The Blog Challenge
In a class, for extra credit, I've tasked the students to use all Internet tools at their disposal to do the following:
FIND MY BLOG! :)
Let's see if anyone succeeds. For clues, they get to ask me one question a week. Question this week was, what is your blog colour scheme. Don't know how that will help but that's what they asked.
And the quest begins...
Friday, November 19, 2004
Aieee....
I've been having some vision problems, namely floaters (specks floating about in the scope of vision) and tiredness so over the weekend I went to an opthamologist. After a tedious 2 hour wait (even with an appointment), here's a snippet of the dialogue with the doctor:
Doctor: So, how can I help you?
Me: Well... I've been having an increase in floaters in my vision (and I go on at lengths using jargon learned after hours of Internet surfing).
Doctor: I'm guessing you've already been online and did some research.
Me: Err...
Any doctor that recognises the Internet and its use is good in my books! Anyways, he proceeded to fill in the gaps in my knowledge and proceeded to do the test.
Doctor: So, why don't you wear contacts (as he removes my glasses).
Me: I have a phobia about touching my eyeballs, it's gross.
Doctor: I see, then you really will not enjoy what's happening next as that's what we're going to do.
Me: (planning dramatic escape from clinic, except I couldn't because by this time they had dilated my eyes and all I see is swirly lights).
Doctor proceeded to check eyes with this nasty machine, that puts a lens right on your eyeball and magnifies it for his diagnosis. Awful experience, and makes a dental exam a walk in the park. Gawd...
Diagnosis is, (drum roll), I have a thin retina in one eye and need to undergo laser eye surgery (due next month). Woe... more eye exams and surgery to boot... sigh... am such a nervous wreck...
I've been having some vision problems, namely floaters (specks floating about in the scope of vision) and tiredness so over the weekend I went to an opthamologist. After a tedious 2 hour wait (even with an appointment), here's a snippet of the dialogue with the doctor:
Doctor: So, how can I help you?
Me: Well... I've been having an increase in floaters in my vision (and I go on at lengths using jargon learned after hours of Internet surfing).
Doctor: I'm guessing you've already been online and did some research.
Me: Err...
Any doctor that recognises the Internet and its use is good in my books! Anyways, he proceeded to fill in the gaps in my knowledge and proceeded to do the test.
Doctor: So, why don't you wear contacts (as he removes my glasses).
Me: I have a phobia about touching my eyeballs, it's gross.
Doctor: I see, then you really will not enjoy what's happening next as that's what we're going to do.
Me: (planning dramatic escape from clinic, except I couldn't because by this time they had dilated my eyes and all I see is swirly lights).
Doctor proceeded to check eyes with this nasty machine, that puts a lens right on your eyeball and magnifies it for his diagnosis. Awful experience, and makes a dental exam a walk in the park. Gawd...
Diagnosis is, (drum roll), I have a thin retina in one eye and need to undergo laser eye surgery (due next month). Woe... more eye exams and surgery to boot... sigh... am such a nervous wreck...
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Such bliss to live in a country with such diverse celebrations! Looking forward to great food this long weekend :) All hail ketupat and rendang!
MUSIC CONCERT
The college's music department is organising a concert come 27 November (at night). This is the fourth time running and it should be good. A variety of classical and contemporary pieces performed by about 20+ students in a variety of instrument disciplines. Tickets are priced at RM15 and RM20 so if anyone's interested, give me a buzz :)
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Enjoy the weekend everyone! Drive safe, take it easy, and let loose :)
Such bliss to live in a country with such diverse celebrations! Looking forward to great food this long weekend :) All hail ketupat and rendang!
MUSIC CONCERT
The college's music department is organising a concert come 27 November (at night). This is the fourth time running and it should be good. A variety of classical and contemporary pieces performed by about 20+ students in a variety of instrument disciplines. Tickets are priced at RM15 and RM20 so if anyone's interested, give me a buzz :)
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Enjoy the weekend everyone! Drive safe, take it easy, and let loose :)
Monday, November 08, 2004
Sunday, November 07, 2004
The Pyramid Tower
Sunway has a new hotel, the bright orange Pyramid Tower. From the outside, the building is really unremarkable. But in the inside, it's actually quite appealing.
Check out the snazzy restrooms.
And the retro cafe seating.
And if you were wondering what I was doing there, well, met a friend for:
:)
Sunway has a new hotel, the bright orange Pyramid Tower. From the outside, the building is really unremarkable. But in the inside, it's actually quite appealing.
Check out the snazzy restrooms.
And the retro cafe seating.
And if you were wondering what I was doing there, well, met a friend for:
:)
Friday, October 29, 2004
Happy Halloween Everyone!!!
Having Halloween Week at CreativeKids where room is darkened and we share ghost stories. Made the awful mistake of telling a scary one when my housemate was out of town. Spent the night alone with every lights on and TV on full blast. Bluergh... hate being horrified.
Have been incredibly busy but am now incredibly liberated!!! Finished 3 reports amounting to 20,000 words on top of earlier assignments of about 10,000 in all. But it's done and I've finished my first semester in my Masters program!!! HOORAH!!!
Long weekend coming up. All the best everyone and enjoy :)
Having Halloween Week at CreativeKids where room is darkened and we share ghost stories. Made the awful mistake of telling a scary one when my housemate was out of town. Spent the night alone with every lights on and TV on full blast. Bluergh... hate being horrified.
Have been incredibly busy but am now incredibly liberated!!! Finished 3 reports amounting to 20,000 words on top of earlier assignments of about 10,000 in all. But it's done and I've finished my first semester in my Masters program!!! HOORAH!!!
Long weekend coming up. All the best everyone and enjoy :)
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Updates
Phew, had such a hectic past week. LAN visit came and went. Then had workshops at Sekolah Sri Aman for 2 days. Parents came over the weekend. And this week, new semester has started so it's back to full working hours as usual. Exhausting... top off with assignments due for my Masters, of which this is the 2nd last week of my first semester! Will have a glorious one week break before I take on 2 more subjects. Argh...
Meng and HL came by on Sunday for a visit and they dropped a surprise! Thanks guys for the belated birthday gift :)
Phew, had such a hectic past week. LAN visit came and went. Then had workshops at Sekolah Sri Aman for 2 days. Parents came over the weekend. And this week, new semester has started so it's back to full working hours as usual. Exhausting... top off with assignments due for my Masters, of which this is the 2nd last week of my first semester! Will have a glorious one week break before I take on 2 more subjects. Argh...
Meng and HL came by on Sunday for a visit and they dropped a surprise! Thanks guys for the belated birthday gift :)
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Resident Evil Rocks!
After a long hiatus from the cineplexes, decided to give GSC some of my business and watched two movies over the weekend. The first was the sappy but feel good Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement. Pretty funny stuff though very light hearted :) Great movie for little girls and princesses wannabe's. Haha...
The one that got me piqued was Resident Evil: Apocalypse! Just watch the trailer, how cool is that? Never a fan of gratuitious violence and gore galore, I am however inclined towards movies/tv shows with macho heroine chicks (eg Charmed, Xena, Lara Croft) and Alice in RE:A is so cool! Forgiving the crappy dialogue and really funny looking zombies (I swear those extras look like they are about to burst into laughter at their silliness in some scenes), the movie overall is fun. Nice pacing, not too overdrawn, and ending hints at a sequel. Fun :)
Now I'm looking forward to Shark's Tale and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!
After a long hiatus from the cineplexes, decided to give GSC some of my business and watched two movies over the weekend. The first was the sappy but feel good Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement. Pretty funny stuff though very light hearted :) Great movie for little girls and princesses wannabe's. Haha...
The one that got me piqued was Resident Evil: Apocalypse! Just watch the trailer, how cool is that? Never a fan of gratuitious violence and gore galore, I am however inclined towards movies/tv shows with macho heroine chicks (eg Charmed, Xena, Lara Croft) and Alice in RE:A is so cool! Forgiving the crappy dialogue and really funny looking zombies (I swear those extras look like they are about to burst into laughter at their silliness in some scenes), the movie overall is fun. Nice pacing, not too overdrawn, and ending hints at a sequel. Fun :)
Now I'm looking forward to Shark's Tale and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!
Friday, October 01, 2004
Yawns...
Am so sleepy. Slept late last night because I forgot about an assignment that was due today! Haha... talk about pot calling kettle black. And here I go in class telling students to always do work on time and commit. Then again, students study fulltime... and they don't have work and a house full of kids to reckon with :) Anyways, 4 weeks left in my first semester so crunch time is coming!
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Petrol prices went up. I wonder how many people went to queue at petrol stations last night to fill up. 5 cents is almost negligible and considering how countries like the US have their petrol prices almost double, we're pretty lucky to have the government buffering the prices for us. Though as usual, I'm sure there'll be the tirade against 'exorbitant' price increase and blah blah blah. Ah well...
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LAN is coming in 2 weeks. Hoorah... bluergh.... Happy Friday everyone!
Am so sleepy. Slept late last night because I forgot about an assignment that was due today! Haha... talk about pot calling kettle black. And here I go in class telling students to always do work on time and commit. Then again, students study fulltime... and they don't have work and a house full of kids to reckon with :) Anyways, 4 weeks left in my first semester so crunch time is coming!
..........
Petrol prices went up. I wonder how many people went to queue at petrol stations last night to fill up. 5 cents is almost negligible and considering how countries like the US have their petrol prices almost double, we're pretty lucky to have the government buffering the prices for us. Though as usual, I'm sure there'll be the tirade against 'exorbitant' price increase and blah blah blah. Ah well...
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LAN is coming in 2 weeks. Hoorah... bluergh.... Happy Friday everyone!
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Thanks!
My birthday banana says it all! Had a good birthday this year, kicked off with the monthly company birthday makan for all September babies, and then a surprise party at home with family, and then another surprise party at a student's place where they conned me with a mooncake gathering, and finally a surprise cake party by colleagues :) I had a lot of cake, well wishes, and greetings from good friends. Thanks everyone!
My birthday banana says it all! Had a good birthday this year, kicked off with the monthly company birthday makan for all September babies, and then a surprise party at home with family, and then another surprise party at a student's place where they conned me with a mooncake gathering, and finally a surprise cake party by colleagues :) I had a lot of cake, well wishes, and greetings from good friends. Thanks everyone!
Thursday, September 23, 2004
HOT NEWS!!! I am so happy :)
SpongeBob Drips More Episodes
Wed Sep 22, 4:04 PM ET
NEW YORK - Looks like SpongeBob is getting squeezed for more screen time.
AP Photo
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SpongeBob SquarePants (Yahoo! TV)
"SpongeBob SquarePants," the popular animated Nickelodeon show, is returning with 20 all-new episodes, set to premiere on the cable channel sometime in 2005 after the big square sponge and his undersea friends soak on the big screen.
Wed Sep 22, 4:04 PM ET
NEW YORK - Looks like SpongeBob is getting squeezed for more screen time.
AP Photo
Related Links
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SpongeBob SquarePants (Yahoo! TV)
"SpongeBob SquarePants," the popular animated Nickelodeon show, is returning with 20 all-new episodes, set to premiere on the cable channel sometime in 2005 after the big square sponge and his undersea friends soak on the big screen.
"What could be better than announcing that the world's most beloved and optimistic sea sponge is coming back with 20 new episodes?" asked Nick President Cyma Zarghami Wednesday. "SpongeBob is the most successful property in our 25-year history, and we're thrilled to bring his fans more adventures from Bikini Bottom. And maybe he'll finally get his driver's license."
The series, which follows the absorbent adventures of a talking sponge and his best friend Patrick in the underwater lair of Bikini Bottom, launched in July 1999 and has became a sensation with kids and adults alike. Many fans believed there would be no more "SpongeBob" on the tube after the toon's upcoming film.
Not true, according to show creator and executive producer Stephen Hillenburg.
"While I'm completing the day-to-day production of the SpongeBob feature film," said Hillenburg. "I am also looking forward to overseeing the creation of these new SpongeBob episodes for television."
"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" hits theaters Nov. 19.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
MidAutumn Festival!
Over the weekend, I've decked my house with paper lanters, approximately 20 in total. Pretty! Have always loved the MidAutumn Festival. And the mooncakes! Nyam... kids should be surprised today. We did the Legend of Chang Er last week so they are getting into the groove of things :)
Saturday should be fun. Have reserved seats for those who confirmed. Haven't seen most of the films myself (wouldn't go if I have). And then will be headingback to Melaka the morning after. On leave till Wednesday just for the heck of it! Woohoo...
College is having it's monthly birthday staff bash tomorrow... so that means free cake and chocolates for birthday people! Yay! Unfortunately, unlike most months, there's 13 people celebrating their birthdays this month so cake portions likely to not be as generous. Darn... Also have a colleague sharing the same birthday so presents from colleagues will also likely be divided. Double darn. But birthdays are fun nevertheless... never quite mind being the older. Am actually enjoying life older than younger. :)
Anyways, enough rambling. I'm just enjoying a brief respite between assignments. Come next week and it'll be back to hitting the books (or in this case, online documents). Ciao!
Over the weekend, I've decked my house with paper lanters, approximately 20 in total. Pretty! Have always loved the MidAutumn Festival. And the mooncakes! Nyam... kids should be surprised today. We did the Legend of Chang Er last week so they are getting into the groove of things :)
Saturday should be fun. Have reserved seats for those who confirmed. Haven't seen most of the films myself (wouldn't go if I have). And then will be headingback to Melaka the morning after. On leave till Wednesday just for the heck of it! Woohoo...
College is having it's monthly birthday staff bash tomorrow... so that means free cake and chocolates for birthday people! Yay! Unfortunately, unlike most months, there's 13 people celebrating their birthdays this month so cake portions likely to not be as generous. Darn... Also have a colleague sharing the same birthday so presents from colleagues will also likely be divided. Double darn. But birthdays are fun nevertheless... never quite mind being the older. Am actually enjoying life older than younger. :)
Anyways, enough rambling. I'm just enjoying a brief respite between assignments. Come next week and it'll be back to hitting the books (or in this case, online documents). Ciao!
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Long Weekend
Back from the weekend and will be work as usual tomorrow, darn. :) Well, looking forward to the end of the month for another long weekend! Hehe... anyways, here's some snapshots of my weekend (thanks to my new cellphone with it's teeny weeny cam).
Nandos! Had such a great meal. Sigh... comfort food.
Had a Sate Celup dinner to celebrate mom's birthday. Good stuff :)
Food offerings for Grandad's death anniversary.
My Grandma's collection of erm, animal figurines. Lots of history there, mostly tacky ones.
Here's Grandma making 'chai pau' or vegetable pau. Nyam...
Also,
SenseWorld
A Sensory Exploration with Multimedia
15-16 September,
Theater,
3rd Floor,
MSC International College.
Free admission, do drop by if you guys are free :)
Back from the weekend and will be work as usual tomorrow, darn. :) Well, looking forward to the end of the month for another long weekend! Hehe... anyways, here's some snapshots of my weekend (thanks to my new cellphone with it's teeny weeny cam).
Nandos! Had such a great meal. Sigh... comfort food.
Had a Sate Celup dinner to celebrate mom's birthday. Good stuff :)
Food offerings for Grandad's death anniversary.
My Grandma's collection of erm, animal figurines. Lots of history there, mostly tacky ones.
Here's Grandma making 'chai pau' or vegetable pau. Nyam...
Also,
SenseWorld
A Sensory Exploration with Multimedia
15-16 September,
Theater,
3rd Floor,
MSC International College.
Free admission, do drop by if you guys are free :)
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Wednesday! But it feels like Monday?
Yay! It feels like a 3-day weekend! Bliss... plus semester's over so no classes for me until OCTOBER!!! WOOHOO!!! All I have to do now is to finish the exams and marking and I have the entire work day to myself :) (Well, have to study but at least I can do it at work and go back to my Astro at nights!).
Am such a shallow but happy man. Plus I have tonnes of leave to use up! Sigh... happy happy happy...
Yay! It feels like a 3-day weekend! Bliss... plus semester's over so no classes for me until OCTOBER!!! WOOHOO!!! All I have to do now is to finish the exams and marking and I have the entire work day to myself :) (Well, have to study but at least I can do it at work and go back to my Astro at nights!).
Am such a shallow but happy man. Plus I have tonnes of leave to use up! Sigh... happy happy happy...
Thursday, August 19, 2004
TGIF? No... it's TGI-HOLIDAY!!!
As the title indicates, am ecstatic because I have a long weekend coming up. Took leave so can rest, hangout, and spend time with family members who are coming up for a visit. Also need some time to finish another Master's assignment but not going to dwell on that for now.
Family from the States might come down but with standby tickets no one really knows whether they will make it or not. Keeping fingers crossed though and hope they do. Will be nice to meet them again :)
Was late for work yesterday because a stupid squirrel ran into the house and didn't know how to get out. Jumped on furniture, pulled on curtains and ended up in the downstairs room. I was kinda afraid to enter (afraid it will jump on me and gouge my eyes out or something) so I did the next best thing. I send Biscuit in. Hehe... I kinda see Biscuit like a dog. He's just too burly and aggressive to be a bunny. Anyways, he didn't do much but hopped a bit and went back to the garden. Took me awhile but with a broom and a pillow (for a shield), managed to chase the poor rodent out of the house and then rushed off to work (on foot).
Anyways, am on half day leave today, leave tomorrow and another half day on Monday! WOOHOO! Holiday, holiday, holiday...
As the title indicates, am ecstatic because I have a long weekend coming up. Took leave so can rest, hangout, and spend time with family members who are coming up for a visit. Also need some time to finish another Master's assignment but not going to dwell on that for now.
Family from the States might come down but with standby tickets no one really knows whether they will make it or not. Keeping fingers crossed though and hope they do. Will be nice to meet them again :)
Was late for work yesterday because a stupid squirrel ran into the house and didn't know how to get out. Jumped on furniture, pulled on curtains and ended up in the downstairs room. I was kinda afraid to enter (afraid it will jump on me and gouge my eyes out or something) so I did the next best thing. I send Biscuit in. Hehe... I kinda see Biscuit like a dog. He's just too burly and aggressive to be a bunny. Anyways, he didn't do much but hopped a bit and went back to the garden. Took me awhile but with a broom and a pillow (for a shield), managed to chase the poor rodent out of the house and then rushed off to work (on foot).
Anyways, am on half day leave today, leave tomorrow and another half day on Monday! WOOHOO! Holiday, holiday, holiday...