My concern

It has been our gov's practice to create a shield among us and the outside world...in a way to keep us naive and tame!

Over the years after being exposed to much injustice and unfairness, i tend to think beyond that. More over with all the current issue such as the Lingam and the Bersih rally....which share some lime light on the judiciary and electoral.

Nowadays, reading blog and online newspaper has been one of my favorite pass time. My top list would be the thestaronline, malaysiakini, limkitsiangblog, thecicak and etc. I find all these informative and should be used by all Malaysians to understand our country's position politically and economically.

And now, like many others, I am also guessing when our PM will call for next general election so that I can cast one....

Travel ban on study loan defaulters

All PTPTN loan applicants, please make sure that you do pay up your loan or else you will be hold back at the airport...so do pay up....

please be considerate...the money is not yours and will never be....be honest!!!

more details please refer to http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/26/nation/19575554&sec=nation

Interesting...my career to be

Got a link to a video on youtube....wanted to embed it here but it has been disabled for embedding....

Anyway want to promote to u all....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CDiqVjzDYk

Super interesting! Let's start our career with cube dreaming! 

Lyric: Cube Dreaming

It was just another day at the usual pace,
I'm sitting in my cube in the same old place.
I see the same old docking station,
the same old job in the same old situation.

Work grows, it's always like that,
the more time I have, it seems, the more work I get.
I sit alone and wonder why
it's been so long since I got to see the sky...

I'm sure, that you're just like me.
We all have our issues with our WLB.
But wait, there is a way,
to get you through the rest of the day...

and it's called:

Cube dreamin', you're dreaming in style,
I'll show you how to do it and it won't take a while,
you just lie back in your ergo chair,
take a deep breath of the office air,
and close your eyes and start cube dreamin' away...

I dream of pretty places where I'd like to be,
I'm lying on the sands on the beach by the sea.
With a warm breeze blowing at me,
it feels so good to be free...

and as I was dreamily watching the tides,
a pretty young lady comes and sits by my side,
and she looks at me with those pretty eyes,
tell me, what was I to do, when she said:

"Come with me now baby I wanna be with you..."

and then I wake up, to find that things are not what they seem.
I see my T41, that stupid machine,
it's got another fatal error, another blue screen.
I guess I'll just restart, then go back and dream....

'cause I'd rather do:

Cube dreamin', I'm dreaming in style,
I'll show you how to do it and it won't take a while.
you just lie back in your ergo chair,
take a deep breath of the office air,
and close your eyes and start cube dreamin' away...

I close my eyes, and start cube dreamin' away...

The connection between 'Freedom of Speech' and ISA

I believed many of us are awared with the recent Bersih rally and the Hindraf rally. Whether you like it or not...whether you are bothered or not, they are surely events that have impacted us especially the Klang folks.

I am not a rally supporter but I am not against the peaceful gathering. Malaysians should be given all the basic right. Since young age, we have been taught by our gov that all of us has our rights...we taught our children about their rights to be heard and their rights to learn but now, I see that our well 'reputated' gov has to eat their words.

What rights do we have when we can't even express ourselves? What can we do when we can't even gather for peaceful gathering. Yes, I understand our gov's concern. The star has quoted DPM saying 'measures taken were to ensure the best interest of the rakyat were protected.'

I believed that a peaceful rally would barely treaten the rakyat. If his worries are the peaceful rally may turn into aggresive riot, then perhaps the wiser solution would be, stationing officers there to ensure the safety rather than stopping the people and giving a worse impact on the heart of the large public. I believe if that was done, then perhaps I wouldn't even have started this topic here. The more you controlled, the more curious people are.

While for the Hindraf gathering, our hardworking police officers ave been deployed to put up road blocks on major road in Klang Valley causing massive jams for 3 continuos days. I really pitied the officers for being placed under the sun and the rain.

And another group that I am pitied for are our poor gov servants...yes goverment 'servants'. You are again being reminded that you have no rights!

“We will not show any mercy to anyone involved in the illegal rally, especially teachers and students.....We will deliver the maximum penalty and, as for teachers, they will be sacked," said Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

All these actions were taken with the saying for the interest of rakyat and for we are all bounded under the ISA.

Check out theclips below...


For A free and a democratic country! Not doing any promo for anyone...just want to let you all see the whole picture here.


This is from the Hindraf...

My future

Was browsing through randomly, when I came across this....career prospect for a Computer Engineering

I wonder if all my coursemates and I would end up being a nerd like in the photos above?

Haha...computer engineers to be, please read this.....http://www.careerprospects.org/briefs/E-J/EngineersElectrical.shtml

Freedom of speech

Today I got pissed off by this damn UPM's security guards.

First I was barred from entering UPM because I have lend my metric card to LK 2 days ago and it was still with her...Thou I have 2 passenger in my car who have theirs with them, I was not allowed in. I was asked to dropped them and I have to turn back. Obviously I am student here...I wonder who the hack will actually go to uni at this early hour during holiday else then those pity students who are stucked here with fyp and training courses like me....damn!

Secondly, it was after our lunch. While entering the uni, the stupid guards were acting pretty much like guerillas...they were yelling here and there....couldn't they actually ask the driver to stop by the side politely? It is really ashamed to have such people at our front line. I wonder if this is the hospitality which Malaysians are proud with?...omg!

So can you guess why the guards were making trouble here??? It think it's has got something to do with GMM...I saw our great here Mr Simon Ooi walking out from the administrative building...and some reporters around with those black solid camere....so this is perhaps the best that UPM can do to stop its students to voice out....

Whether you like it or not....there is nothing called fairness, nothing like equality and nothing more like freedom!

Bday Slide Show!

Another year wiser

This was my last birthday celebration in my uni years.

My bday cake...yummy blueberry!

First on the day before, I had a karaoke party with Tzy Chin and Sunny. We sang and sang and flushed our worries and stressed away...

sweet voices

17th November 2007, it's my birthday! I received calls, sms and msn messages wishing me 'Happy Birthday'. Weren't they all so lovely? 

I have spent my whole morning infront of my PC responding to them and surfing. Actually I was rather lazy to leave my comfy room. So have to turn down lunch offer...reserved that meal for some other time, ok guys?

November babies...

omg...cake eating competition

Then I was out for dinner....my dear course mates threw Hou gou, Fenix and me birthday party in House of Milwaukee, Balakong. Oh yes...Hou gou's bday falls on the same day as mine while Fenix's is on 21st...oh yes...we have any conincident in our course and all in november...first we have CY and Miou on Nov 3, then it's Hougou and me on 17th then we have quad on 21st...Pei Lee, Mei Yeen, Boon and Fenix. So just imagine how happening is November in our course...

Happy big family!

Thou the food was only so-so but I enjoyed it with the company the others. And one remarkable event there is d cake cutting...3 cakes all at once and the birthday song played on the background...yes, the owner was so kind to actually play the song out loud and got us under the limelight.

The eye in my hands

Then we drove upnorth cutting through the city heart to the Eye of Malaysia at Titiwangsa Lake.

The view there was great thou not very much like what I have imagined. We didn't take the ride on the gondolas. We thought the view from the outside will surely better than being in there...and I think we are all correct...just look at the photos below....they are so marvellous!

The light and water show

Great view...the Eye of Malaysia and the KLCC

After the crazy photo sessions, we continued our day at the Wings Cafe, Times Square. We had a great time there....we chated, we played cards and we 'chai mui'...we were pretty much like what you see in the HK drama....and of course going to  musical cafe, we made lots and lots of dedication...couldn't remember how many times the bday song was played...

Another bday drink and toast for the bday babies!

It was indeed a long day...a long and enjoyable day!

Thanks to all my folks and friends!

 

Money washed down the drain

Sometimes I just wonder if people actually understand the need for advertisement. To my understanding, advertisement is a way of branding and creating awareness. But at times, I see that these people are just wasting resources putting up advertisement on newspaper, radio and other mean of advertising materials including advertising boards at the LRT station.

These are what I got from the recent newspaper.

by MQA in the Star Newspaper, 11 Nov 07

another 1/2 page coloured ad on the Sun newspaper

They were by the LAN or what we now called the MQA. There was nothing much that they were trying to deliver here. It was barely a congratulation note by the minister. Well I am not certain if such a wish is necessary to be made known to the public. I see that they have mentioned that they have moved to MQA, but why do they emphasize on the note rather than the move. Isn’t it redundant to invest so much on advertorial just for the ‘silly’ note?

and this....this is from the state goverment of Terengganu

As for this, why do we need to spend so much putting up a thank you note to PM, if we are having this advertisement as a meant to promote the KTCC, then I think it is fine but if it is to thank Dato’ then I would think a thank you letter is the best. I would suggest that the state gov of Terengganu to place more attention on developing the city centre and reach out to the relevant parties and potential investors.

And another ad that I deem as stupid act is the Angkasawan board at LRT station. I believe our Mr Angkasawan have enough coverage on the TV and newpaper…there were so many updates and documentary ready, we don’t need a board just to picture a static photo of a man in the astronaut suit.

Well I do understand that government need to branding activites…election coming mah! But please do it right!

I see advertisement such as above is positive. At least it is able to promote efficient use of energy. I believe if anyone would to notice page will be able to grasp the message.

New Blog...

I have bought 2 books recently which trigger my interest into starting a new blog for me to share on my travel trips and foods.

Here is my link to the Malaysia...Travel and Food Haven blog.

But there is nothing much yet at the moment, I will do the posting after the final.

Be a part of WCIT 2008

Attention to all undergraduates especially those in IT field!

Here is a chance for you all to mingle around some IT nerd....

Malaysia will be hosting the 16th World Congress on Information Technology next year on 18 to 22 May 2008. 
So if you think you can't afford the delegation fee, then this is your call.

The theme of the congress

They are open for volunteer registration now....I have answered to my call....what about u? 

Such a good opportunity...can help around and at the same 
time get to meet people of the same interest and profession.

For more info, please visit http://www.wcit2008.org/BeAVolunteer/default.aspx

I can't wait to meet the nerds....and show them our Malaysian generous hospitality....haha....

National Language – Bahasa Malaysia??? Or Bahasa Melayu

As a Malaysian raise in the era of uncertainty of our National Language, I have always been so blurred about this language. I don’t know what are the different between these two but certainly I know how confusing it is. I wonder if we call our train as ‘kereta api’ or ‘keretapi’. I seriously need an updated dictionary to simply write a correct article on this.

Instead of actually refining the language, some great fellows always got us stuck in their heat of argument. Submitting all sort of partition and resolution just to make our life miserable.
I don’t see the importance of the name. It is the consistency and beauty of the language that does matter to me. I think it is wise to stick to what it is now rather than having it changed for infinite times. It only reflects on unstability of our language. I believe this will surely be joke to other nation. We are always ‘15/16’ like the Chinese saying.

Bahasa Malaysia is just great. It is simply a language that best reflects Malaysia and Malaysians. ‘Satu Negara, Satu Bangsa’ , ‘Bahasa Malaysia, bahasa bangsa Malaysia!’