....hopefully will be able to .... Here's a link to some additional pics we took
http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=dineshnair&P=&AID=3400981&T=1

"Everyday u should have two thing.... a good breakfast with all the food you like...and a good sleep...that way no matter what happens in your day..u can always say at least i had two good things today..so it was a good day" -Fluorence, Owner Le Restaurant Francais

"Goa has a population of 80% hindu's...60% Christians.....and 40% muslims" -Goa local- hehe

Time to get rid of the dust

2006-03-29T01:44:00.000+08:00

my gosh its been ages since my last post (not including the how much my blog is worth post)... well guess its finally time to do some spring cleaning... hmmm....more like summer cleaning actually... got to get rid of all the dust that has accumulated over the past months...
hmm since i'm way too lazy to type out everything that has happened since my last post think i'll just start from when i left home after the vacation and came back here (sigh...vacation....a word i wont be seeing again for another 5 months)

well the flight back to banglore was ok ok lah....slept most of the way (i almost always sleep during long trips....hehe...im the worst choice if ur looking for someone to have a conversation with on long trips)....when we landed in banglore airport it was almost 12am local time...the busses we hired were suppose to be waiting for us...instead we had to wait for them...for 2 bloody hours i might add...ish india!! sigh!!....slept for most of the 8 hour bus ride too.....was freeeeezing cold in the bus...not too mention it felt like a mini rollercoster...bouncing here and there... a couple of ppl ended up falling "bus-sick" and out came dinner...reach uni at about 9 sumthing in the morning...

well the following few days were pretty normal....back to classes after a few days....managed to get into table 5 for anatomy dissection which is the 2nd best table...

Then the new batch came....so as is the tradition here we are suppose to organise a welcoming/orientation programme for the juniors....preparations for the orientation programme was pretty stresfull...lots of problems here and there....but in the end turned out to be and amazing programme.... all the faculty members said that this was the best orientation they had seen so far...so what made it so special...well lets see.....besides food....there were perfomances by my batchmates....the malay guys did a silat performance accompanied by live singing and guitar which was amazing....next up was a dance performance by thiru, gayathri, vali, tasha, bob and baveen.... then came a spectacular duet by ismail and su lin singing "i want to spend my lifetime loving you" originally by marc anthony n tina arena...next was another dance performance by the malay girls...they danced to oh carol (very cute performance was the review by the audience)....then came 2 icebreaker games....first was to group the juniors....each person was randomly given names of different animals...they had to make the noise of the animal they had chosen and find other group members by the sounds they were making....the second game was "untangle" where they had to hold hands and try to untangle themselves without letting go....this was followed by a musical/dance performance in which yours truly was involved...basically we altered the lyrics to some songs...sang it while we had a mixture of truly funny dances, some breakdancing and some normal dance going on simultaneously...oh and we dressed like idiots...hehe..all in the name of fun....after that there was 3 more dances and another singing performance...all of which were great...and for the finally... we played a movie tittled "the journey" a batch 17 production shot entirely in manipal...the short movie was meant to inspire and motivate the juniors to be the best they can be and not loose track of their goal and dream...To Be A Doctor...the movie was awesome...even got a standing ovation from the crowd (bear in mind the crowd did consist of our batchmates as well..hehehe)

ok ....now the next interesting thing to happens started last friday....UTSAV was being held...an inter-mahe colleges cultural competition....a very big yearly event held here in manipal involving every faculty here as well as that in the manglore campus....well most of the time i was busy watching my colleges performances in competitions and cheering them on ....i did take part in the cultural parade...which went very well considering we were told we had to enter it 2 days before the competition...giving us a day of practice....basically the cultural parade goes like this....each team has to pick a theme (something cultural)...then they have 3 mins to do a perforamce sort of thing to potray the said theme (without mentioning which college they are from or which country)....teams are judged based on performance and costumes....our theme was martial arts...low and behold whose name got shouted out when it came to taekwondo..yup yours truly again...yikes....so had to put together a 40 second performance in less than a day ....we ended up having 3 groups...silat, karate n taekwondo...miraculously (and with a hell of a lot of very looooooong practice sessions) we managed to come up with something n performed it well for the competition....we lost though as we did not have enough time to get costumes together due to the short time period (the other teams were soo elaboratly dressed)...only silat who had costumes from the orientation programme were dressed up... anyway there is always next year... oh and imagine the pressure put on us as my college had won the cultural parade 3 years in a row so far...well there goes the winning streak.....
well so far my college has won a couple of competitions....tomorrow is the last day of competition....tonite there was a fashion show competition...college didnt enter as we did not have enough time.... grace's college was there ( btw good job gracie on ur performance.... got potential to become model leh...hehe....maybe can join india's next top model =P )

well think i better stop here for now...very sleepy already....and i have class tomorrow...ish stupid histology practicals :(

wah!!! im rich !!!!!

2006-03-27T03:42:00.000+08:00

fuu..my dusty old blog worth so much...hahahaha
anyone interested in buying it?????

My blog is worth $564.54.
How much is your blog worth?

so little time

2006-03-12T13:50:00.000+08:00

wah...dammm tension now....havent finished studying for immunity test ..which is tomorrow btw...neither have i even started studying for pharmac sdl viva on tues....sigh...im so damm screwed....to add on to that tension...blocks is in a week....aaaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!!

sooo...with all this...what did i do yest...i went boating...yeah boating...LOL...
anyway here are a few pics...first time i been to this lake in manipal...only found out about the existence of this lake a few months ago....

shit i looked stoned in this pic...im sooo not photogenic....hmmm also reminds me why i should shave often..

found this link somewhere...found it funny...if u have time take a look
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat

found this comment on a frens blog...

tis type of people...from a psycological way...they are trying to protect themselves from being hurt....so they lie...they cant help but keep on lying...

now im honestly not talking about any thing specific here..soo hope no one gets offended ya...but its interesting..n i kinda agree with it...its probably not true for all situations..but overall i feel its true....ppl do mainly lie to protect themselves...to avoid being hurt...it may not be done intentionally...they may have a noble reason for lying...but subconsciously i think it boils down to this...heck its human nature to protect ones self from hurt...its an innate evolutionary instinct...survival of self over others...
and yeah a lie does breed more lies...cus of the simple fact, i feel, that once u lie it becomes close to impossible to rectify it without u urself being hurt...

an enjoyable week

2005-12-20T01:21:00.000+08:00

last saturday morning was a holiday....classes were cancelled because everyone was busy with the preparations for the college annual nite..will talk about that later...anyway saturday morning woke up early...then went to Charaka canteen tapau bombay toast (which is actually just french toast)...then took auto to endpoint football field to watch the interbatch mens football final between my batch (batch 17) and batch 15.....couldnt not join the game cus my damm ankle was still not recovered since i sprained it during volleyball...anyway...game was quite good...but unfortunately we lost by 1 goal....the weather on the other hand wasnt as good..was soooo freaking hot...seriously i think we all came back roasted....the heat gave me a terrible head ache as well....the best part is its not the hot season yet...it gets hotter next year....cant wait for that *note the heavy sarcasm here*....had a nice nap in the afternoon (made full use of my aircond...hehehe)....so then evening got dressed up in my new kurta (my first kurta actually)
for the annual nite, which is basically like hari anugerah cemerlang back in school, except here we get a buffet dinner after and we dont have to wear uniforms...annual nite was ok ok lah ....had performances and all....best performance and the one everyone was waiting for was the performance by the lecturers...they male lecturers all did a dance performance..was really nice...interesting to watch the lecturers let loose....
nah can see me in kurta :P

after the annual nite a group of us went down to Malpe beach where we stayed the night at a guest house...actually didnt spend much time in the guest house...we were outside the whole nite and morning BBQing....was fun to relax without having to worry about any test or exams to come...didnt get a wink of sleep that day....next morning we reached campus at around 10 in the morning....went for brunch at Shackpoint...had nasi lemak....taste nice but still not the same as back home..sigh...cant wait for feb 4th ...thats gonna be my breakfast on the way back from the airport.....

the rest of the week was pretty much normal...classes and all that....
sat was another holiday cus of preparations for lagenda (the college's annual malaysian cultural fest)...but unfortunately wasnt as free this time...cus still had an hour of physiology SDL (self directed learning) evaluation...after that we felt "rajin" so after breakfast at charaka canteen went to the clinical skills lab to practice blood pressure taking....ended up taking a few pics and fooling around after a while :)

after lunch frens wanted to watch american pie 4 ...so all came over to my room cus wanted to use my speaker...was a nice movie...funny....halfway through the movie my dad called to say they reached manipal aldy and were at the hotel having lunch...after the movie walked to the hotel...as soon as i walked into the restaurant the first thing i heard was omg he so thin aldy ....and note that everytime i hear that nowadays its always with the worried tone...like im sick or not eating properly...haha...if only ppl can see how much more im eating and snacking here compared to back home...really amazing that im losing weight instead of putting on ...only thing keeping me from getting worried is that all my frens here are losing weight as well...anyway..spend the afternoon and evening talking with my family...dad,mum,bro,2 aunts, uncle and 2 cousins came...this is their last stop on the way back home...they went on a tour of north india ...visited delhi, jaipur and agra if im not mistaken...anyway at night went back to the hostel to get some of my stuff and also deposit the stuff my parents brought from home....then stopped by the KMC greens to watch a bit of the lagenda...ask my fren to video tape it so i can see...just watched the clips just now...was very nice....
took my family out for dinner at Guzzler Inn...which is the only restaurant i know here which is both clean and has very good food....spent the night in the hotel ....

next day took my parents for breakfast at pangal's...and then to see my hostel room....in the afternoon took my whole family for a tour of the campus...which wasnt a very long tour as i have said in previous post there isnt much to see here in manipal...was sooooo hot...so decided to stop by the library building and have some cold drinks n cold coffee at coffea day (kinda like starbucks in india)...
after cooling down with some refreshing beverages took them to the anatomy museum....then went back to the hotel ...relax and enjoyed watching tv...dont get to watch much tv nowadays...gosh miss my tv back home....should have watched waaaaayyyyy more tv before i came....must make a note to replenish my tv hours during the one month break....oh ..must mention also...got quite a few phone calls also that day from someone who wanted to keep kacauing me....u know who u are...naughty naughty :)
had dinner with my family at the hotel restaurant called rangoli...food was ok ...at least got to spend some time with my family....left them around 10.30pm....they left for chenai today morning...should still be in chenai now...flying back home at 2am tuesday morning...hope they have a nice flight back home...
well its late aldy...think i better stop blabbering now and go study for a while (see rajin hor ......hehehe)

oh before i forget ...to all my frens here and back home, would like to wish u all a Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.....warmest wishes and best of luck for the festive season and the coming new year....miss u ppl ....good nite!

Exams over :)

2005-11-29T00:32:00.000+08:00

yay finally got the time and the mood to blog (although i think the 2nd one has been more of the reason i havent blogged so in sooo long).....ok well finally finished first block exams last week...so since before that nothing interesting has happened (eat,study,sleep,study,shit,study, study...that basically sums up the weeks between my last post up till my exams...LOL) i'll start this from my exam week...

exams started with physiology OSPE which is basically practical examination and also physiology viva (oral exam)...that wasnt too bad lah...oooh but the first paper on tuesday which was anatomy was a killer....seriously hope can pass...the questions were sooooo detailed, especially the MCQ's...wanna tembak also must think twice cus if wrong got negative marking.....everyone pretty much went back depressed that day...anyway the next day was physiology paper...think that went pretty well (can only say for sure once the results are back)....so the second day ended on a happy note with a relatively easier paper....thursday was biochem...aiii...that one is yet another paper i think i screwed up.....forgot so many little little things...so annoying cus i know that i know the answer...just that at that moment couldnt remember...sigh...thats life...also had biochem practicals on that same day...practicals was easier than the theory papers....friday we had anatomy spotter, basically where its a practical exam where there are about 25 stations with specimens on it...and on each specimen the pin or tie a specific structure and u have 1 min to identify the tied/pinned structure n answer the question that follows.....was as hard as i expected it to be...although kinda made a few careless mistakes...
spotters was the last of this block exams...ended around 10.30am...sad thing was that we started second block classes at 2pm that same afternoon...so sad no break at all...

in the evening frens came over to my room to watch Van Wilder....then that night was spent relaxing...watched a movie...hmm mindhunter...was quite a nice movie...but had to sleep early as had class the next day .....sat afternoon frens came over agn ...this time watched road trip (note i have loads of movies cus i went on a movie downloading spree using the local intranet connection..soo cun only takes 15-20 mins per movie....bad thing is the internet connection is sooo sucky....gonna dc this connection soon since i aldy got my broadband connection).....later that evening a whole gang of us went to Malpe beach for a BBQ.....beach was nothing great...kinda looked like PD but cleaner...had camel rides though (camels smell dammmmm bad...trust me!!)...anyway took us like an hour to get the fire n charcoal going....either was the strong winds, or lousy starters or cheap charcoal...possible all also....once we got the fire going started the BBQ...had sausages n chicken wings...had a nice time BBQing and chit chatting ...about 1/2 way through it suddenly started raining cats n dogs......of all the bad luck....one whole week didnt rain suddenly that nite rained...aiseh...what a waste....had to come back n go out for dinner again cus was still so freaking hungry...then came back had a nice long chat on9 with a special someone ;) haha........

ah sunday!!!!sunday was sooooo nice....few frens went on a trip to a temple...thought of following but they were leaving at 6.30am (cus the place was like a 2 hr train ride) but decided getting a good sleep was better...soo i woke up at 12pm...wah sooo syiok cus soo long never wake up late late like that....went straight for lunch after brushing teeth (too hungry to bath first....hehehe)...came back had a bath then wash my clothes....bathroom now all sandy cus of the clothes i wore to the beach.....ish...one of the turn off of going to the beach...the sand gets everywhere...i even found sand in my wallet.....ok ok anyway...what did i do after washing clothes.....hmmm...oh yah i watch the butterfly effect...ashton kutcher movie...was interesting...about how u are what u are today because of decisions u made in the past..and how changing any one of those decision can severely alter the future...cool huh...after the movie finished watching everybody hates chris and lost.....then went for tea...after tea continue my unproductive day by watching joey....then went on9 for a while before having a bath.....went to shackpoint for dinner...had BBQ (tak puas cus didnt get enough bbq the other day...haha)...had fun just chilling out, eating and talking with frens (without worrying about studying :P) ......after dinner went on9 lor..cus someone was waiting :)

well basically thats about the most interesting stuff thats happened so far.....back to classes again now...which means back to studying...sigh...cant wait for february.....all u ppl back home better make sure u free to go out in feb...dont i come back all bz bz .....haha...k lah..better go back to studying...if not kena sound by lecturer tomorrow susah....take care...miss all of u ...

The India Experience

2005-09-17T13:23:00.000+08:00

hey ppl... hows life in malaysia??? (or for those of u overseas, hows life in whichever part of the globe u are in ???) ...miss u all ....well so far i've been having quite a good time here...really quite fun...
left KLIA on the 9th at 10.15pm....the flight was about 3hrs plus...was MAS but they didnt have the individual in flight entertainment system...had to watch the common screen...anyway they showed mr.mrs smith which was good cus i havent seen that show b4...guy sitting next to me was named Dhanish...sound like my name hor...what a coincidence...reach banglore international airport around 11pm local time...the airport is excatly as gracie said it would be "kesian"...haha...banglore is quite a nice city...pretty developed (relative to other parts)...its the sillicon valley of india....the first thing u notice about india is the drivers...they drive with one hand on the horn...they horn for everything...to pass, to turn, for no apparent reason at all....haha....and that was at night when the street was practically empty....in the morning it was worse...soooo noisy...i never want to drive here...sure meet with accident...but amazingly i havent seen one accident here since i came...good driving skills...haha...wonder why in F1 cannot win??? maybe cus got no horn!!! LOL....stayed in a nice hotel for the night....then in the morning flew to manglore airport...that one lagi kesian....its on a mountain top...but the airport look like a bus terminal (in malaysia in probably would be a bus terminal)....then took the college bus to manipal....waaalau...the bus ride was terrible...somemore i sat behind....soooo bumpy ...roads here are really bad....by the time reached the campus..my body was aching all over the place....the campus is quite nice...very big....itsnot like campus in malaysia...its really like a mini township...so its a very bz campus...plus almost all the faculties are here from medicine to information technology....ooh the second thing u notice bout india is its like a mini zoo anywhere u go...haha...so far i've seen dogs, goats, cows, bulls, pigs, monkeys n a snake roaming around....n u need to have very good awareness when walking around....if u watch out for cars u will probably step in cow dung...if u watch out for cow dung u will probably get knocked down by a car (kinda hard cus they horn at u although ur like 100m away)....so must be able to watch out for both things...haha...my fren stepped in cw dung twice aldy ..n almost got knocked down by a bus...kesian betul...the seniors here are really really friendly ...always willing to lend a hand if u have any problems or questions...batchmates are also very friendly....managed to get the single AC room...lucky lucky...although it cost quite a lot...but really like a hotel compared to the standard twin sharing rooms (nicknamed the dungeon)...really cool here at night at this time of the year...so barely use the aircon anyway...will come in usefull during the summer time though...heard temps can reach up to 40 degrees....madness...sure fry one...uni got lot of great facilities....library is very impressive..6 floors..... anatomy museum is very very well stocked with real specimens....food in the mess hall is great (no variety..but still delicious n cheap).... food in the restaurants are also delicious...n relatively very cheap....got my new hp line...called spice (kinda like the digi of india)...airtel is the maxis of india.....best part is its free unlimited sms to any network provider within this state (Karnataka)...sooo coool....can sms all my frens here for free...save soo much money...hence can sms/call back home more...oh india the phone line a bit weird one...if ur in one state n u call another state its considered roaming (STD) aldy...have to pay slightly higher charges (feel free to msg me...my numbers posted on frenster...n if u dont have frenster email me..i'll send it to u)...nearest town to campus is called Udupi...ok lah the town...lots of shops n all...very bz town....one of the only places u can get really cold soft drinks...haha..only about 60 malaysian cents for one bottle......had an experience on the bus ride back from the town....was sooooooo packed....and they dont believe in no space...no matter how packed also ppl still wanna squeeze in ....that was really terrible... the autos are nice...n quite cheap...kinda like taxis here....hmmm what else ah???? started classes 2 days ago....so far so good...aldy got quite a bit of studying to do...lecturers here very power one.... no need to bring any notes to class...they just come in n can talk for 2 hrs non stop....my books still havent arrived so still have to rely on the library to study..lucky its only a 5 min walk from my hostel block...got my bone set also ...real human bones...so cool...haha....got my lab coat also today...hehe...now feel even more professional...monday got anatomy dissection...cant wait ...excited...real cadavers... about 20 students to a cadaver...pretty good considering malaysia most unis dont even have 1....ok dammm sleepy now..wanna take a nap.... will post agn soon....take care....

farewell

2005-09-09T13:05:00.000+08:00

will be leaving tonite at 10.15pm
wish all of u they best of luck for the future....take care ya..makes sure when i come back i have the same amount of frens...haha...dont any one of u disappear k...hahaha.....keep in touch k ... email me ...will send my hp number there once i get it...
will miss you guys...

byee!!! :(

3rd dan and soon to be medical student :P

2005-08-29T01:39:00.000+08:00

finally got the results from the senior upgrading held a few weeks back.... and i passed...yay!! ...was kinda worried cus thought i could have performed much better...anyway thank God it all turned out fine..and im officially a 3rd dan :) ....also congrats to the other two from our academy who took the exam.. leow wooi shin (promoted to 3rd dan) and master michael liew (promoted to 7th dan).

oh and since everyone keeps asking this same question (some of u over n over again..haha) ..i'll be leaving on september 9th (friday) on the night flight (think its a round 10pm).... less than 2 weeks to go... i kinda cant wait to finally have something to do after 9 months of doing practically nothing (i can actually feel my brain slowly shrinking due to lack of usage...haha) but at the same time slightly anxious cus i'll be away for such a long time... will definately miss malaysia and everyone here....oh well we shall see how i feel next week...

hmmm am i addicted???

2005-08-16T12:07:00.000+08:00

You Know You're Addicted to CSI When...

You know the biographies of ALL the personnel from the CSI website.

You never work (or go out) Thursday nites because you'll miss CSI (although you tape it anyway).

You can't sleep knowing that something exciting is going to happen on the next episode

Your friend asks you about the episode with "the sparkling room thingie," and you don't even have to think
about it before informing them they're thinking of Scooba Doobie-Do.

Your puppy is called VEGAS as a compromise, because none of your kids could stop arguing over whether it was gonna be called Grissom, Warrick, Greggo or Nicky......

You start knocking on walls in hope of finding a dead body between them

You walk around with a Mag-lite

You change your lighting to UV lighting, just to see those stains in your carpet

You dust for prints in your knife drawer

You wrap your house with yellow crime-scene tape

You wear latex gloves while at home

You suddenly study chemistry to understand more about those chemical reactions.

You learn Photoshop you can make wallpapers out of the pics you have

You've changed your quote from "Smile at the world, and the world will smile back" to "Concentrate on what cannot lie... The evidence"

When you were a kid, you wanted to be an astronaut. Now you want to be a CSI

When you are the leader of a group, you think, "What kind of a leader should I be? Gris Style or Horatio?"

You stare at Grissom's eyeglasses and Horatio's shades, then search for the exact pair (or at least close to it!)

You plan on living in Las Vegas or Miami

Your choice of car? The one like Horatio has.

You have a jacket, with the word "Forencics" written on the back

You'd even settle for a shirt with the same word

You read HAMLET, cause it was mentioned that HORATIO came from the name of Hamlet's best bud, Horatio

You got arrested when found crossing the yellow tape.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to CSI.

tiring weekend

2005-08-10T00:38:00.000+08:00

the last couple of days were pretty tiring...

Friday morning woke up and went to the gym for a run.... after that had a bath and went to KLCC Convention Centre for the PC Fair.... reached there about 11.30am and met up with pei hwa.... gosh they had such a stupid layout...the entrance to the fair was on the 3rd floor...so u have to go all the way up ..then walk through all the booths in the ballroom before u can exit and go down to the ground floor...there u enter hall 1 and have to walk all the way to hall 5 before you can exit...then once u exit u have to go all the way to the top agn to re-enter....was really stupid...had to walk up and down i dont know how many time... oh something interesting happened while we were checking out the fujitsu booth... we got interviewed by 8tv..haha...first me then pei hwa...and we actually came out on the news that day ...... my its soo embarrassing to see yourself on tv...Luckily no one i know saw it...i think.....after walking around and around for hours....finally decided to get the toshiba satellite A80-P440...cost RM 4999... just soo happens Chee How was working at one of the toshiba booths...so decided to buy from him and give him the commission ....good boy leh me...haha... then had to walk somemore to my dad's office to get the cash from him...waa first time im walking around with soo much money in my pocket...makes a person paranoid...haha...finally reached home around 3.30.... was starving by then as i didnt have breakfast and lunch yet ...... pretty happy with the laptop i bought....that night was pretty nervous cus my 3rd dan upgrading was the next day.... thanks to that special someone for calming me down ;)

Saturday morning woke up at 7am...then went to OCM (Olympic Council of Malaysia) to see my student competing in the IMU Charity TKD Championship.....got free tshirt and cap courtesy of master (for instructors only..hehehe)....was there till about 1 then left for the MTA Gym in Puchong where my exam was being held...by the time we reached there i was feeling very week..cus i didnt get a chance to eat lunch yet....but couldnt eat anything since the exam was going to start in a while....basically i think i did ok...could have done better in my opinion....got kicked in the face during the second round of sparring.....cut my lip....grrr..still pretty pissed at myself about that..... after we finished the first part managed to drink a bottle of orange juice...at least that gave me a boost of energy....we were then suppose to go to Bukit Jalil for a 2.4km run (which we have to complete in under 12mins) after everyone had finished...but the haze was really really bad...and lucky lucky us the examiners decided to cancel the run due to the haze and replace it with target kicking ...which was a heck of a lot easier than running ....finished about 4.30...headed back to OCM...reached there bout 5.30 cus of a slight jam....when we reached there the competition was over and everyone had gone back ....so went back home...got stuck in a jam ...reached home around6.30...was soo tired i was out by 10...

Sunday was the same....got up at 7am and went to OCM for the Open Category ....yesterday was the Junior Category .... lunch time got free food..master belanja...yum yum ...haha...the competition ended at around 6.30pm...then was the prize giving ceremony.... Moi's Martial Art & Taekwondo Academy was awarded 1st runner-up trophy for most medals won for both the junior category as well as the open category....congratulations to all the players for a job well done and all the instructors (Master Moi Chee Keong, Master Ramli, Puru, Lawrence, Ariff, Salehuddin, leow, myself..hehe) as well as the team official for a job well done.... was very proud that almost all my students came back with a medal.....came back home.... chatted on the phone on my way to jusco....went to send my laptop to the shop to install some software,,,a big thank you to Darwin for installing all the software for me for free...THANKS.....went back around 10 ..chit chat on the phone on the way back too ...haha.....

Monday was pretty relaxing.... spent the day watching tv, playing computer game and going on9.... also sent out all the sms invitations for my farewell dinner on the 20th.... gosh cant believe how fast time is flying by ... will be leaving in a month.... aldy thinking of how much im going to miss everyone..especially loved ones..... well will be back to kacau all of u in february...

Today went to jusco in the morning to get a present for my bro.... im the ultimate procrastinator..bro bday is today and today only i go out looking for a gift...finally bought him a nike basketball sleeveless tshirt...cost me quite a bit...then went to secret receipe and bought a choc cheesecake *yum yum*..actually wanted the choc banana one but my bro doesnt like that soo since its his bday had to get what he would like...while buying the cake thought of somethings that made me kinda sad (but wont bore u with that)....the rest of the day was pretty much spent lazying in front of the tv.... stuffed myself with cake after dinner...came on9...blogged...and now im off to bed to get my beauty sleep...haha... good nite..

"Those things in life that we find the hardest to do, are the things
we are the most thankful we did."
~ Annette Ueckert

Update

2005-07-19T12:56:00.000+08:00

well life has pretty much been boring since i came back from Korea... nothing much to do really...most of my friends have either started uni or are busy studying....miss everyone... cant wait to start uni.. at least then i'll have something to occupy myself with... of course with starting uni comes the realization that i'll be leaving here for 21/2 yrs ..... sigh... well i guess it was my choice and my dream so i shouldnt complain much...haha...

Anyway last saturday night i went to the KL Performing Arts Centre in Sentul West to watch a musical which my nephew was acting in called Jalan Impian..... here's a little synopsis:

friends Joe and Suzie want to be stars: Joe the pop singer, Suzie the Baryshnikov-esque dancer. But they can't afford classes at the Stars of Tomorrow School of Stage and Screen. That is, until fate lends a helping hand. Also with drug-dealer thugs, nerd, and homeless women.
Written by Sandra Sodhy, based on an idea by Farah Sulaiman. With choreography by Farah Sulaiman. Featuring Peter Ong, Radhi Khalid, Tony Eusoff, Omar Arif, Sabrina Hassan, and Sandra Sodhy backing a main cast of nearly 50 kids between ages 8 - 18.
Under the patronage of YAB Tun Dato Seri Dr Siti Hasmah, supported by the Ministry of Education Malaysia, being a fund-raiser for Persatuan Kanak-kanak Istimewa Hulu Langat.

I must say i really enjoyed the show, bravo to all the performers, they did an excellent job and deserved the standing ovation they received...Radhi Khalid was really hillarious...and so was Peter Ong and Tony Eusoff. A very enjoyable evening.... after the show we went to the opening of the new Lotus Restaurant near Maju Junction (free makan courtesy of the owner).... felt really really bloated after dinner...

Sunday was the selection for the KL team..... congratulations to Leow, shazwan and mas on being selected into the KL Team.....make our academy proud....not bad leh..finally the academy is coming up .... we now have 3 players in the KL Team and 2 players in the National Squad....Big Thank you to Master Ramli as well for his excellent coaching skills.....

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."- Ben Stein

Genting & Korea

2005-07-03T23:41:00.000+08:00

Photos for the korea trip can be found here
http://www.ezprints.com/PhotoShareddologin.asp?SC=korea&ID=675437

Been travelling alot this past month .... went to genting on the 23rd with hen, looi, grace, brandon and menaka....had a fun overnight stay although i was still a bit sick.... nice catching up with grace and menaka and meeting brandon ... very nice & funny guy ....took looi for her first "clubbing experience" at Safari...unfortunately the song selection this time wasnt as nice as the last time ..... but things turned out great when we started getting news of the uni placement...and how everyone got what they wanted....looi was overjoyed when she found out she got accountancy...happy for her .... congrats looi ....stayed up chit chatting and playing games.... next day found out that hen got med at UNIMAS...sooo happy for her, she really deserves it .... oh and yours truly was offered KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL DAN KEJURUTERAAN PEMBUATAN at Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi Malaysia ....started laughing my head off when i found out .... how in the world do these ppl think ... i didnt even take physics for form 6 and they go and give me engineering ...pure stupidity....had to come back early cus had to be in KLIA by 7.30pm.... the 3 future medical students had a conference while waiting for the bus....*sigh* going to miss everyone when i leave in september...

DAY 1
Reached KLIA around 7.45pm ...took the ERL for the first time ....checking in was really looong...flight departed at 12.45pm ...took about 7 1/2 hrs to get to Incheon Airport in Seoul ...from there we took a bus to Chuncheon which was another 4 hrs due to the traffic...went straight to the Hoban Gym where the 5th Korean Open Taekwondo Championship was being held for the registration .... then we proceeded to Gangwon University ..where we stayed at the hostel ...room was pretty basic but adequate... 2 ppl to a room... a double decker bed, 2 desk and a closet....the only leceh part was that the bathroom isnt attached...the guys had to walk up to the 2nd floor to use the bathroom ....so annoying especially when your tired...had dinner at the hostel ... found out korean food isnt too bad ...except that i HATE Kimchi...*bleak*...had a light training..lights of at 10pm

DAY 2
Woke up at 4.30am ....5am went for a jog ...the had training till 7am ....had breakfast ....then we had some free time to rest or shower before the next training session .... spent most of the time in between training session sleeping cus the room is sooo boring ....there is absolutely nothing else to do at all.....that night after dinner we went to the GS Ski Resort and Hotel for the Eve Festival Ceremony..... ceremony started of with some traditional performances then on to the taekwondo demonstration ...which as usual wow-ed everyone....after the demo..each country was asked to send a rep to do a performance... the malaysian team sent up 4 ppl to sing Take me to your heart by MLTR....then they had some mini games... there was suppose to be a fireworks display but was cancelled due to rain..reached the hostel at around 11+...and lights out...

DAY 3
same program as the previous day for the morning session...at 11am went to Hoban gym to see the competition as well as the opening ceremony....ooo the lunch they served at the gym was delicious .... we all stuffed ourselves as much as we could.....went back around 5pm ... slept then went for dinner ....after dinner we had traning and lights off at about 9pm....

DAY 4
Big day today ...competition starts for our team ... leow is sparring and the rest have the individual poomsae event.....had to wake up at 3.30am ...went for a jog and then training till 7am..madness..... was soo sleepy when we reached the gym ...but no rest ...had to train some more..... unfortunately i didnt win anything :( ...had 79 ppl in the individual poomsae event out of which 3/4 were korean.....overall entry --> 1500 koreans and 600 foreigners...

DAY 5
more fights today ...mostly from the sarawak team..... one of them managed to win a bronze medal ...congrats....had the team poomsae event.....joined with 2 ppl from Action TKD Academy....got a score of 83.1 ...not bad considering we only had a few days of practise together...

DAY 6
Skipped the jogging as my knee was giving me problems....must be from all the stomping for keumgang ... :P ...watched the taekwondo gymnastic (taerobic) competition and the honsinsul competition....was really nice....skipped the city tour ...they went shopping, the fliming site of winter sonata (jung's house) and the puppet museum....oh btw forgot to mention that Chuncheon is the fliming site for winter sonata (for all u korean drama fans) .....also watched the kyukpa event (destruction).... friend from Ghana (Mukhtari) won a silver medal...he broke 11 marble slabs with his fist ...amazing power.....

DAY 7
Bu and Clara fought....left for Seoul at 4pm ..... checked into the motel at Seoul at around 6pm.... then we were free to walk around the night market and visit the shopping complexes (which are open till 5am) ...had dinner at Hello-a-pm...then went to Doosan the biggest shopping complex in that area...was 9 stories high....felt like a giant sg.wang/pasar malam to me.... hahaha.... like malaysia can get all sort of imitated things there....

DAY 8
After breakfast we went to Kukkiwon.....visited the TKD museum then went shopping for more tkd stuff....then went to Lotte World.... a huge huge shopping complex with an outdoor theme park attached....spent 2 hrs there before going to the airport to catch the flight back home...

Now that im back feel so bored cus most of my friends all started uni aldy.......aii ......still a long time more before i start....well i wish all of u the best of luck in your studies....hope to see you all sometime in the future as sucessful people in your respective fields....

Glimpse of Europe

2005-06-19T22:22:00.000+08:00

came back from Europe on monday evening.... was a very very tiring trip but still had loads of fun...went on a tour of France, Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands...

Left malaysia on june 2nd...flight was at 11pm... was such a loooooong flight approx 13 hours....thank God for inflight entertainment...haha...watched Hitch and Sepet before falling asleep..reached Heathrow airport (the most busiest airport in the world...as we were driving away u can see planes coming in for landing at intervals of less than a min) at 5am local time.... my uncle and aunt fetched us from the airport back to their house.....was pretty surprised to find sooo many and i mean SO MANY asians in london... if you didn't know any better at certain areas you would have thought you were in an asian country and the whites were foreigners....had breakfast in my uncles place, then round noon my uncle took us to see the sights.... went to windsor castle and then went shopping for souvenirs and stuff.....the next day we went sight seeing in town....went to Westminster abbey, Westminster, Scotland yard, saint James park, buckingham palace and harrods....later at night went out with my cousins for a game of pool... oh btw in europe the sun rises at 4-4.30am and sets at 10.30-11pm .....the next day we had to leave for the tour which leaves at 6am...from london town we took a transfer coach to Dover where we boarded the ferry to cross the english channel into France...

The ferry ride was about 11/2 hours...ferry stop was at Callai (spelling may be wrong :p) ...then was another 4 hours bus ride to Paris....after checking into the hotel we went on what the tour director called an introduction to Paris (pronounced Pari )...basically looked out the bus window as we drove through town....at night we went for a cruise along the River Sine...when we finished the cruise..just as we were getting of the boat the Eiffel Tower started sparkling...such a breathtaking sight....later drove to town agn ... paris looks magnificent at night...truly different and spectacular.....the next morning we went up the Eiffel Tower...great view of the city from the top ..after that we went to mountmough (really not sure of the spelling for this place)...its a mountain at the top there is a square where artist come and paint or draw or sell their paintings..then was on to the lourve (pronounced louve).... gosh the place is HUGE...according to the tour guide it takes 5 months to see every single piece of artwork there...she showed us the place where the DaVinci's Code takes place.... saw the mona lisa, venus de milo, coronation of napoleon and many many more artworks...very educational experience...haha....at night was the moulin rouge...amazing performance...hard to put to words though....next morning was back on the bus....

next destination was switzerland... the bus ride from paris to Lucerne took 10 hours..... at lucerne we went to the lion monument...its a statue of a lion with a spear in its back carved into the side of a cliff over a lake in memory of the soldier that died during WWI .....the next day we went for a cruise (lots of cruises on this tour) on Lake Lucerne....was nearly frozen by the time it ended..then went up a mountain...i thought the lake was cold...geez nearly froze up the mountain ... but the scenery was stunning... mountain peaks covered in snow...and we can hike around the mountain peak....took about 30 mins to make a complete round...lunch was at a restaurant where they had traditional folklore show...was very interesting (unlike our folklore which i find puts me to sleep *snore*)....oh my dad got called up to yodel...and we found out that my dad cant yodel to save his life.... gosh....after the yodelling all those who yodeled had to drink beer from this huge glass goblet...and while they drank the singer sang a song from their country...i was shocked when she started singing Rasa Sayang when my dad was drinking..she even sang a chinese song for this guy from china...hebat man.... rest of the day was spent walking round shopping for souvenirs and eating ice cream *yummmm*

Then was off to Germany..... passed through the Black Forest.... made a pit stop at a cuckoo clock making place ..hehe... the whole side of the building was a huge functional cuckoo clock ...watched a demo on how they make the clocks..... went to Cologne and checked in to the hotel....the next morning went for yet another cruise along the Rhine River...saw lots and lots of castles....haha...i found germany quite boring personally ... nothing much there...except that the hotel we stayed in was quite nice ....

The next day was on to Netherland a.k.a Holland.....we stayed in amsterdam...went for yet another cruise along the canals....was quite interesting seeing all the boathouses...some of the ppl staying in the boathouses were really friendly as well...waved to us as we passed by .....another interesting eye-opening experience (literally ..hahaha) was our walk through the red light district......gosh its like window shopping, honestly....they are all in little private rooms that have a big glass window in the front (if the curtains are closed means they are busy)....the tour director said the oldest women working there is 74 yrs old...gosh .....they even have live sex shows (they make the outside look like its a cinema...only instead of movie posters u have pornographic pics) and sex shops and a few soft drug shops selling drugs and drug paraphanilia....but amsterdam is really kind off a dirty place in my opinion ... they even have public open air urinals for guys .... lol ....that whole area smells like urine all the time.... gross...

next day was back to callai and then back to london .....the ppl on the tour were really friendly and interesting ....stayed overnight at my uncles place....had bbq for lunch .... and caught the night flight back home ....the flight back wasnt as long ...only 10 1/2 hours...watched robots and constantine this time around....all in all was a wonderfull experience.....quite an expensive one as well....hehe used RM100 worth of credit ;) ......next trip... KOREA..yay!!!

problem solved ..and decision made

2005-05-30T15:42:00.000+08:00

Had a lot of thinking to do this past week........ got an offer letter from melaka manipal medical college on the 26th .........was so happy that i got an offer but extremely shocked that it came sooo fast...... had 2 weeks from the said date to confirm acceptance as well as to make payment for the first 2 semester (comes up to 58K) ...the problem? well number one, i was ..i am .. still awaiting the results from IMU... which unfortunately will only be out around june 15th....seeing as to how i preferred IMU this became a small problem.... problem number 2 is that im leaving for a trip to europe on june 2nd and will only be back on june 13th ...which is already past the deadline to accept the manipal offer....so i was in a dilemma whether to wait a while for the IMU one or not...thought about it till my head spun..haha....thought bout how i will be royally screwed if i dont accept this and dont get the imu one as well....so finally decided to accept the manipal's offer..... not going to waste a chance like this :) ...... oh special thanks to hen and kong soon for listening to my annoying problem ... haha ....

So will be going to India for 21/2 yrs...will be leaving on the first week of september....already thinking of how i'll be missing all my friends and family here.... well on the bright side i'll be back in 21/2 yrs.... hope to see everyone once i return .....

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't,It's almost certain you won't.
Life's battles don't always go,
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins ,
Is the man who thinks he can.

Self Defence

2005-05-26T11:07:00.000+08:00

These are just some bits and pieces of info i pulled out from some articles in a magazine.... thought it was interesting...think it is useful for both martial artist and non martial artist as well...be forewarned though its going to be a bit long.... :)

This was an interesting read about why even if u get attacked in broad daylight with ppl around, u still may not get any help....
Social scientist indentified a subtle yet strong influence on the way we think and act. Specifically in ambiguous situations (where ppl are not sure excatly whats going on), there is a natural tendency for everyone to be looking to see how everyone else is behaving, in order to determine how they should behave. This phenomenon is called 'pluralistic ignorance'. In a case when a person is attacked in front of a group of on-lookers and no one did anything to help, the professors speculated that no one acted precisely because there were so many observers. 2 reasons other than not wanting to get involved were indentified. firstly because there are so many ppl around each assumed that some one else had or would call the police or provide assistance. Hence the individual responsibility of any single individual to do something was diminished. The second reason, if a situation is not clearly an emergency, how do ppl tell whether it is or not?? They look to see how others are reacting and from that decide what to do. Looking around they saw that nobody else was concerned so they drew the conclusion that it wasnt an emergency. The problem was that everyone was doing the same thing. So if you are ever in this situation a few tips that u can use... first the bystanders must never be left in doubt whether the situation is an emergency or not and if you require assistance or not....Secondly dont throw out generalised request for help to a group of ppl...be specific... I.E : You in the white tshirt please help/ call an ambulance/police.

Can a martial artist hands and feet be considered deadly weapons???
In most countries there are additional criminal penalties for injuries caused by a deadly or dangerous weapon, so would a martial artist hands and feet be considered a deadly/dangerous weapon? There is a popular myth that martial artist must register their limbs as deadly weapons with the authorities. This myth however is not true. The vast majority of trained martial artist do not engage in acts of unprovoked violence. However the martial artist who finds himself in a fight may be accused of wrong doing because of the prejudice towards him. There are a few cases where the martial artist was given a heavier punishment then usual. those cases are examples of how a martial artist taking calculated advantage of his/her martial art skills to inflict injury on others could face heavier sentences, it is also interesting to note that judges could possible consider the hands and feet as deadly weapons. Martial artist are sometimes expected by the courts to exercise self-control and discretion in choosing which techniques they use, more so than other members of the public. The way martial artist use their hands and/or feet may also be a determining factor in deciding the level of responsibility they have for the outcome. Ordinarily fist are not considered deadly weapons but what if a martial artist conditions his fist such that they could be used repeatedly, without pain, to inflict blows to delicate parts of the body? thefore unless the offensive moves were clearly done in self defence it is likely the martial artist could face criminal charges as well. Hence it is much better to avoid the fight or use restraining techniques against the attacker then techniques which could cause injuries or fatalities.

Thats about it for now.... will save some self defence tips for the next post ...

"When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die."- Master Funakoshi

"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the greatest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."- Sun-Tsu

aching all over

2005-05-17T11:58:00.000+08:00

haven't had the mood to post anything the last few weeks.... dont know why ... guess im just getting more and more lazy as the holiday continues ..... this is what happens when u sit at home the whole day doing nothing ... hahaha.... well ok just to keep the cobwebs off my blog i'll post a little something...
lets see.... 7th and 8th of May was the National Championship at UNITEN, Bangi which went well despite the horrible and shocking news of MTA's deregistration by the NSC .... didnt get to go as had Hi-Tea at federal hotel with science 1 and our teachers... no regrets there ... had a great time chit chatting and pig-ing out on the delicious food.... special thanks to looi looi a.k.a SIFU for organizing it ..... ok back to the nationals.... our academy sent a total of 15 players and managed to come back with one silver and one bronze courtesy of Master Ramli's students.... a big congratulations to them....
the rest of the week was pretty normal..... had a great time though ;)
Saturday was as usual work for me ..... went for training on sunday at SJI ..... then agn in the evening at raintree club ...... Really tired myself out with the training and swimming after ..... after training master decided to belanja us dinner.... went to a chinese food court near kampung pandan....pig-ed out agn...master ordered 3 types of mee, fried chicken, french fries, fried rice, rojak and finally satay.... felt like my stomach was going to burst open once we were done.... keep in mind there were only 5 of us..
Yesterday looi, kuan ming and myself went to speakeasy (at the ming building along jalan ampang) for lunch and to kacau hen, marcus, siva and daniel who are working there.... had a great time ... chit chat and laughed a lot .... some one even sprayed out the water he/she was drinking (you know who u r) ..hahahaha... at night mr. yappy insisted me and hen dl skype and talk to him... miss my sexy voice it seems ... LOL....
well thats all for now folks.... stay tuned for more!!!

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. --Alexander Graham Bell

Fun Filled Week

2005-04-29T17:57:00.000+08:00

First i would like to say congrats to Mohd. Hasif Ahmad for winning a GOLD medal for Saint Johns in the recent 3rd MSSKL TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP. Also congrats to the rest of the SJI team on giving it their all..
SJI MSSKL TEAM:
- Lim Kok Cheong (MOIS)
- Mohd. Hasif Ahmad (MBW)
- Yap Khim Yaw (ACTION)
- Selvaraja A/L Palaniappan (MOIS)

Went to Redang this week with hen, yap, tk, dharshan, reene, pey chyi, eddrick, chee how and few of chee how's friends.... we left KL on sunday night.... the bus ride was terrible because the bus was shaking the whole way ... felt like i was in one of the rollercoster rides in genting than on a bus... the bus trip was 8 hrs and i think i got about an hrs sleep at the most... but it was fun chit-chatting in the bus though... helped pass the time.... reach KT at 6.30am then boarded the boat to redang beach resort at 9.30am ..... when we reached the resort...to my shock they didn't have a jetty.... my jeans got soaked right up to my knees...ish .... come on ppl a small wooden jetty doesn't cost that much... haha...

The rooms were very basic .... 2 double decker beds, closet, bathroom, and a dressing table.... no tv or radio.... and of all the things the bathroom door lock was spoilt.... Luckily my room-mates all very good ;) ..... most of the days were spent snorkeling or on the beach ....the weather forecast prediction of rain & thunderstorm was way way way off...it was bright and sunny...the perfect weather..... the beach was really very beautiful sooooo much better than PD or Penang.... snorkeling was very exciting ... the water was soo clear... saw lots of colourful fishes and corrals.... oh i saw NEMO in his hse ... hahaha... oh and there is this part near the resorts with baby sharks....swimming around with the baby sharks was really cool, saw about 6 or 7 baby sharks...think they were blacktip reef sharks..not too sure though...poor yap had such a hard time spotting the sharks and trying to take its pic...haha..

They had an open air disco at night on the first night..... yap was eager to go so we followed him .... honestly it was a bit boring.... the worst part there were 2 guys who started stripping down to their underwear to one of the songs.... that was extremely funny and gross at the same time...

The second day we went snorkeling at the marine park ... nothing much there except there was a shipwreck ...that was quite interesting....and we got to feed the fishes which was cool.... that night dharshan, reene, pey chyi, hen and myself spent the night out on the beach .... it was a full moon so it was a pretty bright night and was nice and breezy.... camped out on the beach chairs .......did get quite cold around 4am though ..... our intentions were to watch the sun rise...Unfortunately when the time came the sky was too cloudy and all we could see was orange....but had a great time anyway.

checked out of the hotel at 7.30am.... on the boat ride back we saw dolphins ....how cool is that .... according to the staff on the boat its really hard to see dolphins... lucky lucky us.... the bus ride back was great, didn't seem like 8 hrs at all ..... managed to get some sleep too as the bus wasn't as shaky as the previous one.... they showed Kung Fu Hustle, managed to watch 1/4 before i fell asleep....

Well this is probably the last trip i'll be going on b4 the trip to korea...... had the time of my life... so far its the best trip yet ....

"Power is created in the mind, Rooted in the feet, developed in the legs, directed by the hips, transferred through the torso, focused in the feet or hands and felt in the spirit." Â C. J. Doyle

The Driver

2005-04-14T12:49:00.000+08:00

Changed my skin again..back to a normal simple skin... found the last one a bit too slow to load...hope u like this one..

went for my cousin's wedding in ipoh last weekend....stayed in Excelsior Hotel..... the groom is a German guy but he stays in England...nice guy ... friendly... oh yeah on request from my cousin i was made one of the chauffeurs for the grooms family and friends... they were all very friendly and pleasant... and very interested in our culture... according to them english weddings are just too boring ... haha... the best thing is i think by the end of the whole thing they probably know more than me...well anyway was great seeing almost all of my relatives again... havent seen some of them in years.....two of my relatives told me i look shorter..ish annoying...hope im not having degenerative growth already..

The wedding was very looooong though...tamil wedding...slept quite late the previous night so i was feeling soooo sleepy throughout the ceremony.... the wedding dinner was fun...close family and friends only .... was at Syuen Hotel... Chinese course dinner.. had a few drinks also (which made the evening seem even better..haha)... hmm my witty uncle was the emcee..gosh he was hilarious....had a couple of performances... my nephew and niece did a dance number, my uncles friend who is an Elvis impersonator belted out a few elvis hits and my cousin sang some songs as well.... oh my 11/2 year old nephew was sooo cute ...during the elvis song he went to the stage and started dancing...got his mum's dancing gene i think ....had the normal toast and speeches...the grooms best man (a childhood friend) gave a wonderful speech....the grooms father broke down in tears during his speech..and the groom went to give him a hug ... that was a touching moment....the evening ended with some dancing...great fun ....one of the grooms friends was really funny during the dancing ...hehe think he was a bit drunk already.... went back to my hotel at bout 1am...

came back from ipoh on monday night....now looking forward to the redang trip at the end of the month...oh got a really nice blue colour cicak stuff toy as a gift (THANK U) .

"Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means."- Ed Parker

Genting

2005-04-03T23:06:00.000+08:00

Spent the majority of last week in Genting...Monday to Wednesday attended the MTA National Technical Poomsae Seminar with wilson and 3 others from my academy, Master Michael Liew, Shyu Pyeng and Zaidi... we had 5 koreans come down to conduct the seminar... Master John Deuk Moo Hur ( malaysian envoy to kukkiwon & WTF), Master Seong Ran Seol (Kukkiwon Instructor), Ms. Kim (daughter of Master Seong and 2004 world poomsae gold medalist, 17 years old, quite cute also ..haha), a Kumdo Instructor (korean swordsmanship) and one more 18 year old girl who is a 2 times world taekwondo championship gold medalist, sparring event.... All the koreans were really friendly but only master john could speak english well ..... anyway the course was a real eye-opener.... lots of changes to the junior and senior poomsaes as well as a lot of discussions about the political issues plaguing MTA..... on the last day the national team and the elite team dropped by... took a pic with elaine teoh... RTM did some filming on the last day as well ... will be aired on fokus sukan this coming thursday at midnight (sucky channel, and sucky time slot) but must watch maybe can see my face .. hahaha...

the seminar ended around 12.30 had lunch then checked out ... zaidi was kind enough to drop wilson and myself at the skyway... went to meet up with yappi, dharshan, pey chyi, yao xian, teck keng and hen hen...unfortunately when we reached the top we got lost trying to find the main entrance to the team park...walked for around 20 mins all the while lugging our heavy bags along....Stayed at Ria Apartment... the rest of the day was spent at the theme park .... then at night when to first world for dinner...after that went clubbing ... nice club ..freaking expensive but their song selection was excellent.... Hen insisted that she didnt want to sleep that night (something bout ghost) so me, yap, hen and pey chyi sat chit chatting and listening to radio but we were mostly doozing off most of the time .... i woke up at 3am ... yap and pey chyi had gone into the room to sleep...didnt wake me up also ... hen also KO on the chair already ....finally went into the room at 3am... dang dharshan woke me up at 8am ... played cards.... checked out at 12... oh and poor wilson lost his wallet in the bus on the way back... when for lunch at desa setapak... finally all bersurai at bout 3.30 i think ... all in all a very tiring and fun week.

"I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself."- Bruce Lee

Capricorn

2005-03-22T18:00:00.000+08:00

Hmmm only partially true for me ...what do u think ... the parts in bold is the one i think is true

CAPRICORN MAN

A man in this Zodiac will has a pair of round big beautiful eyes, a nice structure jaw line. He is a good listener and can understand everything easily and clearly. He can guess what you will say before you even say it. He often shakes his head or touch his hair. He is a big built, but he will tend to have a small ear. He tends to have a darker shade of hair and eyes' color. He will likely have a short and strong neck, broad shoulder, muscular, strong hands and grips. He has a shorter fingers compare to the man of the same size and same height in the other zodiac. His hands can work well at the same time can protect and care for his woman. His height will be proportional to his weight. He will walk firmly and always take a big long step. As he walks he will look around in caution with no disturbance from his problems at present or in the past. He likes to watch things built with fascinate and wonder about how it is done, so you could see him watching a construction site and not get bored. He is a good dancer. He is a careful person in instinct, so even at dance floor, he will already have to know what in front or behind him before he will take any steps. Green is his favorite color. You will mostly see him wear green, navy, blue, or brown. In all 12 Zodiacs, he is the one who can get the most satisfaction from possession of beautiful thing, and cherish it as if it is very valuable to him even it is just a crystal ball made in France. It is his luck that he hardly has to chase after woman. They always come themselves without his invitation (ya right..i wish). He likes to treat his guest in his house than visiting his guest at their house. He does not like to be a center of attention, so if you need his help, you have to look up for him. He lives his life in stability and simplicity. Every decision made are already "Sure" and carefully thought out. He will not do what he has been asked to do if he is not interested in doing it. He acts casually but in reality, he always doing things seriously. He loves peaceful and quiet environment so in his free time, he will stay at home instead of going out and look for adventure. He loves nature and dreams of a nice and quiet house with lots of trees, or he may dream of a house in a beautiful countryside. He will let you have freedoms and watching you in a distance. If you are over doing something, he will let you know by his icy cold look. He is the perfect lover in all the Zodiac for nothing he will not do for his love one. He won't allow people to laugh at him or think he is a joker, so he will spent for himself luxury for what it is worth. He likes neat and well dressed woman, so do not be a slop if you are dating this guy. If you do that he will loose his face. He is the romantic type who would dance with you under the moon light. Love will make him shines and you will see it in his face. He will not say it out loud, you have to know it yourself.

If you think you are beaten, you are.If you think you dare not, you don't.If you'd like to win but think you can't,It's almost certain you won't.Life's battles don't always go, To the stronger or faster man,But sooner or later, the man who winsIs the man who thinks he can.***- Anon -***

Long week

2005-03-18T18:41:00.001+08:00

hey all.... been 2 weeks since my last post if im not mistaken.... i've been sooooo bz... last sunday was my tkd tournament...OMG what a tiring experience.... lets see friday i was up till 3am sorting out the paper work ... woke up at 6am and went to do some errands before going to school to set up the hall for the registration and weigh in of participants... special thanks to all who helped out that day Ariff, Izwan, Leow, Wilson, Hen, Michael, the family, mabel and pui yoke.... hope i didnt leave anyone out... was in school till 7.30pm then went for looi's concert at Akademi Seni Kebangsaan with wilson.... amazing performance... big big congrats to looi and the whole group..."meow"
after the concert it was straight back to school .... had to finish the bout charts .... reached back home at 3am.....woke up at 5am and was back in school before 7am .... the competition went well, although not without some small hiccups along the way.... we had roughly about 230 participants from small kids all the way to a university lecturer.... i think this shows the true essence of martial arts.. bringing ppl of all age, race and religion together.... also special thanks to master johnny loke for all his help and all head instructors, parents and officials for making this event a success...
Monday was D-day .... results came out...closed the shop early and went to school at bout 11.30am.... all in all the results were better than i expected, though i would have done better for bio though.... i got 2A- (bio and maths), B+ ( pengajian am), B- (chem).... mrs.lee said i could have done better (i agree..) ..got lectured by ms.chia cus i got b+ for her paper but a- for mrs.cheng's paper...everyone else was opposite...after me, hen, lalitha, looi, hooi, phin, teck keng, wilson, dharshan and yap went to klcc... hen belanja makan ...THANK YOU HEN.... then went to watch hide and seek ...got sucky seats right at the front.... strained my neck .... the movie was average lah .... dakota fanning is a good actress...
will post up some pics i took during the weekend soon...just a few though i was running around too much to take more.....

"Leave me alone. I know kung fu and it won't take much kung fu for you."

Murder in Melawati

2005-03-01T22:41:00.000+08:00

hey did you ppl read the papers today bout the guy who slashed his parents throat then committed suicide by slashing his own...guess what it was at the corner house at the jalan before mine....heard police sirens last night so i went and looked out my mums bedroom window...saw lots of ppl gathering outside the said house... so curiously i went to check it out with my brother (notice the word is curious not kepoh ..hehe) ... it was a punjabi family.....i know a bit more of the story than what was in the papers but its only something i've heard from others so im not sure how true it is ....anyway this is definately something we did not expect to happen in our neighbourhood... the link to the article is below if you havent read it.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/3/1/nation/10292157&sec=nation

When's the last time you watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain as it tickled the ground?
Have you followed a butterfly's erratic flight,stood and gazed at the sun as it faded to night?
You had better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you rush through each day as if on the fly,never catch up however you try?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running through your head?
You had better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.Time is short.
The music won't last.

Have you ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow?"
And in your haste, not seen her sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die because you never had time to call and say "Hi"?
You had better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you're running so fast to get somewhere,
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift just thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music,
Before the song is over.

Sparring vs Reality

2005-02-20T01:05:00.000+08:00

"I have seen a lot of controversial issues about sparring, and actual real life circumstances. As an Olympic style sparrer, and A black belt in Taekwondo, here is my opinion: Sparring is a great tool to test out your abilities, and find out some of your strengths and weaknesses. I do not believe that sparring is the "end all, and be all" of taekwondo. Whatever Martial art you practice, and whoever you may be (regarding skill level) you will only be as good as what you put into the art. Tae Kwon Do, to some extent is a sport, but if that's all you train for, then that's all Tae Kwon Do will ever be. A lot of questions have been asked regarding, what is the best martial art ? Well, if you think there is only "one" martial art, that is "the art". I think you would be selling yourself short. Any Martial artist should respect all other martial arts, due to the simple fact that we all share a common goal.Sparring may not be the most practical training method to real life circumstances, but it is a great tool you can use, to maybe, one day save your life. How you train, and what you put into the martial art will one day dictate whether you win an Olympic gold metal, or if you save you life one day. Now which one is more important, well, that's up to you . . ."

2005-02-18T23:42:00.000+08:00

Taekwondo is not just a physical practice or sport. Taekwondo is a martial art - a whole system of physical exercises, spiritual development and philosophic principles. So it is closely related to the philosophy of the East, and mainly to the dualistic ideal of harmony (Yin and Yang). Nevertheless many people do not or can not understand the martial arts ideal and consider their philosophy as a type of religious principles. That is not right, of course. The martial arts, including Taekwondo, have not been formed as a religion for itself. The right understanding of a martial art could be the way of the practitioner to see his own self and/or the rest world, but no more.

The basis in Taekwondo practising is the technique. The training system is an endless repetition and perfectioning of the studied techniques. We mean not only the working out of separate hits, blocks, but sparring and forms as well. That striving to skill perfection, body fitness respectfully and the satisfaction which follows is the first component of Taekwondo. That is the so called technical ideal. It is the first step of each beginner.
As it was mentioned, Taekwondo is not just physical exercises but an art as well. The concept of Taekwondo art is the union of mind and spirit aiming at self-perfection. When a man is heartly involved in his self-development, thinks over and analyses his acts, then it comes the real human mature - not only physical, but spiritual and moral one.
That desire for self-perfection is natural. But man lives in the surrounding environment, not out of it. That is the reason for the philosophical ideal of Taekwondo as a wish for uniting man and nature through practising Taekwondo. It is a way of living based on the harmony between man and manhood. So if someone works on hit techniques only he will never realize the concept of Taekwondo.

In the modern world Taekwondo develops as a sport and a system of physical education with great success. That is possible only through the union of the three ideals of Taekwondo - the ideal of technical perfection, the ideal of combining mind and spirit in order to help the process of self-perfection and the extrovert ideal - the harmony between man and nature which is the basic one in many Eastern philosophical doctrines. All that could be reached by the constant physical trainings - a main part of Taekwondo practising. The sport aspect of Taekwondo is in the natural human striving to act, contest and conquer. The practitioner aims at developing strength, speed and precision. Those strivings are expressed in sparring competitions.
Taekwondo spirit is in the desire to realize the values of its practising. Because the technique is the basic part of the trainings, the spiritual development is in connection with the technical one. Taekwondo realization is a personal affair. Often the practitioner creates an image of the ideal Taekwondo man who becomes his own ideal. Of course, that is an individual image, formed on the basis of the long training way and is not a real person, because the process of self-perfection is endless and therefore, nobody could be perfect.
As it was mentioned, many Eastern philosophic doctrines are the basis of Taekwondo. In their concepts the harmony in human life is very important. Not many people know that the principle is followed even in the construction of the training uniform (tobok). It is considered that tobok originates from the national Korean costume. The three geometrical shapes are combined in it: square (in the sleeves and trousers), circle (the belt around the waist) and triangle (the V-neck and tights). According to the Yin and Yang theory the three main components of the universe and the geometrical shapes of tobok have their meaning - the trousers symbolize the Earth, the belt stands for man and the upper garment - heaven. So the endless form of the belt - a circle - symbolizes the circuit of human life among heaven and earth. The white colour is the purity of consiousness and peace.

The belt is a nonseparable part of Taekwondo equipment. It shows the rank of degree of the practitioner. In Taekwondo WTF there are 5 colours of belts - white, yellow, blue, red and black one. The white symbolizes the beginning, the arising. At the other end is the black one - the conclusion (here is the dualistic ideal of Yin and Yang again). The yellow is the Sun, the new energy which rises, the blue - the sky, striving to knowledge, the red - danger but passion, too. There are 9 ranks of degree for students (gup) from white belt to the red one, and 9 masters (dan) - all of them black belts. The ultimate number in the decimal system is 9. So the initial degree is the 9th gup and the highest one is the 9th dan.
In Taekwondo there is a specific etiquette. It teaches in discipline and respect to the others. The etiquette is based on some main philosophic concepts:- the bow shows respect. It is performed on entering and leaving the training hall (dojang), when asking for permission to turn to someone of superior rank and at the beginning of each exercise performance;
- silence should be kept in the training hall;- the practitioner trains barefooted and without watches, jewellery and others;- no clothes are worn under tobok (with some exceptions for lady's underwear);- the master's (sabumnim) instructions or those of the person who is the trainer at the moment should be followed strictly.
There are more regulations, of course, but we consider that these are the basic rules which are valid in each Taekwondo centre.
Taekwondo moral principles are non-violence, humanity, respect to the others, using Taekwondo for self-defence only. There are Taekwondo oaths in many schools. There is one variant for example:
- I will follow Taekwondo principles- I will respect the instructors and the seniors- I will never trespass Taekwondo rules- I will protect liberty an justice- I will create a world of peace
We think that the conclusion is clear - the spiritual aspect of Taekwondo is not less important than the physical one. Only through their union one would be able to perceive the essence of Taekwondo.

"He who chases around after many rabbits ends up hungry."~ Okinawan Proverb

Postponed

2005-02-17T17:47:00.000+08:00

The 3rd Moi's Novice Taekwondo Championship has been postponed to 13th of March 2005 due to unavoidable problems... same place same time ..

completely useless but interesting facts

2005-02-15T22:39:00.000+08:00

-A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
-Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
-Bulgaria was the only soccer team in the 1994 World Cup in which all 11 players' last names ended with the letters "OV."
-Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games
-A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.
-Most toilets flush in E flat.
-Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song "Happy Birthday".
-The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
-The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515
-The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.
-Mount St. Helens dropped 1,313 feet in 1980
-The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.
-In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food.
-James Buchanon is said to have had the neatest handwriting of all the Presidents.
-The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.
-Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.
-When reflected from bright lights (head lights) deer's eyes are orange, whereas cats and dogs are green. Rabbits eyes remain black.
-Under the law of Mississippi, there’s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom
-In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
-In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water.
-In Somalia, Africa, it's been decreed illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose.
-In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.
-In Kentucky it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.

weekend outings

2005-02-14T17:38:00.000+08:00

Went to wilson's house on saturday morning for CNY open house... reached his place at bout 9.30.. was the first guest there :) ... not bad lah my memory can still remember the way to his house although i only sent him back home once before....the other guest were teck keng, hen, sze looi, pei hwa, li hooi and kuan ming.... had a few drinks and some snacks then we played blackjack.. i LOST bout 8 or 10 bucks i think...wilson also lost ...the rest all won :P
left bout 12.. hen, wilson and teck keng went to pei hwa house... couldnt go cus had to go to school to finish the banners for next weeks tournament.. came back home from school at bout 6 o'clock... slept at almost 4 after sorting out some paperwork.
Sunday went to school at 8.00 to continue the banner...had training and then more banner work.. we finished the banners around 3.... later at night went to looi's house with wilson, teck keng and yap.... chit chat for a while ... the started blackjack... lost more money ..LOL... but more fun this time cus got more ppl ... i think i lost 20 bucks nett before i stopped... at bout 11.30 we went for dinner at a mamak shop near selayang mall... reached back home at 12.30...
now waiting for the next open house invitation so i can get back some of the money i lost..hopefully....

"Combine the body, mind and soul and it will be stronger than any man's fist."- The Fighter

Happy Chinese New Year to all my friends !!!!!

2005-02-09T15:31:00.000+08:00

been a few weeks since my last post ... well on the employment side i did a short stint at the Bank of Tokyo... helping out with their monthly statements by sorting, folding, shoving into envelopes and arranging them in alphabetical order.... there were 3 of us and we finished all the work in 3 days ... our supervisor there said it normally took 5 days, i guess we did it sooo fast because we didn't want to come back for another 2 days.. man that was a really tiring job ... my neck, shoulders and hands were very very very sore by the third day.... on the last day the HR manager was telling us how they do this on the beginning of every month and if we're free next month to give him a call... yeah fat chance of that happening....
next job may be at a martial art shop at Grand Olympic Hotel next to Wisma OCM.... will get paid the same amount as the bank of tokyo job but with far less work involved... i think this type of job is more suited to me then working in a bank...hmmm some one told me that but i cant remember who !!!
anyway will be busy the next 2 weeks.... our tournament is coming up soon and there is sooo much more work to be done... lets see i've got to get the certificates ready, the food, the drinks, the paperwork, the banners, the..... oh the list goes on and on... oh well i'll let u know if the competition turns out to be a success or not.... oh if any one is free feel free to drop by the tournament..details as follows :
3rd Moi's Novice Taekwondo Championship
Date : 20th February 2005 (Sunday)
Time: 9.00am-6.00pm
Venue: Saint John's Institution, Jalan Bukit Nanas.
Admission Fee: FREEEE ( to watch not to compete of course :P )

will be changing my blog skin as soon as i'm free...

"Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result." --Tien T'ai

Latest updates!!

2005-01-30T23:16:00.000+08:00

well quit the data analyst job on the day after the exam... Why??? well they conveniently forgot to tell us till the last day of training that we dont get paid until we get a client which depending on ur performance can take up to 2 weeks.. so basically i would have to go 2 weeks without pay... waste of my money traveling up and down everyday.... anyway got a temp one week job at bank of tokyo starting feb 2... better than nothing i guess...
been busy with all the preparations for the taekwondo tournament we are organising next month... as usual i got stuck with the donkey job of handling all the paperwork besides all the other things i have to do due to the fact (according to the rest of the committee) that my english is good... sick of hearing that excuse already .... haih anyway not like i got anything else better to do :P
Went to michelle's house yesterday for her bday party... had barbecue...and lots of drinks...first time i tried tuak and todi in my life... and its also the last time in my life i'll be drinking todi, taste like spoilt coconut water..yucks.. reached back home at 4 in the morning, changed and straight KOed on the bed..woke up a few hours later for training with a hangover....

"There are times where you must fight to live; but you should never live to fight."- Unknown

It's been a while !!

2005-01-20T22:10:00.000+08:00

ooo its been a while since i posted anything....
lets see what new....Michelle and the gang have become addicted to futsal and i'm now playing futsal at least twice a week, at least this way i'm getting some exercise... My cousin from Johor is still here... hehe he decided that KL is more interesting then Johor so he wants to stay until his results come out... been trying to get him a job here...anyone got any suggestions?
oh i started job training on wednesday along with Wilson and Dharshan...it's a data analyst job at a FOREX trading consultant firm near KLCC... it's kinda like the stock market but with a few differences... its quite an interesting job.... and the ppl working there are great fun to talk to.... still got another day of training left and then i'll have to sit for a test before they call us for the second interview... it's a 5 day a week job, so i'll still be able to practice TKD on the weekends..YEEEAAAA :)

"You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexists with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him" - Bruce Lee -

Sports filled week

2005-01-09T23:34:00.000+08:00

This week was a very healthy week for me :)
it was basically packed with sports.... lets see 2 nights of futsal at the club with michelle, owen, pam, gabriel,victor, keny, anthony and a few more (sorry if i left out anyone's names or misspelled them) .... it was great fun and a good work out tooo... first time i'm playing football since form 5, so i was a little rusty..
saturday was back to teaching taekwondo after 2 weeks break... then at night my cousin wanted to go play badminton... so spent bout 1 1/2 hours playing.... met up with Mat while having dinner....
woke up today with sore legs but still had to go to for training cause master wanted to have a meeting after class...class ended at 1.40.. promised to meet kong soon at PWTC for the education fair at 1.30pm but ended up reaching there at 3pm...
came back with quite a lot of brochures..... quite a few will be recycled though (dont know why i took some of it .. it wasnt even a course i was interested in.. :) ) ..... met up with yap and lai kuan.. went to the mall....
Was just discussing this years garudamas with kuan ming and yap (some pics are up on kuan ming's website..check it out...)... i think it looks horrible... very disappointing... further more its the 100 year edition....pictures were blurry and poorly edited, quite a number or spelling mistakes (even the school's name is spelt wrong in 1 section).... dont know who is to blame the editorial board or the printing company....me personally i think the fault lies with the school... they should have asked for a sample copy to check through before printing out the full orders... anyway whats done is done...

"Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. LEARN, MASTER AND ACHIEVE!!!" - Bruce Lee-

Tiring

2005-01-04T22:06:00.000+08:00

today was quite a tiring day .... went with wilson to renaissance hotel ... thought can get a part-time job... turned out they only had full time jobs available... so i didn't want cause i would like to be able to continue my TKD training on the weekends.... then we decided to go to klcc cus i saw a few job openings at some of the restaurants... went to chillies but the interviews were only at 3pm... had lunch at burger king (the double swiss mushroom burger is delicious) then we went over to the british council to hang out till 3....went for the interview and by the time we finished was about 4... the pay is not bad... minimun 5.20 per hour ... plus the guy said average tips daily is anywhere between 50-100 bucks on weekdays and even more on weekends... i'll only know if i get the job or not next week... hopefully i will cause i'm too lazy to go out and look for another job.. :)

"The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle."- Motto of Navy Seals

Happy New Year !!!!

2005-01-01T21:12:00.000+08:00

Well lets see I've been pretty busy this past week.. went to Penang for 4 days and 3 nights with yappie, teck keng, chee how, yao xian, hen, wilson and geetha. My was that an extremely tiring experience..but fun none the less... lets see we left on monday ...went by bus...here's a summary of what we did:

day 1:
- took the FREE shuttle bus to the hotel (continental hotel) from the jeti
- unpacked and went for lunch... had the famous penang chendol (according to yap) tasted the same to me... then had asam laksa (which by the way was very good)
- then we went window shopping at Komtar...had sales.. up to 80% off..
- Went walking around the hotel area.
- Checked out the clubs near by

day 2:
- went to kek lok si temple (not sure of the spelling)... interesting architecture.. oh and a good place to get things at bargain prices... lets see i bout 4 tshirts for 4 bucks each, a nike tshirt for 10 bucks and a chelsea jersey for 10 bucks (for my cousin...im a true MAN U FAN)
- had lunch at a stall near the temple...asam laksa again
- Went to Prangin Mall to watch Kung Fu Hustle (only the guys.. the girls decided to do some shopping)...

day 3:
- Went to the snake temple in the morning.... quite a let down actually ... very few snakes and nothing much to see... spent more time on the bus ride there then we spent looking around the place
- went for luch once we reached the town.... yap took us on long long long journey to find a restaurant.... food was not great but not bad either
- went to Penang Hill....did lots and lots of walking up there which was extremely tiring and my bad knee started hurting the next day... did the canopy walk.. that was quite fun ... had to bullshit geetha a bit to make her walk across..hehehe.. sorry..
- went back to Prangin Mall....sat at the DVD shop and watched resident evil 2..bought a few dvd's and vcd's .....had dinner at Mac D
- round 12 all of us except geetha (too sleepy) and Chee How (no more money) went to Slippery Senoritas...it was ladies night, free flow of cocktails for the ladies so hen was in heaven... the guys were in heaven for an entirely different reason .. LOL.... had a few drinks... yap, wilson and teck keng hit the dance floor... the highlight of the night was when yap got hit on by an indonesian lady (not a very good looking on unfortunately for him)...

day 4:
- woke up at 7... everyone was extremely sleepy and a bit hung-over
- had to rush to catch the bus back .... reach just in the nick of time
- reached back home at bout 5 in the evening

Had a new years eve celebration with family and some family friends at a restaurant/pub called Bisik near ampang park... i think we conquered half the place... 55 ppl all together if i'm not mistaken... had dancing, drinks and the food was good too.... had quite a bit to drink, my dad was paying.... there was no countdown, replaced by a min silence due to the tsunami disaster...we finished bout 3am then went for supper or is it considered breakfast...hmm confusing... anyway we went to the lotus restaurant opp. niko hotel... finally reached back home at bout 5am...

"A black belt is nothing more than a belt that goes around your waist. Being a black belt is a state of mind and attitude."- Rick English

Xmas

2004-12-26T21:47:00.000+08:00

Christmas was really tiring... practically spent the whole day eating...
The day started off with a buffet lunch at Grand Seasons Hotel with Yappie, Kong Soon, Looi Looi, Kuan Ming, Chin Jun and Chee How... that set me back 41 bucks... but i think we ate close to that amount.. after that i don't want to see a single piece of cake for another week... the spread was not bad.. good variety and the food tasted quite good too....

then we adjourned to marcus's house (actually those invited were kuan ming and sze looi the rest of us just gate crashed..LOL)... since none of us wanted to even look at food we all ended up playing cho tai di... felt like chinese new year except kuan ming was wearing his santa hat.... after a few rounds of cho tai di and guava juice marcus took us on tour of his hot spring... must be nice to have a hot spring in your backyard...hehe can jump in when ever u want..i think we all went back home at around 4.30 or 5.

at 8.30 went over to michelle's house for dinner... had to force myself to eat even though the food was delicious... the turkey and the satay were goooood... after dinner we had a few drinks and talked and talked and talked.... my dad called at 1.30am to check what time i was coming back ...i think i told him in a while ...i finally reached back home at 5.00am..

had 3 hours of sleep and then went to school for taekwondo... i felt like an overstuffed turkey trying to exercise...rest of the day was pretty much spent watching tv... oh watched the asia quake disaster.... my condolences goes out to the families of all those who lost their lives today... had a heck of a time trying to convince my parents to let me go to penang tomorrow after watching that tragedy..

"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the greatest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."- Sun-Tsu

National Interclub 2005

2004-12-24T17:23:00.000+08:00

congratulation to Uliati for securing the bronze medal in the junior category... and to the rest of the team, congrats on the excellent performance. I'm now confident with a bit more specialized training we can bring home more medals next year. Oh and a special thanks to Hakim our official photographer and comedian.. :)

"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class."- Choi, Hong Hi (Founder of Taekwon-Do)

The first

2004-12-24T15:24:00.000+08:00

Geezz the holidays are starting to get to me already...i hate it when the month comes to an end there is nothing to watch on TV (nothing that i haven't already watched that is)... well i was soo bored that i decided to give u all a peek into that amazing creation called my mind ...hahaha

"He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position."- Ed Parker