It's what life is about :D

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
   Love like you'll never be hurt,
   Sing like there's nobody listening,
   And live like it's heaven on earth.” 

          - William W. Purkey

Questions: Beh Chun Chuan

1. What time did you get up this morning?
7am

2. How do you like your steak?
I din eat steak

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Bait

4. What is your favourite TV show?
None

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
I built my own island

6. What did you have for breakfast?
Mere hun

7. What is your favourite cuisine?
Chinese

8. What foods do you dislike?
Bad food
9. Favourite place to eat?
My home

10. Favourite dressing style?
Anythings will do
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
No car
12. What are your favourite clothes?
T shirt

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Paris

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1|2 full
15. Where would you want to retire?
My own businesses
16. Favourite time of the day?
7pm
17. Where were you born?
SP
18. What is your favourite sports to watch?
Football
19. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
No 1
20. Bird watcher?
Define bird.
21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
morning

22. Pets?
Nop
23. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
Nop
24. What did you want to be when you were little?
Doctor
25. Are you a cat or a dog person?
I m normal person
26. Always wear your seat belt?
Yeap
27. Been in a car accident?
Nop
28. Any pet peeves?
Nop
29. Favourite pizza topping?
Nop
30. Favourite flower?
Sun flower
31. Favourite ice cream?
Chocolate
32. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Nandos
33. From whom did you get your last email?
Groupon
34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Pavilion
35. Do anything spontaneous lately?
Nop
36. What was your favourite vacation?
Singapore
37. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Lance
38. What are you listening to right now?
Ntg

Beh's first ever post

Well, finally i had posted up my very first blog in pages of our ledger. Before i started my blog,  i wish to make a disclaimer over here :

1. Mr Tyson, please forgive me for my bad English because i wrote this at midnight after a peak week of working.

Talking about October, i think the word that most related to it is business and vacation.

1,2,3 oct 2012 Sarawak trip. Lol.. i had actually just spend a RM 250 for the whole 3 day trip >.< including accommodation + food + flight + cultural village ticket + souvenir.

10, 11,12 Planned Langkawi trip but fail due to my council members ffk (^$#%$^#%$*^&&^) . So i decide to stay up and continue my business,

14,15,16 Almost been scold my family for holidays 3 weeks but only back for 3 days.

17 Back cyber.

23 School reopen and also my 1st booth at Oldtown Prima Avenue been established.

Hmn.. Ntg special else. What a boring life i had. Lol.. wish to have more to share in the future.

I'd do it all over again

This is sooooo long overdue but I'd like to share with you guys, because I had the best time that week.

I took part in Nike We Run KL 2012 on the 13th of October 2012 (Saturday). I love running. I enjoy the solitude accompanied by the sound coming from the earphones and my own heartbeat when I'm running. It calms me down and keeps me in a happy state of mind.

The streets of Kuala Lumpur was conquered by over 12,000 runners on the day of Nike We Run KL 2012, including Yean See and I. The 10 kilometres race flagged off at 5.30pm. The crowd was so huge I couldn't catch a sight of the starting line AT ALL when I first heard the gun shot. It was a drizzly evening, the perfect weather for a long run, and I ran my heart out. The streets of KL have never been more beautiful than in the 10 km journey, where I ran alongside people of different ages and races, wearing the same race tee. I completed the race in 1 hour and 17 minutes. I was sweat-drenched and could barely feel my own feet at the finish line, but I had a blast. I left the race village feeling positive and contented. Because when you do something you love, you simply don't need any other reasons to be happy.

Guess what I did the very next day?

I went to one of the places I love the most. PENANG.

Sara, Niloufar, Yean See and I went up to Penang for a 4 days stay from the 14th til 17th of October. Darryl was already there a week earlier and he hosted us during the stay. Each of us were excited for different reasons. Sara's reason comes without saying - She was stoked thinking bout' her pancakes & crepes from the famous 'Crepe Cottage' (Muahahaha), while my reason being to be able to step foot in the island puts me on cloud nine already.

My close friends know of my fondness for Penang and they often ask me why. I'd say you don't need a reason to love something, but I know you'd give me the troll face, so I say, I love how the streets look old and filled with history; how the shop-houses have beautiful floor and wall tiles; how the whole place is so rich in culture; how you can see water surrounding the island; how you can find good food in every corner (char kuey kark/char kuey teow/prawn mee/and the ais kacang at Swatow Lane with my favourite papaya in it oohhhhhmygod/apam balik with banana oh.my.gosh so yummy you could die eating it/the crepes at Crepe Cottage especially the one with banana & nutella mygoodness best crepe in the world ever ever everrr/wantan mee at pulau tikus/and ohmygoddddddd Harvest Inn!/the list goes on and on); the to-die-for STRAITS QUAY; and the ultimate experience - that excitement you get as you go on the Penang bridge. But really, you don't need any reason, you'll just love the place. Lol. =)

The awesomeness-filled 4-days stay made my holidays. I had the time of my life with the 4 of them. Oh not to forget, Yean See's and Sara's odd infatuation for lamp posts and road signs that they snapped pictures with almost every of it that you can find in Penang. LOL! And also, the girls had a great time partying in the hotel room. *smirk*

Penang's impeccable beauty can touch one's heart and bring you tears and laughters. It's just, amazing.

Yours sincerely,
Yvonne.

Question: Shuying :)

1. What time did you get up this morning?
7.30am :D Dont doubt me, i had a church wedding ceremony to attend. 
2. How do you like your steak?
I can only accept medium well or well done. 
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Bait.
4. What is your favourite TV show?
Wipeout, Cash Cab, The Voice, Gossip Girls, Kang Xi Lai Le..
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
New York! So i have a higher chance to meet Jeremy Lin! <3
6. What did you have for breakfast?
Ipoh Style Hor Fun Soup.
7. What is your favourite cuisine?
I love chinese, western, korean and japanese food :D
8. What foods do you dislike?
Weird one? haha cant think of any now!
9. Favourite place to eat?
Smoke free, sweat free, quiet and clean! *dont get me wrong, i still like food stands :目*
10. Favourite dressing style?
Shuying style. LOL Casual la. 
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
I can handle bicycle, motorcycles, manual/auto car. 
12. What are your favourite clothes?
Clothes that make me look good and feel good. 
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Jeremy Lin's house! hahahha other than that would be europe countries. :)
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 full.
15. Where would you want to retire?
Perth i guess. 
16. Favourite time of the day?
I like morning actually, but i always sleep late in the night so i cant wake up early :(
17. Where were you born?
Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia, Asia. 
18. What is your favourite sports to watch?
Swimming, basketball and badminton :)
19. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
Ermm, dont really curious about that. haha
20. Bird watcher?
Nope.
21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Night. Sigh! 
22. Pets?
Mommy doesnt allow. 
23. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
Cant think of any. I cant wait to finish this and then drift off to sleep! haha
24. What did you want to be when you were little?
Princess! JK. I wanted to be a doctor. I think I have talked about it many times :)
25. Are you a cat or a dog person?
Not sure. what do you think?
26. Always wear your seat belt?
Yep, 85% of the time. 
27. Been in a car accident?
Thanks God for His protection over me. No. 
28. Any pet peeves?
People who always make other people's life hard (inconsiderate) and smoker. 
29. Favourite pizza topping?
Anything. I like pizza as long as there is a lot of cheese on it. :D
30. Favourite flower?
Rose, white Lily and Tulip :)
31. Favourite ice cream?
Anything, except strawberry i think. haha
32. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Carl's Jr. Cant forget every experience with it. :D I like their sweet potatoe fries! 
33. From whom did you get your last email?
Twitter. 
34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Erm not sure, i think i will try not max out my credit card.
35. Do anything spontaneous lately?
Not going back hometown for Haji break? haha because normally i would go back. 
36. What was your favourite vacation?
Sabah relaxing trip with my parents and Singapore trip in Feb 2012(1st trip to other country with friends) 
37. Last person you went out to dinner with?
My bro and his family.
38. What are you listening to right now?
I Lift My Hands-Chris Tomlin

Confronting an old enemy with new allies

25 October - As I hauled my rear end out of my nice, warm bed - or should I say, rack (In the United States Marine Corps, rack is a term describing bed), I was feeling horribly down and miserable as I was dreading yet another stressful day of the first semester week (I will not go into the details; chances are you've probably run into this all-too-familiar crap of  a subject registration process, if you're an MMU student. The long-ass hours of agonizing waiting in the MRT-length queues, all over a piece of document/form/verbal enquiries which probably takes a few minutes of processing, and then having to do them all AGAIN if you do something wrong), and having to awkwardly face my former lecturer all over again (Don't get me wrong, he's one of the nicest, most genuinely helpful guys out there, it's just that my presence might make him feel as if he didn't do a good job tutoring me) as a result of having lost in a long-forgotten battle (aka my Principles of Finance subject). I REALLY hate it whenever a vile, repulsive reminder of my demoralizing past comes back haunting me; a foul remnant of my past mistake or failure which comes back to bite me in my rear end, to torment me, to shame me.

BUT SADLY, to add salt - no, salt simply doesn't cut it - acid, to my semi-healed war wounds that morning, some crap popped up and the whole faculty had to put us on hold, in regards to retrieving our subject registration slips. Just great. Now I have to go through that ordeal ALL over again - and the best part? I literally have to WAIT for Monday to have to go through all that stress (you don't say). Bummer. After confirming my worst fears with the faculty administration, I dragged myself off to the library, hoping to pick up a couple of good books to shake off my doubts - and hopefully, as a temporary fix from all my accumulated stress and exhaustion which had been compounding over the course of the past few days. I picked up a couple good books and plopped myself down onto a sofa and transported myself to the-land-of-no-sorrows, no worries and no crap, and started the process of healing. Truly, it felt like I had subject myself to treatment in a bacta tank (What's bacta, you ask? Go to wookiepedia and look that one up, I won't deviate from my post here) ... all the way up to 3.45pm. (Oh, and in case you're wondering, I did manage to chow down some lunch too.)

With some of my war wounds beginning to open up again, I sighed dejectedly and dragged myself out of the library - out of la-la land - and into the real world, where pain and strife ruled supreme. With each step I made to XR1005, I felt it like a knife wound to my chest. Not only would I have to fight a past battle I lost to all over again, I would be all alone this time, with no friends by my side. That feeling of isolation and loneliness WILL get to anyone occasionally, even to long-time loners such as myself.  However, I comforted myself, saying that regardless of how much shit would be thrown in my face, I would neither run from my destiny, nor would I cower in the face of adversity, no matter how heavily the odds stacked against me were. After (temporarily) re-igniting that resolve, I entered the designated battleground that would contain me for the next 14 weeks, I picked a seat while playing a mental recap all of my past events ....

And there I saw it. A friend I knew from last semester's Microeconomics class. Thank God! He looked as if he was someone whom I could relate to! We saw each other, I waved to him and sat next to him. Before we knew it, we were chatting away like long-lost friends. At least I would no longer be alone in this nightmare! My good luck didn't end there, however. I even met Angee, too, who wanted to retake this subject. Now that I know I'm no longer alone, I feel so much better. Truly, confronting an old enemy with new allies isn't so bad after all. This is all of course assuming that our registering for this subject goes off without a hitch ...

Author's comment: Thank you for taking the time to read this, and sorry if I sounded rude at times. It's just that I've been through so much these past few days.

Questions: Sara

1. What time did you get up this morning?
8:30 which is a miracle. I don't usually get up early in the morning. :D
2. How do you like your stake?
Umm..well done?! I've never tried any other way.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Stolen.
4. What is your favourite TV show?
Well if I want to list down my favorite TV shows it's going to be a very loooong one! :D so I'm just gonna write a few of them. Dexter, The vampire Diaries, Castle, The Mentalist, Lie to me, Sherlock, Community,How I met your mother, American Horror Story
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
San Francisco, CA...I guess. 
6. What did you have for breakfast?
A Chinese biscuit.
7. What is your favourite cuisine?
I love Iranian and western food.
8. What foods do you dislike?
Spicy food and probably many more I can't recall now.
9. Favourite place to eat?
Somewhere quiet. 
10. Favourite dressing style?
Casual. I don't like dressing up. I always prefer wearing something that I'm comfortable in.
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
No driving licence yet!!
12. What are your favourite clothes?
 I always prefer wearing something that I'm comfortable in. I love hoodies, jeans and loose shirts.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Everywhere!!!! Europe and America first then Asia. 
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 full? :D
15. Where would you want to retire?
When I reach that age I would like to be somewhere peaceful and quiet.
16. Favourite time of the day?
Night! It's when life begins. Lol.
17. Where were you born?
Tehran, Iran.
18. What is your favourite sports to watch?
I'm not really into sports...but I used to watch Football here and there.
19. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
No one specific. :D
20. Bird watcher?
This would be a guy question I suppose. But no.
21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Night person. 
22. Pets?
No I can't handle pets. I get scared...even though I love animals.
23. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
Nothing exiting more like horrible news which as you all know is Iran's financial crisis.
24. What did you want to be when you were little?
Can't really remember...but I think I wanted to be an Architect at one point. 
25. Are you a cat or a dog person?
Neither one! But if I had to chose I'll definitely choose dogs! 
26. Always wear your seat belt?
Nah...but I try. :D
27. Been in a car accident?
Yes but it was a teeny tiny one!
28. Any pet peeves?
When someone keeps asking questions about the movie while I'm watching it. It's annoying as hell.
29. Favourite pizza topping?
Chicken.
30. Favourite flower?
Daisy, Rose, Daffodils...I don't know really I love all kinda flowers.
31. Favourite ice cream?
I think everyone here knows the answer! obviously Chocolate but I love all the other flavors too...it's hard to decide.
32. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Umm...Carl's Junior. I like the Chicken Sandwiched there.
33. From whom did you get your last email?
My Uncle.
34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Anywhere with Chocolates,cookies,ice cream, cakes and pancakes etc. inside! :D :D
35. Do anything spontaneous lately?
Nope.
36. What was your favourite vacation?
Thats a hard question but if I want to choose over the past two years its definitely going to Penang this sem break!! I had the best time!
37. Last person you went out to dinner with?
My friend Leili. (she's a UM student.)
38. What are you listening to right now?
Linkin Park, Castle of Glass.

A new beginning! :)

Goodbye my beautiful mouthwatering pancake and hello diet! 

Minutes of Meeting 1

TEAM IX MEETING: 24 October 2012 at FCI Cafe

ATTENDANCE:
1. Yvonne Yunying (President)
2. Darryl Chin (Meeting Conductor)
3. Sara Malakouti (Miss Secretary)
4. Angee Fen Fen (Treasurer)
5. Adam Idris (Activities Coordinator)
6. Beh 'Clever' Chun Chuan
7. Yeansee Leow
8. Ong Shu Ying
9. Dursharl
10. Tyson Tang

AGENDA:
1. Election of posts
2. Discussion on allocation of group members
3. Resolutions
4. Other (general) discussion

1. ELECTION OF POSTS

2. ALLOCATION OF GROUP MEMBERS
AIS - 2 groups of 5
Auditing - 2 groups of one 4, and another one 5
MA2 -

3. THIS TRIMESTER RESOLUTIONS
YVONNE
i) GPA 3.7
ii) Being able to swim
iii) Post on blog on a weekly basis
iv) To get Sara to be fit by the end of Trimester

SARA MALAKOUTI
i) CGPA 3.8
ii) To find a part time job
iii) To lose 10 kg

ANGEE
i) CGPA 3.7
ii) Overcome public speaking fear.
iii) Not to be late to class

ADAM
i) CGPA 3.5

DARRYL
i) Not to say F word at all
ii) CGPA to increase from 3.54 to 3.67

BEH 'CLEVER' CHUN CHUAN
i) GPA 4.0 (OMG BEH!)
ii) To buy a car
iii) Zero grammar mistake in English (Tyson will print screen this)

TYSON
i) GPA 3.5
ii) To lose 4 kg
iii) Get into cosplay preferably as your favourite Anime characters

SHUYING
i) GPA 3.67
ii) To lose 5 kg

YEANSEE
i) GPA 3.5
ii) Learn to swim
iii) Join charity run

DURSHARL
i) GPA 4.00
ii ) Never Say Never
iii) Gain a new skill (anything, as long as it brings me a benefit)

4. OTHER GENERAL DISCUSSION
- Colour of official Team IX Hoodies


- Suggestions of activities for this trimester (Minimum 3) You can add your suggestion.

When registration becomes a problem

             Now, I am up for a new dilemma as I have one subject left for registration. And we have our lecturer(whom his name should remain a secret) saying students have the rights to register and no one can stop us from doing so. 

             But all this shows that all the fees that we pay (although I am not the one actually paying it, to be honest) is not worth as compared to the service being provided. We were advised to jam up the office counter to show our protest and how desperate we were in getting into the classes. 

          So, I have come up into the thinking of taking Management Decision Science if the management comes up with a negative result. Maybe it will just balance off everything and I wont be left out. And hope there wont be a need to extend another year just to complete all the major accounting subjects which is offered only once a year.

          After all, I will still hope that the decision to be made in behalf of the students. 

Rightfully expressing,

Dursharl

Questions: Adam

Welcome back to MMU for the new trimester! I could see that the development of new entries for the blog is very slow. And some members haven't posted anything yet. So I think we may start the 'themed post'. Instead of choosing theme like 'My favourite movie', I would start with questions that I saw from some other blogs, and maybe we can know each other better.

There are 38 questions all together. The best part is that, be creative to answer it! And answer based on your interpretation of the question. It would show what kind of person you are. Unleash that personality! Be funny too.

I would answer first, maybe you can copy and paste the question at your post. Don't forget to put two labels: One is the normal one, our names, and the second is "Questions" just like what I did. Later we can compare all the answers. For the time being, if you have anything else to post other than this question, yes you can! No restrictions but can all members answer this? Thank you.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
6.15 AM. Early?
2. How do you like your steak?
Well done
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Call me outdated, but I don't go to cinemas that often. My last movie at the cinema was...........can't remember! LOL
4. What is your favourite TV show?
New Girl, eleventh season of American Idol, Fear Factor
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
Somewhere urban. New York maybe, it's where dreams are made of, famous for movie scenes and a city that never sleeps.  :p
6. What did you have for breakfast?
Coco Crunch and low fat milk
7. What is your favourite cuisine?
Most of the time I eat Malay and Malaysian dishes especially at home.
8. What foods do you dislike?
Can't name one now
9. Favourite place to eat?
Any place that won't make you sweat while eating. It's uncomfy!
10. Favourite dressing style?
At times simple, super simple just grab anything.
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
I can drive both, manual and auto cars.
12. What are your favourite clothes?
Anything that flatters your body, comfortable
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Great Wall of China, NYC, Tokyo, Europe
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
Half full
15. Where would you want to retire?
I'm still a student
16. Favourite time of the day?
Morning, 7-9AM, when the sun radiates Vitamin D and it's not too hot
17. Where were you born?
Kuala Lumpur
18. What is your favourite sports to watch?
Swimming. I also watch Olympics, World Cups, Tennis
19. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
Anybody interested
20. Bird watcher?
Define bird!
21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
I'm just normal human being
22. Pets?
I'm not anybody's pet! I'm not a cougar! LOL
23. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
A friend scored more than 4.0. Guess who?
24. What did you want to be when you were little?
An architect!
25. Are you a cat or a dog person?
Cattsssssssssss. I love cats
26. Always wear your seat belt?
Always! I'm a driver so it comes natural to fastened my seatbelt every time.
27. Been in a car accident?
Yes :'(
28. Any pet peeves?
What is that?
29. Favourite pizza topping?
Macaroni, anything chicken, and must be spicy
30. Favourite flower?
Rose. I know it's mainstream
31. Favourite ice cream?
I LOVE COOKIES AND CREAM from any brand!
32. Favorite fast food restaurant?
McDonalds! I know my answer is too mainstream but they are everywhere and relatively cheap.
33. From whom did you get your last email?
From Twitter. Is that counted?
34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Can't think of one. By the way why must I max out my credit card? LOL
35. Do anything spontaneous lately?
I posed naked for a magazine. NOT!
36. What was your favourite vacation?
I can still remember the mesmerizing view inside cable car and on top of jambatan in between mountains in Langkawi. Singapore was not bad. And never been to anywhere else. :p
37. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Went out for dinner? I guess that would be with Yean See, Chun Chuan, Yvonne and Tyson at Oldtown.
38. What are you listening to right now?
My media player currently is playing Let Me Love You by Ne-Yo.

A Gloomy Evening...

My days during this holiday were fine at first. I've got ups and down in managing my business and constantly trying to expand it despite the capital constraint I'm facing. Today I launched my reconstructed website and I hope that it will bring more revenue in for the rest of the year.

I've been in and out of the gym everyday since I touched down in Penang and it was one of the best therapy that I could get myself into since I am always busy with DC Bodybuilding Clothing Co. lately just because I want my new Sem to start with ease and to have no heavy load from my working side.

Just when you think I am already finished complaining about my holidays. I'm not quite done yet.

One of the person that I loved the most in life, whom make up most of my chapters are about to leave us all behind. My grandma got admitted to the hospital last Wednesday and it did not get any better. Yesterday, she was admitted into the ICU and Doctors told my family that she has a few more days left with us. I thought situations like this only appear in the movie screen. It isn't easy at all to know that the one you love is about to be gone 'forever' and you have to brace yourself for what might come ahead.

God's willing, granny is still with us until now. I pray that she would be free from suffering, anxiety and pain.Your prayers for her means the world to me.

I won't be around for the first day of the Sem. I wish you all the best of luck in the new Sem and see you soon.

PS: I'm not secretive when it comes to results so if you do wonder, I end my first year degree with a CGPA of 3.54, I am happy with it based on the effort I gave in.

Love the ones you are with,
Darryl 'Ashton' Chin

Two is better than one.

''Siblings. Nature's way of creating a slightly (or very) different version of us.''

I picked up my brother from school this afternoon and witnessed something that touched my heart. I slowed down my car as the students were crossing the road, and that was when I watched a boy holding the hands of his younger brother as they cross to the other side of the road. The elder boy looked carefully at both directions of the driveway while firmly holding his brother's hands to ensure that they get to the other side safely, and the younger brother followed closely by his side. The warmth of their brotherhood radiated through a simple act of bringing each other across the street.  


As I was driving and searching for the sight of my brother, I found him doing the same thing. Our eyes met and he headed towards my car. I smiled to myself (like an idiot), because I have a sibling. =)   

I have a younger brother. Our age gap is rather huge, and in sundry ways our uniqueness is clear, but nothing gets in the way of our close and whimsical sibling-hood. Like most siblings, we annoy each other to the core at times. We fight then we make up. Siblings fight over ANYTHING and EVERYTHING, but you know they are the ones who will be right next to you when the world tumbles down. There's a saying that goes 'Half the time when siblings wrestle, it is just an excuse to hug each other', I think this is somewhat true. LOL. Through siblings fights I learnt that anger is natural and that relationships can survive disagreements. Because despite how much we fight, he is the one person I know that will never leave me behind. I'm truly glad that I have a close relationship with my brother and that he'll always come to me to share everything. 

This video of Charlie and Harry reminds me of the silly things that we do with our siblings. Plus, it's cute.


Having siblings is a blessing. To the outside world we grow and change, but not to our brothers and sisters, because we know each other as we always were by heart. We share family feuds and the ups and downs. Siblings can sit next to each other in utter silence all day and be completely comfortable. They are like best friends that you can never get rid of; You know no matter what you do they'll still be there. When siblings get together, no fortress is as strong as the pact they make. 


'Sweet is the voice of a sibling in the season of sorrow', when we feel like nothing seems right, our siblings come and pick us up from the ground to make things right again, and we do the same for them. We all act like we don't care, but deep down we know that we're looking out for each other. Sometimes being a brother/sister is even better than being a superhero.

'It snowed last year: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down then we had tea.' - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and writer.

Love your siblings. 

P.S. If you don't have a sibling, that doesn't make you less special, it only makes you unique in your way, where you share your love with cousins or friends. 

Sincerely,
Yvonne

Hello all!

Greetings from Sitiawan!

As you guys can see from the photos from facebook, I went to Cameron for MMU CCF camp for 3D2N. Oh ya, CCF stands for Chinese Christian Fellowship. The camp theme is Super Love 爱在我行. It means "show your love through actions".

Did u notice that it's a love instead of an S inside the box?

So basically, the activities are bible sharing by the speaker, games, camp fire, barbecue, singing sessions and etc. I have learnt a lot in this camp, and realized there are so many things i have neglected, which i think it's a really good refreshment camp for me. Besides, i have met some new friends, and our bonding among CCF members have grown stronger and closer.

This is my first ever experience to play water gun in highlands, it's fun and cool! :D

And by the way, we can only feel the coldness during the night and early morning in cameron, the temperature during daytime is just so-so.

On the last day, before we departed back to Cyberjaya, we hung around in Brinchang and visited some farms.
Here's my pic of eating strawberry to end this post. LOL

Blog's first week

Did you notice that we have reached 232 hits since the first day of the blog?

Probably the hits came from us, probably they came from some random people (based on Google results), and probably some of us shared the links to family, friends and acquaintances. Probably probably probably. PROBABILITY. Can somebody calculate the confidence interval? LOL. Okay, just so you know, as for now, the blog is open to public to read.

Move on to Labels. The setting of the Labels here, as seen on the right column ---> is 'Cloud'. Other blogs might use 'List'. Cloud is more fun, for me. Label with the most entries and posts will be the highlight of the cloud. As we can see, Darryl is the champion of publishing new entries so his name would appear the biggest (that's because we put our own names for the labels). If you're wondering how Labels work (probably you're new to blogging), you can hover your mouse to a label, and if you click it, all the entries tagged with the label will appear. I think this is useful if you want to share your entries to those outside the team, you can simply give link, example is like this http://pagesofourledger.blogspot.com/search/label/Yvonne%20Goh . That is Yvonne's post list's label, and she can give this link to her mother maybe, or her childhood friend for them to read. It would be all about her posts, and her mother and childhood friend does not need to scroll through other author's entries (they might not be interested). If they also want to read, not a problem.

Probably in the near future, we might add some varieties in the blog contents, by choosing a topic and every members will have to create an entry about it. In example: My current favourite song. Every members will write something about it, and we will tag a label to that: "Current Favourite Song". So next time you wanna read all the entries about that, you can simply click on that label and read all the listed songs by Team IX members. You can make comparisons!

 Lastly, did you know that you can share a specific link of a specific post? Probably you know, probably you don't. You can simply hover your cursor to a post title, right click it and copy the link address. Example: http://pagesofourledger.blogspot.com/2012/10/first-post-of-esthar.html. That is Esthar's first post's link. Share the link and the person clicking the link will directly be directed to that one specific post. This is useful when you really want to share something to somebody outside the team (that does not know the existence of the blog) and you don't want to scroll through all the newer posts, simply copy the link's URL and give it to the person who might need it. I hope you can understand all these lengthy explanations, and if you do have doubts and questions, hit the comment box below! :)

Ps: Blogger.com also allows authors to schedule the publishing time of a post. Let's say you composed a post at 8AM, and you only want readers to read / know about it later at 6PM (but you will not be handling your laptop/ smartphone to publish the post), you can schedule it. Cool? COOLIO. LL COOL J. LULZ

Ps2: The blog is mobile friendly too.

Ps3: I just won't stop, right? LOL. Okay. Let's see, whether somebody can beat Darryl's label size in the cloud.

First post of ESTHAR?

First of all, one week of our Lovely holidays was gone! My first week was not as FUN or SPECIAL or HAPPENING as the other authors but it was a TIRING but GOOD experience. As for those who closed with me or knew me for quite a long time, I'm sort of 'MONEY FACE' in my personality. So, the most popular activity that I would like to do during my holidays is earning money with some part-time jobs.

Well, it was a little bit different for this time because this event was kind of huge compared to my old experience. My usual agency didn't call me up for any job in the first week so I found another job in the website. (For those who wants to search for part-time promoter job can go to LIKE Above100-Freelance Jobs & KK Event/ Roadshow Management Service or you can also go to asiaparttime)

Ok, the event that I worked is titled 'Enfagrow Kids Camp'. Obviously, it was a KIDS event. Forgot to mention that I did went to training for this job on last Tuesday in Midvalley. (*OMG, the training took for 5 hours and my dad had waited me there.) The training flow divided into 3 sections: Client introduce the product story, Advertising company-Bates explain the mechanical event and followed by promoter agency supervisor brief for the responsibility. But this do let me learn something new in their presentation.

Sorry for no photos to be provided about the camp because my 'cheap' phone cannot take photo due to mechanical problem.haha. But I can say, all of us had repeated for 1million times for the same sentences for these three days camp. There are four stations in the game department. The manager had appointed me to the first station due to my good answering skill during the training. (HAHAHA, THIS WAS MY HAPPY MOMENT BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPLIMENT FROM A POWERFUL GUY!) My job was telling kids about the story line of the concept of this camp to start the game. SO, MY VOICE WAS VERY SEXY NOW AFTER THREE DAYS EVENT. (Darryl, I assure you will compliment it to me!)

"Listen kids, now the Professor Owl is missing, you need to find him out for me ok. Before you find it, you need to drink MILK MILK for JieJie( Sister). Come, be ready with your one finger and point the MILK MILK out for me. (WITH A VERY VERY LOVELY SMILE)"
This is sort of a version of my description to the kids.


HAHAHA, that's my first post here. Do comment if any mistake in my writing. I'm waiting for IT!:)

Pleases and Thank Yous

'The small courtesies sweeten life; the great ennoble it' - Christian Nestell Bovee

'Courtesy is a way of life', what is your take on this?

I was driving at the highway yesterday noon and my car was running out of petrol so I stopped at the Shell petrol station near Sg. Besi. Despite the irritatingly hot weather, the counter personnel was really friendly and he greeted every single customer with a warm smile, which I find impressive. I smiled back and greeted 'thank you', as a recognition of his effort in providing service at his best. I was filled with a sense of contentment through a stranger's warmth and goodness.

Just as I was about to be convinced of the idea of courtesy still being practised in today's society, something happened and failed me. An old Australian couple was filling petrol into their car parked in front of mine. And there was a huge double-decker bus parked next to their vehicle. The bus driver sat in the driver seat with the bus engine on, so I guessed he had pumped petrol and was ready to leave. Unexpectedly, an incredibly loud and lengthy car honk was released from the bus out of nowhere. It was so disturbingly loud that some of us jumped to the sound and everyone turned their heads towards the bus to catch a glimpse of the happening. I caught a sight of the old Australian man looking like the loud honk scared the living daylight out of him. I was puzzled for a moment as I question the reason behind this irrational and inconsiderate behaviour of the bus driver. It turns out that he was honking at the bus passengers who were buying things inside the mini mart, signalling them to hurry up and get back into the bus. I pitied the poor old man as he stood nearest to the bus.

That wasn't the end. In less than 3 minutes, the bus driver honked again, this time even louder and longer. The old man jumped again to the sound of the intensely loud honk. He turned to the bus driver and said 'Hey! Stop doing that!'. And then the bus driver scrolled down the window and shouted back at the top of his lungs 'Shut up! You've got a problem?? I do what I want! This is my job! F*** off!'. Everyone at the petrol station were stunned by the bus driver's words. The poor old man was in silence as the bus driver continued to scream at him with nasty words. The bus driver's impudence was humiliating and disappointing. What happened to his morality? Where are the values as promoted by the government's campaign of ''Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita / Courtesy is our culture''?

I'm sure most of us have come upon road bullies. I'm referring to those drivers who drive way too fast, come way too near to the back of your car, then overtake your car. BUT, that wasn't the end, they just had to pull off some filthy moves as they overtake, such as flashing their middle finger, or screaming foul words.  I've had countless encounters with road bullies and I find them very very disgusting, simply because I don't get why it is so hard for them to act like decent human beings.

I strongly believe that courtesy is a way of life. Courtesy is being respectful and considerate towards others, and that's what makes us a civilization. Everyone wishes to be treated nicely. The act of consideration starts from ourselves if we desire the same treatment from others. Courtesy is as simple as a warm smile, or an acknowledgement like 'thank you', or apologizing when we make a mistake. Often we are overtaken by our emotions and let it get in our way. If we could be thoughtful of what others are going through, negativity can be eliminated from our lives.

A man may fight fiercely in a war, a business, or in a court, but he does not need to fight to get ahead of everyone else in a queue. No one is too big or too busy to practice courtesy, as it is one of the little things that could change the world. Random acts of kindness bring you a lifetime of happiness.

After all, is it really that hard to say 'Please' and 'Thank You'?

Let us all practice kindness and pass it on. Go put a smile on someone's face today. =)

"Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with." - John Wanamaker, entrepreneur.

Sincerely,
Yvonne

The “Real” Essence of Chicken Soup

        

        Chicken soup is a random dish in my house. I treated it so normal until I didn't really appreciate it anymore. However, ever since I come back hometown this time, I truly understand the hidden meaning of my mum real essence of organic chicken soup. Part of it is because I had left hometown for more than 4 months, missing home badly when looking at people went back home every weekends, mid-semester breaks, Raya breaks and some public holidays. I always tell them they are so blessed even when their mums scolded them and nagged at them, it shows that mums care for them so much, especially when they can have hot mummy’s home-cooked food. When my feet stepped down the newly renovated Sibu Airport, I knew my mum was waiting outside the immigration hall, and the warm feeling just rushed up to my mind.

               

          The first thing that noticed me was the chicken soup on the table. Mum told me that " Daughter, you must be tired."Mum kept saying that it’s the chicken that she reared for xx months and started her stories again. I looked at her and smiled. I started to appreciate every single moment with her as I really don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Of course, both of us know that how difficult to wait for us to meet again. Mum changed a lot when she started her career as service advisor for a funeral corporation. She treasures and teaches me to spend my day to the fullest. Unnecessary sadness and anger will just waste the happiness of the day. The chicken soup is cooked with her love- the motherly love that can never be substituted.  

              

               Mama, thanks so much. <3 

A trip to Gua Tempurung,Perak

This is going to be my major trip during the semester break(if i am not getting to Terengganu to visit my eldest sister).This vacation was planned by my family members during my exam week and I was extremely excited and looking forward for this since ALL of my closest cousins are going to be there...Although we rarely visit each other (actually that is what makes this trip meaningful to me)because they are staying at Perak and here I am in Shah Alam but we know exactly what is happening there and they know what is going on here.

So, back to the trip, the whole journey was very tiring and exhausting. I will simplify the whole excitement to a much shorter story here. If you would like to find out what this cave is all about you can easily savor all the information available in Google but I am here to share the experience and feelings that I went through. There were a lot of up and downs. I mean real up and downs..! We were told by our supportive tour guide to climb up the steep stones and glide down the slippery ones. My family wouldn't have made it to the end if my father and cousin brothers weren't there to assist us to pass through the tough areas. Trust me, I was almost helpless when it comes to the slippery gigantic rocks because we were not provided with anything to hold on and my shoes were not doing much help. Not to mention that my sister sprained her ankle in the process. But I will have to admit that the challenge wasn't really complained by the male group although they were asked, maybe forced, to go through the obstacles by themselves without having anyone to hold them if they were to fall off.


The journey got more thrilling when we entered the dark area. We were told to solely depend on the only light source we had which was from the torchlight. We brought only three torchlights which we thought was enough but we were proved to be wrong when we were told to cross certain passages individually. Some part of the cave was very low which required us to do duckwalk. Some of the tourists were shocked by the need to travel down the low rocks but they should have noticed that they might be stuck in there if they were to decide not to travel the way as shown by the tour guide. These are some of the pictures we took inside the cave.

ALMOST THE WHOLE GROUP

MY SISTER AND MY ELDEST COUSIN BROTHER

MY JOYFUL EXTENDED FAMILY

Thats all from me for now. Hope you enjoyed reading.

Smiles,
Dursharl

I watched Superman fly away.

Sometimes in life, there's just so many things I want to fit in a short period of time. 3.15 AM and I'm still busy with DC Bodybuilding Clothing. One week of Sem break has passed and I could have been in Palembang now or even Medan.

For what it is worth, I hope that I could see the effort and investment being paid off in the near future. And so it is, I wish you all the best in your public launching tomorrow Beh. May you be a successful entrepreneur.

As for now, my friend Superman even told me that he is tired already. That makes the both of us. Tonight, I watch Supeman fly away.

With warm hugs & a smile,

Darryl 'Ashton' Chin