Things never end

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？

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

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

Check this out
Green Lung

Green Lung

"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