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.

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.

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.

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..!!!!!!!

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.

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.

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.

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'.

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...

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.....

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

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.

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'.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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