Busy meh?

Hello.
I guess you noticed the changes I made to this blog.
I'm bored with the old template so I decided to change it.
I've added :
1. YouTube video below my blog header : My selected music video playlist (around 5~6 songs), will try to change it every month if I manage to discover new and nice songs.
2. Twitter bar : Yes, I'm on Twitter now. Follow me.
3. Chat box : I put back my chat box. Hope this time will not have the same old problem again.
4. Blog list : My personal blog list. Introduce more blogs for me, I actually prefer to spend time reading blogs rather reading books. Which is not good.
5. Follower : Follow me on blogger.

Okay,
It's been a loooong loooong time. More than a month since my last update.

*True Story*

Not by purpose. But I have been busy like mad recently.
Okay this time I know what I'm busy about.
Proof :

Altera DE1 board with my Verilog program installed.
This thing wasted consumed my 2 weeks of life span. 

Of course not only this lah.
We had tests like every weeks. EVERY weeks. I mean it !
Reason : We took the test, we failed miserably, lecturers too soft hearted (which is good), give us second chance to re-test (which is very awkward, because we can't even do better the second time)

So, and I'm supposedly to be busy by now but I'm here typing blog post.
WHY BUSY? BECAUSE MY WHOLE SEMESTER IS LIKE A RELAY COMPETITION.
Final exam is at next week. And FINAL EXAM IS THE ONLY TIME to catch up with my marks.
I'm not sure whether is it only my course or other course also that busy. Tell me. Seriously.

Okay never mind.
At least I manage to survive 2012. Which is an achievement. *Survival Badge unlocked !! Punch fist to the air*

Random as usual

I don't know. It's fun joining activities but I don't like the burden when I am assigned to do some specific task that is fresh to me. Ya lah, I like new things but doesn't mean I like stuff that are so completely new to me and expect me to do it good. But anyway, I appreciate the trust people give it to me.
So this is the first time I become the emcee for an event. Not a big one though. However, to be one of the 60-people-dinner hosts is nerve-wracking !

Hmm, can you smell professional ? EHEM!! HAHA

It's was not a very well-done job, but overall I think me and my partner did quite okay lah. Eh, it's the first time lah bro and sis, give some compliment instead of criticism.

LOL someone can you just note me about my hairstyle before take my photo

So I can almost rest in peace now, another thing that is on my checklist is CHECKED.

Now what?

It's song sharing time !

Here come my 10 songs of the moment :

1. Skyfall - Adele (Very Adele-ish and pop)

2. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (Neglected artist with great voice) 

3. Red - Taylor Swift (Cool song, love her new album)

4. Hello - Karmin (Did I introduce this song before? Amy is the only rapper I like)

5. I Found You - The Wanted (The feeling of this song is really edgy !)

6. Want U Back - Cher Lloyd (Very powerful "Uhhh!" that I like it very much)

7. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber (I can't believe I am actually introducing JB's song)

8. Diamonds - Rihanna (Love this song except when she is repeating "Shining bright like a diamond" with a weird voice)

9. Feel Again - OneRepublic (Band song, a very "band" song)

10. The Scientist - Glee version (It's just simply because of the storyline of Glee)

Apparently I stopped blogging for quite a long time, about 3 weeks to a month since my last post. Been quite busy lately. (always saying I am busy but I can't figure it out what I am busying about) But, but, but, SEMESTER BREAK is at next week ! So excited ! Okay, at least I can avoid myself from sticking around with my coursemates for a week. That is rather a happy thing for me.
Such a easily-satisfied-youngster wtf.

Belly Drum

After realising my big tummy is getting bigger day by day, and been pointed out by my roommate and friends who intruded into my room (they were saying my belly is out of shape, a very weird shape, that swell out unevenly, fml), and feeling guilty afterwards, so I finally make up my mind to be a sporty aH Wai from this sem onwards!
 My goal is simple, find some ways to make my tummy look smaller.
I should at least go for jogging twice or thrice every week. I don’t think this can slim down my beer belly. But I am sure it’s way better for me, instead of sitting down in front of lappy and stare at it for the whole day after dinner. Of course lah jogging makes me feel more refreshing afterwards.
I blame the hormones for making my belly grows. Damn it.

Speaking of sporty aH Wai, this sem aH Wai just turned into a new leaf. *imitating power ranger transform* Fuyoo ! I joined 音子and 扯铃, after realizing my university provides such a good opportunity for us to join all of these meaningful clubs. 音子 is a club for music sharing, where you can learn guitar/keyboard, for free, from students of this club, sort of a music sharing club (But I am more hoping there is a glee club in UPM, I would definitely be the first member *thrusting fist to the air).
Meanwhile扯铃 is basically Chinese Yoyo.

It’s not that easy as how I thought it would be. But it’s fun though.
I mean it’s really quite fun lah, I never tried it before, and it’s like a new thing, and you know I love everything that is new to me, so it’s fun.
This thing is energy consuming. My shirt, pants and underwear all soaked with my sweat after just played for like half an hour only. This is a sport lah guys, it is not even a toy for youngster. Someone should just put this in one of the new category games in Olympic.

So it’s exam week. EXAM WEEK wtf.  I can’t believe it’s already week 6 !! The 6th week, out of 14 weeks, half of the semester is almost gone !!  Hooray ! I know it’s fast, but everything is still quite eventful though. Very HAPPENING !

Tests are not easy. Stressful. But I think it’s good. There are competition going on around which make me can force myself to study. I need motivation. Those are my motivation.

I’m surrounded by flowers, be the flowers then.

My stress reliever. FB!

So I guess this is it.

Nothing to feel good about myself

Every readers, even me, don't like to click in the "add comment" session below to post comment.

Reason : lazy and not patient enough to wait for the internet to load the page completely in order for me to add in comment. 

So I added Cbox to solve this problem lah. With this chit chat box (that used to be on the right side of the blog) I still able to see friends' comment about my blog posts//chat with me. 

I find it really useful lah, since I am able to get some feedbacks from friends. 

And as I mentioned before, that is one of the way to make me feel good about myself as a... *cough* ehem, blogger. 

But eventually there are some kinda caterpillar found in my webpage and google chrome manage to find it out and still manage to note me before I come back to blog's dashboard. (Don't worry, no more, as for now)

Something went wrong and the first thing that came to my mind was the Cbox. 

Reason : Recently can see a lot of "blog walker" pass through my blog through this Cbox thingy and make free advertisement. Checked the traffic source and found out that all are from unknown URL. 

Solution : Cbox gadget removed. 

Consequences : Feedbacks lesser, blogging = no fun. 

Solution to this : find a new type of chat box to replace Cbox. 

I am still searching and hope to find a new and suitable 1 to replace it SOON. 

Hipster

Okay, it’s still the beginning of the semester.  So it is still fine to spend 1 hour of my not-very-precious time to update my blog.

And you know everything just gonna past so fast and freely during the first few weeks. Tests? Assignments? Laboratory project? Not at this time, until week 10 or maybe week 9.
Lecturer is still busy memorizing our names, choosing class rep, and introducing many books to us to photocopy them at the very-packed-photocopy-shop.  (Everybody knows it is illegal, but we do it anyway)

So as for me, besides busy thinking what to eat for lunch and dinner, no more worries and burden.  Nolah, I mean not at this moment, of course.  You know lah lecturers like to schedule all the assignments to the last week.
 I guess they just want to take it as one of the reality show to see how we handle the dramas all, you know, like America’s Next Top Model, Master Chef or Hell’s Kitchen.

This is not an educational blog or something. BUT, I wanted to talk about it since I thought about it (o.O tongue twister ! +1)

Word of the day : HIPSTER !

Hipster is a person who thinks that being ordinary is too mainstream.

How to differentiate whether a person is a hipster.

Sometimes not only the outfit can decide whether the person is a hipster or not. Some just being TRENDY. Trendy ain’t hipster.

Hipsters tend to have a narrower mind.  They don’t accept advices.

A : IPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S-III are for gays, I love my LG phone. #Hipster 

B : I have my own stand, I do it because I have my own principle. I do not wish people to step beyond it.  #Hipster 

C : Ya, I know everybody is watching, so it’s just the right time to shout out my dissatisfaction without thinking the others. #HipsterMuch  

D : I know he has a better idea, but I want people to listen to me, because he is a jerk. #HipsterBeingInconsiderate. 

I don’t like people being too extreme. I understand people set a certain principle for their life. And it’s right for them to follow. But please, with an open mind.  Always think of other people, because every decision made might troubles others unintentionally.  Majority of the people will follow the majority.
Hipster will be hipster.

................

#KBYE

Not a single damn is given

The drama among my coursemates is far more additive than those dramas in the television.

End of the story. 

P/S: The relationship between my coursemates has PMS. 2 semesters once. 

Life in HKUST (Part IV)

Ok lah, I actually felt quite guilty lah. I have a plenty to talk about when I was in HKUST. But ever since I'm back in home sweet home, and after a month of rusting, I become very lazy eventually lah. Don't feel like updating my HKUST post anymore.
But somehow I think I will definitely feel regret afterwards.
Because I am pretty sure university stuff will left me no time to even log in to the internet, EVEN FB. *cheh, mai geh lah

In Mong Kok MTR Station

There is no doubt that the public transportation in HK is so much better compare to Malaysia. They have MTR, tram, taxi, big buses and mini buses to choose to travel. 

The most easiest transportation in HK is the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), which is the rapid transit railway system. (a.k.a KTM/LRT/tube/subway)

I mean, sometimes you just cannot believe how easy to take this MTR to travel from one place to another place. Backpack in HK. Not a problem AT ALL. 

It might look complicated at the first sight. But MUMMY TOLD ME DON'T JUDGE THE BOOK BY IT'S COVER ! This map is damn easy to understand/read ! 

I mean, don't say I'm being biased lah. 外国的月亮比较圆 all lah . #NO !

Compare it then.

Ok lah, I am still anak Malaysia right. This map is still quite cool though, at least this KTM/LRT map covers quite many places in Klang Valley.

Okay, this picture was taken in the very early morning in the MTR train. Usually it is packed, like every freaking day from 8am to 12am. But at least most of the passengers are local hongkee or Mainland chinese. Instead of crowded with foreign labours from South East Asia countries.

Mong Kok MTR Station

Just look for the red spider-ish sign and you will get home very easily.

'Ding Dong' tram in HK Central. Tram ("Cable-bus") only can be found in Central area/HK island. The route of this tram is quite limited, and slow, and cool, and cheap. Pretty much a historical transportation though. 

Hong Kong Central Library in Central. #youdon'tsay

Look how crowded is the library. Hongkees have a really good reading habit. This reminds me of myself at school time when I was a librarian, singing "Marilah Membaca" and thought of my little effort can make some better changes and implant reading culture in my school. FML too naive, too naive

I mean, it's one of the culture of the people in the country. Every papa mama bring their children to the library to read books during public holiday. Instead of waking up early just to get ready for  the 'weekly shopping spree' in any one of the KL shopping centers. *and drive back to home on the very-congested-highway.

Random street singer/artist you will meet in the everyday-also-busy Mong Kok street. 

Some really can sing and I sometimes thought they are one of the singers from TVB.

Hongkees not afraid of voicing out their opinion towards any parties. They don't like it, they complain about it, with pride. Many of them volunteered to spread the voice to the people. Even not many of the street walker really take them into their eyes. But these volunteers always give their 100%. 

So it was 1st of July that day, and 1st of July is any other typical day in Malaysia.
But 1st of July is Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day, where, most of the Honkees will have an annual protest rally to fight their rights and voice out to their government.
Andy explained damn lot to us, but we can barely understand some of it lah. Since we Malaysian don't study HK history.
Read more here : Aziana's HKUST post

HKUST student representatives participate to fight for freedom right in education. How exciting !

Look at the crowd man, look at the crowd !

@.@''

It was really an experience ! I never participate in any demonstration in Malaysia. This is the first time, and it's in HK. How cool !
If you are interested of this 1st July marches, read more here : Click me. Wiki explains the best.

I mean, I am very proud as a Malaysian.
Not only because of the achievement of Dato Lee Chong Wei or the future-Dato Pandelela Rinong. *btw,congratez
We have delicious food, beautiful culture, friendly people (kononnya).
We may not have the best transportation system, education system, or the safest public environment, etc.
But when there is any problem raised by the citizen to be solved, that would definitely going to be ended up with politic. Pathetic politicians everywhere who always can't solve the problem for the citizen.
So how we do it?
We voice it out, like how any other country did.
A peaceful demonstration.

Demonstration along Jalan Sultan to pressure the government to preserve heritage buildings

You know what I am thinking

Ok lah, I am not very into the politic stuff all.
As a Malaysian, sometimes also, I must still keep myself more aware of those happenings in Malaysia lah. Even FB spread the news sometimes. Demonstration is definitely not a culture in Malaysia. But we can definitely see it growing now. It's still good that the government sometimes campur tangan to control it. As I believe oftenly these kinda demonstration, is controlled by opposition politicians, and I don't wish to see demonstration turns out to be a part of the politic game as it is actually the voice of the citizen. I don't like aggressive demonstration to be happened in Malaysia though. *fuyoo macho-nya
Stay reading for more HKUST post !
*Hopefully there is more

I can't wait !

I can't believe I am actually saying this !
This is the first long semester break we have after 1 year of coursemate-ship.
I am actually kinda looking forward to meet them back ! FML !

2 laboratory courses this sem (which is like 6 hours of lab period!). I am pretty sure there will be tons of project to rush !
This would definitely be the hardest thing I have to overcome. The laboratory projects from past sems have left me with weeks of sleepless nightmare. My lifespan is going to reduce every sem just because of this. wtf

Electronic Touch Switch

The easiest electronic kit I have to set up. 

BUT STILL A HEADACHE !

Wiring Lab 

Interchangeable 4 mode of foreign currency converter model by using PIC16F887

A group work project which took us 5 consecutive sleepless nights // liver is bursting

But I think I am ready lah.
I have fully used my holiday to recharge.

Anyway, it is still quite unbelievable that 3 months of holiday past so fast.
There are so much things of meaningful things I have done.
Wake up at 3pm, check FB for 3 hours before YouTube for another 3 hours. Hang out with friends and gossip for 5 hours. Meaningful sia.

*Watching Friendzone on MTV*

Sorry where am I now.
Okay I have to say it's quite distracting if I have to write a post while watching a TV show.
I don't normally do that cause I can only focus on 1 thing at a time
such a 痴情汉 or 专一 I shall named it. *hai siu*

A random post, as always.

Oh wait, look at my FB Top Stories again.
It's their photo update again !
Ok.
Can I take back my words?

Life in HKUST (Part III)

If you think that the amount of food post in my blog is too much, brace yourself, this post is about the food I've tasted in HK. 

I think I'll just have to mention this again and again : I am so damn god grateful to have a local hongkee friend here in HK to guide me to every must-go-spot in HK. Because of this, I am able to feel the very local HK experience to the max !!

Of course not to forget some of my new friends I met in HK. Mostly are Mainland Chinese and Malaysian  from NUS, only one or two are Singaporean. 

Everyone of them are SO daring and adventurous. 

With the spirit of "not afraid of getting lost in a foreign place" to explore around HK, carrying a backpack and walk with them for a whole day can be really fun ! 

I've tasted so much of local yummy food from the first day I stepped in HK until the last day, carried a big bouncy belly back to Malaysia. 

All kind of Dim Sum, you name it. 

Breakfast stall in Hang Hau

The best Dim Sum ever in HK.

In a Michelin 1-Star restaurant 添好运 

Specially thanks to Andy's family

The fast food in HK 

Everytime you travel to another place, you mustn't miss out McDonald

As mentioned earlier, there is a McDonald inside the campus. 

The menu is not much different with the one in Malaysia.

This is Pork McMuffin. 

Seafood Rice Burger

How cool ! Instead of using bread, they use rice. And instead of chicken patties, beef patties or pork patties, this is seafood !

In a popular fast food stall in Hang Hau shopping mall

Dim Sum is too popular in HK. So here comes the Dim Sum fast food.

Where you just have to make order like "drive-thru" at the counter and just get it at the other side of the counter within a minute. 

In Hang Hau shopping mall.

Besides Dim Sums, Honkees love to eat dessert (tong sui)..

Fruits are too boring for Hongkees to be considered as a kind of dessert. Guess what? They have a 4~5 pages of dessert menu in every long-queue dessert shops in every small streets in HK. 

The Yin-Yang Soup (or paste? I don't know how to name it)

Very thick viscosity of Black sesame and Almond bowl

In HK's Tong Pak Fu (different from Malaysia)

Tau Fu Fa in Lam Tsuen near Tin Hau Temple in Fong Ma Po Village.

Malaysia's tau fu fa add brown/white sugar syrup for flavouring. Tau Fu Fa in HK add ginger syrup and raw cane sugar. Yellow sugar makes the soft Tau Fu Fa with an additional unique crispy taste.

Jelly made from Chinese traditional herbs

In 添好运

Hot bowl of almond steam egg in Jordan Street

Very soft texture and the taste is just perfect !

(forget about the two models from Mainland China)

6 different flavours of Tong Yun

We waited 1 hour for the queue at this small dessert shop in Jordan Street

The following will be the random food in HK. Since I don't know how to categorise them.

In a Michelin 1-star restaurant in Tsam Tsui Po

The taste, okay okay only lah. Not really worth the money we paid.

HKD100 (about RM40) per person for a group of 12

Si Chuan style frog

The name of this dish in Chinese is quite misleading cause 水煮田鸡 looks like it's quite plain.

But this dish is really spicy ! Quite nice though !

Tai Fu Tai Mansion for lunch: Ping Shan Traditional Basin Dish (Pun Choi)

Look at how big is the portion ! 

A table of 13~15 still can't finish this basin of dish!

The famous Wan Tan Mee in Jordon Street. Tasty ! The noodle is a little bit harder than I thought it would be. 

This small bowl costs HKD30 (RM12) .. expensive !

First time taste Chao Tau Fu in Mong Kok. 

Not as smelly as I thought, but it's a bit too oily for me to chew. I threw it away after a few bites eventually. 

Wife's cake in Yuen Long Hang Hiong factory. 

Love it ! 

In case you don't know the story behind it : Wife's cake is invented in Soong Dynasty by a poor guy. This guy is sick and his wife decided to "sell" herself to earn money for the medication of her husband. After recovered, this guy invented this cake with winter melon and almond to earn money and "buy" back his wife. So this wife's cake is named after it. 

Fresh and hot little egg puffs in Mong Kok. Crispy outside and soft inside. Love it !! 

Si mut milk tea in a famous kopitiam (茶餐厅) in HK

Polo Bun

Crispy upper layer and soft bread

Pork Burger

Chicken chop instant noodles

Instant noodles is very popular in HK. Every kopitiam in HK have instant noodles and they name it 公仔面 which sounded very cute.

Simple breakfast in Yuen Long

Pork burger in a Portuguese restaurant in Yuen Long

Totally love it ! 

The best Portuguese egg tart I've ever tasted. 

It's still hot when it is served. Love every bite of it!! 

Okay, I guess this is it.
Those food I've tasted in HK.
Don't feel weird, I actually capture photo of every of my meal, which makes me look like a typical-attention-seeking teenager.

But I don't care lah, cause everytime the food is served, I will think of my blog.
I want them to be on my blog as a memory in case I got alzheimer's disease in the future.
Not sure is there anymore post about my life in HKUST.
Read Aziana's blog post here : Click me !
New semester coming soon in 2 weeks. Have to slowly set my mindset back to "challenge" mode.
Anyway, stay reading !
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO~