Phew!

OMG! I finally done with cleaning the house!

As you all know, tomorrow all the Muslim in the world will celebrating 'Eidul Fitri or in Malay, Hari Raya Aidilfitri...

Therefore, prior to this day of happiness...we all need to prepare our house as our relatives will be coming to the house and join us in celebrating this month.

As I'm done with the living rooms like 2 days ago, the kitchen had almost killed me today as I got rid of 2 trash bags of expired foods, ice-cream containers, plastic bags, unused boxes, etc. etc.

By the way, I just finished baking my first Batik Cake!

... And I reduced the amount of sugar by 200 grams but the taste is still awesome!

(someone's calling me)... Yes, Mom!

Alright, people! I have to go back to the kitchen!


xoxo,
V

Go With It

After the downfall at the end of last year, well... I think it's more like...

How do I put this... It's been many years since I felt good about myself...

Though I know what's laid in front of me is going to be real tough and I might just want to kill myself at some point later, all I know that right now, I just want to go with all I've got.

Life is like a climb. But the view is great. Totally agree with Miley Cyrus for that.

Thinking back all the things that happened for the past few years, I won't regret a thing because I truly believe that things happened for reasons. Reasons that I might not know now, reasons that I might not know forever, reasons that I figured out but haven't decide whether to ignore or to learn from it.

Ramadhan...

In the month of Ramadhan, there are not much I can do other than preparing the house for Eid, baking some cookies, and of course, go to the office once a while...

Few more days left before we're done with this month and I'm sure all people out there are busy too...

Just want to say remember to budget your expenses for this upcoming Eid as we all going to need spent a lot more when we hit the next semester...

Me and Mom just bought few bags of baju kurung fabrics... and I haven't decide which one to choose for Eid this year... Mom already bought Baju Melayu for my brothers (gold) and I'm pretty sure that my big bro is going to kill my lil bro for choosing the colour at some point later...

Anyway, let's hope that we all got bless from Allah...


Signing out!

iPad 2

As you guys already know, iPad 2 was launched in US on March 11th this year. Therefore the launched date for our beloved country was around end of April-early May. 

When I was in Kuala Lumpur, I saw that iPad 2s were sold out within few hours in Mid Valley. There I thought, "Aww, man! Hopefully by the time I can get one myself, it's still available..."

But then, when I finally got a chance to go to the only Apple Authorized Reseller that is selling iPad 2 in Kota Kinabalu, which is Technocrats in 1Borneo shopping mall, yep! It was sold out.

But the good news is, the'll restock their products once a month and finally after waiting almost one week, the stocks arrived.

....and I got myself this awesome iPad 2 white 16 GB Wi-Fi with 3G. I took the 1.5 GB data plan from Celcom and voila! All set and I'm ready to go! Thanks Dad for this awesome birthday present! ... And getting-a-good-CGPA present... Hehe I don't need much space as I already have iPod Classic to place all my music and my iPhone to put all important apps.


The front side

The back side

I bought original cover by Capdase

iPad 2... What else can I say... I waited for this generation to come out as I expected the same with iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4.. Thinner, lighter, and of course FaceTime!

This generation also came with A5 chip processor. The latest one as even iPhone 4 uses A4 chip. You guys know that all previous iPhones i.e. 1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen and 3GS used Samsung processors right?

Other than that, though some of you might think that the purpose left for me to have this awesome gadget is merely entertainment, nope. Not at all as I'm planning to get myself the iWork apps i.e. Pages, Keynotes, and Numbers for iPad version so I can sync all my works and assignments in here. The photos are awesome in here as I got to enjoy them in full HD.

Twitter for iPad also one of the awesome apps as not only you can sign in multiple accounts simultaneously, you can go to these accounts easily as they're shown in single panel on the left side of the screen instead of hitting the back button like in iPhone.

Alright, then. I think that's all for my iPad experience for now at least. I'll update some more later on as I need to prepare the house for Eid celebration.


xoxo,
V

Interesting Confusion...

When I was in CFSIIUM, I joined ELAC, short for English Language Club... Being in it was the best moment in my entire campus life so far... Little exhausting but a lot of fun...Anyway, one friend posted this on our Facebook group...


1. Can u cry under water?

2. Do fish ever get thirsty?

3. Why don't birds fall out of trees when they sleep?

4. What do u call a male lady bird?

5. Why is it called building when it's already built?

6. When they say cat food is new & improved in taste, who tastes it?

7.Why doesn't glue, stick to its bottle?


Confusing yet interesting...

Jump!

'The Road Not Taken' is a poem by Robert Frost in 1916... Printed together with his collections of Mountain Interval later in 1920...


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


I learned this poem when I was in Form 4 - 16 years old... I think it's kinda nice to learn something like this during that age as that was the time when we're starting to figure out ourselves...

Though this poem has many interpretations, the one that we learned back in high school is about individualism and noncomformities among us as human beings...

This totally reflects the way I feel right now...

If you have one goal to accomplish, it dooesn't mean that there's only one way to get to the end of the line, the destination...

"I'm a user, I'll improvise." says the guy in Tron: Legacy... Not a very good reference but still, all I'm saying is, as human we all have what it takes to accomplish all the great things in life...

It's all up to you whether you want to go for it or not... Whether you wanna stay the same or make a difference... Nothing will change unless you change first... No one know what will happen in the future but instead of waiting for things to happen, it's better to take actions and learn from past mistakes... Knowing that certain things are wrong is a good thing but not all things in life you can actually learn easily... Like learning Matrices equation in Maths for an example. You won't know it is actually wrong, not until you substitute the value into the initial equation. Unknowingly, some mistakes needed to be done for the wisdom behind it to be learned.

Are you ready to jump?

Update!

Finally, I'm done posting the entries on the programme I joined with MISI Club early last month, Educational Hearten Camp '11 in SMA Sandakan. Phew!

Anyway, it's been a week since we're in the month of Ramadhan so I would like to wish all you guys out there, Ramadhan Kareem! Hopefully we'll be given strength by Allah in heightening our good deeds in this holy month.

Right now, I'm working on my mini garden and hopefully can finish the works 2 weeks before Eid as I'll be busy making biscuits.

Whatever. Whatever. I see you guys in next entry, kay!

xoxo,
V

Hopefully

Some people plan their lives quite generally, some people plan their lives meticulously, and of course there are some people like me who don’t plan and just go with the flow. Have you ever heard, ‘if you fail to plan, you plan to fail’? It’s true. 

The past 7 years of my life was a disaster. Throughout those years I thought I was gonna be someone someday but to be honest, I didn’t do anything to accomplish that goal. I was so comfortable with everything, thought that everything will be fine with me not doing anything about it. I was bad in Physics during secondary school but decided not to care because I was thinking of taking Biology-based course in Matriculation. Bad news for me, when I got myself in Matric, I had to do two Physics. I failed Physics I and only after I was assigned to a lecturer from Engineering Department, I passed the subject. 

Actually, when I was in my third out of 5 semesters, I consulted the Deputy Dean of Academic Affair whether to stop there and change course to AIKOL (changing to AED wasn't an option as it didn't cross my mind at all) or just stay in BioSc, graduate and go to Kuantan. 

When I was about to enter the degree level, I realized that there were  lots of things I was about to sacrifice at that point of my life. As I grew up in cities, moving to Kuantan was basically the main reason I was so upset. As you can see, surrounding is very important for me. But when I got there, I found that there were lots more things I have to sacrifice and among them were great bookstores. Bookstores matter, believe me.

Anyway, every time I look back, I realize that I’ve been in many crossroads in my life. Boarding school or not, Science stream or religion studies, Engineering or Biological Science, Biomedical Science or Biotechnology... etc. etc. Along the way, I always wonder. What would happen if I chose the other options instead the ones that I took? Would things turn better? Would my life be any better than this? Will I be a better person? But then I realize that life isn’t always about the destination. Of course all of us want great things in our lives. Say one day after graduation, I want to travel all over Europe, which is actually true. So, in this scenario, Europe is the destination. My parents give me some money and let me do the one thing I want to do in my life before I work in the company. But when I got there, standing in front of the Eiffel Tower, I realize on that moment of how easy I got there. Just take a flight and voalla! Here I am! It means, if I happen to travel to Europe one day, with my parents’ money, I won’t be too please about it. Because it’s not something that I earned from hard works and there’s no meaning behind it. But, what if I go there, after doing some freelances or part-time jobs, earned some hard money and take my best friend and go to Europe together as graduation trip? Isn’t it some sort of rewarding? Traveling to Europe is a great thing but it is only great because of my efforts to get there. 
All I’m saying, whatever we want to be in the future, will only be great if we make efforts towards them. Unfortunately I only realize them now as I haven’t paying attention to any of this matter, not until last December. 

Having a great goal doesn’t mean you’re going to achieve it unless you work hard toward it. Of course, by means of God’s willing and pray hard for His bless and everything. 

Life is like climbing a mountain. It’s hard, it’s full of discoveries  along the way. There are times you want to give up but the view is great. It’s worth it. 

Bottom line is, I don’t want to give up my life and I still want to graduate. 
I don’t mind to do all the things from the start. 
I don’t care of what people would think of me.
My parents wanted to enrol me to other university but I refused to do so.
Why?
Because I figured that I can never give up the chance that once given by the government and my of course my parents too, to study hard and eventually graduate from IIUM. 

I also feel like if I don’t rise up and take control of this whole crazy situation now, I can never be myself again.
I’ll stuck in this phase forever. I’ll be a failure for the rest of my life. 
Therefore, I’m asking you to give me a chance for me to start my life all over again. 

As I already abandoned all hopes before, I'm now a different person, with different attitude, mission, visions, and of course I'm giving my all in this matter and I hope you'll guide me along the way and help me find the one true meaning of knowledge and arts of construction.