The Noodle Shop - Now serving Curry Noodles!!

cue heavy sigh

2009-09-24T12:05:00.002+08:00

Unit Code	Reference	Exam date	Exam Start time	Seat Number	Exam Duration	Venue	Unit Title
ECE3051	PAPER 1	30/10/2009	01:30 PM	036	03:00 hours	SUNWAY CAMPUS	ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYS
ECE4064	PAPER 1	03/11/2009	01:30 PM	272	03:00 hours	SUNWAY CAMPUS	ELECTRONIC TESTING
ECE4045	PAPER 1	10/11/2009	08:30 AM	235	03:00 hours	SUNWAY CAMPUS	NETWORK PERFORMANCE

Well, at least there's no back to back papers. Not to mention an entire week before my last paper.

My goodness, I'm gonna need a longer battle plan..

Battle Plan

2009-09-20T18:10:00.004+08:00

Howww.. How???

I have to finish my thesis, prepare a presentation, finish a 20 percent programming assignment and another assignment in LABVIEW.

How long? 2 WEEKS!! Howhowhow??

First, a plan must be devised.

20 Sunday - OMNeT
21 Monday - OMNeT
22 Tuesday - OMNeT
23 Wednesday - OMNet + Thesis @ Night
24 Thursday - LABVIEW + Thesis @ Night
25 Friday - LABVIEW
26 Saturday - THESIS
27 Sunday - THESIS
28 Monday - Finish up labview
29 Tuesday - THESIS
30 Wednesday - THESIS
1 Thursday - THSALDSA
2 Friday - TH*&#%
3 Saturday - Presentation
4 Sunday - Presentation

I'll have absolutely no trace of a 'life' during the next 2 weeks.

Rebuke me if you see me facebooking or MSNing or reading Kotaku, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Joystiq.

In words of Muse, "Our time is running out."

Revival!

2009-09-07T13:44:00.017+08:00

With Sim reviving his blog, I'm somewhat motivated to resurrect my dead blog.

It'll be a terrible waste of the nice layout and banner Crissy and Xin did too!

So I figured, what's the best way my blog generates traffic?

The answer came quite naturally, kiasu-ness. :D

Quick and simple, the best games are those that only require one button! Avoid obstacles and make your escape!!

Dump your high scores in the Cbox!!

So to get the ball rolling, I went.. 2783m. :D

To further aggravate your kiasuness..

===== LEADERBOARD =====

Lee Hwok Chuen ---------------- 9220m!!!!
Kee "Mushikago" Ken ------------ 8742m!!
Tzin Siang--------------------6734m!
Justin "Currynoodles" Lee --------- 6226m
Tan Joo Khong----------------- 6031m
Michael J. Law --------------- 5801m
Simon Sim Song Wei --------------- 5379m
Yong Hao Zhi --------------------4812m
Lee Xin Xin--------------------- 2130m
James "Jims Boon" Lee -------------- 1573 m

Get cracking! Spread the word! The Noodle Shop re-opens!!

E. Hontin vs. Ason

2009-09-01T23:16:00.001+08:00

Australia's Got Talent! JP!!

2009-07-01T14:40:00.003+08:00

FUAHHHH!! Check out 2:06!

What a fantastic rendition of "Down Under"! xD

Talent? yes. Conventional? not at all

2009-06-11T01:15:00.002+08:00

A few videos recommended by Jeon.

The first one is kinda NSFW. You were warned! It's hilarious though. So daring!!

A clip from Sweden's Got Talent!

Flight of the Conchords! I've heard of them but never checked them out. Pretty cool!

More E3 goodness!

2009-06-03T17:10:00.003+08:00

DJ HERO!!

Who knew the Beastie Boys and Foo Fighters go so well together? What a brilliant mash-up of "Sabotage" and "Monkey Wrench"!

Activision is reallyyy milking the Guitar Hero cow hard. Now another peripheral is added to the mix! Looks so freakishly complicated, but oh so cool.. xD

Faster buy and add it to your new Guitar Hero collection Jud! :D

Chainsaws and frying pans!!

2009-06-02T14:50:00.001+08:00

Fuahhhhhhhh!!! xD

Oh gaming companies, please announce more gaming goodness on E3!!

2009-06-01T02:00:00.003+08:00

I had a most interesting dream last night.

I dreamt that I was walking into a classroom of Subang Utama, my old secondary school. As I walked in the class I see a small group of my old 5 Zeta classmates listening intently to Pn. Lim Bee Lan. For some reason she was teaching accounting instead of math, but she still had her trusty mini-speaker attached to her waist. :D

Baffled, I asked the class monitor Yoke Yin why were we had to attend class even though we've already university students. She then explained how these classes were some sort of extra classes and were optional, thus explaining why only half the class came.

So I took a seat and started chatting with some of my old school mates. I can't remember the details, but we started goofing off and having a blast. A sweet momory of how fun it was to be in school in the company of good friends. :)

Thanks to the dream I woke up a little late for Sunday worship, but that warm fuzzy feeling made it all worth it. A divine sign for a massive Zeta reunion maybe? :D We'll see!

Ang ang ang!

2009-05-29T01:12:00.004+08:00

Some J-rock band in my uni played the Doraemon theme song. Freaking cute.

How anyone not smile to the intro played on electric guitar? :D

Then the band starts marching in beat to the rhythm. Pure gold. xD

The Great Office War

2009-05-20T10:09:00.002+08:00

An epic showdown between the I.T. Department and the S.A.L.E.S. Team. xD

Boy oh boy! I sure can't wait to start working. :p

Love Story meets Viva La Vida

2009-05-04T23:26:00.003+08:00

Got it from a friend. Wahh!!

Amazing how it breathes new life into the pop hit!

The Great Escapade!

2009-04-22T17:47:00.003+08:00

I've always been an big fan of traveling, probably evident by the amount of petrol I burn each week driving around with my old silver Honda around. I've always enjoyed going to a place that's unfamiliar to me, taking in new sights and absorbing the different culture of a new place.

I must have got it from my dad, a man who shares the same passion for the hobby. He has seen so much of the world I probably can't name you half the places he has been if I tried! How I envy the many gorgeous cites he has been to, New York, London..

Being blessed in his career, I've also been fortunate enough to see a lot of the world with my own eyes when he takes my family on holidays. Being a 4th year engineering student about to embark into the working world soon, I always hope that I'd be able to do as well as he did financially and take my future kids on trips like he did.

One of my ultimate dream travel locations would be to see with my own eyes the lost city of Machu Picchu in South America, to look out into the now deserted ruins which lay in the Peruvian Andes. However, being a mere student I don't quite have the financial capabilities to fund my trip there yet! That dream is put on hold for now, but that doesn't stop me from persuing my other dream holiday destinations!

Deep in Cambodia, lies the ruins of the once powerful city of Angkor and its grand temple, Angkor Wat. The site has been another dream holiday location of mine. Just as much mystery and culture, and so much closer to home!

So I now answer the question, "If you could travel anywhere, which MAS Stimulus Package will you use and why?"

My answer? To Siem Reap - Angkor International Airport with the Weekend Getaway MAS Stimulus Package to visit one of my dream holiday locations, at a fraction of the price compared to a trip to South America! :)

Simplicity at its best!

2009-04-19T18:44:00.002+08:00

Genius!

What a brilliant idea!

If you've never had to adjust the time for daylight savings you might not realize the significance of the clock in the picture above.

All you have to do to toggle daylight savings on or off is to tip the clock over!!

So smart!

Of course there's the event of accidentally tipping the clock over and arriving an hour early or late for an event.. lol.

Sometimes the best solution for a problem is the simplest.

Like the illegal parking problem they had down the road from my place! Will mention that some other time.

LAUNCHcast!

2009-04-18T18:34:00.002+08:00

Thanks Xin for suggesting this!

Yahoo's LAUNCHcast service is THE BOMB! Just select the channel you want and awesome tunes start playing within seconds! Find a new favorite tune! Fantastic for keeping the music in your playlist oven-fresh! :D

Task no.2

2009-04-15T16:16:00.003+08:00

Hurrah!

Project 2 completed!! xD
Thanks to the ridiculous amount of dust that needed to be cleaned-up after drilling 4 holes in the wall, I'm behind in my much needed revision by about 2 hours.

Ah heck! I'm loving the new guitar holder in my room. :)

I might have put it a wee bit too high.

Oh well..

Now to get the sofa bed up in my room again!

Gotta ♥ Creative!

2009-04-14T01:19:00.005+08:00

Finally!

Hurrah for mid-semester brakes!

A week where I don't have to worry about preparing for labs, finishing up reports or seeing my supervisor!

For the week I'm gonna things slow, get some personal projects done and to study at my own pace for the upcoming mid-terms.

I compiled for myself a list of things I want to do during the break, one of which concerns my beloved non-functional Creative Zen.

I got my good ol' 8GB Creative Zen while I was in Australia. It was a loyal friend, providing many hours of solid audio entertainment during my travels on foot, on the bus, aboard a train or in a plane. The Zen supplied relief for times when my friends and I would otherwise be bored out of our skulls. Amazing how much joy a splitter cable can bring!

It died a few months back while I was charging it using a generic mains-powered USB charger. Simon assured me that Creative products are fickle and will spring back to life in a few days like his player did.

It never did. sigh..

So today I set off to the Creative Service Center in Endah Parade to get it repaired.

Upon arriving at the place, I passed the dead player to the technician to be inspected. I was hoping it could be easily brought back to life with simple part replacement at a minimal fee, but unfortunately the situation wasn't so simple.

Apparently the hard disk was fried. Repair cost would amount up to 300 ringgit, IF they had the parts. They didn't have stock for the replacement hard disk my model needed, so repairs couldn't be done.

The technician then asked if I wanted a brand new Creative Zen X-Fi player for RM300.

The revised model of my dead player with 8GB of space which retails for about RM580 was offered to me at RM300.

He explains that it's company policy that if repairs cannot be arranged, they will offer a brand new unit for the estimated price of repairs. Initially only a 6 month warranty was given, like they would normally give after a repair job. I asked if it could be a 1 year warranty and he went out of his way to make it happen.

It was a really tempting offer but I wasn't sure initially. After visiting an internet cafe within the mall to check for reviews on the player and making some calls to get the blessings of a certain individuals, I decided to bite the bait. :p

So here it is!

Lady GaGa is my guilty pleasure. :p

Must ikat perut a little for the rest of the month, but overall I'm overjoyed to have a music player again!

Creative so rocks. What awesome customer service! xD

Can't wait to complete the other tasks in my list!

USB toaster can burn headlines right on your toast!

2009-04-01T18:48:00.003+08:00

Full story here!

Lol!

I would print lecture notes on them! Reminds me of one of Doraemon's gadgets. Anyone knows which? :D

60

2009-03-29T18:31:00.003+08:00

Earth Hour!

So nice of them to have it in Malaysia this year!

Reminds me so much of my time spent in Aussie! We played mindless group games outside in the cold while Earth Hour was on. :D

It's so much easier to participate in Earth Hour when you all you own is a single light switch in your room, lol.

Mary is super happening man. She knew what Earth Hour was and started turning off lights around the house at 8.30pm.

Super semangated too! She turned off every single light in the house and lit a candle for downstairs. Lol!

"Macam kampung!" she says. Haha.

Culture

2009-03-24T21:11:00.004+08:00

I was accompanying Hao Zhi in the cafeteria the other day. I wanted to get a snack and he needed to wait in the cafeteria for Monash Swimming Club members to pass him their photograph for the club membership card.

While randomly looking through the photos he already has, it reminded me of Australia and a culture there that I found interesting.

To register to live on campus we had to fill up a form and attach 2 photographs of ourselves. Our photos were then later seen in a master list of everyone who lived in Richo Hall.

All international students (us Malaysians for example) had pictures like the above. Studio photos of us looking straight into the camera with a nice shirt on and a blue background at the back.

The funny thing was, you could easily distinguish an Australian from the list just by glancing at the picture.

Because they were Facebook pictures!

Forget the serious face and the blue background! Most of them gave a picture of themselves partying somewhere with a funny hat on and a drink in hand. In some pictures you can see half a person beside them, cropped off the photo to be used for application purposes!

It came across as strange at first, but clearly the idea is brilliant! At least they know that the photo they gave of themself looks good! We have to use the photo we took at the studio regardless if we looked like the rear end of a horse.

So I told all that to Hao Zhi. He gave a laugh and then said, "Something like this?"

He took out 2 photos from the plastic bag he had beside him.

Lo and behold, there it was! A Facebook picture!

No surprise where the owner of the photo is from! Hahahaha!

And you can even see half a guy in the photo! What did I tell ya? xD

Speaking of culture..

While rounding around the uni's parking lot looking for a spot, I couldn't help but notice why the cars in front of me that passed this certain parked car kept waving their fists in the air and curse in anger.

Then I passed the car.

I certainly felt like waving my fists in the air!

What are you BLIND?! Ayoooooooooooo!!

Of boo boo's and procrastinating

2009-03-18T20:34:00.003+08:00

I made a massive boo boo today. >.<

I'm so sorry!!

Lately I noticed that if I'm thinking about something, say, "I need to fetch Tina from uni in an hour", I'll accidentally say words that relate to the thing I'm thinking about. For example, accidentally calling Xin who's sitting beside me, Tina.

Gah.

Just in case you were wondering, that example was not the boo boo I made, haha.

I am procrastinating.

Need to do research on which is more suitable for my project, MiWi or ZigBee.

Okay. time to hit the PDF files.

Yet another appendicitis case

2009-03-18T20:21:00.004+08:00

Thank you all for your prayers. He's fine now, back at home and recovering slowly.

If you didn't know, Judson has been having abdominal pains since he came back on Saturday from Temerloh. We went to the docs and he suspected Jud ate something bad. He did however warn us that if the pain moved to his right side it could be appendicitis.

True enough the next day the pain moved to the right side and we took him to the hospital. We was diagnosed to have an inflamed appendix and had surgery to remove it the very same day.

He's back at home now, walking around like nothing happened. What a punk. Haha! =)

Jud told me that he will get his appendix in a jar soon. Lol.. Like Simon said, another chapter to add to the already very thick book that is Judson. xD

Enlightenment

2009-03-14T12:28:00.004+08:00

The greatest mysteries of man are often understood at a mamak stall in a late hour, a cold glass of iced Milo in hand and with 3 other buddies to spend the evening with.

What better place to learn life's lessons from?

For the first time in my tertiary education ever, I have an ENTIRE DAY OFF!

Of course, it's only because there's no fixed timetable for thesis work.

But still! A day off!

Which I'll be spending in uni anyway for research and lab work..

Stress la, and it's ONLY week 3!

Can't wait for the the holidays! Plans are already being made, lol!

(T_T)

2009-03-10T22:00:00.002+08:00

We just got the results.

Our Final Year project allocations.

Basically, I'll be working on the topic given to me for an entire year.

We submitted 5 topics, in order of preference.

I had my eyes on one.. My first preference.

"Remote Control of Home Appliance Using Mobile Touch Screen."

It sounded so magical!

I had everything figured out, what features I wanted to implement, the way I wanted to approach development. Heck, I had an entire Gantt chart worked out in my head.

But I didn't get it.

Darn you Marcus!! lol.

Oh well, it could be worse. Could have gotten my 5th choice instead. Happened to a friend of mine. Poor guy.

So the topic I'll be working on for an entire year is..

"Home Security and Climatic Control with Wireless Sensor Networks"

It's not the topic that's bad, it's more that the lecturer that's supervising the project has a different approach to supervising compared with other lecturers.

Sigh, Lord.. I believe you wouldn't have given me this topic if you knew that I couldn't handle it. I have to trust that your ways are higher than mine.

I have to trust.

Stressed?

2009-03-05T00:23:00.004+08:00

After 6 long yet hilarious hours in Jon's room messing with our instruments, his voice and Adobe Audition, we were finally able to reap the fruits of our labor!

Presenting!.. Our bad day. xD

As tiring as it was, what a fantastic way to de-stress. Especially after worrying over my Final Year Project. Nothing like music to soothe the soul.

Feels like the slowest week ever. Guess that's what happens when you suddenly jump back into uni after a 4 month holiday.

Progress?

2009-02-23T11:48:00.004+08:00

You know what I really don't like?

Progress bars that don't really show the progress.

The kind that moves regardless if any progress is being made or not.

And when the progress bar reaches 100%, it just resets to zero and does the whole thing all over again!

And the best part? When the software hangs and the progress bar still moves!!

What nonsense!!

Why put a progress bar when it does not actually show the actual progress??!

Might as well put a gif image of a dancing cat. At least then I'll be entertained!

Return of the comeback!

2009-02-16T21:58:00.002+08:00

After a good month of no blogging whatsoever, the Noodle Shop officially reopens again! With a PC again to blog from I have no excuse not to keep this site from dying! 50% off on all items!

The Cbox has come to a complete standstill, very bad! Not a post there in weeks. Hopefully with continuous updates the customers will continue visiting the Noodle Shop just like old times!

So what has been going on? For one, I'm STILL on vacation. Another 2 weeks left to go in fact. Soon my massive 4 month Uni break will come to a sad end. Gone are the carefree days of taking each week as it comes and letting tomorrow worry about itself! Lord give me strength to face my FINAL year in UNI. My brain has already turned into mush.

My goodness, I never thought I'll see the day. I'm finally a FOURTH YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENT! Not long now!!

I need to get back into the habit of going online on MSN, reading blogs and facebooking. After my PC died I just got used to not doing those things regularly, which is a good thing I suppose in some ways.

Been busy lately with the Sunday School Carnival preparations! Spent an entire day today with Simon constructing shoebox buildings and firing BB guns at targets. A day well spent! All for the kids in the name of good clean fun!

Can't wait for our second booth preparations to start! It will rock.

Going, going, gone!

2009-01-16T19:41:00.004+08:00

For some odd reason, all things electronic around me seem to be failing
all of a sudden in the past 2 weeks.

First was my PC acting funny, then my beloved Creative Zen mp3 player got fried while it was recharging.

And today, I woke up to find that my PC doesn't turn on anymore.

(TT_TT)

Kinda hard to reinstall Windows when my laptop's CD drive hasn't been working much for the past 2 years.

Darn you Acer!

And I sent it for servicing so many dozen times!

USB boot doesn't work because my PC doesn't support it.

WARGH!!!

And I come back from Subang Parade to find that our living room TV is also bust.

Must be something I ate in Chiang Mai..

As Ken puts it, "If the old doesn't go, the new cannot come!".

It's not that simple unfortunately! (TT_TT)

Tina says she'll present my case to my father. lol. Future lawyer for sure, that girl.

HELP!

2009-01-15T16:44:00.001+08:00

Wah!

I'm in Blogger!

My goodness, I've been having an awful time with my PC.

Ever since January started, for some particular reason my PC can't access certain sites..

Facebook, Gmail, Blogger, Hotmail, MSN Messenger. Sigh..

Was hoping it was a router problem or something, but on my sisters PC all these sites work just fine. Meaning that the problem is probably my computer instead.

I've tried my hands on every "solution" I could find. Disabling the firewall, messing with the registry and MTU values, disabling add-ons on Firefox, changing settings, resetting those settings.

GAH!!

What on earth is wrong with you?!?! *prods PC*

If you have ANY idea what might be wrong, PLEASE CALL ME!!

Gah.. sucks having OCD about computer issues.

If all else fails I just might need to.. SOB... reformat my PC tomorrow.

The last time I did that I ended up with more problems that I originally had.

Why do you fail me so electronics?? First my beloved Creative Zen dies, now PC issues I can't fix.

EDIT!: Just found out that it works perfectly fine when I connect my PC directly to my modem. Could it be the router after all??

Off we go!

2008-12-26T05:40:00.001+08:00

Merry Christmas to you! xD

Off to Chiang Mai in 20 mins! Will be back on the 30th of this month!

Quickie

2008-12-17T02:17:00.003+08:00

Wahahahahhaha!

Laughed like mad when I saw this.

It has been 2 weeks since I arrived home! So fast!

Been going out so much, have to make up 1 years worth of mamak and outings!

Think I finally got used to the weather and humidity. I love Malaysia!!

But I miss the people in Clayton, the wonderful wonderful people that I hope I can see again!

All the 3 guitars in the house are away at the spa (Guitar Repair Shop). Darn weather difference between Melbourne and M'sia, thanks to that my Toby's neck warped pretty bad. Hope they'll be ready and fixed by Thursday! Miss my 2 darlings. I'm sure Tina is missing hers as well!

Moved into the guest room when I got back. Needed a new start on things, my own space, something to work on. It's almost complete! A few more touches and my crib is set! Absolutely loving the sofa bed in my room!

Notice the brand spanking new layout of The Noodle Shop! Thanks Crissy!! =D

Photograph

2008-11-29T08:12:00.003+08:00

Packing is harddddddd.

How do you fit 1 year of your life into 2 suitcases?

Taking down 4 posters and all the photos on my wall was no easy feat either.

Looking back at the photographs, I'm reminded of how blessed I am to have spent the year here.

The new environment, the new experiences, the new sights seen. I've done things I never thought I would do, learned new things everyday. More importantly, I've met the new friends that will forever have a place in my heart. Wonderful people who have shown me their warmth, friendliness, care, compassion and love.

It feels like I've known them forever even though it has only been a short year. I guess that's what you feel after seeing them every single day and living only 30 steps away from everyone.

The last batch of photos I took down were the ones of home, of the people whom I can't wait to see again when I get back, family and close friends that I truly miss. I've felt how it is to be separated from the one I love by distance, to be tested by time.

I've seen God's mercy, grace and forgiveness. How he takes something broken and uses it for His glory and turns it into something beautiful. I've seen His providence for me, giving me what I clearly don't deserve, giving me strength to carry through.

What a year it has been..

Thank you Lord.

And in 3 days, I'll be leaving this land I've called home for a year..

As much as I long to be home, I'll miss this place.. I really will.

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

It's hard to say it, time to say it.

Goodbye, goodbye.

I'm going home!

2008-11-22T16:17:00.002+08:00

Finally back in Melbourne! Fuh!

I was never this happy to be back in the Halls.

2 weeks of running around, madness.

I can't imagine those blokes we met at backpacker accommodations traveling alone for 10 months. 14 days and I feel like I want to pengsan de.

Now! To pack and get ready to head home! My real home!!

Can't wait!

Another quick one!

2008-11-15T19:19:00.003+08:00

Epic fail! This is something you're NOT supposed to do right after jumping out the plane. lol! =P I panicked.

Away we gooooooooo!!

What a rush it was! Please do it if you ever have the chance! xD

a quick update!

2008-11-14T20:59:00.001+08:00

24

2008-11-03T10:22:00.002+08:00

24 hours to go!!

I'm ALMOST THERE!!

One more paper!

Requests?

2008-11-01T20:12:00.003+08:00

3 more days to my last paper! Hurrah! xD

So quick! And to think that in 5 days I'll be gone for my massive trip around Australia! Can't wait!

Got myself a massive external hard drive today. 1TB baby!! Ahahahaha!

What for you ask? To fully utilize the Student Sharing Network!

Got a series you want? A list of movies you wanna see? Let me know!! I'll pass it to ya when I'm back home! =D

Put the requests in the comments box!

Don't worry about how long it'll take to download them. You can get entire seasons in mere minutes. haha!

WAHHHH!!

2008-10-27T21:29:00.001+08:00

Leslie was showing me stuff on a website when I stumbled on this!!

Gorgeousssss!

Priced at USD$8,999 on clearance. lol. Used to be USD$16,999. ahahahaha!

My frequency of nonsense blog posts is starting to rise. Clearly I'm in my exams week, haha!

AI!

2008-10-27T14:04:00.002+08:00

Sugoi!!

AI and robotics is fascinating stuff! Just did my paper on Intelligent Robotics last Thursday. The Remote Control one is so cute!! ahahahaha!

Paper tomorrow on Engineering Design. Gambatte yo!

Trading Cards!

2008-10-20T19:17:00.002+08:00

Did this during my break from studying Management Theory and principles.

Wahahahaha! It was fun while it lasted.

Make your own trading card here!

Final Exams in 3 days! So fast!! Just want to get it over with!

Thanks to the Richo Family for the wonderful birthday surprise! It was so awesome of you guys, the plan was perfection at its best! xD What a shock I had, shorted my total lifespan by 3 weeks easily. I'll post a proper one after the exams. Thanks for the wishes through calls, smses, and through Facebook too! They mean the world to me. =)

Tomorrow I'll be taking a flight around Melbourne city in a small plane, all thanks to Titus for somehow getting me to bid with him during the Richo Auction Day. =D Should be a blast!

Back to work then!

Wayang

2008-10-11T23:23:00.006+08:00

Yong Hsin, this is for you. lol. In your style of putting up MSN chats.

Xin's house is located in a nice quiet part of Klang. Right beside her house there is this small padang (field) she used to play in.

Now.. every other night a car will arrive and park beside this padang, which positions them between the padang and Xin's house.

The car comes to a stop, the engine turns off, and begins to.. for lack of a better word.. bounce.

That's when Xin's maid will exclaim to the house..

"Ada wayang!!"

Within seconds anyone within earshot in the house will be at the window facing the field. =P

And it's not just ONE car. Protons, Kelisa. That place is a hotspot.

Lol.. ayooooo...

Flight bookings

2008-10-08T20:36:00.002+08:00

My goodness..

What a pain it was to book flights on Tiger Airways..

Swallowing knives would have been more pleasant.

Thank God it's done. Tasmania here we come! xD

But first! Must face the finals. (TT_TT)

Sighh.. No pain, no gain.

The Great Ocean Road!

2008-10-04T18:53:00.001+08:00

What a blast it was! The amazing views, the gorgeous scenery, the abundant stars! The only thing that was better than any of those is the good company and awesome friends to be around with. Thanks for the fun time guys! =D

Off we goooo!!

Dear Sim Song Wei, Is this the coolest van in the southern hemisphere or what? =P

Can't wait till after the exams! Gold Coast! Tasmania! Cairns! Bring it!! xD

Photo post!

2008-10-03T14:21:00.002+08:00

I haven't taken so much photos since the Red Center Tour. xD

Tens of thousands of Tulips!

Group Photo!

Cooking Group!

Wine Tasting.

A Morgan Freeman Puppet??

Great Ocean up another time. Got a test on Monday. (TT_TT)

Tulip Festival

2008-09-26T23:42:00.002+08:00

Outside the Operations Office

I've always loved flowers. Hahaha, not the most manliest things to say eh? =P

What's not to like? The gorgeous colors, the intricate design. It's all the evidence I need to know that there's a Creator God. =)

The Tulip Festival Trip is tomorrow! Better sleep early, charge my batteries and clear the memory card! Should be a blast!

Warp speed ahead!

2008-09-25T22:59:00.002+08:00

Chinese to create the first Warp Drive!

Go Chinese! lol.

A device that converts electrical energy to thrust through microwaves. My goodness, what an age to be an electrical engineer. Imagine the possibilities, especially in the field of space travel.

First the Large Hadron Collider and now this. No kidding when they say technology expands exponentially.

Sigh.. reminds me that my finals are in a month. Better hit the books real soon.

Cantonese?!

2008-09-25T22:16:00.002+08:00

Just had a short chat with my brother. Apparently my parcel to him has arrived in his hands safe and sound. Thank God. Hope you like it Jud. =D

Dearest cousins Kee Ken and Chui Yeng! Jud has your stuff as well. =D

After Jud a had a short chat with my mom and dad. Dad working hard as usual. Why you sell the Honda la dad? I liked that Honda. Haha.

Heard from my mom that my sister speaks fluent Cantonese now and both my mom and my sis converse occasionally in Cantonese. My sister, speaking fluent cantonese. Now I feel both slow and left out. (TT_TT) Ahahaha.. My group of friends ever since pre-U were mostly chinese speaking but I didn't pick up squat. Sigh.. Tina, I salute you man.

Mini Update.

2008-09-25T14:35:00.004+08:00

Spring is here!

Joy!

For the first time in months I abandoned my jacket and went to uni with nothing but a thin t-shirt and jeans. Can't wait to wear shorts and flip flops to class again!

Who doesn't love the spring?

The glorious sun shining, cool weather (not cold), clear gorgeous skies! xD

Thank God I'll be gone before the summer hits, lol. Summer is not very fun, scorching cancer inducing sun, flies twice size of the kacang you get in your nasi lemak buzzing all over your face.

Hahaha, I'll miss the weather here.

Just booked my flight ticket to go back home! Couldn't be more excited! It feels like it's so soon! How time just flew this semester.. Last semester felt 3 times longer at least. Must be the stress and rush caused from the Robot, Electromagnetism labs and Switching Electronics.

Now to get Final Examinations out of the way and it's hello Australian Holiday! xD And sweet home Subang Jaya!

Haircut.

2008-09-20T23:13:00.003+08:00

I had a haircut today.

And I really really like it. =D hehe.

Korean Hairstylists are the best!

I've never had such an expensive haircut all my life.. ahahaha.

Then again, it's only 10 dollars more than the cheapest haircut place I know.

When you have to multiply by 3 to convert prices here to your home currency, a very ordinary 7 dollar bowl of curry noodles sounds outrageous enough already.

I think Nikki (the hairstylist) is so brave! Backpacking all over South East Asia, alone! Vietnam, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Laos.

What a champion! I'm not that brave man.

I don't think I've ever chatted so much during a haircut all my life. Haha, so friendly the lady. =D Must look for a Korean Hairstylist back in Malaysia, ahaha!

Baby 9.0

2008-09-20T22:54:00.003+08:00

Ahahaha, I feel quite proud of myself. Dug through Jian Wei's Blog source code and managed to extract the video of Baby! lol. Thanks Jian Wei! =P

Baby 9.0! Works awesome, we can put it on the track and go yum cha elsewhere without worrying about it. =D It's a tad bit slow but we're working on it.

Sticky Notes!

2008-09-18T00:12:00.002+08:00

Hahahaha! Looks so fun! And so colorful!!

Richo Gangster Ball!

2008-09-12T13:02:00.004+08:00

What a night it was! The event was a little dull at times but it's the company that makes all the difference. =)

And Red Scooter's photography service uploaded the photo's so quickly! Cekap!

Not to mention their website is gorgeous, and responsive too! I was so skeptical of their online photo distribution site.

I'll just use the stuff from their site first. =D

The Gentlemen.

The Ladies.Family Photo.

Ahahahaha! So comical this pic! Looks like they're after somebody on a scooter. xD

There's at least 500 more photos I've yet to see. The college head said that all our group seem to be doing is taking truckloads of photos.

Baby 6.0

2008-09-09T22:13:00.002+08:00

Ever since the last video, our robot has been torn apart and put together about 5-6 times. For every problem you solve there's always something that you mess up. There's always a trade-off.

Sigh.. C'est la vie.

Well, our precious now can complete both the maze and the uphill and downhill track. To be able to go downhill, we had to change the gear configuration. Now it's so slowwww. (T_T)

How to race like this?

One step at a time I guess.

Gears!

2008-09-09T19:26:00.002+08:00

Ahahaha! So happy with it! xD

Funny how much joy a printed piece of paper gives. =P

Gears of War!

Fuh..

2008-09-09T19:04:00.002+08:00

Wahahahaha!

Certainly something I'll miss when I'm done here. =p

Shucks..

2008-09-08T00:18:00.001+08:00

Unit Code	Reference	Exam date	Exam Start time	Seat Number	Exam Duration	Venue	Unit Title
ECE4078	PAPER 1	23/10/2008	09:30 AM	G904	03:00 hours	CAULFIELD RACECOURSE GROUND LEVEL	INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS
ECE3091	PAPER 1	28/10/2008	02:30 PM	W053	03:00 hours	WINNERS CIRCLE- CAULFIELD RACECOURSE	ENGINEERING DESIGN
ECE3022	PAPER 1	31/10/2008	09:30 AM	B062	03:00 hours	BLUE DIAMOND ROOM - CAULFIELD RACECOURSE	WIRELESS AND GUIDED EM
ECE2062	PAPER1	04/11/2008	02:30 PM	2207	03:00 hours	CAULFIELD RACECOURSE LEVEL 2	SWITCH ELECTRONICS

Scrubs!

2008-09-07T14:57:00.002+08:00

Oh how I love this show. Thank God for DC++. xD

It's a rare weekend where I don't have a test to study for or any big deadlines looming nearby. I invite the weekend off with open arms! =D

Drowned myself in 6 episodes of Scrubs over the weekend.. Awesome stuff..

This guy is the champion.

I squeal with glee every time Dr. Cox shows up. Ahahahaha! I sure ketawa terbahak-bahak. xD

The Janitor is another champion. Always cari pasal with JD. lol.. What an awesome show.

How come there are not sitcoms on Electrical Engineers, Architects, and Business students? It's always the Lawyers and the Doctors. haha.

Google Chrome!

2008-09-02T23:44:00.003+08:00

Just stumbled upon it today! Looks fascinating! =D Google making their own browser? Sign me up!

The beta is out tomorrow!

I'm a staunch Firefox fanboy though. It's gonna take a lot to win me over. We're gonna have to wait and see how it goes!

Who needs a boring long article to tell you what Google Chrome is? Read it up in 38 pages of glorious comic book drawings! =D Brilliant people these guys at Google are!

Nickname: Baby!

2008-09-02T22:45:00.003+08:00

This is our baby! hahahaha. 8 weeks of sweat and blood by the JW team! (Jian Wei, Jun Wei and myself.. Ju Wei).

So happened only, hahaha. Dr. Price seemed amused by this coincidence.

Tomorrow we're presenting baby for preliminary rounds. Wish us luck!!

It currently works halfway, it can go through the maze and up the slope but we haven't figured how to slow it down for going downhill.. Hope we get a good review.

Hope you enjoy the video of it working as much as we did! =D

Pictures!

2008-09-02T17:56:00.003+08:00

Yay! Some snowboarding pictures just came in! Thanks Cheryl! xD

The Journey!

Arrival! What a gorgeous day it was!

Jumping shots. hahaha, I'm so amazed they could still jump with the heavy snowboarding boots.

Hahaha, in the end the goggles was for show. Every time I put them on my glasses will fog up. Bah. lol.

For some reason the rental shop's longer boards are purple in color. (-_-") I snowboarded all day with a purple snowboard.

I also lost my beanie while riding the ski lifts.. Had to wear Val's colorful Roxy scarf to cover my cold ears, it was very Jamaican looking. lol.

"Angels fall without you there.."

2008-08-31T23:13:00.002+08:00

So inspiring! The Goo Goo Dolls sound so good live! =D Unlike some bands that can't do live for nuts. As much as I love some of Hoobastank's stuff, their live is.. meh.

I've always wanted to go busking one day. The plan would be to obtain a busking license here in Melbourne ($50, not cheap man!) with a group of friends, each person picks a spot and busks for a set time limit, say.. 3 hours. At the end of the day, see who has the most earnings. Haha!

It'll be fun, and an interesting experience too. Don't you think? =D

Muscle.. pain...

2008-08-31T20:52:00.002+08:00

Just came back from SNOWBOARDING!!

Hahahahaha! Such incredible fun it is! xD

And it was easier to get started than I thought it would be! Sure looks easier than skiing.

Of course, I was also incredibly talented at falling all over the place. Hilarious! xD

Hope I can go again sometime in the future! Shame it was only a day trip!

The weather was gorgeous for skiing in the morning! Bright blue skies, clear weather! Ah.. what a sight!

When evening came the weather was a nightmare.. Strong winds, poor visibility. Winds were so strong it could push you uphill on the snowboard. Suffer like mad.

My body is aching like an old man now. hahahaha, but it was so FUNNNNNN..

Back to the weekdays again. I'm so excited to get our mouse maze robot working! During our first test run it made a PERFECT U-turn on the maze track! What a sight that was! =D It's days like these I'm happy to be studying electrical engineering.

We must perfect it before presentation on Wednesday! Yosh!!

Mt. Buller!

2008-08-29T22:15:00.001+08:00

I'm going SNOWBOARDING!

Hahaha. so excited!

Only a day trip though. Must make the most of it!

Hopefully I'm more talented on standing on my two feet instead of rolling down the snow-covered hills..

Sexy Black!

2008-08-25T21:42:00.005+08:00

Here's to you Jud.. =P

My new darling, say hello to Sasha. xD

I so suck at putting screen protectors on. I trapped probably 3 spoonfuls of dust while applying it on.

No, I have no idea who the Penrith Panthers are.

Some Aussie Rugby team la..

Just thought it looked nice with the protective case. Ahahahahaha. xD

Never again will I be ashamed to play the DS on the train! =P

ROCKKKK!!

2008-08-25T18:13:00.003+08:00

Ahahahaha! When I saw this pic I thought of Crissy. Should be made into a t-shirt or something. xD

Charlie bit me

2008-08-24T22:53:00.003+08:00

Ahahahahaha! Thanks Xin for the vid!

"Charlie! That really hurts!" Lol..

Charlie's brother doesn't seem like the brightest of kids. =p

And the British accent somehow makes it funnier. xD

Mid Term week!

2008-08-23T00:19:00.004+08:00

Mid term week! Gah!

Exams to study for, projects and assignments due, lab reports to be marked. Someone end my misery please..

Just keep swimming, just keep swiming..

Even had a nightmare about my lecturer coming round to mark off lab books. What a ridiculous dream that was.. I haven't had a bad dream containing lecturers or teachers since primary school. This must be really scaring me..

Come to think of it, my nightmare in primary school was about me not handing in my PEKA science lab report book. Surprise surprise.. xD

I still remember that dream as clear as day. I was in the middle of class when my science teacher bangs the door, storms into the class and shouts at me,

"JUSTINNNN!! MANA BUKU PEKA AWAK!?!?!"

I jumped out of bed and woke up in cold sweat. Needless to say I completed my buku PEKA work that very day.

I'll get through, I guess. You'd think that after doing it for 5 semesters it'll be a little easier. Then again, this semester IS a tough one.

Sigh.. At least the days are getting warmer. Away with winter, hello spring!

So long! Farewell!

2008-08-18T19:27:00.002+08:00

Goodbye old friend! =) Thanks for the 18 months of solid gaming entertainment! From wonderful fun singleplayer games, playing Meteos and Tetris with Kee Ken and Jud to playing QuickSpot and Zoo Keeper with Kat and Liesl. Ahahahaha! Good times! The PSP has nothing on ya!

Lol.. so happened I caught myself in the webcam image.

And thus ends my first eBay sale!! It was really exciting to see the bids going up! Every morning I wake to see if anyone offered more money for my darling. haha!

A lady e-mailed me, requesting if I can sell it to her quick because she was planning to get it as a gift for her daughter on Tuesday. The great thing was that she lived around the area, meaning I won't have to mail it and I get the money easily too!

We discussed over the phone about the price for awhile. I wanted 130 dollars and she wanted 100. So we agreed on the exact spot in between at 115 dollars. =) I thought it was about the right price, other people were selling perfectly working used DS with games included for about 130. Mine was with a busted button, no games sommore! haha.

I met up with her at the intersection of Wellington Rd/Princes Highway, said my last goodbye and handed her over to the new owner. Got the cash, exchanged thank you's and headed back to cook dinner.

She e-mailed me again this evening. She said her 12 year old daughter LOVES the color. And to think I was using such a girly color for a year and a half.. =P Hahaha, welcome to the wonderful world of DS gaming girl! =D Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! =)

So now.. I'm DS-less. hahaha, good in a way I guess with exams coming up next week. Guess I'll go to Chadstone one of these days when I'm free to take a look.

Batuk

2008-08-15T23:45:00.003+08:00

Sigh.. It has been a week and I'm still coughing like nonsense. So hard to sleep at night.

Not to mention during lectures too! I'll be able to hear my coughs in the recorded lectures, lol.

Thanks for the honey lemon drink Sing Ping! I think it's so nice of you to make your wonderful drink for anyone who's not feeling too well. =)

So many people not feeling well this week. Get well soon guys!

eBay seller!

2008-08-15T22:57:00.004+08:00

I've always been a big fan of eBay and other similar sites because plenty of things can be found online for much cheaper prices. My beloved Canon camera, my mp3 player..

Who would have guessed I'll be using it for selling!!

It's quite an interesting experience. Everyday I eagerly check my post to see if anyone bidded for it! So exciting when people do! lol..

What am I selling you ask?

Looks familiar? =D

Why on earth am I selling my beloved sayang? The reason is simple.. I've grown tired of it and will be replacing it with a PSP to play with Xin. The cooler games are on the PSP anyway.

As if! xP

Yes, a PSP is gorgeous and all but nothing compares to the simple multiplayer joy of a DS! I'm a DS Fanboy for life. xD

The real reason? For one, the left shoulder button is broken for half a year now. I sent it for repair back in Malaysia but they returned it to me saying they didn't find anything wrong with it. (-_-") Not quite sure which joker examined it.

In Australia on the other hand there are official service centers. However, they are rather far for me to access purely by public transport. Also since my DS warranty is long over, it's gonna cost me at least 80 dollars to get it replaced. 240 ringgit, can buy half a DS.

The BIGGEST motivating factor? I'm looking for a more manly color. =P

So I'm trying to sell it off, and hopefully the earnings from it will aid my purchase of a more manly one. =D I think I should be able to fetch a reasonably good sum from it. People were willing to pay $80 for a DS that was in 2 pieces, what more for one with just 1 faulty button?

We'll see how it goes.. Wish me luck!

HAH?! Not Chuck Norris?

2008-08-12T22:40:00.003+08:00

I mistook this guy...

...for this guy.

Alar.. I was so sure it was Chuck Norris. Mana tau it's Clint Eastwood pulak. Hahahahaha. They're both in the texas cowboy outfit. I blame the black and white colors!

Oh well.. Hope you like your poster anyway Gabe. lol. =P

Praise Him with the strings!!

2008-08-09T23:52:00.004+08:00

One quick one before bed!

Thanks Leslie for sharing this one! =D It's now my wallpaper. xD Such good timing too! Right after my first worship session playing with the OCF worship team. Wanted to share it with you guys as well!

Psalm 150

1 Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,

4 praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,

5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.

Praise Him with the strings!!

Fever... again?!!

2008-08-08T23:09:00.005+08:00

2 days of fever dee.. Nuts..

For some reason whenever I contemplate on my health and feel blessed for how healthy I am at that point of time, I fall sick within a week.

Shouldn't think so much next time. lol.

Like James always says, I'm so prone to getting sick..

Sighh... Thanks to the fever I didn't go for 2 days worth of class. Sleep all day only... So much to catch up!! (TT_TT)

Finally got to play for OCF! What an experience it was, to be playing with so many other gifted musicians all wonderfully blessed by God! =D As nervous as I was, it turned out well. xD All glory to Him!! So much to learn! I hope that my last few months here will be put to good use serving and learning at the same time.

My parcel arrived home! Thank God! I have bad experience with parcels going missing. (T_T) Your sms made my day Tina! =D Glad you love it!

The Olympics Opening Ceremony was crazy!! =D So well done! Anyone else watched it?

We had a good laugh over one of the athletes who stopped and moved backward to take a photo of the leng lui's at the side of the track. lol.. He's going to get a really good sounding, caught on global TV! haha.

May I pleaseeeee be well enough for ice skating tomorrow..

Dream a little dream?

2008-08-05T23:26:00.004+08:00

I often dream of the most retarded nonsense. If dreams are the window to your soul, I'm a pretty sorry soul. xD

Usually I dream a mix of reality and nonsense. Reality being what I've been doing lately or thoughts that have been lingering in my cranium for sometime.

Example, the night after Jeon's and Izzie's water-balloon birthday surprise I dreamed that I and Harrison Ford (the younger version, not the grandfather in the last Indiana Jones movie) we assigned to forcefully take over a certain pirate ship/boat. After managing to sneak on-board the boat we were soon surrounded by the leader and the crew on the deck. In defense, Harrison Ford threatened them telling them to surrender or face the deadly contents of my backpack.

I myself didn't know what were the contents of the backpack I was carrying, so I opened it up. Lo and behold, the deadly contents of my backpack were...

Water balloons.

We were threatening fearsome pirates who were armed to the teeth.. with my backpack of water balloons.

Surprisingly we still managed to subdue the crew, xD I won't be writing about it here though. Too long and brainless..

Lately I've been having a few insecurities in my mind. I've been shrugging them off, telling myself I was probably feeling down and moody at that period of time or something. When that thought appears in your dreams I guess it really must be bothering me, as much as I'd like to ignore it.

In the dream, a friend of mine said something to me that had to do with my insecurity and drove off. I sort of knew that I was dreaming, because of all the ridiculous nonsense that happened prior to my friend talking to me, but even so the words he said hit me hard. I was left standing alone on the middle of the highway, dazed, just thinking about what he said. It was like a bitter taste in the mouth. My stomach felt like it does when riding roller-coasters, only this roller-coaster just went straight down and nowhere else.

What a horrible feeling to wake up with..

Dreams are the window to the soul? Maybe it's not too far-fetched after all..

New Shop Sign!

2008-07-31T19:06:00.004+08:00

Haha, I'm quite satisfied with my banner. Despite my lack of photoshop skills and a general sense of color and style, I've managed to put together something with MS Paint. lol..

Now with more beef!

Do the Robot!

2008-07-27T22:23:00.002+08:00

Xin recommended this video. Amazinggg.. I felt like I was watching some kind of animation. Unreallll!!

Makes you wish you could dance doesn't it? =D Too bad I have the grace and elegance of a beached whale, lol. Then again, Nori and Sing Ping said it can be fixed with a few lessons.. Hmm..

Sighh.. the Monday blues got me bad today. Was looking forward to ice skating too but it was postponed. Oh well..

Have a good week!

Fire Alarm

2008-07-26T01:57:00.004+08:00

We just had a Fire Alarm.

Everyone had to evacuate the building.

At 3.30, in the morning..

(TT_TT)

Everyone gathered at the carpark as we should whenever we hear the fire alarm. Cold like babi!!

It was a deep inner struggle to decide if I should even bother leaving the comfort of my nice, warm, comfortable bed. It's kinda hard to sleep when the siren making all the racket is mounted right outside your door.

Sleepy/grumpy/furious faces filled the carpark. Many were talking about how they'll beat the stuffing out of the one responsible of triggering the alarm, should they ever find out who.

In a strange twisted way I found it mildly amusing. The grunting of the masses, the sleepy blur faces, the funny PJ's. hahahaha.. Awesome pants Khong. =P

It was 4 by the time they let us back in. I have a meeting tomorrow at 10.30am. Die la...

What a week!

2008-07-21T15:35:00.003+08:00

Ah.. Such a nice relaxing Monday. =D

Too bad it's only for this week, starting next week onwards I have to attend labs on Monday afternoons. Let me enjoy this one for the meantime. =)

It's been quite the week, first was the start of a new semester. Won't want to bore you with the details. In a nutshell, it's going to be a crazy semester. I'm absolutely terrified of Engineering Design.. The only thing I find fascinating this semester is Intelligent Robotics. Hurray for C programming! =D

The others? Meh.. No telecommunications subjects, no computing subjects. Sigh.. My electronics knowledge is a joke. Gotta work on that..

My timetable was a pain to organize. What a mess, it was clashing all over the place. Every unit change I made brought different problems to the timetable. Even with my finalized timetable now there's a clash but there's nothing much I can do about it. Take it like a man I suppose..

Then there was Wednesday's incident..

What we thought was a gastric pain turned up to be Appendicitis. Now that I think of it, thank God she didn't get this during the Red Center Tour. If it did she'd be able to try out the Royal Flying Doctor Service, hahaha.

Just before the operation. Still have time to joke. Haha.
The surgery technician at the back expects to see this picture somewhere in facebook. lol..

I really think the girl is a champion. She seemed so cool, calm and collected as the doctor told her she needed an operation to remove the appendix and to examine the other organs in case there are any problems. I'm personally terrified of operations and pray I won't need to be cut open ever. Imagine the trouble it is needing surgery while being away from family and while studying abroad.. Starting the semester with a bang eh Sing Ping?

Fortunately, it was a straight-forward procedure. The appendix was found slightly inflamed and was removed. No other problems were spotted elsewhere. =)

After the operation. Thumbs up for modern medicine!
Thanks to the wonders of modern medicine, recovery shouldn't take too long. She'll be back to whoop our backsides in ping pong again in no time! =D

Flowers from her sons (Nick and Beng), Ceci, Izzy and Carmen.
I never knew that white roses were meant for funerals. When I saw them I thought they were gorgeous, hahahaha. While Jun Wei was looking around for a vase for the flowers in the hospital we overheard the nurses talking to each other..

"White roses?! I won't let them put the bouquet on my table if I was the patient!"

Ahahahahaha! xD I didn't know Australians were so superstitious. I can imagine the chinese nurses in Malaysia saying this, but didn't expect that here.

Only a handful of us were around for the weekend. The bulk of the gang went to Fall's Creek for a ski trip. Sounded so fun!! Quick Ru O! Quickly organize your cell group trip!!

On Saturday I went down to the City to meet up with Einy, my classmate back in secondary school. =D

It was certainly nice to catch up after so many years. Eating 2 dollar roti canai at the park in the shivering cold of winter was certainly an experience. xD Hard to imagine that it has been 4 years already since I left secondary school! How time flies!

I brought my ~~guitar~~ wife to the city to look for a shop that does servicing. Thanks Einy for taking me to the place! =D Cranbourne Music was magical.. Wonderful gorgeous guitars I can never afford hang on the wall on both sides of the place. SG's, Les Paul's, X-plorers. Telecasters, Strats, Jaguars.. Wah!!

Toby/My wife needed his/her (I'm not sure) frets resurfaced. It was worn out so bad that it made buzzing noises, much like the Squire Strat that was back in church before it was serviced. How I wish I was in Malaysia, it would have been heaps cheaper..

So my ~~guitar~~ wife will be at the ~~repair shop~~ spa for a week. Her full make-over will cost 120 dollars. (TT_TT) It's to be expected I guess. They'll do the works, resurfacing the frets, intonation, restringing, repairing my machine head, hopefully some cleaning and polishing. Hope they'll be done on Saturday like they said! I miss Toby already. Had to lend Leslie's hot Ibanez for a few days to get my fix, lol.

Here's to a good week! =D

Graphic Violence

2008-07-20T19:51:00.005+08:00

I forgot that I had these, lol.

At that time, we've sat for 3 papers already. We wanted to drop dead due to tiredness and fatigue but we had to press on. The anxiety was killing us, one more paper to go. In our stress, we doodled..

Just follow the numbers, shouldn't be too difficult to follow. =)

Ahahahaha.. Good fun. =D Awfully effective for destressing.

To someone out there, (you know who you are!) I'm so happy for you! =D Can't help but smile when I think about it. Hahaha!

Choose a side

2008-07-20T14:44:00.001+08:00

WAHHHH!! =D Looks darker than before! Bring on September!!

Prayer request

2008-07-17T00:33:00.003+08:00

Sing Ping was having really bad abdominal pains since early this afternoon. It wasn't getting any better so I accompanied her to the hospital to get checked up in the evening..

What I thought would be a simple visit to the doctor turned out to be something much more serious. Who would have known it was appendicitis? We thought all the while that it was a gastric problem. The doctor suggested that she should stay at the hospital for the night. The surgery to remove the appendix will most likely be tomorrow.

Do remember her in your prayers. Thanks guys.

Champion..

2008-07-15T09:36:00.000+08:00

Champion la this feller. xD

Semester Blues and Red Center Tour

2008-07-14T13:38:00.002+08:00

The Monday blues are back again! Semester has officially resumed starting today. Sigh.. The break was too short. Darn you Electrical Engineering for having late exam dates!!

As always, my semester timetable is a mess. This semester is particularly messy thanks to a unit I have to retake, Switching Electronics. Sigh again.. That would mean this semester I won't be taking the same subjects as my usual mates. On the bright side, the lecturer here in Australia for this unit is heaps better than the one back home. Just have to make new friends and step out of my comfort zone, right?

I sure hope I'll be able to get along with my randomly allocated lab partner.

Semester blues aside, the photos are uploaded! I can post on my last holiday adventure to the middle of nowhere! =D

The bus trip to Adelaide, at 4.30 in the morning.

Beach in Adelaide in the middle of the night. They stood still while a long exposure was used and I painted them with a torchlight. =D You can see the trail of the aircraft taking off!

First night at Adelaide.

Lunch break at Woomera with new friends! =D

The first catholic church at Coober Pedy.

It's literally an underground church. In Coober Pedy everyone lives in caves they dig out of the rocky hills.

Coober Pedy Museum.

A typical house in Coober Pedy. Cool in the Summer, warm in the winter! It's like the Flintstones! xD

Our night out at Coober Pedy. Messing with torchlights!

Next stop! Alice Springs!

Y... M.C.A!!

Ice Cream!

Set up camp in Alice Springs. It was something new sleeping outside during winter. Freaking cold!!

Umm..

Titus doing a "justin".

The Desert Park

Brilliant birds! They use stones to break the eggs! So clever!!

My angle seems off.. (-_-")

Reptile Park!

Yunn Yee! Fellow Malaysian, she knows Suleen in Penang! What a small world! =D

Sunset at Alice Springs.

Simpsons Gap

Stanley's Chasm

Micheal and me!

Alice Springs

King's Canyon! Gorgeous place!! =D

Hahahaha! So happy with how this turned out!

Tara and Kendra, reaching enlightenment. xD

Finally at Uluru! Photos from the helicopter ride!! =D

Uluru at sunset.

I'm pretty sure there's some taboo against doing something like this to the sacred rock.

Walking at the base of Uluru. There are many places you can't photograph due to cultural reasons. It's very different from what I expected.

Surfin' USA!!

The Olga's, Uluru's less popular sister.

The journey home! A 30 hour bus ride! Madness!! Ahahahaha!

Sunset photos courtesy of Sing Ping!

Wow.. Finally! hahahaha.. That took awhile. And these are only some of my photos. I've yet to see the ones from other cameras. hehehe. =D Still many activities I didn't photograph like the Quad biking!

Glad you made it this far! Hahahaha. Have a good week! =)

Mortal Combat V.S. DC?!?!

2008-07-13T07:25:00.002+08:00

Wah!! =D

One of the releases that will be announced in the coming E3! I've always sucked at Mortal Combat though, but wah!! The DC Universe?! =D

How on earth do they balance it out? Obviously Superman can whoop their butts without even trying. The scene where The Flash smashes his opponent into multiple walls look awesome! xD

G'day G'day!

2008-07-11T15:30:00.003+08:00

Hey guys! =D

Finally back from my 10 day tour into the middle of ~~nowhere~~ Australia a.k.a. Alice Springs and Uluru. It was an interesting experience. =D Will do a more proper update once I get the photos up! After spending 38 hours in the bus on the journey back, I'll never complain during a car ride from KL to Singapore ever again.

Plenty of housekeeping to do. Just finished 2 weeks worth of laundry. My socks are all still red from the desert sands. My jogging shoes are ruined! hahahaha. How on earth to clean them.. Now to clean my tornado hit room.

I can't believe semester starts in another 4 days! I'm not ready!! I haven't bummed enough!

Thank God for my last semesters results!! Onward with semester 2!!

Slim Dusty's country music is playing over and over in my head. So addictive!! xD

"G'day g'day!"

Soul Calibur 4!

2008-06-30T15:00:00.003+08:00

Good times eh cousin? xD

We so need a 360. lol! xD Or a PS3. Anything that can play Soul Calibur IV. lol. So we can slug it out with Cervantes and Xianghua again. =D

Not to mention the 360 version features Yoda, and the PS3 one features Darth Vader. Sugoi!!

Post Exam Bliss.

2008-06-30T14:06:00.003+08:00

I'm done! I'm all done! xD

The exams are finally over! Although I don't have that much time to celebrate, a break is always welcomed. =)

Thank God for an amazing Winter Camp! =D

Will be going off the the center of Australia tomorrow. The 10 day trip is starting to sound scary, hahaha! But I believe it'll be a blast! Hope I don't forget anything! I haven't packed for a 10 day thing before.

I've been falling sick on and off ever since I got back from winter camp. I just woke up from a nap and I'm feeling much better. Hope this holds.

Laundry time!!

Almost there!~

2008-06-23T14:26:00.002+08:00

Only 20 hours to go!!!

And then it's WINTER CAMP!!

Wohhhhhhh!!

Yeah! (acoustic?)

2008-06-20T19:56:00.001+08:00

This was so brilliant. I just had to put it up. =D

Wah... lol.

BATMAN!!

2008-06-20T15:14:00.004+08:00

Ah!! Sugoi!! Can't wait for it. xD Looks more awesome than the first. Hehehe. Hope my expectations are not too high.

Die la Kee Ken. I already had many sleepless nights trying to drive the French to extinction with Civ4. xD Hope the portable one retains the true spirit of Civilizations. Looking good so far!

rant rant rant.

2008-06-20T13:22:00.002+08:00

Wah... Tough la the paper.. Pray it turns out alright.

2 papers to study for in 3 days.. how la...

Not to mention it's Optimization, a math subject. I'm probably the only engineer ever with problems with math. Jian Wei and gang seem pretty confident about it. Sigh.. Feel so inadequate.

At least I like Telecommunications. Fascinating stuff! Hopefully I'll find work after I graduate in telecommunications and computer programming.

Kinda hard to study when you see every other bloke around you having a blast. Most are done with their papers.

Sigh... Back to the books then.

Breather

2008-06-18T20:37:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow's another paper. Reliability and Systems Engineering.

Sighhh... Stress..

*breathes in*

Lord, be my strength.

Happy Birthday!

2008-06-17T14:29:00.004+08:00

It's such gorgeous weather for tennis today.. Why oh why do I still have exams??

Not to mention I have 3 papers left! Many of my friends are done and finished! Me and the rest of the Electrical Engineering gang have barely begun. lol..

Too much la you Beng.. Purposely knock on my door declaring your freedom. I had half a mind to kick you down the stairs, King Leonidas style. xP

Yong Hsin, you're also another monkey. lol.. Happy holidays guys!

Happy 21st birthday Jun Wei and Melvin! Hope you both had a blast yesterday. =D How can you ever forget being bombarded by water balloons and getting drenched on a cold winters night? xD

I'll post the photos up some other time. Back to studying then..

Photo Spree!

2008-06-15T01:13:00.002+08:00

I haven't touched my camera in awhile. Xin told me to take some photos so I decided to play with it for awhile. =D

My study table. Gave up trying to revise Reliability, so I opened MSN to chat with Xin. =P

Hello Panda! It's horrible here though, not fresh wan. =(

Indo Mee! A students best friend. xD

My stash of Indo Mee. 40 packets baby! xD

No, I didn't eat them all by myself.

The gorgeous Audrey Hepburn and Mr. Sinatra greet me every morning.

My new door poster! hehehehe. Ol' Mickey Blue Eyes!

The cheapest way to watch a movie here, although you still have to wait in the queue. To book tickets here you need to use your credit card. =S

My lovely Toby, looking down the fret highway ala. Guitar Hero! hahaha.

Yeeee.. Can see the dust! Need to change the strings, resurface the frets and do some cleaning!

Mmmmm... xD

Yum Yum.. =D and no, I didn't finish it by myself either. =P

The toy snail I won at Sorento.

Another one of my darlings. Lol.. xD

The Pool table in the common room.

Getting lazier and lazier to study. Just 10 more days to Winter Camp!! Argh!!!

Math Jokes

2008-06-15T00:02:00.003+08:00

Saw these on facebook. Lol.. So lame!!

Anyone gets them other than me? xD

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

2008-06-13T19:34:00.003+08:00

The song Do Wah Diddy Diddy by The Exciters just played on my Windows Media Player. First thought that came to mind was the combined youth camp with Gasing. One group (Gabe's I think) sang the tune with hilarious alternate lyrics.

Desmond!
So Lame!
So Ah Beng!
He's gonna get rejected again!

Hahahahaha! And to think Chu and him are getting married soon! How time flies!

Rachael and Guan are getting married tomorrow!! So fast!! Hahahaha. I wonder if Guan's coming over to our church like Bernard did. Another power guitarist to add into SJGC's arsenal? =D

Updated

2008-06-12T15:55:00.004+08:00

Updated:

Flickr Slideshow now shows more recent pics.
Modified Countdown timer to count to my next paper.
Added scrolling LED's for the fun of it. xD

If you know what my scrolling LED message is about, give yourself a pat on the back. You're a certified gaming geek.

I just noticed how ugly my blog looks on a non-wide screen view. It looks fine on my 1280x800 screen, but not on any other resolution. Hahaha, and I'm so hopeless at banners and stuff. Guess the Noodle Shop will forever be under renovation. hahaha.

The lights are back on! Ahahaha! =D They did the job while I was out of the room. What a mess they left behind.. footprints on the white bed sheet (I'll have to change it after this post), pieces of plastic and metal all over the floor. Oh well.. At least the lights are fixed, hopefully for good this time!

Finally managed to put up the photos I washed from the MRS Ball. =D Some of them turned out really really nice. =) Hahaha, so happy when I see them. Added a few photos from home at the bottom too! Xin's pictures, a family photo, some of my siblings and cousins. The group photo taken by uni friends back home was so funny! I miss you guys! Hao Zhi, Shu-Fern, Sam, Michael.. Hahahaha. The wall has almost reached its limit, with only enough space for about 9 photos or so at the top. Onward to the semester 2 wall! hahaha! xD

The winds are blowing awfully strong today. You can hear it from inside the room. Like the way Faith described, it sounds like waves by the sea. What a struggle it was walking back to my room from campus, the wind was giving a tough fight. lol. And it was COLD!! I so regretted wearing shorts and sandals today. hahahaha.

Oh no, it has begun. Blog posts will now increase factorialy as the days go by. Now it's almost on a daily basis. I remember doing multiple posts per day last semester during exam season. lol.

Perpetual Darkness

2008-06-12T00:25:00.002+08:00

I feel like I've returned to the stone age. My my, I've never realized how much I took simple fluorescent lamps for granted.

My room light decided to retire after many years of service giving light to whosoever lived in Richardson Hall room 3C2 since the 60's. (according to the electrician) haha.

The guy came over and tried to fix it, but in his attempt he snapped something and signaled the final demise of my beloved room light. He didn't have the stuff needed to fix it up again, so he told me they'll get it done tomorrow.

It doesn't help that in winter the sun goes down at 5.30 in the evening. lol. It gets dark mighty pretty fast in these parts.

All I have to illuminate my room is a tiny yellow light desk lamp my local Resident Adviser lent me. It sure beats the glow of my laptop. hahaha. Thanks Amanda! =D

Guess you really won't appreciate some things till it's gone, I'd really like to have some nice white light in my room now. lol.. Hope they fix it up soon. Won't want to crash Beng's room again tomorrow night to study. Hahahaha, thanks Beng for your hospitality. =D

Beng was preparing for his Law paper. If they allow you to take text books into an exam, that says a lot about how they're so certain you're still going to suffer with all the answers within the pages of the book you bring in. It isn't a very thin book either.. After hearing him talk about how crazy it is, I'm sure glad I'm not doing Law. xD Even messaged my dad to tell him about it. Ahahahahaha.. Sorry dad. Guess I didn't get your brains. I certainly didn't get my mom's brains either, I'm so hopeless in finance and accounting. Oh dear, who's brains did I get? haha. xD

Okay, I'll hit the bed. All this typing in the dark is making my eyes hurt. May your days be well lit and bright. =D

Old School

2008-06-10T23:29:00.003+08:00

We were talking about X-men over some supper. Old school betul! I think Simon Sim can have a really nice long conversation with Sing Ping, I have never seen bigger X-men nuts than the both of them. =D

As soon as I got back I downloaded all 5 seasons of the old cartoon series. It's amazing what you can get on the student network. =D I can't believe I still remember some of the lines in the episodes!! Hahahaha..

Season 1 Episode 1, the one where Jubilee joins the X-men.

Jubilee: "How'd you do that?"

Gambit: "With style, petite.. With style.."

xD Coolllllllll... I remember that line as clear as day.

Ah! I want to be able to kinetically charge everyday objects, blow things up and say cheesy lines like that! Guess the superhero wannabe in us never dies, eh? ;D

Exam Rants..

2008-06-09T21:16:00.005+08:00

One down! 3 to go!

Finally! Down with one paper! I've sat for 17 final examination papers to date in uni, but it still doesn't help you get over that sinking feeling in your gut every time I enter the examination hall..

Heck, I had problems sleeping the night before. When I finally did fall asleep, I dreamed that I sat for 2 exam papers in my dreams, one in a secondary school setting and one in a university setting.. Stressssss.. Like having to sit for a real exam the next morning wasn't enough.

Reminds me of my mom, she used to tell me that she gets a lot of "sitting for exam" dreams. lol.

Thank God! The parts I was afraid of didn't show up in the paper! It was tricky though, but I did my best.. Hopefully the hard work will pay off. =)

Tina keeps calling me Noodle Nerd lately. Hahaha.. It's true.. I haven't shopped in months other than for snacks and groceries. I haven't went out for fun trips in a longgggg time. Sigh.. I can't wait for the holidays.

Oh! The gang has been having tennis games in the evenings lately. So fun! Why didn't I try it out before? =D

The Noodle Shop - Now serving Curry Noodles!!

*cue heavy sigh*

Battle Plan

Revival!

E. Hontin vs. Ason

Australia's Got Talent! JP!!

Talent? yes. Conventional? not at all

More E3 goodness!

Chainsaws and frying pans!!

Ang ang ang!

The Great Office War

Love Story meets Viva La Vida

The Great Escapade!

Simplicity at its best!

LAUNCHcast!

Task no.2

Gotta ♥ Creative!

USB toaster can burn headlines right on your toast!

60

Culture

Of boo boo's and procrastinating

Yet another appendicitis case

Enlightenment

(T_T)

Stressed?

Progress?

Return of the comeback!

Going, going, gone!

HELP!

Off we go!

Quickie

Photograph

I'm going home!

Another quick one!

a quick update!

24

Requests?

WAHHHH!!

AI!

Trading Cards!

Wayang

Flight bookings

The Great Ocean Road!

Photo post!

Tulip Festival

Warp speed ahead!

Cantonese?!

Mini Update.

Haircut.

Baby 9.0

Sticky Notes!

Richo Gangster Ball!

Baby 6.0

Gears!

Fuh..

Shucks..

Scrubs!

Google Chrome!

Nickname: Baby!

Pictures!

"Angels fall without you there.."

Muscle.. pain...

Mt. Buller!

Sexy Black!

ROCKKKK!!

Charlie bit me

Mid Term week!

So long! Farewell!

Batuk

eBay seller!

HAH?! Not Chuck Norris?

Praise Him with the strings!!

Fever... again?!!

Dream a little dream?

New Shop Sign!

Do the Robot!

Fire Alarm

What a week!

Graphic Violence

Choose a side

cue heavy sigh