A week of discoveries

My first discovery (well, more for you all), I have gmail!! Dunno why I get it also haahahahaha...

Second discovery, the washing powder I brought over...






has a scoop!! and a clip!! hahaha.... let's not even think of the reasons behind it...

3rd discovery, the washing machine has a hot dryer!! Yes, I've been blur...

and the final discovery... I really, really, REALLY hate alcohol and cigarettes. Plus, disco music and all the techno remixes suck.

Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal

Yyyyyyyyyyeeeeeessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There goes Arsenal's unbeaten run, there goes their invincibility and there goes Manchester United back in action!!

Well, not that I watch the match. After church (which was pretty good), forgot about the match and went home to rest after lunch. However, I got news of the result in the evening and that caps a brilliant day! Manchester United are back! Glory, glory Man Utd!! Penalty by van Nistelrooy and goal by Rooney was enough to settle this. As an added bonus, Arsenal didn't score! Hahahaha...

My friends who watched the match said Man U played pretty rough but somehow, I'm not too bothered. After all, no one would say Arsenal was playing a gentleman's game during the 90's. Anyway, just to be neutral, I went to www.soccernet.com to check out it's report on the match. From what I read, it seems that though Man U was pretty rough, Arsenal also was too. Anyway, that's my opinion. Nite all...

The week ahead looks...

Great!! But then again, that's how all my weeks start. The irony is, this is posted on Saturday but for me, weeks start on Monday. Anyway, after months of no blog-reading/blog-posting/blog-commenting, I'm back on track! Just read through everyone (of importance) blog namely all the name you see at the side. Got Tag-Board up, and even linked to BB Egroup. Hmm... next thing is to link SSP Egroup and get a web counter but that can wait for next month.

As of right now, my project has hardly begun. To be brutally frank, it's hasn't started. Tutorials, a bit confusing. Lecture notes been procrastinating too busy to read them. Haih... 3rd year. Anyway, it's all good! Somehow, someway, some.... other region of the earth? hahahahhaaa.... me gila liao...

Well, here's hoping by this time next week I would have

1. Finish 90% of my tutorials.
2. Read through all my lecture notes.
3. Got my project underway i.e. Read all about holograms and started using Matlab to design the mask.
4. Kept up to date with everyone's blog which is (in no particular order) Tim Nam, Dave, Nigel, Misaki, Kin Wah, Chien Yin, Roy, Hsiu Lye, Ee-lin, Choon. Think that's it.

The first 3 parts, I'm pretty sure I can do since my week is clear of any pesky going outs. The 4th.... well, harder since I still don't have internet access in my room! Sigh... wait another 15 to 20 days...

Anyway people, just wanted to write this as a starting point. See you all next week!!

It's up!!

Finally, my blog is complete!

Confused.

It's been a busy, busy week. To stress this point, let's just say my entire week's worth of afternoons were not used for studying though not entirely wasted. Let's recap...

Monday:
Went shopping for groceries. Came back totally tired out.

Tuesday:
Had a graduate fair at the Octagon. Was suppose to go for a short time but didn't realise how short afternoons were anyhow.

Wednesday:
Attended 2 talks, one after another. One on digital filters which are related to my project. The other, on working in the UK after graduation.

Thursday:
Oh boy, what an afternoon! Attended a cleanroom safety course (that lasted only 15 minutes) then had to rush to HSBC to make my credit card.

Friday:
Saw my supervisor about my project. Got most of the details sorted out and can go ahead full steam!!

So, unproductive week academically but productive project and work wise. Next week, nothing planned so, can get down to work. And nothing is going to stop me!! MUAHAHhahahahahaha...!!!!

Hoobastank - Same Direction

Hoobastank - Same Direction

whenever i step outside, somebody claims to see the light
it seems to me that all of us have lost our patience.
'cause everyone thinks they're right, and nobody thinks that there just might
be more than one road to our final destination

but i'm not ever going to know... if i'm right or wrong
'cause we're all going in the same direction
and i'm not sure which way to go... because all along
we've been going in the same direction

i'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame
for all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
for something to fill the space, was all of the time i spent a waste
'cause so many choices point the same way i was going.....

but i'm not ever going to know... if i'm right or wrong
'cause we're all going in the same direction
and i'm not sure which way to go... because all along
we've been going in the same direction

so why does there only have to be one correct philosophy?
i don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them
and why are you always telling me what you want me to believe?
i'd like to think that i can go my own way and meet you in the end.

but i'm not ever going to know..........if i'm right or wrong
'cause we're all going in the same direction
and i'm not sure which way to go... because all along
we've been going in the same direction, going in the same direction, going in the same direction...
© 2004, Island Def Jam Music Group

(copied from www.hoobastank.com)

How true... there's always many ways to get just one thing done. So, why does everyone claim to know what's best for the world?

P.S. Hope I'm not infringing any copyright rules...

Sleep deprived maniac

It's been a long week. This week, project started so been busy finding out stuff about it. With all the library searching and house settling, been very tired out.

Last Thursday was the MASSOC social. Thought it was the time for the new sub-committee to take over so went for it. Wrong social. Oh well, at least get to catch up with a lot of friends.

Other than that, been doing nothing out of the ordinary. Gonna be a busy week next week too. See you all soon!!

In the end.

Funny with all the things going on around me i.e. project, lectures, tutorials, shopping, etc. I still get those day-dreaming times. The one that has been playing around my mind recently is... how shallow humans get.

Not shallow as in, taking only good stuff but overall. I mean, for many people, having a successful career is important. Not only to the money loving and power loving people, but also to the general nice public. Having a good job means stability, putting food on the table and a bit extra for those extravagants now and again. When choosing uni course, choose those with job opportunities. When choosing which job to go for, choose one with better job prospect. Go uni that has good status.

For the less career minded, having a good family is important. Or having good friends. Getting married. Find a love one, settle down, have children, put them through college and play with their grandchildren.

But when you look at the big picture (meaning the goal at the end of it), none of this matters in the end. So you are a millionaire, how much is that worth in the end? When you are on your deathbed, can you look back and say you have a great life? To me, a career is nothing. Having a great family means a lot, but not something worthwhile.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, in the end, what's the meaning of life? Is it getting a good career? Is it having a good family, continuing the family line? Or is it making the world a better place. Or doing what God wants us to do here on Earth.

When you stop and think of the world from a broad perspective, many things in life are very insignificant. Your great career will be forgotten in 10 years. The contributions to charity, probably 10 months after the drive is over. Humans are prone to forget. We forget the good things people have done for us. We forget the importance of various moments in life. We lose sight of the meaning of things.

We get an education in order to supply ourselves with the necessary tools to go out into the world and do good. It's not for the As, the First Class, or for the big money.

Linkin Park's song In The End is a very good example:

I tried so hard and got so far,
but in the end, it doesn't even matter.
I had to fall to lose it all,
but in the end, it doesn't even matter.

A certificate is but a piece of paper saying you learn certain skills. It begs debate when having an education doesn't necessarily prepare you for the real world and that some people don't need an education to go through life. What's it all worth? From a Christian point of view, what would we tell God and Jesus about our life? That we manage to produce more people for His Earth? That we made a million dollars? Or that we made a difference in this world. That we have made the world better for those still on it and for the other livings things God has bless the Earth with. That we took care of the Earth that we were entrusted with and not spoil it's beauty.

Why do we do what we do? We meet people, make friends but sooner or later, we break apart. Even families don't stay together always. Granted families maintain contact but then, they get their own families and spent more times with them. If friends come and go, why meet them in the first place? If we live as hermits, we never have to endure the sorrow of parting. The job we take, is for us, and not for anyone else. The company can replace you tomorrow. But what they can't replace or even destroy, is the legacy you leave behind.

Everyone has their own lives, even twins. The reason I believe friends are there is because there is a purpose. They come into our lives, touch it, change it in a way so wonderful, it's indelible. When their purpose for our lives is done, they inevitably move on to touch someone else's life. For who we are in not just inborn. The life we live, the decisions we make are all due to influence from people, whether it's a salesman or your best friends.

They say no one can influence your decision if you don't want to. I think, whether we or they like it or not, the influence is there. We reject their advise because we don't agree with it. However, when you ask a few people, we tend to think over all their advises and make the right decisions. Whether the advise was good or bad, it has an influence on our final decisions. It's not seen but it's there. It lingers, long after it's been said.

Sometimes, our actions are enough influence. There are many people who have mould their lives by seeing how others live theirs. I firmly believe that while we live different lives and have different charaters, its mostly due to a mixture of all the influence around us.

In the same way, I believe we can all influence one another. The choice is, whether we choose to or not. As for me, I would like to think I've made a difference in the lives of those around me. I might never know about it, I might not think about it, but I'd like to believe its there. So the qustion now is, have I influenced you today?

The Day After Saturday

This morning, almost missed church coz could not wake up in time. In fact, felt like skipping it also. However, after hearing the message today, felt it was worth turning up late.

Today, pastor Dave talked about change. How things around us are always changing. That sometimes, we are in a situation of being between changes. Whenever God wants to put us in a better position, inevitably we will go through a period of discomfort as we move from where we were to this new area which is better for us. And that is the gist of what I caught.

After service, Kam was in Sheffield so me, Sue Li, Shu En and Kam went out for lunch. Well, and that's about it for my day. See you all next week!! Hhhahaha.... short ain't it?

First week in classes

It's been, one week since you looked at me... I mean, since classes started. So, from the academic point of view, it's been a fruitful week. Lots of tutorials but I'm getting on. Lectures also okay. Project starting next week.

And now, from the housing point of view. All stuff have been cleared so the house no longer look like a war bunker. Still some leftover stuff to go through, whether to throw, give away or take for own use. And internet, earliest next week only got but I wouldn't cross my fingers.

My phone number has not change, contrary to what I've been advertising around lately. And that's about it, I think! Update again next week!

So now, me going to type the deep types...

Thursday's lesson and the talk afterwards gave me a lot to think about. I suddenly realize (moment of truth!!) that many of the things we learn in school/college/uni are not applied in the working world (as most working people will know). However, the skills we pick up while learning those lessons is what is valuable. I realize, those skills are applied even while working. It's kinda funny once you think about it that the real world education we need to get is picked up while learning other things.

The other thing I realize (on Friday) was that no matter how much things change, there are still things that stay the same. For instance, most of the new 2nd year students are sitting beside the churchyard eating lunch or buying food at Popeye's which, was the same thing we did last year at the beginning. Hehe... weird...