I'm moving out!

Hey guys, as the title of this post says, I'm moving out of my room in SS15. Yup, I'm doing it again after moving out from Taylor's October last year. But this time, there is a twist as I will only be moving to a place a few feet away. Hehehe, I will be moving to my ex-housemate, Alvin's room which is just in front of mine. 

I am very happy despite losing a housemate. You see, Alvin was the one who introduced me to this house and even helped me get in touch with the owner. Even though, he did his best to help me, my house owner initially objected to letting me rent the room. I am still unsure of why this happen but it did. Maybe she was lust lazy and did not give much thought to it and just gave Alvin a reply in a haste. Maybe she didn't want a black guy staying in her house. Regardless, I had to meet her and convince her that I wanted the room and I eventually succeeded. When I visited the house for the first time, I was impressed and felt that it resembled my house in Kuching. The large living room area with a dining room next to it was familiar and I knew immediately that I had to move in here.

The room that I moved into initially was hot because there was no ceiling fan and the sun would shine through the windows for a large part of the afternoon up till sunset. The heat caused by the sunlight would was my room to be heated and warmer that the other rooms. I suppose this is also a problem face by my other housemates living upstairs. However, they have air conditioning systems to cool their rooms down and I don't. All I have is a measly standing fan that needs to be repositioned every time I move from my table to my bed (not a fun task especially if you keep doing it over and over again). One bad thing which I did not notice at first was the water pressure. I felt that it was okay when I tested it at first. Little did I know that it was extremely bad. 

Anyway, moving on with my story. Alvin is moving out to live with his buddies in a room that will be shared by 3 people with him in the equation. He's moving in with his engineering buddies. I guess I'm happy for him as he will be staying with his buddies. You see, in the past two semesters, Alvin has been staying over at his friends on occasions and his friends have been doing the same as well. I guess he can chat all he wants now and do more things with his friends. He has told me that he will be going to the library everyday though as there is no room for him to study. With 3 people in a room, I can see why that's a problem. He also told me that he wants to move out to save money as it only costs RM18+ to share a room. 

Now back to the black guy part. Okay, my house owner has been a bit unfair to me for being born a black guy. You see, Alvin's room is a bit bigger than mine (a bit, but their is noticeably significant difference) and he only has to pay RM270 every month. Me on the other hand, paid RM290 just get my less featured room. Then one day, when there was an opening in the top floor (i.e. one of the air conditioned rooms), she offered it to me for RM550. Steven, my other housemate only needs to pay RM500. Now, she is offering me Alvin's room for RM340. That's RM70 more that she did to Alvin. I tell you this, it is because I'm black. Simple. I always get charged higher because of the color of my skin and my inability to converse in Chinese. It sucks being a black guy. Don't think I do not understand the value of RM70. I once had only RM75 in my bank account and there was still about 2 weeks to go before the end of the month. I remember how much I had to make use of that RM75. I ended up asking my dad for more money and I get how embarrassing it is. You know what, I just don't get why black people get discriminated. People think we're dirty, rough and uneducated. Girls and women stay away from me and think I'm a mat rempit, penyamun, perogol or peragut. Indians and Chinese consider me Malay and think the worse of me. Who do I go to? I can't got to the Chinese, Indians or Malays. Who? God ah? The biggest joke. And you guys go to church every Sunday and shout Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Almighty God Hallelujah! "It's a joke, It's all a joke" as the Comedian would say.  It's bad enough that I have to live with the inevitable fact that no one will ever love me. It is made worst as I have to face discrimination from the white people of Malaysia, my supposedly superiors, masters. You guys will never changelah. White people will always look down, put down and make sure we black people stay down. I feel pain of all black peoples of this nation facing discrimination from the whites. Why do you white guys feel better than us black people? What have I ever done to deny you the right to live? Nothing, but you put me in this group of people that you feel are lower, lesser, insignificant, milk-able than your superior white genes. I didn't chose to be born like this, your "Saviour" "made(if He does existlah)me this way. I'm an ugly dumb bad black man. I'm an ugly dumb bad black man. I'm an ugly dumb bad black man. There's I've said it. You can keep reading this sentence for the rest of your lives you white people as a reminder of how you triumphed over me. It is sealed in history. I kneel down with all the pride left in me kicked out by you; bow and place my hands and head at your feet; I front of the whole world and declare I submit, I lose you win, I am nothing, I am beneath you; I am a lesser creature who can only envy the life a true human being (a white person), the beauty, the accomplishment and the greatness of the white race; and I humbly and with the greatest of hope, I beg for your mercy to allow me to have the very basic elements required to sustain life which the Almighty God has placed in your possession. I plead for you most gracious mercy. A degree of mercy which only the white race can ever achieve. 

Inspired or Disturbed.

And you guys go to church every Sunday and shout Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Almighty God Hallelujah! 

"It's a joke, It's all a joke"

Life in UMS...

Yo, guys (again but this time all the way from KK)... Thanks, Ravin.. I guess you'll gonna blog a lot within this few days la.. Keep up you're super long blog.. Haha!

Yes!! Finally I was able to settle down, sitting here in the Megalab.. Well, Megalab is like a cyber for UMS student.. There are about 500 computers in this lab (at least they don't call Magalab for nothing).. To use these coms, I need to get the access voucher from the counter and it can last for 5 hours.. And if you still don't get enough from that 5 hours, you can just go to the counter and get another voucher.. Ah.. Next time can come here for LAN party la.. Haha!

This the view of Megalab from the entrance
(noticed that there's a guy walking pass, he is also from second intake)

Sorry for if I'm not posting any good photos from Sabah in this sem.. I'm actually using my handphone.. Plus the internet connections is quite slow here.. Perhaps, I'll bring my cam over next sem.. Whahaha!!! (Syok Sendiri)

Today is my first day meeting with all my new gangs from E&E.. And guess what? The first intake for this course is only 17 students!! 8 more from the second intake (including me) for now.. So I have been wondering if I'm studying in the right place or not.. But of course, there is "part of the reason" for being here though.. But in study wise, I hope I can get the most of it from here..

Ok la.. I'll continue more some other time.. Time for lunch.. Lol!
See you guys again end of this year (by November)..
Byes and God Bless!! ^_^

Congrats to Raymond!!!!!!!!!

First of all, I would like to congratulate Raymond on gaining admission into UMS. I'm SURE he will enjoy himself there  A LOT (if you guys know what I mean  O_^ ). I guess everyone in our group has finally entered university. I was thinking the other day of how everyone has gone to different places. Hershel to UNIMAS, Simon to UM, Ian to UPM, Raymond to UMS, Aaron  to Cardiff, Aldrin and Sze Howe to UWA, Alvin to UTM and me to Taylor's. We are all in different places. So far away some more. 

Actually, I'm a bit disappointed that Raymond got into UMS. Don't get me wrong, I was hoping all the way that he would get into the university of his choice but I was secretly hoping that he would get into UTM as well. That way, I would have somewhere to visit during my holidays -_-". I mean, if he got into UTM, I would be able to go to Johor to meet him and Alvin. Since he has gone to Sabah, my holiday plans have been canceled :( . Unless of course, I want to have some one on one time, heart to heart, jiwa sama jiwa gayfest alone with Alvin :P. Not cool. On the bright side, Raymond doesn't need any company from us guys when he is Sabah. He can have as many heart to hearts, jiwa sama jiwa, one to one time non-gayfests as he wants in Sabah.

My holidays began 2 mondays ago actually. I finished both my exams on Monday and then it was over. I was so tired that I fell asleep when I got back. Then, I went out with Ian and Jonathan Hoh who was visiting Malaysia for 3 weeks I think. He is in Kuching now I guess. Jonathan Hoh has really changed I guess. I told him that he hasn't but I guess he has in a huge way. I mean it is not that he dresses or styles himself differently. It's the way he mixes with people. The last time Jonathan was here, he seemed like a shy guy who was only very comfortable with those close to him. Now, he has opened up to other people a well. I think the change is great. He's still the same Jonathan we know albeit with a strong New Zealand accent which is hard to catch at times. I can really learn a lot from Jonathan's change. Maybe I too should be more open and comfortable with strangers. I tend to treat my friends much better than I do to my acquaintances. 

I also went to Melaka from Friday to Monday last week. Melaka is great and it has really changed if you guys haven't known. The whole place has developed physically. There are so many malls now compared to when we went there at the end of 2003. Last time, the only mall that was in the city (ie. around the Stadhuys Church) was Mahkota Parade. Now there is a very big shopping mall just across the road from Mahkota called Dataran. There is also another mall cum hotel which will be completed by the end of the year I think called Hatten Square. Just look at the photo below:

I'm not sure if you guys remember, but this used to be a plain old stands on a padang. Now, the padang has been replaced by a mall. The building on the right is the second part of Dataran and the building in the back on the left of the photo is Hatten Square. The soon to be constructed mall. But  I like the new Melaka. There are so many cool places within one area. You can just walk around to find something to do. Here are some more pics:

Here's a view of Dataran. This is the entrance with  a lot of restaurants. 

Stadhuys Church. The trishaw driver on the left crashed into the 2 tiny pillars in the middle of the photo a few seconds after this photo was taken :(

A Farmosa. I took quite an okay picture of it.

A waterfall-like wall in the shop in which I ate Chicken Rice Balls for the first time. The girl seating on the left is quite pretty. To bad she is a SPG who only wants white head.

The Chicken Rice Ball Shop again in Jonker Street.

Menara Taming Sari at night. This is something new. Kinda cool actually though I didn't go inside it.

The Eye on Malaysia. This place is actually Melaka's number 1 tempat berdating at night actually. It is like waterfront only 10 times better. There was so many couples berdating that it was hard for me to find a spot to take a picture.

Melaka River. This river is much more cleaner than the one in Kuching.

Anyway, I'll update you with more posts soon. Got plenty of free time. Take care :)

Updating News!!!

Ok.. For those who is still in Kuching, you know what happened.. Just wanna drop by and inform the Gangz that i just got my uni result last Friday.. And you know what? This Monday (2.40pm or later) I'll be flying off to KK.. It was so sudden, and I'm not mentally prepared to go off yet.. But what to do rite? Sigh!

I'm taking Ijazah Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan E&E dengan Kepujian.. Going to waste another 4 years there.. Well, at least I'm not studying in UMS alone (if you know what I mean).. Ahem!!
;-)

Alrite.. This is the first time for me living alone by myself.. I should be back to Kuching by November.. Can't wait to see you guys again!!

Bye-bye and God bless... ^_^

Lifeline for This Blog

Since no one has posted anything in the past few months which is worth noting, I will talk about my life. Another rant post? Well not exactly. I will tell you about my life this semester.

Most of you have probably not heard that I am taking only 2 subjects this semester. Why only 2 you may ask? It is because this semester only lasts for 2 months (7 study weeks and 1 exam week which will probably only be for a day). Thus, Taylor's has restricted us to only 2 subjects. We are allowed to take 3 as long as the total credit hours does not exceed 9. However, I did not want to take 3 subjects as it would require me to take a crap subject which I will not use and result in Taylor's earning more.

I am taking Accounting 2 (Managerial Accounting) and Managerial Statistics ( we learn stats with research methods and SPSS) this semester. Both of these subjects are  thought by Mr. KC, who is the present Head of the Business Department. He is a really good teacher as he is a US grad himself. He always knows how to light up the class with his jokes and antics as well as life stories. In short, he's a great guy. Anyway, I was initially registered for Calculus 3 but I decided to do it next semester as the teacher is merciless and drowns them with homework. I bailed because there is only 7 weeks and about 7 chapters to learn. At this rate, I will eventually finish this course without adequate understanding. A shoddy so called mastery of the subject. I decided to pull out. But I have friends who are just doing Calculus 3 only. Not bad. At least they can devote all their time towards it. However, I also have friends who as one of my friends say "have a death wish". Anyway, what I mean is that they take Cal 3 together with Mechanics. 

I know all of you readers out there are probably engineers and may be used to taking these kind of subjects every semester. But the problem is Mr. Herol is teaching Mechanics which pretty much means that you have to study all by yourself since he is unable to teach at all. Don't get me wrong, the guy is smart and a really nice guy but he is unable to express himself in English very well (he graduated from Nagoya University, both undergrad and grad). Taking Mechanics and Cal 3 will be a suicide mission because of this.

Anyway moving on, I now have a stable group of friends. We have lunch together much like when we were first in ADP. In the second semester it was usually just Vasu and I. Now, there's Nicholas and Ashraf too. Anyway, we're pretty close. It actually stemmed from taking Microecons last sem. So, yea, I'm pretty comfortable with my friends now. Got a gang already. Maybe you'll be replaced with them in the future :P. 

Since I'm only taking 2 subjects this semester, I only have classes on 3 days in a week. On Tuesdays  and Thursdays, i spend my time waking up late and downloading/watching MM and GG (Mad Men and Gossip Girl). I managed to find a very good torrent client called Vuze. It is very good and I have managed to download 14 tv shows in 5 days. This is miraculous and has never happened in my life. I can become a pirate at this rate.  

Apart from that, I have been quite happy with the presence of  my new housemate Steven. He's a modern guy and I get to talk to him. We have become quite close and at least I have someone to talk to in the house when I get boring. This was especially important during my 3 week holiday a few weeks back. My other housemate is also moving out in August which is great as I get the bathroom all to myself,  yay! Plus, I may also get to move into his room which is bigger and cooler. My room is very hot. Living in Subang really bites as it is alway hot. I can't stand the heat but I'm just praying that I get accepted into a university in the Great Lakes region of US. Hopefully, it will be snowing all the time. I don't mind wearing summer clothes all the time in the US. I would enjoy it as much as I can. 

Anyway, I thinks that is all for now. Someone please post something up. I will try uploading my pictures one of these days. Take care and Selamat Hari Gawai! Btw, as I said to Alvin, Gawai is not felt here, at all. I didn't even realize that it was Gawai until my dad told me. Anyway, enjoy yourselves with your family. Take care!

Someone else's turn for an anniversary of living

Happy birthday Hershel; Go kick butt at Robocon!

To Alvin

Happy Birthday!!!All the Lord's Blessings be upon you this day and forever!!

Go and beat yourself up for us!!woohhooo!!!!