Sunday, February 19, 2006

tHIs week has been a fast one...had so much fun that i am seriously knackered... went out with friends and saw the movie fun with dick and jane....it was funny but sitting beside one crazy friend of mine who basically laughs at every trifles made it far more enjoyable...really laugh ourselves out... and finally my hostel mates and i went to genting... it's fun because i haven't had some good screams at theme parks for some time...went crazee with bunch of cool friends...and got some achievements up there...hehe...i finally managed to open my eyes for some rides...grow of courage...and the space shot(formally solero shot) wasn't scary at all...i think they've changed the style or way of movements...after some incidents.... not so many rides they have now that i really notice it....think sunway lagoon's still the best...hahha....and food up there in genting is really overpriced....goodness....so basically i am real B-R-O-K-E now.....hahah....
besides the fun... there're things not so enjoyable...torturings instead--> tonnes of homework....haiz.... this is seriously a short sem with everything so compressed and lectures at such fast speed that i dun really know what's happening in class....especially pure maths....gotta brush up today....hate punishments after pleasures.... but then again...pleasures all the time's gonna be boring..hahha....concept of yin and yang... *ReVel in Punishments*

Friday, February 10, 2006

"Life is a Series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't; You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted."

"Sometimes when you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."

"A teacher affects infinity; he can never tell where his influence stops."

"Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. That way, you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living."

"Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. WE really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do; therefore facing the inevitable death changes all that; when you learn how to die, you learn how to live."

The above are a few lines i quoted from the book ,tuesdays with morrie by mitch albom that I find very simple yet meaningful. As pleased and grateful i am to finally sit down and managed to appreciate the book...it's much of a blessing that i ever knew such a book existed... a real touching carving of his old professor by mitch...it's a non-fiction book about mitch, the author's last few lessons with his professor who suffered a fatal illness...lessons about life...things that we never thought of in our life...things that the great old man could portray with such clarity... a great bereavement that Mitch had suffered to lose someone of so much importance...who has mould him into what he is today...real good book...now i am really looking forward to reading another great piece of work from Mitch Albom--> the five people you meet in heaven....but this a fiction, not so much as a life guidance...
Watched the movie Geisha today...finaaallly....but the pirated version...as my friends have all seen the movie...could't get anyone to see it with me....was practically baffled through the whole movie...with wrong misleading sub-titles( you don't expect much from pirated version i guess..) more than half of the time i couldn't understand what they are talking...too heavily-japanese-slanged-english ... i give up straining my ears to get what they were saying and try to guess purely by the expressions...ended up blur when the movie ends....haizz.....was totally not enjoyable...so people...dont' buy pirated dvd's...hahha....
College started this week....and it wasn't really good for me as my physical condition was kinda bad the whole week...very weak....was even considering not going to classes....guess it's due to the over indulgence during chinese new year celebration....haha... the new syllabus is quite ok... further maths's gettin more interesting...we have to imagine numbers that don't even exist now...statistics is also getting more interesting...more probabilities...no more tedious graphs to draw...but econs remain the worse subject....we are now doing the the last two units instead of the middle one as external exams for the last two units are only offered in June... therefore the subject's gettin way too tough for me.... the lecturer even says that we have to start reading magazines like the economists...DIE!!.....now that i can't hope that my first few units to pull up my grade as they are equally bad...just cross my fingers that i would just pass...hahah....
It's Chap Goh Mei this Sunday...and it marks the end of the Chinese New year celebration...sad...but gonna enjoy myself to the fullest this sunday...gonna see some lion dance performances at petaling street...as usual....and meeting some friends....just hope i don't enjoy too much again...or i shall have an ominous long week waiting for me next week....

Thursday, February 02, 2006

woW..it's already the fifth day of Chinese New Year....time really does fly when you are happily indulging in stuffs you enjoy....this year's celebration has been quite typically quotidiant...went for prayers..lion dancing...visitin relatives...relatives visiting...really have not seen them for ages...all busy with their life...cousins are mostly working people..and thus inevitably creating an age gap ... all Had metamorphose into more mature beings.. even serious talks came down to serious solemnity... miss those times when we used to shout to each other in real high tunes .. chasing after each other around the house.. greedily getting grasp of the food before the waiter even placed the dishes on the table...which will then earn our parents rants and raves..haha...notorious creatures...
watched fearless the other day... it was generally very good...and like all other jet li's movie...the theme doesn't run away from patrotism..family... respects...it really portrays the cultures which has been long forgotten by many... like the movie fang si yu...jet li manage to include some sense of humour...but this is not so funny...the former was more of a classic.. the ending part of fearless was quite touching...think the last fight of his will earn some tears...
managed to read a book in mph before the movie...a very short yet very meaningful book...it's called "who moved my cheese"...it's a very simple story which may seem or mean nothing to some people.. but if you really try to figure out the meaning behind the simplicity ..you will definitely gain something... it generally showcases people's stubborness to accept changes when they are perfectly comfortable with their current situation and life...or so it may seem to them...and any changes, to them ...will only signal catastrophic ending to the the success and happiness they've worked so hard for... they only consider the negative things which follow the new practices...but make no effort to figure out the good new things they might be able to enjoy..even mice's simple and low cognitive level will bring them to more success as compared to human... accepting new changes and taking up challenges will bring you more cheese..which perhaps taste better than the before ones.. a very good book i must say....
college's starting next week...gonna be quite hectic...with a shorter term..and more difficult syllabus to cover...will really have to cross fingers for things to work smooth and fine... chaOzz