~Fly Away~ 我是一只小小小小鸟

The 1-week-long spring break will be ending in 2 more days. By the time I am writing this post, some of my friends are having the precious moment with their families in KLIA as they will be having a safe journey to overseas for their studies. Yep. It's 6.11pm in Malaysia now and they should be attending a briefing from JPA representatives as what I have experienced before. After 2 hours, they will be boarding MAS airplane and leaving their parents and Malaysia. Sounds sad right? Well. Just try to think positively and it's actually a great thing to be cherished about.

Yeah. We --- who origin from Bukit Mewah and Chung Hua are everywhere all around the world, ranging from Australia, NewZealand, Germany, USA, and last but not least Canada. These opportunities are granted with the blessing of GoD and some lucks. I am pretty sure that all of us have never imagined, or even believed that we could eventually step onto foreign countries and sit in the same class with those foreigners.

• I am sure Yixiang is doing pretty good at Carnegie Mellon and 1 thing that surprises all of us is that he is now in a relationship with a Jew. Pro Yx!
  
• Melvin Wong will difinitely enjoy his life and study in Australia and maybe he will follow Yx's trail?Haha.
• My bro, Mingjoun. Hope you have a safe journey to New Zealand and it's glad that Yeong Fatt is going to the same university with you.
• Jing Xiong will be heading to Germany. Pity you man. Your course takes long time than ours.LOL
• One Luv will also be going oversea next year. Sad wu.
• And, our leng zai James who hope to get scholarship to oversea. To achieve that, U MUST STOP DOTA LIAO! u can do it man! gambateh

Yup. Now let's talk about the plans of going back to Malaysia during summer break. As I know, summer break in Australia and NewZealand falls between November and February. This indicates that my fellow besties have the chance to celebrate CNY in Malaysia. Envy! Unfortunately, Yx and I will be missing CNY celebrations for 4 years. >>>>>4 YEARS!!<<<<<
But 1 common thing is that all of us will surely cherish the moment of being together with families and friends.

Good luck to MJ, FT, JX, MEL and the others that I miss. Hope you all have a great time in overseas. Yeah. And to all my friends in Malaysia, all the best in your studies too. Hehe there will be one day when all of us meet together again. Hehe. Finally, for all of us in UBC, let's endure the 2 months left in the first year. Amen.

I suspected that I am suffering from hemorrhoid. DIE lo me.ZZZ.

I know I Am Bad..Forgive me

New term has just started. Everything is not as smooth as anticipated. The schedule of timetable becomes a horrible nightmare for me. 3 months are not long, but I could not wait any longer for 30th of April. Loads of assignment, upcoming quizzes and midterms, and frequent lab and tutorial sessions -- This is how dull my life in Canada. Yesterday, my roommate played Chinese New Year songs. It made me recall the previous celebrations of Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is just around the corner. At this time, there should be festive atmosphere, continuous playback of Chinese New Year songs, decorations and goods on sale everywhere in Malaysia. Sardonically, in Vancouver where many Chinese people stay in, I could not feel the atmosphere of this important event. Worst of all, it will be same for the coming 3 years. What ?! ?! Am i gonna to miss CNY for four years ? Omfg.. I miss the gathering of all relatives in my grandmothers` houses, I miss the time we having dinner together, I miss the scene when my mother and my aunts preparing dinner in the kitchen, I miss the time I listen to the conversations between my dad and my uncles, I miss the air of excitement in such a big family, and for sure I miss the time when my friends and I visit others`houses from day to night, I miss the time I stay at my friend`s house grambling and chatting, I miss the experience of being warned by police because of playing fire crackers and I miss everything about CNY!!!

Indeed, I don`t really like studying in Canada. I prefer my hometown, my country, and the culture. If I opted to study in local U, at least I can go home every weekend. That`s the difference between weekdays and weekends. However, the weekdays here seem persist endlessly. For any other unknown reasons, that really make me prefer studying in local U than studying abroad. I used to feel boring staying at home. BUt now I really cherish it. Think further, after four years, we have to embark our careers. There will not be much time left to stay at home. And, at the age of 22++, we are not teenagers anymore. We are the grown ups. We are mature at that time. We will miss the time when we were still teenagers, staying at home having teenagers-like routine, argueing with parents, and .....etc. Erm.. I can`t really explain these with words. These words might cause some confusions , but hopefully they will bring the meaning I am trying to express.

Indeed, studying abroad has its pros and cons, depend on the person himself or herself. Some might think that it is a golden opportunity, but this type of thinking will only persist until the time comes, when he or she realizes something important in the life. If I am given the chance to remake my decision, I will opt to study at local. No doubt...

``107 days left``, ``9244800 second left``...These are the personal messages of my friend. For sure I am not the only one who possess the feeling. April 30....I can imagine we boarding the plane, arriving KLIA, and going home with parents who are awaiting us in the airport. Everyone is anticipating for the important date. There comes the 4 months, having a good time in Malaysia.....

Winter Break

Pooh! This blog has been abandoned for a long time. I had spent the whole winter break by staying in room, watching movie and playing game. Indeed, this is an ideal time to relax after the 3-months-courses. Here's the routine:

2pm: Wake up and have dinner in village(or Alma)
3pm: Play DOTA && watch movie
7pm: Dinner
9pm: Play DOTA && watch movie
4am: zzZ

Meaningless and dull! Wow. Some of them went to Toronto and Montreal. I couldn't follow because I had to survive the first 2 months of second term with the leftover in my bank account. Envy! For sure that it would be a nice trip. However, I am in Vancouver! Vancouver is not worse than Toronto in any aspect. Lolx.

What I regret is that I missed Christmas and New Year celebration in Vancouver. Since they are only 2 of us, we did not really feel excited of seeking out any activities in those memorable days. Besides, UBC has become a "dead city" in this winter break. We can hardly see any trace of cars and people when the days start turning dark at 4pm. Well. I guess the atmosphere in downtown will definitely different, since downtown is the main developed part of Vancouver, as if Kuala Lumpur is the symbol of urbanization in Malaysia. When everybody asked how I spend those nights, they expected that I would have had a nice time and new experience in foreign. Unfortunately, my answer towards them is >staying at h0me<. LOLX. Frankly, I did feel regret of not taking initiatives to try something new and witness the celebrations in Vancouver.

I also had found out that electrical enginering will be the most challenging course from Umair(snail's housemate). Some quotes from him:
1) the most challenging course in engineering
2) sometimes have to stay in lab to complete the practical assignments
3) cannot go back to Msia during second year summer break and so far so on.
4) a department where least girls major in ("its boring!" lolx) What else could I say? That's GG loh.

Well. These might be some craps, but I don't really know how to update my blog. Last but not least, NEW YEAR NEW HOPE. I vow to study hard. However, I think most probably I will fail myself. It does need strong determination. And, 4 more months to go. For sure I will be back to Malaysia in summer break. Else, staying here for ?? Fuck?? LOlx. Amen. Some random pics:

Garlice Bread Failure


Trash box


What's the kid doing


Speechless

Fiyiufit!

Thats all. Blogging is hard man.....

MAGGI YUMMY YUMMY

Since we have come to UBC, all of us has adopt habit of eating instance noodles. Found this from an email:

INSTANT NOODLES

Dear instant noodle lovers,

Make sure you break for at least 3 days after one session of instant noodles before you eat your next packet! Please read the info shared to me by a doctor. My family stopped eating instant noodles more than 5 years ago after hearing about the wax coating the noodles - the wax is not just in the Styrofoam containers but it coats the noodles. This is why the instant noodles do not stick to each other when cooking.

If one were to examine the ordinary Chinese yellow noodles in the market, one will notice that, in their uncooked state the noodles are oily. This layer of oil prevents the noodles from sticking together.

Wanton noodles in their uncooked state have been dusted with flour to prevent them sticking together. When the hawker cooks the noodles, notice he cooks them in hot water and then rinses them in cold water before cooking them in hot water again. This process is repeated several times before the noodles are ready to be served. The cooking and rinsing process prevents noodles from sticking together.

The hawker then 'lowers the noodles in oil and sauce to prevent the noodles from sticking if they are to be served dry. Cooking instructions for spaghetti require oil or butter to be added in the water when boiling the spaghetti to prevent the pasta from sticking together. Otherwise, one gets a big clump of spaghetti!

There was an SBC (now TCS) actor some years ago, who at a busy time of his career had no time to cook, resorted to eating instant noodles everyday. He got cancer later on. His doctor told him about the wax in instant noodles. The doctor told him that our body will need up to 2 days to clear the wax. There was also an SIA steward who after moving out from his mother's house into his own house, did not cook but ate instant noodles almost every meal. He had cancer, and has since died from it.

Nowadays the instant noodles are referred as ' cancer noodles '.

Good luck everybody, NOT EXCLUDING ME, one of the instant noodles lovers.

钱不够用

现在还是考试期间，但是不知为何自己完全不处于考试状态。刚看完了一部旧戏：钱不够用2。这部戏蛮感人的，尤其在于它的尾端。毕竟，它反映了平凡人往往对年迈的母亲的嫌弃与不屑，然而最后戏里的三兄弟始终反省了，并且开始过着更充实的生活。我本身对这部戏有些感触，当我看着戏里的母亲那年迈无力的身躯以及逐渐退化的思维，我顿时想起了我身在大马的母亲。总有一天我母亲也逃避不了晚年的到来，而看了这部戏后，我答应自己以后一定不要抛弃我母亲。从小到大，母亲都是最疼爱我的人，父亲时常早出晚归，因此我与母亲的亲切感远远超越我与父亲的感情。虽然我时常耍脾气声称母亲偏袒于大姐， 但我也深知她最疼我不过了。甚至每当母亲与父亲吵架时，我也会站在母亲的那一方。无可否认，虽然我时常与母亲吵架，但我还是很爱她的啊！母亲时常说我与父母在外的交谈不多，并且向我透露她朋友的孩子在外与母亲又说又笑，而且还拖着母亲的手。虽然我在外对母亲是冷酷了一些，但这并不代表我不爱她啊！这毕竟是我的人格啊，怎么说呢，那就是我在外往往对待人处世这方面不太开放，比如若我身在一些不太熟悉的朋友当中，我也是那么沉默寡言的吗。总而言之，我如今是多么想念她啊。

我也趁这post透露一个令人难以置信的事情：
就在我飞往加州的前夕，发生了一件可怕的事情。我还记得当时我在我死友--奕祥的家。突然我接到一通紧急的电话，我父亲告诉我母亲通电向他说kancil不见了。事实上之前我已向母亲说我要到奕祥家一趟，她也答应了，并说不会与我共餐。眼见情况不妙，我疾驶回家。当时的母亲失去了短暂的记忆，并透露她无法想起她当天所做的一切，以及完全不记得我到朋友家一趟。她甚至忘了当天我二姐将会回来， 并且在某个阶段声称不懂我将到加州深造。 我顿时愣住了，我无法相信摆在我眼前的事实。我留下了我的男人泪，我目睹父亲也有着与我一样的感受。于是，我们把母亲载到外婆家，希望可以挽回当时的情况。但是这还是于事无补。外婆建议带母亲到佛堂求助，到了佛堂，一些信徒慰问我母亲，并怀疑可能母亲无法承受某些压力（家庭的经济情况及我即将的离去）， 而开导了她。晚上，我们带母情与婆婆与姑姑共餐，希望家庭的温暖能改善母亲的情况。不久，二姐到家了，我们促母亲早些上床，希望一眠过后一切将回返正常。当晚，我在床上也希望明日一切将过去，之前我还恳求观音娘娘保佑母亲， 并答应我将更遵守我母亲。现在回想起来，如果我回马后违反对观音的承诺，我将得到什么报应呢？LOLX. 明日一早，我睡眼惺松中，隐隐约约听见大姐的声音，原来大姐特意请假回来了。我跳下床，看见母亲的脸色比昨日好多了，并且已恢复了一小段的记忆。我们一家人到外共餐，这的确是个千载难逢的机会，毕竟自从姐姐们在PJ工作，已有一段时间我们没一同用餐了。接下的几天，母亲的情况稳定了，我也因此更珍惜与母亲一起的日子。

如今隔明年summer break还有一段时间，我已下定决心一定回返马来西亚。幸亏我与母亲还有保持联络（either using extra extra phone card or msning when my mother go to my grandma house). 除了能再度见到母亲，我还能与一些朋友聚旧，向母亲学习一门厨艺，品尝大马佳肴，睡在我心爱的床上。SYOKNYA! 好期待明年五月的到来啊！

Digital Devices Are Sho Sho Sho Integral in Our Lives

I am not a maniac in spending money. However, when it comes to electronic products, I am always willing to spend lavishly to get what I desire. My passion towards these goodies are sho sho sho strong and overwhelming. Well. In the midst of exam period, suddenly I am so enthusiasted in writing this post. These are my babes :

Sony Ericson K750 (So durable)




Sony PSP Slim Piano Black



Canon Digital IXUS 90IS (Accompany me in every trip oh)





Samsung YP-U3 Blue (With Blue LED light)




Apple Iphone 3G (with ROGERS WIRELESS Contract)

Logitech Cordless Desktop S510

And.....This is my beloved ACER mentioned in my previous post. Well. I could only bring it back to ACER service centre in Msia next year.

ACER Aspire 5580 (malfunctioned lolx)

Finally, proudly present my new laptop! Sad~I have to endure 3 months with plenty of allowance left...

Sony CS Series Dove White

Stylish Enough?

I do like the speaker and screen of this product. And. I have had a tough time making decision between SONY and TOSHIBA. Hope that it can be with me for the coming 4 years....

My beloved Acer

Finals are just around the corner. Unfortunately, my laptop malfunctioned at previous night. The screen suddenly turned red and blank. I had no choice to perform a forcing shutdown. Everything was gone after that. I switched on the laptop and the screen stayed blank and did not respond. I tried for a few times and it's still the same. This morning, after the diag. test the man told me that the hard disk is in good condition. He claimed that most probably there are some problems with the motherboard, and it will cost approximately $235 to fix it. However, I can't ensure myself that there will not be other problems after the fixing. Indeed, Acer is sux, maybe, as many friends were facing some other similiar problems with their ACERS too. However, I love my Acer. It has been with me for 1 1/4 years. Moreover, I bought it using my mum's own saving. Why could this happen to me? Also, should I pay to fix it, or buy a new laptop? Any suggestion, please?