Assignments during Christmas? Unbelievable? Believe it. Since I came here yes I start 1 report and in a week's time I'm almost complete until... I read the actual report format they wanted. Crap. I wrote in such detail which I do not have to. Bloody waste of time aight. Hopefully I can edit and alter everything by Sunday and then start another 1 on Monday and complete it the next weekend. I have to do this because I still have another assignment to complete though the due date for this one is later in January but I still would like to get it done ASAP.
If I can finish early, I would probably do some revision exercises, mostly on Heat Transfer and Process Systems. Those 2 in my opinion are the hardest subjects to me though the others might think otherwise :D
Yea, it has been a quiet but yet interesting Christmas this year. Second time spending Christmas abroad. Oh well, everything will be second time including New Year, Chinese New Year and not to forget my birthday. ~~
I was kinda happy after getting to know my brother's PMR results. Though PMR isn't that tough to start with but getting the perfect score is always sweet =D Congrats to him and hope he keeps up the good work and continue to smash the record books XD
Last but not least, Merry Christmas again and a Happy New Year!!!.
Auf Wiedersehen =D
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
London as it is
London, the capital city of England and the most happening city in England as they say XD. Oh well, to me, London, in my personal opinion, is just another ordinary city. Maybe it has more tourist attractions than most cities in England I don't know. Since I came to England, I grew a grudge towards London I don't know why. It isn't my favourite city to be in neither is Birmingham hahaha. Seriously, I don't know which city in England suits me best lol.
However, one thing I do like about London is its public transportation system. Absolutely near perfect if not perfect XD. Nothing is perfect I presume XD. Though the underground is wretched old but it is still operational and doing its job it has been built to do. and not to forget the food here XD. That's one thing I most appreciate most coming to London. Not to say the food in Birmingham is bad but the myriad choices of food in London is absolutely unbelievable in comparison to Birmingham so it would be fair to say London has better variety of food sources compared to Birmingham.
This time coming to London, I received my credit card from my dad, 2 cans of pork and ham XD and last but not least, my trainers XD. Have to thank my cousin for taking them here for me thou! XD. I'll post the pictures of them later in this post. XD.
My stay in London isn't just about resting and relaxing but I've to complete at least 2 out of 3 of my assignments. I've already started abit of it on Sunday and shall be fully focused on it starting from Monday till the day I return back to Birmingham (hopefully). XD.
However, one thing I do like about London is its public transportation system. Absolutely near perfect if not perfect XD. Nothing is perfect I presume XD. Though the underground is wretched old but it is still operational and doing its job it has been built to do. and not to forget the food here XD. That's one thing I most appreciate most coming to London. Not to say the food in Birmingham is bad but the myriad choices of food in London is absolutely unbelievable in comparison to Birmingham so it would be fair to say London has better variety of food sources compared to Birmingham.
This time coming to London, I received my credit card from my dad, 2 cans of pork and ham XD and last but not least, my trainers XD. Have to thank my cousin for taking them here for me thou! XD. I'll post the pictures of them later in this post. XD.
My stay in London isn't just about resting and relaxing but I've to complete at least 2 out of 3 of my assignments. I've already started abit of it on Sunday and shall be fully focused on it starting from Monday till the day I return back to Birmingham (hopefully). XD.
Friday, December 18, 2009
2nd week of winter break
It was approximately 2 in the evening of December 17th 2009 when the first snow decended upon the city of Birmingham in UK. It wasn't my first time experiencing this exquisite phenomenon. It means alot to those who never experienced it before just as I did last year. It was the first and there will defnitely be more to come, and while I'm typing out this post, it is estimated to be around -2 degrees celcius in Birmingham itself. However, it is now snowing now though:(
Met up with a friend and went to Malaysian Delight in chinatown and had Prawn Mee or Hokkien Mee (Penang). And now sitting in my living room, waiting for the pizza that I just threw into the oven to cook. I have no idea why I still feel so hungry :(
I'm leaving for London in approximately 3 hours and I hope that I've packed everything necessary for me to stay there for 2 weeks. Initially, I don't want to take a suitcase there but I'm forced to as if I don't take it, I wouldn't be able to pack my clothes for 2 weeks. The suitcase is a large one, and that's the reason why I'm relunctant to take it with me :( But, on the other hand, it would be a good idea as I have things to collect from and cousin, so it's not a bad idea afterall to take the large suitcase there. Later, I would like to travel to the main train station in Birmingham whilst trying to avoid and football fans using the train as that would be very very packed indeed. Aston Villa's Premiership match starts at 3 pm. So, I plan to take the 14:34 train from my place to New Street hoping it wouldn't be so packed already at that time.
Then, I will be taking Virgin from New Street to London Euston station and will be meeting up with my cousin over at Euston Station. I haven't thought of what I'm going to do in London except sinking my mind into the assignments and reports that I have to do during the winter break. What a pain in the ass!
AFter the break, it would be the same old boring routine of waking up early in the morning and going to morning lectures subconsciously. Oh well, we'll see what happens at that time then :)
Met up with a friend and went to Malaysian Delight in chinatown and had Prawn Mee or Hokkien Mee (Penang). And now sitting in my living room, waiting for the pizza that I just threw into the oven to cook. I have no idea why I still feel so hungry :(
I'm leaving for London in approximately 3 hours and I hope that I've packed everything necessary for me to stay there for 2 weeks. Initially, I don't want to take a suitcase there but I'm forced to as if I don't take it, I wouldn't be able to pack my clothes for 2 weeks. The suitcase is a large one, and that's the reason why I'm relunctant to take it with me :( But, on the other hand, it would be a good idea as I have things to collect from and cousin, so it's not a bad idea afterall to take the large suitcase there. Later, I would like to travel to the main train station in Birmingham whilst trying to avoid and football fans using the train as that would be very very packed indeed. Aston Villa's Premiership match starts at 3 pm. So, I plan to take the 14:34 train from my place to New Street hoping it wouldn't be so packed already at that time.
Then, I will be taking Virgin from New Street to London Euston station and will be meeting up with my cousin over at Euston Station. I haven't thought of what I'm going to do in London except sinking my mind into the assignments and reports that I have to do during the winter break. What a pain in the ass!
AFter the break, it would be the same old boring routine of waking up early in the morning and going to morning lectures subconsciously. Oh well, we'll see what happens at that time then :)
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Start of Winter Break
Friday was the last day of the Autumn Term and hell yeah it's holidays already! How to start Thursday off? Oh well, went o the last lecture of the term which was Sustainable Development and then got our essay marks which wasn't that impressive. got around 50 ish but oh well luckily it was only 10% of the module so wasn't that critical to be honest. Then, at about 6 pm ish went to Tim's hse with Thiam Hock and Keo and what did we do??? DOTA!!! lol dota from around 7 pm till 9 pm before having late dinner. After that, we chat about some crap until quarter to 12am before continuing playing DotA. We played it till 10 am in the next morning without going to bed.... DMAN shiok right??? lol actually damn tiring lo. Then, we went to uni to get out MATLAB result. I got around 70% ish which in my opinion wasn't that impressive either and this counts for 50% of the module which is MASSIVE indeed!!!
Then friday night, we went to Gatecrahser which is one of the biggest club in Birmingham. Well, was my first time to a club hehe. Shiok? A little bit la lol. Was massively packed. I'm not a fan of clubbing but now I think I know why people love going to that place already. I can honestly say, you can really find lotsa chicks there. No joke. I have no idea how's it in Msia but here it's really packed with them although the day I went there were more guys than girls. Oh well, there's the constant scene where you see people kissing one another at every corner of the club in every single room you go to. SHIOK-NYER!!! Next time should try doing that LOL :D
However, holidays are not entirely free to be honest. I have 3 assignments to be done during this 1 month period and it doesn't sound too good does it? 2 lab reports and 1 Simulink coursework. Anyway, already bought tickets to go down to London on the 19th of December and will be there till the 2nd of January which is about 2 weeks.
Then friday night, we went to Gatecrahser which is one of the biggest club in Birmingham. Well, was my first time to a club hehe. Shiok? A little bit la lol. Was massively packed. I'm not a fan of clubbing but now I think I know why people love going to that place already. I can honestly say, you can really find lotsa chicks there. No joke. I have no idea how's it in Msia but here it's really packed with them although the day I went there were more guys than girls. Oh well, there's the constant scene where you see people kissing one another at every corner of the club in every single room you go to. SHIOK-NYER!!! Next time should try doing that LOL :D
However, holidays are not entirely free to be honest. I have 3 assignments to be done during this 1 month period and it doesn't sound too good does it? 2 lab reports and 1 Simulink coursework. Anyway, already bought tickets to go down to London on the 19th of December and will be there till the 2nd of January which is about 2 weeks.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
MATLAB XD Shiokkkkk-nyerrrrrrr
Matlab is so freaking shiok now XD. Eat matlab, sleep matlab, bathe matlab, dream matlab, and last but not least SCORE MATLAB!!! oh yeah!!!...... MATLAB FOR THE WIN!!! I love you Matlab and you pls love me too yah? *winks* These are 2 examples of the files in Matlab; The 1st is a file written by my lecturer while the other is by myself.xD
Sunday, November 15, 2009
4 more weeks to Winter Break!
It's jolly time in 3 weeks but before that time comes, I'll have to sustain 3 long weeks of pressure, torture and eye-straining momentssss. 3 assignments to be handed up in the next 2 week. Damn it! Oh well, at least 2 of those I've done about 80 % of it and there's another which i already started it.
It's definitely not a joy to do these assignments. Im more to the exam type of person and not the assignment type of person, though assignments could get you quite a number of marks for your final grading LOL.
Everyday assignments only do until so sien dei...XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
It's definitely not a joy to do these assignments. Im more to the exam type of person and not the assignment type of person, though assignments could get you quite a number of marks for your final grading LOL.
Everyday assignments only do until so sien dei...XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Week 5 of Autumm Term
Phew completed my Personal Statement for my International Exchange next year. Possibly to National University of Singapore, Cornell University or University of Adelaide. Well, obviously NUS is the main choice as I have possibly most reasons to go there XD. I received an email from my mum about 30 minutes after I'd submitted the original statement I composed by myself. The ammended version was slightly longer but possibly more geng chao then mine lol. Oh well, what to do lah. Had a chat with a student from birmingham currently doing his exchange at NUS and erm he said just explain why you want to do exchange and some other bullshit there XD. I did write reasons why I wanted to go abroad. Most of them are made up but made sense though lol.
Apart from submitting the Personal Statement, I'll be getting loads of tutorials, labs and assignments in the comming week. Tiu d la... Stress gile liu... See everyone do tutorials like so pro nia during tutorial session. WTF. tiu d la. LOL. Somemore the fucking MATLAB so fucking confusing. Don't know what the fuck are the codes for. so many fucking lots of them.
I think passing exams are even easier than writing a proper, workable and sophisticated program. What do to. It's the key fundamentals to engineering; MATLAB. Can do lots of complicated and sophisticated problems. Mathematical problems I mean.
Apart from submitting the Personal Statement, I'll be getting loads of tutorials, labs and assignments in the comming week. Tiu d la... Stress gile liu... See everyone do tutorials like so pro nia during tutorial session. WTF. tiu d la. LOL. Somemore the fucking MATLAB so fucking confusing. Don't know what the fuck are the codes for. so many fucking lots of them.
I think passing exams are even easier than writing a proper, workable and sophisticated program. What do to. It's the key fundamentals to engineering; MATLAB. Can do lots of complicated and sophisticated problems. Mathematical problems I mean.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Week of Big Spending!
Oh hell. I spent quite alot this week and practically heartbroken =] Well, it started on Wednesday when I went to Woktastic, a japanese restaurant to have buffet and spent 10 pounds on it. Well, food wasn't that fantastic but was alright. Not really worth the money but oh well, just a try. No harm done I guess.
Then, on Friday, went to have dinner with Danny at the Fusion, spent 4.50 pounds. CB! they increased the food price.
On Saturday, went for the Malaysian Society Induction and Raya Lunch. Spent 10 pounds again. And went for dinner in town at Malaysian Delight. Spent around 9 pounds for Roast Duck rice and some Malaysian White Coffee.
Realised that my fucking Student ID went missing and was fucking pissed for that. Keong kan needa pay 10 pounds for a replacement. I guess I might have dropped it in the Fusion on Friday so, would probably go there to ask on Sunday. If they don't find any missing Student ID then I would have to pay them the fucking 10 quid for a new one.
I think that sums up my week. And oh yea I needa write a personal statement on "Why I would like to do an International Exchange" for my International Exchange Application Form. What the hell man. A personal statement yet again. Beh sien wan meh?! =]
*sighs*
Then, on Friday, went to have dinner with Danny at the Fusion, spent 4.50 pounds. CB! they increased the food price.
On Saturday, went for the Malaysian Society Induction and Raya Lunch. Spent 10 pounds again. And went for dinner in town at Malaysian Delight. Spent around 9 pounds for Roast Duck rice and some Malaysian White Coffee.
Realised that my fucking Student ID went missing and was fucking pissed for that. Keong kan needa pay 10 pounds for a replacement. I guess I might have dropped it in the Fusion on Friday so, would probably go there to ask on Sunday. If they don't find any missing Student ID then I would have to pay them the fucking 10 quid for a new one.
I think that sums up my week. And oh yea I needa write a personal statement on "Why I would like to do an International Exchange" for my International Exchange Application Form. What the hell man. A personal statement yet again. Beh sien wan meh?! =]
*sighs*
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook 8th Edition.
Oh well, received my book prize for getting 60+ overall average for my first year. The all mighty Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook 8th Edition. Massive, heavy, deep-filled with all sorts of chemical, physical data etc. You name it, it has it. Almost more than half of our class got that book so I presume most of them got 60+. Good news eh? Hehe. This book is not much use for the time being but when we need to do our design projects; that's when it becomes highly resourceful and significant.
Well here's a glimpse of it anyways. XD
Monday, October 19, 2009
Something for nothing
Wah crap man 4th week of uni only but hafta learn lotsa deep deep stuff. What the heck~~ Wah fuck. heat transfer got so many dimensions what the heck. 3D, 2D, 1D and 0D also got. Wow! Impressive.
Summore the bloody liquid mixing systems. Wah cb eh, 1 hour throw us with those fucking equations. Haha. And ar I burnt my frying pan ah cb eh ah. See la need go get another 1 ah cb eh ah. Wah hahahahaha...
Friday, October 16, 2009
1st Society
I attended my first society in uni after 2 years. Well, I've been in the Malaysian Society but it doesn't really do mcuh you see :) Joined the Birmingham University Chess Club (BUCS). 5 quid for a year of membership; the general fee for most societies I would presume. Erm, had around 15-20 persons turning up? Heh. Didn't do much. Just had a chat and yeah they had a mini-tourney what the fuck?! 4 rounds; each player having 6 minutes of time on the clock.
I haven't played chess for 2 years already? Shit! Moreover, it's 6 minutes =.= Die lah. LOL. Anyway just gave it a go lo since join already aight? Won 2 Drew 1 Loss 1 FUCK LOL. Ok la hor since it's only 6 minutes somemore. I don't like so fast chess to be honest. I can't think so fast >.<. Lost to a Romanian girl. Hahaha. XD
They were going to have a social activity today but I'm too lazy to attend to be honest. Going for a Jazz music session? OMG LOL not my cup of tea LOL. No offence though. I could had grabbed a can of beer yesterday but I was too late as the guy who brought it took it home when I was about to head for it. LOLZ.
So, ended up at home. Rotting infront of the laptop. Going to do some shopping later. Then, defrost my dinced beef and marinate it and cook it LOLZ. Anyway, There'll be an International Exchange talk going on next Wednesday and yeah I think I'm going to attend it. Till then cheers mates.!
I haven't played chess for 2 years already? Shit! Moreover, it's 6 minutes =.= Die lah. LOL. Anyway just gave it a go lo since join already aight? Won 2 Drew 1 Loss 1 FUCK LOL. Ok la hor since it's only 6 minutes somemore. I don't like so fast chess to be honest. I can't think so fast >.<. Lost to a Romanian girl. Hahaha. XD
They were going to have a social activity today but I'm too lazy to attend to be honest. Going for a Jazz music session? OMG LOL not my cup of tea LOL. No offence though. I could had grabbed a can of beer yesterday but I was too late as the guy who brought it took it home when I was about to head for it. LOLZ.
So, ended up at home. Rotting infront of the laptop. Going to do some shopping later. Then, defrost my dinced beef and marinate it and cook it LOLZ. Anyway, There'll be an International Exchange talk going on next Wednesday and yeah I think I'm going to attend it. Till then cheers mates.!
Monday, October 12, 2009
A hole in One
Let me describe my 1st day back in Birmingham. 2 words to describe it. FUCKING COLD!!! Yes fucking cold okay! I didn’t have my duvet with me and I was shivering the whole fucking night. Hahaha. However, I still managed to sleep more than 7 hours? Probably because I slept at half 9 at night and woke up half 9 in the morning. I did wake up 2 times during that time in the midnight because I couldn’t sleep due to the coldness.
Okay, actually, I arrive in Birmingham at around 12.30 in the afternoon at the Birmingham International. Well, I was stucked at the immigration area because there were so many students coming to study in the UK, thus the officers were forced to take extra caution to ensure that only the eligible students are allowed to pass. So, I eventually got through that at around half 1 and I immiediately went to the train station to take the earliest train to Birmingham New Street.
Upon arrival at Birmingham New Street, I took a cab back to my house and not the planned train as I was too tired to take the train and find my own way there. Arrived in the house, and went out to the Finance Office to check with them whether have I paid my tuition fees. But, there were too many students there and me and James went to an ATM machine instead to check my bank balance and well all my money is still there so the 3 PAYMENTS made accidentally by me didn’t go through to the university. Relief relief! ~~
Ate instant noodles that day as I didn’t have any cooking utensils or groceries to start with. Watched television and went to bed at half 9. The only other time I would go to bed such early would be when I’m ill.
Glad to land safe and sound in Birmingham and embracing year 2. However, deep inside I miss Malaysia and everyone there. Don’t know why >.<
It’s second day in Birmingham. Went to Saintsbury again to get some basic needs. Had toast and Milo for breakfast. After buying my things, me and Jon went to the library to use the computers there and to gain access to the internet. In addition to that, we borrowed some reference books that might or might not be useful for my modules, I don’t know. Came back at around 3 pm and we watched X-Men 2 again. Well, pretty good even though it was my second time watching it.
Then, watched television and had to cook for dinner. I was so so so lazy to cook as you know and I’m not a good chef to start with. What did I cook? Well, just fried noodles with bacon + onions + light and dark soya sauce. =.= ||| Simple and was pretty good I guess but I think I added not enough salt and pepper so it was quite plain. Hahaha. Now, I have to plan what to cook for dinner tomorrow. OMFG.
Tomorrow will be the beginning of the first semester and I’m quite looking forward to it to be honest. I’ve been rotting in front of the computer for 3 months + and I think it’s better to get working as I fear too long of an absence from work will eventually shut my whole system down and that time would be a real GG!!!
Tomorrow breakfast eat what? Bread with butter la!!! Apa lagi?! Lunch? Sandwich la!!! Apa lagi?! Dinner? Maybe I’ll cook rice this time with scramble eggs provided I get my cooking pot back from my friend who’s keeping it with him still.
So, I hope to meet some Malaysians tomorrow who might be those coming from Taylor’s University College Malaysia for the second year of Chem Eng. Chiao~~~~~~~~~~~ Work work work!
Gehen Sie aus!!! LOL
Wohooo first day of lecture and 3rd day in Birmingham. Went for the introduction to second year at 11 am at the Sports and Exercise Science Centre. As usual, I was reunited with all the faces of chemical engineers from last year. Apart from that, there were also 8 if I’m not wrong students from direct entry into second year most of them which I reckon to be Malaysians from Taylor’s University College. Didn’t do much just got an introduction to our second year modules and stuff.
After that, me Jon and James went back to our house and had lunch before setting out again for another computer class at 2 pm till 5 pm. Revision of MatLab and Excel. OMG programming sucks eh. LOL.
Right after that, we went back to chill for a bit before going out to an Indian restaurant for dinner as it was James’ birthday. The food was good however the portion was a little too big for me. I reckon those portions I had in London with my cousin was far smaller than those served here. >.<
Well, lots of thanks to James for the dinner as he paid for it. Went home and watched Batman Begins. It was my second time watching it. Was pretty sleepy but I managed to finish it though. After that, I went up and played Counter-Strike for awhile before going straight to bed.
GUTEN NACHT!!! XD
It’s the 4th day in Birmingham. I’ll be having only 1 lecture today at 2pm till 5pm. It’s about programming. Tch Crap. I might go and pay my tuition fees later or might not but I’ll most probably get my other stuff back from Syahrul ie some books, pot and I don’t know what. Today I might just be taking pizza as I haven’t bought my cooking utensils yet. I might buy them on Wednesday after meeting up with Danny to return his things to him.
Oh well, today I’ll be trying to decide which MOMD to take for this year. I want to take Materials Engineering as an Option but I was told 3 months ago that the time for it clashes with the Chem Eng Modules. So, I don’t know what to do yet.
First proper lecture on balancing once more tch. Wasn’t that tough as it seems today but I’m very as the tutorial on Monday would be way tougher than the examples given today.
Cooked rice + scramble egg + bacon + capsicum for dinner. Rice was a bit solid but edible and I felt it was a pretty good attempt. Even after eating I still feel hungry. Don’t know why though. Didn’t go through what Mr Thomas taught and went to bed.
Day 5 it was and had 2 morning lectures today. It gets tougher and tougher day by day and I was scratching my head when Mr. Robbins was explaining feedback and feedforwarding. I WAS HUNGRY!!! at that particular class. Tch.
Went to see Jason for my MOMD choice and I was told by him to go to the Materials Engineering Department to ask for the time slots for the MOMD. As anticipated, the time slot didn’t fit into my Chemical Engineering timetable and I couldn’t take it as a MOMD. FUCK.
Headed back to my house and took Danny’s stuff for him. Met Clarinda on the way and decided to go to the Mechanical Engineering Department to enquire about another MOMD that might interests us and again we were delivered the sucker punch when we were told we couldn’t take it as it clashes with our timetable. Again, FUCK.
Arrived home and sat in front of my laptop browsing through the MOMD choices that I still got. I think I’ll choose either Data Analysis and Experimental or Sustainable Development. Diu want to choose 1 MOMD also so hard meh. What the fuck man.
Going eat Pizza today as I’m having a blister on one of my toes and that definitely deterred me from walking to Saintsbury to get my cooking utensils. I might have rice with bake beans and others tomorrow as I still have leftover rice from yesterday. And I’ll be going to pay for my tuition fees tomorrow.
Sunday I’m going to town to get some stuff but I haven’t planned when to go or to go with who yet.
Weekend at last! Woke up around 9 in the morning. Took a shower and had breakfast. Was upstairs doing some stuff before going down and watched Back to the Future. Had lunch and went to the university library to check my mails and to look at some books.
Waited there until Muiz texted me to inform me that he was ready to go to town. Went to town and met up with Muiz and Syahrul at Sing Fat. My first visit to Sing Fat by the way. After that, we went to Latiff’s warehouse located somewhere which I don’t even it myself. Bought some cooking utensils and then accompanied Syahrul to the indoor market as he wanted to buy some fishes to cook.
Headed to Primark as I wanted to buy another extra duvet cover for 6 pounds. Right after that, we heade back to Selly Oak. Dinner time, and I cooked fried noodles with bacon, garlic, salad and capsicum. Pretty filling to be honest even though there wasn’t much meat inside it.
Watched Matrix after that and did some work. Couldn’t get the desired answer for one of the Heat Transfer question. WHAT THE FUCK… So near yet so far……..! Anyway I’ll try it again tomorrow as I’m not in the mood now to solve it.
Oh ya and I’m still considering my MOMD,
1. Environmental Economics
2. Sustainable Development or
3. Enterprise and Economic Geography
Fuck them man, got so many MOMD related to engineering but only 2 that don’t clash with our Chemical Engineering timetable. If that’s the case why don’t just abolish the bloody MOMD. Like it’ll make any difference. LOLZ~~
=.=
2nd week of Autumn term, and there has been quite a lot of things taught already although not much in depth. There’ll be erm around 5 core modules taught this term and a MOMD I’ve chosen. They are:
1. Computing for Design
2. Liquid Mixing Systems
3. Mass, Heat and Momentum Transfer
4. Process Integration and Unit Operations
5. Process Systems
6. Sustainable Development (MOMD)
I’ve met all the lecturers for all the modules and I think the most interesting so far would be Dr. Mark Simmons’ Liquid Mixing Systems. Most boring of all would the one by Dr. Robbins ie. Process Systems.
Computing for Design is not my cup of tea although it may be quite interesting considering the fact that it deals with programmes such as MATLAB, PRO/II and Microsoft Excel and it’s a module which is fully based on coursework. 50% coming from MATLAB test and another 50% from PRO/II and Excel flowsheeting coursework.
Liquid Mixing Systems is something related to the fluids learnt back in Year 1. Some basic stuff are needed to do it meaning I’ll have to dig into last year’s lecture notes to recall what I’d been taught back then.
Mass, Heat and Momentum transfer is something like fluid, thermodynamics and heat transfer back from first year with the addition of some complex equations and theories.
Process Integration and Unit Operations is similar to Phase Equilibria (Chemical and Biochemical Processes) from year 1 as it is related on finding the height of distillation columns and so on.
Process Systems is a module where we are taught on how control systems are integrated into a chemical plant to make it fully operational and preventing any unwanted events though there may be from time to time.
Sustainable Development is the MOMD or option that I chose but it might or might not be permanent as I’m still considering whether should I continue with it or change to another one. Deals with renewable sources, hydrogen fuel cells, etc.
Should I say the stress is coming to me? Oh yes it is! Looking at just the modules’ names is already making my head spinning. Moreover, this year counts so I do reckon it to be very competitive and stressful. What to do lah, it’s like that. Serious AWSUM-NESS!!~~|||
Oh yea need to get latest MATLAB and PRO/II from Syahrul once he downloads it. LOLX XD
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~~~~
It was Friday and it’s a free day as I have no classes on Friday besides some labs that will only start maybe during week 5. Was in the Chemical Engineering Department to check my mails and to print some lecture notes and tutorials. Found out that there was a Personal Skills Award (PSA) exhibition on at the Nuffield Building. So, went to have a look there. It was basically some modules or activities that you can take and they are accredited and may help promote yourself even better when you’re trying to get a job as the employers will know that you have other skills besides academic excellences. It looks interesting but I haven’t decided to take one or not just yet.
There’s a Scavenger Hunt organized by the Malaysian Society University of Birmingham but I don’t think I’m going though as it’s drizzling and it’s gonna be so fucking cold outside; below 10 degree C. Had Fish and Chips and going to have fried chicken later. Both for only 2 pounds. Worth or not? I don’t know?! LOL. Makan je la lol. Going to have hot coffee later wooooo nice especially during this cold day.
Virgin staff will be here tomorrow (hopefully)xD to set up the internet, phone and tv and hopefully it can be done without any hassle so that I can finally access the internet at home and needless to walk to the university to use the internet access there. There’s nothing much to do during the weekends. I’d already bought food for next week well hopefully it lasts and doesn’t turn bad before next Friday.
Plan to do some revision tonight as I don’t know what else to do honestly besides doing revision. Haven’t gone through heat transfer and process systems yet. Thus, hopefully I’ll get to them later. I’m having an industrial visit to drugs company Astra Zeneca sometime later in November I think. I don’t know anyone in my group except for 1 chinese guy from China. This sucks. Furthermore, we have to do some questionnaire and write a report on our visit there. Sucks.
Having completed an example of Heat Transfer and hell it was tedious on first attempt but I’m sure it’ll get easier. So, what am I going to do after that? Well, I’m having MATLAB running on my computer now and I might revise it lolz.
2 words – FUCKING SIEN~.~
Damn fucking Virgin staff didn’t show up in B’ham instead went to Jon’s house in London to set up the internet. What the fuck! Bunch of fools. Again no internet until I don’t know when. Damn sohai. Stucked at home with no internet. Was revising Process Systems and I don’t know what the fuck is it all about. Fuck it. xD
And it’s getting near winter and that can only mean 1 thing. COLD times coming soon. Actually, it’s already damn cold now. I’m not even using the heater yet. =.= Trying to save gas. XD. It’s sunny but it’s damn cold. What the hell is going on. At least, I have some games to fill my boredom. FEAR Perseus Mandate and Starcraft = Awsum-ness LOLZ.
Well, will get back to Process Systems later and hope to fully understand it HOPEFULLY!? Tomorrow is weekdays as usual; week 3 already. Meaning there are 8 more weeks to go before winter break. XD. Yeehaaa. Winter do what I also don’t know. Maybe travelling or perhaps staying at home rotting as usual.
Heard from my brother that PMR was tough but oh well, I reckon he’ll ace it anyways. Whatever exams from the government are easy except STPM of course because you know why. No point elaborating on that.
FUCK YOU LAH VIRGIN when are you coming to set up my internet for me!??????? Richard Branson! Please get your lazybump staffs to work their arses off! Was on the phone for 1 fucking hour and no one picked up the bloody phone. Incredulous shit this is.
Stress Sial~~
Okay, actually, I arrive in Birmingham at around 12.30 in the afternoon at the Birmingham International. Well, I was stucked at the immigration area because there were so many students coming to study in the UK, thus the officers were forced to take extra caution to ensure that only the eligible students are allowed to pass. So, I eventually got through that at around half 1 and I immiediately went to the train station to take the earliest train to Birmingham New Street.
Upon arrival at Birmingham New Street, I took a cab back to my house and not the planned train as I was too tired to take the train and find my own way there. Arrived in the house, and went out to the Finance Office to check with them whether have I paid my tuition fees. But, there were too many students there and me and James went to an ATM machine instead to check my bank balance and well all my money is still there so the 3 PAYMENTS made accidentally by me didn’t go through to the university. Relief relief! ~~
Ate instant noodles that day as I didn’t have any cooking utensils or groceries to start with. Watched television and went to bed at half 9. The only other time I would go to bed such early would be when I’m ill.
Glad to land safe and sound in Birmingham and embracing year 2. However, deep inside I miss Malaysia and everyone there. Don’t know why >.<
It’s second day in Birmingham. Went to Saintsbury again to get some basic needs. Had toast and Milo for breakfast. After buying my things, me and Jon went to the library to use the computers there and to gain access to the internet. In addition to that, we borrowed some reference books that might or might not be useful for my modules, I don’t know. Came back at around 3 pm and we watched X-Men 2 again. Well, pretty good even though it was my second time watching it.
Then, watched television and had to cook for dinner. I was so so so lazy to cook as you know and I’m not a good chef to start with. What did I cook? Well, just fried noodles with bacon + onions + light and dark soya sauce. =.= ||| Simple and was pretty good I guess but I think I added not enough salt and pepper so it was quite plain. Hahaha. Now, I have to plan what to cook for dinner tomorrow. OMFG.
Tomorrow will be the beginning of the first semester and I’m quite looking forward to it to be honest. I’ve been rotting in front of the computer for 3 months + and I think it’s better to get working as I fear too long of an absence from work will eventually shut my whole system down and that time would be a real GG!!!
Tomorrow breakfast eat what? Bread with butter la!!! Apa lagi?! Lunch? Sandwich la!!! Apa lagi?! Dinner? Maybe I’ll cook rice this time with scramble eggs provided I get my cooking pot back from my friend who’s keeping it with him still.
So, I hope to meet some Malaysians tomorrow who might be those coming from Taylor’s University College Malaysia for the second year of Chem Eng. Chiao~~~~~~~~~~~ Work work work!
Gehen Sie aus!!! LOL
Wohooo first day of lecture and 3rd day in Birmingham. Went for the introduction to second year at 11 am at the Sports and Exercise Science Centre. As usual, I was reunited with all the faces of chemical engineers from last year. Apart from that, there were also 8 if I’m not wrong students from direct entry into second year most of them which I reckon to be Malaysians from Taylor’s University College. Didn’t do much just got an introduction to our second year modules and stuff.
After that, me Jon and James went back to our house and had lunch before setting out again for another computer class at 2 pm till 5 pm. Revision of MatLab and Excel. OMG programming sucks eh. LOL.
Right after that, we went back to chill for a bit before going out to an Indian restaurant for dinner as it was James’ birthday. The food was good however the portion was a little too big for me. I reckon those portions I had in London with my cousin was far smaller than those served here. >.<
Well, lots of thanks to James for the dinner as he paid for it. Went home and watched Batman Begins. It was my second time watching it. Was pretty sleepy but I managed to finish it though. After that, I went up and played Counter-Strike for awhile before going straight to bed.
GUTEN NACHT!!! XD
It’s the 4th day in Birmingham. I’ll be having only 1 lecture today at 2pm till 5pm. It’s about programming. Tch Crap. I might go and pay my tuition fees later or might not but I’ll most probably get my other stuff back from Syahrul ie some books, pot and I don’t know what. Today I might just be taking pizza as I haven’t bought my cooking utensils yet. I might buy them on Wednesday after meeting up with Danny to return his things to him.
Oh well, today I’ll be trying to decide which MOMD to take for this year. I want to take Materials Engineering as an Option but I was told 3 months ago that the time for it clashes with the Chem Eng Modules. So, I don’t know what to do yet.
First proper lecture on balancing once more tch. Wasn’t that tough as it seems today but I’m very as the tutorial on Monday would be way tougher than the examples given today.
Cooked rice + scramble egg + bacon + capsicum for dinner. Rice was a bit solid but edible and I felt it was a pretty good attempt. Even after eating I still feel hungry. Don’t know why though. Didn’t go through what Mr Thomas taught and went to bed.
Day 5 it was and had 2 morning lectures today. It gets tougher and tougher day by day and I was scratching my head when Mr. Robbins was explaining feedback and feedforwarding. I WAS HUNGRY!!! at that particular class. Tch.
Went to see Jason for my MOMD choice and I was told by him to go to the Materials Engineering Department to ask for the time slots for the MOMD. As anticipated, the time slot didn’t fit into my Chemical Engineering timetable and I couldn’t take it as a MOMD. FUCK.
Headed back to my house and took Danny’s stuff for him. Met Clarinda on the way and decided to go to the Mechanical Engineering Department to enquire about another MOMD that might interests us and again we were delivered the sucker punch when we were told we couldn’t take it as it clashes with our timetable. Again, FUCK.
Arrived home and sat in front of my laptop browsing through the MOMD choices that I still got. I think I’ll choose either Data Analysis and Experimental or Sustainable Development. Diu want to choose 1 MOMD also so hard meh. What the fuck man.
Going eat Pizza today as I’m having a blister on one of my toes and that definitely deterred me from walking to Saintsbury to get my cooking utensils. I might have rice with bake beans and others tomorrow as I still have leftover rice from yesterday. And I’ll be going to pay for my tuition fees tomorrow.
Sunday I’m going to town to get some stuff but I haven’t planned when to go or to go with who yet.
Weekend at last! Woke up around 9 in the morning. Took a shower and had breakfast. Was upstairs doing some stuff before going down and watched Back to the Future. Had lunch and went to the university library to check my mails and to look at some books.
Waited there until Muiz texted me to inform me that he was ready to go to town. Went to town and met up with Muiz and Syahrul at Sing Fat. My first visit to Sing Fat by the way. After that, we went to Latiff’s warehouse located somewhere which I don’t even it myself. Bought some cooking utensils and then accompanied Syahrul to the indoor market as he wanted to buy some fishes to cook.
Headed to Primark as I wanted to buy another extra duvet cover for 6 pounds. Right after that, we heade back to Selly Oak. Dinner time, and I cooked fried noodles with bacon, garlic, salad and capsicum. Pretty filling to be honest even though there wasn’t much meat inside it.
Watched Matrix after that and did some work. Couldn’t get the desired answer for one of the Heat Transfer question. WHAT THE FUCK… So near yet so far……..! Anyway I’ll try it again tomorrow as I’m not in the mood now to solve it.
Oh ya and I’m still considering my MOMD,
1. Environmental Economics
2. Sustainable Development or
3. Enterprise and Economic Geography
Fuck them man, got so many MOMD related to engineering but only 2 that don’t clash with our Chemical Engineering timetable. If that’s the case why don’t just abolish the bloody MOMD. Like it’ll make any difference. LOLZ~~
=.=
2nd week of Autumn term, and there has been quite a lot of things taught already although not much in depth. There’ll be erm around 5 core modules taught this term and a MOMD I’ve chosen. They are:
1. Computing for Design
2. Liquid Mixing Systems
3. Mass, Heat and Momentum Transfer
4. Process Integration and Unit Operations
5. Process Systems
6. Sustainable Development (MOMD)
I’ve met all the lecturers for all the modules and I think the most interesting so far would be Dr. Mark Simmons’ Liquid Mixing Systems. Most boring of all would the one by Dr. Robbins ie. Process Systems.
Computing for Design is not my cup of tea although it may be quite interesting considering the fact that it deals with programmes such as MATLAB, PRO/II and Microsoft Excel and it’s a module which is fully based on coursework. 50% coming from MATLAB test and another 50% from PRO/II and Excel flowsheeting coursework.
Liquid Mixing Systems is something related to the fluids learnt back in Year 1. Some basic stuff are needed to do it meaning I’ll have to dig into last year’s lecture notes to recall what I’d been taught back then.
Mass, Heat and Momentum transfer is something like fluid, thermodynamics and heat transfer back from first year with the addition of some complex equations and theories.
Process Integration and Unit Operations is similar to Phase Equilibria (Chemical and Biochemical Processes) from year 1 as it is related on finding the height of distillation columns and so on.
Process Systems is a module where we are taught on how control systems are integrated into a chemical plant to make it fully operational and preventing any unwanted events though there may be from time to time.
Sustainable Development is the MOMD or option that I chose but it might or might not be permanent as I’m still considering whether should I continue with it or change to another one. Deals with renewable sources, hydrogen fuel cells, etc.
Should I say the stress is coming to me? Oh yes it is! Looking at just the modules’ names is already making my head spinning. Moreover, this year counts so I do reckon it to be very competitive and stressful. What to do lah, it’s like that. Serious AWSUM-NESS!!~~|||
Oh yea need to get latest MATLAB and PRO/II from Syahrul once he downloads it. LOLX XD
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~~~~
It was Friday and it’s a free day as I have no classes on Friday besides some labs that will only start maybe during week 5. Was in the Chemical Engineering Department to check my mails and to print some lecture notes and tutorials. Found out that there was a Personal Skills Award (PSA) exhibition on at the Nuffield Building. So, went to have a look there. It was basically some modules or activities that you can take and they are accredited and may help promote yourself even better when you’re trying to get a job as the employers will know that you have other skills besides academic excellences. It looks interesting but I haven’t decided to take one or not just yet.
There’s a Scavenger Hunt organized by the Malaysian Society University of Birmingham but I don’t think I’m going though as it’s drizzling and it’s gonna be so fucking cold outside; below 10 degree C. Had Fish and Chips and going to have fried chicken later. Both for only 2 pounds. Worth or not? I don’t know?! LOL. Makan je la lol. Going to have hot coffee later wooooo nice especially during this cold day.
Virgin staff will be here tomorrow (hopefully)xD to set up the internet, phone and tv and hopefully it can be done without any hassle so that I can finally access the internet at home and needless to walk to the university to use the internet access there. There’s nothing much to do during the weekends. I’d already bought food for next week well hopefully it lasts and doesn’t turn bad before next Friday.
Plan to do some revision tonight as I don’t know what else to do honestly besides doing revision. Haven’t gone through heat transfer and process systems yet. Thus, hopefully I’ll get to them later. I’m having an industrial visit to drugs company Astra Zeneca sometime later in November I think. I don’t know anyone in my group except for 1 chinese guy from China. This sucks. Furthermore, we have to do some questionnaire and write a report on our visit there. Sucks.
Having completed an example of Heat Transfer and hell it was tedious on first attempt but I’m sure it’ll get easier. So, what am I going to do after that? Well, I’m having MATLAB running on my computer now and I might revise it lolz.
2 words – FUCKING SIEN~.~
Damn fucking Virgin staff didn’t show up in B’ham instead went to Jon’s house in London to set up the internet. What the fuck! Bunch of fools. Again no internet until I don’t know when. Damn sohai. Stucked at home with no internet. Was revising Process Systems and I don’t know what the fuck is it all about. Fuck it. xD
And it’s getting near winter and that can only mean 1 thing. COLD times coming soon. Actually, it’s already damn cold now. I’m not even using the heater yet. =.= Trying to save gas. XD. It’s sunny but it’s damn cold. What the hell is going on. At least, I have some games to fill my boredom. FEAR Perseus Mandate and Starcraft = Awsum-ness LOLZ.
Well, will get back to Process Systems later and hope to fully understand it HOPEFULLY!? Tomorrow is weekdays as usual; week 3 already. Meaning there are 8 more weeks to go before winter break. XD. Yeehaaa. Winter do what I also don’t know. Maybe travelling or perhaps staying at home rotting as usual.
Heard from my brother that PMR was tough but oh well, I reckon he’ll ace it anyways. Whatever exams from the government are easy except STPM of course because you know why. No point elaborating on that.
FUCK YOU LAH VIRGIN when are you coming to set up my internet for me!??????? Richard Branson! Please get your lazybump staffs to work their arses off! Was on the phone for 1 fucking hour and no one picked up the bloody phone. Incredulous shit this is.
Stress Sial~~
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
3rd last day
What can I say about this. I've been returning home late late around 1 to 2 am these few last days of stay in Malaysia and I really enjoyed it. 3rd last day huh? Well, I met up with Jacky, Jesper, Justin, Thiam Hoo and Thomas for Final Destination 3D. Sad to say, it was not as spectacular as it seems. Wearing the 3D spectacles on top of my spectacles was totally uncomfortable.
Went to Penang Bowl after that and played 3 games. Won 1 and was the runner-up twice. (sorry I don't know how to play wan). =) Wish I had more time to play more bowling before going back but well have to wait till next year to play again :(
After bowl, we went for dinner at New Lane. Had Hokkien Prawn Mee and wasn't really good but might as well just enjoy it instead of complaining about it. Headed to Jacky's home after that and we ended up playing Counter-Strike there. 3 PCs linked up by LAN. Jacky's Windows Vista 64 bit means he couldn't play it. Sad case! Or not 4 of us could really make a 'good' team hahaha.
Was there until 11 pm before heading back home. Well, I think this will be the last time meeting with them before going back UK and will probably see them back next year in June. =(
Went to Penang Bowl after that and played 3 games. Won 1 and was the runner-up twice. (sorry I don't know how to play wan). =) Wish I had more time to play more bowling before going back but well have to wait till next year to play again :(
After bowl, we went for dinner at New Lane. Had Hokkien Prawn Mee and wasn't really good but might as well just enjoy it instead of complaining about it. Headed to Jacky's home after that and we ended up playing Counter-Strike there. 3 PCs linked up by LAN. Jacky's Windows Vista 64 bit means he couldn't play it. Sad case! Or not 4 of us could really make a 'good' team hahaha.
Was there until 11 pm before heading back home. Well, I think this will be the last time meeting with them before going back UK and will probably see them back next year in June. =(
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Real Estate
I think I've found another way of making money... Investing in real estate LOL... But before that need $$$ first! =.=
Friday, September 11, 2009
REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS
REMEDY
LITTLE BOOTS
Great song by the english chick XD
I can see you stalking like a predator
I've been here before
Temptation calls like Adam to the apple
But I will not be caught
Coz I can read those velvet eyes
And all I see is lies
No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop preying
Coz I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Spin me faster like a kaleidoscope
All I've got's the floor
Yeah, you can try but I've found the antidote
Music is the cure
So you can try to paralyze
But I know best this time
No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop preying
Coz I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
La-da, da-da, la-da, la-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da, la-da
And when the music fades away
I know I'll be okay
Contagious rhythm in my brain
Let it play
No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop preying
Coz I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
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LITTLE BOOTS
Great song by the english chick XD
I can see you stalking like a predator
I've been here before
Temptation calls like Adam to the apple
But I will not be caught
Coz I can read those velvet eyes
And all I see is lies
No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop preying
Coz I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Spin me faster like a kaleidoscope
All I've got's the floor
Yeah, you can try but I've found the antidote
Music is the cure
So you can try to paralyze
But I know best this time
No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop preying
Coz I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
La-da, da-da, la-da, la-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da, la-da
And when the music fades away
I know I'll be okay
Contagious rhythm in my brain
Let it play
No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop preying
Coz I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
I've got a remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Move while you're watching me
Dance with the enemy
Here is my remedy
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
www.metrolyrics.com
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Random Shit
Out of a sudden, I thought about my college days. hurrrr... it wasn't the best days of my life though I have to admit that making new friends there were great and pleasant. I've always been asking myself whether I've ever regretted entering college to take A Levels instead of just going into Form 6 to pursue STPM. Well, I can say that I don't regret going to Disted and not going for Form 6 and those memories I had back in Disted were absolutely real and fun. However, the only regret that I have would be not strving hard enough to score in my A Levels. It still haunts me till today and I'll never be able to forget it. How would I wish I could turn back the clock and return back 2 years ago when I was there. *sigh*.
A Levels was tough and I wish I realised that sooner rather than later and that really cost me dearly. If I got better results, I could imagine myself patrolling Orchard Road or strolling in Suntech City in Singapore. Yes, I have to admit I'm a big freako of Singapore and I can't explain why. Many people would say "Oi, you get to go UK, what for you want to go Singapore"! Well, mayb just many Malaysians tend to go there and I do feel being left out hahaha. I'll settle for NTU as I know NUS would be damn unrealistic though not impossible. But, everything seems bleak and hopes evaporated when I got my results!
What Mr Chan said was so true. "Your result is proportional to your effort" definitely applies here. Why didn't I heed his advice? Why didn't I realise how hard it was going to be? Well, till now I can't really seem to find a proper answer to that. One thing I know though was I was lazy during those days and I can't explain what happened XD!
People tend to compare between A Levels and STPM. I don't know which is tougher but I can say that A Levels is more recognised and you do learn more things in STPM. I have no say in this matter.
It's not that I hate UK or what but just that, UK is more expensive than Singapore for sure considering the fact that the exchange rate is so fucking high due to the useless economy of Msia. Turn back the clock to 1993 if Im not wrong the exchange was 1 GBP = rm 3.XX now? 1 GBP = rm 5.8X . Look at the difference?! If it wasn't for the recession i think it would rm 7.XX. Good riddance!
UK has its own advantages and disadvantages. If you're on scholarship or filthy rich, then of course UK can definitely be your top destination. coz you don't have to worry about ya finance you see. But most Malaysians here especially chinese pay by their own unlike the Malays who get sponsored. Yes, I have to agree that some Malays do deserve to get Scholarship though. I don't wanna dwell on this matter or not I'll succumb to ISA investigation haha.
Anyway, I do advise, those taking STPM or A Levels, study hard and manage your time wisely. I didn't do that and I'd to suffer the consequences.
Mr Chan Ka Kieng (Disted Math Lecturer) - "Your result is proportional to your effort".
A Levels was tough and I wish I realised that sooner rather than later and that really cost me dearly. If I got better results, I could imagine myself patrolling Orchard Road or strolling in Suntech City in Singapore. Yes, I have to admit I'm a big freako of Singapore and I can't explain why. Many people would say "Oi, you get to go UK, what for you want to go Singapore"! Well, mayb just many Malaysians tend to go there and I do feel being left out hahaha. I'll settle for NTU as I know NUS would be damn unrealistic though not impossible. But, everything seems bleak and hopes evaporated when I got my results!
What Mr Chan said was so true. "Your result is proportional to your effort" definitely applies here. Why didn't I heed his advice? Why didn't I realise how hard it was going to be? Well, till now I can't really seem to find a proper answer to that. One thing I know though was I was lazy during those days and I can't explain what happened XD!
People tend to compare between A Levels and STPM. I don't know which is tougher but I can say that A Levels is more recognised and you do learn more things in STPM. I have no say in this matter.
It's not that I hate UK or what but just that, UK is more expensive than Singapore for sure considering the fact that the exchange rate is so fucking high due to the useless economy of Msia. Turn back the clock to 1993 if Im not wrong the exchange was 1 GBP = rm 3.XX now? 1 GBP = rm 5.8X . Look at the difference?! If it wasn't for the recession i think it would rm 7.XX. Good riddance!
UK has its own advantages and disadvantages. If you're on scholarship or filthy rich, then of course UK can definitely be your top destination. coz you don't have to worry about ya finance you see. But most Malaysians here especially chinese pay by their own unlike the Malays who get sponsored. Yes, I have to agree that some Malays do deserve to get Scholarship though. I don't wanna dwell on this matter or not I'll succumb to ISA investigation haha.
Anyway, I do advise, those taking STPM or A Levels, study hard and manage your time wisely. I didn't do that and I'd to suffer the consequences.
Mr Chan Ka Kieng (Disted Math Lecturer) - "Your result is proportional to your effort".
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Screw this shit haha
MY ENQUIRY:
Dear Chris Dickinson,
I'm just wandering, since I obtained 70% and above during my first year chem eng course, would I be eligible to upgrade my Achivement Scholarship (£1000) to the Excellence Scholarship (£1500) where I'll receive an additional £500 ?
Kind regards,
Paul Ma (977306)
THE UNWANTED ANSWER THAT WAS DELIVERED:
Dear Paul
I understand this news may be rather disappointing for you, but the scholarship you received is awarded on entry to the University according to the entry criteria and no further awards are made during your course of study. Hence, there is no mechanism for you to receive a larger scholarship - the amount you receive each year does not change in spite of good performance. I do sympathise.
Best wishes
Jason
SCREW THIS SHIT FOR REAL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Dear Chris Dickinson,
I'm just wandering, since I obtained 70% and above during my first year chem eng course, would I be eligible to upgrade my Achivement Scholarship (£1000) to the Excellence Scholarship (£1500) where I'll receive an additional £500 ?
Kind regards,
Paul Ma (977306)
THE UNWANTED ANSWER THAT WAS DELIVERED:
Dear Paul
I understand this news may be rather disappointing for you, but the scholarship you received is awarded on entry to the University according to the entry criteria and no further awards are made during your course of study. Hence, there is no mechanism for you to receive a larger scholarship - the amount you receive each year does not change in spite of good performance. I do sympathise.
Best wishes
Jason
SCREW THIS SHIT FOR REAL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
25 days to GG-ness
Approxminately 25 more days before I'm flying back Birmingham and I have many things to accomplished actually and much more money to be spent on them. Damn!!!
1. Visit the dentist
2. Change my glasses
3. Buy a sweater
4. Pay my fees (Optional I suppose)
5. Book my flight from Penang to KL
6. Get stationery
7. Top-up my Vodafone number
8. Get my scope done
9. Have a short mini reunion (Maybe)
10. Makan
11. Watch 'Orphan'
12. Buy lottery
13. Go temple
14. Visit Times Square
LOL - Many more to come XD
1. Visit the dentist
2. Change my glasses
3. Buy a sweater
4. Pay my fees (Optional I suppose)
5. Book my flight from Penang to KL
6. Get stationery
7. Top-up my Vodafone number
8. Get my scope done
9. Have a short mini reunion (Maybe)
10. Makan
11. Watch 'Orphan'
12. Buy lottery
13. Go temple
14. Visit Times Square
LOL - Many more to come XD
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Not well not well...
I'm not feeling so well~~ Having a sore throat and I guess a flu would foolow suit. ~~. In addition to that, I'm having stomach discomfort. I feel like vomitting everytime I have a proper meal and this sucks; I couldn't afford to be like this back in UK. ~~ Maybe I feel like this because of my nose as it affects my throat and causes me to feel like vomitting ~~ or it's just because of my stomach that has been having lots of air inside it WTF!!! LOL
Anyway hope to be well soon and feast on somemore food during my last month's stay here~~ XD
Anyway hope to be well soon and feast on somemore food during my last month's stay here~~ XD
Sunday, August 16, 2009
2 months in Malaysia
I've ben in Malaysia for 2 months already. Sad man it means I'll have to get my butt back to Birmingham in 1 month's time. I've mixed feelings actually. After 2 months here, I've been longing to go back to UK and I can be assured that those thoughts will instantenously change when I reach UK.
So, what have I accomplished during my second month? Well, nothing much in particular as usual. Seriously a dull and boring summer so far eventhough I have to admit there were some extraordinary and precious moments spent with my family and friends. I've been waiting for my Uni registration letter if any but that's not the thing that's pissing me off. What's pissing me off is I've never gotten a reply from any of the University Staff I'd emailed them after several working days. WTF man!
Gotten to meet friends of college as well as some from secondary school. I seriously miss all of them be it males or females. Am no sexist LOL. Wonder when can all of us gather together as we usually do in college and secondary school. Hope it'll be soon. Fingers-crossed!
Besides that, been hearing stories and experiences from pals regarding life in Msians Universities adn yea I'm glad I'm able to pursue my uni education somewhere outside of Msia. If given a choice I think most people would choose to study outside of Msia rather than in its public universities but some people couldn't afford the big sum of money involved, thus had to settle for a public uni. So, I'm really grateful that I have the chance to pursue my degree in UK. Opportunity knocks but once!
Well well, I'll fully use my 1 month + holidays to fully enjoy my life here in Msia before heading back to UK to battle the extreme weather and kind-of-hectic uni life. Haha.
So, what have I accomplished during my second month? Well, nothing much in particular as usual. Seriously a dull and boring summer so far eventhough I have to admit there were some extraordinary and precious moments spent with my family and friends. I've been waiting for my Uni registration letter if any but that's not the thing that's pissing me off. What's pissing me off is I've never gotten a reply from any of the University Staff I'd emailed them after several working days. WTF man!
Gotten to meet friends of college as well as some from secondary school. I seriously miss all of them be it males or females. Am no sexist LOL. Wonder when can all of us gather together as we usually do in college and secondary school. Hope it'll be soon. Fingers-crossed!
Besides that, been hearing stories and experiences from pals regarding life in Msians Universities adn yea I'm glad I'm able to pursue my uni education somewhere outside of Msia. If given a choice I think most people would choose to study outside of Msia rather than in its public universities but some people couldn't afford the big sum of money involved, thus had to settle for a public uni. So, I'm really grateful that I have the chance to pursue my degree in UK. Opportunity knocks but once!
Well well, I'll fully use my 1 month + holidays to fully enjoy my life here in Msia before heading back to UK to battle the extreme weather and kind-of-hectic uni life. Haha.
AweSUM Weekend!
One of the best weekends since coming back from UK. Yes it was! Started on Saturday morning where I went to Rolo Khor's Small birthday lunch at Wonderland Restaurant somewhere at the KOMTAR multi-storey carpark. Met up with Rolo, Zet, Yu Jaan, Ken, Mandy as well other friends of Rolo. Thx mate for the lunch. Yea, it was actually good considering the price of the buffet.
After that, me, Zet, Rolo and Alex went to Zet's house to play DotA. Haha yea sien game but it can be interesting if there're many friends to play with. Played the first match and we lost. As expected you see. Played the second and potential last match and guessed what? We won! We were on the brink of defeat and out of nowhere we managed to nicked the game from the opponent! Have to say it was the best games of DotA I'd ever played in my life. Goodjob lads!
We decided to go to Gurney for a movie at night. We went to Pulau Tikus to have our dinner and left for Gurney soon after. It was crowded in Gurney as usual. I had to settle for a parking lot at the new wing. We wanted to go for a horror movie and in the end decided to watch The Screen at Khamchanot! I have to say... It was a bloody waste of money! Scary but the plot and storyline suck to the max~~~ Not worth the money paid. Went home after the movie. Had to sleep early as me, Alex, Chuck Chuan and Shin Yong are going to meet up at Gurney Drive's McD the following morning at around 7.30 am!?
So, Sunday it was. Reached McD at around 7.30am as expected. Talked with Alex and Chuck Chuan. Shin Yong joined us at around 9 or 9.30 am if I'm not wrong. Talked some crap and yea it was good though it was quite short. Natalie couldn't make it and I think because she was too sleepy. Haha. Then, we dropped Shin Yong back at her house and we went to Chuck's new house. Nice indeed! After that, we dropped Alex back to his house as he had to go back to Perak already. Chuck and I went back to mua home and he got a firm and mind-blowing lecture on Our Malaysian History from my parents. Haha. Well, that's all today and hope to see them ASAP again! Till then best of luck~~~
P/S : I'm still thinking how we pawned those noobs in GG. LOL
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
F***ing UoB
University of Bham is one hell of a nooob uni... Nvr reply my emails and havent sent me my year 2 registration pack.... NoobAss u... Later I can't go back in time for week 1 briefing... KNS !!!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
PIKOM PC Fair
9th of August was the last day of the PEnang PIKOM PC Fair held at PISA. Went there at around 5.15 pm and as expected the are lots and lots of people there swarming the entrace of PISA. This year I went there with my dad as for previous years, I went with my dad and his friends. I only had afew things on my mind. A mouse, a speaker for laptop and a laptop cooler.
Roamed PISA for about 2 hours and finally only got the mouse I wanted. Well, my dad bought a 500GB external harddisk and HP DVD-R and some HP printer inks. I saw some speakers but then didn't really catch my attention too much. Laptop cooler well saw a few but then I decided to stick with the junk cooler I'm using now. The most expensive thing I got would be the one and only thing, Razer Diamondback 3G mouse.
188 bucks? around 34 quid? I'm not sure how much is the actual price but I would presume it's somewhere there as I don't think Razer would lower their price much. Was choosing between Death Adder and Diamondback but eventually decided to buy the later as I don't really like Adder's design though.
After that went to Kayu to have dinner and went back. I'm still adjusting to the Razer mouse I bought. >.<
AM NOW OFFICIALLY BROKE!!!!!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Registration pack
Sudah lah lama I register untuk tahun kedua kat University. Sudahpun 2 minggu++ tetapi I masih menunggu Registration Pack I untuk tiba WTF? Pack itu menjelaskan benda-benda yg I patut sediakan atau lakukan sebelum balik ke UK and document-document yg perlu disahkan ataupun ditunjukkan kepada imigresen UK and It's still not here ~~
Friday, July 31, 2009
KL 31st July 2009
I've arrived in KL safe and sound after a long 5 hour journey by bus. Arrived at the old KTM station at around 3pm. Got off it and immediately started to look for a taxi to Bukit Jalil where Zicky lives. And guess what I was as dumb as a blonde when I paid the taxi driver twice the usual fee to reach my destination. When Zicky told me that the most would only be RM 25 or less than RM 30, I was like 'What the F***'. Again got owned by the taxi driver. Well everything has it's first time and this will be the first and last time I get pawned by the taxi driver from KTM to Bukit Jalil. Diu Nia Seng LOL. Forgive me for my vulgarity but I just can't find a way to conceal it ATM.
So, went on to Zicky's flat and well 25th floor it is. Impressed... I wouldn't dare to live on the 25th floor TBH. According to Zet, who's coming back on the 1st of August, we will be meeting one another at Mid Valley. Well the time will be confirmed soon enough. We'll try to gather as many college friends as possible even though I doubt there'll be more than 5? LOL Yes it is LOL. Later Zicky and I are going for dinner and then going to Cybercafe? LOL I guess that'll be the plan for the night. Damn no life man we all LOL. And yes indeed we went to Cybercafe for 3 hours at BlitZone. Cool cc that is way better than those in Penang.
Will be in KL mayb until Monday I suppose before I follow Zet back to Penang. Home sweet home Penang~~. However, for the moment, I'll try my best to enjoy my stay here. 2 more months in Malaysia ONLY!!! I'll be damned!!!
So, went on to Zicky's flat and well 25th floor it is. Impressed... I wouldn't dare to live on the 25th floor TBH. According to Zet, who's coming back on the 1st of August, we will be meeting one another at Mid Valley. Well the time will be confirmed soon enough. We'll try to gather as many college friends as possible even though I doubt there'll be more than 5? LOL Yes it is LOL. Later Zicky and I are going for dinner and then going to Cybercafe? LOL I guess that'll be the plan for the night. Damn no life man we all LOL. And yes indeed we went to Cybercafe for 3 hours at BlitZone. Cool cc that is way better than those in Penang.
Will be in KL mayb until Monday I suppose before I follow Zet back to Penang. Home sweet home Penang~~. However, for the moment, I'll try my best to enjoy my stay here. 2 more months in Malaysia ONLY!!! I'll be damned!!!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
1 month in Msia!
Well it's already been 1 month since I'm back in Malaysia. Guess how I wrapped it up? By visiting NetCity LAN Centre and playing Garena at home haha. Damn funny.
For the first time in around 9 months, I visited NetCity once more. Went with William. We played DotA and Counter-Strike. Well we won 1 game and lost 1 in DotA and Counter-Strike? Totally got OWNED!!! LOL Wanted to stay longer but I'm not really used to driving at night so went for dinner at around 7++ pm at KFC in Island Plaza. We talked and joked and yeah was a good day actually.
Well it was Jackson's birthday and so we wanted to call Tomato to hang out somewhere which would be NetCity lo wherelse la. Gurney? Tak mau la. Queensbay? Too far wei. So, I called Tomato to ask him whether he was free but he couldn't make it because he was going to have dinner with his family and then going to clubbing with his friends. Damn!!! In the end, we decided to go for supper without Tomato.
Before that we played Garena for awhile before I eventually came up with the idea. Why not just visit NetCity to kill some time? Haha. And we did eventually decided to go there to play some games before heading out for supper. So, we went there at around quarter to 9? Played DotA, Counter-Strike and Fifa 09 before leaving at around half 11 pm. At first we wanted to go to the hawker centre opposite PCGHS but had to settle for Subaidah LOL. In the end, we went back around 12.30 am and that was the story of the day.
Then on Sunday. Was a boring day too as usual. Woke up, went breakfast, went Queensbay for lunch, back home, stare at the laptop and dinner lorh... At night I saw Mr Loh Yin Qi was online in MSN so called him to ask whether he wanted to play Garena or not lo and he said ok lo (That bugger has a test on monday and he still agreed to join) LOL funny him. Played till 2.30 am before dropping dead on my bed.
Well well what a 'productive' weekend to cap off my first month in Malaysia XD!!!
I'll be going to KL from the 31st of July till 3rd of August and might proceed to Singapore if I could strike a plan with Zet and of course get permission from my parents. We plan to go clubbing in KL as proclaimed by Zet but we'll see what and in case that doesn't happen, we'll just have to settle for DotA? Haha! We'll see what happens down in KL. LOL.
AUF WIEDERSEHEN!!!
For the first time in around 9 months, I visited NetCity once more. Went with William. We played DotA and Counter-Strike. Well we won 1 game and lost 1 in DotA and Counter-Strike? Totally got OWNED!!! LOL Wanted to stay longer but I'm not really used to driving at night so went for dinner at around 7++ pm at KFC in Island Plaza. We talked and joked and yeah was a good day actually.
Well it was Jackson's birthday and so we wanted to call Tomato to hang out somewhere which would be NetCity lo wherelse la. Gurney? Tak mau la. Queensbay? Too far wei. So, I called Tomato to ask him whether he was free but he couldn't make it because he was going to have dinner with his family and then going to clubbing with his friends. Damn!!! In the end, we decided to go for supper without Tomato.
Before that we played Garena for awhile before I eventually came up with the idea. Why not just visit NetCity to kill some time? Haha. And we did eventually decided to go there to play some games before heading out for supper. So, we went there at around quarter to 9? Played DotA, Counter-Strike and Fifa 09 before leaving at around half 11 pm. At first we wanted to go to the hawker centre opposite PCGHS but had to settle for Subaidah LOL. In the end, we went back around 12.30 am and that was the story of the day.
Then on Sunday. Was a boring day too as usual. Woke up, went breakfast, went Queensbay for lunch, back home, stare at the laptop and dinner lorh... At night I saw Mr Loh Yin Qi was online in MSN so called him to ask whether he wanted to play Garena or not lo and he said ok lo (That bugger has a test on monday and he still agreed to join) LOL funny him. Played till 2.30 am before dropping dead on my bed.
Well well what a 'productive' weekend to cap off my first month in Malaysia XD!!!
I'll be going to KL from the 31st of July till 3rd of August and might proceed to Singapore if I could strike a plan with Zet and of course get permission from my parents. We plan to go clubbing in KL as proclaimed by Zet but we'll see what and in case that doesn't happen, we'll just have to settle for DotA? Haha! We'll see what happens down in KL. LOL.
AUF WIEDERSEHEN!!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
What's becoming of Malaysia today?
It's deeply saddening and depressing to hear all the things that are currently going on in Malaysia. What is this lah? Aduh. depressing man... I love Malaysia! I was borned in Malaysia. I was raised in Malaysia. But I'm not studying in Malaysia now and I have no idea whether should I come back to serve the country when I eventually graduate from overseas. You tell me.
Reflecting on all the things that have happened, the chances of me living in Malaysia after graduating seems to be ZERO? I'm not a racist or maybe alittle bit racist. To be honest, I don't care who rules the country be it the Malays, Chinese or Indians as long as they f***ing do their job and make the country a better place to live in. I don't care. I just want Malaysia to be a better country. I'm not an opposition party supporter neither am I a government party supporter. I support whichever party that does the better job in keeping the country going. I might sound like I'm a hypocrite but I'm not. As things are going now. I pretty much would support the opposition party anyway.
The decision to teach Bahasa Malaysia in Science and Math seems absolutely absurd not only to me but to majority of the citizens of Malaysia. I don't even need to ask any of my friends as I know their answers beforehand. If students can't pick up learning the language then why not just find a way to improve the english language rather than reverting back to Bahasa Malaysia. Our English or rather so-called Manglish is already atrocious and now they want to change back teaching Science and Math in BM? LMAO! We'll see what happens in the future. No point changing actually as they'll eventually learn everything in English during pre-u and in university. What a joke!
Good grace! God! please save my beloved country from oblivion!
Reflecting on all the things that have happened, the chances of me living in Malaysia after graduating seems to be ZERO? I'm not a racist or maybe alittle bit racist. To be honest, I don't care who rules the country be it the Malays, Chinese or Indians as long as they f***ing do their job and make the country a better place to live in. I don't care. I just want Malaysia to be a better country. I'm not an opposition party supporter neither am I a government party supporter. I support whichever party that does the better job in keeping the country going. I might sound like I'm a hypocrite but I'm not. As things are going now. I pretty much would support the opposition party anyway.
The decision to teach Bahasa Malaysia in Science and Math seems absolutely absurd not only to me but to majority of the citizens of Malaysia. I don't even need to ask any of my friends as I know their answers beforehand. If students can't pick up learning the language then why not just find a way to improve the english language rather than reverting back to Bahasa Malaysia. Our English or rather so-called Manglish is already atrocious and now they want to change back teaching Science and Math in BM? LMAO! We'll see what happens in the future. No point changing actually as they'll eventually learn everything in English during pre-u and in university. What a joke!
Good grace! God! please save my beloved country from oblivion!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Back to Cyberlife
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With no friends to hang out with and the reluctance to spend money is really taking its toll on me, my dear. I've been going through the whole same routine daily practically. Wake up; Breakfast; A little newspaper reading; Cabal; Lunch; Cabal; Sleep; Cabal; Dinner; Cabal!
Omg this is really pissing me off. Haha. But what can I muster? No college friends available to hang out with while secondary school friends are enjoying their time of their lifes in their respective universities. Feeling jealous? Might probably be the case now?! Haha.
Went back to Cabal (MMORPG) just because my brother is playing it but then again he's not such an active player anymore as he's mugging for his PMR. If he wasn't there, I wouldn't even be bother to train a sucky character from Level 0 and Novice rank again... Damn tedious and ATP draining! I think my cells in my eyes are also dehydrating and dying due to the constant staring at the laptop screen WTF?!
Besides Cabal, I also turned my attention to some crappy facebook games like Barn Buddy... WTF I know haha... Still do some starcraft-ing but seldom as I'm sick of playing with AI and there are not many players playing in Garena.
Now just hoping that there'll be more useful daily activities to make myself pre-occupied so as to prevent myself from using too much of the laptop which will subsequntly make my eyesight worse. @_@ ~~
Cheers mate!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Malaysia! XD First Update!
Teehee… I’ve been back in Malaysia for almost 2 months now and I’ve got left 2 more months to spend here before going back to UK. What have I been doing the whole month? Good question eh? I’ve done practically nothing productive besides starting to go to gym… The others are the usual daily routines i.e eating, sleeping, day-dreaming, playing pc games (Hooked on Starcraft BTW lol) and talking nonsense. Loads of crap practically.
During the 1st week, I actually met a few secondary school friends before their departure to their respective varsities. Wish could have spent more time with them. But I guess they’ll be having a week’s break during August so hopefully we’ll be able to meet again! Fingers-crossed! :D TBH, I didn’t meet many of them during that time, I only met erm about 3 or 4 of them perhaps? They are, Jeffrey Koh, Min Tze and Chuck Chuan. Well the rest were scared about the contagious H1N1, so they didn’t want to take the risk to meet someone returning from a country that has quite a reasonable number of infections which took place. Haha. Couldn’t blame them aight?
Second week of the summer holidays, I went to Kuala Lumpur with my grandma, uncle and aunt. I was there just to accompany my grandma though. As expected, it was a boring and tedious journey. However, I wouldn’t regret for following them back there as I actually got to meet a friend whom I met in UK who was doing a exchange programme in UK. So, was actually quite grateful to have gone to KL. Haha. My uncle also took me and my grandma to Seremban to have a look at his old old house when he was living there and subsequently headed to Malacca for a so-called day trip. Well, it was my first time there so I was pretty amazed by that place except for the traffic congestion. One has to walk by foot to actually explore the historical place TBH. But again, I didn’t get to fully explore the place and departed soon after. My grandma and I were back in Penang on Friday after a week spent in KL or more accurately Puchong, Selangor Darul Ehsan XD.
Now to the 3rd week! I’ve been practically eating for this whole week. However, as usual I don’t really gain any weight! Joined a gym on the 13th of July I guess? On that day I was just trying out some of the equipment and a trainer came up to me and taught me the proper way of using it and he said, “Boy, you should really eat more and put on more weight”! LMAO. I knew that was coming. I had a session with a personal trainer on Thursday and OMFG I have no stamina and strength and I was totally so shitty haha. So, no choice but to do some work-outs when I wake up every morning =.=”. I shall wait for the pain and sore to recuperate before taking another session with the trainer. Today is “Pai gor” and I’m meeting a college friend later (hopefully he doesn’t PPK me lah) lol. Where to? I don’t know! Haha.
Shall be back for more!!!
"I can see what you see not.
Vision milky, then eyes rot.
When you turn they will be gone,
Whispering their hidden song.
Then you see what cannot be,
Shadows move where light should be.
Out of darkness, out of mind,
Cast down into the Halls of the Blind."
Friday, July 3, 2009
Pua's Mighty 'Pen'
A MALAYSIAN HELPED TAIWAN EARNED $31 BIL ALL BECAUSE OF OUR BRAIN DRAINED SYSTEMSubject: $31bil - Truly ..... an inspiring story !
Subject: $31bil
Pua's mighty 'Pen'
Pua's mighty 'Pen'
S. INDRAMALAR speaks to the creator of the now indispensable Pen DriveFact fileName: Pua Khein SengAge: 31Hometown: Sekinchan, SelangorEducation: SJKC Yeok Kuan, Sekinchan; Pin Hwa Independent school, Klang; Chiao Tung University, TaiwanOccupation: Engineer/ president of Phison Electonics CorpCurrent base: Taipei, TaiwanYears abroad:12
WHEN he set off for Taiwanin 1993, Pua Khein Seng's only aim was to complete his degree in Electrical Control Engineering at the renowned ChiaoTungUniversityand return home to work in Malaysia.Never did he envision himself heading a multi-million dollar Taiwanese company that developed the world's first USB flash removable disk, which they called Pen Drive.[IMAGE]Pua Khein Seng went to Taiwanto get his engineering degree but ended up staying on, starting his own company and inventing the pen drive. "I went to Taiwan to pursue my undergraduate degree. I chose Taiwan only because it was too expensive to study either in the United States or Singapore."However, I did well in my undergraduate programme and was offered a place to do my masters," explained Pua, who was back in Kuala Lumpurrecently for a holiday.After completing his Masters in July 1999, Pua worked for about six months in a local company before deciding to set up his own venture company with four fellow engineers who had studied with him at Chiao Tung."We were confident that we had the know-how and ability to start our own business, which is focused on USB technology. The company is called Phison because there are five of us - two Malaysians and three Taiwanese engineers," said Pua, 31, who hails from Sekinchan, Selangor. Phison Electronics Corporation was set up in November 2000 and within six months the young entrepreneurs came up with their first invention - a USB storage device called Pen Drive."We were the first company in the world to develop the USB Drive SoC (System On Chip) and we were very confident that the market for USB will be huge. At the time, no one believed in us so we had to do everything ourselves - from developing the technology, the chips to the product itself."We were only 27 at the time and inexperienced. But we were confident that we could design good systems and chips but we didn't know anything about selling.
So, we sought partners or traders who could help sell our products for us," Pua added.Through smart partnerships and shrewd strategies, Phison soon made its way into European, American and Japanese markets. One quick move was securing Japanese tech giant Toshiba as Phison's largest shareholder and customer."We launched Pen Drivein June 2001 and by August the same year, we broke even! From September 2001, we were reaping monthly profits from our invention and there has been no turning back since." Having established himself in Taiwan, Pua is in the midst of setting up Phison's branch in Malaysia, due to begin operations this February."I am starting a branch in Malaysia because this is my country. I would like to do contribute to its development."We have about 100 engineers at Phison in Taiwan, 20 of whom are Malaysians.
Though they studied in Taiwan, I had to re-train all the engineers I hire because, like most fresh graduates (in this field), they are not industry-ready upon graduation."Unfortunately, some of the Malaysian engineers want to return home after a couple of years because they are homesick, about to start a family and so on. Some prefer to work in Singapore, as it is closer to home. Instead of losing them to competitors, I decided to set up an office in Malaysiawhere they can still work for me," said Pua. Another problem faced by returning computer engineers from Taiwan, Pua added, was the lack of job opportunities for hardware engineers in Malaysia."There is no environment or support for design engineers here in Malaysia. One of my Malaysian engineers from Phison returned home and ended up as a teacher in a Chinese school! I was shocked and thought, 'After all that training and re-training, he is going to just teach?' I told him to hold on till I open up the Phison branch in Malaysia."Though he has been in Taiwan for the past 12 years and married to a Taiwanese, Pua is not sure how much longer he will remain there."I have really no idea where I will be in 20 years. Maybe Taiwan, maybe Malaysia, maybe somewhere else ... it all depends on my business. The industry is moving so fast that I cannot predict what or where I will be," he said. For the moment though, Taiwan is home for Pua, his wife and two children even though he misses the Malaysian way of life."I come home once a year for Chinese New Year and will usually stay for about two weeks. There are several things I really miss about Malaysia. One is the food! For the past 12 years I have been craving for Malaysian food ... I miss laksa, curry noodles, chee cheong fun and all the other delicious dishes we have here."I also miss the lifestyle and quality of life here. When I come back, I am always amazed to see people hanging out and relaxing at mamak shops at night. In Taiwan, most people would still be at work at that time of the night! "Before I got married, I used to work for 15 to 17 hours a day, everyday.
Now that I have children, my wife has forbidden me to stay so late. Now, I go to work at 9am and come home by 11pm. These hours are quite normal for the Taiwanese.
"The man who invented USB pen-drive is a young modest Malaysian who can't even get into a local University but invented the most versatile, indispensable computer peripheral today. And helped his adopted country, Taiwan made $31bil in the process.
The rest is history....
English
'MASTERPIECE' IN ENGLISH FROM TUN HUSSEIN ONN UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA. This is truly amazing!! English language at its best in Malaysia from 'Tun Hussien Onn University '. Does one laugh or cry? This can only be attributed to be the by product of years upon years of the NEP!! After reading this masterpiece, it is not surprising that Malaysian Universities did not make the grade in the rankings of universities. What a sorry state of affairs in the country's institutions of higher learning!! Was this a literal translation from the Malay language that it was originally written in?? God save Malaysia!!
25 August 2008
My Dear Friends I am sending you an advertorial that was published in the New Straits Times on 23 August 2008.
The advertorial is about the conferment of an honorary doctoral degree by the University on Raja Zarith Sofia, a member of the Perak State Royal Family.
Notwithstanding the contents of this advertorial, I am 'EXTREMELY IMPRESSED' with this 'Masterpiece' in English writing published by the University. It is something I have not read in 53 years. That is why I would like to share this 'Masterpiece' with all of you.
The style of writing is so 'Excellent' that all of us who have been schooled and trained in the traditional forms of the English language have to UNLEARN and RELEARN the language in order to be able to understand and appreciate the contents of this advertorial!
In the meantime, may God save our children and grandchildren from the clutches of tertiary educational institutions such as these.....
Regards,
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
hell to u library!
OMFG when I was about to go on hours of seriously productive revision... all dreams were shattered when te library decided to close at 4 pm well what the hell mate... Thanks for all the effort to put on my clothes and dragging my ass all the way to library.! Curses!!! anyway got some great understanding regarding some bloody electronic topic though, so it did ease a little bit of the grief LMAO!!! Back to my bloody smelly humid room where I really had a good time chatting with Leet Liang aka ROlo Khor ( Russian immoral immortal) Don't kill me if u ever come and found out I called u that?! LOL that chat really reignited my desire to draw swords with him in dota well hopefully in the same team haha... Wonder how rusty am I?! no doubt rusty like hell! HEll Yeah mate! Rusty it is.... guess got exposed to too much water and air! xD dun remind me of chemistry... Last paper for exam yippie ! no point revising that so early... Will eventually forget all when the day arrives so better to focus my mind on others first!and the final assignment is really making me to crack both my eyes and head! The complexity is beyond humans' understanding! Well mayb it seems so to me at least LOl . Champions League is UP! YAY!!! Auf Wiedersehen... Ich liebe dich!!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Foottie!
How to end a weekend of not-so-thrilling football action with the 17 year old Federico 'Kiko' Macheda rescuing Manchester United's ass for the second successsive time in a row?! Haha. It ought to be a easy-cruising victory for Man Utd, considering the fact that they had been scoring goals for fun until after the KOP obliterated them at Old Trafford. Though winning the league will render that dreadful result ineffective in dethroning the champions however, the pain of that defeat would remain eventhough we manage to win the unprecedented quintuple though I doubt that'll happen. Fingers-crossed x. I found a funny thread posted by Liverpool fan at the bbc discussion forum and it really made my day reading how Liverpool fan would actually react to Kiko's goals to rescue Man Utd from draws in the last 2 games! Well, here it goes, he/she was apparently questioning the eligibility of Macheda as a Man Utd player. Well, something you might expect from a frustrated Liverpool fan after seeing your archrivals near to dropping 4 points before some unknown kid from Rome came up with 1st a spectacular curling shot to defeat Villa before placing himself in a rather lucky position to deflect Carrick's attempt at goal into the back of the net against Sunderland. Bad day for Liverpool fans I guess after Utd were so close to dropping points and handing the helm of the premiership to KOP. Then the Campions League on Wednesday; an extremely hard game to expect I guess as Porto had never lost a game on home soil to an english opposition. So, to progress to the semi-finals well we pretty much need to snatch a win or a high scoring draw of 3 goals and above which I doubt would happen. Playing Porto with the way we were playing against Sunderland would surely get our ass kicked no doubt. Hopefully Rio's return to the line-up (if he returns) would bring stability to the defence or not Utd are goners in Portugal. I might try to look for channels to watch that game live but the streaming sucks anyway xD. Nothing is better than ASTRO in Malaysia ! XD
Just a minor joke to share (heard from someone from a streaming channel)
"Which ship has never landed in Liverpool for a long long time"?
ANS: PREMIERSHIP it is! xD Cheers!
"Why vampire doesn't make good goalkeepers"?
ANS: They are afraid of crosses!
Just a minor joke to share (heard from someone from a streaming channel)
"Which ship has never landed in Liverpool for a long long time"?
ANS: PREMIERSHIP it is! xD Cheers!
"Why vampire doesn't make good goalkeepers"?
ANS: They are afraid of crosses!
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