Yesterday, my family including my grandma, aunty, cousins and nephew celebrated my 22nd Birthday. It was the most wonderful family birthday celebration among other years because it was planned weeks before 14 oct, the actual date.
My cousins said they missed my 21st birthday celebration last year, so this year they planned it out just for me. We had seafood at Batu Maung. With 'birthday' mee, crabs (hard and soft shelled) (mom's fav), fish (my fav), squids, frog (dad's fav), asparagus (grandma's fav) it was very filling.. what a variety of seafood. After the hearty meal, my cousins (3 of them), presented the birthday cake, black forest with strawberries (yummy!) on the fluffy white cream. It was made on the spot in the cake house with my cousin watching the baker did it for 30 minutes, coz she wanted it as fresh as possible. Other customers in the shop sang birthday song for me and we distributed the cake for them as well, including the coffee shop's owner.
My cousins also gave me a teddy bear from ty named raindrops. No wonder it's blue in colour! hehe.. I love the blue fur very much, so soft to touch and above it all, the bear looks cool in blue with the polka-dot ribbon. Oh, thank you so much!
With all the delicous food, cake, presents and angpows, I felt like the most VIP birthday gal being celebrated!
Not to forget also the birthday party my friends celebrated for me on the 11th Oct. I had a very satisfying western dish and my friends took the initiative to have 3 in 1 birthday celebrations for the october buddies, which is me and 2 other friends. I had a very nice watch from my friends, and had the steel strap adjusted yesterday so that I can wear it already! =P
Besides that, thank you friends and roommates besides organizing parties, send warm wishes via smses and e-mails. My sincerest thanks and appreciation to all of you... ^-^
Monday, October 15, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Happy Day
The study week has begun. I am relieved that all my tests are over. For me, this sem has recorded the highest number of tests among all the previous sems. Phew... now only need to focus on the finals which will begin on 29 oct. Timetable is more packed this sem, as my papers will end on 9 nov. Which means I will have holiday earlier than my friends who will have their last papers later than that.
Today is my 'chinese birthday', which is first day of eating vegetarian in the month of the 9 emperor gods. Later my gang of friends will belanja me...haha.
Last night I watched the live telecast of our very first astronaut being lauched to space.
I synchronised my time to 21:22 when it was launched. ;-)
On astro channel 558, they had some interviews with our astronauts and also an ex-cosmonaut, besides that historical moment of the rocket blasting off to space.
According to the ex-cosmonaut, an astronaut will witness 16 sunrises and sunsets in one earth day. Which means, a Muslim practising fasting will have 45 minutes of fasting and breaking fast in between. Whoa, must keep tab of that 45 min intervals.
Upon getting itself into orbit it, the space shuttle will travel at 8 km/s that is why the view from up there will be spectacular. U can see everything passing by so fast, live telecast. Not a boring view, eh.. But our dear astronaut will be doing some checkings and experiments up there so no standing by the window for too long to watch the world goes by...haha. But time is travelling fast there, so every 16 sunrises is a new 'day' so it should be cool..
Ok, i gotta go now... my roommate is waiting for me. She's going back to her hometown for this study week. =D
Today is my 'chinese birthday', which is first day of eating vegetarian in the month of the 9 emperor gods. Later my gang of friends will belanja me...haha.
Last night I watched the live telecast of our very first astronaut being lauched to space.
I synchronised my time to 21:22 when it was launched. ;-)
On astro channel 558, they had some interviews with our astronauts and also an ex-cosmonaut, besides that historical moment of the rocket blasting off to space.
According to the ex-cosmonaut, an astronaut will witness 16 sunrises and sunsets in one earth day. Which means, a Muslim practising fasting will have 45 minutes of fasting and breaking fast in between. Whoa, must keep tab of that 45 min intervals.
Upon getting itself into orbit it, the space shuttle will travel at 8 km/s that is why the view from up there will be spectacular. U can see everything passing by so fast, live telecast. Not a boring view, eh.. But our dear astronaut will be doing some checkings and experiments up there so no standing by the window for too long to watch the world goes by...haha. But time is travelling fast there, so every 16 sunrises is a new 'day' so it should be cool..
Ok, i gotta go now... my roommate is waiting for me. She's going back to her hometown for this study week. =D
Saturday, October 06, 2007
reflections
Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others,
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
This is an extract from a forwarded email. This paragraph seems familiar as I have read it somewhere before. Between year 2002 till early 2004, I have done some poem writings and readings. Inspirational poems can be found plenty on the internet. Some touching ones are also beautifully done by the authors. Some, though, have hidden meanings that is hard to interpret. Any way, it's a good reminder once a while to reflect on ourselves.
This Monday, 2 tests! Arghh... this sem always 2 tests in one day. I feel stressful... I can't finish studying and it's tough..
Another extract from the same email:
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
The weather today is so nice! Rainy season. =p
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
This is an extract from a forwarded email. This paragraph seems familiar as I have read it somewhere before. Between year 2002 till early 2004, I have done some poem writings and readings. Inspirational poems can be found plenty on the internet. Some touching ones are also beautifully done by the authors. Some, though, have hidden meanings that is hard to interpret. Any way, it's a good reminder once a while to reflect on ourselves.
This Monday, 2 tests! Arghh... this sem always 2 tests in one day. I feel stressful... I can't finish studying and it's tough..
Another extract from the same email:
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
The weather today is so nice! Rainy season. =p
Friday, September 28, 2007
tests...
Tests...so far this sem I've completed nine 9 of em'..poof ...so tough they were.. and for the next 2 weeks, 4 tests to come and assignment to pass up.
The rush before study week is back again.
Working hard for the next few weeks till next month.
Arbeit hart!
Work hard!
Gambatte!
CY - *Ajak-ajak fighting*
Coincidentally, mum mentioned - *team fighting* instead of team building..
Add oil!
The rush before study week is back again.
Working hard for the next few weeks till next month.
Arbeit hart!
Work hard!
Gambatte!
CY - *Ajak-ajak fighting*
Coincidentally, mum mentioned - *team fighting* instead of team building..
Add oil!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
busy again...
Again, it had been so long since I update my blog.
Recap of what has been happening so far...
My internet connection had been down for the past few weeks. Called tm several times. They tried fixing it a few times. However as I type this entry now, the internet is up and running as normal again. Yup, after 2 weeks of several attempts to fix this thing. Weird, today suddenly can use. I hope it lasts for long...unlike yesterday, connection keep on failing.
Anyway, this few days busy doing assignment. On wed is the presentation. our group will be conducting it in german language. If english of course still ok...but in german, that will be scary.
Next, my test is this thursday. Possiblity 2 tests instead of one. yikes, i am totally blur...
Yesterday pop quiz cannot answer at all. Homework also undone.
Gotta go and do these things asap.
Still motivating myself to keep on trying but it's so tiring...
Recap of what has been happening so far...
My internet connection had been down for the past few weeks. Called tm several times. They tried fixing it a few times. However as I type this entry now, the internet is up and running as normal again. Yup, after 2 weeks of several attempts to fix this thing. Weird, today suddenly can use. I hope it lasts for long...unlike yesterday, connection keep on failing.
Anyway, this few days busy doing assignment. On wed is the presentation. our group will be conducting it in german language. If english of course still ok...but in german, that will be scary.
Next, my test is this thursday. Possiblity 2 tests instead of one. yikes, i am totally blur...
Yesterday pop quiz cannot answer at all. Homework also undone.
Gotta go and do these things asap.
Still motivating myself to keep on trying but it's so tiring...
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Half-a-sem
I have reached half a sem of sem1...means 7 more weeks to go and sem1 will come to an end.
Since it's halfway going to end, all the tests are coming in very fast. Some subjects have not started the first test out of the two tests, so means lots of cramming on last minute thingy.
I am kinda lost in my german. Hard to pick up....test coming. The tape/cd whenever being played....makes up into this situation:
no matter how hard i try to listen, the german accent is so deep. previous level still ok, coz limited words and vocab..but now the gap is so large. many grammar based sentences, new words and expressions. I listen once get nothing. Listen twice get 2 words. Listen 3 times, get 3 words?? Oh no...max times to listen is 3 la..and i don't have that kinda cd to play many times to my liking..it was supposed to be a 6 to 12 sentences or one paragraph of passage...
Coming up.. listening test. I hope my ears listen well, and of course understand well, and pick up the meaning as well.
Also, photonics, electronics and other tests...gotta run!
Since it's halfway going to end, all the tests are coming in very fast. Some subjects have not started the first test out of the two tests, so means lots of cramming on last minute thingy.
I am kinda lost in my german. Hard to pick up....test coming. The tape/cd whenever being played....makes up into this situation:
no matter how hard i try to listen, the german accent is so deep. previous level still ok, coz limited words and vocab..but now the gap is so large. many grammar based sentences, new words and expressions. I listen once get nothing. Listen twice get 2 words. Listen 3 times, get 3 words?? Oh no...max times to listen is 3 la..and i don't have that kinda cd to play many times to my liking..it was supposed to be a 6 to 12 sentences or one paragraph of passage...
Coming up.. listening test. I hope my ears listen well, and of course understand well, and pick up the meaning as well.
Also, photonics, electronics and other tests...gotta run!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Updates for the past 2 weeks
For the last 2 weeks I had been very busy.
From 8th to 12th August I went to KL for the convention. 2 sleepless nights prior to the trip was due to preparations that had to be made.
The trip down KL was research based so we made many stops along the highway to take down datas. The trip started at 9 am from Penang and ended in KL at 9 pm, equivalent to reaching Singapore by bus. =p
We detoured to many places such as from the Butterworth toll, right up to the Perak region such as Kamunting, Taiping (including the lake), Sungkhai, Sungai Kalah, Ipoh. Also, we stopped to take pictures and readings of limestone hills and oil palm estates.
Armed with gadgets worth more than RM 100K and travelling 5 in one Ford Ranger truck, we were like researcher freaks who took every opportunity to snap, jot, set up and did some calibration. Moreover, the truck is a yellow in colour bearing the name School of Physics so we better behaved ourselves coz we were carrying our Uni's name. Haha...
We worked as quickly as possible to avoid unwanted attention. Carrying those equipments bearing the label Hak Milik PP Fizik means we do not want those things to be stolen, or we, being hijacked.
Curious onlookers asked what were we doing. we replied... adequate to answer their questions.
When we reached KL and by the time we reached our hotel, things we not as they were expected. We checked in into one of the most faulty 3 star hotel room that I have ever came across. We thought after a tiring day we can relax...only to dicovered first, we 3 girls who shared the room started to sneeze. We noticed that the air in the room is the culprit. The room clearly looked dusty. I pointed out that the desks and cupboards beneath is covered with at least 3mm of dust! It was unoccupied for many weeks or the housekeeping is not doing their job?...minus the cob webs...thank goodness. It was late so we just took bath, unpack our things, stored the expensive equipment in the safe and called it a day. But our stomachs were rumbling, so we decided to have supper. We went to a mamak stall nearby and had roti canai. Upon coming back, we discovered that the lights in our room is faulty.
Slide the card a few times and the lights won't turn on. One moment only the front portion lights will on, another moment nothing at all. After several attempts, we managed to lit up the room. There were no jug kettle but there were 3 in 1 sachets of coffee and tea. Weird, we need hot water to prepare those drinks. We picked up the phone and it's dead. The line is out of order. So we requested for a jug kettle, and informing the telephone prob, by taking the lift from the 23rd floor down to the lobby. The kettle arrived-nearly 2 am when we nearly fell asleep.
Thurday night was even funnier. We had a short circuit. The room just blackout when it was just fine a moment ago. Again, we took the ever so slow lift down to complain. There at the receptionist counter we witnessed a rude receptionist raising his voice over a tourist who merely wanted to change room. That explained the condition of this terrible hotel. Oh ya, upon telling them that we had a blackout, we were told that they were sending a technician up there immediately.
Well, it took 30 minutes! We waited along the corridor in front of our room like stranded occupants. We found out that our neighbour is facing the same problem and the kind lady lend us to use her phone to call them to ask why it took them so long. Finally, the technician arrived and electricity is restored. But the card problem had not been solved. So every trip back will be a few attempts on the card to keep all the lights on. =(
We did not lodge complain anymore coz 1. any complains will mean at least 15 minutes spent on the queue...the service is xtremely slow. 2. By the time we reach our hotel, it's always late at night. Always caught in jam, getting lost and at the same time exploring places, looking for nice food in PJ area- after the convention ended at 6pm every day. 3. We try to avoid unknown repairmen to come in to fix the room when we were away... too many valuable things hidden in the room.
During the convention, we had lots of experiences. There were many visitors. Some were very positive and responsive. Some, unfortunately were very negative and kept critisizing when we can't even finish stating our point. They try to put their disatisfaction across when actually they are unhappy about something and tried to involve us as a whole.
We ended the thing by gaining silver after the convention ended on sunday. At least we did not come home empty handed. There were many improvements that can be made to our product in future. This time public unis are stressing on products which can be commercialised, and most importantly, sustainable. Hence, to be able to attract business partners, our products must have these aspects and they must be reliable. Researchers who come up with these products must have the knowledge to develop and market these products properly. They must be convincing, and they too must keep improvising the product till it is fully reliable.
After a exhausting trip and adventure there I went back to lectures on monday.
Tuesday night before my night class, a mishap happened. Accident. on the 14 august, exactly 2 months before my birthday.
I was unhurt but my car...what a waste. Side front portion and driver side door . My tyre absorbed the impact.So the tyre was sacrificed. My car was dragged to the opposite side coz i can't steer it when the tyre is rammed. I can't even open the door properly to get out coz it's stucked. Horrible. The oncoming car did not break - on time. He came fast and I had judged his distance wrongly with his speed. I am lucky to be here.. still able to do things that I wish to do.
I shall never attempt to cross a 4 lane road from a junction. I don't want to take anymore risk. No matter how experienced I am next time.
From 8th to 12th August I went to KL for the convention. 2 sleepless nights prior to the trip was due to preparations that had to be made.
The trip down KL was research based so we made many stops along the highway to take down datas. The trip started at 9 am from Penang and ended in KL at 9 pm, equivalent to reaching Singapore by bus. =p
We detoured to many places such as from the Butterworth toll, right up to the Perak region such as Kamunting, Taiping (including the lake), Sungkhai, Sungai Kalah, Ipoh. Also, we stopped to take pictures and readings of limestone hills and oil palm estates.
Armed with gadgets worth more than RM 100K and travelling 5 in one Ford Ranger truck, we were like researcher freaks who took every opportunity to snap, jot, set up and did some calibration. Moreover, the truck is a yellow in colour bearing the name School of Physics so we better behaved ourselves coz we were carrying our Uni's name. Haha...
We worked as quickly as possible to avoid unwanted attention. Carrying those equipments bearing the label Hak Milik PP Fizik means we do not want those things to be stolen, or we, being hijacked.
Curious onlookers asked what were we doing. we replied... adequate to answer their questions.
When we reached KL and by the time we reached our hotel, things we not as they were expected. We checked in into one of the most faulty 3 star hotel room that I have ever came across. We thought after a tiring day we can relax...only to dicovered first, we 3 girls who shared the room started to sneeze. We noticed that the air in the room is the culprit. The room clearly looked dusty. I pointed out that the desks and cupboards beneath is covered with at least 3mm of dust! It was unoccupied for many weeks or the housekeeping is not doing their job?...minus the cob webs...thank goodness. It was late so we just took bath, unpack our things, stored the expensive equipment in the safe and called it a day. But our stomachs were rumbling, so we decided to have supper. We went to a mamak stall nearby and had roti canai. Upon coming back, we discovered that the lights in our room is faulty.
Slide the card a few times and the lights won't turn on. One moment only the front portion lights will on, another moment nothing at all. After several attempts, we managed to lit up the room. There were no jug kettle but there were 3 in 1 sachets of coffee and tea. Weird, we need hot water to prepare those drinks. We picked up the phone and it's dead. The line is out of order. So we requested for a jug kettle, and informing the telephone prob, by taking the lift from the 23rd floor down to the lobby. The kettle arrived-nearly 2 am when we nearly fell asleep.
Thurday night was even funnier. We had a short circuit. The room just blackout when it was just fine a moment ago. Again, we took the ever so slow lift down to complain. There at the receptionist counter we witnessed a rude receptionist raising his voice over a tourist who merely wanted to change room. That explained the condition of this terrible hotel. Oh ya, upon telling them that we had a blackout, we were told that they were sending a technician up there immediately.
Well, it took 30 minutes! We waited along the corridor in front of our room like stranded occupants. We found out that our neighbour is facing the same problem and the kind lady lend us to use her phone to call them to ask why it took them so long. Finally, the technician arrived and electricity is restored. But the card problem had not been solved. So every trip back will be a few attempts on the card to keep all the lights on. =(
We did not lodge complain anymore coz 1. any complains will mean at least 15 minutes spent on the queue...the service is xtremely slow. 2. By the time we reach our hotel, it's always late at night. Always caught in jam, getting lost and at the same time exploring places, looking for nice food in PJ area- after the convention ended at 6pm every day. 3. We try to avoid unknown repairmen to come in to fix the room when we were away... too many valuable things hidden in the room.
During the convention, we had lots of experiences. There were many visitors. Some were very positive and responsive. Some, unfortunately were very negative and kept critisizing when we can't even finish stating our point. They try to put their disatisfaction across when actually they are unhappy about something and tried to involve us as a whole.
We ended the thing by gaining silver after the convention ended on sunday. At least we did not come home empty handed. There were many improvements that can be made to our product in future. This time public unis are stressing on products which can be commercialised, and most importantly, sustainable. Hence, to be able to attract business partners, our products must have these aspects and they must be reliable. Researchers who come up with these products must have the knowledge to develop and market these products properly. They must be convincing, and they too must keep improvising the product till it is fully reliable.
After a exhausting trip and adventure there I went back to lectures on monday.
Tuesday night before my night class, a mishap happened. Accident. on the 14 august, exactly 2 months before my birthday.
I was unhurt but my car...what a waste. Side front portion and driver side door . My tyre absorbed the impact.So the tyre was sacrificed. My car was dragged to the opposite side coz i can't steer it when the tyre is rammed. I can't even open the door properly to get out coz it's stucked. Horrible. The oncoming car did not break - on time. He came fast and I had judged his distance wrongly with his speed. I am lucky to be here.. still able to do things that I wish to do.
I shall never attempt to cross a 4 lane road from a junction. I don't want to take anymore risk. No matter how experienced I am next time.
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