Pierced

I always regard piercing for boys as something inappropriate. Something is not right somewhere.

That is until now.

It was during a window shopping in KLCC. When suddenly I got inspired to get myself pierced. Out of no where, the enthusiast to try something different jz stuike me. So, I decided to pierce my ear. Told Denise and Thomas, and they gave me The-Rock-one-eyebrow-up-look. Thomas slapped himself and touched my forehead for fever indication.

So, a research was done. And it came to the conclusion that I will do it in Jusco, since Sungei Wang is like 10 LRT stops away. Supposingly, Thomas, Cynthia and Denise were supposed to witness the ritual, but it turned out to be ma hostel floormates.

Was suppose to pierce the left ear only. But the blood sucking lady wanna charge me 10 bucks for one. So I decided to pierce two for 15 bucks, for the sake of the value. Cheapskate me.

And here is me...
















Heh..yeng hoh?

It was a nervous process, especially when they are pointing a gun at ur ear for like 10 seconds, aiming for the right spot, then "Phiak!". Its in. *Process x2.*

After ten minutes, the ant-bite-like pain was dangling around my ears. I can see my ears red and swolen like Buddha's. But that's just for a while. One hour later, it will be as if u did nothing to ur ear.

The first thing I reached my room is called my mom. No, i din type wrong. I called my mom.

Mom: You today very free ah?
Me: Nah, jz feel like calling home.
Mom: So, everything fine?
Me: Ya everything is fine. Btw, I pierced my ears.
Mom:( calmly) Oh.
Me: (amazed) Aren't u surprised?
Mom: Kind of. What u expect me to do? Shout on the phone that u pierced ur ear?
Me: Er...no. Good point.
Mom: Why u go do le?
Me: Er...for fun la. Want to try some thing out.
Mom: Haiz. Wu liao hoh. No need study huh?
Me: Got la. As I sed, trying something out.
Mom: Mmm. Enuf ah. One time can d ah. No more pierce here pierce there ah. No more trying outs. Wu liao la. Tell u to go and study la.
Me: Zai la.

Phew. So i got the approval. Hehe. At least from one side. Dad? Dare not to speak of it on the phone. Leave it to mom telling him. My sis was unamazed. I told her and she was like: " Ya. I noe. Fashion maa!" Well.

Amazingly, my mom called two days later.

Mom: So, hows ur ear?
Me: Hah? Oh. Ok la. Like tat lo.
Mom: No pain ah? If got pain must apply antiseptic u noe. Or else it will rot.
Me: Wah. Tat serious ah?
Mom: Aiya. Exaggerating la. Anyhow, jz apply Zambuk la. Mz take care of it, u noe.
Me: Ooh.

Honestly, I din expect my mom to call and asked about it. It was a major breakthrough. Jz 2 years ago, she was limiting me on how many hours I have to spend on computers, nagging away even if I overused one minute. Now, she was asking how my piercing was. I am still kinda shell-shocked. Probably something to do with maturity and wisdom. Duno. Whatever la. Anyway, thanks for understanding, mom. Hehe.

And so, come to think of it, piercing ears wasn't so bad a move at all, here's why:

- I feel more yeng (perasan punya orang!!)
- It boost my confidence one way or other.
- It post up a "Don't mess with me" message. May probably scare off the parang-wielding guys.

Out for now.

Got Tagged Again and Again

Who else but Thomas? But I like to being asked stupid questions...esp. when you are living in a hectic non-sensical world like now.

---------------------------------------------------


write a blog with six weird facts/things/habits about yourself.
Walan...everybody's going to noe that I am abnormal...what are u laughing at? So are u

1. I kiss my bolster. Hei..u there! Stop laughing! Its the only thing that accomapny me to bed every night...at least for now. So, girls, unless u become my girlfriend, y'all stop laughing for now. Plus, it might turned out I am a good kisser because I trained. Yowza!

2. I have a high bladder. One sip of water can eventually leads me to the toilet at least 2 times. Wonder where all the liquid came from.

3. Although I am some football maniac, I cant ....erm..ahem....juggle. The ball just wont budge into the air no matter how I try to lift it. Loser.

4. I always fantasize that I had telepath brain and the ability to orb/shimmer/teleport. Thanks to programmes which show special abilities people. And no, I don't fantasize wearing red underwear outside.

5. I never cried in the movies, no matter how sad and gam dong(thouching) the movie is. Until "Click" came.

6. I think I have high sex drive. Full stop.


-------------------

grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
......is important, consider that after terror attacks of Spetember 11, 2001, many Depar-


stretch your arm out as far as you can.
For what? Alrite...did. Wu liao.

what is the last thing you watched on tv?
Some cantonese drama called Ngo you Fit ya Fit( I Want to be Fit)...Its on the canteen TV. No choice. I don't like cantonese dramas...I think they are lame and kinda fake.

without looking, guess what time is it
1.55pm?

now look look at the clock. what is the actual time?
2.19pm. Now u know why I fantasize telepath minds.

with the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Rain. Shit! My clothes!

when did you last step outside? what were you doing?
Jz. Took my clothes in.

before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Friendster webpage. Thomas' blog. Soccernet.com. and my BMP text.

what are you wearing now?
Reebok sleeveless T with dark blue front and white back. Black pants. One pair of earring. 2 wrist bands. Golden underwear.

did you dream last night?
Maybe. Maybe not. Not sure.

when did you last laugh?
When reading thomas' blog. He is just funny.

what is on the walls of the room you are in?
My side of wall will be full of my own sketches, some football stars posters, Volvo V70 poster and a Shakira's.

seen anything weird lately?
Nice question. Since its Hungry Ghost Festival, the tendency is high, especially after some ghost story session. U just feel everything seems to be weird.

what is the last film you saw?
Click. I cried. Ya. Believe it.

if you become a multi-millionaire overnight, what will you buy?
That will be considered after I get the millions. Lazy to think now. No point oso.

tell me something about you i don't know
I once considered suicide. It was stupid, come to think again, very stupid. Partly explains why I took up psychology course.

if you could change one thing in the world, regardless of guilt of politics, what would you do?
Er...I want a peaceful world. The world is now contaminated and polluted badly. Seems like Armageddon comes from within, not of some comet that bangs the earth and poof. My theory.

do you like to dance?
Nah. I rather plays the music than dancing.

george bush:
is an asshole who only thinks about himself and a terrorist who purposes Worldpeace by conquering and killing innocent nations and people. How ironic is that? See u in hell, Bush. Gonna whack u up, if I saw u.

imagine your first child is a girl. what would you call her?
Marion. I always like that name.

imagine your first child is a boy. what would you call him?
Darius. Sounds grand to me.

would you ever consider living abroad?
Yeah. Considered. It depends what future holds for me. Can't make the decision now.

I tag: Jeremy(finally ur blog came to life...so might else well), Cynthia, Vic, Denise, Eunice, Rachying.

2 Dimensions

While halfway through this post, Mozilla Fox came with the damn upgrade-customer-service inquiry, which crashed with what I am doing, and closes my blog....really no brain assholes, can't they do their maintance some other time of all time? Kacau kacau...now no mood to write d...so this blog may well sucks.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

It is week 12. Wait. Damn...it is now week 13. And the sizzling hot exam fever is looming near....so hot that it actually dehydrate ur brains and burned ur ass out.

Whatsmore, 2nd year in diploma wasn't some sweet honeymoon college life, especially when it come to exam periods. 5 subjects with minimum difficulty of 2(out of 5) and 12 credit hours to be claimed. The pressure is on...really on.

And yet.

I am still on assignment-aftermath mode.
Which means, I am glad assignments are over and I am relaxing.
Which means, my brains are on back-packed holiday and was wondering somewhere far from the hectic moments of exam and tring to get lost somewhere(particularly, the world of games).

Now, I am wondering whether I have split personality.

One dimension of me, was panicking about the chapters, pages and notes that are not even registered in my limited CPU storage, starring horribly, terribly and vegetably on the text books and killing off myself with some"die-liao-la" moaning. While the other dimension of me was on hardcore gaming mode, danggling around on the Web(even if there's nothing to browse anymore) and practicing eat-sleep ritual almost to the highest level.

What the hell is happening? Where is the exam-umph that is supposed to reach by now?

While wondering where it is, the exam schedule is already out. More anxiety.
And while starring blankly on the schedules, classmates are already printing out the past-year questions out to prepare themselves. More and more anxiety. And while you are observing their steps into the library, you know you are going to be left out if you don't start now. Which leads to more and more and more anxiety.

And I am sitting here in front of the damn computer, with a text book just 5 centimetres away from me, blogging my way out.

The irony is there. But heck, I don't even have the courage to open my book, as if fearing it will jump and slap my face for not using it the whole sem. *Slap slap* It jz did.

Alrite, crapping session over. Its exam period and if I don't start any moment by now, I will be eventually booking a coffin for me by tomorrow.

While graphic design world are now trying to expand dimensions from 2Ds into 3Ds and 4Ds, I am centralizing myself into jz oni 1D. And that does not, hopefully, becomes the I-don't-know-and-I-don't-care side of me.

Out.

Missing

No, nothing was lost. Am missing home. And I mean damn friggin terribly miserably missing home here. Was suppose to go home on week 12’s weekend, but some Sports Carnival duty halted my grand plan, and sigh….

The frequency of thoughts of Penang is definitely increasing by the days. Here’s a list of what I’ve been missing:

I miss my home.

I miss my parents. Have been thinking of them since there is no space required for the significant one….kiddin. Really miss them.

I miss my sister. Though she sometimes send some stupid sms…but I still appreciate it.

I miss my room. Its true I had established a feeling for my hostel room here. But still the room back there is my room for like 18 years. Eighteen. Who can shrug off the closeness of that in such a short time, say, 2 years?

I miss my dog. Er…yeah, it might be frustrating at times, thanks to the shriek-like barking, but still it will melt ur heart whenever u see it, thanks to it pinched, never-grow-up size.









Meet Murphy, ma mini-pincher.

I miss my best of best friends Rach and Yong Wah. Miss those kap siao session. Miss driving them to wherever they wanted to go. Miss their laughter. Its good that I know they miss me too. Thanks for the reminder testi.

I miss my school friends. Guess F6 is no joking process to go through. It might change them into psychos, or probably already did. Can’t even see them in MSN. Where you guys dispersed to?

I miss ma secondary school. Nope, not the discipline teachers and the prefects. Just the school. Mind you, assholes. Miss the atmosphere, miss my school band days, miss my saxophone. Miss sitting in class and kap siao-ing. Miss the toilet’s smell…er…not really. Not even close.

I miss my grandma’s place. Not the graveyard la. The house that she used to live in. Miss my aunties there. Miss watching football every weekend. Miss playing computer with my cousins. Miss celebrating birthdays there.

I miss Gurney. Err...not really. Jz the atmosphere. There are so many memories there.

I miss driving. Miss the black, square-shaped Nissan. Miss the loud engine. Miss the penang roads. Miss laughing at turbo-built Kancils. Miss cursing at reckless bikers.

I miss the food. Ooo…the Sg. Ara market food. Miss the days when I spent mornings with friends in the kopitiam. Miss the Char Koay Teow, curry mee, chicken rice and the teh peng. Missing mom’s cooking. Miss the claypot chicken rice, miss…damn, I am hungry.









Tempting la. How?


Its week 12 now. That will be like 5 more weeks to go at least. And final exams are coming. Arrgh….After that… “Yay! Its holiday!!Whoo, yes!” *Jumping around like psycho* *Roommate starred* *Embarrassed and returns to the sit.*

Me ass reporting out.

Got Tagged...again.

Thomas= wu liao guy....anyway, there is another theory which says Sin Eu = more wu liao guy.
So here goes.....*breaths deeply and....start*
------------------

10 years ago i was:

Wait ar...have to do some maths...now I am 19...so...ahh..minus 10 means...oh ok.
Er....dumb standard-3-asshole. Very quai (not quai lan) student. Do every homework teacher gave. Top in class. Duno what the fuck is "fuck". Study in 3U SRJK Kwang Hwa. Realize tat I dont have a high IQ( I din get through PTS). Played Warcraft 2, my first PC game. Nerd with a cute face.

5 years ago i was:

Tat will be 19 minus 5..hmm..ok. Form 2 sohai. Don't do every homework anymore. Know what the fuck is "fuck".....and other vulgar words as well. In an all-boys school...CLHS. Chee ko( how do you put this? Its like u look girls as if they are like angels from heaven..all-boys school maa...what to do?). Joined the school band and plays the saxophone. Social outcast. Family rebel. Loud but pointless. An amateur football-freak( thinks Joe Cole is related to Ashley Cole).


1 year ago i was:

Getting rid of high school days. Gone for my first school break job. Almost went into Form 6 if not for my results( am relief I din get in). Still single, and not so proud of it. Rejected twice in 4 months time..sob. Become college freshie. Studies psychology. Live in Kay Lel. Starting a whole new life. Miss my family and friends back home...badly.

Yesterday I was:

Enjoying my weekend after settling a horde of assignments and presentations. Went to TBR with fellow Penangnites, Denise and Thomas. Suppose to be back at Penang, but cancel the trip (sorry mom for unable to eat the food u prepared for me). Talked to the hostel wall. Smell my bolster for the whole afternoon. Eat a lot of creeps (DotA-ing). Looking at the calendar and realize how fast time past(1 month to go for exam).

5 recent songs I listened to:

- If I were you by Hoobastank. Was repeating the song over and over again. It is so meaningful.
- Welcome to wherever you are by Bon Jovi. Minimizes home-sickness.
- Jack Sparrow by Hanz Zimmer in POTC Dead Man's Chest OST. Classical and soothing. Great music.
- Only Hope by Mandy Moore and Switchfoot(2 versions). Always did a back-to-back whenever one of them pops up in my music list.
- 6 Days by DJ Shadow and Mos Def. OST from Tokyo Drift. Nice song but overplayed. Should stop.

Songs I noe all the words to:

- Ba, wo hui lai le (Dad, I am home) by Jay Chow. My first exposure to Jay and first rapping song i noe.
- She will be loved by Marron 5.
- Show me the meaning of being lonely by BSB. I noe la, its lame.
-Together we are one by Delta Goodrem. Thanks to OO nite.
- You are beautiful by James Blunt. Simple and nice.

5 ideal places for running away to:

- Back at Penang, my hometown. Will always be my first destination. Consider I can teleport myself to there anytime.
- My room. The safest place in Setapak for now to get rid of the parang guys around.
- Holland, Amsterdam to be specific. You know why.
- Anfield. Home of Liverpool FC.
- In the arms of somone. I agree with Thomas. I needed that too.

5 things I really want:

- A car. Badly. Travelling around in KL is easier if I had that. Am a driving kaki. Plus, it might be safer to travel around since parang-slashing creatures are around.
- A brand new HP. Lost one. Now using an older one with no infrared, bluetooth, greentongue or brownears technology.
- A digi cam. The previous spoiled.
- The mind of Profressor Xavier from X-men. I always dreamed of having that.
- A romantic partner. A girl of course. I don't do Broke Back Mountains.

5 things I should be doing right now:

- Study. I noe. i am a lazy ass.
- Cleaning my room. Havent to do that like...er..ahem..duno. Go figure. Another point to proof that I am lazy.
- Call my family. Talked to my mom yesterday. But it was she who called.
- Prepare proposal for Mass Comm Society.
- Prepare for presentation next week.

By the way, how I am suppose to do 5 things altogether at one time? Quite a dumb way to ask actually.

5 biggest joy in my life:

- Family. Missing them badly. I really appreciated the existence of them.
- Friends. Old and new. There are the ones that I cherished apart from family. Imagine life without friends...
- Food. Especially Penang food. Missed them badly too. Also my mom's cooking.
- Female. The world is a balanced world. When there's Adam, there's Eve.
- Me, myself and I. If there is no me, how la to enjoy the joy I enjoy now...

5 people I tag:

- Vic.
- CJ.
- Denise.
- Cody.
- Sarah.

Have a nice day being tagged.

Inhumane

Setapak is no longer a safe place for students.

1 bank robbery, 2 robberies including one murder and various others ranging themselves from Genting Kelang, Wangsa Maju to Taman Melati. A safe place? Fuck it.

A promising student, a talent, the possible key to the future of Malaysia is lost because 2 people(if they were classified as human, I don't think they do...) wanted to have a mobile soo badly that robbed a family of its member's life. A HP for a life?? What the fuck is these inhuman beasts thinking? Can you imagine that you are the boy's parents receiving a call at night just to hear ur son called to tell u he is dying?

Now police has the tendency to believe tat, as if one murder is not enuf, there goes another robbery and an almost sucessful murder by the same fagots.
















The second robbery case that happened jz 48 hours after the murder of another student. Courtesy of The Star.

As for the murder case, rumours has it that 2 clinics were being informed...but none came to the boy's help....what the fuck are they thinking...don't they have the concious to help people? I thought their main priority are to...but no. How ironic is that?Probably they were like, "Since the boy is being robbed and slashed, meaning his money was taken. So, no money = no pay = no help." Talking about being ethical. Really look down on them.

Why has the world gone like that? As in "people" slash people's life for cost of one handphone...people's refusal to help, especially when their profession's priority is helping people.

The cases definitely left us students shell-shocked. There is no such thing as feeling secure anymore in this place. We came here to study, yet around us are inhumane creatures lurking around trying to pound on its next prey. Sigh.

To all fellow colleagues, try not to walk alone wherever and whenever you are...take the safe passage even though it takes a whole lot more time and energy..its better to be safe than sorry.

As to the maggots and mother fuckers, may u be haunted by people u killed and will burn eternally in hell!! You all do not worth living in this world. Not a single place. So, Fuck off!!

Slash

Its the peak of doom again....

Ok. Think about this...how many times you have to pass up 3 assignments in the time of 3 days in a row? Fat chance? Yeah..I got the chance to do so.

Think again. Now u have 5 subjects....each one consists of one assignment, one presentation and one mid-term test...and the dead line is week 9-10...what u will most probably encounter?

Yeap. Stress.

Okok. You can say that I am some dumb ass who accumulates until the last hour to do so....blame my laziness....but isn't it true that most of us need the so called last-hour-inspiration to do the job?

Notice that I used "last hour" instead of "last minute" above. I am no last-minute person. I hate being last minute. It makes u pek chek like hell, that everything u have in mind will probably be gone with the wind by the time u want to install it into ur assignment.

Unfortunately, that happens. Always.

Being part of the group to complete an assignment was, is and will never be easy. The major difference between group and individual assignments is that u need cooperation. Yes. Spell that word which starts with "c" and pronounce it again. Find the dictionary of what it means if u dunno the definition.

Unlike individual assignments, which u can plan ur own sweet time and work rate and bla bla bla, group assignments don't work that way. Just don't. However, u will always get people who give u the stuff u need last minute, u got people saying they dunno what to do last minute, u got people giving u excuses that they cant do this do that last minute, u got people who says sorry the last minute.....I say, WTF?

My friends were also complaining about that there are groups of people who just don't give a fucking damn care on what u do during the whole process, then at the last minute, they appeared in front of u and give u a diskette which he/she says this is the stuff u want, which, later u found out..that it has nothing to do, nothing at all, with ur assignment. Cool huh?

*pause**cooling down*

Well, come to think again, this is life, this is how society works. Unfairness is always around. Life is like the matter and anti-matter thingy. Its about balance. U got people who are committed to their job and get rewards that they deserve and also people who just wanted the easy way out and got what they did not deserve. However, the probability of the former one is far fewer than u expect to have in the society we live today. Sometimes, u just have to wonder what happen to the world today.....hhmmm...

Press stop. Rewinds back. Now, assignments equals frustration. Group assignments equals more frustration. Lets just hope these people learn sooner or later. That taking things for granted is not part of the survival plan in this world. That no sacrifice means u suffer later on.

Phew. Did feel better after slashing out. On to work.

Final Word on OON

Whoever tell me that OON wasnt a blast, I'll be damned. Ok. There were flaws before, during and even after the event, BUT which event doesn't. So, overall, am extremely please the progress of the event.

3 months ago, OON started its progress with the appointment and introduction of its committee. Am proud to be one of them. I remembered that after the interview that we will be informed about our appointment on Monday(interviews are on Thursday and Friday). Monday came and gone, so is Tuesday and Wednesday. So it happens when u think that there is no way that u r included, the phone beeped to informed that u are appointed as XXX director. Found out later that it happens to most of the committees.

Am appointed as Asst. Security Director. Well, great, in a way. Got what I interviewed for. Not so great, in a way too. Why? Some particular personality is kinda, lets say, hazard for future commitment. So, erhem, on to work.

As the security department, u would think there is no way commitment is needed before the event. The name suggested that u kept the place and event safe for that particular nite, thats all.

Wrong. Got it all wrong.

In fact, the security department played a very important role in selecting the finalist. This is the department which is given the mission to find the potential ones around the school during the orientation week. No easy job. It is some sort of a base work as if the whole event depends on the selection of taste of this particular humble department. I mean, who would have think the security department will be doing something like that. I dint saw it coming.

The OON committee after the scouting and selecting event.

Which, after 3 days of scouting, and of course going through all the levels of audition, interviews and talent showing thingy process, the 12 finalist is chosen. *Star Wars Theme The Chosen

One playing in the background*.Then starts the training process. The first lightsaber session…oops…wrong one….the catwalk session begins just days after the selection process. Before fast forwarding to the actual eventhere’s some of the highlights:

-Former F4(Female finalist no.4) backed out because of beckoning of overseas study, is being replaced by Natalie.

-Former M3 backed out. Replaced by Jonathan.

-Photoshooting for both committees and finalist.

-Welfare Day Trip for well, er…welfare la. Its also the session where apart from the programme team, other departments can evaluate the finalist.

-Promotion Week. Finalist gave a preview of what to expect on the actual nite. Ticket redemption, sold out and still on demand(Whee!.)

-Former M2 chickened out 7 days before the actual event. Replaced by Vinz.

-Attending Talentime Nite as guest.

In an old-folks home during the welfare trip.

The finalists and committee took a pic after the training

The training is like some America’s Next Top Model process, with the lack of TV coverage and some truly astonishingly traumatic events.

As the day creeping in, the temperature risen. The stage is prepared(literally). The committees were busy as hell, so were the finalist who practiced day and night to impress for the event.

THE night came.

It was a marvellous atmosphere to be in. Especially the stage. Everything was smooth for that night, except for some minor unforeseen events, like not enough seats for VIPs(well, that shows that our event is well-anticipated), communication breakdown(talkie out of battery) and one particular person shining torchlight everywhere and bamboozing the security assistants. By the way, the finalists looked awesome that day.

The stage work by the stage team. Thanks to Schizzow for the pic.

Judges included the ever-present Amber Chia, Annabelle Kong, pop band News, one particular who knew to the popping dance who I forgot his name and the fashion dsesign director from our own school.

The programs are an excitement to watch, apart from the catwalks, dances and Q&A sessions from the finalist, there are external events such as rapping featuring Rapsody, a Blast-off contestants from TARC, yo-yo performances, and band performance including News and Cynical(er…spelling?). The MCs(there were 6 of them!) were also doing a good job, with one of them, Samson, who really lighten the whole event up.

Performance by Rapsody ft. Schizzow during the opening.

So, it happens when the queen and king were, after a month of “speculation” on who will win, chosen. Honestly, the result was kinda unexpected(it always is), especially the queen. Anyway, it was the final decision of the judges and of course a worthy winner was selected for the event.

The newly crowned king(centre) with 2 of the committees.

So, here ends the event where after 3 months of hardship and joy. The experience and friends gained from this programme is absolutely valuable for me. Its like once in life time thingy. Sometimes I always wonder the road not taken, like what if I don’t give a damn for an interview or if I am not selected to be part of it. It surely do changes the whole course of your life, as in the case for me.

The committees and the finalist after the event.

Will never regret being part of the event, and will never forget what I went through in this 3 months. OON was, and still is a blast!

The ultimate provoker: Backstabbing

I hate to do this. Meaning saying bad things about others. But if I don’t complain, I might burst, and on the way, hurt others even more.

It’s nearly 13th Friday. Yet, it is a frustrating and hair-tearing day for me. The day started rather smoothly and peacefully, until the career counselling tutorial class. There’s this section where we discuss our questions together-gether. As always, me and ma bunch of friends are the ones who speak out and answer the questions, in a quirky way tho. During the session, while we are joking away, this particular guy will eventually come up with his extremely, astonishingly, damn lame jokes….creating an anti-climax everytime we are having fun. If u say I am a crapper, then that guy must be a total crap. His effort is just soooo lame(crows flying around us)…sometimes I just wish that I can beat him up or he jz being kick outta of our course. I was pissed anyway. He was like spoiling the atmosphere on every afford, in every moment.

Then came the results of our mid-term test. And, unexpectedly, my course rep gets 30 upon 30 for it. Ok, well, congrats, proud of him. Eventually, during the whole discussion, where we were evaluating what went wrong, he just cant stop saying that “I can’t believe I got full marks”, and something like “I m gonna ask the lecturer, I think I got problem, will u believe it? I got full marks!!” and “Hey, I cant believe it! I got this question correct! I am just guessing, u noe?” and yada yada yada….repeatedly. My, I was like “ Cant u just shut up? Am trying to concentrate, and u are back there bragging about ur results. Get on with life! The whole world knows that!”. Of course, Iwas just THINKING out loud. But still, its just frustrating.

And to make matter worse, the OO nite rehearsal was cancelled, after we wait there for at least 1 hour. Reason? The finalist cant get their costumes. Wow. Talking about attitude. We committees have to rush for our clothes for the evening, and they are here asking whether are there any coats and blazers to be lend to them for their purpose. Speaking about being bossy.

And so it happens, there is a power shortage in the hostel and the college. On THIS day. On this particular day, where everything went…erm…not-so-right. Then met old friend, Christine. Sigh. This is gonna be a looooong and never –ending story.

Met her on the way home, she asked about a ticket to OO Nite, gave her. Asked why is she here, she says she wanna do assignment. She was complaining about the power shortage. I sympathized. Then asked about OO Nite whether there are many leng chais around, wanna go tackle some. I sed there is a appropriate number of them. I ask instead of hanging around with nothing to do since it’s a power shortage, why don’t go and visit Denise and Cynthia. She sed she don noe them well. Fine. I cant have her in my room, coz maybe my roommate wont like it. Well, she started asking about how handsome my roommate looks like. I sed he is just the nerdy type(soory roomie…)…and jokingly sed she was hiao(horny). She replied at least she wasn’t lesbian. Went off our way.

Later, we are suppose to have dinner. Due to power shortage, I suggested we go early. So, called Denise and Cyn and Thomas. Then received her msg, saying:
“wei..come out teman me la. Dam sian la. Like so hai oni sit here alon. Come out la.”

I sed ok fine, we are going for dinner anyway.

So, met her sitting alone. Told her that we are going to dinner early. She sed have to wait Thomas came back from class, and teman her to TBR. I explained that he will meet us there. Asked why don’t u join us go there and meet him. She insisted that she wanted to wait. I told her for the 2nd time that I already called Thomas, which he sed that he will meet us there, this time in a louder voice. She became bengang and told me the same thing and tell me to go if u want to. I sed fine.

After Denise and Cyn is done, we are set. Asked her again, whether she wanna go with us…and she showed her sourly face, and asked what about Thomas, and started complaining I shouted at her. I was pissed(again). First, I don’t shout at people with no reason. Second, I suggested that we met Thomas at TBR, easier for him, for the third time. She insisted tat he will come back here to hostel and accompany her. I sed ok. What I din hear, was that, she sed: “ Fuck off, fucker!” which later Denise and Thomas told me.

THAT was the situation.

Her version? Wow. I am impressed with HER version to Thomas.

Later, Thomas came to our table. I asked what she sed about the situation. Eventually, this is a draft on what she sed to Thomas:

“Sin Eu scold me chau hai, cibai and ma hai. He shouted at me. He sed that I am hiao because I wanted to ride on your motor…and bla bla bla.”

Hmm…I am totally dumbstruck when Thomas told me that. Let me make some clarifications:

First, I said rude words because whenever I am crapping with others. I don’t usually scold rude words when I am in a serious situation, unless u totally pissed me off.

Second, I don’t scold people chau hai. I don’t use that word. I am not used to that word. I don’t say rude words in Cantonese, except for so hai, which I describe people as stupid.

Third, I don’t scold females with rude words. I did say rude word in front of them, but scolding them with rude words is a disgrace of myself.

Fourth, I am usually frank. I don’t tell lies or backstab people, because I noe the feeling of being backstabbed.

Fifth, I don’t quarrel, or shout at people, for some minor reasons. I am reasonable. I always hold back anger. The worst I did when I am angry, usually, is complaining to my blog and TFK-ing.

As for Christine’s words, I am disappointed. Totally disappointed. Claiming that she is the child of God and Jesus, she did something worse then just lying . If her attitude causes our friendship to be sour, I am fine. But what makes me seriously turned off, was her act of trying to exaggerate a situation and backstabbing others, and trying to ruin other friendships.

This I do not forgive, and usually, I sed usually, will never.

Signed off.

Final Word On WC

After a month of hectic schedule, the World Cup finally signed off. Hows world cup u asked?
Here's ma view:

The world cup ends with the Azzuri clinching the title. Forza Italia! Their performance did remind us of the team from 1982. Going to Germany a month ago with a whole Italy plunged into football match-fizing scandal, as like in 1982, its no surprising that they are not having the slightest chance of becoming a firm favourite, whats more a finalist. Yet, a month later, with almost half of the team suspected in the scandal, they went all the way to win the Cup of Life. Fate? Maybe. Deja vu? Another possibility.

With Duphon...sorry...Buffon as a world class keeper(yet he seems unable to save a single penalty, having jumped the wrong way each time), and with the rock-like defence including Cannavaro, Meterazzi, Grosso and Zambrotta, its no surprise they only conceded 3 goals throughout the event(with 1 of them an own goal by a nervous Zarccardo).

Upfront, Gattuso and Pirlo essentially commands the midfield with free flow passes and decisive blockings of a build-up and the likes of Totti, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Toni and Gilardino finding form in front of goal, the Azzuri can be considered a very complete team.

















The Azzuri lifts the World Cup. Viva Italia!


France? They, specifically the likes of Zidane, Thuram and Makelele, found the form of 1998 to reach the final. Yet, Zidane signs off with a quite foolish headbutt on Meterazzi and receives a red card for that, which more or less, cost them a World Cup. But then again, their vintage performance saw them brushed off Spain and particularly, Brazil, which is a joy to watch.
















France players to Zidane: "Monsieur, ur head qualifies to head-butt the ass out of the Italians. Go for it!" Little did they know Zizou actually listens to the ill advice.

Teams that prosper includes Germany and Portugal(both semi-finalist). A young stylish Germany side provides much entertainment throughout the whole event, with Lahm, Podolski(WC Most Promising Young Player), Klose and Schweinsteiger( damn difficult name to spell) the young driving force in the squad.













Klinsmann and the subsitutes celebrates after Germany won the 3rd place playoff

As for Portugal, the mix of the young( C.Ronaldo, Miguel, Simao) and the old(Figo, Pauletta) gives them a chance to emulate the team of 1966, which they fail, having to settle for 4th place. Yet, they are an interesting side to watch with flair football played throughout the event. Credit also to coach Scolari, who brought Brazil to fame in 2002.

England and Brazil fell into the group of flops. With soooooooo many stars on their side, it is a wonder that they cant even reach the semi-final. England do not even deserve a place in the second stage. The likes of Lampard, Gerrard, Beckham and Owen is a total contrast of the ones we see in the EPL, while Ronaldinho, R.Carlos, Ronaldo and Adriano is simply a bunch of jokers on the field. World PLayer of the Year? WTF? Its better to go home and polish the award then wasting time on the field.
















Roon the toon sees red. England's worst nigtmare: playing against Portugal.

Germany plays a great host this time around, including their team who proceeded to unexpected levels. Yet, there are too few goals, too few upsets and too much Oscar-standard-acting. An interesting World Cup? I tend to disagree. The underdogs did not perform well enough to upset the favourites. Most matches are settled through one goal difference or penalty shootout. Wrong decisions had been made by refs due to very outstanding acting skills by some. Maybe these people are needed somewhere else instead of on the pitch.

So here ends the football mania......not. As August looms, EPL, Spanish La Liga and Italian Serie A is on the way. Whheee.....ready for the new season.

Thank goodness football aint going to end here and now at the World Cup.

Update, download, post.

Long time coming for this post. But erm..its going to be short and brief. Been busy as assignments ,tests and the Orientation Nite is around. So just a update on recent events will be enough to appease myself( and ma friends who thought I've been visiting hell).

Orientation Nite:
The event is coming near, and I am glad that everything in my disposal is going smooth...at least for the moment. First, I got a damn good location for my security work, which is INSIDE the hall. Meaning that apart from working, my helpers can also watch the leng luis and leng chais above and below the stage. Anyway, this is the main attraction to get them become my helper. Heh.

As for the so called Wellfare Day, well, everything went smooth. Full stop. Nothing much, frankly. Just some publicity and a covered up to evaluate the finalists. Ticket redemption and Promo Week is also smooth. The tickets are sold out and still in demand. Cool. Just damn cool. Especially I got news that Talent Time Nite has like 100 tickets still available. On demand vs. still available. That just sound so...satisfying. Kakaka.

Bought my apple green shirt for the nite. Wee. It was a bargain. Damn good bargain. Its from the brand Key Ng. Whoa. What a brand, wei. Actually, I have no idea its such a good brand. Anyway. Thx to Denise and Cynthia. With their assistance(they found it), I got it for 90 bucks Minus 50 percent. Bargain, aint it? As for the slack, check. Coat..well...Jeff, the chairman for OO Nite said it will be "provided" by the college. So i assumed everything is under control, for now.

World Cup:
Yeap, WC. I said in the last post that I will update it frequently. Rewind and erase that. I have no time seriously. So, here it goes in a summary.

Basically its a predictable World Cup. With the exception of the France-Brazil game. Group stages saw the powerhouse in football, such as host Germany, England, Argentina, Brazil and Spain, etc. etc. got into the 2nd stage. As for last 16, Germany ease through Sweden, England went pass Ecuador, the hard way again, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, France and Ukraine beat their respective opponents to go to the quarter finals.

Quater finals saw Argentina beaten by the host. England hampered by a understrength Portugal, Italy cruise through beating Ukraine and talented Brazil got kicked out by old men France.

My opinion? England should be kicked out damn long time before they went into 2nd stage. Poor performance. Suspected half of the England team is using subs while they themselves are enjoying their holidays God-knows where. Brazil got beaten is kinda expected. Too many stars, too glitering. They got blinded eventually. Happened before way back in 1970s and Real Madrid told you the story too. Lets pray Chelsea is the next victim. Germany, except for Lame Man,sorry, Lehmann, I like the team. If only Kahn is playing, I would have supported them at the beginning. Argentina, too bad, unlucky. Portugal, pray that they will be in the Finals.

Assignment and Studies:

Lots of assignments this time. Interesting ones, usual suspects and of course boring ones. The pile is higher than the first year. Duh. Had anxiety whenever I think of them(arrgh). Apart from that, it will be play game, eat, online, sleep and play game, eat, online, sleep and.............

Studies? Will be my undoing this time if I dont start now. Basically, its hard to catch up every week what the lecturer had thought. But am still struggling, which is good. At least I am trying, see?

Others:

Being appointed as the secretary for Mass Com Society out of no where. Then, took up the post, still unofficially, as Asst. Program Designer for Music Society , albeit Gang Ee, which I will be helping him out. My friends are still the same. Kuhan and James quit smoking. Whee. Thomas is exhausted after the church stuff and studies. Denise is tired because she has to endure people( apart from her BF) calling her dear every week. Cynthia, no change, maybe. Newbies such as Bang, Han, Quan and Jeanne, still the same. Stan is still the Chauffeur, haha. Utham, will be holding Amber Chia's hand during OO Nite, ish. As for friends around the world, actually around Malaysia, havent heard from them frequently. Miss all of you.

Hence ends the update. No need to stay tuned as the next blog will be probably like light years away.

Its Going Down

Again. What la? CGPAs are so hard to maintain....its like a hill slope. Fall, free flow...going up, you probably think you will nv reach the top, ever. The theory applies on CGPAs. Exactly the same.

Me: (calling home) Dad, got ma results d?
Dad: It came this morning.
Me: Good. How ar? *Heart pounding*
Dad: Hmm...lets see. 2B 1A.
Me: *dissapointed* Er...ya ah?
Dad: Ya. English and Counselling got B. Malaysian Culture A.
Me: *talking to myself* Shit. As usual.
Me: So how the CGPA and GPA?*heart pounds faster*
Dad: GPA, 3.3 something. CGPA, 3.58
Me: (a lil' bit relief) Oh...like tat ah?
Dad: Ya. So how?
Me: How what?
Dad: Ok ah like tat?
Me: Er....okla( lying). Still 3.5 what.
Dad: Hmmm.
Me: Still can improve.
Dad: Its a must.
Me: (talking to myself) Oops. Shouldn't have said that.

Neway, it wasn't a good one, the result. The thing just keep dropping. Plus, some of my friends got 4.0. It just piles up the pressure and tension. Thomas get 4.0, Sarah got 4.0. Am wondering how do they study while pratically having a life....meaning they are no nerds yet damn chun in studies. Salute these people.

As expected(not actually, I did hope I get A), English got B, again. Found out that no one got A for it anyway, for my whole course that is. Do they really got bias for SSSH students or what? Counselling subject? As usual. I felt its just that "curse" that any counselling subjects won't be my cup of tea. That is, hopefully, the last time it will happen. May the bad chi go away.

For now, as usual, I will be saying something like, next sem I will be studying hard, next sem I wont be lazy, next sem yada yada.

It won't happen, or isit?

Of Dad and World Cup

Before I left for Kl a year ago, dad is usually away. Seldom we talk to each other about our stuff(I am the one listening to him talking about his work). Most of the time he was at work. What frustrates me was his night shifts, he sleeps when I am awake and vice versa. So can't blame we are not as close as I am to mom. Financially, he's the one I always go to. Have to. Mom always says: " Go to ur dad if u wanna buy this and that." I did.

Father's day?Father's day is just any other day during my days in Penang.

That changed when I came here, esp. its been one year from the last dad's day.
I went back to Penang.

Dad's was as usual as he is. The emotionless one. but i knew he is happy to see me. Surprised actually. I din tell him I am coming back till I reached the bridge. Unfortunately, he broke his arm while working temporary in an aquarium center( he retired a year ago as a loyal servant in Motorola). It wasn't as bad as I imagined it was. Phew. Mom did some exaggerations on the phone.

It was Father's Day the next day. And the unfilial son in me has nothing to give dad as present. Heh. So, we had dim sum as breakfast, and I paid, to the surprise of Dad. I know. I don't do this usually. But since its Father's Day, at least give me a chance la. He did actually wanted to pay me back the money, and I was like, WTF? (I din say it loud tho, duh).

The World Cup looms around, and Dad loooves World Cups. He has been a loyal fan to the biggest event in football, since..I dunno. People say: Football gets the world talking. It does. Me dad and I are talking non-stop about it. It was the first time we exchange words for more than ten sentences, probably.

Watching World Cup and hearing my dad commentating during a match is fun and erm, frustrating at the same time. I had to divide attention between the English and the Hokkien version. Practically, as usual we are having our football session in my aunt's house and the whole family gathers around....will come to that later. Now, back to dad.

Its a farcry from the days that dad was working. Back then, I seldom see my dad sitting on his fave rotan chair. Now, I can see him sitting on it almost 24/7. Its kinda unusual to see him around in the house, but its worth getting use to it.

On Dad's day, Dad spent most of the time reading newspapers. Other times, we just watched DVDs together. He used to travel a lot, but since he's injured, that makes my travelling session during that time much much lesser. Its weird to discuss what I did in college, the daily events happening in Penang and of course the world cup with my dad.. But hey, its very...i dunno the word..u just feel fun to have him around la.

Practically, its a very meaningful father's day to me this time around.

_________________________________________

My history of interest in World Cups is not a long one. The first time I know about the event is in 1998. Back then, the only player I know is David Beckham, thanks to the Brylcream ad. I watched with my dad for the first time. I remembered the one question I asked my dad: " Why are they just passing around instead of shooting at the goal?" I can't remember what my dad said. It somthing about tatical and stuff. Back then, I am just blur.

2002. The second World Cup in my life. This time around, I knew quite well about the more famous faces in football. Figo, Owen and of course Beckham. I still have no idea about what the heck is formations and countries such as Argentina and Croatia are just weird names to me. Dad is still the evergreen commentator in our family. By the end of it, I was just thrilled by the games and thats when I involved physically in football. The Germany team with Oliver Kahn maybe the inspiration.

2006. World Cup is just as exciting to me as in 2002. Now, I can name the countries participating, the stadiums they are using, the whole England, Brazil, Spain and France squad and all the faces I ever saw in club football. This time around, my dad has to ask me who is who. So, similiar to what we used to do every weekend for club football, we gather at my aunts' place for the usual football session. My aunts are just as interested as we are in football. We shouted whenever a goal or a miss is conducted. We make fun at fat ass Ronaldo and Jar-Jar Binks, a.k.a. Ronaldinho. We booed whenever England touches the ball. Not really. We discussed about the refree and the formation bla bla bla bla bla. Basically, we indulged in every match.

Class started on Tuesday, and unfortuanely I have to leave again. There are so many things to do, yet so less time. Somebody please quickly invent the damn teleport machine.

Out.

Talk Football.

These few days, its gonna to be world cup, world cup and more world cup. With so many sources for the event, including 3 channels of TV, 4 channels by Astro and the Internet, it is not hard to get the coverage the football freaks and of course the normal people wanted.

Speaking of football freaks and normal people, how do you actually define them? Here's some examples that can enlighten you.

Football freaks' conversation:

Cheng: So, netherlands who become striker today?
Me: Nistelrooy, Van Persie and Robben lo. As usual lah.
Bang: Eh, chun le. But I see only Robben working la. By the way, I heard Robben very short only la.
Cheng: He short? C'mon. He's 182cm. He's short because the whole Holland team is tall maa.
Bang: Oh. Eh, then where's Seedorf and Davids ah?
Me: they not participating la. Van Basten(coach) don't like them. Stam oso din come in le.
Bang: Wah, really ah? Seedorf good le. AC Milan there perform so well. Why le?
Me: Aiya, ask the coach lo.
Cheng: So, midfield use who?
Me: If no surprise, Van Bommel, Schnijder, Van der Vaart.
Bang: Wah, boleh tahan le. Van Bommel barecelona one le. He very keng le. Van der Vaart not bad pun. Heard he scored 2 goals in 9 matches in qualifying.
Cheng: That u oso noe?
Bang: Abo le? By the way, i noticed that van der Sar goalkick very chun. He how many caps d ah?
Me: 119 caps and counting. He chun la. Uses both legs to kick. Robben and Van Persie oso can le.
Cheng: Yalo. Chun la. Fulham vs Arsenal. Van der Sar damn yeng. Save dunno 22 times I think.
Bang: More than that lo.

The conversation goes on for the whole football match between Netherlands vs Serbia and Montenegro.


Talking to normal people:

Thomas: So, today who's playing?
Me: Netherlands and Serbia and Montenegro.
Thomas: Hah? Where the heck is Serbia and Montenegro?
Me: Somewhere in Europe la.
Thomas: Oic. Heard Netherlands not bad oso. But I still like Brazil the most.
Me: Who say Netherlands not good. They play total football one le. Somemore got players like Robben, Van Nistelrooy, Van der Vaart and van der Sar. Defence all young one tho this time. Only van Bronckhorst old oni.
Thomas: *sweating* *3 stripes on the head*. Hah?

Notice the above conversation are all boys, lets see how the opposition gender talks about football:

Denise: So, who's playing today?
Me: Germany and Costa Rica.
Denise: Costa what? never heard before la.
Me: Its a Carribbean nation.
Denise: Oic. So, tell me. How does the offside trap works?
Me:*Explaining by using the most simple terms I can find to make her understand*
Denise: Er....ok. Like that ar. Hmm..Costa Rica good ah?
Me: Well, according to the FIFA Ranking, it shows that Germany is 19th and CR is 21st.
Denise: Eh, not bad too. Who's in the team then for CR?
Me: Erm. not so well known la the players. Paulo Wanchope is the most famous. He played for Manchester City, Derby and Malaga. Now 37 years old d.
Denise: *sweat* Icic. So, any leng chais in Germany?
Me: .....................
Of course not all females are "normal people". There are some who are as informative, in some cases more informative than the boys. Especially you have a football freak as your brother.

Sis: Ko, England match very boring la.
Me: I know.
Sis: They pass to the opponents more than passing to themselves. Gerrard and Crouch not performing well.
Me: I agree. I see only Lampard, Cole and the defence doing their work.
Sis: Yalo. Owen oso din see him. Beckham chun la the free kick.
Me: Yeap. Unfortunately, own goal la.
Sis: Gamara rite? He's from Charlton one right?
Me: Yeah.


Its amazing how the World Cup can produce so many reactions to it. Some say its the ultimate event in football. Others are not impressed as it only involves 22 people chasing a ball. Some go for it for the love of the game. Others see it as the big betting ring to invest in. Some goes for the skills and techniques. Others go for the leng chais inside the team.

Update for Group stage first match will be out soon.

Stay tuned.

4th Semester Preview

2 weeks into the 2nd year, and finally have met all the lectures enough to give me a preview for the whole of 4th sem, based on first impression that is.

This time around, the subjects which I gonna study is Family Counselling, Career Counselling, Leadership Skills, Basic Management Principle and Developmental Psychology. And by the way, hoorah becoz there will be no more language subjects.

First, Family Counselling.

Basically the name suggests what we are going to study this sem. Yeap. Family. The lecturer? According to Miss...sorry again...Dr.Chai, our head of Social Science, he is someone from the army and now half way through for his PhD in Psychology. Now, you will begin to imagine a particular guy with a muscular body, fashioned himself in a tight tee to show of his hard nipples and breast, growing a Hitler-like moustache and speaking in a commanding as well as irritating voice. Or at least this is who I was expecting. Surprisingly, he is the contrast of what we thing he is. The first time he stepped in, we thought he is the technician for the DK, trying to fix the lights. Describing him will be something like this: Small, student-faced, bespectacled and looks like some nerd to me. So, is the way he speaks. Someone from the army? Totally duped.

Now, to the subject itself. The moment he started to lecture, i am already opening my mouth wide. Why? Supposingly you came across words such as Cybernatic Epistemology, Reciprocal Determinism, Linear and Circular Casualty, Identified patient(ID) and 2nd Order Cybernatics, what will you think it is? For me, its something like a military strategy drill. Damn. You call this family counselling? I am expecting terms which are softer and more comfortable. Family maa.

Next, Career Counselling.

Finally, we had the opportunity to meet Miss Eva, recommended by the seniors as the best in our field. Well, the reputation matches her. Yeap. I find her classes very interesting. With her well-spoken English and quirky sense of humour, I'll be darned if you slept in her class. She did warned that this subject itself will be hard and boring. I think she's jsut being humble. The subject is interesting as long as you got an enthusiatic lecturer like her.

Leadership Skill.

In this context, we will not be studying to be some national leader and stuff. It will be something about how to lead a group counselling and doing group dynamics. The lecturer will be none other then Dr. Chai herself. She was with us for Introduction to Counselling, so somehow we already knew her ways of handling her class. Its a moderate subject, at least for the first and second week.

Basic Management Principle.

This is a business subject. Will be studied because it will help us in Human Resource Management in the future. Miss Khoo is the lecturer. Somehow, from some angle, she looks like my friend, Christine Goh. Whahaha. Practically, her style of lecture is kinda business-like, something like having a business conference. A fast talking and no nonsense lecturer.

Developmental Psychology.

For the third time during the course, Mr Phillip will be teaching us, which is good news. The ever informative guy he is, its always nice to have him as a lecturer. Past experience showed that he is well organized and fair to his student. An honest guy. The subject? The philosophy is the same as Career Counselling. Good lecturer=Interesting Subject.

As it is the second year, life will not be as beautiful as the previous year. The subjects are getting tougher and the assignments will be expectingly insane-like.

But thank god we dont have some particular grumpy old man and "hoh" sounding person as lecturer.....for now.

Reporting out.

World Cup Fever!

Finally, the day that the world awaits is here. The World Cup. As a passionate football fan, which, according to Thomas, is a.k.a. football freaks(call whatever you want), this is the time when we people unite together and watch the biggest event in football(screw the Americans who called it soccer, its just damn lame name).

As a vivid fan, here's a very basic view to the groups and countries and stars to shine in the World Cup.

Group A
Teams: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador

The obvious favourite to go through is Germany, which boast stars like M. Ballack, Oliver Kahn and Miroslav Klose. However, do expect excitement as Poland, Costa Rica and Ecuador have the chances to strike them down. Basically, if there are no complications, Germany will be leading the team, with the other 3 vying for 2nd place to go through.
Stars to look for: M.Ballack(Ger.), L. Podolski(Ger.)
















Michael Ballack of Germany

Group B
Teams: England, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden

Here, England has all what it takes to lead. With well-known stars such as Beckham, Owen, Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard, it is no easy job to beat them, that is if they make full use of their talents and skills. Sweden will be the closest rival to England in the group and will be expecting 2nd place. Paraguay, with its latin roots of tactical football will be able to mount a challenge. T&T will be on their debut world cup with veteran captain, Dwight Yorke leading them for a place of glory.
Stars to look for: Gerrard(Eng.), Rooney(Eng.), Yorke(T&T), Ibrahimovic(Swe.), Larsson(Swe.), Santa Cruz(Par.)


















Steven Gerrard, England

Group C
Teams: Argentina, Cote D' Ivoire, Serbia and Montenegro, Netherlands

Known as the group of death, with each teams have their own legacy to go through the stage. Both Argentina and Netherlands have their stars and reputation to go through the stage. However, S&B and Ivory Coast also has their own records and star players to stage a fight. It is a unpredictable group which anything can happen.
Stars to look for: Messi(Arg.), Drogba(CDI), Kezman(S&B), Van Nistelrooy(Ntl.), Robben(Ntl.)

Group D
Teams: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal

Mexico and Portugal will be the favourites through. Iran have many players which is Germany-based, which can cause a few problems. Angola is on their 1st appearance in the World Cup.
Stars to look for: C.Ronaldo(Por.), Figo(Por.), Deco(Por.), Franco(Mex.), Karimi(Iran)

Group E
Teams: Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Rep.

Known as the second group of death. Italy and the Czechs will be favourites going through, having a lot of stars in their team. "Soccer" nation USA will be going into the competition with a very high ranking, 8th in FIFA ranking. Ghana is on their debut appearance, with few of their players plying their trade in European countries.
Stars to look for: Toni(Ita.), Totti(Ita.), Essien(Gha.), McBride(USA), Cech(Cze.), Nedved(Cze.)

Group F:
Teams: Brazil, Australia, Japan, Croatia

It will be the shock of the century if Brazil do not go through in this group. With the whole team of superstars and free-flowing football, it will be tough to disrupt their journey to road of glory. Croatia will be trying to emulate the 1998 team, having got 3rd place that year. Japan, with the experience of hosting the last World Cup and having reach 2nd round, will be trying hard to improve on their record. As for Australia, with its first appearance since 1974, will be hungry to fight for a place in the football map.
Stars to look for: Ronaldinho(Bra.), Kaka(Bra.), Ronaldo(Bra.), Robinho(Bra.), Adriano(Bra.), Klasnic(Cro.), Kewell(Aus.), Viduka(Aus.), Nakata(Jpn)











Ronaldinho, Brazil.

Group G:
Teams: France, Switzerland, Korea Rep., Togo

France will be facing threats from 3 emerging powers in football. With most of its stars in their retirement age, it may take quite an effort to go through. Korea will be favourite to go through by 2nd spot, reaching the last World Cup by 3rd place. Switzerland and Togo will have some difficult time in the competition.
Stars to look for: Henry(Fra.), Zidane(Fra.), J.S. Park(Kor.)

Group H:
Teams: Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia

Spain will be the favourites through, having most of their star players in the team. Ukraine will be the one posing the biggest threat to their journey, with Andriy Shevchenko spear heading the team. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia will be merely fighting for honour and dignity.
Stars to look for: Raul(Spa.), Xabi Alonso(Spa.), Torres(Spa.), Shevchenko(Ukr.)

First match starts today(9th June 2006). Host Germany will be playing Costa Rica. Poland agianst Ecuador will be the other match.

Stay tuned for World Cup updates.

Bad Day

Life is not a smooth voyage. Bad days do come at the wrong time. And it did today for me. How people define a bad day maybe different. But I certainly considered today a bad day. An omen? Haha. *snort*

Woke up and I got 10 minutes before the first class starts. Went to the toilet just to find, for the tenth million times, some dumb ignorant asshole threw his shitted toilet paper outside the toilet bowl. Disgusting. The thing is, it is just right below the flusher where the leaking water is coming down. So, guess what happen when paper meets water. Elaboration not needed. And, its my favourite cubicle for at least one year. Bet he never had a toilet training before. He's lucky enought that he was not caught red handed by me, or else.

I reached on time tho for class. However, the moment I stepped in, thousands of demands for their photostated copies of notes bombarded on me. Damn. Told them to wait for me to give out the notes the day before at lecture, but some just slipped out like I never said anything. And now, at the brink of a tutorial, they want their notes. Ish.

The class went smoothly, except that I am lost. Its basic management principles, a subject for business people. Maybe I wasn't concentrating during lecture and din't do my revision. But hell, I dont have the slightest idea to answer the tutorial questions, which is kinda fucked up, as everybody is waiting for me to answer my question.Told ya, Sin Eu. Lazy some more la.

The life of a printing manager is not easy as it seems. After classes, while everybody can hop back gleefully for bed, I am to collect the photostated copies. Thank god, and of course thank Ernest and Thomas for their bikes. If not for them, I have to carry the notes all the way from TBR to anywhere else. As usual, went to TBR to collect the stuff, only to find out that I din't have enuf money. Dumb. Got into the bank next door only to find the ATM with the note "Harap Maaf. ATM tiada dalam perkhidmatan atas sebab....". Yada yada. *smack forehead*. So, went back to college to wait for a long queue to get the money. Went back to TBR again and found out even the weather is not kind to me. It rained. Walau.
On bike + set of notes + rain + traffic jam= the ultimate combination of "sui" (bad luck).

Then there is the meeting to setup the initially called Friends of Youth Society. It is a club meant to unite the counselling and psychology students to help the students in TARC psychologically. Something like the BeFrienders. Well, I had this urge to join it since the first year. But due to some silly complications by SAD(they always do have complications), it was never meant to be established. This time around, it will be the 2nd attempt.

I always hope to become the part of the commitee to help out in establish and organise the club. Its kinda of an ambition. But...it wasn't meant to be. I did not got into the management, which I am slightly disappointed. Yes, I noe u guys will be disgusted to think that I am some crazy-power guy. Think again, I am no such person. Its just that I had been determined to get it right the moment Miss...sorry...Dr. Chai told our class us we had to do something about the society. Plus, its a lifetime experience to setup a club. Awkwardly, I am the only one there without a position, which of course its a embarassed situation. But come to think again, perhaps I am of no ability to do so. Ambition is an ambition. But the ability to fulfill it is another matter. Maybe I have not come of time. >_<

Outta there, Vic and Christine called during the meeting, told me that they are in TARC. But hey, as I was almost there to meet them up, they said that their time is up too. Damn. Its not their fault. Its just plain unlucky.

A tiring day means I wanted, hmm, needed a sleep. As I was about to reach my room and reached for my key, I grabbed out Ernest's bike key. *looked blankly up the sky*. Called him and told him I will be returning it after my nap since, luckily, he wasn't in a hurry to go home.

So, a hurried nap is done, and off I went to college to play football and of course, return the key. Of all days, I, time and again, injured myself. *Sighed out loudly*. The point is I haven't started yet. Its just the warm-up session. Aiks, who cares. Play la.

As we reached the climax of the game. The fugly security guard came and shooed us. WTF. So it happens that we din booked the field and we are not allowed to use it. WTF again. Went back dissapointedly.

Summing up, I am now as down and grumpy and f***ed-up and *fill in the blanks with any negative word you can think of*.

* Listening and repeating Daniel Powter's Bad Day*

Me out.

Hate

Lately, I discover and realise that I am a hater.
Hate this and that. Hating people who frustrates me. Hate things that did not go smoothly. Hate going out. Hate going to classes(but still do). Hate the situation I am in.

I am as grumpy as an old man now.

Angle: Dude, where's the love?
Me: Oh, that? Go find it in the toilet bowl! Do dig as deep as u can. They probably have flushed it down.

Peer-2-Peer(P2P)

Finally, P2P is enabled for my internet connection. Nope, its not because the sucky hostel internet connection allows it, it is just some effort, help and luck that I got to use it. Wahaha. Who says the network's firewall is impassable. Bullshit.

Just in case y'all duno what the heck is this P2P about...here's the discription from wikipedia.org:

"A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies primarily on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively low number of servers. P2P networks are typically used for connecting nodes via largely ad hoc connections. Such networks are useful for many purposes. Sharing content files (see file sharing) containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format is very common, and realtime data, such as telephony traffic, is also passed using P2P technology."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

For more information, log on to the above website on P2p.

So back to the P2P here, my side. Alrite, alrite, for pros and experts, this is just a damn lame story how to get a P2P thru a firewall. But for amateurs such as myself, its quite an achievement.

















The LimeWire Program


Basically, the hostel network firewalled almost everything included P2P networks, online games and most of the download site, and they required you to pay 58 bucks for the subscription. Plus for guys, you had to reconnect, meaning login ur username, for every freaking hour. This is to ensure you people don't download things and crash the network. Bullshit again.

So, to get through the obstacles, that is the network firewall, all u have to do is to follow the steps below.

1. Go to any search engine and type "proxy public".
2. Go to the site where they offer u the proxys
3. Ensure the proxy port is "80". Copy the proxy.
4. If using Limewire, go to Tools>Options>Advanced>Proxy. Paste the code.
5. Pray hard that the proxy works. It might take a long time.
6. If too long, go to File>Disconnect and Connect again.
7. If still denied, find the another proxy and paste it. Follow the steps above.
8. Pray hard again.

I haven't try on BitTorrent. Should be able to got thru too. Just let me noe if u can.

As for the connection thingy, u guys can visit http://got.to/littleway

You can go on from there.

For those who want to talk about ethical stuff, you may kick ur own ass outta here. If you wanna put ur 58 bucks for maximum profit u may wanna consider the option. Enjoy!

Out.

You Got Tag!

Just in case y'all dunno what the heck is tagging about...this the quote by thomas in his blog:

"For the uninitiated, tagging is some blogger thing where questionnaires or surveys are filled out by a blogger, and then the said blogger 'tags' his fellow bloggers, obliging them to answer the tagged questionnaire/survey. think of friendster bulletin boards."

Thomas Ting, 24 May2006.

Here goes mine:

do you still talk to the person you had your first kiss with?
Who? My mom? Hah. Nah. I had never been in a relationship. *sob*

what would you do with 1000 plastic spoons?
I will use one of them. And the rest? Dunno. Might sell them. Make profit maa. Bankrupt d.

what kind of music did you listen to in elementary school?
Classics. Believe me. I got hooked to it when I joined the school band. Other than that...er....its the boy band era...so, westlife and BSB are top of the list.


what is the best thing about your current job?
Job? Does being a student count? Now am a college student and am enjoying it to the max. Life in college rocks!! Woohoo!

do you wish cell phone etiquette is required?
Yes. Lots of them should be made. Some people just dunno what is manners. Might have to come up with rules to whack their ass.

are you against same sex marriage?
Can't accept it. Its sick for me. Just imagine how do their children survive the social pressure when they had abnormal parents of the same sex. They will probably be retards. Poor kids. Same sex marriage? F*** it!!


how have you been in the past week?
Not so good. Not been myself. Felt retarted at times. Talking ability hit new low point. Lame jokes came out from my mouth. Hahaha..haha...ha...zzzzz.

where are you going on your next vacation?
I don't usually plan. I guess a trip to a serene island might be nice.


are most of your friends in your life new or old?
As I am in KL, I spent most of my time with new friends. But of course, I wont forget the old friends back in Penang. They have been part of my life. Just hope the next hols our schedule would be the same, meaning both are having hols, not exam. So can go out together. Wheee!

do you own any furniture from Ikea?
No. I am a student. Not sure can afford it. Ask my dad whether he got o not.

do you like your parents?
Is tat some dumb question? Heh. Okok. I love them. They are the ones who I don't one to exchange anything else in this world for them.

which state/country you're from?
Penang. Small small eh island. So called Heaven of Food of Malaysia.


tell us about the last conversation you had?
Erm. Thomas and me are discussing some web link. As to what web link....hehe.

where do you see yourself in one month?
In college lo. No change. Erm. Assignments will be pilling up. And I will be preparing the Orientation Nite for TARC. Packed schedule is on the way. Nevertheless, I think I can cope with it.

what is your favourite smell?
My bolster's smell. Which indirectly is my smell. Wahahahaha. Eeeeee.

what is the time and outside temperature at the moment?
Its 1.58am. Yes I noe its sleeping time. Who cares. Temperature? Ask Sean Paul.

have you ever done anything vindictive to your co-workers?
Co workers? Nah. I don't have one.

have you ever gone for therapy?
Yeah. Its a family therapy. Used to have problems with my parents. Now am better like a thousand times. God blessed.

have you ever played spin the bottle?
Nope. I noe. I am dumb.

have you ever toilet papered someone's house?
Hah? How? Why? Wu liao la.

have you ever liked someone but never told them before?
What you expect me to say? No? C'mon. All of us do. If you don't have, buy a NASA ticket and go to Mars or Venus or......

have you ever gone camping?
Yeap. A lot. Its fun.

have you ever had a crush on your sister's friend?
No. My sis never introduce her friends to me. Don't even noe who's her friend. Heh.

have you ever had sex on the beach?
Don't even have sex b4. Its kinda exciting and daring tho.

have your ever had a stalker?
Don't think so. I am nothing close to attractive or did something that the FBI have to track me with their GPRS.

have you ever gone skinny dipping?
Nah. Might wanna try.

have you ever laughed so hard you cried?
Of course. My group of friends are just whacky and fun and lots of crap. The probability is freakingly high.

have you ever gone to a party where you were the only sober one?
Err....Maybe. I don't drink much.

have you ever been cheated on?
Walau. Reminds me of whacking the ones that cheated on me.

have you ever had sex with one of your Myspace friends?
I don have MySpace and I don have sex...yet.

have you ever felt betrayed by your best friend?
Yeah. Don't remind me. Anyway, they are not best friends anymore. Duh.

have you ever lied to your parents?
Hehe. Yeah. I still remember the first time. They found out and I got whacked like hell.

have you ever been to the US?
Nope. Maybe someday la. Please make sure G.Bush is outta there before I step on American soil.

have you ever thrown up from working out?
Nah. I did become dizzy tho. Too many things to do at one time.

have you ever get a haircut so bad you wore a hat for a month straight?
Nope. I used to have my hair the GI style and proud of it. I wear cap because I liked and sometimes am just plain lazy to set my hair.

have you ever eaten 3 meals from 3 different fast food outlets in one day?
Nope. I seldom have fast food. They are unhealthy.

Oh? Did I just sed that? Nah. The reason is because they are not as cheap as kopitiam food.

have you ever gotten so wasted you didn't know what was going on?
Nope. Not close to it. Dunno the feeling.

have you not realized what you had until you lost it?
Yeah. Sob. Learned to aprreciate things now.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Job done. Now tagging someone else. Lets see.

Jeremy, Denise, Rachel and Cynthia.
Happy Taggin'.