E.R.A.S.E. with love

"Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."

The first time I came across the words 'AIDS' and 'HIV' was when I took part in a science quiz in primary school, and learnt the full name of those two words - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV leads to AIDS, where a progressive failure of the human immune system occurs and develops life-threatening opportunistic infections.

I feel deeply sorry for the innocent HIV/AIDS patients who were genetically inherited with the disease. Besides having to bear with the reality of their immune system getting weaken by the viruses as days go by, the worst part is how they have to deal with the social stigma of the society around them. Instead of showering these ill people with love and words of encouragement, the society alienates and sets them apart from us, making these ill ones feel like they are different.

If there is one thing we could do, it would be to show our love and support for the people who are living with HIV or AIDS. The indifference of the society in caring for the people living with HIV/AIDS causes their will to live to wear away and makes them want to give up on life.  We should not run or hide when someone needs somebody. By getting to know the illness, we will realize the faults of the social stigma. Offering a hug to the people living with HIV/AIDS is NOT contagious, but instead it brings hope and acceptance to them. Togetherness brings hope, and hope gives them the strength to go on when it feels like nothing else works. We can bring a change to erase stigma and discrimination to HIV/AIDS.

World Aids Day falls on the 1st December of every year. This year, the Medical Society of the University of Malaya, together with Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) will be celebrating World AIDS Day on the 1st and 2nd of December 2012. The event 'E.R.A.S.E.' envisioned to eradicate stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS, and to educate the society and create awareness on HIV/AIDS. Do check out their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ERASEAIDS

WHAT CAN I DO?
The organizers have came out with postcards to raise fund for Malaysian AIDS Council in funding the aids given to people living with HIV/AIDS. A minimum donation of RM 10 will be collected for a set of 4 postcards, and if some of us could not afford the whole set, we could donate RM 3 for 1 postcard. The postcards also act as inspiration and support to those people, where the donors will write down their words of encouragement on the postcards, which will then be collected and sent back to the Malaysian AIDS Council and viewed by the HIV/AIDS patients in need of love and support.

If you guys are interested, do get the postcards from me or Yean See by this Friday, as we will be volunteering for the event on this coming Saturday and Sunday. And if you guys would like to volunteer as well, feel free to sign up on their facebook page and join us this weekend.

I sincerely hope that we as Team IX Members can each do a small part in contributing to this good cause. =)

"Act as if you do make a difference. Because it really does."

Sincerely,
Yvonne.

Ultimate Frisbee (20/11/2012)

Food tasting and testing: myBurgerLab

These awesome photos were taken today, at myBurgerLab in Seapark, Petaling Jaya. Funny. The plan was for us to meet there at 5PM, where Yvonne will drive her car and YeanSee will be the passenger, me myself will drive another car from Bangi, and Darryl will come slighly later at 5.30 pm, driving his own car from Puncak Alam. It turned out that the first two cars, (Yvonne and I) was lost in Petaling Jaya area. While we were supposed to book the seats first and wait for Darryl according to the 5 pm plan, failed as we were waiting for Darryl for another reason:- to lead us to myBurgerLab in Seapark! LOL We were lost. Totally lost. We finally found the restaurant at 6 pm. That is an hour later according to plan. 

I had no idea where I was. I know the way to get there but to find Seapark is very tricky. My earlier research using Google Maps and Wikipedia failed, but it had never failed me before.  My first landmark to get there, which was a roundabout, had recently been demolished and replaced with traffic lights. No wonder I got lost. I was searching for the roundabout! And after I couldn't trace the roundabout, everything seems not to make sense at all. Later, I hopped into Darryl's car, with Yvonne and Yeansee following through, browsed through iPad's map and we finally found myBurgerLab. 

The location is not in downtown PJ. It's not even near Jaya One. It's somewhere in the neighbourhood, so:-

"If you want some, come get some" - John Cena

When we arrived the queue was long, but not as long as what I saw in myBurgerLab's photo in Facebook. In that photo the queue was dragged till the outside of the tiny restaurant. Today, the queue remained inside but the the restaurant is packed with hungry people. The atmosphere of the restaurant is not like any other restaurant. From outside I see the atmosphere resembles an open house. I also get the vision of the moment 5 minutes before Ramadhan's break fasting in restaurant, where everybody wants a seat! Back to the queue, if I'm not mistaken it took us 10 minutes to place our orders.

We were given index number or angka giliran just like any banks / post office. Our number was 72. The current number was 44. The waiting time was about half an hour. Then it's time to look for empty seats. It's not easy. It's so jammed pack with people, so imagine for yourself. Thank god a staff came in handy when he offered us to look for seats.

It's the drooling part now! The burgersssss. YeanSee ordered Spicy Hawaii chicken burger, while Yvonne ordered Chicken A+ burger. I took the recommendation of YeanSee by ordering 'The Beautiful Mess'. Darryl ordered "Kick In The Face" to the power of 2 burger. We decided to order 4 different burgers so we can try all four and decide on the one with the best taste. We ranked "Kick in the Face" the best because the patty is very juicy. *drooling now*. The Beautiful Mess came in second, A+ burger was downgraded to C due to it's performance that was ranked by us at number 3 and Spicy Hawaian came in last. Fries tastes good and we had bottemless soda.

One thing about eating the burgers here is that, it will get messy! I always wonder why must it get Messi, and not Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka or Robin Van Persie? LOL just kidding. So to tackle the messy issue, you need lotsa tissues. But hey the interior design was not messy at all. Designed to be simple, not size consuming, with spacious effect (white colour chosen) and unique mural, will at least decrease the tense inside the shop, urm looking for seats maybe? Haha. My favourite mural would be the chemistry's periodic-table: Version burger, it's out of the box. But the mural in the shape of burger is cute too. It's written "Hungry? Omnomnomnomnom this burger!". 

So to wrap up the post, it was a nice experience trying a 'black burger', it's different, unique in it's own way AND it's nicer because somebody paid for it :) Come early, as early as 5 pm because the queue will start right away. 

If I were a girl..

My dream guy would have Chace Crawford's hair, Dwayne Johnson's smile, Channing Tatum's eyes & Gerard Butler's accent...

I'm in love,
Darryl Ashton Chin

Nov--days

08.11.12

An unforgotten night. 

I'm surprised for everything at that night.

I never expect that I got such a big group of good friends when I entered MMU.

(Everyone has their own stories before entered this path, you know I know.)

I was touched by the sincerity from everyone especially this awesome group- Team IX.

Before that, I felt very hilarious about the Team.( Don't kill me, Darryl.) 

But, don't know since when, I started to feel proud to be with this team and started to spread it among my old friends.( All of them felt surprised and jealous with the Team:D) 

Thanks for being a part of my university life.

:)

Regards

Yean See.

Questions- Yean See!

Questions- Yean See!
1. What time did you get up this morning?
Supposed to be 8.30am but lastly woke up at 9.30am.
2. How do you like your steak?
Frankly I never try this before. Only tried raw beef slice once!(I missed it)
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Taken 2. (After this I think twice to travel Europe countries alone)
4. What is your favourite TV show?
Cantonese drama.(Mostly from TVB Hong Kong)
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
(Seriously, I found difficult to answer 'IF' question.)
6. What did you have for breakfast?
Mihun Mee.
7. What is your favourite cuisine?
I can anything as long as the taste is not that heavy. (Trying hard to keep healthy life, don't want die so soon.)
8. What food do you dislike?
Basically I CAN eat anything. (Can't think of anything that I dislike now.)
9. Favourite place to eat?
Depends on who am I together with.
10. Favourite dressing style?
Simple and Comfortable.
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
Second-hand car.
12. What are your favourite clothes?
Light and loose shirt/ dress with short pants.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Espana. England. 
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 full? *what is this.
15. Where would you want to retire?
See how much I can earn for my retirement.
16. Favourite time of the day?
As long as I got enough sleep, then every hours of the day would be a great time.
17. Where were you born?
Klang, Selangor.
18. What is your favourite sports to watch?
No specific favourite. (Just follow the trend)
19. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
The most lame person who created this questions.
20. Bird watcher?
Wait me retire first.
21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Morning! (Can be night person in sometimes if I get enough sleep the day before)
22. Pets?
I don't hate (like) animals but I don't have any intention to have them as my pet.
23. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
I have a great time for my birthday this year!:D
24. What did you want to be when you were little?
Teacher. (Everyone said I looked like a teacher.)
25. Are you a cat or a dog person?
Dog. (I always 'Bark' like a dog?)
26. Always wear your seat belt?
Yeap. (I don't want die so soon.)
27. Been in a car accident?
Yes. When I was 2 years old, I been stuck under the car and few of the men included my lovely dad moved away the car to save this little cute daughter (me). Followed by, when I was studying upper six, I crashed a car while I rode bike on my way back home.
28. Any pet peeves?
CAT! (Especially I heard the 'miao')
29. Favourite pizza topping?
I rarely eat pizza.
30. Favourite flower?
Anything? ARGH, Never think to get a flower for myself.
31. Favourite ice cream?
Mint from Baskin Robbins. Green tea from Haagen Daaz.
32. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Anything. Because they are all FAST FOOD.
33. From whom did you get your last email?
Groupon.
34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
I can control myself very well now so I don't think I will MAX out credit card in the future.
35. Did anything spontaneous lately?
Went to Setia City Mall on my birthday to buy a post-birthday present to one of my friend.
36. What was your favourite vacation?
I would said I like the vacations that together with those I felt comfortable.
37. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Familyyyyy.
38. What are you listening to right now?
Beautiful from Carly Rae Jepsen & Justin Bieber

*Finally I done it.:D

Questions: Tyson

Questions - Tyson!
1. What time did you get up this morning?
11.19 am.
2. How do you like your steak?
Both ways, no problem.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Silent Hill: Revelation. Granted, there may have been some negative reviews regarding said film, but I personally found it ok. I could go on and on about why it enthralled me, but let's leave it at this.
4. What is your favourite TV show?
South Park (All that dark, dirty humor, ahhh, so humorous).
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium.Those countries strike me as open minded in some areas, unlike some shithole nations I've seen!
6. What did you have for breakfast?
Skipped breakfast. I only chow down a morning snack, or only have breakfast on rare occasions, during the holidays.
7. What is your favourite cuisine?
Any will do, provided it tastes good. But Spanish, Japanese and Italian would do my pallet justice.
 8. What food do you dislike?
Mushrooms, prawns, certain local types of vegetables.
9. Favourite place to eat?
Anywhere clean and pleasant, comfortable. Cannot be disgusting, slimy and run-down.
10. Favourite dressing style?
Depends on the mood. Sometimes I'm happy to don shorts and T-shirts, and at other times, I feel incomplete without jeans and long-sleeved T-shirts/hoodies/jackets,  complete with my trademark chain, stuff like that
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
Uh ... you see these? *nods towards my legs* I'd like an Imperial Star Destroyer, if possible. (lol)
12. What are your favourite clothes?
Refer to no. 10, please.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Japan, the land of the Samurai?
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 empty. If this is a word/mind game, then I'll go by empty, because in Life, we all gotta push forward as hard as possible, to ensure our survival.
15. Where would you want to retire?
no idea at the moment
16. Favourite time of the day?
 10.30 am - 11 am. Waking at 11 am makes me feel fresh and rejuvenated.
17. Where were you born?
Johor Bahru.
18. What is your favourite sports to watch?
Various Martial Arts such as Capoeira, Brazilian-jujutsu, Ninjutsu, Kendo ...
19. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
No one in particular.
20. Bird watcher?
On occasion, I'd see a yellow bird dart across the skies, or in the distance. Yep, that bird I feel is fascinating.
21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Both.
22. Pets?
Doberman. Athletic and strong, yet smart and imposing, too.
23. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
None at the moment.
24. What did you want to be when you were little?
I wanted to join the ranks of the Shinsengumi?
25. Are you a cat or a dog person?
Both. Canines and Felines are truly impressive animals.
26. Always wear your seat belt?
Hardly, feels like a straitjacket to me on occasion
27. Been in a car accident?
Thank God no.
28. Any pet peeves?
Beh "Clever" Chun Chuan taunting me repeatedly, when he asks me bullshit questions, especially when they aren't true regarding my sex life.
29. Favourite pizza topping?
Many! Sausages and melted cheese, to name a few
30. Favourite flower?
Roses, Hibiscuses, Cherry Blossoms
31. Favourite ice cream?
Chocolate, vanilla and coffee. But I might be able to tolerate strawberry and other random flavours depending on my mood ...
32. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Carl's Junior, Wendy's, KFC, and the ever popular McD's ... but seriously, ANY FFR from the west should be decent
33. From whom did you get your last email?
Melanie Jones. I'm not sure who she is, but I'm guessing she's of European descent.
34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
I better not get a credit card. It's a one way ticket into a world of debt, and everlasting pain and stress. I'd rather work my way the old-fashioned (yet foolproof) way, until I get TWO promotions. Then we can ask me this again.
35. Did anything spontaneous lately?
Hopped down to Mid-Valley last Saturday. Next time, KLCC's on my list.
36. What was your favourite vacation?
Never truly had one.
37. Last person you went out to dinner with?
The guy who typed this?
38. What are you listening to right now?
The Playah, Steropony, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift