52 or 1?

Another 30 minutes and fireworks will be displayed all over Malaysia and the word Merdeka will be heard as every citizens will scream proudly with the top of their lungs. Malaysia is 52 this year and people will just celebrate like it's the 1st birthday just like every other previous years. Performances will be held in certain states with a huge parade where cars are painted and decorated with the colors of Malaysia's flag or flowers, whether or not they're hibiscus, the national flower of this very country. Then like the previous years as well, it will be followed by a huge group of performers dancing traditional dances of every ethnic in Malaysia. I guess some people will never get bored of the same old predictable thing happening over again and again and again for the rest of their life but I'm sure our current Prime Minister will be very proud in seeing all this as he is promoting and injecting the "Oneness" concept into our brains with the slogan "1 Malaysia". Well, lets hope that we can really achieve the 1 Malaysia concept as I've heard ugly stories about it especially about our very main ethnic of Malaysia having a protest on building an Indian temple somewhere with the saying that the place is majorly of their religion. If I wanted to, there are a gazillion things for me to write about it but I just wanted to sit and wait for the glorious moment of our country's 52nd birthday while sitting in a cafe and enjoying my drink as some excited and all pumped-up Mat Rempits passing around this place noisily.

Ps: I personally feel that the 1 Malaysia logo is just too not creative, plain, monotonous, flat... and... erm... not attractive?

Rest and Relax...

The door left open with soft and cooling breeze rushing in and brushing through my delicate skin, plus the wind from the fan adds some chillness to the living hall. With the company of my TV which is now showing The Simpsons while I sit myself comfortably on the sofa and writing this very post. Ah... The comfort and satisfaction which is going through every inch of my body. It's been quite a while since I last sat in this comfy environment. Due to my studies, I rarely have the chance to come home, lay myself on the couch, flipping through TV channels, and watch whatever I think interesting and maybe online at the same time to check on my Facebook, play some games in it (Restaurant City and Pet Society most of the time) and wait for dinner to be served. How wonderful if my life could be like that forever? If only we do not have to worry about everything else such as money, studies, work, and whatever that leads us to grow grey hair faster than the speed of light. If only we could stay young forever. If only... The list goes on and on.

I've finally finish reading a book with the title 'Life's Like That' written by Lydia Teh, a Malaysian female writer who I really admire recently. Her book depicts on her own experience towards the citizens of Malaysia which we called Malaysians. She added a touch of humor while describing life of Malaysians, and I truly agree with her point of views and I could really relate myself to all the things she wrote. She was also brave enough to mention some major flaws of Malaysians but camouflaged nicely with her sense of humor.

I am currently reading her other book titled 'Honk! If You Are Malaysian' which is quite similar to the previous book, but different stories altogether. I was amazed with her style of writing and I've never in such a long time enjoy a book that is written by a Malaysian writer. Hope she will have more books to come.

The Simpsons is over and it's time for me to get back to the book. Hope I can finish it as soon as possible as my classes begin next week and it's gonna be busy, and totally gonna gives us headache due to the so-called 'systematic' systems and management in UCSI. Enjoy and relax while I still can and that applies to all my UCSI friends. Tata.

An Interview with V...

On Monday, Danny, Yap and I went to do an interview with a new group in Malaysia with the name V. It's only V and nothing else. V actually stands for Vampire because they like it as they think that vampires are cool and have a lot of changes. They will use the image of vampires for all their albums in the future. They are singers but most of their songs are dance tracks as they are a dance-themed group.

It was quite sad to hear that Toro, the leader and the eldest (23) of the group had been through so much. Something happened in his family when he was around the age of 13 or 14 and he moved out to stay alone and worked to support himself. Luckily he have very supportive friends. When he had enough money, he opened up his very own dance studio to learn and to teach at the same time. It got quite big and famous along the way. Later, he moved to KL and worked 3 jobs a day support himself, but he did not neglect his interest in dance, so he continued teaching. The conversations went on and on and I can't write everything here because most of it are private and confidential. So, below are some photos of V.

[Group photo of V]

[Group photo of V]

[V promoting their album]

The interview did not really look like an interview and it was more like a normal conversation. They were very friendly and we have a couple of good laughs while talking to them. It was really fun. Anyway, here I would like to wish that their album will be a big hit and keep holding on. never lose sight of your dreams and interests. They will somehow take you somewhere later in life. Well, that's all I got to say. Tata for now.

Rotting at Home...

Gosh... It's extremely boring to have nothing to do at home for so many days. It's been only almost a week since I handed up my last assignment, and that time I was hoping to finish it early and start my resting-peacefully plan and feel the paradise of staying at home, but it all turned not that good. All those resting might be good if they're for a short period of time, but if I stay longer like that, I feel myself getting dumber. I really have to start to look for something better to do. Oh well, for a start, lets look at the assignments that I handed up.

I had finish a web page of 3 pages which includes a main home page, a video page and a topic page. Below are the pictures.

[This is the main page of my very own web page]

[My video page, and it was quite a hassle to embed a video from YouTube into it using FrontPage, but luckily I managed to find the solution in YouTube]

[We were to choose a topic that was covered in the syllabus, and I had chosen Mozilla Firefox because I am using it and is very satisfied with it. Hehe.]

Then, for written discourse, I grouped up with Ray and YY to do a brochure and we had chosen Britney's Hidden Fantasy fragrance as our product.

[Front and Back page of our brochure]

[The contents of the brochure]

I would like to express my gratitude to Mr.Sandy Alan Rowe for allowing me to do an interview with you for my Alternative Voices assignment. Then, I would also like to say Thanks to Danny Foo, Vick Teo and Junvinna for taking the time to let us interview for our Popular Culture final assignment about reality shows. I am feeling truly grateful towards the help of you guys in helping me completing my assignments. A million thanks to all of you again.

Well, that's all from me for now. Will see if there is anything interesting stuff happening and post them right here to share with all of you. Tata and have a great day ahead.

Lappie's New Toys...

Despite of all the busi-ness with assignments, I still found the time to go to PC Fair last Saturday with Elson and Joey (Elson's friend from UTAR) as I really wanted to go and see if I could get anything for myself. Indeed, I did. I bought a few things which I am very satisfied with. I always wanted to get a laptop skin for my lappie, but most of those that I saw weren't attractive enough for me. It's either their designs were too complicated, or too childish. Seemed like Joey has the same thought because both of us especially dislike those with football teams' logos on them. We walked around and we stopped at a stall with interesting laptop skins' designs but most of those that we prefer were out of stock. Then one with blue shades and stripes attracted my attention and I bought that after asking Elson for opinion. Behold of what I bought during PC Fair in KLCC.

[The laptop skin which I really like and only costs RM 25. Thanks to Elson for helping me to cut and paste it properly to fit my laptop]
[I also bought this keyboard protector with only RM 2]
[Then, there is this LCD Cleanser Suit. Thanks to it, my lappie is now sparling clean. A cleaning liquid, a brush and a micro fiber fabric was attached together. The whole thing was only RM 5. Unbelievable, right?]

[This somehow amazed me the most. It's a 3 in 1 mousepad made of micro fiber fabric. You can use it as a normal mousepad, as a cloth to clean your screen, can also be used as a screen and keyboard protector. Amazing right? I am quite satisfied with it and my mouse glides smoothly with it.]

Those were what I bought and I wanted to look for a set of speakers for my lappie, but it was too crowded and we were starting to get frustrated. Therefore, we decided to go home. Elson, who wanted to go there first, bought a Canon Pixma PM145 3 in 1 printer with only RM 199. It can be used as a photostat machine, a printer and also a scanner. I wanted to get one too, maybe sooner or later. Hehe. Joey bought a laptop skin, pendrive and a mouse.

That's all from me for now. Will keep my blog alive when I am done with all my assignments. Ciaozzz....