Merry Merry *Belated* Christmas~

Merry Christmas to Everyone.... though I'm a bit late.... like.... 3 days? Haha, but it's the thought that counts eh?

I've been terribly busy lately, dragging myself around town and all over KK just meeting with friends, running errands for my mom, having fun, working out, and also planning how to end our beloved year 2010.

Weather in KK has also been terrible lately.... When I mean terrible, well, I don't mean terrible like London =) fortunately for us, we don't have snow. But still raining throughout the day puts you off doing your daily chores like making ginger bread men for Christmas or going out to get Christmas decorations..... though I never do any of those.... but you get what I mean...

Luckily it ain't snow ^^

We don't wanna end up having New Year celebration in Igloos do we?

But meh, the weather don't stop us from having fun. Like I said, I've been kinda busy lately, so I never had time to sit down properly and write a proper blog post.

Sadly though, Christmas this year was kinda silent. Although we used to celebrate it with something like a countdown and flooding DiGi's telecommunication lines with useless greeting SMSes, this year was just a usual night with a cup of tea to warm myself. It wasn't that bad though, considering the very day of Christmas itself, I was out all day from morning till night.

So besides busying myself running all over town, and besides the times spent drooling over some scandalously wrong yet erotically stimulating pieces of art.... like.... 0_0

@_@~!! *nosebleed*.....

Dreamcity vs Users by *lehanan on deviantart.com

It's amusing how a pencil can produce such.... *ahem*..... graphic effects.... wish I could draw like that.... but if I could, I should be a manga author instead.... and I'll write/draw a manga of my life....

Okay... =.=" bad distraction.... back to Christmas.... where was I.... besides running around town, I've been spending most of my time hanging out with my friends over the past week. And I'm leaving for a road trip to the Tip of Borneo tomorrow, hopefully with some interesting stuff to update.

Hmm.... distracted by that eye-popping piece of pencil created characters.... I forgot what I was gonna say.

Anyway, if it isn't too late, here's 3 things I wish I could have for Christmas:

1. A Happy New Year, yea... literally... I mean.... a happy new year, next year ^^
2. A new phone. My phone seriously needs a changing.... it's falling apart =(
3. Lastly of course, as the lyrics of the famous christmas song goes: "All I want for Christmaaas~~~ is youuuu~~~"

In the meantime, I think I've gotta go pack for tomorrow's road trip.

So, Merry Christmas to all, and.... yea, that's all for now =) New Year isn't here yet, hehe

Sometimes, when the sky and the sea and the shore wear the same shade of grey.

It looks like the world has come to a stand-still.

 ~

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Game Review)

I've been meaning to introduce a couple of good Movies and give some movie reviews, but there's quite a few of them and they sorta.... piled on top of each other like a cheese burger and I don't know where to start. So in the mean while, I'll write a review about a Game I just played instead =)

So among those HORROR fans out there.... including fans of Ghost and Horror Movies, this is a must-try game that, in my own personal opinion, tops the charts of all-time horror games out there.

Introducing to everyone:

If YOU haven't played THIS, you haven't played **** of Horror Games.

You know, the best thing about Games are.... YOU're in control of your character's fate. Unlike watching movies where you could call the actor a 'wuss' or actress a 'pansy'... In games, you get to choose what you wanna do with your character other than running headlong into a wall because of fear and "konking" your lights out.

If you've played Resident Evil, Good~ If you've watched Ju-On, Even better~ If you loved F.E.A.R, Bravo~ You're ready for Amnesia~!!

Amnesia is my personal favourite First Person Shoot--..... No, First Person Explorer (you'll find out why soon).... game that I've played so far... Topping my experience with Doom 3, F.E.A.R, Resident Evil, and many more. Although in true honesty, Amnesia can't be compared side by side with these games because of one main thing. Amnesia is NOT an Action Shooter game.

Similar to F.E.A.R, this game gives you the Best of spine-chilling, neck-aching experience. But in F.E.A.R, you tend to realize that after playing an hour or so into the game, their scare tactics wear off, and fail to give you that bone-stretching jump out of your chair. Because the game soon turns into more guns blazing and laser targeted missiles flying rather than horror, and even if the horror were there, you just knew when it was coming.

Amnesia, on the other hand, is more of a puzzle solving, (although the puzzles aren't mostly hard, so you have to keep your eyes peeled to LOOK OUT for hidden levers, doors, and stuff, because it's really DARK.... and sometimes it's just hard to see), exploring, adventure game, where you're a guy whose lost his memory, who roams about this castle finding clues to what you should do.

However, Amnesia wins!! in terms of horror~!! Why? Throughout the whole course of the game, you have your ONE and ONLY best weapon~ Your Rusty and Trusty Oil Lamp~!!

Pardon the non-halal picture. Obviously the game designer hadn't considered that problem =)

Yes~!! instead of being able to shoot down the ever-so-horrific bogeyman roaming the corners of dark hallways, you are given no weapons to confront your worse horrors, hence First Person Explorer =.=" So the only alternative you have, is to RUN and HIDE in a dark corner, or cabinet, face the wall, and pray to God that your nightmare walks away without finding you...

I like it because it induces a real-life feeling where you're hopeless and helpless.... instead of being the all-time superhero who's invincible against the tens and thousands of zombie hordes that come rushing to you... In THIS game, survival is prime! So, HIDE~!!

But wait!! You can't hide too long in the dark!! Because poor Daniel (the character you play) is afraid of the dark!! And he'll start whimpering, and hearing non-existent sounds and footsteps and think he's going crazy if you keep on depriving him of his light source. He also goes insane if you keep staring at the monsters that are looking for him....

The Bogeyman... Don't LOOK at him~!! Because he's scary and drives you insane

During most of the game play... you'd best be prepared and on the edge, just waiting for something..... or nothing.... to happen =) Many times you slowly open doors and the room goes "RooAAAAAHHHH!!!" and you go "WAAAAaaaaaAAH!!!" sending you butt-first into your closest darkest closet, only to realize that it was just the wind....

The game actually works wonders in keeping you just Anticipating.... and anticipating.... while everything is dark and gloomy... keeping yourself poised. And each time, JUST when it looks bright and sunny and everything seems like it's gonna be safe, the game just HAS to spoil everything and make you paranoid of everything again ^^

Oh, and did I mention I love the physics of the game, where you can pick up objects and throw them around, and in places where you think it's too dark (like the picture above) you could find some unlit candles or light source lying around and lighting them with tinderboxes (matches, modern terms). BUT! Keep in mind that you only have oh-so-many tinderboxes that you can pick up.... so use them sparingly.... and don't light up every room you pass by like your mother-in-law is coming for the dinner banquet. Ah~ and did I say that, your Lamp has limited oil too??

Having said so much, I still think.... reading won't do much good in terms of introducing such a fabulous game to you guys. So here's a good youtube trailer of the game I found:

Here's the direct youtube link just in case some people can't see the embedded vid and are actually interested in seeing it... : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEHPwAvrc_U&

One of the best horror games of all times, seriously. Once again, I introduce to all of you: Amnesia - The Dark Descent.

p/s: To play this game properly, you'll need medium high end specs on your computer... but the best thing of all, the game is only 900MBs =) 10 times smaller than any of those ass-whooping games out there ^^

Could you sign here please?

Man... I have GOT to get a proper signature.

It's a pain in the ass when each time somebody asks me to sign a document, all I can give them is a crappy half-signed half-doodled signature that a 5 year-old could do better than me. And lately, having stepped out into the working environment.... I've been having to see it more and more often.

I bet you've been to the bank, and when you wanna withdraw some funds, they ask for your signature? In my case, I have a different signature.... at every bank........ why?? Because each time I opened a bank account, I can't remember what kind of signature I used in the previous bank, much less be able to sign a replica of it.... so I just invent a new one on the spot.

No two signatures of mine are the same.... and everytime I withdraw money over the cashier from the bank, I get this double-take looking back at me to check see if I'm the same person as the photo on my ID card. Sigh.... I seriously need a proper signature.

Do you realize how some people's signature look so cool and elegant that even when you just look at their signature you'll go "This man has gotta be SOMETHING....", which in most cases, he is.

Like this.

Okay, maybe this one is a bit girly... with the 'love' and all, since it's Avril Lavigne's.... and she isn't a 'he' but yea... it's a good signature. I mean... it looks cool, and... yea, that's the whole point of it.

Then on the totally opposite side of the scale, we have the "What is this scribbling???" signatures.... which look something like this:

Would you just LOOK~! Who... I mean... who the hell's signature couldn't it have been??? For all I know it could be someone testing whether their pen still had some ink left in it; Or maybe someone decided "I am NEVER signing this document!!" and scribbled something for the sake of foiling the paper... but people mistook it as his signature and 'Tada~'....

You know, I once had this pastor... he's gone now... Not GONE gone... but, I mean... gone elsewhere... Japan maybe... I forgot. And he had the most curious signature ever....

Among the few times I went to church.... years ago.... which weren't even a handful of times... We'd get these 'leaflets' or 'bulletins' about the happenings around us and so-on, signed.... by the pastor. And EACH time I got the bulletin, I brought it home.... to compare the signature ~.~"

His signature was nothing like what I've ever seen. It looked like random scribbles, doodles, markings, whatever you can call a bunch of random nonsensical pencil/pen strokes scattered all over the place. A little bit of dots here.... a triangle there.... some zig-zags near the bottom.... then zig-zags again in the upper left... then maybe a circle in the middle of the zig-zags... an x in the corner... it was the most peculiar thing ever.... 

Unfortunately I lost the bulletins and can't show them to you today.... And I don't go to church anymore so.... yea...

I remember the first thought that came to mind when I first saw it was "This is a SIGNATURE!??"

Then again, back to myself.... I think I should spend some time practicing a good signature one of these days.

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2 weeks back in KK

It seems I have once again lost the passion to blog. I'm not sure why, maybe I'm just not in the mood. I've been more in a brooding mood lately, just sitting around, staring into a blank wall and stuff like that. So pardon me if my posts seem a bit dull...

So, I've been back in KK, enjoying the daily icy cold wind thanks to the depressing weather lately.... for more than 2 weeks now. And what have I been doing? Nothing much, other than going out once in a while, and finishing an 'old-school' game known as "Final Fantasy VII"

I was in fact intending to write another post, more dedicated to the game, but it was turning into a full-fletched game review that would serve better on the forums of IGN or gamespot.com.... or some gaming website, so I didn't post it.

One thing I love about games, and movies, is.... it makes you wonder.... whether... there's actually something more to life, other than what we know it as. It makes us want to do more in life.... like... Could we someday, be someone set out, on an adventure to save the world?? And, it gives you odd dreams and fantasies that maybe one day you would be part of some cinematic character on a quest to prevent the planet's destruction, world domination, fighting for a nation... or whatever makes you happy =)

Who wouldn't fancy seeing some kind of bird + man + angel + demon hybrid species eh?

But after playing it all and through, you find yourself stuck just like everybody else, in a place where even your neighbour next door doesn't know your name.... much less expect you to save their asses.

For now, I guess I ain't got nothing much to update anymore.

Till I find something interesting, so long~

"So? What are you gonna do now?"

"So? What are you gonna do now?" My mom voiced from behind me, eyes still slightly on the Television set. She loved watching those soap operas showing at 7 to 8 daily, but right now she appeared a bit more concerned about my future.

"Me? What are you gonna do now?" I re-directed the question back at her, pointing out that she haven't actually been doing anything lately, except housework and lazing in front of that talking black box.

"I don't know, I'm following you. I'm just gonna be your chef now that you can find a job. My job for raising you up is almost done now."

I understood that she's at an elderly age now, that she hadn't been feeling well lately, that she was past the age of retirement, and that her 'job', as a mother, has somewhat come to an end. For 21 years she's raised me, to be able to live on my own, she succeeded, despite being a single mom. And after all those long years of sweat, tears, and hard work, it's over. It's about time I took care of her instead.

However, I really didn't know where to start yet. But life didn't care whether I knew or not, because things were pretty desperate. For the last couple of months, she wasn't feeling well enough to be out and moving around for too long a day, so we're living on her life savings now. It wasn't much, and it wouldn't last long. We both knew that. Something had to be done.

"Hmmm.... I was thinking of enjoying for the meanwhile. Maybe find a job next year.... if I'm in the mood...." I didn't sound convincing, although that really was my actual plan. My eyes were fixed on the first person shooter game on my laptop screen, shooting away at the mutant monsters in the game.

At the same time, I was terribly groggy. Sitting on 11 hours on a car isn't all that awakening. Especially if the day was hot and you're getting yourself lost in a foreign, neighboring country. I'd just arrived 2 hours ago, I was already exhausted. I really couldn't be bothered about this right now. I hated troublesome stuff.

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End of another Chapter

... ... of life.

Most of you who read my blog should already realize I don't post youtube videos or songs much. But this is one of the exceptions =) Introducing:

Goodbye to You - by Michelle Branch

Volume is a bit soft, you might wanna make it louder slightly.

The reason why I posted this song, is because I think it expresses my feelings most accurately right now ^_^ Enjoy as you read.

21 years of my life, I've been a 'full-time' student. The only job I was given, was to learn. Of course, learning is a life-long process which is done everyday, every minute. But as of today, I am no longer required to learn for the sake of exams, for the sake of education, or for the sake of anything of that sort. Everything from now on, will probably be, a little different from everything I've known so far.

Having my last day in Miri today, I'm really gonna miss the life I've been through the past months, years, even the last decade. I'm even already starting to miss Miri and everything to it, even though I haven't left it.

A million thanks to everyone out there who's been a part of my life for the past years. I think I've said enough about my last 3 years here in Miri in my tributes to Miri: here, and to the great people I've known: here. So I guess I won't mention anymore about that.

I guess, it's the end of a chapter in life, and the start of a new one. So I guess I just wanna say once again,

Goodbye to Miri, Goodbye to Everyone I've known there,

Thanks for Everything, and may we meet again in the future.

In the meantime of my 10 hour trip to back to KK, Enjoy the song~

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Tribute to Everyone and Everything in Miri, Part 2

Part II - To the People who make the Difference


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Continued from Part 1, which is a summary of my 3 years life in Miri.

Another long post. You have been warned. Proceed with Caution.

Living a fulfilling life isn't about living it on your own. It's about having fun with everybody, enjoying yourself. Sometimes, it's not about what you do or where you go, it's about who you go or do things with.

"Happiness is only Real when Shared" - Christopher McCandless

Having said all that, I've actually met and known a lot of people within the past few years in Miri. I surely can't list every single one of them here, and definitely don't even remember the name of every single person I say "Hi" to, especially if he or she doesn't have some name that sticks like "Cuthbert" which could easily be called Carlsberg, Cupboard, Custard, Cut-Bird, CuteBird, KukuBird, Q-Bert, or the most common of all, Bird.

You know, there's one big difference between people you meet in university and the friends you make as classmates when you're back in Primary or Secondary school.

In school, we meet friends, sit beside them everyday, sometimes we have the time to get to know them so much that we get bored of them. And even after we've graduated from secondary or high school, we can still see them and meet them up whenever we want since they're usually just living on the other side of town.

However, for university. Within 3 years, we come across, meet, and get to know lots of people, just like in everyday life. But these people aren't everyday strangers, They're your housemates, coursemates, dinner mates, friends, and maybe more. But at the end of the 3 year course period, it all changes, reality dawns... Everybody then steps onto a separate path, seeking their own separate ways, going back to where they came from, back to living their own lives, and some..... never even with the chance to see them again.

Sometimes, it's just something about parting ways that makes it so sad. But I guess, if it has to happen, it'll come sooner or later, and we can't do nuts to stop it.


Things will never be the same.


So, since stepping foot in Miri, here are a list of people who's been a part of my life, and have done enough to make a difference.

(List is in no particular order)

Melissa

Seriously, this girl doesn't have much of a 'NORMAL' photo.... all her photos are either "EEiiiieeeeee" or "Aaaaaaaa" or "Ngrraaaaaaaarrrr".... so this was pretty much the most normal photo I have.

What can I say about her, this girl... My friend, 'brother', ex-classmate, ex-housemates, course mate, and what else can I say.... she's basically my double... From studies, all the way to playing games, and moving on to drinking, she pretty much beats me in all. Besides, she's also one of the persons that I can talk to about EVERYTHING. Yes, by everything, I really mean everything.

If you asked me to name a person who's somewhat 'alike' me, she would probably be it. In fact, alike is an understatement. We have pretty much nearly the same mentality, besides the fact that she's has boobies and I have nuts, she loves computer games, the outdoors, doing crazy stuff, and we're even in the same B-Tech course.

So for the first 1 and a half years after high school, I'd went to the same classes as her, walked the same route from home to the bus stop, ate at the same times, did the same things. Anything I didn't know, I had you to ask, and I never had to worry about timetables and what class came next, because you did it all.

And you know what, the stupid stuff like going jogging, playing computer games, Counter Strike, Left 4 Dead, boy, do I miss those times. Much more for the times we spent making stop-motion animations, light painting, playing COD, and all the other crazy things we do RIGHT BEFORE exam.... and the 38 or sharing sessions we had, at the cafeteria, in the labs, or during Blackouts~ LOL~!

Then after you left, I got lost.

I somehow didn't know what classes to attend, which bus to take, where to sit, where to go, what to do, the road to the bus stop just seemed so much longer. It all became so boring..... I don't know how you were doing without me in Perth, but I believe, maybe, you might've been just as lost as me.

But luckily, for some reason, I managed to handle it all and have lived well up till today, nearing my last day in Miri, once and for all. And anyway, we still keep in touch through Messenger and so on... so it's not so bad.

You've been a very good friend, maybe the best I could ever have, and I'm glad to have you as mine.

I don't think I have to say anything more.

Just, all the best, and let us make sure we finish this last semester together =)

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Min Yeow

The first day I saw him when I walked into class.... my very first thought when I saw this guy was "What a douche...." Apparently, after we got to know him a bit.... he was a talkative kid,with a somewhat spendthrift behaviour on weird, odd, and most of the time... practically useless, goodies.... and he goes by an easy to remember nick name.... which is... basically the fast version of his real name, figure it out yourself if you have to...

When I first met him, he was a good boy who sat at every single lecture and took down notes when the lecturer talked. He paid attention in class and even submitted his assignments early~! He was always ahead of us in every piece of homework and sometimes we ended up 'referring' (that means c.o.p.y. if you still don't get it) to his.

Maybe I was bad influence to him.... or maybe he felt there wasn't the need to be so hardworking... whichever it was.... one year later, he was at the same level as me.... waiting for answers to copy from.

Despite being a year older than me, I always feel that.... he's actually younger than me. His stupidity and naivety at doing stuff just makes me think he's a little kid. And he has this cheerful aura with him that makes him seem like nothing could bother him whatever he was doing... always happy go lucky and never seeing the brick wall in front.... but he never bangs into it though...

So basically, for the remaining 1 and a 1/2 years after Melissa got bored and abandoned me to run off to some foreign land with Kangaroos and Koala bears, I stuck with this guy and got to know him better. Then I found out he wasn't so bad after all, and in fact, an interesting kid with tonnes of facial expressions when he talks, and quite a fun guy to hang out with. For the remaining time in uni.... I sorta made him my.... permanent fixture.... for groups and everything.... whether he liked it or not... haha

In fact, one thing that still kinda baffles me, was how we managed to work together to pull off our Final Year Project, a whole prototype, documentation, and presentation, done, without ever once, been to each other's house.

Well.... in the end though, we'd still part ways to our own lives. You've been a cool guy for having tolerate me all this while and not complaining. Sometimes I get over my head, and I'm sorry for that. All in all, you've been a very great coursemate, friend, and.... whatever there is to be. haha

Wish you find a good job out there and get your dream car, camera, house, or whatever that makes you happy~ ^_^

Thanks for Everything.

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Siaunee

Siaunee Dana Mogunsal.... Can I tell you, that sometimes... you make me exhausted....

Even though I've known this girl for 6 years now, she still never ceases to amaze me. Her antics, her lame reactions, her unpredictable retorts, and her tendency to 放飞机 (this means something like not keeping their word, for the Chinese illiterate, in case there's any).... all of them, cannot be matched by anyone else I know.

She doesn't eat eggplants, bitter gourd, cucumbers, and a infinite long list of vegetables.... she's allergic to seafood, doesn't like sweet foods, and likes to drink MSG soup. Why do I know all that? Because I've been cooking for her since 2 semesters ago and I had to keep all that nonsense in mind in case I accidentally cooked something that she didn't like.

In fact, thanks to cooking for her and some other friends for so many times, my cooking has improved to the level that I might have surpassed my mom's own cooking.... just saying.... haha, probably. I should go back and have a competition with my mom ~.~"

Then again, this girl, despite her attitude for being ignorant, crazily annoying at times, desperate to do some things, or at times, totally uncontrollable.... .... she's still a friend that I can depend on.... I hope.... or maybe.... I'm starting to doubt what I said.

Stay Happy, Cheerful, as you always was, is, and will be. All the best for the years to come. Don't miss my food when I'm gone =)

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Ivan Liaw

Uhh.... pardon his rudeness. I guess he had literally loss control of his actions in this photo thanks to a couple of rounds of "Kings", which, those who know about it this game would definitely forgive his actions.

I'd known this guy since Primary school, and had pretty much been friends with him since then.... But knowing someone and staying with someone brings things up to a whole new level. If you think you know someone well enough to stay with them, think again.

Ivan is one of the only guys I know, that arrives in class later than me. In MY class, I'm the 'King of Lateness' when it comes to classes. In HIS class, he's the 'King'. But comparing the both of us, he wins, no competition, no room for debate, uh uh, straight out, I lose.

Two guys who worship their bed as their sanctuary living under the same roof isn't very fair isn't it? It's a formula for disaster. Do you know the frustration of waking up at 7am, when you slept at 4am, from watching 10 episodes of Bleach in one go? Especially if your class starts at 12pm!

So after days and weeks of training.... I turn into his human Alarm instead, so I wake up when HIS alarm rings, wake HIM up, and then go back to sleep.

I haven't even gotten into his housekeeping abilities yet. I could turn into his mom nagging at where to put his stuff or when to submit his assignments. But I won't talk about that here, ask him yourself if you're so interested in him, haha.

Anyway, knowing you as a roommate has definitely been an 'Eye Opener'.... and you're a fun guy at times, especially when your idiot-ness and childishness kicks in. You've been a good friend also, although pretty useless at times =.=" but... you're one of those that I feel I can actually really talk to, and not feel myself being stupid.

Well, I just wanna say thanks, and although you're not here now, all the best in your course, and don't be lazy like before. You can't afford to play all your life.

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Kok Kiat

This is a photo of him, at 12:15 AM in the morning. Making.... ....

guess....

Carrot Juice...

He was my housemate for a year after I moved out of Lakeside apartment. The most spontaneous, erratic, and unpredictably annoying guy you could ever get to know. His favourite game on my laptop was Red Alert 3, which he could spend HOURs at it, trying and retrying a mission that was literally impossible with the same old tactics he was using ......

Anyway, I have to thank this guy because he was actually kind enough to drive us all around Miri, and let us explore what we couldn't and hadn't.

Never managed to play badminton with you, but... meh, I don't look forward to it. I know you'll win.

Well, good luck in your studies, or whatever you're up to. Don't lose money in Forex, if you're still at it... haha

So long.

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Andrew

The "Robot Drone Man" =)

Apparently, after his Final Year Project presentation of that little "Wall-E"-like prototype robot.... He's been known to some lecturers as the "Robot Drone Man". To me, I know him as the "Andrew-pedia". A new branch of encyclopedia that actually walk and talk.

This guy currently runs on an AMD Phenom II X4 with indefinitely improving specs multiprocessor, 20GB of DDR5 RAM for increased multitasking capability, an ever expanding solid state Hard Disk memory current usage at approximately 20 TeraBytes, a flash memory card for Photographic memory capabilities, and a biological casing of the human form. In short, he's a human with a computer-like brain.

Besides that, he is suspected to be in possession of a time machine that allows time compression and expansion, allowing the user to be able to perform more in less time. This leads to the possibility of having 8 hours of sleep, 6 hours of games, 3 hours on meals, 3 hours going downtown, 2 hours of watching TopGear, 2 hours of Movies and another 2 hours on studies, and another 2 hours of relaxing, 1 hour of drama series, 1 hour of gardening, 1 hour of cleaning the house, 1 hour of maintaining his car, 1 hour of reading book, surfing the net, and many more stuff, adding up to more than 33 hours a day. In a day of 24 hours.

Oh, and did I mention that Andrew is my Games 'supplier'?? He has a whole up-to-date collection of Games and Music that he could totally open a CD/Game Store and sell them if he wanted to.

I can only say that.... this guy is a brilliant mind, whose contribution to my, our, everyone's, academic work has been of invaluable help. Without him, 90% of us would be lost somewhere in between "Fark~! How do I bloody do this question!?" and "Screw this! I'd rather fail this unit!"

I guess we should all say thanks to Andrew for all he has done for us. You've been a great help all along. Thanks for all sorts of advice, help, and many more odds and ends. Maybe I wouldn't have gotten this far without having you as a coursemate.

Good luck in whatever you're gonna do next. I don't think you need anything else other than luck. Haha~

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Alex Goh

Sorry, no photo for you, coz I couldn't find a decent one that I took. Haha. And I guess I can't put a photo up for every single person out there can I?

All I can say about this guy is.... He's a straight up Techie. Why do I say that? Hmm... let's just say, our dinner conversations cover a wide range of topics, from "Which web browser is the best?" all the way to "Why isn't the program I wrote working properly??" And when I talk to him.... I really.... feel stressed out. LOL. Due to the fact that what I know compared to him, is like a primary school kid talking to the Albert Einstein who specializes in computers.

Besides that, he also has a similar interest as I do. Movies~!! Gosh, I've gotten lots and lots of good movies from him, and I've killed many many hours of my time in Miri on the movies which he supplied. He's like my Movie supplier.

And if you ever need advice on computers, software stuff, he's the guy to ask.

So, good luck with whatever you're gonna be doing next in life, and keep on doing what you do best.

See ya~

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Other B-Techies, Computer Sciences

Then we have all my other coursemates, juniors, seniors, and so on... Seniors which I don't even know exists, and juniors some I didn't even know I had. Oh well, some of them I barely talked to more than a few times... but I guess it can't be helped.

When I first got to know them all, they gave me the impression that.... they were far better off than me, listening to lectures, doing their own labworks, completing assignments without questions, and I go "Wow~". But after I finally open my mouth to talk to them one day.... I find out the depressing truth, that we're all just bird's of a feather. As blur as each other when the lecturers lecture their lectures.

Among them, some, I only got to know better during my last year here, such as Ardhie, Andre, and a few more. Ardhie is some mad big guy who has loads of cool and interesting stories and experiences that make good dinner topics. And Andre, he's a playful and funny acting guy that never ceases to keep you entertained.

Some of them, I got to know a bit earlier, been group mates with them in assignments and so on. But I really can't list every single one of you out there. By the time I write a dedicated post of everyone, my post will look like an encyclopedia entry.

So guys, I wish you all the best in those who are still gonna continue studies, you can find me if you need anything.... IF I can help you.... but sorry if I can't. I won't turn down a party or free food though =) hehe

So long, and, see you when I see you.

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Tuang & Gang

Being in the same class as high-school with this guy, I haven't actually got to know him much, until recently.

He and his gang of friends and coursemates have been fun to hang out with. I won't be naming every single one of you, but I guess you know who you are =) because if I write a dedicated post for every single person out there, this post would end up 30 pages long.

This guy is a somewhat motive driven person who always stresses himself out during exams... I can't seem to understand why, but maybe that's his way of forcing himself to get good results, lol. But besides that, he's a nice guy that had been bringing us around Miri to experience new stuff and all. Besides that, I think he's the only guy who'd bring me out to go all the way downtown for COD (Call of Duty) and other games sessions in cyber cafes, along with his pals, which I always have a fun time with.

Then I also have to thank this guy for all the other trips he's brought be with, such as the Brunei trips, trips downtown, to the beach, and so on. Not to mention, our idiotic wipe-outs of Taufu fa at 4am in the morning at the Lutong Market. Poor hawkers. We've been to the market a couple of times, bringing 5 people, and buying like 12 out of the 16 Taufu fa's that they make.

Summing it all up, it's been great having you around. I hope you're successful with your course and everything else in life you need to be successful with.

Same goes for the rest of your gang. It's been good knowing all of you. Keep in touch.

GodSpeed.

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Pheobe & Gang

Often seeing her along with Tuang and his gang, this girl is a cheerful, active, and talkative one. I've known her since high school, but we've only talked more since knowing each other in Uni. Along with her other friends whom... for obvious reasons, I'm not gonna list every single person out, you know who you are.... haha.... They've all been a fun lot to spend time with.

This girl likes tortoises.... for a reason I can't comprehend... but... whatever makes you happy eh? And I was gonna post a link to her bloggie, but for some reason, she's locked it down since a couple of months ago and I can't read it T_T

She's also the girl who's been my model for the 'Faces of Curtin' photography contest last semester (wow... was it last semester? feels like last month lol) And I just gotta say Thanks.

You've been a good friend, although we haven't been hanging out lately... =(  For various reasons I guess, but it's okay. We could always meet up in KK anytime anyway.

Anyway, unsure of what more I should say, I wish you good luck with life, and everything out there. Stay happy and enjoy life.

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TeeLin, LooMei, Pei Yee, Ung Chai, Jimmy & Gang

Sorry for bunching LooMei along with all the Civil & Construction Engineers, lol, but my post ain't about what you're studying anyway, so please bear with it. Hehe

Knowing Tee Lin and Loo Mei as my high school friends and housemates, we've spent a lot of random times out playing or just hanging out. I still can't forget that drunken look on their faces a year and a half ago when they got wasted from drinking at my birthday.

Pei Yee, how come I never see you wear cap recently liao de?? I remember the first time I got to know you along with Melissa, you were wearing a cap, and I was like "Wah, this girl so cool" But it all went away after I knew you as a housemate. LOL.

And Ung Chai, I've never really talked to him much. I'm either too afraid to talk to him, or he seems too quiet to talk to, I don't know which, so sometimes I just keep quiet.... ~.~" But he seems like a nice guy, and I can see it from the outside.

Then we have the rest of their gang which are mostly their coursemates and so on. Among one of them that I know best is Jimmy, which is actually a fun and talkative guy.

I knew this guy through Moral Studies.... imagine how immoral we must be to be taking Moral Studies..... Anyway, jimmy was fascinated by my Magic, and along with all his silly quirks, one of the silliest things he said not long after knowing me was, "I'll teach you photography. In exchange for your magic". I raised an eyebrow o_0.... this guy was gonna teach me something I already know in exchange for something he doesn't know....?? Well... but I kept quiet... and left the realisation that I already knew a decent amount about photography to dawn him a couple weeks later, haha

Well, whatever I've said, it's been nice knowing you guys. And although sometimes your topics are too technical for me to keep up with, XP I think that, it's not a matter of just talking, but it's just about enjoying and having fun together.

Wish you all, all the best in everything.

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Joshua & Gang

Ok.... I'm starting to realize that more than HALF of the people I know are from KK now....

Moving on.... Joshua, Brother, how long have I known you?? Well, anyway, we haven't been keeping touch much, I guess it's hard since we rarely see each other and there's so many other things in life to catch up with =) it's okay.

Then there's his bunch of friends who are pretty much what you'd call Game addicts.... of freaks... if you wanna put it in a more harsh way? Together with some of his friends like Timothy, Doggie, Zombie, we've played COD a couple of times back in KK. But in Miri, I meet them in Maple!!

Although I rarely talk to them and don't know much about them, but they've been a cool bunch and I enjoy gaming with them lots.

So you guys, just keep at it and enjoy yourselves =)

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Tisha, and the rest of CV!

(CV! is Curtin Volunteers, for those who don't know)

I remember, stepping into Curtin, one of the firsts people that I got to know. Was Tisha. She was my group's SOAR advisor for my orientation here.

She's a talkative, cheerful, and happy-go-lucky girl from Brunei. We used to know each other quite well during my first year in Uni, especially when I was still staying at Lakeside Apartment and mixing around with CV!. But as I moved out, we started to lose touch, and although we still bump into each other once in a while, I guess things will never be the same.

And for the rest of CV! and SOAR Advisors, you've been a nice bunch to know and spend time with. Sorry if I offended anyone with a previous post I wrote about SOARs, but I meant it as constructive criticism, so if you can't take it, don't read it. I never actually had the time to join SOAR in the very end....

Keep doing what you guys do best, Volunteerism. I love the JCW trips, although they can be improved, but overall, it's a good experience and something new to people who haven't tried it before.

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ALL THE REST OUT THERE

For anyone else that I didn't mention above, it's not like I forgot about you or something. I'll never forget someone who's really been a part of my life, maybe I might not know you by name, or maybe you're just too insignificant (HAHA~, just kidding), but I really do remember you.

My memory is like a Library of books.... if you're a book that's been entered in there.... it's somewhere there... but sometimes there's so many books that I forgot where I put you, that's all ^_^

From every single event like Open Days, Bintang Fundraisings with CV!, Cheerleading Practice with CCC, Frisbee~, every single thing I've done... I remember each and every thing, even though I didn't mention it, it's just because... I'm kinda... running out of space to write down every single detail here, heh.

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This post is getting long. Longer than I initially planned, but I guess I can't help it. Sometimes words just flow when I'm thinking back about nostalgic events and people, haha. Guess I'm more emotional and sentimental than any of you would've expected.

In any case, to all of you out there, reading this, I just wanna say, It's been a pleasure knowing you, whether just a face, or just a name, I appreciate it.

In the end, we all have to walk our separate lives. We may or may not meet again in the future. But till then, I guess this is goodbye.

So, everyone out there, Sayonara, and Thanks for everything.

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Post Exam Confusion

I'm not sure how others will feel when they experience the same thing, I'm not sure what others will think. when something similar happens to them. But today, I'm having a mixed feeling of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

As suddenly as I started all this, it all ended just as suddenly. Although I long knew it was coming, and expected that it was coming, but I never quite expected it to feel this way. So mixed, like pineapple juice mixed with black coffee, I don't know what to make out of this taste, this feeling.

My life as a student. It has come to an end. Honestly speaking, I'm speechless. I don't know what to say.... I never quite expected it to feel like this..... it's just so.... AaRGH~!! I'm just..... ... happy, sad, lost, free, filled with joy, regret, nostalgia, enthusiasm, everything just, pours in.... and I seriously don't know what to make of all of it, whether it's good or bad, happy or sad, I'm just sitting in front of my computer, unsure of what to do next, unsure of what to say, unsure of what to feel.

Okay, enough of emotional and sentimental talk. I'll save that for my own thoughts and write it down elsewhere.

So basically, I just finished my final paper of my 3 years uni studies today. I don't know what to make of my feelings from finally finishing 3 years of university study. Seriously.

Sigh, I wanted to say more. But I'm suddenly unsure of what I should be writing here right now. Because I'm just sitting in front of the computer, all free and having nothing to do. So I just thought I'd just record this down.

Anyway. All the best to the rest of you still having exams, or with exams coming. Just do your best and don't stress yourself =)

Till my next update. A bit speechless right now ~.~"

Tribute to Everyone and Everything in Miri, Part 1

Look at me.... while everybody's studying and pouring their all into the coming exams, what am I doing?? Blogging ~.~" Anyway, now that I come to think back, this blog was created 3 years ago when I first step foot in Miri... so... this post is somewhat a tribute to everyone and everything in Miri that has come to be a part of my life, and a re-cap of my life within the past 3 years.

This is gonna be a long post. So sit back and enjoy if you're.... actually planning to read it 0_0 Or you could always come back later with a cup of coffee to read it. ^_^v

You have been warned. Let us begin.

Part I - 3 years of Miri Life

Approximately 2 years and 9 months ago, I step foot into this place. I remember the day I first arrived clear in my mind as if I'd just been dumped here yesterday.

It was a Saturday, 2 weeks before the start of Semester 1 2008. The day was cold, windy, raining... and I remember seeing the sad face of the old bus driver as soon as I came out of the Arrival hall at the airport, holding a piece of paper written "Curtin University" on it. He's no longer here now.... sigh.... maybe his sad faced got the better of him.... =(

With the day being so cold, we all rushed on board the bus to take shelter, just to realize we were on a much colder refrigerator, freezer box more exacly.... being shipped 30km North to one of the most God forsaken towns in Malaysia.

For my first semester there, I chose 2nd worst (oh, nono... no... there's still worse) possible living environment to live in! The Lakeside Apartment!! Imagine being shipped to a deserted swampland covering a 3 KM radius, with only ONE way IN and OUT of the middle of a place called 'Nowhere'.... .... That can only mean one thing to any person in the right mind.... For a moment there I thought I was going to Prison!!?

If you think I'm bullshitting you. I'm NOT! Seriously.... Yes!... No!, just LOOK!

To the left is your airport, the middle the town area... though it still needs improvement, but at the moment... who cares? Coz we've got God knows where to your FAR right!

See??? It's like the most nonstrategic place to be dumped in. Much worse if it's a windy, cloudy, rainy dark day. And as if things could go badder.... the uni was literally a GRAVE the day I arrived.... the only soul I met, and talked to, on that Saturday, was the dorm officer showing me my room. I remember the guy looking slightly uneasy at the look of the empty dorms..... it's like when you watch those horror movies where something suddenly opens one of the doors and pounces at you.

The hostel worker opened the door to my room... "This is your room... ". I walked in.... inspecting the room with nothing to inspect in it.... there was just a floor, 2 walls, a window, a ceiling.... ah, well, and a bed without sheets, chair that creaks, table with moulds, and... an empty wardrobe..... hmm... I guess they wouldn't have filled the wardrobe with clothes would they....

"Check that everything is in place, and fill in the form over there." he said, pointing at a piece of paper on the table..... "What's there to bloody check???" I thought..... then he said "If there's nothing more I'll be off now~", and BEFORE I could even think of anything to ask, or even say 'Umm....', I turned my back to see him scurrying off down the staircase at the far end of the hallway............

So just to remind you. I was now in the middle of a swampland.... in the middle of nowhere. I even had to check my phone to see if there was a signal =.=".... to reassure myself I was still on earth.

 Image credit to Google Earth

Can you just bloody look at the patch GREEN all around!??  Yes! In case you're still wondering...... That IS Curtin University Sarawak. And look at the picture, barely HALF of the picture is in proper view from a satellite photo. Now you know what I'm talking about....

After days of settling down.... and finally understanding how the word "Home Sweet Home" came into being.... you think that the worst is over. Far from it.

For the first week of uni.... we learn how to Decipher Mad Max's Timetable schedule

Those of you in Curtin Miri, but came later than me.... here's a Review of what our Timetable looked like during my first year here.

So.... I'll let you in on something.... That, is ONLY the FIRST PAGE.... MONDAY, out of 5 pages of timetable.... and this isn't even a FULL page.... it's cropped to only about 2/3rd of the whole page, because if I included the whole page, all you'd be seeing is patches of colourful design that would make it into your collection of High Resolution 24 inch widescreen monitor wallpapers.

How I managed to find my classes was a miracle by its own. Thank God (and Curtin) they changed the timetable to a much more clever and humane method the very next sem. Oh, and did I mention that the timetable changes nearly EVERY WEEK??? means we have to 'decrypt' that colourful wallpaper everytime a new Monday comes along.


And then....

2 weeks into the sem. You realize you have a room mate that wakes after hearing the alarm, just to shut it off, just to go back to sleep, and wake up later not realizing he's waken up before. In fact, living with a room mate who has classes EARLIER than your own kinda gets on your nerves.... especially if you've been watching David Letterman's Late Night show the night before.... but of course we don't have that here.... but who EVER does wanna leave the bed at 7am in the morning?? Not me...?

So on a regular schedule, I turned into his alarm clock.... I woke up to HIS alarm, to wake HIM up.... and go back to sleep. And I guess he has someone to thank for that, hmph!

Then.... in KK, I "Lived to EAT", but in Miri, I "Eat to LIVE"... During the first month here in Miri... I starved every night... wondering what to eat. And living in that hell-hole in the middle of nowhere just meant that even if we called the 1-300-88-2525 Pizza delivery, they wouldn't even ACCEPT your order BECAUSE YOU WERE TOO FAR!!

If I didn't watch National Geographic, I wouldn't have known about so many animals and insects in this world. But then.... National Geographic didn't tell me about the tonnes of Mosquitoes in Miri!!! For the first 2 months in Miri, we had to learn to,

1. Dodge mosquitoes.
2. Go home before 6 pm to avoid being on the Mosquito's buffet menu.
3. Learn not to open your mouth when you ride a bike at night, or else you'll be having mosquito buffet, freshly served live mosquitoes, straight to your mouth.
4. The last and most important lesson. "Ridsect is your Friend"

A little re-cap for those of you who haven't read my previous blog posts before:

My hands looked like balloon hands from slapping so many of these

The tonnes of Vampire mossies killed within a sweep of our friendly neighbourhood weapon - Ridsect.

Ah... you can enlarge the photo if you think you can'see enough of those tiny buggers, in fact
I challenge you to count all of them =)

Don't think I need to explain more about the mosquitoes.... or you could go here to see my previous posts.

Soon though... the fast forward button starts kicking in.... and everything just flies past.... soon, you're looking at exams....

Exam in High school is one thing. In fact, I nearly forgot how exams in high school was like, until I read this previous post of mine.... which reminded me of my naughtiness and stupid acts.

But people in uni take exams SUPER seriously..... in fact, so seriously that I still can't deal with it the way they deal with it till today. Until this very last 2 weeks here... I'm still like "Hey, yo~ waddap waddap~" when I enter the exam hall.... but everyone else looked like Halloween or Ghost festival came early this year.

In fact, I even have such a 'memorable experience' at the library during exam period in my first semester here. Reading it just reminds me that it seems I'm still the same right now.... blogging long and nonsensical posts while everyone is worshiping their textbooks for the upcoming exams.

However.... time flies.... before I knew it, a sem had passed.... and I was in my second semester in this dreadfully mosquito infested place.

I was in luck, I moved out of Lakeside, found a place with my other friends, not too far from the bus stop, and all was good... .... =)

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For the 2nd sem in Curtin, I did quite a lot of stuff. Namely,

1. I took a Commerce subject, Management 100, as my elective. You know when people say Science and Commerce totally don't mix??? Trust me, Believe them;
2. Then I joined CV! (That's Curtin Volunteers for any of you thinking it's "Curriculum Vitae"... you can't JOIN a Curriculum Vitae anyway ~.~");
3. I witnessed Boulevard mall throw a panic event where you get to see people running, no kidding, RUNNING~!! down the "UP" elevator;
4. We had a Steamboat dinner~!! For mooncake festival, and other fun stuff;
5.  I joined the John Curtin Weekend for the first time, had a bone jolting better than Ogawa massage 6 hour road trip into one of Sarawak's long houses, where if suddenly the Tribe leader decided you looked juicy for supper, you had no where to run to;

And among these I enjoyed the JCW trip the most... Even though sitting in a Hi-Lux cruising across moon-crater roads at 100km/h doesn't help keep the Mc. D you ate that afternoon in your stomach; But the experience I had over there, with the people, the nature, the rivers, the waterfalls.... after witnessing all that, all is forgiven. LOL~

Those were among the more intriguing things that happened throughout the second sem, and since I didn't wanna bore you with tonnes of words.... yea.... that's about it for 2nd sem.

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3 months of holiday free-flowed like water into the desert sands..... gone in no time.

And by February 2009, I was back in Nowhere land. As life in miri went by, life there started to feel.... 'normal'.... or at least I thought so....

By my third semester, most of the things to be explored in miri had been explored; things unseen had been seen. With my camera now though.... I'm happy that I actually managed to 'document' more of the things that happen now.... like this one....

was the "Attack of the Clowns" on Curtin Open Day, 4th of April 2009

But there's always ONE THING in miri that will NEVER go away. And that is, Boredom.

If you get bored back at home, Fine~, you turn on the TV, go out with friends, go to the beach, throw a party, but in Miri?? Boy oh boy, without knowing many people, and having only a pair of Legs as transportation, we can't go around jolly-ing while exams are around the corner can we??

So, out of all the boredom we can get in miri, I decided to learn something new~ Frisbee~!! For all you know, frisbee was a game Dogs played. But I found out that I was wrong about that.

Then as exams are approaching, stress + boredom, makes wonders happen.

 

And this, was the product of "Stress + Boredom + a housemate suffering from (stress + boredom)"..... we did 2 clips in fact..... another one which you could view here, if you bothered to.

Before I had time to make a 3rd one.... the 3rd sem was officially over. And the crazy ex-classmate + housemate + coursemate + "brother" who had been with me for 1 and a half years was transferring to Perth. And I don't think anyone else would be as crazy as her to do such silly things with me anymore.

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4th Sem arrived. With my best mate flown 3,744 km away to Perth, and her fun roomie moving out as well, things seemed to be much more boring.... SOOoooo boring that I actually had a whole post dedicated to the feeling of being bored, entitled: "The Definition of Boredom"

So for my 4th Sem, I spent my time conquering game after game of First-Person-Shooters, Strategy and Real-time strategy games, mini-games, text based games, you name it.... and I spent even more of my hours on Movies, animes and stuff to keep my mind off the boredom.

The only new thing that came out of my 4th sem was 'Prom Night'.... which.... although nothing too amazing, I'm just glad I went and managed to get some nice photos like:

One of my favourites for the night, though a bit blurry

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Semester 1, 2010, Year 3 Sem 1.

This semester was practically MapleStory Semester. From March all the way till June, I was basically Mapling my way through the semester. I updated my blog less, watched less anime and movies, worried about studies less.... all because I was stuck to Maple.

 GBIRD is me.

Yea, the 3 of us are dead in this picture.

We committed suicide for the fun of it =)

 
I don't know why, but although maple is a stupid, childish, and a super-duper time wasting game, filled along with loads of 14 year old's who haven't got a spanking for not using manners properly yet.... but I like this game....

And I also love the stupid times we spend together, just wondering about a virtual game, when we can't meet up in real life to see each other.

And the best part of Maple, is CHIT-CHATTING. You know, if you asked me to choose between chatting in Windows Live Messenger (aka MSN), or Maple, I'll choose maple ^_^ The cute and childish environment filled with Emoticons just make it so much fun to sit down, chill-out, and talk nonsense.

I could write a whole lot about the fun and idiotic things about Maple I'd love to share with you guys, but this post isn't specifically about maple. So, next time maybe.


Once again, I CANNOT cease to emphasize more that Miri is a place Sooooo boring, that... you would lose your mind if you didn't find something to do. And that.... was when you realize you could do things you never knew you could. No, I didn't realize I could fly, I wish I could though..... one day... suddenly realize I had some kind of superpower out of the boredom.....

Ok, back on topic, I just suddenly, out of the blue, learnt to Draw~ even if just a bit.

Yea, I know, the proportions are off and this and that, but hey.... I only drew for like, 2 months? That's when you know.... maybe boredom isn't necessarily so bad after all.

Then.... once again, time flowed like water swirling down the toilet bowl whenever finish your business.... And it was my final Semester.

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At long last.... I survived all the way to the near-end of this 3 year long stay.

And before I left Miri, once and for all, and never to come back again, I had to do one thing, for sure.... BRUNEI~~!! Nearly every student in Curtin would have had tried having Sushi in Brunei. It's fresh, cheap, a LOT, and is the only thing that's lived up to the word "Delicious" for the 3 years I've been in Miri (but then again the sushi is in Brunei, so I guess Miri doesn't get credit)

One of the dishes.

There's many photos of food, but this ain't a food blog, so go google up sushi photos if you're suddenly craving for it, and don't hold me responsible for making you hungry.

Soon, there was Curtin Open day once again. And this time, there were Kites~!

There were pretty cool kites where my photos don't even describe HALF of what I see.

You really had to BE THERE to see everything in full view.

Then, for the last time in my Uni life, I decided to join the JCW Event once again... Though it wasn't as enjoyable as the first one.... meh... I guess it's still an experience....

I had quite a mad night there.... I still can't quite believe I actually got myself drunk on 'tuak' (local wine) and was chit-chatting nonsense with the elders and senior committee members till 2am in the morning.... they sure love to see their guests drunk eh?

During this last sem, I also managed to round up a couple of guys for some rounds of "Call of Duty" at Miri's Cyber Cafe. Going to the cyber was always fun, but not so when you enter a cyber filled with headphone equipped computers and people all minding their own business.

Coz you see, back in KK.... our cyber cafes had big ass altec lansing speakers that shook literally the whole cafe with 1 or 2 of those, and guess what, we had FIFTY computers, so that's 50 big ass speakers to go with. So whenever we sit down and play, the place is already so deafening that you could scream to your heart's content and no one would even hear you~ And that just makes playing COD so much more war-like.

Then for the past 1 month, I'd been busy on my Final Year Project, on that so-called "Intelligent Surveillance and Automation System". And after a month long worrying and fussing about whatever makes it so 'Intelligent', it finally came to an end 2 days ago, with a presentation to 9 Electrical and Computing Department lecturers.


Presenting to a group of people who has a level of intelligence 5 to 10 times yours makes you suddenly feel so.... insignificant. You think that "Ah... don't worry, its all good.... it's under control, don't sweat it, it's not a big deal..." right up until the moment you're standing before that group of people who knows MORE than what you're talking about..... and then the first greeting you feel like saying for your presentation is  "SSSShhhyt...."

But anyway, it was an experience.... one of the coolest things I experienced within my 3 years here in Miri.

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Before I could even stop and stare at what I've been doing for the past 3 years, it was all over, well, nearly.... if you wanna put it that way.

After being in Miri for 3 years, you can't help but feel, maybe this place isn't so bad after all, even though, like I said before, it's smack in the middle of Amazon and basically Kingdom of the Insects as far as Malaysia is concerned. Trips downtown cost RM2.50 bus fare, one way only, and that's a 40 minute crawl to the city in the bus.

In fact, I've also done my share of crazy things with my friends here in Miri, and it's a place that's turned from being alien to a sense of belonging. 3 years.... I still can't believe I'm getting so old already....

To sum it all up, that's basically my whole experience in Miri.... the 3 years, the time spent, the time wasted, and everything within, of course, there are things I missed and stuff I couldn't include, but this post is already getting ri-donk-ulously  long.... so, I'll leave it at here.


Nevertheless, my days in Miri are coming to an end, and although I've taken for granted many things here in Miri, like the cheap food, the vast and infinite sky, the unpredictable weather, the laid back environment, and most of all, that feeling of.... Boredom.... I think I'm gonna miss that feeling once I step out into the society and start work.

Ultimately. Miri... isn't that bad of a place once you get to know it.


We'll be parting soon.... very soon.