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    November 20

    Moved!

    Hello ladies and gentlemen!
     
    I've moved my blog to http://leejunxue.blogspot.com/
     
    Some of the reasons are:
    1)More facilities/add ons
    2)Can imbed pictures
    3)some people can't access here, or post comments
    4)Can customize more
    5) A change!
     
    Whether or not I will continue to post here is still uncertain, but unlikely.
    Anyways, still trying to set the new blog up.. See you guys there!
    November 08

    ....hmm...

    My engine died. Trying hard to rekindle the fire. I'm feeling.. lethargic  and apathetic. I feel like sleeping more and more. And not waking up early in the morning. I just brushed my teeth and now I feel like eating biscuits with Milo. I ate an almost vegetarian dinner. I've got stuff to read. I've got stuff to write. I've got stuff to practise. I've got food to cook. I've got people to impress. I've got thinks to ponder. I've got to exercise. I've got this tiredness. I've got stuff swimming in my head that I can't really get. I've eaten too much chocolate. Maybe that's why? Who knows...
     
    I wanna talk crap with friends. I wanna relax. I wanna bake cakes. I wanna make cookies. I wanna create nice drinks. I wanna be damn good in martial arts. I wanna impress lots of people. I wanna know people better. I wanna socialise more. I wanna sing well. I wanna be active. I wanna apply jobs. I wanna create a new blog. I wanna cook some really nice dishes. I wanna sleep.
     
    Bye.
     
     
    November 06

    Unbelieveble laws

    I got this from the BBC website
     
     

    The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:

  • 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)

  • 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)

  • 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)

  • 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)

  • 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)

  • 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%)

  • 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3.5%)

  • 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)

  • 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)

  • 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)

    False teeth

    Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:

  • In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk (9%)

  • In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)

  • A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror (7%)

  • In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm (6%)

  • It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama (6%)

  • In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)

  • Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%)

  • In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%)

  • In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%)
  •  

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7081038.stm


    November 05

    Note to self

    Note to self:
     
    For mushroom soup: at least 2:1 ratio of mushroom to potato. Fry garlic and onion with butter, then add mushroom. Onion usuall ends up overcooked
     
    For dark soy sauce pork: Less light soy sauce, use more fatty pork as that gives it the smelll
     
    I am currently struggling to catch up on my final year project work, and society stuff and also revision (which never really started.. sad). HHmm...
    October 28

    Busier..

    Yea people, very busy time now. Kinda wasted sometime, and got loads of stuff to do. Made a jack o lantern with housemates yesterday, will post pictures soon. There's a carnival of some sort in the city hall now, but I guess no time to go liow. Sigh. Anyways, Next update in a few days time.
     
    On another note, I feel that sometimes having a brain that thinks too much too fast is not always good. You tend to .... think a lot., and probably not do anything because there's just too much to think and consider. Argh. If only studying is like training martial arts.... No need to think, just use your body and practise till you drop. When you fight, just based on your reflexes and instincts. No thinking. Sigh.
     
     
     
     
    October 22

    Busy Busy

    Hello there people!
     
    I've been realy busy these days.. so sorry for no updates. Anyways, the National Conference was real fun! Nice to mee so many other people from other branches and good to learn more about EWB in general and how to perform my job more efficiently. And the accommodation was great too! Nice clean place and extremely environmental friendly. There;s damn lots of flies though.. and it seemed to me that they kinda multiply in numbers... there;s always like 10 of them in the room, trying to get out. Luckily they just stay at the windows...
     
    I was kinda expecting worse accommodation.. like the ones when I went to Ireland.
     
    And really, the best place to socialise is the pub when everyone's got a bit of alchohol in their blood.
     
    Erm what else, oh yea We finally cleaned the kitchen today.. Lots of flith, and as usual, lots of rotten food with various specicies of fungus growing on them. In the fridge.
    And.. oh yea.. not much tiem to do my stuff. Like catching up on studies and my Final Year Project. Gonna sleep soon.. 9 oclock class tmrw. Sad.
     
    Oh the landlord fixed the boiler d. So hopefully, the central heating is working.
     
    Hopefully after tommorow, I will have more time to myself.. Aih. Gotta buy the clothes hanger... and do my laundry tommorow. OR else...... hhmm....
     
    Anyways, gotta go now. Or else I wcan't wake up tommorow morning. Sleep is ESSENTIAL.
     
     
    Kk gotta go now. Feel free to drop comments. They make me feel good. Kinda. HAhahaha!
    October 16

    Winter is coming

    It's starting to feel cold. Makes me feel lazy to shower cause the new house's shower is not that hot. You end up shivering for 5-10 minutes after you shower.
     
    These few days, I'm getting quite busy. Lots of stuff to do. Oh, I am going to EWB training this weekend. Sigh.. no weekend to myself. I've gotta start preparing my Gantt chart soon.. and stuff for my final year project. Ugh.. No time to revise for the other subjects. I'm still waiting for my  phone bills.. gotta call them tommorow to check.. and ask for previous bills.
     
    Oh I hope the guy in charge of the Plasma TV in mappin's will put up the slides I sent to him. He's been missing for like 3 days..swt. Oh I forgot to ask how to put the slides up at the Student Union... aih.. tmrw lar. Sigh there's vibration class tommorow. At 9. When it's cold, you really don't want to get up from bed. Really.
     
    What else.. Oh I managed to get my webcam to work properly now. Finally. The trick is to not use the installation cd T__T.
     
    I feel like sleeping now.. although we are supposed to clean the house tonight. Hmm...
     
    Ok.. Time to go and shower. BBbbrrrrr....
     
    Bye.
    October 13

    A new beginning

     
     
    I've decided on my Final Year Project! Wuuhuu! Time to go on ahead and do my best. Time to get busy. YEOSH! After so much thinking, I've come to a conclusion and made the decision. I always suck at decision making. But I shall not look back this time. Just move ahead!
     
    I've finally cooked something more "proper" today. Fried rice! But I put too much pepper :(. I've cooked too much again.. enough for two meals today, for Yein Shiang, and for Boon Chuan. And there's stil some leftovers! hahah!
     
    Anyways.. besides that.. no pctures to post. I've got a few pictures in my handphone, but too lazy to take them out. I still can't get used to taking photographs using my handphone, so the pictures might not be good.
     
    Hhmm.. what else is there to say? Oh yea the weather these days are really warm. You can walk around in just one layer of clothing.
     
    hmm.. not much to talk now. So I shall end it here. JA!
     
    October 08

    To-day

    Today is a fine day. I've finally met my supervisor and well.. I am stil considering my FYP options. I really don't know which to choose... follow my interest? Or something related to the oil and gas industry? I am not sure what I really want actually.. which field to work in.... the prospect of getting stuck in the field till my retirement scares me. Will my interest last till the end of my project? Will the engine conversion really work? What if it doesn't? What if I can't get first class for my FYP?  What about the other one? I DON'T KNOW..............................................
    Aih.. why do I have to make decisions? Sometimes I hope that everything is forced upon me, so that I have only one road to traverse. No need to think so much and consider  too much. I am really too carefull.... Which I think is not that good cause I am still so young... When I get older it will only get worse. But then again, I don't know what I really want. Think as much as I can, there's no "solution" for this "problem". And I know that I change  what I think pretty easily. WARGH.
     
    On another note, I'm feeling better now thankfully. No more mucus flowing out of my nose. Just a blocked nose. And I can now smell my food!
     
    THe launch meeting for EWB went on pretty well.. quite a few turned up, fewer still officially joined EWB. On the meeting previously, I volunteered to get the snacks, and I only remembered that not long before I have to leave for the meeting... I was quite blur 2 days before.
     
    ANYways... I gotta do some shoppng tommorow for food. GOnna cook spaghetti tomorrow. Hmm I am very lazy to cook. Wastes so much time.
     
     
    October 07

    Flu

    hello,
     
     
    I had flu for past few days and I secreted so much mucus i think I used half a tissue roll. I can't smell my food; my lunch and dinner today consists of salty and spicy chicken with no smell. I had to ask James to tell me the smell of the food, in case it is rotten. hahah!
     
    Yeap, trying to imagine the smell of the food is useless for me.
     
    I did not do much yesterday and today. Oh Yesterday Edwin came to visit us. Didn't do much though, we went to the Botanical park briefly. Oh I haven't been there for ages! It's a really nice place I feel. Bought some food (minced pork for my mee suah!), before heading home for pizza.
     
    Then we had a bit of drink. I was already uncomfortable so I didn't drink much. Most of the day was spent looking at Edwin bullying Yein Shiang really.
     
    Oh I started on Starcraft. Still not good at it, but getting better with Protoss.
    Next week onwards, it's time to start up the engines for good. Gotta decide by Monday which project. Must prepare a list of questions to ask my supervisors... then do it. And choose my subjects and start borowing books etc etc. And apply jobs whenever I can. Some companies have very early application dates.
    Besides that, I just rmemebered that tmrw night there's the launch event for EWB. I hope I don't have to prepare anything more. Argh.
     
    Ok I guess that's it. Oh! I cooked dried chilli chicken, steamed egg, and veges for Hariz, and my housemates. Tastes ok, I think I put too much dark soy sauce. One day I gotta follow the recipe closely and see how it turns out. All this while I did not measure the ingredients properly.. I just put according to my 'feel' hahah!
     
    Must remind myself to cook for Barry, he wasn't there that night. Will post pictures later, maybe tommorow.
     
    Bye.
     
    p/s MSN blog is stupid. I changed the photos captions three times but it is just not bloody showing. I have changed age displayed on the blog for like 5 times. Also to no avail. DARN
    September 30

    Just... an entry. I hate titles. I am not creative. WHY IS THIS REQUIRED!?

    Well tomorrow's gonna be the first day of the semester. And I am not too sure as for what subjects I should choose yet. I think I will atttend al the classes, and then see how it goes. And talk to my supervisor.
     
    Tmrw's gonna be a busy day. I gotta change my billing address for my handphone too. And register for online billing.
     
    I've been charging my handphone for hours and it still says charging. sigh. I wonder how long more will it take.
     
    Erm actually I had a few stories to tell. But as usual, when I am not in the mood I just don't feel like talking.  I wanted to tell my parents how I dragged my darn luggage home from the airport.. but I didn't. Well I kinda forgot what to say. So here it goes:
     
    FIRSTLY, it was allright. There were trolleys in the airport, so I managed to get to the train station without much trouble. AND THEN!
    Well, and then, one of the personels there adviced me (and another guy I met in the airport) to take a train to Picaddily to get to Sheffield. ( I think the next train direct to Sheffield requires an hour long's wait).
     
    So we agreed and boarded a train. It was so packed that we had no place to sit. Ok nevermind. When we reached Picaddily, we weren't sure which train to take and which platform to wait. I managed to find out which platform we should be in, although I wasn't that sure. So we tried to rush to the platform, or check out the main display boards, both of which are miles away. So I struggled to pull and drag the bloody 32.5 kg of bag and another almost 10 kg bag. AND THEN! I found out that the big luggage bag wheels aren't working well. WHICH SUCKS. Cause I had to heave and lift it and walk  a long distance. I tried getting a trolley, which requrires a one pound deposit(you know, you put the coin in and the chain diseggages from he next trolley so that you can move it). But the darn trolley just wouldn't take my coin.
     
    OK nvm, I know that with my speed, I would probably miss the train. When I reached the main display boards, I found out that the platform where I am supposed to be is at the OTHER end of the station. Not far, but if you've got a bloody 32.5kg bag on one hand to lift and a 10kg bag on the other to pull, IT SEEMS KINDA FAR. I was already sweating heavily by then.
     
    OK I still can live with that, but I was starting to feel sick..as in falling sick. And when the train came..... good grief. It was one of those old model train, running on diesel fuel, small, and.. uncomforatable. Needless to say, there wasn't any place to seat. So I had to bear with the long journey standing, feeling uncomfortable, and smelling the diesel fuel. Yes, throughout the journey i was breathing in diesel fuel fumes. ok NVM. AND THEN! I stepped on someone's cheweing gum. ON MY SHOE LACES! MY BRAND NEW SHOES! Nevermind. I slowly pulled it out. I thought that at least once I reach Sheffield, things would be fine.
     
    And when I reached Sheffield, The chain which I used to pull to bagage suddenly broke. I tried to fix it to no avail. Darn. However, I realised that if I lift half the luggage bag, it would be possible to pull it and walk in  a straight line, although it would be very heavy. My muscles aching by then ( yea I should have exercised more), I thought to myself: Such bad luck today, takkan the lift also spoil right.
     
    WHICH (well i guess you guys can guessed it here), really was the case. THE DARN LIFT was out of service. DARN!
    I slowly lifted my luggage bags up the stairs ( which requires quite a bit of effort). WHen I reached the top of the stairs I realised that I will have to bring them down again at the other end. SUCKS.
     
    FORTUNATELY for me, there was a WORKING lift on the other end. I thank God for that. Sigh. The rest of the journey was uneventfull which is rather fortunate for me....
     
    Ok that is the end of my story. Hope you enjoyed it.
     
     
    Now I am waiting for dinner. Time to go down and help.  I hope my handphone is already fully charged. Oh, I 've gotta buy a memory card for my handphone. It's quite cheap here.
     
    Allright, the next update might me next weekend. I will try to find time for it. And I hope I will remember to post the mooncake photos here.
     
    Jaa.
     
     
    September 29

    In Sheffield

    Well Hello there people.

    First of all sorry for my long absence. Anyways, I am already back in Sheffield and settling in fine. Just a little bit of tidying up to do and the everything's set for the new semesteer.
     
    Btw, the previous post is a joke. Just change the name in the address and the name will come out different. hahah!
     
    Erm, last few days in Malaysia was spent packing. There was really lots of stuff to pack! I've bought  a whole mountain of food to the UK. No kidding. See the posted pictures ( will put them up tmrw. Promise)
     
    And, AND! I LEFT MY LAPTOP'S POWER CABLE IN MALAYSIA! I just got them back today, Hariz helped me to bring them here. THanks Hariz!
    Fortunately for me, Yein Shiang kindly lent me her laptop to use. So I still had internet access for the past few days. I've just set my laptop and speakers up, and cleaned up my room (almost done), and feeling pretty good. Still got stuff to improve, such as my messy table. Darn. I feel like tidying it up now, cause I know that once classes start, everthing will only get messier and messier. haha!
     
    It took me very long to unpack everthing because of a few factors, as stated below (yea this sounds so... properly written):-
    1)Yein Shiang still had quite some stuff in my room. I did not inform her early enough about the date I am returing to Sheffield (there are still some of her stuff in my room, obstructing my path to the sink)
    2)Lots of my stuf are hidden deep in the storeroom in Tad Song's room. The storeroom was also filled with other peoples stuff. so it's... stuffy...
    3)I can't decide where to put my stuff. Indecision, cause I know they will stay where I put them now till I move out next year. Most probably.
    4) I feel incomplete and not at home without my laptop and speakers.
    5) Jet lag + flu = tiredness
     
    Ok nuff of excuses. I've just registered and pay my fees today. And the landlord had just fixed the heater and the stove, as well as the leaking tap. Unfortunately, he forgot all about my drawer. Anyways, for the past few days, Barry has been cooking quite a lot of yummy stuff. Nice food. Great to have someone who cooks well and plans ahead of time what to cook and buy. I've just tasted his spaghetti today, and he's gonna cook his Sarawak laksa tommorow. Wuuhuu!
     
    For the past few days, we've (me and my housemates)  been to the Union's cinema for movies. Today we just watched Hot Fuzz, and tommorow's gonna be Casino Royale. The other 2 movies we've watched are Pan's Labyrinth and Little Miss Sunshine. Both are pretty good if you ask me, but I really suck at giving reviews. Hot Fuzz is pretty funny, but towards the ending it became lame beyond words. SOO lame that I can't help but to laugh.
     
    Oh yea, the Activities Fair was pretty good. Somehow I managed to get the fliers printed in time. Fortunately, Dan bought along some photos and neat looking .. stuff.. information... about EWB. I struggled to explain to the prospective members of EWB. Basically I was just echoing the words of Dan and Sally ahah! Useless Publicity officer eh? Oh we managed to get slighly over a hundred people to sign up for our mailing list. WUHUU! That's a good sign! I suspect that up to half of them won't turn up for the first meeting, but we shall see. Oh I noticed that many people who signed up are left-handed. Or maybe I only notice left-handed people.
     
    Tomorrow, I'm gonna hook up my handphoen to my laptop, and change the ring tone to something better. And uninstall Matlab. And free up some space on my comp. I plan to change all the songs on my laptop to Wai Loon's songs. He gave me some 6 gig worth of songs. And Wai Tuck gave me quite a number of nice songs too! I think I'd better burn my pictures on  a DVD. Maybe 2, just in case.
     
    This year, the weather is pretty cold. At least for the past 2 days. bbbrrrr... and the shower's not hot enough for me. Hopefully, we shall see a white christmast this year. And lots of snow!
     
    Actually I am writing this entry because I was waiting for my anime to finish downloading. Now that it's done, I guess it's time to sleep. I've also reached the end of my playlist anyway. One last song.
     
    Oh lastly, I can't help but to notice that the sunlight here is different from Malaysia. It's so bright, yet... well I don't know how to describe. It's like the ones you see in the CGI background of the movie 300.
     
     
    All right, good nigt guys. I better sleep before I get hungry.
    Ja.
     
    September 20

    Check this out!

    http://www.bokee.net/includes/zhongqiu.jsp?stra=JunXue
     
     
    Cool eh?
     
     
    hahahah!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    September 18

    Enuff food!

    Hello people!

     

    My attempts with photobucket proved to be failures. I guess I will have to create a new blog to post proper pictures. Only when I feel like doing it.

     

    Anyways, I have completed my industrial training, and I am not packing my stuff before I leave for UK this Friday night. Yea, time flies. I am almost done packing my check-in luggage, with LOTS of food this time. There's really a lot, I think the bag might well weight more than 30kg. Heck, with a 10 kg hand carry luggage, that’s like 80 percent of my body weight!

     

    Moving on, tomorrow I will be going to Megamall with my mum. Buy some stuff, maybe watch a movie. Darn, all my friends are so busy. Just when I am about to leave. Sigh.

     

    Oh, I’ve been neglected some work too. Sigh. Must do better once I get back to the UK.

     

    Erm, I just found more melaka pictures. Will post them later, as my camera downstairs and I am too lazy to get it now AND it’s almost time to sleep. Sigh. 3 more days of waking up in my bed. Really, after some time in the UK, you will start to appreciate what it feels like not to wake up feeling cold and shivering. And the joy of walking around in only one layer of clothing. And wearing short pants.

     

    Oh! I forgot to buy pisang goreng today. Hm hm hm….

     

    I just realiszed today that I had really eating well in the past 2 months. Even though there was various types of biscuits in the pasar malam today, I don’t feel like eating any, cuz I ate too much ahahhaha!

     

    Yeah! I feel so satisfied.. .no more craving for food. Maybe just a little. Haha!

     

    Alright, time to go now. Will update now and then whilst I can. My first week in Sheffield will definitely be very busy.

     

    Ja.

      

    September 08

    paralysed!

     
    Just back from the dentist, and just got another tooth extracted. This time, he used the syringe twice.And now my left cheek is paralysed, after 1 hour. Darn, I can't make faces now, as half of my face is not responding to command. When I try to frown, only half of my face responds. I tried flaring my nostrils an only the rright side listens to my command. And I feel as if my right eye lid is drooping more. Darn. Stupid muscle relaxant. At least I can smile properly, that's one re-assuring thought. And oh, fortunatly, there's no pain at all. Maybe little bit. How strange, my past memories of tooth extraction has always been very painfull. LOL.
     
    MY face feels weird. No more rubber face junxue. Lol.
     
    Anyways, waiting for Ee Von to call me or something. Hopefully she will inform me before coming, or she's gonna have to wait for me to change.lol
     
     Alrighty guys, will update more tmrw. I am gonna try using photobucket now. Ja
     
     
    September 07

    Update!

    Hello ladies and gentlemen!
     
     It has been a long while hasn't it? Sorry. But anyways, tomorrow I am going to get yet another one of my teeth extracted. Sigh. But after that, I get to see Adelle's play! Something to look forward to!
     
    Anyways, what did I do last week... Oh Wai Loon and Horng Tat came back. And so did Kenny. We ended up watching 2 movies at wai Loon's home on Friday with Kenny, and went karaoke on Sunday. I really need to train my voice man. lolx. And I gotta stop shouting out loud and causing permanent damage to my vocal cords hahaha!
     
    Hm what else. I went to the Curve with my parents on Saturday. Oklar.. just like any other shooping centre to me. lol.
     
    This update looks so darn boring. Aih..the author feeling bored mar. Just now my emotions were stirred, thus I was inspired to blog. But right now after chatting with my ex-housemates, the feeling's gone. Sighs. I am damn lucky to had such nice housemates and friends :)
     
    But anyways, still got one more week of training to go. then one week of enjoying malaysia. then UK! I have a feeling I will miss home dearly this time. Somehow.
     
     
    I've gotta go now. More updates on Sunday probabbly. Pictures from Melaka trip will come later. Gotta sleep liow, tmrw have to wake up at 7.30. So much for getting sufficient sleep for the weekends.
    August 21

    Elo

    Dear all,

     

    Please forgive my extended absence. I did not update my blog last weekend because:

    1)      I was busy the whole day on Saturday

    2)      No mood on Sunday

     

    Anyways, nothing spectacular (to you, at least) happened to me last week. No, I did not get hit by a car, get a girlfriend, lose my virginity, win lottery, or got fired. But yes, I did try to spend the whole week trying to get as much as possible out of my industrial training. The emphasis here is on the word try.

     

    The summary of my training? I learnt about gas turbine. Yeap, sounds little, but there’s always damn lots of stuff to learn in the engineering world. Oh my Mentor wasn’t there for the past two days.

     

    Last Saturday, I went to KL to purchase my air ticket (finally) and to meet up with Kenny. We watched Rush Hour 3 together too. (Darn I’ve been “dating” guys before I even date a girl…. Right Kenny? Right Wai Tuck?) It was a nice movie, very funny, but the ending is too abrupt. Anyways, we had a chat after that, and it’s a shame that we did not get to spar before we parted. I bet you can’t wait to kick my ass right Kenny? One year later I shall return don’t worry J

     

    Hmm what else.. oh I’m proud to say that I’ve managed to influence someone to clap the table and exclaim “Chaaaaammmmpion!” hahahah!

     

    Tomorrow, I shall ask my mentor to give me some real stuff to do. Hopefully he will agree, and then I won’t feel so bored there.

     

    Oh I saw a very beautiful sun set on Monday evening. The sky was blood red, so red it was surreal. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me, or my other phone. It disappeared swiftly too. I guess part of the reason I was so awestruck by it’s beauty is because of it’s transience. So guys, if you have a camera with you, do not pass on the opportunity to snap a photo when you chanced upon a picturesque sight. It might be gone the very next moment.

     

    I forgot to mention, my trip to Melaka with Wai Tuck and Ee Von was cancelled at the last minute due to transportation problems. Sigh. I guess I’ll just have to go next week with my parents lol.

     

    Okayz, maybe I’ll try to blog a bit when I’m at the office if and when I am bored beyond words. It’s all right, as long as no one finds out hahaha!

     JX

    August 12

    It's the weekends!

    Finally it’s the weekends! Time to relax!

     

    The long awaited day has finally arrived. Saturday, and Sunday. Heck it’s already Sunday.

     

    But anyways, I finally have some time to spend and waste. Relax! Enjoy! Holiday! I shall attempt to post my Ipoh trip pictures as soon as possible, not quite in the mood to try out the photobucket right now. Probably gonna just use MSN blog’s picture updating tool.

     

    Ok what else shall I blog. The trip. It was fantastic, more of an eating trip then a sightseeing trip. We left at 5 a.m., to eat the oh-so-famous dim sum. Which was fantastic by the way, it has been a long time since I last had the Egg Tart. The chi chiong fan is also quite nice, the texture is great (very chewy and quite slippery) although the sauce is not that fantastic. After that, we went to the Perak Tong. It is a cave with lots of drawings, and statues in it, more of a place of worship. My dad and I climbed the stairs (very long, windy, and steep). Quite a nice place, it made me wonder how the people manage to construct the numerous resting spots found on the way to the top of the hill. Of course, we managed to reach the top of the mountain after sometime, when I found out that my camera battery had just ran out. T__T. Such luck.

     

    When I was on the way up in the cave, I noticed that whenever I look up, I feel dizzy. Craps. I felt as if my centre of balance kept shifting here and there, making me unsure of my footing.

     

    But anyways, After that we had some white coffee, kuey teow soup, and prawn mee. All of which are only of so so quality. After which, we had some duck rice. Swts. And then we went to another Tong, I forgot of which the name I can’t remember. Very big cave, humungous. At the other end of it, there’s a neat little garden. I really like the cave. Will post the pics later.

     

    And then we bought some pameloes (yay!). DELICIOUS. One of my favourite fruits by the way. Yummy yummy. Just thinking of it makes my mouth water. Anyway, moving on, we went to a few other caves, which are quite nice as well. And then on our way back we had durian, my first durian this year. It was fantastic I tell you. We stopped by the entrance to gua tempurung, just to see see  ahhaah.

     

    Not long after that, just torture of having too much durian receded, we had some duck’s thigh noodles. The soup and noodles are mediocre, but the duck thigh is really nice. The skin’s aroma is something rarely found nowadays ( at least where I am from).

     

     For the past week, there wasn’t much excitement or fun. Oh yea, I got a ride home thanks to Wai Tuck J. And I left my umbrella in his car. Darn. Craps now whenever I think of umbrella, I kept hearing the song umbrella by Rihanna. Umbrella, ella, ella, eh eh…... stupid song!

     

    Ugh now my memories of the events that transpired is quite blur. Suddenly I remembered going to mamak with Wai Tuck and Ee Von. Oh that was right after the PC Fair. Oh the fair was filled with pretty girls by the way. HAHAHAHHA so happy. I did not manage to buy my thumb drive, as the price wasn’t that cheap after all. I did buy some empty dvds though.

     

     

     

    Oh today’s weather is great, cloudy and cool, and it rained heavily just now. I just noticed that new plants have sprung up behind my house, obstructing my view. Well actually it’s good to have more plants around.

     

    My maple story archer is already level 24 now. One more level to new equips!

    Oh yeah, yesterday's Onimusha movie on Animax was dissapointing. Mainly in-game clips. Sigh

     

     

    Oh I managed to meet up with Subashini after such a long time. She hasn’t changed much, although her face looks emaciated. Haha. Don’t kill me Suba.


    Oh I might be going to melaka next week. And the week after. Haha!

     

     

    Hmm what shall I do next. Spend the afternoon lazy-ing. Haha! 

    July 28

    Another week

    Another week has passed by so quickly. It's already been half a month since I started my industrial trianing. Now, my mentor has finally given me some stuff to do. That made time pass so much faster ahah. Everyday, I stare at the clock to watch the minutes pass. But during weekends, time flies. I can't even remember everything I do throught the week actually. Everything's a blur.
     
    My friends have graduated already, but I've got one more year to go. One more chance to succeed! I MUST bring up my results.
     
    Today, I haven't got much to do. Wasting my weekend. Relaxing. I am going out later, to cycle. I miss cycling so much. Nowadays when I get back home it's already dark. and I am usually too hungry to cycle.
     
    And although I was initially very optimistic about doing some training everyday, in the end, I did not do any. SIgh. TOmmorow I am going to suffer.
     
    Unfortunately for me, I don't get to go online on MSN in the office. So no one to talk to. Once I reached home, I am too tired or lazy to switch on my laptop. So sometimes, I might speak less than 50 words in a day. Very impressive for someone like me ahhahah!
     
    Anyways, my life is kinda boring now. So if anyone out there reads this and has some plans for the weekend (except for the next) or friday nights, please tell me. hahaha. Oh I don't mind watching Transformers again :)
     
     
    July 21

    Aimless

    Right now I am quite energetic, but I have nothing interesting to do. I don’t feel like reading more pump handbooks, or go through the material for Sheffield graduate award, or do anything productive. I am too lazy to play the card games for FFVIII, don’t feel like wasting my whole day watching tv, and I’ve got no one to chat with on MSN. Darn. Maybe I’ll go cycling, since the weather is so nice now. But it will be weird, cycling at this hour, so lonely and quiet. I feel so aimless right now.

     

    Anyways, one week has passed, and next week onwards I will be given assignments by my mentor. Maybe that’ll be good, something to do instead of reading stuff for more than 8 hours a day.

     

    Perhaps I should have gone to Tae Kwon Do training today. The main reason I don’t want to go is because I did not bring my uniform back with me, and I loathe to be reprimanded by Master again.

     

    And oh, there’s no piano to practise. Now I can’t even play half of “To Zanarkand”. Sigh.

    I could have gone to watch movie with Wai Tuck, but I don’t think I should abandon my cousin. She’s been so lonely and bored for the whole week, no one to talk to and nowhere to go. Poor Joanne.


    Oh, I’ve just broken the handphone cover Wai Tuck gave me. Hahaha. He told me that it’s so damn hard to open, but it’s very strong, being able to withstand the numerous attempts to open it with tremendous force. When I tried, I made a crack on the handphone cover. Hahaha. Now, he’s gonna get me another one lol.

     

    I’ve also found out that the easiest way to get an idea what a mechanical engineer deals with is to flip through any mechanical engineer handbook. There is lots of interesting industrial related information in there, so unlike the reference books in Universities.

     

    Right now with nothing interesting to do on a WEEKEND, my apathy might soon turn into moodiness. Greats. I have so few friends. I feel like going to my uncle’s place to play piano, but that’s not good lar… it’s like using him haha.

     

    The internet connection here is so slow, it takes nearly 3 hours to download one episode of anime. Sigh. Next week I must go out and do something haha. Oh! Horng Tat and Wai Loon will be back. Hopefully we can go training together, and go out do something fun. Darn they study so far away, or we could have organized a trip somewhere. Go see some leng lui.. hahahah. I hope to get hold of a copy of Harry Potter’s final book. ha

     

    Ugh gotta go now. I feel like lying on my bed and just listen to music. Or just listen to the wind blow and the birds chirp.

     

    Ja.