Birthday party

My lil bro's belated birthday party-21th September

Before the party......

Daddy preparing...

They arrive early, so they wondering around....


Drinks....

Computer-ing, after football-ing...
Mum&dad arranging the tables...

It will be a candle-light dinner...

45 minutes before eating...

Food...

ZOom In....

'Sambal ikan bilis' & mashed potato...

Hotdog...

Meehun...

Roasted chicken...

My uncle arrived..with her lil gal...

Eating time...

"I'll take mashed potato first."

Concentrating...

Yeah!! We are full!

After eating..

Cycling in the dark...

Concentrate on...

Gaming!!

Cake time....

Camera-phobia...

Seems like praying more than clapping.

*All the foods are cooked by my family, except the hotdog.

Things That I Missed Out When I'm at USM

What I missed when I'm studying??

July 2008. Visit my cousin brother at Kampar, Perak.

5th. July 2008. Celebrate Birthday

My daddy's Birthday

A card from my brother
13th July. Celebrate Mid Autumn Festival.

Latterns, or better known as Tanglung

My mummy&daddy

The traditional tanglung
Family photo. I'm left out, again.

Long Time no SEe

How Are u??

It's been a looooooooooooooong time since I log in to my blog. Time flies by....easily. Maybe I spent times on doing things I like, thus felt that time really FLIES by. These fews months have been long. Joined some activities, so that's why I'm off these few months. Plus the normal stuff: study.

During the semester break, I was an expo convocation's committee planning for the convo week, a soon-to-be Pembimbing Pelajar Minggu SuaiKenal (PPMS), a certified PPMS 08/09 (after the 2 weeks trainning) during the Orientation Week, and a committee member for USM's expo convocation during the Convo week. And now, back to the old me, I'm a student! While being so many position at a time, I felt very tired. But now when I reflect back, all these tiredness are AWESOME! It's because I felt happy when I've done something I never done before. And now, somehow, I missed all those time! Times like when I was in Kem Ulu Kenas for the PPMS's trainning, meeting the juniors during the orientation week, etc. Above all, I think my coursemates and I are getting closer. (for some only!!) While getting closer to everyone, 3 of coursemates left us, for some time. They went abroad for student exchange programmes. Xin Mi, one of my closet friends, went to Hong Kong for one semester, while Shu Li and Pau Li went to Japan. ~Goodbye my friends it's hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky~. Well, take good care of yourself, my friends!!

Last but not least, congrats to USM, as USM had just been granted an APEX

(Accelerated Programme for Excellence) status! USM transformation plan, entitled “Transforming Higher Education for a Sustainable Tomorrow” focussed, among other things, on diagnostics, medical biotechnology, waste management, pharmaceuticals, nano-technology, membrane technology and vaccines.

Congrats! :)

My group during PPMS trainning. There are 2 from Engineering Campus.

Coursemates: Lawrence(back, left), Theepa (left), Min Min(centre), Shei Han (Right) & Zhe Rong (far right)

Coursemates

From left: Tze Sieng, Me, Xin Mi, Sze Sze and Shei Han

USM's master plan

releasing

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Hmmm...why human always like to do things at the very last minute? Me myself is one of them. Tutorial's homework due tomorrow, today only finish it. Assignment due on 31 January, but now haven't started yet. But I already found out all those information about the assignment lah. Haiz. Human's habit. I already told myself from last semester not to do this again in this new semester, but then I think I already failed on of my New Year's Resolution. Hahaha....But I really found out that all those ideas for the works we have to do really pop out during the very last minute. Funny right? But that's what I found out, at the moment. I wonder did our lecturers do like us, doing last minute things. Hehehe... cos they are also human!! Hahaha...

just another day

Public holiday....but just another normal day for me!!

It's a public holiday today, but for me, it's just another normal day. My day was filled with homeworks, books and revisions. That's it. I have enough already!!! I'm gonna go crazy if I keep on like this. But if I didnt do this now, when should I do? Tomorrow? What if tomorrow have another bunch of works to do? Haiz... This semester got more books to read. Every week has 2 quizes to do, but have to read for 2 chapters. I need some time to relax, to do my own stuff. Can't I?? Luckily I got my laptop. If not, I think I went crazy ready!! But hey, I still couldnt do whenever I want to do in the net, as 'they' bar some websites for those who use WiFi in uni's compound. Haiz. ARGHHH!!!!! I wish I have a bicycle here, can cycle around the campus. Hmmm......

F2008

NEw year, new car....

Yesterday, 6 January, Ferrari unveil their new F1 car, named F2008. Today, 2007 World Champion, Kimi Raikkonen tested the new car at Fiorano, Italy. It features a new electronic system called SECU (Standard Electronic Control Unit) that is the same for all F1 teams this season.
Other new details include a revamped transmission, which must be used for four consecutive races, and more safety features, including lateral guards near the drivers' helmets.
According to new rules for materials, the car is heavier than last year's edition, weighing in at 1,333.78 pounds, including water, oil and the driver. There is also a complete overhaul in aerodynamics, although Ferrari said more changes will be put in place before the first race in Australia in March.
Raikkonen said the cockpit is tighter.
"There are a lot of changes. Most of all the loss of traction control is gone, which will make it a little difficult to drive in the wet," the Finnish driver told the ANSA news agency. "We'll have to change our style of driving, but that happens with every new car."

I personally hope that Kimi will retain his World Champion's title. Go! Go! Kimi!Gambateh kudasai!!

The new F2008

Steering wheel

Kimi with Massa

Both drivers with the Ferrari's sport director

Kimi doing the testing for the first time

Angkawasan!!!!

Angkawasan is here in USM!!!!!



wooohh!!!! today, a forum, entitled ' detik manis bersama angkasawan' was held here in USM.....of course there were sooooo many students came!!! ahaha....felt very proud as USM was his first university that he gave talk!!!! i really enjoyed his 1.5 hours talk...and he really like 'mengasyikkan' this word, as he always used it describe something undiscribeable.....and to tell you the truth, he is extremely HANDSOME!!!!! argghhhhh!!!! really fell in love in him......wahahaha.....when he first came the hall, he was kind of malu-malu kucing a bit...can see from his expression....but then, when the forum starts, he kind of already used to the environment, coz he looked a bit relaxed....and you know what, his voice are very sweet!!!! ahhhhh!!!! really gonna go crazy bout him now!!!!! but really, he really try hard to inspire us to do everything we dream of.....the way he talked, really showed that when u dream of something, you have try hard and you will really achieve at the end of the day....so everyone out there, believe in yourself and try hard....coz you gonna make that dreams come true!!!!!! gambateh kudasai!!!!! :)



ps: i took this pix from usm's web...as i sat upstairs....haiz...a bit upset coz didnt have a chance to shake hand with him....

YEaHHHH!!!!

5 october....

hOOOrayyyyy!!!! still got 5 days to go......i'm going back to selangor....yeSSSS!!!! though i was at home 2 weeks ago, but its only 12 hours, as i juz went back to get my laptop.....i had been busy during these 2 weeks..assigment, tutorials, meetings for both edc(english dhamma camp) and wus 101...it was my first time taking part in a dhamma camp...quite nervous, as i do not know how to handle, well, what to handle, actually...im in logistic part...now that the ajk form up for this camp had been disband, the camp's committee will be form up this coming monday....normally, these ajk's position will not be change, as they had already know what to do...my ketua(logistic) said i will be in charge of the logistic department as she will not be attending the camp....HELLOOOO!!!!!....me in charge??haiz....itz not that i hate it, but it will be a big responsibility for me...ok lor...i will take charge from there lor.... :)

buddhist society

The Buddhist society's activities

I became a member of the Buddhist society because I think I don't know this religion 'deeply'. Besides that, my friend is reverent to Buddhist. Hence, I sign up as a member. The first activity that I encountered was the Buddhist class, which is held on every Friday, 12.30 pm to 2.30pm. The class are divided into 3, the first one is the first level for the beginner, while the second level is for those intermediate to continue. The other one is a workshop for those who wanted to become a facilitator. This workshop is to help to produce facilitators so that they can guide all the beginners and those intermediate. It's not compulsory to take part in the workshop. Only those who really think they wanted to help can take part. Bascially, the Buddhist society have 4 major activities throughout the week, that is the Buddhist class, the choir class, the meditation class and the dhamma talk.

Buddhist Class

So far, I've been to 2 of the Buddhist classes. The first class that I attended was a short movie about the birth of the Buddha, and how the prince became the Buddha. After the screening of the movie, we went into our groups and discuss all the things that we don't understand with our faci. These faci will help us as much as they can. And from this movie, I got to know some questions that I've wondering about. The second class is a continuing class from last week. We still discuss about the short movie that we had watched and the facis also told us about other little things like who are the 10 juniors' of the Buddha and what are their specialities. Afterwards, we had a game about the Buddha's juniors to help us to remember them. By now, I knew a little bit more about the Buddha compared to last time. But if you asked me to name all the Buddha's juniors, I still cannot memorised all of them!! :)

Choir Class

Choir class. I like to sing, so I go lah!! But the main thing is that I don't know those songs that they always sing. That's why I went to the class, hoping to learn those songs. Those senoirs who are under the choir class will teach us the correct way to sing a song, like we have to 'exercise' our throat and sound before we start to sing. This is done to help us sing better and won't lose our voice. The teaching are simple. They will play the tune with guitar and we sang according to the tune. All of the songs that we sing are played by guitar. And they will tell us what is the song about, so that we can know the meaning of it. Until now, I had learned many songs, but I still could't memorized all of them. But the song that I really like is the society's theme song, "Home Away From Home". This song was written and composed by a senoir. Our Yang Dipertua (Pengerusi lah...) said there will be a different feeling when you sing that song in the first, second and third year. He said the writer has written out all those 3 years' feeling in the song. For me, I think the song might have done so because from the lyrics itself, they are like divided into 3 parts. The first part are for those newcomer who came into USM from all places and different backgrounds; the second part are for those intermediate and the third part for those 'oldies'. I cannot elaborate much because I still haven't have that feeling. Maybe wait till I graduate first!! I think it's a wise move for me to participate in this choir class because I really feel closer to them because we sing the songs together. I mean, there will be a strange feeling when everybody is singing except myself. I guess I have to try my best to try to memorised all those songs so that I won't be left out!!

Meditation Class

Meditation class had been go on for 2 weeks, but I only managed to go 1 time (the other time I couldn't make it because I had a test). There are 2 meditation class, 1 in English while the other 1 in Chinese. This is done so that those who don't know Chinese can also attend the meditation class. I think it's a good thing because the class really make you think of yourself properly. The master said during the meditation, all those you had suffered before, like what and what pain, it will all 'come out'. I haven't feel it, maybe because this was my first time doing it. Beside doing meditation, the master also tell us some of the meditation-related thing. But overall, I think it's a good class after a whole tiresome day. During meditation, we can really rest our mind and think of all those things that we had done during the day, whether it's a good or bad ones. If we did bad things, we have to think again why we acted that way and remind ourselves not to do it again next time. If we do good things, we must remember continue to do good deeds. Hence, we will not going into the wrong way.

Dhamma Talk

I haven't have a chance to go to this class, because I got a class to attend to when the time where this talk is held. It also have 2 classes, 1 in English and the otehr 1 in Chinese. A master will be invited to each class to talk about a topic. I'm not sure, but I guess it might be something about life, people and surroundings.

Feeling

I think I had learnt something from all those activities. And this is a good scenario, as this is what I'm hoping for, gain something new or experiencing something different. This is university's life. If we don't really involved in uni's thing, when are we going to experience it? There is a different life in university compare to secondary-school's life or worklife. If I didnt enjoy the uni's life, when can I enjoy it again?? That's what my aunt and cousin (who had been to university) said before I entered university. And I really don't understand why, at that time, they always wanted me to enjoy life in university, keep telling me to remember this. And now, after 1 month in university, I knew the feeling they tried to tell me, and I understand it now!!

PPB's day trip+DTSP's mlm anugerah

Day Trip+ Mlm Anugerah

4 August 2007

I'm a member of Persatuan Pelajar Budhhist in USM. So, I took part in a lawatan, named Lawatan M.O. Actually, M.O. means Minggu Orientasi. It's was a day trip to visit Penang. So, at 6.30 am, all the participants gathered at Dewan Utama Pelajar, a place where all the examination take place, which is quite far from my hostel. We were given a pamphlet which had some briefings on what places are we going to visit. Besides that, we had to find a person because inside the pamphlet included a name. So, we had to find out who he/she is, and gave back their name. Then, we gathered into groups according to the pamphlet's colour. In my group, I'm the only 1st year. Then we introduced ourselves to each other. At 7.15 am, we went to our first destination, our society's 'home'. Basically, it's just the place where all the society's things were keep, notice's board, a place where the Exco held meeting, etc. They named that place 'cubicle', because it really is a cubicle!! This were done so that all the members know where is the society's 'home'. We took turn to visit the cubicle as the place are small. While we were waiting for our turn, we had some games. It's a game to remember other members' names.

After that, we straight away went to Kek Lok Si Temple. On the way to the temple, we sang songs in the bus. Those songs that we sang are all from the society's songs. At Kek Lok Si temple, those facilitators ( 'faci' in short) gave us some briefings about the history of the temple. We spent about 1 hour there before we left for next destination. Our next destination is The Botanical Garden. Before we had our lunch, we had some games. After the lunch, we were given our own time. That's the time where we had rest. It was a sunny day, and was quite hot. And there were monkeys who came to disturb us!!! But they didnt attack us lah!! Those faci were sporting. They always had games for us, which means we wont got bored. At 2.30 pm, we started our journey again. That's when we really have our rest (in bus, got air-cond mah!!). Later, we went to visit Penang Museum, Dharmikarama Burmese Temple and Wat Chayamangkalaram before we went to Tanjung Bungah's beach.

At the beach, games were held, and we also sang songs. All those games that we played, some of it has the meaning of 'we have to help each other', or 'the unity is the strength' "s concept. We spent almost 2 hours there before we left for USM at 6.30pm.

My Feeling

It was a great trip as I really felt very warm by all those faci had done . They really are like my big brothers and sisters who would care for their little sisters and brothers. It feels like a second home here. Maybe that's the main objective of the society, to give warm to all those who are far away from their hometown, besides let them get in touch deeply with the religion.

The 20th Malaysia Film Festival

Upon arrived in USM after the day trip, there was a different scenario in USM. The 20th Malaysia Film Festival were here!!! The festival were held in the Dewan Tunku Syed Putra. Some of our students had the opportunity to watch it live from the hall itselt. And it was really a star-studded night!!! ARGHH!!! These 'outsiders' who came wore beautiful outfits, although I didnt had the chance of meeting any artistes. I just happended to be walking near the hall, and saw some of them, and saw 4 vintage cars!!! ARGHH!!!! My friend, Nor Farhani, went to watch it, and these are some of her photo's. And I couldnt say much about this event because I didnt attend it!! Do you know where was I? I'm at the night market!! Hahaha!!!


My 'sister' Nor Farhani b Ariffin

With Hans Isacc

With Khatijah Tan

With Jalaluddin Hassan

*I had watched Cinta and think it was a good movie. I cried while watching the movie ( in cinema!). And congratulations to Cinta 'cos won the Best Film, Best Editing and Best Screenplay's categories.