Hurdles in the life of a Chemical Engineer

Happy Chinese New Year 2012

2012-01-23T09:58:00.000+08:00

Will be in Taiping for CNY for the first time since 2007. That's like.... 4 years of missed CNY's.

Happy Chinese New Year 2012!

Song of the month : January 2012

2012-01-22T09:57:00.001+08:00

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy

Freedom? Internet Censorship? Oh the Irony of Malaysian news

2012-01-20T18:12:00.002+08:00

Americans can openly fight against it without much fear.
Malaysians? You get arrested or you 'buat tak tahu' (act don't know).
Everything then falls on deaf ears

Dialing the wrong number

2012-01-17T11:10:00.002+08:00

Think about it. In the movies or maybe in reality, there are bomb makers that use cellphones as triggers for bombs (remember the scene from the Dark Knight where the Joker wants his phone call). What if someone mistakenly dialed that number? The caller would've set off that bomb unintentionally.

Lesson?

Don't use cellphones as triggers for your bombs.
Make sure to always call the right number.
Girls, don't give away a fake number when a guy asks for yours~

B-b-b-bomb the PM?

2012-01-16T14:09:00.001+08:00

Source : Duh Dtarr

Student held over PM bomb threat?

GEORGE TOWN: A 24-year-old university student has been detained for questioning after threatening to bomb Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s helicopter in a Facebook posting.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the Universiti Sains Malaysia student was brought in to the district police headquarters in Patani Road for questioning at about 1.30pm yesterday.

In the latest status update on his Facebook profile, it was written “najib is coming to our campus ... let’s bomb his helicopter...”

Mehh, I think he meant to say "He is duhh bohmb" or "His heli's duhhh bomb".

Still, be it really with malicious intent, it seems that Malaysia has a lot of pyromaniacs.

There's Molotov cocktail experts, pipe bomb experts, fireworks experts, meriam buluh (bamboo cannons) experts, dog beating experts, etc. Only thing on their mind are destruction and violence (to get their thoughts through) rather than peace.

I need a job but you won't give me one because I have no experience

2012-01-14T11:03:00.002+08:00

http://forlackofabettercomic.com/?id=107
The comic in the link above explains exactly how I feel everytime I look for a job.

I want experience. Employer wants someone with experience.
I can't get experience because employer refuses to hire me because I don't have experience.
How is anyone supposed to get experience if no one hires them because they don't have any experience?!

General Elections Malaysia 2012

2012-01-14T11:01:00.001+08:00

My opinion, the current government SHOULDN'T be the ones who choose the date of the elections. The date should be set on stone month's or a year before rather than the current government delaying the elections because they wanted more time for reforms, fulfilling promises that should've been fulfilled long before the elections and because they want to garner more voters.

How is this a fair election if you can have all the time in the world to prepare but once you're done, you'd probably won't allow the other candidates to prepare for theirs. Just sayin'

Related article : TheStar PM: Best to hold polls after Govt fulfills promises and reform plans

1Malaysia this, 1Malaysia that. Enough is enough!

2012-01-11T00:27:00.003+08:00

1 this, 1 that...I'm sick and tired of all these "1Malaysia" slogans creeping into everything I see around me.
1Malaysia, yea it was nice at first... then everything/everyone tries to put the "1" into their products.

"We are #1", "The only 1 choice for you (ads for products/services)"
"1Malaysia meal"
"1Malaysia social website"
"1Malaysia email"
"1Malaysia anti-virus (1Machine)"
"1Malaysia restaurant"
"1Malaysia clinics"
"Kedai 1Malaysia (1Malaysia grocery shop)"

Anymore of this 1Malaysia stuff and our country's gonna be like North Korea where almost everything is by the government.
"1Malaysia wifi, 1Malaysia internet, 1Malaysia channel, 1Malaysia clothing line, 1Malaysia haircut, 1Malaysia toilets, 1Malaysia cars, 1Malaysia movies, 1Malaysia taxis, 1Malaysia petrol kiosks.... etc"

Please. Know when to stop. Enough is enough. This publicity for 1Malaysia has gone way too far.

We are Malaysians. We don't need reminders every time and everywhere to tell us to respect one another regardless of what backgrounds we come from.

Please friends, don't be like these people

2012-01-08T13:42:00.002+08:00

Found something on reddit :

EDIT: She has deleted my comment and blocked me from Facebook.

On the bright side, it's probably best that I stay away from idiots like her.

Stupidity : Think about how stupid the average person is

2012-01-03T21:43:00.001+08:00

Think about how stupid the average person is....
and realize that half of them are stupider than that

Weird Dreams : Cold Darkness

2012-01-03T13:48:00.002+08:00

It was dawn. Skidding around on ice with my sneakers.... then darkness descended. And I was walking around aimlessly in the dark...

Woke up, then dreamed I was being attacked by a cursed/possessed 1990s' personal computer.

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-01T12:17:00.004+08:00

Is it the end of the world? The final year?
People celebrate the new years with fireworks. But I see more lights from people holding up their cameras/cellphones taking videos of the event instead of celebrating and going wild.

Weird Dreams : Remote control car policemen

2011-12-27T23:19:00.001+08:00

Dreamed that I was driving a manual car (which I haven't drove for almost 10 years) and the engine died while I was trying to make a u-turn on a two-way road. Some cops pulled over and fined me. In the process, they even installed a remote controlled system to control my car as they don't believe I'm able to drive it. I tried to talk my way out of a fine and gave them some cash to let it slide. Yet, they still went on with the remote control and controlled my car with me in it back home...

Weird Dreams : Dinosaurs in the sewers

2011-12-26T08:51:00.000+08:00

After walking around a pseudo shopping complex/science research facility/university, somehow I was sent to look for someone with a high IQ around my area. Found a boy who was said to be a genius and psychic. Saw him displayed his abilities to think/strategize and his psychic powers by fending off some ninjas while he was outnumbered.
I ended up on the streets and for some reason I was trying to pick up manhole covers (labeled A-Z), specifically just Z and E to spell out the kid's name. Moment my partner and I picked up the two manhole covers rats and white frogs leaped out of the manholes, then a T-rex lunged out. While running from it noticed a bunch of other dinosaurs roaming about and 4 chimps who were normal and held in captivity nearby had turned into giants (king kong).
Somehow managed to escape the T-rex and ended up crashing someone's wedding and persuaded the groom with a commanding speech to sponsor us to find a way to make sure that there's a future...... he finally agreed and then I woke up.....

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-25T01:37:00.000+08:00

Y U NO WEAR GLASSES?

2011-12-23T11:01:00.000+08:00

Women think that glasses makes them ugly. Even commercials these days selling contact lenses go,
"Hey, you look much more beautiful now! Did you get a hair cut?"
"No, I just took off my glasses and started wearing __ contact lenses!"

Personal opinion, I think girls wearing glasses are hot.

Weird dreams x2 : Zombie attack and Bollywood

2011-12-22T20:58:00.001+08:00

Day 1

Dreamed that my grandparents close relatives turned into zombies and started tossing molotov cocktails at the house I'm sheltering in. I tried taking an iron bar to push them back.. but one of the cocktails landed on me and I started burning... Flames engulfed my upper body and I could feel the burning sensation of the flames. Tried to lay on the ground to put out the fire, didn't work. In the end, resorted to waking up from my dream.

Day 2

Dreamed that I was a grad student working on a research in a lab. Somehow it turned into a bollywood movie with me trying to save a girl I wasn't allowed to be with together from an evil villain who's doing everything he could to ruin my life. Shots were fired at me, bruised and battered I still ventured on.

No dancing involved and I almost saved the girl before I woke up.

Fav cosplayer @ CF 2011

2011-12-21T08:12:00.000+08:00

Photo by : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.235715079832920.57271.100001832882046&type=3

Photo by Regina : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150524628076550.430391.590701549&type=3

Forever alone on facebook

2011-12-20T19:19:00.001+08:00

Bolehland strips from : Bolehland.net

Kim Jong-Ill dead

2011-12-20T01:06:00.000+08:00

"Kim Jong-Ill wished he was Kim Jong-Healthy" - Anonymous...

Song of the month : December 2011 (#600)

2011-12-14T14:50:00.001+08:00

Donna Lewis - I love you always forever
Heard it on the radio yesterday... it's been a long time since I heard this song and I long for the day I'm able to make a girl say these words to me....

Edit: OH, 600th post

Insecurities

2011-12-14T09:03:00.001+08:00

I hate it.

Weird Dreams : Blind Makeup?

2011-12-13T17:49:00.005+08:00

An hour nap... and somehow I ended up asking a blind lady who just broke up with her boy friend at a McDonalds while I was trying to take a nap, "Here's a random question, since when did you put on make up? When were you blind? How do you know you're just not smearing your face with colors and making it uglier?"

For some reason she ended up stalking me....

Inspiration, motivation, muse?

2011-12-12T19:25:00.001+08:00

I feel like there's nothing more to live for...
In search of some inspiration. some motivation and maybe a muse.

They say that you should look for someone to rely on you... but it seems I'm doing otherwise or partially...
Looking for someone or something to rely on so that I can get it to rely on me.

Maybe I just need a job.... but then that would probably just make me a mindless work zombie...

Useless life....

2011-12-11T14:56:00.001+08:00

Feel like I'm just an empty shell...

Which one am I?

2011-12-11T14:08:00.003+08:00

I'm a jerk who thinks I'm a nice guy. So which one am I?
Maybe the cat....

Everyone is an actor/actress/liar

2011-12-09T18:35:00.001+08:00

Show signs of weakness and it'll be exploited.
Hate a person but requires favors from him/her, act nice.
"I'm so ugly" (Tell me I'm pretty!)
I'm depressed... NOT. PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!

Can men and women be just friends?

2011-12-08T23:22:00.001+08:00

In case the video doesn't work in the future, "Can men and women be just friends?"
All the women says yes, all the men said no.

So it's mostly one sided love...unless these women are liars.

Immortals Review

2011-12-07T19:20:00.001+08:00

It's a little late since I watched it last month.....
I watched Immortals at a cinema in Malaysia. Most Malaysians know that such movies with violence, gore and sex will definitely be censored to oblivion. Funny thing is, the whole censorship is inconsistent.
Censorship was rampant during the first hour but then stopped after around the last 20 mins of the 2 hour show (but was about an hour and a half hour after all the cuts). It's as if there's a budget for cutting out scenes and they spent all of it earlier on or that they just got lazy at the end with limbs flying everywhere and decapitation happening every minute.
Then the characters, specifically the gods... God of War (with Kratos) never escapes my mind....

2 more interviews....

2011-12-07T11:17:00.001+08:00

It's taking forever to set a date for the 2nd interview from a company I'm feeling confident of getting a job from. Then came 2 more interview responses from other companies.... Lets see what I can do this Friday and next Tuesday...

I've been thinking...

2011-12-06T22:58:00.001+08:00

The last two weeks has been boring for me... to the point that I've started to annoy some people. My inconsideration towards people who are currently busy with their own lives and studying for finals/ completing final projects has left me feeling outcasted and ignored at times.
Maybe I should just stop this. This needless seeking of attention and spamming facebook like a retard.

Heck even my prospective employer is ignoring me. I think that they could be hoping I'd forget about them even though they did mention they were busy. How busy I wouldn't know. They haven't been communicating much with me. I guess I'm just bad at reading these subtle stuff and always take it to the extreme. If not told, I'll just think, "Oh it's nothing. He's probably just busy. Treat him normally." .

Some of you probably even know the last time this shit happened. Ask a friend for help on a future date, they said okay but totally ignore you when the time comes. A message or notification would suffice. I don't know if this is the Malaysian attitude or just the general cliche response if you don't like a person.

Sigh... it's probably just me. Rather than rage and go crazy I usually take it out on myself and not blame others. There was a question brought up to me once in an interview,
"What would you do if your co-worker installed an equipment wrongly?"
I don't know if this was part of the reason why I wasn't hired but I answered, "It would be my fault for not supervising the workers properly or my instructions weren't clear, simple or detailed enough."
To me that showed that I was responsible. Then when I realized I didn't get that position, I wondered if instead that showed weakness. Weakness of not being able to trust your own workers, colleagues and friends.

And if I've done something wrong, I can't wait for it to fix itself. I want it fixed A.S.A.P. if not immediately. I broke something, I can't just leave it. My guilt will haunt and torture me for weeks to come. I'd rather come out with the truth that I broke it and apologize rather than keeping it in.

Still years have passed. I think I may have gotten over it... then again I wouldn't know until it's actually happened... and it did. Didn't take it so well but probably not as bad as the last time I was totally ignored when in need. I know I've done a bunch of things like this before... I guess it's karma. But the problem is (at least for me) is that I only remember clearly when it happens to me... and not when I do it on to others.

Edit : It's times like these I feel that I'm a nuisance to everyone I talk to. That it would probably be better if I hadn't open my mouth or just mingle around. Even if I had a volleyball as a friend I'd probably annoy it to death.

Liar Game : Reborn Live action movie 2

2011-12-06T11:34:00.001+08:00

http://zotaku.com/2011/12/06/liar-game-reborn-trailer/

No more Erika Todaaaaa T_T

Focusing on Uninteresting Distractions

2011-12-05T10:31:00.001+08:00

Easily interested in stuff, easily distracted by other stuff.
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Can't seem to focus. Every time I find something new and interesting, I seem to lose interest in it after a while.
Could be ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or could just be too much time spent on it.

Dream : Twilight nightmare in a movie in a nightmare

2011-12-03T08:29:00.001+08:00

I'll try to be as chronological as possible....

In house back in Taiping, neighbor's house got burgled
Cop came and chased the burglar on foot
Burglar came around to my house after running around (I was at the 2nd floor helping out the cop)
Started slashing my family members with a machete (of which some I'm not sure who they are O_O)
Raged, I gave chase as well
Managed to almost catch up, the cop opened fire but the burglar managed to injure the left handed cop's hand.
I picked up the gun and continued pursuit trying to aim at the culprit. Near enough, gave two shots in the head.
Then for some reason I ended up at my cousin's wedding...
After a few events at the wedding, I woke up, went back to sleep and then...........
I'm in a Twilight movie mixed in with Harry Potter. And throughout the rest of the dream, I was cringing.

I have not seen a twilight movie before and the only Harry Potter movie I've seen is the first one. I'm guessing it could be due to watching this video yesterday morning =.=

Found a song which I haven't heard in a long long time : Tom punya Diner

2011-11-30T18:47:00.001+08:00

FOUND THIS SONG AT LAST???
Wasn't even looking and somehow when this song played on the radio... it brings a feeling of nostalgia as if I've heard it before....
And now it's stuck in my head

Dreams : Running around in circles

2011-11-30T14:20:00.001+08:00

Basically what my life is now...
Two nights in a row I dreamed of going around in circles.
Two nights ago I was driving around in circles looking for the airport.
Last night I was dreaming of walking/ running around in circles for no reason at all...

What am I doing with my life?

Distribution of Money/Wealth

2011-11-29T19:55:00.000+08:00

What I think on how money/wealth is distributed.

Think of a country which has a finite amount of people let's say 100 and a finite amount of wealth.

In this country you'd have the extremely rich, rich, middle class and poor.

With this finite wealth distributed among these groups, in a typical country the distribution will be that of a pyramid with the extremely rich at the top and the poor at the bottom.

In this country, for the rich to stay rich or get richer, someone has to be poorer or stay poorer. Even if things were to be evened out, since there is a finite amount of wealth, that amount might not be able to sustain the lives of everyone in the country hence if things were to even out, everyone in the country could be poor/ low income earners.

So how does one increase their wealth? The same pyramid can be seen if you look at every countries as a whole. One country gets richer while another suffers. If everyone is equal it'll just be like the country above. No developments or slower developments for better improvements of life as there won't be enough funds for it.

It's how things work as it is and unless someone figures out a way for everyone to be able to live equally without debt, the rich will get richer and the poor stay poor unless they win the powerball(lottery) if they could even afford a ticket.

Song of the Month : November 2011

2011-11-28T18:53:00.001+08:00

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Alchemist Live)

Single but not alone

2011-11-28T16:55:00.001+08:00

Read this from a friend's blog
"Single but not alone" - TheOC.

How true is this? Friends? Family? I really wish to believe this but I can't seem to get along with my family.
Friends? I know they can't be there all the time but I get the feeling that I'm being ignored most of the time. Yea, they could be busy with their own problems and life but I keep thinking "I must've said something wrong. I must've said too much.".
Where did I go wrong? What have I done wrong? or maybe it's just a face problem and I'm part of the definition of... "Forever Alone"

Or maybe everyone of us have a bad sleeping schedules....

Edit : Heres one I made on my own

And here's one I found which sorta explains my forever alone-ness

Malaysian drivers on the road and their fancy cars..... I don't get it...

2011-11-28T16:53:00.001+08:00

I don't understand why people tend to buy expensive cars when their car signals never work

Fusion of food?

2011-11-26T22:41:00.001+08:00

Refer to : Roti Jangan

So I just had sushi king today and ate some japanese curry with rice... then I remembered Roti Jangan and thought.... what if other Malaysian dishes are fused with japanese?

First thing that came to mind was a Ramly sushi. Normally you'd have those raw fishes on top of rice... what if you replace that with ramly burger patties?!

Well that got me thinking and before I know it, bought some Ramly burgers on the way home =.=

Who's reading this?

2011-11-26T19:05:00.001+08:00

Just a lil bit curious.... who's reading my blog? Why is my site being hotlinked from a russian site?!

Weird dreams : July 28th 2011 (Shaun of the dead zombies)

2011-11-26T19:00:00.001+08:00

Extracted from my facebook of a dream I once had

Hrmmm dreamt that I was still in states. Packing to go back to Malaysia. At the airport but somehow my flight's been delayed. Got kidnapped by two guys and brought onto a dock nearby and then boarded a 'platform-boat' thing. The two guys then brought out machine guns and aimed them at me threatening to kill me but then a horde of zombies emerged from the sea waters and attacked the two assailants. They fired thousands of bullets dismembering a bunch of zombies but they were eventually outnumbered. A submarine then appeared and I met this black captain who calls herself the 'White Ranger' brought me back to shore and somehow I was at the entrance of the airport with my luggage bags being unloaded and beside my bags were a line of donkeys boarding a truck...

Weird Dreams : Robocop, the alternate universe/ending?

2011-11-26T10:56:00.001+08:00

I think the reason I had this dream was because I saw from the TV guide that Robocop 2 was on TV... anyway,

Aliens have attacked Earth and most of humanity has been captured/ killed. Angered and out for revenge, the inhabitants of Earth made a spaceship capable of destroying worlds and went after the aliens. Whatever left of humanity (...in Detroit) and Robocop boarded the ship and went on a journey after the aliens.
On the journey, the ship was intercepted and attacked but the crew managed to survive along with the ship. Robocop then took command and told everyone to rest assured and that he's got everything under control. He then ordered everyone to go back to their rooms and sleep to prepare for the upcoming battle...
Somehow I was in that ship as well (first person) and refused to go... Robocop raised his voice in anger and started screaming which is distorted badly by the intercom. Went to my room and Robocop then locked all the doors behind us.
As we looked outside, we find that we're already at an alien planet and were already at battle. Cheap effects of lights (think of Asteroids the game) flying through the sky for a few minutes... Robocop then says that the battle is over and that we've won. Everyone then falls asleep in ease and peace.
Then my dream switched to Robocop's view and see that the situation was dire and the battle was at a loss. He then decided to put everyone to sleep by releasing poison in to everyone's rooms and kills everyone.
"At least they will die in peace"....

Weird Dreams (or a creative gluttonous dream) : Roti Jangan

2011-11-24T19:27:00.001+08:00

Dreamed that I was eating damn a lot of food. One that stood out was this 'Roti Jangan'... It's a roti canai banjir'd in this kuah which is like japanese green curry with green peppers, potatoes, zucchini, onions and kampung fried chicken on the side.

it's not very often I get to order food and eat it in my dreams... Usually I wake up before I take the first bite.

....about to have two tooth pulled out. Maybe that's why I was able to eat in my dream =.=Nightmare starts now.... numbness wearing off and I'm starting to feel the pain from where my tooth used to be

Edit : How I came up with the name?
Apparently the padang near where I used to stay has turned into a hawker center of sorts. Ordered this weird dish since it had a weird name (Can't remember). Sat down and food arrived (the roti jangan and others because I was feeling too hungry and ordered a bunch of other food). Took out my smartphone and looked at google maps... somehow the satellite image of the area spells the word 'JANGAN'. Hence the name Roti Jangan....

Less than 3 hours of sleep

2011-11-23T03:20:00.001+08:00

It is now 3am
Gotta wake up to get ready at 6am
Leave at 7am to send sis to college
Reach college at around 8am
Make my way to N.Sembilan which is about an hour
Interview 10.30am
Come home maybe around 12pm
Leave house at 3pm
Pick up sis at 4pm
Reach home maybe at 5.30-6pm
...and hopefully able to get some sleep....

Weird dreams : Uncharted Spy?

2011-11-22T11:27:00.001+08:00

What I remembered from the dream last night...
In an airport trying to fly off somewhere. Apparently I'm an agent or something and trying to smuggle cash on to the plane. Cheated the system but the whole building started to collapse. Don't know how a dome shaped building appeared but it started to crumble and fall on everyone. I managed to escape since the airport refuses to delay the flights. Got on the plane which looks like a horrible army plane inside. In my head I kept going on and on hoping that I'd be given first class for all the shit that happened outside. Then I thought that it would be impossible since everyone else would've wanted the same thing. So sitting down, I tried to fall asleep only to have a trap door under my seat give way and I fell out of the plane and managed to survive thanks to a parachute under the seat.
Ended up in some desert area during the day.... after a few steps it turned night and I'm at the entrance of a small town... infiltrated the place stealthily and managed to find a weapons briefcase. Took out a crossbow and shot a guard in the head. He was still alive and started firing bolts back at me using his crossbow. I fired one back at him and hit his heart. He continued shooting at me... but I then noticed that I only had two bolts to fire and thought that I could use his bolts against him. As his shot was fired, I grabbed the bolt mid-air and used his ammo against him. This goes on for a while and he looked like a porcupine... he then stopped firing and walked up close to me and demanded that I stop using his bolts against him and that it was cheating. The other guards were then alerted...and that was as far as I could remember.

MALAYSIA WON THE GOLD FOR FOOTBALL IN THE SEA GAMES 2011

2011-11-22T01:12:00.001+08:00

HOORAYYYY!!
Kudos to the team who worked hard for over 140minutes of play time including penalties.
Special congrats to our goalie Khairul Fahmi for stopping the crucial goal and to our captain for slotting home the winning penalty.

GEEEEE GEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

"They don't respect you, they don't respect our flag, they don't respect our King and they don't respect your parents. If you allow this to happen, then you are cowards. You must teach them what being Malaysian is all about." - Ong Kim Swee

Read more: SEA GAMES: Baddrol’s golden kick - Soccer - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/sea-games-baddrol-s-golden-kick-1.9309#ixzz1eP0aTVmz

I'm somewhat an Ah Beng?!

2011-11-21T15:04:00.001+08:00

Reference to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Beng

Ah Bengs like to curse in their daily speech.
They are usually very stingy in buying clothes.
Ah Bengs are normally found gathering in the busier and more developed cities in the region.
Ah Bengs are typically stereotyped as coming from lower class to Higher Class Families.

ZOMONOESSSSS

20/11/2011 20:11

2011-11-20T22:11:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to me.
25 years
No job, no significant accomplishments, still single.... what the fuck am I doing with my life?!
Always thinking about this puts pressure in me and in turn keeps me awake at night and degrades my health. This has to fucking change.

Downtime

2011-11-17T12:23:00.001+08:00

I think I'm possibly the only one who falls sick from depression, sadness, loneliness, incompetence, anger, paranoidness, pressure, stress, ignorance and anxiety happening all at once.

Disappointed first impressions

2011-11-16T16:12:00.001+08:00

Let's just say I wished I brought back my textbooks/ notes to save myself the embarrassment in interviews.

Dreaming of running around in circles

2011-11-12T08:44:00.001+08:00

Was at a shopping mall trying to go home. Parked my car quite a distance away so decided to take a cab to the car. The cab brought in other customers trying to make some extra money and after dropping the other customer off, I ended up at the cab headquarters and the driver told me to wait for another cab. Waited and waited and finally one showed up... but in the end, took this elevator/lift/tram thing instantly back to the shopping mall =.=

11/11/11 pt 2

2011-11-11T18:52:00.001+08:00

People are making it a huge thing. But remember... in the end, people will forget about it.
Just like how 01/01/01 , 02/02/02, 03/03/03, 04/04/04 etc or maybe 01/02/03, 02/03/04.. and so on are not forgotten and but a distant memory. Life goes on in the end.

11/11/11 , 11:11:11

2011-11-11T11:11:00.000+08:00

....What now?

Job offer rejected

2011-11-09T13:36:00.003+08:00

Well finally got confirmation that I wasn't offered a job at this recycling plant.... time to move on but haven't received any calls nor notification of any interviews. Damnits

Chatime?

2011-11-08T10:32:00.002+08:00

I had it once... it tastes okay. Decent. Yet I have no idea why I'm craving for more along with other people especially since the price for a drink is overpriced.

Uncharted 3 : Drakes Deception , Quick Review

2011-11-03T22:34:00.000+08:00

Possible Spoilers :

After watching trailers, gameplays and some reviews, I'm extremely hyped about UC3... heck I loved UC2 and it gave a lasting impression. UC3 however does not. In an attempt to give more background to Nathan Drake, the developers went all out on the story using a flash backs and various other gimmicks. Characters just disappear out of no where even though they were the main part of the story and never return even for the ending. Eg. Sully was in the beginning of UC2 and returned at the end. But in UC3... no one came back for an encore... Some events in the game are also questionable and were never explained. There might be subtle hints in the dialog but I may have to replay the game again to fully understand (Catastrophic Difficulty mode, here I come).

UC3 this time emphasizes a lot on hand to hand combat. Way more than UC or UC2. You'd be forced to closeup on an enemy because you weren't given any weapons or allowed to use them. Even so, at times I wondered how we are able to use our surroundings as weapons. At times I'm able to use a fridge to knock a guy out, toss my gun at an opponent to stun them or trigger their grenades... but HOW??

Just when I thought things were getting better, the game just ends... not the memorable ending in UC2... it just ends (Maybe cuz this time they didn't copy Firefly but instead Indiana Jones). I was expecting a lot more.

Another rant is how people can get motion sickness in this game... In some levels, you're literally tripping balls... and it lasts a few occasions in the game. I'm surprised I was able to stomach it and I have a feeling those using the 3D feature might not enjoy it...

Overall, aside from my rants, it was fun while it lasted. Quite possibly the best movie of 2011... but it still can't outdo UC2's story IMO.

Happy Halloween 2011

2011-10-30T17:37:00.000+08:00

Wish I celebrated Halloween more intensively while I was in the states...

Oh well.....

More dreams (Alien invasion)

2011-10-27T10:44:00.004+08:00

Black silhouette aliens has invaded my dreams... they came from the skies landed on campus and started spraying white powder to everyone who then disintegrated in to a red mess. After running, hiding and some stealth maneuvers , the aliens caught up to me and then I woke up in the dream only to find out the whole thing was an alien invasion dream simulation...

Dreams of battlefield and call of duty

2011-10-25T10:19:00.000+08:00

Foolish of me in my dreams to attach a shot gun, rifle and an smg to a 5 foot wide crossbow with scope attachments for each weapon thinking it was awesome only to realize it wont fit through rooms and it's impossible to aim/ shoot with all the bulk. Even in open spaces, a horde of giant troll-ogres simply just tore me apart...

PS : Haven't played the new Battlefied 3 nor CoD: MW3 at time of this post nor was I interested in any of the two.

Humans are always carrying around poop.

2011-10-19T12:03:00.000+08:00

If you were to take a crap, would you touch your freshly purged poop? If it's in you, shouldn't it be 'clean'?
Only when it's out in the open where bacteria and germs are able to contaminate it. Unless of course, the human body unbeknownst to my general knowledge is the habitat for some of these germs/bacteria.

The distinctive odor of feces is due to bacterial action. Gut flora produce compounds such as indole, skatole, and thiols (sulfur-containing compounds), as well as the inorganic gas hydrogen sulfide. These are the same compounds that are responsible for the odor offlatulence. Consumption of foods with spices may result in the spices being undigested and adding to the odor of feces. The perceived bad odor of feces has been hypothesized to be a deterrent for humans, as consumption or touching it may result in sickness or infection.^[4]Of course, human perception of the odor is a subjective matter; an animal that eats feces may be attracted to its odor.

Taken from wikipedia...
So... is this why people say India smells or maybe why Malaysian toilets stink (besides the fact that some people are inconsiderate bastards)? .

Song of the month : October 2011

2011-10-17T18:47:00.003+08:00

It's been a while...

Sara Bareilles - King of Anything

Racism, vulgarities, state of mind

2011-10-15T11:50:00.000+08:00

Came across a bunch of comments going against racism. Going against people who abuses animals. Going against violence.

What do these comments have in common? The exact thing they are up against.
Racists against racism.
Abusers against animal abuse.
Violence against violence.

And all three uses vulgarities and death threats. I know I've posted something like this before but it really amuses me the stupidity of some people blinded by their cause and emotions. Stop and think of your actions and yourself and how it affects people around you before voicing out.

Interviews galore

2011-10-07T10:53:00.001+08:00

Last two weeks I was notified of an interview which I'll have in about 4 hours.
The last few days and today, I was invited for an interview for both IBM(phone/email) and Superlon(Next Monday).

Hrmmm things might be lookin up. Though I shouldn't count my chickens before they hatch.

Prepare to die

2011-10-06T20:28:00.002+08:00

I'm prepared to die.... but my PS3 isn't.
Needs to update firmware......

update: Died countless times ...

Apple product names

2011-10-05T21:46:00.001+08:00

iPad came out with a bunch of people making fun of the name
iPhone4S= iPhone For Ass
Siri is out and people thinks it's silly... but Japanese thinks it's 'ass' (Shiri, japanese for ass). Kinda goes well with the iPhone For Ass

iPhone4S?

2011-10-05T12:14:00.002+08:00

There wasn't an iPhone5 announced but there is an iPhone4S.
iOS5 = meh to me (well maybe because I have a 3rd gen iTouch)
Siri = I don't see the hype in it nor why so many people are interested with it.
iPhone4S = Still not interested that much in it. It's just an iPhone4 with better specs that relies on the OS. And possibly, fixing the antennae. Was never interested in the iPhone4... the4S makes no impression on me neither. Yet they're still selling like hot cakes in Malaysia. Everywhere and almost everyone I know has an iPhone4 either because it's damn good and I'm ignorant or because they're buying into the fad/coolness and Apple's great advertisement campaign/presentation.

Maggots...Wound/Injury

2011-10-03T20:06:00.002+08:00

So I had to take my dog to the vet again since he kept getting himself injured. In the past he kept getting his feet injured and in turn led to flies laying eggs in the open wound. If taken care of, there shouldn't be any maggots hatching from the inside.

Last week or two, I noticed he was licking his paw and saw there's an open wound and applied medications to it. Few days later, he started limping and I feared that maggots might have infested his paw. Took him to the vet and thankfully it was nothing...

.... UNTIL yesterday. He was limping off again even after medications and treatments.... Today, took him to the vet and even though the hole was closed, there was another injury on the underside of the paw which wasn't there the week before. Peeked in and saw those white/brownish little bastards slithering about in that huge hole incomparable to last weeks. The stench was wretched and foul of rotting flesh.
I just hope that's the end of this...pains me to see him suffer.

Wanna see how such wound looks like? Look up "maggot wound injury" on google. But be warned, not for those who are squeamish or those easily disgusted.

Racism and Sexism

2011-10-01T19:22:00.000+08:00

Male :
Chink
Pinoy
Nigger
Cracker

Female :
Chinese Bitch
Pinoy bitch
Black bitch
White bitch

Some conclusions,
-Females have aren't viewed as racists in general
-Females are outcasted/ left out
-I just haven't searched hard enough for female racial slurs

Movies and technological advancements

2011-09-30T14:20:00.004+08:00

Mainly horror genre.

Movies tend to have this cliché of victims reaching for the phone and realizing there's no dial tone because the perpetrator has severed the vulnerable phone cable lines connecting to the house from outside. Creates the suspense that you can't call for help.

Now, with cellphones, they do the same thing (in cases that apply) but the victims would first check their mobile phones and noticing there's no signal or the battery's dead before reaching for the phone.

In the future, will this continue by adding another scene?
Eg. Before checking their mobile phone and the land line, they would check their telepathy capabilities or gps phones? Heck everything might be in space and things such as phones/ dialling will be obsolete.

Wow.. the new dynamic theme on blogger

2011-09-28T12:29:00.002+08:00

Looks hella-cool... but my sidebar informations are gone!!!! Maybe I should revert back

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2011-09-28T12:19:00.000+08:00

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Gonna lose my iastate.edu email in less than a month

Dream : Has it happened or is it only a dream?

2011-08-27T11:45:00.003+08:00

Dreamt I went to this arcade which doubles as a stadium. Last time I remembered visiting that area was when I was maybe still in high school. It has an ice rink at the bottom, shopping mall and on the top two floors, arcades. Even on the top two floors you can still see the stadium seats circling the platform where the arcade is. You'd have to pay an entrance fee to go in.

Now, the whole stadium except the top two floors is a shopping mall. It still has the stadium seats at the bottom levels but it's inaccessible and the entrance fee is removed.

My question now is... the memory of me being there before seems so real that I'm confused if such a place even existed before. Or maybe I dreamt about it before...

Papa Johns disappointment

2011-08-22T15:10:00.003+08:00

Last week I found out there's a Papa Johns' Pizza Restaurant in Alpha Angle in Wangsa Maju. So I went ahead to try it (around 8pm ish just after the buka puasa crowd had gone). With excitement and hoping to get my family to like it as well, I ordered a local pizza which I couldn't get in the states, "Land and sea". The image pictured in the menu shows a full pizza filled with toppings of chicken slices, tomatoes, and of course shrimp. My sister even ordered some seafood spaghetti with crab sticks and shrimp. Note, shrimp was also listed as ingredients used in the menu.

Once the order was taken, it took them some time to serve it... and when it arrived, the spaghetti was filled with extra imitation crab sticks and no shrimp. Ditto on the pizza I ordered. We asked our waitress where's the shrimp, she went back to the kitchen and asked... and told us that they were out of shrimp. I figured they should've mentioned that the moment before they took our order instead of improvising during cooking. We then called up the manager.

And this manager, is as clueless and dumbfounded by the matter started making up excuses instead of apologizing for the error. Called him, asked him, he went back, came back and said that the menu given to us was last year's menu and that the shrimp was removed from all Papa John's dishes as their management deemed the shrimps used are not on par with Papa John's quality. If you want to make an excuse, make sure it matches up with what the waitress just said.

She (waitress) said "We are out of shrimp"
He (manager) said "We no longer use shrimp and that the menu is outdated"

If the menu is outdated, UPDATE IT! You said that it was a year ago... it's AUGUST! 8 MONTHS to update the damn menu. Even so, the staff couldn't be bothered to notify the customers that shrimp is no longer on the menu.

Huge, huge disappointment... The pizza served there wasn't really 'Papa John's quality' either. I've tasted better at Berjaya Times Square and according to some, the one at Sunway Pyramid is way better too.

At the end, they still refused to apologize until threatened that we'll report them. The manager then gave us a feedback card form. We went on with our meal and when asked for the bill, they gave us an employee discount... I think it was 10-15% off our bill and an apology letter with vouchers inside. As we left, I filled up the form and returned it to them but I get the feeling that it will be thrown away/ discarded....

Sigh... I was gonna go there and was so happy that there's a Papa Johns nearby. Willing to go there often to eat but the staff and service there was just horrid. The pizza served there wasn't really good either... Won't be going back to that branch in a long long long long time.

Revenge on Arsenal

2011-08-21T17:27:00.002+08:00

Last season EPL opener saw Liverpool v Arsenal which led to a red card for Joe Cole in his debut match.

This season, Frimpong was in his debut Arsenal match and got red carded.

Icing on the cake, Liverpool won on Arsenal grounds at last after 10 years..

YNWA

Weird Dreams : Shaun of the dead?

2011-08-01T19:37:00.001+08:00

Hrmmm dreamt that I was still in states. Packing to go back to Malaysia. At the airport but somehow my flight's been delayed. Got kidnapped by two guys and brought onto a dock nearby and then boarded a 'platform-boat' thing. The two guys then brought out machine guns and aimed them at me threatening to kill me but then a horde of zombies emerged from the sea waters and attacked the two assailants. They fired thousands of bullets dismembering a bunch of zombies but they were eventually outnumbered. A submarine then appeared and I met this black female captain who calls herself the 'White Ranger' brought me back to shore and somehow I was at the entrance of the airport with my luggage bags being unloaded and beside my bags were a line of donkeys boarding a truck...

And... there was this fat friend of mine (Nick Frost character) with me all the time...

Weird Dreams : Aliens and Pokemon

2011-08-01T19:35:00.000+08:00

Okay... yesterday had a dream where Aliens attacked Earth and demanded that earthlings show them 'Pikachu' and all other 151 original Pokemons....

Unifi is here

2011-07-26T21:38:00.000+08:00

Got unifi VIP10 last Friday. Way faster and reliable. I have to say I'm lovin it except for the link between SEA to USA... and the limited amounts of content we can have due to region restrictions.

Damn you internet.

BET Awards/ Fight against racism

2011-07-25T18:34:00.003+08:00

I think the BET Awards is as racist as it gets....

an award show only for blacks?

and, to those fighting against racism in Malaysia (mainly to my chinese friends and those random idiots running their mouth and anger in facebook/forums)...

You're no different from the Malay supremacists if you include "Babi melayu" or other racial slurs in your argument.

You're fighting against racism yet you're a racist yourself? How the fucking hell does that work?!

Edit : And when things does go your way, you abuse it by calling others racist to gain advantage but hate it when others do the same.

The pain in my mouth

2011-07-22T20:34:00.003+08:00

Gaddamn... the pain from the tension of the wires from the braces on my teeth has set in. I can barely chew now and I think I'm having stomach upsets from not chewing my food well....

Pain killers can only do so much. I can still barely chew... looks like it's porridge for a long time =.=

Then again~ I'm sure ice cold cendol would be good too~

Metal mouth

2011-07-21T13:42:00.003+08:00

So I just got braces today... feels weird. Just a lil over two weeks since I got back to Malaysia again my mouth is tortured and my chewing capabilities has been crippled.

Last year I had my wisdom tooth removed and it caused a world of pain from eating/drinking cold food. I couldn't really eat and savor most of the Malaysian delicacies because of this. And now 2011... braces.. I could hardly chew my foods and bits and pieces kept getting stuck in between the metal parts.... I hope I get used to this soon and that the process won't be as painful as the dentist says (You'll feel pain at night for the next two days).

Rant : There is no Unifi

2011-07-18T23:58:00.003+08:00

The Unifi peeps came Tuesday last week.

Tried to install Unifi. I was excited... til they said they couldn't install it because the underground tunnel used to link the outside fiber optic cable to my house was clogged.

So the alternative was to go for an external wiring which costs at least RM300. Along with that, my parents disapprove of an external wiring because it looks "ugly".

So... for now.. stuck with SHITMYX/SCREAMYX.

Song of the Month July 2011

2011-07-14T15:06:00.002+08:00

With all these "politics" going on, every thing anyone does is always related to one or the other party. I'm just sick of it.

That Okay Song by The Effing show

Hey, it's okay.
We gotta live for a better day. (Hey!)
Now we give a little a love and we're on our way
Kita kaotim everything, parava-illay

You say, don't play play
Kita mudah lupa but we say "nay". (Nay!)
Now we got a little love, keep it on replay
You say semua tak boleh, tapi we all okay aje!

Haze 2011

2011-07-12T11:23:00.002+08:00

It's that time of year again. It's back to cause people with asthma to stay indoors.

....and it's time for this MV again.

Ribuan-ribuan terima kasih Indonesia. Now if only Malaysia could've sent firefighters (or whatever related team) to help them instead of using most of the force to lock down KL and create more conspiracies and propagandas.

Internet surfing has changed

2011-07-12T11:22:00.001+08:00

I remember a time when tabs were in the form of multiple windows and before I figured out how to surf in multiple windows, I used only ONE window.

Back when IE and Netscape browser ruled us all. The distinguished N logo on the top right (or left?).

Music evolution 2011

2011-07-11T12:47:00.003+08:00

It used to be rock, alternative, pop, boybands, girl groups in the 90's

Then in 2000s it was a lil bit of rock, a lot of pop... with songs mostly about love songs

And now... since the late 2000's we're getting a whole lot of club music being played mainstream. Almost every mainstream song I hear now is about partying, clubbing and drinking.

"Sick of love songs?" "Won't write a love song?" Well here's the result... a whole lot of lame cheesy lyrics about partying, drinking and looking forward to the weekend (weekend).

Who's right and who's wrong?

2011-07-10T18:49:00.003+08:00

When two groups fight for what's right, who's wrong?

When two groups fight for the right thing but the wrong ways, who's wrong?

D-day/ B-day 2.0?

2011-07-09T09:03:00.016+08:00

6:53pm : Just woke up. Seems that the situation has calmed down. No reports on the silat masters being deployed. I guess that's it for today. Let's see what happens the next few days and the next year... and 1,401 was reported to be detained

4:42pm : Things have slowed down. Good thing there's not much bloodshed among the groups. Right now all the police did was made everyone their enemy. I'm gonna take a nap. Let's see what happens an hour or two later.

4:02pm : It seems that now the BERSIH peeps are trying to make their way to Istana Negara.... Don't know how much damage this incident has caused to our economy. How badly our image has been shown to the world. And no, this isn't the fault of BERSIH. This could've been avoided if a stadium was provided. All these needless conflicts.

3:16pm : 670 arrested. Ambiga arrested. Khairy arrested. Ibrahim grounded at home by his wife.

2:10pm : Bersih rally goers reported to be in the 10k region. Patriot in the 300s.

Bersih consists of all races. Patriot... just one.

Overseas there are students with the BERSIH people... though someone posted a what-if situation.

"STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP REVOKED FOR SUPPORTING MOVEMENT FOR FAIR AND CLEAN ELECTION FOR THE GREATER BENEFIT OF THE COUNTRY"

1:57pm : Bersih protesters arrested, Anti-Bersih allowed to rally? T-minus 3 minutes til 2pm.

And no... this is not a 13 May 1969 where it was based on race. This is for human rights.

1:20pm : 514 arrested... 4000 protesters still on the street with their numbers growing.

12:50pm : I just read news that our PM is doing the George W. Bush thing during 9/11... Our PM seems to feel that attending other events are more important than this uprising in KL. Either he has full trust with the police or he's just evading things. Only he knows...

12:40pm : It has begun. Tear gas fired to about 2000 protesters, media and pedestrians. No news on the whereabouts of the silat practitioners

12:30pm : Funny how pictures and reports coming in showing people protesting in Melbourne Australia without any restrictions as compared to a city wide blockage in Malaysia...

11am : Just thinking that all these equipments (trucks/tear gas) are finally being used instead of collecting dust and rust in the storage. Would they still work? And reading on.... people are reporting that the police are arresting random pedestrians in KL. Be it with a yellow shirt or not.

Oh, the police has also set up barbed wire fences around Stadium Merdeka it seems.

9am : Nothing much happened. Internet's still on (I should've expected an internet shut down but we'll see how things go). Oh~ We made the news on UN on how our freedom to protest/of speech is restricted and how our authorities handled the situation.

“We are very concerned about the various measures that are being taken by the authorities to restrict freedom of expression in Malaysia, including preventive detention, and the Government’s decision to reportedly declare Bersih an unlawful organization,” said Mr. Colville.

Could've handled it better as I've said... Didn't have to put so much negative attention on our country.

And now for some conspiracy theory. Why was a stadium denied? So that the BERSIH people will rally as planned which defies the Yang di-pertuan Agong's orders/wishes. That way those who march on that day can be charged for 'treason?' .

Today... it might be a new page in the history books of Malaysia.

The night before the rally

2011-07-08T23:08:00.002+08:00

Stadium denied.

Roads blocked.

3 hours stuck in traffic jam from Sunway to Wangsa Maju...

...by public transportation. People were calm. People went on about their normal lives. Either they don't care or those who are involved in tomorrow's rally are already in meetings/ having a nights rest for tomorrow.

It seems that the rally's going on since BERSIH was denied the stadium of their choice...

Cops are also denying others from protesting the rally.

We shall see.... I still think they should've just given them the gaddamn stadium but then again, the protesting group will protest more since they also wanted the same stadium.... Ish....

Peaceful rally? Let's hope so. I still want my unifi on Tuesday without any problems/ chaos.

2days to Bersih 2.0 rally?

2011-07-07T11:29:00.002+08:00

Update on events

Things were getting heated up until the Yang di-pertuan Agong (aka King) voiced his opinions that the rally will bring more harm than good and that he trusts the government will be able to handle this.

BERSIH organizers adheres to the Agong's wishes as well as our PM's suggestion to hold the rally in a stadium (which he offered before the Agong made his statement).

Then, came backlash... the stadium refuses to rent the place out for the rally.

Police are still arresting people and creating roadblocks all around the Kuala Lumpur city area as a precaution if the rally should go on in the city.

Our PM was also seen with Silat practitioners (Malay martial arts) that they will retaliate as well.

My reactions/opinions?

First good speech on the Agong in his attempt to cool the situation down. Wise choice for the BERSIH organizers to take the PM's offer to hold their rally at a stadium. Honestly as much as I support the cause, I wouldn't want Malaysia to have a nationwide war where people start fighting amongst each other. It's bad enough that in everyday life in Malaysia people are always picking fights over small things... but now it's a big scale.

Then came the stadium's denial of allowing the rally to take place along with this news of our PM sitting and doing nothing with Silat practitioners while they were on the verge of inciting violence.

I liken this to me teasing my dog with food. Sometimes I tease them with snacks. Wave it around showing them it's there but refuse to give it to them. (For fucks sake, don't go saying that I'm viewing the government as dog owners and everyone else as dogs. I'm just using this as an example).

If you offer a stadium, give a stadium... don't deny them it since they've already agreed to hold it in one. If you refuse, I predict that they will go on with their initial plans because since they've already hated they way you're running things. What's more, you're hinting over and over again be it directly or indirectly that you're gonna resort to violence. Definitely won't go unnoticed to those potential voters you're trying to get.

Give them the stadium. Let them scream their hearts out in an enclosed space. Everywhere else in the city will be clear and relatively safe. No extremist-racist group PERKASA going around inciting hatred and racism. And our PM will be acknowledged for handling the situation well. Deny them the stadium and well... they'll take it to the streets... and then.... ish... my Liverpool tickets might be rendered useless.

Back In Malaysia

2011-07-06T08:30:00.000+08:00

Was back in Malaysia since 4 days ago... just thought I should post this... Though it's pretty obvious from my last two posts.

Rant : Too much spam sms's

2011-07-05T08:35:00.002+08:00

Prepaid users receiving alot of sms's I can understand. Postpaid users? Why the hell?

I noticed in Malaysia, prepaid users pay LESS than postpaid users to make calls. Why is that? Yea, the companies can get some cash from the spam they sent out to us but as a postpaid user I'd expect to not see any of these spams since I'm already paying more to make calls and send sms's.

Another thing, I just registered this phone number and I'm already receiving numerous spam messages. No it doesn't hurt but it's annoying to have your phone ringing/notifying you almost every hour that a new message has arrived that is of unimportance to you.

Rant : Internet SUCKS

2011-07-04T15:04:00.001+08:00

Screamyx TMNUT... you suck

A 5 mb file is downloaded at 5kb/s on your 1MBPS line. That took me almost 20 minutes of waiting.

Malaysia ~ Where you overpay for slow internet.

I just hope Unifi is much better than this crap

The BERSIH 2.0 rally 2011 opinions

2011-06-30T05:23:00.003+08:00

BERSIH is 'fighting' for a fairer elections. Sore losers Or something really is going on behind the scenes with our current government? Rather than retaliating and going against this. I think the two groups opposing this (UMNO Youth and PERKASA) should instead support this.

These opposing groups retaliating shows weakness in the current governments method of sustaining their run of power in Malaysia. If anything, prove to them that even with this 'fair' and 'clean' method, Barisan is still able to win the next elections. Unless of course, accusations by Pakatan Rakyat were spot on.

Clear the doubts. You can say that you didn't do it. Even if you did, show everyone that you are capable of winning the rakyat fairly instead of all these vote buying cheating schemes I've read during the Sarawak elections.

And to both parties, control your sub-parties or underlings from doing/ spouting shit that tarnish each other. Not to mention media controlling and politicizing everything that are against you.

Edit :

The Najib administration has warned private broadcasters against mentioning the planned Bersih rally or the protest date but wants them to warn people against taking to the streets to ask for free and fair elections, media executives say.

So.... hrmmm don't want the people to ask for free and fair elections???

Leaving the US of A final day

2011-06-29T21:12:00.006+08:00

Leaving in 6 hours

Had dinner and went over to Hyland for some farewell wine drinking session... only to end up with me taking some shots. So now I'm tipsy.. it's time for a 3 hour HON testimonial games

Leaving in 13 hours

Lack of sleep makes you tired. Lack of sleep makes you lose your appetite. Lack of sleep makes you feel like shit. Now add in nervousness/anxiety...

Not the first time this happens to me.... First time to US. Exams. Holiday trips. Presentations...

Leaving in 16 hours

So 4 hours ago I tried to sleep. Couldn't. The thought of not making the shipments and boxes are making me anxious and worried.... Afraid that I wouldn't make it if I were to wake up later and ship it.... Managed to catch forty winks but my brain got way too active. So I got up and got it done. Now I feel more relieved and relaxed.... Hopefully NOW I can get some sleep

Leaving in 20 hours

Couldnt really sleep last night due to the packing and luggage being overweight... Got some stuff done 2 hours ago.

Deposited cash. Deposited my 4 year coins/change collection which tallied to $10.47 (Quarters not included). And mailed box #1 of possible 4 boxes... I hope I can find time to take a nap later....

Leaving in 22 hours... Will update hourly if I'm able to

Finished taking out the trash... now just need to repack and clean up my room and bathroom.

Still got lots of stuff to do such as managing my stuff to ship back and making sure my luggage are ready to fly (weight-wise)

Internet situation in Malaysia (TMnut bashing) Bandwidth issues

2011-06-25T11:53:00.004+08:00

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1681516

Don't you just hate how it's being run? Like... the ISP provides 1MBPS connection (effective 100kb/s max download rate) but expects you to use only 10kb/s per day.

86.4GB per day download is what you'd get if you download at a constant 100kb/s

8.64GB is what you'd get if you use 10kb/s per day

Now in addition to this expectation of 10kb/s per day they also expect you to not exceed 25gb of downloads per month. Meaning that with 8.64 gb a day, you will exceed 25gb in less than 3 days.

At anytime you exceed the 10kb/s per day and 25GB monthly you are labelled as a heavy user.

Look at websites now. Most websites are graphic heavy and most people use the internet to stream stuff. Gone are the days of text only webpages of the 56k modem era. People opt to use broadband for a reason. It's to adapt to changing times and the infrastructure of the internet.

Unfortunately, TM doesn't change their infrastructure. They expect you to change and thus implement these "rules" (fair usage policy) so that they can keep their current infrastructure as long as possible.

Yes, there are people who hog the bandwidth by downloading stuff. But even if a typical user doesn't download anything, they'd still exceed the 'quota'. Shame on you TM.

TM is committed to ensuring our customers receive the best broadband service at the most competitive price. To achieve this goal, we provide a contended broadband service. This means our Internet bandwidth (capacity) is catered to be shared by all our customers at any one point in time, to ensure we provide a satisfactory and acceptable performance on an equal basis to all our customers.

However, a small number of customers use more than their "fair share" of the Internet bandwidth provided by us. On average, about 10% of our customers are using a disproportionate amount of Internet bandwidth. These customers degrade the performance of our broadband service by taking bandwidth away from other customers, who use the service fairly.

For example, some customers use P2P or file sharing software, which constantly sends and receives videos and other types of very large files, throughout the day. These activities (download and upload continuously) use a lot of bandwidth and can significantly reduce the connection speed, which other customers are getting to access the Internet during peak hours. We don’t believe this is fair to the vast majority of our customers.

We wish to bring to your attention our traffic prioritization policy with regards to P2P and Fair Usage Policy. We would like to reiterate that the P2P throughput is subject to peers (seed) availability and their throughput as well. Kindly note that TM does not have any control over peers’ availability or throughput.

The Fair Usage Policy automatically identifies the extremely heavy users and manages their bandwidth in order to protect the service of all our other customers. This traffic prioritization policy will protect the quality of service for the majority of our customers when they use the service, while at the same time, still allowing the extremely heavy users to continue to send and receive files with certain restrictions. With this policy in place, we will prioritize Internet activities like web browsing, live streaming, messaging applications and VOIP access while traffic to P2P sites will be given lower priority, due to the high bandwidth consumption of such services.

We wish to also highlight that as an Internet Service Provider (ISP), TM only provides access to the Internet and does not guarantee content delivery and performance where it is not within the domain of TM as an ISP. In fact, our international traffic management policy is designed to cater for all our customers so they have an optimal surfing experience within the normal limits of Internet usage.

As our priority is for all our customers to have a positive Internet experience, we wish to emphasize that it is important for all our customers to practice responsible usage of the allocated bandwidth based on normal usage.

We would like to reiterate that we are not against the use of P2P but we would like to educate our customers that the usage of excessive P2P does impact the overall service availability to our other customers.

TM does provide every customer with an allocated bandwidth, where other customers may use when not used by the others. Unfortunately, the nature of P2P more often than not, takes more than their allocated bandwidth, thus causing undue setbacks for other users when they want to use the service.

As a responsible service provider, we believe it is our responsibility and commitment to educate and encourage responsible usage of the infrastructure we provide.

A user's response

So, according to those slides TM Net produced during its recent PR exercise, the company's definition of a heavy user is someone who downloads 25GB a month. This is laughable for all sorts of reasons.

If you were to use a 1Mbps Streamyx connection at full speed (let's say 100KB per second) for 24 hours a day for 30 days a month, you'd be able to download 247GB a month. TM Net doesn't want you to do this. TM Net expects you to use your 1Mbps broadband connection at 10KB/s on average every month. In other words, if you use more than 10% of your 1Mbps connection's total capacity a month, TM has now decided you're a heavy user.

(For 4Mbps Streamyx users, 25GB per month translates to 2.5% of total bandwidth capacity.)

To make this all the more insulting, TM Net's official page for its Streamyx site boasts "unlimited usage for a fixed rate". This is false advertising, of course, and it's by a communications company which is absolutely terrible at communications. There's no English dictionary in the world that defines "unlimited" as "having undisclosed limits." Prospective Streamyx subscribers would be less than impressed by the ugly truth: "Restricted to 25GB per month with an average speed of 10KB/s".

The second reason why TM Net's definition of heavy user is laughably absurd is the company has another broadband service, UniFi, and TM Net is allowing those users download 120GB per month (and as the UniFi official site notes there is no cap for the time being). Keep in mind that both UniFi and Streamyx users are using the same international bandwidth.

Don't be misled by TM Net's clumsy and transparent attempts to shift the blame from itself. Heavy users of Streamyx are not stealing bandwidth from other Streamyx users; the heavy users are simply making full use of their connections they paid for.

What's actually happening is TM Net is severely restricting Streamyx heavy users in order to maximise international bandwidth for UniFi users. In other words, TM Net is taking away international bandwidth from Streamyx users to cater to UniFi users. TM Net is doing this very quietly so the only ones who are noticing it now are the Streamyx heavy users.

Some of you may not consider TM Net's policies troubling because it doesn't currently affect you. Consider this: TM Net gets to decide who is a heavy downloader and under what circumstances. Download 120GB with a UniFi connection? TM Net says, "No problem." Download 25GB on a Streamyx connection and TM Net says you're a heavy user whose connection must be throttled so severely you won't be able to download critical data including OS service packs, security patches, application upgrades or anti-virus definition updates.

More to the point, TM Net also gets to decide what amount constitutes an excessively high download amount. Today, it's 25GB a month. In a year, TM Net could decide it's 20GB or perhaps 15GB. This is called moving the goalposts and to mix sporting metaphors, this is not cricket. TM Net, having gone from "unlimited" to 25GB, will most assuredly change this amount once again.

The real problem here is TM Net is set on maximising profits and as such is eager to increase its broadband subscription base without making the necessary infrastructure investments to maintain a high quality of service. Increasing the number of subscribers means increasing revenue but increasing international bandwidth capacity to maintain quality of service means increasing expenditure which eats up profits.

Insult our Agong = Arrest

2011-06-23T10:08:00.001+08:00

Don't get yourself arrested by insulting the wrong people

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/23/nation/8953481&sec=nation

Racist denial

2011-06-21T02:21:00.001+08:00

It's funny how most people who are racist say that they aren't racist.

Just like how someone who's clearly drunk saying they aren't drunk.

Internet censorship in Malaysia : Aftermath

2011-06-20T04:51:00.002+08:00

Websites were hacked. DDos'd but life went on.

It's just labelled as a cyber terrorist attack and they are intending to beef up security.

They ignored the message behind the attacks and moved on.

Well... I guess that's what you'd expect anyone to do... never give in to terrorism regardless of what form it takes