雯式效应

To each his own beliefs

2011-05-01T14:27:00.000+08:00

2011-03-24T11:45:00.002+08:00

waste not , want not!!
there is nothing shameful in packing away what you cannot finish or getting a smaller portion.Having a whole table full of food just to impress someone is IMHO a pathetic practice! So is ordering a whole lot of food to pose with and then posting it just taking a small bite and leaving the rest to waste because you want to avoid putting on weight!!If you can't finish the whole thing or a reasonable amount of it, then DON'T take it in the first place!!

The policies practiced in the restaurants and supermarkets also leave much to be desired.Why throw away perfectly consumable food just because they're unsold at the end of the day? We have lots of starving/malnourished poor ppl in the country too! Why don't we have more soup kitchens?

2010-10-26T22:20:00.002+08:00

The notion of somebody jumping onto conclusions based on less than 10 minutes of interaction is unbelievable!!

Look here, I can accept weaknesses in terms of knowledge and skills but accusing me of being proud and having an attitude problem!!?? Well, that's a first!Can't not being able to pick up hints be just plain stupidity or ignorance??

The pettiness of some people never cease to amaze me.At least dogs are more consistent with their emotions and behaviour.

2010-10-02T20:59:00.002+08:00

old pics of jang geun suk!!* drools* young hottie in the making already...

2010-09-06T12:06:00.002+08:00

what makes us human?

I believe, it is our humanity that distinguishes us from animals.Sadly, it doesn't seem to be a view commonly shared.

The future of mankind doesn't seem to bode well with the abundance of self centered individuals.Empty shells who are only concerned about their benefits, love issues;people who are busy stuffing their faces into porn and gun-brandishing games.

Not content with doing so,they are also sour grapes to those who actually put in effort and achieve something good,when they aren't willing to put in the same effort.Haven't they heard of the saying 'what you reap is what you sow'?

There are those that say 'oh,why bother helping animal shelters when there are so many starving humans out there'.Is the life of an animal any less than a human?We are free to help whoever we please. We are all a product of God and please remember that you are just a speck in the universe. Nobody made you the king of the world to do as you please.

Ironic isn't it, when you proclaim yourself to be pro-life and criticise those that are pro-choice for taking unborn lives yet you can separate the helpless baby birds from their mothers and dump them onto the streets to fend for themselves.

'They are noisy and dirty', you say.

If you or your housemates were that concerned about hygiene, the whole house wouldn't stink of bird droppings in the first place! Didn't even clean the house in 6 months and now preaching about hygiene? Such hypocrisy!

Stop acting pious and get off your high horse about your religion being the only true religion.At least,I practise the religion of kindness.

Coffee Prince Music Video - White Love Story (English sub)

2010-09-01T20:11:00.000+08:00

to commemorate my 100th post here,I've attached my favourite song from coffee prince!!! everytime i listen to it, it gives me a warm,fuzzy feeling =)

2010-05-10T02:34:00.002+08:00

I'm not sure if you guys are aware of this, but....

the sperm contains either X or Y chromosomes, while the female ovum contains only X chromosomes; therefore, the sperm is the one that determines the sex of a fetus.
X+Y= Male; X+X= Female

so, to the dimwitted bigots out there, stop blaming your wife/gf if you can't produce any male offspring.It's all your fault! for believing that females are inferior and for refusing to take any responsibility

2010-05-06T19:41:00.003+08:00

YB 就很了不起吗？拜托，你们也是人们投选出来的，别把自己想成天子！

我不是很清楚protocol的由来，但是我个人觉得只要有礼貌地招待他们，简单的茶点就好了。偏偏有些人狮子张大口，要求events company的服务，让整个project 的budget飙升数千，还要求什么backdrop，helium气球，丰盛的午饭等等。这些东西跟project的原委有什么关系吗？又不是你的个人秀！浪费资源兼污染环境。放了气球你又不会跟着升天，泄了气的气球掉进水里还把水里的动物害惨了。区区一位州议员就要如斯大费周章，我不敢想象若要邀请首相署的官员要比这个隆重多少倍。美丽的包装有什么用？金玉在外，败絮其内的话，也没意思。

可能成天受邀出席各种仪式非常忙碌，连助理日上三竿还没上班也管不着，更何况是国家大事！如此好康，难怪人人都争着和YB搭膊头。

为了医治和防患这种大头症，YB应该改去yang berkhidmat 才对，让他们顾名思义，为民服务。

2010-04-22T23:53:00.003+08:00

Have you ever witnessed someone having a fit and not know what to do? Well, I have.I still remember back in primary school , I had this classmate who would go into fits pretty frequently, looking back, I think he did have epilepsy- most probably Generalised Tonic Clonic, like in the picture below.Quite regretfully, I think the teacher did try to shove something into his mouth to 'prevent him from biting his tongue' which was totally unwarranted.

This is just to share something I learned from DJ's class today, which would hopefully be of some use to you.

what to do when someone is having a fit

if the person is having fever also, try to take off the thick clothing and wipe body with wet cloth to bring down the temperature

1.DO NOT PANIC!!
place the person sideways,with the left arm below( like in picture D)
2.position the persons head in a 'sniffing' position ( as if u're smelling a fragrance) that the persons lips is facing downwards(so they don't choke on their secretions)
3.wipe any secretions from the mouth to clear the airway
4.do not insert anything into their mouths!! no spoons please! they won't swallow their tongue.REALLY.
5.do not give them anything to eat or drink!!
6.Do not restraint them with a death grip!! Just maintain them in the previous position and prevent them from getting hurt from the surrounding objects.
7.Fits should be over spontaneously within 5 minutes.If it takes longer, seek medical attention.

Febrile fits is a benign condition, and it is basically fits occurring during fever in normal kids with no brain or metabolic problems. It commonly occurs in kids between 3 months- 6 years of age.It can be classified into simple and complex, which lasts less than and more than 15 minutes respectively.Kids who have febrile fits have chances of recurrence, especially if their other family members have also febrile fits, they are less than 18 months old, the fits occured during a fever less than 40 degrees celcius, and if the fits occurred less than one hour after the fever started.

DJ recommends that parents of those with febrile fits to monitor their temperature regularly and make a temperature chart to detect any changes.If their core temperature rapidly rises beyond 37.5 degrees, there is a risk of convulsion to occur.Parents are advised to administer Paracetamol tablets(e.g. Panadol), especially if a fit has already occurred and they are now waiting to consult a doctor.

NB: The above information is purely my understanding and interpretation and does not replace a proper medical consultation with a medical personnel.

2010-04-13T21:26:00.002+08:00

what do you mean medical students are being pampered because they don't need to stay overnight at the hospital?!

for a supposedly learned person, you aren't very smart are you? I suppose sitting way up there, far away from the rest has caused some form of brain atrophy..

didn't you learn physiology? Don't you know that lack of sleep increases one's mortality and morbidity? Don't you know that the medical profession has one of the highest rates of psychiatry cases? Doctors are being overworked like donkeys in the public practice ,having to endure bullying from their superiors.

It's hell enough when we finally graduate, you want to make our student lives miserable as well? I don't recall signing up for slavery when i signed up for this course. What are we supposed to do if we stay overnight? Prod and poke the patients until they throw their things at us to make us leave? By 9+, most of the patients are already asleep. our day starts at 7, classes end around 5; we have to prepare for seminars,presentations after classes, when do you suppose we find the time and equipment to do so?

Next time, pls use your god given brain before you make any such senseless comments!

2010-03-11T10:17:00.003+08:00

公主病/공주병

嬌生慣養、不懂人情世故、要求獲得公主般的待遇的女性。公主病者多數是未婚年輕女性，自少受家人呵護、伺候，心態依賴成病態，公主行為受嬌縱，有問題常歸外因，缺乏責任感。

王子病（왕자병）則用來稱呼一些心態有類似問題的男性。

公主→貴婦→女王
或
公主→女王

欲知详情，请游览伪基百科. 内容超级好笑！！强力推荐 XD

Eating dogs and other tortured flesh

2010-03-11T10:09:00.000+08:00

Eating dogs and other tortured flesh

AS A veterinarian, he should have known better than to have made such a suggestion. More so being the deputy director-general of the Veterinary Services Department.

Dr Ahmad Suhaimi Omar has landed in hot water for proposing that municipal council dog pounds be allowed to sell the animals to those who like eating canine meat.

He said this at a forum on effective animal pound management called in the wake of media reports about the appalling conditions at the Selayang Municipal Council dog pound.

“Do we have to keep the dogs at the pounds forever? They are animals, just like chicken or goats,” he said, adding that allowing the sale of animals in the pounds for their meat, could help check the unmanageable increase in the number of strays

shame on you, deputy DG ! You call yourself a veterinarian!?

2010-02-25T01:07:00.004+08:00

*heart* dwaeji-tukki, but it costs USD 31!! My korean craze would soon fade enough, I know, not worth buying judging from past experiences, but still..it's so cute!!!

2010-02-19T01:20:00.000+08:00

CN blue's yong hwa in You're beautiful

*drools*

2010-01-24T00:22:00.002+08:00

watch this video abt a surfer dog!v touching! it reiterates the concept of 'nothing is impossible'

2010-01-16T22:28:00.006+08:00

Green is the new pink

Now, before you think that I’ve gone colour blind or gone bonkers, there’s a good reason why I say so.

Judging by the amount of people jumping on the bandwagon, it’s going to be trendy to appear to be environmentally friendly, even if you're just doing so to attract public attention to your latest moneymaking venture or to prolong your 15 minutes of fame. It’s not exactly a new thing, but years ago, before the long line of apocalyptical movies and celebrity energy conservation concerts, most people couldn’t care less.

A research by University of Chicago states that if you switch to vegetarianism, you can shrink your carbon footprint by up to 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide a year. For easier comparison purposes, trading a standard car for a hybrid cuts only about one ton, so you get the idea. With the environmental benefits of going vegetarian much publicized, in no time at all, there’ll be the advent of pseudo-vegetarianism. By this, I’m referring to those who claim that they’re vegetarians for public admiration but will then rush off to stuff their faces with double cheeseburgers if no one’s looking. I fully respect vegetarians, and I admire those that do so for environmental purposes. I'm all for going the whole distance, but currently I still selfishly cling on to my pork chops. What I can do now, is to reduce my consumption of meat and eat more greens.

Remember Anya Hindmarch's ‘I'm not a plastic bag’ designer tote that was the craze a few years back? Retailing at the price of RM55 each, 200 of them sold out within minutes of its launch in KL. Even those who started queuing up at 0530 didn't manage to get their paws on the bag. Most of the people were more interested in that it is a ‘designer bag’ or they could sell it for a high price on Ebay, rather than identifying with the bags original objective of encouraging people to use cotton bags in lieu of plastic ones. It is still acceptable if they use it purposefully as a fashion or shopping bag, provided they reduce their plastic bags usage with it. But ironically, you can still see people clutching plastic bags with one hand and holding the bag in the other. Raise awareness the bag did, but mostly for other causes. You see how the woman in a sales ad is portrayed? With many bags laden with her trophies of course! The more shopping bags they clutch, the more victorious they appear to be!

As Homer would say: "D'oh!"

So what’s the current situation in our country?

The public response to the ‘No plastic bag day’ campaigns that are being held in Penang& Selangor is pretty encouraging, which is a good start for our country. With growing awareness, more people are bringing their own shopping bags , which is further encouraged by supermarket chains like Tesco that offer incentives to shoppers who bring their own shopping bags.

However, in my adopted state of Terengganu (well, at least for the next 2 years), it doesn’t look too promising. A request to the local council for recycling bins for a beach cleanup was turned down, citing a shortage of recycling bins. When I asked not to be given plastic bags at a local supermarket, the cashier reasoned that I thought it was inconvenient to carry so many bags and advised me to just throw them at the parking lot and the cleaners would take care of it. One even told me to just burn them! Appalling, isn’t it?

Development works are also carried out with nary a care about the environmental impact. Take the recent example that was well publicised in the local papers of the salvaging works of a pipe line for scrap metal in Perak, with the resultant damage of a salt lick for the world renowned Rajah Brooke butterflies. When will the authorities who lack far-sightedness realize that natural attractions like these are part of our nation’s intangible assets that set us apart from the rest? They are the ones that will draw in tourists to our country in the long run, not our high rise buildings or nearly identical shopping malls.

Of late, recycling campaigns are held more frequently in schools to encourage students to recycle. Some kids were seen asking their parents to buy bottled water so they’ll have more bottles to be recycled, and be rewarded with cash in return. This of course, defeats the whole purpose of the campaign. Therefore, it is essential to correctly educate the public on the actual aim of recycling, starting from the young ones so they don’t have a distorted and inaccurate concept.

In the not-so-distant future, I foresee that our country and many more will follow the footsteps of our more advanced Asian neighbors i.e. Japan and practice the rubbish separation system, in which different days are allocated for different types of rubbish e.g. a day for paper, another for kitchen waste, plastics etc. This is a fantastic implementation, and provides a win-win situation. Kitchen and other degradable waste can be used to make compost at designated facilities for farming purposes, which can reduce farming costs while reducing the amount of rubbish at landfills. For land starved nations like our southern neighbor, this is indeed a godsend as compost soil can act as soil conditioner, fertilizer, natural pesticide and is useful for land reclamation purposes.

To sum it up in a nutshell, things are really starting to heat up. The green trend is all ready to go full steam ahead into the new decade. It’s set to become bigger, if not better.

picture taken of volunteer during beach clean up in 2009

2009-12-27T02:07:00.002+08:00

I'm back home! =)

remember my last post on the facetoon competition?

well,here's mine!

merry christmas all! =)

Dairy firm dumps milk

2009-12-18T16:27:00.000+08:00

what a waste of perfectly edible milk that could have been donated to shelters for the poor/homeless/animal shelters!
can't they think of any better measures?

Friday December 18, 2009

Dairy firm dumps milk

By NIK NAIZI HUSIN

MUADZAM SHAH: A major local dairy farm here had to dump its daily production of 6,000 litres of fresh milk after two of its regular buyers rejected the supply.

First Dairy Farm Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk S. Muhd Alwi Abdullah said the company had no choice but to dump the milk and bear losses of more than RM200,000.

He said that 75,000 litres of fresh milk were poured into a drain in the past two weeks because there was no more storage space at the farm.

One of the buyers claimed that the milk had gone bad, he said.

“We tested the batch and there was nothing wrong with it,” said Muhd Alwi.

Still consumeable: First Dairy workers using glasses to collect milk from a lorry after the company decided to dump it in Muadzam Shah recently.

He said that First Dairy also had to compete with fresh milk suppliers from Australia and New Zealand.

“We cannot sell at the price offered by foreign dairy companies because of the high cost of production here,” he said.

He said that this competition might cause the collapse of the local dairy industry and urged the ministry to seriously look into the matter and impose a quota on imported milk.

“Currently, 95% of the country’s milk is imported. Our production contributes less than 5%. If the Government does nothing to enable our production to increase, local companies may close,” he said,

According to Muhd Alwi, the two main local milk producers in Malaysia are his company and one in Sabah.

He said that First Dairy was established under the Ministry of Agriculture Incorporated last year and allocated 920ha by the Pahang government to produce milk for the Malaysian market.

He said that 25 people worked for the company in Government apprenticeship programme to train them in the dairy business.

“We mainly employ youths and provide them on-the-job training,” he said.

Muhd Alwi said that First Dairy had 1,600 cows the production volume would increase soon because of new breeds.

2009-12-14T02:28:00.004+08:00

heard of facetoon？
In case you haven't, it's actually a site that allows you to upload your photo and get a customised cartoon avatar for just RM15!You can then use it as a profile picture on anything u like, FB,Twitter etc

for more information, you can visit the facetoon site
or visit Leona's site

I know the expression in this pic is very perasan..humor me=p

AND In the spirit of Christmas,Facetoon will be giving randomly 7 lucky winners a free cartoon portrait just by completing the following simple steps:

1) Write a blog about this giveaway, with links to Facetoon( http://www.facetoon.me) and this blog (http://leonalim.com)

2) Include the photo that you want to be facetooned.

3)Go back to http://leonalim.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/04/facetoon-christmas-giveaway/ to publish the link to your blogpost in the comments area, and also tweet about your blog post with a link to facetoon’s twitter, @facetoon.

4) Closing date is 15 Dec.

simple ain't it? good luck!＝）

2009-12-06T23:27:00.001+08:00

I know it's a little early to talk about christmas now, but I'm in the mood, all of a sudden,after youtub-ing for the past hour or so..here's just the song to put you in the mood, by one of my fav bands of all time- westlife. It doesn't hurt that mark looks absolutely dashing here =)

2009-11-05T23:19:00.005+08:00

I'm pretty lazy to blog about everything that happened so I'll just summarise with the following few points and let the pictures do most of the talking.

Interesting facts I learn from Korea Trip
1.apparently, koreans do not take chili sauce.I tried looking for it at Lotteria and Burger King but to no avail.They have ketchup though.Fast food is more expensive than Malaysia and is also pricier than local food.BK burger set costs 7000 won(abt RM21) and tasted pretty bland.I loved Lotteria's bulgogi burger(marinated BBQ beef) though, especially the onions but the fries were soggy.Also cost about 8000 won.

2.They eat seaweed only in soup and with rice.A korean friend was very amazed when we opened the dried seaweed and popped them into our mouths just like that.

3.they must have rice with every meal-which is why I put on so much weight after a mere 1 week of staying there.Amazingly, most of them aren't overweight, which could possibly be due to the abundance of exercise facilities available at each neighbourhood as well as many nice parks where you can have a walk after dinner without having to fear of being mugged and killed.

4.most of them have breakfast at home, unlike us , where we have a dizzying array of mouth watering dishes to choose from- noodles, dim sum,nasi lemak, cakes etc.Almost everyday for breakfast, i had toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam& Danone yoghurt, washed down with a cup of OJ.The yoghurt was thick and smooth,and tasted very good!

5.another interesting promotional strategy is what you can see at busy streets where shops selling skin care products are aplenty, you name it..Nature Republic-Bi, The Face Shop-Bae Yong Jun, Skin Food, Missa Home-lee bing hyun,Tony Moly-Kim hyun joong,Etude house-lee min ho,yves rocher etc. young girls are employed to hand out free samples to passerbys.Sounds too good to be true?There must be a catch.You've got to at least step into their shop, even though you don't buy anything in the end.I learned it the hard way, with the girl from the Face Shop.After some time, the shops all look the same to me: masks that promises to do almost every wonder to ur face, cleansers, toners, lip tints, gloss, eye shadow etc. Luckily I don't have much interest nor knowledge in makeup, if not I would most definitely have spent a bomb there.I think the reason Koreans generally have pretty good complexions is because normal facial care items are pretty affordable as competition is very stiff and they are produced locally.

6.Land is very expensive there, so most people stay in apartments/condoes.When moving into/out of a house, large items are placed flat on a platform and are lifted up and down with a pulley system.
7.One of our favourite places to go to was the supermarket, where we had a great time at 'the mini buffet', sampling the food.They have 'tesco@ 'home plus' there as well, which is open 24 hours.
8.South Koreans really to drink, as every household and every place will have the soju glasses.
9.There are different set of languages to be used with elders and with ur peers or those younger than you.
10.South Korea and Japan are pretty similar in the sense that a foreigner will instantly feel out of place as it's pretty difficult to get around if you don't read or speak Korean.Try approaching someone to ask for directions at the subway in English and there are pretty high chances they'll run away from you.Most of them don't speak English but at Myong-Dong, there were a few salesgirls that were fluent in conversational Mandarin and tried their level best to push their products to us.
11.Generally, cost of living in Korea is pretty high,about the same as Japan.500won(RM1.5) will get u a bar of Crown sweets; a single person order of BBQ chicken is about 9000 won(rm27).A pack of Kimchi(5x200g) costs about7500 won.The clothes are exceptionally expensive, as local brands that I have never even heard about will retail for at least 50,000 won(equivailent to RM150).Yet, shopping malls are pretty packed and luxury brand items are flying off the shelves.
The spending power is there, I guess.Even clothes with manufacturing defects are selling for at least RM50!
12.Travelling by train is pretty affordable,and most places are accessible by train.For example as it costs about 3000 won to travel from Ansan and Seoul, which is about 45 minutes drive away.
13.Drinks: Chilsung cider does not contain any cider, but rather it is a clear carbonated drink;in other words, the korean equivalent of Sprite.Korean beer is surprisingly light and tastes similar to our Shandy, delicious! =) Coffee bean's swedish berry tea is bland and is freaking expensive!It cost 5000 won(RM15) a normal vanilla ice blended will cost 7000 won.
14.Jewellery: you'll never be able to take your eyes off the shiny trinkets as there is just so much bling everywhere- shops, roadside stalls, shopping complexes! We went to this art complex at Myong Dong where they specialise in selling hand made stuff-jewellery,paintings, clothings, pottery,wallets etc.Intricate jewellery with the most beautiful designs will definitely catch your eye, but mind you, they're not cheap.An average pair of earrings would cost 5000 won(RM15) and a silver necklace is about 18000 won(RM54).If not because of the lack of Korean Won in my wallet,I would most definitely bought everything on display.
15.National pride: the koreans are definitely very proud and protective of their culture.Palaces, monuments are painstakingly restored to their ancient glory and maintained as national treasures.It's no wonder that they have so many UNESCO heritage sites.On the roads, you'll see mostly korean made cars.I heard that the most expensive local car is the Ssangyong Chairman which costs about RM300k.Imagine a locally produced car selling for that price here!

For those who love visiting palaces and historical places, you'll definitely love South Korea!The Korea Tourism Organisation has done an exemplary job in providing information on places that may be of interest to tourists, so you can do some research before embarking on your very own 'Sparkling Korea' trip!

Best season to visit would be fall, where you can admire the magnificent fall foliage.It was my 1st autumn experience and it was indeed autumn in my heart=)

pictures from my trip can be viewed at my facebook albums
hana dool set

秋天的童话

2009-10-20T18:28:00.002+08:00

Everytime I listen to this song, I'm reminded why Westlife remains my favourite boyband,even after 10 years.The lead singers-shane and marks' voices blend so harmoniously with kian and nicky.I still shamelessly think that Mark is the best looking Irish bloke i've ever seen, even if he's gay and he can sing the high notes so well too!

Not the best version I've seen, but it'll do.Enjoy =)

2009-10-20T16:46:00.002+08:00

2009 has not ended yet, but there has been many high profile celebrity deaths already.

To the layman, the entertainment world appears to be so distant, so unreal; what with them raking in millions by the hour and leading unbelievably lavish lifestyles.They seem to be in a world of their own.However, they do, are not spared from life's cruel events; they do, get sick and die.

Among the deaths that are included in this post, I think MJ and stephen's passing shocked me the most.I mean, they were big parts of my childhood,I remember listening to them on the radio and watching their music videos in the afternoon after I came back from class.
Among the boyzone members, i liked stephen the most,for he always had a clean look and a radiant smile.He also had a sweet and pure voice, as evident in 'No matter what'
Stephen pictured below with his partner, Andrew

MJ- it's such a pity he died in such circumstances, misunderstood and exploited by many.I believe deep inside, he was just a kid who never grew up

Farah Fawcett, one of the original Charlie's angels,who was THE pin up girl in the 80's ,is pictured here in her famous red swimsuit

Patrick Swayze, best known for 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost'
'Ghost' scene with demi moore(18sx)

RIP all!

2009-10-06T14:16:00.002+08:00

The following article also speaks volumes of how superficial people can be.Here's a question for you to ponder: what actually lies beneath all the fancy packaging?

As published in The star, 6/10/09

Buried under the layers

By TAN CHENG LI

Malaysians are still enamoured with pretty presentations – and that spells trouble for the environment.

THE tiny present wrapped inside a box which is put into a bigger box, and a yet bigger box and so on, may be a good joke for a birthday or Christmas.

In reality, unfortunately, many goods are actually packed like that.

Supermarket shelves brim over with such examples of over-packaging.

Take, for instance, that popular brand of chocolates with the tongue-twister of a name. Each piece is wrapped in foil, sits on a paper cup, which sits on a plastic tray which sits inside a plastic box which is wrapped in shrink wrap. That’s five layers of packaging!

And nothing says “excessive packaging” more than the boxes of mooncakes sold recently for the mid-autumn festival.

Loads of waste: A heap of packaging waste, and all for only 12 pieces of pastries. Each piece is encased in a plastic cup, inside a plastic wrapper. Some have an additional paper label.

In the old days, mooncakes came in only two layers of wrapping, a greaseproof paper and a red paper label. These days, the pastries are packed lavishly in layer after layer of packaging.

Sure, the prettily designed box can easily find a new life as storage container but certainly not the plastic trays and wrappings.

Greasy and small-sized, these are unlikely to be tossed into the recycling bin – although they should be. And don’t you wonder how much of the price goes towards the fancy wrapping?

Then there are those six-tub packs of yoghurt and jelly, all held together in a plastic tray and then shrink-wrapped. Electronic gadgets are notoriously over-packaged. A small electronic part can arrive wrapped in more plastic than the device itself.

Empty packaging: The net weight of these prawn chips is only 70g, but they come in a plastic wrapper inside a big canister. It would be difficult to recycle the canister as it is made of different materials – paper canister, plastic rim and cover, metal bottom and plastic-laminated paper label.

What a waste. No wonder our landfills are bursting at the seams.

Of course, there is no denying that packaging serves a purpose and cannot be done away with totally.

It protects goods, reduces spoilage, provides information on products and enables their handling, storage and transportation. Under-packaging, on the other hand, can be harmful and wasteful, as when goods are damaged and when food goes bad.

In recent years, mindful manufacturers have minimised their use of packaging – after all, it cuts costs.

Margarine and yoghurt plastic tubs, for instance, now have thinner walls, just like in aluminium cans.

Manufacturers have also made products in higher concentration (such as detergent), offer refill packs and display product information on the container instead of on an extra label or box.

Over-packaging: The huge paper box, when opened, contains a mere 10 cookies inside a plastic bag.

Making packaging smaller and lighter have other ramifications: shipping trucks and containers can carry more, thus saving transportation costs, and greenhouse gas emissions.

But many manufacturers still sheathe their goods in layer after layer of fancy, unnecessary coverings just to lend them a sophisticated presentation and to add perceived value.

Hidden costs

Almost a third of what we toss out are actually containers and wrappings. In Japan, which is known for its elaborate packaging culture, such waste reaches 60%.

Over-packaging not only wastes materials but raises shipping costs and eventually, adds to our already overburdened landfills.

Simply manufacturing those foils, wrappers and containers uses up energy and creates pollutants, as will recycling them.

And consumers are paying for all that over-the-top packaging.

In the United States, the Institute of Packaging Professionals says packaging on average constitutes 7% of the price of a product.

A 2001 survey by the Consumer Association of Penang, however, showed the figure to be between 22% and 55% for some common consumer items such as soft drinks, toothpaste, bottled water, Tetrapak drinks, chilli sauce and yoghurt.

It found spices sold in bottles could be up to 19 times more expensive than those sold in loose form.

This practice of fancy wrappings also cultivates an unhealthy and wasteful consuming mentality – like when we buy a perfume just because the bottle is so pretty!

Aside from over-packaging, the proportion of packing material that can be recycled is also a concern.

Those tiny bits and pieces, in general, are difficult to recycle – the plastic holder tray for yoghurt tubs, thin plastic wrappers (such as the one wrapping drinking straws), aluminium-lined plastic, shrink wraps and foil coverings.

Packaging consisting of a mix of materials (for instance, the chips canister that is made of paper, a tin bottom, plastic rim and cover, and plastic-laminated paper label) is a recycling nightmare.

What will it take to get manufacturers to rethink the packaging of their goods?

Laws that ban excessive packaging and make manufacturers responsible for disposing of the stuff, it would seem.

Such “producer pays” laws will compel them to design packaging for the environment, not the dump. Some 30 countries already have such rules and these have helped shrink packaging waste heaps.

Malaysia, however, still lacks such legislations. In the 1990s, there were talks of the Department of Environment coming out with rules on recycled content for packaging, but nothing came out of it.

Outcry over packaging

Meanwhile, public wrath over wasteful wrappings has provoked an anti-over-packaging movement in cyberspace. Photo-sharing website Flickr has plenty of postings of such items.

The website overpackaging.com shames the perpetrators of excessive packaging. It carries photographs of grossly over-packaged goods, sent in by the public, then writes to the retailers and manufacturers to explain themselves.

Green-minded American giant retailer Wal-Mart has heeded such cut-back calls.

It aims to curtail packaging waste by 5% by 2013. It will choose suppliers who rank highly in their packaging scorecards.

These scorecards are rated on greenhouse gas emissions per tonne of packaging, the raw material used, packaging size, recycled and recyclable content, energy use, transportation impact and innovation.

The Sustainable Packaging Coalition, meanwhile, has released a software program called Comparative Packaging Assessment (or Compass) that helps designers and companies weigh the environmental impact of their packaging.

These green steps, however, are few and far in between. Overall, superfluous wrappings remain commonplace.

It has to do with the psychology of marketing – products with flashy-looking wrapping attract more buyers. But with mounds of trash piling up in our midst, marketing gurus should rethink this strategy of pushing products.

And consumers, on their part, should look beyond pretty packages.

A question of sex

2009-10-04T17:16:00.001+08:00

A question of sex

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2009-10-03T00:54:00.003+08:00

what is in a promise?

It is only worth as much effort as one puts in to keep it; as well as how much faith others have that the person can keep his/her promise.

So please, do not simply make promises.

picture taken from this deviantart site

2009-09-14T23:16:00.000+08:00

who are you?

2009-07-28T00:25:00.003+08:00

Pic taken from the star , as published in Section 2 on 24th July

The musical concert, One Bow Wow, One Heart,showcasing the talents of the Operafest children's choir as well as Operafest’s founder and artistic director Kam Sun-Yoke.The concert features songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "South Pacific " .It aims to raise funds for abused animals at Madam Kang’s Animal Sanctuary in Taiping, Perak and Furry Friends Farm in Kundang, Selangor.

Went with Emily for last Friday's performance, right before I went back to KT on sat.It was pretty good, at least I didn't feel sleepy =p There was also this little girl who caught my eye, as I originally thought she was a 'he' but boy ,she sure can hit the high notes!There was also this guy who had such a comical expression on his face perpetually that I couldn't help laughing.The highlight of the performance would be 'Ben', originally sang by MJ during his Jackson 5 days..Oh, and meeting Sabrina too.Such a pleasant surprise.

There would be another few sessions at the PJ Live Arts Centre, Jaya One, Section 13 in Petaling Jaya on 1st and 2nd August. Entry is by a minimum donation of RM30. For details, call 03-6081 5781 or 017-636 8830

NB:Mdm Kam is an animal lover who cares for 11 stray dogs at her home in Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor.Do take note that you will be admonished by her during the concert if you do not clap loudly enough or show enough enthusiasm =p

So, do go if you have some free time this weekend, you can have fun and help the animals at the same time! =)

The value of a dog's life is no less than that of a human.

2009-07-01T03:41:00.004+08:00

从左至右：韩版F4、中国台湾版F4、日版F4

obviously the korean version wins hands down, all 4 of them look great!the ugliest one has to be taiwan's version..haha

2009-07-01T00:59:00.002+08:00

this is my latest craze- boys over flowers! =) =)
leng zais everywhere!
at the last count, I've already watched 3 versions of meteor garden:taiwan,korea,japan's version, not including the japanese anime.

hua chi in action! =p

2009-06-10T23:16:00.003+08:00

this is a random post on butt cracks
By chance, while flipping through Garden, I discovered that what we commonly call the butt crack is known as the natal cleft in medical terms.haha,the lady above is using the guys crack to swipe her credit card.

this reminds me of butt crack girl,who most probably wouldn't know I still keep her in my thoughts =p

2009-05-17T01:48:00.002+08:00

for a more detailed view of the dogs abandoned by the Pulau Ketam residents operation, pls visit Pummkin's pitch which is maintained by one of the volunteers

2009-05-13T02:19:00.003+08:00

some comics that paint a picture of the current state of US health care, which I believe is not a problem that US faces alone.They are wonderfully apt.Enjoy!you can find more of these at the msnbc website

2009-05-10T19:06:00.002+08:00

Update!!According to the report on the 10th of May issue of Malaysian Insider

The capture and dumping of stray dogs from Pulau Ketam to other islands were sanctioned and funded by Klang Municipal Council and councillors.

A total of 312 dogs were captured and transported to several islands between February 27 and March 12 and the council allegedly paid for each capture while a councillor used his allocations to transport the dogs to the islands.

WHAT THE HECK?! BLATANT MISUSE OF TAXPAYER'S MONEY TO SENTENCE THESE POOR DOGS TO GRADUAL DEATH BY STARVATION ON HELL ISLAND

As the international community and various parties start to take keen interest in this issue, for sure heads will roll.Serves them right, but nothing can bring back the doggies.

2009-05-10T16:50:00.008+08:00

Le ciel dans un chambre - The sky in a room

A beautiful song by Carla Bruni Sarkozy, the wife of current prime minister of France.Got to know about this song by chance while surfing around youtube, it was one of the songs featured in Skins.I've included the translated lyrics for the song, courtesy of allthelyrics.com

Enjoy!

Carla Bruni - Le ciel dans une chambre

Quand tu es près de moi,
When you are close to me
Cette chambre n'a plus de parois,
This room hasn’t got any walls
Mais des arbres oui, des arbres infinis,
But trees, yes, an infinity of trees
Et quand tu es tellement près de moi,
And when you are so close to me
C'est comme si ce plafond-là,
It’s like this ceiling here
Il n'existait plus, je vois le ciel penché sur nous... qui restons ainsi,
Didn’t exist anymore, i see the sky leaning towards us... who remain like this
Abandonnés tout comme si,
Abandoned like this,
Il n'y avait plus rien, non plus rien d'autre au monde,
There is nothing more, no nothing more from the other world
J'entends l'harmonica... mais on dirait un orgue,
I hear the harmonica... but we would say an organ
Qui chante pour toi et pour moi,
Which sings for you and me
Là-haut dans le ciel infini,
Up there in the infinite sky
Et pour toi, et pour moi
And for you and for me

Quando sei qui con me
When you are here with me
Questa stanza non ha piu pareti
This room hasn't got any walls
Ma alberi, alberi infiniti
But trees, an infinity of trees
E quando tu sei vicino a me
And when you are close to me
Questo soffitto, viola, no
This ceiling, not purple
Non esiste più, e vedo il cielo sopra a noi
Doesn't exist anymore, and i see the sky above us
Che restiamo quì, abbandonati come se
Who remain here, abandoned like this,
Non ci fosse più niente più niente al mondo,
There was nothing more, no nothing more in this world
Suona l'armonica, mi sembra un organo
The harmonica plays... it seems an organ to me
Che canta per te e per me
Which sings for you and me
Su nell'immensità del cielo
In the immensity of the sky
E per te e per me.
And for you and for me
mmmhhhhhhhh
Et pour toi, et pour moi.
And for you and for me

2009-05-09T21:59:00.002+08:00

I was surfing the net when I chanced upon this site for the Animals Asia Foundation,http://http://www.animalsasia.org/which highlighted the often overlooked plight of the many suffering animals in Asia.It is depressing to read about the suffering of these animals.Due to my selfishness,I can't bring myself to be a vegetarian just yet, but I do pledge to work harder in the near future to make a bigger contribution to their welfare.

Rescue of the "real" Dr. Eddie

Eddie, destined for the dinner table

Our "Friends....or Food?" programme and our film "Dr. Eddie: Friend or Food?" was inspired by a real dog: "Eddie", who was destined for the dinner table....

Amidst the sea of misery and suffering in an animal market, we found "Eddie" - painfully thin, covered in bite wounds and trapped in a rusty cage with 3 other frightened, miserable animals. He was waiting to be slaughtered for human consumption and licked the hand of anyone who reached in and gave him a few seconds of comfort.

All around us dogs and cats were being beaten to death, boiled alive, stabbed and strangled on the spot, or cruelly bound with wire and stuffed into sacks to be slaughtered at restaurants. Feeling utterly helpless, but determined to do something.....we made the decision to rescue him. Eddie was brought back to Hong Kong and soon became a proud ambassador for our successful Dr. Dog animal therapy programme, which is opening the door to people's hearts and minds across Asia - showing everyone he meets what a valuable and unique role companion animals can play in our society.

Through the healing power of our Dr. Dog programme and thanks to dogs like Dr. Eddie, governments and local communities are at last recognising animals as our companions, our helpers and our best friends. Eddie is a favourite with hospital staff and has his own Chinese nickname - wherever he goes he is greeted with cries of "Wong Jai!" - "Yellow Boy!" by the friendly nurses!

Following magazine and newspaper appearances, Eddie is also becoming a local and international star, having appeared with Jill on CNN's “TalkAsia” and National Geographic’s “Dogs with Jobs”. Eddie is now the narrator and star of his own film in the Animals Asia “Friends....or Food” video: “Dr. Eddie - Friend....or Food?”. Eddie is a true celebrity and lives at home with Jill where he dominates dogs five times his size and is always demanding love and attention!

But most importantly of all, Eddie is proving, without a shadow of a doubt, why dogs and cats are our friends - not food.

2009-05-09T00:01:00.004+08:00

Can you hear the pitiful whinnying of this dog?The pattering of countless tiny feet on the island? Those woeful eyes on emaciated bodies.When I got to know how this unfortunate series of events unfolded,I wanted to bawl my eyes out.

Politicians are now looking in to cash upon this issue by wanting to appear empathic and condemning the islanders, but really,action speaks louder than words.The arrangement appears well to the perpetrators, with the dogs having plenty of space to roam about, but really, what are they going to survive on- sea water and plant roots?some of the dogs even tried to swim back to the main island but had been shooed away, resulting in some of them drowning.(HOW CRUEL CAN YOU GET?)
The following article was published in the Star newspaper on Wednesday,aptly titled 'the plight of swamp dogs', but unlike their similarly named award-winning movie 'slumdog millionaire' counterpart,they'll never be a millionaire.

Plight of the swamp dogs

PORT KLANG: Animal activist Sabrina Yeap couldn’t hold back her tears when she saw the condition of the dogs that Pulau Ketam residents had dumped on an uninhabited island.

“They were wandering aimlessly, often looking towards Pulau Ketam with eyes that appeared empty and listless,’’ said Yeap who went to Pulau Tengah last Saturday to check on the welfare of the dogs.

Several fishermen, a volunteer, and blogger TV Smith accompanied Yeap on the trip to the island, which is in the middle of a mangrove swamp.

“The fishermen told us that some of the dogs had died of starvation, and those that are alive ate the carcasses,’’ said Yeap.

Waiting to be rescued: Several of the abandoned dogs on Pulau Tengah looking wistfully at the approaching visitors. Inset: Yeap bringing an injured Hope back to the mainland.

Pulau Ketam residents had trapped some 400 dogs and transported them to Pulau Tengah to ease the stray dog population on their island.

Yeap said the fishermen told her that some of the dogs had tried to swim back to the main island but had been shooed away, resulting in some of them drowning.

“It was a pitiful sight, and I couldn’t stop crying after I saw what was happening to the dogs there,’’ said Yeap.

She added that she would be taking 20 dogs to her Furry Friends Farm in Kundang to be rehabilitated and eventually re-homed.

“I wish I could take in more dogs, but can’t due to space and financial constraints,’’ said Yeap, who managed to save a dog she found trapped in the mud.

The dog, since named Hope, is recuperating at a veterinary clinic pending transfer to Yeap’s sanctuary.

Yeap said she hoped farm and orchard owners would come forward to adopt some of the abandoned dogs.

Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam said he would be visiting Pulau Ketam to talk to the residents over what they had done (Pulau Ketam and Pulau Tengah fall under the Kapar parliamentary constituency).

“It is wrong to dump dogs where they cannot survive. I will bring this matter up with the relevant authorities,’’ he said.

Manikavasagam added that he was prepared to accompany Yeap and Smith on their next visit to Pulau Tengah.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) spokesman Jacinta Johnson said a relief team would be sent to Pulau Tengah to try and rescue the dogs.

“We will try to round up the healthier dogs and neuter them. For the weaker ones, we have no choice but to put them to sleep,” she added.

The SPCA would also seek the cooperation of Pulau Ketam residents to set up a temporary dog shelter if required.

For more info on the current status of the rescue project, please refer to the website below

http://www.mycen.com.my/rescue/updates.html

How to donate?

Furry Friends Farm account at CIMB 1457-000-1182-05-6
*For interbank online transfer, if it prompts for Recipient ID/Business Reg: Just type in 5766

You can also transfer via PayPal to tvsmith@gmail.com

Btw, if you guys have the time, pls spare some minutes to check this site out

http://www.furryfriendsfarm2006.blogspot.com/

2009-05-06T00:40:00.003+08:00

everyone should watch this.It's a film that reminds us again how lucky we really are and how precious food is.I hope everyone will learn how to finish whatever that is on their plate.If they can't eat that much, then please, take less.I'm not sure how those who are on a diet or those who consciously self-limit their food intake by always leaving something behind in their bowl/plate are going to manage, but please, think of something. Let's not let good food go to waste.

2009-05-02T02:21:00.002+08:00

as seen in the obstetrics ward in the hosp.sound piece of advice indeed! =)

p.s.// yours truly successfully pulled 2 babies into the world during the posting, and stuck my fingers into a few vaginas after delivering their placentas.I also got shot with some cord blood twice, therefore do not underestimate that small amount of blood contained in the umbilical cord.Just when u least expect it, you get lucky.

O n G is a truly bloody n messy affair

2009-04-23T03:08:00.002+08:00

just for laughs, as seen on the star website on wednesday.Some clever use of puns, don't quite get the 3rd one though.

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.

7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

9. Two silkworms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana(my favourite)

11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

12. Atheism is a non-prophet organisation.

13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: ‘You stay here; I’ll go on a head.’

14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre: ‘Keep off the Grass’.

16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said: “No change yet.”

17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

18. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

19. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

20. A backward poet writes inverse.

21. In democracy, it’s your vote that counts. In feudalism, it’s your count that votes.

22. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

23. Don’t join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects.

2009-04-01T15:39:00.002+08:00

what the heck is your problem?

If you don't have any questions, that means either you know everything or you never learned a thing.Whichever category you belong to, it's none of my business.

But you not having any questions doesn't mean others won't,so don't blame others for having questions.

If it's not in your interest to learn, then fine, I'm not the one on the losing end here.But hey, my parents are paying a substantial amount for my school fees here, and I have every intention to put their money to good use.

Asking questions is not a CRIME!

If you don't know the answer, then please do us all a favour and keep your mouth shut!

If you don't want to listen either, then just leave.Since you already claim that you can't care less about others, then why should you be afraid of any repercussions?Rather than just bragging, prove it to everyone for once that you are 'the man' you claim to be

2009-03-15T01:12:00.001+08:00

THIS TRULY DISGUSTS ME! ATROCIOUS!

Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks

• Women living in fear of brutal assaults by male gangs
• Country's 'macho politics' lead to lack of action

Annie Kelly
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 March 2009 17.49 GMT

The partially clothed body of Eudy Simelane, former star of South Africa's acclaimed Banyana Banyana national female football squad, was found in a creek in a park in Kwa Thema, on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Simelane had been gang-raped and brutally beaten before being stabbed 25 times in the face, chest and legs. As well as being one of South Africa's best-known female footballers, Simelane was a voracious equality rights campaigner and one of the first women to live openly as a lesbian in Kwa Thema.

Her brutal murder took place last April, and since then a tide of violence against lesbian women in South Africa has continued to rise. Human rights campaigners say it is characterised by what they call "corrective rape" committed by men behind the guise of trying to "cure" lesbian women of their sexual orientation.

Now, a report by the international NGO ActionAid, backed by the South African Human Rights Commission, condemns the culture of impunity around these crimes, which it says are going unrecognised by the state and unpunished by the legal system.

The report calls for South Africa's criminal justice system to recognise hate crimes, including corrective rape, as a separate crime category. It argues this will force police to take action over the rising violence and ensure the resources and support is provided to those trying to bring perpetrators to justice.

The ferocity and brutality of Simelane's murder sent shockwaves through Kwa Thema, where she was much known and loved for bringing sports fame to the sprawling township.

Her mother, Mally Simelane, said she always feared for her daughter's safety but never imagined her life would be taken in such a way.

"I'm scared of these people that they are going to come and kill me too because I don't know what happened," she said. "Why did they do this horrible thing? Because of who she was? She was a sweet lady, she never fought with anyone, but why would they kill her like this? She was stabbed, 25 holes in her. The whole body, even under the feet."

The Guardian talked to lesbian women in townships in Johannesburg and Cape Town who said they were being deliberately targeted for rape and that the threat of violence had become an everyday ordeal.

"Every day I am told that they are going to kill me, that they are going to rape me and after they rape me I'll become a girl," said Zakhe Sowello from Soweto, Johannesburg. "When you are raped you have a lot of evidence on your body. But when we try and report these crimes nothing happens, and then you see the boys who raped you walking free on the street."

Research released last year by Triangle, a leading South African gay rights organisation, revealed that a staggering 86% of black lesbians from the Western Cape said they lived in fear of sexual assault. The group says it is dealing with up to 10 new cases of "corrective rape" every week.

"What we're seeing is a spike in the numbers of women coming to us having been raped and who have been told throughout the attack that being a lesbian was to blame for what was happening to them," said Vanessa Ludwig, the chief executive at Triangle.

Support groups claim an increasingly aggressive and macho political environment is contributing to the inaction of the police over attacks on lesbian women and is part of a growing cultural lethargy towards the high levels of gender-based violence in South Africa.

"When asking why lesbian women are being targeted you have to look at why all women are being raped and murdered in such high numbers in South Africa," said Carrie Shelver, of women's rights group Powa, a South African NGO. "So you have to look at the increasingly macho culture, which seeks to oppress women and sees them as merely sexual beings. So when there is a lesbian woman she is an absolute affront to this kind of masculinity."

A statement released by South Africa's national prosecuting authority said: "While hate crimes – especially of a sexual nature – are rife, it is not something that the South African government has prioritised as a specific project."

The failure of police to follow up eyewitness statements and continue their investigation into another brutal double rape and murder of lesbian couple Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Massooa in July 2007 has led to the formation of the 07-07-07 campaign, a coalition of human rights and equality groups calling for justice for women targeted in these attacks.

Sigasa and Massooa were tortured, gang raped and shot near their homes in Meadowland, Soweto in July 2007, shortly after being verbally abused outside a bar.

Human rights and equality campaigners are hoping that the public outrage and disgust at Simelane's death and the July trial of the three men accused of her rape and murder will help put an end to the spiralling violence increasingly faced by lesbian women across South Africa.

Despite more than 30 reported murders of lesbian women in the last decade, Simelane's trial has produced the first conviction, when one man who pleaded guilty to her rape and murder was jailed last month.

On sentencing, the judge said that Simelane's sexual orientation had "no significance" in her killing. The trial of a further three men pleading not guilty to rape, burglary and murder will start in July.

In Soweto and Kwa Thema, women seem unconvinced that Simelane's case will change anything for the better.

Phumla talks of her experience of being taught a "classic lesson" by a group of men who abducted and raped her when she was returning from football training in 2003. She says that "practically every" lesbian in her community has suffered some form of violence in the past year and that it will take more than one trial to stop this happening.

"Every day you feel like its a time bomb waiting to go off," she said. "You don't have freedom of movement, you don't have space to do as you please. You are always scared and your life always feels restricted. As women and as lesbians we need to be very aware that it is a fact of life that we are always in danger."

2009-03-12T00:19:00.003+08:00

the previous day marked our 1st night duty in o&g posting, where we went to the labour room to witness the delivery process.

we went at around 830,and basically wandered around until 1 lady progressed to the 2nd stage of labour around 9+.All in all, we witnessed 3 deliveries that day.

the 2nd delivery seemingly took forever as the mother wasn't really pushing properly.Even though she was para 7, her last vaginal birth was in 1993 so that probably explains why she couldn't push properly.The doctors kept asking her why it's so difficult to push like last time, considering her parity.However,the last time it was an assisted forceps delivery ,also due to poor maternal effort.With the doctors and nurses shouting" teran,teran" in unison,for a minute I felt like i was at a pasar malam ,with the vendors shouting and advertising their wares at the top of their voices.In the end, they had to use a suction to get the baby out due to prolonged labour.

I think it's pretty stressful to deliver in a gov hosp as the staff there are probably overworked and they tend to raise their voices at the women for not making adequate effort or calling the staff too early in labour.At times, the labour rooms can be pretty crowded.I've been told that some women don't even make it to the labour room proper.

It's a pretty messy and bloody affair in O&G, as I discovered that day, very much different from the controlled and clean setting in Surgery.Blood on the couch, the floor,clothes, gloves, prep table.

Episiotomy.Ouch!Imagine someone hacking away at your flesh without putting any anesthesia when you're already in agony with your vaginal wall impending rupture.Ahh, the pains that one goes through to bring another life into the world.Seriously, everyone should be thankful to their mothers, for it is really no mean feat to bear this pain.Merely watching the delivery process already makes me wince, what more those going through it.It should be made MANDATORY for all husbands to witness the labour process.They won't exactly feel the pain, but they should be made to see what an excruciating process they put their wives through, and think twice before doing them wrong.

I don't think I'll ever consider going into this specialty as the labour process alone is already so overwhelming.

2009-03-06T22:57:00.003+08:00

Have we been brought up too well in a clean, protected environment?

For us, any food dropped off the table is considered dirty and unfit for consumption, but a medical doctor thinks otherwise. Imagine a fish,twice dropped onto the concrete floor.He could just pick it up with his bare fingers,wrap it back in the foil and say nevermind,its ok.I think he plans to eat it later..Maybe we have been brought up in pretty good circumstances to have never gone without a meal.The country we live in maybe not be a land of wine and honey,but it has plenty of job opportunities for any willing and hardworking person.For that, we are truly blessed.

Anyway, back to the story.We had a BBQ dinner that day at Z's place.It was kinda funny seeing them getting tipsy and acting weirdly.He bought lots of lots of food , way too much for us. Imagine small basins of squid,octopus,at least 30 marinated chicken wings,6 big fishes,prawns,2 pots of chicken soup, 1 basin of salad.

1 funny thing that people from their country have in common is a kitchen that is pretty dirty by our local standards.Blackened chopping boards,yellow sticky floors, you can pretty much imagine the rest.Males and females alike,mind you.

The highlight of the night was when he filtered stout through a plastic bag of ice and passed it around so people could fill their bowls with cold stout.

the looks on our faces? priceless.

All in all, it was a fun night, and yours truly was truly stuffed with baked potatoes and chicken wings for the 1st time in KT.

*I went for a blood test the next day, and I wouldn't be surprised if my cholesterol level is sky high,judging by the amount of stuff i shoved down my throat that previous night*

2009-03-02T01:41:00.003+08:00

Last Friday marked my 1st experience as a home tutor.Hard to imagine huh, me teaching students.It's not too hard I suppose, and I get to teach a subject that I like.Let's see how long it'll take before i start losing my temper and spanking them haha

Truth to be told, I was pretty nervous as I stepped into the house, despite having been there in the past.Frankly, I have no idea what goes on in an English tuition as I've never been to one before.My job involves teaching 2 Std 5 and 2 Std6 boys English.As i was thinking of what to do, my students,all 4 of them,plonked their bottoms onto plastic chairs facing me and stared at me with beady eyes.Oh boy, here goes nothing..

The first lesson was pretty much a mess.There is this guy that's quite poor in comparison with the rest.I only managed to teach usage of articles in that 2 hours of class, and I left , not even sure that he'll remember what i taught the next time I came.The other guy,who has the best standard likes to show off a bit by demanding for harder words for spelling.Then there's the 2 siblings.The elder brother asked the younger bro to do his correction for spelling mistakes and to my utmost surprise, the latter obligingly did so.I stopped him, and asked him if he'll learn anything by letting others do the correction, he grudgingly finished it. BUT,even in the correction,it was spelled wrongly and the handwriting was horrendous even by my standards!! my gosh..

Despite their lack of proficiency in the written form , they had a good command of colorful bits of the language, with some vulgar language uttered between them.At one point ,KKB popped up.I was like?!?!?! Kids nowadays..Maybe back then, it was like that too but I probably wasn't aware of such things happening.

Oh well, there are still many more classes to come.We'll just see how things develop.

Some say that it's child's play, teaching mediocre students English.I beg to differ.The students may be poor, but I think that the teacher must be good and know what he/she is teaching.If not,it'll be like the blind leading the blind.Thus, I take my classes seriously and hopefully, they will too.

2009-02-25T00:55:00.002+08:00

There's an old saying "to say without knowing is to be a fool"

pls keep your 2 cents worth to yourself especially when you know nothing

*it's not my intention to direct this post to anyone in particular, so do not accuse me of doing so. However, if you want to think that way,it's wholly up to you*

2008-12-29T19:32:00.003+08:00

This also another one of my fav jap movies starring the dashing takeshi kaneshiro as a death god and a furry sidekick , who is cute to boot too =p

lots of good eye candy as u can see him in different styles.oogle oogle =)

he's the best accessory a girl can have, comes in various styles and suitable for all occasions.Teehee.

gangster with sunglasses look

nodding head while listening to music

2008-12-25T16:11:00.006+08:00

i'm dreaming of a wet( white) christmas....

a very merry christmas to all!!

since it's been raining here all day, I haven't been exactly in the mood to study for exams, boohoo..On the other hand, I'm going home in a few more days!! yay!to see my beloved dog and the newcomer =)

here are some pictures to suit the christmassy mood

this makes you and your pet feel warm and fuzzy

With a hoodie?

does any creature in this picture remind you of someone you know? for me, it does=p

a dog is a gift for a lifetime(it's lifetime, if not yours),and not just for christmas

have fun! =)

2008-11-08T22:26:00.004+08:00

Recently,despite global financial crisis, the shithead management happily decided to increase our school fees, with no explanation, which freaking pissed us off, since we were already unhappy with the facilities and services provided at the beginning after they successfully cajoled us, with empty promises,into entering the program.

So we wrote a letter to the management to complain about the increase, and among other things,the cleanliness of some room in the university.Guess what the brilliant management's response to the letter was? Ignoring the first 8 points about the inconsiderate increase, they chose to close down the room, thus depriving us of water refills.That single point was so freakin IMPORTANT that they had to focus on that , and ignored all the others completely.Then they told the staff that it was the students' fault that no one could use the rooms anymore.Well, maybe it'll get termite and insects infested and the whole thing collapses!The equipment would all CHEWED TO BITS and be destroyed by monkeys and rats having a party inside.Now, that would be a scene to behold.

And now, introducing this LOST art of solving problems:
"have a headache, chop your head off! It's easy! NO head?No problem! Just stick a plastic one on.You don't have a brain anyway"

thinking of entering this shit crap university? think again.If you can afford it, please take your business elsewhere.Anyone that doesn't appreciate customer feedback deserve to have their business suffer and collapse.The world doesn't owe you, what more paying customers.

2008-10-31T02:47:00.002+08:00

Recently watched this japanese movie, "10 promises to my dog",which I'm sure will strike a chord with all dog owners/lovers or actually anyone who feels any sense of attachment towards their pets.The 10 promises are as below:

1. Please be patient with me.
2. Place your trust in me. It's crucial to my well-being.
3. Don't forget I have my own feelings.
4. When I don't obey you, I have a reason.
5. Talk to me a lot. Even if I don't speak your language,I understand you.
6. Please do not hit me.Remember I can be stronger than you if I want to be serious.
7. We would still be good friends even when we're old..
8. You attend school everyday and have friends. I have only you.
9. My lifespan is only about ten years.Please spend more time with me.
10. When I die, please be with me. And, remember that I always love you.

1. 請與我耐心地交往。
2. 請相信我。如果你相信我，我就變得幸福。
3. 我也有心靈。請別忘記。
4. 如果我不聽你的話，那時候我必定有理由。
5. 請多一點對我搭話。我不會說人的言詞,可是我理解你說什麼。
6. 請別打我。請你想起來,如果我認真得與你比力氣，我比你強。
7. 我老了之後也我們是永遠的好朋友吧?
8. 你每天上學,有很多朋友。可是我只有你。
9. 我能生活僅僅十年左右,所以請你多一點與我在一起。
10. 我死的時候，請你在我身旁。請記住,我一直愛你...

can you imagine your dog saying that? TT

It touches a lot of issues: regarding ownership,e.g.
you'll have happy times with your pet for sure, but there are times when u feel tied down as you can't simply go off for holidays or anything as your pet depends on you;
tough decisions to make between work and family

A must watch for all animal/dog lovers!Beware, this movie might bring out the need for some tissues though =)

2008-09-06T22:54:00.004+08:00

But what am I
An infant crying in the night
An infant crying for the light
And with no language but a cry
Tennyson

this marks the beginning of my pediatrics posting

Things I've done so far
1.cup feeding(nauseating odour of formulated milk)
2.bathing neonates with buttocks stained with huge glops of meconium( stick black faeces of the newborn)
3.having to put on a smiling face constantly with parents n kids
4.putting up with wailing babies till they go red in the face.there is seriously this thing called chain reaction, where 1 baby starts to cry and the whole lot of them will follow suit..it's like an orchestra of screaming babies
Now i have to try to think of ways to communicate with babies( i still think the idea of babytalk is ridiculous)

may god bless me and I will survive thru this posting XD

2008-07-27T18:50:00.003+08:00

Just around the corner from my house, there are 2 dogs that have been abandoned by their owners in a dilapidated house, apparently left to starve to death.The main door isn't locked, but the gate has been chained.To rescue them out of the house isn't feasible either as this is a predominantly Malay area.

The daschund ,is blind in the right eye which is fibrosed,probably due to some infection.The mixed breed with a black outer coat and white undercoat.Both have pretty healthy looking fur, which i find surprising.

Someone left a pot out on the porch, which has accumulated rain water,which is probably why they haven't died of thirst yet..

For the time being, I have taken over the task of feeding them with table scraps, which I know is probaly inadequate but is all I have now..
They now happily wag their tails whenever they see me, for I am associated with food.Looking at them scrambling for the food and hungrily wolfing everything down just makes me feel sad.I think of my baby at home, which is comparatively well fed,and wouldn't eat his royal canine dog food unless bribed with a meat jerky.
同狗不同命啊！

Animals can actually speak, loud and clear, albeit in a different way.
Do you choose to listen OR hide under the cover of ignorance?

A pet is a lifelong responsibility, which should be as long as it's lifetime,if not yours.

“The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

2008-07-18T18:12:00.006+08:00

Si Ka Chua（四脚蛇〕

last thursday morning,when I thought I could nicely stay at home n sleep,I was awakened by the TM contractor who called to inform me he was on the way to fix our phone line.We didn't have classes on thursday cuz the lecturer was busy preparing for our seniors exams. So i went downstairs to wait for him.Manatau after half an hour later he still belum sampai lagi.

while i was preparing my clothes to be washed, i happened to look out of the glass door at the dining room.To my utmost surprise, i saw something creeping onto the grass enjoying a bask in the sunshine,with its forked tongue flicking about.I stood transfixed for a few mins cuz its pretty unbelievable to see such a huge lizard in ur backyard, abt 1 m long, inclusive of tail.

the lizard played with the wheelbarrow, n ventured out into the grass for a few times.finally it burrowed into the tile pile for an afternoon siesta, prolly it found the place warm n cozy..

the "Si Ka Chua"-buster team consisting of Pj,the 2 Jws and Cw came during their lunch break to have a look at the situation.One glance at the lizard,they declared the situation unmanagable and asked us to call the bomba instead.LOL.After causing much commotion, they got into the car and went for class.(but thanks for coming juga la LOL)

It was arnd 5 when the firemen finally arrived, and we followed them back in their van.CuZ our house is inside the kampung, they couldn't find the turning from the main road so we had to go out to the junction to lead the way.

Constant monitoring of the lizard's location was ongoing from 10 something until 5 something as we were afraid it might crawl into the house.

after nearly an hour of battle with the lizard which involved lots of beating and crashing, the 3 men finally caught the lizard's tail and proceeded to pull it out.The lizard was then deposited into a gunny sack as we didn't want bloodshed within our house compound.According to them, they'll send it to the Jbtn Perhilitan though I can't vouch for that =p the tail broke off during the intense battle and was left behind at our house -.-''

足足被这好小子折腾了一整天,终于可以安心睡觉了。。

Some facts on the monitor lizard:
-Malayan water monitors(Varatus Salvator)are among the largest lizards in the world.
-they are cold blooded.
-They consume anything that they can swallow.(tiny insects,crabs,snakes, eggs(of birds and crocodiles), eels up to 1m long,birds, rodents, small mouse deer, even other monitor lizards. They are particularly fond of carrion(dead and putrefying flesh). They even eat rubbish, human faeces,dead bodies and prey almost as big as themselves.
-they swim well ,run fast and climb trees.their powerful leg muscles is no joke,that fella's leg muscles is probably as thick as my forearm.they're rarely found far from water,beaches included.

-They carry a nasty variety of pathogens in their saliva.
-When attacked, Water Monitors try to intimidate predators by lashing out with their tails, inflating their throats, hissing loudly, turning sideways and compressing their bodies. When cornered, they will bite and claw.

2008-07-18T04:04:00.002+08:00

起先是因沟通不当，引起误会；而我发现时，又犹豫不决，一念之差，不知如何是好，结果错过了黄金时期，就不能回头。

weakness of the human soul。。。human flaw.

2008-07-04T02:28:00.001+08:00

hiatus from blogging due to relocation of sty.will update once internet is up and running.till then,ta! =)

2008-06-30T02:17:00.003+08:00

this is my original draft for the article,and I admit there are bits and pieces that don't really fit in.oh yea, the license to kill part was obviously removed by the editor =)

A Golden Opportunity
During our holidays, I, together with another 10 course mates, participated in the 14th Malaysian Medical Students’ Conference, which was held from 23-25th May at Paradise Sandy Beach Resort in Penang. This year’s theme is Emergency Medicine: the Golden Hour.
The conference kicked off with a brief ice breaking session where we were separated into several groups. After a short coffee break, we continued with the opening ceremony which was graced by the presence of the Deputy Health Director General, Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham bin Abdullah.
During the grand dinner, in addition to delectable cuisine , riveting entertainment was provided by the organizers, Penang Medical College (PMC) students which included a sizzling salsa performance and songs by the “the Spontaneous”, a band comprising of 8 final year students.
On the morning of the 2nd day, we attended talks by eminent speakers. Among the talks we had that day, “How SARS shook the world: A personal reflection” by Professor Richard Lo was the one that struck a chord with me. The medical team is the front-liner in the battle against deadly diseases, which require considerable courage on their part as lives are at risk. The greater good is nobly placed over personal concerns. Sadly, many succumbed to the disease while caring for others, leaving their loved ones behind prematurely. Even today, the occupational risks faced by medical personnel are still very real.
In his presentation “The role of medical students or junior doctors in responding to disaster”, Dr Teo Aik Howe pointed out that everyone, regardless of experience and seniority, has a part to play and all help would be appreciated.
A debate titled “this house believes that the doctor does not always know best” saw students from various universities pitted against each other. It was a pretty interactive session as members of the floor frequently intercepted to inject points of information. The highly amusing antics of the debaters sent the audience into stitches. After an hour or so of an engrossing battle of words, we saw the proposed motion defeated.
After lunch, St John’s Ambulance Malaysia (SJAM) Penang State Commander Dato' Dr. Yee Thiam Sun presented us with “An experience with the St John’s EMAS ambulance service”. He was joined by my classmate Mr. Goh Aik Ping, who shared with us his experience serving as a St John’s officer.
There were 3 workshops for the afternoon: basic first aid, extrication of a car crash victim and surgical skills. Basic first aid covered steps for the management of immediate life threats including Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).The steps can be summed up by the mnemonic ‘DRABCD’, which stands for Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation and Defibrillation.
Remember Grey’s anatomy theme song “How to save a life” by the Fray? Well, the answer to it may just lie in this simple procedure-CPR. Contrary to popular belief, it can be performed by laymen easily. Around 70 to 80% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur at home, most likely around family and friends. By knowing how to perform CPR, you really can make the difference.
The National Heart Association of Malaysia provided free CPR training recently through its public education program. Members of the public can also learn CPR and other first aid skills from organizations such as the Malaysian Red Crescent Society and St John Ambulance Malaysia.
During the surgical practical skills workshop, we were given the opportunity to practise some surgical skills that we might not even get to perform in the near future like using an endoscope, colonoscopy, inserting a central venous line and plaster cast a forearm fracture.
A lovely BBQ dinner by the beach was just the thing to end the busy day. Some of the participants went sightseeing around Penang Island after that.
On Sunday, Dr Ismail Saiboon, the head of HUKM A&E department, spoke on the “Golden Hour”. The Golden hour, by definition, is the first sixty minutes after the occurrence of multi-system trauma. Patients have the greatest chances of survival if they receive definitive care within this hour, hence the importance of rapid intervention in trauma cases. An interesting self-made video of an emergency situation ensured that all paid full attention to his talk.
Topics like emergency medicine in psychiatry, emergency medicine as a career, career planning and survival as a doctor were also covered through enlightening talks by various speakers.
The closing ceremony was officiated by the Deputy Health Minister Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad, who during made a statement “Doctors have a license to kill” during his speech. This highly controversial phrase was repeated in the parliament later on, and generated much furor.
The Malaysian Medical Student Conference is a biennial event that is open to all local medical students. There were ample breaks in the schedule, which allowed us to take a breather and encouraged interaction among participants. Besides providing a good networking platform for medical students, it also allowed an insight into emergency medicine, which is a relatively new branch of medical specialty in Malaysia. From this conference, I gained medical knowledge, and of equal importance, forged many new friendships.

the article was published on 29th june 08.Enclosed is the link for the online version of the article.

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/6/29/lifefocus/1489784&sec=lifefocus

2008-06-20T17:15:00.003+08:00

for the past few days, i've been glued to the screen, bou kek as usual LOL.The latest drama that i've finished is Surgeon Bong dal hee(外科医生奉达熙 )

As you can see, the main characters aren't as good as looking as the typical drama actors..

The story is set in Han Gook Hospital and revolves around the lives of these doctors.

I didn't recognise most of the cast, except for Dr JoAra from a drama somewhere.

The leading actress who plays Dr Bong(李瑶媛饰) is tall and pretty, but her get going spirit is abit excessive, bordering on the edge of annoying.HAHA.

then there's the wangtaija /Crown prince of the hospital,Dr LeeGunWook (金民俊饰), who is uhm not to say very good looking either but is pretty charming.Dr lee and Dr. Ahn have been arch enemies since their school days.Dr Lee did not realise they were childhood friends when Dr Ahn was adopted by his uncle.

Another cardiac surgeon,Dr Ahn(李范洙饰)is short and ordinary looking but is one of the top surgeons in the country.He is cold and aloof due to his tragic childhood experience of being adopted for 10 years then returned back to the orphanage by Dr Lee's uncle.

Bong ends up with this guy in the end due to his expertise?
The part where he tries to woo Dr Bong is so lame,asking her to make time this sunday cuz there's a film he wants to watch without even asking her whether she's willing to go
Then he gets all angry when she turns him down,as if it's a must to date him since she's broken up with Dr Lee.Dr Lee still can't get over his ex wife, who bore a child with her old flame( which is way better looking LOL)

All's well ends well anyway.
Pretty good medical themed drama, more realistic and less sappy love story-like.Not sure whether the medical info given in it is accurate though.

afternote: rupa-rupanya the actor who plays the role of Dr Ahn has been in the entertainment circle for 16 years! pai seh pai seh, you yan bu shi tai shan ye..

2008-06-17T02:44:00.003+08:00

Below are some articles from theStar website(www.thestar.com.my) about a 'remarkable' man that i've been following for the past few days.Those who wish to berkahwin banyak should have this man as their sifu,not that i'm encouraging anything of that sort,of course.I don't know how he managed to convince all his wives to agree with everything, and they were the ones who made all the arrangements.His latest wife is of the same age as his 3rd, as well as his eldest child.Imagine calling someone your age Ibu..Eek! It's also amazing that he has a monthly income of 20k,which I think many professionals can only dream of still and has provided houses and cars for all his wives.Maybe I should consider going into property negotiation.

Plus,he has some sexual tips for you!According to him,you should bathe by pouring a pail of water on the right leg first before washing other parts of the body in the morning.

I guess this is how he fathered 25 children with 3 wives, and hopes to achieve 15 with the newest one i suppose..(target 40- achieved 25= 15!)

Amazing huh..don't you just love our bolehland,where dreams do come true! =)

Tuesday June 10, 2008
Man gets nod from wives and court to marry a fourth

KUALA TERENGGANU: A property negotiator has received the blessings of his three wives to wed his newfound sweetheart who is 30 years younger than him.

The Syariah High Court approved the application of Abu Bakar Embong, 54, after it found that the father of 25 children met all the prerequisites under Islamic law to take a fourth wife.

Judge Shaikh Ahmad Ismail granted Abu Bakar, who also has three grandchildren, permission to take Suhaili Alias, 25, as his wife.

Shaikh Ahmad advised Abu Bakar to be fair to all his wives, tend to the religious needs of his children, and take his three wives on a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Abu Bakar has fathered 11 boys and 14 girls from his three marriages, with the youngest being four months old and the eldest 25 years.

“The court had considered the affidavit submitted by Abu Bakar, where he stated that he earned RM20,000 a month and had provided houses and cars for each of his wives,” the judge added.

“Therefore, with consent from his wives, the court allows Abu Bakar to marry a fourth wife.”

His three wives – Asnah Jusoh, 46, Mazumi Ismail, 45, and Norazlina Ariffin, 25, – all from Kampung Telok Manir here, also told the court that they had no qualms about their husband marrying another.

The wives later told reporters that their husband was a loving, fair and responsible man and they had arranged for him to marry Suhaili, who is unemployed.

When met, Abu Bakar said there was no secret to keeping all his wives happy, but he believed in treating them equally.

“As long as I can afford another wife and am strong, I don’t see why I can’t marry,” added Abu Bakar, who married his first wife at the age of 19.

Recently, the same court had deferred its decision on an application by lorry driver Mohamed Nor Awang, 57, to marry for the fourth time. It was not convinced he could financially support another wife.

Mohamed had already obtained the nod from his three wives to marry clerk Suzi Sulong, 34.

TheStar,Friday,June 13
KUALA TERENGGANU: The man who was allowed by the Syariah High Court to take a fourth wife, has fathered 25 children. He hopes to make it 40.

Property negotiator Abu Bakar Embong has been hoping to expand his family with another 15 children but did not want to “burden” his three wives.

When the 54-year-old recently expressed his wish to marry his newfound sweetheart, a woman 30 years his junior, his wives Asnah Jusoh, 46, Mazumi Ismail, 45 and 25-year-old Norazlina Ariffin not only agreed to the marriage scheduled for the end of this month, they also agreed to let their husband spend more time with his new bride.

On Monday, the Syariah High Court here approved Abu Bakar's application to take Suhaili Alias, 25, from Batu Enam here, as his fourth wife.
One happy family: Abu Bakar with his three wives and some of their 25 children at their home in Teluk Menara.

Abu Bakar has 11 sons and 14 daughters from his three marriages, the eldest child being 25 years and youngest just four months old.

Asked whether he was still confident of fathering more offspring at his age, the 54-year-old grandfather replied: “I am still strong and foresee no problems”.

He also shared some tips with the media on how to be sexually active even at an advanced age.

Among the techniques he employed was to bathe in the morning by pouring a pail of water on the right leg first before washing other parts of the body.

“This technique is deemed a must for those with several wives,” he said.

2008-06-16T03:03:00.000+08:00

Coincidences.Isn't it funny that some people who live close to each other but never meet will instead meet at places far from home? How 1 friend is connected to another somehow? Once you start bumping into old acquaintances,you continue to do so for some time.

During the Green fest,I bumped into my high school junior,who remarkably still remembers me despite only being in F1 when i handled his KRS test 4 years back.And he knows a fellow BRAT's brother through the workshop he attended.My current course junior was also present that day,together with some other ppl from my uni.A familiar face turned out to be a girl from my f5 add math tuition.

Then Beh and family stopped by at the stall, and my ex-physics teacher too!

There were plenty of VIPs present that day,some which I didn't really recognise but later heard from others who's who.As all were to do their part for charity,either for show or for real I don't know, I took the opportunity to round up their purchases to the nearest fifty or hundred =)It's actually pretty easy to get money out of these ppl as their pride were at stake,you'd just have to put on a big smile and say shall we round this up to? It's for charity.They'll gladly oblige.Not to mention the press were busy snapping their photos.

Actually I wonder if they really use the things that they bought,considering they have to attend godknows how many fund raising events,charity sales and the likes a week,and you can't possibly go back empty handed.

MI2 winner,Daniel Lee was performing there too.He's pretty short,and super skinny(waist is probably 24 inches!!!)and his face was practically caked in thick make up.gosh!He has a pretty good voice though.

On wed,went for a job interview in KL with Beh and the guy that sat with us turned out to be our high school junior!He recognised us first,me from my Krs days and Beh due to his uncanny resemblance to one of the teachers.He even stays pretty near beh's place.It seems that we've talked in the past, but I can't really remember..

After the interview, we just hanged out around KL.Actually both of us have never been to Pavillion,so we decided to check it out,since it's like the hottest mall in town.It's pretty spacious with a classy deco.There are really lots of expensive brands but there's nothing much that you can't find in KLCC,Mid Val Gardens and OU's high street,except for Versace,Paris Hilton and some brands.Well,it's not like I can afford to buy anything there nor am I crazy about branded bags so we just went for tea at J.Co. instead.

Then we went to Lot 10,followed by Sg.Wang,the haven for Lala fashion LOL Basically we had nothing much to do, so we just walked around to while away some time.There, we bumped into T,our high schoolmate and PS,a tuition mate ,both whom I've not contacted since we graduated from high school.

Going back,we took the monorail headed for the wrong direction.I don't know how this happened despite following the signs for the train heading to KL central.After getting down at the Bukit Nanas station,we took a short walk to Dang Wangi LRT station.Both of us have never got on the train at these stations, so it was a pretty new experience.Big mistake.The train was crammed with people from the KLCC stop and we were pretty much squashed.Luckily my donuts survived the ordeal.LOL.

I have to admit I'm not really that familiar with KL roads as I rarely go downtown,so that afternoon's excursion improved my understanding of the roads a little..It's actually pretty fun to just wander around KL if you've got the time to spare and someone to teman you.
Next time ,I'll probably try the Petaling street area and their hawker food.Any takers? XD

2008-06-12T02:46:00.009+08:00

Continue with the Penang trip.It suddenly dawned upon me I was actually in Pg in May for 3 years in a row! 06 for BRATS workshop,07 for sem break,08 for conference.Whoa!

After the conference, we went for afternoon tea,then back to JW's house to hang out before going for duck rice at 3am!!! I whiled away time lookin at JW's old school magazines while the rest caught some sleep.Didn't sleep cuz I knew that if I did,I wouldn't want to wake up just to eat.
Orang gilas eating rice at 3am.

Bowling at Sunshine square.
Truth to be told,I've never been to any bowling alley that was as bad as this.Atrocious customer service(that uncle blamed us for spoiling the bar),faulty equipment(probably due to poor maintenance or rather the lack of it) The pins fell down automatically, 2nd throws were skipped,some frames automatically counted as O when the person hasn't even thrown anything )

Dinner was fried porridge,followed by Indiana Jones at Queensbay.

Indiana Jones was rather nonsensical and parts of the plot were highly similar with National treasure e.g.the lost city ,floodings after somebody set off the trigger by doing something foolish and the hidden moral message that greed ultimately leading to death etc.Shia LeBouf pops out from nowhere as his son,and I found him a tad annoying.Cate Blanchett was stunning as the Soviet officer though.The storyline was rather unbelievable ,from swinging vines in the jungle to man-eating giant ants,to surviving raging waterfalls in the truck and nuclear bomb experiments by hiding in the fridge.The best part has gotta be where the UFO buried for duno how many N years just emerged and rose up into the sky.
A tall tale would be more suitable as the film title, but you'd be thoroughly entertained if you're just looking for some light and fun watch.

27-Stewed duck noodles,Curry mee at some pasar,Air Itam Asam Laksa.Redbox gurney was having a promotion,for students it was 6+,so we plonked ourselves there from 3-8pm.SS and KY, who aren't as K-crazy as we are,looked pretty exhausted by 7.Dinner was supposed to be Hokkien mee(prawn noodles) with pork ribs,but unfortunately there were no more ribs when we reached.The soup stock was thick and flavourful tho, but could have been better with some Kangkung.
Supper Loklok and lobak at some Padang-Very limited selection and watery sauce.Our Fat man and Fat One LokLok are very much better! =)

28 May-Breakfast was Fish Head noodles at Asia Cafe.Strictly economical beehoon,with prolly 2 strand of vege only.fried prawns,1 each and a plate of deep fried fish cutlets.total bill came to 56,excluding drinks.the person explained tat it was the prawn that was expensive.the fish was crunchy flavourful and it seems that its sold out by 11.

Indian noodles at Wuzhou restaurant.Excellent and flavourful,gau for hau also..

Penang Hill/Bukit Bendera-You can choose to hike up or take the electric tram up.There's some eateries, hotels,basically u go up there to enjoy the breeze and take in the panoramic view of Penang.You can also go for the canopy walk, where you pay 5 for the ride and another 5 for the entrance ticket.FRIM's one is more exciting if you're looking for an adrenaline rush.Our driver was this young chinese-indian guy who we mistook for a malay.oops!
There's this dazzling white Indian temple sitting on top the hill.

Very old police station,with a different motto.

After Queensbay,we had grilled fish and Wat Dan Hor for dinner!
Many apologies to HF, who had to ferry me around to look for my Belacan Chicken,which we didn't get in the end cuz we were too late..-.-'''
Hf's dad bought durians ,so this durian lover tucked in happily despite having a sore throat.

Time to introduce my fav drink in Penang=Ambarella(Ambra)juice.I guzzled down litres of it,with almost every meal.It came to the point HF also can't tahan me d.

It's scientific name is Spondias dulcis Forst. ,according to this website http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/ambarella_ars.html)
(Sour and tangy,it makes a great refreshing drink on a hot day=)

To sum it up,this trip was basically non-stop eating.I wouldn't be surprised if I put on weight,as on all trips to Penang.
Many thanks to HF and JW, for putting up with us and everything else =)

2008-06-12T02:11:00.004+08:00

Tuesday afternoon- Jap buffet at Sheraton Subang Jaya,72++ per pax

Pretty good selection,I would say worth the price if we came earlier.Lunch is from 12-230,we came about 130 so I didn't really get what i wanted..The cawan mushi is highly recommended,being silky smooth and firm.

Nice pool view right outside the restaurant.

Buffet spread of sashimi,sushi and appetisers.

cosy setting with pretty nice deco and plush seats

Lousy attempt at artistic foodography HEH.Fair sashimi spread: salmon,naguro,tako,Ebi,Kurage,and another fish which i'm not sure about.

Their tempura was pretty good though i still prefer the one we had at Akhihabara.There was also tepanyaki chicken,vegetables,garlic fried rice,braised salmon,grilled salmon,grilled eel and grilled Saba fish( mackarel?)

Gotta try these custard tarts generously laden with luscious strawberries!

Overall? Pretty good place,and I have a 50% coupon if anyone needs it!

2008-06-11T01:54:00.000+08:00

goodness,i'm a perfectionist!!

got this from emily's blog

九型人格分析
第八型	領袖型、能力型、挑戰者、保護者、權威型 15%
第三型	成就者、事業型、成就型、實踐型 14%
第六型	忠誠型、忠誠型、尋找安全者、謹慎型 11%
第七型	快樂主義型、豐富型、活躍型、創造可能者、享樂型 11%
第一型	完美主義者、完美型、改革者、改進型、秩序大使 11%
第五型	智慧型、觀察者、思想型、理性分析者、思考型 10%
第四型	藝術型、浪漫者、自我型、憑感覺者 10%
第二型	助人者、全愛型、助人型、成就他人者、博愛型 9%
第九型	和平型、和平者、和諧型、維持和諧者 8%

我的九型人格分析？

你是典型的完美主義者。你事事追求完美，很少講出稱讚的說話，很多時會對自己或是對身邊的人批評。因為你對自己的有很高的標準，給自己很大壓力，很少放鬆自己去盡情的玩、開心的笑。
主要特徵：

* 內心的正確標準變成嚴格的自我要求，不斷產生自責的思想。。
* 只接受和做正确的事情。
* 在自身的高層道德和倫理觀念上擁有堅定的信念。要求自己做芸芸眾生中少數的能做正確事情的人。
* 對於那些不符合正確標準的需要置之不理。
* 在思想上把自己同他人比較：「我比他們強還是差？」同時很在意他人的批評
* 做決定時猶豫不決，害怕做出錯誤的決定。
* 在家裡，會事事操心；出到外面，會盡情玩樂。
* 有時會變成事後諸葛，在事情發生後，意識到潛在的完美可能，「想想看原本應該是多麼完美。」而感到失落。

代表人物：柏拉圖、甘地、戈爾

2008-06-07T00:49:00.006+08:00

Penang

Started off with the 3 day MMA medical student conference organised by PMC.I was expecting some dinghy/seedy looking hotel but it turned out to be a pretty nice place(Paradise Sandy beaches) with a clean beach.They must have done very well with the sponsoring bit to afford this place.

Friday
There were 2 fellow attendees who took the same flight as me.I suspected a bit when I saw their formal wear.Who dresses up on an AirAsia flight over here?And so while waiting for our luggage, i just took the chance and asked them.Luckily,my assumptions were spot on!So those 2 friends from IMU were the 1st friends I made from the conference =) Okay, i have to admit at times i can get a bit too friendly with strangers but uhm, somebody's gotta make the 1st move right? (as in making friends only la, not tryin to pick up or anything) Blame it on the chatty gene from my dad's side LOL
Lo and behold, i met RX, who was my primary and secondary school classmate.He stays quite near my place but i've never bumped into him after graduation and here we are,meeting few hundred km away.

Anyway,we went for lunch somewhere near the resort,turns out BS stays pretty near there and brought us there for some nga bou dishes..After a hurried lunch, we rushed back just in time for the ice breaking session.

It turned out to be less scary than it sounded, as we were split into small groups and there was no embarassing games to be played..We were each given a paper and asked to write some details and also 1 word to describe ourselves, which i chose opinionated This word can be positive or viewed negatively.When it came to the most memorable experience as a student,the only thing that came to mind was passing my 2nd year exams.HAHA. I really couldn't think of anything else, and my answer absolutely paled in comparison.

My group members, consisted of Shafiq( who comes from a neigbouring sec school),Terence,Li Jian,Ronnie(who turned out to be my high school senior,only joined us for the 1st day n appeared to be glued to his gf for the remaining parts of the conference),Nurainee and Arini and Vijay(who also disappeared and showed up on the final day as our emcee for the closing) Is it just me or my group is pretty small?

It was followed by tea, before the opening ceremony.(I loved the choc cake that appeared here! sadly, it never appeared again =p )
After the thankfully brief opening ceremony, i bugged some of them to go down for a swim as the pool looked pretty inviting from our room above.Then, after we've changed and everything, it started to rain TT So, we had nothing to do but to laze around in the hotel room.

The Grand Dinner was at the ballroom and everyone was dressed up, not exactly to the nines but presentable la.It was a 8 course? malay+indian+chinese dinner.The first dish was sharks fin soup, which was more of sharks skin and starch then fin, which is a good thing.I urge all NOT to have sharks fin soup for wedding banquets anymore, as it has negative environmental and health effects i.e. bad for both the shark population as well as the human health.
Other dishes included curry fish head with brinjals, sambal ikan bilis+potato wedges,prawns,daging masak merah,braised vege,tomato/white rice,dessert was sago pudding. There was great food wastage as by the 6th dish,everyone was stuffed.In the feedback form,I highlighted this to the organisers and hopefully, something can be done about it in the future conferences.

BS bought us back some burgers from a famous burger stall somewhere nearby.Albeit a bit soggy when we consumed them but they were still pretty good.After that, we went straight to bed.Sinful.LOL.

Saturday
Breakfast was at Delifrance, starting at 7am.Nothing really great, had some salad and pancakes,omelette, the sausages was probably the best dish there.Their noodles were pretty weird looking thus I did not try any of them.There were only a few pastries: sultana raisin muffins,sardine puffs etc.

Among all the talks, 'How SARS shook the world' was my personal favourite as it spoke to us personally,filled with raw emotion,the stories of the brave medical staff who perished in the war against the illness tugged at our heart strings.
To all those who had loved and lost,RIP.

A debate with the motion "Drs always know the best" followed.I strongly agreed with the motion for.It is rather unexpected that the gov lost as it was a pretty easy topic, i mean, the points for the opposition was weak(putting terms and conditions to the statement e.g. working in a team) but yet this house for the motion squandered away the advantage by beating around the bush and mentioning irrelevant points.

I wrote up a couple of points la as my grp appointed me as rep the day before..
1.100% is for God and teachers so how can Drs claim to be perfect and know everything?
2.In terms of emergency and rural areas(which really still are abundant in Msia) where you are alone, can you always work in a team? You alone have to make the decision and if you've never encountered such a case before, do you always know the best?If you're just a fresh grad, can you guarantee that you'll know everything? Some cases are still being treated through trial and error as even at this era of modern medicine, some things cannot be explained still.
3.With the increasing subspecialisation of medicine, the area of specialisation is becoming increasingly focused.As everyone knows,knowledge and skills if not used frequently will be forgotten easily.Can you guarantee that under all circumstances, you will know the best?
The Drs may be the specialists of the field but the patient is the specialist of their own illnesses.
4.Then there are some Drs who think they're all high and mighty, and just brush off patients claims even without thorough examination.They might even have gotten the wrong diagnosis!
5.There will always be exceptional cases.

Lunch was again at Delifrance,and a pretty rushed one as we had to come back at 2 for the workshops.

CPR workshop,and some surgery skills+ plaster of paris,followed by cervical immobilised patient transportation.I have to admit i'm very poor at manipulating objects mechanically i.e. the polos and the string.The poor camera man had to endure my clumsiness for a pretty long time and I forgot to thank him..-.-'' I learned that the plaster of paris is actually exothermic, thus my hand felt warm.It resembles a normal bandage roll, which is then soaked in warm water and rolled around a patients hand.It's pretty weird to have your hand stiff and heavy, thankfully this was all for show only.It takes 72 hours for it to dry completely and lasts for 2 months, if not when u cut it the bandage will be pretty sticky.Did not manage to get a picture of the cast.

There were some time before the BBQ dinner so went for a swim.The pool's pretty deep, abt 5 feet and it was crowded with little kids at the shallow end.After that we went to play at the beach for a while before going off to bathe.

BBQ dinner:food looked attractive, however taste was so-so only.The satay was pretty devoid of fat,but the sauce was too watery.overall, average taste.

After dinner, there was this explore penang thingy but we didn't follow la.BS brought us to this stall selling Tom Yam Maggi which i quite liked the soup as it had a real minty flavour to it.

Sunday
Breakfast was 2 hours so we got up later.After bringing our bags down to Delifrance, where we had breakfast there again.Pretty much the same stuff as yesterday.After breakfast were a couple of talks,which were pretty interesting.
Before lunch,there were again some talks befitting the theme emergency medicine.There was this lady doctor who is working in Singapore and I was very impressed by her.She was capable,spoke confidently and she was very convincing!

The speakers after lunch rather paled in comparison.The poor financial managers voice was pretty loud at first and gradually got weaker and weepier as he realised not many ppl were paying attention to him( excluding yours truly of course LOL) There was also the talk on psychiatry which many ppl were blatantly nodding off or chatting.

The highlight of the closing ceremony was a highly controversial statement by the deputy DG which stated Drs have the license to heal and kill.I understood what he meant(patients place a huge trust in docs and lives are at stake in this profession) but this later sparked a huge furore in the papers, perhaps due to his unfortunate choice of words.

Then it was open to questions from the floor, which left my mind suddenly blank.I had lots of things to ask actually, but just couldn't phrase them out at that time.Plus, his answers to the previous questions weren't exactly accurate and well, everyone looked pretty eager to go home so i just kept quiet.

And that marked the end of the 3 days conference.

2008-06-05T04:33:00.004+08:00

Kuala Terengganu

Firstly,many thanks to sk and her parents for accommodating us on the trip

By car,it's an approx 6 hours drive from KL, not counting where we stop over at Kuantan.It was raining when we reached KT,so we headed straight for the lodge.

Our room at the lodge cost 70+ per night,with 3 beds and was pretty gloomy.There was something wrong with the tv, the toilet door couldn't shut completely and the whole room reeked of stale smoke.Seriously,i hung my towel during the night and the next day it smelled as if i blew a whole packet's worth of smoke onto it..SK and HF didn't sleep well as their beds seemed to have bed bugs.I dunno whether mine had, but I slept through everything,regardless.
We moved to a better hotel the next night,and everyone had a good night's sleep.

Kt isn't as bad as what most people think.You can find pork here, that's for sure.
For starters, there's Chinatown.
Chinatown is actually just a street with less than 10 chinese eateries.There's 1 bah kut teh shop, and some other shops selling typical noodles and rice.i highly recommend d toasted cereal prawns here.

Bored of chinese food? Fear not,other than malay eateries, fast food joints can be found in town: McDs,KFC,A&W,Pizza etc.So far, i haven't spotted any pubs around here.There are lots of banks along the main street, and there's even Vincci and Secret Recipe! Grocery shopping can be done at the Emporium,the Store,Giant or Mydin.Too bad there's no Cold storage here though..

Our house is a semi-detached,with 7 rooms but only 3 toilets(2 up,1 down) so i foresee a mad rush for toilets in the morning will occur.There is a round table in the garden ,which is pretty nice if u happen to be in the mood to drink tea and enjoy the morning breeze.It's a few minutes walk away from the Batu Buruk beach.

The uni is seriously in the middle of nowhere, you turn in some random junction from the main road and go on for a few minutes ,passing some papan houses,palm oil estates,plantations before reaching.There's no signboard in sight,but the characteristic RED paint indicates we've got the right place..For some reason,our uni's academic block has only 2 stories,which i seriously think is a waste of space.I mean, since u've already done the foundation,might as well build a few more stories instead of having to build another block when the student population increases.

Ah..just a brief idea of KT..Will write more about it when I really stay there next time!

2008-06-03T16:59:00.000+08:00

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Click the image to view it in its full glory. Get one for yourself.

2008-06-03T02:48:00.007+08:00

Phew! May has been a really busy month for me.
First singapore for 4 days, then KT for 3, followed by Penang for a week.
I'd been away from home for more than half a month, and went pass almost every state in Peninsular Msia.

I'll start with Singapore.

FRIDAY
The bus ride there takes 6 hours.After lunch, we went back to the NUS hostel in Singapore Science Park. Met up with LW at night and went to Chinatown for dinner-Lobak,tang yuan which came in different flavours( yam,peanut,green tea,black sesame,red bean)served in peanut soup,fried radish cake,o jien (oyster omelette).

SATURDAY
Singapore national museum,located at Stamford Road,and you can get there by walking from the Dhoby Gaut station.Entry for students only costs SD 5 and it is a really great place to spend your whole afternoon.

We were greeted by a massive statue of David at the entrance. It's comfortable and informative, and everyone gets an interactive guide for the History Gallery.There are various exhibits :Living Galleries-Film and Wayang,Food,Photography,Fashion and History Gallery.

My personal favourite would be the Fashion gallery where one could see clothes from different eras as well as beauty tips and accessories.Boy,were their swimsuits modest then!I also discovered i possessed a bit of history right at home,a mirror from the 1960s, which i unfortunately broke.
Wayang-costumes and props from old Chinese plays in the past,Clips on P ramlee and various artistes,old records etc.

Photography-Photos accompanied by videos telling the story of the picture, different camera models(there really was one that looked like what u'll see in TVB dramas, with the huge tripod where the photographer had to pull some cord for the flash to go off)ancient photographs,some of them before WW II.
There was also clothes on display designed by students of the La Salle School of Design and I must say the designs were very good.

History Gallery speaks of the British occupation,parts of WWII- followed by the Japanese occupation.It also showcases the road to Singapore independence(you can see ex premier LKY in his youth, who speaks Malay like a typical Chinese man LOL)It's nary a wonder he was in power for so long, for even in his youth he spoke with strong conviction and possessed an extraordinary gift of persuasion.

Had to give thieves market a miss as had insufficient time but i guess it's somewhat like our pasar malam,judging from the pictures i saw online; mustaffa centre(A MUST visit for chocolates,it was time to replenish my stash =p)

Dinner was Chinatowns claypot porridge-it was packed the night before so we decided to pay it a visit today.I ordered claypot tin gai porridge(frog) SD8 and J had zap zuk.I guess the porridge base is the same, they just mix in the stuf and reheat it..it was quite tasty but the tofu sucked though..pretty much tasteless.The meal came up to abt 16 SD.

Next stop- Bkt batok.

we got off at the wrong station, for some reason , my cousins house at bkt batok was actually nearer to bukit gombak station,so we took the bus instead(longer journey and time consuming as had to wait for bus)n not knowing exactly where we were, we just got down from the bus and walked.Finally we discovered it was just across the road.Just as I thought it was over,I realised I didn't even have his unit address -.-'' Going back,we got the correct station this time,but we missed the last train,so we had to take the bus back.

SUNDAY
-haw paw villa

entrance ticket= SD1,where you can see the stages of hell e.g. if you're involved in the flesh trade u'll be boiled in burning hot oil or something of that sort...if u have a weak stomach, u'd prolly wanna give it a skip and move on to the free areas.I was filled with a sense of nostalgia as i came here last in 1999 during our std 6 class trip.It was really packed back then,with performers and lots of vendors.My memory of the rest of the trip was pretty hazy,i just remember 6 of us had to share a tiny room with only 2 single beds or was it 1??,and i got a high fever after we got back and was sick for abt a week.Anyway, the place has lots of photo spots and you can spot koalas,kangaroos,sumo wrestler,monkeys,mermaids,mythical creatures(all statues la)

Holland Village- lunch was their famous fish noodles,which was so-so only in my opinion,should have tried the ones in XO sauce instead.

followed by Katong Laksa, which is now one of my fav dishes in Sing!

Adjourned for some shopping at Bugis Street and B.Junction.Managed to hold onto wallet and bought just 1 item LOL.

At night we went for dinner at Allson hotel with my uncle who stays in singapore and his family.I didn't know what was the occasion until I saw the mother's' day sign.HEH.Dinner menu:fish cant remember wat it was cooked in,Peking Duck( 1 with skin and 1 mixed with noodles),prawns cooked with toasted cereal,gai lan with lots of shallots,gung bou gai ding( spicy chicken dish).The funny part is we had to wait for rice cuz our attendant said the kitchen was still steaming the rice.It only came after a few dishes arrived.Ironically the rice was cold.A dinner for 9 came up to slightly less than SD300.I cant remember whether there was shark's fin,hopefully there wasn't.

After dinner,went back to help J pack as she was goin to move to another hostel the next semester.Students, i discover,despite coming from different schools,are alike when it comes to rubbish.Rubbish is thrown where its not supposed to,and we buy and hoard stuff only to throw them away when we move.Enjoyed good progress,and it only took abt 4 hours to finish packing.

MONDAY
Cleared out the room and finished off the admin stuff. Had lunch at donut factory in Novena Square before boarding bus.I don't understand the rationale of the bus company providing personal TV screens and then asking d passengers to rent the earphones from them.Luckily i could use my mp3 players earphones and managed to catch POC II and She's all that.The journey back was shorter,taking only 5 hours,compared to the 6 hours journey to.I took a train back from Bangsar LRT.It must have been quite a sight,me with my huge Jansport,one hand clutching a box of donuts,another the sleeping bag,jostling for space in the LRT.

2008-05-13T01:58:00.001+08:00

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2008-04-29T17:35:00.002+08:00

for my jap pix n stuff.I tried doing a slide show but it's such a hassle, so..here you go!

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BTW, i love Japan but it's still great to be home! XD

2008-01-13T04:21:00.000+08:00

i absolutely adore this guy!!!!

2007-11-15T01:44:00.000+08:00

岜东埔团长莫哈末再迪呼吁政府禁止任何人在国内养猪，"因为只要有猪出现,就只会破坏国民团结。"（别国出口猪肉算什么，不可相提并论！）

柔佛团长拉查理说他们并未格外提出要求，以得到什么东西。"当我们不争取什么，而其他人却不断提出要求，导致我们利益受损时，我们采取行动，争取应得的东西，有错吗？当我们争取股权时，其他人就该给啦！大家应该把目光放得更远。"（对嘛，我们要放长线钓大鱼）

槟城代表莫哈末再迪（指出了限于槟城的马来同胞会面对的问题〕："生活水准越来越高，农耕地用来发展，没有能力买屋子，生活受到压迫，许多生活在槟城的一些地区如岜东埔的马来人被迫搬迁至其他州。"

本国第一个上到太空的人－锡慕查化表示他希望在2009年前结婚，但合约上注明他在接受训练时不能结婚，因此他要解除合约。（可以谅解他啦，他突然觉得人生大事不可再被耽误〕

妇女组代表拿督查丽哈表示亚航空姐制服过于暴露。"亚航空姐所穿的制服实在令人感到羞耻，露出膝盖，大腿及小腿，就这样公开给所有乘客看，这让全国妇女蒙羞 "（对啊，就像游泳健将的战衣也太暴露了，小心就如丹州大臣所说般让人看了不能专心祷告及想入非非。我应该是男的)

上世纪，许多移民抱着淘金梦到美国去，有人说 it is a land where dreams come true ；照我看来，我国也可用这句当tagline.

妙！我国能！

note: 所有'名句'引用自星州报，欲知详情者可自行翻阅。

2007-10-26T00:29:00.000+08:00

daniel henney is so swoonsome, he can tell me he loves me the whole day, baby =P

2007-10-25T19:49:00.000+08:00

2007-10-24T17:27:00.000+08:00

1st stop: bidor’s Pun Chun restaurant
-famous for duck thigh noodles and chicken biscuits.6.50 per order,pretty reasonable as the thigh was quite big.i had the dry noodles, came with a bowl of herbal soup with some herbs, quite flavorful.
I wouldn’t recommend the char siew noodles though, had lots of artificial flavouring in it (it colored the soup slightly pink) and the taste was pretty bland.
There are water apples(jambu air) and soursop(must-buy as it’s damn cheap,6 for a big one!) vendors outside the shop.If you want to buy anything, buy from the old lady, not the younger aunty(she ripped us off n the fruits were tasteless !!)

Next stop: Penang!the bridge was slightly congested, what to do? There were so many lanes but they converged into just two. Surprisingly the cash lane was moving faster than the supposed ‘touch and go’ lane.I spotted sunny skies ahead which meant good weather ,or so I thought.(it later rained cats and dogs TT)

Stopped by at gor’s office before he brought us to the place we were supposed to stay for the next 3 days.Krystal suite is pretty near queensbay and it really gives you value for money.I heard it was converted from a condo, which explains why there’s large spaces outside each lot.the entrance to each room had a ramp for wheelchairs as well.our room had an office desk,a dining table,a 4 seater sofa set,2 Tvs(1 in living room,1 in bedroom),a microwave,fridge,plates and cups but no cutlery other than teaspoons. It’s meant for 2 adults n 1 child but I think it could comfortably accommodate 5 adults, that is if sleeping bags are brought along.

Went to check out BJ’s shopping complex,nothing much here.Bodyglove had everything at 50% off,so I bought a pair of shorts,but they didn’t have the color I want but I bought it anyhow (later I saw it in queensbay,am dui man!)

Dinner time! Went to super tanker, which is located at lip sin garden.the chicken rice there is pretty affordable,comes with soup also.i think half a chicken plus some char siew was less than 20 bucks.The belacan fried chicken +shitake mushroom+tofu is a must-try! i got pretty excited when I learned tat it was the stall that I read about in the papers.What a coincidence huh!The assam laksa here tastes OK.i passed by the satay stall,but was too full to eat anymore,so I made a mental note to try it out next time,not knowing when that would be.but voila! I came here again with JW,Ku,HF.
Back to the satay-I’ve never tried the batu maung style,and according to JW,it’s marinated in the peanut sauce before it’s grilled.I dunno,but it tastes the same to me.The Tom yam was barely detected.The only thing diff from what u get in KL is they have pork satay.

After dinner, we went to Queensbay.I told myself, ‘I’m just going to look around,no buying any unnecessary stuff. But, when I saw the Fila shop where everything was practically on sale,everything went out of the window. I love this outlet, it has so much more stock than KL and Belle told me it’s perpetually on sale.In the end,I bought a bag and a pair of shoes.

After that,we went to this place near Hotel msia for the 'Sup's but I had ABC instead and I was very pleased that they remembered my order which had no milk in it.They absolutely made my day=)

guess what? Beijing hotel but not in Beijing!

Thursday
Went to some pasir bersih(somewhere in mainland) for lunch.The dishes were: curry shark (??), fried fish, julienne cabbage, eggplant w/ chili, deep fried garoupa,mantis prawn and fried squid batter with mayo.

Next stop:Kek lok Si and the renowned Air Itam Laksa.mm.not bad.U've gotta try the sugar cane here as well, it's really sweet.Wandered around alone as they've all been here before.

We went around the town before going to BJ complex,again.LOL. Soya bean for 3= slightly more than 2 bucks.Went for a swim.
This was taken after my swim,a barely-there rainbow.Pretty neat huh..

Then,met up with BS,JW,Ku,Hf for dinner.As we were all getting hungry waiting for them,Gor suggested we go to Queensbay for dinner as most of the stalls were closed in prep for ‘Gau wong Yeh’. They went to Johnny’s where they had tom yam .Pa teman-ed me for tea while waiting, I also had eggs and green tea ice cream.We must have left a strong impression on the shop assistant cuz the next day when I went back for more ice cream,she could still recognize me XD

BS drove us to Autocity,where we visited some dessert shop and Bed.The choc fondue’s choc was way too thin,it kinda tasted like choc syrup that I drench waffles in.The strawberry was tiny but I liked it that they shaped the fruit in balls. The way they do the ‘mat do lou’ is they put coconut milk in it, which is diff than what we have in KL.Bed has 1 cute waiter,who somewhat resembled a Korean actor.I think he was ‘zha dau’ when out of 5,only 2 ordered something ,and non-alcoholic too! Mine was some fruit freeze, JW had milk shake.The DJ who Ku was checking out turned out to be a chain smoker.Yellow light is now forever imprinted in my mind.XD
Autocity had this lantern exhibition thingy goin on where the theme was hello Kitty and friends.We were supposed to check it out on Wed but it rained >.<
Kitty and Daniel at day

and night.

I went back at 12 something and pa wasn’t even back yet. He later asked me ‘You didn’t go drinking ke?’ HAHA.

Friday
Morn-Dim sum at the place HF brought us last time.it wasn’t as crowded and the dim sum wasn’t that nice, somehow.I think probably it was cuz the food from the carts were cold.
Next stops:
-Gurney.
Bought a light blue windbreaker and a few bottoms,some which I don’t know when I’m going to wear.
-visits to a few temples.Rojak outside the burmese temple.When asked why his prices were higher compared to the rest,his answer was DA BOMB.He just gestured about,which i interpreted as this is a tourist spot.The snake temple was really a letdown.I expected something like hundreds of snakes slithering about,throwing people glassy stares(ok,maybe not so many,but definitely not 1 measly snake)It has became too commercialised for my liking,with snakes on display for photographing purpose only.

After that, went for a swim to relax but my tranquility was disturbed when more and more people joined me at the pool.People who walked along horizontal lines thus blocking my way.As I was doing my laps, a @%@^ kid suddenly grabbed my calf.For a full few seconds, he held on.I don’t know what the hell he was doing, I was so shocked I just stood there.His siblings were also staring at him.I just swam away after that as I was lost for words.

Dinner: Char Kuey teow with a cool glass of Ambra+plum XD to wash it down with. 1 plate was 3 bucks,kinda like KL std.The fishballs were pretty song hau/elastic.

Does the sight of this kuey teow make you salivate already? XD

Adjourned for tong sui at Red Chopsticks,which was a big mistake.Never ever try their sesame wu with tong yuen.It costs 3.90 per bowl and it comes with 1 measly tong yuen.The broth was too thin/ ‘hei’ and it tasted slightly burnt.I’m not kidding, but those frozen pre-packed tong yuen that can be found in Giant tastes much better than this.The leong fun was a bit sour but it came in a pretty big portion.The bubur-caca was just passable.I think only the cendol was worth it.

I was thinking of what to do at night.Thought of getting gor to go over to butterworth to try their famous kuey teow but scared that it’ll be jammed at the bridge.Also,he looked tired.Ah well,next time then.
What now?Luckily JW,HF,Kur was up for a movie and so we watched bourne ultimatum at Queensbay(again!!) Before they came,I whiled away some time checking out the shops in the complex and the sales girl at Fila recognized me.LOL!After the show,everyone were abit peckish so we went to some kayu kandar place near BJ.Man,the place is really well deco-ed.I’ve never been to a mamak with such good furnishings.Marble topped table and chairs, good brand lcd tvs and mirrors all around.3 shop lots fully equipped with air-con I think.We stayed out really late that day.If I were to do this back at home,my parents would probably have slaughtered me/kicked me out by then.

Sat
Dropped by this place below the BJ flats for ‘Ban Mee’ The tables are just under some trees so it’s pretty windy.I find it interesting that they carry around trays of drinks for you to choose from, the drinks nth special-herbal tea n stuf.

En route to KL:
Ipoh-as usual.Chicken.
Tapah-huge reststop.They have large washroom cubicles, some with signs for family and children.Wow.

The soft ice cream here is 1.80 per cone, no big deal and the cone tastes plastic.Eek.The dunkin donuts here enjoy brisk business but they don’t have that many flavours as Kajang.

Foot Note:Throughout the trip, I dutifully acted out my role as a tourist, snapping pictures everywhere to the extent someone actually thought that I wasn’t local.LOL.

I would also like to thank my comfy slippers ,which were so comfy I went everywhere in them.

Total account of malls visited:
BJ complex-2; Queensbay-3 days in a row; Gurney-1.
Amazing .I don’t even shop often in KL.

2007-10-10T00:42:00.000+08:00

the jap drama(hanakimi zakarino kimitachi a.k.a. 花样少男少女 that i'm so in love with currently =P
I highly recommend this drama to all those who greatly needs convincing that there's still some hope left in the world,if u know what i mean ,as it certainly has more than its fair share of eye candy *winks* Also good for laughs as their expressions are really comical and exaggerated.

in this drama,I'm siding with ikuta,中津秀一 rather than Oguri shun, cuz he's so darn cute and hot!! He also had a minor role in HYD2 but I couldn't recognise him as he looks very much better here =) On the left is another pretty boy,cheng tian you(not sure whether he's jap or what)

it's really a great drama and it's much better than it's taiwan counterpart.For starters, the female lead isn't so annoying,in fact,she's pretty likeable =)

you see what i mean?I haven't abandoned my love for korean dramas totally,just that i've been pretty caught up with some stuff that can't really fork out the time for longer shows but fear not, i'll catch up with the korean drama scene pretty soon =)

Here's another jap show that i've been watching( Yamada taro), where there's 2 arashi members in it.surprisingly,DMJ from HYD is also from arashi.

now u can say" the here this fella goes with the pretty boy-look again"
yes,i'm a sucker for these fellas, but u can't blame me,there's never any like this around here=P

2007-08-22T05:00:00.000+08:00

here's something on the recently held forum by the school of pharm

Firstly,I don't know how the forum morphed into a heated 'discussion' about generic drugs vs. brand name drugs when the topic was something else. Also,when you oppose just for the sake of opposing, is there a point? This is the impression I got from the 3rd speaker from pharm.To quote, “I oppose all his points”.

Well, there may be some things that aren't quite accurate that was said by the 3rd medical speaker, but the point about consumer mentality is without a shadow of doubt, was spot on! Come on, in marketing, it is known as brand loyalty. Being human, it's only natural that we go for the bigger names, the ones that we know or have heard of. Take 2 pair of jeans: one is tagged as Levi’s, one is tagged as some pasar-malam brand; brand aside, ceteris paribus, which would the consumer choose? The choice is obvious, ain't it? The only thing that stands in the way is the consumers’ financial status, as in the case of drugs, whether they can afford it. Patience compliance is VITAL for any treatment to work, and if for any reason, they believe that the drug is substandard or isn't working for them as it should, obviously they'll discontinue the treatment- compliance would be poor.

I believe that you all have got the last student’s comment wrong. What he meant was that you cannot compare government hospitals to private practices (which was the example given), as the citizen’s taxes are not used to fund these clinics. Obviously, the government hospitals have to work on a tighter budget, thus they would give generic drugs. Yes, the poor have as much right to health care as the affluent, but the token sum paid is obviously not enough if everyone demands to use brand name drugs. There’s a saying beggars can’t be choosers, but mind you, I’m not implying that these people are beggars, it’s just a saying. Given a choice, do you honestly think that they wouldn’t select the more expensive ones? Furthermore, private practice is a business; it’s economically unfeasible to stock so many variations of the same drug as they don’t have that type of customer volume to cover the cost. To help with overhead costs, pharmacies sell other products e.g. Facial products, snacks, vitamins.

This era of IT heralds the arrival of the e-patient. Some claim that patients ‘don’t know anything’. On the contrary, sometimes the patients know better than the doctors, as they’re ‘experts on their own disease’. Info is abundant and boy, they can come very well prepared! The patients are also realistic, if they think that the doctor is lousy or the drugs he/she gives is ineffective, they would not go there again.
One more thing, talking about profits, do you know which side profits the most from the drug? It’s neither pharmacists nor doctors, but rather the pharmaceutical companies. Of course the drugs are expensive; they’ve spent so much on research and manufacturing that they would want to recover their costs as soon as possible. If anyone is really gung-ho in making medicines available to the masses, then why not take a bull by its horns? Go petition the pharmaceutical companies to lower their profit margin.

Also, it can be quite a hassle getting prescriptions filled as I’ve experienced recently.1 didn’t employ a pharmacist; the other’s pharmacist was off duty. Resisting the temptation to just give up and go home, I went to another 2 pharmacies. The remaining 2 did not sell the generic drug. End result of going through all this hassle? I had to buy the branded drug anyway.

It is a gross understatement that a doctor’s education ends at the acquisition of a medical degree. We are constantly reminded that medicine is a lifelong learning process which only ends when you expire or lose your sanity, whichever occurs first. Doctors constantly update themselves through reading, attending talks etc. They are not so ‘out of touch’ as some perceive them to be. Also, regarding the money bit, doctors are not ‘frolicking’ in so much money as what they wish to be. LOL

All this name-calling will not only fuel the war between pharmacy and medical students further, but also highlights the immaturity of those involved. In the first place, why should hostility exist between these 2 schools? Shouldn’t pharm. and medical students work hand in hand instead?

The above is just my 2 cents worth, no offense meant to any party.

2007-07-17T19:37:00.001+08:00

whoa!! i look like so many male stars.wahahha, n fish once said i look like bae yong jun..0.o

2007-06-20T23:30:00.000+08:00

King and the Clown , 王的男人 (wang ui namja)

some of the lines from the show:

What? What do you see?
Thou art blind to what's high and what's low.So thou hast turned this world upside down.

The world's but a stage!Kingly is he who struts for a while, then exits in style!

This is the synopsis from verycd.com.Too lazy to write the whole thing =p but its a movie i would recommend even non-korean movie fans to watch as its not your typical korean movie.Besides,lee jun ki is such a pretty guy!

朝鲜第十代王燕山王君时期，暴君燕山昏庸无道，致使贪官污吏横行，民不聊生。假面舞剧艺人张生（甘宇成饰）不堪周围人的愚弄，与自己最好的朋友孔吉（李俊基饰）一同来到了汉阳谋求发展。由于才智过人，他们表演的带有讽刺燕山君（郑镇荣饰）和宠妾绿水（姜成妍）的舞剧很受老百姓的欢迎。演出获得了空前的成功，但是他们因为戏耍了燕山君被拉到了义禁府。　　“如果王看了我们的演出开怀一笑那我们就不是戏弄您。”“如果本王不笑，你们就要处死。”张生豪言壮语的保证让燕山君开怀一笑，但是到了表演的时候紧张的情绪影响了他的发挥，始终不能让燕山君露出笑容。就在这时斯文小生孔吉急中生智，施展了他特有的搞笑绝技，使得燕山君笑了出来。满意他们这次演出的燕山君决定把他们留在了宫内假面舞剧艺人们的住所“喜乐园”。　　进宫后的他们，十分兴奋。演出时还演绎了一段讽刺贪官污吏的舞剧，使燕山君非常的愉快。但是燕山君发现观看演出的大臣中有一人没有笑，于是说该臣是贪官污吏，对他进行了刑罚。此时的演出现场，氛围格外的紧张。此后他们又排演了一出后宫女人因为嫉妒互相残杀的戏。没想到却让燕山想起了自己的生母就是因为遭遇嫉妒而被先王赐死。愤怒的燕山当场杀死了两个先王的女人！每次的表演都让现场变成了血海。失去表演兴趣的张生想离宫了。但是孔吉却不知道什么原因要留下来。为了赶走假面舞剧艺人，一些叛臣开始了他们的阴谋，而平时就很嫉妒孔吉张生的宠妾绿水同样也开始了她的阴谋计划……

2007-06-08T01:33:00.001+08:00

i finished watching 花样少年少女！！The first taiwanese 偶像剧 that I finished in this year, so believe me, i've been very 乖。剧情有点离谱，不可能她可以隐瞒女性身份这么久，毕竟明眼人只需看一眼就穿帮了。

吴尊吴尊，唯吴独尊！哈哈，无聊到还想了个口号。。我看他以前有份演出的戏剧时，我并不觉得他好看 (e.g. 终极一班〕，可是他在此花样剧中实在是太可爱了！！！

本人觉得他厚厚的嘴唇还有高高的颧骨（Cheekbones) 很好看喔！虽然他的眼袋蛮严重的，而且不是每个角度都好看，但是他是典型的V 型男啊！！

这样才算是个花美男嘛，那像某个过气男明星嘟嘴的样子，多恶心啊。。

没错，我的喜好偏向韩日系，那种androgynous look; 大只佬不合我的口味。

我觉得一个样子还过得去的男生，如果留刘海(fringe)，再配上半长不断的乱发，很好看叻。若还穿一边的耳洞 (piercing)，赞！

若你读到这里已想作呕，再忍耐一下吧！毕竟我是个见异思迁的花心大萝卜，哈哈，物色到新的气质演员后，就会转移目标了。。

觉得自己好象还蛮花痴的说。

附上一些照片供大家欣赏。

我最喜欢花样的造型，美男＋可爱的狗的组合。

东方茱丽叶，不太喜欢这套戏，不过造型还不错。

终极一班的造型，去年未开学前狂追的校园剧，dialogue 和剧情很夸张，也因此很好笑。第一部有他的戏，但是在这戏里没什么特出的表现，反而飞轮海的其他成员占了很大的戏份。

2007-06-03T03:16:00.000+08:00

Rain's first movie.

the poster is so cute eh XD

caption : 我们不是接吻，而是在充电哦

= we're not kissing, but charging oh!

story set in psychiatric hospital,

Young goon ( lin xiu jing) is a girl that refuses to eat bcuz she believes that she's a cyborg and she'll start to break down if she eats.

Il-soon( Rain) who believes that he has a special talent, which is stealing stuff, falls in love with her and he's a real romantic guy.

He'll steal anything just for her.

When she's sad, he steals her heart out to

cry for her;he stole other's songs to sing for

her.(which includes yodelling !! @.@)

Some of the memorable lines which i absolutely adore:

The persimmon spoke, "I'm shy so...Please take me in one mouthful "

Young goon : What if l eat, And the rice-megatron doesn't work?
Il-soon :I'll fix it.l'm a technician, remember?
Young goon :Maybe not now, but what if itbreaks down later? Or after that?
ll-soon :Call me.l make house calls for repairs.lt's a warranty for life.

*hands her a card, which states-

PARK ll-soon,Certified Electric Technician
Rice-megatron Expert,Warranty for Life*

note: Rice-megatron is a device that converts foodcalories into electrical energy.Il-soon invented it to persuade Young-goon to eat.

they think that Young-goons grandma's last message to Young-goon was " You're a nuke bomb. Your purpose of existence is the world's end.Need a billion volts. Cuz of this, Young-goon and Il-soon go camping in the rain and they even have a metal rod to increase their chances of getting struck by lightning.

Il-soon: Think there's really a billion volts in one bolt of lightening?

Try beating that!

There's also a part where they kiss for like a gazillion years..ESH ESH ESH... it's actually a way Il-soon invented to "recharge" her batteries.That scene is really quite amusing ,but so unfair!!

I also need my batteries recharged , but not by any TDOH, mind you XD

2007-04-23T18:10:00.000+08:00

人的2% 不足

每个生命都有2% 不足,
因为上天是公平的,他给人这2% 的不足,
让人在自己的人生路途中填补它.
所以朋友你不用羡慕，妒忌,
那些生活比你好, 各方面条件比你优越的人,
他们在别的方面不一定优越于你,
每个人都是不一样的,
但每个人都有2% 的不足。
他们的悲伤你不知道，
因此不要让他们看到你的哀伤，
用心去填补那2% 的不足。

this line came from a show 魔女游戏, which is another show i want to watch after the exams! Kim jung hoon is starring in it.haha, haven't even started exams already have my holiday plans all laid out =p

2007-04-23T00:59:00.000+08:00

I have this annoying tendency to do unimportant things when I'm supposed to be focusing on studying ,but when i'm free i'm too lazy to do anything about it, hence the growing pile of drafts. >.<

the VA tech massacre was really disturbing, I couldn't manage to tear myself away from reading about it.Could it have been prevented?Where would it happen next? There is always the oddball in class, could he/she be the next to go on a rampage? The majority of the victims were teenagers/young adults .It saddens me when I think of all the unfulfilled dreams ,their hopes for the future and loved ones.This was done at a uni no less,the last place where they would expect to be slain so mercilessly.

We think that there's always tomorrow, but what if tomorrow never comes?

They never got to say goodbye.

Just an addition to the last post,nobody ever asks to be raped.I believe that everyone has a right over their bodies, and rape=violation of the aforementioned right.There is no justification ever for rape.Stealing food cuz of hunger can never be made a comparison as sex is not a prerequisite of life.You don't die from being abstinent. It only goes to show how beastlike a person can be when he/she can't even practise self-restraint over such matters.One's idea of seductive and provocative may be another's idea of style.Wtv it is, what one wears is entirely one's choice and should not be used as an excuse for such heinous behaviour.Incest especially,is unpardonable.

2007-04-22T00:12:00.000+08:00

Actually this is something that i've compiled quite some time ago, it's just that i feel rather indignant after hearing some people's remarks that i had to get things off my chest.

Some of the quotes were taken from 'Sex Slaves in Asia' by Louise Brown.

Legitimate sexuality, at least for women, is found only in marriage.The cult of virginity is so strong in Philipino Catholicsm.A girl who is raped or has pre-marital relationship that turns sour,will frequently be burdened with the shame of no longer being a virgin.For some of these girls it is a shame that leaves them no option other than to be a prostitute because they honestly believe that they are no longer worthy enough to become the wife of a decent man.

In highly traditional societies, the rape of a woman can lead to a destruction of self esteem.Women may therefore accept prostitution as their way of life because they cannot escape from the psychological prison created by their experience of rape and of it's associated shame.Initially, the trauma of rape and the devastating consequences that flow from it can sometimes bind the girl to her rapist.In other words, he creates the prostitute and then he profits from her.

In the most sexually and gender repressive societies in Asia, rape is an initiation into prostitution. A raped girl is unable to marry because she is no longer a virgin. Such women resort to sex work because it is the only form and work available to them and because they cannot survive as a single woman.

Unmarried mothers and victims of rape from another small but significant category. They are significant because apart from being the victims of awful personal tragedies, their face reveals some unhappy truths about South Asian societies.

In msia, virgin girls who have not yet reached puberty carry a premium.12 to 15 is considered the best age.

Virginity and chastity are central to the dominant strands in Asia's value systems. The Korean proverb' Chastity for a woman is more precious than life' sums this up perfectly

NOTE: It’s not that easy for a rape victim to report to the police n stuff liddat.She'll have to relive the trauma, get checkups, lots of red tape involved.n the worst part is when there's no evidence.yes, there'll be bruising n stuff but no DNA evidence.EVERYTHING is based on evidence and in some states, u'll need 4 JUST and RIGHTEOUS men to be witnesses, which brings us to the question, if they are so just and good, why didn't they stop the rape from taking place then?Why should men be allowed to wildly sow their seed before marriage n no one will bat an eyelid, yet women must be as untainted and 'pure' as possible in order not to be labelled as DAMAGED GOODS? Why are they goods in the first place?

TO would-be flamers: I am not trying to promote promiscuity here but it is IMHO that ppl shouldnt have some virgin fetish, esp. guys that have been sleeping around aka swingers.Staying a virgin should be a matter of choice, not by force.If ur a virgin guy, then u could prolly demand that ur wife is equally one in that sense(but why should you? it’s just a piece of membrane ), but otherwise, "let he who is without sin,cast the first stone”.Nuff said.

2007-04-21T23:55:00.000+08:00

Slightly more than 2 weeks, more than almost 2 sems worth of work to cover.Great.I don't know, i have people asking me how i study and how long, i guess i should be thankful that i at least look hardworking.But honestly, i lack discipline.I get distracted and sidetracked easily.Procrastination is my second nature.Every exam i tell myself i'm going to start revision early, but i never get down to doing it.Probably i should hire a personal trainer just to supervise my studies LOL. I swear i'll lay off korean dramas ,at least until exams are over..

I'm now ranting away with some blasted kids screaming and bugging me,sigh.Kids.Too bad the laws of society dictate how we should behave around family members.Never see how they can be cute, don't understand why people keep popping them out either =p Please do not insist that I hold any of your babies, if the situation ever arises..Mind you,I'm not the only one in class that thinks that way..

note to self: KIDS are EVIL.

Neways," handsome thing" proclaims that we will all pass without a problem, which i'm not sure we can believe but seng hui guai yin lar..

good luck everyone! Aza aza fighting!

My current wishlist:
discipline
determination
perserverance
and last but not least... a human OSIM XD

PS:// unless your name happens to be oguri shun, no i'm not referrring to you =p

2007-02-23T02:15:00.000+08:00

Hana Yori Dango..hanazawa Rui n Mei Zuo is so cute!! hahah..

2007-02-23T00:29:00.000+08:00

help me!!! hahah..i'm currently addicted to this jap drama Hana Yori Dango II.it's the sequel to the jap version of meteor garden and I think the actors here are so much better, the only mei zhong bu zhu de is their height..How on earth do this dudes mantain their good figure!?such shapely legs n lean waists LOL.

Song Ben Run ( of the grp Arashi) makes a much better Do mio Ji than bao long, even though both of them aren't good looking LOL He has way more bling-blings too.ahah

Also,小粟旬 as Rui is so much more cuter than that Zai2.It now makes more sense that she's in a dilemma having to choose between this 2.

Definitely Mei Zuo (阿部力) n Xi men (松田翔太)looks better here..compared to that fat zhu xiao tian.wahahahaha..

Last but not least, Shan cai (井上真央)is super pretty here..She really brings out the zha chao jing sen, compared to Da S, who looks so weak.

conclusion, this is my latest craze,even Gong S has to stand aside.I can't wait for the new episodes to come out! I'm at pace with the rest of Japan *smirks*

2007-02-04T23:52:00.001+08:00

As sian pointed out, i haven't been posting anything for the past month.haha..So, yea, it's time for updates!

Shockingly, we are now in the 2nd month of 2007.January seemed to have flew past without me noticing.

There were 2 trips: one to the geriatric center n the 2nd to the national blood bank, which was quite an interesting one, as i've never been inside before, despite passing by countless times.

Movies watched in cinema: "Blood diamond".If you're the type that won't consider a wedding perfect without a huge glittering rock on your finger, then you should definitely catch this movie.I got quite annoyed though after watching it.It's so frustrating that ppl are still doing all this despite the wide coverage over the issue.If you're interested in knowing more, you can check out this site. http://www.blooddiamondaction.org/ Many thanks to kuria's friend for treating us to the movie.

Btw,I love 'tong gei' egg tarts!The best that i've ever tasted locally!Thanks to SK who graciously brought us there n to the yau za gwai shop where their assam laksa tastes rather different.

2007-02-04T07:52:00.000+08:00

I went to rain's concert on the 27th!!

woohoo..our seating was in the 300 section,which was at the side.Still offered a pretty good view of this hottie though.I hate rich people! LOL, cuz they can afford to buy the Pit stand(1k)seats,which is between the walkway,which means Rain is right in front of you,approx.1 arms length.

The concert kicked off with a submarine that exploded to reveal Rain.
Man, he really knows how to flaunt his assets ie his perfectly lean n toned body.This is one man that simply oozes sex appeal. Who else could have carried off that hairstyle coupled with shades,D&G no less.N i always thought that guys with single eye lids look horrible.I take my words back.

It was really a feast for the senses as there were really alot of special visual n sound effects.There were the big screens that i think were the same ones used through out his world tour and also stairs that light up with every step taken.I really liked the dance where they were all garbed in black, with only their masks visible.I heard that the choreographer was the same one as Madonna's concert, so rest assured that the dance moves were of a certain standard.I think it's amazing how they can remember so many dance steps, as a whopping 22 songs were performed that night.

What i found most amusing was the "drunken fist" part.The screen was showing korean flags n some mandarin characters while there were red lanterns on the stage.It seems that the korean peeps really admire Bruce lee n chinese kungfu.

There was also a part where all of a sudden water streamed from above, drenching Rain who was kneeling beneath.Everyone squealed.Of course, it helped that he was wearing this white shirt that stuck to him like a second skin.

I have one gripe though, about the sound system.THe background music was too loud ,sometimes making it very hard to hear what he's singing(even though i know almost naught about what he's singing).Here come's what i think was on everyone's mind(or at least on mine)that night: When is he going to take off his top?Sadly, he never did.Must have been some stupid rule that if he did that, they'll be charged for indecent exposure.but hey, people paid good money precisely for this purpose okay, so what is their problem? Plus, his topless pictures have been plastered all over the newspapers n tv screens so what difference does it make?

OH yea, he does reach out to quite a big range,i spotted quite a few families, homosexuals, uncles n aunties and little children too!

The whole night would have been great if not because of some jackass that made off with my phone.The untimely abduction of my 6670.I hope the phone explodes and the person is stuck with bad karma and perpetual misfortune.I'm cruel.XD

I *heart* Rain.There's now a poster of him in angels' wings on the wall so that i can oggle everyday.=P Can't wait to catch the cyborg movie!

2006-12-31T02:06:00.000+08:00

Year in review
1. Got my articles published in the papers
2. Attended brats workshop n got picked for the year end! (which I couldn’t attend TT)
3. Got my ass in med school, which pretty much is a surprise since this option never crossed my mind all this while
4. Achieved 8 months of not having to attend any classes
5. Spent insane amounts of time at KTVs, as you probably know by now, it’s pretty addictive
6. Made my first trip to Sabah, and wolfed down kilos of seafood there, absolutely scrumptious!
7. Watched Leo Ku, Miriam yeung n Justin in person. the experience of watching (Medley) live is indescribable
8. Successfully made a trip to penang alone after more than 10 years.The last time I went there was when I was a tiny tot
9. Visited a mall I haven’t been to before(Leisure mall) haha.
10. Got my hands on BUIC’s promotional poster that has me on it =)
11. Got my license to kill, if you know what I mean. Still quite bad at it though.
12. Turned old enough not to need to sneak into cinemas for any types of shows XD
13. I Got a check for something other than sales work. Aussie publishers are so cute =)
14. Got thrown into a pool, until now I still can’t believe how it happened. Babi victor!
15. Stay outside on my own, but I still stay with my parents on the weekends.
16. Got my 1st piercing….on the ears, no big deal for you guys maybe, but I’m a scaredy cat.LOL

New year resolutions

1. Eat less junk food/sweets ( my no.1 enemy, people have a sweet tooth, I have sweet teeth LOL)
2. Spend less time on the computer (which is damn hard, since I go online practically every day)
3. Study more! (haha..the mere mention of the fees alone my parents are paying is enough to make me feel guilty)
4. Exercise more such as taking the stairs instead of the lift (the daily runs down the hill before class don’t count)
5. Have better fashion sense (mine is practically non-existent, must bai siew wai si )
6. Get fitter( really no stamina , get tired more easily compared to before)
7. Spend money more wisely (Spending pattern for these 2 years is like the flow of tap water)
8. Talk less n listen more
9. Learn something new
10. Be more patient and forgiving(I heard this from somewhere “原谅他人, ,释放自己 ”)
11. Spend less time watching Korean dramas and movies
12. Stop cracking lame jokes.haha
13. Stop whatever bad habits i have

I don't know how many of these i would be able to keep, hopefully all la..heh.I shall end this with something very artsy-fartsy.bleh.

My Wishes For You

Happiness deep down within.
Serenity with each sunrise.
Success in each facet of your life.
Family beside you.
Close and caring friends.
Health, inside you.
Love that never ends.

Happy new year everyone!Have a blessed year ahead =)

2006-12-27T03:45:00.000+08:00

Why I say people should watch Korean dramas

I’ve really lost track of how many I’ve watched but the reason is simple ain’t it? The dialogues are written by creative geniuses, wonder where they get their inspiration from.. It’s really lum if u pay close attention to them.*Hint hint* ‘Kiew mm pa gau, zi gan yiew sau ma!’ Don’t say I never yik u all =p Bryan, look at the pix below! This is what i call good looks.All the pix u find tak boleh pakai one.somemore wanna matchmaker LOL

Here are some examples of the dialogues, credits to Emily.I’ll try to translate, but no guarantees!

★裴勇俊：“其他星星都換了方位，北極星依然會在原地，當別人不瞭解你，不原諒你，甚至離開你，只要我守在原地，你就不會迷路。”
“我不會對你說對不起，因為你拿走了對我而言最重要的東西，你拿走了我的心，所以我一點也不覺得抱歉……我愛你。”
—《冬日戀歌》
When all the other stars change their position, only the Polaris remains; when the others don’t understand you, don’t forgive you, even leave you, as long as I remain, you’ll never be lost.

I won’t say sorry, because you’ve taken away what is most important to me, you took away my heart, that’s why I’m not sorry at all…… I love you.

-Bae Yong Jun, taken from the classic fav

★金正勳：“可是人的心畢竟不是一張紙，隨便折疊展開，無論如何關掉我的腦我的心都會掉進我的心裡。”—《宮》

But the human heart is not a piece of paper which you can fold as you like, no matter how I shut off my brain or heart, you’ll still be in my heart
-Kim Jung Hoon

★權相佑：“如果你說是左邊，我絕對是左邊，如果你說是右邊，我絕對是右邊，重要的不是哪一邊重要的是信任，你的心也是，我的心也是，永遠都不會改變。”—《天國的階梯》
If you say left, I’ll definitely be left, if you say right, I’ll definitely be right, which side is not important,what matters is trust, your heart and mine, they’ll never change.
-Kwon sang woo

The actors are also hot like anything…some very good examples would be…
(Warning: The following would be unbearable to read if u don’t like Korean dramas.)

1. Won bin as Tae Hyuk in Taegukgi, and Autumn in my heart -is there any need for further explaination? He is hot hot hot! As tae hyuk who is yeng,rich n emo as well, he cried buckets over song hae kyo, who in my opinion, should dump her ‘bro’ (song cheng xian) for him..

2. Hyun bin in My name is Kim sam Soon .Even though he’s a jerk n ou duan si lian with the other girl, he’s so cute n he brought over a dog!

3. Kwon sang woo in Stairway to heaven , ( the till death do us part, n that also momentarily) and Into the sun( who can forget him in the marine suit?!)

4. Kim jae won in and the <19> (duno wat they call this show) and in .(Imagine falling in love with your teacher! Aiks) He has the boy-next-door look and a killer smile(there's even a korean phrase to describe this)

5. Gong yoo in Biscuit teacher star candy ( Even though this is also another teacher-student r/ship..my goodness, what is wrong with them?)

6. Kim Jung Hoon as the 2nd prince Lee Yool in Gong (hot hot hot hot hot! I actually like him more than lee shin(Ju Ji Hoon).Looks better in the manga vers. too )

7. Rain in Sang doo goes to school (looks way better and he’s very charming here as a gigolo,sings n plays on the piano,cuts a dashing figure in a suit too) andFull House .

8. Lee dong gun in Sang doo, My bride 18,Lovers in Paris.Imagine him in a white suit.He makes a very cute doc =)

9. Lee Jun Ki though some might think his looks are rather girlish

Who else?The so-so ones
1. Ryu Shi Won in ‘Marriage’ n ‘beautiful days’? In a very puppy-dog way I guess…
2. Daniel in ‘Sam Soon’

I wonder who else I left out XD

2006-12-27T03:35:00.000+08:00

top row (L-R) : lee dong gun, gong yoo, lee jun ki, kwon sang woo
2nd row (L-R) : Hyun bin, Kim Jae Won
Bottom (L-R) : Ju Ji Hoon, Kim Jung Hoon, Rain, Won Bin