"It takes millions of people to complete this world but it only takes you to complete me."

Just forget about the title. It is not at-all related to what I'm going to put in this entry. I simply love it. So, it is February now! Time flies too fast..sometimes I feel like it is still 2009. Whatever it is, I like this February for some reasons.

1. Chinese New Year (CNY) - means holiday...and yeah, I have applied for some more holidays in addition to CNY. I am actually planning to prepare for my sister's engagement ceremony, and going to some nice places (Beaches is one of them of course!). Congrats to my sister who will get married this year. Wish you all the best!

2. I've wanted to buy a new camera since after my internship last two years, but I never did because I already bought one during my internship. Now I think it is about time to buy another one. It will be my fourth camera. Not sure this time it will be another Canon or not. Still surveying what's the best based on my budget & other criteria.

3. I'm happy to share that my work in deviantart:




..is now one of my best seller in my gallery! It all started after three days I posted the work on the site & someone has bought a 36 x 36 inch print of the photo. Now, 5 pieces of the same photo have been sold. Alhamdulillah :)

4. Now almost everyone is on Facebook. It's like you're left behind if you're not on Facebook. I can see some people who update their Facebook status almost every hour, of every day. I'm very impressed! I don't even have idea of what to share on daily basis! I still remember how I loved Friendster about two to three years ago, and now the hype is not there. Will Facebook become like it one day? Well, lets just wait n see..

Enough said. More updates later if I have time + mood. ^_^

Berhabuk lagi berdebu.

Sudah lebih 3 bulan tanpa apa-apa blog update. Sudah berhabuk, berdebu dan segala macam ber.. lagi blog aku yang tak seberapa ni. Aku sebenarnya ketandusan idea untuk menulis. Selepas tamat belajar di UTP, aku hanya duduk berehat dan bersenang-lenang di rumah. Mak aku pun cakap, rehat2 sajalah setelah penat belajar selama ini..lepas ni kena kerja dah tak ada masa nak rehat lagi...aku setuju saja =D

Last month, I went back to UTP for the UTP 9th Convocation ceremony. Dapat juga menerima scroll daripada Tun Dr. Mahathir. Bukan apa, aku dulu mula-mula masuk UTP asyik berangan-angan untuk menerima scroll daripada Tun. Famili aku, kecuali dua orang adik aku semua berkesempatan datang meraikan majlis konvokesyen aku. Alhamdulillah, segalanya berjalan lancar.

bersama mak dan ayah selepas menerima ijazah.

bersama best buddy at the evening after ceremony.

As for career part, alhamdulillah, I am now part of Vinyl Chloride (M) Sdn. Bhd. (VCMSB), a PETRONAS subsidiary company. Being appointed as a Process Engineer, responsible for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) process technology, I'm not really sure about my exact scope of work so far since I was there for only three days (of briefing and induction program, etc), but I think it will be very challenging. I'm quite nervous. To think of it, will I be able to cope really well with the working environment later? Apa-apa pun, aku sentiasa berharap dan bedoa semoga segala yang aku lakukan nanti aku mendapat keberkatan daripada-Nya. Insya Allah.

As for the blogging part, I'll try my best to update it whenever I have time and ideas. and mood too. Kepada semua teman seperjuangan, aku doakan semoga kita masing-masing dapat mencapai apa yang diimpikan, dan semoga perjuangan kita sentiasa mendapat keberkatan daripada Allah. Amin.

Selamat berpuasa semua. =D

Alhamdulillah. Unofficially graduated.

Alhamdulillah. Today, I completed my last final examination paper and final year project oral presentation. I'm fully satisfied with both. Everything went well, much better than what I expected in my mind earlier.

I went to the multipurpose hall for the final examination at around 8.15 am. The examination started at 9.00 am, but I was too excited to finish it up once and for all. At 11.30 am, I went out of the examination hall. My fingers were still a little bit cramped all over at that time cause I tried to write as fast as I can. I rechecked the paper only once and that's it. I want to stay longer, but I had another thing to catch up with at 12.40 pm - my final presentation.

One of my colleagues, Zaid was still presenting his project when I arrived at the presentation venue. At 12.10 noon, he completed his presentation. I started my presentation at 12.15 noon and ended it at 12.45. Got few questions mostly from internal lecturer. External examiner was really kind and supportive. He gave a few recommendations on how to improve the project. I think this session was much better than the poster presentation last month. :)

As soon as I completed my presentation, I called my mother. I was really happy and satisfied the moment I said "Mum, I've finished everything today". (in my own dramatic dialect, of course). Oh, btw I still have to print the final reports and give them some "hardbound" touches. :P

I'm very happy right now but deep in my heart I know I'll be going out for the real life journey after this. To think of it further will make me worry so much but for now, thank you Allah for giving me chance to complete my study with a happy ending. I couldn't have done it without time, good health and spirit that You've given. Alhamdulillah.

Tanggungjawab

Tertarik dengan entri Jazlin tentang tanggungjawab. Mungkin ramai yang tahu maksud tanggungjawab tetapi belum sedar akan kepentingan dan bagaimana ingin melaksanakannya dalam kehidupan seharian. Bagi aku, tak kira tanggungjawab itu besar atau kecil, semuanya sama. Masing-masing punya peranan tersendiri. Mungkin bagi kamu suatu tanggungjawab itu kecil, tapi bagi aku tanggungjawab yang sama itu besar maknanya.

Tanggungjawab bila menggunakan barang orang lain, yang aku rasakan makin dilupakan dari semasa ke semasa:

1. Kalau nak guna barang orang lain, pinjam dengan elok jangan main ambik saja. Mungkin tuan punya barang itu memerlukan barang itu pada masa yang sama ia di"kebas". Yep, I used term "kebas" sebab itu memang hakikatnya.

2. Dah pandai pinjam, pandailah pulangkan balik. Jangan biar tuan punya barang yang terhegeh-hegeh mintak balik.

3. Dah pulangkan, at least say thank you/terima kasih. Tak hilang gigi walau sebatang kalau perkataan itu diucapkan walau beratus kali.

This is not in any way related to Jazlin experience, it is from my own experience staying in hostel starting from Form 4. Ingatkan bila dah masuk Universiti, mentaliti orang yang berpelajaran tinggi tentang tanggungjawab lebih mantap, tapi ternyata tidak...it happens all the time over and over.

Ini baru tanggungjawab tentang menggunakan barang orang lain, belum lagi menyentuh tentang benda lain yang lebih besar. Mungkin bagi kamu hal ini kecil, tapi bagi aku...it can change how I think about you, overall. (I'm no judge, but I can evaluate people according to my experiences with them).

Malas dh nak fikir pasal hal ni.
Buat serabut saja.
Adios.

Almost the end [Part II]...

I'm going to sit for my last final examination starting from this coming Monday (May 11). Still doing head banging in front of my computer. Gotta study real soon.

FYP Presentation = Final Paper

The final year project presentation schedule is out now (latest updated on May 6). Nothing much, except that my presentation will be held on the same day as my last exam paper with 40 minutes gap. Nice..~. Before this it clashed with each other but due to my complaint the slot is now changed. I'm thinking of going out from exam hall earlier that day, but only God knows if the exam paper is going to be manageable.

My Latest Artwork

I want to share something, this my latest work in deviantART:




I'm thinking of doing a cat poster after this if I have time. Ah, lagho nya aku...

May 10

May 10 is coming, and I can't run from thinking of my late grandfather who passed away 5 years ago on the same date. I wish that he is with me right now, giving me chance to at least say thank you for all the love and encouragement that he gave me since I was a child. I don't know how I can repay him for what he has done except to pray that he will always be blessed by Allah.

Reality, it's too sad to be true but you can't avoid it anyway cause it's real as it is.

Anyway, good luck to all for the coming exams!

Home sweet home: Almost the end....

I'm at my home right now, the best place on earth. My best buddy drove us home as usual. Thanks best buddy - I want the photos of me (you, and kak G) and the flowers (cumilnye..) later. Don't forget aaa...

I had the best chicken rice (nasi ayam) in the world just now. My mum & sis cooked it knowing that I'm coming back today. They didn't told me earlier..it's a surprise as usual. Cool. :D

This will be my last holiday before completing my study. It is almost the end of another chapter in my life as a student in UTP. About five years ago, when I first joined UTP, I had a feeling that it would be very difficult to survive competing with so many great students. Being chosen is a great thing, but being the survivor among the fittest is another thing.

I think I did survive but I've never regarded myself as a good student. I didn't study as much as some of my friends did. I didn't buy many textbooks cause if I bought all of them, I'll not read anyway. Some of the books that I bought weren't used at all. I wasn't really close to any lecturer as opposed to one my senior's advice to get close to the lecturers. I didn't pay much attention in the class and I missed "some" of my classes for some unreasonable reasons. Now that there will be no more classes in the future, I did regret not attending some of the classes before, how ironic.

I attended my last class yesterday. It was Gas Process Engineering. Majority of the students were not there because of other commitments (presentations, reports, etc). I went just because I didn't want to miss my last class in my schedule as a student. For this reason, I was quite happy. In fact, I was really impressed to see my lecturer's willingness to teach even though there are not many in the class. I should have had his spirit to learn from the first day in UTP! Haha :P

Wow, it's quite long. I never talk about myself and UTP so much in the blog before this. Enough for now, good luck to all UTPians who are going to sit for their final examination starting from next week (May 11). All the best, May Allah be with us during our struggle to achieve the best results. :D

On Caffeine + No productivity

It's almost 3.15 am in the morning (25/4/2009) - and I am still wandering around my computer without productivity. Someone asked me to design a book cover for her new novel (with certain payment to be discussed later) - but I still have no inspiration about it. I wanted to start doing it today nonetheless I failed. Maybe caffeine affects me so much, my head feels so empty. I don't feel like sleeping too. [moral value: do not drink too much coffee!]

The last thing I remember after I did my GPE test was creating this image:

...and I love this one. Still, I don't have any idea to create the book cover. I hope the idea will come later...insya Allah. If it is successful, this will be my first big project. Wish me luck!

p/s: I didn't expect myself to be a regular user of Photoshop few years back, but now I think creating something with Photoshop is very enjoyable, and getting something from it is just a bonus. Btw, I won third place in Poster Competition organized by Rakan Muda UTP during the "Siswa Benci Dadah" campaign recently :)

The Long Awaited Update

Akhirnya, dapat juga aku update blog. Bukan sebab internet connection di UTP dah okay. It never has and never will. Semuanya sebab Celcom Broadband. Thanks to my brother who has allowed me to use his USB modem, and he will sponsor some of the payment starting from this month. Look at the modem glowing....in blue (the one glowing in red is my plug extension) XD

Celcom broadband (direfer sebagai "beruk"band oleh abg aku andainya ada yang tak kena dengan connectionnya..hahaha).

So, semalam aku dan best buddy ke Ipoh setelah agak lama tidak menghirup udara luar UTP. Udara UTP memanglah masih boleh dihirup, tapi kadang-kadang kena juga merasa udara luar. Lagipun baru sahaja selesai pre-EDX presentation FYP II..agak byk juga la seorang Dr. M (bukan nama sebenar) ni menanyakan soalan. huhu. Plan untuk makan di Sushi King dan membeli sedikit barang apa yang patut.

The plastic bags...made from non-degradable polymers - Polyethylene (PE). Dr. Z (nama sebenar), see how I apply your teaching here :D

Things that I bought:

• 6 soy bean 6 x RM1.78
• Hot (RM5.90) & Digital Camera magazine (RM9)
• A4 paper from Tesco 440 sheets 80gsm (RM7.95)
• Mamee RM3.15
• Maggi RM3.68
• Kickapo Joy Juice RM2.38
• Yoghurt RM1.25
• Nata de Coco (small one) RM1.05
• Fruitty Jelly RM2.09
• Spoon and fork (RM 1.99 each set)
• Mr. Potato RM2.98
• Select Mineral Water (not in the photo) RM13.50
  
• USB Vacuum Cleaner RM9.90

Total RM77.52. It's all everything I need except for some junk foods, and the USB vacuum cleaner. I bought it because it's CUTE. :D Next, we went to Sushi King - it's our alternative since we are avoiding ourself from most of the Western Cuisines (not always but most of the time, since the Palestinian issue this year).

The birthday boy - late celebration. Happy Belated birthday \o/

The healthy good taste.. :P

Anyway, enough with the funky things. It is almost the end of my study in UTP...and I don't plan to continue my study here or anywhere else. I really hope that I'll get a good job as soon as possible and be able to contribute something to my parents and family...at least a little if not much.

Good luck to all my friends, in study as well as future career. :)

Strawberry Ice-Cream Boat

There is this one restaurant/shop in Cameron Highland that my best buddy and I go almost everytime when we are on our way between UTP-Kota Bharu. It is called Green View Garden - probably because there are a lot of green plants/flowers there. During our recent journey, I ordered this ice cream known as "Strawberry Ice-Cream Boat" - cool? Yeah. I like the taste of strawberry mounted together with the ice cream. Sweet but not too sweet. It reminded me the taste of strawberry cake that I ate somewhere. RM8.90 per boat.


My best buddy ordered the "Fish and Chip". I tasted it before and it worth every penny you spent on it. Forget the fries, the most special component in this meal is the fish. It is simply one of the best.


No matter how delicious these cuisines are, I still miss food at home. And oh, and before I forgot, I received tom yam from someone few days ago (sempena birthday dia katanya) - so thank you very much. To think of it, shouldn't I give something instead. Macam-macam mana pun bak kata org - rezeki jangan ditolak. :P

Bila blogging hilang serinya...

Banyak benda yang bermain dalam pemikiran sekarang. Ada dua lagi paper final exam, dan paper yang terakhir tu memang sangat merunsingkan aku. Tengah risau, ada pula perkara-perkara lain yang terus membuatkan aku jadi tak tentu hala.

Dua hari lagi, akan balik rumah - menikmati semula ketenangan yang tak mungkin aku dapat di mana-mana. Bersama keluarga sendiri yang memang amat memahami diri aku, aku rasa itu ialah kebahagiaan yang tak tertanding nilainya. Bukannya aku tak menghargai kawan-kawan, tapi siapa yang lebih memahami diri ini jika tidak darah daging sendiri - orang yang mempunyai pertalian darah dan genetik. Aku sedar aku bukanlah insan yang sangat mantap dalam bersosial, nak dapat kawan pun susah. Bila dah dapat kawan, nak menjaga hubungan dengan mereka lagi susah. Ada sahaja perkara yang menimbulkan ketidaksefahaman.

Berbalik kepada topik, ini ialah entri terakhir aku untuk semester ini. Banyak juga persepsi aku tentang blogging yang telah berubah semenjak akhir-akhir ini. Sekarang aku rasa blogging sudah tiada serinya - menimbulkan konflik dan menggugat emosi adalah. The first time I set this blog up, my real intention was for fun, berkongsi kegembiraan atau mungkin apa-apa sahaja yang difikirkan perlu. I have never been really serious about things in here. Doing the tags, being emotional sometimes, sharing some of my personal photos, etc - all of them are for fun, or to express my feelings that I don't have courage to say in words.

I do comment on other people's blog, and sometimes it just came out spontaneously without thinking. It depends on what I usually said to the people in real life if I know them well. If I don't know them, I'll just make some simple and common sentence and not to take it too personal. But I do make mistake in my comment - mungkin ada yang akan tersinggung.

Bukan sekali dua juga aku mendapat komen yang menyinggung perasaan sebelum ini (ada yang sampai mengganggap entri aku sebagai sampah, etc), dan itu tidak pernah memutuskan semangat aku untuk terus berblog. Bila di dada-dada akhbar ada berita yang menyatakan blogger ditangkap kerana menyebarkan fitnah, aku selalu teringatkan blog aku. Ada fitnahkah di dalam isi kandungannya? Aku harap tidak. Mungkin jika blog aku sudah sampai ke tahap fitnah memfitnah, serinya sudah hilang entah ke mana.

Sekarang, mungkin sudah sampai masanya untuk aku berhenti seketika daripada blogspot.com. I'll leave this blog as it is (in case I want to come back later which I really doubt it), and I'll continue reading some of my friend's blog, tapi aku mungkin tidak lagi aktif untuk mengemaskini blog atau memberikan komen selepas ini. Maaf - for now, I want to say a lot, but I prefer to keep quiet. Mungkin betul juga pesanan "Diam itu lebih baik daripada berkata-kata yang tidak perlu"

Sampai jumpa lagi di lain masa. Selamat bercuti buat kawan-kawan.

My Little Concern.

*Previous post is now the second last post for this semester. This is all emotional, if you don't feel like reading something not fun, please don't start.

Life goes on, and it is sometimes really troublesome. I don't know how should I put my thoughts all together here today but I'll try not to express that I am all about myself (in fact, I am). Ok, I am all about myself today.

Little things that I found keep bothering myself over and over, little things that keep wandering in my subconscious mind:

> It is not easy for me to build relationship with people. I guess I am not good in social life. I encountered several incidents in my life that shattered my trust towards people, which I think is not totally their mistakes, but some are mine. I feel terrible that I've not been taking care of them good enough.

> Sometimes I found myself wondering what the heck am I doing on the bed. Those extra sound effects, give me almost the same effect as caffeine. Why should I be forced to hear what I don't want to hear? The same thing when I am 'looking' at my chemical reactions, or the historical facts of Islamic civilization, etc I do want a moment of peace. And why should I bother telling others about this over and over? Keep reading...

> I don't like to explain the same thing over and over to the same people. If I have once told you about something, I don't feel like to express that again and again. (I think that's one of the reasons why I keep getting myself bothered) - I just don't like to express myself so much. If I told you once that I can't stand something, can you understand that it means I can't stand it forever. If I don't like to eat that particular thing that day, it means I don't like to eat it forever, not just that day. I'm really tired. And I'm tired...

> I'm tired of people judging. Judging is not constructive criticisms. Criticizing gives some room for improvement but judging gives none - it's destructive. If you don't know me good enough, don't say that and this (bad things) about me. Who are you to judge me? Yes, maybe you want to improvise me because I'm not good, but please, don't judge. A piece of sincere advice is a lot better than a judgment. Give me a room to breath, I'm normal person, I'm not perfect - do remember that fact.

> And don't judge me after reading this emotional part of mine - and don't bother to comment if you don't want to - I just want to release something in me today, something that I've been dying to release long time ago.

Wish List Updated...

I went to Ipoh on 22nd October with my best buddy to buy a new phone and a graphic tablet. My original plan is to buy the phone during this coming semester break, and a tablet next year. But I suddenly changed my mind.

Right now, I'm still trying my best to figure out how to use the tablet - it's a Genius, not a Wacom (Wacom is the best brand for graphic tablet) but I think it is good enough for a start. It's just for fun anyway. I hope I'll find some time to use the tablet later, which I really doubt it. Final year project, and final year design project have given me good enough reason to be busy until the end of the semester.

I don't want to spend so much money (above 1000) for a phone, so I could not get my hand on a Nokia N82. I ends up with N73 ME. Alhamdulliah, so far so good. Hopefully I can use this phone as long as possible just like my previous phone (about 4 years). I've discovered most of the functions in the phone since I am very familiar with Symbian OS - the same operating system for my previous phone.

PSP is out of my league right now because I found out that my interest in games has grew weaker. Does that mean I'm getting older, and more mature? Probably NOT. I still miss Marvel Ultimate Alliance game so badly, sometimes.

What about next year, what will be my next gadgets? I would love to have a new Canon/Nikon DSLR next year. I would love to discover photography - showing the world through my own perspective through the camera. I'll also reconsider a PSP if I change my mind about games again later.

So many things to consider, huh? Surely, this desire knows no limit - the only limit is actually how much money in our hand and how we want to spend it properly.

Tomorrow there will another test (the last one),last class for this semester, another project report to be submitted - and next week will be the oral presentation for final year project I?? What?? Forgive me my supervisor, my work has not yet been growing so much.

Last but not least, my final exam will be from 10th November until 27th November - wish me luck everyone. This post is probably my last post for this semester. Until then, see you!

p.s: Good luck to those who are going to sit for final exam! Let us fight for our best :D

Caffeine = Insomnia

I think I haven't sleep for the last 24 hours. I don't really remember how much caffeine did I take last night. I tried to sleep but the caffeine in my blood pretty much told me not to. I woke up and start my routine with studying? Of course not. This week is going to be the last week in UTP before Hari Raya holiday. My mind is not in UTP, not anymore...only my body is.

If you asked me, how is the final year so far? I can quickly answer, "It is very well-packed with projects, but it doesn't mean my life is over." I have to at least open my photoshop program or browse through the internet - or else I'll explode thinking of all those projects.

This is gonna be my last post before Raya, so I would like to wish all of you "Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin." Kita manusia biasa memang tak boleh lari daripada melakukan kesilapan, oleh itu marilah kita saling bermaaf-maafan sempena bulan yang mulia ini. 0-0

I need to sleep now. It's almost 7.00 AM!

Long time no see...LOL :D

Berhabuk dan berdebu lagi blog aku ni. Saban hari semakin jarang aku singgah di sini. Terus terang aku katakan, aku asyik me'lagha' di DeviantART.com. Semakin hari semakin lagha. Hahahaha. :P

Just some update, alhamdulillah, setelah beberapa kali mencuba nasib dalam beberapa digital art contest di website tersebut, aku menang dalam dua contest. Salah satunya menerusi gambar ini:




Dan satu lagi, menerusi hasil kerja aku yang ini:




What type of prizes that I've won? I won mainly subscription to the site (I won 3 years ++ subscription that is worth about RM300.00). I also won some prints (print is just like poster of digital artwork). The other prizes are mainly exclusive stock photos, commision of artwork, journal feature, and etc. You will not understand most of these terms unless you're active on DeviantART just like me. Hahahaha. :P

I know...I know, someone who read this post will say, what is he bragging about? I'll simply answer, "This is my blog, so I'll just brag about almost anything I wanted to."

That's all of my bragging...comment if you like to, keep quiet if you don't..Hahahahaha.

Jane..~ see you later in the next post. I'll try to update as often as possible in the near future..hopefully.

Hobi Saya Ialah Mengumpul Setem

Dah lama tak mengupdate blog. Dah berhabuk, berasap, berdebu dan segala macam lagi ber-- blog aku yang tak seberapa ni. Dua hari lepas one of my bestest friends in MRSM Pengkalan Chepa, Pak Thani give a shout in my chat box. Forget about "Pak" title, he is one day younger than me. Kepala aku agak pusing sikit malam ni. Dia dah ada blog juga rupanya, dan ini membuatkan semangat aku untuk kembali aktif berblog semakin menebal. Yeah.

Back to the topic, hobi aku dulu-dulu mengumpul setem. (Dulu-dulu = zaman sekolah rendah). Sekarang aku tak lagi aktif untuk menambah collection, cuma kadang-kadang aku akan tengok balik setem-setem yang aku kumpul. Ini adalah sebahagian collection yang aku paling hargai, especially yang harimau kumbang tu. Sebabnya? Salah satu setem harimau kumbang itu aku tukar dengan kawan aku yang sangatlah kedekut (ops! that's the truth) - aku kena bagi dia sampai 15 keping setem aku yang lain hanya untuk satu setem dia. Semuanya kerana aku nak cukupkan full set. At that time, aku dah ada tiga tapi dia cuma ada satu of the same set. Tapi aku rasa berbaloi dan puas hati bila set tu dah cukup di tangan aku. Wahaha :D

Harimau kumbang oh harimau kumbang...~

POS Malaysia...tapir...Sepang

Kucing-kucing yang cumil, digemari oleh adikku..tapi bukan aku. Hahaha

P.Ramlee...KLIA

Malaya - my oldest stamp

Ok lah, itu sajalah update untuk kali ini. See you later in the next post. What should I write next? Choose one - you may take this topic for your post too..I don't mind:

1. Kemerdekaan - 31 Ogos dah dekat..
2. Ramadhan - Bilakah kita akan start puasa..Isnin, Selasa?
3. Aku balik rumah weekend ni? Hahahah...seronok2.
4. FYDP, FYP, Project..project..where is my life? Hahaha.


Oh, sebelum terlupa, aku ingin mengucapkan selamat hari lahir ke-14 buat adikku yang montel. Today is his birthday...may Allah bless him. Amin.

Life as a student in UTP

I have no idea for new post. Not much of experiences to be shared, not much of incidents to be spilled out either. Heard of "kes buang bayi" somewhere around here, but what is the buzz? It is not nothing new except that it happened over and over again among college students who were once expected to be the future leaders. I don’t want to talk about that. Jagalah diri, hiasilah peribadi. Someone said, "Nak buat jahat pun pandai-pandailah. Jangan sampai malu diri sendiri dan menyusahkan orang lain (family, etc)."

Enough of that matter. This is what I wanna talk about. What is the difference between being in the final year and the previous junior-years? Not much except that there are a lot of projects going on. I wonder what the real purpose of these projects is. I don’t want to talk about that any longer either. The main thing is, UTP is still the same in term of internet connection, etc. It is really frustrating when I really want to do my projects and assignments but the connection just sucks. Sometimes, it takes forever to load a simple page like Google. How much do we have to pay for the connection? Does anyone here know about the price? What I know is it doesn’t come with a FREE price tag. Maybe it is included somewhere in the fees.

And secondly, the "good" news is allowance for this month is still pending. Good! It is already August 6. Make megi repih pat la napoknye bulan ni, dok gitu best buddy? Hahaha. I don’t wanna talk about that any further either. Then some strangers who read this post will ask, "Why don’t you complain about these matters to the respective persons/departments?" And I’ll simply answers, "I don’t wanna do that, not anymore because they are the same persons who had received similar complains approximately 1-2 years ago, and the same things happen over and over again!"

It’s not that I am not grateful to be here. I am. It’s just that sometimes I feel lost (in the Lost World of Tronoh) and disappointed with some of these facts.

Created New Blog.

I decided to open a new blog. From this moment onwards, only anything related to my personal life and routine will be posted in this blog. For general info or reviews (movies. artwork, website review etc), they will be posted in my new blog. For the start I have transferred some of the reviews from this blog to my new blog. Soon, these blog will only contain something related to my personal routine as I'll save those posts related to general info as drafts. Thank you.

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XxX .Banned shop. XxX

My roomate and I sent our Industrial Internship Final Report for hard cover binding purpose to one of the shops at Bandar Seri Iskandar last week on Sunday (20th July 2008). The report was supposed to be submitted to the UTP Supervisor last week (due date was 25th July). I saw a massive number of ordered books at the shop, and quickly asked the owner whether he wanted to take new orders. He agreed instantly, and promised that the hard cover binding will be completed by Wednesday (23rd July).

So, we went there on Wednesday, and found out that our reports were still not ready. The owner (this time a woman) said that the books will be ready by Thursday afternoon. I had some uneasy feelings at that time, but I still considered that hopefully by Thursday we will get our reports back.

On Thursday (afternoon), we went to the shop again and discovered that the shop was closed. What the heck?? Friday was the due date! We explained to the owner before that we have to submit the report by Friday. Did they ignore this fact? Unfortunately, we didn't have their phone numbers. If not, I might throw some 'beautiful words'. Oh No..I am a student of UTP. I can not tarnish the university's image. :p

So, we went to the shop again (4th time) in the evening on the same day. Luckily that time it was opened, but unluckily the reports were still not ready. I remember exactly how the lady said, " Jangan bimbang, saya dah buat kerja ni dah lama, tak pernah ada problem. Esok you akan dapat balik buku (referring to the reports) you paling lewat pukul 2 petang. Biasanya tengah hari you dah boleh dapat. Nanti I message."

Tunggu punya tunggu, esoknya (Jumaat) sampailah lepas habis solat Jumaat, tak ada satu pun message yang sampai. I decided to call my UTP Supervisor for the Industrial Internship, Dr. Chandra Mohan to delay the report submission. I was very lucky that he said yes, and I may submit my report on Tuesday - 29th July (he was not around on Monday 28th July). Fuh, lega. Alhamdulillah.

Petangnya, tepat jam 5.20 petang, aku dan rumet menerima message yang sama, "Buku dah sampai!" - that was exactly how the owner type the message, dengan satu tanda seru. Bukannya nak cakap elok-elok. Contohnya at least cakap la macam ni, "Salam, buku dah sampai. Maaf sebab lambat." Aiyoo..itu pun nak kena ajar ka? Masa tu we're on our way back home (Kota Bharu). Aku just reply, "Baru sampai ke? Kami dah terpaksa explain kat lecturer sebab tak hantar report on time." - and there was no reply.

Aku malas dah cakap panjang. Cakap panjang-panjang pun tak guna. Dah panjang pun. Kalau nak cakap pasal kualiti laagi laa..tambah-tambah panjang. Hahaha. For your information ni dia kedai tu (marked in red). So tengok betul-betul kalau nak hantar report atau apa-apa kerja lain yang penting:

Look closely (sebelah kedai tauke cina tu..)

I'm not in any sense nak sekat rezeki orang atau seumpanya, I just wanted to express my uneasy feeling towards the service providers out there that never think of their bad service to the customers. Do they think that they can go on easy for another years to come if they continue with the same attitudes? I wonder when our country will achieve that 2020 thing. Huh.~

Back in UTP. ~

Second day in UTP. I was in UTP since yesterday (20/07). So how's UTP after eight months? Sama saja macam dulu. Nothing much has changed except the food price is at the very highest level sejak zaman penubuhan UTP. Kalau nak katakan makanan bertambah sedap, tidak pula. Memanglah bersyukur kerana masih ada makanan dan tidak kebulur namun, alangkah bagusnya kalau berada di rumah. Teringat makanan di rumah. Huh..~

As usual, awal-awal semester kenalah susun jadual, daftar kelas itu dan ini. Nothing much, macam biasalah agak kelam kabut awal-awal ni. Pening juga dengan clash2 nya kelas elektif dengan major semua. Adeh.

UTP macam dulu saja. Orangnya (akulah) pun tak berubah sangat - sama saja mind set nya. Mungkin agak membandingkan suasana kerja dan belajar sajalah. I miss good old days in Germany, and I miss masakan mak.

Good news is, my best buddy (currently my rumet too :D) and I will be going back to our hometown this weekend. Yay..can't wait for that moment. :D ~

Alhamdulillah - Back Home

Alhamdulillah, 14 Julai 2008, tepat jam 6.30 pagi (waktu Malaysia), aku selamat tiba di KLIA. Perjalanan dari Frankfurt mengambil masa kira-kira 11 jam 30 minit. Next to me is a German woman, who currently lives in Australia. She’s very friendly, similar to Germans that I have met before. Perjalanan memang menyeronokkan kerana aku duduk di sebelah tingkap pesawat. The scenery was amazing, and it was really fun to talk to her. She shared a lot of her view related to Germany and Australia. As usual, these are some of the shots that I captured on the way from Frankfurt – KLIA (katalah aku jakun sebab amik gamba banyak sangat - aku memang jakun pun! :p) :

Setibanya di KLIA, aku terus menuntut bagasi dan menuju ke kaunter untuk check-in bagi penerbangan seterusnya dari KLIA ke Kota Bharu. Selesai check-in, I went to KFC for breakfast. I requested for an X-Meal but only nasi lemak was available – RM7.50 + a cup of tea! Dahlah kurang sedap. Kalau kat kampung aku baru RM1.00, sedap pula. Selesai makan, aku ke ruang menunggu.

Tepat jam 10.15 pagi aku meninggalkan KLIA, dan kira-kira jam 11.00 pagi, aku tiba di Lapangan Terbang Sultan Yahya Petra, Pengkalan Chepa. Some shots during the flight from KLIA-KB:

Welcome back to me! It was really fun to be back. It is not fun however, thinking that I’ll be going back to UTP soon – all the hectic life, etc. It makes me wanting to go back to the internship life. Hahahah. See you later in UTP :p