Living in a closet

Living in a closet means you are not being who you are most of the time. You are trying to hide your trueself from others just because you deem it as socially- unacceptable. Why you deem it so? Probably because of the mass media's influences, the lesson taught since young, your family upbringing, your teacher's teaching, your friends' saying and your religion's soothsaying.

I don't care who you are, as long as you are not doing anything that could bring harm to others.It is fine if you say: ' Oh dah, it is against the law, the nature of religion teaching, etc. '
Mind you,  If we wish to exercise our religious thought to the other, no peace will be upon the earth. Examples are seen on the crusaders wars etc.

I love this quote:

Nothing to shout about

It is now the 3rd week!

I have so many things in my mind. The lists go on and on. I can't figure out how long should I have to go through this before I could proudly shout: I am FREE!

It has been a busy week for me. First thing is my final year project. The fact that I have been working harder and longer in the lab doesn't mean the product will be of high quality. Well, sometimes the result just keep you wondering, pondering and much of all, frustrating! Sometimes, I am not lamenting about my final year project, but somehow, It just wreck my nerves for facing with some uncertain readings due to a faulty instruments. I know every human is not perfect , the same applies to instruments. But, why every now and then, though I have calibrated it constantly, taking care of it nicely, but still yields the uncertain reading?

The worst thing is, you don't even know when is the instruments goes wrong and thus, whether your result is accurate or otherwise. The Phd candidates and me have been working so hard, and we don't want our whole work and effort to be ruined just because of this lame fault.

Okay. This is all my lament today. One month analysis has been completed, will continue so in a week of two for 2nd month analysis. It's time to prepare for my midterm test!

Cheers!

IVEC Reunion Dinner + I-city Trips!

The first week of new semester has been a fulfilling one! The Intervarsity Educational Counselling( IVEC) group or more famously known as ( 马升 in mandarin)  organize a reunion dinner at 长青酒楼,SS2.

It has been my final year and I have joined this society for the past 3 years, back then when I was a first year student . I have gained experiences and I have met with friends who share the same aspiration and those who care to work together to achieve our common mission.

Before Dinner

Toufu

Yam Prawn

Fried Prawn

The yummy chicken

The expensive fish

While dining

The Only Senior of Mine attending ^^

Get s snap! Cheers!

I love the reunion dinner ,the delicious dishes, except for the steamed fish which was not fresh and what more it was priced at RM130 per fish!  No wonder people often say: never order a fish while dining at any Chinese seafood restaurant, never ever! as it will cost you a bomb!'

After the reunion dinner, well, it is time for I city trip, a sudden trip suggested by juniors! LOL

It will be my first time there, so why not? =p

To sum up the picture we snap! ^^

It is really an enjoyable trip! Hope for the next round! =)

Bubba Gump

Life = Study + Lecture + Quiz + Lab + Entertainment!

Well, to echo my life principle as above, life is not all about study and lab!  Entertainment time where I could spend my precious moments with coursemates, friends and society friends is the valuable and the one where I should cherish the most! It is always filled with fun, laughter, enjoyment and the sheer joyous moments!=)

The first week of the new semester is the week where I could still fork out my time to have this joyous gathering ^^

The Bubba Gump:

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurants which are in top destinations across the United States.

You should Put up this as a sign for not needing serving.

If you put up this as a sign.
'Sir, May I take your order?' 

Khang Way, Zhe Yi and Me- Old Matric friends

What a precious gathering-- Baomily!

It's my final semester!

Wow! Finally I can proudly shout out: I have only one final semester left before I could out on my graduation robe!

How excited I am when I shouted this out! But, at one point, it makes me to realize on how fast the time flies! I still remember vividly when I was having a dreadful orientation week and now, in a nick of time, I left only one semester before I graduate!

Well, my resolutions for this coming new semester are as follow:

1)      I wish to strive harder to score well in the 6 papers that I am going to sit! It is definitely not a honey moon this time around and I really have my green eye on friends from other major like Biohealth Science, where they have done with their final year project and left only 4 papers to sit for in the final semester. Definitely they all will be having an excited honey moon during this final semester. How envious I am!

2)      I wish to complete my final year project as soon as possible so that I could focus on my 6 papers and score well in any of continuous assessment. Note that the carry marks of continuous assessment is nonetheless important for each papers!

3)      Perhaps I wish I could ever get a chance to embark an overseas trip, perhaps a graduation trip or an exchange programme etc.=)

4)      I should eat more healthily. Embark more on vegetable and fruits as well as less red meat and chicken. Personally, I hope my college food will be of more variety, not the same chicken everyday like last semester. I don’t like to complain but I guess everyone will feel the same way.

5)      Perhaps I should exercise more as well! Will be having a plan to exercise at least thrice a week regardless of how busy I am!

With the resolutions stated,  here comes my will and determination to make them a reality!

Feng Shui, Astrology and Clairvoyance! Believable?

I am a great believer of you can be in any control of your own destiny. However things somehow and sometimes did not turn out the way we want. So destiny does play a part, but what the major part concerned here is lying within our own will! If we make thing happen, only will it yield out two possibilities  : Happen or not happen. If we do not make thing happen, only one possibility will be yielded out: thing does not happen definitely!

If you ask me whether I believe in Feng Shui , astrology, and clairvoyance, I would answer it all depends on individual perception as I always hold on this formula:

90% of hard work + 10 % of luck!

10% of luck comes with the right time and right place!

I do indulge in soothsaying practices which education, logic and common sense might dictates just a bunch of phooey and I guess I am not the only one.

There are indeed countless businessmen in Asia who practise either a combination or singular belief in any of these alternative life coaching techniques. I say life coaching because it seems the best word to describe the effect these various practises seem to have on the people to use them as guidance.

My aunt was especially a firm believer in clairvoyance and every year I remember she used to pay a visit to a clairvoyant and sometimes I just follow suit. Curiosity kills the cat, I often move to spend some time to reflecting on why I felt compelled to follow my relatives to approach the clairvoyant , read the astrology charts and hear the Feng Shui stuffs from the so called Feng  Shui expert.

In figuring that one out, I went to utilise the power of Wikipedia which had the following explanation to offer on just what these practices are:

1.       Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese system of geomancy or divination which is believed to use the laws of both heaven and earth to help improve one’s life by receiving positive qi or energy.
2.      Claivoyance ( clear vision) is the ability to gain information about an object ,person, location, or physical event through a form of extra sensory perception.
3.     Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which map out a relationships between astronomical phenomena like the stars, the sun and the moon and events in the human world.

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In a world fraught with uncertainties and difficulties, human beings have come up with techniques which through the ages, has made a lots of sense to them.  Though astrology, Feng Shui and clairvoyance did not survive all this millennia just because it was a mere phase in the development of human society, it seems entrenched in our lives, like it or not. So entrenched ,in fact that business and empire have been built on the foundations of providing the masses with Feng Shui tips, clairvoyance readings and daily or annual horoscopes.

Well, I take all these beliefs with a pinch of salt because I believe at the end of the day, we are the one to have a say and power to carve our own destiny.

Here Goes My < Gong Xi Fatt Chai> !

Well, finally i managed to update my blog after 2 week 'deactivated'! lol.

It is time again for our Chinese festive seasons where angpau are expected to be given and taken and lots of delicious and yummy delicacies are to be served. Well, this year celebration was a bit different from last year. The difference is in term of the number of people paying a visit to my hometown – Malacca as well as the number of angpau I have received. As far as I remember, when my late grandma was present, we will expect lots of relatives influx for a visit , greeting , angpau etc. But now, her absence makes this slight difference. Put aside the slight difference, an obviously huge difference is that  this year Chinese new year , I hardly taste any delicious and yummy dishes. Simply to say I miss my grandma’s cook so much!  

During the eve, we usually have a praying ritual with food served to pray our ancestors. I remember when grandma was present, lots of delicious food will be served, especially sea cucumber, but now no more. I can’t criticise much on the cook by my aunt and my mum but anyhow, grandma who was known as the ‘manager of the kitchen and domestic’ still produce the best cook. Her absence is felt strongly and a great loss to us.

Chinese New Year is indeed a great time to be deaf, here in Malacca. Why I say so? Well, you need to duck and cover when meeting unexpected firecrackers while you are walking around outside your house during the celebration. It goes on from the eve till the 15^th day( Chap Goh Meh) with eve, 1^st, 2^nd  ,9^th ,Chap Goh Meh being the day with the loudest firework! 

Fireworks are all well and good, due to the belief that the louder the celebration , the more luck this new year will bring. At one point, lighting fireworks was supposedly illegal but many locals still do this at their own free will.

Chinese new year also come with the colour RED which is an auspicious colour for Chinese. Those who wore black, grey or other dull colour would have gotten a tongue lashing from their mother ,aunts and old female spinsters lurking around nearby. For us this year, red is a no no! This is due to the passing of our beloved grandma and we are not allowed to wear red and other bright colour clothes for 2 years. Thus, only dull colour clothes are allowed.

Another thing about Chinese New Year is the imminent onslaught of the annual interrogation continues and will continue until years to come.

The interrogation are as follows:  ( I even can list them out!)

• -          Got a girlfriend already or not?
• -          Getting married or not? ( at least this doesn’t apply to me yet! But my eldest brother is the one being bombarded by this question lol )
• -          Working already or not? ( I am glad to answer : With God’s will, will be soon!)
• -          How is your study?
• -          Why you never look fat? Not enough eat?  thanks to high metabolism! I eat a lots but cannot gain weight easily! Err…but isn’t it a good thing? But some of them believe fat is wealth! so am I poor? lol  

Never mind that I probably have a bunch of busybody relatives who ask me this constantly anyway. To me, it is a form of interaction after a long time hiatus.

Well, to put it simple, here come the pictures of my neighhbours who were so excited in playing firecrackers.

We went to Funfair Melaka Raya on the 3^rd day of Chinese New Year night.

On the 4^th to 7^th day of Chinese New Year, unexpectedly, I went to my cousin brother- Ah Qiang’s  Zu Chuang Restaurant at Gajah Berang there to help out with some chores like taking an order, prepare beverages, serve and keep the bowl and glasses etc- A typical work of a waiter. But I am glad during the 4 days I worked there, I have learnt to act fast, communicate effectively with customers while taking the order, learn to prepare beverages like Kopi, Tea, honey lemon, 3 layer coffee/tea, cendol, ABC, barley, Luo Han Guo, etc. Though I felt exhausted working from 10am- 12pm, it is a fruitful experience of having to know how a typical Asian restaurant  is operated and able to deal with customers from all walks of life.

During the first day ( 4^th day of Chinese New Year) of work, I was fortunate enough to witness a lion dance which Ah Qiang hire. Sound of reverberating drums ,clashing cymbals and a thunderous gongs filled the restaurant where the glittery and majestic lion perform in sync with the percussion team. For a while, the lions paused to  greet the customers and spew the orange peel to the cheering customers. The lion is seen as icon of power, wisdom, and good fortune that chases away evil spirits and bring happiness and good fortune.

Well, definitely, I believe with the large influx of customers everyday to taste the speciality – Mee Hoon Kuih etc at the restaurant, it is no doubt that Ah Qiang managed to expand his business by opening another few more branch at Malacca.