TLO's Mantra

Mantra, according to wiki, is defined as a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of "creating transformation". Well, I am an avid mantra user, especially in my workplace. Here are 4 mantra I can recall.

1. "I have done something worse than this before!" - said before pouring 14L red tea from one container to another, to sieve the tea leaves. For record, the worse thing I have done before -> transferring 18L...

2. "Lord, God of plant, water and electricity, please help me!" - said before switching the rice cooker on (normally cook rice enough for 50 plates)

3. "One two three, UP!" - said before lifting heavy objects.

4. "Wind of disgust, OUT!" - said before doing disgusting stuff like entering refuse center...

Oh wait, those arent mantra?

Reflection #22

18 y/o Bill Gates served as a congressional page in the U.S. House of Representatives.
20 y/o Alexander was proclaimed King of Macedonia and built his empire.
17-21 y/o Wondergirls conquer Korea n making a wave in the US.
20 y/o Ronaldo was the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year.
19 y/o Phelps did an ownage on the Athens Olympics with 6 golds n 2 bronzes.
20 y/o Mark Zuckerberg started what it would be $15 billion empire in 3 years time.
21 y/o Rihanna is the person closely associated with umbrella wherever in the world.
22 y/o JK, relatively unknown.

Mechanical Engineers

5+ Reasons Why A Mechanical Engineer Make A Good Husband
1. I master how to handle all forms of stresses.
2. I can overcome frictions and tensions anytime....
3. I can always give you a moment.
4. I know how to make good coupling actions.
5. I can increase hardness and toughness values of any objects.
(+ For me, 'F word' refers to Force)

5+ Reasons Why A Mechanical Engineer Make A Good Wife
1. For me, PMS stands for Periodical Motion System.
2. I can differentiate all your problems and give specific solutions to them..
3. I understand that your cars have horsepower.
4. Do you think I Carnot understand Watt you are Torque-ing about?
5. I know and apply the principle of lubrication well.
(+ I am not biased towards anyone. Both forward bias and reverse bias.)

TLO hence claims copyright of this.... For pride sake...

Wish List

I was watching SNSD's Hello Baby and suddenly this thought came into my mind. One of the songs by SNSD can be translated as 'Tell Me Your Wish' and probably this inspired me to write down a wish list. You know -just a little bit of thought on wish list here- I think wish list is a kind of manifestation of your purpose of life and values held. For ideal case, I believe that a wish list should be empty. Really. It is indeed true that according to economists, humans have infinite wants and needs but there should be a point where a person says that 'I am satisfied' so this would be the state whereby the wish list is empty.

So what is your wish list? Being an imperfect fella, my wish list is pretty long. I popped this question in a mass chat with Ted, Nonk and Adit. And yup, Nonk and I decided to write down on our respective blogs (rather than forgetting it, I rather write it down here)... Adit had a blog regarding his wish list and Ted was (correct me if I am wrong) pretty skeptical about wish list. So here goes my wish list.

Let's start with tangible stuff first:
- LCD monitor 16' for my desktop
- A fixed guitar (yeah... FIXED), I dont mind C-330
- $4000 to finish my NUS education, or more...
- That rubber mat to cover my floor, that is about 16 more
- Two extra pair of heavyduty jeans, any brands will do
- A laptop, simple one will do, as long as it can be used for browsing and working
- Enough wires, plugs and whatnot to create my own home theatre
- Surgery for my joints (or anything that can fix it)
- Larger room.. 4x3m is good, 5x4 is wow!
- Digital camera, at least 12 megapixels, 5X optical zoom....
- Electric drill, electric saw, planks of wood.... kyaaaa
- Sunny (nahhh... kidding... though i dont mind knowing her)

Now the abstract thing (this cant be considered as wish list imho):
- Graduate soon (one n half semester)
- Well paid and enjoyable job
- Get married and start a happy family
- Raise kids who are more successful than me
- All my good friends' wives know each other well
- World peace (naaaahhh... i'm fine with current state)
- See the world aka traveling

Right... I am working to delete the list one by one. Yeah! Let's roll!

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Interestingly I notice something... My tangible list deal mostly with short term wishes while the other list is generally speaking about long term matters.

Hallyu-ed

Hallyu wave -> refers to the increased popularity of South Korean culture around the world since the 21st century, especially among the Millenial Generation... That was taken from wiki... And so many people (including readers here) know that I am into K-Pop stuff (which is pretty weird according to many). While K-Pop can be characterized by the presence of eye candies, I beg to differ on why I like K-Pop. The songs are actually good n catchy. Anyways, sharing with you here two three of my favorite songs.

link to 2AM - This Song
I came to heard of this quartet from dingdong who informed me of 2PM (2AM and 2PM came from the same project). I was impressed at their ability to belt such mellow type song, considering I saw 2PM bboy-hiphop style first. After I googled the meaning behind the lyric of the song I was even further impressed.

link to FT Island - I Hope
I know the existence of this band from a reality show which was joined by one of the members. Anyways, I didnt know there was a popular band amidst the girlband/boyband wave in Korean music scene. This song has uber cool intro, mild-smooth verse and damn cool chorus. The MV is pretty interesting too.

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link to Taeyang - Where U At
Well, this fella is one of the five members of Big Bang. This solo single is catchy. Sleek dance moves, decent (if not uber good) voice, smooth song, numerous English parts, enough for me to play this song repeatedly. (note to self: dingdong immediately entered her drool drool mode once I intro-ed this song)

Breathe

Yup... Breathe... Coz it is 090909 0909h and apparently I am still alive to experience such interesting moment...

Waiting

Pardon me. This time I'm writing in Bahasa Indonesia. Oh well... I only have 2 non-Indo reader anyways (I think) n you guys understand Bahasa, right? N anyways, the thing below is full of complains.

Kenapa ya hidup gw (terutama tepatnya soal cinta) selalu penuh dengan penantian akan seseorang yang nggak gw dapetin anyways ya? Ok, sebelum gw bahas terusannya... Jangan kasi komen gw ttg 'Indah pada waktunya' atau 'Segala sesuatu ada masanya' karena gw udah tau, apal, n internalize dalam diri gw... Gw punya pengalaman, orang2 yang nasehatin gw jangan cari cewe dl itu hipokrit! Apaan bilang jangan cari pacar dl, sendirinya juga udah pacaran dari umur 14, 18, gitu-gitu lah. Itupun setelah ngomong ama gw jangan cari pacar, pacaran lagi... Haizz... Manusia...

Ok, sebelumnya gw tulis dl sejarah gw. Ini filosofi gw. Gw ga pernah cari pacar. Gw cari istri! Gw ngaku, pertama kali gw serius ngejar cewe (yang ngga pake unsur monyet-monyetan) itu baru taun 2004 kalo ngga salah bulan Agst. Abis kejar-kejaran selama setaunan, yup... menunggu... menunggu gw libur selesai n siap ngejar lagi... eh... ga taunya gw musti kerja keras nyambung hidup... 10 jam/hr... Asoy geboy choy! Abis dah... Ga bs ngejar gara2 ga ada waktu... Cabut dah tuh cewe.. Secara ajaib ilang rasa waktu gw freshie. Trus kenal ama cewe laen kira2 setengah taun sesudahnya... Ngejar lagi lah... Trus nunggu lagi... Kali ini 3 bulan.... Eeeh, dapet pesen ga boleh pacaran... Sumpah nangis deh gw... Haizz... Trus gw kena rebound brengsek itu. Mana cewenya jagoan kontrol cowo lagi haha... Untungnya cuman sebulan dua. Habis itu gw semedi... Sampeee... Gw ketemu 14.5... Gak lama, dia bilang mungkin cabut dari sini... Nunggu lagi deh... Singkat cerita, dia musti balik. N gw? Ya nunggu lagi sampe sekarang. Asik-asiknya nunggu sampe 5 bulan, eeh.. tiba2 ada potensial baru. Si P14 ini... Ya walopun secara jujur gw bilang ini potensial, tapi gw rasa, gw lebih sayang ama dia sebagai ade gw. Tapi ga tau ya ini bakal ke mana soalnya saya kan cuman manusia. Ancurnya lagi, kalo toh gw mau ngejar siapapun, gw musti nunggu lagi minimal 2 taun. Ngga cukup itu aja, secara gw resmi ambil offshore oil n gas specialization, ini pasti gw harus nunggu sampe karir gw stabil dl baru bisa cari istri.

Nah sekarang bagian komplain komplainnya! KENAPA SIH MUSTI NUNGGU?!!!?! Berkali2 pula. Gagal terus pula... Hadohhh... Jalan gw kok aneh banget. Kayak musti lewat jalan tol lempeng tapi ngga selesai2 kayak old airport rd. Iya, gw tau pasti berakhir n gw punya iman bahwa gw bakal berakhir di pelaminan jg. Tapi kadang kadang, namanya manusia, apalagi cowo... Wadoh ga tahannya itu setengah mati. Ngiri rasanya liat temen2 yang udah punya cewe sejak masi belasan. Nah gw udah kepala gw masih belum ada gandengan... Ngirinya bukan gara2 statusnya seh.. Cuman gini... Menurut gw, ada untungnya pacaran masi muda. Karakter masih bs dibentuk. Jadi kalo ga cocok, masih banyak room for improvement. Lah kalo udah se'tua' gw? Kurang lebih apa yang gw yakini bener n gw pegang itu udah fixed. Kalo mau ngubah, musti perang gede tuh. Haduh...

Nah repotnya lagi... Bonyok udah minta cucu!!!! Udah nyuruh gw cari pacar. Tekanan tekanan tekanan kyaaaaaaa... Ga cuma bonyok! Eshan juga udah minta 'Ko, cariin cici buat aku'. Edan edan... Gini deh kalo sekeluarga hobi ngerjain. Awas lo es, tak doain kamu jadi sama Fransiska Andriani atau entah siapa gitu!

Udah ngambek-ngambek sampe segitunya, gw bilang gw juga masih belum cukup umur buat pacaran seh. Masalahnya gw masih kecil. Ngatur temper ndiri aja kadang lepas. Okelah, ini gw udah mild banget dibandingin bbrp taun lalu. Tapi tetep ada beberapa kali lepas kendali gw. Nggak cuman itu. Waktu waktu waktu!!!! Selama gw masih berkutat ama sekolah n eskul, gw rasa gw ga bs punya cukup waktu buat cewe gw. Ini filosofi laen lagi. Begitu gw punya cewe, gw musti siap korbanin 80-90% waktu gw buat dia. Menurut statistika, jadi kurang lebih CI gw segitu la! Kenapa gitu? Soalnya begitu nikah, udah musti 100% (okelah tawar-tawar dikit bs buat hobi ama maen2 ndiri) dan seiring filosofi pertama gw... 80-90% nggak terlalu susah kok. Gw ga mau ngalamin kejadian gini...

Pacar: Eh TLO, gw perlu bantuan neh... Blah blah...
TLO: Eh maap ya, gw lagi latihan NUANSA neh...
Pacar: Kalo ntar malem gw telp lagi bs?
TLO: Waaahhh... ga bs, tar malem musti bantu2 CBLC neh...
Pacar: Besok?
TLO: Bisa seh, tapi jam 7 pagi bisa? Jam 8-1 duty, trus lab sampe jam 5.
Pacar: ...

Terusin ndiri deh... Menurut salah satu freshie gw n si item SiDney jg... Ga semua cewe high time maintenance kayak gitu.. Tapi dalam kasus gw... OMG!!! Ada kemungkinan gw punya waktu mepet banget sampe-sampe mau ambil 3 jam aja susah stengah mati. Nah jadi sekarang apa? NUNGGU LAGI LAH!!!! Okelah, gw punya filosofi satu lagi gini. Kalo memang jatah gw, ga bakal kemana-mana. Kalo keambil duluan, ya kalo gitu bukan jatah gw... Tapi mosok nunggu lagi? Capeeee!!!

I'm TIRED!
But it's ok...
Not big deal...
(tapi ngomong gt susah bgt!)

Jadi TLO.. Lo mau yang mana?
Yang 14.5 sih...

Yang 14?
Ga tau! Gw pusing! Dia gw anggep adek seh, cuman kalo kayak gini mulu.... Thank God this is cleared tanpa aneh-aneh. Wish you all the best!

Yang laen?
Bisa... Bisa... Masih belum ketemu 15 kok...



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FB Status (again)

I love my fb status...

Mike JK fried potato is an amazing food... cut it thinly, you got chips... cut it slightly thicker n make it like a splinter, you got fries... cut it slightly fatter, you got wedges... smash it and form it into a oval-ish shape, you got hashbrown...

Bad Day

Mood: weird

TLO is having a bad day... Not exactly a bad day, rather... weird in its own right... Yup! Kinda weird day today... Tomorrow is a better day!

Mood: normal

PS: Cant believe I need to post something to fix my mood...

Girls... Again

Well... I guess I will know what was happening once I saw this freaking entry. TLO is on the verge of breaking down...

I will choose 14.5 over (possible) 14
I will choose 14.5 over (possible) 14
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Yeah... I didnt type that... I was ctrl+c n ctrl+v ing... But hopefully the message goes through!

Few Late Night Thoughts

It is 0343 and madness... I am still bloody awake with my bloodshot eyes. I have a packed schedule today, yet not in the mood of sleeping (yeap! I need the mood to sleep). Got a few (read: a lot) things on my head which I must let go somehow...

1. WTF happening with MF?!?! Like, why am I now the minesweeper of MF? PINUS JCO? Mixer spoilt? Feedback? Phew... Can I just disappear? Or maybe exchange to the other part of the world? Damn headache..

2. That nagging pain... I need a surgery ASAP. But I have no idea whether surgery can recover all the injuries I received so far. Here's the checklist: right shoulder, right wrist, lower back, upper back...

3. Night of 17 Agst - Dawn of 18 Agst. Two freshies broke up. Isn't this the proof of Kristiono Postulation #1? The same night was the birth of Kristiono Postulation #2, which states that 'The afore-mentioned breakup should be within an academic year'

4. FT Island's 'I Hope' is cool, especially the intro.

5. I want to pursue the art of entertainer. But isn't it a bit late? I like to make people laugh; does this make me a natural comedian?

6. I am pretty fed up with PINUS, luckily still managed to pull a little laughs here and there. Probably that would be my last time doing something to PINUS for free. I AM FREAKING NOT PERFORMING IF PPIS/PINTU/WHATSHIT IS AROUND. And no thanks, telling me that they are coming an hour before the performance doesnt help at all.

7. Girl girl girl. Okay, so I am doing an offshore specialization. Would it further lower my chance to get a wife? Dont really think so, but hey... I hope I can get attached before I graduate.

8. That predayor has gone from PGP. I gave him a year to prove that he is good. Well his crowd controlling skill sucked and I don't think he has the intention to fix it. You only earn half of my respect dude. You are task oriented, I am people oriented... We're fundamentally different...

9. GG... Im tired now. Got to sleep...

10. That girl might be 15/15. But can I settle 14.5/15 first? Dad, are you reading my blog? I'm kind of experiencing same thing as you when you were young! Forget probable 15/15 (she's 14/15 after all), I am going for 14.5/15.

0403...

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Shit

with power comes responsibility
with responsibility comes shit
with shit comes experience
with experience comes knowledge
with knowledge comes opportunity
n with opportunity comes power


-MERDEKA-

Freshman-kind and Senior-ship

I feel that I need to say a thing or two regarding this issue.

*work in progress*

O Week 2009 - Back To School

Different people have different opinions, but for me, this year Oweek is quite chui (Singlish for sloppy). Oh well, maybe it is at the committees disadvantage that the first and second days of the period were FIC and Flag Day respectively. Still, the organization of the programmes was not good enough. Below listed why I dont like this year Oweek.

1. Food
Majority of the camp participants voiced their discontentment towards the catering selection. The food was horrible. You can get a plate of rice and a small piece of meat for lunch, which did not justify the $40 paid by the freshies to attend the event. The comms did try to address this issue by changing caterer halfway through the event, yet the damage has been done.

2. Programme
Too little programmes, too much slacking time. I am totally disappointed at the Engin Race thingy. It is really dumb in my honest opinion, to send all the camp participant to take '200 pictures and 9 videos' at a given point within 3 hours. Beach games and war games were not too fantastic either. They cut it short for MASS DANCE session. Sounds like a good idea? Not for me. I dont go to orientation events to learn mass dances... I can elaborate further on the low side of the programmes, but lets move on to the next point.

3. My personal take
I came to the camp with the slacking mindset. Well, after 3 years of doing all these stuff, I think it is my time to rest my bad back. You know, I want to sit at the corner, taking my time to take pictures n stuff. It is just my time to retire. This mindset in fact backstabbed me. I forced myself not to enjoy the camp to the fullest due to this.

4. My OG
None of the seniors in my OG is experienced enough to handle huge group. I saw it on day 1 (FIC day). They did not teach cheers or play decent ice breaking games. That was alarming. As a result, the morale of the OG was pretty low. Indeed we improved and well, definitely not the worst group around, but I feel that it could be better. But dont get me wrong here. My OGL and councillors, despite their inexperience, did a great job.

Having complained all the way, I have to mention that despite all the lousiness, the Finale Night was pretty great. The JC-uniform themed party was great, the program was good. I enjoyed the Finale Night. It seems that the comms put in a lot of works into the finale. Well, if they gave the same amount of attention to other programmes, my opinion of Engin Oweek 2009 might have changed. But that is IF...

PDA

You know, the arrival of the new batch of freshies bring their facebook and msn to my attention. Well... A lot of them (compared to previous years) are attached. And being a good (read: kaypoh) senior, I follow their status on facebook. Then that bring me to my point here... It is kind of rubbing salt to the wound that PDA (Public Display of Affection) is everywhere. Here are some examples:

"ok, aku tunggu dear"
"i always love u, my sweet girl"
"i'm gonna be your husband"
"hopefully we can be much more in love"
"syg next year aku main ksana ya"
"kangen bgt nih sm km"

And so on... Some of these stuff are well.. better unwritten here due to their intimate nature. Right... Now the question (of mine and maybe most facebooking singles) is... Why the heck would there be PDA? I mean, of course you need communication, but is it necessary to announce to the whole world?

I can only think of a reason, actually. It is the human nature of the need of attention. There is this certain level of attention that need to be fulfilled in a person as a social being. Of course, the amount is different from a person to another... Proof of this? Well, I thought of babies crying for food but that might not be a good example. Tell me if you agree or disagree with me. Anyways, this crave (if there is such word) of attention results in people doing different thing. Some might resort in acting know-it-all, some others might take the other direction, by acting blur. Either ways, they got their level of required attention.

(I myself have to admit that sometimes I seek for attention)

Now, relating to that PDA. I guess it is just the way the couple seek attention from each other. You might say that they could do it in private, but it can be argued that doing this kind of thing in public is more effective. Simply put it, by adding the element of bravery into love, the effect can be doubled.

After thinking about this, well... I could tolerate those PDA-ing couple better. Still pretty painful (FINE!! I AM SINGLE, SO WHAT?!) but realizing that it might be the language of love of some couples, I cant help it but to accept such behaviour. After all, I might know the real answer to this issue when (read: if) I got attached.

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ENGIN OWEEK HERE I COME

Update - WYSINWYG

What You See Is Not What You Get

- Sentosa Outing -> So, did I say 'quite a huge scale'? Correction. It was in a gargantuan scale. You know, I expected at most 30 ppl only. However, today's attendance was about 70. Come on!!!! It is like half the size of Engin Camp!!! And this outing was planned only by 2 fella (which is like 1/6 of the size of an Engin Camp comm?). Things were pretty messy n out of schedule, but some of the freshies feedback were heartwarming.

- Engin Oweek -> Two of my Kribow freshies (Hans and Dulfinch) are in my OG. So, now die die I have to go to Oweek. But let's tone down yeah? Although my other freshie (GPI) mentioned something about getting high for Oweek, I think I should not pump too much energy into Oweek. I'm getting real old here...

Time to sleep... Going to church in 5 hrs.

TLO Is Back

Yeah.. And anyways, all these projects start to kill me off.. You know, when I was younger I could take 3 projects back to back... But nowadays.. One day camp can kill my back (and wrist already). Maybe I should consider pinning my shoulder too? Well, that would be later after I start earning money. So, what happened during the hiatus?

- Union Camp -> Lap Cheong... Man, I think it is really time for me to retire from UC. I am literally dragging my ass to go to the camp I used to chiong (Singlish for 'go all the way') at... I still did a few cheers here n there, did a full body paint but all that was not done in high. I was just doing all that for the sake of doing it...

- PINUS Orientation -> Somehow I was looking forward to it. It was pretty successful despite cock up here n there. Well, understood, since the organizing comm consists of freshies (those going to yr 2). Not bad for a start. Anyways my role there was a little unclear, but I know that I became the accidental OGL for this bunch of enthusiastic freshies, collectively called Kribow. Cool bunch of guys, that's why I could muster all my leftover strength to do that what say you say cheer till 10 (which apparently scared the opponent's OGLs and some freshies).

- Matric Fair -> Okay, this is the greatest shit. I would really want to work as if it was my first MF but I just cant do it. Too tired to do stuff. N worse still, my sprained wrist fell apart haha. Cant take the pain anymore, up to a point I had to tape it tight. And on the last day, this frail back of mine ached like mad. I guess it is really time to get a good massage at home. Well, looking at those yr2 using their full power, I felt a little shitty. You know, I used to be able to do that, yet I was pretty much a useless old man at MF... But I guess, I was doing an okay job there...

So, coming up is...

- Sentosa Outing -> It's tomorrow n somehow it ends up to be quite a huge scale. I'm a little uncomfortable for God-knows-why. Anyways, let's just do it, yeah?

- Engin Oweek -> With my current state, I dont think I would be able to join. But should I withdraw? You know some of my Kribow freshies are joining Oweek after some persuasions from my part. It is going to be a bit funny if I pangseh (Singlish for 'deserting') them, right? Some more, I dont really like the look of my OG. But sometimes, my hunch can be wrong...

Hence... All the best, TLO...

Qtown WTF #3 (last post)

(on the outer glass wall)
WE NOW SELL MILO OF 4 DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE!!!
Hot, warm, iced, chilled...
You can choose between 330ml, 500ml, or 700ml cup.

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12 milo-based menu???

Qtown WTF #2

TLO: Excuse me miss, can I take your order?
Hot babe: Hey, can I have milkshake, big cup please?
TLO: (Aside) Suuureee you have.... (Aloud) Which flavour, miss?

Qtown WTF #1

Girl: Uncle, can I get a green milk tea?
Me: Ei, come on lar... I am not that old..

Chocobo

KWEHHHH!!!!

(whatever this means...)

Demise

Sooner or later, your beloved ones are going to meet their end. Are you ready for that?

A Better Life

If you can choose to have a better life, which aspects of your life you want to change?

For myself, I often imagine what if I am born richer, keeping all the other factors constant. That would be nicer, right? Well, at least that is one aspect I would want to change, not... Upon deep contemplations and meditations, I would like my life to be as it is. I dunno exactly why, but from all the thoughts I thought, I think that should I become financially stronger, I would not keep 'all the other factors constant', meaning there is always a tradeoff. For example, lets say my family own a construction company (considered rich liao laa...) I dont think I could mingle with all my local friends back in SMP or SMA. During that time, those rich Chinese grouped together, forming kinda exclusive entity. While me, being accustomed to eat at the cheaper places (roadside stalls like that) could mingle with those whom I considered as good old friends now. And that skill (should it be considered as skill) carries on with me till now. I could talk to those cleaners/security guards/technicians etc with ease. Serious... Even I dunno their language.

Lately I had mentioned that I would like to go back to my BP days, carrying current state of myself. The zi-high one, the lame one, whatever I have now. But then, I would say that (after a minute of serious talk with pheiwen) I cant have any regret by being the uber uncool me who pretended to sleep during breaks so that nobody would disturb him. Yeah... I did that... Things might have been different if I went out during those periods, maybe joining some cool CCA like NPCC or something but I dunno... Maybe those periods may prove to be useful for me in the future.

Sure talking about BP days brings back memories. Let me list down what I remember from those days... (the school life onli ah..)
1. Fought with Linda every now and then over trivial matters.
2. Thursdays $2.50 fried chicken rice from makcik's stall.
3. The 90c rice n 2 wings I always had.
4. 2.4km where I always set Shimin as my benchmark, cant lose to her!
5. The Malay class with funky Cikgu Senan n Cikgu Jamil.
6. Salim Akbar, that History/SS classes. And his gayish 'OK CLAAASSSS'
7. Crystal growing club that is dissolved... Together with the bitter memories.
8. That first minute lucky goal against 402. Apparently that rush towards ball has always been there since Sec 3.
9. Nearly public canings of my Malay friends.

Not many...

Kristiono's First Law of Thermodynamics

Δω = (1/ hfg) [(mda/mcv) ((0.622 hfg фPs)/(Patm – фPs)+ CpTrm) - CP ΔT]

Where,
ф desired level of relative humidity
mda mass of dry air supplied
mcv mass of air in the control volume
hfg specific molar enthalpy of air
ω3 absolute humidity of outlet air (= ambient air)
ω1 absolute humidity of inlet air
T3 outlet temperature
T1 inlet temperature
Cp specific constant pressure heat coefficient of dry air
Trm room temperature
Patm atmospheric pressure
Ps partial pressure of saturated vapour

-no wonder I'm stressed-

Countdown

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n perfectly fine..

Life Is Good

Kay... Need to say that this thing here is partially affected by the discussion surrounding the demise of that David Hartanto Widjadja who passed away few days back. It makes me think about suicide cases. I wont say his death is due to suicide. You know, there are controversies around who stabbed who.

Anyways, this incident (together with NUS' exchange student's demise) show us how fragile one's life. I mean here you are having fun and there you go tomorrow, straight to hell/heaven or grave depending whether you believe in afterlife (in my case, I do believe). Life is damn damn damn unpredictable. I have never been in a near death incident before but I know that life is really precious. And oh, for emos out there, this post is meant for you too. You see, since you might not know when you are going to be taken away from the mortal world, you might as well make some impacts today, now, this second, which is why this post is written.

For those who happen to want to take away their own life and happen to read this. I do recommend not to commit suicide. Well, it ends your problem here but it adds problem to people around you! Even those who dont know you. Lets take example of myself. If I commit suicide (which I dont think I would) who are going to be affected? Other than those who know me in person, I think the person who is going to occupy my room after me would be affected! Tongue in cheek aside, I play quite some games, like DoTA. Of course people would relate my theoritical suicide with DoTA players, citing Terra Majin as another example and draw a conclusion that yes, DoTA is bad for your health. Not necessarily right? Maybe indeed my case I was playing that bad in a game and I decide to suicide ala Techies but hey, not all DoTA players who commit suicide are due to the influence of DoTA right? (Once again this is theoritical case)

So yup... Life is good! Why suicide?

Why I was absent from blogging... again

Erm, this time around no actual reason... Just dont feel like doing anything (sadly this involves studying...) even Dota ing. I indeed played a few games, but the excitement was not there. You know... I play just for the sake of socializing. I found it hard initially to talk to all those smukies geniuses, me and my underpowered brain cant match with their performing brain. Soccer, yesssss I am still playing, just that with stupid injuries, cant have me play full power, right? Here's just a list of 'injuries' locations: lower left knee, left ankle, right ankle, left foot...

I have a high inertia. That was not referring to my body mass which have increased at an alarming pace. I need to get a extremely high amount of push before I start to do something. And yup, once I do it, it is quite difficult for me to end. For example, reading a manga. It is hard for me to start reading, but it is hard for me to stop reading too... Lets take it in terms of study... Once I can force myself to grab and start reading notes, I wont stop till -I dunno- the chapter / notes ends. The problem is, I still dont know what can make me overcome that inertia.

Recently have developed a liking to singing. You know, I like to attend that Nuansa training on Saturday mornings. I like the exercises, but not the responsibility. Opening and closing a musical act might be simple to seasoned artist. But hey, look here! I am first time performer and I am supposed to do that? ACAPELLA?! I am okay with more trainings, just that thinking what would happen if I failed, that alone is sufficient for me to allocate some of my brain space to it. Let's hope my wrecked-tin voice can turn better for Nuansa.

Speaking of brain space. Okay... That's it man... I am officially declaring myself stressed of that girl! I cant take it already. Helloooo even school exam is not a year and a half long!!!! Come on!!!! I am half GG-ed here!

NUS

I dont want to drop out...

What to do when your phone dies...

Oh well, these days I am pretty screwed. My phone has literally passed away. It was dying last month but I managed to revive it by replacing the battery. It was working pretty well, but somehow yesterday I cant switch it on anymore. So, to my Nokia 3660 (my second phone..) Rest in Peace...

So what to do now? I am online 24/7 but still pretty difficult to adjust to it. Not that I am bored... After all I found this nice game called Twelve Sky. It is an MMORPG game. You know, you choose a character class and then roam around this virtual world. Slay enemy, do quest, uphold the honor of your faction. Pretty damn fun. This game takes a setting in middle age China. So aspiring Lu Bus or Zhang Feis, you might find this game interesting. I like the trading system. Well, there are so many items down there and you can trade them off like mad. I managed to amass 7M cash and goods in 4 days. If only I can do that IRL...

Back to the phone issue. I would only manage to get a phone on Saturday. So yeah, what to do until tomorrow???

Answer: Online...

Things I would like to do before I die

1. Travel somewhere at random (maybe following Chivas suggestion... throw darts at world map and go where they land!)
2. Play ball with (or against) 1998-2003 Edgar Davids, it would be pleasure
3. Bungee jumping... with or without the cords...
4. Do a haka with (whichever batch of) Paikia, in front of Donald
5. Enrol to Google Campus
6. Get married
7. Appear in (Bukan) Empat Mata show
8. Go to a Vertu outlet and drop one of their products on the floor on purpose
9. Do a roundhouse kick to Chuck Norris right in the face... and get out unharmed
10. Own the stock of Tottenham Hotspur and buy Oozora Tsubasa
11. Donate some to build that church in Purwokerto so it has enough capacity for the Christmas celebrations
12. Plant a C4 bomb somewhere
13. Have a wikipedia entry for my own name
14. See snow (just wth is snow???)
15. Throw a shoe at US President, retreive it, sell it on ebay but found not guilty by law

Hmm... Okay, I think the proper title should be 'Things I wish I could do before I die'. I mean look at the list... some of them are simply against the law so it wont be possible (eg #12). Anyways, just something popped out of my mind, maybe more to come...