Update

Wow, so many things to update about. Sorry for not doing so the last few days! Hmmm, so what has happened since the last time I've updated?

1) Move over world, a new killer's on the road!
Well, almost. =P I passed my driver's test a few weeks back, and have been driving around in my mum's City and dad's Kia. Still have to adjust to the cars though. =)

2) Physics project passed!
Rube Goldberg project passed and performed superbly. Curious as to how it went? Refer one post back and click on the link provided. Note: You must be logged in to facebook to be able to view it.

And today? Woke up in the morning to discover that our neighbour's one and only koi fish that was residing in our pond had mysteriously died and was found floating on the water. Cause of death was not known though. =/

My job? I tried digging a grave for it in the 'backyard' and successfully obtained two gigantic blisters on my left hand while handling the hoe. Rest in peace fishy.

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Maths assignment is @$$! =P

Struggling

I'm not dead yet. Just coping with assignments, projects, lab reports.

In the meantime, please do witness our pride and joy:

EDIT: Okay, slight problem with the video dimensions. Watch it here!

Happy Momma's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mom! I'm never good at this mushy stuff, so I'll come straight out: No matter how it may seem that I'm angry at you, no matter the times I may have snapped back at you, deep down, I want you to know that I will always love you mum. Without you, where would we be in this place called Earth?


Photo taken by Dad. ;P

1st May bonanza

Well yeah, so yesterday was an extra holiday for us. That meant an extra long weekend for us! =D Well, the S3 Malaysia-Monash took advantage of this extra day for a sleepover at my house. We hung around Sunway Pyramid on Thursday, having dinner with another of our collegmates, Wei Hsien. Lepak till about 9pm, then Gabriel, Edward, Gene, Jia Yean, Amanda and I made our way back home.

Had one round of Squad Seven, a few rounds of poker (which I undoubtedly lost) with while some went over to the computers for a LAN game (Age of Mythology I think). Lights out at around 2am.

In case you didn't know what Squad Seven looked like, here it is. A unique game, where you depend on your sight, hearing and agility instead of standard dice rolls.

Woke up at 8.30am, found them lying round in various sleeping positions. Gabriel, who took the sofa initally, ended up sleeping on the floor because Edward took the 2-man matress for himself. Haha, Eddie was so cold he wrapped himself up with the matress to avoid the 'sandstorm'. Jia Yean was already up, and Gene was wrapped in a coccoon with the help of his blanket.

Had breakfast at Little Ben, a nearby concept restaurant. Wanted to go to the club for gym and a round of futsal. However, no such luck there as gym was reserved for members only, and they had taken down the futsal and basketball courts. :(

Returned back home to a small field where we eventually had our round of football under the hot blazing sun. Boy was I cooked like a potato! xD

In a nutshell, we had a great time, and I have lots of souvenirs (toiletries and scrunchies which were left behind. :P Gonna have to return them to their various owners on Monday!

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Went to Monash today for the Mid-Sem buddy-buddee meet. Very sleepy though, but I had fun. Got to know a few seniors and freshies better, and had a game of basketball. I have not touched the ball since..... 2 years? o_0

Well, off to do my assignments, which have been piling up without me knowing. :/

PS: Camera's still missing, so apologies for the lack of pictures.

Mid-sems over

So the mid semester exams are over, and it was kinda fun. Dynamics was a killer though. As Nicholas Lim would say: "Die-namics". Anyways, today was the final paper, physics. A bit tough, almost couldn't finish the questions.

Blerrgh. Enough about exams. :P

Went out with a few of my college/uni-mates to Sunway Pyramid today to meet up with an old friend. Ended up in Redbox. Estimated price was about RM8, but we spent RM16 on 'karaoke'ing. Have to cut costs this week.

Slight sore throat now due to belting out tunes at the tops of our voices. My voice is kinda funny, the songs are either one octave too high, or one octave too low for me to cope with at times, thus having to crack my voice to keep up.

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I came up with this 'news report' while chatting with Jia Yean over msn:

In other news, a truckload of crayons were hijacked earlier this afternoon. Witnesses say that a furry little red humanoid looking creature with an orange nose is believed to be the suspect. Authorities are trying to bait said suspect into the open by playing the "Elmo's world" song, which many claim would bring the suspect scurrying out to join hands with the source and start dancing.

Be warned of the red furry creature! ;o

omgwtfbbq!

Well, I spent the last weekend supposedly studying. Note the use of the word 'supposedly'. Well anyways, my friends from the School of Engineering came over for a BBQ party at my house last Saturday. Well, it was a blast! :D

Yun Xin, Wei Leong, Darren and I even sneaked out for a while to get a birthday cake for Eric (which, by the time I post this, will be your birthday! So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC! =D).

Eric and my sis.

Coming back, we left the cake in the car and mingled a bit more. At around 10pm we took the cake out and surprised Eric, who was waiting in the sauna kitchen with the rest of the group.

The only let down was when my sister insisted that she cut Eric's cake and made a mess out of it, getting her hands everywhere. Sorry guys! >_<

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Pictures credited to Joon Loong and Daniel Lau as I do not have my camera. I think it really is lost. *sigh* Thanks to Lindley for uploading the pictures to facebook!

Barbecue pit. Charcoal's roasting good.

Add some chicken, slather some honey and butter on it. Mmm.

Fruit/Jelly-eaters Extraordinaire!

Us in various stages of jumping. =)

Many thanks to Yun Xin and Shi Yunn for organising this event and making it happen! Thanks also to Wei Leong, Eric and Lindley who came over early to help out prepare the dishes! Many more thanks to all who helped with the grill, pit, and preparing the tables! But most of all, thanks for coming, and hope you had a blast!

If lost, please contact...

Yus, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been turning my house inside out to find my camera. You heard it right, I lost my camera. :/ I've checked Monash, the house, and even outside the house, you may never know where it went. I think it got fed uup of me taking to many random pictures that my camera just grew legs and ran away. D:

Next week's exam week, so you won't be hearing much from me. I'll be so busy drowning in various engineering subjects, trying to recall what our lecturers taught us in the past weeks.

See 'ya around!

Vroom... Kerplunk?

Haha, I guess I failed both driving tests today. I failed the slope, car went backwards instead of forwards. :/ As for on the road, let's just say the tester 'sabo'-ed me. He was in a hurry to get back to the institute to get more students who has actually left aside some prayer money. Remember, I didn't partake in this ritual. At least not yet.

And what fun, due to unforeseen circumstances, I won't be able to take my driving test till next month!

Oh, and did I mention that I met one of my ex-junior-schoolmate there? It was surprising, but yeah, I did meet Yi Koon there after failing both tests. School memories...

Driving test

Yus, tomorrow's my driving test. I've been playing the 'on-the-road' scenario in my head for like, since 7 in the evening. I tell myself I'm confident, buuuut...

Enough with the negativites, I can do it! *fingers crossed* Of course, I opted not to hand in 'prayer' money. After all, why pay extra when you can pass? (I think!)

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I got tagged by Sonia! :P

This is what I should do:-

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1) Go to MY photo folder in my computer.

2) Go to the 6th folder of MY photo folder.

3) Go to the 6th photo on that 6th folder.

4) Put the picture on MY blog and also the description of it.

5) Invite 6 friends to join the challenge.

6) Link them into MY blog to let them know they have been challenged.

Ah, I remember this day! This year during CNY we went to Vern Chien's house for a reunion party with our ex-schoolmates. The charcoal barbaecque was so slow that Gabriel got so fed up he took a fan to blow the fire.

Hmm, memories... (:

And I tag:
1) Jian Yao
2) Lindley
3) Yao Yun
4) Nick Lim
5) Poh Kean
6) Su Yen

Melancholy

I saw you again, last night, in my dreams
You were sad, crying
I tried to reach out
But the walls around your heart proved too tall to climb
You walked off
I tried to follow, feet stuck in present time
Why do I feel like this?
Friends hold me back
Or is it just my ego?
I'm lost in time, swimming through my memories
Reliving every moment with you.

Looking at you, over the fence
Laughing and chatting with your buddies
But in your eyes, I see emptiness
Or it could be just a reflection of mine

Trying to fit in, like an odd piece of the jigsaw
When will I ever learn,
I can't go on without you.

Egg.. err, Earth Hour

Earth Hour 2009. Either you're in, or you're out to annihilate the world as we know it. It just takes one finger, and a flick of the switches to turn off all unnecessary appliances. So what are you waiting for? Turn off your lights today, at 8.30pm. You may be just one person, but you can make a difference. Remember, it's Mother Earth we're talking about.

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In other news, I promised to tell you about our results for the Formula-R. Well, it was okay, t=though we could have done better. Most of the teams there had the same design actually, and we were one of the stereotypes too. Surprising, no?

In the end, the one with the most unique launching system managed to travel the furthest, a whopping 14.5 m. They had an overhead catapult system which launched the egg vehicle off the ground, giving it some air time. So that's their secret!

Our team managed to go about less than half of their distance, a mere 6.9m maximum. Nevertheless, I'm still satisfied as we had only managed up to 5 m in our test runs. There was also a tendency for the egg to flip over, as seen in the previous post.

Our egg vehicle and the hot glue gun we used to glue the marbles, below the vehicle.

Race-day: T -19:00

It's race-day tomorrow, and eggs are in the house! Let's roll out those pit-stops, and start those last minute checks!

Wish me luck, it's going to be tight!

PS: I came home with a gun today.
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A hot glue gun, that is. ;P

Egg Disaster

Yes, yes, this is another post on eggs. xP Our group went to test out our egg vehicle to day, and didn't really go off to a good start. Here's what happened:

(1) We didn't check the surface of the floor, turns out it was uneven. (2) Vehicle hits uneven floor at high velocity, flipping over. (3) *smash* Scrambled eggs anyone?

Back to the drawing board for us!

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Also, I went to this 'Gelateria' (is this how you spell it?) near my house to have some scrumptious ice cream. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera, so all I could spare you was a picture of 'spaghetti' ice cream (ice cream made into little strands looking like spaghetti). Trust me, it's waay more delicious than it looks, and it looks good already!




Topped with raisins and nuts, who could ask for more? Mmm, delish! (Yes, those noodle-like strands are ice cream!)

Of Eggs and Cars

What a day! I woke up early in the morning, got dressed, had some breakfast. Then I went to Monash to test out our "Formula-R" egg vehicle. It's a physics project actually, where you would have to use one, and only one rubber band, to power the egg vehicle and make it travel the furthest distance. No rotating parts (which means no wheels), no lubricants (oil, powder, water, ice, etc.) and the egg must not break during it's travel. Sounds like a lot of work! Well I've got news for you readers: it is! Well, at least the planning was. =P

No, I'm not going to tell you how my project fared, at least not until race day, which would be on Thursday. Wait till then! ;)

In the afternoon, I had my 3rd driving lesson. Driving on the road this time, and well, let's just say I suck at roundabouts and traffic lights. D: I should be lucky the Kancil I was in didn't turn out to be like this:



PS: Google Kancil and you'll come across this very interesting picture. For you, Initial D fans!

New header!

Hmm, since I've restarted my blog, I decided to change the layout. Using the new blogger isn't so bad either. Thanks to Jia Yean, I managed to get my hands on a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS 4. Thanks!

Decided to play with it a bit, and the final product is up there. So what d'you guys think?

Dusty blog is dusty

Rummaging through his drawers, this unfortunate blogger has finally found the key to his blog. 7 long months it has been since he saw the contents of his blog.

He took a wet cloth and wiped off the thick layer of dust that had settled on his blog after more than half a year of not using it.

Taking out some soap, a mop, and a feather duster, he began cleaning it, tidying it up, and adding a few stuff to keep up with the times.

Condition of blog after a 7-month hiatus

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The Tekno Kid is back babeh! The header is under construction. Stay tuned for more updates! Oh, and I've graduated from SAM already. Now currently in Monash, for those of you who want to know.