| Saturday, January 31, 2004 |
| The rep-up |
| The crowd started jumping wildly. People was pushing to get to the front row. I was stuck in the middle, with a guy's elbow pushing down my neck and God knows how many feet were on my shoe. And I could barely breathe. Yet, I just swerved with the crowd and sang like crazy. THAT -- was what happened when Linkin Park first came up on stage. The mania begun and it continued till the end of the concert. Everyone was just superhype, and the performance was never dissappointing. No matter how hurtful my leg and neck was, I stayed with the crowd and jumped along with them. Seeing the band performing live in front of my eyes, I've finally fulfilled my vow before I flew to the States. Brad, Chester, Mike, Hahn, Pheonix and Rob connects with the audience just perfectly. I love every single moment of the concert (except when POD keep singing and singing during opening..hell I don't know many of their songs). Cheers to them for a great show on stage! I cannot story banyak-banyak la kan, if wanna know the atmosphere, go to their concert :P. Now, I shall patiently wait for my Linkin Park Live in Texas DVD/CD. |
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| Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| 'Dewa'nize yourself |
| Hahaha, live report....the Dewa fever has hit Madison. More and more people are tuning to their masterpieces. C'mon c'mon join the club! Go download their songs and vids. Anyone has guitar chord for Pupus and Risalah Hati? I'm going to Linkin Park concert today! |
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| Thursday, January 29, 2004 |
| Extinct |
Whereas Giant current favorite playlist is Kangen by Dewa, mine is Pupus. That song is seriously berhantu. I cannot go by a day without at least listening to it once. And have any of you seen the vid clip? Oh my, it's just so sad, I feel pity for that unlucky guy. The 'Indonesian' fever has definitely hit me and most of the people here. Nyehahaha....how proud I am. I wonder why most Malay musics are just so redundant and sappy. I mean, Indonesian bands sing love songs too but somehow, theirs have better quality. Maybe it's the voice, or the lyrics, or the melody. Malaysian have plenty of good singers, but haih...unfortunately not many good songs. I'd rather listen to the 'rock kapak'; and current bands are only Flop Poppy & Butterfingers. Oohh, talking bout Butterfingers, I've just watched two of their Rock The World 4 videos. It was pretty cool. Can't wait till Emmet is back in the band.
Tomorrow is the day! Finally I'll get the chance to watch Hoobastank, POD & Linkin Park performing live for the Meteora tour at Alliant Energy Center. I'll be going early for the meet and greet session but since I am not yet in the fan club, I wonder whether they let me see LP in person. I hope I do coz they're so smokin'! |
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| Monday, January 26, 2004 |
| Day Full of Mishaps |
| Blurghh....I just had one of the worst days of my lives. I had to wake up early since I have a job training at 8am-10.15am. To make it worse, it was snowing heavily outside. Not that I had snow but the fact that I had to walk slowly because it was very slippery and the snow kept stucking at your shoes, making it harder to walk. Then I had class straight from 11am-2.15am. The snow was thicker by noon. And I was freaking hungry. After class ended, I had to go to Regent to pick up a book. Then, I had to go to UBS to buy textbooks (finally!). Ahh...but the book was so expensive I have no idea why. A small, thin CS book cost about $67. Conver that to Malaysian Ringgit! A lot of walking has already make me very tired and hungry, and when I asked the 56 bus driver whether he is going along University Avenue, he said yes. As if! At the merge of University Avenue and Campus Drive, the bus went to the Campus Drive route instead, so I had to fcuking get off at a bus stop way way far from my apartment. Snow was getting thicker and I was already very frustrated at that time. Thank God, maybe it was my small luck, bus no 8 goes along the opposite way and along University Avenue. I finally reached home at nearly 5 pm. What a day! And now I am still waiting for the guys next door to make the next trip to grocery shopping and stop by at Regent to pick my book. As for the time being, I can't finish my one week homework because I still doesn't have the book with me, which sucks coz that means I have to sleep late and wake up early again tomorrow! |
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| Thursday, January 22, 2004 |
| 5 Answers to A Question |
5 things that you're wearing right now?
1. BUM Equipment jacket
2. Dark purple sleeveless
3. Bermuda
4. Home shoe
5. My computer glasses
5 things you're doing right now?
1. Listening to My Julie by Jason Lo
2. Typing this very right journal entry
3. Sitting on my comfortable leather executive chair
4. Warming myself
5. Crossing my leg
5 things you ate in the last 24 hours?
1. Chocolate waffle
2. Blueberry waffle
3. Rice
4. Chicken soup for today's lunch
5. Ayam masak merah for yesterday's dinner
5 things you did so far today?
1. Waking up at 11.15am
2. Cooked lunch and dinner
3. Trying to draw contour graph which I have no idea how to
4. Drop a class but add a new class to my schedule
5. Watch 10 mins of Lawyer Lawyer, then the VCD went karputt
5 things you can hear right now
1. Freefall by Love Me Butch
2. That annoying sound of the water tank system
3. Keyboard buttons
4. Someone logging onto MSN Messenger
5. That's enough sounds for me to bear at once
5 thoughts that are in your head
1. How to do my Calculus review
2. How the heck am I gonna wake up at 7.15am every Monday & Wednesday morning to be at work by 8am
3. Debts
4. When am I gonna get my allowance
5. When can I buy my textbooks
5 things you look for in a girl/boy (GUY) (untuk jadi gf/bf or for friend? tsk tsk)
1. Height
2. Intelligence
3. Financial background
4. Talents. E.g:sports, music
5. Physical features
5 things that you love
1. My family
2. My closest friends
3. Myself
4. My guitar
5. Sleep
5 songs you never too tired to hear
1. Suga Suga by Baby Bash & Frankie J
2. Mahadewi by Padi
3. Tribute by Nakedbreed
4. Cinta by Flop Poppy
5. Thank God I Found You by Mariah Carey & Jo |
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| Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| Happy Chinese New Year |
Haiya....Gong Xi, Gong Xi, Kong Hei Fatt Choy. It's Chinese New Year already. Time sure is running fast these days. I just feel like it was Christmas yesterday. Where's my angpau liao? Hehehe. Enuff about that. I had my second Italian class today. The instructor speak Italian all the way and I am sure I was not the only one damn clueless. The only words that I understand are ciao, repetite and grazie. Plus, I still won't have enough money to buy textbook till next week so unlucky for me, I will remain completely clueless for the whole week. Then, I had a calculus review problem due next Thursday which I don't know how to do. I don't remember learning how to integrate both x and y at the same time in Math 221&222...hmm.
I still have difficulty pressing Fm thus it sounds really ugly when I play the chorus part for 'Two Steps Behind' by Def Leppard. Still working on OAG and Juliet the Orange but dah a bit malas already. :p. Oh yeah, I have two jobs now. Morning shifts starting at 8am at Health Sciences library...gosh, I really hope I can wake up that early! In mid-February I'll start working at the new cafetaria on Lakefront Memorial. This is so exciting! Make more money. I wanna go Japan, Hong Kong and Shanghai! And tour Europe! |
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| Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| And the award goes to.... |
I've watched too many movies during this winter break I am sure my head is going to explode anytime soon. Imagine 3-4 movies everyday for about 30 days!! But thinking again, I can never watch this many movies once the school starts (which is 5 more days to go). And I am about to add the list of my favorite actors that I have in mind:
(a)Brad Pitt
Despite his good looks, it is undeniable that this actor may be an Oscar-value in the future. Have you seen him acting in Legends of the Fall and 12 Monkeys? I bet his upcoming box-office Troy is going to be da' bomb.
(b)Edward Norton
He's the bad guy. He's also the good guy. And one thing I must say, he knows how to pick the right movies because most of the movies he starred in-- is a hit.
(c)Bruce Willis
There's just something about this old guy that makes you wanna watch Armageddon over and over again.
(d)Johnny Depp
Sleepy Hollow, Pirates of the Carribean and Edward's Scissors Hand is a total blow becase he certainly fit into his character!
(e)Drew Barrymore
I don't know why many people say she's ugly....but to me Drew rocks! Just give her any character, she's sure to act it out perfectly.
(f)Andy Lau
Have you seen Infernal Affairs or Century of the Dragon or that romantic comedy Needing You? I tell you, this guy has charisma and no matter how old he is, he's still looking hot and tough and his acting keeps getting better and better. An international value indeed.
(g)Julia Stiles
She's hot, she rocks, she has that attitude and she certainly can dance! Big thumb to her and the other casts of Mona Lisa Smile.
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2004 |
| Dominato Per Marlum |
Two nights ago, I dreamt about how happy we are together. And I also dreamt about the death of someone close to me. It's scary. I don't like when my mind is toying with my emotions in my sleep. We are not together. And most of all, no one's gonna die.
Last night, I slept late for I worry these dark dreams will come again. Fortunately, it didn't. But I woke up early in the morning coughing like I never before. It got to my nerves bcoz the cough wouldn't stop for an hour or so. I don't know where it comes from. Can't be the weather coz I barely go out of the house. Second hand smoker? I don't think so either but I watched this movie 'From Ashes to Ashes' about how a child died of cancer because his parents are heavy smokers. That give me jitters.
I just finished watching Tears of the Sun. Urghh...I cannot stand those revolutioners for having an animal heart. How can one be so evil, cutting off a mother's breast so she can't feed her baby, then rape her and then killed all those innocent people especially the kids, brutally. And that my friends, is only in the movie. I can't bear to imagine this scenario actually happens in our real world. It is just unbearably evil.
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| Monday, January 12, 2004 |
| Issue That Matters |
Mereka menjelaskan bahawa walaupun memakai hijab adalah wajib bagi wanita Islam tetapi memaksa seseorang memakainya adalah salah.
Seorang penulis Islam, Fahmi Huwaidi dalam laporan itu berkata: ``Mewajibkan hijab dengan undang-undang adalah salah. Samalah juga kesalahannya melarang pemakaian hijab dengan undang-undang.''
Ulama Universiti Al-Azhar, Sheikh Jamal Qutub berkata apa yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan PAS di Terengganu dengan memaksa wanita Islam memakai tudung itu merupakan sesuatu jenayah terhadap hak asasi manusia.
``Ia tidak kurang dengan apa yang dilakukan oleh Presiden Perancis Jacque Shirac melarang wanita Islam memakai tudung. Kedua-duanya mempunyai persamaan iaitu mencampuri urusan hak kemanusiaan,'' katanya.
More information on this news can be found at Utusan Malaysia. I couldn't agree more with this article. I am not saying this because I am not wearing a hijab. Hopefully with God bless one day I will. But forcing one to wear or not to wear hijab is completely a wrong thing to do. Who are you to force someone what to do or what not to do especially in a matter like this? When I read the news about France banning women to wear hijab, I went outrageous. I felt the same when I heard PAS forcing people to wear hijab. Is that what we call 'berdakwah secara hikmah'? I DON'T THINK SO! I still remember attending a youth muslim workshop during summer break, and the speaker from Egypt whom we called Sister Marwah telling us that what you do must come from your heart. And God will always be happy for you if you try and do your best to please Him. Every changes has its stages. In fact, she was quite surprised when we told her some families force their daughters to wear scarf. After all, honesty is always the best policy, ain't it?
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In the mood to munch something. And suddenly I am having this huge desire to eat nasi lemak. Hmm...maybe I should cook nasi lemak tomorrow. Yeah, definitely should do that ... too bad no daun pandan in the US..hehe.
I have officially completed the Star Wars trilogy. It felt great, I love Star Wars! George Lucas is definitely a super genius. If I lived in the '70's, I would've think him as the King. I never really get the chance to watch the whole complete trilogy so I have this vague false memory that Luke Skywalker killed his father. Watching Return of the Jedi sure prove my memory wrong. Darth Vader looked so ugly in that episode I couldn't imagine he actually have the face of Hayden Christensen as Anakin....hahaha. Next thing to do is to watch Star Wars I and II again. And I am surely anticipating for Star Wars III to be released in 2006. Couldn't wait! Whee.... may the force be with you.
To those who haven't watch Century of the Dragon, please do watch it. One of the best Hong Kong movies I've seen.
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| Sunday, January 11, 2004 |
| Fascinate You |
Got this from a friend and I am supposed to forward to other friends so they know my current 'agenda' but I am too lazy to do that. So why don't you friends just read it from my blog instead...
Current clothing: Playboy grey long sleeve t-shirt & Gap stripe pajama pant
Current mood: A bit bored..patiently waiting for Return of the Jedi to finish downloading
Current taste: Sambal ikan bilis...hehe
Current hair: Just shampooed
Current annoyance: My boredom
Current smell: What do you call the smell of a t-shirt?
Current thing you ought to be doing: Watch another DVD
Current jewelry: Silver ring
Current book: Chord dictionary for guitar
Current refreshment: Tap water
Current worry: Changing major
Current crush: Apparently none... unless I run into John again
Current favorite celebrity: Bruce Willis
Current longing: That beautiful beach in Penang
Current music: Ari Hest
Current wish: I could travel to Europe
Current lyric in your head: Reaching for higher ground, no they won't listen...
Current makeup (if you're a girl!): Vaseline lotion counts tak? Hahaha...I wear only foundation
Current undergarments: Sheesh....
Current regret: I wasn't born richer
Current desktop picture: Daniel Wu... *sigh*
Current plans for tonight/weekend: Watch movies, sleep, cook and guitar session
Current cuss word du jour: Your head la!
Current disappointment: No money
Current amusement: Finding my ordered DVDs in my mailbox
Current IM/person you're talking to: No one
Current love: Myself
Current obsession: Daniel Wu
Current thing or things on your wall: Posters, calendar, air freshner
Current favorite book: I haven't read in ages!!
Current favorite movie: Star Wars |
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| Saturday, January 10, 2004 |
| Fair-God And Stone Faces |
Original piece of the genius Butterfingers:
Taking a making god is everything
And happiness leaves awaking loneliness
And beside you now lies a difference you know
How can it be and still i can't believe
And i feel denied
Unfair excuse
And all i ask another day
If i could leave this pain i owe home
Never mistaking we can't change a thing
Surprised as I was to never need more time
On the outside tide
Does it whisper at all?
And maybe it'll be forever till whenever now
Cause i feel denied
Someone you knew
Silence that make the change in you
And I would light the light bone fuse
It's hard to shake off these daily sad-to-sees
I'd rather search the stones undo
Don't wanna face what i have to
If come a stranger be so true
You sting like an angel
Have any idea what the song is trying to convey?
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| Thursday, January 08, 2004 |
| Valid Reason, Improbable Cause, My Right Future? |
A man who studies computer science loved a girl. He sent this letter saying:
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY COMPUTER
Believe me it is true... You installed the best in me. Your picture is always in my background. You clicked my heart gently. You drive me crazy when I see you. Your love reset my life and deleted all the sadness in me. You restored my kindness after I thought it was corrupted. I'm always connected to you with more than 56 heartbeats per second. You hacked my brain and registered your name in it. You are the only one that could navigate my feelings and explore my emotions at the same time. I feel lost when I try to call you and you are not responding. I always feel you close to me when I shut down my eyes, or when I open my windows waiting for you to pass. You are the only one that can log into my heart and never log out. I dream of being your only server as long as I live. You don't have to search for me, cause we are always linked to each other. I see your name everywhere, my FrontPage, my homepage and all my software. I scanned my life and found that I'm only infected by you. You are the virus I'd never remove, and why should I do? You formatted my life and added happiness to view. Believe me it is true... I love you more than my CPU !!!!!!!!!!
I don't want to be like him. I can write better love letters. 'Nuff said. |
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I realized how lucky I was when I was reading articles about Datuk Najib Tun Razak being appointed the new Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. In my course of life, God has been kind enough to let me be friends with some exciting people, and to manipulate my conscious mind to go to a pain-ass boarding school but surviving 5 years of hell and joy. Clueless what I am talking about? Let me tell you. Lucky me, when was 14, that is in Form 2, my school KUSESS was officially launched by the infamous and notorious Anwar Ibrahim who is now in jail and God knows what happen to him in there. Accompanying him is none other than now our DPM, Datuk Najib, who at that time I believe was the Minister of Education. Urghh, it's kinda disgusting to imagine, isn't it that the person who launched your school is now in jail? Well, that's not the main point anywayz.
Going on...when I was 16, that is in Form 4, Stadium Malawati which is situated right behind my school, was launched by our great former PM, Dr. Mahathir. Lucky again, I and some other friends had the chance to escort him to the main gate. Seeing him so up close and personal with other people pushing wanting to shake hands with him...phew, that is once in a lifetime experience. Then, when I was 19, a father of a very close friend of mine passed away. May God bless his soul. The ceremony before the burial was held at now our PM, Pak Lah's house. I guess that Lady of Luck was smiling upon me again at that time. Not that I was too excited to get to see Pak Lah or anything as I was grieving for my close friend and her whole family.
Finally, when I went back to Malaysia during summer break last year, my friend 1 met this friend while we were hanging out, and my friend 2 invited me to hang out with her friend and her friend's friend. Happen to be this person is that friend 1's friend that we met the other day. You get what I mean rite? Annndd yeah, turned out to be this person is the son of Datuk Najib. What a BIG coincidence! I got to see the dad a long time ago, and now I got to hang out with the son.
So, my point is, I am lucky to have meet these prominent people who all of them are or used to be the leaders of my great country. I am not rich, my parents ain't no big names but still life gives me this lucky fate. I am not bragging either. I just wanna say having meet these people, I realize that my life is not bad as I picture it is. I've got to meet my biggest inspiration, I've got to know how life revolves around them.....in a way, I've got to learn something precious and meaningful. It does take a long road for one to reach what he or she desires. |
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| Tuesday, January 06, 2004 |
| Tickle by Emode Classic IQ Test |
My result is: Your IQ score is 126
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Precision Processor. This means you're exceptionally good at discovering quick solutions to problems, especially ones that involve math or logic. You're also resourceful and able to think on your feet. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.
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| Monday, January 05, 2004 |
| I Am Who I Am |
Facts by Dr Fadzilah Kamsah quoted from Shafrida's blog. Let's analyze....
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* Sangat aktif dan dinamik.
Analysis: Sometimes yes sometimes no
* Cepat bertindak membuat keputusan tetapi cepat menyesal.
Analysis: Tersangat la btol...haha
* Sangat menarik dan pandai menjaga diri.
Analysis: Am I attractive? I don't think so. But yeah, I do know how to take care of myself
* Punya daya mental yang sangat kuat.
Analysis: I do when I really force myself into it. Challenges are the main factor
* Suka diberi perhatian.
Analysis: Well...from time to time. But too much attention suffocates me.
* Sangat diplomatik (pandai memujuk ).
Analysis: Hmmm....macam tak jer
* Berkawan dan pandai menyelesaikan masalah orang.
Analysis: My friends do say I am a good listener
* Sangat berani dan tiada perasaan takut.
Analysis: Quite true
* Suka perkara yang mencabar, pengasih, penyayang, sopan santun dan pemurah.
Analysis: Sopan santun and pemurah...hahaha...what a joke!
* Emosi cepat terusik.
Analysis: Yeah...I'm temperemental but I keep it all bottled down
* Cuba kawal perasaan.
Analysis: True...I rather not express my feelings
* Kecenderungan bersifat pendendam.
Analysis: Ahakz, btol....I do hate some persons and will forever hate them no matter how sweet they can be
* Agresif dan kelam kabut dalam membuat keputusan.
Analysis: Kelam kabut bile shopping, yup yup yup. I shop on impulse...very dangerous
* Kuat daya ingatan.
Analysis: I'm good at remembering dates. But these days, lack of challenge among peers drive me to perform poorly
* Gerak hati yang sangat kuat.
Analysis: Tak faham....gerak hati untuk buat aper?
* Pandai mendorong diri sendiri dan memotivasikan orang lain.
Analysis: I used to, during high school days...but now I don't know.
* Berpenyakit disekitar kepala dan dada.
Analysis: Sakit dada tak pernah...sakit kepala, often
* Sangat cemburu dan terlalu cemburu
Analysis: Hmmm....I am not the jealous kinda person. Jealousy is a waste of time. If you're happy, than I am happy for you :D |
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I just finished watching Moonlight Express. It was a great movie....I love it. Leslie Cheung was a very good actor. I love his acting. Why larr he comitted suicide? It is such a big loss.
Last weekend was very entertaining. Went to play basketball. Great game even though I missed many good shots. Haven't played since summer, so that explains. Then, went to play bowling on Saturday nite with the guys whom I haven't hang out with since I went back to Malaysia during summer break. Played two games in a row....but failed to do a single strike. Later, had pizza and played Monopoly. As always, I was the first to declare brankruptcy. Haih...my muka memangls muka tader duit selalu. But I had fun! Played table tennis a.k.a ping pong after that. Phew....I haven't played ping pong since MMU Games Day!! That was like 3 years ago. It felt so good to hit the orange ball again.
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| Friday, January 02, 2004 |
| Something In the Way |
| I hate the fact that I am not performing extraordinarily well in college. I have no clue what the reasons are, but no matter how hard I try to keep up and to do well in exams, I'll screw up in 1 or 2 exams, thus finally I receive a very bad grade. And why the heck do some subjects have a very high curve or a narrow AB and BC? I lose 10 points out of total and I get a B?! God, what did I do wrong? If I keep performing like this....soon enuff I'll be expelled from this university. Give me grace and let me get better grades if I indeed push myself to the edge in my study. I am so tired of working to the bone and yet failing. I have no idea how am I going to explain to my parents about this. |
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| Thursday, January 01, 2004 |
| Happy New Year |
| This is how I celebrate the coming of 2004. Madison State Capitol has decided not to give a firework display this year. So, there is pretty much nothing to do unless I am 21 and I can hit the bar and join the drinking party, which I don't do. Therefore, I just hang out at my friend's apartment and do useless activities. Boring, boring, boring. I got quite sleepy and went home alone at around 12.30am. While I was walking down Union South, crossing my finger and hoping that there are no drunks or muggers around, a guy approached me. I was scared to death (you can never know what happens when you're walking alone past midnight) and was even more horrified when I saw his face was bleeding and it looked like there were tiny pieces of broken glass on his jaw. He must have realized my terror when he was asking me, "Hey, do you know..." and suddenly stopped talking. Then, he said "You know what, that's ok. Sorry." I was speechless that I mumbled something like "That's okay" and quickly walked straight ahead and looked back once to check he wasn't following me. Geez....what an odd experience for a new year in Madison. Now that I am safely at home, I just hope that the guy was fine and was able to get some help from others. I just don't want anyone to bleed and suddenly passed out in the middle of a road. |
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