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.
-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.
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.
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.
'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.....
'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.
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.
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'.
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.
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
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
