Graduation
It is confirmed. I am eligible to graduate. Homours? I do not care..yet. The important thing is, I am graduating. My ceremony will be in April next year. My family minus Abah and probably my Aunt from Switzerland will come Down Under. Look forward to April.
Gold Coast
Went to the Gold Coast. It was fantastic. Went to Movie World and Wet n Wild. I find Gold Coast a good family holiday place, when no schoolies are around. I have suggested my mom to go to the Gold Coast for a family holiday. I expect to go to Dreamworld and Seaworld.
Whyalla
My second Khuruj. Lots of lessons. Will cover it later.
Graduation
I am graduating!!!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Why I did this.
You used me.
You did not respect me.
You were so 'berkira' with me when I did not did so with you,
You violated my privacy.
You broke your promise.
You broke my trust.
You violated my property.
You played with me.
You did not care.
So.......my reaction.I just don't care.
You did not respect me.
You were so 'berkira' with me when I did not did so with you,
You violated my privacy.
You broke your promise.
You broke my trust.
You violated my property.
You played with me.
You did not care.
So.......my reaction.I just don't care.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
One thing leads to another-Part 1
Several months ago. I have decided to stop waiting and staying at the same place. I refuse to fall into routine which I was doing all this time. Things and people always change around me, but I usually stay the same and in the end, I ended up losing many things.
Every day. I try to make it different than the day before. I try to be different. Try shaking off that herd mentality.
The first big step I took was abandoning tne glamours of Eid open houses and dedicating a whole weekend in the path of Allah. You may be surprised, I am not always a very observant Muslim, but yes, I DID STRIVED IN THE PATH OF ALLAH for a whole weekend. I did not laugh and make jokes eating mouthful of Raya morsels. But I learned many new things and see new places. I prayed alongsode Lebanese,Bangladeshi and Turks and It is surprising how different their views are on islam but we prayed together, in one saf.It was a small town, with only 2o Muslim families, yet they united and managed to erevt a house of worship for Allah In that weekend, I met more new people, Australians, eventhough they are immigrants, they are Australians nontheless, who have toiled and made their life in Australia. In the past three years, mingling with Malays only was the biggest mistake I have ever made. I failed to made any Australian freinds, their culture being too different, or is it just me, being a typical xenophobic Malay. In that weekend in the countryside, I have met Australians, Muslim they are and we have so much in common yet different in many ways, and we prayed together and exchanged stories. The old man, reminiscing his young years, after the fall of the ottoman empire, his life in Germany, as a stable hand, and his eventual immigration to the down under. His english was jumbled, but in every sentence, he gave us so much lessons from his 60 years on this Earth. The Lebanese, lamenting the lack Islamic schools, as he has the desire that his son does not become like him, Australianised, having no culture and identity. The secular Turk, who thinks Islam is too confusing and contradicting, yest he yearsn to unravel his doubtand believe in Allah. But the most amazing aspect of the weekend, was spending time with brother Hatham, the Aussie born Lebanese, who abandoned Computer Sciense for the sake of Al Hadith education in Syria. I was prejudiced. To me, people with beards usually ranting about death to Israel as such. But no, not a single word of malice was uttered of any jews. His words, were expressing the true meaning of the Koran and al-hadith and I learned and experienced much of the essence of Islam from that whole weekends. The way he shared the knowledge of Deen, his interactions with the people around him, his patience and his passion for islam, was a mercy of Allah. To all those who wondered where I went to during that weekend, I just want to say, I'd rather skip a thousand Open Houses to experience that weekend again and Insya-Allah I will join a longer trip if circumstances permit.
Despite thah weekend. I am not a perfect Muslim. I still cannot fulfill my 5 daily prayers completely on many days, I cannot get rid of my bad habits and I am nasty to some people which I sorely am ashamed of doing again and again. But i still strive for myself. I have tried to attend Isya' every night, for a lesson with Hatham, and between that, sending pamphlets and fulfilling my obligations to my Final Year Project and many many assignments. Insya-Allah, I will cope with this ever busy life and dedicate more time to Allah. Because, the world cannot cure the sickness in me. I am sick of money, I have mo desire to be rich, my family was rich before, but because of greed we fell.....I had friends, but friends come and go and we are tied together by worly affairs which do not last. Only the deen, which continuously opposes the nafsu provides me with peace and tranquility. But in the path to better myself, I know I have also hurt othe people and I sincerely regret this...I will have to find a way with Allah's guidance, to adress this.
Every day. I try to make it different than the day before. I try to be different. Try shaking off that herd mentality.
The first big step I took was abandoning tne glamours of Eid open houses and dedicating a whole weekend in the path of Allah. You may be surprised, I am not always a very observant Muslim, but yes, I DID STRIVED IN THE PATH OF ALLAH for a whole weekend. I did not laugh and make jokes eating mouthful of Raya morsels. But I learned many new things and see new places. I prayed alongsode Lebanese,Bangladeshi and Turks and It is surprising how different their views are on islam but we prayed together, in one saf.It was a small town, with only 2o Muslim families, yet they united and managed to erevt a house of worship for Allah In that weekend, I met more new people, Australians, eventhough they are immigrants, they are Australians nontheless, who have toiled and made their life in Australia. In the past three years, mingling with Malays only was the biggest mistake I have ever made. I failed to made any Australian freinds, their culture being too different, or is it just me, being a typical xenophobic Malay. In that weekend in the countryside, I have met Australians, Muslim they are and we have so much in common yet different in many ways, and we prayed together and exchanged stories. The old man, reminiscing his young years, after the fall of the ottoman empire, his life in Germany, as a stable hand, and his eventual immigration to the down under. His english was jumbled, but in every sentence, he gave us so much lessons from his 60 years on this Earth. The Lebanese, lamenting the lack Islamic schools, as he has the desire that his son does not become like him, Australianised, having no culture and identity. The secular Turk, who thinks Islam is too confusing and contradicting, yest he yearsn to unravel his doubtand believe in Allah. But the most amazing aspect of the weekend, was spending time with brother Hatham, the Aussie born Lebanese, who abandoned Computer Sciense for the sake of Al Hadith education in Syria. I was prejudiced. To me, people with beards usually ranting about death to Israel as such. But no, not a single word of malice was uttered of any jews. His words, were expressing the true meaning of the Koran and al-hadith and I learned and experienced much of the essence of Islam from that whole weekends. The way he shared the knowledge of Deen, his interactions with the people around him, his patience and his passion for islam, was a mercy of Allah. To all those who wondered where I went to during that weekend, I just want to say, I'd rather skip a thousand Open Houses to experience that weekend again and Insya-Allah I will join a longer trip if circumstances permit.
Despite thah weekend. I am not a perfect Muslim. I still cannot fulfill my 5 daily prayers completely on many days, I cannot get rid of my bad habits and I am nasty to some people which I sorely am ashamed of doing again and again. But i still strive for myself. I have tried to attend Isya' every night, for a lesson with Hatham, and between that, sending pamphlets and fulfilling my obligations to my Final Year Project and many many assignments. Insya-Allah, I will cope with this ever busy life and dedicate more time to Allah. Because, the world cannot cure the sickness in me. I am sick of money, I have mo desire to be rich, my family was rich before, but because of greed we fell.....I had friends, but friends come and go and we are tied together by worly affairs which do not last. Only the deen, which continuously opposes the nafsu provides me with peace and tranquility. But in the path to better myself, I know I have also hurt othe people and I sincerely regret this...I will have to find a way with Allah's guidance, to adress this.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
WJL 1244
It was ugly.
It was.
It was a lie, it was not an MPV.It was a Proton.
But we invested our hopes in that little box with wheels.
Hopes for a brighter future.
With its spacious boots, my ferried thousands of Twintech college brocures, into towns,cities and even palm plantations.
The one month worth of Carrefour groceries fits easily into its back space.
It carried the small fridge to my flat at Cemara college INTEC.
With its 1.1 litre engine, the little ugly box with wheels, faithfully carried us to Ipoh, to see my beloved grandparents safely. Of course, it is so slow, so the chance of accidents is less.
It was that little ugly box with wheels, that took us to Kuala Kedah, from which we went to Langkawi or to Lumut, from which we went to Pangkor.
The ugly car could go anywhere other cars can.
But the ugly cars has no status. It is ugly.
It attracts whsipers of evil.
And my mom says.
'I have to protect my name'.
And so,on december 2006.
We left the ugly car, at a proton dealership.
For a new Waja.
The person from the shop, frowned at our ugly box with wheels.
Good riddance?
My mom wanted an MPV.It;s hard falling from ahigh place.At a time when people of her age, level of education and job. She is supposed to be driving a Honda City.But the trend in 2003, was to have MPVs and I could see then that she really liked to have an MPV..especiallt the snobby aunt of mine who snobbishly displayed her new Cheverolet MPV in front of my mom.
As usual, people who are not rich in Malaysian, turn to Proton and they gave us the ugly Juara.
It was not an MPV.But my mom fell from it.
And we became some sort of a joke too.But who cares, We've heard so much from our relatives and our neighbors that we became deaf to their taunts.
We used the ugly box with wheels, just as any car and it served us well.
We invested our hopes in it and it did not fail us.
The ugly box with wheels was with us when my siblings and I were at school when when we were together.So it was a time of youth.A time we had Rayas together, and went on family vacations, with that ugky box with wheels.
That ugly box with wheels was part our joy for almost 5 years.
When we got rid of it, I was to fly to Australia and my bro was going to college.As any family, we are splitting.Meanwhile my mom got a double promotion and her colleagues then were people who drive at least a Toyota Vios. It was if the ugly box with wheels knew, that its time was up. It will never send us to Ipoh or take us to vacations again and that my mom can never feel proud driving it ever again.
And so it left us, or we left it. Ending my colorful youth,
Wherever it is I do not know, I hope it serves its master well as it did us.
Whenever i look back, remisniscing my short youth. The ugly box with wheels,will always be apart of those years of lovely memories with my family.
Thank you for becoming part of our enjoyment..Juara WJL 1244.
It was.
It was a lie, it was not an MPV.It was a Proton.
But we invested our hopes in that little box with wheels.
Hopes for a brighter future.
With its spacious boots, my ferried thousands of Twintech college brocures, into towns,cities and even palm plantations.
The one month worth of Carrefour groceries fits easily into its back space.
It carried the small fridge to my flat at Cemara college INTEC.
With its 1.1 litre engine, the little ugly box with wheels, faithfully carried us to Ipoh, to see my beloved grandparents safely. Of course, it is so slow, so the chance of accidents is less.
It was that little ugly box with wheels, that took us to Kuala Kedah, from which we went to Langkawi or to Lumut, from which we went to Pangkor.
The ugly car could go anywhere other cars can.
But the ugly cars has no status. It is ugly.
It attracts whsipers of evil.
And my mom says.
'I have to protect my name'.
And so,on december 2006.
We left the ugly car, at a proton dealership.
For a new Waja.
The person from the shop, frowned at our ugly box with wheels.
Good riddance?
My mom wanted an MPV.It;s hard falling from ahigh place.At a time when people of her age, level of education and job. She is supposed to be driving a Honda City.But the trend in 2003, was to have MPVs and I could see then that she really liked to have an MPV..especiallt the snobby aunt of mine who snobbishly displayed her new Cheverolet MPV in front of my mom.
As usual, people who are not rich in Malaysian, turn to Proton and they gave us the ugly Juara.
It was not an MPV.But my mom fell from it.
And we became some sort of a joke too.But who cares, We've heard so much from our relatives and our neighbors that we became deaf to their taunts.
We used the ugly box with wheels, just as any car and it served us well.
We invested our hopes in it and it did not fail us.
The ugly box with wheels was with us when my siblings and I were at school when when we were together.So it was a time of youth.A time we had Rayas together, and went on family vacations, with that ugky box with wheels.
That ugly box with wheels was part our joy for almost 5 years.
When we got rid of it, I was to fly to Australia and my bro was going to college.As any family, we are splitting.Meanwhile my mom got a double promotion and her colleagues then were people who drive at least a Toyota Vios. It was if the ugly box with wheels knew, that its time was up. It will never send us to Ipoh or take us to vacations again and that my mom can never feel proud driving it ever again.
And so it left us, or we left it. Ending my colorful youth,
Wherever it is I do not know, I hope it serves its master well as it did us.
Whenever i look back, remisniscing my short youth. The ugly box with wheels,will always be apart of those years of lovely memories with my family.
Thank you for becoming part of our enjoyment..Juara WJL 1244.
Monday, September 28, 2009
A very small heart
left out
An obstacle
tak cool
tak glamour
strange haircut
anti social
annoying
invisible
No worries.
An obstacle
tak cool
tak glamour
strange haircut
anti social
annoying
invisible
No worries.
Being different
MASCA-UMNO Open House
Abang Azam Open House
Missed those. But no matter.I was doing something else near the great Murray River.
There's more open houses next year and the year after that.
I may not do what I was doing last weekend ever again.
Abang Azam Open House
Missed those. But no matter.I was doing something else near the great Murray River.
There's more open houses next year and the year after that.
I may not do what I was doing last weekend ever again.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Raya 2009
Air conditioning Lab
Settled.Last and only report of the semester.Did my part and shoved it to the the Masters students who were my lab mates to settle everything.
Iktikaf
Did it twice and people kept asking me 'Hijaz...buat ape kau iktikaf'. I just answer 'Kerana Allah' and 'Kalau aku dok umah wat bende bodoh and dosa je'.I enjoy iktikaf in Adelaide. I did it 2 years ago because then I can drive the magna.Last year did not have a car, Alhamdulillah, Allah decided to have me bought a car so that I can worship him more this year.Alhamdulillah.
Lailatul-Qadr
I am fascinated by lailatul-Qadr.Islam is so simple yet fulfilling. Most non-Muslim may think that we seek this night so that we can find a genie and request for 72 virgins. Lialatul-Qadr is just a special night at which Allah bestows his forgiveness.I am not sure which night was Lailatul-Qadr, probably that calm 26th night when Apam and I delivered the pamhplets.Dem.
Last Ramadan day
This year's Raamdan was the best. I may sound like a prick, but as I mentioned before, I find myself to more spiritual and calm or at least try to perform more solats.Alhamdulillah, I am sure I have done tarawikh for 26 nights, the other 3 nights I had to skip tarawikh for assignments and one night for delivering pamphlets.
Moon sighting
Went to West beach to see the new moon which means the starting of a lunar month. If there is no moon on the 29th night , then it means we have to fast on the thrteenth day, emaning Raya on Monday, which is also presentation day...that I no like. Apparently if anyone in Australia sees the new moon, then Raya is conformed on Sunday.And soemoned at Perth did.Alhamdulillah.
Night before Raya
I was invited and asked to join some friends at Maple and bake cheesecake for Raya.Though very hard and decided to join them...'lantak aku la nak pegi'. At least I'll be doing something.It was a fun night at maple, the celaning, the cooking, the baking and the chatting.Tawakkal joined us coz he lives with a bunch of chinese, so it makes snese he should join us.
1st Syawal
The plan was to go to Khaleel.But as usual, we woke up late.So ended up at City Mosque. For the Raya breakfast, no rendang, just some chicken chop, mashed taters and cheese cake with friends!!!!!
Open Houses
Village-as usual
Unley-Suzuki Virgo and tapau lots of rendang,kuih himpit and lamb.Thank Dr.Bad junior.
Kuchai's house-soo much kuih raya
Open house at Maple
Chicken chop and the food tapaued from Unley.
Car registration
Bye bye $169 and hard earned pamphlet cash.Dem SA Transport jack up the rego cost by $10.
Presentation
Done and don't wanna talk about it
Core Test on 3rd Raya
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Settled.Last and only report of the semester.Did my part and shoved it to the the Masters students who were my lab mates to settle everything.
Iktikaf
Did it twice and people kept asking me 'Hijaz...buat ape kau iktikaf'. I just answer 'Kerana Allah' and 'Kalau aku dok umah wat bende bodoh and dosa je'.I enjoy iktikaf in Adelaide. I did it 2 years ago because then I can drive the magna.Last year did not have a car, Alhamdulillah, Allah decided to have me bought a car so that I can worship him more this year.Alhamdulillah.
Lailatul-Qadr
I am fascinated by lailatul-Qadr.Islam is so simple yet fulfilling. Most non-Muslim may think that we seek this night so that we can find a genie and request for 72 virgins. Lialatul-Qadr is just a special night at which Allah bestows his forgiveness.I am not sure which night was Lailatul-Qadr, probably that calm 26th night when Apam and I delivered the pamhplets.Dem.
Last Ramadan day
This year's Raamdan was the best. I may sound like a prick, but as I mentioned before, I find myself to more spiritual and calm or at least try to perform more solats.Alhamdulillah, I am sure I have done tarawikh for 26 nights, the other 3 nights I had to skip tarawikh for assignments and one night for delivering pamphlets.
Moon sighting
Went to West beach to see the new moon which means the starting of a lunar month. If there is no moon on the 29th night , then it means we have to fast on the thrteenth day, emaning Raya on Monday, which is also presentation day...that I no like. Apparently if anyone in Australia sees the new moon, then Raya is conformed on Sunday.And soemoned at Perth did.Alhamdulillah.
Night before Raya
I was invited and asked to join some friends at Maple and bake cheesecake for Raya.Though very hard and decided to join them...'lantak aku la nak pegi'. At least I'll be doing something.It was a fun night at maple, the celaning, the cooking, the baking and the chatting.Tawakkal joined us coz he lives with a bunch of chinese, so it makes snese he should join us.
1st Syawal
The plan was to go to Khaleel.But as usual, we woke up late.So ended up at City Mosque. For the Raya breakfast, no rendang, just some chicken chop, mashed taters and cheese cake with friends!!!!!
Open Houses
Village-as usual
Unley-Suzuki Virgo and tapau lots of rendang,kuih himpit and lamb.Thank Dr.Bad junior.
Kuchai's house-soo much kuih raya
Open house at Maple
Chicken chop and the food tapaued from Unley.
Car registration
Bye bye $169 and hard earned pamphlet cash.Dem SA Transport jack up the rego cost by $10.
Presentation
Done and don't wanna talk about it
Core Test on 3rd Raya
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Monday, September 14, 2009
Ramadan 2009
Fasting
I am not sure how many days of fasting I performed, it is up to Allah.
Tarawikh
I am proud to say that I have performed tarawikh almost every night. I don't know why I become evry religious...nak subuh pun struggle..but Alhamdulillah, I have put more effort into my islamic obligations. This won't last long..prbably only on Raamdhan. or maybe I am doing tarawikh just so that I can forget about this shits that is happening around the world..and around me.
Ifthar
I have not eaten iftahar at home at all this month. have been breaking fast at the mosque.Usually go with Syuk as my roomates have other commitments. I have so far spent ifthar at 3 places,
Adelaide Mosque-food are good and just eniugh so you don't get too fukk
Khalel-amazing msoque and too much food.
Islamic Da'wa Centre- mostly african muslims come and bring a plethora of food.mostly rice and lamb dishes. Been here once and I have not had so much samosa than any other places at the IDC.
Uni life
Sucks as usual.I am getting lazier.
Car
I declare I am very posessive about my car.You may borrow my pen without telling me..and I won't even mind if you don't return it..but I am really crossed if people just take my car in the middle of the morning..without telling where my car is being taken to...i don't care where yiu go..brothel..disco..worse..CATS..just tell me..because my car is not a pen. And I have every right to be mad because it is my property and I am paying alot in terms of rego and fuel for it.And yes...this shows I have a very large ego..as any men with a car does.
Project
The project seems to have slowed down abit..or it is just us being sloppy. Had a presentation at Santos, only Martin and Erwin were there including some engineer listening from Moomba. It was a good practice and I was very pleased that we presented well althoygh I was hoping a bigger audience. Martin was not pleased that the otherr managers did not come.
Junk mail
Business a usual. It is spring and it seems more shops are dumping their junk mail on me..which means more money..hehe. Kinda fed up with the job and plan to give then contracts during the mid semester break to Apam.
Raya
Raya is either on the 20th or 21st of September. I am hoping it'd be the 20th as I have a presentation the next day!!! I am not sure whether my house wanna cook something..seems all of them have their own commitments.....it's pretty sad..I mean last years..we cooked nothing....so this year I will join Syuk's house and cook up some rendang or something but I am determiend to enjoy Raya as much a spossiblethis year with the right crowd...!!!!!!No remeh temeh.
Spring Break
Plan to go drive around the Murray river, probably go to Loxton and then down through Mannum and Murray bridge. This will be a one night camping trip. The problem is when? I'd like to go during the weekend after Raya but there'd be the MASCA open house...not wanting to a lsoer..I'd like to attend that. So it be between 21st and 26th September then.This plan is bulletproof....it will not wither.
Lastly, Happy ramadan everyone and Happy Eid(soon)!!!
I am not sure how many days of fasting I performed, it is up to Allah.
Tarawikh
I am proud to say that I have performed tarawikh almost every night. I don't know why I become evry religious...nak subuh pun struggle..but Alhamdulillah, I have put more effort into my islamic obligations. This won't last long..prbably only on Raamdhan. or maybe I am doing tarawikh just so that I can forget about this shits that is happening around the world..and around me.
Ifthar
I have not eaten iftahar at home at all this month. have been breaking fast at the mosque.Usually go with Syuk as my roomates have other commitments. I have so far spent ifthar at 3 places,
Adelaide Mosque-food are good and just eniugh so you don't get too fukk
Khalel-amazing msoque and too much food.
Islamic Da'wa Centre- mostly african muslims come and bring a plethora of food.mostly rice and lamb dishes. Been here once and I have not had so much samosa than any other places at the IDC.
Uni life
Sucks as usual.I am getting lazier.
Car
I declare I am very posessive about my car.You may borrow my pen without telling me..and I won't even mind if you don't return it..but I am really crossed if people just take my car in the middle of the morning..without telling where my car is being taken to...i don't care where yiu go..brothel..disco..worse..CATS..just tell me..because my car is not a pen. And I have every right to be mad because it is my property and I am paying alot in terms of rego and fuel for it.And yes...this shows I have a very large ego..as any men with a car does.
Project
The project seems to have slowed down abit..or it is just us being sloppy. Had a presentation at Santos, only Martin and Erwin were there including some engineer listening from Moomba. It was a good practice and I was very pleased that we presented well althoygh I was hoping a bigger audience. Martin was not pleased that the otherr managers did not come.
Junk mail
Business a usual. It is spring and it seems more shops are dumping their junk mail on me..which means more money..hehe. Kinda fed up with the job and plan to give then contracts during the mid semester break to Apam.
Raya
Raya is either on the 20th or 21st of September. I am hoping it'd be the 20th as I have a presentation the next day!!! I am not sure whether my house wanna cook something..seems all of them have their own commitments.....it's pretty sad..I mean last years..we cooked nothing....so this year I will join Syuk's house and cook up some rendang or something but I am determiend to enjoy Raya as much a spossiblethis year with the right crowd...!!!!!!No remeh temeh.
Spring Break
Plan to go drive around the Murray river, probably go to Loxton and then down through Mannum and Murray bridge. This will be a one night camping trip. The problem is when? I'd like to go during the weekend after Raya but there'd be the MASCA open house...not wanting to a lsoer..I'd like to attend that. So it be between 21st and 26th September then.This plan is bulletproof....it will not wither.
Lastly, Happy ramadan everyone and Happy Eid(soon)!!!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
1st Ramadhan of 2009
Delivering pamphlets
As mentioned in the previous posts, I can't sleep after sahur and proceeded to folding teh pamphlets for delivery and started the delivery at 7am. Since I was fasting, I decided to do the delivery in a leisurely pace and walked most of the time, hence I spent almost 3 hours delivering junk mail and ended up really thirsty.
Central Market
After the junk mail job, got home.Everyone was still sleeping. It was my job to buy the chicken. Thought of asking one of my housemates to come with me to CM but since they all stil sleeping, and if they wake up it will take time for them to shit and shower and the CM will close by then. So went there alone, got 8kg of chicken for $20 which is cheap and walked around CM, trying to ignore the fragrant smell of bread and bubble tea that's gnawing on my stomach.
Nap at The Village
Naturally, since I was at the CM, I was nearer to the Village, my official second home..haha.So crashed there for Zohor, wanted to play Wii pong but felt so sleepy, I guess the thirst and fatigue from the morning junk mail job got to me and I slept till 4pm.
Al-Khalel Mosque
The plan today was to break the fast at Khalel with my housemates.Hussen has some dinner with AMBC and Nik had a fast breaking date. So only Lutfi came with me. So roped in Apam and Syuk along with me to Khalel. It seems almost all Malaysian students were there tonight, but only five stayed behid for tarawikh. The food was awesome as usual, the salad thingy was refreshing and the lamb dish was perfect not to mention the fragrant rice sprinkled with olive oil.One serving was enough for me although there were plenty for seconds. Some sheikh says they will provide more food tomorrow and asked us to come...but Khalel is kinda far away and I'll exhaust this week's fuel supply if I go tomorrow. I'll have to pass..it'd be the City Mosque tomorrow.
Moreh
Sent Lutfi home and wnt to teh Village with Syuk to pick up my laptop and the chicken bought earlier. Had a lot of talk while eating vanilla ice cream with chocolate chip cookies but nature of our topics which will be kept to ourselves due to the seriousness of the discussion. But it was a good chat to close the firts night of Ramadhan of 2009.
This night will dissolve into another memory.
Welcome Back Ramadhan.
As mentioned in the previous posts, I can't sleep after sahur and proceeded to folding teh pamphlets for delivery and started the delivery at 7am. Since I was fasting, I decided to do the delivery in a leisurely pace and walked most of the time, hence I spent almost 3 hours delivering junk mail and ended up really thirsty.
Central Market
After the junk mail job, got home.Everyone was still sleeping. It was my job to buy the chicken. Thought of asking one of my housemates to come with me to CM but since they all stil sleeping, and if they wake up it will take time for them to shit and shower and the CM will close by then. So went there alone, got 8kg of chicken for $20 which is cheap and walked around CM, trying to ignore the fragrant smell of bread and bubble tea that's gnawing on my stomach.
Nap at The Village
Naturally, since I was at the CM, I was nearer to the Village, my official second home..haha.So crashed there for Zohor, wanted to play Wii pong but felt so sleepy, I guess the thirst and fatigue from the morning junk mail job got to me and I slept till 4pm.
Al-Khalel Mosque
The plan today was to break the fast at Khalel with my housemates.Hussen has some dinner with AMBC and Nik had a fast breaking date. So only Lutfi came with me. So roped in Apam and Syuk along with me to Khalel. It seems almost all Malaysian students were there tonight, but only five stayed behid for tarawikh. The food was awesome as usual, the salad thingy was refreshing and the lamb dish was perfect not to mention the fragrant rice sprinkled with olive oil.One serving was enough for me although there were plenty for seconds. Some sheikh says they will provide more food tomorrow and asked us to come...but Khalel is kinda far away and I'll exhaust this week's fuel supply if I go tomorrow. I'll have to pass..it'd be the City Mosque tomorrow.
Moreh
Sent Lutfi home and wnt to teh Village with Syuk to pick up my laptop and the chicken bought earlier. Had a lot of talk while eating vanilla ice cream with chocolate chip cookies but nature of our topics which will be kept to ourselves due to the seriousness of the discussion. But it was a good chat to close the firts night of Ramadhan of 2009.
This night will dissolve into another memory.
Welcome Back Ramadhan.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Again
Currently
Yup, in a few minutes, I will start fasting in Adelaide for the fourth year. I can't sleep, despite working working out a the gym from 3.30-5.30mpm.....but I feel very refreshed. After too much noise and lights being switched on and off( my fault for sleeping in the living room..dunno why..feel like sleeping there)..i decided to have an early sahur, fold the brochures for delivery in a few hours, wait for subuh(finally) and watch some anime( and write this entry!!!).
The only exciting thing that occurred to me this week is this e-mail
Hi gang,
I've finished going over the draft you gave me (Martin, it's the copy the guys would have emailed you with).
You've done a really great job; this version is worlds ahead of the last version. It reads well, it shows coherent thought and good depth of information presented. Of course, it still needs to fill in some areas, but if you write it at the same level that you've written the rest of the report, it should attract a good score.
One area that I didn't pay close attention was the wear component design; I trust Martin would be able to give better feedback on the technical content.
Come harrass me sometime to give you back the marked copy.
Erk
After all thos sarcasm and jabbing statements he make continuously everytime we're working in the lab, Erwin finally gave us some praises..hooray!!.But I am still sceptical about his feedback, he did say our prelim was OK but he gave us bad marks anyway....so still need to be careful.
Final Year Presentation
And another exciting thing is I AM GOING TO HAVE MY FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION ON RAYA!!! AT 130PM IN SOME GOD FORSAKEN ROOM IN ENGINEERING SOUTH!...WHAT A RAYA I'LL HAVE THIS YEAR!!!.
Something to lookf forward to
Our Gold Coast trip has managed to gather a gaggle of final year losers and a couple of lost first and third years who are so lame that they've never been to the Gold Coast while other juniors have been there like 2 years ago!!! It does not matter...we have booked 2 awesome apartments in front of Miami beach(yeah each of us are gonna have a bed to our own..no shitty backpackers or cramming 12 people into an aprtment)....so WE WILL PROBABLY BE THE ONLY GUYS AMONG ADELAIDE'S MALAYSIANS TO HAVE A PROPER GOLD COAST HOLIDAY..YEAH!!!....NO 'BUDGET BUDGET'..IT'S AN ALL OUT HOLIDAYS SINCE MOST OF US ARE GRADUATING..YEAH!!!..WE'RE GONNA ENJOY OURSELVES!!!
Gym
Met Mat from Gepp Cross at the gym today.....and some other guy I dunno. His first day at the gym. So invited him9and the other guy) to do workout on Wednesdays and probably Friday during Ramadhan...we both believe we can shed 10kg in 4 weeks..banzai!!!!Will be looking forward to it.
Assignments
Naturally for any engineering students, it's piling up. Did some stupid law essay yesterday with Neo, Tawakal,Apam,Acap, and Alif at CATS. Didn't like it but since it's not mathematical or need MATLAB, I'd prefer the essay anytime over the MATLAB assignment for Advanced Topic for Aerospace Engineering.Wrote a proper answer to the first Law Assignment question and seems I was probably the only only one in my group to actually di anything that Marius(my group mate) says he loves me...ewww. hope they give a really good peer review for my stuff...heh.
Yup, in a few minutes, I will start fasting in Adelaide for the fourth year. I can't sleep, despite working working out a the gym from 3.30-5.30mpm.....but I feel very refreshed. After too much noise and lights being switched on and off( my fault for sleeping in the living room..dunno why..feel like sleeping there)..i decided to have an early sahur, fold the brochures for delivery in a few hours, wait for subuh(finally) and watch some anime( and write this entry!!!).
The only exciting thing that occurred to me this week is this e-mail
Hi gang,
I've finished going over the draft you gave me (Martin, it's the copy the guys would have emailed you with).
You've done a really great job; this version is worlds ahead of the last version. It reads well, it shows coherent thought and good depth of information presented. Of course, it still needs to fill in some areas, but if you write it at the same level that you've written the rest of the report, it should attract a good score.
One area that I didn't pay close attention was the wear component design; I trust Martin would be able to give better feedback on the technical content.
Come harrass me sometime to give you back the marked copy.
Erk
After all thos sarcasm and jabbing statements he make continuously everytime we're working in the lab, Erwin finally gave us some praises..hooray!!.But I am still sceptical about his feedback, he did say our prelim was OK but he gave us bad marks anyway....so still need to be careful.
Final Year Presentation
And another exciting thing is I AM GOING TO HAVE MY FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION ON RAYA!!! AT 130PM IN SOME GOD FORSAKEN ROOM IN ENGINEERING SOUTH!...WHAT A RAYA I'LL HAVE THIS YEAR!!!.
Something to lookf forward to
Our Gold Coast trip has managed to gather a gaggle of final year losers and a couple of lost first and third years who are so lame that they've never been to the Gold Coast while other juniors have been there like 2 years ago!!! It does not matter...we have booked 2 awesome apartments in front of Miami beach(yeah each of us are gonna have a bed to our own..no shitty backpackers or cramming 12 people into an aprtment)....so WE WILL PROBABLY BE THE ONLY GUYS AMONG ADELAIDE'S MALAYSIANS TO HAVE A PROPER GOLD COAST HOLIDAY..YEAH!!!....NO 'BUDGET BUDGET'..IT'S AN ALL OUT HOLIDAYS SINCE MOST OF US ARE GRADUATING..YEAH!!!..WE'RE GONNA ENJOY OURSELVES!!!
Gym
Met Mat from Gepp Cross at the gym today.....and some other guy I dunno. His first day at the gym. So invited him9and the other guy) to do workout on Wednesdays and probably Friday during Ramadhan...we both believe we can shed 10kg in 4 weeks..banzai!!!!Will be looking forward to it.
Assignments
Naturally for any engineering students, it's piling up. Did some stupid law essay yesterday with Neo, Tawakal,Apam,Acap, and Alif at CATS. Didn't like it but since it's not mathematical or need MATLAB, I'd prefer the essay anytime over the MATLAB assignment for Advanced Topic for Aerospace Engineering.Wrote a proper answer to the first Law Assignment question and seems I was probably the only only one in my group to actually di anything that Marius(my group mate) says he loves me...ewww. hope they give a really good peer review for my stuff...heh.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Into Week 3 of my last semester.
Last week, while delivering pamphlets, I was barked at by a f****** dog and then some f****** bogans began to shout Asian insults at me. This job getting on my nerve. But I like it because I work alone and Salmat pays me on time...no need to have some assholes shouting orders at me or have my pay delayed until the end of the year.So far I have made $350 delivering pamhlets for 4 weeks which is not bad and I enjoy the 'physical rewards' walking/cycling around Norwood or running away from Bogans.
Last week too I picked up Faris and Syitah along with the laptop Abah bought me.When I opened the laptop, it was a CQ40 Compaq with the label Intel Pentium. I thought my Abah bought a Celeron laptop but apparently the system information indicated that my laptop uses a Intel Dual-Core T4200, which is the same as the Core 2 Duo except with 1MB L2 Cache instead of 2MB.It is a good laptop and I am grateful for it. Another stuff to pawn off If I run out of of money..hehe.Based on the price tag I can get 700-$800 and the specs are certainly better than the junk at Harvey Norman.
I also started going to the gym. I did not register with the gym. I used Besut's card because he is now too busy to go the gym...hehe.Been to the gym 5 times already and enjoyed every second of it.I've been working out at nights after which I would do some work at CATS and then proceed to the Village for a shower and some Wii therapy. The Wii is certainly addictive and it's good I put it there if not I will not leave the house.
Suraya, Arip Robotik and Lebau graduated last week. Saw Suraya and Arip and as usual Lebau disappeared to some unearthly dimension. It was really good to see your friends make it through.Pilfered the cakes at the grad ceremony tea party, met Erwin there , snapped lots of pics and see Suraya leave Adelaide from the Equinox room as she and her family proceed to pick up a rented car and drive to Melbourne immediately.Gilo.Meanwhile, Arip was also with his family, they are all like him, quiet...hehe.He'll be back this comong Monday before he returns to KL on Thursday for good.As for Labu, sent him off yesterday.Finally met him.
As for me, currently I am very lazy. The final project is going on as usual. I am so busy that I feel being busy is normal or is it because I have not received much assignments yet. Whatever it is, I look forward to finishing my degree at the end of the year. Beruang has invited me to go to the Gold Coast and we are now attempting to gather about 5-6 people to share an apratmrnt for 4-5 nights in the Gold Coast after the exams on November.I will look forward to that too..after that..I will join the cruel society in search of jobs and money. Life is pretty straight forward after all.
Last week too I picked up Faris and Syitah along with the laptop Abah bought me.When I opened the laptop, it was a CQ40 Compaq with the label Intel Pentium. I thought my Abah bought a Celeron laptop but apparently the system information indicated that my laptop uses a Intel Dual-Core T4200, which is the same as the Core 2 Duo except with 1MB L2 Cache instead of 2MB.It is a good laptop and I am grateful for it. Another stuff to pawn off If I run out of of money..hehe.Based on the price tag I can get 700-$800 and the specs are certainly better than the junk at Harvey Norman.
I also started going to the gym. I did not register with the gym. I used Besut's card because he is now too busy to go the gym...hehe.Been to the gym 5 times already and enjoyed every second of it.I've been working out at nights after which I would do some work at CATS and then proceed to the Village for a shower and some Wii therapy. The Wii is certainly addictive and it's good I put it there if not I will not leave the house.
Suraya, Arip Robotik and Lebau graduated last week. Saw Suraya and Arip and as usual Lebau disappeared to some unearthly dimension. It was really good to see your friends make it through.Pilfered the cakes at the grad ceremony tea party, met Erwin there , snapped lots of pics and see Suraya leave Adelaide from the Equinox room as she and her family proceed to pick up a rented car and drive to Melbourne immediately.Gilo.Meanwhile, Arip was also with his family, they are all like him, quiet...hehe.He'll be back this comong Monday before he returns to KL on Thursday for good.As for Labu, sent him off yesterday.Finally met him.
As for me, currently I am very lazy. The final project is going on as usual. I am so busy that I feel being busy is normal or is it because I have not received much assignments yet. Whatever it is, I look forward to finishing my degree at the end of the year. Beruang has invited me to go to the Gold Coast and we are now attempting to gather about 5-6 people to share an apratmrnt for 4-5 nights in the Gold Coast after the exams on November.I will look forward to that too..after that..I will join the cruel society in search of jobs and money. Life is pretty straight forward after all.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
My last semester
It's confirmed.This is my last semester.My supp results came out..it was a CP already but I'm glad I managed to get a P for Aircraft Design.Alhamdulillah.
Nothing new.Enrolled to the usual boring and extremely hard Mechy subjects...cycled to uni...send pamphlets twice a week. Since I have got a car...I just can't sit still especially at night...I just had to go somewhere...the library/CATS/Vili's/Adelaide Mosque and the compulsory visit to Syuk's townhouse at the Village to play Wii Sports. The Wii I bought is still at the Village..not sure when to bring it home to Norwood..I like playing the Wii there...it's more lively..I'm just drifting apart from the people close to me..maybe I'll just leave it there..for my own sake/enjoyment..yes..i am selfish..like all of you.
The project is going on steadily.Martin brought us to Lonsdale to their contractor's workshop to actually see the pump which we're suppose to improve. It was OK, finally got to see the damn things.Can't really visualize how it actually looks from the stupid drawings.Just came back from the library...doing some modification on my part of the report.
Next plan, while I am not busy,well....before I get any busier...I'll just enjoy myself.Hopefully if Salmat deposit the $100 worth of deliveries I made in the past 2 weeks, I'll probably buy the Wii Sport Resort.The original one is getting boring..haha.I hope Arip Robotic go back to Malaysia and forget about his Wiimote..haha.Just saw Fawwaz's pictures..he went fishing with his housemates and the fishes they caught were pretty big and they were feasting on lots of 'ikan bakar'...maybe I'll ask Aswad out on a fishing date..hehe.
Nothing new.Enrolled to the usual boring and extremely hard Mechy subjects...cycled to uni...send pamphlets twice a week. Since I have got a car...I just can't sit still especially at night...I just had to go somewhere...the library/CATS/Vili's/Adelaide Mosque and the compulsory visit to Syuk's townhouse at the Village to play Wii Sports. The Wii I bought is still at the Village..not sure when to bring it home to Norwood..I like playing the Wii there...it's more lively..I'm just drifting apart from the people close to me..maybe I'll just leave it there..for my own sake/enjoyment..yes..i am selfish..like all of you.
The project is going on steadily.Martin brought us to Lonsdale to their contractor's workshop to actually see the pump which we're suppose to improve. It was OK, finally got to see the damn things.Can't really visualize how it actually looks from the stupid drawings.Just came back from the library...doing some modification on my part of the report.
Next plan, while I am not busy,well....before I get any busier...I'll just enjoy myself.Hopefully if Salmat deposit the $100 worth of deliveries I made in the past 2 weeks, I'll probably buy the Wii Sport Resort.The original one is getting boring..haha.I hope Arip Robotic go back to Malaysia and forget about his Wiimote..haha.Just saw Fawwaz's pictures..he went fishing with his housemates and the fishes they caught were pretty big and they were feasting on lots of 'ikan bakar'...maybe I'll ask Aswad out on a fishing date..hehe.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Something new as I turn 23.
Since I had the stupid car...I just can't sit still, I just had to drive somewhere...or feel like driving somewhere to work..I just wanna.....keep moving and do something. Hence I've been applying for some lowly jobs but the only job I got is sending pamphlets and It does not involve driving. Hopefully some guy named Dan in Gumtree contacts me if his housemate's cousin couldn't do the cleaning job for their house really well.heh
Also, I just can't keep any money.I am generally very good at saving money,I mean, I don't spend uncontrollably and plan my spending but I have the habit of spending my savings on something I come across, like the Wii which suddenly looked so irresistable 2 weeks ago.I dunno, maybe it's a phase...but till then..save and then spend..hahaha..I am never gonna save anough money for a marriage.
Also, I just can't keep any money.I am generally very good at saving money,I mean, I don't spend uncontrollably and plan my spending but I have the habit of spending my savings on something I come across, like the Wii which suddenly looked so irresistable 2 weeks ago.I dunno, maybe it's a phase...but till then..save and then spend..hahaha..I am never gonna save anough money for a marriage.
It's 23 already!!!
Hehe..today is my birthday.
It is so quiet.
I miss my family so much.I miss Atok especially.I hope nenek gets well.I wish I did not have this stupid supp...I wish for so many things.But I am grateful with what I have.I ask for no more.
I will have to work very hard to get my degree and overcome some stupid obsessions.
Happy birthday to me and some of my friends who share the same date of birth!!!Hope yours are not as mundane as mine.
I hated being kept waiting.
It is so quiet.
I miss my family so much.I miss Atok especially.I hope nenek gets well.I wish I did not have this stupid supp...I wish for so many things.But I am grateful with what I have.I ask for no more.
I will have to work very hard to get my degree and overcome some stupid obsessions.
Happy birthday to me and some of my friends who share the same date of birth!!!Hope yours are not as mundane as mine.
I hated being kept waiting.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Where have my money gone to!!!!
As the tittle indicated, they are
-2 ZARA jackets worth $180
-New Zealand Trip-$1800
-A Canon 1000D worth at least $700
-A 1987 Camry that's at least $1000
-Ipod Touch-$250
-Nintendo Wii+Games=$385
On the plus side.I've got my first job in Australia!! But its just an on call job with Swinging Bowl..well..better than nothing.I've also got a job to send pamphlets for Salmat agency and I'll be delivering my first batch of pamphlets for like $20 T_T this Sunday..it's a start and hopefully it's not raining.
And to some people..I AM NOT YOUR YOUR DRIVER...please at least give me a dollar or two for sending you to and fro the airport or wherever you ask me to take you to...I do not get fuel for free and I am looking after the car on my own..!!!!!!!
-2 ZARA jackets worth $180
-New Zealand Trip-$1800
-A Canon 1000D worth at least $700
-A 1987 Camry that's at least $1000
-Ipod Touch-$250
-Nintendo Wii+Games=$385
On the plus side.I've got my first job in Australia!! But its just an on call job with Swinging Bowl..well..better than nothing.I've also got a job to send pamphlets for Salmat agency and I'll be delivering my first batch of pamphlets for like $20 T_T this Sunday..it's a start and hopefully it's not raining.
And to some people..I AM NOT YOUR YOUR DRIVER...please at least give me a dollar or two for sending you to and fro the airport or wherever you ask me to take you to...I do not get fuel for free and I am looking after the car on my own..!!!!!!!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Maziar's stuff.
Tomorrow..it's the end of the world.
Maziar's special Aircraft Design exam...so ,kill me,kill me,kill me,kill me,kill me,kill me,kill me(because i am normal, I will not keep duplicating 'kill me' until the bottom of the page like some unstable Aerospace/Mechy girl).
Challenges
-Have to Pass Aircraft Design it is a core subject..but it's Maziar's subject!!!!
-Dunno how to solve the design questions for Aircraft Design.Lantakla....solve the weighting,sensitivities stuff..grenti Pass...but I want at least a Credit!!!!
-I have found a new way to procrastinate, going to the toilet....doing the 'big business'...three times already tonight.
-I have started browsing tickets to Japan, Switzerland seems expensive now.
-Phillip Pullman's third novel is pretty boring...it's a kiddy novel...I am really growing up or some part of me died when I did Aerospace propulsion last week.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Sale ended, broken laptop,silly girls and half chicken and chips
-The Europe mid winter flight sale ended at midnight 27th June fior SIA,Emirates and possibly all airlines. SIA Melbourne-Zurich $1500 fare has become $2000 while Emirates fare has become $200 more expensive. No worries, I am more determined to go to Zurich more than ever.
-Asked money from Abah.Abah will not give money if I have no good reason. So I told him my laptop 'kong' and I need $1000(for Zurich flight and pocket money in Europe) for new laptop,I am not lying,my laptop is indeed kong, sound system is busted so I cannot watch Youtube or any movie at home.Abah SMS me last week, he bought me a new Compaq laptop, from Harvey Norman so that I can send it in if it gets busted by me again and mama will send it to me T_T...plan tak jadi....it's okay..at least I'lll stop griping about the TWINHEAD by August.I wonder how much I can sell the Compaq laptop? hmm.....
-Went to Fel-Fella at Henley Beach Road, had half chicken and chips.The chips were abit burned and the chicken too dry and salty.I would not recommend it although I would still come to Fel Fella for the pizzas.Really missed Birdland from my first year.To those who missed Birdland...it's your loss!!!!!
-When we arrived at Fel Fella, there were these 6 Malay girls, all tudung clad except for one blond.As usual, our Malay girls would act 'expensive' in front of other Malay guys or we were just not in their gang.We don't even know them anyway.There werew 3 tables and chairs enough for 12 people but these 6 girls, use all three tables with their bags occupying the remaining chairs. These girls have no common sense and selfish...some people,like Apam and I would like to eat there after driving 10kms from the city and they have to reserve the few remaining chairs for their cheap filthy bags.
-Back at CATS.Ate out hot packs in the car.The pantry in CATS has become a mini class for some silly mechies and we do not want to disturb their studies.
-Asked money from Abah.Abah will not give money if I have no good reason. So I told him my laptop 'kong' and I need $1000(for Zurich flight and pocket money in Europe) for new laptop,I am not lying,my laptop is indeed kong, sound system is busted so I cannot watch Youtube or any movie at home.Abah SMS me last week, he bought me a new Compaq laptop, from Harvey Norman so that I can send it in if it gets busted by me again and mama will send it to me T_T...plan tak jadi....it's okay..at least I'lll stop griping about the TWINHEAD by August.I wonder how much I can sell the Compaq laptop? hmm.....
-Went to Fel-Fella at Henley Beach Road, had half chicken and chips.The chips were abit burned and the chicken too dry and salty.I would not recommend it although I would still come to Fel Fella for the pizzas.Really missed Birdland from my first year.To those who missed Birdland...it's your loss!!!!!
-When we arrived at Fel Fella, there were these 6 Malay girls, all tudung clad except for one blond.As usual, our Malay girls would act 'expensive' in front of other Malay guys or we were just not in their gang.We don't even know them anyway.There werew 3 tables and chairs enough for 12 people but these 6 girls, use all three tables with their bags occupying the remaining chairs. These girls have no common sense and selfish...some people,like Apam and I would like to eat there after driving 10kms from the city and they have to reserve the few remaining chairs for their cheap filthy bags.
-Back at CATS.Ate out hot packs in the car.The pantry in CATS has become a mini class for some silly mechies and we do not want to disturb their studies.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
First exam day!!
Had my first paper.Auerospace Propulsion.Pretty hard but I strongly believe I can Pass.
Did not have breakfats and even have lucng as I slept straight away after I got home.Woke up around 3.30pm and wnet to CM.Dunno why.Want to eat something different.Bought some chicken, some wheat wraps, Coles roast chicken(halal),lettuce,tomatoes,refired beans and hommus.Got home and made some wraps.My god, should have made wraps earlier.The hommus and tzatziki make it taste so good.
Hanged around til about 6.300pm.The problem with exam time, you do not really get to enjoy yourself. Everything busides studying just become meaningless and hollow.Set off to CATS by 8pm and hanged around doing discretization for CFD.I totally forgot discretization but after looking at the notes I managed to go through 2 examples and a past year discretization question..on my own!!.yeehaaaa.....Aswad and Apam went home..it's just me and some other doing Solid Mechanics for tomorrow.But there are still many other students around CATS.Apparently all the had papers will start tomorrow for the 2nd and 3rd year mechies. Don't feel like going home because I drank Red Bull just now and will not be able to sleep.
I'll be reading 'The Amber Spyglass' by Phillip Pullman till 2am I guess.
Did not have breakfats and even have lucng as I slept straight away after I got home.Woke up around 3.30pm and wnet to CM.Dunno why.Want to eat something different.Bought some chicken, some wheat wraps, Coles roast chicken(halal),lettuce,tomatoes,refired beans and hommus.Got home and made some wraps.My god, should have made wraps earlier.The hommus and tzatziki make it taste so good.
Hanged around til about 6.300pm.The problem with exam time, you do not really get to enjoy yourself. Everything busides studying just become meaningless and hollow.Set off to CATS by 8pm and hanged around doing discretization for CFD.I totally forgot discretization but after looking at the notes I managed to go through 2 examples and a past year discretization question..on my own!!.yeehaaaa.....Aswad and Apam went home..it's just me and some other doing Solid Mechanics for tomorrow.But there are still many other students around CATS.Apparently all the had papers will start tomorrow for the 2nd and 3rd year mechies. Don't feel like going home because I drank Red Bull just now and will not be able to sleep.
I'll be reading 'The Amber Spyglass' by Phillip Pullman till 2am I guess.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Conversations in CATS
Someone : 'I have an m.file that could calculate evil'
An aerospace student:'Hey..hamarroids occur on the ass...why don't they call it assteroids?'
Someone:'Naaah....he is just a douche(some lecturer)'.
Somone' Accounting courses are soo easy that they should not even be degrees in teh first place'.
An aerospace student:'Hey..hamarroids occur on the ass...why don't they call it assteroids?'
Someone:'Naaah....he is just a douche(some lecturer)'.
Somone' Accounting courses are soo easy that they should not even be degrees in teh first place'.
Monday, June 22, 2009
How does an Aerospace Student Procrastinate?
Answer:By surfing airline websites.
Why.Read the incoherent stuff below.
I am easily obsessed with something that is infinitesimally possible.My mom says my we may go Switzerland in December.That won't be good because I may have supps in mid December.They will have to go without me..if they do go.Its winter in december in Zurich.I will need to go to Switzerland by end of Nevember before the supp starts.
Hence...Switzerland has been occupying my mind.The country where my uncle lives with my aunt and cousins.It's stratnge that they've been coming to Malaysia every year while we've never even caught a whiff of Swiss Alpine air.Even my old invalid Wansu have been there.I have got to go there.
So hello airline websites and STA.
Opened Emirates website.....and as Mangku Hayun will type...gedebuk......the air fare for December is incredibly cheap..only for december..probably to attarct Xmas passengers!!! It seems the airline industry is really f***ed up.It was not this cheap in the same period last year. I would have bought the ticket...if I had not busted $1800 on the stupid NZ trip and $1000 for kereta buruk and I should have asked my abah to give me money instead of buying a computer.Oh life is so unfair. I can cough up some dough for the ticket...but i'll need to save in the coming months which will be challenging with the additional expenses.So today after doing the CGU insurance for my car,had the ISC send DIMIA my details as I'll be applying permission to work on Thursday after I've settled my Aerorpop exam.I'll probably start sending Messenger newspapers during the breaka as that's probably the most available job to right now and will try tp apply jobs as cleaners or at Hungry Jacks if there's any opening.It should not be too hard.
But alas..there are options
-Kerete Buruk-should fetch at least $900
-Canon 1000D-$600 pun jadile..i can ask my mom to send the Lumix from Malaysia.What's the point of having DSLR if I don't travel.
-New laptop coming from Malaysia----Probably at least $1000..haha..sori Abah
Should be enough for the flight ticket,pocket money and even a eurorain ticket to Germany or possibly Paris..mnuahahahahaha.
There is always a way..hahahaha...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Stuff in my head
'So much work to do' quoted from Fahad Adnan Islam
Getting some stuff out of my head
-Switzerland
-Cousin2 yg seksi
-Naik ketapi London-Paris-Zurich.....$2096
-Emirates
-$$$$...$3000..takda
-Cari keje
-Cleaner
-Hungry Jack
-Hantar paper
-Permission to work
-Police Clearance
-Gadai kete dan kamera?
-Resume
-And it's always that person inside my head....addicted to that person
Things I should get into my head
-Brayton Cycle
-Parametric Cycle Parameters
-Turbojet,Turbofan crap
-Fahamkan assignment 3,4 and 5.....
Getting some stuff out of my head
-Switzerland
-Cousin2 yg seksi
-Naik ketapi London-Paris-Zurich.....$2096
-Emirates
-$$$$...$3000..takda
-Cari keje
-Cleaner
-Hungry Jack
-Hantar paper
-Permission to work
-Police Clearance
-Gadai kete dan kamera?
-Resume
-And it's always that person inside my head....addicted to that person
Things I should get into my head
-Brayton Cycle
-Parametric Cycle Parameters
-Turbojet,Turbofan crap
-Fahamkan assignment 3,4 and 5.....
Friday, June 19, 2009
A not so good day.
'So much Work to do'...quoted from Fahad Adnan Islam.
And that is what we will always feel for the coming months.
Friday.The cursed day when it should be holy day.In the Materials Lab instead of the Union House Prayer Room for Friday prayers.Meeting with Erwin and Martin.'Dodgy results' were hurled many times.As usual...'Run more test Guys'.
Rerun the third test..but this time with thetest 1 sampels.We do not know the reasons..the client asked for it and Erwin's reply to the client's idea was 'That sounds like an idea'.Stopped the test ..after 3 hours...the shaft got loose and leaks everywhere.We went crazy..I was obviously sulking and tottering around the lab...Fahad was playing with plastecine and it seems Apam was the only sane guy.New bearings was needed and we ordered one..asked the office to have it delivered after the exams for some cheeky reason that we keep to ourselves.Left the lab at 4.00pm........T_T......after 7 hours.
Went back home.Cycled..thought about leaving the bike..lab lag....but not on a Friday night..I still love my Southern Star Superia.Lutfi was alone.'Ade orang gi Transformer...cis...bdk2 arkitek ni.' 'Sape Masak'.Ko kot.Mmmm...I felt lzay.Napped.The room smelled of sweat.Not mine..I wear too much perfume.630pm woke up.I think it's my turn to cook...or is it Hussen?Lutfi was sure it was me or he just likes my cooking?m and I don't care ,malas....go to the Mosque la....but car won't start.Called Eddy..'Biase je tu..try start ulang2'.Malas nak layan....I'll just cook..Hussen balik..'Ko masak ke Hijaz'....'Ah ah'..'Buat penat je aku balik umah awal,ingat aku nak masak'..me in my head:'Buat penat je aku dok lab 6-7 jam..balik umah masakkan utk kowunk'.Made biryani rice n korma chicken..tried the car again while the chicken korma simmers...it started!!!!happy happy....layan Nani on meebo....she buzzed me first.8.00pm....Lutfi laughing like a retarded bear while somone was talking with his wife.'What am I doing here?'.Ate dinner...packed stuff....vroom vroom..The Parade-Rundle Street-Hutt Street-North terrace-From Road-UniAde.
CATS C...Aeropropulsion....Apam..Hungry Jacks......and then........2.48am
Thursday, June 18, 2009
3 out of 7 burned
It was Monday.Brought the car to uni around noon.Went to CATS A.Found Arip.'Dia tak layan aku'.I sat next to him.Did Assignment 1 Aircraft Design..again..just to get the hang of the Weight calculation. Bored....kacau Arip.3pm, left CATS,Arip is all alone.Took tram to CM, bough 4kg of drumstcik,coconut milk and ginger.Took the tram and walked to Victoria Avenue to my Kereta Buruk.
SMS: Flight delay setengah jam.
Damn.2 hours to go.Went to WIlcox avenue. Mejat was home.Lepak at his house.Maghrib at the mosque.Fahmi came home.Chatted(mengumpat) with him.Pilfered some of his Tom Yum.615pm.Drove to the airport....15 minutes later at 50-60km/h.At the arrival.I saw her.
Mama dah sampai Adelaide!!!With her staff..Ida.She was in Fiji and Melbourne last week.
Coles.Several bags of groceries later.Charles Street. 'Cik Anees,saya dah sampai'.Pok pek pok pek..after mee goreng..balik...satu kotak krespy krim dibuka di 6 Church Avenue.Study skit..tido.
Tuesday.One red ticket and two one day ticket.University of Adelaide,North Terrcae,Torrens River, Swinging Bowl,FCUK....$79.90 sweater..Rundle mall...tram...Central Market...Tea Tree Plaza...home. Nasi ayam dinner at Charles street with 6 Church Avenue inhabitants.Talks by Mama about Kazakhstan,Oman, Iran and Fiji...'Don't marry early'..hahaha
Wednesday.Budget Car Rentals.Red Yaris.Glen Osmond Road.Princes Highway.My Lofty.Hahndorf...pok pek pok pek..'cantiknya..macam Lake Districts kat UK..Kamal ingat tak'..'Kamal masa kecik mane layan bende2 ni'.Adelaide Hills journey begins. Melba Chocolate factory....Peanut Crumble and liquorice...too sweet and the other yucky..'ni bagi Prof XXXX yang Mama tak suka tu'.Black cows that ran away when ida approched...rollling green hills...yellow leaf trees...Gumeracha..Big Rocking horse Toy Factory..Kangaroos and strange furry chickens and leaping peacock among goats....'eeee...air liur kangaroo..samak!!!'.Picnic..tuna sandwich...Smiths and French onion dip...open map...I've never tried this route..'Kamal bantai ye Mama'..'Up to you'....Eden Valley Lookout...it was worth it.....Mengler Hill Lookout....thank god I brought my DSLR....the sun was slowly creeping closer to the horizon...time to head back.Central Market..mackerel and some 'bawalish' fish..some Asian vege....home...Charles Street and dinner with 6 Chruch Avenue inhabitants.Puctures with Fijians...Fijians in ties and skirts and dancing Fijian girls on a small camera view screen.
Wednesday.By bye red sexy Yaris. Charles street..Mama.Coles...$30 worth of chocolates. Terlajak ke uni..forgot about Ida and Syitah. Harbour Town. One gladator shoes for Alya..'Malas dok sini..nanti Mama terbeli barang, beg dah berat dah'. Adelaide Coast Tourist Scenic Drive. Largs Bay jetty....medium chips with calamri,Iced Coffees and a hot chocolate.....12.30.Adelaide Airport......kissed Mama...bye bye.Kept looking back..at Gate 25..waving my hands everytime I look back...'Will I see her again..Insya-Allah'..she was so small...turned around a corner..and she was gone. University of Adelaide.......parking lot in front og Union House on Victtoria Drive...$250,5.36pm.Materials Lab.....'Hey Fahd,how is it going? Need any help?'.....Fahad: "So much work to do.....'......Back to reality.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Swot Vac Week 1
I hate this week.I cannot study because I have to concentrate on the CFD project and the stupid erosion corrosion test. Suraya suddenly went back to Malaysia.There are several versions of reasons of why she wanted to go back 2 weeks before the exams despite the fact that she'll return to Malaysia in August anyway after she graduate.Don't wanna talk about it.
So the past three night I jumbled between doing Aeropropulsion tutorials and doing the iterations for the CFD analysis.Finished the report and sneaked into the locked Level 2 illegally with Acap to submit our report.Apparently some Mechies jammed the door at CATS that allows access into Level 2 which is locked after hours as there are many desperate Mechies wanting to submit their last assignments or reports yesterday night without having to wake up early in the morning today to submit their assignments/reports. Really cheeky.
Just today.Went to uni around 10am.I woke up late and was supposed to come earlier.Got the keys from Dr Yung and waited for the other.Erwin came by.We stopped the erosion corrosion test the previous day without cleaning the samples. So the plan was to clean the samples and weight them today.Erwin was crossed and let off his volleys of reprimaning and demoralizing speech.Why me? Amir and Fahad got their share later.Erwin apparently forgot Fahad's name and kept calling him Hadad.I had to wear a mask so that they don't see me laugh/giggle.So we spent like 10am-3pm cleaning the used test samples and weighing them while Erwin helped me look at the surfaces of the test samples with a microscope.He saved some pictures and was supposed to transfer then to 'Hadad's' laptop but the PhD graduate forgot to transfer them and we had to do it again.We also prepared new samples for the new test and took pre-test pictures of the samples' surfaces with the microscope. Erwin then left followed by Apam who had to do his last assignment. Fahad and I spent from 3-430pm fixing stupid leaks on the test rig. After some troubleshooting we managed to seal the leaks.But almost 2 hours to fix some damn leaks is a bit too much.
So there ut goes. One week gone like that and I just spent almost 7 hours in the lab today. In Malay, 'aku dah jadi loser mantap'.
So the past three night I jumbled between doing Aeropropulsion tutorials and doing the iterations for the CFD analysis.Finished the report and sneaked into the locked Level 2 illegally with Acap to submit our report.Apparently some Mechies jammed the door at CATS that allows access into Level 2 which is locked after hours as there are many desperate Mechies wanting to submit their last assignments or reports yesterday night without having to wake up early in the morning today to submit their assignments/reports. Really cheeky.
Just today.Went to uni around 10am.I woke up late and was supposed to come earlier.Got the keys from Dr Yung and waited for the other.Erwin came by.We stopped the erosion corrosion test the previous day without cleaning the samples. So the plan was to clean the samples and weight them today.Erwin was crossed and let off his volleys of reprimaning and demoralizing speech.Why me? Amir and Fahad got their share later.Erwin apparently forgot Fahad's name and kept calling him Hadad.I had to wear a mask so that they don't see me laugh/giggle.So we spent like 10am-3pm cleaning the used test samples and weighing them while Erwin helped me look at the surfaces of the test samples with a microscope.He saved some pictures and was supposed to transfer then to 'Hadad's' laptop but the PhD graduate forgot to transfer them and we had to do it again.We also prepared new samples for the new test and took pre-test pictures of the samples' surfaces with the microscope. Erwin then left followed by Apam who had to do his last assignment. Fahad and I spent from 3-430pm fixing stupid leaks on the test rig. After some troubleshooting we managed to seal the leaks.But almost 2 hours to fix some damn leaks is a bit too much.
So there ut goes. One week gone like that and I just spent almost 7 hours in the lab today. In Malay, 'aku dah jadi loser mantap'.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Anime Review:Now and Then, Here and There
Hi guys,I just watched a 13 episode anime.Not the best, but highly recommended because it is so different.
The story starts with a highly energetic and recklessly courageous Japanese boy, Shu who saw a blue hair girl on a tall chimney.He went up to rescue her,only to be attacked by some mechanical machines that look like garbage cans with hands and legs and a robot snake.There was also a woman called Abelia in military uniform who tries to take the blue hair girl(Lala Ru) away.Shu tries to stoppped them but got transported to the far future where humanity is almost wiped out by war and water shortages is extreme.
Shu was transported to a gigantic cyclidrical shaped battleship called Hellywood which is ruled by the mad Hamdo.From there, Shu attempst to rescue Lala Ruy,fought with Hellywood child soldiers and gained some allies after he saved Nabuca,the most stalward of Hellywood child soldiers and Boo,a younger child soldier.Shu was captured,tortured,beaten and witnessed himself the horrors of the future when an enemy land battleship attacked Hellywood and decimated Hellywood soldiers.Hamdo was crazy and shot some Death Star laser at the enemy battleship,destroying it with much of Hellywood ground forces.Abelia seemed calm following the orders but the anime masters managed to embed some discomfort into her face evertime Hamdo gave out some orders that involve multiple deaths of her men.
Shu also met Sara.A girl from the past who was taken because she looks like Lala Ru except she's blond.Sara,a acaptive, was raped repetitively by soldiers in order to impregnate her and raise her child as a soldier. This is one aspect of the anime that is different. The rape scene is not shown, but the way how Sara was suddenly dragged by some gaunt solder was enough to give you an impression on how bad it is. The trauma suffered by Sara id also very vivid and would have been the real reaction of any real victim.Eventually, when it was the turn of another soldeir, Sara fought back and killed the soldier and sneaked out wearing a Hellywood uniform and escaped into the desert.Outside, she seed suicidal.gripping a knife.You'll think she'll commit suicide but instead she cut her hair and ran into the desert screaming.I remember this scene so well, it was a really powerful scene that lingered in my head for several years since I watched this anime 3-4 years ago.Sara was later found fainted by a desert woman(Sis).
At Hellywood, Shu was incorporated as a child soldier since Hellywood lost so many adult soldiers in the last battle.Shu and nabuca, were at opposite ends as Shu,who is ethical and have more moral conscience oppose and intereferes with Helllywoods way of doing things. When Hellywood despatch the child soldiers to kidnap children from surrounding villages, Shu was horrified and tried to stop them but Nabuca stopped him with force.Nabuca then reminisce how he was kidnapped in the same way and was somehow horrfied by the thought that these children will do thes same thing to other children.But Nabuca just followed orders, hoping that these brutality would end the war faster and they all can go home as Hamdo promised them.
Lala Ru meanwhile is revealed to be some sort of a thousand year old freak of nature who could produce and manipulate water in the otherwise waterless world.She could summon out water from a pendant on her encklace but this weakens her considerably. She refuses to use her powers even after being raped by Hamdo,the ordeal that does not seem as painful as Sara's as Lala Ru seems to lack emotion but there was a scene where she squirmed on her bed with a painful look on her face,it seems to me that it takes time for Lala Ru to understand emotion and as the anime progreses, she seem to gain more more character,spoke more and becomes more human.Shu eventually came to rescue her from Hamdo, but they were cornered by Hamdo and Abelia,so Lala Ru used her powers to flood Helywood and escape with Shu into the desert.But Hamdo was still overjoyed as Hellywood now has enough water that is used as fuel to make Hellywood airborne again.
In the desert, after escaping a Hellywood search party when Nabucalspared them as a token of good gesture to Shu for saving his life.Shu and Lala Ru eventually reached an oasis called Zari Bars populated by victims of Hellywood.There they were taken care of by Sis who was the woman who saved Sara.Sara assaulted Lala Ru and blames her for the ordeals she went through.It was also revealed taht Sara was pregnant and when she found out tried to commit suicide but Shu stopped her and tells her to live on.Despite the tesnion caused by Sara, they lived a good life for a short time.It is also revealed that a Zari Bar man has periodically sent assassins to kill Hamdo at Hellywood.With water in store, Hamdo was planning to destroy Zari Bars after Hellywood achieved lift off.
To save Zari Bars.The radicals at Zari Bars injured Sis and attempts to use Lala Ru as a hostage to save Zari Bars.But Hamdo was still determined to destroy Zari Bars and unleasehd the child soldiers upon Zari Bars.It was a sad episode with som much scenes of killing.Nabuca is shown shoooting into houses filled with children with his eyes closed, which was enough to show chill the blood of audiences. Things got complicated when Nabuca met Shu. Nabuca still wants to spare Shu and tell him to run while he kills the remaining Zari Bars population.Shu refuses and Boo, Nabuca's side kick also refuses to fight but a Zari Bars girl, whose father was killed by Hellywood shot at Nabucalbut Boo shielded him and died as a resut.Nabuca suffered a mental breakdown and refuses to fight but another jealous Hellywood child soldier who envied him shot him after a short struggle. Shu and the survivors were rounded up to be used as slaves. Before the bleeding Nabuca dies, he tels Shu to return to his world, the past. Meanwhile, Hamdo was trying to convince Lala Ru to get more water for Hellywood. However,Shu escaped again, fought the guards and damaged Hellywood's control system in the process, causing the fragile Hellywood to lose altitude. Shu rescues Lala Ru and she asked him to take her to the top of Hellywood saying 'It is my turn now'. At the top, Lala Ru summons an immense amount of water from the sky which fell onto Hellywood and drowning many Hellywood soldeirs and Zari Bars citizens including Hamdo.The earth was flooded and the the desert world was no more.It is also shown that Sara,Abelia and many Zari Bars citizens survived the apocalyptic event.
After the flooding, Lala Ru was so weak but she said she has done her duty.Apparently, Lala Ru was like an agent of destruction of the world but she was also cleansing the world. The last scene of Lala Ru shows her resting her head on Shu's shoulder, watching the sunset. At the same time, her body gradually disappears. It was a heart wrenching scene. Later, Sara revealed that she wants to stay in the future. She is pregnant and wants to start a new life and thanked Shu for preventing her from attempting suicide at Zari Bars.Abelia, a captive, then helped use Hellywood to send Shu back to the past.Abelia though she will be executed but Sara simply tugged at her hand, as if forgiving her for her atrocities, and I expect Abelia will be helping the other survivors to rebuild again.
This anime is different because of its intense anti war theme. Other issues include child soldiers and sexual expolitation. This is no anime with big breasted girls or silly jokes. Every episode is grim but carries a lot of message Even every sentence said by the characters have a lot of meaning. Despite being a dark anime, if you start watching it, you will want to watch more because you will know it is a good anime when you see it. Enough with Yaois and Shoujos, we need more animes like 'Here and There Now and Again' to remind people that we still have alot of problems out there in the world.
This is the haunting ending theme of the anime.An indication of how dark the anime is.
This is the haunting ending theme of the anime.An indication of how dark the anime is.
Different Night too.
It's been raining since 6pm
It stopped for a while
And it suddenly starts again
The air becomes freezing cold
That you feels as if the blood is frozen in the arteries
I feel empty tonight
Felt so many things unaccomplished in my life
Regretting the silly mistakes
Thought that I should have done some things earlier
Is it loneliness
Is it just the psychological trauma from my childhood
Insecurity
Only god knows
And to him, I send my prayers
For an answer and a solution
My small insignificant prayer, a speck in the galaxy
It stopped for a while
And it suddenly starts again
The air becomes freezing cold
That you feels as if the blood is frozen in the arteries
I feel empty tonight
Felt so many things unaccomplished in my life
Regretting the silly mistakes
Thought that I should have done some things earlier
Is it loneliness
Is it just the psychological trauma from my childhood
Insecurity
Only god knows
And to him, I send my prayers
For an answer and a solution
My small insignificant prayer, a speck in the galaxy
A different day.
Woke up just before 11am.Drove to uni to attend the BMH thing.Circled Memorial War drive and Victoria drive for 20 minutes before finding a damned car park.Why are there so many people on Saturdays!!!
Mr Robot was giving a talk about insects and I managed to hear some information about the visual mevhanism of the fruit fly. The eyes of the fruit fly are called composite eyes and consisted of thousands of little eyes. The image that the flies see are blurry but this kind of visual sight allows the flies to detect motion and avoid any danger.How that works,I do not know, may be I forgot or did not concentrate.Many universities around the world are using this composite eye concept to create robots that could avoid obstructions.Quite interesting that we humans cannot even duplicate a very lowly creature like the fly.
After Mr Robot's session, there was a public speaking slot with a Youtube from Book about Steve Job's presebation styles. The first sentences of every Job's presentationn always relate to what he will talk about.For example, he uses the sentence 'There is something in the air' when he launched the Macbook Air.Something useful I learn from the Job is that his slides are always frugal and have very few images yet contain very succinct outlines. How he knows what to talks about is entirely because he PRACTICES many times,hence, his presentations seem effortless.It was a good video that will be usefu lto me one day.
After BMH,met Omar and spontaneously asked him if he wants to go to IKEA with me.Invited Syukri too but he cycled but he wanted to follow Omar home.So I arranged to pick him up after our IKEA excursion.At IKEA, we just browsed through the displayed items and fake rooms.I was looking for a cheap desk and found this funky laptop stand which is not a desk but is sufficient to hold my crappy TWINHEAD.Omar liked it too and we both bought one each.I also bought a pillow packed in a tube.I just love the packaging.We also had some organic pasta and rolls for lunch there.
Later picked up Syuk and headed to Meredith.We also brought along Syuk's bike with him.Thank God 'Kereta Buruk'(the name of my car) is big.Haven't been to Meredith for a year!!! It was really good to see many of the faces at Meredith.Despite the differences, we had some good times and they didn't act weird with me or anything when I was there.Then I cycled with Syuk and Omar to SQ(because the house is on Asquith St,the call the house SQ),home to some other Malaysians(Syah,Nik,Paku,Ammar).Their house is damn big and even have a small shed that is a mini gym with a ping pong table and some gym equipments I can't name.We played some ping pong,did Maghrib prayer and I later drove home because I have to cook dinner.
It was a different day.I was not stuck at home as usual.Thanks to Kereta Buruk, my world has become bigger and I feel really independent.Next,find a part time job after exams..haha..wanna save money to go to Cairns or wherever my family and I will go around next year for the Great Australian Family Holiday..or it could be The Great New Zealand Family Holidays..hehe..I liked New Zealand too.
I will have my exams in 3 weeks.I'll try to become a nocturnal because parking is free at night at uni.Haha
Mr Robot was giving a talk about insects and I managed to hear some information about the visual mevhanism of the fruit fly. The eyes of the fruit fly are called composite eyes and consisted of thousands of little eyes. The image that the flies see are blurry but this kind of visual sight allows the flies to detect motion and avoid any danger.How that works,I do not know, may be I forgot or did not concentrate.Many universities around the world are using this composite eye concept to create robots that could avoid obstructions.Quite interesting that we humans cannot even duplicate a very lowly creature like the fly.
After Mr Robot's session, there was a public speaking slot with a Youtube from Book about Steve Job's presebation styles. The first sentences of every Job's presentationn always relate to what he will talk about.For example, he uses the sentence 'There is something in the air' when he launched the Macbook Air.Something useful I learn from the Job is that his slides are always frugal and have very few images yet contain very succinct outlines. How he knows what to talks about is entirely because he PRACTICES many times,hence, his presentations seem effortless.It was a good video that will be usefu lto me one day.
After BMH,met Omar and spontaneously asked him if he wants to go to IKEA with me.Invited Syukri too but he cycled but he wanted to follow Omar home.So I arranged to pick him up after our IKEA excursion.At IKEA, we just browsed through the displayed items and fake rooms.I was looking for a cheap desk and found this funky laptop stand which is not a desk but is sufficient to hold my crappy TWINHEAD.Omar liked it too and we both bought one each.I also bought a pillow packed in a tube.I just love the packaging.We also had some organic pasta and rolls for lunch there.
Later picked up Syuk and headed to Meredith.We also brought along Syuk's bike with him.Thank God 'Kereta Buruk'(the name of my car) is big.Haven't been to Meredith for a year!!! It was really good to see many of the faces at Meredith.Despite the differences, we had some good times and they didn't act weird with me or anything when I was there.Then I cycled with Syuk and Omar to SQ(because the house is on Asquith St,the call the house SQ),home to some other Malaysians(Syah,Nik,Paku,Ammar).Their house is damn big and even have a small shed that is a mini gym with a ping pong table and some gym equipments I can't name.We played some ping pong,did Maghrib prayer and I later drove home because I have to cook dinner.
It was a different day.I was not stuck at home as usual.Thanks to Kereta Buruk, my world has become bigger and I feel really independent.Next,find a part time job after exams..haha..wanna save money to go to Cairns or wherever my family and I will go around next year for the Great Australian Family Holiday..or it could be The Great New Zealand Family Holidays..hehe..I liked New Zealand too.
I will have my exams in 3 weeks.I'll try to become a nocturnal because parking is free at night at uni.Haha
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
I have one too
It was dull and grey Adelaide morning.I was in the lab with Fahad. There were two missed calls and I didn;t know the number
Ignored it.
Later,Amir said Eddy was looking for me.I called him. He was the missed calls.He says I'll sell you my car for $1000.
Interesting.We met up to try his car.
Several hour later.
I came home, with the car.
The steering wheel fluid is leaking, but it can be fixed.
I've finally spent the excess money I have.If I didn't buy the car, it wold have been a new Dell laptop or a new lens kit for my Rebel.
Perhaps I'll start working part time with the car in hand after the exams.I have additional expenses to take care of.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Anticipation
One of the few joys of my life
Will sojourn Adelaide
With her inexhaustable reservoir of love,hopes and trust
That is never denied to me and my brother and sister
And her soft voice and strong words
That kept me going
All this time
Welcome to Adelaide
Will sojourn Adelaide
With her inexhaustable reservoir of love,hopes and trust
That is never denied to me and my brother and sister
And her soft voice and strong words
That kept me going
All this time
Welcome to Adelaide
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Small remedies, big warmth
Sometimes
I think God forgot about me
Did he?
Sometimes
The novels
The Youtubes
The Facebooking
Is not enough
To while away the boredome and loneliness
Possibly
God though a little about me
Through the small chats with good friends
The ym messages from people you think you do not know but cared about you
And most importantly, the words of love and warmth from Mama and family
And the thought that my loved ones are safe and praying for me
These are small medicine
But they make me whole again
So that I could continue to strive in this challenging world
I think God forgot about me
Did he?
Sometimes
The novels
The Youtubes
The Facebooking
Is not enough
To while away the boredome and loneliness
Possibly
God though a little about me
Through the small chats with good friends
The ym messages from people you think you do not know but cared about you
And most importantly, the words of love and warmth from Mama and family
And the thought that my loved ones are safe and praying for me
These are small medicine
But they make me whole again
So that I could continue to strive in this challenging world
Friday, May 29, 2009
Things in my head
I am so restless
I cannot sit still
My mind wanders around
Lost in the World
Am I happy?
I do not give much
And I do not get much
By I am content
I am not sad
But am I happy?
I sometimes envy of other people
But envying people
Does not change things
I would say to myself ' it is their good fortune'
So I accept myself
As to what I am
Because it is how I know myself
If I become someone else
I will be a stranger to myself
I cannot sit still
My mind wanders around
Lost in the World
Am I happy?
I do not give much
And I do not get much
By I am content
I am not sad
But am I happy?
I sometimes envy of other people
But envying people
Does not change things
I would say to myself ' it is their good fortune'
So I accept myself
As to what I am
Because it is how I know myself
If I become someone else
I will be a stranger to myself
Semester 1 2009
I am going to skip what I did during summer. I just did my practical that's all.
By 26 February, returned to Adelaide after 2 days in brisbane and then a connecting flight to Adelaide via Gold Coast.Don't wanna talk about it.
Anyway, the first semester for 2009 commenced and I, like many other enrolled and began out monotonous lives as students.
I am taking 3 subjects.They are(along with a brief summary of each):
-Aerospace Propulsion: Taught by Dr.Vincent who taught us Space Vehicle Design.Not as exciting as Space Vehicle Design as it involves alot of calculations.
-Computational Fluid Dynamics: About using software to simulate flow environments and aerodynamics. Pretty useful but too difficult!! If I get a CP for this subject I'll just take it. Th elcturer is a Greek called Mr.Farid Christo who likes to touch people too much.
-AIrcraft Design: Taught by the infamous Maziar. As the name of the subject implies, we just spend hours hearing Maziar drone about equations and statistical analysis involved in making aircrafts. Really, the man just dashed my childhood dreams of designing crazy flying stuff....it now seems so hard.Well, hello Oil and Gas.
Anyway,I've started my Honour project.It has nothing to do with Aerospace stuff unfortunately.The title of our project is 'Optimization of High Performance Pump'.Now, how boring can the name of a project be!!!! Briefly, our project aim is just to test three materials that may be used to replaces the stainless steel used in a pump at Santos Moomba gas processing plant. Santos is just using us a s cheap labour to solve a multi million dollar problem they are facing...corrosion in the pump.Enough talking, just see te pictures of our project...it's pretty cool and we're getting into the erosion corrosion test.
Oh yeah.My prject mates are Apam and Fahad(Bangladeshi Australia lad). They are very cool mates to work with.This picture here is of them setting up erosion corrosion test equipment. They are reallys serious.
Next is the slurry pot holder attached to mixer.Basically it's a big blender. The plan is to rotate the test materials inside a beaker filed with a corrosive substance called the Benfield solution which is sued at the Santos Moomba plant. We want to see which materials suffer the most damage.
We are currently doing the erosion corrosion test.Next would be the friction which our group would design from ground up.It will be a challenging task.If our project gather anough data and perform deep data analysis and solve Santos problems, hopefully we'll get an award.
Anyway, thats' it for the first semester.I'll be updating with smaller and brief entries from now on.The plan I did this blog was to use it as a diary and write teh stuff I did and see. But it's not working as I write by average every six months in this blog..haha.Look forward to the enxt short entry guys!!!
By 26 February, returned to Adelaide after 2 days in brisbane and then a connecting flight to Adelaide via Gold Coast.Don't wanna talk about it.
Anyway, the first semester for 2009 commenced and I, like many other enrolled and began out monotonous lives as students.
I am taking 3 subjects.They are(along with a brief summary of each):
-Aerospace Propulsion: Taught by Dr.Vincent who taught us Space Vehicle Design.Not as exciting as Space Vehicle Design as it involves alot of calculations.
-Computational Fluid Dynamics: About using software to simulate flow environments and aerodynamics. Pretty useful but too difficult!! If I get a CP for this subject I'll just take it. Th elcturer is a Greek called Mr.Farid Christo who likes to touch people too much.
-AIrcraft Design: Taught by the infamous Maziar. As the name of the subject implies, we just spend hours hearing Maziar drone about equations and statistical analysis involved in making aircrafts. Really, the man just dashed my childhood dreams of designing crazy flying stuff....it now seems so hard.Well, hello Oil and Gas.
Anyway,I've started my Honour project.It has nothing to do with Aerospace stuff unfortunately.The title of our project is 'Optimization of High Performance Pump'.Now, how boring can the name of a project be!!!! Briefly, our project aim is just to test three materials that may be used to replaces the stainless steel used in a pump at Santos Moomba gas processing plant. Santos is just using us a s cheap labour to solve a multi million dollar problem they are facing...corrosion in the pump.Enough talking, just see te pictures of our project...it's pretty cool and we're getting into the erosion corrosion test.
Oh yeah.My prject mates are Apam and Fahad(Bangladeshi Australia lad). They are very cool mates to work with.This picture here is of them setting up erosion corrosion test equipment. They are reallys serious.
Next is the slurry pot holder attached to mixer.Basically it's a big blender. The plan is to rotate the test materials inside a beaker filed with a corrosive substance called the Benfield solution which is sued at the Santos Moomba plant. We want to see which materials suffer the most damage.We are currently doing the erosion corrosion test.Next would be the friction which our group would design from ground up.It will be a challenging task.If our project gather anough data and perform deep data analysis and solve Santos problems, hopefully we'll get an award.
Anyway, thats' it for the first semester.I'll be updating with smaller and brief entries from now on.The plan I did this blog was to use it as a diary and write teh stuff I did and see. But it's not working as I write by average every six months in this blog..haha.Look forward to the enxt short entry guys!!!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Perth Trip in 2008!!
Hello everybody!!! Anybody here!!! Guess not..who cares.As usual, I make very long posts in this blog every 6 months or for each semester. However, this post is different, because before this, I only make a post after the semester exams...so I will be rambling less about my exam results.My last entry was written out of due to post-boredom. Meanwhile, this post is prompted by post-preliminary report boredom.Enough yapping.
Firstly,what happened after December 2008. Simply, after the trip around SA twice and the trip to the Yorke Peninsular and Moonta. I promptly went to Perth for 3 full days before taking flight to KL.Hussen abandoned 5 days before I went to Perth..sniff sniff. So off to Perth with Apam and Fahmi and met grea guys like Key,Acap Perth and Paan who were terrific hosts and guide. On our first day Perth, we were on our own as our hsts were busy with other incoming Adelaideans who tarnsitted for only the day. So off we go, into the unknown Perth.
Firstly,what happened after December 2008. Simply, after the trip around SA twice and the trip to the Yorke Peninsular and Moonta. I promptly went to Perth for 3 full days before taking flight to KL.Hussen abandoned 5 days before I went to Perth..sniff sniff. So off to Perth with Apam and Fahmi and met grea guys like Key,Acap Perth and Paan who were terrific hosts and guide. On our first day Perth, we were on our own as our hsts were busy with other incoming Adelaideans who tarnsitted for only the day. So off we go, into the unknown Perth.
To sum up, Perth is a nice, like a smaller version of Sydney, with large bays and blue sea water. The highlight of the first day was Fremantle, a Gelenelg like resort town but even better.Because the place has market which sells great and cheap souvenirs and the sea water is just soo blue.
On the second, day rented a car and went to Lancelin to see some sand dunes!! Nik Faiz went ther when he was in perth a month earlier and the pics were cool. We rented a Getz and drove for about two hours to Lancelin and rented some sand boards. It was worth it. The sand dunes were beautiful and mystifying and we had a lots of laugh rollong and sliding down the dunes. We are accompanied by two great guides, Acap and Key who drove us around Perth after Lancelin,eventhough they were tired.
That was the higlights of our trip.After that,we had dinner with a UniAde alumni who's now a doctor in WA, Dr Rahman. He was really nice and sent us to the airport in his really cool Subaru. Before we went to the airport, we also had some time to 'jalan-jalan' around Perth.Perth is a good place to study IMO. But too bad its too far from other cities.
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