小黄雀

小黄雀
再怎么飞，
也飞不出大树的影子
再怎么飞，
也离不开地平线；

小黄雀
它拼命的飞，
它舍身的飞，
结果还是被雷电击落回草原。。。

小黄雀就是小黄雀
小黄雀不可能变成金凤凰！

Wang Pendahuluan PTPTN

Just checked about the Wang Pendahuluan for PTPTN through PTPTN website (http://www.ptptn.gov.my/) a while ago. And the result is:

Dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa nama anda TIDAK TERMASUK di dalam senarai penerima Wang Pendahuluan Pinjaman (WPP).

Walaubagaimanapun, sekiranya anda berhasrat untuk memohon pinjaman PTPTN, sila pastikan senarai dokumen yang dinyatakan di atas dibawa semasa pendaftaran ke IPTA.

Heard they say only certain "lucky" people will get the Wang Pendahuluan. They (PTPTN) pick according to your parents total income. Well, thats what I heard, not really true.

List of people who got their Wang Pendahuluan through post:
1. Kim Song
2. Chang Dick
3. Desmond Ngo

Medical Report

Got my medical report from Timberland this afternoon.

Height: 169cm
Weight: 54.5kg
Visual Acuity : Uncorrected : Right : 6/6 Left : 6/6
Colour Vision: Abnormal (Red-green blindness based on Ishihara Chart)
Blood Pressure : 110/75

Hmm, Red-Green... no wonder its hard for me to differentiate between Blue and Purple, Pale-Orange and Pale-Green, and... MANY MORE!

Actually the blue and purple is quite ok, just the Pale-Orange and Pale-Green. Looks same at fisrt sight. Only when look "carefully", really "in detail", then can see a bit difference.

By the way, did I select the correct colour? Haha. Pity me.


Heres the link for some colour blind test:
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8833/coloreye.html
http://www.everwonder.com/david/colorblind.html

http://www.spectacleworld.co.za/colour-blind.htm

http://colorvisiontesting.com/online%20test.htm

http://www.bareket.org.il/colourblind/dalton.html

http://colorvisiontesting.com/online%20test.htm#Test%20Card%20Number%201%20answer

http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm

NUS Hostel Management System

"Because I'm A Girl" by Kiss

Snapshot of the Korean MV, should be - Snapshot of the actress. Haha. Beautiful! =p

Petronas Edu Camp

Petronas Edu Camp June 2006

Edu Camp Photos

20060619

1100 - Went Kuching International Airport and registered my name at the Standby counter. After a while, the receptionist at the Standby counter told me that I can board the flight at 1130. So I went to the Ticket Counter and bought the flight ticket with my Grads Card. The ticket cost Rm177 (Include Rm40 tax). The flight took off EXACTLY at 1130. They are very punctual now. Ha.

1300 - Reached KLIA. Went to KLIA Ticket Counter to book my return flight with my open ticket last year. Didn't use it till now. Then I went to the KLIA Transit Station to catch the transit to Bandar Tasik Selatan. The transit just left when I reach. So have to wait for another 30 minutes for the next transit. sigh. Transit to Bandar Tasik Selatan cost Rm26.50. I rushed to the LRT Station at Tasik Selatan and bought the ticket to Masjid Jamek. At Masjit Jamek, I hurried to Puduraya to catch the bus to Medan Gopeng, Ipoh. Everything so rush. I felt like dreaming back then. Maybe because already used to the slow-pace of life in Kuching here. Haha.
LRT Ticket - Rm1.70
Bus Ticket - Rm15

1535 - The Bus departed. I Slept along the tirp. Haha. Tired.

1830 - Reached Medan Gopeng, Ipoh. I had my dinner at the Malay stall there. The Nasi Goreng Kampung I ordered cost Rm3.50.

1720 - My brother's GF (Theng Theng) and her father (and sister) came and picked me up. If not their help, I would end up staying over night at Medan Gopeng Station. yiaks... And... Luckily their family speak mandarin. If not, I'll sure in big trouble communicating with them. Hehe.

1130 - Went Medan Gopeng to pick Jeffrey up. He missed the flight at 1230. So, he only depart from Kuching around 1500. Both of us arranged our documents, look through everything before we call it an end for that day.

20060620

0540 - Woke up and got ourselves prepared. Theng Theng's father sent us to KTM Station before he went to school. He is a techer in secondary school.

0810 - The UTP Van came and pick us up to Medan Gopeng Station to follow the UTP Bus to UTP Campus, Tronoh.

0900 - The Bus departed to Tronoh. Its about 40 minutes trip to Tronoh.

1000 - After register at the Main Hall (Old USM building), we went to the Hostel (Old USM Hostel).

UTP Chancellor Hall

1030 - Went to the Chacellor Hall for Opening and UTP Briefing.

1230 - Went to the canteen to have our lunch.
1400 - Document Management briefing. We were required to certify and submit our certificates there. Then we need to check our documents and put it into the boxes provided according to - "Complete", "Incomplete without Online Registration Form", and "Incomplete" group.
1530 - Everyone gathered at Chancellor Hall for Ice Breaking and Group activities. All of us were divided in to 20-person group. (I was putted into group 22.) Then, we followed our group leader (Facilitator) to our activity room.
Activity 1 - We drawed our own picture and ask others to guess the who is it in picture. Of course our facilitator shuffled the drawings and distributed to us randomly.
Activity 2 - The usage of soap. We were divided into 4 small groups. Each group were required to come out with the most idea on the usage of soap.

My Group - "Blur...?"

Activity 3 - "Desert survival Test". Everyone was told to arrage 15 items from the most important to less.
1830 - Dinner time!
2015 - Group activity - "Achievements & Goals" - All of us in the group were required to tell stories about the achivements that we are proud of in our life.
2115 - Class dismissed. Supper time!

20060621

0830 - Went to the Main Hall for English Proficiency Test. It a normal english paper with 60 questions and we need to answer in an hour. The test started at 0900. And ofter that, there is a tea break for everyone.

1000 - Critical Reasoning Test.
Verbal Test - We need to anwer 60 questions in 30 minutes. We need to read the short articles and determine whether the questions is "True", "False", or "Not given".
Diagramatic Test - We need to spot the sequence of the diagrams. Find the diagram that comes after the first five diagrams.

1230 - Lunch.

1400 - UTP Programmes Briefing.

1530 - UTP Campus Tour!This is UTP Library! Background are the book shelves in the library. 5 Levels of book shelves all together! Cool eh?

1800 - Dinner. I was very hungry in the beginning. But after I find out that there is a earthworm crawling out of the tomato in my plate, alive, I completely lose my appetite.

Theres a earthworm in the tomato! awggh!

2015 - Motivation Talk by Proffersor Khamaruddin. Its a very powerful talk and really lit up the fire in everyone.

2300 - Sleep time!

20060622

0730 - Woke up and get prepared.

0900 - Followed the bus to Block B for the Potentia J Assessments.

Waiting in Waiting Room before the Interview.

1400 - Followed UTP Bus to Medan Gopeng Bus Station.
1450 - Got onto Konsortium Bus to Puduraya.
1750 - Reached Masjid Jamek LRT Station and took LRT to Tasik Selatan.
1842 - Followed KLIA Transit to KLIA.
1740 - Checked-in.
2000 - Eat and watch World Cup Astro Channel at Golden Lounge (Domestic) while waiting for departure time.

MAS Domestic Golden Lounge

2200 - Flight departed from KLIA.
2354 - BACK AT KUCHING!

End-of-Trip!

Confused

"If you are still not sure what you want to study or where you want to go, then go Form 6"

Usually, people will say that to you after you finish Form 5. For me, after 2 years of Form 6, I'm still don't know what I really want.

Study in Local University? Or NUS? Or Private Universities?

"The reason most people aren't moving forward is that they don't even know where they are going."

-EeLeen

Well, KheeHan came just now. After he submitted his SOLAR Form, we discussed about that topic. At first, he said his decision is 40-60, as in Local Universities to NUS. But after a while, he changed his mind, changed to 50-50 again. Ha.

Study in NUS? There are 2 major problem.
1. Financial
Compare to NUS, Local Universities are far cheaper. And, I don't want to become another burden for my parents as they need to support both my sister and brother already. Sigh.
2. Standard
Hmm, for sure, people there are elite from countries around. Frankly, I not clever type person and I'm really 'kia su' to become dead-last. Top students here become average students there; Average students here become...? Not yet start already chicken out? Haha. And, most people there are banana. Not sure can communicate with my broken/vocab-not-enuf-use English or not. Haha.

Study in Local Universities?
1. Job future for IT graduates are not that 'bright', which means its more 'secure' if the Universities Application result is my first 4 choices: Microelectronics UTM/UKM, Telecommunication UTM/UKM. Here comes another problem, I'm not sure to what extent my colour blind problem (I'm not VERY serious, as in black-and-white colour blind arr...) will affect me for these courses.

Study in Private Universities?
1. [Just like above] Not sure to what extent my colour blind problem will become obstacles to me.
2. Graduates from Private Universities like Petronas and MMU will have limited job opportunities since they are not widely recognize compare to Local Universities. Besides it will be difficult to find job in other companies if got 'fired' by them.

Sigh. Wait till 19th June then only decide! Will it be a bit late to make decision by then? I don't know. Thinking of going for 'test drive' in Local Universities first in July, then only decide. Since NUS semester only starts in Aug.

Friends

Sigh. Forget it.

Digi Rewards

Fast & Furious



Yeah! Free ticket to watch Fast and Furious from Digi! It's part of Digi Rewards program. Cool eh? Hehe.
Went Star Cineplex to claim my free tickets around 1200. Luckily made it in time. There's only around 5 tickets left when I reach there. Hmm, when I claim my tickets, there was another person trying to claim the tickets also. He tries to cheat by forward the original message from his friend to his phone. Its very obvious lar, when you forward message, the sender of the message will definitely change to your phone number. So the Digi personnel there figure out this in just a blink. Ha! Poor boy walked away embarrassingly.
This teaches us to think twice before you do something. Make sure that your 'plan' is seamless before you do something o.O... Ha!

Digi! Always the smarter choice. LoLz, I'm Digi's ambassador. =p

Your Tumor is Benign

世界上最动听的话不是“我爱你”，而是

“你的肿瘤是良性的”

如果你能体会这话背后的意义，那你的生活态度基本上正确了；如不能，那也要恭喜你，或致哀：“你的一生只能风平浪静。”


摘自星洲日报-活力副刊;第12版（星云）;2006年6月10日

The world's most beautiful word is not "I love you", but

"Your tumor is benign"

If you can understand the true meaning behind it, your attitude to life is basically correct; If not, then we congratulate you, or express grief : "You can only live a calm and normal life."


Adapted from Sin Chew Daily News - Sin Chew Plus; Page 12; 20060610

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Programming Achievements

Facebook Puzzle

	Puzzle Name	First Solved On	Result
	Hoppity Hop!	Jun 9th, 2010, 06:59:16 AM	link
	Meep meep!	Jun 9th, 2010, 11:50:36 AM	link
	Liar, Liar	Jun 9th, 2010, 02:24:02 AM	link

FIFA fever!

FIFA World Cup™ Official Website
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/

FIFA World Cup™ Official Wallpapers
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/e/wallpaper.html

FIFA World Cup™ Official Album
Voices From The FIFA World Cup
Total Tracks: 18

FIFA World Cup™ Anthem
Celebrate the Day
Artis: Herbert Grönemeyer

Treasure - Cartoon Heros

Some of my favourite cartoon heros, namely Dragonball, Pokemon, and Digimon. I watched all the early series of the cartoons. But didnt really follow after few seasons. Like Dragonball, I only watch until the fourth stage of Super Syaia, Digimon until third season and Pokemon until Jotho Journey...
Pretty sad, the story grow too fast and become less-interesting... just like the anime series of Naruto... its less interesting when they add those manga-unrelated episodes... luckily the second Season of manga is still on...

Shoe

鞋子

记得在中二 ，
阿姨带我到鞋店买鞋。
当时，
我旧的鞋子已经破了，已扔了。
我便马虎地收下了阿姨买给我的名牌鞋子。

开始，我并不怎么看好这双鞋子。
但有一次，
我突然发现这双鞋子的特点，
这双鞋子给我的感觉、
舒适、
温暖。
渐渐地、
慢慢地，
我开始爱上了这双鞋。
还特别保护它、
珍惜它，
甚至连出门时都不舍得穿。。。

就这样，
这双鞋陪我走过了
整整六年的岁月，
鞋底早已磨损、
颜色早已退孙、
设计早已落伍。
但，
不知为什么，
我还是很喜欢这双鞋。
是不是这双鞋值350元?
不是！
可能是“特别”的关系吧！
可能是这六年来所累积的感情，
使我在阿姨把那双鞋扔了之后，特别难过。
阿姨说：
“鞋破了，就该买双新的！”
之后，便买了双新鞋给我。

鞋子啊！鞋子！
我还是会想念你啊！

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I wonder why sometimes I like something for no reason. Because of the value of that item? Or, because of first impression? Or is it because of the time spent with it?
Hmm, doesn't matter, guess that 'special' thing will always in my mind and become fragment of memories in my life. Feels sweet to recall things in the past, things that are meaningful and memorable. Just like my SHOE!

Windows Media Player 11

Hehe. Finally, installed Windows Media Player 11 (Beta). Unable to install last time due to Windows Genuine problem (means, my computer... eherm... hehe).

Erm, WMP 11 is more to graphic-layout type, in other words, more user friendly. Haha. And, what I like most is the Black Media Player Skin. It makes WMP look more hi-class.

Some snapshot after installing WMP 11. Hehe.

Now Playing Layout

Music Library Layout

Video Library Layout

Related links:
http://stiucsib86.blogspot.com/2006/05/windows-media-player-11-beta.html



Instruction to install WMP 11

Use winRAR to extract the executable (installer)
There are 4 executables inside this.
run following exe files in this order
1. WMP11.exe
2. wmfdist11.exe
3. wmdbexport.exe
4. umdf.exe
5. run wmp11.exe again

ZeGanG Gathering

at Sharing Planet

Who was there
Arthur
Bing Han
Chen Chin
Chio Pang
Elaine
Horng Rong
Kok Meng
Matthew
Yu Xuan

Followed Horng Rong's car to Sharing Planet at 1930. Picked up Elaine and Yu Xuan on the way there. We were the last to reach, hehe.

From Left: ChioPang, Arthur, Elaine, ChenChin

Haha, the 'hottest' topic there was "French Kiss". KokMeng and YuXuan was so high when talking bout it. Elaine, our 大姐, just cant stand it when we they discuss about this topic. She went for a walk along the pond beside, haha.


at Xiang Xiang

Around 2140, we moved to Xiang Xiang Corner, 香香坊, after requested by KokMeng. Actually Elaine also wanted to go back to catch her Drama Series and Arthur, for 'certain reason' wanted to go back also.

Haha, things only 'interesting' at 香香 there. We talked about boy-and-girl relationship topics. ChenChin started off by sharing with us his experience. Then KokMeng, Matthew, ChioPang... its really an interesting topic to discuss and 'research' about. Haha.

Some of our questions:

1. A love B but B don't like A and ask A to give up on him/her. At the same time, C confessed to A. Should A give up B and consider about starting a relationship with C?
2. A did not like anyone when B confessed with him/her. So, relationship sparkled off between them. But after some time, A find that he/she actually like other person. So, A decided leave B. Is A's action correct or wrong?

What do you think?

Anyway, The last topic we talked about before we leave was "childhood life", embaraasing and funny moments. Haha. KokMeng share with us how he "lost control" and shit in the classroom when he was in Primary 1. Haha.

Fun~!

Birthday Gathering

Update: Chen Chin back from Miri!

Swimming at De Summit.

Who was there:
Arthur
Bing Han
Chen Chin
Chio Pang
Horng Rong
Wei Loong

Went De Summit with HorngRong again after come back helping daddy at new house there. Actually we can only enter the condominium when invited by the residents there. And since Raymond wasn't there, he is on holiday... hmm? Haha... but don't know what ChenChin told the guard. Haha, he let us in without questioning much.

Arthur and ChenChin

Haha, so did not go swimming for so long already. The last time was in... erm... don't remember. Haha. I don't really know how to swim. Just simply swim with my own "free-style" from one end of the swimming pool to the other for 3-4 rounds. Haha.

Before we leave, WeiLoong, our sukma swimmer, show us "butterfly" and sprint. Hehe. Wow, he is fast. Ohya, he also teach, or rather say "show", us how to turn around in the water when reach the side of the pool. ChioPang also trick us with his stupid game again. He ask his 'victim' to compare strength with him by stucking the hole that spray out water. But, he purposely let go abit of the water to spray on you. Stupid game, but all of us got tricked by him. Sweat.

Dinner at

We went 皇上皇 （something like that)， BDC to have our dinner after that. Arthur did not follow us because he need to go his University friend's birthday party. We ordered 玛拟菜， 咸鱼猪肉，[dono] and [dono]. Hehe. Erm, quite expensive the food there. Those 4 dishes cost us Rm71.90 :zoinked:

Our dinner

After that, we walked over to Expert (老行家) for drinks. I did not order any drink because I'm too full already. Hehe. At there, Chio Pang share with us his 'experience' of buying spectacles. He said he was too picky about the seam between his the glass and frame and asked the optician to repair the same problem twice. After the second time, theres a light scratch on the glasses, and he think the optician purposely scratch it. His conclusion, don't be too picky!

At Expert "老行家"

Went home around 2300.

Well going out with friends on birthday is great. Although no cakes or what, but I enjoy talking, or you can say "listen" since I did not talk much, to friends. Just like ChioPang said, I think I'll miss ZeGanG when going University next month.

Thank You my Friends!

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Well, This is my way of saying THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS!
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Special thanks to all my friends who remember my 'burpday'. Hehe.

Received my first birthday msg from HorngRong, as expected. Hehe. He wrote it in 'code' form, but not 'Da Vinci Code' of course =p haha. Well, of course I can decode VERY EASILY, can you? Hehe

tumm snc pvs 'dpef'? ibib kvtu up xjti v ibqqz cjsuiebz o iw b cmfttfe zs bifbe! bmuipvhi uifsf't 'tui' ibqqfofe mbtu ujnf o xf'sf ou t dmptf t cfgpsf, cu hmbe ubu ibwjoh v bt nz cftu gsjfoe! =p bmm e cftu, cveez...

IpSoH sPoH =)

Then from Gloria! Well, she send me back the birthday msg I sent her last year. Haha, interesting.

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+ +
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* *
*,@,* HAPPY
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Then from YuXuan! Haha, he messaged! Honoured to receive sms from him, who seldom message other people.

HappY BirthdaY !!! stiucsiB !

Then from LiTeng, my NS buddy! She send me sms and a picture message too! Hehe

Hey.. Blessed 20th birthday! Have a great day!...

Then from ShuAi. Just like years before, she send me the most 'formal' but meaningful message. I like every sms she send, although she seldom send message. Haha. But, all her sms contains, (erm, what do you call that?), uplifting phrases and wonderful wishes.

Hey! Bing han! Blessed 20th birthday to you! Hope u hav a great n wonderful day ahead n may your life be more enriching everyday. God bless!

Update: She also send me an email too! Hehe. So happy ^_^

Then from Stephanie, my little xiaomei, but also my 'mom' (Ketua) in GRSS Prefectorial Board 04/05. Know her since Form3, she was in Form1 that time. We share the same sit, so usually I'll leave notes for her after class, and she will reply my notes and correct my grammar errors in the note. Haha, so nostalgic.

Then from Kelly. She send me a birthday song sms! Haha. Wonder how long it takes for her to finish the birthday sms and songs, quite long you know. Hehe. Thanks!

HaPPy birThDaY tO you
HaPPy birThDaY tO you
HaPPy birThDaY tO b!nG hAn
HaPPy birThDaY tO you !

Almost forget. Got 3 friendster testimonial form friends. One from Nathalia (Scout Junior), one from Garron, and another 1 from YongThian. Hehe.

Eh, didn't receive from my ZeGanG buddies? Except HorngRong. Guess its a "culture" that we don't send sms to friends in GanG. Haha.

Theres More... (Updated after 1250)

MSN greetings from EeLeen! Hehe, Thank You EeLeen (aka TheAngel). Although only know you recently, but you are a great friend. Your blog is awesome, the layout, and post especially. Knowing YOU is the best present for me this year! Haha.
And... Thanks for the birthday blog EeLeen, its really cute. And 50 Bucks' Happy Birthday are really a lot =p haha.

More... MSN greetings from PuiWen and Samantha.

Message from ChangDick! Guess what, he messaged me from Brunei. That sms cost him Rm2.00, because of roaming I guess. Haha. Thanks dude! That was the most expensive message I've ever received. Haha

And Matthew! He hope my 'dreams' come true. Haha, I seriously doubt the 'dream' he refer to can come true. Haha, anyway, he is been a great pal and my unofficial Oxford-Level3-teacher. Hehe.

Message from LiangWee, who is in Lundu now. Well he says he can't ajak me out because he is not in Kuching now. Well, there is always another time, right =p Haha, kidding. Just happy that he remember my birthday. Hehe.

(Update again later. Going out now. Hehe)

Message from Kenneth! Well, he is the one that leads me in school magazine stuff. Learnt a lot from him last time. Hehe.

Message from EiChi! Thanks! Hehe, nice knowing you too, the going-to-be-famous artis, designer... Haha.

Friendster Testimonial from Jenny, my kindergarden classmate. Hehe. We use to be in our kindergarden teacher's good book. Hehe. Still have so of the photos I took with her (and teacher of course) last time. Haha. So nostalgic!

Friendster Testimonial from Melvin.

MSN from HanSem, my choir friend. We are both in the same group - Base.

(Updated on 20060602 1614)

Message from WaiLeng. Haha, Thanks Leng jie! Haha, stay EtUc? NO~! I don't want to stay etuc! Hehe, maybe in GanG still fine with me. Hehe.

Message from Connie. Haha, she tried to send me e-card but failed.

SMS from Li Chi, my NS friend. So long didn't contact her, but she still remember my birthday. Haha. Thanks!

SMS from Victor, my primary school BuDdY. Haha, he messaged me EVERY year, since primary school. Haha. Guess he still remember me though he has girlfriend already. Haha.

Friendster testimonial from JinYin, my choir friend. Hehe, seldom talk to her during choir, only chat through MSN sometimes. Haha, glad she remember my birthday.

Message from Arti and Joann. Hehe, know them through EeLeen's My Life Story. Well, thanks for the Birthday Wish. Haha.

(update on 20060606:1850)

From JiingHaur! Hehe, JiingHaur is JinYin's Brother. Haha. JiingHaur is expert in computer stuff, learnt a lot from him ;) Hehe.

Aiyo, did I left out anyone? Hope I didn't...

Wanted to say... I'm so touched! Thanks EVERYONE!