Computer Engineering at IPTA

The theory is proven right. I had a viral infection few days back and it took me about 4 days to get rid of it. Well there is a little cough and flu later, but the sore throat and fever is gone. So yeah, there is no point going to the doctor and taking antibiotics that does nothing. Btw, I'm fully recovered already so let's hang out shall we?

Things have been going pretty slow for me. Busy with application forms for local university and getting my documents ready for submission. Looks like I'll be heading back to SMK USJ 4 to certify my photostatted certificates and etc... Felt really bored this week since I'm not given much task to do. Damn, I'm afraid I would not be able to write my weekly report for the week...

Anyways, here is my list of local universities selected based on their priorities

I do know that some of my friends were asking about me heading back to UniMAP. Well, here are the few reasons why I've decided to return to UniMAP.

1. UniMAP's degree for Computer Engineering is recognized by EAC and MQA
2. 3 years of degree with 1 year credit exemption. For other IPTAs', UTeM and UTM offers 1 year credit exemption. The rest requires you to do a full 4 year degree programme in regardless of how many subjects/credits you are exempted.
   
3. It is a lot cheaper compared to private universities offering engineering programmes such as Monash and Nottingham. I cannot afford to pay RM34,000 - RM37,000 per year for education. Even with scholarships + PTPTN, it would still be a burden for my parents. Local uni degree programmes are about RM2.8k per year only. See the difference?
   

Painful as it is to return to UniMAP, painful as it gets to leave my comfort zone, is something I had to sacrifice once more. I did so much for my diploma with only one intention: To get myself out of UniMAP and never again return to this place. My efforts are wasted... What more could I do...

70% recovery

It's the 4th day already and I'm almost recovered...like almost. Currently having a little cough + flu. My fever has subsided, not fully of course but good enough for me to move around. Been drinking lots of water to keep my body hydrated. It looks as if I'm replenishing my loss body fluids which I've not been doing for the past few weeks.

As for today, I just rested at home. Wanted to do some house chores which I've been procrastinating for the past few days. Tomorrow! Tomorrow la...next week la! Lol, and it never comes. So thanks to my mom, I've decided to clean up my desk this week. Here are a few items that I took out from my drawer.

Carved by Jason Yong Jun Xiang in year 2005. I don't know where did the idea came from, but I find it eye catching haha. So I asked him to carve one for me. Been keeping this for the past 5 years. This day, I knew that it was never ever gonna happen anymore. Thought for a while...and then I decided to break it...

Metro bus tickets haha

Skating ring tags from Sunway

Woot!? FGA USJ bulletin since 1998! WOW

Down with fever

The Marcus is currently down with fever. I'm suspecting the causes are my throat being injured few days back. I have no idea how I injured myself, but I do know that I was spitting blood out from my throat 3 days back. Anyways, I did not consult the doctor because I wanted to prove that the theory is correct.

The theory explains:

Sore throat is divided into two groups which is the Viral infection & Bacteria infection

Viral infection:
Usually the common ones among those whom are down with sore throat. Basically, sore throats due to viral infections are cured in 3 days time. After that, in which you are experiencing extreme pain in the throat and high fever, it's time for you to see the doctor. There is no significant cure for this except to let the antibodies in your body to fight off the virus.

Bacteria infection:
There will be white spotted dots on your tonsils. These signs indicate that bacteria is breeding in that area. Your tonsils will be swollen and intense pain is felt in the throat. Antibiotics works against bacteria and not viruses! Remember there are times when your doctor gave you antibiotics and you have no idea whether you're actually having a bacteria infection? It might be viral infection all the while since viral infection is so common.


In my case, I knew I wasn't near to bacteria infection because I'm down with cold, slight fever and there is no pain in my throat. Furthermore, I'm not spitting thick green mucus, which I assume is the pus from the tonsils if you're infected with bacteria. Anyways, this is just the 2nd day. If tomorrow morning I'm still experiencing high fever, then I'll consult the doctor.

My solution:

1. Drink lots of fluids especially water
2. Gargle with salt water about 2x a day. Damn I should have tried 3x haha
3. Take plenty of rest. Avoid outdoor activities
4. Taking paracetamol to reduce my fever. Not more than 6 tables a day of course.
   
5. Warm bath to cool down your body. You've gotta shower trust me!
6. Take simple food like bread, milo or biscuits which are easy to be digested
7. Food! There are times where you don't feel like eating anything. The situation may worsen cause your stomach will began excreting acid which causes wind. Wind = Vomiting. Remember, the stomach needs it even if you don't want it.
   

L4D2@FTZ.Asia

Me and a couple of friends decided to try out Left 4 Dead 2 at Rock Cafe, Sunway. It's funny. Aidil called up Rock Cafe and one of them said that L4D2 has been installed. When we went there yesterday, it seems that there is only L4D. Does that dude understands the difference between L4D and L4D2? Ishh waste time ni. So we went to FTZ instead, hoping that there will be less people + L4D2 + no lag connection.

To my surprise, the game went pretty smooth. There is some delay of course when the horde is attacking you and etc... FTZ used to be our favourite place for Cyber Cafe, but nahh...their PC's are not well maintained. Worst, so many DotA players haha. I'm not anti-ing DotA alright.

What's new in L4D2?

Special infected:
Chargers - They'll charge towards you. Once pinned, it'll keep smashing ya till someone kills it
SpitterGoo - These are like poison Ivys. They spit some deadly acid towards ya. Health decreases rapidly if you stay in that puddle of acid.
Jockey - They'll ride you like a jockey. Kinda annoying cause if you're at the 3rd floor of a building and Jockey comes riding ya, you'll have to prepare to fall to your death hahaah.

Weapons:

1. Chain Saw - The most powerful melee weapon. Deals massive damage to zombies and bosses.
2. Katana - Woohoo, the Japanese samurai sword is here! And more...

SNSD - Girls' Generation. Perfection!!

Shopping yo!

Saturdays, ohh my Saturdays...why do I have to work on Saturdays? It's pretty sad that I had to wake up so early almost everyday just to do my internship. Macam hari sekolah je...lol. But I do enjoy my working place now in the sense that I work like few hours and spend the rest of the time on Facebook or other websites. Still searching for the best university for computer engineering in Malaysia. It's almost done. Soon, I'll publish it in a picture format.

Went to MacD's yesterday for ice cream + chor dai dee (known as Big Two). It was Sidharth, Syekit and I. Chen and Kevin came a little late as he was stuck in the jam at Pyramid

Syekit, Sidharth & Chen

Kevin & I

Intruders of cell phones!

Him playing the TorchLight game. Copy Diablo one lol

This morning, parents asked me whether i would wanna join them for shopping at Sogo, KL. Woah shopping! I need to get a fabric belt! Maybe some shirts too hopefully...haha. Forced myself out of the bed and off I go washing up. Let the pictures do the talking yeah...

Short sleeved dress shirt from PDI

The famous Fish noodle soup at Jalan Tiong Nam

Shitakanai

Yesterday was a terrible day simply because of the fire bomb being thrown into 3 churches and the extream jam which took me 2 hours & 30mins to get home. Haihz, I just don't get it. If they want to protest, just protest and don't do anything else which might instigate war. If the word 'Allah' is prohibited for non-muslims, then so be it. Maybe we Christians shall find another word to replace it in The Herald. But there's one thing that doesn't make sense. Why should they damage the churches when some of them are not even involved in the first place? Why are we told to remove our car stickers that are related to Christianity to avoid car damage by protesters?

Does it come to the extend that they will do anything just to protect their rights...including killing sacred animals and damaging the holy temple of Christians? I don't get it...I just don't... Anyways, it's just some of my thoughts related to yesterday's incident.

The jam at Jalan Raja Chulan...

To Subang Jaya. 2 lanes => 5 lanes... How typical...

Took this picture in the KTM... haha

Trine

Trine, a game which I've been playing for the past 3 days at Sid's place. I would give a rating of 4/5 because of it's effects, characters, and most important of all...the power of the physics machine in build in this game. Kinda enjoyed the game cause you could actually play with your friends by adding 2 more PS controllers. Well, you can use the 'USB PlayStation 2 Controller Converter' to connect the controllers to the PC. You can find these converters in most PC retail outlets.

Finished the game in 3 days. That's a total of 6 hours of game play haha. You can choose to play three different characters at a time. So if you have 3 players, you can either switch between Knight, Wizard or Thief anytime throughout the game.

For more info, read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trine_%28video_game%29

Back to life...

Samsonite Repair Center at Bangsar is unable to repair my camera pouch. Damn sad. It seems that my current Samsonite pouch has a total different zip compared to the ones available in Malaysia. Below shows the two different zips:

Laptop bag from Vietnam

Camera pouch from U.S

As you can see, the first picture is the common zip available in most of our bags, pants, jeans and etc...compared to the second one. Samsonite repairmen said that they don't have the machine to repair such zips. Oh well, good riddance then. I shall get another one soon if I couldn't bear any longer with the broken zip.

Anyone needs this? XD


For all the girls out there, you'll need to learn some serious detail makeup!