From Library to Laundry

I had plans to have drinking session with Siao Han for quite some time ago. But sad to say, it never happen. So after much procrastination, she decided to make it happen. There were supposed to be about 8 girls from her side and 3 guys from mine. That's a total of 11-12 people for the night at Library at e@Curve. My guy friends and I left at 9.30pm. Thank goodness there was no jam at Federal to LDP.

Once there, we ordered 2 jugs of Carlsberg (RM78/=) for a start. Damn the waitress gave me that "look" when I told that we're gonna start off with beer 1st then later liquor...Zzz. Had 3 mugs down and I was pretty red and tipsy a little. Took my Pentax camera and started snapping a few pictures to blog about...and never thought it would be the last time I'm taking it...

I've waited for about an hour for them to arrive. It's beginning to "boil" cause I never expect to wait for someone that long. But well, it's all good when they arrived. Syekit, Sid and Raff were great companions and in fact we did enjoy ourselves in Library alone watching Chelsea trashing Aston Villa lolz.

When they arrived, we headed straight to Laundry bar. Drinks were pretty reasonable for my case since I didn't drink much. Had a few sips of Flaming Lamborghini which costs around RM30. That sums it up to RM38.20 for my night...pretty good :) Meet a couple of new friends as well;

• Casey
  
• Kai Yee
• Jacqueline
  
• Li Chien
• Shi Hao

Syekit, Shi Hao, Rafferty, Sid & I

Siao Han, Casey, Jaclyn, Li Chien & Kai Yee

Due to my carelessness/unawareness, I personally think I got pick pocketed when I left the dance floor. Felt so different until I realized that my digital camera is completely gone from my back pocket. Searched around the area in hopes that it might just slipped off but sad it was no where to be found. Pain indeed to lose a digital camera...but I've learned my lesson. Thank you Pentax Optio A30. You've served me well....

Internship completed!

Well, so it's been 16 weeks since I started my Internship in Computer Protocol. I still can't believe the fact that I'm done! Maybe I was having so much fun at my industrial training till I lost track of time. Of course I did learn something new in despite of all the Facebook-ing and YouTube videos I watched. Report completion is at 95%. Just need to check for grammatical errors and any useful information I missed out. Pretty good for now :)

Supervisor, Sheeva

Colleague, Sarvesh

Had lunch with my fellow colleagues in LowYat plaza. Wanted to treat them lunch but sadly I'm kinda broke. Like seriously! So if you would like to know about my funds and expenditure, here it is.

1. RM300 per month - For food expenses. 1 day RM10 inclusive of breakfast and lunch in KL!
2. RM300 - It was necessary. Dun ask why.

With RM300 bucks going into food, I'm left with about RM100++ per month excluding all those outings, mamak sessions and drinks. So, please refrain from thinking that I'm loaded with my internship allowance.

LowYat plaza

Now that I'm done with internship, there's a few more things left to do before heading back to UniMAP for 1 week - Internship presentation.

• Wardrobe makeover Part II
• Selling my old computer parts. GeForce MX440 anyone?
• Pass a draft copy of my final report to supervisor
• Shopping? Yeah like whole of next week...

90%

Time flies. Damn I couldn't imagine that it's been about 4 months since I last came back in December. Life has been pretty awesome. In fact, it's kinda enjoyable compared to the few years I stayed in UniMAP. The experience and joy gained in Kuala Lumpur is simply indescribable. Well, for some it might not be as fun as I mentioned because of the assignments and work load given by their supervisor.

Emotional? Haha, let's hope not. It strikes really hard especially when I had to return to Perlis. Else, I'll be emo about the not-enough-time I have in Subang and start pondering about what I could do with the time given. My body is thanking me little by little. Hope I'm not overdoing it till it begins to fail.

Have not been updating the blog for the past few days since I have nothing much in mind. Was busy finishing up my Industrial Training report before I head back to UniMAP. Internship ending this Friday! I'm free from Saturday onwards till the 29th... Hope there would be lotsa cool plans ahead :D

Mun Wah Hokkien Mee

Plan to get some nice food in KL area? Pretty expensive don't you think so? What about those in Jalan Tengkat Tungshin and Jalan Alor? Well, since it's a tourist attraction area, don't expect it to be cheap. All food will costs roughly RM4.50++ Wait a minute...there's too much food wth which is nice?

Shut up la haha! Let's try the Mun Wah Hokkien Mee then. "Tak perlu pilih banyak sangat". It's located right after the T-junction at Jalan Pudu. Alright, to make life easier:

1. From Jalan Pudu, go all the way straight. Don't frigging take left or else you'll head straight to Federal/PJ area.
2. Just keep right or the middle lane until you approach a T-junction. Remember Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka? Yes, before it.
   
3. At the T-junction, take the right turn and look for this shop on your left. Slow down after the right turn and stay on left lane in search for a car park.

This restaurant has most of the 'tai chow' other restaurants offer. So here are some of the famous dishes I ordered:

Fresh Fried Sotong

Pork with Soup

Hokkien Fried Kuey Teow. Super smooth texture!

Additional info you'll need just in case :)

Sale yo!

Sales are on! Mom and sis was in KL around 4.30pm. Parked at Lot10 and walk over to Pavillion. Hmmp, I wanted to meet them up since I have no where else to go after work. Talking about work, I've been busy completing my final year report for my industrial training. At 5pm, I walk over to Pavillion in search for my family members.

Just so you know, Parkson and Tangs are having sales. They're items are pretty affordable now since it's like 20-80% discount. You could get a Puma shorts for RM22 (Ori price: RM120). I got myself 3 pairs of Hush Puppies low cut socks (Price: RM20) and one V-neck cotton white shirt. Well, told mum that the price tag for my clothes will be roughly less than RM50. She goes... :) Dammit lolz.

Anyways, gtg get some nice outfits after my industrial training. Who's up for shopping? I know it sounds gay but **** I dun care. I'm driving! So, if you wanna tag along means JOM!

Weather or Climate

Ever wondered what's the difference between weather and climate? Well, weather covers only a small location e.g state where else climate covers a huge area/region e.g part of Australia's continent. For our case now, I personally think that it has something to do with the weather...hopefully. If it's climate change, most of us are gonna suffer especially the elders. Well, for more info on Global Warming, I do suggest you to read this. It's worth the knowledge and information you get :)

http://science.howstuffworks.com/global-warming.htm

There's something you can do as a human being living in this earth. Let us do our part by

1. Try not to on the air-cond too often. Aircond = Use of energy. Power plant = Need to burn more fossils to generate more energy = More heat released into the atmosphere = Green house effect = Global warming.
   
2. Stop open burning. I'm seeing some of my neighbors burning rubbish/dried leaves. It's already so hot so please do not worsen the situation
3. Recycle. Whatever you can recycle, recycle la. For more info... ask Kevin Chee XD

Else... Kita tunggu mati je lah... :(

Hot!

Hot day it was. Death we almost come to. So freaking hot that I didn't wanna go out for lunch. It's like the sun's rays are absorbing your fluids directly from your pores. Could feel that little 'chill' when I came out from the car after work. Gosh it was just damn bad...

Sidharth drove Syekit, Yao Huang and I around Subang throughout the afternoon. Went for lunch at Summit - Mandy's. Ordered Chicken Teriyaki with Mushroom rice or something like that. Haha, sorry for the unspecificness. Wanted to catch a movie, but nahh none of the movies came into interest. I dun mind Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief though...

Syekit & Sid checking out that small abandon building

Had to lepak at some air conditioned place at all cost. The heat is unbearable. Stayed there for about an hour or so then headed else where. Kinda forgotten where I went as I was half asleep in Sid's car.

Big 2 at MacD

Syekit, Jenna & Chen

Almost done

In 2 weeks time, I'll be finishing my industrial training at Computer Protocol. To be exact, it's on the 19th March. One of my seniors, Savisha asked whether I could teach her VHDL or not. VHDL stands for Very High Speed Hardware Description Language. Like C programming, it has it's own syntax. It's mostly used for logic design (combination of Gates like NOR, AND) and etc. Had to refresh a little but was so not confident in teaching cause I forget most of it. Meet up in Westin Hotel then went for lunch around bintang walk area.

Bintang walk?

In Westin Hotel's lobby

Had diarrhoea for the past 2 days. Damn HL Milk, haihz. Suffer like crazy when you don't obey simple instructions like 'Do not consume if seal is broken'. It happens like this:

1. The bottle of HL Milk was not sealed. So, I wanted to taste the contents to verify that it has really gone bad. Taste only!
   
2. Before I gulp it down, the milk taste was fine. It's like any other milk with no sour/funny taste. Since it seems alright, drink ni la!
   
3. As a result, the following day I diarrhoea. So basically, the milk contents has gone bad even if it doesn't have the sour taste.

Lesson to learn:
When they say 'Don't consume if seal is broken', they really mean it... :(

Gaming life - How it ended

It's been years since I played computer games. They were my 'best mates' most of the time especially during primary - high school. I would rush back home just to complete my campaign or to day dream about how I could come up with a strategy which would allow me to pass this level. So how long have I been playing? Let's say about 9 years? One of the earliest games I played was:

The 1st Red Alert game

Diablo I

When it comes to online gaming, Ragnarok Online was my very 1st MMORPG that I enjoyed most. Malaysia's server (Iris) was the main server hosting players across Malaysia. There were about 1000 players during my time and back then it was free. One of my best friends introduced me to it. Allow me to explain my experience in R.O. I would -

1. Spend approximately 6 hours of gaming everyday just to level up
2. Play both servers (Iris & Sakray) for the fun of it
   
3. Sneak out to the cybercafe at 12.00am - 6am in the morning
4. Sacrifice sleep so I could train my character & hunt for items
   
5. Throw RM9.00 for 3 hours of gaming in Cafes like Inferno/Global Net - SS15
   

When R.O started charging its players with prepaid cards, I moved on to other alternative computer games such as Red Alert, Hercules, Seven Kingdoms or my PS1 games like Final Fantasy 9, Crash Team Racing, Twisted Metal, Digimon World and etc... Health was affected, studies were pretty screwed up & I could not concentrate in class. Couldn't care less since I was an addict without notice...

Final Fantasy IX - Zidane Tribal

In high school, I was still gaming. It was another era where I would game because I love the companionship + addiction. Games such as DotA, Warcraft & Counter Strike were still the hottest in year 2003. When it comes to DotA, BlueServer was the best game hosting server of all times. Just download the client and you're ready to play with your friends online. My 1st char was Drow Ranger, followed by Bone Clinx. I was still an addict, spending approximately 8 hours on Blue Server just to get rid of my noobness. "**** you! You wait la, I'll pawn you in 3 months time" lolz.

Thinking that R.O would be the end of my MMORPG, private servers from around the world have already developed their very own private servers. That's when I started R.O all over again from scratch. XileRO was one of my longest server ever played since year 2003. The commitment wasn't there...and hence the not-so-strong characters of mine. The server is located in California. So if there would be any W.O.E (War of Emperium), I would wake up at 4am just to assist my guildmates.

Realized how much time I've invested in games, I decided to take charge of my life. Knowing that games would not bring me further in life. Therefore, I decided to stop them one at a time. Starting off with R.O - A server which I've configured myself for UniMAP, and slowly moving into DotA and C.S. Till now, I've successfully stopped the addiction of playing DotA and Counter Strike. Worst, the only game I play now is L4D2.

There is more to life than just gaming. What happens if I become a professional gamer? What could I achieve by having all characters of level 255? What's so great about pawning everyone on the battlefield and boasting about it? Nothing. Simply to feed my ego is something I'm not willing to sacrifice for the rest of my life. To game as a hobby is good, but to spend hours on it is so not worth the price you're gonna pay.

Reasons to stop:

• Spend more time in improving oneself
• Time waits for no man. Spend it on gaining knowledge/experience which can be put to life such as reading or experimenting.
• Have a healthy life. No addiction = Sleep early = Healthy life + love your liver
  

I am not implying that you should 100% stop gaming because it brings no life benefits to you. What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't spend so much time on it/become an addict.

Signs of addiction:

1. Taking your food to your computer & multitask
2. Ignore help needed by others. "I'm gaming...later dude!"
   
3. The moment you wake up, 1st thing 1st - Game!
4. As you sleep, you think about strategy, ways, solution for your characters
5. Playing after 2am. You should be sleeping else lethargic following day
6. You asked your parents to 'tapao' food for you while you're busy playing

Some might think that "Owh I have a passion for gaming. I love it, and who cares? I enjoy doing things I love most". If gaming is all that you dream of in life, then so be it. You have your say. You determine the way you wanna live your life...no one else does. Ask yourself one question. What is your testimonial to your grandchildren/friends in years to come by? End of the day, I suggest that we gamers should be a healthy gamer. Know your limits, balance time between friends and virtual ones, and most important of all...family. The clock is ticking...