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Moving to a new Blog! 搬迁通知

2009-12-13T06:45:00.000-08:00

I created a new blog!
Don’t worry, I’m not running away half naked as shown in the picture.
And I’m not trying to escape, it’s just… I’m doing as if a hermit crab!

As a hermit crab grows, it’ll abandon the small shell and look for a better fitting one.
So, My new blog is a much improved version of the old one! :)
All are welcome to visit: http://daniel-jian.blogspot.com/
Tell me whether you like it or not! :D

-Inspired-

2009-12-07T09:09:00.000-08:00

I attended a special session in my school today.
I chatted with a lovely lady who's having a chronic disease.
It's part of my University's course structure, that we are exposed to the practice of a pharmacist right beginning from Year one.

I'm in my very first year of Pharmacy course.
So far, I manage to cope with my academics.
However, my current knowledge in Medicine is poor.
Rest assured with the practice of medicine. There's still so much to learn.

Due to patient confidentiality, I am entrusted not to disclosed any information that I gathered in the session without the patient's consent.
It's a basic courtesy, and an ethical response to have the lady's personal issues confined within the four walls of the room.

Yet, I was inspired.

In academical lectures, I was taught about drugs, diseases, and the way of curing them.

Today I realized, we're not treating diseases.
We are treating our patients.
We are dealing with human individuals.
Our ultimate goal is to improve the quality of life of individuals, of humanity.

There should be an element of care, love and kindness in our practice.
Not sitting at the counter, dispensing drugs, and counting our wages behind.
We act out of empathy, not as a mundane routine in our daily job.

After the chat, my problems seem insignificant now.
There are so many out there that need our help, and more importantly, that we're capable of helping.

So why do I study Pharmacy?
No, It is not because of my interest in Biology and Chemistry.
And no, it is also not because of the prestigious degree, nor the reputable career.

It's just, I would like to learn, so that I have the ability to help as a professional.
To love and to care.
To live, how a humane individual, having the blessings to be borned as a human in this impermanent world, should live.

May I grow in wisdom.
And may blessings and happiness be with the lovely lady.

-YoUtuBe-

2009-11-23T09:00:00.000-08:00

I must confess that I probably spend a significant amount of time watching youtube videos.
Perhaps that explains why I always used up more than 90% of my total bandwidth allowed in a week. Fyi, International Hall impose a weekly bandwitdh cap of 7.0GB to all Internet users in this hall. That's ONLY 1.0GB per day.

But it's good though. It spurs me to limit my Internet usage (in order not to exceed the cap and have myself quarantined with no Internet access), then I'll focus more time on my studies, instead of watching youtube. haha.

Anyway,a typical routine that I always do after logging in into blogger is that, I'll search for my friends' blog page, and watch the youtube videos posted by them!
I sincerely thank them for posting such interesting videos.

Then I thought,why not I post those videos here, so that for my own convenience, I get to avoid the hassle of opening my friends' blog pages one by one.

Haha.

So, introducing the song that I'm currently addicted to. Stephanie Sun's new song, original soundtrack for the film 花木兰。The lyrics are intriguing, and I love the background music! I realized that I'm really into those traditional Chinese instruments, the one you'll hear at the intro of the song.

And by the way, Stephanie looks good with long hair! :)

Then another, it's the song used in tv commercials: Everyone connects by TMnet Malaysia.

Bunkface - Through My Window. Though I've never heard of this band, but this local Malaysian band is worth supporting! You'll see why.
Support local artist, support Malaysia! :D

Last but not least, these videos are so good, you just have to agree with me. :P
Marching band rocks!

And this, I regard it as the best drill ever!

I miss my trumpet :) And I miss my guitar too!
Enjoy the videos. I hope you guys will find them entertaining. Cheers!

- Updates :D -

2009-11-21T15:17:00.000-08:00

I've been blogging about how happening my weekends are, and the previous weekend was without any doubt a jolly good one. :)

Highlights: My friends came all the way to London from Bath, and as the host, I definitely have to do all the planning for the great weekend! The extreme fatigue that I suffered and all the effort I put on it were simply worth it as everyone had an enjoyable time. :D

A few photos to share. Picked out randomly, of no order. :)

On the other hand, there's something about my hall mates. Apparently, Friday nights have became the hang out time that we look forward to!

Last night, we gathered in Krystle's room. And we played heart attack! (You know, the one which involves hand snapping, or rather self torturing. Haha)

Friday 21/11/09: The night of pain and utter FUN.

Evidence of PAIN. Bruised for life.

And then, we switched to another game. Truth or Dare.
With Jamie's Iphone, which has 'Truth or Dare' featured in it (I know, this is so cool right?), the whole session was so funny, everyone's laughing their heads off.

So, have you ever wanted to play Truth or Dare with a bunch of friends, and yet can't think of what questions to ask, or what interesting moves to dare them with? The solution to this is, get an Iphone! HAHA.

Since it's my blog, I don't mind disgracing myself with an unglamorous photo of myself. Hana's magnificent work of art:

Anyway, just wishing to share something with you all.

I've been busy, life's so packed, and time flies real fast.
I'm dealing with heavy workload due to my Pharmacy course on weekdays; And weekends are all about having a splendid time hanging out with friends.

Moreover, all the trips planning and extra curricular activities that I attend to are just so energy and time consuming.
Then I thought, what are the priorities in my life?

Family. I skipped University of London St John session on Wednesday to skype my parents instead. My parents miss me, and in order not to make them worry, I wanted to skype them!

Though learning how to protect and take care of others' and our own physical injuries are important enough, I feel that it's even more important to protect and take care of our parents' heart.

Try not to make them worry. My parents are 6557 miles from here, yet on a brighter side, they are just a phone call away. Making a phone call is effortless, and it makes wonder in getting the family all together again.

My parents have been worrying that I'm not having proper/ sufficient meals.
It came into my mind that I should take a picture of what do I eat in the hall. haha.
And for those friends who have been wondering what diet I'm on that resulted in me getting thinner, this lot is what I eat every dinner:

The fish is named 'Malaysian cod fish', though I wonder which part is Malaysian-ish. And the cheese cake is soooooooooooo good! :D
This doesn't solve the mystery of 'why am I getting thinner?' at all. LOL.

On the other hand, I've finally called my friend, Wei Chian after ages of arranging a perfect time to skype together.
We chatted, and I really enjoyed the more-than-an-hour conversation! It's nice being able to chat like that.
Have a good life alright?

And I started writing letters, postcards and stuffs.
Being able to adapt in London doesn't mean I'll forget all my friends back in Malaysia. You guys are equally important to me!

Besides, I kinda reluctantly refused to go to Portobello market with friends today. I rested, then I went to London Fo Guang Shan instead.

I've been planning to go there even before I arrive in London. And finally I have a free weekend, or more accurately, I took the initiative to arrange a free time at last. Then I visited the Senate House library, which is also one of the places that I wish to go.

It's just that, I would like to uphold my principle: Study Hard, Play Hard, and more importantly, rest well.
I'm allowing myself to relax, and I'm avoiding being deprived of sleep.
Health is wealth, people! Cheers! :D

-The day I broke the law. Opps!-

2009-11-08T04:54:00.000-08:00

I feel utter remorse at what I've done. The sense of guilt is so overwhelming, the very thought of it haunts me even in my deep sleep.
I just want to say, I'm sorry for...

buying a 8 inch scissors!! LOL.

This might be shocking for you, as even I couldn't believe my own eyes when reading this myself:
In the UK..
I have to be over 21 years of age in order to buy a pair of scissors?!
What happens if I'm at the age of 6 and I need a pair of scissors for my cut-and-paste art project?
I'm not really ranting, I just find it hilarious to be mentioned here.

However so, I confronted the risk of violating the law, and bought the scissors anyhow, because...
it literally says MOOOO~Childish or cool, it depends on your judgement.
But I just feel that, why not make my dull-looking pencil box a little more interesting with a pair of cow-like scissors?
Haha.
The best part is that, the scissors comes with a tag, stating this:

Haha. Am I eligible to use it then?
Anyway, I really do need a pair of scissors (I've been cutting stuffs with nail clippers since I got here.), and it costs me one pound. Give a tick for buying necessities at a reasonable price :)

At night, I headed to Alexandra Palace, near Wood Green for the Germany Beer Festival and obviously, the FIREWORKS DISPLAY! :)
This looks like Sakura petals falling down from the sky..

A typical animal cell with a nucleus. haha
The Universe :)
Spot the love! Love is in the air :D
Last but not least, some of the friends who came along:

Cheers people! :) C'est la vie~

-Best Weekend Ever in UK!-

2009-11-01T15:47:00.000-08:00

It's either I'll post it now even though it's passed midnight ( the wee hours ), or, I'll procrastinate and will never ever complete the task anyhow. I shall not pick the latter.
As straight forward as the title of this post can be, I just had the best weekend ever in UK!! :)

It all started from 30.10.2009. The auspicious day. Yean Hui's birthday :)

As what Cheok Ee has mentioned, the surprise was a success! Okay, she referred it as a HUGE success and she even posted it on facebook!

I told Yean that I'm departing from London to Bath around 5pm, and will be arriving at Bath around 8.30pm. That's a lie. In fact, I departed at 230pm and reached around 6pm. Opps, I ''cheated'' on her. :P But my intention was good. I have to hide myself, and surprise her!

Credits go to Cheok Ee who generously contributed her kitchen and Sin Yee who selflessly went all the way to the city to lead me to the university. Thanks to them, I was able to cook.

Alright alright. I know some of you may go: ''Daniel's cooking?!''. ''Are you seeeerious?!'' haha. Yes I did. And perhaps it's beginner's luck, it actually tasted good :)

The masterpiece:

Humongous mushroom stuffed with chicken and pepper, baked with cheese.
Roasted chicken (Thanks Wey Sian for the best sesame oil ever!)
And, Broccoli, her favourite.

I surprised her at the entrance of her accommodation hall with a rose.
Then we had dinner in her room :)
Oh ya, I cooked breakfast the next morning as well. Toast, Broccoli, and Eggs for both of us.

Anyway, I shall make this post short.
No doubt I had a pleasant evening.
Thank you for being so lovely.
Happy Birthday, once again :)
You know I love you.

Then..
The Nottingham Malaysian Games was a blast!
I carpool-ed the University of Bath's bus to Nottingham. And I feel a little bad for being only in the opening ceremony, then we headed to the city.

So, the blast I mentioned.. is actually referring to the fact that 31.10.09 is like a big reunion day!!
I had a splendid time meeting friends from all over the places! And also, knowing new friends as well. It just made my day! :D

-The Reunion-
Firstly the ucsi gang.
Yean Hui, Cheok Ee, Kenny, 194, Ang, Jackie, Sin Yee, Yun Yi, Jing Hui, Chiew Yee, Mei Chi, Corrinne, Wan Hui, Aileen, Aik Jin, Xin Yuan, Paul Aun, Nadiah x 2, Farah, Mutheerah, Fadhil, Izyan, EG~ Ili, Datin Yasmin! Hui Yun, Siew Leng, Sheila, Ayunni.. I think the list goes on.

Then, I was utterly excited to see familiar faces from Kwang Hua Klang!
Voon Huey! She's wearing bright pink :)

Jin Liang, Wey Kiat, Wei Jian, Wei Zhe, Yern Peng. Siew Leng's from Kwang Hua too, so she should be mentioned twice. Haha.

I met Ming as well! My Thai roommate back in Singapore Dunman High Hostel. He's the best! Thanks for bringing the whole gang around the city :) We should hang out again!

And Ik Hur. She's simply a nice friend to mix with :)

Not forgetting the friends I got to know from the BTN camp. Ainun, Aiman, Kai, Adeline, Hui Pin..

I met Ally and Nicole too. They are from London.
And, Sara, the girl who I met 3 years ago during the ASEAN scholarship interview. We talked to each other while waiting for our our turn to be interviewed. However, since then we didn't keep in touch, at all. Untill today, we met again! We were like, ''you look so familiar'', ''I think I know you'' and so on! Haha.

It just feel so good having able to meet all the buddies again.
The feeling of getting excited when bumping into a friend along the streets is simply exhilarating!
Fate works miraculously.
Forever Friends, to all :)

p/s: I had my chance to walk a dog for the first time! Sadly the photos are not with me.
And for more group photos, do visit my facebook profile. There's tonnes lots of photos.
Last but not least, I wish my family back in Malaysia can have the chance to taste my cooking :) I'll wait till the time comes..
May all be well and happy.

- As I embark on a New Journey-

2009-09-19T06:06:00.000-07:00

It's not something recent that I have an urge to write this post.. yet it didn't came out earlier than the present, due to the fact that, I have no idea how should I begin to pen down, and where should the full stop be drawn.

So, screw the emoness. (Okay, Obviously I don't mean to be that rude.) And Start posting it right now!

As you may already know, I'm flying to London Heathrow Airport, UK on the 24th September 2009. Time of flight, 10.05am :) It's a brand new journey that I'm embarking on, and I do wonder what lies up ahead.

The past thursday, I was there at KLIA to send my friends off to Manchester. We were classmates, clubmates, and such close friends. Yet, we'll be departing to different places, mine being London, and theirs Manchester. Hence, the separation.

One phenomena that I observed: The ones that are boarding the plane soon were rather less emotional than the ones left behind. I just can't imagine what would the scene be like, when my time of departing comes.

Nonetheless, I'm here blogging, implying that I'm procrastinating in my packing and stuffs.
Perhaps, given the option, I would rather get my things done so that I have the time to spare to hang out with my friends, and my dear family; and not living in the virtual blogger world, overly reminiscing the past memories, or ponder too much on the future ahead.

Hence, main priority given to spending precious time with everyone before I fly, then perhaps I'll blog about it later on alright?

So, no worries that I'm abandoning my blog. I'm just living the fullest out of my life.

Counting down:
5 more days to go. :)
5 more days of being in Malaysia.
And 5 more days before a new chapter of my life begins.

I assure you, ALL of you will be dearly missed.

p/s: Ended up I didn't really touch about the emo stuffs after all. :)

Take care

-The Voca People-

2009-09-08T02:07:00.000-07:00

Alright people! This marks the sudden reappearance of me back to my blog!!
It's been..say, 3 months since my last post?!! haha. And it ain't a good thing anyway, as i WAS once a frequent blogger.

All this while I've been enjoying reading others' blog and commenting on them. Then, I figured out that I should do my readers a favor by updating my blog too. On top of that, I find that my blog is absolutely the best way to keep my parents, family members, and friends updated while I'm in the UK in the near future.

So, do forgive me for my disappearance, and I'm sure I'll update more from now on! :)

Here's something cheerful to share. Came across this in my bro's blog.
The Voca People

I find it such entertaining and pleasant to listen to, until the extent that I'll log in to youtube to watch the video over and over again! XD

Then today, I came across this:

The Voca People Remix *speeded up*

HAHAHA! It's just too cute, don't you think so?? I had a very good laugh! I hope you have it too :)

Updates:
1. I'll be starting my degree on Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy, University of London on 1st October this year.
2. I've been offered a place in the International Hall as my accommodation for the first year of my course. It's a nice place I heard, come over if you're in the UK. :P
3. And, I have a second blog! arisen-thoughts.blogspot.com Enjoy reading~

That's all for now. Cheers! :)

-One Puppie, Ten Promises-

2009-06-02T06:10:00.000-07:00

As you might have already known, there's a new member being introduced into the family recently. And it's no other than a pet dog indeed! And I'm sure you had realized, there were 3 of them and we're only able to keep one of them due to some constrains. So, just in case u are not up to date, puppy 3's the one who we kept and named NiuNiu/NeoNiu. To find out the exact pronunciation, do not hesitate to call 017-2923xxx. :D

Okay. moving on. puppy 1 and 2 were placed at my family friends' house. Though NiuNiu's fine and fit now, puppy 2 suffered a different fate. Named Happie, he was out of the owner's house gate one night, and... he's bitten to death by some larger stray dogs. *SHOCKING?* yes indeed. He used to be the most active among his 3 brothers, and my elder bro said he looked like Bolt.

I was in grief and prayed that he shall not be reborn as a dog again. There's only one law in the animal kingdom out there: ''The strong shall survive, and the weak shall perish''. I do hope he'll be reborn as human, in a family, and having the blessings to learn the Buddha Dhamma.

Realizing that Happie's death is out of my control, then something struck my mind. Had I been taking care of NiuNiu good enough? Had I done all I could for the welfare of this new family member? I tried, but perhaps, not to the fullest.

Then I thought of one show that I watched in Dong Zen Temple this Chinese new year, 10 Promises to My Dog. Featuring a girl who made 10 promises to her Golden retriever. A moving, touching show good to be watched.

Behold the 10 Promises (the dog being the first person point of view) :

1. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

2. Place your trust in me. It’s crucial to my well-being.

3. Be aware that however you treat me I’ll never forget it.

4. Before you scold me for being lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me.

5. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understand your words, I do understand your voice when it’s speaking to me.

6. Remember before you hit me, I have teeth that could hurt you, but that I choose not to bite you.

7. Take care of me when I get old.

8. You have your work, your entertainment, and your friends. I have only you.

9. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful for me.

10. Go with me on difficult journeys. Everything is easier for me if you are there. Remember I love you...

I realized most probably I'll fly to UK on September, and my presence with NiuNiu shall be minimum. Despite all this, whenever there's a chance, I'll try my very best to take care of him. To those owning a dog, take good care of them alright! Cheers.

Photos of NiuNiu =)

-I'm a Fan of Art!-

2009-05-28T13:54:00.001-07:00

I'm officially addicted to Britain's Got Talent! I've even skipped this year's American Idol to watch each and every act in this talent show! Utterly excited about the show and I wish I could vote as well! Perhaps next year then, when I'm there in UK! I'm a great fan! XD

And the musical: Prince Siddhartha now showing in Istana Budaya is the one thing I know I'll regret if I haven't been there to watch it. I was mesmerized by the 佛曲弘法：称赞如来 held last year just nearby UCSI, and gained much faith and inspiration from it. On top of that, I was genuinely touched, deep down my heart, for Lord Buddha had given His words of wisdom in the 45 years of teaching the Dharma, leading all beings on the path to the end of sufferings. And I know, this musical is one I wouldn't want to miss!

But still, life isn't perfect and this is the condition that spur us to attain perfectness. Sadly, the last show will be held on this Sunday and I have final A level's exam on the next day. So blogging here, to aspire that, if you're reading this, do you mind telling me is it possible to get a copy of a video perhaps? I do believe that there'll be DVDs on sale, for people who do appreciate the show, but not having the blessings to watch it, which obviously I'm referring to me myself. :)

This is a short post indeed, as I've been busy watching BGT on youtube. haha. Highly recommended by me and I bet you'll agree with me once you started watching. I hope you guys out there will like it too!

In short, I'm a fan of art, performances and of course, TALENTS!

Cheers!

-LighT Up!-

2009-05-14T19:53:00.000-07:00

It's Love Story meets Viva La Vida!!

I have Something to brighten up my Day! And it might as well put a smile on u too! so, Cheers ppl! Spread the joy.

I spot this amazing video in Eva's Blog, and I've been listening it to it repeatedly! One thought came into my mind, I gotta post this in my blog too! And Eva, Good things are meant to be shared, aren't they? So save the copyright. haha.

Readers, Just trust my recommendation, this is real good. I have good taste, u know XD

And still, I have even greater things to show u!

That day when I got discharged from the hospital, the very day itself, someone dumped 3 puppies in a black plastic bag near my house. The puppies were lying there, emotionless! And it seemed that it's gonna be a heavy downpour, so my dad agreed to take them in, shelter them! And of course, they're just too cute, too adorable to be sent out of my house after inviting them in! So, we're keeping them~

Puppy #1

Puppy #2

Puppy #3

All 3 of them!

-Wrestler-

U know, by looking at their paw colours, we deduced that they're just one month old. And they're just simply.. Naugthy! They wrestler around, they play, and they lick u whenever u pass-by! Fed them with nutritious puppy food, and of course, gotta deal with their excreta all the time. Luckily, they dun stink that much! haha.

However so, We're not able to keep 3 of them and we found 2 friends who had already agreed to take care of one each. Now comes the dilemma, which one should we keep then?? People, aid me in making this tough decision k? Vote for it! vote for Lee family's new family member!

I've always wished to have a pet dog. It's a dream came true, I guess, don't u think so? =)

Gotta start studying then, next tuesday is my finals. And I'm so held back due to my previous sickness. Till then, take care ppl!

-HosPitalizeD-

2009-05-13T19:49:00.001-07:00

The title is already self-explanatory, no? So yea, I was hospitalized. And ever since I posted such wall post in facebook saying that I was hospitalized, it sure drew lots of attention and concern from friends. Some were even shocked and had absolute no idea of what had happened. Hence, I think I owe everyone an explanation! =)

It all started during my pulau trip (which was superbly exhilarating and FUN! Did snorkeling, kayak-ing, bathed ourselves with super cooling water; and, had I mentioned the kayak? haha. alright, this is way out of topic) So, moving on, it all started with some mild symptoms, which were red spots on my thighs and legs, then there comes the itchiness. Applied calamine lotion once used for my chicken-pox; prescribed a cream by a doctor in a clinic to be applied locally to lift the itchiness; and not until I consulted a dermatology specialist in subang jaya medical centre then only an accurate diagnosis is made.

I was infected by hookworm larvae, a skin disease called Cutaneous larva migrans. Cracking ur heads off wondering what the hack am I talking about?? Take a closer look: here, u have a microscopic photo of a hookworm:-

look familiar? I hope not, this photo might traumatize ur dreams, make it into a nightmare. lol.

And on a macroscopic view, u'll have these: (viewers' discretion is advised)

Spot the worm-like tracks? so here the story goes. Hookworms are parasitic worms living in intestines of mammals most commonly dogs and cats. The eggs will be present in the faeces of infected dogs/cats,and they hatch into larvaes which *patiently* awaits (since they can survive up to 2 weeks without finding a host :/ ) until the unlucky person a.k.a ME, so happened to pass by that spot. So, they penetrate into ur skin,and live right under it, causing allergic response such as rashes and itchiness. And one fine day, they start to move/ travel under the skin, leaving a distinct conspicuous red track, turning u upside down since it can be intensely pruritic!

Treatment? People might opt for cryotherapy, using liquid nitrogen to freeze locally that particular area, crystallizing skin cells while spontaneously kill the larvae. And OBVIOUSLY this is not my case! If I opt for that, the only thing I'll get is whole part of my two legs getting frozen solid, skinless. Lolz. Coz I'm severely infected.

So, a deworm drug, Albendazole, or Zentel, will do the trick. Taken via GI track and they'll act systematically to the whole part of the body. Or, if u're able to bare with the itchiness, it'll go off in 2/3 months ( MONTHS? are u kidding me?! ). And hence, I started forwarding messages to all my friends who did go to the Pulau trip as well,and yap, they all had the same yet much less severe symptoms and they got their own medication too. =)

So, fun facts:

a) The next time u're at a beach and u had the thought of trying bury urself with sand just like we did,

try finding a spot where dogs and cats don't poop on alright?? =)

b) and, the dermatologist that I consulted as mentioned before, actually cheerfully took out her camera handphone, and snap a few shots of my leg! According to her, mine is the worst case ever and that photo, is worth keeping as a collection for her career. Did that just brighten my day? yes, in a weird way though. haha.

However so, that's not the thing that had been kept me suffering for so long until the extent that I had to be sent to the hospital. I had bacteria infection, particularly at the lungs. Hence I had high fever of 38 degree Celsius (hit 40 degree Celsius and i'll be as hot as a desert, instantly dead as well), shortness of breath and non-stop coughing. My last asthma attack was 7 years ago, roughly when I was 11 years old, and all these familiar symptoms started to resurface. Ventolin inhaler (salbutamol) did not show a positive outcome, so I had to be nebulized in the hospital, at a higher dose, higher duration and more oftenly done.

Other medications I'm on are:

a. Prednisolone, a corticosteroid drug, used to reduce swelling, redness and itching of my legs. This is also part of the treatment for asthma.

b. Terbutaline, a fast-acting bronchodilator, this will dilate my bronchi, allow better air flow in the lungs and clear off the wheezing.

c. Theophylline, for respiratory disease such as asthma. Have numerous side-effects and I'm asked to monitor myself, in the case of having hand tremors, then I should reduce the dosage.

d. Loratadine, an antihistamine drug to treat allergies.

Oh ya, my blood test, came out normal except eosinophil count. Mine was 20 and the normal range being only 1-6. That's real high, indicating an allergic reaction towards parasites. This should be the reason why I'm prescribed antihistamines.

The whole experience, was agonizing. Imagine having one breath, and hardly having any confidence that the next breath will come by. Struggling for each breath, grasping for air, and the intense coughing just made it even worse. Getting that severely sick, is also nerve-racking! I nearly cross the line of giving up, nearly lose my temper, tried so hard not to be sick mentally though physically i'm not well.

And, I felt lonely. yap, this is undeniable, and I felt sorry bout this.

Now, worry not, I'm getting better, though not fully recovered. It takes time to rejuvenate, for the time being I'm not able to jog or swim like I used to, my lungs are still weak. Walking up and down the stairs might already cause shortness of breath. So, I'll be carrying on with my medications, and some herbal soups prepared by my mom will do some help. Interestingly, the best exercise that I can do now which will aid in my recovery is, Blowing Balloons! Funny eh? I guess I should throw a recovery party and spur myself to start blowing balloons~ hahaz.

I've learnt that my own health should be much treasured and well taken care, no more overworking myself then. And I've learnt how suffering it is to have a sickness, to be overnight alone in the hospital, and this might make me more understanding towards people around me who falls sick. I'm now better prep to be a future health care professional! *wink*

This experience, I shall remember..

Wishing everyone good health and hence able to pursue in life's endeavours.

And lately I realized, I still have so much yet to be learnt in Buddhism. I would like to grab hold of the present, learning the Buddha's teaching mindfully, and strive to be a wholesome being. Since life is so unpredictable, this present life I'm having, might just end at anytime. So u know, gotta live with no regrets.

Cheers everyone!

-Let Th3m Do th3 TaLkiNg-

2008-11-04T06:12:00.000-08:00

As the saying goes, pictures speak a thousand words. quote-unquote from wei chian, coz he once said it before, *i think.. Not quite sure about that. hahaz. So, clearly there's no much of a point for writing a post on updates coz today's theme is all about:

''L3T th3 piCtuR3s Do th3 taLkiNg''!!

Here are the pictures of the month. Sit back and enjoy =) wink.

12/10/2008 =BuddY Campfire=

UCSI Buddhist Youth first time ever campfire!! Such a big crowd turned out even it's on a sunday evening! Cheers! No doubt we had lots of fun and enjoy the peaceful moment of offering the light. We had been brought together to this wonderful night, and yet we hope, the bond will stay and grow. Since it's the last event of buddy in year 2008, Till we meet again, take care!

p/s: My dad designed the Buddy Birthday cake! =)

30/10/2008 = Dudu, Happie Bday!! =

According to her, It's her BestEST bday ever! haha. 24 hours of surprise. Despite the usual cakes and bday songs, we presented her a big bday card! Then we watched the wonderful Europa Galante performance in KLCC, thx to cheok ee for recommending. And I managed to take a picture with chao yi's handsome guy, hmm. I wonder who is he? hahaha.

1/11/2008 =Seafood outing to Bagan Lalang.=

All credits go to Bro Yikh Hwa who brought us to his hometown! U know wat, I Had the Best time ever! And I bet the others who were our gang, dudu, cheok ee, and yun yi enjoyed it very much too!

Quoting some highlights out from ''100 days good heart'', so called my diary:

* Ring, Ring, 毅华师兄 call 来约我们去吃seafood! 晕...结果5个人高高兴兴的出发！很久的一个半小时后，终于到了，肚子都饿扁了。吃完了，就玩海边！好大风啊！其实讲真的，我好享受那一刻！美好夜景配上佳友知己，没有一刻是浪费掉的！拍了照，拾了贝壳，坐在美美的沙发上就走了。下一站，KLIA!首30分钟的路程，Dudu和CE 玩‘大笨象，夹大蟹’游戏（我小时候也玩过），闹得yun yi 只好把自己塞在旁边。后30分钟路程简直是人间地狱，整30分钟被kuci!我都要疯掉了！谢天谢地到了KLIA，趁机kuci driver!哈哈。哈哈。拖着身子走来走去，看了几粒飞机就回家了。回家路程累到睡着，结果被偷排！十分好玩的一个晚上，TQ毅华师兄！*

May our lives get even better, eventful, and fulfiling to all of us.

More updates yet to come. Till then, Cheers!

-Double TAGGED!-

2008-10-16T09:10:00.000-07:00

Alright. Seriously, I was double tagged! by chun jie and cheok ee. And, obviously it occured tonnes of years ago. haha. Then today, something came into my mind. I thought that I shouldn't abandon my blog for too long, though I had found my new love, ''100 days of good heart''. haha. kidding. okay, for everyone's info, I'm writing stuffs down into sort-of-like a diary, a special one indeed. And the truth is, I'm quite fond of it XD gee. Anyway, I'll still blog. So, no worries. Here goes CE's tag first:

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Okay. I actually tried doing both the tagboards and guess what, I failed. So Sorry for the disappointment, or perhaps U might wan to cheer for it. Either way, I did spent 20 mins on it. haha. Sorry chun jie and CCE, I did my best. And I dont think I'm good in tagboards. So, thanks for the tag yea.

Life's been busy. And lots of friends started to feel the tense. Yet I'm now still hands on laptop but not my notes. oh my, I do realise I'm doomed not to be crowned with the title ''mugger''. Saddening. haha.

From the previous post, which was during school break, till now, I guess It had been 3 weeks.
3 weeks of intense lectures, huge pile of homework. and happening events, such as BuddY campfire. Worked all the way up, and had lots of FUN. So much had I achieved, and there's still so much dream to catch. kinda like in a dilemma right now. U know, I've never regretted coming back from singapore to UCSI and as times goes by, it confirmed my thought. Coz I really enjoyed my study life here. The university the experience huh? agreed! =)

Yet no worries my secondary school mates, obviously I miss those days. I always do. And I'm pretty sure in the near future, I'm going to miss the present time. Friends now tend to avoid the topic on wat happens after A levels. It's so much anticipated, yet when we think about each other, we just can't stand the idea of not living together anymore. Anyhow It's way too uncertain.

Mr Tan, my physics teacher once said, ''NOW is the time u'll get true friends. For during employment, colleagues are never the same as those that u actually sit in a classroom with.'' Yes, He's right and wise. Coz frankly, I do feel the presence of all my true friends. No where far and No where near, we're all having a healthy bond of friendships. Though like what jing hui told me, which gave me a heartfelt feeling, we now dont play truth or dare that often anymore, Not going mamak stall at late nights, and mahjong sessions till 3am had gone extinct; but u know, we're just worn out by the daily big ans small issues. One day soon, let's have a relaxing and fun gathering alright! *wink

Now that trials are coming. more of less 16 days left i think? I might have to focus on studies. there's time for everything, and The key is how to juggle between all of them. I'll strive for a balanced life no matter what XD

Wow. This is the first time I type something without second thought. Just pour out whatever comes in mind. This might not be a good, happy, happening post like what I usually have, but yeah, i'm cool with it. cheers!

-Family outing!!-

2008-10-03T08:55:00.000-07:00

Oh great. My dream came true!
I was hoping that my family trip will compensate my moodiness in my last post. And definitely, it did! oh yea~ Public holidays are the best time for family outings! And this time, Lee family set foot at Gopeng, Perak! haha. I shall show all of u lots of lots of pics!

Behold, Adeline's Resort~

And here's the female boss! She's nice, and she looks like Pn Yong, my previous Bahasa Malaysia tuition teacher! haha.

Okay. the very first minute we reach there, then it's boat rafting time! Aint it cool? The first activity is the one that I anticipate most!! Never had I tried boat rafting b4, this is going to be so so so cool!

The Boat! 5 ppl in one boat. 4 dudes rafting, my mom's the captain of the boat! haha. She's in charge to shout the orders and sight seeing effortlessly while we use all our might to escort her. haha.
Laugh all u want looking at me wearing those safety helmets. coz i look wierd n nerdy! haha.

Oh. here's the highlight. Cheok Ee, through this trip, we actually fulfilled ur dream! We actually CLIMBED trees! and jump into the water from up there! Climbing trees and adventurous stuffs like tat is wat u ever wanted to do rite?? XD

Then. We're back to the rest house. And welcome to our hut~

Of Atap houses;

Tilams and No air cond;

And our very own public toilet!! hahaha. Sorry that this picture is a bit obscene. But i was faking it la okay? XD

Looks relaxing? Lying down on that thing is simply N-I-C-E!

Then, we have jungle tracking! Trust me, jungle trekking is not something that suits someone with a faint heart. Coz u'll meet lots of things. Especially, my dear ''friend'' leeches!

Blood donation. Sucking on my blood. tat leech still looks tiny, havent suck finish yet.

And the after effect..
One whole pool of blood. and me posting ''peace'' with bloody finger. haha.

And here's IPOH tree! The town IPOH is named after this! it's posionous though. it's tree sap is used by aborigins to make poison dart for hunting. perhaps this is why ipoh ppl always ciam others? haha. jkjk.

Walking all the way in the woods, until we reach a waterfall! i'll definitely regret if I dont have a shot of it, so here goes.

And then there's the river. which we tried body rafting! which means sliding down rapid stream using only ur body.

here's the multi-million shot. Try to spot me k! haha.

Whole family.

Me n my bro slipped down the slippery stones. hahaThen, dinner time and some photos of night view!
Next day, caving time! Gua kundu, i assumed the spelling is as such. one of the guas where the communists hide during darurat.

Dont we look like contractors? haha.
Then after the caving, we needed a ride back to the rest house. Definitely not first class seat for us since we're all dirty!! so, we ended up behind and on a pick-up truck!

haha. I was dirty, filthy and ugly. tired!

After cleaning up, Right before leaving gopeng, we went and play with the thing again.

And guess what, I SPOILT IT!

The rope went loose and i literally fell down with gravitational acceleration 9.81ms-2 until I hit really really hard on the floor. My butt hurts. ha ha ha

And one last photo of the day~ *wink

Then again.. I love adventures and I love outdoor activities! Aww, I love my family outing! XD

And so, Gopeng is the place that I higly recommend to ppl who seek for the Ohm and the FUN in nature. And dont worry, they dont pay me commission for promoting them. so if u have the chance, be there! =)

Till then, My holidays are ending soon! And Tomolo I'll be in ucsi once again =)

Bye Klang. Hi Cheras~ Start to be busy like crazy again!

p/s: My ucas application is finally sent!

Really thanks to those who do care and understand my downfall. Words of encouragement, are the best motivating gifts. Fear not, the happy go lucky Daniel is back! XD

I'll post more pics in frenster. hehe

-Bad Day-

2008-09-30T07:06:00.000-07:00

* And I had a bad day. Real bad.

This week began with such promising matters that I look forward to. Yesterday was spelndid, considering that I managed to overcome the overpopulation of butterflies in my gut and ended up the meeting with UCSI student affairs office with problems solved. Lower t shirt price, high amount of sponsorship. Nothing could had been better until today..

You see, today's the internal deadline for ucas application, which means my application to universities in UK should be submitted by today! I finally finalized my personal statement in the morning. And got everything prepared before 12pm. yap. emphasize on the 12pm*.

Anyway, everything's done, checked, ticked. until i click the ''button'' summit.

-credit card security code invalid-

Shocked. I stared at the screen opened jaw. okay then. try again.

-credit card security code invalid-

ER, wat's going on? nvm, retry. at this point of time, i called my dad, got myself another security code. suspected that the previous one was wrong.

-credit card security code invalid!!!-

GOSH. my patience is challenged. retry. retry.

-CREDIT CARD SECURITY CODE INVALID!!-

N for like the seventh time, after thousands of call to my dad, interrupting his meeting each time his phone rang. I clicked submit one again.

Hola~ finally, something different appeared.

-You have exceeded the permitted number of attempts to pay by credit/debit card. Please call +44 (0)871 468 0 468 for further assistance. UK BT landline calls will cost no more than 9p per minute. Calls from mobiles and other networks may vary.-

OMG.

finally, the red alert came.

Trying real hard not to panic. I went to UCSI IUPC- the department tat's supposed to deal with my prob. Miss Ernie's on leave for the whole week. And the department is currently dealing with dentistry ppl's application and hardly have any time to deal with pharmacy's one. Since dentistry's deadline is officially today. Alright then. What next? I was told to call MABECS.

ring ring. (okay. I'm trying to make this post not so serious n heavy. lol )
MABECS answered, passed the line around n I ended up with a consultant. Told my problem, n I was asked to called the UK number stated above.

wait a sec, UK number!!?? take note. it says it will cost no more than 9 pounds per minute. which means at least rm54 per minute of phone call!!!!! gosh. it's gonna cost me a BOMB. FAINT*

Credits to Aylwin's postpaid phone, I rang that number. And u know wat. 11++am in malaysia is actually 4++am in UK! n the working hours in UK is from their 8.30am to their 6pm. so i Figured out that the only way is to call after 5pm. sigh.

7pm. I reached klang. straight away ran to the house phone and start calling.
''Nombor yang anda dial tiada dalam perkhidmatan kami''

=/

No matter how desperately I repeated dialing, Varying the phone number, hoping to be lucky or watsoever, Failure strikes non-stop. hopeless, despair. sigh.

So, in the end, I called miss joanne uneasily. Yea, she's nice. She even joked with me. N definitely, I tried to be nice. She'll contact miss Ernie and try to solve in for me then. When all hope has lost, thx to her, she'll be helping me.

Undeniably The whole process was draining. tiring. Each effort bounced back with more despair. The more optimistic I am, The more failure I get. Throughout the day, yes, I am not panic, but, I just cant help it to feel unhappy, uneasy. This thingy is going to cost my future afterall, how can I just be happy go lucky over it?

Nway. the day was bad. And my application is not even done till now. And this conclude the day.
Oh ya. I hit my toe hard on my bro's bed. Severe internal bleeding. ANd it hurts.

Sigh. I shall deal with it no matter how. no choice.
Tomolo's family trip. hope it'll turn the whole world around. And once again, make me happie..

Tough day. Goodnite.

-Life ROcks!-

2008-09-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

College life's been so busy, so crazy and yet so HAPPENING!

And I know, one day soon, I'll pound my heart so hard out of utter remorse if I were to keep all this greatness to myself.
So, pardon me people, lecturers and friends who made me realize that I absolutely should be sticking my head to books, books and books at this hour. After so much resistance that I built up myself not to do this, pleeeease, spare me sometime for my little diary here alright??

SO, wat's on the list?!

None other than my physics presentation which happened to be 2 weeks ago! U know, I kinda like spent so long hours preparing my slides over the holidays! It's not easy presenting on physics, especially something so abstract as such in a capacitor circuit! Yet, every drop of blood, sweat and tears shed paid off, considering that at the end of the presentation, I managed to snap this photo!

-Yen yen, Aliaa, Ms Joanne, Mr Tan and a random guy-

Aint this photo nice?? And this is even eligible to be qualified as the wallpaper of the year in my cellphone! Okay, briefly gone through the first event. Next, mooncake festival celebration!

The gang was so out of mind that we actually celebrated on the first day of August in the chinese calender, which simply means, there's no mooon AT ALL. so, obviously the act of admiring the moonlight view was totally impossible. HOWEVER, nothing can break our spirits! Coz we have lanterns and cam-whores to light the way~

And this cat, nicknamed AIK JIN, is officially the lifewire of the party! at least it managed to made everyone went crazy feeding it non-stop. XD I bet it gained tonnes of weight tat day.

Then, puasa month came by. And care not to fall of from ur seats, I actually did puasa! My fellow malay friends organized a Ramadan event, and in conjunction to this, I decided to puasa along with them~ Woke up at 5.12am, stopped eating breakfast at exactly 5.40am that day, then did my long time overdue homework till daylight came. And of course I dont eat, I dont drink for the rest of the day, till 7.15pm, which is the time I buka puasa with 200 others in the MPH hall! It feels real great having the opportunity to be exposed to the practices of other culture and religion, especially when it's a first person experience!

9 chinese turned up. And the organisers are so nice greeting us, treating us as if guests of the event. Which made me fully enjoyed the event very much, especially the Food. Coz to account for the minority vegetarian like me n frens, they actually took the trouble to prepare additional veges and taufu. which I felt, hey, that's really nice of them! =) So, thumbs up to u all my frens~

The Chinese Gang~ Me-EG-Atiqah
Fatheerah~ My ex-roommate's er hem. :P

Datin Paduka Yasmin-who wanted to show me her dato yet he didnt turn up. hmphNow this, Dont let her height fool ur eyes. coz she was wearing really high heels that day! Anyway, I'm still taller. haha.And finally, this little handsome guy here! It took me so much effort to get a photo with him. I've even Waited for him as he went to washroom, juz to get this picture. celebrity attitude huh? yet, he's cute~ hehe

Alright, after rushing and scribbling through this post, I shall really really have to stop right here. Just a little bit of hint, the best of the year, is yet to come!! Something's coming, and I'm excited over it! Hope it'll turn out great alright! then I'll be able to share it here once again.

so, do anticipate my return.. -I'll be back! hehehe- Cheers~

-Chemistry Spectra-

2008-08-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

People nowadays literally give me a whack at my head and shout into my ears ''Dude, UPDATE!!'' whenever they see me.
I guess this shows nothing but the fact that, GOSH, my blog has been abandoned for so LOOONNGG!!!

Considering that I was once an blog-addict, who wasnt able to resist the BLOGGING-Fever, never did i know that one day, I'll vaporize from the blogging world.
BUT hey, That's soooooo not going to happen!!!
Coz, Dan's back!! And he's gonna ROCK this blogger page once again!! WOOHOO.
Alright, I shall let my perasan-ness end here for the time being.

Due to tight schedules ( dont doubt me about this coz my life's been way too packed ), I dont think I can afford to blog like I always did last time. However so, My life's so great that there's still so much stuffs to share!!
So, the solution I resort to is, in contrary to my own typical way of blogging loooooooong posts, I shall only mention the highlights. THen, u readers wont miss a thing that's so Happening in my life, and for me, I shall never abandon my blog again. HA HA HA.

Moving on. People know I've already fixed my mindset to pursue my degree in pharmacy after A levels. And after some research, guess what makes a good pharmacists?!

First thing first, it's having genuine interest in the subject CHemistry!! So, like the popular saying, If u wana love something, u have to appreciate the beauty of it first.

Hence now, I present to u, the colours of chemistry-the beauty to be awaken!! haha.

ISnt this COOOOOOOOOOOL?!

Usually we're only allowed to observe the extremely dull-boring-senseless change of colour from clear solution to clear solution. LOL. Yesterday, finally something that will flourish ur retina with light stimuli of different wavelengths! (note: as u know, different colours of light have different wavelengths)

So, those chemistry freaks out there might had already been scratching their heads wondering what substances produce such magnificent colours. And obviously not wanting to see u guys' scalp got torn out, I shall reveal the secret ingredient for my ''secret ingredient chemistry spectra''!!

*Drum ROLL~~

Red: Cobalt ion Co2+
Orange: Chromate (CrO4)2- + Barium Chloride BaCl2 + diluted hydrochloric acid HCl
Yellow: Iodide I- + Lead (II) Nitrate Pb(NO3)2
Green: Nickel ion Ni2+
Blue: Nickel ion Ni2+ + aqueous ammonia NH3
Violet: Copper ion Cu2+ + sodium carbonate Na2CO3
Purple: Cobalt ion Co2+ + sodium carbonate Na2CO3

TA DA~ There u go, ppl.
The beauty of Chemistry that had always longed for.
JPA 1,3 classmates, no matter how erm ''tough'' is the learning process of this subject is, just dont ever let ur passion in this field diminish. Let's strive for the best together!!

And now, I shall enjoy my nice weekend to the max! XD while having the pressure that our chemistry test is coming soon!! Everything under the sun that Mr. Tai taught before is going to be tested!! Wish me luck :)

-Muppets XD-

2008-08-06T00:26:00.000-07:00

Listening to music makes one smarter, they claimed. Why not try listening to this and see what it can do to ur tiny little brain cells? haha.

Ain't the video good? That thingy's name-Beaker, and he even harmonized with 6 copies of himself! So, If u think u're musical, why not try recording something like that! haha.

And not until now that I realized, the puppet-sort kid's comedy shown on tv ( used to be every sunday morning i guess) which I very much enjoyed its stupidity during my childhood time, is actually THE MUPPETS!

No doubt that the New-Age-kids now watch better cartoons like Japenese Animes, and even high graphic 3D cartoons. TO them, stuffs like MUPPETS will be remarked as ''OH so boring''; Even BARNIE turned himself back to a doll and never a purple dinosaur again coz Kids nowadays dont sing ''I love u, u love me'' with him anymore. LOL. So called evolution of the era eh?

Yet, change in generations doesnt diminish the fact that watching the muppets doing idiotic stuffs, is actually stress relieving! And it works perfectly for a 18 year old guy like me who seek for a little bit of nonsensical stuff each day XD So, are u stressed? Then, I bet u should give muppets a try! XD

-say C-H-E-E-S-E :)-

2008-07-29T06:04:00.000-07:00

So much about the fact that I was awfully in despair in the previous post, probably I can say that I'm in a better condition now. I took quite some time to come out of it, to regain the level of confidence that plummeted when I was so worn out. Thx to everyone who DO care when something bad happens, I'm more capable of smiling now =)

However so, it's mere superficial if to say that life's a bed of roses. No doubt that one day, I'll sink to this deep trench once again. The very thought of having to go through all these crap again is extremely daunting. People, friends, and my dear family, I do realize how much hardships we are going through lately, yet, let us persevere and may us posses the strengh to endure all these difficulties, for this is our chance to grow. Once we had leap through this hurdle, and look back, we'll only gasped and say ''Uh, this is LIFE~''..When the time comes, we'll get the chance to smile at the blue sky once more~

So, to prevent losing the common regard of my blog as a HAPPY blog~ I should revive the happiness in it!! I know dozens of u guys may had already blog bout this, but there's no harm to tell everyone that, hey, I had a GREAT day last thursday too!! XD

Here it goes. Last thursday, the beloved and deared JPA seniors (narcissistically refering to us ;D ) had organized sort of an ice breaking with the JPA juniors in UCSI. and BOY, what a day it was!! I was assigned as station master of game station 7, who enthusiatically cheered ''7!! 7!! 7!!!!!!!!'' when we're being introduced. haha. yap, that's definitely us with the sky high spirit!!!

Since our game is titled ''Make Me up'', anyone could had gave a wild guess that the game is all about -Painting Our Faces- XD and guess what, I can tell that quite a portion of the ppl really DO enjoy it!! TEEHEE. So, no doubt that everyone of us ended up ''Cute'' and ''Pretty''. That's the main purpose of making up, isnt it? agreed!

Now, Just sit back and relax while veiwing the nice photos I have here! haha. I sound so proud.

SPot me with The typical hand-stretched-BIG-BROAD-SMILE. I did that so that I won't look awkward being with all the clowns behind. XD

And the bombing game, just showed how insane we can be.

We're so united when discussing what and who to bomb.

Then when we spot some other team lagging at the other end, we juz go BOOOOOOOOOOO so louldy and hands all raised to catch the mc's attention.

After the mc declared penalty for the group, all we did was jumping here and there and clapped hand in joy. haha. I know, we are that wicked. bwahaha. *evil laughs.
Yet, we have to pay the price for being so evil. Unluckily we made a mistake and the penalty is to be painted, everyone really lost their guts and start hiding their faces. typical ostritch-coward act. hehe

And another highlight of the day, poor thing Kenny was literally ''raped'' that day. That's what u get when u go teasing everyone on earth. HAHA. He was struggling so hard that I'm forced to ''immobilised'' him from behind. Teamwork, is what it takes! 194, 491 and Dudu, well done! haha.

Alright. After the whole event, we learnt A fact: Losing our sanity during events is never enough for us. Though our lectures will never be oh-so-boring or what sort, still, we actually have other stuffs to do in the class!! hehe. Today, I'm so happy that the all-time-cheerful EG liyana rosman was sitting right beside me! When I was kind of playing with my jacket, then we spot something. With the ''tudung'' on, me n EG actually do look alike!! XD

Behold, the twins. me n EG. haha.

And Atiqah wore a black tudung too! so that makes her part of us. hehe. bare with us k? I was asked to pose like this. @.@

And not forgetting Peja the chumil. hehe.

-Random photos-

HAHA.

That's all for today I guess. I have to control myself not to expose too much of explicit content. This is to allow viewing of all ages. hehe. sampat a bit.

-when it all went dark-

2008-07-26T07:50:00.000-07:00

I've never ever imagine, I will sink this much.
Seriously, I dont feel bad; I feel miserable.

I'm disoriented; I'm totally drained. I'm sick of everything.
I see people ranting about their bad days;
I see someone felt so lonely that he lost himself and turned bad;
I see so many of them, not putting a smile on the face, lowered head and heavy breath;
And I see u, struggling so badly, yet still trying so hard to support others.

I'm totally not used to expressing my despair in such a place that will be read by others.
But it does seem that, I'm in a position where I've no other ways that I can resort to.
So,welcome to my downfall then.
I'm not happy.

-Random Facts-

2008-07-19T09:46:00.000-07:00

Long since last year, I had already been told that all applicants for entry in UK universities had to apply through UCAS, and one of the important parts, is obviously the personal statement.
Due to the fact that I'm starting to feel the deadline drawing near and there's a need to start now, why don't I have a practice over here first. =)

And so, If I'm asked to write a biography of myself, what will it be like? hmm..

Definitely, it always start off with, Hi, my name is Daniel Lee Yu Jian. a more common address will be just Daniel, or Yu Jian. Throughout the years of my life, I picked up quite a number of nicknames. Starting with 煎鱼, which meant fried fish, then to 监狱 the prison, 奸人 the despicable, and, 你欲奸 which was derived from 李育坚, and I apologize for my inability to translate that. No vulgarities XD Then, as I introduce myself using more of Daniel rather than Yu Jian, there came 大鸟 Da Niao, 大牛 Da Niu; and the best part is, my initials actually meant something too! LYJ= Lai Yue Jxxx :/

Moving on. My birthday is equivalent to America's Independence Day. I'm 18, just donated blood, which resulted in quite an apparent bruise on my left hand. And I'm a long term lacto ovul vegetarian. I don't consume meat-the thing u guys call them delicacies, and, I DO eat eggs besides I DO drink milk. That brings about the term lacto ovul. Obviously my primary food source, are the GREENS. So, cheer on my friends, coz u now know that there are actually decomposers like me who will break down what some of u regard as disgusting veges.

Talking bout education, my primary school and my secondary school share the same name. Yet unfortunately my tertiary education institution doesnt. My pencil box, evolute from a big metal case, to something of cloth with zip, then cloth with zipS, and now it's merely a plastic sandwich bag. XD During classes, IF I doze up, u'll notice a mobile body figure start swinging sides to sides and ended up my neck unable to support my dropping head. And I spin my pens! I always do, which sometimes can caused quite some noise dropping the pens. haha.

Since year 2008, I hate sleeping in an air conditioned room. If there's a term air-cond-intolerance, that might just be referring to me then. Getting used to the sauna-like room in UCSI hostel, I lost my super power of sleeping in air conds. Heroes always lose their powers at one point of time. And I definitely need to cover my feet to sleep for no reason if I wish to avoid a nightmare. Might be due to the tickle-phobia nature of my feet. hehe. But I still own the power of capability in sleeping even if the lights were on. XD

My eyes are quite something too! They are always watery, XD and my eyelash always fall off @.@ then, they do grow back. But when I was real young, I was told that, for each eyelash fallen, make a wish and it'll come true. This is a myth that's definitely got BUSTED! Coz I'm still 169cm short anyway!! hmph. Oh ya, my right eye has double layer eyelid, while the left one, has triple layers of eyelid if there's an inflammation, which means bengkak, or when I'm lack of sleep. oh yea. But sadly, tests shown that I'm losing my perfect eyesight juz recently. Sigh.

My favourite spot in my house, is my parents room, their bed XD. And I love my mom's home-cooked soup, the best ever! I like things associated with peanut butter, and cheese is nice too. I feel uneasy whenever I walk out without a watch. And ever since public transport became my one n only transportation means, Ktm entrance doors usually have the affinity towards the place I stood waiting. hehe.

I sort of ''breed'' spiders involuntarily on my hostel desks. And I'm lucky enough, the spiders must had scared the chroaches away. RARR!! And mosquitoes, don't bite me. It's either I blown them off, or they don't come to me. Rumours say mosquitoes dislike A+ blood. Do a research on this perhaps?

My every haircut only cost rm4.80. And I'm able to regulate the air pressure in my ears by a weird way which resulted in some ''click''-ing sounds. Though my left feet is actually bigger than my right feet slightly, and my palms are not exactly symmetrical, like any others, I still can't lick my elbow and my head obviously can't turn 180 degrees. So, don't worry, after so much of the super duper random facts about myself, I'm still human, as u guys are.

So, U thought u know me well? guess again. XD
But since u completed reading this post, u're one step closer to understanding me better!! yea.
And chill ppl, this is so not going to be the personal statement I'll write. haha.

-My Fate-

2008-07-14T05:02:00.000-07:00

Today, after a long stretched 8 hours and 30 mins of classes, I went looking for XY. And the process of circling around Block C 1st floor, trying to chase up XY from far behind eventually brought myself to the door of a piano room. Then we noticed one of our fren who's taking foundation in music in UCSI was actually practicing piano, which then he happily allow us in to listen to his playing~

It's so nice of him to play for us quite a number of songs, which then an emo thought struck my mind.
People who has the talent to excel in one particular thing that they're really passionate in, always earned my respects and compliments.
And witnessing people who can really focus and specialise on something which made them unique, really gives me a thought that, I'm just a nobody.

I have quite some academic achievements, but that doesn't make me a genius at all;
I play the guitar and trumpet, but it's way too incomparable to professional level;
I do exercises, join marathons and even hiked mount KK, but I'm so so totally not a national level athlete;
I have the ability to write, but my words are definitely not quotable or even close to inspiring;
Obviously I'm not tone deaf, yet unquestionably I'm not as good as the Malaysian Idol Daniel Lee;
and so on..

So, these proves nothing but I'm always only of adequate in whatever I do. A typical case of, Jack of all trades, master of none. There goes my ego shrinking and my self-esteem leveling down.

However, my confidence tells me that, I'm good, but just never did I excel in something in particular.
So, welcome to my life, a journey of defining the high quality that I posses. And perhaps, it's this learning process that drives me further, giving me the strength to confront all the difficulties in life! =)

--

Then, out of a sudden, the world went upside down, which was extremely in contrast with the emo-ness I had a minute before.
After brushing our shoulders, bumping into each other for quite a number of times, only then I was told, that one of the 2008 batch jpa guys in UCSI, is actually my 11 years-long lost friend!!!

I used to study in Kwang Hwa primary school in Penang from standard 1 to 5, then my whole family shifted to Klang due to my dad's transfer. After all these years till I'm 18, no doubt I had totally lost contact with all my penang friends, partly because I was too young to ask and keep all their contacts at that time i guest; which turned into one of my deepest regrets.

Until today, I met Disen and he confirmed that we were standard one classmates! OMG. He started telling me all the stories like 3 of us competing with each other to see who finishes the homework fastest, how we usually hang out, and even walked all the way to the front of the blackboard to copy down notes!! HAHA. All that he said are way too familiar!!!!!!! Then he mentioned lots of names which had already stored deep in the back of my mind, and he even came to my house b4 when I had a birthday party during standard 3!!! Gosh. I felt so foolish that, 2 weeks ago, I helped him to carry his bag without able to recall back all these memories!!!

That's why I nearly had a cardiac arrest when he told me, wat a shock man!! We had been quite a best fren back then i guess, however, clearly, we missed out a lot of each other due to my transfer. There must still be lots of things that we shared in common~

Hence this time, fate really played its trick. Credits to his super-duper good memory power, I finally declare that I haven't lost contact with ALL my penang frens, and, I feel like a penangite once again!! XD

-Blood Donation-

2008-07-10T08:16:00.000-07:00

A biG ticK for mySelf toDay! =)

For My First ever -Grown Up Adults Resolution- is accomplished! I'm a Legal Blood donor now!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Drum Rolls!! Crush of the Cymbals!! And Blast of the Trumpets!! OH yea! XD

Within one week since my Birthday, I'm really-extremely-indisputably more than happy to be given the chance to make my aspiration come true!

Gosh. Unless U really put urself into my shoes, U'll never realize how loooooooooooong I've been looking forward to this moment of my life. Few years back then, I was that kid who kept on bugging the nurses with questions for blood donation. And, I could had guessed how annoyed they were, since I'm really was a nuisance disturbing their busy work with the blood donation campaign.

But NOW, hehehehe, I'm finally 18, and had pleasantly passed the age limit for blood donation!

Moreover, coincidentally, UCSI is having Nurses Day for 10th to 11th July, and that includes blood donation campaign too! So, for a guy like me, I obviously had grabbed the golden opportunity to be part of the campaign!

When I was at the registration counter, the assistant said, ''wow, 900704, ngam ngam for blood donation huh?'' And the other lady asked, ''how long had u been waiting for this?''

I guess either they had extraordinary psychic mind-reading power and used it on me; or, they simply sensed my enthusiasm! Okay okay. Jkjk. XD

So, after signing consent form and stuffs, though the considerably long wait, I got myself on the chair. ANd like how Siew Leng regard this as a Historical MOment, unquestionably, there must be some pictures taken!!

HAHA. To raise awareness among u ppl out there, there's some good news here! If u seek for encouragement on donating blood, first thing U have to know is, they'll give anaesthetics, and the needle will only caused nothing but an itch! ISO approved alright! need not worry =)

And, the effort of working towards to my goal must had paid me a favor, Coz my blood donation process was smooth~ First of all, I reached the venue at the point of the right time!! The counter was closing, so there werent any queue there, then when I requested for the form, I was allowed to be the last person! So unlike so so so many others who waited for aeons for their turn, my registration took me less than 5 mins!! and I started donating my blood at around the same time as Dudu they all who waited an hour longer than me. haha~ :P

Then, albeit I'm not knowledgeable enough to explain whether this is a good or bad symptom, but my blood flow was fast and smooth~ One bag full of Blood in just a short time! I bet no one can beat my timing. haha.

But one thing shocked me is, in the column of amount of blood donated in my form, it seems like it's written with 950ml instead of the usual 450ml!! But of course, I wasnt drained out 950ml of blood! It's just the style of medial officer's handwriting that's it XD I wonder what would had happened :/

Nway, U guys really have to bare with me for my sky high enthusiasm in this post alright! ;) I'm not boasting about the blood donation thingy coz so many others had done a lot more and a lot better. It's just the case that having able to fulfill what I had promised myself, is fully satisfying! My aspirations are my dreams that kept me striving for a better life. And being successful in stepping one step further in my life journey, gives me the confidence to leap a few steps more!

So, one down, a lot more to go! My next -Grown Up Adults Resolution- is under planning now! And I'm expecting a promising outcome! =) wish me luck~

Group photo of my frens who are also part of the blood donation team

And, Happy Bday Mummy~ Love u~

-UCSI, a Yellow Land-

2008-07-07T23:27:00.000-07:00

Attention, PeopLe of UCSI! -intruder alert!!- Brace urselves!! For now the Imperialist are HERE! and we're seriously being colonized!

After several trials of having promotions in UCSI, and I meant really lots of them; while at the same time competing with other network provider such as Xpack which provided such a bargain; At last, DIGI proudly planted their yellow flag on this ground, and claim this land of UCSI heights as their official teritory.

For UCSI is now a DIGI D'Campus Zone! *applause~

Talk 4 FREE ( an absolute FREE of Charge ) with ur mates of the same network after RM1 voice usage daily; and Sms to other Digi numbers now cost only 1 cent while sms to the other networks such as HOTLINK will only burn 6 cents per sms.

WHAT AN OFFER rite?! definitely u'll agree with me.

Yea. Tat was so cool. yet, I have something to rant on! No doubt that such an Eventful Big Promotion should ever come with a conspicuous, attention catching booth to catch every one's eye, lure them to the booth, and at the same time boost digi's ego. So,a typical well funded company like digi, definitely will grab the chance to blast a BOMB in UCSI. They set up a Stage, a gigantic rock climbing balloon (yea, it's 100% air filled), and lots of mini bikes, games and stuffs. And one thing for sure, the booth is all gear up! Well equipped with SPEAKERS and AMPLIFIERS that have no intention but tear apart all ur ear drums!

Okay. U might wonder, Having a stage and all those speakers are cool stuffs what. There's nothing to rant about. There's still more to come. Imagine, The Stage is set up in the ''heart'' of UCSI, for being in the direct centre of the college, and that particular car park, is surrounded by Classrooms!

So, while having lectures, we have the bass pounding hard on our heart, playing nothing but Techno and hard rock stuffs. Then, there comes the skillful DJ who had so much of FUN hosting the event, more of the shouts. And, there goes the lectures, totally interrupted, while signs of nausea and dizziness started to develop for those sitting at the back of the classroom, having the smallest displacement from the speakers. Oh Great. Man, Cant they turn down the speakers juz a little tiny bit??! At least a tiny bit will allow me to hear what the lecture is about much much better! sigh. They couldn't do anything about that, I guess.

However, Lucky for us, they dont have yellow Man running around in the college; chasing ppl; or sitting with us in the class to signifies that digi is here with us. HAHA. If they really do that, I'm so going to salute that yellow man!

Nway, I'm very much delighted that UCSI is finally a DIgi zone. Now that we can save lots of credits, i dont see there's anything bad of it.

Except the fact that I'm using HOTLINK! duhh..

Ok. Ppl, juz grab ur golden chance to activate ur D'campus plan alright! haha. The plan is perfect! Digi should pay me some tips for helping them to promote here. XD

And one thing. Life is definitely tough lately. Heavy work load, implies a fact that coping with studies is a challenge that u never ever can avoid. But, to think that I'll have a fully occupied life, I don't mind facing the hurdle up straight! That is, provided that my health will not be compromised. Good luck in ur studies k, my frens~

-I'm 18! oh yea-

2008-07-05T06:09:00.000-07:00

The very 1st day of my 18th year, was simply splendid!

All thanks to everyone in ucsi who wished me precisely when the clock struck 12am, my happy day officially started!
Though I was rather confused when I overheard the guys singing bday song on 11+, I was in fact surprised by the bday party! XD
It was soooooo nice of them to actually made a 12 mins long video,and I know, it sure did consumed lots of effort and I can see how Aylwin was drained out by that. Thx man!

I watched and rewatched the video and I just couldnt get those scenes out of my mind!! Okay, let me randomly mention some super random stuffs they did which made me laughed that hard! The all time classic definitely was the arabian-194 wrapping up his head with a blanket to make a so called ''tudung'',swings his body left and right while he sings the bday song. XD besides, Fadhil who entered aik jin's room first had to make all his effort tip toe and climbing stuffs to make himself seen in the camera while Shan waved the Malaysia flag for no reasons? HAHA. thx ppl! The video was Great! Highlights on the guitar trio!

And the other video, with the symmetrically seated girls did the Da Niu gesture, on 3am!!! That was really good of u all to stay awake just for the video! touching. Moreover,the wishes was so truthful, especially the get-rid-of-my-eye-bags part and ''kuai gao zhang da''. I'll try my best to achieve that Okay? haha.

The 2 earthlings and one Martian who only revealed their faces for half a second; Aik jin purposely came late to guitar class to speak to the camera; The two secret agents gunshot me with happy bday and one of them couldnt had the chance to speak besides saying ''yeses'', the conversation goes:

A: prosperity
B: yes
A: wealth
B: yes
A: study
B: yes
A: and so on..
B: yes...

Haha. u know who u r.. XD

Oh! Bonda and anakanda from the istana did ''wong gong can lan'' (in cantonese,like myfm had) which include some gossips on their sida, which is me. *rolled eyes. haha.
H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y was cool! and Aylwin, TK, Cai Hong mama each wishing me.
I'm just happy~ All the stuffs u guys did showed nothing but how nice u all are! My Happie Day definitely was a tribute to all of you! Especially Aylwin, Siew Leng and all the ''actors'', ''actresses''. =P

and now!! *Drum roll. A bit shy to say this but, Celtic Woman is definitely my fav!!!! Extremely scarced original album which all of u made so much effort digging for it. I LOVE it! Tonnes of thx to u all~!!

I know I couldnt thank all of you enough, perhaps stating down these sweet memories in my blog would slightly show how grateful I was! I was surprised that Charissa from S'pore sent me an msn offline msg to wish her ex-angel happy bday. Chun jie called me early to seize the line =) Aylwin wished me through 11 means in order to beat me down. haha. And mr. nobel Chian who granted me 24 hours of peace by not mentioning a word until the countdown of the end of my birthday.

And never ever will I forget to mention, my lui, Jin May and Siao po, Kah Wei for the things I find them really meaningful. =) thx to everyone who wished me. Sms, friendster testimonials, Msn messages; All of you made Daniel Lee Smiled =)

The cakes were good! The Lunch was the best, coz u all walked so far to have a vegetarian lunch!! yea. Then, something spiced up my happy day! On my way back home, the ktm arrived at the platform without keeping me waiting for more than 5 mins, and the entrance eventually stopped right in front of me, TWICE!! haha! It may seem insignificant, but hey, it doesnt happen all the time isnt it? that's why I'm so pleased with it. XD

And one thing I would like to mention here. Thx to my family who brought me to Fo Guang Yuan that night. I practise Buddhism, and strive to apply the Buddha's teaching in all aspects of my life, and that includes implementing them on my birthday too. According to the Buddha teaching, 生日，母难日也。Albeit birthdays are the days when we celebrate the births of ourselves, my birth date, is actually the day where my mom endured so much labour pain giving birth, and the day where my dad had to take up the responsibility raising a second child. Thx to them, I am who I am now. Throughout the 18 years, they are the one I dear most. My loved ones, are my family =)

Anyway, I'm going to have my 18th year resolutions! I call it the Grown-up adults resolutions. I'm still trying to list them out, so I couldnt say what are them yet. haha. Juz wana have another step forward to be a better man. sounds like a big project huh? oh yea.

And finally, Happy Bday to Nurul Liyana, Karina, Xue Ying who shared the same bday as me. And happy independence day to all Americans XD Cheers!

-Th3 Lee F@miLY-

2008-06-26T05:53:00.000-07:00

Okay. It's time for a change.
Survey statistics showed,
80% of surveyed targets had agreed with me that my posts are fairly long.
Despite the fact that 0% of them complaint that my posts are lame shits/boring nonsense (Oh, sorry for the language ;P),
I do feel that I have the habit of using long connective sentences.

So, Let me try out something new. XD
Here you have, a short post;
With short short paragraphs;
and simple sentences. haha.

Alright, moving on.

Something interesting caught my eye!
Shall show off to you guys. Tada~

Aint them cool and cute?
My personalised family sticker, the Lee Family~

If that is to be compared with the real world Lee Family, I bet it'll show 75% high correspondence!

Dad's the working one, a salesman who travels a lot.
On special occasions like ISO check on the company, he'll be seen with a tie on. haha.
Though the silhouette should be a little bit more bulky, it does resemble my dad. XD

And if ur eyes are working well, then u might have already spot this, My mum's the queen~
That's partly because she's such a nice mother that she had won the hearts of the family to be voted as the queen. The voting result was a landslide, trust me.
And another reason being that there's no other feminine character in the family to snatch her throne. haha. So, no worries for her, She'll be the forever queen.

And since my mum is the queen, that makes me and my 2 other bros the prince!
Right? *I command u to agree with me!!! haha. jkjk. chill.

Elder Bro plays basketball sometimes, so he's the dude with specs holding the ball.
Oh ya, just to mention here. That day, out of boredom, I sent ''I miss you'' to my bro in msn, which nearly caused him cardiac arrest. HAHA.
But anyway, he's nice. In fact, all The Lee(s) are nice! *wink

My younger bro, he's a dancer.
Get me right, he's the rebellious one. Perhaps that's the effect of puberty, u know, hormonal imbalance and stuffs like that.
So, there you go with the two bones on his T-shirt, which lacks a skull on it.
He's cool, but he's bad.
Growing teens are like that, can't blame them. Coz I used to be like him too, just hope that he'll be back to the right track soon.

And now it comes to me,
Daniel, ________________________ <<< feel free to fill in the blanks for me.
Coz it'll be damn vain for me to describe myself. Haha.
So, u guys do the job okay?

And I shall stop writing here.
How's my short post so far?? :P
I had been restraining myself from writing more actually. haha.

Briefly scribbled by, -DaN-

-yo, updates~-

2008-06-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

It's wednesday! A typical blogger who hasn't updated for 5 days would explain his/her disappearance with ''couldn't find the time to spare for blogging'' or perhaps ''there's simply nothing to update on''; and if I do that, that means I'm lying. haha. I wasn't busy, yet I've been through some stuffs lately too. Shall wrap up all in one post then.

The past saturday and sunday, I was in penang with the family to cremate my late grandmother who past away 30+ years ago and was buried in a cemetry somewhere in Sungai Petani-Lee family's hometown. The whole process was a bit of the chinese tradition, yet what matters more was the sutta we chant, which meant for realizing and confessing our faults and errors in life, then having vow to correct our action, our speech and our thoughts, which is in line in the noble eightfold path.

Then on Monday, I was so tired that I practically wasted my whole day lying on the bed, trying to rejuvenate and restore my fatigue body. I took that as a wise move since I was back to having outings on Tuesday~!! XD The Pearl gathered once again at Klang Bak Kut Teh, which was an example of making our plans real. haha. The Pearl is quite efficient nowadays. =)

Then we went Midvalley and ended up coming back empty handed. The good stuffs are costly and the adequately cheap stuffs are of no good; no luck this time i guess. At least there's still some photos and lots of chit-chat back there. It wasn't a bad outing afterall XD

Oh right, I had a haircut. Throughout the whole 15 mins of haircut, the hairstylist persistently urged me to dye my hair. And to persuade me into the business, for sure there're lots of compliments like my hair's length, hair type suits getting them coloured best! Even the time of dying my hair is said to be just right coz I'm in college now, and a new semester's starting soon. Great, He REALLY is persuasive. But, I only showed interest on the range of hair colours and obviously decided not to take his advice then. Having typical Asian Chinese yellow skin and brown eyes, I'm juz simply well contented with my black colour hair. Not being prejudice, I just don't see there's a need to dye my hair. No harm in keeping it natural.=)

Now, something that I would like to talk about. I had my undang-undang test this morning, after being unreasonably postponed from yesterday. My centre only provided me the textbook, without the booklet which has lots of questions in it. So, all I did was slack and chat all night long the previous day. Then, while waiting for TWO HOURS before I was allowed to take the test, the centre let me try on a mock/trial undang test to kill time. And guess what, Daniel-the-slacker failed terribly!! ''78%, anda gagal''.... Had an instant involuntary monologue: OH great, I'M SERIOUSLY SCREWED!!! Then, the alarming red light came and I came to my senses: dude, start mugging!! Man, I was a little panic at that point of time. I never ever wana retake the test T.T

However so, 5 mins.. 10 mins.. 15 mins of mugging time, I concluded that I shall study no more. It's way too boring, and I gave up, totally. So I took out Dan Brown's Digital Fortress and continued the story. Haha.

Then, there's an uncle from the centre who fetched me to the place which I have to sit for the undang test, He's GREAT! Along the journey, he was friendly and chat on lots of stuffs. Where's the cheapest centre to take driving lessons and stuffs like that. haha. And since that uncle is so unlike typical driving-teaching uncles who scold ur heads off, I tried to hint him by asking ''uncle, do u teach driving car?'' Opposing my hope, the uncle laughed and answered ''No, I teach driving lorry only'' Aww man, no more Mr. Nice Uncle. And he told me, more likely that I'll be taught by a malay uncle who's literate in mandarin. haha. hopefully he'll be as nice as him too. And I'm so sorry I couldn't take the offer to have lunch with the nice uncle in the canteen since my mom's on the way. All I did was showing a BIG BROAD smile and a word THANK YOU to that uncle =) He smiled back~ =) =)

Haha. Nway, I passed the actual undang test, fortunately. 44/50. ok, i know it's quite low. HAHA.

And I finished reading Digital Fortress. Obviously my limited vocabulary is not of the standard to write a riview on that book, but yeah, tat book's nice! All thanks to Xin Yuan who lent me that book! And now, I have a code to solve.

Printed on the last page of the book, here u have a code:

128-10-93-85-10-128-98-112-6-6-25-126-39-1-68-78

It supposedly mean something, which I should start cracking my head on decrypting it now. In case U're too eager to know the answer, just google search ''Digital Fortress last page code'' and bingo, u'll get the answer. I searched that to ensure that it's actually a code by the author for the readers, coz I wouldn't like to brainstorm on some random numbers, however, I still doesnt know the answer yet. Hence, since now I confirmed that it is a code, let's work it out. =)

My roommate, Fadhil's bday was ytd~ and tat means I'm turning 18 soon too! oh yea XD

-The PearL XD-

2008-06-19T22:33:00.000-07:00

A month ago, I finished watching this Japanese drama series-proposal daisakusen a.k.a operation love, which then I got so overwhelmed by it. Yet ironically, I doubt that all of u had ever heard of it, since it seems like other j-drama series like one litre tears n etc had gain much more popularity than this one. haha.

Portraying how the lead character faces the dilemma of accepting inevitable changes in his love life, letting go of the past and putting the effort in the present, this show seems appealing to me naturally. Apart from the story of having a childhood best friend who secretly in love with each other, another thing that I regarded as too fantasized is the part of the plot where a gang of 5 best friends can have such memorable time together during secondary school years and still remained closely acquainted with each other even after having their own carriers.

I told myself that having a gang of best friends like them in the drama, is simply unrealistic and shall never occur in my life (though how much I long for it), and I haven't change my perception on that, not until I read wei chian's blog post that day. =)

After reading his post, made me realize, Hey, instead of 5 in the drama, in my real life, I have a gang of 4!

Me, Wei Chian, Su Ling and Siew Leng who call ourselves, the fellowship of the pearl! haha. sounds cool huh?

What brought us so close, is nothing but a simple form 5 English oral test, which we did a sketch for tat, SUCCESSFULLY!

Since then, we hang out so much that I didn't even realize it till I took a look back on those photos! Posting The PearL photos that are not clashed with those posted by Wei Chian.

Ah, the good old days.. haha. I sound so old.

Juana, the priest, the doc, and Kino, at kwang hua skol mini garden~ XD The last day of SPM, this is the last time ever, we're seen wearing school uniform.

Then, our class graduation trip to Langkawi.Spot the little man between me n Su Ling potong steam.And presenting to you, energetic youth! XD ''Beachy'' boys, and ''beachy'' girls.

Here comes the highlight of The PearL! *drum roll.. Our Famous Peculiar hand gesture that is our utmost trademark of The Pearl! bwahaha.

It started as a golf ball wrapped up as the pearl which was used in our sketch. It then somehow, and I don't know how, transformed itself into a chicken Egg! As what is stated in the literature book, it's as big as a seagull egg! See how shocked we were! haha

Then the evolution didn't cease, which resulted in something glowingly BRIGHT! resembles jewellery perhaps, how valuable it was!!

And one day, it became something that only people crazy enough like us, can see The Pearl with naked eyes. Ha HA HA. use ur imagination~

And now, although we will never be in a gang everyday like we used to be, yet once we're together, trust me, there'll be endless laugh n endless FUN!

As the craziness, insanity and Leong-ness (term named after Ms. Leong Su Ling) continues, like those in these pictures, haha

We shall be best frenz for life~

There are lots of type of Best Frenz, and no doubt there's lots of gang too. All my friends did rock my life, though in various ways. They coloured my life, and made my life richer than ever.

Nevertheless, The Pearl is the one who fits the drama best! As time passed, things never will be the same, even our looks changed too! Yet, I truly hope that, after Nth year, We still get to hang out with each other!! That'll be great XD

-I wouldn't miss you guyz, coz I know, we'll meet again SOON enough =) -

-Penang Trip 08-

2008-06-18T00:12:00.000-07:00

OH MY. I'm actually blogging every single day!! what a record, addiction strikes.

And So much about the heavy and serious stuffs i posted about Malaysia, it's ME again!

Juz in case u guys start getting fed up of loads of words in my blog and I will lose my viewership, here comes another Happy post! =)

So, to prevent myself from getting scolded by yapyap again, I should start posting lots of lots of penang trip pictures! After few rounds of audition, these are the 30 finalists, out of 1000++ pictures! Yes, a cam whore we were. haha.

-My UCSI frenz~-

-Those who stayed back after they flew to sabah XD -

-And, my 5S1 Frenz!!-

I had a really GREAT time!! haha. Looking forward to the next trip~ =)

-A Malaysian, I am-

2008-06-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

That day CE was telling me that my blog have lots of happy posts, and I took it as MOST OF THEM!
True, true.. Seems like MOSTLY the previous ones are all about exciting outings, happy people and all the smileyS~ not mentioning the crazy stuffs though. haha.
hmm.. I think so far, I had kept those nonsensical IDIOTIC pics to myself, since they are indecorous for public viewing; CENSORED. haha. U got me right, I am juz kidding bout this. XD

Nway, It could be that my outing plans are so fully packed till I couldn't even blog about every single one of them; OR, I'm simply taking life so optimistically till all that came into my mind were only those happy recall.
Either way, I don't find them any harm.

But hey, I shall tell u that my blog posts shall not revolve around those uplifting ones.
As a normal person, I DO have my own worries too..

Ever since being shortlisted as a government sponsored JPA scholar, I had prepared my own mindset throughout this period of time, to serve the government as a professional after I graduate from university roughly five years later from now.
I realized how much benefits I'll get, serving the government just 3 years more than those non-JPA pharmacy graduates, be it the job experience, learning process, or even the working atmosphere. And I believe I'll see an even clearer picture of serving the government as I age and get wiser.
Hence I think, that is why my spirit of patriotism had implanted in my mind.

Nonetheless, being patriotic doesn't mean I should be oblivion of what is happening in this country, in MY country.
In fact, a patriotic citizen should even keep track with the happenings, it's a way of showing we care about our country.
And so, there were so much feed backs on the recent news of skyrocketing fuel price, electricity price, and comes about the increase in cost of every necessities; it's as if a chain reaction.

Yes, people do have lots of views on those matters. Some may be so badly criticizing, yet there were those which compliment about the indirect good impacts too, for example putting public transport to full use and reducing harm on the environment.

No matter what, it's a minor inflation we're facing now. And my dad told me things might get worse in the coming years.
A severe economic recession will only cause a BOMB to each and every one of us and trust me, it causes anxiety to the public; at least, it's worrying enough for me now.
I would not wish to have an uneasy situation which might affect my dream of studying overseas.

I used to travel a lot with family and frens, and by experiencing different places and culture, I witnessed the beauty that Malaysia posses. And that's what we Malaysians proud of!
We even complimented that, ''I never knew Malaysia can be so beautiful~''
On top of that, I was so amazed by the ''Malaysian Artistes for Unity-here in my home''.
It did enhance my thought of unity, as citizens of Malaysia.

However, the difficulties the country is facing now is discouraging for all of us.
Bad news might surface anytime, juz a few flips of the newspapers and u would wish that u had waken up at a better side of the bed.
Crime rates, economy, social, politics. even sports? lol.

Just bare in mind, The tranquility of the country we live in, is what we treasure.
How I wish, that the harmony of our society will never succumb to the instability of the country;
And the adequately high standard of living we have, will not be compromised by economic difficulties.

In prayers, we wished that our country will be in peace and harmony.
I never had fully understood the significance of this, until I realized, the stability of the country, affects every individual, and that is what we all citizens should look forward to.
Let's make Malaysia a better Boleh-Land! =)

-Canon IXUS 75 RoX!-

2008-06-15T22:04:00.000-07:00

Arr! Couldn't stand the avidity to post pictures!! I juz dont have the patience sufficient enough to wait till I drop by at Chian and perhaps Leng's house tomolo! haha. So, fourtunately, I still have some in my camera's memory card which can quench my thirst for pictures!!

haha.

This coat I saw in Queensbay Mall, Penang, though it has no brand at all, it's only for RM69.90!!

My bro bought a coat which cost him RM150 i guess??

So, Don't u think this one is super worth it?!

Although the fabric is not of top quality, at least it's body fit for me!

But then, I turned out not buying it. *potong steam

yea, u know why? I was actually searching for a jacket that I can wear to class. Then I was told this coat is simply TOO formal. And rumors say, there wont be any prom night at all this year. Great, now that i had no reason to buy tat coat, I ended up walking out of the shop empty handed. pity me...

But at least, I have some pictures of it then. See how contented I am? XD

oh! Here are some pictures that I simply can't resist to give them two thumbs up! XD

And now, ladies and gentlemen, IXUS 75 presents to you, the all time favourite~

Thank you my LOVED IXUS 75!!! haha.

p/s: gotta pay tribute to Chian's mini tripod for the all time fav XD

And there's more pics to come tomolo!!! patience my fren, patience.. =)

-Happie Father's Day =) -

2008-06-15T03:56:00.000-07:00

Not being exaggerated, it feels like it has been one solid decade ever since i last post a blog!
And no doubt on what Chian said, it did feel MARVELOUS laying my hands on my laptop once again! haha.
One typical modern time IT-savvy who can't survive without a state of the art gadget on hand am I?? XD

Yet i ain't an IT freak alright. I did manage to care less of my laptop sometimes especially during camp. hehe. Just tat, my laptop was in dreadful mess right before I did organize it up a bit this afternoon. Great to see that my laptop is in good shape again! :P

Nway, what kept me away all this while???
it's Nothing but a EXHILARATING penang trip alongside with a bunch of F-R-I-E-N-Ds, and an informative,warm and intellectual enhancing IYBCC camp which was a good learning experience!

I shall blog on the Penang trip straight after i get hold on those SUPERB photos from Chian and Leng alright! No choice but to refrain from the itching hand which enthusiastically would like to share bout my penang trip! XD

Back to the focus, Happie Father's Day to all the super Dads in the world!!
I managed to get my sleepy head up this morning 9am, and imagine how extremely mentally challenging it was to do that after being fully energy-drained by the lethargic activities stretched throughout the week!
Yet, I am so grateful that I woke up this morning, for I did something that I never had done since I reach adolescence years ago- I HUGGED MY DAD!
and it was a warm hug indeed!

As a son, my Father is always someone that I hold dear, albeit rarely expressing it out.
And he's the one, who I look up to, for I ever wish, I've had the strength to fight for life, as what he posses.
Recalling back those bed time stories he used to tell the 3 sons, dad had a difficult life since young. What amazed me most was how he had worked himself up till he successfully raised a family of 5 in the present.
He had demonstrated the good qualities he hold within- being filial to his own parents, responsible and caring when it comes to the family, and a FUN person to talk to too!
Sometimes he has this earth-shattering laugh whereby his body starts to vibrate. ha!

Dad, I can't thank you enough, but I shall say, I'll always strive to make u proud! Love you =)

Some photos of the parents' day celebration we had in Mudhita Buddhist Society today-

oh, they made me sing 世上只有爸爸好with the microphone. haha. I hope it didn't sound too bad. aiks. :P

-BROKE FREE!!-

2008-06-04T20:37:00.000-07:00

BWAHAHAHA!
*wicked Laugh!!!

Finally! The STRESSSSSSSSSSSS is finally over!!!
With the two Life-threatening papers completed with so much of lighting-speed-scribble, woah, what a sprint, Now, There's nothing much left to worry! wakaka!

So, Fasten ur seat belts, Spread out the wings, and TAKE FLIGHT, coz I'm a FREE man now!!

aiks. hold on a sec! There's still one more paper to go. Math C3! but there's always no harm slacking and blogging for ''a while'' isnt it? u gotta agree with me then. :P

Right on the second the two papers are over, there's a BOOM of plans and activities!
Birthdays to be celebrated, lunch(s), dinner(s), crazy stuffs..
And due to the fact that, the birthdays are yet to be celebrated, then the plans shall NOT be revealed. :P
Juz to give a bit of the idea,
The girls had succeed in demonstrating how to screech without the help of the guys;
And we got complaint by the new warden to ''disperse rightaway!'' :/
bad stuffs, really.

oh, one more hint, Ms Felicia-the boss in the hostel, had agreed to allow us to use rice cooker at the cafeteria on friday! woohoo. With one criteria, to clean up and dismiss after 11pm. That's a DEAL of course! No one's going to eat for 3 hours till 11pm I guess. haha.

And here comes my super packed schedule:
7th june-11th june PENANG trip with UCSI frens
11th june-13th june PENANG trip with 5s1 best mates!
13th june-15th june IYBCC meeting/camp at Shah Alam.

Ha! that gotta kill me by the time i reach 15th june.. hopefully i won't drop dead.

And trust me, the planning for PENANG trip was CHAOTIC!!
juz blame us, the gang of Fickle minded, last minute UCSI ppl who dragged so long to plan.
And I'm not that eligible to be the tour guide anyway :/
Although i was once a penangite, but hey, I spent almost half of my lifetime in Klang!
All I know are some places to eat and play. but the main prob goes to WE-DONT-HAVE-A-CAR.
so, let's google then, see where can we explore by means of public transport!
environmental friendly eh? no choice, today is the exact date petrol price increased!

But, no matter what, it's always GREAT to hang out with a gang!
And guess what, I actually looking forward to the trip!
haha. a bit tired of the long stretched exam month, hope to get a break before it starts all over again.

So much to expect on the coming hols!
and hopefully i'll be able to go online and blog in penang! depends on the place we stay though. XD

Once a Band Boy...

2008-05-29T23:19:00.000-07:00

Can anyone please finish the sentence of my title in the way I would like it to be?
Just please, tell me that, ''Once a Band Boy, Forever a Band Boy!''

Once again, memory played his little Ipsy Wipsy trick on me..
The reflection of my past emerged when I went back to the Old School and see how Kwang Hua Band has been doing preparing for Selangor Formation Competition.

And this came into my mind;

I was once there, one of the figure among 80 others that march along with the music we play, to display the formation we practised for months.
No doubt the training was TOUGH and spirit challenging as anyone can reach the point of breaking down and give up at any time,
especially near dead line like what the juniors are facing now..

To counter the heavy load and stress of practicing till perfect, we had to be both patient and determined in devoting our time and effort, and that is why, those who couldn't take it or those whose sacrifices are forbade by parents, had to step out of this circle.

Deep down we understood, Each and everyone plays such significant role as the whole formation will never be complete with the absence of juz one, and that makes everyone Special in its own way.
And that's why, we who came from different background gave mutual support, and the result are bonds of friendship and memories that lived long.
We held the spirit to fight, plight our will to entertain, and of course the fun in enjoying the beat we ourselves played, as ONE band.

And that was the point of time, where personal glory never came into my mind,
the showmanship is all it's about, to prove how strong we are, as ONE united BAND!
After facing the fright upon competition alongside with each other, we took pride as one BAND, for at that point of time, we had made our past efforts a reality as we had completed the performance of ONE Band!

Yet, Something is undeniable, Today, I am standing up there, looking at them, as an ex-member..
The numerous unfamiliar faces of the really young ones, signifies nothing but the drifting away of my secondary school years.
And the past tense i used while describing the experience of being in a BAND, juz implies nothing but the fact that, I am now an Ex-kwang huarian, and an Ex-member of Kwang Hua school band.

And now I feel even more sorry than ever that, I am unable to witness their selangor comp.
With A levels Exams round the corner, today is the only free time I could spare to visit the band.
And things can never get better when it is absolute that Trumpet, is no longer something that I have chemistry with. It never appeal to me as the way it did ages ago.

And so, time will never give me any more chances of being in a secondary school band,
yet it shall NEVER succeed in seizing away my Memories that's still fresh in my mind that,
I was once, a Band Boy..

Gambate to Kwang Hua Band this year!!
More polish, emphasize on the semangat, song, and tidiness, and show the look of confidence and success when playing such a glorious song like Distorted, then I believe, u all can make it!

-The Time Has Come-

2008-05-28T01:09:00.000-07:00

For the time has come!!!
The clock's been ticking FAST, and the Alarm had long RUNG!
Ppl, It is time, to start MUGGING!!

ZOMG, I had been such a slacker for the past few days.
It is obviously NOW or NEVER that I should start digging into that pile of books!
Bio 3, Chem 3 and Math 3!
No time to loose! No pain, No GAIN!!

Alright, alright, chill chill my friends, if you're reading this.
I was just hoping that those exclamation marks and those words in CAPITAL did give me a bang on my head and activate the NerDy side of me!
It has long been hypnotize, and it is time, to AWAKEN the mugger!

Ha, I'm too exaggerated anyway.
But it is true that, I gotta put in the effort.
The trials result i got, was devastating.
Hopefully can turn it over, with a little bit of luck~

UCSI ppl, good luck in our exams alright!
and this is specially for Chian who eventually had the same exam date as me,
Good luck to u~ as what u asked for XD

2008-05-24T03:35:00.001-07:00

Didn't realize i was so emo on the previous post.
No doubt i was overwhelmed by the saddening feeling towards the victims. And they even state down the top 10 most touching scenes that the ppl in sichuan witnessed.

Eventually, it reflects human's basic instinct: the will of survival;
On top of that, how ordinary ppl had their bravery being unleashed, and the little sense of compassion is being awaken, on crucial times. and that, makes them extraordinary.

So, asked myself, what will I do, on that nick of time, when every second counts?
Shall I count on my instincts for where it brings me to?
Or the sudden adrenaline rush that boost my spirit further?
It's absurd and worthless to picture the abstract future, yet it's always worthwhile to prepare for the worst in the present!

So, Me and Aylwin talked about taking up First Aid course! And where shall we have the opportunity to do that? WE-HAVE-NO-IDEA!! If u ppl out there dont mind, tell me PLEASE!
Alright, 2nd plan in the list.
Self defense! Signed up for a brief self defense course last year if i'm not mistaken.
The outcome: all they accept are GIRLS! and hence, all the tough guys are rejected while LAI HUI appeared in R-AGE front page! (which she didnt realized till I told her =.=''')
sigh.

Not to be too greedy, I shall have only these two goals in near future! How I hope, the chance will come to me~

so, i guess what i can do at the mean time is improving my physical self and enhance my alertness while learn to be wise.
-Strive to be the best out of it!-

oh right, Fishfish told me to mark down today.
-24th May: the day i got myself a singer and composer as an idol!-
U get me right, He's Lee Hom!
I don't workship him of course!
I admire his talent! or should i say, talentS!
a musician who masters so many instruments and posses a nice vocal!
On top of that, he composes!!
And He speaks so fluently in English, a possible IELTS Band 9 candidate indeed!
alright, slash away the IELTS part.

Anyway, what makes me think so? All thanks to fishfish who sent me his video!
And all thanks to Chian who called me to watch CNN Lee Hom in youtube today!
haha. I shall learn from him then.

无声的呻吟

2008-05-21T00:29:00.000-07:00

无声的呻吟，你听到了吗？无助的求救，你又有何理会？

偶然发觉，无声的呻吟，我听之而不闻；
更为难的承认，无助的求救，我视之而不见。

５１２　汶川大地震，我早已知之。
闻之消息，第一反应是，心里持有长达一分钟的怜悯，就那区区的一分钟。。
而后，就开始与身边的人讨论起，地球，是多么严重的病倒了，才会有此天灾
而我们，该开始环保，保护地球。

之后，对于这事件，不闻不问；借口为，世界上的天灾发生得多，最近的两起天灾，只不过是其中的例子罢了。不身在灾区的我，对于他方发生的天灾，早已麻木，简说，懒得去理。

事发后一个星期多，读了我哥的部落各，心中，受到了震撼。

本人皈依于星云大师，法名为－　乘坚
本人的生活一级棒，是多人羡慕之的。

万万没料到，在世间的另一个角落，有着另一个人，名为陈坚，却有着全然不同的话要说。

－汶川大地震－
他坚持了三天后获救，却在担架上永远睡着。。。

被大预制板死死压着，他一直坚持了70多个小时，但神志清醒，还能和救援人员聊天。四川电视

台在现场直播救援他的过程，他说要回家和老婆好好过日子，说不能让老婆肚子里的孩子一出生

就没爸爸，他说“大难不死，必有后福”。

6个小时后，他终于被救出。但他却在半小时后离开了人世。救援武警边做人工呼吸边说：“你

这个‘傻子’，你都坚持了这么久了……”女记者哭喊着摇着他的手：“你醒醒，你老婆还在等

你回家呢！”电视台的直播主持人哭得说不出话了，节目被迫中断……

他叫陈坚，一个在北川打工的青年，26岁；看了电视直播的观众，上网传递消息，眼泪淹没了网络……

２００８年５月１５日　晚间１０时２２分，　陈坚再也不醒了。

２００８年５月２１日，午间４时２０分，　李育坚掉下了眼泪。　　　　　

我到底，为了这世界，贡献了什么？没有。。。

我，感觉好无助。。　无奈

心中更重重地不安，自愤的是，一直以来，我嘴边总挂着一句话：‘我们一班人啊！十二个人只用三张纸巾！’还愤怒的责怪不环保的人！还自豪的接受了我妈对我环保精神的称赞。。。

哪来的内疚感？

－写不下去了，明天还得应付考试；得好好重整心情，该温习功课了－
窗外雷电交加，狂风暴雨，打战似的。老天爷，您哭了吗？

juz in case the video doesn't work for u, click this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8iLtPCj_IQ

if dont mind sparing less than 4 minutes, try watching it.

-Wesak Outing!-

2008-05-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Wow, 2nd post of the day! A typical norm whereby ppl are naturally more keen and enthuthiastic when it comes to something real fresh XD hopefully my passion level will not decrease exponentially! *fingers crossed.

Anyway, 12 of us went to Subang Jaya Buddhist Association to be volunteers to help out in their wesak day activites over there. And one pharse to summarise the whole experience- FEEL THE HEAT!

Our jobs besides carrying the equipments for blood donation and seeting up some stuffs, we were the KEEPER OF THE LIGHT! and i mean it!

There had this oil lamp offering shrine, with thousands of oil lamps placed in rows! So, what we did is nothing but KEEPING THE FLAME BURNING.

Topping up the oil, relighting the extinguished flame, and imagine the perspiration we experienced! But one tip from Bro Mui Han, try squatting down among the heat, and then, u'll treasure how precious is the cool breeze, alongside with the fear of global warming! :/

Undeniably lethargy struck us bad! yet, it's always nice to be with a gang of frens! =)

And one thing that we learnt from this heaty experience- i doubt anyone will complain bout how hot is their rooms in the hostel for the whole afternoon XD

oh ya, not forgetting our breakfast which CE had a wierd expression while eating :/

btw, i wasnt eligible for blood donation :/ partially due to age requirement. yet i didnt had enough sleep the night before anyway, insomnia. haha. Fadhil Fadhil... hehehe

* HappY Birthday to Jing Hui~ nice decorations on ur hair. XD

Happy Wesak Day~

2008-05-19T04:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Wesak Day-the birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha.

The spectacular sights that give ur eyes some taste of exhilaration are usually seen when Buddhist associations carry out what-they-called PROCESSION in conjunction with the anual Wesak Day.

And No doubt the procession is one of the most anticipated events of Wesak Day since u guys out there were getting so excited bout it and demanded for photos! haha.

Nway, my family volunteered to be part of one that's held in Klang, and it turned out to be great! ( since not a single drop of acid rain precipitated. phew~) Here u go~ the photos of the procession~

The Rose among the 4 thorns- my mom dressed all nice and tidy!

And just in case u cant distinguish which is which between these three dudes,

My elder bro is the one with the All-Time-Mature Look

And Younger bro, the one who looks cute no matter from which angle of prospective the photo is taken (quoted :P)

While, the ham clamped in between in the hamburger, which is me, is the one having the look of transition-between-the-mature-and-the-childish. typical look for a 18 years old guy eh? HA!

We have these cute kids who shaved their heads juz to be little sami and a gang of Indian traditional drummers who really gave a loud BANG wherever we passed by. Lots of PPL stood outside their houses to catch a view though, and i even spotted the mamaks in a mamak stall actually stopped their roti canai making to watch us! XD Btw, it took more than juz a shaver for the kids to shave though! Ask urself, who will ever willing to sacrifice their fashionable hairstyle without complain? The Kids are the NObel ones!

And, this is the throng of crowd who joined us! Fishfish, Lots of People really did follow me alright! i didnt cheat u :P

p/s: CE, bro mui han mentioned of letting us joining a procession next year wesak day!! so hold ur horses and wait for another full moon on the 5th Month! Happy wesak day everyone~

-AT LAST, my first ever blog post!-

2008-05-18T01:07:00.000-07:00

Had the thought of having a blog since, ages ago??
Then, one fine day, i took the initiative to log on to http://www.blogger.com,/
and beyond my own expectation, it's stated that I was a member of blogger.com since FEB 2007!!
my! Considering it's now May 2008, I took 1 full year and additional of 3 months to start a blog!
Man, I am THE procrastinator of ALL TIMEs! dragged so long for simply a blog!
so, all thanks to the urge from the angry mob consists of friends who are agitated that my blog dragged so long, ( some even claimed that i cheated on them :/ )
here u go, my first ever blogpost, AT LAST!
there's still more to come, alright!