Holiday...

Hello again... Its been long since I update this blog... Anyhow, Its my midsem break!!!! Yay!!! Sadly, its ending.... NOOO!!!! sigh

The insufficient time, mounting task that needs to be done and various plans to be conducted... Nevertheless, I think I've live my expectation of how this holiday should be... Balanced... Yesterday I went to my school... Yeah, not my old school but my school coz it will forever be my school... Had an awesome time hanging out with my buddies, sadly I din get the chance to meet my brothers of different parents... And they were having test too, so I can say that it was not the best time to go and visit the school... Regardless of that, I still manage to meet my dearest friends and had a noisy chat... Dominating the canteen... Typical of us... haha... My prior goal was to collect the school magazine which believe or not cost me RM25... So expensive but I think the editorial board / my friends did a job they can be proud of... Before that, I met and talked with all my teachers, glad they are doing well in the ever frustrating field of teaching, you know with the delinquents and all... Not that there are many in my school or anything... haha... One thing can be considered the odd ball though... While everyone is staying, Pn Jeya is LEAVING!!!! Noooooo.... What will happen to the school without her sarcasm... Aaahh, I miss her sarcasm, hits accurately and with no mercy... Got to love that... haha... All in all, I'm flattered that they still recognise me... I wish and pray that the school and all her aspiring sons and daughters a bright future and achieving greater heights... Amin...

Now, that the good news have been conveyed... Here comes the bad news, my dad had been admitted... I don't know what happened but according to him its normal, just this time it gone a step further... I was really shocked when my sis told me he was praying by sitting and not standing... I mean, thats really serious... So, after Subuh prayer my mum brought him to Pantai Hospital and he immediately got detained and admitted... That evening after i fetch my sis from school we both went to visit him... When we got there, he had been treated by the nimble hands of Dr. Tan... Now he's so much better than prior, thank God for that... But he still needs to stay in hospital for 2 more days... Frankly I think he's fine for another day, just a propaganda to make him stay longer and swelling the hospital bill... But you can never know right?? haha...

Alas, now he's back at home... Well, and happy coz he gets a week break from the doctor... I'm glad coz thats what he's been lacking since working in KL... During his stay at the hospital, many friends came to visit and even the Bandar Baru Tambun family came to visit... Well, some of them... Still, it was really great atmosphere... I always pray for my family and friends wellbeing... InsyaAllah...

So, thats my holiday so far... Going to play badminton if anything goes well tomorrow... Badly need some rigorous exercise to build back my body... haha... So, this is IT for the time being... Thanks for reading... Till next time...

~chow~

Courtesy of David Chu... :) 

Sunday...

Who doesn't love Sundays?? Catch that person, rope them and bring them to me and I'll convert them from hating to loving Sundays... haha... That was just a joke btw and I don't want to see a man roped in front of my room tomorrow... That would be so wrong... haha...


So, now we all know that Sundays are the most relaxing day of the week, what you do on Sundays?? What is your ideal Sundays?? Have you live your expectations of the perfect Sunday??  For me, I JUST DID!!! wow, it was divine and yet so simple... Ok, here goes... It was a cold morning here in PA... Me, being alone in the room because my roommate went back to his sister's house yesterday leaving me with my thermos... So I thought, lets make some tea... 
And I did, went to the 3rd floor to take some hot water from the water 'cooler'... I know, its kinda ironic to take hot water from a water cooler, had my own awkward time for a moment there... haha... Anyways, I went back to my room, tear 3 packs of express brown sugar, and Boh tea and chuck it in the ever so obedient thermos... haha... 


3 minutes later, its done!!! Perfectly brewed tea... haha... I open the windows letting the cold, moist cold air to enter... True enough it was the right thing to do... The refreshing cold air seems to accentuate and lift the humble cup of tea into a totally new level and it was exceptionally DIVINE!!! haha...


There I was, drinking a cup of tea while enjoying the tranquility of Sunday, insufflating the fresh, unpolluted air and gasping at the glimpse of sunrise... What a perfect Sunday...

Lets think...

'If we always do what we've always done, we will get what we've always got.' Adam Urbanski

What can we say about this quote? What do you understand from this words of wisdom? What can we learn from this? How this quote SHOULD affect and help alter our way of life to the better?

Before you answer any of this questions, do me a favor. Just seat tight and repeat the words 3 times vocally and another 3 times mentally. This might be somewhat tedious but just do it alright?? Done?? Ok...  Ok now, I'll help in elaboration of the quote and from there I hope anyone reading this can somehow relate to their life and at best, strive to change their way of life to the better...

Ok, so what can we say about this quote? Personally, I think it sells itself extremely well... The words are sown one by one with such intricacy and everything just falls into place ever so easily... Anyone can and will understand this quote the moment they lay their eyes on it... Its that simple and yet it brings a powerful and stern massage... This is so true, its ridiculous... haha... Ever heard people say, 'Well done, Captain Obvious'? Yeah, you can use it here... haha

Now, what do we understand from this so called words of wisdom?? HUH??? I don't think we'll have a clash of thoughts and perspectives today as the meaning is crystal clear... It can't be a any clearer than this... Change, or you'll get the same things as long as you do not change... Yes, those who do nothing will never commit a mistake, but do you want to be the one who do nothing and gain nothing??? Is it worth escaping mistakes just for the sake of it?? Life is dull without mistakes... Life is boring without risk... Life if nothing without the strong sense of awareness after being smacked in the face by failure after taking risk... Its ok to fail... Its ok to make mistakes... Learn and face it again and you will miss being placed on the losing side... 

Life is colourless at first look... It always need to be painted by a set of creativity to 'colourise' it... It needed that bit of risk taking and arduous task tagging along just to make it more vibrant... Just to give it the Million Dollar look... You know what they say, a little bit of risk does not kills you it builds you... Well, thats what I would say... haha... 

What we can learn from this?? It should be apparent by now that we NEED to do different things and not get stuck doing the same thing for the rest of our lives... Come one, you do not want t be the one doing the stamping all your life do you??? Take the initiative and DO different things.... BE different... Let's open our eyes, upgrade it to stereoscopic view from the old and outdated monoscopic view we once had... 

As for the last part, I think I should leave that to be... After all, it is individualistic... You think on your behalf and the same thing to me... So to end this unexpected post, here are two quotes I would like to give...

'We need to be the authors of our own life.' Peter Senge

Build our own free will and follows it diligently, be on our own path and be proud of it... Have this and you have a colourful life 

- Yours truly -

   

1 Full Month...

Update time!!! haha


So, here I am in UiTM Puncak Alam campus... Here i'm taking the Foundation in Science course... Without me noticing it, it has been a full month since I first came here on 23rd May... A lot has happened... Some annoying, some wasteful but mostly fun and beneficial... The majority of students here are Malays which directly reflects the dominance of Islam... There are some Sarawakians and Sabahan which are Buddhist but are very few... Having this as a fact, you would expect someone to change... I came from a very different background from other Malays... In Ipoh, most of my friends are Chinese... Here, all my friends are Malays... Next, here even though the medium of teaching and learning is English you carry on your daily lives and communicate in Malay... Thats one thing that I don't like but have to accept... I've worked so hard to get my English to how it is today and I'm scared that spending my time here would be the cause of my English language to deteriorate... A solution to that??? Blog regularly and speak to myself in English... Crazy but I have to do it to preserve my English... 


That aside, now the good part... First and foremost, the air here is clean and fresh... Little to less pollution due to the location of the campus which is around 5 km from the nearby town... Yeah, this is a relatively new area... Its definitely and most surely cooler here than in Ipoh... I can even walk under the sun to attend my class... Next, it rains a hell lot more than it does in Ipoh, which I like... haha... The wind blows more regularly too...  So thats a small pinch of the climate here... Nice huh???? haha..

Friends here have been more than what I expected... Seriously, I expected less.... Truthfully there people often times blown my expectations to smithereens... We all are too accustomed of listening to the saying, " Do not judge a book by its cover "  but the reality is, its harder than it sounds... The first day is synonym to first impression... The students here give me less than a good impression so I can't help but think lowly of them... True enough, some of them are hooligans but definitely not all of them... Thank God, all my friends are good folks with clear view on what they have to do to achieve their goals...

To sum it all up, my new life here is better than the one I had in my mind... Nevertheless, there are some difficulties along the way... Thats life.. Nothing is simple, nothing is easy... But with a clear mind and a determination of steel nothing is impossible and though its cliche' to say so, I truly believe in it... Lastly, we all should pray to God Almighty for His blessing and grace to ensure our peace in life...   

~ Ask, and You Shall Receive ~

Ordeal???

Today is my first day to attend classes in UiTM... This is my new life... A new chapter of my life... Turn out the starting of the chapter is a tough one... 


Part 1
This morning I had to leave room early just to have a peak on my schedule... I was suppose to get it last Thursday but I went back to Ipoh too early so can't... So there I was, on the way to the building which is few kilometers away by walking... So I thought it might be faster to take the 'Batu Caves' stairs... So I was right... When I got to the building I was really shocked... So much ( many ) people... But I had to do what I had to do... Rushed into the sea of people t have a glimpse of the paper... It was so hot that my shirt was practically soaked... So one part was over which is to see which class I belong to... Next, the schedule... Even worse... But somehow I manage to persuade myself to just line up like everybody else... three quarter away, I noticed something weird... At the paper it wrote 'Fakulti Asasi Kejuruteraan'... What!!!!!!!! I seriously thought I've wasted my time there... So I went out of the crowd and give my friend a call... And not surprising, he said the line i was in was the right one... Only thing the wrote it differently... I was like what???!!!!! ugh... But luckily, God helped me and show me a path... Literally a path... lol... So I dashed and got in front of other people... So happy... But not for long... Still people were shuving real hard... No matter, I was there already... So I took
 down the schedule for the first day... Thank God my first class starts a bit late... Without delay I went out of that 'Hell on Earth' in one piece, soaked... After everyone had entered their respective class I went back to jot down the schedule for the whole week... DONE!!! Yay... 


Part 2
Class time... My first time going for a lecture... Kinda excited... But when I entered the hall, it was so hot... The air conditioning system was not functioning... What???!!! Luckily it was 9.30 in the morning so it wasn't very hot... To my liking, the lecturer gave us an early leave since it was the first time class... Yay... Next, I need to find my tutorial room... This was really hard... ok now, imagine... I climb a flight of stairs... Three-storeys high just to be disappointed that it was not there... So I went down, by the stairs also... Met my friends and had our early lunch... It got really frustrating when they say the room is there only thing it's on the fifth floor... sigh... Fortunately, a new friend was suppose to go there too so we agreed we would go together... So there I was in the tutorial room... Again the air conditioning system was not working... I mean, what is wrong with this place???!!! It's new so why is everything not functioning... sigh... That aside... The tutor didn't came... Sad, so I just left the room and went to the library since the next lecture was hours away... Had to climb stairs again.... I could go on further but I think I should stop and summaries today's activity...


wake up > bathe > struggling to get my class and schedule > enter lecture > having a hard time finding my tutorial class > early lunch > tutorial class > library > hot lecture hall > climb 200 plus stairs > went back to my room > sleep > wake up > pray > blog... lol


~ chow ~

Specs.... hmmm...

Update time... haha... Last week I went to the clinic to have a medical check up... No, I won't be revealing any info but one... My left eye vision is quite bad... The doctor told me I probably need SPECS!!!!!! I know my left eye is not as it used to be but i'm a bit sceptical about wearing a specs... Never in my mind that I thought I need a specs to aid me in my daily life... So i took the doctor's advice and went to the optician t have my eye checked... True enough my left eye is damage but not to the point I need to wear a spec... Thank God... haha... Turn out its astigmatism... Flash or silau for those who don't know what that means... He told me that I might have difficulties in class when looking at the white board, but i'm ready to take the risk... I know once you wear specs, your eye won't get better... Seeing I'm determined in deterring the dreaded specs, he gave me some advice that I ought share with everyone... Here goes...

1 )  When watching tv, studying or using the pc DO NOT lay down on the lazy chair... Instead, sit...    Sitting promotes better blood circulation to the eye...

2 )  DO NOT read in the dark...


Nothing much but I think if you keep hold to these practices you can guarantee a healthy eye for years to come... Just keep in  mind that now we can see and appreciate the wealth of sight and beauty of God's grand creation, the world... Once we loose this privilege, we won't be enjoying all this... Remember, no use crying over spoiled milk... 

FOOD!!!!!

Been a while since I last updated my blog... Last time I put up a voting poll on what I should write about and the result was resounding... FOOD!!!! haha... 


Ok... How many of you live to eat?? Yeah, me too... haha... But eat to live??? Not much huh?? I'll start by stating some facts about food that we should eat on daily basis... Ok, in Malaysia we have rice as our staple food... Fair enough, but be reminded that rice is a carbohydrate and it can be fattening if taken excessively... A doctor once advised my mum to only take a scoop of rice... Its actually enough to support you till lunch or dinner... We Malaysians are so used to eating rice that we just have to have alot of them but its not really necessary...


Protein!!! Girls best food companion?? Beats me... lol... Anyhow, protein is needed for growth and repair purposes.. So if you got a cut or want to grow bigger just pack some hard boiled egg in your lunchbox and you're on your way... haha... A professor told my teacher that we should start the day by having an egg just to kick-start our day... An egg is all you need to survive the energy demanding period before lunch time... 


Ok, I could continue with other food classes but I think thats not what you people would want... Am I right?? So, I'll move on... 


Ever wonder what our international dish is?? The Singaporeans have Chicken Rice... Thailands have their Tom Yum Goong... Indonesians have Nasi Padang... What about us??? Well, to me I think its extremely hard to make up your mind and pinpoint which one deserve the reputation... I mean come on... So (much) good food... How can you decide?? haha... Thats a rhetorical question by the way... So I thought of using the voting poll one again to clarify this issue... Hope you guys can lighten your fingers and press that left click and VOTE!!! haha... I just love the voting poll... haha


But what are the nomination you might ask... Well, I think since Malaysians are consist of different race and thus have our own food I decided to take one food from the 3 main races such as :

The finger-licking-good nasi lemak...

The simple yet tasty roti canai...

The ever so popular Char Kuey Teow...

So what are you waiting for??? Head to the same corner and start voting... haha

~ I'm hungry... FOOD!!! ~