The End. The Start. I Hate Both.

The end is near.

Yesterday (9th April) marked the last day of midterm exams I had. A total of 4 midterm exams for different subjects in the course of 2 weeks, starting from 26th March. Oh goshhh, I can be lying dead by now. Well, almost, because its not really the end of everything that I dislike...yet. 2 more major ASS-ignments coming up and I have to hand them in next Friday. Sial. Briefly, I let you guys know what happened to my 4 test subjects for 2 freaking worst weeks I'd ever had this trimester.


26th March 2008, Introduction to Machines and Power Systems Midterm Test
I had one week of midterm break to study this subject while I was back home at Taiping. Well, I did study and made sure I understand all those stuff in this mixed up subject. But, being back home for one week long....it was a rare occasion, so yeah, frankly, I did not really concentrated on studying throughout the whole week. BUT, yeah but again, I believed that I covered all the theories, all the formulas, practically everything. And BUT, .....again, on the night of 26th March, when the midterm test started, my mind went POOOOOOM!!! Blank. I felt like my knowledge of this subject was raped by the test paper. Sigh, no confidence at all throughout the paper. In conclusion, I'm so gonna fail the paper for sure.

31st March 2008, Electronics III Midterm Test
HOOOhooohooh, killing paper for FOE students of MMU in Cyberjaya, well at least for me. And I'm majoring in it, my goodness. After the Machines test, morally down, I studied for Electronics III in the interval of 5 days. To be clear, I STUDIED BY MYSELF for all 3 topics that was tested in the exam. Why? Because the way the lecturer teach in class, can die. Studying part was ok, I can understand what was in Electronics III. BUT, sigh, same thing like Machines paper, I did not manage to do my best at all. *knocks head* Many of my friends said that this paper was easier than Machines. Maybe, but I did not really feel so. Hmmm..maybe I'm stupid, yeah that's why. =(

2nd April 2008, Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques Midterm Test
After the Electronics III paper, Career Fair 2008 was 2 days away. DUH, I gotta finalize everything under my division for the Career Fair. IMAGINE, only 3 days for me to study this subject (because I did not start studying E3 at all yet that time) and having to do my Career Fair job at the same time. That was madness. So, during the 1st day of the Career Fair (1st April), opening ceremony in particular, I carried out my duties and made sure everything went well. After opening ceremony, wasting no time I camped myself at one of the Security Checkpoints and studied for this paper. Well, I'm not the only one doing this. Karan, Hammie and other classmates studied together. Everyone was desperate. When it came to the exam day, at least this time it was not that bad compared to the previous 2 papers. And hell don't ask me why. I don't know why. I did the least studying for this paper and yet I felt quite ok for it. WEIRD LAA.

9th April 2008, Engineering Mathematics II Midterm Test
Had one week to study for this maths paper, but in between, still there are many stuffs to do, eg. lab sessions, assignment. Yup, although there was one week to study, I did last minute studying again. Fortunately, last night, the paper wasn't that tough as I expected. I was able to do properly. I'm sure it was the same for others too, because I saw waves of students left early and after 45 minutes, the hall was already 3/4 empty. So yeah =)


Yeah, that sums up all the 4 test papers I had in 2 weeks. The end of midterm tests. BUT, its the start of 2 huge ASS-ignments. Arghhh.....just how much I hate the never-ending stuff in a student's life. I need a break. *finds Kit-Kat*

But not until next Friday. *faints*

Launch of YUI - I Loved Yesterday Album

OH HOHOHO yes, the new album I have been talking about all this while has finally launched and released yesterday, 9th April 2008. Due to my Engineering Maths paper yesterday, I wasn't able to squeeze out some time to post this. Well, once again, below are the details of her album - 'I Loved Yesterday'.

CD Track list:
01. Laugh away

02. My Generation

03. Find me

04. No way

05. Namidairo

06. Daydreamer

07. Love is all

08. I will love you

09. We will go

10. OH YEAH

11. My friend

12. LOVE & TRUTH

13. Am I wrong ?

**Click on the Windows Media Player tab to preview the song. Kindly wait for the song to load**



DVD Contents:
01. Good-bye days
02. I remember you
03. Rolling star
04. CHE.R.RY
05. Special Live Video of her first Budokan Concert (19 Nov 2007)




By the way, here is the advertisement (CM) for dear YUI's 'I Loved Yesterday' album. GAWD, dear YUI teaching guitar...I'm sure Hammie will be super jealous. *evil grins*

YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY CM






For more info on getting a copy of her new album for yourself, you can go HERE for Limited Edition or HERE for the Regular Edition.


CONGRATULATIONS for 'I Loved Yesterday'!!

YUI simply makes me proud all the time. =)

I will enjoy this album, that's for sure. <3


p/s: Nope, no Career Fair post yet. No photos, no post. =P

All YUI's 'Laugh Away' Live Performances

Yes yes yes =(
I know I have not update the Career Fair post and also others that I promised,
but to post this YUI update. Gomen. =(
Once all the Career Fair pictures are in my lappie, I will immediately rant about it.
*runs away*

Back to the title
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Gosh dear YUI is promoting her Laugh away and her upcoming hit album 'I Loved Yesterday' non-stop. HONESTLY, its tiring to play catch up with her. She's so efficient and hardworking. I wish I'm like her.

Anyway here are the live performances of 'Laugh away'. 4 of them so far. All of them were so niceee. Love it to the max. I love this song. I will put Music Station Laugh away (04/04/2008) performance first.

YUI - Laugh Away - Music Station 2008.04.04


YUI-net Staff Diary was also updated with the Music Station Laugh away performance. Below is the update.

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Music Station無事終了しました～！

Music Station has ended safely!

皆さま、こんばんはっ！
今日は、東京は最高の天気でした。
全国的にもすごく天気が良かったみたいですね。
ゴキゲン（笑）な週末を過ごしていますか？

Good evening evening!
Tokyo’s weather today was the greatest!
It seems that the entire nation’s weather was great too.
How is everyone spending their weekend?

さてさて、昨晩は「Music Staion SP」でしたが、
たくさんの直前＆直後メッセージありがとうございました！

Thank you everyone for the messages right before and right after the performance during last night’s Music Station SP!

毎回「Mステ」のたびに、
いつも一緒に「ドキドキ」してくれる
仲間がいるような感覚になってます！（照）
ホントにありがとう！
すごく嬉しいし、何より心強いっです！！

During every MS performance, we can feel that alongside us, there are also people who are equally anxious.
Thank you!
We are very happy, not to mention very reassured!!

昨日は、桜が満開の中、
『Laugh away』のパフォーマンス、
すごく素敵でしたね。。。グッときましたっ！！

Yesterday, in the midst of sakura in full bloom, the performance of Laugh away was fabulous… it tugged at the heart strings!!

＜本番終了直後のYUI＞

(YUI immediately after the performance)

あっという間に、『I LOVED YESTERDAY』
発売前の最後の週末になりました。。
いよいよ、リリースです。

In the blink of an eye, the last weekend before the release of “I Loved Yesteray” has arrived..
Finally, the release.

皆さんの胸に、YUIの渾身の13曲分の想いが、
届けば嬉しいです。。。
何卒、よろしくお願い致します！！

We would appreciate it very much if everyone could express their feelings regarding the 13 songs which YUI had made with her greatest effort…
Yoroshiku onegai itashimasu!!

でわでわ。
良い週末を～～～！
あじゅ。

With that,
Have a wonderful weekend~~~!
Adieu.

Translation by uchihamel

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Next will be the live performance of Laugh away on NHK Haru Uta (25/03/2008).

Yui - Laugh away


Next, live performance of Laugh away on Bokura no Ongaku (28/03/2008).

YUI - Laugh away (Bokura no ongaku 28.03.2008)


Last but not least I hope, the live performance of Laugh away on Dream Live 2008. I love this performance the most, among all 4 Laugh away performances. YUI performed two songs on Dream Live 2008 - 'My Generation' & 'Laugh away'. Enjoy guys =)

Yui Laugh away Live (dream live 2008)



I can't wait for 'I Loved Yesterday' to be released on the 9th April. 3 more days to go. BUT, at the same time I don't want that day to come so soon. Engineering Maths 2 on 9th April too, and I didn't even cover 50% of the syllabus yet. Shucks. This sem is a total failure for me. 3 papers confirm gone case for me. With the current rate i'm going for my Engineering Maths 2 paper, I think it will be the 4th paper to join the club of failing subjects. *cries*

GOSH, this supposed to be a happy post, I should be 'Laugh-ing away'. Alrite, enjoy the videos. I better get my ass moving. Till then.

*CK goes read Engineering Maths 2 notes*

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Random YUI photo:

I love this random YUI mag shoot =)

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A Visit To Penang

This post supposed to be written like er ages ago, but my schedule has been very packed since I came back to MMU after the 1 short week of midterm break.

OK, as promised, this will be the post about the best food I had so far for 2008.

The food post starts.

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This visit to Penang dated back to 22nd of March. And now is already 5th of April. OMG. Lousy blogger. Anyway, here were the few events during the trip to Penang, one of my favorite places to chill.

My sister came back to Taiping on Thursday (20th March), so we planned to have a short family outing since everyone's back home. Honestly, at this stage, I gotta admit, its hard to get all 4 of us back home together at the same time. Except CNY. =) So yeah, we planned and decided to visit my aunty in Penang. So off we go, to Penang, with the results of election still HOT. LOL.

We stayed at my aunty's place and after we reached Penang, we "chilled" at her house until 5 in the evening. I watched a few episodes of The Amazing Race Asia 2 before that together with my sister. God, Paula is a cute hottie. That's why I started watching TARA 2 *grins*

5.30 pm. We got ready and started our journey to Teluk Kumbar, er somewhere at Bayan Lepas. Is it? I have a bad sense of direction for your info. Anyway, we are heading to Teluk Kumbar Seafood Restaurant. The restaurant is just a normal house-type restaurant, situated by the sea. Nice. "Taste with Jason" once again visited this restaurant before. And I can tell you that Jason was so right about the food there. Simply yummy. I will elaborate more along with the pictures that I took. =)

The photo of Jason and the boss of the restaurant.
I got to know this restaurant through Jason's food show.
So penang-nites out there, next time you go there, tell me and I will tag along =)
*slurrpss*

View of the big wide sea and the fishing boats.
Its been soooo long since the last time I visited the beach =)

My sis was like "Boy..boy..faster take pic of me with the beach and the ocean!!"
With the peace sign. =)

Bro and sis and boat and ocean. All perfect.
Except that I cant smile nicely, holding my small camera single-handedly is tough.
Ahh...I need to train more. =P

The small satay stall beside the restaurant selling my favorite satays for now. =P

All the cooking pros in action at the kitchen.
Or are they just lepak-ing? I curi-curi took this picture, so I can't tell.

Packed with hungry food-loving customers.

Take a look at this 'creature' in the water.
Its quite blur because the water was bubbling here and there.
Try to guess what is it? Hint: Turned out to be the best dish on the dining table. =)




AND HERE I PRESENT TO YOU THE PICTURES OF THE FOOD THAT WILL MAKE YOU DROOL NON-STOP! (as promised in the previous posts)

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1st dish to arrive : Kuah-less (Sauce-less) Satay. Cool or not you say. No sauce lehh.
Within 2 minutes I ate 4 already. *evil*
Very the nice, the satays were already coated with spicy sweet sauce.
CK's rating : 9/10

2nd dish : Belacan Kang-kung.
This is a common dish in every other restaurant, but NOT this one.
The belacan is this restaurant ada special sikit, lebih wangi =)
CK's rating : 7.5/10

3rd dish : 'Kam Heong La-La'
Fuhh..this is the best 'Kam Heong La-La' I've ever tasted.
Very the 'heong'. Very the 'Kam'. After eating you simply go singing la-la-la... *laughs*
CK's rating : 8.8/10

4th dish : Sweet Spicy Crabs. (I forgot the actual name, its sweet, its spicy, so yeah.)
Although there were only 2 crabs and they were small, it was enough for 5 of us.
The crabs were very fresh. Thumbs up.
CK's rating : 8.8/10

5th dish : Steamed Fish
This pic was taken late and all bones left.
I nearly forgotten about it because I'm all into the crabs and the 'la-la' =P
Fish was fresh. Well steamed. Simply yummy.
CK's rating : 8.2/10

Final dish and the best dish among all : (I don't know the English name for it)
It was so big that it was enough for 5 of us.
The meat was unbelievably fresh and succulent. It was steamed perfectly.
Yeah, just the perfect dish to end the course.
CK's rating : 9.5/10

Naked, revealing the fresh succulent flesh.
Oh god, killing dish. *drools*

Empty dishes with nothing left.
Kering-kontang.

*Thumbs up*
=P

After dinner, we headed to Queensbay Mall. Mom and sis decided to do some shopping over there. Dad and I had nothing much to do, so both of us practically went walking here and there without any direction. We went to the IT shops, Harvey Norman, Jusco, Tag Hauer, Royal Selangor, and The Body Shop. Weird.

Ferrari + Shell was having promotion on their products at the same time. There was a Ferrari F1 car on display and it was simply AWESOME to be able to view it up close. And did I tell you the Shell models are also the same. AWESOME. *twisted* They are way better than those girls at the Sepang F1 grid. But, who cares, as long as I can see them at Queensbay Mall, chun-ted already =P

Here are some photos I took on the F1 cars. Again, I don't have the pics of the Shell hotties. Lalala.

Shining-ly nice. Simple as that. =)

Top view of the Ferrari F1 car from the 2nd floor. Gorgeous.

Can't resist to take a picture with the race-winning car.
The car looks nicer right? =(
*laughs*

That's not all after Queensbay. Around 10pm we left Queensbay and headed to Tesco, near E-Gate (this time I'm very sure I'm correct about the place. *blueks*) My aunty wana update her Tesco points. Nothing much to say about Tesco because I'm already verrrrrrryyyy tireeeeeeeeeeeeed, I can't walk anymore so I sat down at one place, resting. No pics were taken. My phone was resting with me. =P

Next morning we started our journey back to Taiping early in the morning because my bus to KL was at 1.30pm. So yeah, after that I was back to Cyberjaya already, and started a massively busy and disastrous week. Sobs. That I will tell more in the next post. Let's make this post all happy.

Till then.


p/s:
MMU Career Fair 2008 had just ended 2 days ago. The event went smoothly, and it was all good. I'm waiting for the photos for the event, and then I will rant about it here. I'm glad that the event is over. Back to my usual life, no more emails, no more phone calls, no more meetings, no more complaints, no more stress =) However, I missed the fun we had during the 3 days of Career Fair. Thank you to my friends that helped me out during the Career Fair 2008. I love you guys. =)