Are You an Exam Answer Sheet?

Really. The occasional 'serious' blog.



Do you keep marks of yourself?

I admit it. I did.

The feel was like "I'd not be 'happy' until I had sufficient marks in each category". I told myself that I should always show a serious face, and think of my current success as 'small', not worthy of respect.

Worse, it felt like I was not eligible to feel good because: "ONLY after I have......., I will be happy....sigh I can't be happy now". Failures looked very BIG, success looked small.

Living with 'rules of achievement' has been constant misery. 'Wanting' things had led to things going further away. 'Trying' to be nice to people only made you susceptible to abuse.

Even after leaving this behind, it's hard to undo the damage we have done in the past. Sometims people see you the same way. I realised we can do only that much. I just relaxed and accepted things are they were. I'm peaceful, that's what matters.

A big thanks to all the friends who stayed cheerful despite all the problems in their lives. You have been inspiring. Sometimes when we think a problem can 'only happen to us', it actually happens to many other people.

What 'Eng' Final Year Students Do

It was early May. We've just finished our final exams. I breathed a sigh of relief after the final paper. It wasn't my best performance.

"Take it calmly, Geat", said my mind, trying to avoid discussion about that paper with groups of friends. That's because the 'discussion' was nothing but swearing and curses--what a way to finish 16+ years of exam-orientated lives.

Fun roommate online-ing

Life was incredibly pretty much the same after exams. My roommate was at his 'online' best. Friends played DOTA until 5am, I was reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo'.



For comparison, during exam times friends are more hardworking. They only played games until 3AM! That's 2 hours less man! Think about how many Maple levels that will be in two weeks! As for me, I read thinner books during exams. Agatha Christie and Reader's Digest will do just fine.

ONLINE

Speaking about uni life, being 'online' was a must. Our lives are too boring without it. Finding a replacement in entertainment value is just too difficult.

So, on the morning of 4/5/06, there was no electricity. Bored and hot, we decided to go to Jusco Tebrau and 100+km away. Our minds were made up within 5mins of power shortage. Ever since Jusco Tebrau opened, it appeared to be a great place to relieve ourselves whenever entertainment was neeed.

Fun ex-roommate posing.

It turned out to be great! KTV at RedBox, watched MI:3 at the new 'big screen' TGV, and ate at a 'Hong Kong Cuisine' restaurant. I guess that because the trip wasn't planned, it added to the excitement.



One of the revelations of the trip was...the KTV bill. When you have time, it's great to go KTV in the lunch session. The five of us can attest to that.

Bye friends, all the best. It's been great!

Bored with the Web? Stumble!

Stumble!

I found* a neat little toolbar for the excellent Firefox browser: StumbleUpon. * All credits to SF Pang.

All you have to do is download the 'Extension' and sign up for its service.

Basically, Stumble is a service that recommends interesting websites based on topic and popularity. Its presence is felt in the browser through this toolbar:


During the sign up process you will be prompted to provide the topics you are interested in. Topics you can pick include: Chinese Music News, Cars, Online Games, Psychology, Food recipes, "Kristal Housemates Forever"*, "Lok people from the north"*, ...over 100 boredom-eradicating categories!

*How I wish the last two were really there!

Then, all you have to do is click on "Stumble" and off to a ramdom site you go. Don't like it? Click Stumble again and another site pops out. In each case you get to approve ("I Like It") or disapprove the site, allowing Stumble to keep a user record of INTERESTING and uninteresting sites, further improving the service.

One nice little site I stumbled upon was the "Laser" game, where you use mirrors and prisms to control a laser beam. FUN!

The "Laser " game. Click on it for a larger view

Here's another interesting picture from Ebaumsworld, "Dirty Minds", an indicator of how 'dirty' we have came to be :-)...


Take a look at the picture, what do you see? The following quotes are from the site:

"Research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such scenario. What they will see are the nine dolphins.
Additional note: This is a test to determine if you already have a corrupted mind. If it's hard for you to find the dolphins within 3 seconds, your mind is indeed corrupted."


The Truth: It was extremely difficult to see any dolphin at all!!! My oh my...

It's True

I mean it.

It's time to leave, time to say goodbye to the beloved AK01**** . (another option is to say you've lost it, pay RM50, and use it for watching cheap movies for the rest of your life)

Complain, talk, hate, whatever, it's time to say goodbye to KUiTTHO...and especially, Parit Raja. I think that we won't be forgetting the place any time soon because...

1) We complain about it ALL the time.
2) Lots and lots of nicknames are given (drain king, tortoise head?)
3) We say bad things because we feel guilty that we really, really, secretly like the place

It may even mean we will start to MISS the place.

Maybe the place isn't important. We tend to miss places because of the wonderful experiences we have experienced with the PEOPLE. They never fail to brighten up our spirits...so that we will 'aim high...'

One interesting bloke who isn't easy to forget...'aim high!'