The Gemini

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Miscellaneous ranting:
Having a dreadful week ahead of me now. Just finished my first paper and there are two more to come. I knew this week is going to be a hellish week, yet I did not prepare for the tests few weeks before. Well, here I am now, paying the price for my procrastination. Consequences will be bad, but I can't do anything about it now. Will bear with it until my midterm break, which then I will regain my composure. Till then.
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My friend sent me this to cheer me up when I was feeling down few days ago. Guess it didn't really help out much, but still I think that this article on Gemini's characteristics is bloody accurate. I've never read any other that is more accurate than this one. It is written in Mandarin and I'm lazy to translate it bla bla blaaa... X)

双子座终极完美分析

> > 有很多的朋友，可是'看起来朋友很多，可是知心的没有几个'这句话很深刻的形容了双子。双子很能说话，他跟别人可以天南地北的聊，可以聊得很八卦，也会聊 一些很严肃的话题。双子可以跟你聊很多东西，可是注意了，他都只是跟你聊一些不关自己的事。随便他跟你说些什么，可是跟自己有关的都只是些皮毛而已。比 如，今天又有某个明星怎样怎样了；隔壁班有多少美女帅哥的。关于自己的事，他几乎是不说的，就算是说，也是说一些关于自己无关痛痒的事。当你想更进一步的 了解双子，他会很自然的把话题给扯开。

> > 对于自信的双子来说，他又同时很没有安全感，这是双子特有的矛盾。他喜欢把自己重重包围住，不让自己暴露。对于双子来说，如果在一个还不了解的人面前把自 己暴露了，就等于让别人抓住了自己的把柄。这样就失去了一定的优势。当双子感到独孤悲伤时，只会一个人躲在房间里哭，或者一个人郁闷着。

> > 双子也很怕被伤害，很多时候宁愿自己承受一切，也不愿别人抓住自己的把柄。所以久而久之也就养成了习惯。

> > 双子基本上也是个很痛苦的人。表面上总是很有活力，很快乐的样子，可是没人的时候他又总是很忧伤。双子总会被一种莫名的悲伤笼罩。但他不会让别人发现的， 他怕被伤害，也怕被别人抛弃，只能自己硬挺着一切。所以双子很神经质，精神脆弱，容易人格分裂，因为承受了太多的东西.

> > 一般来说双子的孩子都很早熟。双子对很多的东西都在乎得要命，可是表面上就是看起来什么都不在乎。双子并不是故意要掩饰自己，上面说了，这只是一种习惯了，可是在外人看来他就成了虚伪的人。

> > 双子是被公认的最花心、最冷酷无情的星座。其实对于双子的花心，真的不想再说些什么了。解释得太多，累了，也没耐心了。可是说起双子，就不得不提感情，双 子这一生，似乎必须被感情牵伴，跟爱情纠缠一世。很多人说双子并不花心，只是博爱，所以才会有那么好的人缘。忘了在哪里看见了这样的一句话：双子最大的悲 哀在于有两个人的思想，却只有一个人的身体，双子有爱自己所爱的人的权利，也有保护彼此所爱的人的义务，双子只剩下一个时，爱也就只剩下义务了。

> > 我想用如来若去说的一句话给双子的花心做个总结：花心的极端就是痴心的可怕。该懂的人应该会懂的。至于冷酷无情真的不知道该从何说起。其实双子是最平和的 星座，如果可以不发生冲突，都会尽量避免。双子也很少跟别人吵架，他讨厌吵架，如果是因为一些生活琐碎小事吵架，那么双子就在吵完的那一刻就把这件事给忘 了；
> > 要双子真的跟你翻脸，除非是你的所作所为或所说的话实在让双子不能忍受，这时他会很鄙视得看你一眼，然后头也不回地走掉，甚至会不给你留面子地离开。这时 你一辈子也别想再和他和好了，就算有的双子碍于面子和你再成为朋友，但是他们已经对你鄙视到了极点，只不过维持着这一层不得不维持的'朋友'关系其实，很 大一部分双子，对待感情是非常专一的，之所以给人留下花心的美名，是因为很少有人能够让略带童心的双子动真感情，不是双子铁石心肠，而是双子个性里面天生 有一些忧郁，一些潜在的不自信，只是双子隐藏的深入，可是一旦让双子动了真感情，那么恭喜你了，双子的天真，率直，外加表达能力丰富，一定能让你获得很多 快乐。

> > 每个双子都有一个故事隐藏在心里，多数是不堪回首的往事，双子是个念旧或者说是喜欢沉浸在回忆中的星座，他（她）的这个故事通常都是因情所困，动了感情而 被伤害了的双子是脆弱的，也是坚强的，他（她）可以很快的振作起来，可以当什么事都没有发生，这些都是双子演给世人看的罢了，等到夜深人静的时候，双子内 心的伤痛随着血液渗透到全身，他（她）可以一整夜的去回忆之前的点点滴滴，可以一整夜的沉浸在痛苦之中，可以一整夜坐在那里发呆，但是，一旦天亮了，要出 去见人了，双子马上就从痛苦中抽身而走，你看到的肯定是一个神采奕奕的双子，这就是双子，拥有双重性格的双子，一个在世人面前乐天，快乐，在孤独夜晚独自 伤悲的双子。

> > 双子的爱是最永恒的，可以付出一切，有人说我们花心，那时我们没有真正的爱，当双子爱上一个人的时候是痛苦的，因为我们太敏感。假如双子爱上了一个不爱自 己的人，那莫我相信他永远都不会再爱了，当爱给过了一个人，他再也没有能力再付出了，其实太多的人都不懂我们，其实连我们自己都不懂自己，我们很会伪装， 很会说谎，但我们最细腻，对感情最敏感，双子的爱与悲伤，谁又真的了解！

p/s: Gemini rockssss!!! XD

Private University

Since last Sunday,I was in deep thought for the title of my new blog post. It was about a retreat I attended over the weekend, organized by the IET YMS (Younger Members Section) Malaysia. When one of my lecturer said something offensive to us students today, I finally had this idea of putting the title "Private University" I will come to the lecturer part of the story later. Let's make the mood happy by talking about the retreat first =)

This retreat, I can say, is not totally for us to enjoy, relax and have fun. Well at least not for me. Before departing for this retreat, Matthew (Chairperson of IET MMU Student Chapter) revealed to me the proposed program flow for the retreat. For example :

Saturday (21st Feb)

3: 00pm – IET Briefing + Overview

8.30pm – Breakout Session 1 – “How do you want IET to assist you or your club for further success?”

10.00pm – Presentation

Sunday (22nd Feb)

9am – Breakout Session 2 – “What can you contribute towards the success for IET Malaysia”

10.30am – Presentation + feedback


ALL I FREAKING SEE IS ONLY PRESENTATION + DISCUSSIONS ON IET IET IET IET IET. >.<" I mean seriously, I din expect to prepare soft skils to a retreat, in A famosa Resort! Our Honorary Secretary, Chee Yen drove 4 of us down, representing MMU Cyberjaya IET Student Chapter. Throughout the journey, we did talk, but eventually I slept off. And, yeah talking about sleeping, my god, I realized lately I have been so sleepy headed. Every break, free time, I will jump onto my bed and snooooze all the way. Bad huh? Too bad then, lol.

Continuing the story, we were the first to reach there, and later other student chapters also reached. In total, there were 6 student chapters participating in this retreat. They are MMU Cyberjaya, MMU Melaka, UCSI, Nottingham, UTAR and INTI UC. Each student chapters are required to send only 4 representatives. So, out of the 24 participants, there were only TWO girls. MISERABLE. PATHETIC. *sighs* 1st thing we did was to listen to the briefing given my Chairperson of IET YMS Malaysia, Mr. Kwong. He's a funny and friendly person. So okay la, give him face I listened to his talks and briefings throughout the retreat. Next was ice-breaking session. Boring, so I'll skip it. Next up was the BBQ session, a.k.a dinner for us. Overall, the BBQ was not that bad, one drawback was I only eaten 3 chicken wings (2 only actually, another was half raw lol), 3 long hotdogs and 3 short hotdogs. That's it. Definitely not enough to fill up my stomach. So were others in MMU Cyberjaya. Hence, what we did was, we went out after the presentation to a nearby mamak stall to continue our "postponed dinner", at the same time watching football. Not bad, this is what I call retreat XD

Second day was relatively a short one. There was only one presentation and followed up by a farewell lunch. I finally got my chance to go out and present our group topic infront of everyone, "thanks" to Matthew. =.= but it was okay, and I enjoyed the presentation, because everyone was concentrating, more like a two-way presentation rather than a one-way presentation like what the lecturers do nowadays *runs away* We proceeded to lunch at Pizza Hut after the presentation. It was an enjoyable lunch with all the student chapters and we discussed about the whole retreat. Gossiping I should say. Luckily 4 of us had our own table and we gossiped all the way. For example, situations on living together with the few student chapters in the same house, and also characters of other student members from other student chapters. *evil* I wonder, did other student chapters gossip about us? =)


PHOTOS!! Only a few, too bad. And I've yet to get those snapped using Matthew's and Sooi Loong's phone. Once I get them, I will edit them here.

Presentations. Group by group basis.

And there, our MMU Cyberjaya Chairperson, Matthew. The one in white T.

Loooooooking up into the ceiling.

The participants, the crowd.

After breakfast on the second day. I took this.

Finally, our group photo before leaving the house and A-famosa Resort.

So, going into the second part of the story of this blog post. I went to a class this afternoon and the lecturer gave the whole class an exercise to do. As usual, we (our whole gang) did not revise, therefore we do not know how to attempt the questions. So we chit-chatted about our plans for the week. Not long after, the lecturer left her seat and started walking around the class checking our work. Finally she came to us and checked. Blank, white papers were the only things she saw, and before leaving she added "Scratching head? Don't know how to do?" She then proceeded back to her seat and "lectured" us. She said "If I'm your parents, I will vomit blood. And do you guys know that you can count yourselves lucky to study in MMU. Compare your fees to local universities, and ask yourself why are your parents paying so much to let you study here? Your fees are almost 3 times more expensive than the tuition fees at local universities. So, please buck up and study well. The future is in your hands. Seliously."

That's exactly what she pronouced "seriously" Omg, you are a lecturer, in an expensive private university and you can't pronounce "seRRRRiously'? Plus, my friend said that if he was her english teacher, he will vomit blood. Well, true. Frankly speaking, the things she said above, I typed it out in proper english because along the way there were other pronounciation mistakes other than "seliously".

But, what she said was true. Actually. MMU tuition fees are very high, compared to other institutions. Yet, we are slumbering and slacking. I was one of them too this afternoon, and when I think back now, I'm at fault. Not the lecturer. All these have to stop. My results since the beginning of my degree year have not been improving and now it stands dangerously at the border of getting a good CGPA in the future, or slump downwards. Its my call, and I hope I'm aware of it. Now.



p/s : I forgotten to bring my towel to the retreat. My sandals were torn, so I only brought sneakers and wore sneakers throughout the whole retreat. And, 4 of us shared the same shampoo for the 2 days. Oh yeah, what a retreat XD

Valentine's

Happy Valentine's Day

And weirdly, when I was checking my horoscope today, I got this :

Gemini (5/21-6/21)

You get farther with someone if you tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Oh god, why this phrase today? *Sweats* If.

Once again, Happy Valentine's Day to couples and singles out there =)

Why'd You Have To Wait?

Its been almost half-a-year since July 2008 that I last blogged about anything here. I owe this blog so much. I kept on delaying and procrastinating all the posts I had in mind. Honestly speaking, I enjoyed myself too much for the past two semesters in my second year too much, until I totally neglected the need to update my blog. Right now, actually, I'm having a hard time to think about what to write. There are lots of stuff happened, perhaps I'm having a blogging rust.

Its already February 2009, and I'm already in the final semester of my second year of degree. Time flies...super quick. Lotsa ups and downs over the past half-a-year.
Right now, the second year of my degree will be the most memorable year of my life. Many crazy stuff happened. Crazy. I'm having an awesome group of close friends. Had so much fun knowing these people =)
Deep inside, am hoping it will continue albeit things are getting a little messy now.

Anywayyyyy...

This year, I finally had the chance to taste American Lobster. YUP, American Lobster. My first time okaayyy. I'm not that well-to-do unlike filthy rich people eat lobsters everyday. *grins*

I stayed at my sister's place for a few days before school reopens. And after the movie Inkheart, my sister's bf took us to Pantai Seafood Restaurant in PJ area for dinner. The moment i stepped in, some spider-like living thing caught my eyes and it looked expensive. Its Alaskan King Crab and you would not believe the price. Well, its my first time again, to see that crab and that pricing, live! It was still in the CNY mood that time, so the hole restaurant was packed and we'd had to wait quite a while before we got seated.

My sister told me her bf has eaten several times in this restaurant and the food quality here is very nice. I was like whoaaa your bf so rich can eat here se-ve-ral times. LOL =)

We ordered "Pak So Kong" fish, Baby Kailan and the ultimate dish Cheese-baked American Lobster. 3 dishes, just nice for 3 of us. After dinner when the bill came, the 0.9 kg American Lobster was RM150 so altogether, the bill came around RM250. Wooots. Overall, it was not the price that matters, it was the joy and satisfaction xD because the lobster is just too gooood.

Alaskan King Crab. RM298 per kg o.O

RM228 per kg for this Snow Crab. I've never heard of this guy before.

Australian King Crab. RM328 per freaking kg. Freaking scary.
How much will it cost for one of it's leg? RM32.8? =.=

American Lobster.
My foodz =)
In my belly xD

Gallery of seafood. Expensive seafood.

Cheese-baked

Above : Flesh
Below : Shell

What's left of my share.

Pantai Seafood Restaurant. Jalan Cempaka PJU 6A, Kg. Sg. Kayu Ara, PJ. Give it a try =)

I'm going to stop here for now, will continue ranting about other stuff nx post. =)

And...Here...We......GO!!

Good evening, Ladies and Gentle-MAN. Here I present to you tonight's entertainment.

*while THE DARK KNIGHT fever is still on*

Why so serious? Its all part of the plan. *laughs...the Joker way*

The Dark Knight Trailer Spoof

YUI - SUMMER SONG

My all-time favourite Japanese singer-songwriter is back with her latest hit single - SUMMER SONG after Namidairo success. There are a few new songs in this single - Oh My God and also the accoustic version of Laugh Away. SUMMER SONG was released on the 12th of July and currently tops the Oricon Top Single Chart. SUMMER SONG is a cheerful and quick-paced song, while Oh My God is another lovely creation of YUI.

CD Version

CD + DVD Version

Tracklist:

1. SUMMER SONG
2. Oh My God
3. Laugh away ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. SUMMER SONG ~Instrumental~

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

Purchase Details:

Catalog No.: SRCL-6819
Format: CD
Number of discs (or other units): 1
Release Date: 2008/07/02
Price: 1165yen (1223yen Tax incl.)
Item weight: 120 g

First Press Limited Edition comes with an original summer calendar and postcard.

Lovely

(YUI - SUMMMER SONG Single Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SRCL-6819

(YUI - SUMMMER SONG Single Limited Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SRCL-6817

p/s :
I am suppose to study now because two of my midterm tests are just around the corner. But, as usual, I can't concentrate. So I came here to blog about YUI instead. How smart. And, gosh I'm so late for writing this post about SUMMER SONG. It was released weeks ago. *sweats*

The Dark Knight

Its dark. Its knightly. Its AWESOME. Come on, I can go on non-stop if I want to. 2 days after the movie and I'm still hooked on to it, still stunned and mesmerized. *arghh* I will go like "Let's put a s-mile on that face", "Why so seeerious?", "Good evveeening ladies and gentle-MAN", "We are tonight's entertainment." Oh gosh here I go again...

Forget about what other people said about the movie..eg. "the whole movie was so darky laahh, everything black black how to watch?", "the movie damn long, my butt aches", "the movie too deep lahh, cannot enjoy properly also" --- that's what I heard after I came out from the cinema and also from my other friends who have watched it.

TOO BAD. That's the only thing I replied, silently. IMO, this movie rocks. I watched in One Utama's TGV. Well, TGV is good enough for me because I got back middle seats, eye level to the screen. The seat is spacious and comfy, so no butt ache for me, and 2 hours 30 minutes is just perfectly nice for The Dark Knight.

TDK is not any other typical superhero movie. Its more like a movie that portrays the passion of crime and psychological warfare. *laughs* I was amazed by how Batman trying his best to make Gotham City safe from those crooks and how Joker trying his best to annoy the Batman. Other comic superhero movies that I've watched lately eg. Ironman, Hulk, Hellboy are nothing compared to TDK. In all aspects. *grins*

Honestly, I love this movie mainly because of Heath Ledger's Joker. Each time he appeared on the screen, I made sure I did not blink. *LOL* Heath Ledger's version of Joker is the best of all times I can say. The way he brings his maniac character around, spreading the psychotic killer aura and also some humor in between is superb. The Joker overshadowed Batman's ability, in terms of plotting out plans and playing psychological games. The way Heath Ledger played as the green-haired maniac in a purple suit, no doubt that he's the best played villain in movies I've ever seen. But, its sad to think that this will be the last performance by Heath Ledger.

There's one major flaw in TDK though, which is Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel. She sucks being Rachel. Please, Rachel is not that bithcy, slutty and noob. Katie suits Rachel more. Other than that, Aaron Eckhart played well as Harvey Dent. Same goes to Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox and Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon. I kinda like Jim Gordon in TDK, the way he assists Batman whenever possible and his leadership quality. Well done, Commisioner =)

Some of my favourite The Dark Knight posters =)

This, my fav among all. All 3 of them in one. *woots*

Why so bloody serious?

The fantastic + psychotic + green-haired villain in a nice purple suit.

Can you protect Gotham from The Joker?
Or helplessly watch Joker spread flames around your city?







This single post on The Dark Knight is a tribute to the late Heath Ledger.
You rock =)

*claps*

This Blog Is Not Dead =)

Alright alright. I have to admit that its entirely my fault letting this blog to rot by itself and not updating it. Well, if you guys out there are willing to accept my excuses, I fail to update my blog due to:

1. Laziness (I'm honest alright)
2. Internet connection back in hometown was lousy
3. My laptop suffered a hard disk failure and the hard disk was sent for warranty claiming
4. EURO 2008 *grins*
5. Laziness
6. Laziness
7. Laziness
8. Laziness
9. Laziness
10. Laziness
11. Laziness

........................

I'm a lazy person alright. That explains everything. =)
Now I'm restarting my blogging mode once again. Gotta go through some warm ups.

Consequences of laziness, blogging posts are starting to pile up...Career Fair..Sushi..Hellboy 2...Bon Odori..arghhh... *pulls hair*

Once again, this blog is not dead. It is still breathing. *sniffs*

Home Sweet Home

I'M BACK IN TAIPING!!!
*chong king starts jumping here and there non-stop*

Home sweet home. I reached back home yesterday at 4.30pm. I'm just so so so so glad that I'm back home after 2 months plus away from home, since 21st March if I'm not mistaken. The first thing I did was to EAT, obviously. I just feel so good. Later that night, my parents and I went out to EAT again. Yeah, I think I live to eat for now. *grins*

I've listed out the "to-makan-list" in Taiping, and I will make sure I will eat all of them. There were Irene Rojak and 'Tong Sui', Salted Chicken, Hawker Center Claypot Chicken Rice, Taiping Satay.....the list goes on. *drools* And my beloved mom made one of the must-eat food in my "to-makan-list" --- the Chilli Chicken. Simply finger-licking good. Thanks mummy.

Er...this just shows how much I've enjoyed Cyberjaya food eh? =.=



For university students, what's the first thing you do when you reach back home during semester break besides filling up your tummy? SLEEP OF COURSE! I'm so sleep deprived for the past 2 weeks due to exams, exams and exams. Madness. But something happened.....

I woke up today. I stretched out to grab my hand phone to look at the time. Nope, battery died. So I slowly crawled out from the bed and walked downstairs like a zombie to have a look at the wall clock. The moment I saw the clock.....I went...

WHHHHAAATTT

THHHHHEEEEE

*YAWNS*

HHHHEEELLLLLLL!!!!

!@%%$!@&$##@!$#@!

I can't believe my eyes. The clock was showing 6.35pm. Gosh. I went to bed at 12.30 am last night, and I woke up at 6.35pm!!! I slept for *starts counting carefully* freaking 18 hours. I broke my own record for the longest sleep for 14 hours. Dang, I still couldn't believe it until now when I'm writing this post. Tell me who to blame for this LONG sleep? Another weird thing was, my parents were not mad at me, instead they asked me: "Good morning, slept enough already? So do you want to have lunch or wait for dinner?"

Sweat. I hope this sleep will be the longest one and no more next time. I try not to break my own record again. 18 hours of sleep somehow filled up the hole I created due to the torturing exams.

But I still need to say this :

18 HOURS OF SLEEP!!!
18 HOURS MAN!!!
OH BABY!!!
*grins*

Sleeping is just too nice.
Don't waste it unless you can't help it.

My laptop is not repaired yet and I don't know when can I get it to the service center to be repaired. For the time being I'm using my dad's school laptop. Luckily my dad is having school holidays. If not I will be watching TV, eating and sleeping all the time. I'm also leeching the unsecured wireless from my neighborhood. So I take this opportunity to thank him...er..for not locking up his wireless network? *grins* The wireless network is steady today, so I grabbed this chance to post. I hope the wireless signal will stay strong, and I will continue to post and update. *smiles*

p/s: I love Taiping. =)

Is This The End?

Final examination is officially over few hours ago.

Yes.

This is the end.

The end for a year.

The end of BETA year for me.

But...there are 3 more years to go.

A very long journey left for me to fight for.

I hope I can presevere on.

*prays to God*

For the time being, I'm gonna take a long nap, and have fun to the max. =)

The cycle will continue.

That's for sure.

And I will leave that when the time comes.

p/s:

I will try to update what I've missed to write in my blog during the semester break.

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. =)