Inexplicable

Class at 2.30pm

2009-10-19T13:35:00.000-07:00

My friend was playing with my phone when I was copying the notes in the class.

And I told her that the american girl who sat next to me in the class is very cute.

So, she took the photo of her sleeping in the class! LOL

p/s Joyce, u want pic of americans right? here they are...:P

Malaysian Night!!!

2009-10-07T19:58:00.000-07:00

We are gonna have a Malaysian Night event this 24th Oct!

It's the week after the October Break.

I'm in charge of the ticketing and promoting the event.

Hope the event would be a success! *finger crossed*

For those who read this, make sure you come!

Amazing Race AIESEC Purdue

2009-10-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

I joined the Amazing Race organized by AIESEC Purdue. It was held early in the morning 10am. and I was so damn tired.

Those two were my team members for this event: Adrian and Juliana.

We had the least number of members among the 10 teams.

It was fun though, running around the campus, guessing the places from the clues given.

It was tiring running from the very north campus to the south campus. It was a two hours event and it ended at 1.30pm.

Had lotsa fun though we didn't win but we got no5.

While I was waiting for other teams to reach the final point, I saw one funny stuff in Steward Center.

"IT IS US MAIL IN THIS BOX. DO NOT PUT BOOKS FOR LIBRARY IN THIS BOX."

Our final point is in Steward Centre which is located in front of HSEE library. This is where the box is located, (right in front of library). I laughed when I saw the words "What time?"

Mike's Crab House, Maryland

2009-09-14T16:34:00.000-07:00

I covered three states during my last trip to Washington DC. We went to Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland.

One of the best parts during the trip was the food. David, my friend who worked in Maryland brought us to eat dim sum in a restaurant not far from DC. The dim sum were awesome!

We also drove to Virginia to try Korean foods. There is like a korea-town in Virginia. It's like one whole row of korean restaurants and shops along the highway. It was good but I prefer the Dim Sum though because we can hardly communicate with one of the waitress who speak little English.

That night, we went to eat Crabs. Yea, I don't eat Seafood. The place we went is called Mike's Crab House. It's a very nice and romantic place. Bro, next time bring Florence here, alright?

I didn't eat the Crabs though. I ordered Salmon Fish instead. When I looked at my friends eating Crabs, it really made me think of my family. My parents and brother like Crabs very much. So as my uncle. They will definitely eat Crabs if they go to Miri.

Dang it...this pic makes me think of my family.

Washington DC

2009-09-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

The White House

The WWII monument

Still remember transformer? This is the blackbird transformer.

The US capitol

The White House(front view)

Transformer in the museum.

Indiana!!!

Love this car man...

White House(back view)

p/s Recently I lost the will to update my blog. classes started like 2 weeks ago. and the best thing is I dont have class on Tuesday.

US

2009-08-12T01:30:00.000-07:00

Off to Washington DC today...

Will update my blog after I come back to WL...

Malaysians

2009-06-25T05:55:00.000-07:00

People around the world have been talking about A(H1N1) virus aka swine flu and WHO has been updating the number of the cases confirmed. So far, 238 people died because of swine flu.

Well,it isn't a good thing for everyone of course.

But, it's a good thing because somehow I can finally see the true color of people surrounding me. Before I elaborate further, please read this.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/25/nation/4188481&sec=nation

I'm pissed off, damn pissed.

People are criticizing the family for spreading the virus to other students. The word 'spreading' is kinda mean there.

11 year old student wana spread virus to other students. Sounds abit funny there too.

What can a 11 year old student know about this virus?

Who wants to be the victim?

Do you want to be infected as well?

Or Do you actually wana ask for it? No right?

Dude, she is only 11 years old. How can you let a very young girl under pressure and mental distress?

If you are in her shoes, how would you feel? Hurt, huh?

I feel pity for this girl and also her family. I really hope she is in good health now. Please stop critisizing them and asking them to apologize because this isn't what they want or expect too.

I'm also back from one of the A(H1N1) affected countries, US. So, what's next? avoiding me?

Summer 2009

2009-06-04T08:34:00.000-07:00

There are many reasons why I don't feel like updating my blog.

- I don't have mouse...it's hard to use the mouse pad.

- there are many things to say that I don't know how to put in words.

- I'm too busy sleeping at home and watching dramas. (after coming back home from work)

well, just to make it short, I enjoyed myself very much in Taiwan 3 weeks ago. thanks to Joy and her parents and also Richard. They really treated us very well.

Teckky and I went to 3 famous night markets in Taipei and they were Raohe Night Market, Shih lin night market and Kee lung night market. I heard that Shih lin is the best.

We also went to National Palace Museum of Taiwan...I'm not sure about the name though but you can check the name of the museum in Air Asia latest magazine on the plane. It was named one of the best or top 10 must-visit places in Asia if I'm not wrong.

We went to the tallest building in the world - Taipei 101 - and it costed me like 400 Taiwan dollars to go up (RM 42.80) and see the whole Taipei...well, what's the point?

Oh ya, We also went to ride horse- joy family's horse...

Richard and Joy then brought us to National Taiwan University, the No.1 university in Taiwan. well, it's quite big if you wana compare with the universities in Msia. But of course students there are more fashionable and cool:P

I actually bought one handbag for my mother and she likes it very much!=) really worth the money...if i tell her the price, she's gonna kill me.

Taiwan is cool and I like it. If it wasn't summer, we would have gone to the hot spring! - teckky's idea...

And yeah, I like my chinese name! BAI FU LAN 白富澜！ I'm wondering if I put 'CI' in front of my name and 'JIAO' at the end of it....hmmm...

Johnny: teruk la u ni

Me: macam mana teruk

Johnny: guna nama sendiri untuk foul word.

Me: apa boleh buat...sudah ditakdirkan begini...

(wah, i actually typed in BM...wakakkaa)

Anyway, I will post some photos in the next post. Obviously, I'm abit lazy now. Will post some photos in the next post. Chiowss....

Indonesian Grad dinner

2009-05-17T16:31:00.001-07:00

I'm now waiting for the flight to Taipei, Taiwan at 1.40am. Currently, I'm staying in Sheraton Hotel near Los Angeles Airport.

Heard about the news in Malaysia-2 Students from US were confirmed infected by H1N1 virus. The Health Ministry is now on high alert.

Well, I'm going off to Taiwan soon. Hope everything would be alright.

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Went to Indonesian Grad dinner last night. I was in the same table with some of my Indos close friends. It was a great one compared to the Msia's. The videos and slideshows were awesome. They really emphasized on how thankful they are to their parents. The Indo graduates even sang songs to their parents and gave them flowers.

There is one difference that I realized among Malaysians and Indonesians here in Purdue - wealthiness. They are filthy rich!

I also managed to take photos with some of the graduates that night.

This is Yody, Electrical Engineering student...graduated with distinction.

This is Tiffany, Electrical Engineering student too.

And..this guy, Jefferson was the one who invited me to this event that night. He graduated in Industrial Engineering.

In the photos above, you can see them singing songs for their parents. Some indo songs...

These two girls are the indo girls that stayed in the same dorm with me during my freshman year. Melissa and Vina.

I also took photos with the MC that night. the middle one is armando, the MC.

I pretty much enjoyed myself that night. Apart from all the pretty and hot girls that night, I also managed to talk to some of the graduates and some of them have already got their jobs.

Darn, I have two more years to go......

Housewarming

2009-05-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

It was a long time since I had my last BBQ. I missed that feeling.

Last week, we had a BBQ in my friend's house. They are the taiwaneses...

So my housemates and I bought a BBQ grill for my friend as a housewarming gift.

Their house is quite nice. I planned to stay in that apartment in my senior year.

Well, we had a fun night that night, played wii. =]

Counting down...3 more days to Taiwan!

Bloody Monday

2009-05-14T21:56:00.001-07:00

I had never watched Japanese drama before. In fact, I had zero interest in watching Jap dramas before. But, this drama caught my attention few days ago and I highly recommend you guys to watch this.

It's called 'Bloody Monday'.

After you watch this drama, you will definitely like programming.

Malaysian Graduation Dinner

2009-05-10T00:10:00.000-07:00

Just had a graduation dinner last Saturday. It went pretty well, although it wasn't like what I have expected. A month ago, I was given this 'task' to take in charge of the graduation dinner that night. I was a little bit surprised because I didn't expect I was supposed to take in charge of this, since I'm only a Public Relations Officer of PUMSA. There are 5 event managers in our committees, why me?

Well, I couldn't argue more about this since I was really busy last semester. Having exams every week since January really fucked me up. This semester, I had been skipping many meals just to finish my projects, assignments and study for exams...

Anyway, in the graduation dinner, I had the chance to actually talk and sit with one of the MSD officers in Chicago, whom I invited through email. The officer named Mr. Azmi Ruzali was the VIP that night. We actually talked alot and he was actually surprised that I was the one whom he contacted with before coming here for the event. He told me that my name doesn't sound like a Malaysian's name. =.='''

He's really a nice and friendly man to talk to. He stayed in Sarawak for 2 years before when he was young. His dad was a soldier, based in Sibu and that's why he knows a little bit about Sarawak.

That night, we didn't actually expect quite alot of people to come, and it was a surprise for me that most Malaysians attended the event that night.

The MC interviewing the Graduating seniors...

and...

:D

Final Week

2009-05-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

Here I am...writing this blog again after a few weeks of Hell(since yys said my blog is dead)

As you can see, it has already been 2 months since I last wrote the blog. This semester was a bad one for me. I had exams every week since 3rd week of January and there were only 3 weeks with no exams this semester. I took this one course, Digital System Design, that required us to take exams every 2 weeks, which is sucks.

I had my last class last Friday and was kinda glad that the semester has finally come to an end. This week is final week and I just had one exam done yesterday and the next one would be Chinese exam this Thursday and Microelectronic Circuit Design which will be on Saturday morning.

I'm going to 2 grad dinner after the finals, Msian Grad dinner and Indons Grad dinner. I'm definitely gonna blog about these two grad dinners after finals. I'm sure it's gonna be awesome.

Oh ya, we had our last Chinese class last week and we took a photo. Spot me!

Spring Break 2009

2009-03-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

Below are some of the photos I took when I went for road trip this week...

I'm gonna type less because I think pictures tell all...

We actually went to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. It's such a huge and awesome school. I feel like wanna transfer to this university.

After that, we went to Niagara fall. it was one of the 7 wonders of the world.

Nothing much I would say about this trip. It was indeed a tiring one.

...

2009-03-18T21:40:00.001-07:00

I'm speechless...

Because I don't understand every single thing in my life...

from A - Z, I understand nothing...zero...

It's all dark here...

Anyway, I just came back from Buffalo and Canada...(Spring break)

A busy semester

2009-02-07T22:02:00.000-08:00

You guys must have been wondering why I hadn't been updating my blog for so long.

This semester is really a bad one for me.

I have exams almost every week until the end of semester. Next week, I will have 3 exams and of course, homeworks abd lab report that due every week.

Well, I guess I just have to get used to it. It gets tougher every semester =)

I actually wanted to blog about what I did last month (during and after the winter break) but I have no time doing it right now - too busy until I never had a proper meal every weekdays.

I went to ski in Michigan during the last week of winter break. I skied there twice in 9 days, another time was the first weekend of the new semester. Now, I start to love it! Feel like skiing during the Spring break. :P

Just wana tell you guys that I might not be updating my blog that often from now on. =P

Next Saturday is Valentine Day. That would be another busy Valentine Day for me =(

New Year 2009!

2009-01-02T09:54:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year 2009!

I went for a new year countdown in Navy Pier, Chicago. The new year celebration was normal, nothing unusual. I expected something more grand like what I had when I was in Times Square, NY.

Now, I'm back at home; home in Indiana. I arrived here around 5 in the morning. We started our journey at 2.30am.

Before we went for the countdown there, we first went to the Chicago downtown for a new year shopping! The downtown was full of lights and decoration. damn nice!

And while I was waiting for my friend to check out, I saw this one girl who went shopping with a.......with her!

yeah! it's a wheelchair! She put those clothes that she wanted to buy on the wheelchair instead of a cart...kam tou tak! =.='

then, after shopping for few hours, we walked to navy pier, which is not far from the downtown since most of the shops closed early on new year's eve. The Navy Pier looked nice from far.

As soon as I arrived my house, I knew I should check my mailbox cos I had been a week plus I hadn't checked. Yeah, there were lotsa letters- my bills, bank statements and etc.

I was surprised to see this...

But I didn't laugh...:P Haha, yea, I knew those were from Joyce.

I received two letters/cards from her. I knew one of them should be a Christmas card but what about the second one?

When I opened it, I lol-ed...

I got a Christmas card and a Chinese New Year cards from her. She gave me an Angpow, with RM1 in it. lolzzz...:P Wuah...you got married already; is that the reason why you can give me angpow?:p

Thanks alot! I really appreciate it! At least, I won't feel lonely with the cards I received on New Year.

Let me see...what can I buy with the RM1 here? a candy perhaps? :P

And oh ya...she wrote all the wishes in Chinese...let me tell you guys, For the first time in my life, I know and understand every single characters she wrote on the card. Walao...so, damn proud of myself:P thanks to my auntie who taught me chinese during the summer and Chinese class I took last semester really helped alot!

I'm gonna take chinese again next semester! yeah-mon!

Jamaica Day 2 and Day 3

2008-12-28T17:58:00.001-08:00

On the second day, we went for a tour around the resort. The resort that I stayed wasn't that big but it has alot of things to see.

And this is our room entrance...

That night, we went to a Japanese restaurant (I forgot what it's called). The Jamaican chef really cooked real nice food.

and yeah, I also went scuba-diving but didn't manage to go into the sea. :( ended up in the pool. lolzz...I took photo with my 'teacher'

I really had fun there...though I'm leaving on Christmas Day. I realized that many people married on that day in the resort itself. Maybe it's a nice spot.

If I were to choose a place for honeymoon, this would definitely be my second choice...not that bad right lolzz...

It's a nice place...If I could, I would bring my own family for a vacation here...

Jamaica Day 1

2008-12-27T22:32:00.000-08:00

* I came back from Jamaica on the 25th Dec, and so this means I celebrated Christmas on the plane. We reached North Carolina, US around 5.15pm because of flight delay in Montego Bay, Jamaica and my connecting flight to Chicago was at 5.45pm. We were late and couldn't manage to fly on time, but luckily we managed to get the next flight to Chicago at 8.20pm - will tell more about this in the next post *

As I have already mentioned before, I went to Jamaica for the winter break. In case some of you guys might not know where Jamaica is, let me show you...

It's located at the Carribean Sea in South America, besides Puerto Rico and Cuba. If you guys wana know more about Jamaica, go wiki Jamaica

We flew to Jamaica at 5.45am from Chicago and transit in Atlanta for a few minutes - flight from Chicago got delayed but luckily we managed to fly to Jamaica on time. There was a slight problem before the plane actually took off. I managed to get my seat on plane and was expecting the plane to take off anytime soon...

Without realizing it, I was asleep on the plane and when I woke up, I opened my eyes widely and looked outside the window. It looked weird.

Yea, when I woke up, I was still in Chicago. No...I wasn't dreaming! I was still on the plane and that freaking plane had not flown yet!

We were on the plane for almost 45mins for goodness sake and I was still in Chicago. The flight attendant then made an announcement that they were having problem with the luggages in the kargo. So, I assume it wasn't a big deal.

It took off after one hour.

Luckily this time, when I woke up, I finally reached Atlanta which was a freaking 2 hours flight. I woke up and ran real quick to the terminal where I should be boarding. This time we were considered really lucky because we didn't miss the flight to Jamaica. So, off, we flew to Montego Bay that took us 3 hours from Atlanta.

As soon as we reached there, we went for immigration checking and changed our money at the currency exchange. Actually I didn't know that we can actually use US dollar in Jamaica instead of Jamaican Dollar.

We stayed in Sandal's Dunn River Golf & Spa resort which is 1 hour and 30 mins drive from Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay. It sounds like Gangster to me.

Then, we boarded a bus to our resort. On the way to the resort, I could feel like I'm at home; home in Bintulu.

The road, the cars, the weather, the beaches...

But of course, the Jamaicans look different than those in Bintulu. They are more 'tanned' =) Jamaicans speak English. It's their national language. So, I didn't find it hard to talk and do some 'business' with the Jamaicans. Oh ya, in Jamaica, thye drive on the left - like Malaysia!

When we reached the resort after an hour plus, we checked in and got ourselves a nice room. Oh ya, that night was a bit special. Every Monday, in the resort, they have this dinner buffet along the beach. Nice-r!

* will tell ya'll what I did on the second day in the next post - Merry Christmas!*

Dave's graduation

2008-12-21T20:21:00.000-08:00

I'm writing this post in Chicago O'hare Airport while waiting for my next flight to Jamaica at 5.45am later. I'm writing blog to keep myself awake until I manage to get my seat on the plane...then I could sleep during the long hours flight to Jamaica.

Anticipating for this trip...never been to south america before:)

Well, before I left for the break, I still managed to attend dave's graduation ceremony. Dave was my RA when I stayed in McCutcheon Hall last semester. He graduated after 4 years here in Purdue-majoring in Industrial Engineering.

The photos below were taken in Elliot Hall of Music where the graduation ceremony took place.

The ceremony was 2 hours long- from 2.30pm until 4.30pm. Then, we went to Engineering Foundation which is in front of the Hovde Hall to take photos with this 'train'- I donno how they call this..

The girl standing besides him is his sister coming all the way from Singapore to attend his graduation and his brother who came all the way from Seattle.

As you can see in all the photos, I wore only two layers of clothes and it was -18 degree celsius!!! I felt like my ears were going to drop anytime...and this gay-just graduated guy came and hug me...lolzz...

Then, I left early because I need to rush to go to airport...

p/s Dave, see ya again next year...enjoy ur break in Seattle!

Of the lab practical exam and Dead week

2008-12-10T09:46:00.000-08:00

I'm writing this just after the Electronic measurement technique lab practical exam II...

Everything went well...

And you know the "sibeh awesome" feeling when you were the first one to walk out from the lab practical exam...and it was like walking up to the sky...I seldom had this sort of feeling...It was a long time since I last had this awesome feeling.

Like you know...the feeling of getting the measurements correctly...somemore the percentage error of the experimental and expected values and graph were less than 0.3%...very accurate:P

There were two "guai lou" sitting besides me...They had these "sort of weird" graph in their oscilloscope display...and they went banging the table, cursing some foul words...I was like "okayy...take it easy man.."

Actually, it reminded me of my first Lab Practical exam two months ago...I screwed it up because of one stupid and unforgivable mistake...and I also went like cursing the power supply...that particular day, I really felt like kicking some people arses...leaving the lab with anger

After I was done with the two problems in Lab practical exam, I didn't leave immediately...I stood there arranging my resistors, op-amp, wires...into my kit...slowly...:P

I was expecting some people to leave after I finished arranging those...but none...

okay...I left first...

Well...there goes my last ECE207 lab and also my last practical exam for the year and so-called my first final exam...

This week is my dead week...tomorrow would be my last project due...then I'm all ready for finals man..and off to South America! yea...rock it man..

In response to Mr. SmallKKJ's blog

2008-12-08T15:45:00.000-08:00

I'm writing this in response to Mr. SmallKKJ's latest post in his blog.

It's funny to read his post...

Very funny like him...

He wanted to study and do his lab report last night but ended up talking crap with me in adrian's house for more than 30 mins...

He sort of dragging me 'verbally' to adrian's house to do work but it's all right because he helped me in chinese essay...LOL

He asked me to go McD with him but I refused because it was kinda late...haha...funny guy...

But at least he studied in library until 3.30am...if not, I would have killed him...but Mr. SmallKKJ, you really studied until 3.30am??

teh, you're the funniest guy on this planet.

It finally snowed...

2008-11-24T11:19:00.000-08:00

These are the views from my window. :D

My Twin??? Not at all!

2008-11-19T14:25:00.000-08:00

I went to my friend, wirya's house for a birthday party last Monday night. It was kinda funny feeling when I went there because they were all indos and I was the only Msian.

Well, that was not about it.

What happened that night besides the birthday celebration was one of the most interesting and the funniest things happened in my life. *grin*

Most of the Indos here have been talking about me and this guy who resembles me. They said we both look alike. They told me before but I had never seen this guy in person before until that night...

Well, I wasn't shocked when I met him because from the moment I saw him, I knew that he doesn't even look like me! Not At All! Come on guys!

I can't figure out any physical similarities between us...

Okay...Now, tell me how on earth could we be alike?! Tell me, guys!

Busy!!!

2008-11-09T11:37:00.000-08:00

This is my first post of this month.

Apparently, I have been so busy with assignments, projects, reports and reviews since early of the month. I just had Physics exam last Monday and I have 3 freaking exams next week - Chinese, Differential Equations, and Linear Circuit Analysis. DE exam on Monday and the other 2 exams on Tuesday.

Thanksgiving break is coming soon. Haven't planned to go anywhere yet - might be going to Chicago for a day trip again! :D

Come on, I need a break!!!

Chicago Downtown

2008-10-17T15:56:00.000-07:00

Okay, I donno what she did there.

Anyway, that was actually my 5th time to Chicago but my 2nd time to Chicago downtown though.

This is one of the tall buildings in downtown.

And you know what, I was so 'sakai' that I took these photos below.

I still remember there was one computer game that I always played when I was still in high school. It was a racing game I guess and the game has like this kinda bridge. In the game, whenever I see this bridge, I would just drive up. hehe...

And...it's going down now...

And I saw spiderman too!!!

It was just a worker...

I went to Sears Tower too...didn't go up to the building though...the building was once known as the tallest building in the world.

Lastly, I took this photo in Chinatown...I'm Dragon!

Fall Break!!!

2008-10-13T23:34:00.000-07:00

I went to Chicago for the Fall break. I drove there together with 5 of my friends on Friday afternoon. We departed around 4pm Eastern Time and arrived Chicago around 7pm Central time. One of my friends, David, wanted to take his Chicago Marathon ticket, so he rented a SUV that day and I got the chance to drive SUV to Chicago!

After Dave took his Chicago Marathon ticket, we went to eat Chinese Food in CHINATOWN!!! That's the highlight of the day!

Nice food! That was in Penang restaurant, the only Malaysian Restaurant in Chicago Chinatown.

Then, we drove to Navy Pier, Chicago's lakefront playground. It's a tourist attraction in Chicago and it's near to Lake Michigan. There is fireworks display every 9pm this fall.

Then, dave drove back to Purdue that night as well after I dropped myself in vince's apartment in South Lake Shore. Vince and Jsern's apartment is awesome! looks like a hotel to me...

with a queen size bed each! wuah...rich people:P

The next day, we went to chicago downtown in the morning, sent Juliana to train station but she ended up missing the train. LOLness. She changed the ticket to noon and after that, we went to millenium park to chill.

After Juliana went off to michigan by train, vince and I went to chinatown to have our lunch in Penang, a Malaysian restaurant. When we reached chinatown, there was a function and I didn't know what day it was until I saw this...

Yea! It was the taiwan(republic of china)'s national day. what a coincidence!

We planned to go to Field Museum right after that but we ended up going back to vince's apartment because I was abit headache - woke up too early lah! That night, we went to a Japanese restaurant nearby vince's apartment and I enjoyed eating the sushi! wah..damn nice.

The following day, I woke up kinda late and jsern brought me to downtown after I woke up around noon. We went to Chinatown again to eat lunch and this time, we managed to witness the Chicago Marathon 2008. My bro said it was live on astro. wow...

We went to Joy Yee noodle instead of Penang that day. The food was also nice. :) We went back right after that and waited for Dave who was still running for the marathon, to fetch me. When he called me, he was already very exhausted and I drove home that night. We arrived Purdue around 9.07pm - 2 hours drive. What an enjoyable trip!

p/s I'll blog more about Chicago Downtown in the next post!

My Name

2008-10-02T13:52:00.000-07:00

I just got back from my Physics Lab, had a sort of a 'LOL' conversation with my American TA.

When my groupmates and I finished with our group work, we called our TA for checkpoints. Then, when he was about to give us the points for it after answering all the questions correctly, he saw my name of the list. He asked "which one of you guys is Batholomew?

Without hesitation, I said it's me!

The TA smiled, and said "oooh, I always see this name whenever I want to key in all the marks in the student's gradebook and I didn't know it was you. I didn't know you're asian.."

I grinned and said, "Haha...why? Does it sound like someone from Portugal?"

"No, it sounds like someone from Chicago", he said.

So, I replied him," wait...what? Chicago? Definitely no...well, my name was supposed to be Bartholomew but the nurse made a mistake, so I was named Batholomew instead of Bartholomew"

He jokingly asked, " Are you serious? Was that the nurse from Northern Chicago?...oh well, how if the nurse made it something offensive?"

well...I could sue the nurse...hmmm

Again,

he came to my group for the second time and wanted to joke with me about this.

"hmm...So, the 'R' still on your mind?", "I was just wondering how could the nurse made mistake on your name?"

LOL man...

De-tagged

2008-09-24T17:51:00.000-07:00

rules:
1. the rules of the game get posted at the beginning
2. each player answers the questions about themselves
3. at the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog
starting time: 8.52 pm gmt -4
name: Batho

sisters: -nil-

brothers: 1

shoe size: 10
height: 5.7 inches

where do you live: bintulu and indiana...

have you ever been on a plane?
of course...

swam in the ocean?
Yes

fallen asleep in school?
of course, I did before...

broken someone's heart?
I think so

fell off your chair?
I don't think so

sat by the phone and waited all night for someone to call?
I'm not that desperate for phone calls...

saved emails?
yeah...

what is your room like?
like that

what's right beside you?
table??

what was the last thing you ate?
chicken

ever had chicken pox?
yeah...

like picnics?
yea, I do

who was/were the last person you dance with?
I can't remember

last made you smile?
- choose not to answer-

you last yelled at...
can't remember that last time I yelled

today did you talk to someone you like?
I don't think so

kissed anyone?
not yet

get sick?
I don't think so

talk to an ex?
- chose not to answer -

missed someone?
I'm not sure...

who do you really hate?
devil

do you like your handwriting?
I like!!!

are your toenails painted?
Hell no!

whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in?
I don't care...

what colour shirt are you wearing right now?
White

are you a friendly person?
er...maybe???

do you have any pets?
I had...but now, no.

do you sleep with the tv on?
no

what are you doing right now?
Typing...

can you handle the truth?
I think so...maybe...

are you closer to your mother or father?
Both

do you eat healthy?
maybe...

do you still pictures of you and your ex?
hmmm....

if you're having a bad day, who would you most likely go to?
go to sleep...

are you loud or quiet most of the time?
quiet i think

are you confident?
I think so...

5 things I did 10 years ago:
1. Studied for UPSR, PMR and SPM
2. eat
3. Played some kid games
4. Watched cartoon
5. sleep

5 things I would do if i am a billionaire:
1. charity
2. buy anything that my parents want.
3. buy ferrari
4. Invest
5. fixed-deposit account

5 of my bad habits:
1. likes to procrastinate
2. loves sleeping
3. sensitive
4. slow???
5. ...

5 places i used live in:
1. West Lafayette
2. Bintulu
3. Labuan
4. Shah Alam
5. Sibu

5 people i tag:
1. Alice
2. Joyce
3. Lily
4. BigBro
5. Hussaini

140 Pierce Street Housewarming

2008-09-22T08:54:00.001-07:00

Two weeks ago, I went to my friends' house for housewarming. yea, it's all about free food...

They barbecued...kinda enjoyed it very much although I only ate a few pieces of chickens.

And I met one of my teammates!!!

p/s yikshien, SMILE:D

The Day I would never forget...

2008-09-18T12:09:00.000-07:00

September 16th, 2008 (Tuesday)

I was busy doing assignment and studying for my upcoming exams when my mother called me. It was indeed a busy night for me because I will be having my physics and circuit analysis exams next Monday and Chinese test on Thursday.

I didn't know whether my mother used a calling card to call me but what I saw from my phone was her local DIGI number.

It was 12.27am midnight already.

"Hello..." was the only word I could actually utter...

because...

After that...the only phrase I could somehow listen was "....just passed away" from her solemn voice.

I was standing at that moment while talking to my mum. For a few seconds, my both legs felt so weak...and without realizing it, I was sitting on the floor in my room. I asked my mum why...and then somehow...after listening, I hanged up.

I had never expected this to happen to him although I knew he had been in ICU for a week. :(

I was already busy with study and assignment and at that moment of time, my mind was already messed up. I recalled back the time we had together when he was still alive.
By the time I stopped recalling, I realized that I was actually lying on the floor. I was totally broke down that night. Then, I walked out from my room to the living room hoping that I could actually forget about it but I eventually couldn't.:(

When I recalled back, my grandpa made me happy, smile, pissed off at times...

He was the one who kinda purposely showed me the wrong direction when I was driving from my house to my auntie's house in Matang, just to pissed me off (kacau me)

He was the one whom I always put my hand on his big tummy whenever he sat beside me. (I miss that, grandpa)

He was the one who always made crazy and some stupid jokes...like some random jokes which were not lame at all.

He was the one who liked to use my name, my dad, my bro, my mum, my uncles, my aunties and cousins' names to buy some food...like you know, when he wanted to buy meat or fish, he would mention my name or my cousins' name to the butcher or the seller, telling them how my cousins and I or some relatives liked it very much...I mean why use our names?? :S

He was the one who could actually converse in alot of spoken languages (like, Chinese-Hakka,Hokkien, Iban, Bidayuh, English, Malay) or some were not even language...maybe alien languages(he created it just to make his grandchildrens laugh). Well, I think among all the cousins I have, only my bro, one of my cousins, adrian, and I spoke English with him.

He was the one whom I always argued with. Argued everytime we met each other...that ended up with laughter.

He was the one who always ordered the red kuching kolo mee for me (I didn't even ask him to do that) whenever we went to tabuan siang siang.

well...

the sweet memories of him will always be in my heart...

I will never forget it...I never knew the days I had together with my grandpa in Kuching last summer was my last meeting with my grandpa.

Thanks for everything, grandpa...:(

中文 class

2008-09-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

I registered for Chinese107 class this semester, 4 credit hours. I was supposed to take CHNS101 which are mainly for beginners like americans who have no chinese background.

The 101 class was a bit funny. For that 50mins of class and for the first time in my teenager life, I felt I was in kindergarten. The feeling was funny like you know, learning how to say 你好 (ni3 hao3) few times.

Hence, I decided to drop CHNS101 and this semester, I'm taking CHNS107, Chinese for Heritage students. Okay, this one is better. The class is conducted in 100% chinese. Everyone speaks Mandarin in the class and even the teacher. Most of my chinese classmates are Asian Americans. It's either one of their parents is Chinese and some are pure chinese but doesn't know how to speak Mandarin at all...PISANG.

Well, CHNS107 isn't that bad. My first chinese test last week was awesome and I'm satisfied with it though I was quite bad in pinyin and I am still.

In 中文class, 老师叫我白富澜. yea...that's my chinese name. LOL, ok, I don't really like that name. So, please don't call me 白富澜.

Stuffs that we normally study in Chinese class are pinyin, Hanzi and most importantly, speaking chinese.

I really learnt alot during my first three weeks of chinese class like...

我是白富澜

你好，吗？

你忙，吗？

我不忙

你奴朋友呢？

她很忙。

你爸爸呢？

他也很忙。

你妈妈呢？

她也很忙。

他妈的!!!

Excuse me...

I cooked???

2008-09-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

Yes, I cooked last night for dinner. After coming back home from physics class, I decided to cook for dinner. I was kinda pissed off with "something" in my physics class yesterday. So, I tried to make myself busy so I could actually forget about it.

Well, that wasn't a good reason to cook...nevermind...

Anyway, fortunately, everything went well while I was cooking. (like as though something bad would happen to me, hmmm...)

Tasted er...not bad LAH! edible...

New furniture and brand new laptop...

2008-09-04T20:58:00.000-07:00

After moving to the new apartment, Cedarwood Apartment, I bought some furniture for my room.

In my previous post, you guys must have seen my study table, manager chair, floor+table lamp, a small fan hidden beside my study table.

I also bought a small bookshelves which I put beside the study table.

All the furniture that I bought cost me around 200++ USD. *sigh*

And one thing that lighten my days is...

I bought a new laptop!!! Sony Vaio FW Series!!!

-Full HD 1080p
-Intel® Core 2™ Duo Processor P8600 (2.4GHz)
-ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3470 with 256MB vRAM
-LCD 16.4" (XBRITE-ECO™)
-WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n) with integrated Bluetooth® technology
-200 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm]
-DVD±R DL / DVD±RW / DVD-RAM Drive
-Photo Standard
-Microsoft® Office 2007 Home/Student
-White
-Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
-4 GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GBx2)

Nice Specs, isn't it?

It's cool, isn't it??

I even bought a table for the laptop. :D

New semester, new apartment, new room...the start of something new

2008-08-30T22:44:00.000-07:00

The Fall 2008 semester has just started and the first week of it just ended.

The first week of the semester was alright...(Life is getting tougher week after week *sigh*)

I'm staying in a new apartment this semester, not a very luxurious but comfortable place to stay I would say. It's just few blocks away from Electrical Engineering building, where most of my classes are there. So, it's kinda convenient for me to walk or cycle there or maybe it's not a need to cycle there. I can actually walk to class 5 minutes before the class or lecture actually starts.

This is actually the living room and kitchen of my apartment. It was kinda in a mess when I reached. Now, it's clean!

Yeah, this is my one and only room! Ignore the sonic and the bull doll...:P I got those from Florida and I have no place to put those dolls at.Haha...

Well...I guess I'm gonna beautify my room and apartment soon. Now, the apartment is still lack of telly and sofas. We shall get them soon.

I seriously gonna enjoy all the semesters ahead. 3 more years to go!

Happy 51st birthday, Malaysia!

Farewell

2008-08-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

After staying here for almost three months, finally, the time has come.

Time for me to get back to my normal life...

No, it doesn't mean I'm having an abnormal life here.

I have been doing nothing since I came back. I did nothing important during this summer other than learning chinese (really :P), meeting old friends and spending some quality time with family and relatives.

I'm leaving in less than a week...

Mixed-feeling...

My 20 years of life as Batholomew, Batho, Bat and Betho...

2008-07-20T04:19:00.000-07:00

Yes, I have been living in this world for exactly 20 (twenty) years already. I just bid farewell to number 1 who had been following me for 10 years of joy and sadness. I might be seeing number 1 again after 80 years or maybe not...I don't know...we'll see...

Although I'll be seeing number 1 again next year, number 1 would just be my number 2's temporary assistant...

When number 2 came to me early this morning around 12am, number 2 told me that he'll bring an egg together with us for one year.

I received a lot of birthday wishes few minutes after the number 2 came to me. Thanks, my good friends....

20 years is not a big deal for people like my parents because they have been living in this world like more than 50 years. My parents are undeniably great people.

"What have I learnt after 20 years?" I have been asking myself and pondering all this while.

Well, flashing back at the past, my life back then was not as 'easy' as it is now. I'm not saying I'm getting well-off every year. What I meant was my life from a toddler to a teenager.

My birth place is Sibu. Supposedly, my birth place is Sarikei. LOL. Since I was so reluctant to come out (because it was so comfy inside and I had some business to do), my mother thought it wasn't the time to give birth yet though it was supposed to be the time already. Hence, she travelled to Sibu. Since the business inside no longer needed me and my contract with the company inside ended on the July 21st 1988, I decided to come out from my comfy office room at 4.15pm (my office hour ended at that time). I came out like a superman with a lot of people smiling, anticipating for my arrival. I was so shy because I forgot to put my clothes and everything on. My face was so red until it bled and blood was all over my body because I was too shy.

From then on, my saga begins...

I can't really recall back what I actually did when I was in primary school. I only remember that I played a lot and was forced to study. My parents are strict when it comes to study. That's why I feel tensed when studying. Though, I would never blamed them for being strict because I know I won't be who I am today without them being strict and motivate me all the time. UPSR, PMR and SPM proved these all.

Secondary school years were the best ever years I had ever gone through so far. However, after spending 5 years in high school, I would say that I wasted my days being a high school student. And the main reason is...

I went to school early in the morning around 7am and got back home around 2pm. It's either I would stay at home in the afternoon and night or I'll be in tuition. After tuition, went back home and did some school work...and then sleep...

Don't you think it was a waste???

2005 was my last year of high school. After getting my SPM result, the next thing I did was applying for scholarship.

Really thanks God...that I got it...made it to America...

That's why...I'm here...writing this blog, reminiscing of the past...

My birthday wish...

"Untuk menjadi masyarakat yang berguna kepada bangsa dan negara..."

if that's what everyone wants me to be...

Peace out!!!

20th birthday

2008-07-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

I should have posted this like two months ago...

I got this present in May...from yikshien

Not from her...but I asked her to buy it for me.:D. Thanks, yikshien...

A Manchester United Jersey.

47 pound...RM300.80...worth it or not? :P

with all these,

I'm sure it's worth it...

And

Player Number 7 in Manchester United is...

Yeah...It's me...

LMAO..

Sorry for being lame...

I'm too bored at home...

Tagged

2008-06-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

THE RULES
1. Each blogger must post these rules first.
2. Each blogger starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
3. Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their 8 things.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 8 people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don't forget to leave them a comment, telling them that they've been tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I am impatient. must get things done as soon as possible

2. I eat alot but seldom gain weight...why?

3. I sleep alot esp this summer.

4. My chinese mandarin is getting worse now according to my friends. must improve it now...but at least, my spoken hokkien standard still maintain.

5. I don't eat seafood (too bad if you are in America- seafood haven) except for fish. big LOL

6. I don't really like exercise (jogging, etc) but I prefer to go to gym instead. Playing sports is way better right?

7. Some say i'm sensitive...maybe it's true? i think so.

8. I don't like to be tagged but I like to tag people.

These are the 'fortunate' ones
- alice
- yikshien
- joyce
- timothy ting siang seng
- bigbro
- ming kai
- Brendan
- Sherpy

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

2008-06-22T23:50:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Batho is on a Hiatus?

2008-06-09T19:29:00.000-07:00

Well, time passes damn fast...it has been almost two months I'm here in Malaysia...and I still have another freaking one month to go back to USA!

What have I been doing this summer?? Sleep, eat, bathe, meeting friends, learning Chinese...

I went to Miri last Gawai holiday for 4 days...didn't go anywhere interesting though. Stayed at home and sleep...

Anyway, three weeks ago, I went to Kuching to meet my uncles, aunties, grandpa, cousins and friends...ok, one of the partial reasons was to watch the state-level school marching band competition held in Kuching hockey stadium. I went to watch the competition for two days, one day for rehearsal and the following day was their competition.

Frankly speaking, I was impressed with their performance this year. From an underdog in marching band, my school marching band has been improving year by year (according to the comments by most people). I'm proud that they managed to get the bronze title. (p/s David, this isn't sissy ok?:P)

I went back like 3 days after the competition. My st. joe, kch friends, joo lung and jackson brought me out to eat and we went to Spring...:)

And Adrian brought me out for a drink a night before I flew back to Bintulu. He brought me out twice but the first night I had to go back early:(.

Overall, I was kinda enjoyed myself in Kuching instead of sleeping most of the time in bintulu. At least, I managed to meet my cousins, grandpa and friends.:)

Home Sweet Home

2008-05-23T23:21:00.000-07:00

After a freaking long journey crossing the Pacific Ocean, I finally arrived Malaysia. Spending two days in Genting Highland and two days in KL, I'm now back in Bintulu. It's like a small world, from 8000++ miles away from Sarawak and now, I'm here on Borneo Island.

The 13 hours and 40 minutes flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong was tiring. All I did were sleeping, eating, playing my PSP, etc. Sitting on the plane for that frigging long hours was really dreadful experience for me!

When I arrived Hong Kong at 6 in the morning, it was already very sunny and bright in HK (like Msia's 9-10am). HKIA was great, cool with free WiFi-internet access and as big as KLIA. As soon as I arrived HKIA, I went out from the arrival hall to terminal E1 to get my boarding pass for my next flight to KL. My friends waited for me in the arrival hall. Considering that I would be back to meet them up after getting my boarding pass, I asked my friends' help to take care of my two hand carry bags while I'm out to get my boarding pass.

After dealing with some fussy HK ticketing officers, I finally got my boarding pass and went to the arrival hall through the exit again. I knew I wasn't supposed to enter through that exit but I just screwed it. "Sir, I'm sorry, you can't enter. This is the arrival exit."...."yeah, I know that. I'm just gonna meet my friends and take my bags from them"..."I'm sorry...you can't...you have to make your way to the departure hall"...fine...

I went to the departure hall and went through all the security checks. After that, I tried to find ways to get into the arrival hall. As far as I know, I could actually get into the arrival hall when I enter the departure hall. However, I still could not find my way to the arrival hall after walking up and down the elevators and escalators. My last resort: I went to ask the security and she said there is no way I could get to the arrival hall from here. I told her I left my bags there and she said the only way I could get there was to contact my airline...wat the....

Screw it...I went to check my friend's next flight to KL. It was at terminal 62 and my terminal was 27. Thus, I walked all the way from terminal 27 to 62 and waited for my friends at the terminal. I decided to switch on my phone regardless of how pricey the international roaming was and called my friend. I told them to meet me at their terminal...I wasted my 2 hours in HKIA already and I'm very sure this month phone bill would be damn high...:(

When I met them at the terminal, I got back my two bags. I felt guilty because they had to carry my bags from the arrival hall to the terminal. I'm really sorry...

When my friends proceeded to their plane, I went to terminal 27 and I was told that the flight that I was about to take was delayed due to some technical probs. Damn...had to wait for another half an hour...So, MH075 flew to at 9.45am. Though, I was satisfied with the food on the plane....Nasi Lemak :) for my lunch...LOL

As MH075/CX1728 flight from Hong Kong landed on KLIA runway, my heart thumping wildly. After a while, the flight attendant made an announcement in Malay and then in English, "Kita telah pun tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur, kepada penumpang dari luar negara, Selamat datang...kepada penumpang dari Malaysia, Selamat Pulang ke tanah air..." The feeling was awesome! I'm BACK HOME! I felt like wana shout on the plane. Quoting TE, the feeling was like " hugging all the Malaysians at the airport ", "Bang, saye dah balik"

It was great to meet family again after 9 months. Due to Jetlag, I slept early for the past few nights and woke up early for the pst few mornings. I didn't enjoy much in Genting though. I spent most of my time sleeping in the room.

My family n I flew back to Bintulu on Sunday, one day before Wesak Day. Now, I'm resting at home and I'm looking forward to meet more friends when they are back...:)

Johnny called me for breakfast when I was still sleeping at 9.30am this morning. He brought me Parkcity Mall top floor to eat. Nice eating place...my first time! then, he brought me to our high school to see how's the band doing. Felt elated to see them all again! Really miss my high school much...

The reason why I'm back??? Ask Alice...lazy to type here...:P

I'm NOT a freshman, NOT YET a sophomore

2008-05-01T10:33:00.000-07:00

I had my last final exam, which was microeconomics, yesterday. The feeling is great. I had been waiting for this moment since January 2008 and finally, it has come!

Really can't wait to go back and eat my favorite food, Kolo Mee...

It has almost been one year since I last ate Kolo Mee...OMG!!!

But the bad thing is...

I have to endure the pain of being on the plane for 22 hours...flying from Indianapolis-Chicago-San Francisco-Hong Kong-KUL

Wah...It would be awesome if I could just sleep for 22 hours on the plane. Cause when I wake up, I would be in my homeland!!! wooohhoo...Kolo mee, see you there!

Tagged by Alice

2008-04-25T23:38:00.000-07:00

1.Real name => Batholomew
2.Nickname => Bat, Betho, Batho
3.Married => No
4.Male or Female => male
5.Highschool => Bintulu
6.College => INTEC
7.Short or long hair => Short
8.Are you a health freak => No
9.Height => 5' 8''
10.Do you have a crush on someone =>Yes
11.Do you like yourself => Yes
12.Piercings => 0
13.Righty or Lefty => Lefty

FIRST'S
14. First surgery => None
15. First piercing(s) =>0
16. First person you see in the morning => My roommate
17. First award => Kindy
18. First sport you joined => can't remember...
19. First pet => dog
20. First vacation => can't remember...
21. First concert => can't remember...

CURRENTLY
23. Eating => Nothing
24. Drinking => Nothing
25. I'm about to => sleep

YOUR FUTURE
26. Want kids => yes, boy and girl
27. Want to get married => er..
28. Careers in mind => Electrical Engineer, Aero...

WHICH ONE IS BETTER
29. Lips or eyes => eyes
30. Hugs or kisses => hugs
31. Shorter or taller => taller
32. Romantic or spontaneous => romantic
33. Sensitive or loud => loud
34. Trouble maker or hesitant => trouble maker

HAVE YOU EVER
35. Kissed a stranger => no
36. Drank bubbles => huh?
37. Lost glasses/contacts => no
38. Ran away from home => no
39. Liked someone younger => dono..
40. Liked someone older => yes
41. Broken someone's heart => yes
42. Been arrested => no
43. Cried when someone died => can't remember...
44. Liked a friend => Yeah

DO YOU BELIEVE IN
45. Yourself => I think so
46. Miracles => sometimes
47. Heaven => yeah
48. Santa claus => maybe?? LOL
49. Angels => yeah

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ~*
50. Is there one person you want to be with right now => yes
51. Do you believe in God => yes
52. Tag 5 people => BigBro, yikshien, Jsern, Karen and Ming Kai

Dead Week and Finals

2008-04-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

This week is the dead week...

the week of stress, stress and stress...

I have three final exams this semester and everything will be over in less than a week from now.

Right now, I just feel like wana get this semester over and go back to my homeland. I wana go back and get back my own life; come back here and starts fresh.

Hope everything's going smoothly...

Random stuffs...

2008-04-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

A week ago, I drove to Indianapolis to bring Adrian for a post-surgery check up in Methodist Hospital. He had the surgery during the Spring Break week and I kinda miss the car that I drove during the Spring Break because the 4WD was indeed cool! I LIKE! :P

It's a 4WD Mercury. Adrian rented it for 200USD for two days.

Well, I'm glad that the surgery went smoothly and now, his left knee is getting better.

Alright...that's not the main point...

After I brought him to the medical check up in Shelbourne Clinic, I got hungry and decided to get some Chinese foods nearby. We eventually found one Chinese restaurant nearby, China Hong Kong Buffet. Thanks to the GPS. As I drove along, we saw White Castle!!! LMAO...

This is another version of "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"..."Adrian and Bat go to White Castle"

For some who don't get it, "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" is actually a movie.

When we entered, we saw a lot of African Americans eating and even the workers were African Americans. That's why it was kinda awkward when we entered. The burgers were delicious although they were kinda small in size. I like it.

We then went to Macy's in Indianapolis. Walked for a while before went back to Purdue.

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A few weeks ago, the officers from Ministry of Education Malaysia and chancellors from UM, UKM, UPM, USM, and UiTM came to my university to have a dinner with the Malaysian students here in Purdue. Actually, they came to USA for some educational tour or something (if I'm not mistaken). They also came to see our newly build Discovery Park in my university.

We had a dinner with them at Rawls Hall around 8pm. They also gave a presentation about some education thingie.

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Microeconomics exam just over yesterday and I was kinda glad that I kinda did well in it. Winter has over and Spring is here...There are no more...

No more SNOW

Spring semester is going to end soon...Counting my days back to MALAYSIA...Kolo mee, Kampua mee, Bak kut teh... here I come :D

Friday Night Life

2008-03-21T20:02:00.000-07:00

It was Friday night and I was so freaking bored that I went to play PS3-Winning Eleven before I off to do my essay in the computer lab. Since I had nothing to do, I suddenly thought of something funny to do...so, I went to disturb my friend in msn messenger...

Betho says:
amanda

Amanda says:
yes?

Betho says:
no?

Amanda says:
i dunno?

Betho says:
u know?

Amanda says:
maybe?

Betho says:
probably?

Amanda says:
mayhap?

Betho says:
perhaps?

Amanda says:
possibly?

Betho says:
in a possible manner

Amanda says:
in a probable manner

Betho says:
in a plausible manner

Amanda says:
a matter of chance

Betho says:
a matter of opportunity

Amanda says:
a matter of luck

Betho says:
a matter of fortune

Amanda says:
a matter of probability

Amanda says:
and now i am doing laundry

Amanda says:
see u in a bit

Betho says:
a matter of possibility

Betho says:
and now i am doing essay

Betho says:
see u in a while

Few minutes later....

Amanda says:
LOL

Betho says:
LMAO

Amanda says:
yeah ppl will be laughing their ass off reading our conversation

then...I continued doing my essay while envying my friends who were in Avril lavigne's concert in Chicago!!! Dang it!

Tagged

2008-03-18T06:10:00.000-07:00

Instructions: Remove 1 question from below and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
I don't care...

2.If you can turn into anything, what do you wish you can turn into?
BAT

3.If you were stranded on an desert island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you? Why?
Joyce - funny girl
Jaysern - he likes to sing
Vince - he always act cute

4.Where is the place that you want to go most?
Manchester!!!

5.If you have one dream to come true, what would it be?
Eating Kolo Mee and Kampua Mee in US

6.Do you believe in seeing the rainbow after the rain?
It is a FACT!

7.what are you afraid to lose the most right now?
FAMILY and FRIENDS

8.Do you want your first born child to be a girl or boy? Why?
I don't give a damn about this.

9.If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?
why not? Are you expecting me to wait?

10.List out three good things of the person who tagged you.
Joyce
1. She likes making people laugh, which is a good thing
2. She can smile and laugh like nobody's business, which is ALSO a good thing
3. She is 150++ cm tall. LOLness

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
to be the same like my another half as well...

12.What type of person do you hate the most?
Homosexual.

13.What would you do if you won a million dollars?
Buy some sleeping pills.

14.What is your ambition?
good Samaritan

15.What would you wanna be after you're dead?
Homo-sapien

16. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
IMPATIENT and over-sensitive

17.What would you most want to achieve right now?
4.00 GPA

18.What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Health

19. If there’s one thing in your life you want to do but yet unable to, what would it be?
To be happy when I'm down

20. Among all the questions asked, which one do u like most? Why?
20, coz that's the last question.

I tag...
1) Bigbro
2) Jaysern
3) Vincent
4) Karen
5) Hussaini
6) Gloria
7) Eu Jeen
8) YikShien

New York!!!

2008-03-12T19:04:00.001-07:00

Hey guys, I'm sorry for not updating my blog lately. Exam is over and it was fucked up. Spring break started like 4 days ago. This one week break is gonna end soon, which is sucks big time.

Few days ago, I sent my friend, Adrian to Indy for a knee surgery. Looking at his expression during the rehab (exercise) after the one hour surgery made me feel weak. One of my friends who followed us to the hospital almost fainted seeing him doing the rehab. I could see that he's indeed a tough guy. Without his parents, who are thousand miles away from here, by his side, he could still undergo this surgery like a MAN. I pray that he will get well soon.

Anyway, I wana blog about my last destination on my last winter break. I'm sure some of you guys knew that I went to New York for 10 days. Vincent, Jaysern and I stayed in New York University(NYU) for 10 nights and we really wana thank Ian so much that he managed to provide us with lodging.

1st day - Christmas Eve
We arrived La Guardia Airport from Miami and went to Manhattan by subway. We met Ian and the Astoria subway station and he was so happy to see us after few months we didnt meet. I'm sure he was.:) Brought our stuff to NYU dorm at Washington Square. Went to eat in a Chinese Restaurant near his dorm and headed to Church right after that since that day was Christmas Eve. Vincent and Jaysern joined us for the Christmas mass.

2nd day - Christmas Day
Went to Chinatown in Canal Street. Enjoyed eating Malaysian foods like Nasi Lemak and Bu Bu Cha cha. Wandered around the Chinatown and bought some I*heart*NY shirts.

3rd day - Boxing Day
Bought levi's jeans and a long coat in SOHO because those were on DISCOUNT. Felt satisfied although I spent almost 400USD for those clothes. Wah...really spent money like girls and it was only the third day...beh ta han. Forget about it, make me feel guilty only.

4th day
Knowing that I spent alot already, I decided to spend less starting that day. Decided to go to Statue of Liberty that morning but ended up not going as it was so foggy. So we went to Wall Street and Ground Zero where the September 11th incident happened. Went to a shopping place beside Ground Zero and saw one beautiful scarf. Bought it to keep myself warm since it was so damn cold. Went to Chinatown again that evening to enjoy Malaysian Food there.

5th day
Went to Times Square. That place was indeed awesome esp for girls. There were thousand of people there that day. Following my friends to shop but I didn't buy anything that day LUCKILY. Spent money of some Japanese sushiS. I just knew that MingKai was in NY that day

6th day
Went to Statue of Liberty. Took us more than an hour to buy tickets and queueing up for the ferry. Reached Liberty Island one hour later and was so happy to meet some of our INTEC friends there. Wah...what a small world. Took photos with them and the most important thing was to take photos of Statue of Liberty. Spent lotsa time taking photos because we wanted to get nice photos. Went to Chinatown for dinner AGAIN! but not Malaysian food...Chinese food.

7th day
Woke up at noon and went to Times Square for 2008 Countdown. Millions of people were there, waiting for the countdown. People kept on pushing each other to get the best view of the Special Crystal Ball. Four of us just stood at some random spot. Stood there for 9 hours ( 3pm-12am ). Luckily, we saw Jordin Sparks and Blake performing on stage. For those who don't know them, they are the American Idols. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!!!

8th day
Went to Macy's and Empire State Buiding. Went all the way up to the 100th floor of the Empire State Building and took some photos. It was so freaking cold but the views of the NYC were so beautiful that night with all the lights.

9th day
Went to Central Park, the freaking big park in Manhattan (According to Ian,the park is 1/7 of Manhattan). Couldn't stand the coldness that morning so,off to Chinatown AGAIN to buy some souvenirs - shirts, keychain and some foods. Went back early that night to pack.

10th day
Went to airport around 10am and flew back to Chicago at 11.55am. WINTER BREAK OVER!!!

p/s We went to the Madame Tussaud, Wax musuem but I forgot which day we went. Hehe...

Below are some of the photos that I took in NY:

Really?

2008-03-05T07:59:00.000-08:00

100 words

Speedtest

CNY celebration

2008-02-13T20:29:00.000-08:00

Before I post my New York journey, I blog about the CNY celebration over here first. CNY here was not that bad. Although I had classes going on during the first day of CNY, I should be grateful because some of my friends had exams that night.

First day of CNY in Malaysia was on Thursday but we had the first day of CNY on Friday. So, that night, a bunch of my friends and I went to Ford Dining Hall to eat some chinese foods. That night was indeed awesome. We had different kinds of chinese foods like dumplings, sausage n shrimp fried rice, pau(walau eh...PAU u know? long time didnt eat ady) and dim sum SUMMORE. :) I really had a scrumptious dinner that night and it was the best ever dinner since the first day I came here.

Alright, that isn't the main topic I'm telling you guys.

I went to a CNY celebration dinner hosted by Taiwanese Student Association (TSA) with my friends. It started at 6.30pm and we also had some delicious chinese foods. We had Pork, Beef, sweet and sour chicken (orange chicken) and some 'unknown' vegetables. Like Yikshien, my friends and I also sat in table lucky no8. :).

It was two hours plus long dinner. They had some games and lucky draws. The presents were like scanner, heater, printer, radio and some gift cards and ANGPOWS given by a taiwanese professor in my university.

Yeah...we indeed had a lot of funs!!! but of course, celebrating with family is way better than celebrating over here. haih...I miss getting angpows and visiting relatives and friends. This is the first CNY withOUT angpowss....:( I think I have to bear this for another 3 years.

Miami (December 22nd-24th, 2007)

2008-01-27T17:44:00.000-08:00

After enjoying ourselves in Orlando, we then off to Miami, which was our last destination in Florida. We departed from our inn early in the morning, 6am-ish by a limousine that sent us to International Drive where we waited for the mini van to Miami. At 8am sharp, we started our journey to Miami. Miami is renowned for its beach and tattoos. The journey from Orlando to Miami took us approximately 4 hours and it was dreadful journey because I could not sleep well in the van.

We stayed in President Hotel which is located a block from the beach. It was a nice hotel but when we went there, the front part of the hotel was under renovation. So, we went in and out of the hotel through the back door to the beach. The "back door" way was abit creepy because we had to go down a staircase and walk through a narrow path in order to go to beach. It was even creepier at night.

Well, the beach isn't that "unique" as what most people say. It reminds me of Tanjung Batu Beach in Bintulu. Although I'm thousand miles away from my hometown, I can feel like I'm in Tg. Batu. The wind and the beach sand in Miami Beach made me feel like swimming through the Pacific Ocean to South China Sea. All these thoughts came into my mind when I was strolling alone along the beach while Vincent and Jaysern were "sunbathing".

Nice photo right??? Actually the difference between Miami beach and Tg. Batu Beach are the "people" and "water". When talking about there two words, you guys should have already known what I meant. The water was soo clear unlike the Kemena River and the people there were actually wearing er......which I'm sure you would never ever see it in Tg Batu or any other beaches in Msia. Or should I say they were actually topless? ok..stop there, no more elaboration.

One thing I like about this beach is that you would never get bored even though you are sitting on the sand doing nothing. Er...don't get me wrong. I'm talking about the activities there. You can see people playing frisbees and some planes flying in the sky doing some advertisement. Real planes ok? not the remote-controlled planes...

The food there are really scrumptious. If you are really in love with Japanese food, like Joyce, I strongly recommend you guys to go there and try those sushi(s). There are many Japanese foods there and I bet you will never get sick of it.

Overall, my 3days trip in Miami was totally great. I enjoyed eating and sight-seeing (I mean the sceneries) there...:) We flew to New York from Miami on Christmas Eve day.

p/s Joyce, why wait?? Go n eat Sushi now...

Universal Studio & Island of Adventure

2008-01-18T23:57:00.000-08:00

On Day 5,6 and 9, we went to the Universal Studio and Island of Adventure that are situated at International Drive. If u guys watch the movie "Bring it on: In it to win" acted by Ashley Benson and Michael Copon which was just released recently (December 18th, 2007), u can see how Universal Studio actually looks like.

There were Macy's Parade and Fear Factor LIVE!

There are actually plenty of exciting places in Universal Studio and I actually took lotsa photos but I prefer the Island of Adventure most. The reasons are......................
Obviously, Island of Adventure is way more appealing than others, isn't it? I enjoyed playing the water games because all of us got 100% wet because of that. We played all the games there even the scariest one (e.g The Hulk - as you can see in the second and the third photo, there are five to six 360 degree turns ) so that it's worth going.

After spending 9 days in Disneyworld, Universal Studio, and Island of Adventure, we headed to Miami by a van on December 22nd morning. Next post would be my Miami's journey!

Disneyworld (December 13-21, 2007)

2008-01-15T22:06:00.000-08:00

I went to Disneyworld in Orlando last winter break, and not Disneyland. Vincent, Jay Sern and I flew from Chicago O'hare Airport at 7am and arrived Orlando airport around 10am. It was a 2-hour flight. Once we arrived in Orlando, we went to our inn which we had booked earlier on. We stayed in Knights inn Kissimmee, which I think it wasn't that bad for us, students since it was kinda affordable and we even stayed there for more than a week, 9 days to be exact (6 days in Disneyworld and 3 days in Universal Studio).

As soon as we checked in, we waited for the shuttle bus to Disneyworld. Below is the list of the theme parks and places that we went starting from the first day we reached Orlando:

Day 1 - Epcot

Day 2 - MGM

Day 3 - Magic Kingdom

Day 4 - Animal Kingdom

Day 5 - Universal Studio

Day 6 - Universal Studio - Island of Adventure

Day 7 - Magic Kingdom

Day 8 - Epcot

Day 9 - Universal Studio & Island of Adventure

Our first destination was Epcot, one of the theme parks in Disneyworld. To me, Epcot isn't a boring theme park but it is just less appealing compared to other theme parks, like Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and MGM. I actually bought my Disneyworld Globe in Epcot. hehe...

MGM has a lot of adventurous and stunning shows. That's what I like about MGM theme parks. There are Planet Hollywood, high school musical 2 show, Indiana Jones's show, etc. There is also Mickey and all the Disney cartoon characters performance in the evening and I totally like it very much!

Magic Kingdom is indeed awesome. It has the big castle that attracts most people. You can't enter the castle though. Strictly for kids!!! There is also Go-kart in the theme park which I think the most deadening one.

Animal Kingdom is the best. To me, this is the best theme park among all the four theme parks. I love it not because there are lotsa animals in that theme park. I actually love the shows and the environment in the theme park. I know there are lotsa shows in other theme parks but the shows in this particular theme park are definitely the best.

This is the DisneyWorld Globe that I bought...

Hehe...worth it, right??? Anyway, it was indeed the most enjoyable holiday that I had so far...I shall blog about my days in Universal Studio and Island of Adventure when I'm free...:)

Winter Break (Part 1)

2008-01-05T18:41:00.001-08:00

First of all, I would like to tell you guys that I just got back from my 3 weeks winter break. It was kinda fun. Sorry coz I didnt update my journey here few weeks ago.

Before I off for the winter break, one of my american friends asked me, "Hey Bat, where r u heading to for this winter break?"

I said, "Oh well, I'm going to Chicago, Orlando,Miami and New York."

She replied, "wow, u r going to lotsa places huh...but hey, I have never been to New York before...u such a lucky guy"

I was like, "huh?? Did u just say that you have never been to New York before??"

"Yeah, I have never been to NY before..why?", she said.

"oh, okay...nothing...just..ya..nothing." I smiled.

Ok...I just stopped there...haha...actually, I don't think you guys understand this. Anyway, this american girl is quite an outgoing girl, so I was abit surprised when I heard her saying that. LOL.

So, yea...I went to Chicago on Dec 12th night and met two of my friends before we went to Orlando by flight the next morning. We went to Disneyworld and Universal Studio for 9 days. Then, we headed to Miami on Dec 22nd by a mini van. Miami is indeed a nice place for a vacation. I strongly recommend you guys to go there with family. :) So, after spending 2 nights in Miami, we flew to New York on Christmas Eve. We spent almost 10 days in New York, celebrating Christmas Day and New Year 2008 there.

New Year 2008 in Times Square, NY was awesome. In New York, we went to Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero(WTC path station), Times Square, Chinatown, Central Park and etc. We actuall stayed in Goddard Hall, one of the residence hall in New York University, which is located in the heart of Manhattan. Thanks to Ian for his help during our 10 days stay in his dorm.

Here are some of the photos that we took:

ok, I better stop now before my mum gets mad.

p/s Joyce, it's fake...I can tell you now...sorry!!! :)

The End of Fall 2007 semester - HOLIDAY!!!

2007-12-11T11:42:00.000-08:00

Yeah..the final exams have just ended.

I'll be going off for a vacation tomorrow. So, to all the readers...

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!!!

Just wana wish you guys earlier as I won't be online until next January. So, take care and May God Bless all of you.

Snowing!!!

2007-12-05T15:02:00.000-08:00

Last night, I slept around 10am++ because I was so tired. It was quite cold that night and when I looked at the weather prediction, it would be snowing at that particulat night. However, I didn't think so because there was no sign of snowing albeit it was kinda cold. I woke up around 12.45am though. I don't know why I woke up that early and I tried to sleep back but I still could not sleep. Then, I opened the curtain a lil bit and peeked through the window.

IT IS SNOWING!!!

My roommate, Vanni, who was sleeping, suddenly woke up but not because of snow. He was hungry! Haha...

Since we could not sleep that night, we talked about many topics like politics, population of some countries, relationship, and some other funny stuffs. I realized that he is actually a funny and nice guy. After finished chit-chatting about those, we slept around 5am.

The next morning, I woke up for lecture. When I opened the curtain, I saw the snow are all around the road and pavement. It was so cool as it was my first time and the snow was so thick that it covered the cars and grass.

Well, this is my first time experiencing snow. My American friends were so surprised when I told them this was my first time getting to enjoy the 'coolness' of snow. I told them that it doesn't snow in Malaysia.

Anyway, I guess I only took a few photos. I should have taken more. I'm sorry guys...my finals in coming soon. I'll try to take more photos before I go for a vacation during the winter break. I'll keep you guys updated. Don't worry!

Meeting the Sponsor (MARA)

2007-11-20T22:36:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago (November 10th, 2007), all the MARA scholars were invited for a dinner with MARA director, Dato Seri Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin and other fours VIPs who flew all the way from KL to have a so-called meeting with us in Chicago. MARA will give us a free night stay in Holiday Inn and 40 USD (allowance) for this particular meeting.

So, I off again to Chicago for the second time. We went there at noon because there was a slight problem. That morning was so cold that I wore gloves and 4-layers of clothes. We went there by car. When we reached Evanston, where MSD Chicago is located, we went up to the building. The main entrance of the building was actualy locked and we needed passwords to open the door. One of the MSD officers was so clever that he or she put a notice telling us about the passwords (in Malay) to enter the building. "Untuk Masuk, Sila tekan "bintang, tujuh, tujuh, tiga, tiga, lima"" I smiled when looking at the notice.

We actually went to MSD Chicago to have our lunch. I was so elated to eat Malaysians food on that day like the Nasi Beriyani and rendang. I should be thankful enough to eat those food although there were no kampua and kolok mee, which I'm really miss those noodles. And one more thing, if we want to enter the restroom, we also need password to enter. I don't understand and this is really ridiculous.

Then, we off to our final destination, which is the Hotel Holiday Inn North Shore in Skokie.

When we arrived there, we checked in room. I did not stay a night there though. Although the room was nice, I had to leave that night too.

When my friend switched on the television, something caught my attention...

Can you guys notice the third box from the left? The title is actually "Adult desire". Hmmm..

So, that night, we prepared ourselves for the dinner with the VIPs. The food were delicious. :)

After the speeches from the Scholar representative and MARA director, we started eating and I really enjoyed eating every single dish that they gave.

When the function was over, it was photo-taking session. But, I only took photo with Mdm Huda, the MARA director of Washington D.C. because there were too many people.

Okay, I might look different in the photo. I know that.

Then, after the function, I packed my bag and we went back to my university at 1.30am. My seniors and I reached West Lafayette around 3.45am. Overall, it was enjoyable yet tiring journey to me.

Homecoming 2007

2007-11-15T22:17:00.000-08:00

I was supposed to write this post last week but I had been procrastinating till now. So, yeah, we had Homecoming events going on three weeks ago. The events were like "Boilermakers Night Train Homecoming Parade", "Pep rally with King and Queen coronation" and fireworks which happened the night before the Homecoming Football match (Purdue Boilermakers vs Northwestern Wildcats). I felt anticipated to watch that game in the stadium that I actually bought the ticket like 5 days before.

The night before was the coronation of Homecoming King and Queen and I was there with my friend watching the event in Slayter Hill. I was amazed by the performance by the Purdue Marching Band. It made me think of my former high school marching band. I really hope that my former high school would somehow perform superbly like them in the future or few years later because I believe that they are improving right now, aren't they?

So, the next morning, I woke up as early as 10.30am. Yea, it was early for me. I got myself ready and went to my friend's house to go together to the stadium. As it was first time, I felt quite impatient to watch my first American Football match live in the stadium. Once we got there around 11++am, we sat there waiting for the match to start. It was quite cold and windy.

Initially, the match was quite dull because I couldn't feel the excitement. However, as our home team got their first TOUCHDOWN, I started to feel the excitation. When our home team got their FIRST DOWN, we would utter "1,2,3,4,FIRST DOWN, B*TCH". *lough out loud* I didn't know what was going on at first but when Purdue had few first downs, I started to follow them too.

Overall, it was a memorable experience for me as I got to experience the excitement going on in the stadium rather than watching it live on the television. Plus, I saw Neil Armstrong from far as he was invited to officially launch the opening of a new Hall in our campus-"Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering". Ok, you guys might be wondering why he was there to officiate and why did they name the hall after his name.

Neil Armstrong, the first person to have set foot on the moon, was actually the former student in my university-Degree in Aeronautical Engineering with a US Navy Scholarship. He was graduated in 1955.

The Beauty of NU and Lake MIchigan

2007-11-03T13:46:00.000-07:00

Below are some photos of NU and Lake Michigan.

It is a nice car, isn't it?

Castle

Last but not least,

The Journey to Chicago

2007-10-20T21:16:00.000-07:00

Yesterday(October 20th, 2007), I went to Northwestern University in Chicago for the Raya celebration(EID). All the Malaysian students from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota gathered together in one of the halls in Northwestern University. It was quite a meaningful experience for me as there were many things happening during our journey to Chicago. My senior rented a car and we went around 11am(Central Time). We went there with 4 cars going together.

These are some views of the Chicago City.

When we almost arrived the hall, we involved in an accident. Everyone is okay but this was the condition of the car...

Another driver, who is a lady, is also okay. Her car was in a good condition but it can't run. When both drivers exchanged information and stuffs like insurance, my senior called the police for some assistance...

The police took for about 15 minutes or more to do the report in his own luxurious car with laptop inside. hehe...

So, after we were all set, my senior drove us to the Northwestern University Hall with the dented car. We were all kinda happy to meet all of our INTEC friends together again.

After talking much with my friends, boasting and comparing our universities,it's finally the time for us to go our own seperate ways. I took few photos around Northwestern University and it's indeed a beautiful university. I will post all the photos around Northwestern University. After we were all done, we went to Lake Michigan to enjoy the sceneries- next next post.

Next destination - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Mt.Baldy)

2007-10-11T19:06:00.000-07:00

So, after everyone's done with shopping, we gathered at the same place where the bus driver dropped us down. I actually bought winter cloths, snow cap, two GAP and GUESS jeans and a GUESS watch. Not many though. On that day, the girls spent a lot of money because they cannot resist spending their money on clothing. Hehe...

Then, we got into the bus and the driver drove us the nearest lake there called "Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Mt.Baldy)". It is only 10 minutes drive from the factory outlet.

We walked to the lakeshore. It does not look like a lake at all. It's like a BEACH.

This lake really makes me feel like home. Hmm..it looks like Tanjung Batu Beach. LoL...

If you guys notice the photo above, there is an American girl, at the shore, playing with a little kid behind me. Hehe...

After spending too much time taking photos, we decided to go back. This time, we used the sandy way to go back.

The slope was very steep and I tried very hard to climb up and down the small sandy hill. When I got back to the bus, I noticed that this sign was interesting!

...and while we were all waiting for the others, I managed to take photo with the driver. Hehe...

Then, we went back to West Lafayette at 5pm (Central Time) and reach there around 7pm.

The trip to the "Haven of Shopping" - Shop till you drop

2007-10-08T21:45:00.001-07:00

Yeah, as what I have said earlier, I would be going to Michigan City which is located at Northern Indiana. We departed from Purdue at 9am (Eastern Time)...

...and arrived at the Factory Outlet at 10am (Central Time). It took about 2 hours to arrive there.

There are a lot of cheap cloths, shoes, pants and etc because it is a factory outlet! When we arrived there, I was told by my senior who was sitting beside me on the bus that there was a nuclear power plant or reactor or whatsoever. I still do not believe that there is a nuclear whatsoever thingie there as it's hazardous.

Do you actually believe that this is the Nuclear power plant or reactor???!!!

Anyway, once the bus stopped, we quickly came down from the bus and everyone of us went to our own way to shop. There are actually 120 shops for us to shop there and I just could not choose where to go. So, I just followed my friends. Below are some of the shops that I went on that day.

While I was walking around, something amazed me...

This is the Foot Massage Machine. Weird, rite? This isn't for kids, okay?

So, after shopping, we all gathered at the same place as we had planned earlier to go to another "wonderful" place in Indiana. I will tell you guys about it in my next post.

Life In United States

2007-09-28T14:22:00.000-07:00

After a dreadful journey (21 hours in flight), I finally arrived at my destination.

People have been asking me about my life here in the USA ever since I arrived here. So, let me tell u guys briefly about my experience here after my 6th week in US.

During the first week of class, as usual, we were to introduce ourselves to all our classmates. It was quite enjoyable for me because we only had to introduce ourselves and the TA- explaining our course description. Right after that, we left the classes without homework. Yeah, that's one of the happiest week of my life.

Though, most of my classmates still have problem enunciating my name. Some of them called me "Bentolomew", "Bindolomew", "Bart (Simpson)", "Budurlomew" and the list goes on. A Taiwanese girl who was sitting behind me in class called me "Bodohlomew". I was so shocked because she said I'm 'bodoh'. I don't understand why they can only pronounce '-lomew' correctly. Hmmm...When ever I want to buy my favorite "Hot Chocolate" in Starbucks, they will surely spell my name wrongly.

During weekend, the Americans usually have partys. Some of them start partying on Thursday night. I can hear them laughing and listen to many kind of 'sounds' when I cycle at night and even when I'm in the room *blushing*. During weekend, I usually wake up late and do my laundry in the afternoon. What is nice about weekend here is American Football matches among universities in USA. This Saturday would be the match between Purdue and Ohio State. Blackout!

I just finished three exams- Calculus II, Chemistry and Engineering Problem Solving & Computer Tools - last week. The exams were fine for me except for engineering exam. Anyway, next week would be Fall Break. Two days only though. I am still glad to have holidays as it's kinda hard to 'unwind' myself during weekdays. We are all going to Michigan City during the Fall Break which is located at Northern Indiana. There, we would buy our winter clothings and stuffs.

The upcoming holidays would be 'Halloween' and 'Thanksgiving Day' which I am really looking forward to those holidays. Halloween, which lasts for only one day, falls at the end of October (October 31st) and Thanksgiving Day (in November) lasts for a week! Yeah!

I shall update my news with you guys soon. Take care!

The Land Of Opportunity (Part 4- Indianapolis Airport)

2007-09-12T15:08:00.000-07:00

Finally,at 9.35am, we arrived in Indianapolis, an hour drive from my university. It was actually not a big airport. (like Bintulu Airport althought it is international airport). When we all settled our luggages and all, we expected our seniors to arrive in the airport to fetch us up. But, they still didn't show up. We tried calling them a few times but no one answered.

So, we waited for like an hour. We decided to go to university by limousine. When we were about to book, the seniors just arrived. They said there was a problem with the car. So........

Anyway, we booked a limousine and waited again for few minutes. At 12pm, we departed from the airport to the university. As I mentioned earlier, it took for about an hour.

The 'small van' was quite small. As you can see in the photo below...

it was fullly packed with all of our bags...hmmm...

1pm: Arrived Purdue University. :)

The Land of Opportunity (Part 3- Chicago O'hare Airport)

2007-09-01T23:08:00.000-07:00

We arrived Chicago at around 5.30am. I was so hungry by the time I reached there. So, I went to buy a burger in McDonalds.

Chicago O'hare airport is more or less like Los Angeles's.

At 7.00am, we prepared ourselves for the next destination, INDIANAPOLIS!!!

Before that, we had a group photo-taking. I was the one who took the photo. So, I'm in it. :(

Then, we boarded the plane and I was shocked because the plane that we boarded was a fokker. yea..It was small. It was supposed to be an hour flight but it only took less than half an hour to arrive Indianapolis International Airport. We arrived Indianapolis at 9.25am (GMT -5) 15th August 2007.

The Land of Opportunity (Part 2- off to LA)

2007-08-25T06:36:00.001-07:00

As you can in the photo, there were a lot of people who would be flying off to Los Angeles from Taipei International Airport that night.

Our flight from Taipei was 9.00pm, 14th August but we arrived Los Angeles Airport at 7.05pm,14th August. Kinda weird, right? The flight from Taipei to LAX took for like 12hours. So, 12+4 = 16hours.

Back To The Past. Hehe...

It was a very tiring journey although I slept many times, watched few movies, ate two meals on the plane. After a freaking tiring + long journey, we finally arrived Los Angeles (LAX).

We waited for quite long for immigration because there were a lot of people. We had even been waiting for our luggages for half an hour. We were kinda fortunate that day because it happened that two MARA officers based in Washington were waiting for us there as they had to go to Washingon D.C. but transit Chicago, which was also our transit. They brought us for check in and we went to the departure hall together.

The security in Los Angeles is strict. I was asked to open my bag, take out my lappie, took off my shoes and suit (not pants and shirts). They checked every single thing that I had in the bag. Luckily, it merely took 15minutes. The funniest part was when the security officer, a pretty young lady, asked me whether I came to the United States for a business trip. LOL! I just said "No." Do I look like a businessman???

After settled everything, we walked to the boarding gate. They seemed happy.

While we were on our way to the gate, I stopped at starbucks to buy "Hot chocolate" and some cookies because I was too hungry. I was surprised to see the price because it was way too cheap compared to Msia (if you don't convert). I just spent 4USD for that and I received my first resit from US. Haha..

At 2300hrs sharp, we boarded the United Airline plane.

On the plane...

So, the flight took for like 4 hours and I just spent my time sleeping again. We reached Chicago O'hare International Airport at 5am(Chicago time) although it took for only 4 hours (actually, we were supposed to reach at 3am).

to be continued...

The Land of Opportunity (part1-transit taipei)

2007-08-22T17:46:00.000-07:00

After being lectured and advised by family, relatives, and even friends, I have finally arrived in the United States of America, The Land of Opportunity. Yea, opportunity of getting whatever you insist of getting. I shall begin with my journey from KLIA - 14th August.

Yea, 14th august was the date I flew to America. The night before, I was so engrossed with stuffs like luggages and all. That night was also the night I received the most SMSes in my whole life ever. Though, I was so busy arranging my clothes and stuffs till I didn't manage to reply some of my friends' messages. I'm sorry..:( Surprisingly, I slept well that night. Kewl...

So, that morning on the 14th august, I woke up early and prepared myself for breakfast since my flight was 3.15pm bound for Los Angeles (transit Taipei). My uncle brought my parents, uncle and I to the KLIA airport that morning around 11.30am. I arrived there early to weigh my luggage and to my amaze, it was 28kg!

Overweight!

It should not be more than 23kg for each luggage. Luckily, my father brought a small and empty luggage to the airport just for in case. Hurriedly, I transferred some my clothes and stuffs to the small luggage.

Thus,1st luggage = 19kg, 2nd luggage = 9kg. COOL!!!

Oh ya, aiman, the funny guy , went to the airport to send me off as well.

After a few minutes, everyone was in the airport already. There were ten of us flying to US on that particular day. We gathered, took our flight tickets+allowance and checked in. At 2.30pm sharp, we said goodbye to our parents, friends and relatives. All the faces that I saw that day were gloomy. I just smiled and said goodbye to my parents and uncles. Hehe...no crying okay??

So, ten of us went to the International Departure Hall by the aero-train. When we reached there, we were already asked to board the plane. hmm...kinda fast.

Alright, so basically my route was KLIA-TAIPEI-LAX-CHICAGO O'HARE-INDIANAPOLIS.

Four stops.

LAX(Los Angeles Xpectations) = Los Angeles International Airport.

The flight to Taipei took for about 4hours and I managed to eat my dinner and watch a movie on the plane. When we arrived in Taipei International Airport, we were stunned to see the airport. It is kinda like a big yet old airport And the funniest thing was...

In the photo, I was actually drinking plain water by using a paper cup! It was not a normal paper cup we have in Malaysia but...

to be continued...

Sayonara

2007-08-09T08:05:00.000-07:00

I have been bombarded with a lot of advice since I finished my summer semester in INTEC. I have been counting days since the Day1 I finished my semester. As the time has almost come, I feel the pressure almost everyday.

Honestly, I don't feel elated, excited and glad at all...

What I can feel or sense every second is pressure...tension...

Some people just don't understand me at all. Yes, I might look happy. Face is deceiving, rite? Some even more annoying. I ask to stop talking about that but that person just continue.

As the time has almost come, people have been mentioning and asking me about the same thing - "How do you feel since you're leaving soon?". When they ask me this question, what I can reply is just "okla..". The next response would be "O c'mon, you don't feel excited at all, do you?"

How would u feel if you were me?

Ok, I stop here before I feel even worse.

This would probably be my last post before I'm leaving. See you all soon, my friends...I don't know when I will be back here...

Becoming a millionaire...Cool!

2007-08-03T01:20:00.000-07:00

Let me blog about something funny for me (don't know whether you guys think it's funny or not) which happened to me last year...

It was on Saturday evening and I was on my way to St. Francis Xavier church in Petaling Jaya by bus. I was alone because Pete went somewhere (I forgot already but I know he was busy). On the bus, I was so somnolent since I didn’t have any friends to talk with. So, since I was alone, I tried to sleep for a while since the journey to Petaling Jaya by bus was so tedious and it took 40 minutes for the bus to reach there.

When I was about to close my eyes, something attracted my eyes. It was an advertisement which was advertised along the road. It suddenly conjured up a topic taught by my lecturer the week before about advertisement. This advertisement had indeed caught my attention. I became quite animated. The advertisement went like this ...

“Be a Millionaire! Win 4.8 Million Rupiah @ RM2000!
Name the most popular or hottest place in Shah Alam.
For more information, call 016-xxxxxxx.”

(Actually, I translated it to English. It was actually in Malay.)

This advertisement seemed exotic to me. It was pretty ambiguous. I could not really understand the sentences in the advertisement.

There were few questions that made me think...

1. Is it for Malaysian or Indonesian?

2. If it was mainly for Malaysians, how was it possible for Malaysians to be millionaires by winning 4.8 million rupiah which is in fact equivalent to RM2000 only?

3. Then, if it was for the Indonesians, why did they want to advertise it in Shah Alam, the capital city of Selangor? Why not in Jakarta or any other states in Indonesia?

4. Why did they want to ask question about Shah Alam to Indonesians?

5. If they wanted to promote Shah Alam to the Indonesians, why did they want to advertise the commercial in a place where there are less population of Indonesians?

p/s Please feel free to answer my questions...

I kept on asking myself what the commercial was all about.

I was grinning when I saw the advertisement and all those weird questions came into my mind. It was really funny especially when I thought of ‘unthinkable’ thoughts. A lady who happened to sit beside me in the bus suddenly laughed when she saw me smiling without any reasons. I laughed as well. She didn’t know that I was in fact plumbing the huge commercial. The gigantic advertisement was actually situated beside a traffic light. So, the bus stopped there for few minutes before the light turned green.

Therefore, I took the chance to copy the sentences in the commercial so that I could go back and had a look at it. After the light turned green, the bus continued the journey and I eventually fell asleep in the bus.

p/s So, you guys can see how bored and lazy I was at home writing this blog...

Meeting in Kuching

2007-07-31T05:28:00.000-07:00

I arrived Kuching from KL around 1.30pm on Monday. It was quite a tiring journey travelling from the East to the West in 3days. I went to the West on Saturday (celebrating my birthday on the plane) and went to East 2days after.

Once I reached my house in Kuching, I went straight to my room and lied on my comfy bed. Nice sleep! Around 3-4pm, I received a call from my friend, Alice. Her voice was flat. I was abit curious. She must have changed alot, I thought. Kekeke...

She said, she was in the library. Oh..ok..:) LOL!

So, at 6pm, my parents and I went to Batu Lintang to fetch Johnny the Bravo a.k.a Future Great Teacher John. Johnny has indeed changed alot! You can see his face later in the photo! He has become handsomer and teacher-like face. Wakaka...

After that, my father drove us to Kota Samarahan to pick up Joyce at IPTAR. Her institute is quite secluded and the buildings there are more ............. (joyce, u know la hoh). We then went to Pizza Hut in Jalan Song nearby Alice's house because we weren't sure where to go. So, we sat there, ordered, basically, we talked alot. Hehehe...

As you can see in photos below,

apparently, Johnny has become more handsome(nice hairstyle), fairer and undeniably, thinner(Johnny, u got stress kah?). Though, the guy sitting beside Johnny in the photo has become uglier day by day. :( in the photo, it seems like I'm shorter le...hmm..

The two pretty girls,Alice (left) and Joyce (right), are getting prettier too.Hehe...And what I had noticed, Alice smiled a lot. Don't why but yea, she is becoming more cheerful. LOL!

After finished eating, we went out and strolled around the area, looking around, enjoying the fresh Kuching air,entering shops without buying anything.

Finally, we ended up sitting outside a coffee shop, ordering drinks because it seemed like going to rain soon. At 2130, we went back because Johnny had to go back early to prepare for his debate the next day. Alice brought Johnny back and my father and I brought Joyce back to IPTAR. Overall, it was quite fun but although we only met for a while, I'm glad to meet you all....:). We shall meet again.........................

The pitiful animal

2007-07-18T00:13:00.000-07:00

When I was watching news on television last night, something caught my attention.

"BABI JEJAS SEKTOR PELANCONGAN"

hmm...I still don't understand why did they say like that...or probably I saw wrongly???

Memory

2007-07-16T07:53:00.000-07:00

Yesterday morning, I went to my 'old' and 'gargantuan' school with my friend, Eng Ann to get my SPM certificate. Simultaneously, I went to meet my friends and teachers. I kinda miss the time when I 'fool'ed around in the school and attended the classes from 7am till 1.20pm. I even forgot when the recess time was till one of my friends told me.

Once we reached school around 9.30am, we went to Counselling room but the counselor, Amanda was busy talking to a student's father. So, Eng Ann and I went to look for Form6 class which most of our ex-classmates are there. We didn't know where the class is initially but we managed to ask a friend of mine about the class's whereabouts. We were kinda elated to see some of our friends but the bad thing was the recess time is only 15mins and we couldn't manage to talk for long. They had to leave for the next class in the lab.

Then, we went to the counsellor room again. This time, she was still busy but not talking to the same person. She was having a meeting with the prefects-to-be. She saw us at first and asked us to wait for her. Thus, we waited for like 10-15mins and finally it's over. We were actually sitting in the new counselling room listening to what they were talking about. :P.

The New Counselling Room

When the counselor saw Eng Ann, she was like " wooo...It has been a long time since i last saw u." They were talking in mandarin actually. So, I started speaking Mandarin too. Hehe...The Counselling room is beautiful, isn't it?

We also met Cikgu Lina, my ex-form teacher, Cikgu Su, Cikgu Bong but we didn't talk much though because they were busy i guess. And I couldn't manage to meet my Chemistry teacher! Quite disappointing. Then, we went to see our new library. We met Cikgu Josephine. We chatted for an hour. Basically, we talked about the school and the students here. hmm..interesting!

And we have Cyber Cafe too! Can play games there u know?!!! hmm..I wish I were still the student there. After finished talking, we went to the school hall, Dewan Cenderawasih and we saw our school choir was performing on the stage. woohoo...!

We were too deeply 'engaged' with the performance that we didn't even realize that Cikgu Ting Ling Ling was actually looking at us. So, again, we went to the counselling room and talked to her for 1hour plus. We actually talked until 2pm and went out to meet some friends. We were in the school from 9.30am - 2pm. 4 hours and 30 minutes. Meeting Long lost friends in the 'big' Parkcity Mall.

For those who miss SMKBTU, here are some of the photo of our school...Hehe...

Sorry..2 photos only..hmm..I'll take more photos on my next visit to school ya...

UPDATE!!!

Eng Ann and I were forced by the counselor to meet the school principal. We actually met him in the principal office but I still don't understand the purpose of meeting him though. Basically, we just talked about the students and school cleanliness. The sentence that attracted me was "A school must be a school.".

He also told us about the spirit of "cukup makan" among the society here in Msia and he pointed out that he is still not satisfied with our current school cleanliness. However, Eng Ann and I agreed that there is actually a little bit better than last time. Then, he said "Yala, for both of you, probably ok, but for me, I want more. A school must have a condusive study environment. Like, when I was in Sacred Heart school last time, the air that we, students, breathe is like 'academic' air."

Somemore, he asked me whether there is any improvement in school and asked me something like "...less noise compared to your batch last time, right?". So I answered," yeah.." LOL! Actually, I can't remember much about our conversation with him. That's all I can remember. hmm..

p/s Eng Ann, correct me if I'm wrong.

AGAIN

2007-07-15T05:38:00.000-07:00

For all this while, I had been thinking of something to write about. Finally, I have something to write out of boredom. I really want to thank a good friend of mine for enlighten me plus giving me an idea to write. I really want to thank her! Haha...

This post is about Lisalomew. Remember???

I received texts from my friend, Pen, this evening.

P: Lisalomew. U fall in love with her ady, rite? Hehe...

B: Who is Lisalomew? (hmmm...very innocent)

P: Lisalomew is karen. So sweet your conversation with her..Haha...

B: Huh? wat conversation? Haha...u misunderstood again

P:Gt la..and i din misunderstood at all..tat conversation make me understand sth lor.Haha.

B: Dat one isn't karen. U try to 2 ask karen..Dats not her..Haha, sotong blueberry!

P:Then is who if nt karen? Mind to tell? Haha. Cause i know karen sent birthday wishes to you on the 21 May.

B: So, y u say karen? Lol..wana disturb me izit? Hehe...

P:u gt gf la..if that one nt ur gf, u wnt write bout her in ur blog dy lo. while me and alan jus good fren only. i din write blog also. so cannot prove anything.

B:Probably alan knows..Ask him..Hmmm..Simply say i got gf..U got alan oso dn wana say..

So, yea..That's the interesting part. I just felt quite funny because I didn't know that there is still someone who believes that Lisalomew exists. Hmm...VERY VERY interesting.

People out there, if u guys happen to see Lisalomew or meet her, tell me okay? I'm very anxious to meet her..

Leaving CEMARA

2007-07-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

I checked out and made my clearance in INTEC and CEMARA on the 3rd July and that marked the end of my foundation in INTEC. I'm kinda miss my time with all my friends and roommates.

The photo was taken right after we reached Cemara from Genting. Actually, I have nothing much to update though. I'm gonna travel a lot this month. Pretty exhausted. Just kinda miss my time in INTEC and Cemara with friends.

Genting Trip

2007-07-02T11:05:00.000-07:00

Luckily, after the "Pissed Off" incident, I managed to make myself calm in a somewhat cold place. I thought we were going to be late for the 1pm bus but fortunately, we managed to get into the bus on time. We reached there around 2.20pm.

Upon arriving, we went to the counter to book a standard view room. Since it was weekday, so, the room cost for only RM115. Then, we put our bags in the room and had our lunch after that.

After enjoying our cravings, we went to the outdoor theme park. We were lucky because there were only a few people in the theme park.

While walking around the theme park, we saw lots of fish. No food..sorry!

Then, we went to ride the "Flying Dragon". It was not that fast but the turning was quite frightening.

We then tried Cyclone, which I didn't even take photos of that because I have bought the photo from FujiFilm. We went to play Corkscrew. It is like roller coaster ride. Initially, I did not really want to but after being persuaded many times by my friends, I decided to bring it on!

It was totally thrilling. The only thing I knew is my heartbeat was damn fast. I couldn't help but to shout (one of the effective ways to release stress). LOL. Then, we went to play Space Shot, the ride which most people like to brag about. ("Hey, u know wad, I rided this Space Shot many times u know?!) Like I never! But, honestly, it was a real FREE FALL. OMG.

It was already 7pm and the workers there prepared to keep their things up and go back home. It was quite a tiring moment. For your information, we played Cyclone many times in order to take the most perfect photo. yeah!

This is a random shot, taken by my friend. I was feeling very tired that time, sitting down there waiting for my friends.

So, after the enjoyable moment, we went to have a look at the indoor theme park. But we ended up playing snooker. We actually bought 1am tickets to watch Transformer. I can really say that it was indeed a nice movie. Very very exciting. The next day, we woke up at around 10.50am and managed to go back to KL sentral by bus at 12pm. Quite enjoyable!

Pissed Off

2007-06-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

We, college students, had been studying History ever since primary school. I know some might not like that subject because it is more to memorizing facts. Yes, I agree with that. But, How if a person does NOT ( I repeat NOT ) even know our own country's history! Damn it.

Last Friday, right after my Calculus final exam, I went back to my apartment by taxi because I was in hurry to catch the 12.15pm KTM to KL Sentral. My roommates and I had planned to go to Genting Highlands right after our final exam on that day. So, we got a taxi and I told the taxi driver to drive us back to my apartment, CEMARA.

Taxi driver: gi mane?
Me: CEMARA

He replied me, Cemaraaaaa..... I was like "Why did u wana repeat what I have just said to you?"

Taxi Driver: Cemara atau Cemare? ( Isn't it the same? )

I said, Cemara la..

Taxi Driver: U olang mane? ( trying to change his accent ) Olang Malaysia ke atau Sarawak atau Sabah?

I said, Fuck you. Isn't it the same? How do you want me to answer you? Sarawak is in Malaysia. I'm both Malaysian and Sarawakian. Fucker! You wan me to recommend you to join Biro Tatanegara, is it?

Sometimes, I just don't understand some people. They like to make some trivial matters into something so 'big' u know. For your information, Sarawak and Sabah have officially become the states of Malaysia ever since September 16, 1963!

BTN

2007-06-16T06:55:00.001-07:00

Last weekend, on Sunday, my college friends and I went to Kem Bumi Jati for Biro Tatanegara. It was actually a 5days n 4 nights camp. And, I can say that I "really enjoyed" in the camp. Throughout the camp, we had briefings, LDKs and some outdoor activities. It was a private camp and I guess the government must have spent a lot of money on us.

On the first day, we arrived at the camp at 4pm. We had our registration on that particular time and I was shocked because I didn't expect other scholars like Petronas and TNB came for this course as well. We were given a hostel to stay and all of us were quite satisfied with it. My hostel was "Cekap".

My bed

After the registration, each of us was given a name-tag.

Number 21 is my lucky number. It's my birthdate too. Cool...

During the briefing

This is place where we eat.

My LDK group members

There was an exam for this course. Although the questions were kinda general, I would say that the questions were not easy. All in all, I think it was quite an pleasurable course despite the never-ending activities in the camp.

p/s: I think I have nothing much to say about this camp. If want to know more, ask me personally. I'm sure I have a lot more to say which I don't think it's appropriate to post them here. hehe...

Cemara

2007-06-06T04:48:00.000-07:00

It has been a few weeks since I last posted about my so-called apartment, Cendana. Now, it's the time for me to show you all briefly on how austere my new 'hostel', Cemara is.

living room + study room

My study table

Those two photos briefly show how my new hostel looks like and I don't take photos of my room because of some particular reasons. :)

And these three are my new+whiz kid housemates!!!

Lol...Basically, this is how my apartment looks like. I'm actually quite satisfied with the apartment now and I'm glad that we were asked to move. :)

The Existence of 'Lisalomew' @ Lisa

2007-05-30T03:45:00.000-07:00

This topic has been spreading day by day that even my super damn-close friends and housemates asked me about it. They all were curious and some are still curious about it. They thought that she was my 'girlfriend'. So, I decided to make it clear now.

'Lisalomew' never exist before in my whole life. I have never seen someone by the name of 'Lisalomew'. As most of my friends know, the name 'Lisalomew' is 'derived' from my name. It was all started by my friend, J, who 'sms'ed me while I was still on holidays early May. I was shocked to receive messages from her since it had been a long time since we last 'sms'ed. Below are our messages. ( I have deleted those messages in my handphone. This is roughly how our messages were like)

J: Happy Birthday, Lisa!

B: huh? Wad happen to u, J? Liddat oso can send wrong msg ar? How's life so far?

J: Life's here ok la..how bout u in KL? Did I send wrong msg? I don think so.

B: Yala. I'm not even Lisa. By the way, who's Lisa? Is it the twin, Lisa, our senior? How's ur studies there? (digressing)

J: Huh? but..but..Lisa told me she used this no. oo..So, who are you then?

B: wat the..I hv been using this no. since early last year. I oso msged u using this no. last year...n u still ask me who i am? actually, who's Lisa? the twin is it?

J: Yala. the twin that u know, Lisa. u havent told me who u r oo...sorry la..

B: oh, Lisa ar...aduuhhh...u really dont know who I am ? we have been frens for few years ady lo...

J: Sorry la..I forgot ma..I really dono la...can gimme hint?? :P

B: still need hint ar?? walau eh...okla...I'm ur exclassmate in smkbtu la...

J: who?? I had many exlassmates in smkbtu..who?

B: wat the...still dono?? I'm the fren of Johnny...

J: oh...bat??

B: yala...wat the...u really didnt know me just now ar??

J: yala..i thought Lisa used this hp no...

...

Then, we continued messaging till she stopped. :).

So, fellow comrades, I really hope you all won't get misunderstood by the name 'Lisalomew @ Lisa' because she does not even exist. Please...believe me! Everyone does mistakes right?? I don't blame J actually.

p/s: J, I think I'm doing the right thing, am I? Hehe..

Rumah Hope

2007-05-12T08:02:00.000-07:00

Time for me to flash back what I did in last semester...

The day after my final exam, which was on Wednesday, a bunch of Ethics class students including me went for a trip to Rumah Hope, which was organized by my Ethics lecturer. You guys must have been wondering about this 'rumah'.

After few hours in the 'rumah', I went out the 'rumah' to have a look around and I saw something very interesting.

A boy is doing breakdance. We call him FU.

Soon after watching the so-called performance by FU, I went to the playground to see some of my friends playing with those kids. My friends really know how to treat kids well although the kids are undeniably mischievous. :P

However, while I was wandering around in the 'rumah', I saw a kid sitting and leaning against the wall by himself. He looked pity. So, I decided to approach him. I sat beside him and here goes our conversation.

Me: Hi, what's ur name?

Kid: ...

Me: *blur*. what's ur name?

Kid: May I play your handphone's game?

Me: Yes, sure but before that, may I take a photo with you?

Kid: ...

Me: (He didn't say anyting so, I assumed that he agreed)

Kid: Game

Me: Alright, here you go.

After 15++ minutes, he was still using my handphone to play game...

Me: Sorry, bro. I have to go and meet my friends now. I need my handphone.

Kid:...

Me: I'm really sorry. Maybe next time, alright? (I smiled at him and went out to meet my friends)

When I thought back, I should have let him play longer. I felt guilty. We were there for about 4 hours or probably less than that. Most of the activities were somehow exciting which made most of the kids there looked energetic. The kids were contented to receive presents from us. :)

When it was the time to say goodbye, FU came to me and said "thank you for coming ya. Next time, come again." I said "okay". His words really touched my heart. I was wondering "When would I be coming here again?". I just don't want them to feel hurt. I'm sorry.

So, guys, can you guess what is 'Rumah Hope' ? Tell me if you know.

Moving

2007-05-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

I am writing this blog while waiting for my friend, Ian to pick me up from Cendana. I really thank God that someone has finally agreed to help me up in moving those stuffs and thanks,Ian!. This is the day which I really hate most - moving. I really despise moving from one place to another with lots of bulky things with you. Somemore I am from the Land of Borneo and not local here in West Malaysia; this makes it hard for me to move all those bags.

Till now, I still could not comprehend why 'they 'ask us to move to Cemara. I heard some people said 'they' want the juniors to move to Cendana. Why??? Let me list up the advantages and disavantages staying in Cendana and Cemara.

Advantages staying in Cendana

Peaceful - Police station nearby
Clean
Free internet service (I’m using it now)

Advantages staying in Cemara

Easy to buy necessities - Giant, 7-eleven, etc.
Has a variety of foods – mamak and malay stalls, kfc, Mcd, etc.
Easy to withdraw $$$ - Maybank, CIMB bank, etc.

Disadvantages staying in Cendana

You have only 4 choices of places to eat – Dawood, Aida, “Indon”, Syukur.
You have one petrol station, 7-eleven, and 2 shops to buy your necessities.
You have one CIMB atm machine in Petronas petrol station.

Disadvantage staying in Cemara

Not as clean as Cendana - Most people say that
Not as peaceful as Cendana - many vehicles around
You have to pay for the wireless internet connection.

I love this pathway

I'm gonna miss this place, man.

So, this is basically how my former hostel looks like. You can know how I feel when moving to Cemara right now...

Doubtful Test

2007-05-04T01:17:00.000-07:00

Create your own Friend Test here

Friends,
Try and take this test. Even though it seems doubtful, just take it. Try your "luck" ,man. All the best!

Farewell

2007-05-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

I know it's kinda weird posting the title of my first blog - "Farewell". Though, it's indeed depressing to let go something or someone whom you have been with for a period of time. Being INTEC student, sometimes, I feel contented indeed especially studying together with those brainy lads and not to mention the exquisite and serene hostel "Cendana".

Beautiful Cendana

My first impression was like "what the heck, this is totally sux, man. BIG TIME". Now, as the time flies, I have found the "real and authentic" feeling staying in Cendana. As the Spring semester ended last week, my friends and I were asked to move to another hostel "Cemara" where we were supposed to stay initially. What does this mean? Farewell. My roommates and I had been roommates for like more than half a year; I have known them quite well that sometimes, I really felt hard to "say goodbye". Because...

They are really FUNNY!

Aiman a.k.a Ah Lai - the funniest...He looks like Chinese, doesn't he? No offence, Ah Lai!

Safwan (Left) - genius lad
Nazri(right) - now in KYUEM - UK bound student(2nd genius)

Mujahid - 3rd genius. Computer genius. He has indeed helped me and my roommates in "deleting" viruses and not to mention C++. computer engineering student. Cool...

And two other roommates - Tan Jay Sern and Bu Chuin Siang(a.k.a BUBU)...I don't have their photos right now. So, I'll post them soon...Those two geniuses moved to my room early January (Spring Semester) and I was so glad because they helped me so much.

...Finally, the Spring semester is over. Summer "holiday" starts soon! Holiday???...