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Here's the design for this year's Techflow T-shirt (08/09) It's very late, I know. It should be less than RM20. Anyone interested to order please comment here or email me your name & size & contact number k =)




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Bonjour!

Good morning! Oh my, it's been quite a while since I've updated!

Was so tired after CPR (Committee Planning Retreat) at somewhere near Kuala Selangor (or rather somewhere near Kapar Power Station) and so slept early last night (around 10pm?) and then woke up early today (8.40am?) even though the weather is cold and nice and I really should have slept in till it becomes hot. Probably cause I got used to lack of sleep and getting up early. =( We took longer than usual to get there, because we didn't know the way! Should have asked WZ la..she always passes that way when she balik kampung...haha wasted lah!

Anyway CPR was fun, all 13 of us + our advisor went in 4 cars (one had to go back early). I drove my awesome Citroen ZX! We had discussions and planned on how to conduct some of the activities. On Friday night, we had a sharing by our advisor and then we reflected on activities we did last semester. Everyone was tired and we finished quite late. Unsurprisingly, most were very awake after discussions ended, and some even went to the 'beach' for a while! All 13 of us squeezed in one 3 bedroom apartment! It was quite decent, and at a reasonable price =) Unfortunately the place has not been spared from people who do not know how to park properly, as shown in this picture I took from our 7th floor apt (see if you can spot my car):





On Saturday for lunch, we cooked our own meal. We had spaghetti, mashed potatoes, watermelon and mango. Thankfully it was not a disaster, and everyone finished everything (I think its because they were starving...i dunno if it was actually good!) It's also very pressuring to cook in front of 13 starving people! haha! In the afternoon, we went to see fireflies (kelip-kelip) at Kampung Kuantan. They're so pretty!! It was like looking at Christmas trees! =D 5 of us went in our advisor's new Toyota Rush (fuiyoooo!) and kecoh-ed! (4 girls sitting at the back and syok sendiri..taking pictures and laughing...loudly! Luckily we were not thrown out of the car!) We also had an interesting discussion but what happened in the car stays in the car so...there's nothing to report here other than it was fun and we learned some parenting tips and more =P

On Sunday morning we went to Klang to attend church, which was Sheela's (my fellow Chindian who's been hiding from us) church. After church we had Bak Kut Teh (wahhhh!) We sat in 2 tables, one the seniors (with Sheela & Josh Kong) and one the juniors. And then I found out....Sheela has been stalking me thru my blog!! And I thot I knew who my readers are! Haha! So now I'm stalking her blog!

Kapar is kinda dusty and now car is super dirty. Anyone wanna wash for me? If I was at home it would be so easy to wash...but here...no long rubber hose! And no car shampoo...hmmm...also must go check the exhaust part...before it drops off somewhere! Poor ZX!

Here's a cute cat pic for the day =):

more animals

Christmas is coming soon! =D So is Christmas Night! If you haven't RSVP-ed for the event on Facebook, please do so here. =D (It's not compulsory, just cooler to RSVP =P)

Hope you're enjoying the public holiday!

Nope it wasnt finalized...this one is!

So it turns out after getting approval from HEP we have to add UNITEN's logo to the poster and banner...kacau daun saja...anyway had extra photoshop-ing to do so here are the results. Not bad eh, clicked here n there, tried this n that and then it worked! wahaha...photoshop is fun! (I know some of you are thinking "duh!!")

Poster:



Banner:


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Ain't it pretty?? Not bad for someone who has zero knowledge of photoshop eh..Haha...but the more I look at it the weirder it looks...

Hopefully finalized...

Hopefully this is the final poster...and here's the banner:

Pain!

Played badminton for almost 2 hours with William yesterday morning, and today my whole body is aching. Reminder to self: next time warm up properly and don't try to play like a pro. It was fun and it was a really good workout! I didn't know I had that much muscle until now...when they're all aching! Can't even walk properly! hahaha...good thing im on holiday =)

This morning washed my car, it was so dirty! The last time I washed the car was more than a month ago! Sorry ZX! And then I washed the City also, cause it was parked next to my car...haha...washing the car when your whole body is aching is not a very good idea, but i'm crazy like that! hahaha!

So my dad got a new toy, a DSLR camera. He got the Nikon D60. Chunted lah! its so cool when it makes that sound when taking a picture! I am such a geek! Will see if I get any nice shots and then post it here =)

More photos!

Had to edit the poster and banner so here's the final designs:





Whaddaya think?

Anyway I am very angry because some people just don't pay attention! When I say "please check all the info etc and let me know if there's any mistakes" please please please check properly lah ok! Shouldn't have taken up this post la. So unsuitable for the job. Anyway it will be over soon...

Phew!

I've been tagged recently but then I don't think I wanna do those tags, so sorry to those who have tagged me =) Jangan marah ye...hehe =)

Today I spent my day learning how to use photoshop. It's so useful! (you probably know that by know, duh!) Especially the clone stamp tool! Wahahaha...Experimented here n there, clicked here n there, used so many programs and finally managed to do the banner =) I never learn how to use a program formally, usually I use trial and error (or rather the undo button =P) Looks pretty decent, hope its approved by everyone in the Christmas Night committee...Anyway here's a picture of the poster (which was done weeks ago and the picture taken off the net), if anyone is free do come ok =) Will put a pic of the banner soon!


Should have enough info on this poster...if not...I fail!

Homeeeee!

Yep finally back home. Came back on Sunday, wanted to update my blog but somehow too lazy to do that! Reached home at around 3.15pm, was super hungry because had breakfast at around 10.30am at KLCC because I had to stop by there to get my mom's birthday present (will update that in another post) and then window shopped for a while (flat rate for 3 hours of parking, so might as well hang around a bit!) William followed me back so he was stuck with me window shopping at KLCC! Hahaha! Anyway we went to the Galeri Petronas where they had an exhibition titled "Imaging Selfs", portrats by Soeaya Yusof Talismail (it's free =P). Had loads of black and white photos using various types of print for photo representations of around 80 people in the artistic scene in Malaysia. Quite nice, although I wouldn't know how to "see" art, so I was just looking at the pics =)

Gotta go to the Janamanjung Power Plant for a visit related to FYP - just to learn more about the plant, nothing more. Hope I actually learn something there...so its back to Sitiawan for a daytrip! =)

Shepherd's Pie

So most of my friends are blogging about their love life, their marriage plans, fashion and makeup, their emoings or random stuff and here I am, blogging about food! Oh well...food's more interesting! (I am SO gonna be fat in no time!) I do think I spend most of my money on food...hmmm...

I have been watching FRIENDS and I saw that episode where Rachel was preparing dessert for Thanksgiving and she wanted to prepare an English Trifle but the pages of the recipe got stuck together and she ended up with a half English Trifle-half Shepherd's Pie! And then I remembered how good Shepherd's pie tastes and so I Googled the recipe (I will also die if I am cut off from the internet for too long-most people would die from dehydration first but I would die from being starved of the internet!). So here's the recipe, looks pretty simple =)

Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground round beef
• 1 onion chopped
• 1-2 cups vegetables - chopped carrots, corn, peas
• 1 1/2 - 2 lbs potatoes (3 big ones)
• 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• Salt, pepper, other seasonings of choice

Method

1 Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).

2 While the potatoes are cooking, melt 4 Tablespoons butter (1/2 a stick) in large frying pan.

3 Sauté onions in butter until tender over medium heat (10 mins). If you are adding vegetables, add them according to cooking time. Put any carrots in with the onions. Add corn or peas either at the end of the cooking of the onions, or after the meat has initially cooked.

4 Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink. Add salt and pepper. Add worcesterchire sauce. Add half a cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.

5 Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter, season to taste.

6 Place beef and onions in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. You can use the fork to make some designs in the potatoes as well.

7 Cook in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.

Serves four.

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It's making me hungry! Must try to make this sometime during the break. MmmMmmM =)

One more paper on Friday morning and I'm done for the semester!!

New layout

Suddenly I had the idea to rearrange the furniture in my room (in uni hostel). I guess I was bored with the current layout and also the fear that from the arrangement of my speakers it might be too loud and disturb my housemates (no complaints tho =))So after Principles of Management paper yesterday I did a massive rearrange and cleanup (lots of dust under the bed!) So here's the pics before and after.

Old layout:


New Layout:


Whaddaya think? It's like an office with a bed! hahaa! It's so cool! When anyone comes in my room I look up from the screen and go "yes, may I help u?" Hahaha!

Ok..gotta continue studying Power Generation now...

Hooray!

Petrol price reduced! So must go pour petrol tomorrow! =D

Top Gear will be back on Sunday night (in UK)! Yay!!! Can't wait to watch Top Gear again!! =D

Those are great news. Unfortunately, the weather has been really weird lately. First, a few weeks ago, it kept raining every few hours and the weather was gloomy and all. Now, its so hot I can't study! =( Even when it gets cloudy there's no rain! =(

Too much rain, feel like sleeping. No rain, hot weather, cannot study. =_="

Some pics of clouds to brighten this blog:

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.