Satisfactory

Its coming to the end of the semester already...somehow i dont feel sad just because this is my final year and final semester in university. I am glad that actually i've try my best in just about everything i do...though sometimes it wasnt what i expected.

hmm...i dint talked alot this sem...seriously i talked the less words i did in my life...rather i spent most of the time for myself...meditating....it wasnt that bad after all, its better than gossipin' round when starts to chat with friends...met few of new friends last couple of week, they were all talking and i was sitting there and listen...so is that what you gals are always talking about?gossipin' about people's bad thing...its boring...

3 final exam papers on next week and i haven done any revision yet...was busy with thesis...life was tough for a year 4 student i can tell....its not as easy as what people always mentioned: life in uni is like a bean curd...haha..well, no. its very challenging for sure.

Anyway...its almost done...a week later im gonna dump every single left over stuff in my brain. left over...yeah, bcause there'r still something i needa keep:)

p.s.:i dream of you last night, its really a sweet one..;)

A meal with both my Supervisor and Industrial Supervisor

This is the second or third time already people kept telling me how lucky am I having such a great supervisor. I really am very thankful of being supervised under Dato Ismail....its my greatest honor to be under his guidance!:D and am very proud, of course:P hehe

Today is another great day for me tho', it good to have sitting down and have some meal with the industrial supervisor before starts attach in that particular company and deal with the boss, colleague, etc.... Ir. Dr. Gue See-Sew from G&P Professionals S/Bhd is my industrial supervisor and he was here today in university giving some geotechnical related seminar. I was lucky to being asked to join them for breakfast and lunch. So during lunch hour, Dato' and Dr Gue and Prof Azizan were having some serious talk about the current issue in geotechnical engineering field as well as not so serious topic like my industrial training activities. Dr. Gue is a serious and knowledgable person who shared alot of thoughts with us. Well, i dont even know there's a bridge collapsed in Muar recently...shame shamed...After the lunch, Dato fetched me back to uni, though it was a short distance from Parit Raja to UTHM, the driving speed of Dato has brought towards a pretty long conversation. He talks and shared alot of his past experienced with me especially when he was in LSU back in 20 years time then his family and cames across the students life of his in LSU.

Now i know better about my supervisor and Im gonna do well in my thesis to pay back back you in return. Thanks for being such a good supervisor to me:)

From left: Ir. Dr. Gue See-Sew, Prof. Azizam, Dato' Ismail and Alvin

me and...they were looking at the huge Muar portrait on the side wall

We were transfered to the upstair table as there have better environment and air-conditioned and we occupied the whole area!haha!...the meal was great and i ordered myself a basket of french fried!!:D

The Victor

If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don’t

If you like to win but think you can’t,

It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.

For out in the world we find

Success begins with a fellow’s will

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are.

You’ve got to think high to rise.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win the prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man.

But sooner or later, the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.

Poet: C.W. Longenecker

Good Friday

Today is the fifth day of the Holy Week called Good Friday. Christians around the world celebrate today’s holiday Good Friday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, His death at Calvary, and his Resurrection from the grave, am pretty sure Malacca will be kind of merrier right now:D Still remember I was home last year's Good Friday, it was a great one as I travelled down to town with family, passing by the church and there were so many people around. Hope after this year, or I shall say after this month...I am going to completely release myself to the fullest!...very stress atm.

So what is A Good Friday?

Also known as Holy Friday and Great Friday, Good Friday is a time of reflection among Catholics. Traditions during Good Friday includes the prayers to each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, fasting, various processions, the Way of the Cross, and a Passion play called Senakulo, among others.

However, there are some fanatics that because of their intense profession of faith to Jesus Christ, they want to mimic the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in that they themselves are being crucified into a cross during Good Friday. This can be seen in the predominantly Catholic country Philippines.

Moreover, if you are looking for some Good Friday quotes to share with your friends and relative this Good Friday, you can find some of them below:
“All His life long Christ was the light of the world, but the very noontide hour of His glory was that hour when the shadow of eclipse lay over all the land, and He hung on the Cross dying in the dark. At His eventide “it was light,” and, “He Endured the Cross, despising the shame” and, lo! the shame flashed up into the very brightness of glory, and the very ignominy and the suffering were “the jewels of His crown.”

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

“The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their hearers over the question where the power of the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus lay; but the soul of the Christian always knows that it lay in the obedience of Christ. He was determined at every sacrifice to do His Father’s will. Let us remember that; and the power of Christ’s sacrifice may enter into us, and some little share of the redemption of the world may come through us, as the great work came through Him.”

DO YOU HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE???

I personally hate the smell of
the mosquito coil unless i have no choice but to light it up. Now i have my fan brought all the way from home and my ceiling fan fixed, i definitely will never use a mosquito coil already. It is a chemical smoke and bad for one's health for sure even if you have no knowledge of how it works for a mosquito or even human being. The inhalation of mosquito coil smoke can caused selective damage to the lung and liver. The findings from the present study suggest that exposure to the smoke of mosquito coils can pose significant acute and chronic health risks. For example, burning one mosquito coil would release the same amount of P[M.sub.2.5] man as burning 75-137 cigarettes. The emission of formaldehyde from burning one coil can be as high as that released from burning 51 cigarettes!

Epidemiologic studies have shown that tong-term exposure to mosquito coil smoke can induce asthma and persistent wheeze.

Despite the fact that mosquito coil smoke may have many potential adverse health effects, large populations in developing countries still use mosquito coils in their daily lives.

And despite the test im having on tomorrow(which is actually today already, 17 hours to go), it jsut worth me to post this up on blog so that many of you out there realise that how badly can a mosquito coil affect our health. Did some finding from the net and i really like this, it is written by Jotman:

Just how safe are mosquito coils?

Walk down the main street of any tourist-town in Southern Thailand and you will likely find a mosquito coil smoking away under every table in just about every restaurant. The tourist wonders: is mosquito coil smoke hazardous to my health?

Travelers seem to fall into two camps on this issue. Some worry about it and try to avoid the mosquito coil smoke; others dismiss the health concern, considering the smoky coils a prudent precaution to thwart insects and the serious diseases they may harbor, most notably, dengue fever and malaria.

Jotman investigates.

According to a study by UC Riverside scientists, many mosquito coils – most notably those manufactured in Asia – often contain up to one percent BCME (which stands for bis[cloromethyl]ether, a chemical associated with the breakdown of S-2). BCME has been described as “the most potent lung cancer chemical ever discovered.” And lung cancer is just about the most deadly cancer known. In one Chinese factory where mosquito coils were manufactured, a large fraction of employees were dead within five years of starting their jobs. The cause? Lung cancer.

By contrast, no study of cigarettes has ever found tobacco smoke to pose any where near such a high risk. Put it this way: there is no comparison between cigarettes and mosquito coils. Another study -- one that only considered the amount of "small particulate matter" present in mosquito coil smoke (it did not investigate BCME question) -- found the coils to be about 100 times more hazardous to human health than tobacco smoke.

It is illegal to sell mosquito coils in the United States that contain BCME. Nevertheless, Chinese-made mosquito coils that contain BCME have penetrated the US market in recent years.

What to do about the risks associated with mosquito bites; the very real threat of contracting insect-born diseases like dengue and malaria? Mosquito bites can and should be prevented by each individual taking some basic personal precautions:

1. In the evenings or wherever mosquitoes are prevalent during the day, keep your body covered in light-colored clothing and spray insect repellent onto exposed extremities.

2. At night either sleep under a mosquito net, stay in room with well sealed mosquito screens, or sleep in an air-conditioned room.

3. Remember: malaria-bearing mosquitoes strike in the evening and at night. Dengue-carrying mosquitoes can strike at any time.

Burning a mosquito coil while you sleep is not a good idea. Mind you, this is exactly what Thai TV commercials urge the locals to do: one such advertisement shows a group of smiling Thai kids singing about virtues of mosquito coil smoke. Mosquito coils are a big business in Southeast Asia; companies with ties to corrupt governments are not about to let a real health hazard stand in the way of real profits. Whether you are a local, tourist, traveler, or foreign resident of Southeast Asia, it’s better to think for yourself and not blindly follow this mass-media dictated local custom. For as a UC Riverside research team concluded:

In many situations, it seems likely that the reality of mosquito-borne diseases (Mulla et al. 2001) may dominate determination of hypothetical risk:benefit ratios for mosquito insecticides delivered using devices such as coils. However, if BCME were an important environmental contaminant resulting from burning mosquito coils containing S-2, it would be impossible to maintain use given the well-established carcinogenicity of BCME in humans.

Translation: the risks associated with BCME are so incredibly high that even the contribution mosquito coils make towards stemming the world’s worst tropical diseases would not seem to outweigh the hazard.

My conclusion: Mosquito coil smoke is highly toxic to humans and should be avoided.

Another finding:

Toxic effects of mosquito coil - a mosquito repellent

The physical and chemical properties of the mosquito coil, a commonly used mosquito repellent in Asia and South America, were analysed by the Department of Anatomy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT. The smoke emitted from the burning mosquito coil consists of submicron particles (diameter less than 1 micron) coated with a considerable amount of heavy metals, allethrin and a wide range of organic vapors, such as phenol and o-cresol. Therefore, a lengthy exposure to this smoke will cause adverse effects on the consumers.

for more info: refer to these web site:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYP/is_12_111/ai_109567744/

http://www.jotadventure.com/2007/02/just-how-safe-are-mosquito-coils.html

p.s.: i never meant to shout at anyone who is using it but so long as your concern about your health and people around you, starts to think about using it the next time you light it up, think about your health, if you have the symptoms I mentioned above, it might probably cause by the mosquito coil smoke.

Thank You my dear ex roomies

I knew a lil it is gonna be like this, when you smile sek kee!haha....i can figure out a lil...that's why i was wondering why Siow Wie knew all this, she is the one who suppose to be celebrated! ok, its my beloved ex-roomie, Siow Wie's birthday today, somehow they celebrate for mine, belated bday! never expected it could be this sweet and warm. I am so touch when the bday song was sang....and a lil embarrassing too as im not used to the bday song, yet... its been an inveterate habit, tho. Well, anyhow i am so glad you gals made it, and appreciate it so much for this lil sweet celebration...

Hmm...let see...throughout 4 years here in uni dorm, you gals were the only roomies who have the heart to celebrate for me besides Ghing, roomie in year 2. Those was a sweet memories for me and would never deleted in my memory. Thanks to my coursemates too for the wishes.

Thank you guys!

Ouh before i forget...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIOW WIE!

From left: Siow Wie, Yi Yew, me and Sek Kee

The lenglui, sweet gal, Siow Wie and I

The funny, strict-morality, hard working gal, Sek Kee and I

The hardworking, quiet, not actually quiet gal, Yi Yew and I

and....me....suprised by the cake with my name on it

Day in RECESS

Throughout my fyp 2, i have been spenting much of my time in RECESS besides staying in room. RECESS is really a great place for a researcher, like what Dr Chan said, RECESS is functioning as a platform for students of all level to meet up, work and discuss. You meet bachelor degree students, master students, and even phd students from various country all over the world. One great thing for me is my wonderful supervisor, a rather thoughtful, caring and humble person. Honestly I never met such great person in my life. Lots of difficulties i faced during fyp, thesis, data analysis, but Dato' just calm me down and said everything will be alright. Sometimes we just need this kinda comfort, maybe for me...just all sort of problem i faced.

My cpu was broken down last night and all my data for the testing has completely gone, I was so stunned when i realised that I cant even turn on the cpu. It was a really terrific scenario i ever encountered. Fortunately the next day, Pn Salina, one of the RECESS laboratory helper assists me in changing to a new one, basically approved everything i needa use. (you know, black and white sometimes took a pretty long time to get things done, so i was totally skipped in this step, praise God). Managed to set things down, finally, and wish everything going smoothly. Presentation for the fyp 2 is gonna held in the next 3 weeks already, i have tons of work to complete, am quite tensed up actually.

Took some photos in RECESS today when finished up my works.

Sze Shan looked blur when the moment snap her :P

Pao and Bee Lin is discussing something...

My Rowe Cell equip

My new (which is actually an old one) cpu

A group of students from all levels.

Meeting Room in RECESS

Some students analysing their thesis

My supervisor, Prof. Dato' Dr. Ismail and I.

Friends of my batch, En Amir(lab assistance) and 'pengajar'

Pn Salina and Mr 'pengajar' (sorry cant remember your name:P)

p.s.: i Love RECESS as much as i love the people there!

Cherish yourself with The Secret

From The Secret Daily Teachings

Our natural state of being is joy, and it takes so much energy to think negative thoughts, to speak negative words, and to feel miserable. The easy path is good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.
Take the easy path.

May the joy be with you,Rhonda ByrneThe Secret... bringing joy to billions

Quality is not an act. It is a habit

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration

Eerie

i dun have time to blog but i must say this....

I have been rather busy for completing the thesis, assignment, projects, homework...and now am quite not in the mood to care for other stuff already...while i was so busy with all this stuff, there's these guys, strange guys who txt me and asked to go out for this and that...kinda like a date? ouh please, i just dont understand why these people are soooo darn free to 'patoh' in uni, i dont even have enough time for a proper meal, even when i was eating or sometime watching cartoon, my mind was thinking of my research! its annoying...i just dont used to say 'no' yet. (im learning hard)....so forgive me if i find excuses to hint u for the word 'no'...i wish you ppl werent here tonight! stay away from me please!!!!

Words for you...

Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to live the questions themselves as if they were locked room or books written in a very foreign languege.

Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them.

And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now...and perhaps then, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into your answers.

看到烦人的动物时，你可以向它说佛法。

看到烦人的动物时，你可以向它说佛法:

XX动物，我现在就跟你皈依：-
皈依佛 – 不堕地狱
皈依法 – 不堕饿鬼
皈依憎 – 不堕畜牲
皈依佛竟，皈依法竟 ，皈依憎竟。

皈依教它发四弘誓愿：-
1。 众生无边誓愿度
2。 烦恼无尽誓愿短
3。法门 无量誓愿学
4。佛道无上誓愿成

这样对它每句 念三遍，念完后就对它开示。

XX动物，我现在为你皈依，你就不要再来给我们麻烦，如果是有什么差错，就不好再怪我们了。

白蚂蚁公，母，子，孙，哥，嫂，你们前辈子没修行，才会当白蚂蚁，你们都是佛弟子，你们要念佛，念阿弥陀佛，求愿往生极乐世界，才不用当白蚂蚁，不然几千年还是白蚁身。 佛在世时，看一只蚂蚁，非常痛苦，我现在念给你们，你们也跟着我念；请释迦末尼佛，阿弥陀佛，观世音菩萨，龙天护法，将这些白蚂蚁皆带出去。

你若更功夫，若会持大悲咒，念一些大悲咒水，帮他们漉净，这些白蚂蚁不用三天就全部跑。

Missing My Old Time In MGSS

Everyone has gone to bed already at this hour...not sleepy so grabbed the prosperity burger from McD and sitting all alone in the living room watching Princess and The Frog, it wasnt too bad, only thing is it has so much of singing part which almost make me fall asleep....somehow, i picked up my phone and starts browsing the net. Open up facebook page and pause at the 'search' column...then a name appeared in my mind: Wendy Chan. Somehow i miss her already. I miss the time when we were working hard decorating the hall during school annual sports day. We were from Yellow house-always the wining team!*proud proud* hehe. There has a brown old grand piano in the hall where we used to play some sentimental song whenever we free and met up especially during sports day. She is very good either in academic or sports. Throughout 5 years in Mgss, she was in first class and was the MGSS's best runner in spring event...we both represented Malacca district in 100m, 200m, 4x100m and so on....and i really miss the time when we trained so hard at the back of the school's field, resting under the huge tree which has over 100 years of history. chatting and sharing thoughts. Though she was 3 years younger than me but we really can mingle round. thought so* lol...cant stand her proud 'heng' sometimes also. Being so smart in studies, so good in piano, so cool in sports, and very pretty some more...of course will be proud a lil right?hah... hope u dont read this!lol you're so perfect to me! and im very proud of you. no doubt. In year 2003 after i left MGSS in form 5, we hardly keep in touch already till oneday when my male friend in form 6 asked me bout the god sister wendy, then only by that we starts keeping up a lil and glad that trough facebook i can know if your doin good by viewing at your photos...

Wendy and I-MGSS Sports Day 2003

Wendy and our senior (on the left side is Wendy's cousin, Sheerena Thein-wearin cap)

Athletic Chaptain of MGSS in Year 2003

Me-very dark uh?

MGSS Girl Guides

Me and my partner in 4x100m event

Michelle Teoh, Shereena, Me and god sis,Grace in Year 2001

Never forget to mention Grace, my good and favourite friend, lil god sister. lol she can sing pretty good in RAP song! R&B...whatever she is real cool. Michelle is another leng lui in MGSS, most of the MGSSian couldnt speaked very well in mandarin as they were brought up in Eng edu, so thats also the only time we were force to speak in english and you'll get used to it when people laugh at your wrong spoken one or your wrong pronunciation or grammer or whatever and correct it for you. Its embarrassing but somehow you learn and dare not repeat it again. Some of'em even laugh at you so loud like nobody's business. darn!haha...its just some memories of mine back in MGSS.

Dreams

TOok a long nap this afternoon. I dream of a person, the one very close to me, no idea why u appeared in my dream,never thought of you before i sleep as we were too close.....from the moment i fall asleep till the moment i wake, the entire story was all bout me and you. haha...that was funny. my table and bed in the dorm was shift back to the old place which i do not really like it.(It moved itself). When i open the door, find it has another one to open and then i saw a place where it is completely strange, and i shut then open again, there go another scene...you pull me out and said lets see whats the place look like, then we explored...now there were 3 of us...and suddenly you hold my hand, not a tight one but you trying hard not to let it go...we were all alone now and clinging to each other, very sweet....and we went into a museum...its iron bridge museum how cool!...then you kept holding my hand as we walked, its embarrassing but you seems ok with it...and its so warm, my fingers were all freezing. Then we returned to the door, back to the dorm, and i was studying now, you were besides me...and i fall asleep again, you lean your head towards mine, we were so close that i can hear you were listening to Doin' Just Fine.

p.s.: It was so sad that you weren't that thoughtful and sweet in real. In fact, you were too cold towards me that we can hardly have a conversation.

Wish could have that Magic door.

Your the One

Simple and nice...spot the front kitchen?feng shui said its gonna be at the back one so renovate it! lol

Gonna have U in NO time! ouh...a L shape garage can be constructed at the side, must be awesome then! hehe