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Chinese New Year is the time of the year where we play firecrackers, receive angpaos, gamble, go visiting, reunion breakfast/lunch/dinner, eat cookies, tidbits, mandarin oranges, yee sang, NON STOP EATING! It is also the time of the year where people from overseas come back home to reunite with close ones, just like how my eldest brother comes back from UK to celebrate the Lunar New Year with us and relatives. Usually we would go back to my grandfather's place in Pahang to celebrate CNY. On CNY day's eve, we would have a big reunion dinner with the family and relatives. We would also prepare a table with offerings to welcome the God of Prosperity to enter the house, a ceremony commonly practiced by not only us but the whole kampung as well. Once the clock hits 12am, we would exchange greetings and angpaos. Sound of firecrackers could be heard through the whole night, like a machine gun being fired.  On the first day of CNY, we would put on our new clothes and then have a

By the time you all are reading this, i would already be at Penang celebrating CNY with my family and relatives. With no internet access here for the next few days, i would be busy stuffing myself with lots of wonderful food, receive angpaos, play a bit of fireworks and probably prawn fishing : D HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2012! May the year of the Dragon bring everybody good health(most important), lots of wealth, prosperity, and may everything be smooth sailing ahead!

Funny how i'm using BM for my recent post titles... Went Ampang this morning with my dad as he met with a little accident the day before. He is totally fine and the car has a little scratch. The radiator was damaged in the accident, therefore rendering the car unable to be used. Headed down to a relatives' house at Ampang to borrow a car as we were planning to drive up to Penang for CNY. See the scratches First Mandarin Orange for the New Year   At the workshop, more like a Car Mortuary Two little accidents were involved. First he bumped a kancil and myvi at the traffic light. The myvi in front of the kancil had a little dent and my dad just paid the myvi for the damage as he was rushing to meet a customer. Second one happened at another traffic light, the lorry in front was slowly rolling down the slope and the driver forgotten to apply the brakes. Knocked the front of my dad's car, the radiator was damaged and so he got the car towed to a workshop. W

Yes. Exams has ended. Therefore... I'm FREE~! Those long weeks of studying, countless cups of coffee, writing and remembering equations and definitions. Was almost unaware of what was happening around me, felt like a zombie, half alive, was blur most of the time. Being buried in tons of lecture notes and papers IS not fun. Studying IS tiring! Neglected my exercise routine as well just for the sake of exams. Remembered playing basketball last week, i only played like 3 matches and i was already panting. At one point, i was so tired i nearly fainted. Blood gushing up my head and eyes, i decided to stop playing and head back home. Glad all that is over. Study study study Housemate/Classmate Jared studies like this And now to enjoy those family reunions, meet up with relatives i never knew i had, receive angpaos, and exchange greetings.

(11/01/12) So my second year, first semester of exams has started. Todays' paper was Separation Process 1, didn't go well. Every question was left hanging halfway. As usual, didn't know I had to answer only 3 out of the 4 questions. Anyway, it didn't harm if i did 4(maybe equivalent to only 1 when all the answers i wrote are added up), because the best 3 out of the 4 questions answered will be considered. No wonder i didn't have enough time to finish the exam, was panicking towards the last half hour of the exam. Negative thoughts started pouring in. Thought that i wasn't suit to be in engineering, thought that my chances for the exchange program to the UK Campus is nil, thought that i would fail this exam and had to resit for it. Did i study hard? Yes i did. Did i try my best? Certainly. Who to blame? Nobody but myself. Coursemates said that the paper was difficult anyway, sure made me feel a little better. Felt disappointed since some of the que

(10/01/12) I feel so weak and inferior around them. I am the last person they would ask if they didn't know how to solve a question. I always feel like i'm not part of the discussion. It's as if i'm left behind, so much further away from them. I am sitting around them, yet they prefer to ask the other housemate sitting upstairs I don't know why but somehow i feel pissed They just ignore me... I am not worried if they see this, they don't even know i have a blog I feel... sad, frustrated, hopeless sometimes i feel as if i am in the wrong course, taking the wrong path of life, they make me feel... bad still, i am grateful to have them as housemates and coursemates. i can always refer to them whenever i didn't know how to answer a question. or i could just borrow their solution and refer to it. or i could ask them to teach me. when exams season are here, there is this feeling of desperation lingering in the air. what is the answer to this que

Had an awesome bbq party at friends' house with a bunch of friends. Today is the first day of the new year 2012, time sure flies. Have i regretted for what i have done in 2011? Yes and no. Yes i may have not been utilising my time wisely, still sticking to the same old habits, o stubborn me. No i have learnt alot last year. I have learnt to be more matured(although i am still not) I have learnt to be kind and patient I have learnt not to be jealous of others I have learnt how to cook In fact, i learnt something at the bbq yesterday, friends' dad dripped some candle wax into the burning charcoal, he says it will help in the burning of the charcoal. After having so many bbq sessions, it was my first time seeing that. We will never and should not stop learning as long as we are still living. Like my lecturer used to say with his Russian accent: "Tell me your answer and commit your mistakes now, it is good for you to learn from it than regret from it later."