Meditation is never better

Busiest Semester Ever

2010-01-30T01:53:00.002+08:00

Hi to myself, I'm talking to myself here as always.
"What had I done to get 4 assignments this week?", I asked yet none replied.
How could this happen to me?
Has the world gone upside down?
What's happening here?
Who's responsible for all of these?
When am I gonna get my freedom?
I just want to live my life happily and here comes my mountain of burdens.

Well, this is Uni life... Welcome to the world of university student.
Gambateh mina

Sleep

2008-12-22T17:28:00.003+08:00

wow look at my cousin brother... he really can sleep so sound in a bus... I wonder if i also sleep like that when i'm younger.... Maybe I'm also a victim of the camera but fortunately my picture ain't here... So sorry to disappoint you guys

H-O-L-I-D-A-Y

2008-11-23T18:43:00.001+08:00

Yeessss... I'm done with my crazy exam... Finally after struggling for 3 weeks i finished my exams...
Now i'll be spending everyday of the December playing playing and playing.... Don't care anymore...
Just enjoy and play

Hubungan Etnik

2008-11-12T23:53:00.005+08:00

Apa ini? What's this? 这是什么? This is another subject i took in uni lorr... Haiz, what has etnicity gonna do with my Computer Science course again? Can some professionals explain this strange phenomenon to me? Yeah most of you will say it's a scoring subject, BUT DEFINITELY NOT in university!!! Other only have objective questions for this subject while my super pro UTeM advances to a higher level by giving structured and essay questions.. Why is this happening to me? 一点都不公平.. Tak fair langsung! Why the government can't just take away all these stupid subjects? Is it so hard for us just to learn what we needed to learn?

YouthSays

2008-11-11T16:16:00.003+08:00

Well currently i've been invited to try this YouthSays thingy... You get paid for making surveys, so i hope that you guys will be willing to join this as around 40000+ youths has joined this event. You can click HERE for the link or go straight to http://youthsays.com/go/18G

TITAS

2008-11-10T17:59:00.002+08:00

TITAS is the abbreviation for Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia... What is tamadun? Basically in english it means civilization taken from the Greek word civitas which means sth obviuosly... Haha, well for your knowledge everyone here studying in local universities has to take up this subject. I can only say one word... L-A-M-E... What has civilization to do with my computer science course? Hello any relations here? Neh i don't think so! Anyways still managed to memorize all those nabi muhammad thingy and thanks God for helping me. Amen

Year 1 Sem 1 Maths Exam

2008-11-05T09:24:00.002+08:00

Algorithm, Trees, Truth Table, Incidence Matrix, blah blah blah... What is this?? How can the questions be so far different with the mid-term exam?? TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE!! Are you playing a fool on us? Why give us do something you never taught? However i still manage to finish the questions even though the answers might be wrong.. Haha, this is Uni, step in and you die!! So the moral of the story is to enter uni with a dying heart so you won't feel like a living dead

Who is a GOD like You?

2008-11-03T18:02:00.001+08:00

Last saturday a pot luck cum small group meeting was held at uncle Kok Bin's house. Well the lesson shared by Jeff Walling is totally hilarious, wonder how many hours have he been practising...
Well at least everyone have fun. By the way, the scripture shared is taken from Micah 7:18-20.
Micah 7:18 says:"Who is a God like You, who forgive our sins and trangessions." This teaches us to be forgiving, and not remembering vengeance for you can't live in hate for the rest of your life rite?
So be forgiving and better forget the mistakes or wrongs that someone has done to you

I remembered my B-L-O-G

2008-10-24T07:07:00.000+08:00

Well after so long having gone, i'm revived by the the god of ZZ.... Now i suddenly remembered that i used to open a blog that i've abandoned for so long... Sry blog this is totally my fault... Forgive me blog, forgive me plz... Forgive me world...

Busy Busy Busy

2008-09-17T03:24:00.002+08:00

Haiz, since entering UNI life starts to become hectic. Who says UNI life is simple and fun? I can definitely tell is vice versa.... UNI life is never relax i can tell(especially local UNI). Well what can I do except to accept everything that comes in my way. **Climb every mountain, cross every stream, follow every rainbow and you'll find your dreams**. Familar eh? Coz it's the Sound Of Music...

Win a Big Mac

2008-05-14T21:55:00.002+08:00

Two all beef patties,
special sauce, lettuce,
cheese, pickles, onions,
on a sesame seed bun.

Well, at McDonald, you get a coupon where you'll have a chance to win a Big Mac if you can finish the chanting above within 4 seconds...
Yeap, and it's 4 seconds..
However, being so fortunate i managed to finish saying them in 2 seconds..
Don't believe?? Try it out yourself..
And don't forget to claim your Big Mac.... Jajajaja.....
For citizens in Malaysia, check the Big Mac Chant for more details

Studies

2008-04-29T01:31:00.002+08:00

Why do i upload this picture you wonder??
Well last time a great guy from Bakersield, California -Tom Clobes asked my friend(Mithiran) and I whether we're nerds...
Actually the whole story began with Mithi telling him that we passed our PTS, meaning we sat for an exam where we can skip a year school by going up straight from Primary 3 to Primary 5...
Cool eh??
But I don't think so personally. The days were hard because we're lack of a year's knowledge and the other students were one year older than me...
However everything run smooth and i'm now almost 19 and still studying- waiting for my Uni to start though....
Has this pic any relation to what i said??
Neh, I just wanna tell you all out there that if you study only you will fail....
You will be successful if you can apply the knowledge in your daily life..
So, in a nutshell, study hard and achieve your goal...

Water Purification System

2008-03-17T11:31:00.002+08:00

Hear ye hear ye.... All dudes from Seremban are welcomed to contact me if ye are interested to install any water filtration system or water drinking machine... I'm now currently working at Infinity Filtration Technology which is situated at Bukit Galena( near Chan Wa branch ).... I'm still a noobie so i'm definitely in need of clients.... My contact number will be 24 hours opened --> James Lee ||+60162347404||

STPM results out

2008-03-11T01:17:00.006+08:00

HOT HOT HOT.... Hot from the oven.... Well i was trying to enjoy life to my maximum potential but sometimes i have to take account of my current financial situation... Anyways GOD has granted me a healthy body that i can reeeaaaaally enjoy life... However, life is not always a bed of roses. Challenges arrive when my STPM results is coming out today noon where i need to decide properly the courses i'm trully interested and happy with so that i don't regret in days to come. By the way, anyone out there who sat for STPM i wish u guys and gals a very good luck.. Hope u all can score in flying colours.

Chinese New Year

2008-02-12T19:01:00.000+08:00

This year's Chinese New Year has been a memorable one because i spent most of my time sleeping in the afternoon since my parents are lazy to visit any friends in Kedah. I've been spending time facing the monitor screen actually downloading a new anime--Kekkaishi-- which is quite interesting. But the fun stops when Chinese New Year approaches as the Streamyx server started to break down whenever any festive season is around the corner (causes the download speed to be reduced and sometimes i can't even access the internet).... However angpaus still come into my palm and i'm glad that this tradition is still preserved... Well Happy Chinese New Year to everyone out there

Happy New Year

2007-12-31T13:50:00.000+08:00

Greetings.... As tomorrow is another year, so i'm here wishing everyone in this world a HAPPY NEW YEAR..... Especially to my brothers and sisters in Christ, Happy New Year AGAIN... Wish all of you will have a blessed new year...

Bux.to

2007-12-22T11:20:00.001+08:00

Well this is something my friend introduced me to join... This is some sort of clicking advertisement thingy and earning 0.01 cents per ads... Check it out if you're interested, no harm trying, also no harm for not trying... Haha, okie that's all for the announcement...

Oh by the way the link is http://bux.to/?r=james890526

Because of GOD, I'm never alone

2007-12-17T23:46:00.000+08:00

Well, i went for this camp and sadly time is too short for all of us to get to know each other more and to have fun.... This camp is only 3 days 2 nights but actually only 1 and a half days... We have not much time to enjoy fully with one another... However we hv fun and that's the main point!! Yeah!!!

The Seeker : The Dark is Rising

2007-10-13T01:32:00.000+08:00

Not good... Not worthy of watching, dun waste a single cent watching it.... BORING!!!
I regret why i watched it??!!

Luciano Pavarotti

2007-09-08T16:31:00.000+08:00

The funeral service of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is to take place in his home town in northern Italy.

The ceremony at Modena cathedral will be attended by the prime minister, and stars including U2's Bono and tenors Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras.

The service, which is being screened live on Italian TV, will culminate in a fly-past by the country's air force.

Pavarotti, who died on Thursday aged 71, will be laid to rest in the cemetery close to his home in Modena.

Oops even though i dunno who is him, but report says he can sing 9 complete notes of C Major... Wow, and that is super high key for men!!

For more, information look at BBC NEWS or http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6983912.stm... It's quite a hot topic now

My FM : 音乐无限，贴心空间

2007-08-04T12:44:00.000+08:00

What do these 2 words mean? My indicates our motherland, Malaysia whereas FM express the meaning of Frequency Modulation. You can get to know more about this radio station if u tune in to FM 100.60 daily to dig more details out of this station which had survived for several years....
Haha nothing more to mention about them but let's get straight into the topic i wanna introduce--阳光灿烂 or bright shine of the sun. In this programme, again they have this awesome game of getting fabulous cash prizes if you're able to win. One thing amazing about this game has got a generally large amount of contestants (not dwindling in numbers) albeit it has been on for years.
Well, if anyone is interested, WAKE UP as early as 6 or even 5 a.m.(GMT+8.00) to grab your opportunity to winning cash.

By the way, remember to thank me if u've won any!! Wish u all luck. Selamat Berjaya. 祝您好运.

Transformers

2007-07-03T22:58:00.000+08:00

Oh, this transformers movie is a must-watch!! You'll definitely regret if u miss it @@
I like Megatron( leader of the Decepticons) transforming it a super jet, but since he's a bad guy, i don't support him lorr... And i do love Optimus Prime( leader of the good side) better....
Man, this movie is too cool and it lasts for 2 hour and 5 minutes, so COOL!!!

"I am Optimus Prime and my best weapon is Ironhide."
"You can call us Autobots."

Release Date	28 June 2007
Language	English
Classification	U
Running Time	2 hour 21 minutes
Director	Michael Bay
Cast	Shia LaBeouf, Travis Van Winkle, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Megan Fox.

Tribute to James(17/06/07)

2007-06-17T22:18:00.000+08:00

This Sunday has been a day of mourning and grieve..... After the Church service, James' coffin arrived at the Seremban Church of Christ at around 11 a.m. Then we youths (Naveen, Timothy, Mi Shyuan, Chye Mei, Mithiran, Mi Chelle, Beverlyn, Soong Sern, Jia Ying, Calvin, Shih Jen, Melvin, Benjamin, Geroge and me) paid tribute, a slide show presentation and singspiration performance to him..
"1.Packing up the dream God's planted, in the fertile soil of you. Can't believe the hope He's granted means a chapter in your life is thru.
2.With the faith and love God's given springing from the hope we know. We will pray the joy you'll live in, is the strength that now you show.
But we'll keep you close as always, it won't even seem you've gone. 'Cause our hearts in big and small ways, will keep the love that keeps us strong. And friends are friends forever if the Lord's the Lord of them. And a friend will not say "never", cause the welcome will not end. Tho it's hard to let you go, in the Father's hands we know that a life-time's not too long to live as friends"

A day before, we stayed at James' house being with him for the last day... Everyone is strong not to show their sadness, but i can feel we are all crying silently in our hearts, even i cried deeply.... We did not sleep much because we wanna enjoy every moment being with him.. Then at least we played some games to relieve our gloomy feelings and went to sleep quite early in the morning and i happen to be the coffin guardian sleeping just in front of James....

James, watch over us. Again i wanna remind ye all out there with Philippians 4:4... Rejoice in the Lord always! And again i say Rejoice!

Oh yeah, thx to Reagan, Yan Ming, Chye Hoong, Chye Leng, Cassandra, Charlotte, Adelina and Dexter for coming... You all have been good friends, thx for all of you coming to comfort and encourage us!!
It was just PERFECT (James like to say this though)......

An Unexpected Death(Correction)

2007-06-12T17:25:00.001+08:00

Brethrens, ignore all the messages of death i told earlier, i've received wrong information at a wrong time.....

There lived a 18-year-old boy names James Lim Syek Chean who was cheerful, helpful, keeping a low profile, kind, humble, etc. One day he's involved in a car accident and being so unfortunately he suffered from brain death the 2nd day.... He's not able to sustain as his injuries were serious... Well, God gives and takes.... I felt happy that he's now still fighting to survive.... But mean while, it still hurts my heart that i had a brethren in Christ suffering from pain and agony.....

I request that all those who are kind-hearted to pray for bro. James' family that their sadness will not be prolonged as having a son who has been with them 18 years involved in a car crash is indeed painful... It aches our souls, it breaks our heart, it fills our eyes with tears and it sounds like a SOB SOB........

Here i pray again for Uncle William, Aunty Cindy, George, Benjamin, Melvin and Angeline that they can live on a happy life. Do not be over-discouraged for your brother's injury, but be strong in the sight of the Lord and rejoice that James is now still striving to live on..... Lord listen to our prayers please even though we're selfish..... We pray that James can continue to live so as to serve You, to sing praises to You and to glorify You!!

Prayer Request

2007-06-11T23:37:00.000+08:00

This is something serious i wanna tell all christians out there who visited my blog....
Our Seremban Church of Christ has this nice guy named James Lim had been involved in a serious car accident...
Two cars collided face to face and unfortunately the other driver-who drove a van-died on the spot.... Bro. James survived and we knew that this is God's mercy and grace that he still has another hope of living... So i urge all of you out there that ye may pray for his recovery and strength...
He suffered injury in the head, chest and legs... So plz pray together that God may give him a speedy recovery and let him not to suffer any fear from this accident.....
Let us just hope that he can be strong T.T!!!!

Pirates of The Caribbean : At World's End

2007-05-24T17:28:00.000+08:00

Wow, this movie stuns me man!!! It makes you finish your popcorn and beverage before the movie ends..... The plot is so amazing that you can't say anything about it.... Haha, who cares?? As long as the show is amazing, only i need to rush to the toilet immediately after the show ends..... Wakakaka @.@ Well here's the synopsis xD
In "Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End", heroes Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann allied with Captain Barbossa are in a quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker - while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Chinese Pirate Sao Feng. Now headed beyond the very ends of the earth, each must ultimately choose a side in a final, titanic battle - as not only their lives and fortunes, but the entire future of the freedom-loving Pirate way, hangs in the balance.

(Source: Buena Vista Columbia Tristar Films)

LimeWire Pro

2007-04-20T00:51:00.000+08:00

Just to tell you out there who doesn't know how to download LimeWire Pro without crack that there is a website offering free LimeWire Pro software...
Simply click here to visit this URL if you're interested.......
And if possible, tell your friends and family about this great website

XP 'cracked"

2007-04-04T00:06:00.000+08:00

Just happen to find a really really working software for cracking Windows XP....... Nowadays Bill Gates is being too sensitive about his income--meybe he's getting less and less anually........ Yet i won't be distributing it around using cd's as the police force happen to be 'sniffing' pirated cds' here and now........ So just leave me a message if you're interested.... Haha!! Enjoy using GENUINE WINDOWS

And yeah, join this wonderful forum and you will know that Shareware are so irritating without cracks...... That's why cracks and patches are invented.....

300 - Prepare for Glory

2007-03-17T23:24:00.000+08:00

Wow, this movie has quite a lot of interesting stuff... Human(of course), half-breeds, and wild beasts..... Just something to comment on, the blood splashing are too fake... Coz those blood will vanish after "hanging on" the air after awhile..... And yeah, most of the ppl died because their head got chopped off by swords or spears.... So i guess this is the short short synopsis!!!

Set in the midst of the Persian-Greco war during the Battle of Thermopylae, where Spartan king Leonidas led his army of 300 soldiers into battle against the invading Persian army. According to legend, their valor and sacrifice inspired all of Greece to unite against their Persian foe, leading to the origins of democracy.

Release Date	8 March 2007
Language	English
Classification	18PL
Running Time	2 hours
Director	Zack Snyder
Cast	Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Regan, Dominic West.
Official Site	www.300themovie.com
Trailer	www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300

Bridge to Terabithia

2007-03-12T00:19:00.000+08:00

And AGAIN another movie that is so so so unpredictable and AGAIN i dunno what's happening out there....... Has my brain degraded? Or has the director's mind gone haywire??? This movie is totally different from Narnia even though it's from the producers of The Chronicles Of Narnia.....
Don't even know what to write for the synopsis....... Haiz.... Oh yeah, that day i went with my sis, Soong Sern, Chye Mei and Wei Sern.....

Jess Aarons is an eleven-year-old boy living in a rural area of the South who loves to run. He dreams of being the fastest boy in the fifth grade when school starts up in the fall, feeling that this will for once give him a chance to stand in the spotlight among his five sisters, and might win him the attention of his preoccupied father. Jess is quite insecure in his identity. He loves to paint and draw, but he knows very well that this labels him a "sissy" in the eyes of most of the world, particularly his father. In addition, his family is stretched so tight by poverty that he has little chance to really explore his own identity during this crucial period of adolescence. He has therefore built up the importance of winning in his mind, feeling that here, at least, is something that he is good at which won't win him an undesired label of "sissy" or "girl" in the eyes of his father or schoolmates, and which will allow him to shine in his own right. He practices each morning, always dreaming of his upcoming victory. However, when the races come around at recess, a new girl, Leslie Burke, who just moved next door to Jess, boldly crosses to the boys' side of the playground and beats everyone.

A rather unpromising beginning, but Jess and Leslie become fast friends. They build a secret fantasyland across the creek in the woods, called Terabithia, where they play all the time. There they forget the rest of the world, such as the kids at school or Jess's less-than-satisfactory family. The time they spend in Terabithia, in fact, seems to strengthen them for these trials of everyday life: it is there that they map out a plan of revenge on the school bully when she steals May Belle's Twinkies, and it is there that they discuss Jess's feelings of insecurity when Leslie begins to draw closer to her father. Leslie also introduces Jess to the world of imagination and creativity, telling him the stories of such classics of literature as Moby Dick and Hamlet. All this also strengthens Jess's artistic talent and ability, as Leslie supports his ambition and, through the stories she tells, provides him with great subject matter. But much of the time they play wonderful games of their own invention—defeating intruders on Terabithian territory, praying to the Spirits of the Grove to end a long spell of rain, and numerous other fantasies.

However, Jess and Leslie's friendship, though centered in Terabithia, is not limited to Terabithia. They see each other at school, where they take a good deal of ribbing for their cross-gender friendship, but by now that sort of teasing has lost the power to hurt Jess, and Leslie has never been particularly bothered by what others think. At home, they celebrate holidays together, such as Christmas, when Jess gives Leslie a puppy and she gives him an expensive art set to develop his artistic talent, and Easter, when Leslie goes to church for the first time with Jess. Leslie is impressed by the beauty of the story of Christ. Jess and his little sister May Belle, cowed by negative and unforgiving religious training, are convinced that nonbelievers such as Leslie are doomed to hell, and find the whole experience disturbing. Nevertheless, Jess and Leslie remain the best of friends, and Jess finds a purpose in his life through Leslie's company that he's never had before.

One day the music teacher at school, Miss Edmunds, whom Jess has long had a crush on, invites him to spend a day with her touring the art galleries in Washington. This trip does much to expand his mind and make him feel as if he is special, a feeling he has previously only had in Leslie's company. Jess has a perfect day, but when he gets home he is told that Leslie drowned in the creek that morning trying to swing into Terabithia on the rope that they used for that purpose. Jess is completely devastated and goes through the stages of grief—denial, anger, fear, and sorrow—all incredibly painful to suffer and, indeed, to read about. Initially, he does not see how he is to go on initially. Leslie has raised him to new heights as the king of Terabithia, and now he feels that without her, he has no choice but to revert to the old Jess, plagued by fear and insecurity. However, eventually he realizes that he can only keep Leslie's memory, and his own newfound sense of self, alive by continuing the fantasy of Terabithia. He brings his little sister May Belle there and makes her its new queen, assuring that a part of Leslie will live on as well.

I think i can only do this far... Hope ya all will enjoy this movie!!! xD

CNY over

2007-03-08T22:56:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year is over now and what had i done??
Lets see....... Not much, except for a special class gathering and visitation....
And where did i kept the pictures??? Lost my memories since CNY is over..... Haiz, the boring days continue..........

This is what we call the "spouses" dress...... Haha, look at us... We are all one-minded... We hv telepathy u know

Happy CNY

2007-02-21T16:11:00.000+08:00

It's been one year since i took my last angpau.... Oh, and this is also a special Chinese New Year because the 1st day falls on Sunday... And we have many visitors ( Dr. See and family, Un. Alex & family, Un. Chong Seng & family)... Oh yeah, and this is the 1st time i bring my eldest uncle's daughter to church... And i have not meet milton, ju wei and chye leng for a long time too.... Hope ye'all can come more often.... Miss you so much.... Hey, don't forget the "hop and hu" we did during CNY.....

Happy Valentines Day

2007-02-14T23:54:00.000+08:00

Just managed to wish this to all couples and hope all singles can find a trustworthy companion

Pathetic "Thieves"

2007-02-11T22:37:00.000+08:00

While eating at KFC yesterday, i ordered a value meal combo at sat in front of the main door to watch the Langkawi cycling competition thingy.... But to my disappointment, i can't even see a single bicycle pass by the main road while there are about 20 policemen and women to maintain the traffic.... Every year same thing happens and the cars are jam to about 1.5-2 km long...
What a disastrous phenomenon.... However, back to my meal, 2 pathetic customers who ordered something to take home just came to where the table i'm eating at and took one of the chili sauce bottle back...... Just to tell you all the community now, can't even let go a small bottle of chili sauce....

2007-01-27T22:56:00.000+08:00

Hey, i just happen to take this pic a few weeks ago.... This moth seems like to stick on my aunt's palm... So i simply captured this arthropod..... By the way, we are doing some collection on insects, but i've got enough moths, so i let it go.... Lucky moth, fly as far as you can!!!!
Kingdom : Animalia
Phyllum : Athropoda
Class : Insecta
Genus : ???
Species : ???
"???" means i have forgotten the names since there are about 30 of them..... And i hate memorising facts! Why? It just is..... Can't be helped.......

ScHo0l Re0pEn$

2007-01-21T00:11:00.000+08:00

Have been vry vry bz since school reopens.... Started class the second day, what a crazy school. No time to pack up my holiday mood also!!! Really goin' to get mad anytime. Stacked with homework and assignments, almost no time to come on9 to update my blog. I have taken lotsa pics, but time doesn't permit me to upload all the pics and show them to ye' all since i'm a dial-up user..... Haha, i'll try harder to on9 more often next time, but it'll be study mood for the time being!!!

Barnyard

2006-12-27T09:04:00.000+08:00

i went to watch the Barnyard today with my relatives.... My uncles(mom's bro and 3rd aunt's hubby) and two cousins........ I think this movie is more suitable for children than to adults!!! Anyways, this is the synopsis......

When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis (James), a carefree cow.

Release Date	14 December 2006
Language	English
Classification	U
Running Time	1 hour 40 minutes
Director	Steve Oedekerk
Cast	Kevin James, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Andie MacDowell, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes.
Official Site	www.barnyardmovie.com
Trailer	www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/barnyard

Merry Xmas to all

2006-12-26T00:11:00.000+08:00

Sorry for this late post... But i still wanna say Merry Xmas to all of you out there and thank you for supporting my post....

Curse of The Golden Flower

2006-12-24T01:39:00.000+08:00

Just to tell u something( i mean ONE thing).... I don't know what's happening!!! @.@

Release Date	21 December 2006
Language	Cantonese
Classification	U
Running Time	1 hour 53 minutes
Director	Yimou Zhang, Tony Ching
Cast	Yun-Fat Chow, Gong Li, Liu Ye, Chen Jin, Jay Chou
Official Site	www.sonyclassics.com/curseofthegoldenflower
Trailer	www.apple.com/trailers...

Just went to watch this AWESOME movie with Beng and Su Lin.... This is the summary!!!

China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The EMPEROR (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, PRINCE JAI (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing EMPRESS (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and CROWN PRINCE WAN (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love CHAN (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the IMPERIAL DOCTOR (NI DAHONG) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, JIANG SHI (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

Trip to Pangkor(15-17/12/06)

2006-12-21T22:46:00.000+08:00

Yeap, our family organised a 3 days 2 night trip to Pulau Pangkor from 15-17 Dec...... We arrived at the Lumut Jetty at around 3 something and waited for the arrival of my other relatives......Yeah, i can't put all the pics i took in juz one simple blog.... So u can ask me for more via e-mail or MSN..... I will put only some counted-as-memorable events here as to recall the holidays.....

I can only catch a picture of the dockside where the tour leader
said it is where the ships were built... Quite blur because i took
the pic inside the car, so i can't actually capture the whole thing altogether.....

Actually there aren't any beautiful sceneries at Pangkor... I'm more interested to take the pics of the sea and sun set because you can come and visit the places your own self, but it takes a million years for just one person to sit at the beach and enjoy the sun set........

Then here's our gathering's family photo.... Nice izzit?? Hardly we can meet each other every year, and so must we keep something as memories...

Story of the Sun

2006-12-21T00:40:00.000+08:00

Sun rise is a rise scenery.... i took almost an hour to capture these pics.... Hope u all can enjoy the warmth of the sun here!!!

The sun rises eventually no matter how long it takes.... This is God's power... God created all the things on earth for us to enjoy... The motive of taking these pics is to tell all of you to feel and enjoy God's creation. Without Him, we would be living in a dark, gloomy world. Without Him, we cannot see the light. Without him, we are hopeless. Hey, light means hope!! One cannot live on without hope. So let us be hopeful that tomorrow will be a better day. Just as the sun never gives up hope filling the earth with light (",)

Trip to PD (25-26/11/06)

2006-12-05T23:20:00.000+08:00

Well, we organized a trip to PD a fortnight ago... Well, we enjoyed some beautiful moments while swimming and took some photos at the Sunshine Bay Resort (not Sunshine Camp)....
If u ever wondered where is this so called resort, just look for the Corus Beach Resort and sunshine bay is just next to it!!!

Then u can see ah Thye doing a somersault in the water....
Isn't he amazing... Pool synchronize...... But look at him....
Look at the posture, like someone who jumped into the pool and bumped his head... Neh, this is a good one... That's why i took this picture....
Remember, i'm a professional photographer..... Haha, just joking...

At night we we played some games... See!!! We are so united.....
Check, check, check....... Big fish, big fish, small fish, small fish......

After that, i took some pictures with some of my old pals.... It's nice to have friends you know...

Pray EVERYTIME, ANYTIME

2006-11-19T00:19:00.000+08:00

1. The world has lost the right of prayer, And saints have failed to pray; What loss sustained beyond repair! How blind of heart are they!
2. The Father speaketh in His word, He talks no other way! And to converse with Him our Lord, We must take time to pray!
3. There is no trial, grief or pain, No moment of the day, But that we may in Jesus' name, Incline our souls and pray!
Pray in the morning, Pray at the noon-time, Pray in the evening, Pray anytime.
Pray when you're happy Pray when in sorrow Pray when you're tempted Pray all the time!

Casino Royale

2006-11-18T23:50:00.000+08:00

Wah, today we (Su-Lin, Ong Beng, Soong Sern, Jia Ying and me, Zhong Zhen) went to watch movie--Casino Royale-- AGAIN!!! There's some trailer in the beginning.....

Daniel Craig stars as "007" James Bond, the smoothest, sexiest, most lethal agent on Her Majesty's Secret Service in Casino Royale. Based on the first Bond book written by Ian Fleming, the story, which has never been told on film until now, recounts the making of the world's greatest secret agent.

James Bond's first "007" mission leads him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world's terrorists. In order to stop him, and bring down the terrorist network, Bond must beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. Bond is initially annoyed when a beautiful British Treasury official, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), is assigned to deliver his stake for the game and watch over the government's money. But, as Bond and Vesper survive a series of lethal attacks by Le Chiffre and his henchmen, a mutual attraction develops leading them both into further danger and events that will shape Bond's life forever.

Release Date	16 November 2006
Language	English
Classification	U
Running Time	2 Hours 27 Minutes
Director	Martin Campbell
Cast	Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright.
Official Site	www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale
Trailer	www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/casinoroyale

Happy Feet

2006-11-17T00:13:00.000+08:00

Wah, just now went to watch Happy Feet with Beng and Su Lin( just came back from Australia)...... Here's the synopsis:-

In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica,
you're nobody unless you can sing-which is unfortunate for Mumble
(ELIJAH WOOD), who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune...tap dancing.

Though Mumble's mom, Norma Jean (NICOLE KIDMAN), thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis (HUGH JACKMAN), says "it just ain't penguin." Besides, they both know that without a Heartsong, Mumble may never find true love.

As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria (BRITTANY MURPHY), happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity-hoppity" ways.

Mumble is just too different-especially for Noah the Elder (HUGO WEAVING), the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out of the community.

Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins-the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon (ROBIN WILLIAMS), the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with them.

In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace the Guru (also voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS), a crazy-feathered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble.

Together with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes and, after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Kennedy Miller production, in association with Animal Logic Film. A George Miller film, "Happy Feet" features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Anthony LaPaglia.

The film also features the tap dancing of Savion Glover. "Happy Feet" is directed by George Miller, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Collee, Judy Morris and Warren Coleman. The film is produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller and Bill Miller, with Zareh Nalbandian, Graham Burke, Dana Goldberg, and Bruce Berman executive producing. The music is composed by John Powell, and the soundtrack also includes songs performed by Prince, Yolanda Adams, Fantasia Barrino, Gia Farrell, Chrissie Hynde, Patti LaBelle, k.d. lang, Jason Mraz, and Pink.

Release Date	16 November 2006
Language	English
Classification	U
Running Time	1 Hour 48 Minutes
Director	George Miller
Cast	Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman.
Official Site	www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet
Trailer	www.apple.com/trailers/wb/happyfeet

Rainbow of love

2006-11-14T22:41:00.000+08:00

I took this 2 pics at my backyard around 5p.m.!!! The uncommon thing is that there are 2 rainbows shining in the sky, and there's no rain before that........ I like this scene very much because it's natural and most of all, we seldom can see rainbows or we often didn't spend time looking up the sky to see whethere there is a rainbow somewhere out there..........
Somewhere out of the rainbow,
Is me and my bow,
I shot it with an arrow,
And it flew in a straight row.
The arrow never flew,
it stays in my bow,
forever and ever......
Like the rainbow in the sky........

Flushed Away

2006-11-10T23:05:00.000+08:00

That day, my friends and I went to watch this great animated movie....... Wow, it's so hilarious, and you wouldn't want to miss it!!!Roddy (Jackman) is an upper crust 'society rat' who lives a pampered life complete with two hamster butlers. When a common sewer rat named Syd (Richie) hits the jackpot, Roddy schemes to lead Syd to the 'whirlpool' to get rid of him but instead, he ends up being flushed away rather than Syd. Roddy reaches the world of Ratropolis, where he meets Rita (Winslet), a faithful enterprising scavenger. The villainous Toad (McKellen) in Ratropolis, who despises all rodents, wants them iced, literally, and sends his hapless henchrats to do the job. When his henchrats failed, the Toad seeks the help of his equally malicious French cousin, Le Toad, to freeze the rats.

Release Date	3 November 2006
Language	English
Classification	U
Running Time	1 Hour 25 Minutes
Director	Sam Fell, David Bowers
Cast	(Featuring the voices of) Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Sir Ian McKellen, Shane Richie.
Official Site	www.flushedaway.com
Trailer	www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/flushedaway

Be Content

2006-11-09T23:49:00.000+08:00

See the pic above??? This 4 chinese words tell us to be satisfied with what we have..... Don't be over-greedy.... Don't take what is more than our affordity.... Be happy and content with what we possess.... Remember a song??? I'm happy today, oh yes I'm happy today. In Jesus' name I'm happy today. Because he's taken all my sins away, and that's why I'm happy today.......
Oh yeah, read the words from right to left, up to down........ It writes 知足常乐!!! So, when you are satisfied with the things you had, so you can be a happier person.

Birthday Party

2006-11-09T22:55:00.000+08:00

We held a b'day party at Aunt Julia's house last saturday (04/11/06) for the November b'day-ers... Wah, see the chocolate cake?? Yummy........ Chocolate from top to bottom, how can one resist it??? Haha, God says sharing is caring, so everyone who went got a slice..... Muahaha, what a happy night again....... Then we played the werewolf, vampire and priest card game AGAIN..... Can you believe it?? I can't... Why?? Coz i never expect Aunt Julia will have solitaire cards in her house!!! Oh, how lucky would i be if i can also have a b'day party annually, but the main problem is the works AFTER THE PARTY..... Even b'day ppl need to help in "house-keeping" after the mess we(non b'day-ers/guests) did.....

Church Camp

2006-11-04T00:58:00.000+08:00

Why we attended our annual Church Camp during the June holidays at the Port Dickson Golf & Country Club. Well this pic shows that we are playing a game of trusting. Each group consists of two with one of them blind-folded, and the other will lead. Can you see me?? Nah, i'm the guy hidden behind Naveen(yellow shirt)...... So let me introduce these friends from left-->right.
James Lim, Soong Sern, Chye Mei, Chye Leng, Jia Ying, Ariel, Naveen, Chye Hoong, George(guy at the left of Naveen) and surely me myself, Zhong Zhen.........
Aren't they lovely, active and gorgeous??? Ya, i think so!!!

Here's another pic we took together while having the activity.....
Remember, we MUST trust and believe in each other. Especially when he/she says,"Follow my voice." So just follow the sound and you'll never get lost, but just remember to listen to instructions and act fast. Because if you do not, you may get bumped into a tree. Just like some did!!! Hehe.......

Here at night, we played card games with werewovles, vampires and priests..... Wow, what a nice game. I do hope time can reverse so that i can enjoy more during the camp. And next time plz remind me to bring the plug for the camera charger. Haiz

MediaFire: A new RapidShare?

2006-11-04T00:10:00.000+08:00

MediaFire is a website which offers free file hosting & sharing services. Unlike most services, it does not require registration and doesn’t cap bandwidth, upload size, amounts of simultaneous downloads and uploads and doesn’t appear to have many, if any, adverts.

There are a few other file hosting & sharing services out there. These range from the Web 2.0 Box.net and Box.net lite, to Rapidshare (which I seem to have trouble downloading from) and MegaUpload.

Personally, I find Box.net a bit complex if you merely wish to share a file (although Box.net lite is much better), Rapidshare too restrictive (my IP can’t download from them, for example) and MegaUpload too ad-filled. All of these services are fast though, and the latter two offer some form of revenue sharing (which is somewhat ironic considering so much copyright law is breached on these sites).

MediaFire looks extremely Web 2.0, and is quite light compared to the vast majority of sites which offer similar services. MediaFire also seems pretty fast, I like the way it tells you how many Kbps you are achieving when you’re uploading (I’m currently getting about 210Kbps which is pretty impressive considering I’ve only got a 256Kbps uplink). The upload process, including the speedometer, is done through AJAX .

If you sign up for a free account, you get better management of your files. Although this is currently limited to the ability to seeing a list of your uploaded files and the ability to delete them, it would be nice to see the ability to count downloads. Also, MediaFire allows you to send files to Yahoo! IM or AIM buddies (but not MSN or Gtalk).

An example of a file I uploaded is the Creative Commons copyrighted ‘Heavy Eyelids’ by Eric Skiff. It is available to download from MediaFire here, Archive.org here or Gnutella here.

Bridal groom shower

2006-10-30T14:50:00.000+08:00

Today(29/10/06) is Khuen Foong & Jun Joy's bridal groom shower.

Are they matched??
Ya, i think so!!!
Bro. Khuen Foong also taught us some skill to successfully court a girlfriend. Why thanks dude!!
You rock.....

These are 4 pictures of them opening the presents we gave to them....
Happy marriage to you two!!!

iLike

2006-10-28T23:52:00.000+08:00

Azhar Chougle recently invited me to join a service called iLike which is a music recommendation site. When I first heard its description, a brand new service to help you organize your music, share your music tastes, and discover new music through your friends., I thought it was pretty much a clone of last.fm and it pretty much is, though it does differ.

My first impressions of the site were missed. It looks very light and simple, and Web 2.0 because of that, but it also lacks a page title! A <title> would really benefit the site on search engines and just make it look slightly more professional.

iLike, as you may have guessed from its name, integrates with iTunes. If you download it, it plugs into iTunes and sends what you’re listening to, and allows you to discover new artists, create 1 click playlists and see what your friends are listening to. Remind anyone of last.fm? Last.fm still has many advantages, most importantly is that it supports other media players than iTunes. Personally, I detest iTunes and I’m a VLC and Winamp guy.

If you don’t wish to use iTunes, you can select artists you like from a list. However, the songs you play are not displayed on the site and your list isn’t automatically updated. An idea would be for them to create plug-ins for other media players or to simply use last.fm feeds.

iLike, much like last.fm, provides lists of people who have similar musical taste as you, as well as links to your friend’s profiles.

iLike, interestingly, allows you to preview copyrighted songs and songs from GarageBand. I like the way it supports unsigned artists by using GarageBand, and also how it allows you to download the full MP3 from GarageBand for free. This is a good way to attempt to share music free and legally, as well as promoting unsigned bands. The previewing function is somewhat like last.fm’s, though last.fm doesn’t integrate with GarageBand at all and plays songs from signed bands over its radio stations.

iLike’s design is very Web 2.0. It is very heavy on white and employs a lot of other light colours. This is much less heavy on the eyes than last.fm .

Overall, iLike seems a bit like last.fm clone. However, it lacks the support from the record industry last.fm has and only supports iTunes (it is targetting a much smaller audience than last.fm, though this isn’t a bad thing). Then again, iLike is still only in invite-only beta (if anyone wants an invite, please just comment) and it may well yet develop.

Bowling today(20/10/2006)

2006-10-20T18:48:00.000+08:00

Today Cheok, Jaslene, Gabriel, Yaw Choong and I went to Parkson for bowling.......
maybe a small small reunion also......

And Jaslene scores......... GOAL!!!!

We arrived Parkson at about 10.20, played 1 game.....
I wasted my 1st bowl and got a zero for it......
Jaslene scored a strike few turns later, Cheok too, and me three.......
Then come Gabriel(i thought Joanne's coming).......
Next only come Yaw Choong who pitifully and enthusiastically took a bus here to Parkson......
We played for 4-5 games and went to Pizza Hut for lunch. Yummy!!!!
Wow, we ordered a 6 person meal while we have only 5.... Hehe, maybe too hungry.......
So after that we walked here and there, strolling the whole Parkson and finally we went to the toy department.....
I just feel like i went back to my early age, playing with toy cars, and more ABUSING barbie dolls.......wahaha
We are too cruel, can't even let go a 'naive' barbie doll....
After that, at around 2, we left Parkson, Gabe, Cheok and Jaslene went to the State's Library, and YC and I went straight to our tuition....

Divorce

2006-10-14T17:39:00.000+08:00

Both my son and daughter-in-law are full-time university students, and they don't have time or money for anything other than school. I was with them in church when the minister gave a sermon on marriage.
''The three most common problems that can lead to divorce,'' he warned, ''involve money, children and sex.''
At that my son whispered to his wife, ''Then we should be OK. We don't have any of those.''

Susan Brunton

Life Is Like That

2006-10-14T17:37:00.000+08:00

We brought our newborn son, Adam, to the paediatrician for his first checkup. As he finished, the doctor told us, ''You have a cute baby.'' Smiling, I said, ''I bet you say that to all new parents.''

''No, '' he replied, ''just to those whose babies really are good-looking.''

''So what do you say to the others?'' I asked.

''He looks just like you.''

Matt Slot

"I wish to be ten again"

2006-10-14T17:21:00.000+08:00

A man asked his wife what she'd like for her birthday. ''I'd really love to be ten again,'' she replied wistfully.

On the morning of her birthday, he got up early, made her a big breakfast and then took her off to a local amusement park.

What a day! He put her on every ride: the runaway train; the pirates' galleon; the corkscrew roller coaster. Five hours later she staggered out of the amusement park.

Straight away, they went to a fast-food restaurant where the husband ordered his wife a burger with fries and a chocolate milkshake. Then it was off to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster, complete with popcorn and a soft drink.

Finally, the woman wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed, exhausted. He leaned over her with a big smile and asked, ''Well, darling, what was it like being ten again?''

She slowly opened her eyes, gazed up at him and replied, ''I meant my dress size, you idiot.''

Chain Email=Social Networking & Even MORE Spam?

2006-10-11T22:48:00.000+08:00

I personally hate receiving chain emails (chain mails), but recently I’ve considered them to be something more than a waste of time: a form of involuntary social networking.

You can often see who forwarded the chainmail to who at least for a few steps back. You can see who the email was sent to at various points down the line, and you can see mutual contacts you have, and also you can see who your friends’ friends are, much like MySpace or Friendster, and in certain ways observe various aspects of the Six Degrees of Seperation (this is somewhat minimal, of course, as not everyone has an email address). Interestingly, one of the World’s first social networking sites, SixDegrees.com, was based on this concept.

A chainmail is a spammers dream. If a spammer was to get hold of a chainmail, it may have got sent to (and your email may contain) hundred of emails it was forwarded to prior to you receiving it. In many email clients, replying to an email automatically adds the sender to the address book. If you were to reply to a piece of spam and then to forward a chainmail to everyone in your address book, the spammer could receive hundreds of addresses.

The annoying thing about chainmail is that you don’t want to class it as spam, as it will stop good emails from your contacts reaching you, and you can’t opt-out. Its something we all have to live with, but by people forwarding chainmails they are circulating your email address potentially with 1000s of complete strangers. However, sometimes the entire history of the email isn’t sent (I guess it depends on your client).

We are talking about considerable amounts of people. A recent email I got, which only had 6 rounds of forwarding, contained a mere total of 35 email addresses. But consider an email is forwarded initially to 10 people, who each forward it to another 10 people and soforth. The second wave of people who receive it will have 21 emails in it, increasing by 10 each time. So the tenth wave would get 101 email addresses. Some chainmails are literally sent to 100s of people and then we are talking about extremely large amounts of people.

To put it simply, if you forward a chainmail, you are not only exposing your email, you are exposing that of your friends and your friends’ friends. And I’m sure not all of them would be happy about that. Also, if the email was to get onto a mailing list it may appear on an online archive where spambots would be very happy to find so many emails.

It is not just I who discourage chain mail, it is in breach of Yahoo!’s ToS and against the IETF’s Netiquette advice. I expect you would lose many friends if you reported them to their ISP, though.

Hard day{=.=}

2006-09-17T22:49:00.000+08:00

On saturday, i went for karate class...
and today(sunday), went for football.....
oh my leg felt numb, no feelings at all.....

and come home still need to do house chores???
oh my, what happened to my day???

Vitamin D 'slashes cancer risk'

2006-09-16T23:06:00.000+08:00

Taking vitamin D tablets could substantially reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, research suggests.

US scientists found taking the tablets cut the risk of a disease, which has a poor prognosis in almost half of cases.

There are more than 3,600 new cases of pancreatic cancer in women and more than 3,500 in men in the UK each year. Surgery is not often effective.

Vitamin D was examined as it previously showed promise in cutting the risk of prostate, breast and colon cancer.

The results of this study don't mean that people should take vitamin D supplements to ward off pancreatic cancer

Henry Scowcroft

Except for smoking, no environmental factors or dietary factors have been linked to the pancreatic cancer.

But previous studies have suggested that vitamin D might help to block the proliferation of cancer cells.

And pancreas tissue - both normal and cancerous - has been found to contain high levels of an enzyme that converts vitamin D into its active form.

More information visit here at BBC

What is your Homepage?

2006-09-16T22:35:00.000+08:00

A question I’ve seen been discussed on many occasions is the effect of a person’s homepage on a person’s productivity.

With services like NetVibes and Google IG, many people’s homepage contains personalised news, email and weather. This often sets you off on a tangent, making you browse the net instead of remaining objective.

Earlier this year, Lifehacker discussed using about:blank as a person’s homepage, as this is less likely to set you off on a tangent.

Personally, I use my own hosted version of Google X, as it makes you only one click away from email, news, images and browsing. I generally just search for what I’m after and check my Gmail, and I’ve done what I want!

Much better than reading the latest headlines at top blogs, just to get drawn to read the remainder of the story!

So, what do you use as your homepage? Why?

Tags: productivity, homepage, personalized homepage, personalized homepages, web2.0, web 2.0, web2, web 2, lifehack, lifehacks

Crocodile Hunter

2006-09-08T23:44:00.000+08:00

Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast.

Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by the stingray's barb while he was filming a documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.

Paramedics from Cairns rushed to the scene but were unable to save him.

Mr Irwin was known for his television show The Crocodile Hunter and his work with native Australian wildlife.

Police in Queensland confirmed the environmentalist's death and said his family had been notified. Mr Irwin was married with two young children.

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Mr Irwin's manager John Stainton told the BBC the stingray's barb had pierced the personality's heart.

"He came over the top of a stingray and a barb, the stingray's barb went up and put a hole into his heart," he said.

"We got him back within a couple of minutes to Croc 1, which is Steve's research vessel, and by 12 o'clock when the emergency crew arrived they pronounced him dead."

The incident happened at Batt Reef, off Port Douglas.

It's a huge loss to Australia - he was a wonderful character

John Howard,
Australian Prime Minister

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had known Mr Irwin well, and that the country had lost a "wonderful and colourful son".

"I am quite shocked and distressed at Steve Irwin's sudden untimely and freakish death", he said.

"It's a huge loss to Australia - he was a wonderful character, he was a passionate environmentalist, he brought entertainment and excitement to millions of people."

The stingray is a flat, triangular-shaped fish, commonly found in tropical waters.

What happened to Steve Irwin is like being stabbed in the heart

Dr Geoff Isbister
Clinical toxicologist

It gets its name from the razor-sharp barb at the end of its tail, coated in toxic venom, which the animal uses to defend itself with when it feels threatened.

Attacks on humans are a rarity - only one other person is known to have died in Australia from a stingray attack, at St Kilda, Melbourne in 1945.

"Stingrays only sting in defence, they're not aggressive animals so the animal must have felt threatened. It didn't sting out of aggression, it stung out of fear," Dr Bryan Fry, Deputy Director of the Australian Venom Research Unit at the University of Melbourne said.

LimeWire Pro

2006-09-01T22:18:00.000+08:00

LimeWire is an open source P2P, yet strangely it is sold both as a free and pro version. Still, the pro version is open-source, so it is freely distributed.

I understand free versions of software being open-source, how they license the pro license under the GPL. There must be some purpose to this. I have LimeWire Pro, I didn’t pay, but I didn’t steal; I broke no law. Wonderful! In my view, LimeWire is the best Gnutella client. It faces lots of criticism due to the fact that it’s written in the generally buggy Java platform.

The only networks I use are Gnutella and BitTorrent. I use BitTorrent for large files and Gnutella for small ones.

I hope LimeWire survives the battles it’ll face this year. I love when I can abuse the open-sourcisness (nice word, huh?) of it. I think the company, Lime Wire LLC, should find new ways of making revenue - and release the pro version for free. This would bring the taste of open-source to those who do not know open-source is.

Oh yeah, and if you want to download LimeWire Pro for free and legally visit this site.

How can a student pass his exam???

2006-08-26T14:47:00.000+08:00

It's NOT the fault of the student if he fails, because
the year has
ONLY 365' days.

Typical academic year for a student.

1. Sundays-52,Sundays in a year, you know Sundays are
for rest.
days left 313.

2. Summer holidays-50 where weather is very hot and
difficult to
study. days left 263.

3. 8 hours daily sleep-means 130 days.
days left 141.

4. 1 hour for daily playing-(good for health) means 15
days.
days left 126.

5. 2 hours daily for food & other delicacies(chew
properly &
eat)-means 30days. days left 96.

6. 1 hour for talking (man is a social animal)-means
15 days
days left 81.

7. Exam days per year atleast 35 days.
days left 46.

8. Quarterly, Half yearly and festival (holidays)-40
days.Balance 6
days.

9. For sickness atleast 3 days. remaining days 3.

10. Movies and functions atleast 2 days. 1 day left.

11. That 1 day is your BIRTHDAY. "How can you study at
that day?"
Balance days 0

"How can a student pass ?????"

PC Bug Fixer

2006-08-22T23:18:00.000+08:00

1 found a good bug fixer of the pc here at Bug Doctor.
Try it!!!
But u will need to register as to clear the bugs
So i found a serial here, juz copy it and the bugs are yours to control!!!
name : freeserials.net
sn : 311edf90

My class' forum changed her skin

2006-08-14T16:26:00.001+08:00

After a year of spoon-feeding , this little baby finally grew up.
Although it's only 1 year, I am glad that she can grow up in a healthy manner
Visit her HERE

What a facilitator!!!

2006-08-08T16:35:00.000+08:00

My class came a faciltator to replace my Biology teacher for 2 months as she went to have her child born. Why this new teacher came in and introduced herself as Dr. Azizah but she told us to address her Cikgu Azizah so that she won't feel arrogant??!! Strange izzit?? Well, as she has some kind of doctorate, i guess she has some knowledge as well. But to my full disappointment, she is worse than the old Bio teacher. WHY?? Because she just kept reading the words from the text book. What's the difference from revising it ourself?? Overall, she makes me feel bored and sleepy now!! Hope things will improve with the passage of time.. Hehe......

Exams

2006-08-04T23:59:00.000+08:00

The exams went on for 3 days from 31-07-06 to 02-08-06.
Quite challenging but fun oso...
Maths is tough, bio tougher(beyond expectation), chemistry(still can manage) and MUET(made lots of careless mistakes)!!!!
Just want to tell all lower 6 mates to study hard as life is full of unexpected challenges and difficulties.
Please revise and revise especially Biology as it goes more into details and complicated!!!
However if u think Physics is important, focus on it!!!
Have fun!!!

Kung Fu Panda

2006-07-23T01:04:00.000+08:00

A CG-animated comedy about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, Po (Voiced by Jack Black), who must somehow become a Kung Fu Master in order to save the Valley of Peace from a villainous snow leopard, Tai Lung. Set in the legendary world of ancient China, this is the story of Po, our unlikely hero, who enters the rigid world of Kung Fu and turning it upside down. Po ultimately becomes a Kung Fu hero by learning that if he believes in himself, he can do anything. Further informations can be retrieved here.

Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest

2006-07-19T22:50:00.001+08:00

Captain Jack Sparrow is caught up in another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. Although the curse of the Black Pearl has been lifted, an even more terrifying threat looms over its captain and scurvy crew: it turns out that Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, Ruler of the Ocean Depths, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman, which no other ship can match in speed and stealth. Unless the ever-crafty Jack figures a cunning way out of this Faustian pact, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation in the service of Jones. This startling development interrupts the wedding plans of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who once again find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures, leading to escalating confrontations with sea monsters, very unfriendly islanders, flamboyant soothsayer Tia Dalma and even the mysterious appearance of Will's long-lost father, Bootstrap Bill. Meanwhile, ruthless pirate hunter Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company sets his sights on retrieving the fabled "Dead Man's Chest." According to legend, whoever possesses the Dead Man's Chest gains control of Davy Jones, and Beckett intends to use this awesome power to destroy every last Pirate of the Caribbean once and for all. For times are changing on the high seas, with businessmen and bureaucrats becoming the true pirates--and freewheeling, fun-loving buccaneers like Jack and his crew threatened with extinction.

15th July--> Jusco again

2006-07-16T00:38:00.000+08:00

This time i went out with my church friends - Chye Mei, Ariel, Beverlyn, Naveen, Mithiran, Vinod, Beng, Soong Sern, George(b'day boy), Calvin and Aliana from Canada. I never expected to have a Canadian to celebrate birthday with the birthday boy. To my great surprise, she looks perfectly like a Chinese if she doesn't speak english in such Australian slang. Well we arrived at Jusco at about 7.25 p.m. and so we gathered in front of the MPH bookstore for no reason. Hehe, then we went for a quest to find the best fast food restaurant to fill our roaring stomachs, but we ended up having dinner at the SiangMalam food court. Haiz, what a shame to have a beautiful Canadian following us walking up and down the whole Jusco and finally compelled to dine at a somewhat-lack-of-food restaurant.
Ok, while waiting for food to be served, the b'day boy's family came and so the number of people added to 17 - James, Melvin, Benjamin, Angeline and Un. William. So i ordered a bowl of mee bandung and it tasted soury but delicious with yam milk as my main drink.
After dinner, we wanted to watch the Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest in the beginning. However we faced a main problem, which is the seats are completely sold out, all of them, how amazing that movie is!!! So, we changed plan and went bowling instead albeit some aren't satisfied for not being able to watch the movie. Aiks, what to do??? The whole cineplex is fully booked, how unlucky we are.
Well, some of us went to play snooker, some went Time Crisis(a shooting game), and some went bowling. After that we called it a day and you can guess what i did right after that.
Of course it's the typing of the event in my blog!!!

In conclusion:
1. dinner -- half accomplished
2. movie -- failed for specific reasons
3. extra activities -- mission accomplished

Crysocopic and Ebullioscopic

2006-07-15T02:43:00.000+08:00

The lowering ΔT_fus,A = |T^*_fus,A − T_fus,A| of the freezing temperature T^*_fus,A of a mass m_A of the solvent substance A by a dissolved amount n_B of solute substance B is given by the formula:

ΔT_fus,A = (n_B/m_A)T^*_fus,A(RT^*_fus,A/Δ¹_sh^*_A) = (n_B/m_A)k_fus,A,

where R denotes the gas constant (R = 8.314 51 J·K⁻¹· mol⁻¹), Δ¹_sh^*_A denotes the massic (formerly ‘specific’) enthalpy of fusion of the pure (*) solvent A, and k_fus,A is called the cryoscopic constant of A, and where it has been assumed that the solution is ideal-dilute and that the solid phase is that of the pure solvent.
Similarly, the corresponding elevation ΔT_vap,A = |T_vap,A − T^*_vap,A| of the boiling temperature at a given pressure is given by the formula:

ΔT_vap,A = (n_B/m_A)T^*_vap,A(RT^*_vap,A/Δ₁^gh*_A) = (n_B/m_A)k_vap,A,

where Δ₁^gh^*_A is now the massic enthalpy of evaporation of the pure solvent A and k_vap,A is called the ebullioscopic constant of A, and where it has been assumed that the solution is ideal-dilute and that the solute B is involatile.

A	k_fus/(K·kg·mol⁻¹)	k_vap/(K·kg·mol⁻¹)	Δ^l_s h*_A/(J·g⁻¹)	Δ^g_l h*_A/(J·g⁻¹)
CH₃CO₂H	3.90	3.07	195	405
CH₃COCH₃	2.40	1.71	98	524
C₆H₅NH₂	5.87	3.22	88	460
C₆H₆	5.12	2.53	126	394
C₁₀H₁₆O (camphor)	40		45
CS₂	3.8	2.37	58	351
CCl₄	30	4.95	16	195
CHCl₃	4.90	3.66	80	246
c-C₆H_l2	20.1	2.79	32	356
(C₂H₅)₂O	1.79	1.82	97	358
C₁₀H₈ (naphthalene)	6.94	5.8	152	316
C₆H₅NO₂	6.90	5.26	94	331
C₆H₅OH	7.27	3.04	122	485
c-C₅H₅N	4.75		94	460
H₂O	1.86	0.51	333	2257

Something i dun understand about these 2 constants in chemistry. I guess this explains it all

8th July ---> Jusco Seremban

2006-07-09T00:49:00.000+08:00

Today, Xiang Lin, Tuck Mun, Cheok, Gabe, Quek, Sheng Ji, Adrian, Yaw Choong, Wai Loo, Xiang Yi, Yin Chien, Ping, Jocelyn, Rice Gal(Wai Yin), Joanne, Xiao Hui & Jaslene(coming b'day gal), and I went to Jusco to celebrate 2 b'day galz coming b'day!!!

As their b'day are around the corner, we(actually Jess) decided to treat us at Pizza Hut as their b'day are at weekdays and we hardly meet each other so it is better to have a "b'day-in-advance-party" on a calm-weathered??!! Saturday....

So, here's a summary of activities done during the 5 hours gathering:-
1. Gathered near Starbucks
2. Dinner at Pizza Hut
3. While waiting food to be served, my ladyship(Jaslene) and my lord(Cheok) went to buy movie tickets(Re-Cycle)
4. Arrival of the pro footballers - Gabe, Quek and Sheng Ji
5. Start diggin' -in
6. Watched movie
7. Bid adieu!!

Paraphrase:-
In the beginning, we met near Starbucks Coffee shop where mr. XL kept miss calling me and allowing me to answer his calls evrytime he phoned..... Then we went walking here and there like souless ppl, looking for something to do or i mean we were loitering around... Neh, that's not da main point..... So we continued walking.... Haha...... Mr. XL running now and then like a child never been to a grand shopping complex with 2 storeys but 3 quarters smaller than Midvalley.... Oops, am i still ok?? I've gone out of the line.... Back to the walk, we walked and walked desperately looking for a perfect restaurant to accomodate a huge bunch of classmates/colleagues juz like gangsters(黑社会).... But our theme is still 'study non violence'(以和为贵）...
After that, after ordering some this and that, Jess and Cheok went to buy the movie tickets(鬼域, Re-Cycle).... Moreover, Yin Chien and gang went to buy cake at the Secret Recipe(i think).... On the other hand, Yaw Choong, Adrian and I were chatting bout our personal working experience with some extra infromation from Adrian saying that he once dragged his car till 200Km/H.... Amazing!!!!
Not long after, evry1 arrived, food was served, so lets chew and bite and slash them into bits...........
After dinner we went for the Re-Cycle....... It wasn't scary as i imagined coz of a personal joker(Adrian), kept adding some stupid jokes, making the whole movie funny in the end..... So the movie ended with laughter.....
11.00 p.m., I left the scenario and things after that may be continued in Gabe's blog

In conclusion
1. Dinner treat(^o^) Accomplished
2. Snooker("q") Failed
3. Movie(^o^) Passed with distinction

Names of ppl attended are perfectly illustrated and written.... Hehe

Curiosity

2006-07-04T22:54:00.000+08:00

From the beginning I've liked what's going on over at Make magazine. I love their video podcast and all the crazy projects they put on display. What they show are regular people, just like you and me, doing stuff, making things, being creative. I was just reading an article titled, Life is Not a Spectator Sport by Darla Isackson in which she makes a very interesting point:

Today’s children are following the example of many adults to become watchers instead of doers, consumers instead of creators, observers instead of active participants. ... Instead of singing, they watch others sing. Instead of making up stories, they watch or listen to stories someone else made up. Instead of figuring out how to do something and developing a new skill they watch someone else perform.

This is so true! There are many reasons for this, but one that stands out to me is the very focus on math and science, these left-brain, less active, and somewhat less creative activities. What's funny to me, is that while the whole schooling infrastructure is supposed to produce excellent employees, what the post industrial revolution market needs is "makers", people who creatively produce.

Paul Graham recently published an essay about the The Power of the Marginal. Near the end he makes this summary comment:

If I had to condense the power of the marginal into one sentence it would be: just try hacking something together. That phrase draws in most threads I've mentioned here. Hacking something together means deciding what to do as you're doing it, not a subordinate executing the vision of his boss. It implies the result won't be pretty, because it will be made quickly out of inadequate materials. It may work, but it won't be the sort of thing the eminent would want to put their name on. Something hacked together means something that barely solves the problem, or maybe doesn't solve the problem at all, but another you discovered en route. But that's ok, because the main value [of] that initial version is not the thing itself, but what it leads to. Insiders who daren't walk through the mud in their nice clothes will never make it to the solid ground on the other side.

The word "try" is an especially valuable component. I disagree here with Yoda, who said there is no try. There is try. It implies there's no punishment if you fail. You're driven by curiosity instead of duty. Which means the wind of procrastination will be in your favor: instead of avoiding this work, this will be what you do as a way of avoiding other work. And when you do it, you'll be in a better mood. The more the work depends on imagination, the more that matters, because most people have more ideas when they're happy.

If I could go back and redo my twenties, that would be one thing I'd do more of: just try hacking things together. Like many people that age, I spent a lot of time worrying about what I should do. I also spent some time trying to build stuff. I should have spent less time worrying and more time building. If you're not sure what to do, make something.

So what should you do? Don't just watch, do something! Don't be afraid to try. Fear kills creativity. Just do something, anything and you'll be surprised how much you'll learn and how well it will go. It's the doing that matters.

Choir practice

2006-07-04T15:25:00.000+08:00

What a stupid Monday for a choir practice......
The wanna-be President kept wanting us to sing darn boring Malay songs like "Ku Imhamku" and she just likes 4 beats!!! And the "Flying Without Wings" she too made it dull and boring.....
Spoiled the whole Westlife image!!!
So how's the practice???
Haiz, we juz keep singing, singing and singing despite the distraction from 5 ppl playing the organs(Colour of the Wind)...........
And yeah, Gabriel the man knew how to save the situation....
Giving continual High-5, making 'special' performance, etc....
Quek, Garlic, Gabe and I made a great team of High-5.....
High-5 here, High-5 there!! Yeah, clasps for the 5!!!

SO
In conclusion
Choir practice -----> failed at the end
Miss Phua -----> Did her piano practice while we sang
Gabriel -----> Entertainment leader xD
Quek, Garlic and I -> Cheer supporter!!! :p

Simple IQ test

2006-07-04T15:18:00.000+08:00

http://simple-iq.com/

Hey, this is just quite an easy IQ Test....
I got 133 for the 1st time, almost being more than average!!!

(Just a joke)Why England didn't do well...

2006-07-04T15:02:00.000+08:00

SWEDISH FAN

PORTUGESE FAN

AUSTRALIAN FAN - at least she drinks beer...

BRAZIL

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

DUTCH FAN

ITALIAN FAN

POLISH FAN

PARAGUAY FAN

AND.....................................................

ENGLISH FAN

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

2006-07-01T21:22:00.000+08:00

Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts begins, and it feels like a reassuring place to return to after the strange events of the summer. Disappearances, murder and an ominous chilling mist which swirls through both the Muggle and wizarding worlds are harbingers of more sinister purpose. Voldemort's army is swelling and with it the Death Eaters are growing bloder and more deadly. Suspicious are rife, and allegiances questioned as even the safest havens cease to feel secure from the Dark wizards. As the storm gathers strength, harry must face the terrifying truth of his destiny.

Hey, this is a little summary of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.... Hope u enjoy!!!

Bleach

2006-07-01T02:31:00.000+08:00

You know who is this???
Izzit me??
Sure its not me!!!
If u r the Bleach(comic & anime) fan, u will find out that
he is
Ichigo!!