Hey Gang too!

My turn, my turn. This babi (according to Simon) is back, but he's as skinnier as ever. Actually, not quite true; it's hard to stay skinny on Aussie food. Now my old photos -- with me in my old stick shape -- look scary.

Anyway.

Drin, your comment about small companies is so true. My current workplace is also a small company, with about 10 employees -- The people here get shuffled around quite a bit; the receptionist had a go at railway auditing too! I wasn't picked for the job at first, but one shuffling reopened a similar position, and I got called in. So, I'm grateful for the do-a-bit-of-everything method, and for my friend who led me to the job.

The work itself isn't mind-blowing; a few of us are going through thousands of photos of train tracks, to check for defects. So it's not "proper" engineering, but the experience and cash are still welcome. It doesn't really matter anyway cuz my boss shows us what the engineers do, and let us play with their prototype devices!

You asked if anyone here likes the working life... well like I said the actual work isn't exciting (2 weeks in, and I'm starting to feel the mental toll), but the environment is relaxed. Lunch break chats range from This-Is-What-My-Grandkids-Said to How-To-Identify-A-Chinese/Japanese/Caucasian-Home-By-Looking-At-The-Street; we're free to take breaks whenever we want (within reason lah). So it's a mixed bag of wonders and woes, really; definitely busier than studying and more taxing than Differential Equations, but also definitely worthwhile.

Shel, your BB aspirations made me smile. Congrats on your promotion, and God bless you in your efforts! It's cool and encouraging to see the BB still being an important part of our lives.

On the flipside, I'm currently doing the opposite of you though; baru last night I decided to take a break from BB for a while, maybe for 1 year. There are lots of good things out there to be doing, but stretching in all directions until popiah-thin wasn't smart on my part... I think I need to get my life back on track before I can work properly for others. Socially, financially, even educationally I've been unravelling somewhat; some of it from poor choices, some from external circumstances. It's time to start making changes lah, then come back and reevaluate.

Ravin, hope you find peace with nuisances in life, even if it means giving them a piece of your mind. Political correctness worldwide is slowly killing that form of interaction.

Simon (and Hershel), haha, what a great reminder of the makan spirit. Brings memories of our Green Hill trips those years ago. I'm sure there will be plenty of makan-ing over the next few weeks! I can't make it back this time round, but my new citizenship means that I won't have to tighten my belt for uni fees anymore next year. My kolo mee fund will be active again, yeah. Next holidays I should be able make it back; hope to see you guys then! It's been way too long.

In the meantime, let's make 2010 a great year!

Hey Gang!...

First before I talk lemme comment….Ravin…CHILL…haha…ya there are people who are pretentious jackasses, drama queen( or king), blardy bastards and the likes…but we do have a choice to say no wad…hahha..wads so hard?since u don’t like them anyway…take control and say no with a smile…J…stick it to them man!!

Kenit….wah…bagus bagus..kerja…working that long must be killing u huh. everyday without fail smore….me at least got some days no work within the week…hahaha….oh, I do on-calls at night tho….sucks…..

El-retardo….(yes shel this is ur name now…b grateful its something cool..hahah)…

1) wow…hebat robocon…keep it up…yeah I know what u mean by being the leader for this kind of stuff…like even if u delegate work and stuff…u STILL need to know everything to the last detail…crapp…hahah…anyways…use all ur training lah…im sure..wait…we’re sure (I think I can speak for the rest of us) that u’ll pull off a great one this year!....

2) sorry to hear that……

3) 2BBQ PITS!!!!!!!!! Tell ur dad that’s an AWESOME idea!!hahaha..

4) Good….den can maintain this blog more often….

5) Hahaha….W/O Hershel take over after W/O Raymond cabut…hahahah…ok…it’s a good thing…its good to hear that at least someone from our generation is still serving the coy…spiritual side…hhmmmm…that’s a big responsibility…I’ll pray that u’ll be able to lead and teach the Boys to be Christian Men by the time they finish serving….i’d really like to come back to serve also…but see lah…kalau ada masa…hahah…the key to dedicated members is the height of their love and passion for the company….so u have to find it in the boys and let it be realize within them…so….ALL THE BEST SIR!!

6) Cool…

And the rest……

Naked Bear ….. Gain some weight! U’r making me look bad! HAHahahah….

Sze Howe…babi punya budak menghilang…I took a minute to remember how to spell his name sudah…

Ray…Hidup bahagia sudah…bagus2….

Ok….i found this song! It’s an old song and super damn familiar….

I wake in the dark
Showers of light
Moments of emptiness around
Floating away
No rays of hope
Reality brings me to the ground

What can I do?
What can I say?
I need a place to hide away
Just for a while, just for a smile
Just for the life I used to know

For every song was filled with words of love and not of anger
What if they go?
What if they leave me far behind?

'Cause I don't wanna be alone.. (uh oh)
Living life for on my own (uh oh)
I don't want to live my life in isolation
Filled with empty decorations
'Cause I wanna be with people that I know
Who would do the things I do (uh oh)
Making all my dreams come true (uh oh)
I don't recognize the shadows at my door
Though I've seen them all before
Because the only thing I really want..
Is to be with you....

I look at the sky,
That looks back at me
I'm getting a silent melody
I know that I'm here
And I am lost
Alone and confusion by the breeze
Hiding my face, crying alone
I need to find my way back home
Back to the place
The wonderful days
Livin' the life I used to know

For every smile was born out of the love and our sincerity
And every tear from all the glowing joy

[chorus]x2
'Cause I don't wanna be alone.. (uh oh)
Living life for on my own (uh oh)
I don't want to live my life in isolation
Filled with empty decorations
'Cause I wanna be with people that I know
Who would do the things I do (uh oh)
Making all my dreams come true (uh oh)
I don't recognize the shadows at my door
Though I've seen them all before
Because the only thing I really want..
Is to be with you....

Is to be with you
Living life for on my own (uh oh)
I don't wanna live my life in isolation
Filled with empty decorations
'Cause I wanna be with people that I know
Who would do the things I do (uh oh)
Making all my dreams come true (uh oh)
I don't recognize the shadows at my door
Though I've seen them all before Because the only thing I really want..
Is to be with you....

It’s the theme song for kopitiam!!hahahah…..Empty Decorations by Indecisive..

Anyways, Im doing fine here in Klang...life is good but classes are like nightmares to me...crapp...nothing much going on lah actually...just living life day by day....nothing to complain also lah...abit boring and mundane lo...but better boring than tragic..hahaha....wahh...drama ehh...hahah...anyways...good to hear we're all doing well....miss u guys and hope to see u guys soon...

Ok…dono if I’ll be back for CNY or not but whatever it is…whoever is at wherever they are must get together and makan…kuching ppl go out eat…jb ppl go out eat…KL ppl also go out eat!!...etc…hahah

Its been awhile...

Hey, guys... by the looks of it... only... hey, aldrin and ravin...

1st of all, sorry for not blogging for a very long time... i've mainly been busy especially with my robocon... when i m free, da line at my college is so slow dat u sumtimes hav to wait 1 hr jz to open google.... damn slow!!!

well now, jz to update u guys on wats been going on lately and wat i've been up to....

1) Robocon.... as u all know (or don know), i'm da leader of robocon in unimas... its been really hectic lately becoz we r preparing for dis year's robocon competition. plz check out www.roboconegypt2010.com for more details.... since last sem, my frens n i hav been recuiting new members, especially students from the mechanical department... before dis, robocon in unimas was only open for electronic student...(for some weird reason).... so my frens n i hav decided to open it up to da mech students.... being a leader is really tough. u hav to be really dedicated to wat u r doing... u not only hav to know wat and who u r leading, but u also hav to communicate with alot of ppl, not only ur frens... wat i mean is dat i've been meeting with my lecturers, technicians and even da suppliers jz to settle da orders of robotic parts....now da prob dat i'm facing wif robocon is finding at suitable time to hav a robocon session (building da robots) dat suits every1, especially da juniors... to us, da juniors r important bcoz thay will be da ones representing unimas, not us bcoz we hav our industrial training at da time of da competition....stress!!!!

2)Relationship....for those who don know yet, i hav broken up with cyndra...................

3) New House... on mid nite of 24/12/09, i officially moved to my new house in riveria... so can dota at my house ordi... hehe....bbq also can.... i hav 2 bbq pits... (my dad's idea)....

4)Wifi.... today (22/01/10), i hav jz set up da streamyx at house.... dats y i can write dis blog now.... haha...

5)BB.... starting dis year (2010), following one of my new year's resolutions, i want to be more active in BB once again... last week, i attended da officers agm (as an instructor).... during da agm, i was elected in charge of da spiritual department for da company, together with Lt. Kenny... not only dat, in da nex enrollment, i will be promoted to WO, together with alastair and michael cheong....(michael is an ex-BB from 1st Brunei).... jz to tell u guys, i really want to see da company having alot of dedicated members like before.... i believe dat with God's help, dis is possible....

6)Composing.... rmmbr da song i compose last time... da title 'He'.... well, i'm composing another song again... i've only got da 1st verse tho.... but at lease i have da chords ordi.... jz simple chords lah... hehe....

wel, i guess all for da updates.... hehe..... for now anyways...

so guys, if u r back in kch and r free, lets go out... dota or l4d or l4d2 or jamming or jz lepak2 minum kat jln song or anything else...GP!!!!!..... haha....

Cheers... XD

Forgot To Mention

...that I changed my blog URL. I've received many complaints that the URL for my blog is too long and too difficult to type. So I changed it back to the old URL.

=D

Personalities, which I Dislike

This post will just be a short post about the type of people that I generally dislike after being in the ADP at Taylor's for 1 1/2 years. I won't talk about all the trips that I went on during my holiday but just to tell you, I went to Singapore twice, Melaka twice, JB, Serdang and Sunway. Loads of things to mention and I don't have the time to talk about them now. Anyway here's a few types of personalities, which I notice I don't get along with very comfortably:

1) Divas. Specifically, male divas. I seem to be a male diva magnet as my housemate is a diva and so is on of my new friend who has been trying quite hard to become close to me. I dislike this personality because I feel that it is just plain weird for someone, regardless of gender to behave like a diva. It's definitely not natural for someone to be a diva. What I mean by a diva is a person who tries to be fabulous by dressing up very extravagantly to attract people , act and talk like a queer or faggot, cause scenes in public by being LOUD, gossip endlessly about people and put on a show in public by giving people false impression. This list of personalities is not isolated diva. Rather, a diva checks off everything I have just mentioned. There's a deeper dislike within me for these type of people. First, they are just plain annoying and I don't understand how one is able to be so oblivious to his or her effect on other people by being loud and socializing in an extremely effeminate way especially guys. Note the effeminate. Do they pick up all these by watching TV and what merit does admiring a diva-ish person on TV carry? Secondly, they are just so Fucking demanding. They are extremely needy and require you to do this and that for them, go out with them frequently, ask for things like your textbooks, invite themselves over to your home and always controlling who you become friends with. I don't like playing games like this with them and I have realized from my experiences with them that I am just not ready to be involved in a relationship with girls. I hate having to go out with them alll the time even though I want to stay at home and do some Fucking Differential Equations questions because the bloody teacher can't express himself in English. They also prevent you from having your own friends and must give consent. I hate hiding my friends for crying out loud. I hate keeping stories, remembering who I can tell this and that too. Lastly, divas like to use you and manipulate you. Never forget that you are dispensable to them, easily controllable and manipulated to suit their own will. I especially hate when they ask me to accompany them even though I need to do work. They will call me, sms me. Man, I just want out.

2) People who speak in accents but are Malaysians. I just hate these people and can't take them seriously. Seriously, some of these people have never lived overseas for a long period. Yet, they somehow manage to develop a foreign accent. I don't get it. This problem is very common among girls. They tend to speak in British, American and even and Australian accent. My question to them? How did you get your accent? Do you have a parent who is a migrant? No. Have you lived in a foreign country for a reasonably long period i.e. 5 years? Did you attend international school? No. Then, how did you get the accent? In the first place, what would you be doing here if you were foreign? If you attended international school, shouldn't you already be in a foreign country? After all, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you go to international school to get a foreign education? Damn annoying this people. Really cannot tahan to the max. Tahap dewa dewa. Got some of them speak in such strong accents. Ask them where they went to school? Jawapan: SMK Seafield, Subang Jaya. What a bunch of fake people who are so damn pretentious. Malaysians have no accents, people! We don't. We usually mix US and British phrases up and jumble it with a bit of BM and China BM. But some people manage to get Aussie accents. These are the weirdest people of all. It does not reflect well on you because it shows who you have been socializing with. Given that we live in Malaysia, a person with an accent would probably be socializing with other pretentious people as well who want to be white. Why do you want to be white so badly? They may be better in every aspect than us the white people are. But remember, don't burden them with your damn lousy Asian genes. to pass on to their children.

3) LOUD people. I don't get why people have to be loud. I really don't. They are loud even though the person who they are talking too is barely a feet away from them. Whylah? Usually when we talk too loud we will notice that we are doing something overboard. But these people just go ahead with being loud and disruptive to quiet loving people like me. They ignore the voices that tell them that they are too loud. This does not reflect too well on them. The only reason I can think of for people to talk loud is too attract attention. You see, I honestly have spoken loud to attract girls before. I therefore know for a fact, that some people speak loud because they want to be noticed by other people especially the opposite sex. Especially in a college like Taylor's where it is hard to be distinguished. Man, why are people so damn desperate these days? I love silence. I don't want the chaos that comes with noise. LOUD people should masuk lokap.

4) People who are not sensitive to other people and are not aware of themselves or the environment. I call these people the Mak Ciks and Pak Ciks. Why? It is simple. It is because when you go to a mall and you are walking, then there is an old Ah Ma in front of you who is walking in the middle of your path in such a way that you can't pass her. She is damn slow and does not know that you want to pass her. There are alot of people suffering from this sindrom in Malaysia especially couples. You see, when you go to malls these days, couples always walk together and they slow you down, a lot. As a single male who has been given the responsiblity of being the hunter-gatherer, I feel that they are in my way and are not up to the pace of my life. They need to date somewhere else because I need to hunt :) Malaysians just don't know how to date these days. They go to the worst places to date like when I'm queuing up to get my food from the food stall, they are there blocking you from taking the forks and spoons. Pleaselah guys, if you ever get a girlfriend, don't do stupid things that will stop time for other people too. Please find someone who is a bit more smarter and is not a NOOB that I can live with. Sorrylah bros, your girls or guys won't get any approval if they walk damn slow next to me. I'll probably tell you the dump her or him because of poor genetic make up, which you would not want your child to have. Apart from that, these Mak Ciks and Pak Ciks should not be allowed to populate this world with cretins of their own. You see, it is because they are unable to take care of children. Taking care of children is a big responsibility and they just give up. They let their children run lose in the cinema, bring crying babies to the damned cinema, let their children push grocery carts in the mall and order their children by sitting down on a bench. Don't have children Malaysians!!!!!! You obviously can't handle them. I see mothers carrying their LV bags while their Indon maids carry the baby. If my partner ever does that, I wouldn't hesitate to give her a beating. Seriously, people like this need to be disciplined. Basically, you can also find Ah Ma's and Ah Pa's at the corridor between classes. They don't know what they are going to do with their lives and just walk by aimlessly, blocking your path when you want to get to MATH 353: Differential Equations class. How sad.

CPR

Why did this blog die a silent and lonely death? Everyone's lost the steam to post? Or simply too busy with their own lives? Haih. The downsides of growing up. Increase in responsibilities, decrease in free time. And even less time for the old life, I guess.

Sorry. Minor emo moment there!

Just a short update from Aldrin then. This coming week will be my final week of internship! For the past seven weeks I have been working as a Trainee Engineer in Perunding JHL. I don't think that any of you will have heard of the company before - it is a small company! However, they say that one learns the most from the small companies. Because there are not many people around, so everyone needs to know everything! In bigger companies, one person gets dumped into one section (say drainage design) and that's all he'll ever do for the rest of his life. In a small company, the engineers are responsible for every aspect of the project: structural, geotechnical, drainage, etc etc. So you'll get to learn a little bit of everything!

Well, my time here has been pretty fruitful, I think. I've done many things from simple designs to preparing engineering documents to supervising construction sites to stamping plans to amending drawings. It is true that fresh graduates come out into the working field and realize they know nothing - I felt the same way too! I asked so many questions that my supervisors must get sick of me after a while.. Hahaha.

There's another trainee in the office. His name's Ah Tak and he's really really pro! Then again, he's worked with his contractor dad since he was in Form 4. He's certainly seen a lot in the business and knows his stuff. A reminder to me that knowledge counts for little. It is experience that really determines your proficiency.

Anyone of you liking the working life? For those of you who have been through the working life, that is! Really taxing, isn't it? 8am to 5pm for five days a week. By the end of the day, you're so tired all you want to do is perform a diving headbutt into bed and then die on the bed until the battery recharges. And I realize that work really takes away time from everything else. On weeknights you'll be tired out from work and the weekends are just too short to count for much.

For the past seven weeks I've been doing this:
At 8am, look forward to 5pm.
On Monday, count off the days to Friday.

If all things go well, I'll be graduating in two semesters. After that, work. For the rest of my life. I am not sure if I am ready to do this! Hahahaha.

And certainly not looking forward to the working life.