Woooohooooo!!!

No more EMS (Electro-Mechanical Systems)! No more electrical subjects for us Mechanical Engineers to take! For this subject I actually learnt more in 2 days than during the many weeks of lectures...haha! Woohooo!!! One paper down, 4 more to go!!

Sunday morning (Sunday also must have exams...not fair!!) - Principles of Management (POM)

Tuesday afternoon - Power Generation (Must score A!! If not..major burn..haha!)

Wednesday morning - Engineers in Society (EIS) - This one...highest also can get B only I guess...thanks to the biased lecturer!

Friday morning - Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC) - This paper...is a mixture of Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and other stuff...another subject where I dunno what's happening...and since my Thermodynamics sucks, I have to memorize everything...not very good eh..but what to do...lecturer talks to the slides during lectures...

I had a break yesterday after EMS paper (only finish one paper lepak d?? =_=") so today must study extra hard! =)

Egg Sandwich

I'm sure you all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Which is why I decided to have 'Phoebe's Big Breakfast' instead of 'Phoebe's Big Lunch' =P. So here's how I make my egg sandwich:

1. Boil 2 eggs
2. Mash eggs with white pepper and margarine
3. Put margarine on bread
4. Put mashed eggs, then add layer of tomato slices, tomato sauce and slice of cheese
5. Put 2nd layer on and you have an egg sandwich!
6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 for 2nd sandwich
7. Eat sandwich slowly to enjoy to the fullest

MmmmmMMMmmMMmmmM =D

Some pics:


Ingredients: Hard boiled eggs, sliced tomatoes, cheese slice, tomato sauce, white pepper, margarine, bread


Bread+egg+tomato slices+tomato sauce+cheese slice+margarine


Egg sandwich tower!

So that was my breakfast for Monday morning...not very festive eh...but it was good and healthy! Haha..It didn't really feel like Deepavali cause I was just sitting in the apartment trying to study...

Returned safely

I thought I lost my 512MB pendrive for good, since the last time I remember using it was for the last Techflow meeting which was about 2 weeks ago. I only realized a few days later that I must have dropped somewhere when I took out my car keys from my pocket! I thought I'd never see it again but amazingly, it has returned! Last night Sarah n Agnes went to Al-Salam in Kajang for dinner and the workers who found it kept it nicely and safely and returned it to them. You see, after Techflow 2 weeks ago we went there for late dinner/supper and as usual its the usual bunch of us so they remember us! It seems that they kept it in one of those small plastic zip-lock baggies. So kind of them =) There are still honest people in this world!!

Listening to Andrea Bocelli =) Swaying along to the music!

Jalan Alor or Jalan Kejora?

Taken from Thestar.com.my

It’s decided - Jalan Alor will keep its name

KUALA LUMPUR: Jalan Alor will keep its name - that’s the decision of Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique.

It is understood that the decision was made by him after listening to feedback from the public and City Hall following the uproar over the name change of the world-renowned street to Jalan Kejora.

Sources said the minister had taken into account the views of both sides before making the decision.

Bone of contention: Fong (left) looking on while a trader points at the new road sign.

However, Zulhasnan, when contacted, declined to confirm his decision, saying that it would be made known next week.

“I have listened to the explanation by the Datuk Bandar. I also understand the wishes of the people in Jalan Alor, especially the hawkers and traders in the area.

“I am fully aware that Jalan Alor is a world-renowned street, particularly its attraction as a food centre for tourists,” he said.

The name Jalan Alor has been in existence for 35 years. Alor means groove or lane in Bahasa Malaysia while Kejora means Venus, the second planet in the solar system.

Zulhasnan said he had studied the various views and had made a decision on the controversy.

“The Datuk Bandar will an­­nounce the decision next week, please be patient,” he said.

On Tuesday, Zulhasnan stepped in to intervene after many people voiced out against City Hall’s decision to rename Jalan Alor.

Zulhasnan said he had asked Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan, the Datuk Bandar, for a report on the rationale for the name change.

On Tuesday, The Star reported that web portal Yahoo! returned more than 900,000 results for a search on “Jalan Alor” while news of the name change made it across the globe.

Ab Hakim had said that the decision to rename the road was planned three years ago, with other roads in the Bukit Bintang area to be renamed after planets to create a new image.

Earlier yesterday, traders and residents of Jalan Alor embarked on a signature campaign to protest against the change in the road name.

A group of about 30 traders gathered at the road junction, shouting: “We want Alor! We want Alor!”

Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun, who organised the campaign, said the traders and residents found the name change a nuisance as they would need to revise their business address, company letterheads, business cards, rubber stamps and update the details in their MyKad, bank accounts and other legal documents.

“This is stupid! I have eight websites and now I have to change the addresses in all of them,” said a businessman.

“It is such stupid move and we are hoping that the DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall) will change its mind on this,” trader Lee Kien Kee said.

Fong said he would submit the signatures to the Datuk Bandar next week.

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Makes you wonder, these people got nothing better to do issit? Just sit around and plan for 3 years to change road names? And name them after planets??? It's so sad that they want to change the road names of many famous roads. Especially those from the colonial era which sounds just fine, in face nicer and easier to pronounce than their current names, I think. Especially those roads named after royalty/famous people/??. Like all those nice road names in Ipoh, now changed. When my mom brings me somewhere in town, she remember's it by its old name, and then we see that its some weird name now. They just wanna erase all evidence that we were colonized. (I think I read that in an article sometime ago about changing road names) Honestly, if the new name is decent enough I wouldn't mind. In another article, it was stated that "ROAD names in Kuala Lumpur are changed to make life easier for the postman when delivering letters." If the postmen are good at their jobs, they would know the road names and locations by heart in a matter of days lah! Don't you think changing the names would confuse them?? =_=""" Seriously...why don't these people with power do something more useful? You should read the second article and see for yourself how ridiculous people and rules can get.

Spaghetti ala Phoebeee

As I mentioned earlier, I went to Cold Storage and bought loads of groceries. Among the foodstuff I bought was for spaghetti =D. So here's how I cook spaghetti (everything here is approximate, cause I don't really know the recipe =P):

Ingredients:
2 tomatoes
2 bombay onions
400g minced meat
1 can tomato puree
2 cans prego cheese & herbs
oregano
1 can button mushrooms (slice/dice)
500g spaghetti (boiled and kept for future meals)
2 tbsp olive oil (healthier and italian =P)

Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins (can also clean while cooking)
Serves 10 or more meals (depends on the consumer)

Method:
1. Heat up olive oil
2. Stir fry diced onions
3. Add meat and cook till meat is brown
4. Add Prego and then tomato puree
5. Add mushrooms and then diced tomatoes
6. Add oregano to heart's content
7. Keep stirring and add water if necessary.

If you have another rice cooker you can boil the spaghetti while cooking the sauce. Add some salt in the water, and boil spaghetti till it expands a little. Around 15 mins. You can break the spaghetti in half so that it fits in the pan and will be easier to eat =) After boiling, strain the water and mix with some olive oil to prevent spaghetti from sticking together.


Trusty ol' rice cooker

Ingredients:

L-R, clockwise: diced tomatoes, minced meat, diced onions, button mushrooms


L-R: Kimball's Tomato Puree, Prego's Cheese & Herbs, McCormick's Ground Oregano


Voila! Food & Photograph: Phoebe, Plate: WZ's from IKEA

MMmmmmmmmmm....awesome!! It's how my mom cooks it except the proportions are different (more meat, more tomatoes and onions)...i think =P Tastes good anyway!!

LOL!

more animals
Other humins have OCD too!

I heart Cold Storage!

Went grocery shopping at Cold Storage (they have the most awesome stuff!) in Alamanda last Tuesday night and bought up to RM100 worth of groceries! Not surprising though...last time I managed RM140...but wait, that was shared with WZ...so...hmm...anyway with so much food now, I have no money left to go out and eat. Will be hibernating in the apartment until finals ends I guess...

Saw this yogurt thingy there...hmmm...funny name...haha!

Humor Dos and Don'ts

Interesting article found on IEEE Spectrum

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By Carl Selinger
First Published October 2008

Optimist: The glass is half full. Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Engineer: The glass needs to be redesigned.

I’ve told that joke at parties many times and have always gotten a laugh. Tell it to a group of senior engineers who have heard it a hundred times, though, and you’ll get a polite, stony silence at best. Your ability to use humor can play a positive role in your career, but judgment is called for. Here are a few dos and don’ts.

Back in 1997, I met baseball legend Henry “Hank” Aaron. He had arrived early for a meeting at my office. We were alone, and he seemed uncomfortable. Sensing this, I had the New York brashness to tease him about the recent World Series in which the Yankees beat his former team, the Braves. We had a good laugh. Use humor to break the ice.

In those days, one of my co-workers regularly fell asleep in the afternoon while reading. One day our supervisor beckoned us to Andy’s cubicle, where he gently placed a note on his reading material that said, “We’re all watching you!” Andy woke up, saw the note, and looked around sheepishly. We were in hysterics. A bonding experience! Playful stunts can lighten the mood, so long as they don’t offend.

The safer strategy is to tell jokes about yourself and your own foibles. For example, in person, I can implicitly refer to my own appearance. I’m 5 feet 5 inches [1.65 meters] tall and bald. So when others complain they’re having “a bad hair day,” I say, “Every day is a bad hair day for me.” If a program is running late and the moderator asks me to be short, I say, “I’m always short.” Develop your sense of self-deprecating humor.

Those jokes rely on my physical presence, where people can also see me smile. Humor frequently doesn’t convey itself in e-mail. The slightest sarcasm can come across as mean. Using emoticons, such as a :-) or a “wink” ;-), can help. Ensure your messages are taken in the spirit you intended.

Even a joke that is guaranteed to be funny can get you a bad workplace reputation with people who might be put off by these trivial spamlike messages. Don’t mindlessly forward e-mail jokes at work.

On the other hand, you can send free e‑cards for many situations, such as thank-yous, congratulations, and other sentiments. They can be a refreshing change. Just make sure they’re appropriate for a business communication. There’s more to humor than telling jokes. Find ways to add a lighter touch to all your communications.

Rarely are we engineers called upon to entertain, but we often make presentations where humor can hold the audience’s interest and reinforce our points. I was on the engineering panel at a middle school career day recently, and while I didn’t tell any actual jokes, the principal later thanked me for “being so funny.” For example, when I had the students calculate the minimum required “red time” interval at a street intersection, I pretended to be a slow-moving older pedestrian crossing the street. My overacted role-playing was effective and lighthearted. Integrate humor into your talks.

You’ve probably seen cartoons in presentations where the caption is too small to be read, or you just don’t get the point of it. On the other hand, popular comic strips like Dilbert and Peanuts can be useful. I’ve used a Peanuts cartoon to illustrate stress: the first three panels show Charlie Brown lying wide awake all through the night; the last panel shows him standing on the pitcher’s mound, thinking, “Before a big game, there shouldn’t have to be a night before.” Humorous slides must relate to the content. Cartoons must be clear.

There’s a diverse audience out there, and different people find different things funny, or even offensive, so be careful and err on the side of caution. Hank Aaron and I come from disparate worlds—enough so that insulting his team was a bit risky. Be careful of cultural differences.

Humor can be an important facet of your work—and personal—life. Use it wisely.

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So, be careful when you joke =)

OCD

I can't stand it when the dishes on the dish rack are not arranged according to the order I've set...it's worse when its just randomly chucked on the dish rack...It's not hazardous or anything but why don't the rest feel the same way about the order of dishes?? I mean...it's so much easier on the eyes when its in a proper order right?

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do

The first thing that crossed my mind when I was watching Mamma Mia! at the cinema a few weeks back was "If only I was part of the band that was playing all the songs!!" It wasn't even "Hey these people are great actors/actresses" (Ok that was my second thought). My point is, I wish I was playing in a band. But unfortunately I don't play the piano/guitar that well so I can only play up to a sad level! Can't play Abba here unless I have a keyboard =P Anyway after a few weeks of continuously listening to the Mamma Mia! soundtrack and singing along until my throat hurt (I think I know why it's been raining a lot recently...hahaha!) I switched back to listening to James Morrison. He's really awesome! If you haven't heard his song 'You make it real' then go and get the album! Or watch or listen to it on Youtube! Or download it! His songs are easy to play also, and it's easy to sing cause it's low notes! Here's one of my fave songs from his latest album:

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PLEASE DON'T STOP THE RAIN - James Morrison
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Tabbed by: xMaxie77

Tuning: Standard

Am C Dm Am G

Am C
I don't know where I crossed the line
Dm
Was it something that I said
Am G
Or didn't say this time
Am C
And I don't know if it's me or you
Dm
But I can see the skies are changing
Am G
In all the shades of blue
F G
And I don't know which way it's gonna go

C F
If it's gonna be a rainy day
Am
There's nothing we can do to make it change
G
We can pray for sunny weather
C
But that won't stop the rain
F
Feeling like you got no place to run
Am
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
G
We can make this last forever

C
So please don't stop the rain
F
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Am
Please don't stop the rain
G
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Am
Please don't stop the rain

C
I thought that time was on our side
Dm
I've put in far too many years
Am G
To let this pass us by
Am C
You see live is a crazy thing
Dm
There'll be good time and there'll be bad times
Am G
And everything in between
F G
And I don't know which way it's gonna go

C F
If it's gonna be a rainy day
Am
There's nothing we can do to make it change
G
We can pray for sunny weather
C
But that won't stop the rain
F
Feeling like you got no place to run
Am
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
G
We can make this last forever

C
So please don't stop the rain
F
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Am
Please don't stop the rain
G
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)

Please don't stop the rain

Dm C G
Oh we're a little closer now
Dm C G
And finding what life's it's all about
Dm Am
Yeah I know you just can't stand it
C G
When things don't go your way
Dm G
But we've got no control over what happens anyway


C F
If it's gonna be a rainy day
Am
There's nothing we can do to make it change
G
We can pray for sunny weather
C
But that won't stop the rain
F
Feeling like you got no place to run
Am
I can be your shelter 'til it's done
G
We can make this last forever

C
So please don't stop the rain
F
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
Am
Please don't stop the rain
G
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
C
Please don't stop the rain
F
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)

Can't stop it, can't stop it, just can't stop the rain
Am
(Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall)
G
Let it fall, please don't stop the rain
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Awesome song! Other notable songs in this album (Click for chords):

1. The Only Night
2. Save Yourself
3. You Make It Real
4. Broken Strings (ft. Nelly Furtado) (Easier if you capo 1st fret and transpose chords half step down)
5. Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
6. Once When I Was Little

From his first album, Undiscovered:

1. If The Rain Must Fall
2. Undiscovered
3. You Give Me Something

From his Live at the Sydney Opera House album:

1. Waltzing Matilda
2. Please Don't Talk About Me
3. Mack The Knife
4. Wonderful World (Instrumental)

Fingers got blister d!!!

How we face exams

Got this in a forwarded mail a long time ago..it's so funny and true:

New school semester:


At the first week:


At the second week:


Before the mid-term test:


During the mid-term test:


After the mid-term test:


Before the final exam:


Once know the final exam schedule:


7 days before final exam:


6 days before final exam:


5 days before final exam:


4 days before final exam:


3 days before final exam:


2 days before final exam:


1 day before final exam:


A night before final exam:


1 hour before final exam:


During the final exam:


Once walk out from the exam hall:


After the final exam, during the holiday:



Have a nice day!!

Now I know!

I know why Dr. Khairul (our EMS lecturer & FYP coordinator) is so cool! His mom is Hokkien too! Wahahahaha! We're so cool!

*cue syok sendiri

Oh man doing FYP and reports has taken a toll on me...

And my left foot hurts again...as a result of semangatly going jogging earlier this evening...hahaha..I'm getting old lar :S While I was jogging back from mini stadium Ariq passed by on his bike and said "Lari, cepat lari" and all I did was gasp for air! Hahaha...actually I couldn't hear him cause I was listening to the radio on my handphone while jogging but I'm very sure that's what he said...hahaha!

My eyes are blurring...its so confusing when you're editing and finalizing a group report which involves correcting grammar and sentence structures...my shoulders are aching! (More signs of old age?? =S)

Yay!

Petrol price will be reduced effective tomorrow! RON 97 will cost RM2.30, RON 92 will cost RM2.20 and diesel will cost RM2.20! Hooray! Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for foodstuff prices that have soared tremendously. They'll never reduce the food prices! Even though its said in the article "The lowering of the fuel prices is also made to speed up the reduction of retail prices so that the people will be able to enjoy the benefits sooner,". Really wan meh.... I knew they shouldn't have increased the petrol price by 78 sen straightaway! Craziness! I guess I'll just spend my money on petrol and drive around/go on a road trip/explore the roads not taken instead of spending it on food, like what James May said...I could change my motto to 'eat to live'...hmmm...

But I think I better replace the wheel arch housing part that went missing in the flood the other day...before it damages anything....=(


Whole piece went missing =(

How I spent my Sunday afternoon

Last night I decided that I'll go for MPO today after church, since it's been a while and I needed a break. Unfortunately I did not book tickets and after checking online it seemed that most of the tickets were sold out. Anyway I decided to try my luck and go anyway, but alas, all the tickets were sold out =( The pieces chosen are really good ones, and I really wanted to see the piano concerto for 2 pianos. TWO PIANOS! Aaarrrggghhh so sad when there were no tickets =( The program:

12 Oct Sun 3.00pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang pianos

BEETHOVEN Overture: Egmont
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Two Pianos in A flat
BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C minor (Op.68)

RM85 | RM65 | RM40 | RM20

Sigh...It must have been really good. Anyway since I was already in KLCC I thought might as well do more window shopping. And KLCC is the best place to do window shopping because the things there are ridiculously expensive and your eyes just absolutely glaze over when you see the price tag! Even after it is on 70% offer you still can't afford it! =S And the parking was RM4 for 3 hours so I thought might as well hang out longer. I spent about 2 hours there, going from store to store, looking for nice shirts but again, my eyes wanted to pop out from their sockets when I saw the prices. The clothes at those branded stores aren't made for Malaysian weather anyway, so I wonder who really buys them?? The foreigners/tourists who come?? Hmmm.... Since I was so free I went to every floor and saw that Galeri Petronas had an exhibition on artworks by 12 emerging Malaysian artists, and the title of the exhibit is...uh...'Working Title' haha! [Link 1, Link 2] Art is very subjective, and the artworks were really interesting...I'm just glad I don't have to write a one-page summary of the artworks! There was also the main piece which is a super big mural titled 'The Merdeka Painting'. Quite nice, and it reminded me of the time when I was painting the walls for our Christmas Play 2 years ago. Although all I used were wall paint. And my paintings were nowhere as good as theirs. haha! After that I continued with my window shopping. By now my feet were killing me because I was wearing heels (must wear nice nice for MPO) so I decided to grab something from Coffee Bean then head back. It was quite jammed up near the Sg. Besi highway...

It was raining quite heavily on the Sg. Besi highway on my way back, and these pics are from near the UPM exit:


That's a lot of muddy water!


Water under the flyover

There was an accident at an exit just before uni. The Hyundai Matrix had the left tyres in a drain. The driver must have lost control of the car and skidded or something. Dangerous!


Cheese cake from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf


Cake + Caramel Ice Blended! As usual, the barista spelled my name as Fibi =_="

Managed to find spare earpads for my HP's earphones...lost one side of the rubber earpad a few months back.

RM27 for 6 earpads for earphones?? ....

Since I have been MPO deprived, here are a list of MPO events to look forward to:

23 Oct Tue 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesse Cook guitar

Virtuoso flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook has explored the limits of popular music and broken new ground, blending African percussion, Cajun accordion, classical cello and pop vocals with his own rumba flamenco style, creating a thrilling, multi–textured hybrid. Praised for his “uncompromising musicality and ferocious guitar prowess”, this Juno Award-winning artist's performances, from concert halls to appearances at major events like the Montreal Jazz Festival, are typically sold-out.

RM140 | RM100 | RM60 | RM40

26 Oct Sun 2.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Darrell Davison conductor
Michael Copley and Ian Moore buskers

The Classic Buskers
The Oxford English Dictionary defines Busking as “to play music or entertain in the streets”, and this English duo comprising woodwind virtuoso Michael Copley and keyboard/vocalist Ian Moore, bring their unique brand of musical entertainment from the streets into DFP. They guarantee a show full of wit, humour and dazzling virtuosity.

RM60 | RM50 | RM30 | RM15

30 Oct Thu 8.30pm
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi director & violin

VIVALDI Sinfonia: La Senna Festeggiante (Rv693)
PURCELL Abdelazer
VIVALDI Violin Concerto in A minor (Rv357)
VIVALDI The Four Seasons

RM220 | RM170 | RM120 | RM60

1 Nov Sat 8.30pm/2 Nov Sun 3.00pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Maximiano Valdés conductor
Sarah Chang violin

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagñol (Op.34)
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor (Op.26)
PENDERECKI Symphony No.2 – “Christmas Symphony”

Pre-Concert Event: 7.30pm

RM95 | RM75 | RM55 | RM25

Hopefully can go for these events, especially for Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Ahh...there's nothing like listening to a live orchestra =)

A mosquito just bit me...seems to have alot of them lately...and they're really big...hmmm...must be careful!

Looks like quite an eventful day...I need to get some sleep! Long week ahead....

Cambodians saw house in divorce settlement

Was surfing the net and found this piece of news on MSN.com:


Cambodians saw house in divorce settlement
‘Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted,’ ex-wife says

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday.

The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

"Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted," she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month.

"He brought his relatives and used saws to cut the house in half," she said, adding that she now owns the other half that is still standing. The house is made from wood with a tile roof and propped up on wooden pillars, a typical style for a Cambodian country home.

She said her estranged husband and his relatives, after ripping apart half of the house, carried all the debris to his parents' house nearby.

She said the divorce was prompted by her husband's jealousy about her alleged relationship with a policeman in the village. She denied having an extramarital affair.

"He wanted a divorce, and I said, `Let's divorce,'" she said.

The husband could not be reached for comment.

Bou Bout, a village chief, said local officials and police were present as witnesses the day the couple split their 20-by-24 1/2 foot house into half.

"Local officials tried three times to get them to mend their differences, but the husband would not budge," Bou Bout said by phone.

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You can see the pic here. People are getting crazier!

Inside a washing machine...maybe?

It rained super heavy today, and it started just after EMS class and we were walking back to the apartment. It was drizzling and Sarah said "Wait for a while more, rain! please!" But I guess it would have been easier if we walked faster/ran instead of hoping the rain will hold back! Anyway Sarah decided to open her umbrella, but the wind was so strong it was like no point (i told her don't need the umbrella but she din listen!!) After reaching the apartment, the rain was super heavy and the wind was super strong and water leaked through the window frame and we watched helplessly as our hall started to flood. At least that part of the apartment is lower than the rest so there was just a puddle of water in the hall (near the window). Then we had to start mopping the floor and we collected half a pail of water!! If it was some kind of a telematch i think we would have won! haha! After that kekecohan it was time to continue studying for EMS test at 8.30pm...zzzzzz....hahaha! Some pictures so that you get the picture (geddit? hahaha)


View from our balcony...super heavy rain!


What the view is usually like when the sky is clear


Dirty water!


Half a pail of water!!!

uh oh

The holidays are over. Why so fast??!! One week is not enough!!! Especially when you can't really enjoy it because you have a pile of things to do...sigh...

Anyway I was bored at home so I decided to come back on Friday (was home since Saturday) - how can anyone be bored at home, you ask? Simple: I don't know anyone in Chemor! It will be sad to meet up with the same people I see in KL anyway so I just stayed at home. Only went out for lunch once and when we went to watch Mamma Mia! on Thursday night. I'm such a lazy person!! Came back on Friday to Sarah who was losing her mind so I brought her along to Plaza Low Yat to collect my ext HDD (at this point I didn't know they were gonna give me a new one! I thought they managed to fix it ...) after collecting we walked around the place, surveying ext HDD for her, and then sat at Starbucks Times Square (I always park at Times Square and walk over to Low Yat - the parking at Low Yat is scary!) where she bought her Caramel Frap (I was on a budget - must save up to buy new shirts!) and we sat there talking and catching up on events of the past week. After that we headed over to Sg. Wang Plaza because we didn't wanna go back to uni just yet! So we did major window shopping! We did not buy anything even though we tried on a lot of shoes and walked around browsing and tried on clothes! So proud of myself for not buying anything *pats myself on the back* Our legs were aching after a while but we still had to have dinner, so we decided to try out food at the shops behind Low Yat. Quite good, haven't had food that tasted real like that in a long time! We left Times Square around 9pm (we were there since 4pm) I think, and the parking fees were RM7 (maximum!) It was fun, haven't walked around like that for a long time!! =)

After singing along to the Mamma Mia! soundtrack (the cast are quite talented singers, but unfortunately not Pierce Brosnan...at least his acting was good!) for the whole weekend I decided to give ABBA a rest, because the songs are beginning to merge in my mind - Super Trooper Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know I Have A Dream? - or something like that...haha!

As usual, I'm multitasking: studying EMS, searching for journals for FYP, blogging, listening to music, facebooking and stressing! I cannot understand electrical stuff lar! That's why I chose Mechanical Engineering ma!! =( I can only go as far as Circuits 1...=(

Lost so many pictures and important stuff when my ext HDD died a few weeks ago - 400++GB of stuff in there all gone! All my pictures and files which I didn't back up all gone....='( But then again, I can live without all that...guess I'll have to start collecting em all again...but some of the pictures can never be recovered...like the picture of me and Gurmit Singh! And the pics I took during industrial training.... Arrgghhh! So please, always back up your pictures and data!!

Wanted to add pictures but photobucket cant upload pics cause the net here is bad....next time then!

Mamma Mia!

Just came back from watching the movie and wow! It's awesome! You guys must watch it, especially if you like listening to ABBA ;) (yea, yea I'm old, I listen to oldies ;P) Felt like getting up and dancing around the cinema but I didn't wanna embarass myself =P But it's really good and funny and the audience was laughing alot! The cast was great and they had the good songs and it was performed really well by them! The dance choreography was so cool too! My fave scene is when Tanya sings to the kid (Does your mother know), but the lyrics were changed a bit ;)...that was an awesome scene! Hope to watch it again! So....go watch it ok! And bring me along =P

Here's the original song sung by ABBA:

Selamat Hari Raya!!

It's finally Raya and I'm sitting at home. Sad sad. I miss Sitiawan!

"Giving presents is a talent: to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well"

"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value - Charles Dudley Warner"

So true...it's always a headache when birthdays come round and you're trying to figure what to get, which is within budget and will actually be appreciated by the receiver! Was reading a book I bought on a discount in Popular Bookstore, which is titled "paperie" which of course means paper in Scottish and Slovak. It has loads of historical info on paper, how it started, how they made paper, what paper can be used to make, etc. It is also mainly on a store, Kate's Paperie located in New York. Very cool shop...they really focus on the quality n stuff....hi-class stuff! Paper is very useful indeed! Someday I'm gonna open a store like that! Specializing in paper...haha...who knows?


Anyway saw this on TV and decided to see if I could find it on youtube =)

Really good performance of Justin Timberlake on Oprah. Saw it on Hallmark channel as Oprah fave moments or something like that.