A very old ad, but still lovable by many

Came across this very old Ad, and thought that i should post it up :)
R.I.P Yasmin Ahmad :)

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Globalisation, cause and effect?

Dear all,

Just wanted to share a video with all of you. Its pretty sad to see this is still happening and even among us. Please, take a moment and watch this.

Edited by ilX - oni youtube link allowed

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The by product of intellectual oppression

Hey all,

I haven't wrote something for some time now, but i recently faced an event that might or might have not occured to you people. I actually posted this up on facebook, and i guess i might as well post it here as well :)

The meaning of intellectual in www.dictionary.com says that it is to appeal to or engage the intellect, while intellect just means the capacity for thinking and acquiring knowledge.At the same time, oppress means to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints.

Now, you might ask why am i getting technical with such terms that you might already understand. Unfortunately, there might be some specific people that i unfortunately don't have on facebook, that do not understand the words, and they might never come across this note. Nevertheless, i have aways supported freedom of speech and especially expression of knowledge, and i will not have this go unheard of.

Hong Kong is a financial center of great importance to the entire ASEAN region and a place where cultures from the east and west meet and melt in together. As such, it is not hard to understand the importance of language in a place where people of so many different backgrounds mix, communicate and do business with each other. While the Chinese people in HK speak fluent Cantonese, they have no doubt realize the importance of the English language as it is the international language and still the most important language. Of course, with the rise of China, Mandarin will be equally important, and i agree as students for the next generation, the mastering of different languages will definitely be an asset. Also, it has always been a pride to Chinese people to retain their mother tongue as a sense of pride and their own culture. I have no objections against it, and i'd even support the preservation of dying languages. 

Now that i have bore you with a brief introduction of my thoughts on the different languages in the world, i will start to make my point. As a university student, i have a sense of respect for written works of fellow students. Not depending on the quality, i believe that every written work (except for those who defame and discriminate) of a person is worth admiration. Unfortunately, for the event that i experienced, there were people who didn't like a particular piece of promotion email, and wanted to have it rewritten. The first excuse given was that the particular person felt that the piece of writing had 'a lot of grammatical errors'. Subsequently, i happen to be acquainted to the person who wrote this promotion email, and before i go on elaborating, i will give you a brief history of this persons' english qualification.

Back in Malaysia, this friend of mine attained an A1 in the English subject and 1119 (Essay) in the SPM exam. This friend also won numerous awards from the Australian New South Wales test for school students, having distinctions in the english paper. And most importantly, my friend attained a grade of 8.5/9.0 in the IELTS exam whom i am sure everyone is very familiar with. 

Back to the story, so this friend of mine had me read the promotion email and asked me for my opinion. I read it through, and no matter how many times i read it, i can find NO grammatical mistakes. Ok, so, you might think what my qualifications are to even say this. Similar to my friend, i have achieved an A1 in my english subject as well as 1119 in my SPM and UEC exams. Also, i have high distinctions from the New South Wales test for school students for 3 consecutive years. I apologise if you feel that i am boasting my credentials, but i feel that it is necessary for me to explain myself. Yeah, so, i saw NO grammatical errors. My friend therefore replied to this person explaining that no grammatical errors could be found, and asked for further instructions.

The next day, this person called my friend and said that he 'thinks the email is too COMPLICATED, and that it should be SIMPLIFIED'. Now, i understand the need for summarizing, but this is just too much ain't it? Besides, the first excuse didn't even correspond with the second excuse. I mean, just take common sense!!! What does grammatical errors have got ANYTHING to do with being TOO COMPLICATED?? NOTHING!! NOTHING AT ALL!! A big pile of BULLSHIT!! So, the issue here now is that since you think it is too complicated, my friend should downgrade the quality and standard of the promotion email so that it is simplified?? Another big pile of crap. Oh, i haven't even mentioned, the promotion email in which my friend wrote for is an ENGLISH based club... 

I come back to my title. The by product of intellectual oppression. I can understand that you are catering for the needs of the students as most of them are Cantonese speakers. However, to limit another person's ability to converse in the art of writing is even worst than putting the Jews on the death train! Can a person really be more evil than Hitler? Well, i found that person....

I would really much like to receive feedback from this, positive or negative, so tell me what you think, or better, share your similar experience if you had any.

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Too long......

Would you agree with my title? Its been too long for something to happen. Have i found it? I believe i have.

For too long i have been sticking to my self reliant stupid and radical principles... Telling myself every so and so that principles are everything. To this day, i believe it to be true, but i would like to add an exception. All my life, i've been trying to rationalize everything i do. To some certain extent, the very foundation of my love for someone else was built on my self rationalization. The fact is... nothing about it is rational :) Haha... but this is not the purpose of this text. By making my point... i realise my mistakes and have let go of my stubborness and embrace a new future with high hopes and expectations. You know... let me disclose something to you all... before i left for Hong Kong, someone said something to me. This is someone i respect a lot, my teacher and my friend. She said, 'You'll find what you need to find in Hong Kong, go out there and find what you want, what you've always been missing. Just remember to come back and tell me about it,' and she smiled. For some time... i did not understand what she meant, and i sort of disregarded it, stored it somewhere up my head and forgot about it. All until recently....

Life here has been great... To be perfectly honest, i have not really felt homesick. Maybe its just because i've been here for only 1 month and a half. Maybe its just because i wanted to escape my life back in Malaysia. Maybe i needed to see something new. One of the reasons why i decided to stay back during my holidays is because... for some part in me, i don't really wanna go back. I said officially that the reason i stayed back is because i wanted to take up extra courses so i can graduate faster, but the fact is... some part in me, i don't wanna come back during my university life. Ever since day one i've stood on Hong Kong ground, i've told myself that this is where i wanna be, this is where i want my family to be. That was what i thought to be the right thing to do anyways.

So far... my uni life has been fulfilling and hectic :) Joined rotaract, got selected into the badminton U-team, gathered a team to take part in a business proposal writing competition, toastmasters public speaking competition, planning on a service trip to Sichuan for 1 week during winter and so on.... At the moment... i've been doing well in my studies as well :) Having 3 mid terms in 1 week 2 weeks from now, and i'm currently finishing an essay for one of my sociology classes. Haven't been sleeping a lot lately, less than 20 hours per week. I keep telling myself to sleep before 2am everyday... but i eventually go past the limit and sleep less and less everyday. I know its bad, and i'll try my best to rectify this problem i'm having, i don't wanna have health problems at this age, thats for sure :P

Now then... perhaps the thing that all of you have been hoping to hear from me. As you may or may not have noticed... whether on facebook or MSN, i have changed my display picture yeah? :) Before you come to conclusions, i want to state clearly that we're very close friends. But... to be truly honest? We're friends who hold hands, hug and talk about the future. The reason why we're called 'friends'? Well... she is honoring her promise to her parents that she won't have a BF before 21. I respect her promise, and we're both friends... for now. Go take a look at my MSN name now, scroll all the way to the back and you might notice a countdown. Be a smart person and guess what is the countdown for :) Anyways... we've had a lot of fun together. I know for a fact we love each other a lot, you might think that i'm saying this too early, but i don't give a heck. 1 month is too fast? Well, i won't deny that, and i probably won't try to explain it either. We love each other. Period. You know.. being with her? everything seems to pass by so quickly... i wish that our time together would be much much more, but there just isn't enough!! 

I am blessed by knowing her. We had our ups and downs and at one point we almost called it. But the both of us just couldn't bear to do it, and we made compromises to keep our relationship. I've waited so long anyway... whats another 2 years and a few months right? I would never forgive myself if i gave this all up.... One other thing... we have a lot of things in common :) Sounds kind of funny and stupid... haha, but we're both the type of person who likes to think about the future. I'll leave it up to your imagination on what exactly did we talk about, but it sure was sweet and reassuring :) Let me say this everyone, i made a decision the other night. I made her my responsibility. The fact that she let me do so was an extra blessing for me :) The joy of being able to do things for her, to care for her, and to have her care in return? No words can possibly express what i feel :) Blessed beyond words.... haha.... 

I know you people would have plentyful to say about this... haha... especially about the decision i made. Whichever it is, i just want all of you to know, I am happy :) Look forward to my homecoming, i can't wait to introduce her to the rest of you. My wishes to all of you :) (Back to my essay for now, submission in 3 days and i've only written 1 paragraph, OUCH!!)

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The fun about waiting

Nothing new to read about, so i guess i'd write something funny.. :)

The fun about waiting:

We as a human race, spend a lot of our time waiting, right? I mean, think about it. We wait for something everyday in our life. From the day we are born, we have been constantly waiting for something. As a baby, we wait for our milk bottle, wait for someone to see us when we cry in the middle of the night and so on. As we grow older, we wait for parents to say something to us, we wait for them to buy that toy for us, we wait for the teacher to call out our names, we wait for the principal to finish his boring speech everytime there is a gathering, we wait as we prepare to enter the examination rooms, and we wait for the results. As we grow even older, we wait for our university applications, we wait for our job interviews, we wait for the employer to ask questions, we wait for his answer. When we finally start ot go to work, we wait for public transport, we wait in a traffic jam, we wait tirelessly for the end of the month to arrive so we get our paycheck.... Along the way, we wait for the toilet, we wait for the dam computer to load, we wait for downloads to finish... Then, we also wait for our government to buckle up, we wait for oil prices to go down, we wait for gold prices to go up, we wait for the perfect timing to start investing in something. Hell, we even wait to have sex :P To the day we die, we even wait for it, wondering when will my heart, lungs, or my brain die off. SEE!! We are waiting for virtually EVERYTHING!

So, in reality, we wait a lot, and i don't mean it literally. Here's a simple calculation. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Timeline_for_humans, we humans live an average of 66.12 years before death. So, thats 24150.33 days = 579607.92 hours = 34776475.2 minutes = 2086588512 seconds before we die. Right, so i'm guessing we spend an average of 3 hours a day worth of waiting, in a month, thats 90 hours, in a year, thats 1080 hours, over 66.12 years, thats 71409.6 hours. In percentage, thats 12.3% of our time in life spent waiting.

I mean, HOLY SHIT!! The term waiting, means that we are mundane and unable to do anything else as we WAIT for a particular action, acitivity, person or speech. That means that time is being wasted. I don't know about you, but i think 12.3% of time spent waiting is just a waste of time. What about you? Still think waiting is fun?

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Bon Voyage

To ZZ and 80:

You may or may not read this before you leave, although i hope you do.

Hope the both of you will remember us even as you meet new friends.

Hope the both of you spread the news about us and our stories.

Hope the both of you will stay healthy and smart for all your upcoming roles.

Hope that every now and then we can hear from you.

Hope that our wishes will always reach you.

Blessings from us. We will miss you both. Tune in to our blog every now and then to leave a message so we know that you're well. Good luck :)

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The past few days

I noticed that nobody has written anything for the past 2 days, and i guess its time to lighten up the mood with some reading then.

Last Friday (4/7), I went to KLCC after work. Reason? I just didn't feel like going home so early. I actually had no idea why i went there in the first place. So, i walked around looking at things, things i normally won't set my eyes on. Then i realized something... is this going to me in the future? Walking around aimlessly and without anything important to do? Earlier in the day, i found out that 2 of my co-workers are getting married by this year. It feels kind of strange you know... its the first time i had friends telling me that they're getting married. Both of them females. I mean... aside from congratulations, what else am i suppose to say or get for them? I had relatives getting married before, but thats normally not my concern because the grown ups normally just gives them an Ang Pau. So, i just congratulated them both... and to imagine they both spread the news about their marriage on the same day!!

So, back to my strolling in KLCC. After half an hour of aimless strolling, i went to the cinema and without any thought and consideration, bought a ticket for Wanted. The show time was in another 2 hours, so i went straight into Kinokuniya. It was another arduous half an hour before i finally found a book i can enjoy (Economics), sat down and started reading for the next hour and a half. The book was very interesting and an eye opener. I enjoyed it very much, i realize that it would help me in my studies later on in Hong Kong. As my phone rang to remind me of my show time, i bought the book (RM 66.78), put it into my bag, went downstairs to get popcorn and coke, went in, sat down, and enjoyed the movie for the next 2 hours. Confession: It was the first time i watched a movie alone. One of many to come i suppose.

After the movie, i guess my next course of action should be home. Went straight down to the LRT station, bought some RotiBoy on the way out, stepped onto the first train that came around and went straight for home. In a way, that sounded like an interesting day. I couldn't have anything else to do anyway. It was the same for the next 2 days. At least on Sunday i went for training (Yes, i resumed my badminton training), but besides that, nothing really interesting happened.

Nothing really happy to read about i guess... Life at its best.

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Quick reminiscence

Well, i sort of found a really big bag in the store room and i decided it was the perfect bag in which i could pack my stuff in for my trip to Hong Kong. As i was packing some of the stuff in (books, forms, winter clothing), my mind started to wander off to the times when i was still in school. Times in class, during training, field trips, friendships, relationships, love, hate........... the list goes on.

I turned on the computer and started browsing my messy folders for any clue as to where i kept all my pictures. After half an hour of browsing, i gave up and used the search engine, and bulls-eye! Found them. Hundreds of pictures, ranging from Junior 3 to Senior 3 and also times of me in my badminton team. I looked through them one by one, and the deeper i dig through them, the more i remember. All of a sudden, i miss this place. To be honest, the more i think about it, the more reluctant i am to fly off. I don't know how the rest of you feel about me, but i'll definitely miss all of you, every single one. It sounds strange, but without the rest of you, i won't be complete. I have a lot of going on through my mind at the moment, what if i decide not to come back after my studies? What if i'm incapable of finishing my studies?

I debated with myself whether i should post this onto my personal blog or our class blog. But the decision wasn't really that hard to make. Since no one has really started posting anything personal, i might as well be the first person to do it.

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A fresh look

I've made some changes to the blog outlook and if you've noticed, i have added a calender to the left so that we can add any activities by clicking on the button where the big arrow is pointing at
Also, i have reduced the amount of posts on the main page to only show the 5 MOST recent posts. So don't be alarmed if you can't find your post anymore on the main page. It is advisable that you check the links to the left if you intend to read up on previous entries.

Besides that, i have opted to put the rules under my entry and put a link at the top. This way, we can have more space to the left for more additional tabs.

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Rules

格规：
1.请养成一上网就来看看的习惯（不然以后聚会时别说不懂哦！）；

2.请尽量发挥大家的创作能力，把欢乐或悲伤都与大家分享；

3.发表的文章决不可以人身攻击；

4.发表文章时，切记在label那栏写上自己的外号或名字(没有的话,Heihei~)；

5.严禁利用他人的名义发表文章（label 写别人的名字等……）；

6.严禁擅自删除或修改别人的文章；

7.请踊跃发表意见以及留言(你的留言将是别人创作的动力！)；

8.不得上载太多图片（因为储存量有限）；

9.请把没用的草稿删除（不然会很凌乱）；

10.认真对待任何事情发起人的一些小小要求（别恶搞！）；

未完待续……

PS. If you have problems understanding the label rule (rule 4), please refer to http://s3sc2007.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-of-all.html

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Considerations

As suggested by the title, there are some considerations that i hope everyone will take into seriously.

1. Before i went to sleep yesterday, ZZ came to me with a very good question. Should this blog be used to enter personal entries that differ from our own blogs, or a place that we can write whatever we want, be it personal or not.
Case in point, the reason why i pointed this out is because while most of you will be willing to share what your everyday past times are for the time being, can you be sure that you will stay the same in the future? I mean, as we continue to grow, there are bound to be things that we wish to write, but at the same time have hesitations about whether to write them on our own blog, this blog, or not to write them at all. I understand that this could be a ming bogging question, but i hope that everyone takes their time to think about it before you begin sharing your thoughts. This is not a statement to disallow your creativity or your freedom, i just wish to point out the obvious, for consideration purposes.

2. I realise that there has been great enthusiasm among the admins and its authors to establish a fund collected from advertisements posted on our blog. However, according to my information, this blog does not support that function nor approves of ads being posted since Blogger.com is a freeware internet database. Second, the least of our problems will be to open an actual bank account for the funds to transfer in, the thing i am worried about is who will be responsible for this fund, and how the allocation goes. Then there is the problem of opening up our blog to the world to increase the amounts of 'clicks' on our ads. Correct me if i was wrong, but i thought that this blog was initially meant to be private and only for our own reading.
Again, this fact has no purpose to undermine any plans going on, only to put things into prospect and under consideration.

Please, leave comments of what you think. As a small group, communication is vital for its success and stability. Thank you.

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First of all

To be perfectly honest, i'm in a rush to finish the blog settings because i'm being constantly bugged by Boon Yik. Then, i have to test the whole thing to see whether it works, so i'm just writing this first blog out of time and speed.

RULES
1. Only 4 people have administrative privileges, please do not ask/beg/scold/taunt/curse/swear for administrative privileges, failure to comply will result with an all out BAN! Please don't make me do that... i really hate to ban people from our own class.

2. When you have decided to join the group of authors for this blog, you will be allowed to add your own blog entries into this site. It is imperative (VERY IMPORTANT) that you insert your own name or nickname and use the SAME ONE every time you add an entry. For those who don't understand, please refer to picture below (Note the BIG arrow)3. Do not EDIT blog entries of other authors.

4. Admins have the right to add any additional rules at any given time without prior notice and all authors are required to pay strict attention to them.

I hope that all of you can be responsible for this blog, its contents and authors. Have a pleasant writing experience. Good day.

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