My Baby

Sorry, to keep you guys waiting for my new updates (as if I have my followers, never mind).

Gonna blog about my baby---my tattooed laptop. Just in case you dunno how it looks like, here is the link http://kakikang.blogspot.com/2010/01/dell-studio-14.html.

Well, it got sick recently...There were some problems with the screen. A bar of lines appeared on the screen and it was most obvious and ANNOYING when the screen trying to display blue or grey colours.

Initially, I planned to call DELL during holiday or semester break because I am worry that it might take me too long time to repair the laptop. But after being convinced that DELL provides good and efficient service, I decided to give them a try. So, eventually, after mulling the problem over some time (apparently this is just an unnecessary act, I should act earlier), I made my call to DELL yesterday. The receptionist told me that I only have to wait for next business day for their computer engineer to come and fix my laptop.

And they did what they promise! Today, a computer engineer phoned me in the morning (9am,I was still sleeping at that time, wtf!) and he had scheduled to come and fix the laptop during afternoon.

I was quite shocked and impressed by his ability to disassemble the whole parts and body of the laptop from inside out! He changed a new screen for me to replace the faulty one and the dvd drive as well. Since, my dvd drive is slot type, it encounters some problems in ejecting discs sometimes. I did complain this to the receptionist and the engineer replaced that dvd drive for a new one too! I also got to know that he was a UTAR computer engineering student. He just graduated for not long ago and works for DELL for almost half a year.

HEHE...sounds damn efficient right? I am considering to extend my laptop warranty for 2 more years, so that I can enjoy their efficient service if any bad things happen to my laptop again.

Essay - Matriculation Programme And Its Challenges

Matriculation Programme And Its Challenges

Studying in matriculation programme is not as easy as I thought. Long before I entered Kedah Matriculation College, I had always heard from my friends and seniors that studying in Form 6 or A-level is far more Herculean than studying matriculation. However, my assumptions were proven erroneous at the very first moment when I stepped into this college. I have encountered umpteen of challenges in my daily life.

Not to say that I am being pompous or vainglorious, I admit that I was once a high-flyer in my secondary school. I scored flying colours in most of my school examinations and even reaped a roaring success when I achieved 11As in the formidable SPM examination. Due to my past success, I reckoned that there would be definitely no hindrance in my matriculation study. I had always taken matriculation for granted, thinking that it would be as easy as pie or plain-sailing for me. But, I have started to change my prejudiced attitudes towards matriculation when I tripped over stumbling stones.

What the erudite principal has always said is so true: "You must put your past success or failure outside the gate of this college. Everyone in here starts with zero. It is your ceaseless effort and persistence that will determine your triumph." Every student has the potential to become the most brilliant one or vice versa. Initially, I felt so much stress when most of my friends at this college were doing far better than me. On the contrary, I  always loused up my quizzes, scored low marks in test and even couldn't answer my lecturers' questions in class. I started to have the negative thinking of giving up. When I voiced out my predicament to my mum to seek for her consolation, much to my surprise, she condemned me for being lackadaisical in my study. She told me that everyone has their onus to commit, and it is my responsibilities to study sedulously and do well in matriculation. I saw tears starting to brim in her lambent eyes after our terse conversation. I felt remorse with my past actions; and fortunately, my mum's advice has not fallen into deaf ears. I have started to turn over a new leaf—I study painstakingly so that I can achieve good result in my study and not to let my mum down again.

Besides that, coming to Kedah Matriculation college has taught me to be independent. Previously, I was so accustomed to my mum's overprotective characters, especially during my secondary school. Every morning, she would wake up early to cook breakfast for me. I was so pampered that she even ironed my school uniform and woke me up every day. Due to her bountiful care, it has become a challenge for me to adapt to this new college environment and lead an independent life. Now, I have to do what my mum had previously done for me in these couple of years. I learn to wash my clothes with my own hands, wake up without anyone's help and try to prepare meals once in a while when I don't want to eat at cafeteria. As I do not have my family to rely on studying here, it is impetus for me to carry out my daily routine all by myself.

Apart from that, I have to adapt with the new teaching methods and environment in this college too. There is a prominent difference between the way of teaching of lecturers at this college and teachers at secondary school. School teachers would explain to their students patiently, until every Tom, Dick and Harry in the class understood them. However, the lecturers at college do not put as much attention to their students. This is due to the fact that there are at least 150 students in each lecture, and it is quite impossible for a lecturer to handle this enormous number of student at a time. Sometimes when I have doubts for a particular topic, I may not have the opportunity to ask the lecturer immediately. As such, it may tarnish my interest to pay full attention in class. Despite that it is vital for me to always be proactive in seeking lecturers' help in order to solve the problems that I encounter during lecture.

Last but not least, I have also learned to accommodate the hostel life at this college. As a Chinese, we are placed in a dormitory room and to share the room with another three Malay roomates. Initially, I was quite intrigued with my roomates’ lifestyle because I did not have any experience living with Malays. The Malays are required to pray for at least five times per day. At first when I just moved in, I was quite flabbergasted to see them perform some actions that I had never encountered before. However, after being explained of what they were doing, I realized that they were actually praying to their God. After the incident, it behooves me to understand their lifestyle and culture more so that we will always stay in harmony.

Studying in Kedah Matriculation College is one of the exquisite experiences that I have in life. Though, I may encounter innumerable challenges throughout this programme, matriculation is the stepping stone to study at local universities. Therefore, I should appreciate the chance that I have and try to perform my best in this programme.

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The Sims 3

The Sims 3

The Sims 3

The Sims 3 World Adventures

The Sims 3 High End Loft Stuff

The Sims 3 Ambitions

I am so happy with this game! I have been busy myself with his game in this 2 months holiday. It is just so fun to play and torture your sims sometimes.

For those who loves The Sims, please check out my new album - The Sims 3! They are many pictures with funny captions that I snapshot along when playing the game...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2041698&id=1088229157&saved#!/album.php?aid=2041698&id=1088229157&ref=mf

Just click to read more!

20th birthday

Now, I am officially 20 years old already. Age is a very sensitive issue for me, I accept it though as I think this is the time when I get more and more charming! Haha *narcissistic grin*...I have to wish RIBUAN TERIMA KASIH to my friends for their birthday wishing via Facebook. I really mean a thousand thank you (not so much la, i did not go to count, but it was surely a lot).

My facebook, not showing any notification, taken 16 June

I cant sleep throughout the night because I was overwhelmed with joy. This was not solely because of the birthday wishes but also my mum and I had a great time at Mary Kay beauty centre at Autocity. I can still remember I slept at around 5am and wake up at 8am that morning. Then, I had to fetch my sister to Butterworth Jetty. I was kind of sleepy throughout the journey (please dont follow this stupid act)

After fetching her to jetty, I bathed and waited for my friend to bring me out for my big day! We stopped at Autocity first to have our dinner. And we dined in Sakae Teppanyaki & Izakaya.

Sakae Teppanyaki

Soft-shell crab & shrimp with just an additional of RM1 (each) for the Unangi set we ordered.

I wonder why the chef here likes to play with their tools until they make all those noisy "qiang qiang qiang " sound.

My friend paid for my dinner . So my dinner was FREE!

Then we went to Queensbay as we did not have any plan how to celebrate my big day.

Took this in the toilet.

Then at night my hometown friends brought me to Super Restaurant (at Jawi) to celebrate with me (just another free meal with no birthday cake).

Chee S and Mong W (names are not fully spelled)

Tiffany and Hui Q

Chicken Chop dinner set with one soft drink and a scoop of ice cream for just RM10.90. I bet you cant find this price in KL. And food here are much much better than in KL!

Dessert at the end of our dinner. (*Free dinner)

They gave me a Bum Equipment wallet as present. Like it, but i think i would dirty it pretty fast as it is fully white color.

And the person who was standing beside me was Alex Thong. We were born at the same day! He is just younger than me for about 4 hours. I always tease him that he has to respect me as I am older than him and so I am an elder to him. We celebrated our birthday together for the year 2008 and 2009. Although we cant to celebrate for each other this year, I phoned him after I came back from the Super Restaurant. We chatted for 38 minutes. Note...I rarely make phone call to chat with friends unless there are necessary call that i have to make. I phoned him and talked to him for so long because I got the 24 hours free phone call bonus from Hotlink. Thanks Hotlink, but i did not fully utilize this bonus to the max la.

After replying all the wishes in Facebook then I went for bed lo.....As I was too exhausted for my big day and because of seriously lack of sleep the other night, i slept from last night 2am until 11.30am then 1.45pm until 4pm....hmmm...Hope i can still sleep tonight. I don't want this abnormal sleeping cycle anymore!

So overall, I paid for RM0 to enjoy my big day!

17 again....

Just went to Penang to have my monthly orthodontic treatment a few days back with home hometown friends aka my secondary school friends. I think they have not changed much after i leave my secondary school. They still talk the same and behave the same way as what i can remember how they behaved at that time...

I was quite anticipating to hang out with them before this because i want to show them that i have changed into a better person, lol....I am no longer a mean or selfish person like how they felt about me when i was still in secondary school..And, too bad that change also apply to my result too. My academic performance is not as good as before too..Anyway, I quite enjoyed the day with them. We went to Gurney to watch a HAPPY GO LUCKY (a singaporean movie) before going back our small and peaceful hometown - NIBONG TEBAL.

My first year result..

My first semester result for my first year study of Manufacturing Engineering in University Malaya was diabolical. I got merely GPA 2.68 for that particular semester.

So I have promised myself to work harder in the second sem for a better result.

Guess what I have achieved it. But it is just OK, not a quantum leap. The GPA i got for 2nd semester should be 3.24 (since the official result hasn't announced yet...let's hope that the pointer will never drop).

So this means that the CGPA for my first year would be

2.68

+ 3.24

5.92

÷ 2

2.96

Yea...it is just 2.96...I hope I can pull it up above 3, but seems like I fail.

But, I take it as my lesson to keep working harder and harder.

The CGPA shows how well I manage my studies, stress and time. So the average results indicates that I need to put in more effort to have a better result in future.

Some people might think that, it is shameful for me to show my bad result here, but I don't mind how you think, coz I take it as my lesson.

Let's strive!

Big Fish Moment with Pizza Hut

LOL...the reason I am writing this post is to enter this contest which is carried out by Pizza Hut. But, since I am not a Nuffnanger, I think I am not eligible to this contest. Anyway, I just want to share how I felt about the new Pizza - The Fish King Pizza.

( The following pictures were taken in Pizza Hut outlet at Queensbay Mall, Penang)

While waiting for our order, I had captured a few pictures in the outlet. To be honest, I quite enjoyed its ambience. The surrounding is clean and with the big mirrors on both opposite side of the walls, they reflect off the yellowish light which is just enough for me to see clearly without blinding or dazzling me.

The plates and the cutlery

The reflecting mirror with Piazza Hut logo pasted on it (take 1)

(take 2)

Lol, this outlet has so few customers even it was already dining hour 7pm.

See? Aside us, there werent anymore customers.

When the beverages (Pepsi) arrived.

This is always my favourite when dining in Pizza Hut.

I can't help to always pour in more cheese powder to enhance its flavour!

It feels like heaven if you eat these Garlic Bread Stick with the mushroom soup!

The appetizer that we ordered-Hut's Platter (It consists of Tempura King Prawns, Tempura Calamari Rings and Criss Cut Fries)

Finally the highly anticipating pizza arrived. Look nice?

As you can see from the pictures, the Fish King Pizza has 'fish fingers', sliced crab sticks, pineapple, very less capsicums, small pieces of pineapple and mayo sauce. Well, to be frank, it has nothing special with any other pizzas. In fact, as you eat more and more, your stomach will be like heavily stuffed up. Since it was a regular pizza for 2 persons, my friend (notice no 's' behind friend) and I, each of us had to swallow down 3 big pieces of the greasy pizza. We felt like vomit when taking for the last piece of our pizza. We did have our "Big Moment" as suggested by the contest name huh?LOL.

A distant view of Queensbay Mall from car park.

And so we went back afterwards...