ChaosX - my journey, my dreams

LONG TIME NO SEE..

2008-02-12T06:15:00.000-08:00

How long has it been..
since i touched u again..
been busy these days..
a lot happenning around me..
this ain't a poem to me..
just an update for you..
i've been places..
from november till january..
gambling everyday in McD till three..
dissipating everyday thoughts around me..
langkawi.
kuala lumpur..
johor..
melacca..
all i've been..
soul searching around me..
i came back, grew stronger..
i saw, i felt, i touched you again..
i noe its hard to forgive me.
but i've been busy..
lets continue our journey..
our dream..
i miss u

MY BLOG!!!!!!

(specially wrote for you)
Happy chinese new year!! GONG XI FA CAI!!

2007 THES-QS world universities ranking out!!

2007-11-10T19:00:00.001-08:00

Guess what? The much awaited THES-QS is out. For those who is unfamiliar with this, this is the Times Higher Education Supplement Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS) World Universities ranking. This is a ranking system, used to rank higher education institutions. It provides a platform for comparison and competitiveness among universities, and more useful for students like myself, to choose where provides the best education. Since this ranking system has been introduced four years ago, it has generated a lot of controversial remark and debate around the globe, on how higher learning institutions are ranked.

As usual, according to the list, the top universities still dominate. Harvard U, followed by Cambridge, Oxford and Yale University. Of course, it can't be denied that all this prestigious Uni's have a long serving slice of history that made them THAT good. Just ask any student where are their dream universities and sure there will be the top 3 on their lips. The according to a newspaper article, the criteria used to measure and gather the data for the rankings are based on peer review(40%), recruiter review(10%), international faculty ratio(5%), international students ratio(5%), student-faculty ratio(5%) and citations per faculty(20%). Although the report has stressed that it doesn't reflect the actual performance and quality of the learning institutions, it does create a cloud over our heads weather are we good or bad.

For the 1st time since ranking began, Malaysia does not have a university in the top 200(i dunno why i am so excited typing this XD). Sadly for us Malaysian local university students, it makes us less marketable, for the time being. The Malaysian universities ranking UM(no.246), USM(no.307!!), UKM(no.309), and UPM(no.364). UKM suffered the most, from last year's top 200 to outside 300, it must be a big blow. Especially for "those" who wow to maintain it's standard.

WELL, that sums it all, malaysian universities are WEAK.

I am 18, currently studying in USM, and i find the standard of education rather high, though not all educator(some are still arrogant and teach crap in class). So what's the point. I heard from my seniors that USM final papers are the most difficult to score compared to other higher learning universities. Actually i am ok with that, it show that we are that good. We still have a long way to go and learn, despite boasting being the countries older learning institution, we are still not on par with others outside. Hopefully malaysian universities practice QC, quality control, if you know what do i mean.

For those of you reading this, since i am insider(USM student), maybe i can provide you with some ideas why we are moving backwards.

Are we really moving backwards, or is it other people moving at a greater speed?

1st problem, lecturers, yes there a good ones, those who are dedicated in their teaching. And there are also those, rather weak in teaching and have no passion entertaining their students. Well, in my 1st semester in USM, there are both types of those. Thankfully, the latter less.

2nd, mentality. Like my previous titles, i talked a lot about mentality. This is learning mentality. I found out a portion of USM students are rather unactive in, almost everything. Gaming and studying is their life. What is BALANCED??? We're LOSING it...

3rd, not knowledgeable. Most students are unaware of the outside world. Come on, in few years we're going to conquer the society. We students should what to choose, what to listen, because we are matured. Maturity, mentally that is, are lacked from students these days. We should know when to play, when to study, when to relax.

This are the few points i can figure out while blogging this.. will add if i find out more.

And there is 1 more good news for my fellow USM peers, according to Academic Reputation Survey(ARES), USM score a straight 5(excellent) in 4 categories, that is BEST OVERALL UNIVERSITY, REPUTATION OF ACADEMIC, CHOICE UNIVERSITIES FOR STUDENTS and RESEARCH UNIVERSITY. Keep on the good work. We are currently the best in Malaysia.

Our prime minister once said that all higher learning institutions in Malaysia had to be rank to increase their competitiveness. Like one of my friend once told me, if the standard of local universities do not increase, one day private colleges in Malaysia will overtake them. This THES-QS serves as a warning to all of us, that we are not yet world class and why a lot of people prefer to forward their studies overseas. Lets hope to see an improvement in 2008.

~this is the 2007 THES-QS ranking list, click to download

2007_Top_200_Compact.pdf

My Blog's New Face!!!

2007-11-09T23:39:00.000-08:00

After some time with the old layout theme.. i was feeling kind of bored and empty about it. So i went to search for some new templates.

~this was my old template layout.. Bye Bye

Give me so comment about my new layout. And also other improvements i can make on it. Thanks. Again i wanna thank vhanded for his help.

38 things u dont wanna know..

2007-11-06T23:25:00.000-08:00

Just finish exam.. then went to penang, then went to langkawi.. came back, and found i hv been tagged by vhanded (act he tagged few gt few times d.. i just too busy to reply @.@). haha.. So this time i think better i tag this la.

Here goes...

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? stupid mao, melissa n lika..lol(got three so ok la..)
2. What were you doing at 0800? on the feri back from langkawi
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? on my bed eating lunch
4. What happened to you in 2006? I entered inti then matrikulation
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? BITTERSWEET!!
6. How many beverages did you have today? just skyjuice..last 3 days..heineken.kampai
7. What color is your hairbrush? i dont have one.. i use my hands =)
8. What was the last thing you paid for? a bottle of bacardi
9. Where were you last night? one the bus back to penang, then went out for supper
10. What color is your front door? brown
11. Where do you keep your change? wallet!!
12. What’s the weather like today? cloudy and rainy
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? yam and mint
14. What excites you? she and football
15. Do you want to cut your hair? i just cut it last saturday
16. Are you over the age of 25? 18 only la.. 7 years more..
17. Do you talk a lot? VERY much
18. Do you watch the O.C.? what in the blue world is that?
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? yes, my cousin.. and steven gerrard!!
20. Do you make up your own words? yes, most of the times
21. Are you a jealous person? not quite.. i m jealous of zac efron of his looks.. haha
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Arthur
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Kenny
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? sook hua
25. What does the last text message you received say? football msg
26. Do you chew on your straw? nop..
27. Do you have curly hair? straight is my roots
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? bola bola for futsal
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? duno.. myself gua.. haha..
30. What was the last thing you ate? black chocolate bought in langkawi
31. Will you get married in the future? yeah.. and gonna hv cute kids =)
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? real life detective conan movie..took it from mirc.. really very cool
33. Is there anyone you like right now? yes of course
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? i very seldom
35. Are you currently depressed? no
36. Did you cry today? no, for the last few years
37. Why did you answer and post this? syok.. n gv vhanded face. haha.. since he say i din update
38. Who you want to tag? anyone who saw this and feel interested, feel free man..

finally free already.. will update my langkawi trip.. Happy holidays!!

Hiking at Tukun

2007-10-11T11:09:00.000-07:00

Our football team family day schedule added another healthy and enjoyable activity --- Hiking at tukun. Tukun is the bm hill, which is located.... well.. in bm of course... haha. Everyone that has been to bm knows that bm hill has 3 attenas, that is visible if it is not cloudy, which cloudy is impossible because bm hill is low. haha..

Mostly we will go there every weekend, sundays, but if we have other time at other days, we will also go. Hiking is enjoyable and fun. It maybe be difficult at first, but if you are with friends, u will talk until you don't realise you've reached the top. The route is around 10km up and down, if i am not mistaken, maybe more.

When i go to tukun, i seldom see youngster, all apek auntie uncle there.. Only us teenagers there. Is there a lazy syndrome in youths today?

MY BLOG MAYBE SHORT TODAY, BUT MY HEART TO URGE YOUTHS TO LEAD A HEALTHY LIFE IS NOT SO SHORT. DON'T BE SUCH A LAZY ASS. LIFE IS SHORT. BUT LIFE IS SHORTER IF WE DO NOT EXERCISE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR BODY.

here are some pic of tukun~
~nice le.. camera man pro nia.. haha...

~this 1 definitely on V-Mag cover... hehe..

~playmaker eric, sim ge, JJ, calvin and Mao

~en route to the top

~all in including cibai loke..

~tua pek kong attacked mao(on the floor)..haha..

--We'll be going tomorrow morning too, see you there--

Byebye Poke

2007-10-05T18:34:00.000-07:00

On 25th september, poke went to england on flight at night. We went to the airport to see him off. Let me write something bout poke. His name is Ting Yong Jian. People call him lots of names, poke, popoke, puchi, uncle ting(tipster!!)... n lots more =.="

~poke poke poke.. act cool.. huhu

His person, sometimes, good, sometimes siao siao, sometimes easy angry, sometimes very kuailan. But beh kuai, all my friends also like that de. hoho.. Poke go d, less 1 kaki go NZ d.. td nobody stand 1st line d..gambling less 1 kaki, Futsal also less 1 kaki d. Everything less d. Poke we miss u.. haha.. No more hearing a chicken scold FUCKING NOOB >.<, or NO SENSE AT ALL, or C*B*I.

Alvin khoo made a fucking gay confession, which mao told me.. funny though.

Poke went to study at CITY COLLEGE... fuyoh.. at manchester!! So everyday can watch football. Hopefully you go there can study well la, dun like at disted gaduh with lec d. lol.
And don't scold fucking noob there. Ang moh there don't understand that.
SAY NO TO DOTA!!

Poke, c u next year!! Take care.

Here are some pics taken by robird.. i still need to get tambun pics from mao.
~playmaker n poke last family day in bola bola..

~ cap souviner to poke

~fucking noob!

~momo, me, mao, ah hea, poke, suvenn, robird~

~son, enjoy urself!! (c poke's face =.=")

~poke n mao... LOHENG

~this pic.. go tafsir urself.. lol momo's n poke's expression..

~poke's private moment...

~c his lanciao face... hahaha.. somemore remember to pose..

~THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO POKE~CHEERS MATE~

Funny Hokkien Song

2007-10-05T18:28:00.000-07:00

My cousin, beng chong send me this link in youtube. It about hokkien song and i found it fucking hilarious... OMFG!!!! like this also got r. Enjoy.. its using vulgar language though..

Happy 50th birthday, Malaysia!!

2007-09-15T23:46:00.000-07:00

Actually there are a lot of post i wanted to blog but i don't seem to have the time. Although it's been long after merdeka day, i still wanted to wish the country i grew up for 18 years, Happy Birthday. Happy Belated 50th Birthday, Malaysia.

I thank you for the oxygen you have provided me.
I thank you for the land you let me stand on.
I thank you for the pretty environment with seas, mountain.
I thank you for the food you provide.
I thank you for the love and harmony.
Thank you MALAYSIA.

After 50 years of independence, where truly does our country stand? Does it seem harmony from the inside as it looks outside? Where does our belief and determination took us in 50 years? Actually are we different now from we are 50 years ago?

From the newspaper and even our own leaders mouth, they still regard malaysia as a 1st class third-world country, always using the phrase, "1st class facilities, 3rd class mentalities". In my opinion, there are only a few portion of people that are mentally unsophisticated, and do yo really think we have 1st class facilities? I doubt. Look at the stadiums, duh~ Look at the parks, duh~all garbage Look at the streets, this spoilt there rosak, duh~ When only there is only major event they will upgrade them..

This year is VISIT MALAYSIA YEAR 2007, but it looks like VISIT MALAYSIA YEAR 2006, everything is outdated, uncleaned. You can read in THE STAR and NST, tourist and even local people compain about the environment, and most importantly, the attitude, etc; rude taxi driver, unmannered people. This is 2007 already, Italian football so corrupted also can win the world cup, why some malaysian cant even show some class and good attitude towards people. Do we need to group and educate them again?

How about racial harmony? From my 1 year experience in KOLEJ MATRIKULASI JOHOR, i certainly learn that different races can live together, in harmony, in a room!! I am proud of that. We can talk about almost everything, play together, study together, eat together, puasa together, play games together, and i certainly miss them very much. Those great experience are the ones you get once in a lifetime. Syafiq, Fifi Ijol, if you are reading this, i wan thank you all for that. And also my classmates, Paklong, Ijat, Komeng, Kimi, Zahir, Paan, Pin, tis a pleasure knowing you guys. I just want to stress that, no matter what colour you are, no matter what religion your in, We malaysian can still live in harmony. WE must be COLOUR BLIND, to ensure peace. Why fighting among each other.

-Am i colour blind, because i see this flags are white.. in USM ENGINEERING CAMPUS!!

Though there is nothing wrong with this, there is a bit misjudged handling in this affairs by the government, i am displeasure about the unfairness and unequalness by the government. Why do that, we are all malaysians. NAMAWEE, spoke some of the truth, though i do not agree with him about all he rapped =), i think he hit the point in some cases.

Now is 2007, 13 more years to 2020, lets be sensible and realistic. Open more slots to uni to the non-bumi, and give us more jpa scholarships. This is a free and harmonic country.

Are we different now from 50 years ago? certainly, car, ipod, nokia, sony, proton, merz. u name it. But mentally? Hmm... I doubt.

-this cute video "menjajah budak-budak" about a chinese boy named Tan Hong Ming and a malay girl named Umi Qazrina by Yasmin Ahmad, how sweet and innocent. Enjoy

Time to rethink and reshuffle Malaysians. And again, Happy birthday to you my beloved country.

RIP footballer Puerta

2007-09-02T11:29:00.000-07:00

Last week was a funny week. As Malaysia celebrated its 50th birthday, we got extra holiday. Before that, i cant even connect to the internet in hostel for the whole week, thank god holiday is early. Well, so that is why i was disconnected with the outer world for few days.

When i saw the newspaper, erm.. all merdeka things, boring boring, perpaduan news... (does it ever happen?)... so in the newspaper the sports section is the most appealing to me. And i was shocked!

A sevilla player, named ANTONIO PUERTA PEREZ, aged 22 passed away 3 days after a la liga match agains gatafe. In the middle of the match, he suddenly collapsed when he was jogging and the was no collision, his teammates rushed to his to open his mouth and prevent him from swallowing his tongue. After that he was all right and walk off the field. But this worst is after, in the dressing room he collapsed again. This time he was rushed to the hospital. The day afterthat, the press said that his condition had improved much. But 2 days afterthat. Sevilla shocked the whole world by announcing his death. People are shock by that. He leaves behind a girlfriend who is pregnant.

Puerta's death was said to be caused by a cardial vascular dysfunction in the heart. It is rarely found and even harder to detect. Footballers are given medical checkup routinely but this diseases are hard to detect. So when puerta's death was announced, it rocked the world, same like in 2003 cameroon's Marc Vivian Foe's death on the field did.

Like other profession in the world, footballer also risk their life among with armies and air forces to be the most prone to injury. So if you ask me if a footballer's salary is worth every penny, I will say definitely YES. As a footballer myself, i understand the risk, a career can be ended with a rough and untimely tackle, and yes, we always suffer a lot of physical injury. But it's the love of the game that is always driving us. Its like love, when you fall, you fall deep and no turning back. People don't seem to remember this and criticize the salary. If you can play well, then you will earn it, so stop grumbling you critics.

Talk about myself, merdeka day isn't what so special for me. I did go to autocity to celebrate, but when we reached, it was already 12am.. and POM!! fireworks, then once the countdown was over, people was going back or going into clubs. How realistic... damn... So me mao and jiyi went to svensson to have our supper... ice-cream.. yucks! too much for me..

Afterthat, it was only 1.40am in the morning, and none of us was sleepy, so we have the craziest idea. We went to MENGKAUNG DAM using highway, since all of us 4got where it was already, we went to explore it. So my memory didn't fail me, it was the exit at Penanti and a right turn. But it got scary, that place was holy dark, less light, less vehicles on the road. We reach mengkuang dam n passed it. Mao was slow to turn and we overshot to the mountain road. Holy crap it was like initial D, roads bending and you cant even see the corner. OMG, we were so afraid... Then behind was a car driving close to us that make us difficult to turn around. The road was so scary. I wanted to take pics to upload here but they said dont, because this is the hungry ghost month, better respect. It was a long and dark journey, we passed some plantation and that place was full of scariness, like those places where girls were raped and thrown inside there. We turnaround and went back afterthat using BM road. What a merdeka journey...zzzz...

Talking about ice-cream, on OCT 31, my dad went to baskin robins in sunway carnival, and wow, the ice-cream was only rm10 a bottle(or what you call that), 50% cheaper. So my dad bought 3 nice flavours. Haha, merdeka merdeka yummy. So this weekend i eventually spend my time on nothing.. aih.. And for footie lover out there, i realised on saturday night that McDonald broadcast live EPL, wow, izzit too good to be true? Yeah, at Seberang Jaya McD, it's true. Damn syok, no need go nasi kandar d lo, go mcd... haha.

That's it..
Rest in Peace Puerta, we pray for you.

Busy and Busy

2007-08-16T16:52:00.000-07:00

These 2 weeks i was very busy. Maybe some people can think that uni life is free, but when you choose a heavy weight course like engineering or medicine, time is really precious to you. Everyday i wake up early and i sleep late in the middle of the night. No afternoon breaks.... The only time i can rest is at weekends, when i go home and lie down on my sweet bed.

Everyday i report to the field at USM, 6pm sharp. The standard of 2nd year and 4th year seniors are average, but 3rd year, RESPECT man. They play like epl players... The captain, we call him torres, can defend and attack on his will, and he can go pass people easily like kaka. The vice captain, Ken, is a super rock in the heart of defence, he too can attack and play make the game. Others are powerful too. That is the reason i join them for football everytime. To improve, to live up to the nickname playmaker, and to play like cristiano ronaldo.

A lot of days where i was busy doing homework, i have 7 subjects at hand, circuit theory, eng maths, materials, machanics, programming, bahasa malaysia, and also japanese. Hectic schedule. Got over 25 credit hours a week, that is am average of 10 hours more than a mechanic student. But i am more than satisfied with my course now. So no complains. hehe. And i join few activities also at USM, i was elected president of chung ling alumni at engineering campus, so this week quite busy with convocation, and also litle gras musical. Man it was fun, though last night i was asked to sing TANK's "fei ni mo shu" in front... my god... i really cant perform well under pressure... T.T but it was ok.. haha... DAMN LAU YONG SHENG, if you see this, shit u, next it will be you d!!

Last week saw rush hour with poke and sim, it was nice and funny but a bit short, movies now tend to be like that, AS HOMER SIMPSON said, you guys are BIG SUCKERS, why pay for a movie where you can download it from the internet from free... lol. The simpsons are funny tooo.. A disfunctional family can turn out to be so hilarious. I also finish watching GONG last week, omg the last few episod was very nice and touching, the gal was so pretty... i was blown away...but the ending also... too fast.. a good story should end with a good ending to give audience satisfaction. Now i am watching heroes... haha...

As for the harry potter 7th book, i finish reading it in a week, i must say it is a delight to read it. The plot is heart beating and fast tracking. But in the end it is not so well script that no lead characters were killed, tonks and lupin died to make way for MR.weasley to live on...zzzzz. Maybe JK should kill off harry, lets see the world flood. Snape died with dignity, its hard to believe he protected harry thus far. At the end, harry even named his son, albus severus, with is named after 2 great and brave Hogwarts headmasters. What a book!! NO much time to elaborate more... 1 2 sleep again, wrote this at 8m in a friday morning. Ohayo Gozaimasu..=)

1st Horrible BANG....

2007-07-29T10:05:00.000-07:00

A week more ago, i was driving to BM to eat breakfast with hua... when i turned into a corner. I look straight n see no cars reversing. I was very careful. I drove straight and suddenly a car gostan n bang my passenger seat sidedoor.

Above are the words that i told the sarjan in the report that won the case. I was a good debater and i defended myself well in this case. You must always say yourself careful. Thats the key. Well, as my car needs a new door, no point repairing. Just claim that man's insurance. Well police report needs a lot of procedure 1, quit boring. I am sure that man will lose this case if he fight report with me. He knocked my sidedoor!!! Who would believe i knocked him!!

OK back to story, after i checked hua was alright, i went down and check my bumblebees damage, the car that banged me is a FORD RANGER, imagine that folks, i am so lucky. A man around the age of 40 plus came down. Man if anything else serious happen i will bring him down on the spot. His car number is PFL6389. 1st reaction after he came out was, he told me already happen already, he will pay. I controlled myself from betting him to death. Anger rose but keep stable. Well the impact wasnt hard but banged by a ford, it's twice the impact by a wira.

And so you know what happened in the police station afterwards, he waited for me to report, and he reported, cited that i drove n knocked him. WTF!!!!!! The biggest joke in 2007. How can my car use my side door n bang him...zzzz... UNLESS... well, i was drifting... but he sure cant know i can drift ma.. I never told people i am jay chow... joking..hehe..

I wanna thank my parents for helping me settle this mess. And now my car is back, i wont let it be tortured anymore, and also my neighbour, INSPECTOR JOHARI, for speeding up the process of my case. I wanna say sorry to hua too, if that bang shocked her.

~Confession~
Actually i didn't really look in front. I just glance. I missed the cars reverse yellow light. But that car is yellow. Maybe optical illusion. I lied to the sarjan's report. But who doesn't when the wind's blowing your way. I was just getting myself out of trouble.

- damaged door.

Afterthat i bought toto, magnum, 4D, but din strike. No luck...zzzzzzzz... Hope this is the last.

Next post, review and thoughts of harry potter and the deathly hallows.

Litle Gras Musical(Xiao Cao Song)

2007-07-26T10:56:00.000-07:00

In university life, activities are important to keep yourself active and involve in social life. There are a lot of chinese societies to join in USM. Among those, buddhist club, LG Musical, CF, Xia Xiang Tuan( they visit ppls village n do kind things ). Most of my friends are in for gals, take for instance, the buddhist society, i wasn't really interested in that club, plus i had join it at matrix, and because of a tight schedule, i decided to skip this club.

And because the only club that attracted me was the LGM, as the topic speaks. It is a musical club, where you can learn music in aspects of instruments such as guitar, drum, electric keyboard, violin, or you can also choose to sing, act, or dance, depending on your interest.

Today was the orientation day of LGM, but unfortunately, Mr.Rain came, the laughter and excitement turned into doubts. Fears that it will be canceled rose. That will be damn boring. WELL, the programs starts at 7.30pm, and thanks to the hardworking and dedicated committee, they even provided transport to the place.

BUT, as i always predicted, MALAYSIAN activities are tremendously NOT punctual. haha..So i took my time and bath, and later ate at the coffee shop at taman pekaka. OK, the food was ok, but the process was slow. It took until 9pm to clear all and reach the destination.

Well, when we arrived, everything seem just started. There was a lot of people and friends. I was happy. Delighted with ourselves that we didn't waste out time, we quickly joined groups that will be presenting in story forms for the songs that they had been given. But guessed what song we'd been given to perform. It was Staphanie Sun's "Wo huai nian de" ....zzzzzz.. What a boring song, and i am not even a fan of hers and have not listened to her songs. The most damned thing is, i was choosen to be the main actor...like always...zz.. OMG.. nevermind all, i was already experienced enough to accept it.

So it began.. my group was all guys... we acted on accordingly to the MV, but.. well, we were acting as gays in USM, just to make it more hilarious. Swiftly afterthat, it was time to perform. Every group gave a good performance. Mine was ok, as rounds of applauses shoved me during and after the presentation, and my seniors are equally satisfied. SO, i think it is ok... gua.. But the most funny and embarassing performance came from the last group. There was someboys who shaked his as sexily.. haha.. and everybody was entertained. Everyone even shouted for encore. This is the funny part, the assclown suddenly form increase and solo dancing and ass shaking in the center, then he was shaking until his pants came down. Walao, green underwear!! Somemore it exposed in front of lots of gals. This was his "lucky night"... hahahahaha...

Afterthat the seniors perform some songs and gave a perfect ending to the orientation day with Harlem's "Qing Fei De Yi". Then we went back. It was nice to see so many chinese and friends all so happily together, relax and playing around. Some were funny and their guts have to be praised. The 1st impression of this society that is, It rocks!! Hope to see more coming from them.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - LAUNCHED!!

2007-07-20T21:55:00.000-07:00

Already 3 long weeks din update blog b'coz of the start of university life. All adjusting and settling consumes energy within. However today my form just came back from neverland.

Well as you all saw the title. Thats what i m writing here. I am a avid Harry Potter fan since few years ago. Since i read the 1st book, i simply just fell in love with it. Powerful vocabulary and thrusting magical world sums it up. No book can replace the glory of Harry Potter series in these few decades.

21 July 2007 -> anticipated by millions of people in the world, yes, the launching of the 7th book, as the title goes. I woke up in the morning and read the front page of The Star newspaper. "Harry Potter and the ugly price war".. lolx. cool title. OK, the story is, MPH, Popular, Times and Harris bookshops are withdraw the sale of this final book because Tesco and Carrefour are selling it for a much cheap price at rm69.90!!! Holy shit, in the blurly morning sunshine, i was stunned. Compare to the normal retail price of pre-order books of rm109.90, you can buy it for rm40 cheaper without subscribing it. This was really the discount of the month. I didn't pre-order the book earlier because of insufficient time, so THIS was the bargain.

NO PRE-ORDER, BUT CHEAPER

Somehow die-hard fans like me would never, miss a wonderful book like that. I got ready in 3 minutes(faster than the usual time i use to prepare-30 minutes) and rushed to Seberang Jaya Carrefour, which is near my house. And i was so happy when i saw ~~ tatata~~

My heart beat rose ferociously. People are asking "really rm69.90 r?", "Photostat 1 izzit"?, "Really 1 bo?" I confidently smiled, this was my day. COOL. I grabbed a copy of the children version, not the adult version. Well, this book is originally targeted for children, so its nice for memories.

***potential spoilers***
After i bought the book, i opened the book, the 1st chapter "the dark lords ascending", deadly. And i opened the last page, curious of what JK Rowling tearfully wrote. The last sentence sounded :
"The scar had not pain harry for nineteen years. All was well."

Ok, i got a conclusion from this. Harry isn't dead. But i m not so sure. Ron's and Ginny name appeared also. And some other names that i wasnt sure who the characters are. I searched for Hermione. OMG, not there, in the last 2 pages. Are the rumours true? That she had been killed off.... I closed the book immediately.. Until now, i have only read the 1st chapter, and Voldermort had already cased the death curse on someone. That is cool.

- the book and free bloomsbury paperbag.

For Harry Potter fans out there, Grab it at carrfour or tesco while stock last. It's really CHEAP.
If not, go to download it at bitcomet. lol... JK Rowling ROCKSS!!!

Few final words.
Its sad to see an end to Harry Potter series. But it was a fascinating journey. Thanks for the memories.

Autobots vs Decepticons - the review

2007-06-29T11:07:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday and thursday was movies day for me.. haha. I watched surf's up and transformers.. I must admit, this 2 movies are very good. Let me start the review on it.

Movie : Surf's Up
Location : Sunway Pyramid TGV
Date : 27 June
Rating : 4.5 out of 5 Well, basically this movies animation is same with others movies like Shrek series. What made this movie stand out from others is the approach of presenting this movie. The whole movie is like a interview, shot in a documentary angle. Cameras rolling with the animation reacting to it. Very Refreshing indeed. And also, the jokes are well timed and moral values flying around in the movie... haha.. This movie teaches us that winning is not the most important thing, which in the end, the main character Cody Maverick, which is a penguin, loses to his friend, chicken Joe, funny =) Shia LaBeouf, the voice of Cody shines in this, justifying his status as a growing hollywood star. The baby penguins are so so CUTE!!! haha..

Movie : Transformers
Location : 1 Utama GSC
Date : 28 June
Rating : 5 out of 5 (PERFECT!!)
WoW, actually i am speechless about this movie. This is definately the MOVIE OF THE YEAR 2007, unless Die Hard 4.0 or Harry Potter can topple it. Great CGI, once again a reassuring performance from Shia LaBeouf, the funny and brave boy who wants a car. And the female lead, Megan Fox is SEXY and HOT, i mean REALLY HOT!!! So our young hero Sam buys a camaro, who turns out to be BUMBLEBEE!! fuyyohh... i would die for a car that can transform.. lol. Ok, so i think for those who watch cartoon in their children years, transformers is definately cool in their brains, so do Beast Wars. OK , the coolest part is when they gather in the junk yard and transform together... That is unbelievable, especially for those who loved transformers since 5 years old. Optimus Prime is elegant as ever, bumblebee mesmerizing is scenes.. it was damn cool!! But i wish to see more about megatron and the decepticons. Megatron only appears at the end. Micheal Bay and Steven Spielberg both did a fantastic job in this. I knew this movie was good, but NOT THIS DAMN GOOD!! When you watch those transformers battle out each other, you will be stunned and speechless... And this movie only takes 100 million to make whereas Spiderman alone took 300 million, mr.spidey sucks rite.. SO, Autobots, transform and Roll Out!!
- man-size replica of the cartoon OPTIMUS PRIME in SUNWAY

- don't fight!! Peace XD..

OK, when i went to 1 Utama on wednesday to buy the tickets, the crowd was so so big.. Never seen a scene like this before in penang. And it is only weekdays!! Unbelievable...
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So after transformers, i and my cousin went to Damansara SS2 to have our dinner, The shops name is RESTORAN SS2 MURNI. It really serves good food and the business is damn good. The food is cheap too. My cousin say it is very very nice and recommends it to all. The are variety of food there.
- this drink is called the lily special, it mixed all kinds of fruits into a really big bottle. rm5 per bottle. It was good, but really too much for a normal person..

- this is my order, Maryland chicken fried rice, rm10 only, really nice, especially the special sos above the chicken... Looking at it many times really makes my stomach hungry. Next time i will sure be back at this restoran. Definately money for value.

I plan to watch transformers again, because it is really a cool movie. Any1 interested can ask me la. haha... For now, Autobots, Fall Back!!!

1st Homemade Spaghetti!!

2007-06-29T02:39:00.000-07:00

On tuesday night, i and chee peng tried to cook spaghetti...Like he said, we're both virgins in this. lol. Well, since we're outside, we gotta try cooking by ourselves. haha..

We use the ingredients of a pack of spaghetti, cheese, meat balls, hot dog and also a can of tomato spaghetti sause(just need to reheat it).. =) Peng went to buy the can opener after we swimed. Without a micro oven in hand, we just used the electric oven, and damn, it heats really SLOW!!!

So we cook the spaghetti using a steamboat pot, and i warn you all, 1 packing of spaghetti is actually enough for a 5 person serving. And remember to add a bit salt next time peng.. lol

a big serving enough for 5 persons, with cheese hotdogs and meatball, yummi!!!

So the result, tatata!!!

This is the 1st time i cook spaghetti, so i am satisfied with the taste. And as people say, cooking yourself is really a different experience, what u cook tastes good. haha.. It's damn TRUE!!!

My 1st postMy laptop

2007-06-25T08:43:00.000-07:00

Ok, let me see how to start.. Last time, i always see people write blog, i think it is meaningless, a waste of time n energy, n utterly suck. Well, lets make it this way, one day i heart blood come tide, so i decide to try this "utterly boring" blog..

Straight to the point; blogging connects people, enhances commercial and business productivity. And u can even earn money with it. Good isn't it. Here's the catch. You must always keep it update, and well, thats the most frustrating part. Well i guess everyone will grow to once level where they become expressive. So this is the beginning of my blogging experience.

As the title goes, i longed for a laptop, a powerful one. So basically there are some good brands out there : sony, toshiba, hp, dell, apple. Only these are acceptable. THE REST SUCKS!!! Thank you. So i surveyed 4 few weeks and i came down to 2 suitable choice.
1. Toshiba A100-2212E (pearl white)
2. Toshiba A100-2112E (orange)
One more tip to laptop buyers there, choose interior to exterior cause your laptop can outdate real soon if the interior is not good. So, i discard the A100-2212E because its processor is only 1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, which cannot last over 2 years.
(special thanks to Oh Chee Peng for giving me opinions)

So i bought the Toshiba A100-2112E (orange) at prangin mall with its Ram upgraded to 2GB and to Windows Vista Home Premium. And the price tag, RM4550, certainly a value for performance buy. Ok, here are the specs.

Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 processor 1.83GHz 667MHz FSB
2GB DDR2 RAM
100GB HD
DVD super multidrive
15.4" LCD monitor
ATI RadeonX1300 256MB graphic card
Windows Vista Home Premium
bluetooth, wifi, fingerprint security
2 years international warranty
Price after upgrade : rm4550

Here are some pics...
-exterior orange =)

-ms vista, cool..

-my laptop n my desktop..

I think i got myself a good laptop that can stand for 3 years and above. But as time moves on, technology keeps on updating. Unless ur DAMN rich, your outdated. Oh Yeah its so true. So this is all for my 1st post, actually i have a lot to share, but lets keep it to the next post.
Special thanks to ruling jie and hua for their help.