Last Minute Packing

I'm hopping on a plane tomorrow, but I only start to sort things out today.

Mom's going bezerk.

And I just realised, most of my winter clothes is pink. Darn it!

Going through the checklist all over again. But there's still too much stuff.

So far, 2 large luggage bags, 2 cabin bags. Did I mention they're all red? My bagpack is full of gadgets: laptop, MP3, GPS, DSLR.

Right now, I'm more worried about my Facebook apps: Farmville, Cafe World, YoVille and others.

Urgh.

Auto Show & Sound Challenge

Car-lovers and speed-enthusiasts alike, SWOON!

Han's Carmart has organized another auto show! Taking place in the architecturally beautiful KK Times Square, this event will divided the participating vehicles into four main categories: VIP series, Open Saloon, K-Car and Motorcycle/Scooter.

Have you ever been to an auto show before? If you never did, well, don't miss this event. Expect to see creatively modified vehicles, awesome paint jobs, superb sound systems, and sleek designs.

Details of event:

Date: 15 Nov 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 9.00am - 7.00pm
Venue: KK Times Square

I'm definitely going! As soon as I'm done with my exam paper, I'll rush to KK Times Square, and join my friends.

uKimono

If you have the privilages and time for television lately, surely you have seen this commercial by OSIM, endorsed the pop group, S.H.E., to promote their latest product, uKimono.

When this commercial is on, I felt fat. Especially during the part where they show you a clip of flat stomach, which suddenly turn flabby.

Damn, that's a direct insult to me! I know I haven't exercised -at all- and no longer active in sport. This commercial make me want to do two things:

1. Start exercising again. Or at least, get back into sport.

2. Buy uKimono.

I'm more tempted to do the latter, as it is easier. I know, I'm damn lazy.

A Night To Remember

I think I have promised to upload the photos taken from UNITAR's Annual Dinner which I attended.

So, here's some.

Mr. Photographer

All credits to our photographer of the night, Mr. Hisyamuddin (a.k.a. Awie) You can check his blog at awieinside.blogspot.com.

Black & Blue

Fooling Around

Dr. Morni trying to bring it.

The Cinderella

She broke her heels. That's what she get for wishing to be a Cinderella.

P.S: Most of these pictures are taken by Kee Zul as she borrowed on of Awie's DSLR. I'm waiting for those snapped by Awie. Come on, Awie! We want more photos!

Nokia N97 vs. Samsung Jet

My birthday had passed. But the birthday present hasn't been decided yet.

I think I'll ask for a new phone. My brother suggested two models: Nokia N97 vs Samsung Jet.

I still can't decide. Both look pretty luring. Check out the Youtube videos of both model of mobile phones below.

Nokia N97







Samsung Jet







So, after seeing the videos, which do you think is better?
I can't decide. And I have to decide before the offer is over.

The Lesson I Learnt

You should be proud of me today. Why? I studied. No, I actually studied. No Guitar Hero, or any other form of entertainment out there that continuously luring me away from my responsibilities. Okay, maybe my handphone was buzzing non-stop. However, I studied for the paper I will be sitting this Sunday, which is CSC 134 - Computer & Information Processing.

For all of you who sits in the same class with me for this course, surely you noticed that I never come in to class with a book in my hand. Just papers and stencils. The only books you see me carrying into that class, would probably textbooks for the next class or some random novels. And you probably realize that the lecturer and I don't see things eye to eye. Truth to be told, I hate his way nazi way of teaching and vanity. He hates my guts for daring to argue with him. And he hates me even more for winning in most of the arguments. (And how did he reacts to this? By reducing my marks, of course. After storming out of the class. Yes, I was mean. I know.)

Anyway, I studied. I haven't been studying properly since the final examination season started. I was to busy for band rehearsal at Feizal's pad. Viv named the band "UR Majesty". Yes, she named our PS3 Guitar Hero: World Tour band. The point is, I studied. I read the textbook. What textbook? I just told you that I don't have the textbook the whole semester. Well, I do now. I just bought it on Tuesday. 5 days before the paper. And I only bought it after Viv told me I should. (She was worrying about my exams more than I do.) I just started reading the book today. I will not let the so-called lecturer has the satisfaction of failing me.

Okay, enough about him. It's not worth it. I started studying with the textbook I just bought 2 days ago this morning around 10.30 in the morning. And by the time I went out to buy my lunch from KFC nearby, (Home alone. I don't want to clean up after cooking.) I pretty much covers half of the content of the book already. And the book was pretty interesting, after all, I am pretty much a geek.

So, I was reading through Chapter 4 - The Components of System Unit, from the Discovering Computers 2009 - Complete Version, when I came across these paragraphs.

"Most connectors and ports are available in one of two genders: male or female. Male connectors and ports have one or more exposed pins, like the end of an electrical cord you plug in the wall. Female connectors and ports have matching holes to accept the pins on the male connector or port, like an electrical wall outlet."

"Sometimes, you cannot attach a new peripheral to the computer because the port on the system unit is the same gender as the connector on the cable. In this case, purchasing a gender changer solves this problem. A gender changer is a device that enables you to join a port and a connector that are both female or both male."

You can call me whatever you want. Horny. Dirty minded. But I still find it hilarious. This is the closest thing as sex education for the geeks and nerds. It explains the basic human anatomy. Guys have penises. Girls have vaginas. And it even tells us, which goes where. Ha-ha. After reading this, I truly understood what people meant when they say they are "turned on" or the experience was "electrifying". Ha-ha, I guess the metaphor came from electronic devices.

Oh, in the other paragraph, its explains about homosexuality. Seems to me, they're pretty open to that idea. There "gender changer" is probably similar to transexual. Ha-ha. "Purchasing a gender changer solves this problem." Yes, do a gender reassignment surgery, and you'll be allowed to marry. Or pack up and move to states that allows gay marriages. Miss California and Perez Hilton can debate all they want about it. The gizmos are on Perez's side. There's another detail that I just noticed; the book title suit it well - too well. We really are "discovering computers", complete version.

Gosh, this book are suprisingly interesting. I didn't expect to find this sort of information. I'm going to continue reading, just in case I find something else similar. I wonder what they wrote about input & output. Or viruses.

Disney's 'Year of A Million Dreams'

Have you ever seen Disney's 2007 "Year of A Million Dreams" ad campaign?

I know it's an old news, but it is the best ad campaign I have ever seen. Annie Leibovitz did a wonderful job capturing the magic that Disney have produced all these years. I love these photos so much that I couldn't resist sharing them with all of you.

Julianne Moore is Ariel in this picture called Fantasea, which Michael Phelps as a Mereman. I love the tagline - "Where Another World Is Just A Wish Away".

David Bechkam is Prince Phillips from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' in the picture named "Where Imagination Saves The Day". Don't you think the character suit him a little too well? He's always the masculine hero.

King of Tennis, Roger Federer, traded his court for the role of King Arthur from "The Sword in the Stone" in this picture - "Where You're Always King of the Court"

Beyonce is Alice of "Alice in the Wonderland" in this picture named "Where Wonderland is Your Destiny" with Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter and Lyle Lovett as the March Hare in a teacup.

In the picture named "Where You Never Have To Grow Up", Gisele Bundchen is Wendy Darling with dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and Tina Fey as Tinker Bell.

Jessica Biel is Pocahontas in this picture named "Where Dreams Run Free".

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are Princess Jasmine and Alladin in the picture "Where A New World Awaits".

Rachel Weisz is Snow White in "Where You're The Fairest Of Them All"

Julie Andrews is the Blue Fairy from "Pinocchio" with starlet Abigail Breslin as the fairy-in-training in the picture - "Where the Magic Begins"

In "Where Every Cinderella Story Comes True", Scarlett Johansson is Cinderella. And like every Cinderella, she's wearing nothing but the best - a unique Harry Winston tiara in platinum and over 62k diamonds ($325,000) and Nicoletta Santoro custom made fairytale inspired gown.

In this picture -"Where Your Every Wish is Our Command", Whoopi Goldberg is the Genie from "Alladin".

Aren't the pictures are just amazing?

Disney always find a way to make us believe and not lose faith in the magic.

And do you know anyone that didn't grow up listening to Disney's fairytales, anyway? I'm a fan, forever and always. I will forever keep my hope that my fairy tale will come true.

Lost

I've received 3 news today. Good news; Bad news. And the other one was what I considered a bad news until i received my good news, it turn out not to be as bad as the new bad news.

Confused? Well, you won't be for long.

The original bad news for today was supposed to be my parents' homecoming. They've been away for 2 weeks. They went there with my uncle and aunt. Today, they're coming back. No more home alone for me, no more late night movies, no more peace & quiet, no more sleepovers. Basically, no more fun. Not that I did anything irresponsible during the past 2 weeks. In fact, I've been an angel. Well, compared to my devil sister, I really am. She's super fun, I'm super... Well, boring.

If you didn't know, I've sent my Vaio for service the day I sent my parents to the airport. My Vaio had a heatstroke. So, I've sent V to the gizmos hospital for a check-up, and they submitted him into the ICU. They need to perform a cardio surgery on him and put in a pacer. Haha. In technical language, I overheated the processor, it's just matter of time before it explodes, so the technicians will have to repair and replace the processor and the other damages I've done. *sigh* Luckily, I'd noticed it earlier, or else, it probably will explode, just like Roxy's. If I did, I probably be dead by now. Why? I exploded my Vaio in just mere 4 months of usage. Mom won't be too pleased about that. Anyway, back to the story. Today, V is allowed to check out of the hospital. My heart was doing the summersault when they called me to tell me about it. Immediately, I excitedly went there to fetch him. Me, two weeks without him, was terrible. Yes, I did get a replacement for the two weeks by borrowing Baba's laptop, but it's nothing like my Vaio. Baba's Dell may had filled my time during the absence of V. But it couldn't replace him. Vaio was like my other half. You can have just so many friends, but only one soulmate. (I realized I sound cheesy, but that's my analogies, just bear with it) This is the best news ever. Having your other half back.

As I mentioned, my Good News wasn't all good news; it brought me the worst news of all. How can having your other half back become the worst news, you ask? Imagine this situation. You received a phone call from the hospital where your other half is. You just found out that he (or she) finally woke up after 2 weeks in coma. Obviously, you'd be jumping up and down, and running to the hospital as soon as possible. (Unless you secretly wish that he die so that you can get his insurance money and whatever he have. To that I can only say *gasp*) However, as soon as you're there, standing next to his bed. You're so eager to hug and kiss him. But when you try to, he pushes you away. And his first words to you are "who are you?". How do you feel? Devastating, isn't it? Worst, if you depend on him for almost everything.

That's my worst news of all time. I lost all my data in my Vaio. All. Everything. E-V-E-R-Y-BLOODY-SINGLE-T-H-I-N-G!!!!!

You have your other half back, but only physically. He's no longer himself. He's just like an empty shell. He's not suffering from amnesia, where there's possibility that he will gain his memory back. No, this is permanent damage.

As you may know, my finals are coming up. In fact, its next week. Today is Thursday, thus, 4 days before finals. And guess where all my notes are? That's right, in my Vaio. I didn't managed to backup my files, because it was so sudden. I did asked the technicians to backup my files before the check up. Before they found out it's worse. Somehow, it slip their minds too. You can't tell me to just copy the notes from my classmates. Because I do my own notes. All the notes in my Vaio, was all me. I read all the bloody books I have, and made my own version of it. All my bloody efforts. But you know what, that's not the main problems. It's all the pictures that I saved in my Vaio. All the memories of my past, vanish just like that *snap*.

I couldn't even bring myself to complaint to the technicians. I was speechless. I was so.. so.. horrified, that I couldn't find any words in me to say. Me, out of words? That's a rare occurrence, and this was one of it. I'm clueless. I don't know what to do.

Now, I'm just going to get all the software that I used to have in Vaio back. Re-do my notes. And think about the pictures later. *sigh*

Dangerous Handphone

We're all are handphones users. We can't function without them. If robbed, we'd rather the robbers took our purse -or wallet- than our phones. Don't even dare to deny it. Despite their usefulness, handphones get a lot of negative press. Excessive and improper handphone use accounts for hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths around the world every year. Yes, there're deaths caused by handphone usage. I didn't know it myself, either. A recent study showed that a coordinated 20 year-old on a handphone has the same reaction time as that of a 70 year old. This waned concentration can lead to many dangerous situations. And while most of us have made it this far without the need of protective shoulder pads or helmets, the risk of handphone injury still exists. The following is a list of cell phone injuries, ordered in their likeliness to occur, from most to least.

1. Bumping Into Inanimate Objects

Injuries from simply walking into inanimate objects are steadily rising along with the rise in cell phone use. It’s not uncommon for people to admit themselves in hospitals with lacerations and bruising as a result of walking blindly into signs, lamp posts etc.

2. Falling

While inanimate object bumping accounts for a large chunk of cell phone related injuries, falls also contribute their share. Cell phone users falling down stairs is not only very dangerous, but damn embarrassing too. The most recently publicized incident of this was when Valerie Jarrett, one of President Barrack Obama’s political aids, stepped off a curb while using her Blackberry and severely twisted her ankle.

3. Walking into traffic

There’s been a sharp rise in incidents of people walking into traffic, as oblivious texters step off of sidewalks and cross streets during red lights.

4. Road Accidents

At this point everyone knows driving and talking on a cell phone is bad. Across North America, most states and provinces have made talking on a cell phone against the law. The result of transgression? A hefty fine.

5. Battery Explosion

Exploding batteries are probably the least publicized of all cell phone related injuries but there are quite a few instances of serious injury and one recorded death.

6. Carpal Tunnel

Teens have been carted to hospitals in the thousands with hand and wrist problems as a result of excessive text messaging or SMS. Blackberry users are some of the biggest abusers of cell phones which has lead to an increase in cell phone-related Carpel Tunnel syndrome.

7. Cell phone up your bottom

In the real world, this is probably the most unlikely way to injure oneself with a cell phone…But in the prison world, this is actually a fairly common occurrence. Prisoners are often caught with various items in their… umm ‘puckered starfish.’ Cell phones are banned in prison and inmates are forced to… uhhh force cell phones in places where only boarder guards dare to probe.

8. Swallowing a cell phone

Technically, the only incident on record wasn’t of someone swallowing a cell phone of their own accord, but in fact having one shoved down her throat by her angry boyfriend (assuming now ex-boyfriend).

9. Cancer

The media has been talking about cell phones causing brain cancer ever since their inception. In terms of likeliness of occurrence however, this ranks as the lowest. There is still no solid evidence to support this claim.

In The Cluster

UiTM Sabah finally installed the WiFi in our clusters. (Cluster = Hostel) These few days, there's been electricians working during the day, installing the system. Of course, many are overjoyed with the news. Now, we don't have to go to the cafes, or for Cluster A occupants, sit on the stairs of block A4 to be connected to the internet.

I thought it would have not make any difference to me. Why? Because I have my own way to stay connected to the internet. I bought a modem and applied for Celcom Broadband. I even sacrifice my own allowance to pay my monthly fee. I rather use my own allowance than asking my parents for it. It's a lot easier to get it myself. No nagging & lectures. Or being reminded how much they've spend on me. I didn't even bother to tell them when I applied for it. After all, I'm over my legal age now. I don't need their signature on anything anymore.

When they found out about it, (I didn't tell them doesn't mean I'd lie to them) Mum was a bit startled. I'm not a mindreader, so I couldn't possibly know what she was thinking then. But at least she didn't give me a hard time over it. All she ask is how am I paying for it. And I told her the truth, from my own pocket. I guess that might be the reason she's not throwing a fit over it. All she could say next was "Marahla abang ZZ ko nie, ko baru ada laptop, trus ada ni." I would have love to reply her, "I'm paying this on my own, if he wants one, he can afford to have one himself too." But I didn't, of course. If you can't say something nice, it's better not to say anything at all. Especially to your own mother.

Anyway, I was wrong that the WiFi system won't affect my connectivity. Since my Celcom Broadband is wireless as well, now I have to compete with the WiFi system to get better connection. More and more students taking advantage of the WiFi system to online from their own rooms. More students to compete with. Having my own line does have it advantage. My connection is better than theirs. Slower now, than before. But still better. That's the brightside. Still, that couldn't ease the fact that I'm paying with my own allowance while they're using it for free. And I'm using the advance plan instead of the basic.

If it wasn't because there's no longer Streamyx in my parents' house, I might seriously consider to end my subscription for this Celcom Broadband. I couldn't even upload pictures from here anymore, the connectivity is too slow. I've doodled a lot of things today in class. And I was eager to share them with you, but I couldn't upload it online. I've even took a nap, waited for the peak hour to end and tried again. But it didn't work. Of course it wouldn't. Internet usage peak hour in clusters starts from 8pm - 1am. Nobody sleeps early in campus, not with so much assignments on our shoulders. Too many things to search on the net. And staying connected to the internet enables us to share our information and chat with one another without the need to go to one room to another.

I guess I'll try again next time. You really have to see my doodle!

Back to School

Hey, first of all. Happy New Year to all of you. May 2009 brings us all the best in life. I certainly hope so, 2008, despite people keep saying its a lucky year, hasn't been treating me right. Or at least in a form I would not discuss here.

Anyway. Back to school. Or university for my case. I'm going to start my class on my new course, Diploma in Public Administration. I registered myself on 28th December. Yes, on Awal Muharram. My dad gave me nagging for having to register myself on that day. Well, Dad, it's not my fault, I would rather register after new year. I made myself clear on that matter. So, want to know what I did? I didn't attend classes until 5th January. Ha-ha. Imagine my first impression on my lecturers.

Oh well, who cares. As long as my attendance is 80%, excel in exams and quizzes, do my assignment, I'll be just fine. My schedule this semester is pretty laid back, except on Monday, of course. On Monday, I have 4 back-to-back classes with only 2 hours lunch break. But the rest of the week, I get to wake up late since my classes will only start at 10 o'clock. And with average 2 classes per day. Awesome, right? Oh, on Friday, I have 1 class at 8am, and afterward, I can leave for my parents' house.

I'm not the only one going back to study mode. (If I do have 'study mode') My cousins & niece too. Mel is going to middle school! In La Salle, the all boys school. It almost seems just like last year, he was just starting primary school. Now, he's all grown up. His voice is changing, playing guitar really well (You should listen to the way Josh praises him), starting to grow tall. He's going to turn out to be a fine man, one day. Oh yeah, my niece, Cerys is finally going to school to. After a year of doing nothing in her grandma's house, I wonder how things going for her. After all, she speaks very VERY little of Malay. I guess she'll be fine. She's a smart one, a fast learner.

Hey, guess what? I finally bought myself a wireless Celcom Broadband modem. Now, with my laptop, I can online anywhere anytime I want. So, I pretty much have to update my blog on daily basis. No excuse for my absence anymore, right? Now, I can share my experiences with you. Well, I will only able to share with you things that are not private. I'm sure you understand, right? Everyone has to have their privacy.

Well, I guess that's all for now. I'll be seeing you soon

My VAIO

I got a new gadget. Yahoo! Try and guess what it is! No, i didn't get a new phone. And no, a car is not a gadget. And I didn't get that either.

It's a laptop, Sony VAIO CS! In HOT RED! Awesome, right? I know, it's my belated birthday present, I waited for it for 3 months. It's worth it. If I didn't wait for it, I might just have to be satisfied with a Dell Inspiron. Like my mum said, persistence pays. Muahahaha!

I'm a true Sony user. Sony Ericsson handphone, both. Sony PSP. And now, Sony Vaio. Unfortunately, I didn't get all of them in red color. My handphone is in gold and black. PSP in pink. Yes, Qeel has a pink colored PSP. I chose pink, because I thought that will keep my brothers hand off it. Guess I was wrong.

I'm so in love with my new gadget that I am hardly able to keep my hands off it. Seriously, I couldn't let it out of my sight. Okay, I maybe exaggerating that part a little too much. But you get the idea, right?

So, the first thing I did with my VAIO was, well, install a game, of course! The Sims 2. I got the original CD, so its easy for me to install it in any PC. As long as I have the CD 1 with me. Yes, I'm still playing that game, I know. I thought I would have grown out of it by now. I still haven't and still addicted to it.

Well, for the first time, I don't know what to write in here. At least about my gadget. I guess that all for now.

Return

Hey fellas~~!!

Yes. I know it has been a while since I last updated my blog. A LONG while. Too long, don't you think? Well, I'm sorry. I've wanted to update my blog so much, but didn't have the time to do it. Or privacy. Nana, u know how I write.

When I was in KL 2 weeks ago, I tried. But everytime I type something, my brother Z will be sitting across the table, staring at me through the laptop (his Vaio). I can't write under that pressure. Yes, I get the irony, I can bowl in a national tournament, with people screaming and yelling, and the urge and hopes of your team for you to win, but not writing when my brother is sitting nearby.

As you may know, I've been absent from KK since.... well, was it 10th Nov? I can't recall exactly, but I think that's close enough. I don't really know how to tell you guys what I've been doing there, cause it has been a while since. Oh yeah, I went to the Scream Park, Sunway Lagoon with Intan, ZZ and Adi, A. Even at the entrance I start to clutch at ZZ, the doorkeeper was very charismatic and spooked us with his story. Inside, poor ZZ, I never let go of his arm, I grabbed them with both my hands all the time we were inside. It was awesomely spooky. All the effects. I never once screamed, but then again, I never scream when spooked. Just stood still. Anyway, since we are allowed to enter the place as much as we want with the ticket as long as we never leave the compound, we decided to re-enter. The second time we went in, we were playing tricks on the 'ghosts'. Every time the 'ghosts' tried to spook us, we either look bored or laugh at their faces. When a 'ghosts' went up to Intan's face and growl, Intan just said 'Eww, busuknya mulut'. Ha-ha. It was hilarious. There were lots more of what we did. But I couldn't possibly write them all here.

On the 19th of Nov, the whole family, excluding Intan, went to Bandung for holidays. Don't worry, she joined us on day 3 & 4, she missed the sight-seeing, but never the shopping spree. It was fun. First 3 days, we stayed at the mountain side, rented a cottage in a resort called 'Sapulidi'. No, I'm not kidding about the name of the place, but it was beautiful. I would really like to show the pictures here, but they are all in ZZ's camera. (His new gadget, still unable to unattach himself from it) But you can check some of it in my brother, Noer's facebook album. ZZ still haven't upload them yet. (I know, I myself have to wait for him, total bummer!)

Anyway, I rode an offroad go-kart!! Awesome!! We didn't plan to ride them, but we were touring in the hotspring area, and they offer offroad go-kart! Of course, me and my brothers insisted on riding them, even though we didn't bring any change of clothes and ZZ was wearing his only pair of jeans he brought. We couldn't ride all 3 at once. So, Noer and ZZ rode for 3 laps, the Jimmy and me for 3 laps, then me and Z for 3 laps. Each of us rode 6 laps. When I raced with ZZ, I hit the side and got stuck a few times. Ha-ha. It was hard to turn those things. Of course, all of us were covered in mud. Especially ZZ, who didn't even consider to hit the break or avoid when he was driving through a mud pool. It was fun-tastic! We wanted to ride the ATV next, but mum said no. Of course, mum's word is the unwritten law in our family. ZZ tried to convince mum otherwise, and surprisingly failed. (ZZ is mum's favorite). Lots of things happened in Bandung. Too bad I can't share them all.

On 23rd Nov, Noer and ZZ went back to KL, my parents and I went back to KK. However, the next day, I hop onto another flight to KL. And a bus to Perak. With the whole contingent of UiTM Sabah for Karisma (Karnival Sukan Antara Mahasiswa). Which is why I'm in a cybercafe, next to the Ampang Superbowl Ipoh. Today's the last day of the tournament, at least for bowling, and I didn't win anything. Bummer! I've missed my shot to win for Double, Single and Masters. Total bummer! I would've win if I trained instead of having fun in KL and Bandung. But you know what, I don't mind at all. Thou, my manager was disappointed. Very disappointed. But it wasn't like I didn't gave my opponents a good fight. If it wasn't my lack of stamina and health, yes, health, my tummy been giving me trouble all week, especially during the game! And I didn't even have the appetite to eat anything all week. So NOT me! Qeel, no appetite, not even pasta! I'm planning to see my doctor as soon as I'm back in KK.

OMG, how long has I been writing here?? I think I should end it here and now. I'll try to update more often. promise!