Rhubato

Unilever coming to Malaysia

2011-10-18T21:00:00.000+08:00

Can you imagine Unilever is now doing Network Marketing Business in Malaysia?

So what? If can see business opportunities worth million here.

You might doubt or question the company if you don't know what Unilever is.
But what if after you've known the brands under Unilever that you might have been using them in your daily life e.g. Dove body shampoo, Wall's ice cream etc?

If you are fresh graduate or if you are looking for second income or if you are pursuing financial freedom yet don't know where to go, this might be an option for you. Even if you're still a student and wanting to build financial foundation since young, this would be an appropriate model for you to start with too.

Success might not comes easily unless you work for it. But one thing for sure, success will never come to you when you don't even bother to be successful.

Malaysia is the second country after Thailand where Unilever launches Network Marketing business. So if you see the future, please do not hesitate to contact me via email rhuyann@gmail.com or via mobile 016-412 5604. Any region in Malaysia is welcomed.

For more you could visit www.unidsys.com/rhuyann

6R33N 1UN6

2011-04-01T08:20:00.003+08:00

I did one. How about you?

What's in psychiatric ward

2011-03-04T15:02:00.000+08:00

Finished my second week of clerkship. Was at psychiatric ward.
I'm not blogging about the drugs or diseases in the wards or else you guys would just walk off. I just wanna share with you something that is actually on-going in the ward.

How does psychiatric ward look like?
Erm...physically nothing's much different from normal ward. White beds, white walls except that the ward has an open yet confined area for the patients to wander around (Yeah, they will wander around aimlessly).
Anyway this is psychiatric ward and those patients who are admitted to the ward are normally not aggressive.If aggressive, i think diazepam (tranquilizer) stat (immediately) will be injected. Actually you seldom have the chance to see the patients going berserk at least for me, i saw none of these cases.

So what about the patients?
Most of the cases are having schizophrenia. (In simpler word, schizophrenic patients are the ones who couldn't differentiate between real and unreal experiences). And some other cases would be depression, bipolar disorder etc. They sing Negaraku every morning and sometimes they play games too with the student nurses - Music Chairs. Not many patients are playing this out of their willingness. C'mon some of them are already geriatrics. Walking might be a problem for them, still want them to play such a hear-attack game. But no choice, they have to play or else they will be labeled as "Not following instruction". Might be restrained on the bed. Haha.

How do these patients look like?
Erm...the appearance wise, they look just like us maybe not that tidy (I think the students who are in study week will look more terrible than them). Behavior wise, some of them are in depressed mood, some of them are in "excited" mood, but most of them are "mood-less". When you talk to them, they are very thrifty in speech. Their speech are disorganized. No focus. Their thoughts are normally not on your track. Some delude and hallucinate about people trying to harm him/her, hearing the voices talking to him/her and all sorta of stories which might interest us. Their stories are fancy anyway. To the left, genius, to the right, psycho. Just a thin borderline between genius and psycho. Of course, if you are health care provider, you have to be professional enough. Sometimes the story stimulates you to laugh (I know if i use the word "amusing" you people will say me cruel or bloodless), but you need to suppress your "desire".

Those who had suicidal ideation or attempt are sent here too. You can see from the cases that quite a big proportion of the patients are having suicidal ideation or attempt. It might be due to the drugs that they're taking. But on the other hand, one thing we need to look into is the environmental stressor which deposits the risk or tendency.

They are having mental problems. Something within their brains had gone haywire. It's out of their control to have suicidal thoughts. They don't want too. I heard a patient said this to the psychiatrist, "Dr, I have the thought of killing myself, but I don't want to die."
Most recently you can see those so-called Silly Love Saints committed suicide due to all sorta fancy relationship problems. They acted as if they were actors or actresses. In movies, they have NGs, but not in our lives. Basically I just wanna say, you can't regret it when you're dead. They will mourn for you.

To know more about schizophrenia in a more scientific way, you can visit here

Lighten my day

2011-02-26T13:41:00.001+08:00

People asked me to update my sampat blog.
But I don't really have ilham what to write about so i just simply scribble here.

Hmm...having finished my first clerkship at community pharmacy.
So far so good. Seeing people going in and out the pharmacy. Rupa-rupanya many people get sick every now and then. Good thing or bad thing? Good thing. If there's no one sick, no business for pharmacies and clinics. Bad thing. Being sick is definitely something not good.

It's pretty boring though I did learn something there of course. But on the last day one patient did lighten my day. An indian uncle. I helped him to do BP (Blood Pressure) check-up. So after the check-up, a brief counseling session.

After the session he said to me, "You're a good pharmacist."

I don't know whether this is just a flattery or of sincerity. But I do believe it's the latter. Even if it's the former, no worry, still I will take it as the latter. Haha.

It's something huge to me because all the while my friends always said I don't look like a pharmacist. Seriously he did inspire me.

This small little tiny compliment made my heart warm. It's so much warmer than someone saying me more handsome than Tom Cruise.

The Year of Rabbit

2011-02-14T23:47:00.000+08:00

Don't expect too much from this post
because I just wanna say, "Giong hee huat cai. Huat ah~!"

Wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year

With all the happiness

And bless

Aza!

Inception

2011-01-08T21:35:00.001+08:00

You all know Inception. Basically it talks about architecting the mind under the control of your will. But how many of you did experience inception? I did.

This was what I experienced.

I don't know how I got myself in the dream. This always remains mysterious. You will never know when you are in the dream until you are dreaming. Haha. Got me? Nevermind, forget about it.

I was walking on a street. I walked walked walked....walked walked walked...This is also an interesting part of a dream. The transition of two scenes is always irrelevant. This moment you might be in the classroom, the next moment maybe you are singing in KTV room. Okay sorry..too much distraction. I shall continue.
I walked walked walked..walked walked walked..until I came to a room (I forgot what room that was)..

Then suddenly I felt the natural call - means I wanna pee. Haha. I don't know why in that dream, I was so into it. I knew that I was in my dream. I knew I need to wake up and so pee. Mentally, psychologically, biologically and whatever-cally I felt the urge. I needed to go to toilet. But I think my soul was trapped in the dream. I strived so hard to wake up before it's late. I used mind power. I screamed (Idiot me, I was trying to wake myself up). Then last resort - I tried to hit myself, hopefully I would feel the pain and wake up.

The urge was getting more and more intense. My bladder (refers to the real self and the one in the dream..hard to understand? yeah, i think so too) was going to explode. I knew my last defense will be down any time soon. Then...I slapped myself (in the dream). For your information this is a controlled act.

One slap on the left cheek. Piak! No pain.

Second slap on the right cheek. Piak! No pain too.

Oh no, I was trapped in the dream (or reality, I wasn't sure that time). I need to spin a gasing (top).

Argh~~~it's coming very very soon..Help!

Psshhh... oh oh something's coming out. Don't get mistaken. I managed to wake up at the end and rushed to toilet just right at the very timing.

I architected my act in the dream. but somehow it didn't work. This proves one thing - you won't feel pain in your dream. Period.

Pride

2010-12-14T00:41:00.000+08:00

17 months seeing an organization from a seed to today's landscape. I feel really proud of what we've been doing. When we were a nobody, we were running here and there to ask for support. We had nothing. Not a single eraser we own. Gradually from one university to another university. More and more people are joining us. Seeing the facebook fans from 10 to 100, to 1000 until 2000. Until today, people around us finally see us, recognize us. Not only local, but around the region too. The Singapore Health Promotion Director heard about our name too. That's exciting. Yes, I'm talking Green Lung - a very own Malaysian social brand that I'm proud of.

All started because we believe a dream. A dream that until today many people still don't believe in. Yes, it's attitude. We don't sleep and dream but we dream and wake up and start walking. That's the difference between their dreams and our dream.

Many people questioned us on how we measure our success. Have we successfully turned USM into a smoke-free campus? How many smokers had we successfully helped them to quit? These are tangible indicators. Yes, to be honest, we haven't achieved any yet. The least we had done was that at least we could make them start to think why we need a smoke-free environment. In the past, they may feel nothing sitting around the smokers. Today, their perceptions might have changed. They start feeling uneasy and horrible dipped in the big smoky jar. The reason why we target youths is because they will grow up one day and their perceptions are the key determinant of our future. To change the world, change the youths or even children if we could today for better tomorrow.

We won't stop until we are free from the nasty smokes. And ya, a preview - we are going to Malacca soon!

Ridiculous ideas always from friends

2010-12-11T00:19:00.000+08:00

The most ridiculous idea always comes from friends.
Sometimes it's ridiculous, but it just works! Haha. Just finished an online meeting. Was discussing about the name of the event. and say what? Yeah, we got it! Thanks to Sawako! Your somehow spontaneous idea gave us a great name!
For this moment, I shall keep the name secret. ^^

Advisor's advice

2010-12-08T14:58:00.002+08:00

Recently a friend of mine asked help from me to design them a logo. Okay. That would be certainly fine. Though I'm not that kinda so artistic person with so much artistic temper, I do have some too. Giving me some suggestions to improve the design is okay for me. After all you have the ownership of the design. But please do respect our creativity and imagination.

Okay, this is what happened. I received an email this morning.

Hi Rhu Yann,

Below is a suggestion from our advisor..Can you make some changes?? Just a little change....

This is from my friend. I know he's being difficult sandwiched between me and his so-called advisor.

His advisor's original piece of suggestion:

Nice ...would suggest leave out the stero type formal men and women..and replace it with the logo of the World Volunteers Web (just google)..perhaps the logo within a large heart

..love in the air ..big heart...

From Dato' I-am-advisor (To protect privacy)

So you know what he's trying to ask me to do huh? He's so good to make use of technology and kind enough to provide me the source where to plagiarize. Awesome. You see the word "Replace"? I know why we have Proton Inspira now. And what the heck? Stereotype?! I can't believe this word coming out from his mouth. Shit!

I just can't understand what's rolling inside your mind, Mr. Dato. If you think that WVW is doing a great job and you wish to be like them, that's not that way. They had branded themselves so well, please lah, don't be copycat. That's the stupidest thing to do. Do your own branding lah.

If you just need the logo from the website, you can just ask anyone to "copy" that instead of complimenting me "Nice..." and asking me to replace my design with something else which is already existing and being the flagship logo for that organization. If this is the case, we don't need designer. That's totally bullshit. When I saw this, I could foresee our future. If this doesn't change now, we will be in big time problem.

Our world now is a Right Brain-Oriented World. Knowledge workers like doctors, lawyers, accountants, managers etc. are the persons who could apply the theory into practice and put things into order. But Right Brains outside there who are able to create things out of nothing are doing the revolution and transformation. If you are attentive enough, you could notice the change.

Conclusion: Advisor's advice may be sound but may not be right (and sometimes ridiculous), even if he's a Dato.

And what did I do after this? ^^ I won't do a single amendment on my design.

Enough is enough

2010-12-08T01:24:00.000+08:00

Do you know? While you are spending two hours watching "Rapunzel", one sexual crime is happening out there. And to your surprise, one out of two victims is just a child.

Child abuse or sexual crimes against children cases could be seen almost everyday on newspaper. This has come to a what-I-call-beast-like stage. According to YB Chong Eng's blog, sexual crimes including rape, sodomy and incest had increased from 2427 cases in 2005 to 4238 cases in 2009. The increase is about 100% and half of the victims were children under 16 years. And what heats me up is that only 4% of the rape suspects are found guilty by court.
Full article of YB Chong Eng, please go here.

Two months ago, a campaign called Kempen Rakyat Pulau Pinang had been launched in Penang to raise the awareness on sexual crimes against children. It aims to bring about a safe society for our children, free from sexual crimes.

What you can do?
1) Register yourself as a volunteer. Go here
2) Support and join their activities. Maybe gotta sacrifice your sleeping. If no one's moving, don't expect change.
3) Volunteer to help in their campaigns or activities if you have time.
4) Help distribute their awareness-building materials.
5) Report abuse case. To where, of course police lah.
6) Spread the words to your friends and family.

They deserve a wonderful childhood.
No more cases we wish to see and hear.
Enough is enough.
Your extra attention helps stop all these.

Contact: 04-2624059
Email: kempenrakyat@gmail.com
Address:
Kempen Rakyat Pulau Pinang
c/o 9th floor, Penang Chinese Town Hall Building,
22 Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling,
10200 Georgetown, Penang.

What I had contributed? I helped design their logo and T-shirts *wink*

Kempen Rakyat
Pulau Pinang

一语惊醒梦中人（二）

2010-12-06T22:03:00.000+08:00

君子爱财，取之有道

谁不爱财？小人大人君子贼人都爱财。
但取财的目的及途经因人而异。
道指符合道德伦理常纲。
成人成贼皆由你心中的那把尺去决定。
对得起人，对得起自己。

视钱如粪土者请自行离开。please click here

Sorry for not having English version. A lil lazy to translate.
For English translation, please go here. But...you need your imagination a bit.

一语惊醒梦中人

2010-12-06T13:33:00.002+08:00

钱不是问题，问题是没钱。

Self interest vs Social interest

2010-12-05T01:23:00.001+08:00

Been involving myself in the so-called advocacy campaign for roughly one year and 4 months. Learned a lot, saw a lot and opened my eyes a lot. Of course there are more awaiting me to explore, which I'm always anticipating.
My crude intention joining such campaign was that I felt the calling to do something for the society and our future. Social interest always comes first. Yup, that's always true when we're to serve the society. But as time goes by, especially when you are holding the steer of an organization, I realized that overemphasizing social interest (or neglecting self interest) will create an unbalanced phenomenon in the long run- sustainability problem. Let me explain this.
For most of the NGOs or voluntary organizations like us, we are much dependent on external funding. Every time when we are to initiate a program or activity, we would scratch our ass so hard figuring out where to look for the money. Money money money~always the root of troubles. But is this the only model that we could survive on? Showing our palm and waiting for good mood?
Idealism is good but unrealistic. If you don't take care of yourself, how are you going to take care of the rest. Let's take a very simple example. When you're aboard, during the safety demo, you are advised to put on the oxygen mask first before your kids. The reason I think you know very well.
I'm not saying going to extreme, but finding a pivot between self interest and social interest. To name one f**king bad example. Once in a circumstance, I found out that the top management officials had misappropriated the profit while each department were only given a very tight budget to work on. I don't want to say more. One word, shit! That's definitely not the "self interest" I'm talking about. Transparency rules.
What I mean is do not take other people's time for granted. Let's say, a voluntary work. Volunteers volunteer themselves to help out, yet somehow sometimes we need to show our gratitude in a tangible way, not just "thank you". This is the self interest of the volunteers.
Next the self interest of the committee members. Passion is passion. But if you want to sustain an organization, passion is not bread. Please do buy their time. Or else you are worse than any capitalist.
To a bigger picture, the self interest of the organization. Most of the time, they like to claim themselves as non-PROFIT organizations. C'mon, how are you going to survive without money? Unless you find yourself a big pipe which channels in the money forever, then you can be Mother Teresa. Mind you, not many Mother Teresa in this world. Only one. Still one day the petroleum will go drought too. So how to make your organization's activities profitable is extremely important to support its survival, to the least extent the management still could operate optimally. Therefore revenue stream should be included in the strategic planning. If not, you are not strategic enough.
Cut short, for advocates, if you want to keep your social impact alive, please balance yourself between self interest and social interest or in other words, idealism and reality. Period.

My New Toy

2010-12-04T00:17:00.000+08:00

I've been always a big fans of Apple. First iPod shuffle, next Macbook and then tada~ my new toy - iPhone 4.

Why I love Apple?

1) They look sexy. Simple and nice - Always being different.

2) Apple is all about how it connects to every bit of my life. From music to design, from work to communication.

3) They cares about details. They are user-friendly, seriously. They knows how to make the machines talk to you. They are more than just machines.

Why I find myself so many reasons? Haha. This is always what a typical consumer does. He or she will find any logical and rational reasons to back up his or her desire. Just like when you ask a girl why she wanna buy shoes. She will give all sorta non-sense reasons. Haha. Most of the time, it's emotion driven. So just say you like it when you like it! ^^

iPhone 4

Full set

Sync-ing with iTune

Full with Apps

T-shirt Designs for MyPSA

2010-12-03T14:14:00.002+08:00

Tada~ New designs from me. Erm...not so new, but still new..haha..

They are the new designs for MyPSA T-shirts (Malaysian Pharmacy Students' Association). They are on sales now! For M'sia Pharmacy students, please do support ya. You can order the t-shirt from your school pharmacy society. Wee~

Hope you like 'em!

I'm a drug expert

MyPSA, our identity

Pharmacist in the making

It's always fun playing with Photoshop and Illustrator..
I do help do freelance to earn some pocket money. All sorta designing works including T-shirts, logos, brochures, booklets, posters, name cards and so on.
If you need a design and don't know where to go, come to me..Haha..

Coming back soon

2010-11-16T13:23:00.002+08:00

Having exam from 11th to 19th.
First and the last exam in Kelantan.
Left one paper. *ngek ngek*
Be in offline mode until 19th to update the rest.
What to update next?
1) My last YLA experience - we won the prize!
2) Things I saw in Korea - I love Korea!
3) The upcoming plan of mine - something big's going on....
I'll be back soon.

Anyway there is an event on this coming Saturday (20 Nov) that you might want to find it out - TEDxYouth@KL. But I'm not sure whether they are still giving out the tickets.
Check it out on their Facebook to find out more.

TEDxYouth@KL

Free ticket to Korea

2010-11-05T18:31:00.001+08:00

Mai Kawan-kawan..tengok sini..

Kimchi Rice Cake and Fish Cake - My first breakfast

Dongdaemun shopping malls

Dongdaemun

Dongdaemun Flee Market

If food, shopping, cultural visit and night life are always what you're looking for, Seoul definitely is your must-go place.And what's more exciting is that now my friend is organizing an online contest giving out FREE round trip to Korea. Go and grab the chance!
Deadline: 19th November
Visit his blog - LeX Paradise and join the contest.As simple as that!

Soul of Asia

2010-11-04T18:38:00.003+08:00

Bongeun-sa (Temple)

Nandaemun Market

Geongbuk-gong

Sleeping guard

Random angle of Geongbuk-gung

Waiting

Random shot

Korean BBQ

"lan yeng"

Gong~ Time to change shift! Stay tuned for more interesting events
and people I met in Korea.

Different Starbucks

2010-10-29T20:47:00.002+08:00

Iced Chocholate Cream Chip

At Starbucks now.
Having the same chocholate cream chip.
Seeing the same interior.
Same cup, same straw.
Same table, same chairs.
But it's different.
Because I'm blogging moer than 4000km from Malaysia - Seoul!! kaka...

Menu in Korean

I'm Malaysian

2010-10-12T20:41:00.003+08:00

4 times I said this,"I'm Malaysian."

First time.
Food poisoning at midnight. Freaking painful. Was sent to hospital. Almost half dead I was. Lying on the bed, a doctor approached me and look at my profile, said,"Are you a Korean?" (What kinda F question at this moment?)
"Nope, I'm Malaysian."

Second time.
Completed my assignment. Going to present in front of professor through viva (aka oral presentation). Professor browsed through our names. "ABC, what a nice name you have" (It's a she)
"Ho Rhu Yann. Are you a Korean?"
"Nope, I'm Malaysian." (what the =.=)
Next, "XYZ, you definitely are Malaysian."
Haha

Third time.
Press conference. Reporter asked, "May I have your name?"
"Ho Rhu Yann"
"How to spell?"
"H..O...R...H...U...Y...A...N...N..." He's busy jotting it down.
"Oooo.....Are you a Korean?"
"Nope, I'm Malaysian."

Fourth time.
Last 2 days. Clerkship at TDM Department. Preceptor requested us to introduce ourselves.
My turn.
"I'm Rhu Yann."
"Yang mana?" Scrolling down the list. "Oooo...Ho-Rhu-Yann."
"Yes I am."
"Your name looks like Korean name."
"Is it? Haha." o.O (OS: I'm Malaysian)

Ho-Rhu-Yann with my look.
Does it make you feel that I'm a Korean? o.O

Three spicy calls

2010-10-08T03:02:00.002+08:00

If you've ever been to Nando's, 3 different spicy levels or 4 they have. (Something's missing here), Mild, Hot and Super Hot.

On 21 Sept 2010 around 1.30pm. I got back to my room to refresh myself a little bit after oncology ward. Three spicy calls inspired my day.

First call from USM HEP.
Spicy level: Mild

4th AFHC 2010

They had confirmed my flight to Korea. 내가 한국에 갈거야! (In English: I'm going to Korea) Departing on 23th Oct to Korea. Presenting Green Lung and its ideology in 4th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities. Mayors and city developers from all over the world will be gathering in Gangnam-gu for 4 days to look into the issues of creating and sustaining a healthy setting in their respective countries. Our focus this time will be sharing Green Lung's stories and letting them discover the potential capacity of youths in creating mass change in hope that the authorities would engage and empower the youths as the change agents in any near future planning.

Second call from Pusat Racun Negara.
Spicy level: Hot
En Nazri asked if I could go down to KL and talk to UKM Green Lung. That would be definitely fantastic for me! I couldn't find a reason for myself to say no anyway. One, I could free myself from Kelantan for at least 3 days. Haha. And two, I'm glad that I could not only have the opportunity to share with more greenlungers, but also have the chance to motivate and inspire myself through talking to them. It's a motivating week for me! Even though I had to finish up my assignment at MidValley's McD and send to my group leader within 1 hour before my laptop battery's out.

Third call from New Straits Times.
Spicy level: Super Hot
Around 1.45pm when I was about to take a quick bath after the two calls, another call came in. Roz on the line, calling from NST. She asked if she could interview me for a column called "Inspiring Youth Malaysian". I was super excited about this though I know it might be something big for me at this moment. That's not the reason I should turn down the offer. Perhaps this would be the driving force to spur and motivate me to be a better me in the future especially this was done publicly.This had indeed spiced up my day!
p/s: This interview was not done face-to-face as she thought that I'm in KL, but through email.

I never knew that they will crop my face just fit enough to be placed in the box
Click to read

Notice it or not? One thing in common. All these three calls were related to Green Lung. XD

Knowing new friends

2010-09-17T23:08:00.003+08:00

On 12th September 11.30pm, I received a call from my friend (President of MyPSA). He asked if I could help to guide two students from Bangladesh as they were coming to Penang. For most instances, I would say yes. No exception this time too. Then I asked for the student's number so that I could know where and when to fetch them.

11.45pm. Messaged them. "Could you let me know where and when to fetch you tomorrow?"

Message replied. "We're now on the way to Penang from Malacca. Would be reaching Penang at 5.30am."

My instant response. "What? 5.30am?" Meaning to say I needed to wake up at 4am and drive to Penang by latest 5am. Gosh, this shouldn't be happening. I only had 4 hours left to sleep in fact during this break, I normally slept at 2am. Quite impossible for me to sleep at 12am and wake up at 4am. But what to do? Promise is a promise. I wasn't not happy. Just that I felt it's a sorrow not to sleep more than 8 hours. At the end of the day I'd been the tour guide and driver for around 18 hours from 6.30am to 12.00am though, it's a pleasure journey.

Met two new friends from Bangladesh, Rajiv and Siam from Pharmacy Students' Society for Bangladesh.

Rajiv and Siam


Nasi Beryani. Something that could be found in their country too


Snake temple.

Batu Ferringhi

Floating Mosque

The first mosque that I entered in Malaysia

I had my first experience entering a mosque too. I was ashamed. I've been living in Malaysia for 23 years but it's foreign tourists who brought me into a mosque and explained the essence of Islam and the prayer. Rajiv zealously explained me the steps of performing the ablution and then led me into the praying hall and told me how the prayer should be carried out. Then I just stood behind the hall and observed Siam doing his prayer.

Again, it's a way to get myself closer to Malaysian culture and understand more about our national religion.

After that brought them to a Malay seafood restaurant to try out some Malay cuisine - Ikan bakar with Su Ee. That called a day off and it's already 12.00am. T.T I still had to drive back home. Haih~

BlogFest Asia in World Heritage, Penang

2010-09-17T00:00:00.000+08:00

It's exciting to hear that BlogFest Asia is now boarding in Penang. I've been always complaining that why those exciting events always happen in KL but not in Penang and every time I have to think twice, thrice or even more before I've made my decision to attend (Almost pokai traveling here and there, to-and-fro).

And yeah, BlogFest Asia is finally satu-satu kalinya held in Georgetown this time and it's FREE! Totally free including free lunch, free dinner, free workshop. Walao, what a big frog hopping on the street. The FREE dinner is going to be held at QE II somemore. It's too much! My experience. This is seriously a great restaurant with great ambience and great food.

QEII, a 360 degree restaurant on the sea

But I don't know why. I'm really sui...really really sui! This time it's my turn not in Penang. Argh~! I'm Kelantan...why?!!!

Nevermind, still this kinda "kap la" I have to share with you. Penang deserves more excitement. Please go and let me know what happen there. Click the link to know more.

BlogFest Asia 2010

Me-We-Me-We

2010-09-14T23:54:00.002+08:00

This is a very delicate relationship between "we" and "me" in determining one to be a Grade A leader or Grade B and C. I think it's somewhat so real as I feel these changes occurring in phase deeply within myself over the last few months.

These are the 4 essential phases in shaping one into a leader. And the border line between 2 phases is so subtle that most of people might fail to notice. Some might have even gone through all these 4 phases without realizing it at all.

Let's take a simple example and you will know what I'm trying to say.

Everyone has ego. When new thing's introduced to you, you might think that it challenges your comfort zone. So the first thing that strikes your mind is NO. It's normal anyway. Not much worries. This is true when you're in a new community or organization. You find it very hard to blend yourself into the new environment. You retain the element "Me".

When time goes by, you adapt yourself gradually to the community and to a certain level, you will develop an intrinsic sense - sense of belonging. You feel that you're part of the community and you will always put the benefits of the community in front of you. Most of the people will remain at this stage because it's always fun to work with a bunch of your friends. Not much responsibilities in this level.

Somewhat in every community, there will be always someone to offer himself or herself to take the leadership role. They want to contribute. They think that they could actually do something for the community. But there's always a specific norm in our community that when such person offers himself, there will be murmur behind the scene. "His face's so thick-lah", "people don't choose him, he offers himself" etc. Is this bad? Those who are not that mentally strong will be scared away as they always want to be accepted by his own group, trying not to be odd. But this is where opportunity comes in (as I mentioned in my last post). These people who offer themselves are termed as leaders.

But again, somehow when you are alone at different level, you see things with your limited perspective as most of the time your mental activity works in your own style. Egoism unfolds again. So your perspective tends to be originated from only one point - you. If a person remains at this phase for too long time, he will develop into a kind called dictator. Yup, they are leaders too but not everyone favors this kinda leader.

If one's exposed enough to the external stimuli, then he will slowly realize that his previous style might not work anymore as he thinks that he could not work based solely on his own perspectives anymore but team's perspective. He needs to work as a team. He needs to work for the people. At this phase, the element "we" will be growing stronger and stronger as the element "me" diminishes. He will then start to inspire people rather than just leading the team. And that is the most important quality of a real leader. He inspires.

Me-We-Me-We is a forward process but it doesn't happen spontaneously. It is much dependent on one's mindset, exposure and also his internal filter system - positive thinking. Positive person sees opportunity in every difficulty whereas negative person sees dead end.

Inspiring Journey - YLA

2010-09-11T18:25:00.010+08:00

YLA - Youth Leadership Academy by McKinsey & Company, Malaysia. Yes. It's McKinsey & Co. It's one of the best management consulting firms in the world. It's been ranked No. 1 for 6 consecutive years in the Vault.com list of top consulting firms.

Having been selected as one of the YLA-ers is definitely an awesome thing. I'm so lucky, to be honest. Actually I wasn't that confident when I was interviewed on phone because I didn't really prepare for it and I just blah out whatever in my mind. I just sent in the form spontaneously when both Khai Sheng recommended this to me and at the same time, I received a circular from another friend of mine. I even failed to recall back what essay I'd written in the application form.

But this doesn't matter much anymore, as now I'm part of YLA. Kaka. YLA is a series of 3 workshops with the theme: Leading self, leading others and leading Malaysia. This is indeed an awe-inspiring program, providing you a lot of useful management tools and most importantly the McKinsey way to solve problems.

Practicing pyramid principle to synthesize the governing thought

Besides, in every workshop there will be a prominent leader to give us an inspiring keynote speech. So far, Datuk Vinod and Mr. Seelan.

Datuk Vinod shared his experience on how he started to be an entrepreneur when he's still a university student in the States. He kicked start his T-shirt business with only 50 bucks and at the age of 20, he sold his company off and turned into millionaire. He became Datuk at the age of 26 and dramatically he went bankrupt at 32. But today, he got back his millions again. Lesson from him: "Do what you think is right and it'll never go wrong".

Mr. Seelan shared with us the 5 crucial qualities to be a leader.

1st quality: Dreams that scare yourself

2nd quality: Take stretch opportunities with discipline

3rd quality: Find yourself caring mentors and partners

4th quality: Giving - giving makes us think from different perspectives

5th quality: Mental renewal and resilience - living the unfamiliar

Tips from him on how to know when there's an opportunity. Opportunity occurs when everyone keeps themselves away from it. He highlighted that YLA couldn't make us into a leader, neither does he, but only we ourselves could make us into a leader. And yeah, this is definitely true. Many people are expecting someone to bring them to where they want to be and in fact, they could only guide and direct you. At the end of the day, it's you yourself to walk to your destination.

And yeah, every YLA-er will be assigned a mentor and my mentor is Mr Megar Ardian. He's the Officer of MAS Transformation office and personal assistant of MAS's CEO. Besides my own mentor, I did learn a lot from other mentors too. They could provide you different perspectives to look into a matter and thus to solve it based on their experience.

YLA-ers during Dinner with Mentors at Le Meridien Hotel

Press conference

2010-09-08T01:51:00.012+08:00

Press conference? Yup. That kinda thing with a lot of mics and cameras in front of you. Then the reporters will throw the questions to you and expect you to answer right on the spot. I saw that scene numerous times on TV. But this time I would be in that scene. Awesome!

Excited but at the same time scared too. Not many people have this kinda chance. And I was glad enough to not only have one, but two in my university life. At least I did something different, I suppose, didn't I? Hehe

Ready? Mics on, ca~~mera!

Typical press conference wasn't like this, instead they expect you having tons to start your conversation. And normally they will start with, "Can you talk a little about your project?" They said "a little", in fact they expect "a lot". Or else, trust me, the situation would be uneasy.

For a birdie like me, first experience did really freak me out seriously (Too bad I don't have photos to share with you). If you said me noob, yeah I'm noob. Imagine, almost all major medias were in front of you. TV3, Sin Chew Jit Poh, The Star, Berita Harian, Bernama and whatnots. What you are about to say will be broadcasted on TV or on papers. Indirectly you're talking to millions of people.

From the Star

When the camera rolled, I tried not to look into the lens because.

..I was scared. Haha. Still my eyeballs would uncontrollably sweep over it. The feeling was like somebody's peeping at you. So uncomfortable.

I stuttered. And you know what came into my mind that time? Nothing. Yes. Nothing at all.

I didn't even know what I was talking about that time. Luckily that time Prof Rahmat was beside me. He helped to cover up a lot. Or else doom. Anyway this was my first debut. So okay lah..haha..

Second time.

This was more official. Look at the picture and you'll know what I mean.

Scene behind PC

I did talking

Cool right? I think so too. :D This time, improved. Still I was scared. I just felt uneasy in front of camera because it's like you are talking to someone that you don't know who you are going to talk to. Get it?

This time at least I could control my speech flow. Reason? Because I had aid on the table. Hehe.. So when I really didn't know what to say, the notes would assist me.

Anyway, it's just another unusual uni experience that I wish to share with you all.

Oldies

2010-09-05T23:01:00.001+08:00

When my friends looked at my iTune song list, they said i'm somehow disconnected from the pop world..yeah, I admit that I don't have lady gaga or dunno-what-bieber
So what? I just love oldies.. :p

Share with you Besame Mucho by Nat King Cole

Sour Apple

2010-08-31T01:46:00.004+08:00

Does an apple taste sweet?
you say yes, I say no.
I say, apple tastes sour.
No, you say. Apple tastes sweet.
I say, no, apple tastes sour.
You say, but most of the people say apple tastes sweet.
I say, true, most of the people, but not me. I'm not most of the people.
You can't use most of the people's judgement to judge me.
I can't prove you wrong, but it doesn't mean you're right.
Because you can't prove me wrong too.
If I'm not wrong, then I might be right.
Many people are afraid of doing something different.
and they think that what most people are doing is always right, and they don't challenge it.
in fact, even if you do something different, as long as it is not proved right or wrong.
so no one could say that it's right or wrong.
when something is not right or wrong until the end of the day,
what are you afraid of?

Korea APPS 2010

2010-08-18T12:35:00.005+08:00

My skin's really gatal..
I don't feel like blogging when I'm free..
but I feel to blog when tomorrow I have a quiz followed by another one on friday..
reason? my skin's gatal loh...

Okay. Some updates about my life..
My last post talked about my first experience as a backpacker in Hong Kong..
(Erm..not really talking about the experience anyway..just allow me to say so, ok?)

APPS in ice sculpture

Then in July, I attended APPS (Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium) in Seoul..What I did there? To join the symposium of course the first thing is...
This time i did bring a mission too..which is to present Green Lung to my dear friends from different countries..
but the story didn't go that well...
I was informed that i would be having 40 minutes to do my presentation...
i was supposed to present after the regional meeting..
so i did prepare up to 70 colorful slides with so much of my brain juice inside..
Ok..i mean that's perfectly fine to me...in fact i was excited for being given such a long time..
i joined the boring regional meeting (If I wouldn't have to present, I wouldn't be there since morning until evening)
I waited..waited..waited..
opps..the meeting was over time..(supposedly should be ended at let's say 7pm, it's now 8.20pm)
The participants' faces were filled with vengeance (because they should have enjoyed their free night right now out there in this dynamic night city)...and now they passed the time to me..
The chairperson told me, "can you finish this within 10 min?"
"Erm..I try lah"
"Cannot ler..must be within 10 min"
...."Okay"
That's how I cut down a 40-minute presentation to exactly 10-minute presentation..
Seriously, it's kinda tough to talk short..
I only had a couple of minutes to prioritize my whole presentation framework..
but luckily I supposed it ended well..I treasured this 10 minutes in hope of passing through my messages and passion at my very best..
Feedback I got:
1) You're a good speaker (I hope so..haha..even though that time I spoke f*ckingly fast)
2) Your presentation was inspiring (This is much more inspiring for me..hehe)
3) I'd like to invite you to Japan to present in the future (OK, this is what I like the most..haha...)

And the following outcomes after my presentation are (a) APRO had decided to place the collaboration between IPSF-APRO and Green Lung as one of their projects of priority (b) A guy from India talked to me saying that he wishes to set up Green Lung in India (That's exciting)

How about my life in Seoul?
I like the city honestly...It's simply great..

Group photo in front of their ancient court

Korean traditional festive dance

Typical Korean meal

Night scene at dunno-what-gang (river)

I've made a lot of friends from different countries from this symposium..

With Thai girls during International Night

and definitely I'm looking forward to the next one in Indonesia (In fact, I'd booked the ticket to Indon..haha)

I did try some new stuffs in Korea too..
1) I drank beer and their traditional alcohols

Koreans love beer!

Korean rice alcohol. It's nice

2) I experienced the mabuk-ness (I know we looked so retarded here)

Choon Fu and I were mabuk already

3) I challenged T-express in Everland (The world steepest wooden ride in the world..c'mon 75 degree ler...Initially a chicken like me wouldn't never wanna take this ride..just that my friends from UiTM challenged me..for the sake of my face, I die die also had to take liao..)

T-Express at Everland

Silk worms they are. Put into your mouth.

Great view with blue sky and greenery

4) I ate an octopus alive (of course, it was chopped into small pieces lah..but then tentacles were still moving...you can catch the video on my Facebook) and silk wormsI love Korea (Snapped in Nami Island where Winter Sonata was shot)

Okay, so what's next in my life..
I'm going to Kelantan next Monday to do my clerkship...
In this coming October, I'm going to..guess what...Korea again!!!
(What for i'm doing there again? hehehe....to attend another conference..it's called The 4th Global Conference of Alliance for Healthy Cities....since USM sponsored me...why not? Haha)

Catch up with you guys soon...back to my notes then..

Experience on plane

2010-06-27T20:53:00.003+08:00

This was my first long and backpacking trip.
Of course I was excited about it. But when I was aboard the plane, my mood's almost spoilt.
At 1650, the engine vroomed and now I was off the ground, heading to Macau. Yoohoo. Holiday here I come!
I tilted down my seat and laid back cosily to enjoy the next 3 and a half hour journey. Suddenly I felt a thump on the back of my seat. WTH! I turned around and saw a middle-aged women. From her face, I immediately knew that she's definitely a "Pat Po" (Bitch).
She spoke to me in a rural-accent chinese, "can you tilt up the seat? I feel not comfortable."
TMD.
I ran my eyes over her from her head to her toe. Walao, shorty you, your knees did not even touch my seat. How uncomfortable would you be? Or you feel more comfortable sticking your f*king face onto my seat, don't you?
Okay fine! Seeing you are old nia. I give you face. I tilted my seat up.
Of course after that I kesi kesi kept on tilting down my seat.
And most beh tong thing was that that pat po and her gang were so freaking noisy. They chattered non-stop throughout the journey. They paused only when they had their dinner in their mouth and that's the only time I felt the peaceful moment from them.
Only from them oh..not from the whole plane.
I don't know why, maybe my luck was not good. Zooming out from my seat, the whole plane was almost occupied by passengers of same kind. Die loh. The plane was walao eh...so so so so so so so so so x n noisy! They were from China. Now I can make a conclusion. China people are noisy. (you may say that I'm biased or what, but I don't care) They talked like nobody's business. From scientific perspective, maybe they were high that time and couldn't control their adrenaline rush.
Okay, the day's getting darker. Those pat po's started shutting up their mouths. Suddenly, I heard a melody. Weird. Airasia normally played only classical music. How come it sounded like chinese song. I tried to give my ear to the song. Something's not right. The singing sucked. Definitely not from the PA.
Khai Sheng decided to check it out. Now believe it or not. He said there were 2 China girls singing karaoke. Fulamak~!!
A flight attendant passed by our seats and looked at me. I replied him with my eyes. He asked, "Do you need anything, sir?"
I paused. "It's very merry here." =.=

Quality control

2010-06-01T18:00:00.002+08:00

Let the pictures tell the stories.

NoGAPS

2010-05-28T15:00:00.012+08:00

Done NoGAPS 2010*
(*NoGAPS: National Gathering of Pharmacy Students)
This year, at AIMST.

Honest Disclaimer: This involves only the author's personal observations and opinions. The photos are stolen from others' facebook albums

Seriously speaking i like the AIMST's campus and their apartment-style hostel, but not the insects there. Sleeping with mosquitoes, bathing with cockroaches and sharing your meal with flies. What a "green" way. (Green in the sense of the colour of the shit)
I wonder how the AIMST students can stand and stay with them under one roof for such a long time. Imagine, the morning when you wake up and stand in front of the mirror, you might be surprised that suddenly so many tahi lalats have grown all over your face overnight. Bangkai-bangkai berselerak on the floor like chocolate factory. =.= And everytime before i took my bath, i was like "the cleaner" cleaning up the dead bodies.

OK, cutting crap. Now talk about my overall impression of NoGAPS.
If I were to give a score from the range of 1 to 5, I would say..erm..3.5

My first impression started taking place during the registration.
"Hmm...why only having one counter, in fact there are many other facilitators behind the counter shaking their legs?" (I'm not critisizing here, this is a question) So my rating will be...3 stars!

In the evening, yeah..icebreaking. I was quite looking forward to this session. It's a two-hour session. I was expecting something cool. However, in the first few games, I wasn't in the mood simply because the session was way too long. Apa ohm pun dah habis. Then, what wrapped up the night was the fucking idea asking me to go for debate competition. =.= Hmm..still OK lah, as I think that this was new to me. At least it's an experience. Fine! And yeah, besides this, performances by the participants were the "usual" part of such event. I was in the Green Group and we had been assigned to do a sketch. Still, it scored 4 stars!

Day 2. Opening ceremony. Not too bad, neither too good. But one thing I must share with you honestly. They had prepared an old-fashioned gimmick to officiate the ceremony which was to ask the VIPs to cut off the thread and the bunting attached to the helium balloons was then being brought up into the mid of air revealing the words "NoGAPS 2010". I can't help to give 5 wows to this. Wow wow wow wow wow. I was like mulut ternganga in shock. Haha. It's not that I was amazed by this prehistoric stunt but you know what, as the whole thing was tied to a mobile stand, so meaning to say the staffs supposedly had to move the stand from the side to the center of the stage. And here come the funny part. Instead of placing the stand at the center of the stage, they pushed the stand right to the front of the VIPs until there's barely room for the VIPs to stand up from their seats. Haha..C'mon common sense! Too bad. Rate this 2.5 =.=

Now here's the exciting one. Pharmrace!

USM gang in NoGAPS

Frankly speaking this was the good one. It's a station game but this time the game area covered almost the whole town. Running like hell from a place to another. However an abrupt chapter happened when we came to our third station which was in a mall (central mall i think). We were chased out from the mall by the security guards due to some miscommunication with the tenant. Because suddenly the whole mall was flooded with NoGAPS participants and they were like running here and there around the mall like nobody's business, inevitably this will definitely arouse in the security guards a sense of threat. We'd spent more than an hour outside the mall waiting the matter to be settled before continuing the race.

Quest: Finish up a super duper spicy tomyam

Of course the mood would be affected a little bit but overall it was awesome! The teamwork among the members was really fostered throughout the game. 4.5 stars!

My Group. Green we are.

Day 3. Community service. We went to a rumah amal which is a school for the special children in Kulim. This was my community service. (I'd given a lot of my "first times" in this NoGAPS). When we reached, we were warmly welcomed by the teachers and students there. One of the persons-in-charge said in his welcoming speech that this rumah amal is only subsidized by the government an amount of fund which is only sufficient to run its operation for one or two month. The rest is solely depending on the public donation. And this sounds sad. I mean when there are so many feasts done by the governments of which each of every feast may cost up to 10k or even higher just to celebrate those unnecessary events, on the other side, the rumah amal is only given an approximate fund of 20k per YEAR to survive.
At the rumah amal there, we have slow learners, Down syndrome sufferers and some mentally retarded students. Nevertheless most of these special children were able to carry out their basic routine normally, just that they might need to take slightly longer time to complete a task. I couldn't understand and communicate well with some of them as they slurred the words. If I were asked to take care of these kids, would I have such perseverance and patience? Really 101% respect to the volunteers and teachers there. *Salute* When I saw them and looked back to myself, I really felt blessed at that moment. I mean I'm blessed with a normal mentality and physique.
This was damn meaningful. It triggered my thought to think more in depth the life I'm leading now. Rate 5!

At night, it's showtime! As I mentioned earlier, we were asked to prepare a sketch and now it's time to put it on stage. And you might wonder what role I was playing. Tarzan. =.= Actually this was a backfired plan. Initially during our discussion, I was trying to "aniayai" Jivan (New friend from USCI)who's not on the spot at that time to be the tarzan. "Who vote for Jivan?" Everyone looked so active participating in the voting. "Yeah, now we have our hero, Jivan!!!" After some moment when Jivan's back to our discussion, he looked helpless when he's told that he was about to act as a tarzan. Maybe because of his innocent look, now the people rebelled. "Now who wants rhuyann to be tarzan?" all rose. Shit, betrayers! All fingers were pointed to me. *Speechless* What to do? Accept the fate loh..
During the performance, I really gave all in. Tarnished my image was. Aih~ I looked so stupid crawling on the floor. Ish! But still I would give 4.0

Day 4. Shit day - debate. This was my first time to be involve in debating. (You may say I practise that alot in my daily life, but that's not called debating, that's arguing) This was also the first time my stance was determined by someone. You know how the feeling was like? Erm..it's like when you like to eat durians, you have to come out with various sound reasons to rebut the truth.
The motion was "the present education system is failing in its duties to society". Do you notice something odd here? Yeah! The government is no longer the government but the government is now the opposition. In the simpler words, the proposition team oppose their policy by supporting the motion. Are you getting confused now? Haha..That's how I felt..Another special about this debate was that we were only informed our stance 10 minutes before the show. Can you imagine how f our thinking processes were that time? Of course, if I were to think from another perspective, it's good somehow.
10 minutes before 10am, we drew lots. And yeah, we were opposition team. So we would have to defend our education system. It's "successful". This was torturing my brain as I'm not pro our edu system. And a second before I knew our stance, I still assumed that we would definitely be the proposition team and was so hardworking preparing the draft for proposition.
Now, on the stage. Basically I didn't know exactly what I was supposed to do even though my teammates had told me what a third speaker should do. They said,"you don't need to prepare anything. Just listen to what proposition team said and rebut everything." Wah, macam sangat easy...

Notice me on the stage? I was the third speaker.

After proposition first speaker, then our first speaker....second speaker, then my turn. I took up the mic and looked at my notes, which were basically full with proposition team's points. I started talking emptily. I couldn't remember what I'd said. Haha. And what's funny was that when the second speaker from proposition asked for POI, I mean she did say something but seriously I didn't know what she's trying to tell me. And I said, "What's your question again?" (This phrase became another quotations of mine after this) =.=

My teammates: Miza, Me and Kal (From left)

But surprisingly, our team won the debate. Yeah, I know. You wanna say that even if I'm not in the team, they will win too, which I think it's quite right too lah..haha..
Anyway it's an awesome experience. But no next time. Rate 4.0

After this, it's MyPSA (Malaysian Pharmacy Students' Association) AGM. Walao eh, this was so sienz...They spent more than 6 hours to complete the whole thing. At the end, there are still 3 posts left open. Pity. I'm not going to elaborate this further as most of the time, I was in half auto-pilot mode. Rate 2.5

Then, tada, grand dinner at Swiss Inn Hotel (I dunno why there's an "inn" when it's a hotel. Erm..I'm not quite sure it's an inn or a hotel) . An AIMST-feel dinner. The rest you imagine yourself. Just another social event similar to prom night. Still it's a nice one, seeing the girls painting the cat (B.Malaysia) on their faces and in their best dresses! To cut short, i would rate 4.0 (Because I'm quite lazy to write now)

USM gang again during grand dinner

So that's roughly (yeah, I know, me doubt too) how NoGAPS was. Overall, I'm glad to attend this as I'd found it quite fun too. Looking forward to the next NoGAPS in UM then.

Oh yeah, just to add the last sentence. Did we take the big group photo? Or I was left out?

25仔

2010-05-21T14:52:00.004+08:00

Question:
You know which *Telco in Malaysia is *25仔？
(*Telco means telecommunication company)
(*25仔 means betrayer, traitor, a sellout to enenmy etc)

Hint: Maxis, Digi or Celcom (not in an order of priority, but in the order of forgetfulness. From left to right with an increasing level of forgetfulness)

Answer:
Hotlink (Maxis)!!

A day with animals!

2010-05-19T19:16:00.007+08:00

This was my second visit to Singapore Zoo since my last time back in 1995. Walao..15 years already...The only animal I remembered was the flaming red parrot... After 15 years, I stepped into this fabulous zoo again.. Still they gave me alotsa surprises.
Giraffe, elephant, polar bear, leopard, lion etc.. Seeing them walking, eating alive in front of you in such a close distance (except in Nat Geo), it's so awesome, isn't it? (compared to malaysian zoo, keep the skin lah) I'm just lovin'em..

Here comes the story with some nice pics.
Now, let's look at the white tiger.

They are so popular here in the zoo. The male one (I think he's called Omar) is a good poser. He knows angle very well. Erm...does this make you recall something?
Yeah, you're right! One of them (I dunno which one) was the murderer who killed the Malaysian who was so stupid jumping into the pool and trying to kill himself last year.

Next, the big star from Australia - Kangaroo!

Baboons with their big red ass. They obviously do not practise good hygiene. They just love to pick up anything from the floor and put it right into their mouths. Their red ass might be due to excessive diarrhea spending too much time sitting on the toilet bowls.

Here comes the pitiful one. They never experience their teenage - Goat.
I've been seeing this creature since I was a kid.
Those city kids were so obsessed with them as though they are the Greek mythological creatures - centaurs.

Ladies and gentlemen, here comes the King - King Julien..!!!

but this is the lame one..
You know why he has such reaction? Because I almost stepped my feet on him... He must be freaked out... Anyway, they are tame..you could actually try to pamper them...

After a long tiring walk, here we go for our lunch.
Ah Meng Restaurant. If you were to go to the zoo in the near future, I do strongly recommend to you this restaurant. You'll never be regretful.

By the way, who is Ah Meng? Ah Meng was actually an orang utan. He's the celebrity in Singapore i tell you. Don't play play. This restaurant was named after him. Anyway seriously the food here really surprised me. I didn't expect that the food in such tourism spot would be so nice! (Maybe I stay too long in Malaysia already)
Some pictures to let you drool...
Nasi Lemak. Tell you, the barbeque chicken drumstick is so so huge..initially I thought it's a turkey drumstick..

Briyani rice set with curry chicken. This is the must-try option. They prepared this with so much delicate...

Oh ya, how much were these?
The admission ticket is S$18 per pax with a food voucher worth S$1.
Both sets are S$8.90 each. With the food voucher, you could enjoy any of these sets with just S$7.90..
For big eaters, yup, this is more than enough for you! :D

With this, I wrap up this post. Stay tuned for my next post. Food!!

妹妹背着洋娃娃

2010-05-18T21:36:00.000+08:00

妹妹背着洋娃娃，
走到花园来看花，
娃娃哭了叫妈妈，
树上小鸟笑哈哈。

咦，是不是发现到歌词有点不妥？

再看一次。

妹妹背着洋娃娃，
走到花园来看花，
娃娃哭了叫妈妈，

等下！
为什么是娃娃哭，不是妹妹哭。
顿时我有股毛骨悚然的感觉。

Holiday Plan

2010-05-18T02:13:00.002+08:00

Holiday's coming! Yeah (Though it's a bit late to cheer now)
I was just back from singapore today.
yeah, singapore! And I went to Universal Studios Singapore!
Seriously, that's really really awesome!
(If I have the mood, share with you some of the great attractions there with some cool pics, only if...)
It's just nice to spend your good day there!

I'll be going to make really full use of my holidays!
This is my holiday plan:
1) Singapore
2) NoGAPS(National Gathering of Pharmacy Students), Sg Petani, Kedah
3) YCA camp, Kulai, Johore
4) Macau & Hong Kong
5) Ipoh Prefect Camp, Ipoh, Perak
6) UM Green Lung Workshop, Kuala Lumpur
7) APPS (Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium), Seoul, Korea
Cool? Yeah, I think so too..haha
Hmm...I can't afford to fall sick from this week onwards.
Have to keep myself always healthy not only physically but psychologically too!

Shall update my singapore trip soon...hopefully
Ate some nice food there (My favourite part)..

stay tuned.

Another lesson

2010-05-10T01:54:00.002+08:00

It's been some time i don't crap on my blog.
kinda missing it.
but recently my life is too serious.
nothing much could really trigger laughters in me.
how's my life lately?
pretty good..i suppose so..
again i would say..too many shits on my face..
learning to say "no" is a must-learn skill..
i'm just too happy to say "yes" every time..
yeah..i'm a typical aries...
i'll be the first to eat the shit even if i know it's a shit..
after that, will be sitting at one corner and scolding myself, "what the f*** is wrong with you"
I dunno whether this is good or bad..
Just everything seems too interesting to me.. (again a typical aries)
you could understand me quite easily as my horoscope reveals everything..
ok, this is my mind behind the scene.
firstly, why i always say "yes" to every opportunity?
- Because they are opportunities. We never know what's behind the door. Even if the thing is not the right one for you, but i always believe that this door will lead to another door which is exactly what i'm looking for.

secondly, why i don't say "no"? (this question is different from the first one)
- Because yeah, honestly i dunno how to reject a person face to face. The reason is if a person is asking help from you, you must have a value that others don't have. If they have choices, they would never come for you. If they come for you, meaning to say they have no choice. so what's wrong if i help them out. At least for me, i tak rugi..

BUT, when too many things come at the same time, these are shits..trust me..
the feeling being is so complicated...
oh man, i need to focus..focus and focus....

Again, another lesson learnt: Must prioritize the opportunities.

Dream big. Be unreasonable

2010-04-27T15:27:00.002+08:00

Another great article I'd read recently online.

From http://www.motivation-for-dreamers.com/dream-big.html

Dedicated to anyone with dreams.

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Dream Big – Introduction

George Bernard Shaw wrote that “the reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

One thing I have come to know by experience is that if something is widely accepted by people then you should doubt it. Just because something is “common sense” and “common knowledge” does not make it the truth.

Looking through history, and even in contemporary times, it is clear that the people that have made a difference and excelled above their generation are those that challenged the general view of things during their time.

They are people who ask why and find the answer before they accept something as gospel truth. If they do not find a satisfactory answer they change their perceptions and views in accordance with what they have found to be the truth.

Dream Big – take a lesson from history

A little over one hundred years ago, it was a generally held view that you could not catch voices from the wind and hear people speak who were hundreds of miles away. It took the invention of the radio to challenge this view and to change the world. Today, you can not only hear that person, you can see them as easily as though they were seated next to you. The internet and television have made this possible.

Who would have believed in the eighteen hundreds that man would be able to fly faster than any bird in the nineteen hundreds and beyond? The Wright brothers did. They challenged the view of their day and dared to dream. They were unreasonable men.

All the people that have changed the world in a big way were unreasonable people. Being unreasonable is being senseless, not level-headed, illogical or impractical. Sensibility, practicality, level-headedness and logic are good qualities no doubt and qualities that are invaluable to any dreamer as they pursue their dreams.

But while it is good to be like that when you are actually working on your dream, it is not advisable when it comes to defining your ultimate dream.

Dream Big – be unreasonable and senseless

Your ultimate dream should be unreasonable and senseless. If it is not, you are not dreaming big enough. When you have a dream that is big enough it will be totally mind-blowing. It will be one that will challenge you and scare you at the same time. It will be a dream that is so huge you will get excited and question your own sanity at the same time.

Your senses enable you to see, smell, hear, taste and touch. The senses exist in the physical realm in that they are designed to perceive the physical environment around you. So your senses cannot perceive things that are of a mental or spiritual nature.

Dream Big – ignore your senses

That is exactly the problem for us: we are too sensible with our dreams. We plan according to what we perceive by our senses to be the truth. We plan according to how much money we see in our bank accounts or pockets, what we hear people say about us and our situation or the economy, and the resources and things we can touch as being available to us. We are restricted by our senses.

Yet, Our senses were never designed to perceive spiritual, mental or abstract things. Our dreams begin with our thoughts, which are a mental process. Our thoughts are or should be superior to our senses. Whatever is manifested in the physical realm to the senses begins in the mental or spiritual realm.

Dream Big – trust your thoughts

If you are a dreamer you have to place more trust in your thoughts than in your senses. You must be unreasonable and senseless. Then your mind will be free to dream and to explore the possibilities of your potential.

Free yourself from your current physical limitations such as how much money you have, what papers you have, your current job, where you live and what you own. Your dream should be illogical and definitely not practical. If you have a clear idea right from the start as to how you would achieve your dream with every detail worked out, it is flawed.

If you have a dream that is big enough, you will not know how you will achieve it all when you start. Sure, you will have an idea of where to start, but not the whole picture. The “how” is not important, only the “what.” It’s cliché, but take heed to the saying: “where there is a will, there is a way.”

Dream Big – the acid test

Here is an acid test for your dream: if most people agree with you that your dream is achievable and that it is reasonable, chances are it is not worth dreaming about. If, on the other hand, when you tell people your dream they look at you like you are a case in the fruitcake sanitarium, or locally we would say a “Chainama” case, then you are probably on the right track. Do not be limited by an inability to see beyond your present circumstances. Do not be controlled by your senses.

Dream Big – understand the inside-out paradigm

As a dreamer, you must realise that life is lived from the inside-out and not from the outside-in. It all starts in the mind. That is the real battlefield of life. That is where the war is raging. If you can create your ideal life in your mind and live that life like a reality everyday in your mind, you have won the battle. It will have no choice but to manifest itself in the physical.

Success, riches, happiness, fulfillment, recognition and all, do not come as a surprise to dreamers when they get those things - because they have been living it in their minds all along. It had to happen. The physical world cannot resist the spiritual and mental world. In the hierarchy of life it was designed so. One has to obey the other. The physical has to obey the spiritual and mental.

Dream Big – conclusion

The spiritual and mental aspects of a man are limitless, boundless, free in every respect and more powerful than we could ever understand. They are unreasonable and senseless.

In the book of Hebrews this principle is well illustrated because “through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Learn to utilize this power within you. Be unreasonable.

You are all you can be. Go on and be it.

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Be the master of your dream.

Live your dream!

周杰伦背后的故事

2010-04-27T00:36:00.003+08:00

在Facebook看到这个note。
看了很有感觉。
名人背后总有非常人能够想像得到的故事。
成功并非绝对的。
不灭的坚持及热忱确是成功的关键。
花你的少许时间，读读这篇文章吧！

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或許您不喜歡周杰倫
或是很納悶他到底為什麼那麼紅

看完或許你會很感動
對生命親情教養會有更不同的看法
祝福您

周杰倫來自破裂家庭「媽媽用愛付出一切」

周杰倫，萬千青少年為他的歌聲而癡迷、崇拜的一位天皇巨

星，對母親葉惠美有著似
海深情，因為在他最孤獨最無助的時候，是媽媽用溫暖愛的臂膀支撐著他。所以周
杰倫一直說，「只要媽媽高興，我願意為她付出一切！」

音樂天才破裂的家!

周杰倫出生於1979 年1月，媽媽葉惠美是台北淡江小學的美術老師，爸爸是淡江
中學的物理老師。周杰倫4歲讀幼稚園時，葉惠美把他送到淡江山葉幼兒音樂班學鋼
琴。平時活潑好動的小杰倫一站到鋼琴面前，竟是出奇的安靜，聽老師彈奏一遍自己
就能復彈出來，老師告訴葉惠美，這孩子很有天分！

為了培養杰倫的音樂素質，葉惠美主張拿出家裏全部積蓄為杰倫買一架好鋼
琴，請最好的鋼琴老師為杰倫輔導。而杰倫的爸爸則認為不必這麼認真，男孩子
嘛，隨意一點，沒必要拿出全部積蓄投資。最後，葉惠美還是背著丈夫為杰倫買了一
架鋼琴，弄得杰倫爸很不高興。小學三年級時，杰倫偶然聽到世界名曲《天鵝
湖》，被大提琴憂傷淒美的曲調迷住了，葉惠美沒和丈夫商量又為杰倫購買了大提
琴。

杰倫爸對妻子葉惠美「孤注一擲」的做法嗤之以鼻，他回家就指責葉惠美的不
是，家庭裡的溫馨越來越少，爭吵越來越多。杰倫不知道爸爸為什麼總要找媽媽吵
鬧，他用自己稚嫩的詩行記下他的困惑和傷感：

從小到大只有媽媽的溫暖為什麼我爸爸那麼兇

如果真的我有一雙翅膀兩雙翅膀隨時出發

偷偷出發我一定帶走我媽媽……

這傷感的詩行杰倫後來為它譜了曲，就是那首令萬千歌迷傷感的《爸，我回來
了》。

周杰倫初中二年級時，父母終於離婚。 14歲的周杰倫寫道：「爸爸媽媽彼此沒有
愛，難道這就是生命的真諦？」沉默、倔強和叛逆已經塑造了另一個周杰倫。

世人不識君苦悶中的徘徊

周杰倫有音樂天賦，但功課卻很糟。高中聯考總分只有 100多分，連普通高中也
沒考上，前途一片黯淡，母子倆相對無言，難道兒子就這麼完了？恰好淡江中學第一
屆音樂班正在招生，周杰倫考上了。

因為彈得一手好鋼琴，拉得一手好大提琴，又時常活躍在籃球場上，周杰倫成為
許多女同學關注和談論的對象。但是，周杰倫卻常常面無表情，很少露出一絲笑
容，除了音樂成績出類拔萃以外，其它科目成績幾乎全線紅字，老師們紛紛認為他智
力低下，他的英語老師甚至直言不諱對葉惠美說周杰倫有智力障礙。葉惠美陷入了深
深的思索，她還是決定要把杰倫培養成才，至少當一個鋼琴師吧。葉惠美沒有指責杰
倫，她認為杰倫走到今天冷漠、叛逆的地步是家庭的不和睦造成的，並且深信自己的
孩子沒有智力障礙，於是她嚐試用姐弟式的關心來「馴服」周杰倫，規定自己「三
不」：不嘮叨、不指責、不脅迫兒子。

果然如老師們的預測，周杰倫沒有考上大學。葉惠美多方打聽後，鼓勵杰倫去考
台北大學音樂系，結果他沒有被錄取。周杰倫咬著牙考第二次，還是失敗了。媽媽和
外婆外公都為杰倫的前途擔憂，這孩子究竟將來能幹什麼呢？

極度迷惘的周杰倫無所事事，只好等待服海軍兵役，這期間，竟得了僵直性脊椎
炎，令人沮喪的是這種病無法根治，只能靠藥物緩解，到了晚期全身甚至會像殭屍一
樣僵硬，也可能導致癱瘓。葉惠美和外婆說起杰倫就垂淚。

母愛呵護下一飛沖天

病緩解一些後，周杰倫到一家餐廳打工，作為端盤工的他因為時常打翻菜盤，每
個月的工資幾乎被扣掉了一半。餐廳中有一台鋼琴，一次閒暇時周杰倫彈了一曲《肖
邦舞曲》，把老闆驚呆了，老闆靈機一動，叫周杰倫不要端盤子了，就在餐廳彈
琴，然後請來電視台記者炒作，不但使得餐廳生意火爆起來，還節約了一大筆請鋼琴
師的費用。

葉惠美感受到了杰倫的音樂潛能，她替兒子在台北星光電視台娛樂節目「超猛新
人王」報了名。周杰倫精心創作了一首歌曲《夢有翅膀》，但他對自己的演唱實在沒
信心，請了一位歌手演唱。演唱者不能理解他的曲風，而他的鋼琴伴奏又顯得怪
異，弄得台下聽眾噓聲一片，初出茅廬的一場表演徹底搞砸了。

葉惠美急了，性格內向的她鼓起勇氣找到了主持人吳宗憲，把《夢有翅膀》的曲
譜拿給他看。吳宗憲當時是台灣阿爾發音樂公司的老闆，他對周杰倫的第一印象並不
好，應付似的拿起曲譜掃了一眼，卻是眼睛一亮，歌譜不僅抄寫得工工整整，而且譜
得十分複雜。慧眼的他立即改變了主意：「這孩子還可以，明天叫他到我公司來上
班！」

周杰倫進了音樂公司任音樂製作助理，在媽媽的鼓勵下，每天主動幫同事們買盒
飯，大家對這個沉默寡言但又勤快的小伙子有了好感。而葉惠美總擔心杰倫冷漠而倔
強，又不善言辭，生怕他無意中把老闆和員工們得罪了，於是常常在下班時間站在公
司門口，準備一些可口的比薩、炸雞送給員工，請他們包涵杰倫。一來二往，葉惠美
對公司員工比周杰倫還熟悉，同事們都知道周杰倫有一個好媽媽。

周杰倫很快創作出大量的歌曲，但讓吳宗憲感到不可理解的是，他創作的歌詞總
是怪怪的，音樂圈內幾乎沒有人喜歡。一次，周杰倫又拿著自己的得意之作送給吳宗
憲審讀。這次吳宗憲連看都不看，便將那首歌曲揉成一團，隨手丟進身邊的垃圾桶裡
去了。周杰倫的眼淚禁不住流了出來。

是放棄還是繼續？媽媽每天來公司門口已經成為一道風景線，如果放棄，太對不
起媽媽了，周杰倫硬著頭皮支撐著，他吃住都在辦公室，以每天一首歌的速度進行創
作。葉惠美每天晚上都到公司看望杰倫，望著日漸消瘦的兒子，她強忍著不讓自己的
淚水流出來，儘量說一些鼓勵的開心的話，然後將杰倫換下的髒衣服拿回去洗乾
淨。一連一個多月，吳宗憲每天早上八點鐘上班時，總能準時見到周杰倫新的作
品。終於，他被這位小伙子的勤奮和天賦深深地感動了，他「嗅」出了周杰倫的歌曲
隱隱有一種味道，答應找歌手演唱他創作的歌曲。

吳宗憲將周杰倫的《眼淚知道》推薦給天王歌星劉德華，劉德華看了一眼就拒絕
了。不久，又將他的《雙節棍》推薦給火爆華語歌壇的張惠妹，沒料想，張惠妹也毫
不猶豫地拒絕了。吳宗憲決定給周杰倫最後一次機會，讓他自己演唱自己創作的歌
曲，如果這樣也不行，他就只好請周杰倫走人了！他將周杰倫叫到辦公室，十分鄭重
地說：「阿倫，給你 10天的時間，如果你能寫出50首歌，而我可以從中挑出10首，那
麼我就幫你出唱片。」

老闆的話刺激得周杰倫興奮不已，他打電話告訴媽媽後就跑到街上買回一大箱方
便麵。他想，就是拼了命，也要做最後的搏擊。

周杰倫熬紅了雙眼如約寫出了50 首歌曲，而且每一首都寫得結構合理，譜得工工
整整。吳宗憲終於有了讚許的笑容，他挑選出10首，2001年初製成了周杰倫的第一張
專輯《杰倫》。

公司對這張唱片沒抱多大希望，能收回製作成本就算不錯了。然而《杰倫》橫空
出世後，猶如一場猛烈的颱風橫掃台灣，很快被歌迷搶購一空。《杰倫》一舉奪得台
灣當年最佳流行音樂演唱專輯、最佳製作人和最佳作曲人三項大獎。《杰倫》的成功
讓公司始料不及，讓台灣的歌星們大跌眼鏡，紛紛詢問哪裏冒出來的周杰倫？如果說
第一張專輯小有成就的話，那麼，周杰倫第二張專輯《范特西》已經形成了風暴，席
捲了大陸、港台、東南亞整個華語歌壇，各種大獎紛至沓來。

周杰倫終於成功了，他深深明白，沒有媽媽黑暗中明燈般的溫暖，他支撐不到今
天，媽媽為他一直未再嫁，點點滴滴都是舐犢之情。他將所有的收入都交給媽媽掌
管，儘管自己有了公寓，每個週末依然回家，同媽媽、外婆一起享受天倫之樂。葉惠
美更是百感交集，當年丈夫的譏諷、老師的搖頭、生活的艱辛都隨風而去。

葉惠美退休後，周杰倫總擔心媽媽寂寞，只要在台灣，他都回家同媽媽住在一
起。週末時，他會約上媽媽一起去看午夜場的電影，媽媽喜歡看經典片，周杰倫就陪
著看，而周杰倫喜歡看的前衛片，葉惠美也陪著兒子看，幸福的暖流縈繞在母子心
間。周杰倫的第四張專輯就叫《葉惠美》，這是兒子獻給母親的禮物。

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怎样？有feel吧？

Letter to our servants

2010-03-26T12:37:00.003+08:00

Read Khai Sheng's recent post: The 让 Culture: Featuring TEDxKL.
It's hitting the nail right on my head.
Why Malaysian culture is so much different?
Let's take the example of government servants.
Did I say SERVANTS?

According to thefreedictionary.com,
Servant:

1. One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.

2. One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.

3. One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another

now we're talking about public servant or government servant,
so let's focus on definition 2.
One who is publicly employed to PERFORM SERVICES.
So, I would assume that performing services is their job.

Whenever I enter any government department/agency office, I would expect to see the servants welcome me with their warmest smile and ask me in the most polite way, "May I help you?/Bolehkah saya membantu?"
Okay, I know. I should wake up. Well, this is Malaysia.
and most of the incidences I dealt with the so-called servants were unpleasant.

They were always so tired pointing their noses up to the ceiling.
They were always having hallucination as if they were CEOs or CCOs
They were always having moodswing and treating the public like their servants.
They were always having so much stress in fact I always see them doing the same thing everyday.

Letter to public servants

Dear government servants,

I'm here writing in to remind you your role as a responsible public servant.
First of all, the public is not your employee. You don't pay us. In fact, we taxpayers pay you.
If you don't treat us as boss, I think most of us are fine with that.
but to the least extent, treat us like your customers.
Even your big boss, our PM was elected by the people.
We've given our trust to him to choose you to serve us.
and perhaps YB should not stand for Yang Berhormat, but Yang Berkhidmat.
I think we people will never want to choose someone to just sit the topmost chair and be idolized.

You are at the very forefront representing the country to serve the people.
We're not supposed to tell you what you should do, but you should do what you should do.
So it's time to think how to be our servants.

Thank you

Best regards,
A humble Malaysian

Pissed off

2010-03-23T20:34:00.002+08:00

One little event irritated me today.
I went to HEP (aka DSA) today to follow up my application.
Yeah, I always know that when we talk about money, it's sensitive.
especially talking to those so-called top management
(in fact he's only a fart insect)

I will be okay if you speak to me politely and tell me the reasonings
and normally I will accept.

but seeing that cocky face, he said, "HEP has no money."
walao..you think I can accept ah..
C'mon, you are here to serve the students,
it's this the best you can say.

After his sentence, it'd created a very awkward atmosphere.
I could immediately sense it from the expressions of another two staffs on the spot.
*Damn*

Then he said, "Lepas ni baru bagi tau"
*Okay, this is a so lame standard answer given by any government servants*
I continued and asked, " Agak-agak bila boleh tau?"
He answered with his cocky face again, "Tak tau"
*If I don't continue asking, you think he will tell me ah*
"Tetapi... my application will be closed at the end of this month already"

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what an officer from HEP answered me.
"Ini pasal you, you kena settle sendiri"

*Walao eh, I'm pelajar, you are from HAL EHWAL PELAJAR. I can't imagine this sentence's coming out from his f mouth. Erlo Boss, if student's affair is not your business, then whose else business? Report police ah or telephone bomba?*

Maybe you were in a bad mood or maybe you were experiencing PMS, but this was definitely not the way how you treated students.
I'm not pissed off because they didn't approve my application.
I'm pissed off because of that stupid idiot cocky F-ker.. shame of USM~!!!

World of Convenience

2010-03-22T12:18:00.003+08:00

Personally I like to choose the so-called critical time to update my blog.
Kiam-pak! Haha~

Update some bits of my life.
Joined the Mobile Youth Unconference 2010 in Technology Park Malaysia, KL on 11th March.
It's basically a gathering talking about youth marketing.
Yeah, I know this term is new.
In simple words, this was conference where the youth told the corporates what brands they like and what brands they don't like and what marketing strategy actually touches their hearts or what marketing strategy sucks.

As I was invited as one of the youth panel, I was given 8 free passes.
I offered these to my friends around me.
But surprisingly, not many people were actually interested in this.
Maybe this is not relevant to them, I suppose or I was just being too kaypo.
This is an awesome convention I would say, at least from my point of view.
Though the crowd was not huge (I expect to see more youths), it broadened my angle of sight.
Met great people. Indeed a lot of inspiring and motivating input I'd gained from there.
And this definitely will be useful in my future career.

One thing interests me.
Generally (I didn't say ALL), College students are so active in networking compared to public university students.
(My assumption) Perhaps the public uni students are all so-called "The Chosen Ones"..
So they must not waste their time in doing the "time-wasting" things besides getting the best scores to get into Dean's list or First Class.
C'mon. sometimes giving up your CGPA of 0.05 and exposing yourself may give you more than what the 0.05 would offer you..
instead 3.00 and 3.50 are of not much differences..unless you have a 4.00..then I'd shut my mouth up.
At least in my case, first class or second class doesn't matter me much.
Still at the end of the day, we will be standing behind the counter, doing the same thing "aunty, panadol 2 biji 4 kali satu hari" with the SAME pay..

Right after the MYU, back to Penang and the next day was Green Lung AGM.
Meaning to say, after a 9-month tenure, I'm now off the chair.
however I suppose my obligation wouldn't just stop here..
This is a voluntary work anyway..
and there is no "expiry date" until my passion fades away..

And amazingly, maybe bcoz of MYU, people knew about Green Lung.
and yeah, doors are open to Green Lung and just the matter of fact whether it is ready to expose to the shock..
They offered establishing partnership or collaboration with Green Lung..this is definitely a good thing for the future of Green Lung..
however, I'm no longer holding the wheel..so I better shut up..haha..

Again, MYU & AGM gave me a spark of thought..
"People will choose to be convenient staying in their own comfort zones."
And perhaps this is the hint that I should fully utilize.

Random post

2010-02-19T01:31:00.002+08:00

This is my first post in 2010..
So I sekali gus wish you all
Happy 2010, Happy Thaipusam and Gong Xi Fa Cai

For the past one month, I realized that time really flies, seriously no joke..
It's like I belum sempat korek lubang pangsai, on the other hand I already sambil fill up the hole..
the next second when the shit reaches the kastam, oh gosh, shit!
(Now only I know why people so like to say "Shit!" when they are helpless)

This semester as usual I was and am still busying myself with Green Lung's activities
GLC is coming in another 5-day time..chuak sai liao this time..
Many uncertainties and many variables..yet I'm still feeling bright..
After this, it's time for me to retire..yeah~!!
Though I hope that I could have more time spending with Green Lung, I'm a lil bit tired mentally and physically..it's time for me to shift my focus back to my studies..
My books miss me, I think..

This semester I take an interesting course - English Pronunciation
The teacher is *clearing throat* ...(pause)...good
Walao eh, she is so particular lah wei..
I feel stressed out when I speak to her..I have to mind every single syllabus I spit out from my mouth..
Perhaps it's not a bad thing after all...at least I learn how to speak English, not Manglish..

Having been expecting CNY so much before CNY..
This feeling's gone after the second day..(luckily this feeling could last 2 days)
All the cousins around me are growing maturer..and the topics of discussion were getting more serious.. I'm still not that used to it yet, honestly..
Yet, I still enjoy the feeling of being together with all the family members..
Of course, outing with friends is exciting too..
but people are getting busier and busier..so hard to meet them even during CNY..
However, when we reminisced our days in the past, wao..nostalgia, man..
And yeah, our age is getting bigger in number (not old)

That's all for this time..
Recently not much stupid ideas in my head..
have to buy some lubricant to make my brain work faster..

Why men shouldn't write advice columns?

2009-12-27T00:38:00.003+08:00

John, are you the husband?

YCA29 & ITCW 09

2009-12-24T12:10:00.007+08:00

Just came back from both YCA camp and ITCWorkshop 2 days ago.
It's seriously tiring to an extent that I could just sit there and fall asleep anytime.
YCA29 - 3 days 2 nights (17th to 19th)- 2+ hours sleep
Home - 1 night (19th) - 2+ hours sleep
ITCW - 3 days 2 nights (20th to 22nd) - getting back my normal sleep
Imagine 3 nights only 4+ hours sleep, then the next day have to tahan for another day..
"I'm blank" (The first time i said this during my speech)

Anyway, I love the schedule. Though tiring, it's fruitful. Haha.

YCA29 - SM Kwang Hwa (Private), Klang, Selangor
This time I was in 活动部...
A dept with my ginna kia (small kids)
Erm...Though i couldn't accompany them until the end of the camp (20th)
I could feel the connection with them..Especially when they presented me the "farewell" cheers.
Hope to see them again in YCA30..

ITCW 09 - Sedim Eco Park, Karangan, Kedah
Intervarsity Tobacco Control Workshop 2009
Attended by tobacco control teams from 5 universities i.e.
USM Green Lung
UIA Green Lung
UM Tobacco Control Youth &
Tobacco Control Teams from UKM and UiTM...
This workshop had witnessed the establishment of Youth Chapter for Tobacco Control..
meaning to say the sparks of tobacco control movement will be initiated and outreaching more people in different places in a more coordinated way..
Hopefully the ad hoc committee would register the YC asap so that these 5 universities could really work together and create a tsunami in youth tobacco control efforts..

One exciting outcome about ITCW 09 is that UiTM has taken up the challenge to be the host of Youth Conference for Tobacco Control - the first jointly organized event by 5 universities..
This Youth Conference is aimed to share our missions and visions with more youths from all sorta backgrounds and thus to empower the youth in the tobacco control effort in hope of moving towards a smoke-free country..
This is definitely something that we should be excited about...
USM Green Lung is definitely giving our fullest support to make this happen.. Woohoo..

Adding color to the workshop was the capacity building activities
- Jungle trekking...(a real jungle without trek, for me it's more like military training)

Jungle trekking

Dun How's losing his balance

Lush forrest

View from the inside of the forrest

Wild mushrooms rest in peace. Kaka

Tree Top Walk

The track

River streams down to somewhere. I don't know

The fun part was we did this with friends

- Abseiling...(descending from a vertical surface by using a rope coiled around the body)

Merry Christmas, everyone!!!

The power of cigarette

2009-12-05T21:34:00.004+08:00

Recently playing with photoshop's effect. Sharing with you one of my pilot artworks.

The power of cigarette. Big tobacco companies are so smart in smartening up the image of tobacco. The tobacco advertisements always try to deliver the messages of "cool, smart and macho" to the (witless) people. They believe that cigarette could render them power. (Witless) People claims that smoking helps reduce stress (of course, nicotine is stimulant, but they never know nicotine was once used as insecticide. Never mind, not my business). People claims that smoking is a way of socializing (Do we need to risk our lives to know more friends who smoke?). People even claims that they smoke because their friends asked them to smoke (hello, before you answer this, please install your brain back into your skull. Your brain will become flat if you always sit on it). At the end of the days, what are the prices? Your freedom, your career, your money, your family and eventually your life.

Disclaimer: The above statements bear no relation to the blogger. He wrote this when he's sleepwalking.
(Have you ever seen a disclaimer of such size?)

GLC 2010

2009-12-05T12:17:00.006+08:00

Green Lung Carnival 2010 aka GLC 2010

Date: 23th – 25th February 2010
Venue: USM main campus
Time: from 9am to 5pm
Theme: Support a tobacco-free environment

Objective:
1) To introduce Green Lung as a Student Voluntary Group for Tobacco Control.
2) To officially launch Green Lung project.
3) To disseminate information regarding hazards of tobacco and importance of having a tobacco-free environment to the public.
4) To involve the public actively in tobacco control campaign.
5) To share our vision and missions with all the people around us.

Activity:
1) Launching ceremony
2) Roadshow (Free Screening Test)
3) Games and Quizzes (Fun games and great prizes awaiting you)
4) Parliamentary debate (By invitation only)
5) Chorus Speaking competition (Open to all secondary schools in Penang)
6) Forum "The fundamental obstacles hindering the full implementation of smoke-free areas and the future challenges to achieve a smoke-free environment in Malaysia"

What's more appealing is that...
we have a total grand prize of RM8000 awaiting you!
In conjunction with GLC 2010, Green Lung offers the chance to show your talents and your CREATIVITY!

1) Poster designing competition,
2) Video making competition and
3) Song composing competition.

All the competitions are open to all MALAYSIANS.
Boys, and girls, grab all the prizes worth total of RM8000 if you can!!

Rules & Regulation and Entry form
Download here Or visit Green Lung's Blogspot

If you wish to show off your artistic talents, your creativity and your thoughts and share with people, yet you stand a chance to win big prizes (really big!), c'mon, make full use of your holidays, join these competitions.

We really need your participations to make this happen - Rhuyann

学无止境，自强不息

2009-11-29T21:25:00.007+08:00

我离开母校已有接近三年。
最近在网上看见学弟学妹们的毕业影片，
听见毕业典礼上播放着校歌，钩起许多回忆。

日新国中 SMJK Jit Sin－槟城人眼中所谓的名校。
老实说，当时六年级刚毕业领了UPSR成绩单的我听都没听过。
只是我收到信，去日新国中报到。
OK咯，就去咯！反正没亏。

＊＊＊
中一入学的第一天，我依然历历在目。
＊＊＊

入学篇
第一天踏入日新校园，只觉得 “ 哇，好大！” （比起我的小学大好多）
不是开玩笑，真的会迷路咧！（当然七年呆在那，校园就渐渐变小了）

日新草场

到了那里，人生地不熟，我都不懂该往哪去，
只是赶紧把颈伸长些，往我的朋友里堆去。
差不多接近一点二十，学长们就把我们这群菜鸟赶入礼堂集合。
“哇，礼堂也几大一下！”

日新礼堂

进礼堂后，就跟着班级列队。
我的班级－ 1J班。
下午班主任给我们训话。
哇塞，他超厉害讲话。讲了好久、好久、好久⋯（口水不会干咧）
初生之犊，怕死！我们也就这样乖乖地站着听他训话。（真的有够累）
过了不懂多久，yeah⋯终于讲完了。

这时有位老师报告，谁有兴趣申请当学长的把手举起来。（神经病，酱多人，谁敢举啊）
当然还时有当勇者的。（我承认我胆小）
过后，我只是偷偷地跟学长拿了一张申请表格。

＊＊＊
看着申请表格，我填了。也交上了。
＊＊＊

（续－学长面试篇）

附录：
对日新人来说最熟悉不过的地方－ lower concourse

Lower Concourse

“学无止境，自强不息”
我想所有日新人都背负着这使命－自强不息。

Reversion

2009-11-27T01:09:00.003+08:00

2009 is going to end soon..

My entry production rate is always low..

so grabbing any chance to spam my blog..

hopefully I could give 30 entries before 2010..

too lame keeping my entries less than 30 per year..

Just back from gathering..

Again, Tambun seafood is our choice..

Khai Sheng, Kean Ping, Han Boon, Yi Fan, Huai lin, Chui Theng, Zee Kee, Li Yong and me..

The list doesn't change much every time..standard deviation plus minus 2 or 3..

Most of our members are now here and there all around the world..

I wonder if a complete list could meet up one day..

Today, one lesson's learned.

逆向思考

Direct translation - Think in a reversed manner.

Everything happens because of something..

If you want something to happen, start from the everything.

No more road-is-not-taken mindset..

I know the lesson, but I never learn the lesson..

Now only I understand the principle behind it..

See

2009-11-25T21:52:00.003+08:00

These days having been "seeing" a lot.

Too many things revolve in my mind.

Again, multitasking is challenging me.

Involving more decision makings this time.

Every move I take now has to be comprehensive.

Or else everything's doomed.

Some people might find it difficult in working with me.

yeah, I know I'm fussy.

I couldn't stand a single spot of dirt within my vision.

I want things to go according to what I "see",

of course if you provide me a better route, I do accept.

Maybe my inborn sense is so.

I like to see beautiful things.

Some people might think that I go too fast.

yeah, I know I'm a bit impatient.

Having not seized the ground firmly, thinking of flying already.

But when I "see" those ideas, I know it can be done.

If I know it can be done, but I don't do it.

What's the point? I shall pass my hat to others.

Bear with me. We'll share the glory one day.

Some people might think that I'm too vague.

They don't know what I want.

but is it so hard to know what I'm thinking?

Hmm, maybe. Because they are not my worms.

I'll try to get you in to "see" my world.

To "see" in order to see.

You need to "see" it before you see it.

Do you see me?

Things never end

2009-11-24T00:24:00.010+08:00

Exam's over.
a movie - 2010 to relax myself.
Effect wise, it did give me a huge impact.
It's touching in certain scenes, but it needs a little bit more horsepower to shed my tears.
Lessons wise, yes. Yeah, love our Earth before it's too late.
I don't think there are Noah's arks hiding behind the San Xia Dam.
Even if there were, you must have a green card and a very good "gene"

Right after that, 1st green lung internal tobacco control workshop!
feel so glad that actually we've moved so far.
Sense of satisfaction.

Giving welcome speech, I was.

Talk by Prof. Rahmat, C-Tob Director.

Mini Project Discussion.

My group was discussing their strategies how to kick others' butt.

Hands-on using CO meter.

Dun How's group was drawing some....cartoon?!

During the workshop, we have a session which required the participants to apply what they'd learnt from the talk and to approach the smokers.
Education or rather a gentle reminder to inform them that their expiry dates are near. Stop before it's too late, again.

Educating the public.

Measuring the air quality at the food court using SidePak stealthily.

"Uncle, uncle, please don't smoke."

Passionate activists.

Building rapport with prospects

I was the facilitator of a team.
Some surprising responses from the smokers.

"I know smoking harms. But now I'm okay. I'll stop only when my body is not okay." - Great thinker. A politician.

(We asked, "you know secondhand smoke is harmful to your children?")
"Secondhand smoke is harmful, I know. That's why I choose to harm others rather than my own children." - WTF

(We adviced, "secondhand smoke is harmful to your wife.")
"Nevermind, I'm the one who asks him to smoke," his wife answered us. - What an understanding wife he has. Envy.

("Sir, smoking is harmful. Why not quit?")
"Where got smoke? Where got smoke?" while he's trying to hide his cigarettes behind his body. - Yeah, we are mentally retarded. Oh no, you fooled us! =.=

("Uncle, can you donate a cigarette to us to show your determination to quit smoking?")
"You ask my tauke first." - Walao, uncle. Be mature a bit. Do you need permission to go pee?

"I'm neither supporting smoking, nor stopping people from smoking in my shop." - Another politician we have here.

"Our place is smoke-free" (A person was smoking at the other corner of the shop)- Ello, please lie with wisdom. If you don't have, at least you can see with your eyes.

All walks of life. Interesting.

Presentation of their findings.

Presenting. Sue Anne, please concentrate. No victory gesture.

Credits to all the committee members. You guys did a great job especially in the time management. I'd say it's the most punctual event ever in university. Well done.

Looking forward to Intervarsity Tobacco Control Workshop in Dec.
Meaning to say, my holiday's gone.

你说像样吗？

2009-11-03T13:44:00.004+08:00

明天正式进入考试。
这个学期，三个字－不简单。
八个科目，八张试卷，
琳琅满目，不堪入眼。

我妈：“不是study week咩？做么酱早会宿舍？还有上课啊？”
（不知道的朋友们，我是称职的PBSM － Pasti Balik Setiap Minggu 家族成员）
因为过去的study week, 我至少都会呆在家好许天。
奇怪了，我几时变酱勤劳咧？
老来安慰，有个酱生性的儿子。

的确回宿舍，少了电脑电视乱跑的诱惑，我是可以定下心来读书的。
不过...这次反而是我两年以来过得最不像样的study week。
此话何解？

过去的一星期，我都有固定的上班时间。
从早上十点起至下午两三点，我都在工作。
做什么呢？
就坐坐椅子（真的是坐椅子哦），聊聊天，跑来跑去，
煞是有趣！
我的朋友们还傻到陪我酱跑来跑去，真的是一路不孤单。
不过最辛苦应该是康贤吧，好像司机酱载上载下。
茹莹有她事无她事都叫她出来陪跑。
还有一些在背后默默耕耘的同事们，您们也辛苦啦！
真的是有点不好意思。
考试后，看来得请你们吃大餐了。
不过你在你家吃，我在我家吃。

认真的、衷心的一句话，“谢谢你们！”

放工回到宿舍，
哇，几累一下。
休息片刻。
才继续奋斗。

屈指算一算，
还真得不多时间能乖乖坐在桌前读书。
你说像样吗？

明天考试了，
我还在这里blog。
你说像样吗？

你说像样吗？

Terrible yet exciting weeks

2009-10-16T18:12:00.033+08:00

Last 2 weeks..one word to describe - terrible but siok..
Many things had happened in such a short time..

Assignments, Reports, Quizzes, Presentations, Writing proposal, Organizing and Attending Activities, Meetings and many more..Macam Snow-ball..keeping on rolling..walao..

When I looked at my To-do-list, I felt nausea..

When I looked at my schedule, I felt dizzy..

When I kept on looking and looking, I felt nearly impotent..

Sometimes I would just lose my focus easily..

dunno where to head..

Time's not on my side anymore..

have to fight really hard against the time or else I will screw up everything at the end..

Luckily I'm "strong" enough to survive in this psychological as well as physical torture..

haha.. now everything's back to normal..wahaha

exam's coming soon anyway...but it's much more better and kind than those I've mentioned earlier..

At least it won't compel me to the dead corner..

nevertheless last few weeks were not totally bad..

I felt so full...mentally and psychologically...

Here are some highlights of the month:

Cosmetic assignment
My Team - Carmin
(Eda, Calrin, Farah, Farahin, Yanna and Me)

MY Groupmates

We're assigned to formulate rouge and blush.
My piece of work..keke
Carmin rouge - to make your cheek "red red and bling bling"

Carmin - our product

Marketing Assignment:
Research title:
"A qualitative study exploring the impacts of pharmaceutical price war among community pharmacies in the state of Penang, Malaysia"
One of the satisfying research studies I've done.
The photos are not with me..upload later (later means not tomorrow >.<) USM Freeze!: One i must never miss to share with you guys USM Freeze! had successfully been put in action right in my own campus, USM..yoohoo..

This was the most exciting event I'd ever organized so far after B.O.S night in July.

Imagine more than 1oo students gather at one place and got frozen in unison for 4 minutes..

The scene is wow, breathtaking!

Briefing before USM Freeze! (Wan Bin's face looked so 痛苦)

Briefing before USM Freeze!
(Wan Bin looked like she's in pain)

Participants on the move. I'd never
expected to see such a huge group.

Chia How looked so happy, macam
kena lottery

Everyone's doing their routine, waiting for the moment

Media ready with their cameras

Everyone's busy looking for the best spot to freeze.
Erm...perhaps in front of cameras

Counting from 3, 2, 1...

the pasar-like foyer DK suddenly turned into a total silent dead city

Everyone was like turning into dummy..not moving anymore

Green Lung Freeze!

No single sound was made except those who dunno what's happening that time..

the best thing was to see those innocent by-passers' faces and expression..

they looked so ignorant...haha..

when they saw such a huge group of frozen people, they didn't even dare to step forward to pass through the crowd.. amazing..

Bird's view at Foyer DK

The frozen moment really astounded me..

The number of participants was out of my expectation...
I was actually just expecting around 50 or 60..

Really millions and thousands of thanks to them..

Of course, trillions and billions thanks to all my committee members who had worked really hard to make USM Freeze! a history in USM...

With such a great people around, the world is always beautiful, I believe...

Su Ee's posing

Dun How so "ke leng"

USM Freeze! indeed has made the Green Lung reaching more people in USM..
At least we met our objective our this activity.
though there wersome minor mistakes i think could be improved much.
Here are some newspaper cuttings about Green Lung.

Green Lung on Berita Kampus

One thing exciting too..
my face was on The Star..wahaha..though they spelled my name wrongly "Ho Rhu Wann"...haih why everytime like this..

Me on the Star

There were a few more press covering the news eg. Sin Chew Jit Poh, Kwang Ming Daily Paper, Bernama, Utusan and TV3

Press release was horrible yet interesting experience for me..

First time talking in front of press...I was blank..

I couldn't even talk in a sensible way..though those points I've been repeating and repeating..

when the camera was on... my brain says bye bye to me

luckily got Prof Rahmat backed me up..or else I'd be so dead..

haha..anyway..another new episode in my itinerary..

Green Lung, another turning point of my life..

I meet great people, I work with great people, I talk to great people..

I know I'm nothing afterall...more and more to learn to get myself improved..

If one day, people asked me "how's your uni life"

I would answer him without any hesitation, "My uni life is GREAT~!!!"

Looking forwards to more exciting activities in the coming days:
Green Lung internal training program, Intervarsity Youth Tobacco Control Workshop, Green Lung Carnival 2010 (GLC 2010)

Stay tuned

Green Lung's kickstart

2009-08-14T01:26:00.000+08:00

Check this out
Green Lung

Green Lung

2009-08-12T13:23:00.006+08:00

"Is secondhand smoke harmful to us?

Is a secondhand smoker at the risk of getting lung cancer as high as a smoker?"

Many people are asking these questions.

Then normally you will get this response.

"Aiyah, they smoke only ma, not me smoke.

whether they live or die, none of my business"

But what I can tell you is that

The answer for both questions is YES.

You are at risk of dying from lung cancer too even though you're not a smoker and you're exposed to secondhand smoke.

Hmm..so is time for us to think of that, isn't it?

All the tertiary institutions in Malaysia, by right and by law,must have been a non-smoking zone.

However over the years, no one seems to be aware of this issue.

So it's not surprise at all to see people (students, staffs and even some of the lecturers) puffing on their cigarettes in USM campus.

What surprises you is that, whether you realize it or not,

there are enforcement officers in USM who are authorized to take action on those who have violated this law.

Hmm..You may ask, where are they?

"They must have done a very great job sweeping all the smokers out of the campus.."

Above statement is just a joke anyway.

I still can see so many cigarette butts on the floor especially at some hotspots such as desasiswa (our hostels, in case you're not from USM).

To your dismay, some of the enforcement officers are lawbreakers themselves.

What else could you expect from them?

Asking a thief to safeguard your property?

I have no stand to comment on that.

So it's time for us to do something.

Don't wait for the authority before all the smokers overwhelm us..

The norm now is "minority rules"

so we should denormalize this phenomenon
We should be the ones who set the rules of the game and they (smokers) should follow our rules, not otherwise.

We have the RIGHT to have a healthy smoke-free studying environment.

We deserve fresh air.

We deserve a healthy life.

Therefore, we, as a non-smokers should voice out our needs aloud.

At this particular point of time, USM Green Lung is definitely the best channel and platform for you either to relay the message to USM authority or to join our battle.

For your info, Green lung is a newly established voluntary organization, which works hard towards creating a smoke-free environment in USM.

We are seeking a huge crowd of volunteers who are thirst for breathing in unpolluted air in USM. You are definitely the one we are looking for.

So don't hide behind the desk anymore,

it's time for us to stand up and together we voice out our big "NO" to smoking.

If you are having the passion in pursuit of a utopia

Come visit our campaign booth at Tapak Convo,

Venue: Eureka carpark

Date: 11th to 16th august 2009

Time: 9am to 5pm

Join to be part of us~!!!

Membership is now open to all~!!

We're looking for talents too in the following fields:

event management, graphic design, advertising, mass com, writer, web design, activism, public communication etc.

Let's make the butterfly effect happen.

"Support a tobacco-free environment" - Green Lung, USM

Some links:

Prof. Lee Lik Meng's blogspot

http://kampus-sejahtera.blogspot.com/2009/08/green-ur-lung.html

USM Healthycampus Website

http://healthycampus.usm.my/ver3/mainpage.asp?tag=4&mn=7&id=9

Green Lung's Facebook group

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=86271692142

一个让你站起来得理由

2009-07-11T11:31:00.009+08:00

看到以上的post title，
好像我要卖什么药似的－让你站起来。
你想太多了。

＊＊＊

小时候，当你跌倒，你哭了。
不过一会儿，你爬起来了。

长大后，当你再次跌倒，你哭了。
不过你却已忘了如何爬起来。

我们长大后，
我们开始懂得 “怨”
怨天怨地。

我们开始依靠，
渴望别人帮你爬起来。
而放弃的念头也由此而萌芽。

花点时间，看看下面的vid。
你会发觉你之前的挫折根本不算什么，
因为以下的男主角，上天跟他开了个玩笑。
我真的被感动到了。

Nick Vujicic,
No arms, no legs, no worries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4f_UNMNONA&feature=related

往往人喜欢把挫折、痛苦放大，再放大。
却忽略了平时的快乐。
如果没有了快乐，
你还分得出，
哪个是痛苦，哪个是快乐吗？

上山下山

2009-07-05T01:50:00.002+08:00

人生有起有落，
就像坐过山车。

刚开始，缓缓上升，紧张气氛。
几担心两三下。

去医院。
医生说，我没事，不许要隔离。
哇唠，开心到我要呕。
简直就是到达最高峰。
一个字“爽”。

今天，收到简讯。
“某某中招－ H1N1”
哇靠！
嘴巴不急，心里急得像狗找不到尾巴酱。
跟某某有近距离接触。
几怕“来也”
顿时来一个一百八十急转弯。
这次真得呕了！

重点是我要自我隔离。
三天咧～！！
无法到处跑，
好像大象没有鼻子一样。
怎样活？

人生如戏；
戏如人生。
就上演一场“软禁宅男”吧啦！
“让我们趁着放假，开始被关，心里多不爽”
－曲自周天王《阳光宅男》

祝福我，身体健康
也祝福大家。

内心感言

2009-06-14T18:09:00.002+08:00

要开学了。
内心只有两个字。
“悲哀”

节哀顺便吧。

The art of memory 1

2009-05-20T16:57:00.003+08:00

Do you envy those with huge memory capacity?

Some people's brains are like a sponge,

they can simply absorb so much information and data..

You may say, "haiyoh, I also can lah if I want to."

I always know that you can do that too..

provided that you have to commit your 24-hour-per-day solely to your studies...

(Just a metaphor)

However, the biggest difference between those "people" and you is that

they can do that within a very short time

and you may have to spend a good hour concentrating on the subject..

So I suppose a "yes" from you now to my previous question

especially we have been the victims for more than 10 years

under our present national education system which emphasizes much on examination.

Nowadays, the education system stresses much on how well you memorize

rather than how well you understand..

Of course I'm not saying that this system is of no good at all...

Exam somehow still plays an important role in assessing a person's learning progress...

In spite of the fact that scores and marks are the rules to measure one's level,

the phenomenon now is that the students are too obsessed with the score,

until they lose their direction in seeking knowledge...

I would say strong understanding + effective mnemonics techniques is an essential skill or tool a student must have

I dare not to guarantee that a student will score 100% once he or she masters the skill...

but at least, he or she needs not to spend his or her everything on studies..

so that he or she may have more spare time to pursue his or her hobbies and interests...

This is very important in developing one's personality, at least I think so..

So now come to the main point..

How?

I think some of you may know the techniques..

but most of the feedbacks I've got from those who knew is that

they know the techniques, but do not know how to apply that in their studies..

学以自用...that's most important..

[Cont.]

Visualization

人穷志不穷

2009-05-19T18:31:00.001+08:00

人家说啊，

人穷志不穷。

我啊，

我志不穷，只是人穷。

Tattoo

2009-05-18T01:50:00.003+08:00

Watching 'LA Ink'...

Wondering who came up with this stupid thing...

After pondering over this for some time, ah-ha...i knew liao...

The story began 800 years ago...

In order for me to tell my tales more lively, I will do it in chinese this time...

话说八百年前，

在一户农民家里，一个小男孩出生了。

这男孩家里自小贫困。

虽人穷，但志不穷。

从小家教严厉，性格倔强，为人刚直。

他十五六岁时，国家腐败，当权无能。

他娘把他叫来跟前，说：“国难当前，有何打算？”

那位少男深情地着仰望天空，

再缓缓地把目光直视他娘。

“啊～！！！战场杀敌，精忠报国！”

“好！好一个精忠报国！”

他娘听了，真的是娘颜大喜。

“儿啊，过来。娘为你刺字，希望你永记此誓”

‘精忠报国’从此就烙印在岳飞背上。

That's how the first tattoo came...

Period.

Am I 虚?

2009-05-11T18:41:00.002+08:00

Back from Tobacco control training camp in Lenggong park 6 days ago,

terus sick until now

Headache, fever, flu, running nose..

At this very moment, my body played this kinda prank on me...

Luckily I'm not the first A(H1N1) subject in Malaysia...

Or else really "bringing my ancestor an honor" - 光宗耀祖

Aih...people always make fun of me saying that I'm 虚

Am I?

Having running nose or being caught cold is common to me,

my schoolmates and coursemates always know that...

My case is more or less the same as girls having menstruation..

just that my frequency is sometimes higher than theirs...

Sometimes once a month or twice a month..

If worse, once a week...

If sui sui, 3 days a week..

***

"aiyoh...sick again ar?"

"no lah, I'm always like this de...not much problem...I'm already used to it.." I said.

"Yorr....you ar....really 虚 loh"

=.=

***

Looking back to some of my more-serious medical history cases...hmm...

In 2004, after back from Penang Bridge Run,

I thought I was so geng, body so "iong" (in Hokkien - strong)

I was still able to go to school next day..

but the following day, I fell sick...

Never mind... It's normal what... Many people were absent too after the run..

then after 2 or 3 days,

Yeah, I was back to school again...

But again...

yeah...the next day I was sick again... =.=

Worse this time, almost being absent for a week..

this year, 2009...

Back from tobacco control training camp...

This is the most enjoyable camp I've ever had..

not much strenuous work except rafting...(I'll talk about this in my next post)

6 meals a day, everyday in air-con room having discussion...

when coming back from camp,

I thought nothing would happen this time..

oiseh, first day everything's normal..

mana tau...second day, aih... 城门失守

until now only recover..

Am I 虚?

Maybe loh...haha...

Finally..

2009-04-30T19:18:00.010+08:00

Woohoo...

Finally I've got my freedom again...

Exam..Go away lah you~

I've completed my 4th semesters....

4 semesters to go...

I wasn't a bio-background student..

Sometimes I'm quite proud of myself...

1 semester

7 subjects

8-inch notes

phew~

and now they will be gone temporarily from my sight for 2 months...

wahahaha...

My booty in last semester:

1) Pharmnight at E&O Hotel

2) My first school magazine, Pharnomena

Front (See my name? Haha) Back

3) My first school T-shirt

Front

Back

Busy semester's over, but my busy life will still be going on...

My activities in the coming 2 months:

1) Tobacco control campaign training camp

2) YCA leadership camp as usual

3) Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium, Gala Night

Huhu..I'm looking forwards to all of them...

Happy Holiday to those having holiday

Happy Having Exam and Good Luck to those who are still sitting for exam

Wahaha...

Regret in my life

2009-03-21T00:08:00.002+08:00

Back home today...
Playing with my childhood toy...
I've been playing it for more than 18 years...
I thought it's like riding a bicycle,
once you knew, forever you know...
but today it seemed to be new to me...
Playing Bach's Prelude VI,
Used to be my piece..
I remembered the melody, but every note I played sounded so strange to me...
They were not under my complete control anymore...
Suddenly a surge of grief from my deep heart...

When my hands went slack, a pencil would struck right on my knuckles
"Play like a spider", that's what my teacher would yell at me...
Sometimes she even knocked my head, "did you practice at home?"
I grinned and answered, "no"
Then I guess you know what will happen next right?
Yeah, another thump on my head...haha...
But I knew that she did all these for my own good...
And she always did...
She always said to me, "I'm seeing you growing up since you were four, you are just like my son"
you know, when she said so, I really felt being pampered and I did enjoy that moment...

Even though I started playing piano since four,
I didn't play well...
because I was forced to learn that time...
that's why I didn't even bother to practice at home...
and you must be thinking that I might have failed my practical exam, right?
I thought so too every time after the exam...
When the result's out, she was always trying to scare me
"Do you think you can pass this time..."
"Erm...Dunno"
"Nah, I also dunno why...why you can be so lucky passing your exam every time..."
Haha..
but I don't know why too, simply good luck I think...

Until Grade 6...
Not everyday is Sunday...
I failed my Grade 6 Theory...
and I knew that I'd disappointed her...
and yeah, I had to resit the exam again in the following year...

One day, my teacher called to my mum's handphone, saying wanna talk to me..
"You have to treat me KFC oredi"
"Why?" I said (not that I'm kedekut, just that let me know at least the reason)
"I also can't believe this, my husband said that got one student got distinction in the exam..."
(yeah, I know...the person always wasn't me)
"and to my surprise, it's you, you know? I was so happy..."
I still could remember her happy voice on the phone...she was so much excited
as if her son had won a prize...
Yeah...I was excited too of course...
and you know what, I was even awarded Hedy King Robinson Prize as well...
she would have been proud of me...hehe

Then onwards, I started appreciating music, learning what music is..
And music indeed has been one of my major parts in my life...

Since 1991, I had been spending my time there at her house once every week...
untill 2005 when I went to KL to study...
Then in the same year itself, May or June, I came back for Form 6...
Then I went visit her and she asked if I still wanted to continue playing piano...
She suggested that maybe I could go for diploma...so I took up the challenge of course...

So going to her house once every week had become my routine again...
But then, one thing had changed.
Why she was wearing a bucket hat?
I didn't really go bother at that time...
As time's passing by, her hair was getting looser and lesser...
I dared not to ask...
Until after a couple of weeks, she told me that she would not teach piano anymore..
"Why?"I asked
"Because teacher's having cancer, I need to take more rest" she said peacefully
At that time, I really didn't know how I was supposed to respond...
I just, "umm..."
Not even a word of care..

After undergoing a series of chemotherapies, I was told that she had become better...
but I didn't how better she would be...
Her hair grew again, she was not as skinny as before...
and I thought everything would go just fine...

Life's always unexpected.
In early of 2006, her mother passed away...

After some weeks, I received a call again...
no more good news this time...
her sister called my mum. I didn't answer the call but my mum..
After the conversation ended, my mum told me in sorrow
"Teacher'd passed away. Later we go and pay our last respect."

You know, it's hard to believe...
A person who had been teaching you, scolding you, whacking you, pampering you since you were small was no longer here anymore, forever...
I was really really really really sad
but I didn't shed a tear...

In her funeral, I looked at her photo...
looking at a familiar face, but knowing that I would not see her again soon...
I really wanted to cry out, crying aloud...
but still I didn't do so in front of people...
Everytime the tear was about to drop, I just took a deep breath and swallowed it back to my stomach...
It is simply so hard not to cry when you are really in deep bereavement...
I was and am still so regretful...
Why I didn't show to her that I do really care for her...
perhaps just simply two words - "Take care"
and now I never ever have a chance to talk to her anymore...

Take care, teacher
If you can see this, I really wanna tell you that
I do really miss you...

My teacher, Ms. Kueenie Wu

Crap?

2009-03-08T22:41:00.004+08:00

Have you ever seen people crapping?
I bet all of you must have seen various of crappings
How about mine?
Show you then...Enjoy
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
simple present tense: I crap.
present continuous tense: I'm crapping
present perfect tense: I've crapped
present perfect continuous tense: I've been crapping
simple past tense: I crapped
past continuous tense: I was crapping
conditional tense: I would crap
past perfect tense: I had crapped
future simple tense: I will crap
future perfect tense: I will have crapped
....
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Yeah,I crapped..a lot of craps...

At-this-point

2009-02-28T00:18:00.002+08:00

I think this is my first time exposing my uni life to you all here...
hmm....besides "the 4 precious lessons" that I posted long time ago...
For those who still don't know what uni I'm in, what course I'm in...
so I will lead in by sharing with you all what my current status is..

I'm in USM aka Universiti Sains Malaysia...
some classy people might like to call USM University of Science of Malaysia...
in English, more yeng loh...

So currently I'm in the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences...
Wonder what that is? Anything to do with farming...
To be clearer, simplified version
School of Pharmacy...Pharmacy, not farmer...

Some (the elderly) might give me this response,
"Pharmacy ar? Hami lai (What is that)? Si mm si doctor (Is it doctor)? Ohhh....hoo iuk (dispense medication) a hio....zai liao lah (know already lah)..."
"Liao mm si doctor ar (Then it's not doctor ar) ?" =.=

But I don't blame them...because this is the Malaysian pharmacy practice...
Doctors diagnose, doctors prescribe, doctors dispense
For those who know what exactly a pharmacist does, you might be wondering
In the actual fact that dispensing is supposedly pharmacist's job...
Why the doctors are doing this?
If they have taken over pharmacists' job, then what pharmacists do?
Selling supplements loh...haha...Just kidding...
If being heard by my Dean, surely he will spanar me...

Actually for you info, there is something called dispensing right..
meaning to say the right to dispense medication...
for most of the countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and many more,
there is a very distinct border between doctors' roles and pharmacists' roles...
However in Malaysia, we don't have dispensing seperation...
So pharmacists in Malaysia are no longer the sole drug dispensers having dispensing right...
so no seperation loh, all has been taken over by doctors
Instead doctors claim that the pharmacies and clinics are too far away, so it is more convenient for the patients to collect their medication after seeing doctors...one-stop services kononnya
Hello, you try and seperate and see...by that time, you will be surrounded by pharmacies...

So now you see how pathetic it is to be a pharmacist...
So next time, whenever you see a pharmacist, don't think that they are so hoseh...
actually their hosehness is merely a tin kosong..

Ok, ok...back to me...ermm..
recently I'm quite busy with my homework after busying with all those activities...
it's a good news to me to be with my studies again actually...or else I will only catch up with all the syllabi during study week...that will be hazardous then...

I'm supposed to be at home right now...
Anyway, I'm going home every weekend..
Why I stay back ler this week?
because I have my first pool session today afternoon...
hurray...I've been anticipating this after those boring yet important theory classes...
Oh yeah, what is pool session pula?
This semester I join Scuba diving, so I will be like learning those very basic things about scuba diving...however, I'm still not a diver yet even if I've accomplished the course...
because what I'm taking is just an introductory course...not really open-sea diving course...
you might ask, why don't take open-sea diving course then...
Hmm... the reason is simple...I don't have money loh...

That's why I don't want to talk about myself, this would be endless...
I will keep on talking talking talking...see...so long already I've typed...
Actually I still have many things to share with you all...
But since now it's quite late, so it's time for my liver to do its job....
And ready myself for later-on pool session...
So good night everyone...

My subjective point of view

2009-02-26T11:24:00.004+08:00

At this moment, I should have been sitting in the class
but definitely not in my room...
huhu...I skipped class
Anyway, skipping class is not a new thing for me since this semester...
I wonder why the lectures would be so boring
instead the subjects are actually so interesting and of so much fun...
but I should have understood the reasons behind this...

Firstly, literally lecturers are not teachers. They were not trained to teach..

Secondly, if you are eating plain bread every meal everyday with just strawberry jam, will you be still so much expecting what you are going to eat for your next meal...similarly this happens to our lecturers...

Thirdly, the lecturers are to introduce you what the core would be in a subject, but not to teach and spoon-feed you...so they are expecting you to be independent enough to learn on your own...

After listening to so many reasons given by me on behalf of lecturers from my subjective point of view, now why not listening to my excuses why I wanna skip my class then...haha

Firstly, some lecturers are so boring...up to the extent that most of the students in the class are actually doing their own things...of course, there are still some of them who do really pay so much attention to lecturers or some are just so hardworking being a secretary copying word by word from the slides...however, since most of us have already "inherited" the notes from our seniors...basically I don't really bother to copy notes, unless the lectures are interesting and with extra information...

Secondly, some lecturers don't really prepare for the lectures..they even doubted what they said a second before...phew~luckily they managed to correct what they "tersalah cakap" at the end too...

Thirdly, some lecturers just conduct the lectures by reading the slides verbatim...eww...that's irritating me the most...why government pays them so much just to show them how good they could read, instead this kinda tough job could be done by anyone of us....

Fourthly, paling tak boleh tahan is that a lecturer is so much phobia when he's standing in front of us talking to us....walao eh...you know what? he closes his eyes while talking in front of the class....but then this gives us advantages too lah...because he would never what's happening behind the lecture hall...hahaha...

But of course lah, I'm not here to say playing truant is good...some lecturers undeniably are good and passionate....
I'm just here to express my "subjective" opinions...
After all, I might change my mind...
Still this is my advice to you all: Go to class
haha...

It's time for me to catch the 12pm...ciao~

A short blog

2009-02-22T16:20:00.002+08:00

A short blog means the length of this blog is (going to be) short...
but I don't know how short it would be...but this is subjective...
if you find my blog interesting, then you might find it short
if you think that my blog is so walao-eh-boring, then you might find that it seems to be a thousand mile for you to finish it
Sometimes I feel like wanting to blog, but I don't know what to write
It's not that my life is too dull and not deserving a mention
just that I don't want to make blogging an obligation to me...
Life is already full of stress, why should I again place another burden onto myself
instead blogging is so much interesting..
unless you are earning your bread through blogging..
that's different story then...
I'm not and I don't think I can't..so
When I feel that I want to, then I'll do it..
When I feel that I don't want to, then I don't..

Why I wanna make a short post today?
there are several reasons
1. I have no idea what to write
2. I have endocrine test tomorrow
3. I'm going to go back to hostel soon
4. I haven't taken my bath though now it's already 4.41pm
5. I haven't packed my bag
Aiyah, if I don't want to do something, I can create a myriad of excuses...
Human is like that...I think this is a kinda subconscious self-defensive system...
If you are being questioned, unless you are well-trained or mind-prepared, your auto-pilot system will come out with all sorta excuses to defend yourself...

Okay, after a cascade of preambles...
coming to my topic today...
what am I going to share with you today?
The topic I'm going to talk about today is....
*tada*

I actually have nothing to share today..I just wanna post something to boost my visitor counts...haha

Now why not you all suggest me a few topics or subjects..
then I may discuss that from my point of view...of course in the first place, you're willing to know what's in my mind...
I think this is new and interesting..
(Too many tagging games nowadays)
but of course if I'm just hallucinating...there is actually no one reading my blog...
then muka tembok a bit loh me, I come out with a topic myself then

So leave me a comment or drop a line on my chatbox
and...
You'll determine my next post...
Thank you

(It's not a short post after all, but somehow, it just....)

Tagged by Angelia

2009-01-23T19:00:00.002+08:00

Quite shocked knowing that I was tagged by Angelia

Why shocked? Erm...because I don't know her that well..真的是有点“受宠若惊”

I hesitated, "Rhubato...Hmm...,"I was thinking, "Is this Rhubato me?"

"Is there other Rhubato outside there?"

"No gua"

OK lah...since people gave me face tagging me, of course I should pay back my respect

正所谓：“不 TAG 不相识”

1. The last person you tagged is?
I dunno pun...They din respond to me...so literally I tagged no one...

2. Your 5 impression of him/her?
Haiyoh, I tagged no one lah...so where got impression

3. The most memorable thing that he/she had ever done for you?
Walao eh, I've told you...I dunno loh

4. The most memorable word he/she ever spoke to you?
I TAGGED NOBODY ARGH~!!!

5. If he/she becomes your lover, you will…
I dunno, I dunno~!!!! OK??!!

6. If he/she becomes your enemy, you will…
ARGH~~~!!!

7. If he/she becomes your lover, he/she has to improve on…
You really piss me off

8. If he/she becomes your enemy, it is because
F*** you

9. The most desirable thing for him/her to do is
*speechless*

10. Overall impression towards him/her is
Hana...Hana...you win lah...He/She is good lah...Satistied le ma?

11. How do you think the people around you will feel about you?
I'm a honest guy with a dumb-looking specs

12. The character for you yourself is
*Grin*...Evil

13. On the contrary, the character you hate yourself is?
easily get pissed off...

14. The most ideal person you want to be is
Superman..

15. TEN people to tag
Haiyah, nobody is going to bother me de lah..

17. Who is #2 having a relationship with?
I tag no one

18. Is #3 a male or a female?
Please open your ear widely...I tag no one

19. If #7 and #10 got together, would that be a good thing?
Please argh...I alraedy dunno what to write le...

20. How about #5 and #8?
I wonder if you're having otitis media

21. What is #1 studying about?
F***....Opps...I've got pissed off again

22. When was the last time you had a chat with them?
Ok..Ok...I "nun" (In hokkien: endure)

23. Is #4 single?
*Breath in*
*Breath out*
Stay calm..stay calm...

24. Say something about #2.
!@#T(%^&*&^$%!@$@$##.....

Hello 2009

2009-01-17T02:01:00.003+08:00

Phew~
Happy New Year
...
This is my first post in year 2009
Hello to 2009
Hello to you all
Hello to all my friends
Hello to all whom I know
Hello to all who knows me
Hello to myself
and Hello to the world...
Happy 2009...

Actually I'd like to blog since the very first day of 2009
but then my time doesn't allow to do so...

For the past 2 weeks, I was like playing role-playing game...
Sometimes 1) Pharmacy Idol Program Master
Sometimes 2) Pharnomena Art Director
Sometimes 3) APPS Gala Night Head Department
Sometimes 4) Pharmnight Program Master
Sometimes 5) My Study Group's coordinator
Even if you are playing visual games, you do only have one mouse to control one role at one time..
The feeling of being in this situation sucks
Imagine, CS2, you are playing both terrorists and counter-terrorists at the same time using one pc, on mouse and one head...walao eh..
One conclusion: "How to play?"
Yet I haven't included in the lab reports and the assignments that I'm going to face for the coming weeks...
Then this situation will be like:
CS2, playing both terrorists and counter-terrorists, and at the same time, you have to save the hostages from being killed by your terrorists and again, but you as the counter-terrorists, need to take all your terrorist down before all your terrorists kill the hostages. You are playing against yourself. Whichever win or lose, you die too.
Conclusion again: "Walao eh, kanasai...How to play?"

Sometimes multi-tasking might be a good training for someone...
but then I've found that too much of it will instead become a burden for him
I can't focus much on a particular task until I was like losing control over myself
I couldn't plan to do what I want to do..because one of them might just pop out anytime anywhere against my will...
Then my plan will then have to be changed over and over again...
Sometimes, I wish I could stop by, take a rest and think before I continue...
but then now, I seem to be screwing up everything...
Everyday
waking up,
Taking breakfast
Going to school and sometimes of course ponteng abit...Especially Z&Z's lectures
Taking lunch
Going back to hostel
Doing whatever incomplete
Taking dinner
Then going for meeting
Going back to room
Sleep

This is my first time experiencing such life...
"I don't know what I'm doing"
but then what to do, I'm the one who put all these shits on me myself...
Still I have to accomplish all these...
So another conclusion:
"I've learned again"

Aih...
Sien nah~

What's your phobia?

2008-12-27T01:14:00.015+08:00

Most of us do fear something...

Even Achilles, a Greek hero of Trojan War, he did fear that his heels would be hit by an arrow...
"Achilles' heel"

Just like a Chinese proverb says, "Once you're bitten by a snake, forever you'll be afraid of rope".
Luckily there was no driving test during his time, or else he will never pass his test...

We may call this one kind of phobia...perhaps in this case, we might say that Achilles' having "arrow-phobia"...

There are so many phobias outside the world...
Some of the commons ones are...

Acrophobia - fear of height

Claustrophobia - fear of confined area

Radiophobia - fear of radio??

However there are some phobias that my common sense just couldn't convince me...

Tetraphobia - fear of number 4

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - oh shit, fear of long word

Case #1
Doctor: I think you've got pneumonoultramicroscopic...(breath in)...silicovolcanoconiosis

Case #2
Lopadotemakhoselakhogaleokranio...(breath in)..leipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokata...(breath in x2)...kekhymenokikhlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephalliokig...(C'mon...you can do it...breath in again)...klopeleiolagōiosiraiobaphētraganopterýgōn
Hurray, You've made it !!

Somniphobia - fear of sleep

Everyone does have a weakness
Mine? Erm...perhaps necrophobia
Why? Maybe I'm thirsty for success

How about you?
What's your phobia?

Tagged by Su Ee: Wedding Plan

2008-12-26T23:25:00.007+08:00

Argh...tagged by Su Ee...

How old are you?
As long as I can remember...21

Are you single?

I'm single but not available...hehe

In what age do you think you'll get married?

Erm...hard question...most probably after 30

Do you think you'll be marrying the person you are with now?

If I get married tomorrow, then maybe the person is the person I'm with now

If not, who do you want to marry?

Definitely not a boy

Do you want a garden/beach or a traditional wedding?

Are there any other choices?

Your ideal motive?

Motive? What motives? I don't know

Where do you plan to go on a honeymoon?

Malaysia...definitely out of my choices...perhaps Paris, Milan, London etc...

How many guests do you think you'll invite?

See how many of them wanna come loh...

Do you want an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding?

Of course an extravagant one...

Do you want the traditional vows or something you'd make up on your own?

If I'm creative enough, I prefer making up on my own...

How many layers of cake do you want?

As many as the baker's able to make...

Do you prefer having your reception at a hotel or a simple place?

Erm...seem like I'm not given much choice...not simple place definitely...

When do you want to get married, morning or evening?

If possible, from morning to evening, then it'd be the best...

You'd rather have your reception outdoors or indoors?

If it's raining, then I think I have no choice to stay indoors...but outdoors is cool...

Do you like a grand entrance for your groom? I'm not gay...

Name the song/tune you'd like to play at your wedding?

I'm not sure...Depending on what songs the orchestra would like to play for me...

Are you a morning person or a night person?

I'd never known that a person could be classified as morning person and night person

Do you want a solemn ceremony or a light one?

I want a romantic one

Describe your ideal husband/wife? The world will never be perfect...as long as I feel good being with her...

Do you prefer fine dining or just the normal spoon & fork/knife?

Fine dining...but of course with normal spoon, fork and knife...too abnormal ones, I don't think the guests would know how to use them...

Champagne or red wine?

Perhaps can I have fruit cordial? I can't stand a single sip of alcohol...

Honeymoon right after the wedding or days after the wedding?

If I can get the flight right after the wedding, then ma go loh!

Money or household items? Money...Money...Money...

Who will pay for the bills?

Of course I will

Are you ready for married life?

Nope, my dream is yet to be fulfilled...

Do you think you will still be a virgin until you get married?

As long as I'm not raped by any, then still I am

Will you always be true to your wife/husband?

I will be true to my wife but not husband

How many kids would you like to have?

Erm...depending on the quality of the condoms

A new house for a newly wed or an old one?

House's not really what I want, maybe a brand new castle...haha...

What kind of cuisine would you like for your wedding?

I will invite chefs from every corner of the world...woo hoo....

Will you record your honeymoon in a CD or DVD?

CD is out, man...DVD I think is no longer in use anymore at the time too...
Whose wedding plans would you like to know next? All the people who read my blog...wahaha... See no where, you're TAGGED~!!!!

Beethoven's Death

2008-12-13T00:56:00.007+08:00

Ludwig van Beethoven (16 Dec 1770 - 26 March 1827) is always my favorite musician and composer...
Inevitably, he was indeed a genius...
He published his first composition at the age of 8
What were you doing while you were at the age of 8?
I was still playing my Lego sets and fooling around with my lovely Mighty Mouse doll.
How about you? Perhaps, still sucking your old teat?
Feel shy to admit? Actually I was one of them too lah...haha

I told my mum once how great Beethoven was during his childhood
Then my mum said,
"I'm not hoping my sons to be geniuses...You look at those geniuses' faces lah, they didn't look like what they should be at their ages at all...3 years old looked like 13 years old...That's why they're so young died liao...Because, you know ar... they'd used up their brains so fast...surely died lah..."
"Ohh," I thought, "It might be true also."
My mum's theory sounds right...
Common sense...if the lifespan of a battery is supposed to be one year, but then you over-use it, definitely the battery can't last as long as it should be...
After looking at the picture below, you might agree with my mumThis is the portrait of 13-year-old Beethoven..
That's why Beethoven's death don't really arouse my curiosity to look into it in depth...

However, today while I was surfing...
I'd found out something very interesting regarding Beethoven's death...

Beethoven actually died from lead poisoning

The following is a short note I picked from an article in random

Through analyzing Beethoven’s hair, historian Russell Martin concluded, "His deafness, illness, and death were almost certainly the result of lead poisoning. Martin further speculates that this may have resulted from lead pencils—on which Ludwig was munching while composing music.

I can't believe this...
Pencil killed Beethoven

Argh~~
I'm so sad hearing this

Because I have no choice but to repudiate *Goh Lee Choo's theory
*Proudly to present you my mum - Goh Lee Choo

4 Precious Lessons

2008-12-04T12:55:00.001+08:00

Reminiscing about my last semester...
I did have a happy days I would say...especially when doing assignment
In my last semester, I had a total of 4 assignments...
Erm...though 4 assignments might be just the tip of the iceberg, for me, it's quite heavy...
However, I've learned a few good lessons...

Lesson #1
Always be humble in learning

Always thinking that we are lucky to be born in a multicultural country...
We know many languages and dialects (eg.Mandarin, English, Bahasa Malaysia, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teowchew etc)
However, after working with some of my colleagues, I'm wrong...
I'm too egotistic...I'm too ignorant...
When I talked to them, they nodded...
I asked them if they understood me...they nodded...
They always took care of my feeling
They didn't want to hurt my fragile heart...
So they pretended as if they knew what I was talking about...
In the actual fact, they can't understand a single word coming out from my mouth...
I regretted...
so I'm always willing to work hard to learn another new language so that I can communicate with them well...
Or else I will have to finish the whole assignment on my own...

Lesson #2
To be independent

For Management, we were assigned in a group of 4...
I was the only odd one...
They not only treated me good unlike what a song sings against all odds,
but they were willing to train me to work independently...
A case study of 20 pages, a written report of around 40 pages plus 2 posters...
i would say besides the 10% of the written report was not done by me, I swallowed everything...
I know they wanted to train me so that I'm competent enough in the future...
I know too that they so wanted to do all these, but I was weak...I need to learn...
And yes, I learned~!!
Don't ever think that they are bad, just that their motives behind you don't understand...I'll explain further later on...

Lesson #3
Never be satisfied with the present

For Management and Antimicrobial Therapy assignments, I took up the role as the leader...
So I had the so-called responsibility to correct what's not correct...
That's one of the criteria a leader must possess...

Do the right things and do the things right

A true leader will never be satisfied with what he's having now
I think that's what the hidden message my colleagues wanted to tell...
So they never did their assignments well so that I always had the chances to look for the mistakes and correct them...
Some of them even just copied and pasted from the internet materials without even removing the HTML links and uniforming the fonts...
What an effort they did to drill me...
I was like ransacking frantically the web upside down, guessing which paragraphs were from which sources so that I won't be tagged as a plagiarist...
I know I'm lazy...so I begged them to redo them and avoid "copy-and-paste"...they seemed like suffering from *otitis media...
What the poor guys...
What to do? Scores matter to me...I still had to do it even if how reluctant i was...
*Otitis media is the inflammation of the middle ears

Suprisingly, after I handed in my written assignment, they showed up
One day early in the morning, ...

Knock!Knock!

"Rhuyann,Rhuyann...Saye XXX"
I woke up reluctantly and dragged my foot forwards to open the door.
"Rhuyann, bolehkah saya dapat written report dari you?"
"Nak buat apa?", I rubbed my eye.
"Nanti kami nak buat poster, you nak join tak?"
"Poster apa?"
"Management..."
"Ooh...", I whispered to myself.
"Nak join tak?"
Thinking, "!@#$@$#%@, now only asking me to join?!!"
"Ada siape?", I answered in monotonous voice.
"Kami tiga semua...", he said.
Thinking, "What the f?! You all are going to have a meeting without informing me..."
"Ooh, macam ni lah...tak pe lah, you orang pergi buat lah, lepas ni baru ambil kat saye..."
"Ok...Ok"
After I transferred the softcopy to him, I threw myself back to my bed.

Sometimes, I was dumbfounded by their efficiency...Maybe I'm slow...
They finished their poster within 3 or 4 hours...
Luckily I didn't join them...phew~

Masterpiece by my colleagues

Sketch by Me

Not to be satisfied by the present, that's why I produce the above poster.

Lesson #4
Never deal with donkeys

After these assignments, I learned not to talk to donkeys
Because they can't listen...
Only thing to make them move is to whip them...
Don't be kind to them, as they will never be kind to you
If you feed them carrots, they might bite you back...
That's why donkeys are too called ass

That's all the 4 precious lessons are...
Therefore, the conclusions are...
Working with a group of marvelous colleagues, I grew stronger...
Working with a herd of donkeys, I grew more patient....
Working with a group of arses, I know how to kick their ass

p/s: I should tell them earlier that I'm a performance-based kinda person rather that process-based. I do appreciate process sometimes, but also the end result. I'm not trying to pinpoint anyone but result reveals everything.

Pokémon Heat

2008-11-29T17:13:00.000+08:00

Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā) aka Pokémon
I think it's not alien to you and me

Hmm...The first Pokémon introduced to me, I think was the yellow rat, Pikachu

Pokémon Volleyball, where I first met Pikachu...

During my time, we played this; During my brother's time, they plays online game
This proves that human's evolving
Oh gosh! I can't believe that I played this game...I looked stupid
but somehow it did give us a lot of fun during our computer class...haha

Luckily, I did experience the evolution process too
After some time, we played this no more but shifted to a more canggih one
Pokémon RPG Game.

So many versions were released including Pokémon Green, Red, Blue, Yellow and as far as I can remember Silver and Gold...
It's definitely more advanced than the previously-mentioned Pokémon Volleyball
at least you can do much more things other than hitting the ball...
Capturing Pokémon, training and battling...
The Pokémon Heat didn't stop here
There were a lot of Pokémon product tailing along...

However the first time I had the chance to see the Pokémon "alive" was
only after VCD was brought into the mainstream of our lives...Pokémon Anime

I realised that they don't talk...
The only thing that comes out from their mouths is...their names =.=
Pikachu: Pika...Pika...Pikachu
Bulbasaur: Bulba...Bulba...Bulbasaur

Somehow the characters (Ash, Brock, Misty etc) in the Anime are, I would say, all geniuses...
They not only understand what they say, but sometimes they respond to them in such a way that...hmm...they have a questionable relationship

Though sometimes the relationship between Ash and Pikachu is a bit shady,
Ash shows a very good model to, at least, the children.
He does bring the positive message

Treat your pet as your lover

Craze for Pokémon is not only limited in kids' world, but it has been widespread throughout the world

Even in pet's world...

For some super Pokémon fans, they would even name themselves after the heroes' or heroins' or Pokémon's names
eg. Brock Lee, Misty Chan, Ash Tim, Pikachu Gan etc.

But Ash is obviously not my option if I were to choose one English name
Why?
Because my family name is Ho

I grew taller?

2008-11-22T00:48:00.000+08:00

Two days ago, I was 1.74m.
Though I'm not tall, I'm not short.
But still my mum likes to ask, "Why you are so short?"
Short?
Yeah, maybe.
The reason is simple.
Just like when you are comparing a Camry with a Lamborghini.
Though Camry is awesome, but it is not awesome enough if a Lamborghini's there.
Similarly, it's because my younger brother is 1.85m.
Even my youngest brother always says, "You are so short. One day I will be taller than you."
Oh yeah, so what?
I'm the shortest, but I'm the brightest...wahaha
But 2 days ago, I found out that I've become taller
From 1.74m to 1.77m
Am I still growing?
I don't think so.
Just that my backbone was not that straight before this.
I think my mum is the happiest person to hear that and some more she hopes that I can grow taller.
That's what my mum told my dad, "I think Rhuyann still can grow taller kok."
=.=

Rhubato

2008-11-17T18:21:00.000+08:00

~Rhubato~
Fusion from my name "Rhuyann" and the word "rubato".
In Italian, rubato means "the stolen time"
and Rhuyann still means Rhuyann, I suppose. (I don't know Italian)

Okay, rubato, as a musical term, simply means that the temporary disregarding of strict tempo to allow an expressive quickening or slackening usually without altering the overall pace.
Music-wise, it makes the music sound expressive and natural.
Me-wise, rubato is my way of living.

Sometimes I play fast
Sometimes I'm slow

Sometimes I follow
and sometimes I don't

Still at the end of the day, I don't drift away from the norm. Owing to this reason too, I don't really revise my past action 'cause so far, it works all the times.
That's the way I survive throughout the past 21 years and that's also the way I think I can play it throughout the rest of my life. The lucky star has been with me for 21 years, but recently, the star really "lak qi". (fall off, in Hokkien)

In the past 21 years, 21 years you know, I was wrong. I've totally misunderstood the real meaning of being rubato. I thought as long as I could accomplish the task on time, everyday is Sunday until I had a thump right on my face recently.

WARNING: Change~!!! Change~!!!

(Taken from ww2.ramapo.edu)

I need to change the way I was.

Recalling, I was and am a last-minute person.

"Hey, how's your assignment?" "Assignment? What assignment? Har...got ar...Oh, never mind lah. Still got 4 days."

Report, last minute. Assignment, last minute. Everything, last minute.
I'm a jerk somehow. I know that I will be suffering if I don't start it early,
but my buttock skin is so thick and I just couldn't feel the pain until the fire really lit up my ass.

This semester was really a nightmare to me frankly.
I'd suffered. All the due dates were like shit trampling on me and flooding me.
Uhh...they nearly suffocated me.
What a waste if I died because of assignments.
The nation still needs me...haha

The story did not end here.

After assignments, here came the exam.
8-day study week. 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 8. 8 days.
Many things could be done within 8 days, but...
I'd wasted half of my time swaying my limbs here and there at home,
without even a glance on the notes. Aiks, what the ...

(Taken from marrickevin.files.wordpress.com)

"Time is gold"

I could deeply feel that the time was biting my spine. Though some friends of mine and I had been working together as a study group, burdens were shared, I was not able to finish the syllabus (Antimicrobial). I was left only a day to browse through the notes.
Aiks...I wished I could have more time, perhaps just one more day.

To be frank, this was the first time I felt helpless when looking at the question paper.
Hmm...Again, I wished I would have studied all these.
Err...I hope that I wouldn't fail the subject.

Luckily my EQ is not that bad, or else...

"PULAU PINANG - Musim peperiksaan melandai setiap kampus universiti kebelakangan ini. Generasi muda merupakan generasi pelapis negara pada masa akan datang, namun begitu tekanan peperiksaan telah menjadi pembunuh utama dalam kalangan mahasiswa. Suatu kes yang malang telah berlaku pada seorang budak kacak dari USM. Dia telah menjadi gila sebagai akibat tidak sempat menghabiskan nota-notanya. Walaupun gila, dia masih kelihatan kacak dari semua sudut."

I've talked too much. It's time to bury my head back to the notes because tomorrow I have practical exam. Argh~

My house's pendaflour be my witness, I will never let it happens again next semester.

"Lastly I would like to announce that Rhuyann.blogspot.com is officially in operation."
"Applause please."

(Taken from www.49tons.nl/files/applause)

"Thank you...Thank you..."