Good News!
5:10 pm - Friday, March 28, 2008
I never thought of this, until I passed by a fren's blog. She was mentioning abt her bf's passing of his driving license, and a fren's band getting into de semis, most probly Anugerah Band lah, I think. Good news, ofc.
It suddenly hit me that I had a piece of good news myself! I rec'd an sms saying: "Dear Year 1 students, if you are interested to apply for the NYP Notebook Computer Loan, please do so at Student e-Services preferably by 31/03/08. Thks".
If you're thinking, 'yeah so?' (you really don't get it, huh?) , it means that it's as good as me being confirmed of a place at NYP already! Woo hoo!
And that's good news, no? :D

Huo Kai!
12:21 am - Thursday, March 27, 2008
It's kinda hard not to pity him, but I guess Ng Hang Hai deserved what he got. In fact, I think he got off easy. Only 21 months for what he did? I think that is a bit too letting off de hook. Calling de police to tell them that he saw Mas Selamat board his bus? Oh come on.. If that REALLY happened, wouldn't many others be calling in too?
And if once is not enough, called de police again, this time to say that he got off a bike before boarding de bus. Giving de license plate number, juz cos he's annoyed with de bike rider. What exactly were u thinking?
I guess he has ample time to think abt that. Behind bars, no less.

Me With..
7:55 pm - Monday, March 24, 2008
Dr Jazlan Joosoph. In de flesh! :)

Dear Doctor
I'm feeling a kind of pain. Not really a physical kind of pain. To translate, it'd be 'heart pain'. Why, I hear you ask? Cos I went there expecting more from u actuali. Read up often, thou not a lot, what u wrote. For one thing, I wish it was in Eng lah, then I'd be more motivated to read a lot, and more often, but that's another thing altogether.
Anyways, to merely read word for word from each slide, I don't think we need a doctor to do that, right? I may be exaggerating here, but I think if I were given de slides, and enuf time to do some reading up,
I can do that too.. It would have been slightly better if you were to elaborate a bit. That could have sweeten it a bit.
Oh well.. I guess u have ur reasons..
Batam
7:20 pm
Accident just next door
4:15 am - Thursday, March 20, 2008
I've always been of de opinion that if there were to be a road traffic accident where I live, meaning to say Jalan Bahar, Jurong West Ave 5, or anywhere near, those involved in it would be unfortunate and lucky at de same time. Unfortunate cos it's an accident lah. Duh!
So what abt lucky, you may ask? For one thing, the Jurong Police Division Headquarters is just beside de junction of JB and JWA5. So de police would be quick to arrive. Next, de Civil Defence Academy is nearby too. Distance wise, it's abt 3 or 4 bus stops away. So de other guys in blue, de firefighters, would be fast to arrive too. That means fires if any, are put out fast, and medical attention if needed, is rendered fast too. Wouldn't you agree it's lucky, thou simultaneously unfortunate?
It's almost surreal, but such a thing just happened yest. An early morning collision left a car turned turtle and a van ablaze at the junction of Jurong West Avenue 5 and Jalan Bahar. The report on de straitstimes website reads:
"Car overturned, van burst into fire in collision
AN EARLY morning collision on Wednesday left a car turned turtle and a van ablaze at the busy junction of Jurong West Avenue 5 and Jalan Bahar.
Police said that they received a call at about 7am informing them of the accident involving the two vehicles.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived a few minutes later and put out the fire, which came from the van's front engine compartment.
No was injured in the accident.
Stomper Elijah Chai said police arrived at the scene at about 7.15am.
From her window, she said she saw a vehicle on fire, right smack in the middle of the junction, and an overturned car.
'Flames were shooting up into the sky, and traffic was restricted to just a single lane of the major junction. There were some SCDF officers trying to put out the fire. There was a smallish explosion that took an officer off-guard,' she said in an email to Stomp.
'A while later, an officer entered the overturned car and turned off the engine. An ambulance arrived later, having taken a detour to avoid the massive jam.'
'As far as I could see, I did not witness any casualties.'
She also sent in several photos of the accident to Stomp."
I find it funny that de police arrived at 7.15am thou. The accident site's just BESIDE the J Police Div HQ! What could cause them to take so long? Oh well. I guess they HAVE their reasons, whatever they are..
The report is taken from
here. I decided to copy out de report cos from past experience, sometimes news report sites may be here today, gone tml. So better to err on de safe side, no?
I couldn't find de video on youtube. Maybe it's not uploaded yet lah. So in de meantime, here's de best I could find:


The Moon
3:56 pm - Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Picture of de moon at ard 6pm on 15th Mar '08. I took it while otw to somewhere. I find it nice, so I decided to post it up here. There's no link to anything whatsoever. :)
Believers' Love For One Another
11:17 am - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
This is taken from here. I could just give de link, but I thought it'd be more meaningful if I copied it out. A word of caution thou: it's quite lengthy.
BELIEVERS' LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER
Love is one of the greatest blessings Allah has bestowed on humanity. Allah has created human nature in such a way that a person will take pleasure from loving and being loved, from friendship and from intimacy. Being with people who live by the moral values of the Qur'an, enjoying love and friendship with them, brings a believer greater pleasure than many other blessings. Therefore, the Paradise that Allah has promised to His servants whom He loves and with whom He is well pleased is a place of extraordinary beauty in which true love, friendship and intimacy will be experienced with enormous joy for ever. The information Allah provides about the life of Paradise in the Qur'an, always refers to joy, friendship, love, conversation, pleasing words and peace. Everything that might prove an obstacle to love and friendship has been kept far removed from the people of Paradise. In one verse, for example, Allah has revealed that He will strip away any rancour in the hearts of the companions of Paradise (Surat al-A'raf, 43). All vices that might represent an obstacle to love and friendship, such as jealousy, enmity, rivalry, anger, discord and touchiness, will be excluded from Paradise.
One of the main characteristics of Muslims, who have been given the glad tidings of Paradise, is that they love all Muslims who abide by Allah's messengers, prophets and approval, in this world too. This bond of love and friendship between believers is revealed in these terms in the Qur'an:
Your friend is only Allah and His Messenger and those who believe: those who perform prayer and give the alms, and bow. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 55)
The faithful feel a closeness to all devout believers who strive to earn Allah's approval, and adopt them as their friends and guardians. They take great pleasure from being with them under all conditions. They are bound to all Muslims with great loyalty and devotion. This love is not based on any interest, or lineage or race. Money, rank, culture or material values are of no importance to them. They approve of the people of whom they expect Allah to approve; devout believers on the path of Allah are some of His most beloved servants. For that reason, believers also have great love and consideration for one another. Many verses of the Qur'an refer to the love, attachment, compassion and consideration that believers have for one another. Some of these verses read:
Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate. Remember Allah's blessing to you when you were enemies and He joined your hearts together so that you became brothers by His blessing. You were on the very brink of a pit of the Fire and He rescued you from it. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will be guided. (Surah al'Imran, 103)
The believers are brothers, so make peace between your brothers and heed Allah so that hopefully you will gain mercy. (Surat al-Hujurat, 10)
Allah loves those who fight in His Way in ranks like well-built walls. (Surat as-Saff, 4)
In another verse Allah reveals this love among believers thus:
Those who were already settled in the abode [Madina], and in faith, before they came, love those who have migrated to them and do not find in their hearts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (Surat al-Hashr, 9)
Believers regard all the faithful as their brothers. They do not hesitate to make any sacrifice for the good of another believer or to ensure his or her comfort. This conception of love possessed by believers can only be acquired through faith and living by the moral values of the Qur'an. Allah reveals in one verse that He will bestow love on those who believe and do devout works:
As for those who believe and do right actions, the All-Merciful will bestow His love on them. (Surah Maryam, 96)
Our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) has expressed the importance of love and the superior nature of believers who live by true love in one of his hadiths:
"Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala) said: 'Those who love one another for My glory, will have minbars of light, and the Prophets and martyrs will wish that they had the same." (Reported by Tirmidhi, 4/24, Bab ma ja'a fi al-hubb fi-Allah)
The true source of this love that believers have for one another is their deep love of Allah. Believers whose purpose in the life of this world is to attain the approval, mercy and Paradise of Allah spend their entire lives for Him. As is revealed in the verse "Say: 'My prayer and my rites, my living and my dying, are for Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds," (Surat al-An'am, 162) they aim at attaining His approval in their every deed, in all their behaviour. The love of believers, who devote all they have to attaining the good pleasure of Allah, is again for Allah alone. The love of Allah of a believer who knows Allah by all His names, who witnesses His might and greatness at every moment, who feels His mercy, love and compassion throughout his life, is incomparably greater than any other love. Believers' love for other believers is similarly powerful and deep because it is based on the love of Allah, and they love in order to attain the approval of Allah. Another reason why this love is strong and permanent is because they know that the friendship with the faithful will last for ever in the Hereafter.
In the Qur'an Allah has given the moral values of the Prophet Yahya (peace be upon him) as an example of this sensitivity of believers regarding love:
[We said:] "Yahya, take hold of the Book with vigour." We gave him judgement while still a child, and affection and purity from Us—he guarded against evil... (Surah Maryam, 12-13)
In the hadiths, our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) has recalled that the love believers feel for one another is for the approval of Allah:
Whoever loves for Allah's sake, hates for Allah's sake, gives for Allah's sake and withholds for God's sake has a perfect faith. (Abu Dawud)
There are three qualities whosoever has them will taste the sweetness of Iman: loving Allah and His Messenger above all else, loving someone solely for the sake of Allah, and hating to return to disbelief after Allah has rescued him from it, as much as he would hate being thrown into Hellfire." (Sahih Bukhari).
Believers who have great love of Allah, fear Allah, and make sincere endeavours so that He might approve of them, are auspicious individuals who bring beauty to the world. Due to these superior moral values, they also love the things that Allah has created, feel affection and compassion for them, and wish to protect them and bring them goodness and beauty. Allah has given the glad tidings that in return for this pleasing love stemming from the faith in believers' hearts and their fear of Allah, and for their sincere loyalty to Him, He will reward them with Paradise, the most beautiful sphere of love and faithfulness.
It is an important religious observance for the faithful to remind one another of the importance of loving Allah and believers. Every believer must strive to live by the love to be experienced in Paradise while still in this world, and they must bind themselves to Allah, our only friend and guardian, and to other believers, with love and devotion.
THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH THAT COMES FROM BELIEVERS' LOVE AND SOLIDARITY
What lies behind the attachment of people who do not believe in Allah and the Hereafter is generally the importance imputed to worldly values and expectations directed towards worldly interests. By coming together, these people in one sense make a mutual agreement of interests; the parties support one another and thus seek to achieve mutual advantages. The people in that alliance know that their togetherness is not based on trust or friendship, and that, even though this is not openly stated, the alliance is dependent on a number of conditions. When the element of either party that provides the other with these advantages is eliminated, the alliance also falls apart. Whether this leaves the other person in difficulties or needing support is of no interest to other. That is because the alliance formed has stemmed solely from a joining of forces and an expectation of benefits. For that reason, when these expectations are removed, it is perfectly natural that the alliance should also fall apart. As revealed by Allah in the verse "Their hostility towards each other is intense. You consider them united but their hearts are scattered wide. That is because they are people who do not use their intellect," (Surat al-Hashr, 14) no matter how much those who do not believe may appear to enjoy unity and solidarity, fundamentally they cannot actually be united.
The only force on Earth that can establish true friendship and alliance among human beings is "faith." With their friendships, believers who fear the Day of Judgement have laid the foundations of a sound alliance that begins in this world and that will continue for ever in the Hereafter. They love one another with no expectation of benefit or advantage, out of pure intentions and solely for Allah's approval, and are one another's friends for that approval. It is impossible for this bond, based on love of Allah and fear of Allah, to be loosed unless Allah so wills.
WORDS OF OUR PROPHET (MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM AND GRANT HIM PEACE) RECOMMENDING LOVE
When a man loves his brother for sake of Allah, he should tell him that he loves him. (Abu Dawud)
Give gifts to each other, as this will make you love one another. (Sahih Muslim)
Give one another gifts and love one another. Give one another food. This will produce breadth in your daily bread.(Al Hafiz ibn al-Dayba al- Shaybani, Taysir al-'usul ilaJami al-'usul, vol. 16, p. 239)
The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:"One who is the best of you in good conduct is nearest to me. A believer loves and is loved. There is no good in one who does not love and is not loved." (Imam Ghazzali, vol. 2 , p. 95)
Two brother are like two hands one of which clears the dust of the other. (Imam Ghazzali, vol.2, p.95)
Do not be angry with each other and do not envy each other and do not turn away from each other, and be slaves of Allah, brothers. (Muwatta, narrated by Anas ibn Malik)
Allah's Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day of Resurrection." (Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar, Vol 3: #622)
The faithful constitute a great spiritual force with the strength their love for one another for Allah’s approval gives them. As revealed in the words of one verse, "But those who were sure that they were going to meet Allah said, 'How many a small force has triumphed over a much greater one by Allah’s permission! Allah is with the steadfast," (Surat al-Baqara, 249), even if they are few in number, with the faith in their hearts they acquire great enthusiasm and will with which to overcome terrible difficulties and troubles. They obtain the assistance and support of Allah because of the moral values they display. As Allah has revealed in the verse, "You shall be uppermost if you are believers," (Surah Al'Imran, 139), they constitute such a spiritual force that nobody can turn them against one another, and that nobody can break.
Since they sincerely seek Allah's approval, they never engage in any confusion, disagreement or dispute among themselves. That is because the word of Allah is one; the verses of the Qur’an are clear. Since all believers abide unconditionally by the Qur’an and always act with a view to gaining as much approval from Allah as possible, a great harmony and order ensues. All matters can be easily resolved within a harmonious order. A powerful solidarity is formed because they behave in the light of the moral values of the Qur’an and the interests of believers, even when they conflict with their own interests, and hold their brothers’ desires above their own.
Since believers intend to be one another’s eternal friends in the Hereafter they are bound to one another with a deep love, respect and loyalty. Therefore, they know no rivalry, disagreement or dispute. Due to their fear of and sincere faith in Allah, no matter what difficulties or troubles they may encounter they never fall into defeatism, moral relativism or lack of will. If there is a flaw in one of them, the others will support him with proper moral values and encourage him towards goodness. Since they constantly command one another to perform what is good and to avoid evil, their faith and strength constantly grow. This spiritual strength possessed by believers, whose objectives, endeavours and prayers are always the same, which stems from faith and love, has been described by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi with the following example:
"For just as one of man's hands cannot compete with the other, neither can one of his eyes criticize the other, nor his tongue object to his ear, nor his heart see his spirit’s faults. Each of his members completes the deficiencies of the others, veils their faults, assists their needs, and helps them out in their duties. Otherwise man's life would be extinguished, his spirit flee, and his body be dispersed. Similarly, the components of machinery in a factory cannot compete with one another in rivalry, take precedence over each other, or dominate each other. They cannot spy out one another’s faults and criticize each other, destroy the other's eagerness for work, and cause them to become idle. They rather assist each other's motions with all their capacity in order to achieve the common goal; they march towards the aim of their creation in true solidarity and unity. Should even the slightest aggression or desire to dominate interfere, it would throw the factory into confusion, causing it to be without product or result. Then the factory's owner would demolish the factory entirely." (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Risale-i Nur Collection, TheTwenty-First Flash)
This example given by Bediuzzaman is of great importance with regard to being able to comprehend the union and unity stemming from the love among believers. On account of the sincere love and devotion that stem from their faith, in the same way that the machinery in a factory comes together to constitute a great force, so they acquire an unshakable spiritual strength with their mutual love and devotion.
Your friend is only Allah and His Messenger and those who believe: those who perform prayer and give the alms, and bow. (Surat al Ma'ida, 55)
Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks like well-built walls. (Surat as-Saff, 4)
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Btw, this is my 200th post! Woo hoo! :D
I'd Be This Husband
1:57 am
Adapted from a fren's friendster bulletin.
When she walks away from you madly
[ follow her ]
When she stares at your mouth
[ smile... then kiss her ]
When she pushes you or hits you
[ hug her tight ]
When she starts cursing at you
[ say I love you ]
When she's quiet
[ hold her hand and ask what's wrong ]
When she ignores you
[ act cute so she'll notice you ]
When she pulls away
[ pull her back ]
When you see her at her worst
[ tell her you love her and she still looks amazing ]
When you see her start crying
[ hold her... ask her what's wrong ]
When you see her walking
[ approach her... give a kiss on the cheek]
When she's scared
[ assure her you're not goin to leave her ]
When she lays her head on yourshoulder
[ tilt your head too... and hold her hand ]
When she steals your favorite hat
[ let her keep it ]
When she teases you
[ tease her back and make her laugh ]
When she doesn't answer for a long time
[ reassure her that everything is okay ]
When she looks at you with doubt
[ back yourself up ]
When she says that she likes you
[ she really does more than you could understand ]
When she grabs at your hands
[ hold hers and play with her fingers ]
When she bumps into you
[ bump into her back and make her laugh ]
When she tells you a secret
[ keep it safe and untold ]
When she looks at you in your eyes
[ don't look away until she does ]
When she misses you
[ she's hurting inside ]
When you break her heart
[ the pain never really goes away ]
When she repost this bulletin
[ she wants you to read it ]
- Stay on the phone with her even if she's not saying anything
- When she's mad, hug her tight and don't let go
- When she says she's ok, don't believe it, talk with her
- because 10 yrs later she'll remember you
- Call her at 00:00hr on her birthdayto tell her you love her
- Call her before you sleep and after you wake up
- Treat her like she's all that matters to you
- Tease her and let her tease you back
- Stay up all night with her when she's sick
- Watch her favorite movie with her or her favorite show even if you think it's stupid
- Give her the world
- Let her wear your clothes
- When she's bored and sad, hang out with her
- Let her know she's important
- Kiss her in the pouring rain
- When she runs up at you crying, the first thing you say is: "Whose ass am I kicking babe?"
I'd be this husband. Insha Allah. Ameen.
Ciri-ciri Wanita Idaman Lelaki
1:41 am
Taken from a fren's blog, which she adapted from her fren's friendster bulletin.
Keibuan
Banyak lelaki yg terpikat pada wanita yg bersikap keibuan, lembut, mengambil berat dan penuh kasih sayang. Wajah yg keibuan mampu membuat lelaki berasa tenteram ketika sedang stress, cemas dan gelisah dan senang hati ketika mahu bermanja. Jangan tunggu sampai melahirkan baru nak tonjolkan sikap keibuan. Setiap wanita ada potensi keibuan dalam diri masing2.
Keanak-anakkan
Dalam batas yg wajar, sifat keanak-anakan seorang wanita menjadi daya tarikan di mata lelaki. Mereka berasa terhibur dengan telatah anda. Tetapi tentulah bukan sifat keanak-anakkan yg melampau dan menyakitkan hati tetapi sikap keanak-anakan yg menyenangkan. Misalnya, kemanjaan wanita yg membangkitkan naluri kebapaan dan kelakian lelaki. Wanita ceria membuat lelaki lebih berghairah.
Penuh Pengertian
Sikap pengertian wanita membuat lelaki berasa dihargai dan diterima seadanya. Sikap ini tercermin dari perasaan mudah maafkan, memilih waktu yg tepat utk berbincang masalah dan sebagainya. Contohnya ketika lelaki melakukan kesilapan, wanita yg berpengertian tidak terus mengeluarkan kata2 yg kasar atau menuduh bukan2 sebaliknya cuba mengerti duduk persoalannya.
Menghargai
Wanita yg menghargai lelaki adalah wanita idaman lelaki. Berbeza dgn wanita yg suka diperlakukan dgn lembut, lelaki suka dihargai, dipuji dgn tulus ikhlas dan diberi kepercayaan. Penghargaan dari wanita membuat lelaki berasa bangga.
Menjaga Penampilan
Lelaki menyukai wanita yg pandai menjaga penampilannya agar sentiasa kelihatan cantik, bersih, kemas dan menarik. Penampilan yg baik menunjukkan wanita tersebut menghargai dirinya. Dia akan murah senyuman, pandai merawat tubuhnya, meningkatkan kualiti hidupnya dan memberi yg terbaik kepada dirinya. Dia suka dan bersyukur dengan dirinya dan secara tidak langsung memancarkan pesona yg menyebabkan lelaki juga menyukainya. Apabila sudah berumahtangga, wanita tersebut terus menjaga penampilan dirinya dan kesihatan tubuh badan walau sudah beranak-pinak. Siapa yg tidak suka isteri yg masih kelihatan cantik dan ramping walau dah punya anak 3?
Pandai berbicara
Lelaki tertarik dgn wanita yg pandai berkomunikasi dan boleh diajak berbual. Walau topik perbualan yg di sukai lelaki berbeza dgn topik kegemaran wanita, wanita tersebut dapat mengimbanginya. Dia bukan sekadar teman berbual yg pasif, tetapi dapat memberi respon dan pendapat yg baik. Dia juga tahu menjadi pendengar yg baik, serta mengalihkan topik yg agak serius kepada perbualan yg lebih menarik. Lelaki juga suka dengan wanita yg suka bergurau dan pandai berjenaka serta boleh menerima jenaka lelaki dgn baik dan berfikiran terbuka.
Pandai Bergaul dan Menyesuaikan Diri
Wanita yg pandai bergaul dan menyesuaikan diri mempunyai nilai lebih di mata lelaki. Wanita tersebut tahu menghadapi orang yg lebih tua dan cara berhadapan dgn orang yg lebih muda. Apabila berhadapan dgn suasana yg baru, wanita tersebut tidak gentar malah cepat menyesuaikan diri. Dia mudah diajak kemana saja dan tidak kekok samada dibandar atau di kampung.
Menghormati Diri Sendiri
Lelaki suka dgn wanita yg menghormati dirinya sendiri sebagai seorang wanita, bersikap sopan dan mempunyai etika. Wanita yg menghormati dirinya sendiri mempunyai keyakinan dan tahu apa yg baik dan buruk diperlakukan oleh seorang lelaki terhadap dirinya. Jadi dia tahu apa yg dia inginkan dan mahu elakkan serta menjaga maruah dirinya. Dia tidak akan merendah-rendahkan dirinya dan tidak akan membiarkan lelaki memperlakukan dirinya sesuka hati.
Simpati dan prihatin
Lelaki suka wanita yg murah hati, mengambil berat, simpati pada nasib yg susah, sayangkan kanak-kanak dan tidak memilih bulu. Kebaikan yg wajar dan spontan mencerminkan hati yg mulia. Ada kecantikan dalaman pada dirinya yg memancar keluar dgn indah dan mempesona.
White elephant
4:00 pm - Monday, March 17, 2008
My comp is now a white elephant, in some sorts.
Maybe not really white lah. As de casing is made of aluminium, it's more of silvery/grey, with a black facade. I really like that part of de CPU. My floppy drive is black, as are my CD- and DVD-ROM drives. I was actually looking to get an all-black casing, but it wasn't within my budget when I DIYed at Sim Lim with Cikgu ard 2 years plus ago. Initially bought with a 40G HDD, 512MB RAM and a CD-ROM, another 80G HDD, 512MB RAM and a DVD-ROM were added on when I could afford it. It was good enough a rig for me, as I wasn't much into graphics-hungry games, save for CSCZ and de occasional online games.

It served me well during de whole of my NS stint, giving me no probs whatsoever. Lately thou, abt two weeks to be exact, smthg happened. Whenever I tried logging on to it, this error msg popped out, "The program issued a command but the command length is incorrect". Cikgu came to my place on the 9th, and after much Googling and asking ard, it was found that it was a virus. Damn that sucks! As he was in quite a rush, nothing was done that Sunday. He came again on de 14th, during which another copy of XP was installed. That helps, as I can now log on, but besides that, there's nothing more I can do.
Cikgu asked me to use this free online anti-virus by
Panda. It was very 'heart pain' to use it. Firstly, I could see it scanning my files. Files which I can't access, as I'm using another XP installation, and not de previous one. Also, after scanning 73579 files, it was only barely half done. And this was after abt 4hr! WLD! How much longer must wait?? After abt 5.5hr, I decided to stop de scan. Taking too long lah..!

I can't wait to start sch, as I can then get a lappy under de sch's student plan, price or whatever it is called. Thinking of gettin de high end one, as it's priced quite lower than what it'd nomally be if not under de student thingy. Will see how it goes.. :)
MN
1:06 pm - Sunday, March 16, 2008
Hamdillah, it went well, thou I wasn't really prepared for it. Had almost no visual aids, save for some hand-written scribbles. 'Notes' sounds nicer, but 'scribbles' has a better ring to it, considering my handwriting. Lol!
It was peppered with some humour here and there, thou it wasn't planned at all. It sorta enlightens up de mood a bit, I could see. If only I
know how to add humour. That'd be nice indeed. For de future. Heh. Verbal gaffe: proficiency. Somehow it became profishenshy. Took a few times to finally get it right. Haha!
Heard some things. Hamdillah for that too. Can't let that get into my head! No siree! FOCUS!
Kinda feeling on a trip now. No, not ego trip. Hell no! Haha! PS trip, for a lack of terms to describe it. What's PS? For me to know yadda yadda yadda.. Needs improvement. A diamond in de rough. *bsmile*
After it all, swimming was a blast! Thou de pool was nowhere Olympic-sized, I guess just being in a pool was a blast in itself. Managed to do what I planned on doing, thou not really to de extend what I had in mind. One out of two, is good enuf. Which makes me see de importance of slimming down a bit. Wouldn't look nice in uniform, de way I am now.. Sigh..

Oh Allah, leidt gelieve en voor me gemakkelijk in deze weg te maken die u hebt gekozen. Of is het ik heeft gekozen? Hmm.. Please DO NOT om me te maken de zelfde fouten doen ik uit waartegen in een bepaalde persoon heb gesproken. Ik hoop dat deze kleine inspanning van mijn kant tevredenstellend kan zijn aan u. Ameen.
Badminton
8:50 pm - Friday, March 14, 2008
This post is like waaay overdue, due to de fact that I was locked out of my comp by a damn virus.
Played badminton with de bunga gang + corporal last Thurs on de 6th. Thou I had planned for it on 15 Mar, when more could come, it was kinda an impromptu thing to play it on Thurs. Nevertheless, it was great fun nonetheless.
Met up with Corporal at de small McD at tamp. De others were late. So we both went there first. Lo and behold, it was under renovation. This slight miscommunication, cos someone forgot to check whether Tamp Sports Hall was still under renovation, was to me, one that could have been avoided. But no use crying over spilt milk, right?
So after a few calls, it was decided that we would meet up somewhere nearby. To kill de time, both of us went to a badminton store and look ard. A badminton specialty store, I must add. There was a $200++ pair of badminton shoes! I dare say that only serious badminton enthusiasts would fork out that much dough on a pair of shoes! While looking ard in de store, saw de rest strolling past. Went outside, and called them in. Corporal came up with de idea of sharing money to buy some shuttlecocks. I sat this one out, cos I already had some birds of my own. End up sharing $5 for 3 Ashaway birds.
All of us then walked to a nearby CC. I was quite apprehensive thou, cos what if there weren't any courts available? But luckily there were, and we booked de courts. To be exact, we booked only ONE court, but as there weren't anyone else ard, we ended up using BOTH courts instead. Not bad eh, considering my earlier apprehensiveness? :)
It was fun playing badminton after so long not touching my racket! There weren't enuf rackets to go ard for every1, so at anytime, one person was sitting watch. It could have been more fun if everyone brought their own rackets as well, but oh well.. I'm left with only ard 4 to 5 of my $8 birds. Used up so much during that two hours, but I guess it was worth it.
After the jam packed, fun two hours, some of decided to wash up. Corporal had de idea of washing up at de Tamp Sports Hall, but when we got there, de showers WERE ALSO under renovation. Damn we didn't see that one coming. So after much deliberation, we decided to wash up at de Tamp Swimming Complex next door. It was $1 an entry, thou if we had known, we'd just buy de $0.50 child ticket instead. Oh well again..
So in de showers de four of us went. Corporal, mr smith, nakongsa and me. Ofc diff booths lah, in case any1's having dirty thoughts. Heh. Mr smith and nakongsa were de first to be done, followed by Corporal and finally, me. Hey, it WAS a $1 shower, so I intend to make full use of it! At least to shower to my heart's content lah, that is. Mr smith was saying that it's such a waste to spend $1, and NOT go have a dip. I agreed with him, but oh well.. We were kinda pressed for time anyway.
After washing up, it was then prayers at Ghufran next door. A bit late, but still had de time, so after Zuhur, we waited for Asar. Done with Asar, we met with Cikgu! He juz arrived, so talked a bit, after which we agreed to link up after he was done with Asar, just outside Ghufran. Meanwhile, we went back to Swimming Complex, this time ard bcos I wanted to buy de Stored Value Card. Hehe!
That done, we went to where we agreed to link up. Cikgu was nowhere to be seen. Called him, and he said he was already at home! When he was done, he didn't see us ard, so he went back. Funny, right? Can call any1 of us pe.. We were planning to eat, so we just told him to meet us there. It was at Mr Teh Tarik. Had a nice early dinner, and also some laughter when de topic came to Mas Selamat. Among other things, it was confirmed that he is now in Malaysia. This bcos there are signs everywhere welcoming him. Selamat Datang! Lame, but nonetheless funny lah..
It was then back to Ghufran, as it was nearing Maghrib. But not before going ard TM and CS, as Mr smith was looking for a cake. For some occasion coming up. Found some nice ones ard $20, as that was his budget. After Maghrib, it was then only Corporal and me left. He wanted to Ishak there as well, and so did I. Talked a bit. Quite a lot lah actually, but kinda lazy to narrate it out.
The end. :)
I'm baaack!
7:41 pm
Yup, yup. I'm baaack!
I wasn't away cos I was on holiday or anything. Rather, my comp was attacked
somehow by a virus, and I couldn't log on, AT ALL. It sure was boring not being able to go online.
Cikgu came over to my place last Sunday to see what he could do. He brought along all (I think) his gears. He had his IBM (now it goes by Lenovo, just fyi..) lappy, his external hard disk thingy which allowed him to access my hard disk with his lappy, his thumb drive, and whatever else. Oh, and ofc, his expertise lah.. Scan punye scan punye scan, we found out that it was a virus. Others were hit by this before. This we know as we googled de error msg I got. Btw, de error msg was 'The program issued a command but the command length is incorrect', in case u wanna tinker ard.
Cikgu had a way to solve it, but it was ruled out, cos I don't have a floppy disk. I mean.. who uses floppies nowadays, right? 1.44MB? So little space? So we ended up googling and reading forums after forums abt this. There were many probable ways to solve it, but as Cikgu had a wedding reception appt somewhere, so he said he'll come back some other day to remedy this little inconvenience of mine. So that explains why e.t.s. was like a ghost town these past few days.

Cikgu in my room last Sunday. Neat messiness. No doubt an oxymoron there. Haha!Cikgu came again today, finally, after Fri prayers. Met up at PA, and went back together. What he did was to simply install another XP on my hard disk. So there's TWO XPs there, de new one being de one I'm using now. First thing I did? Blog hopping! Hehe! Updates galore, I must say! There were at least two updates per blog that I went. With de exception of one, being dead silent as ever. I dunno how many angels have passed by. Don't get that? Private joke lah.. :D
Ofc there are two sides to a story, coin (and watever else has two sides or more..) and while I'm glad to be able to go online again, I guess I must practice prudence now. The elec bill shot thru de roof for last mth, and guess who was blamed? ME ofc. Can't really argue lah. No case at all. So lan lan suck thumb!
Not being able to go online made me turn to de only other form of entertainment - TV. Thank god for cable! Watched all those shows I used to watch.. Disney Channel and MTV mostly. And also documentaries. Speaking of which, docus are great. If you're too lazy to pick up a book and read, docus to me, are de next best thing. Ofc you're limited to watching what de producer wants to show lah, but hey, you can't have your cake and eat it too, right? Not all de time at least. Heh.
I guess that's all for now then.
I'm baaack! :)
Popeye's
7:29 am - Sunday, March 09, 2008
IT Show 2008 @ Suntec
7:22 am
Went to de IT Show 2008 @ Suntec City on Fri. Was just looking ard, not really to buy anything, so this idea came to mind. I don't know you all, but thx for being so sporting! :)
So that's how they do it
4:53 am
In S'pore, there're 3 main races. For not wanting to sound racist, I'll be calling them A, B & C in this post, but as the post goes on, it'll be pretty obvious what I'm referring to. :)
No doubt, it'll be a bit stereotypical, but somehow, in reality that's how de situation is anyway..
A mostly likes to spend time with their significant others, thou not married yet. If not that, they'll be whiling away their time under de void deck, guitar(s) in tow, making mostly noise, but sometimes music too.
I don't know B much, but they mostly spend their time dancing. And they are sometimes the most rowdiest when they congregate together, among all 3.
C are the ones who are more business-oriented, with success their main aim. They are the more successful ones among all 3, and it seems to be de case wherever they are, be in in S'pore itself or anywhere else.
Ofc, among all 3, there are de good ones and also de black sheeps among themselves.
It amazes me how C are de ones who are more successful, thou they are very competitive among themselves. I've had de opportunity to meet someone who is among de good ones from C.
He's into MLM, with one quite controversial company here, thou de way I see it, de more successful ones. I've also had de opportunity to meet his friends who are in it with him. De way they work, they are very close-knit, ofc with de intention of striving for success. Professionalism is what they have in their work, and integrity is what guides them. No underhand tactics in order to get ahead. Brothers are what they call themselves, and they go thru thick and thin together. These are, ofc de good ones. I dunno how it is for de black sheeps among them.
So that's how they do it. Being so successful, thou they are very competitive among themselves.
MS
12:53 am - Monday, March 03, 2008
No, it's not Microsoft I'm referring to. It's Mas Selamat. The guy who somehow managed to escape from detention!
I think by now, the WHOLE world has heard of him, going by that Interpol has issued a world-wide notice thingy, or watever it is called in police parlance.
I was watching The History Channel juz now, and it was abt this guy Pablo Escobar, a drug cartel boss in Spain I think. I forgot where. The authorities there had a hard time nabbing him. A lot of ppl were killed trying to capture him, of which 160 were enforcement officers. Pity them and their families who were left behind.
In the end, it was his own doing that turned him in. As he was calling and talking to his son, the polizei, using signal homing devices, were able to triangulate his position by following the signal strength. Bullets were shot, and he was killed, by a bullet to his head, if I'm not wrong.
Watching de docu, it felt like de whole thing happening in real life, the whole MS thing. A lot of ppl are involved. The SOC, Army, Gurkhas and who ever else not shown on de press. I pity them, looking at the photos in de papers.
In de news on Ch5 yest, the MHA Minister was speaking to de press abt de efforts to nab MS. He said smthg abt 'our reputation taking a beating, but we will do all de best we can'. Not word for word here, but along the lines of that. He looked like he was tearing, but holding it back. Pity him too.
I certainly hope that in de effort to capture him, no one gets killed, like what happened to those enforcement officers in de effort to nab Pablo Escobar.

The currently most wanted man

Nice pic, no? :)
Pics taken from
CBS News.
are you blocked/deleted by anyone? does it matter?
3:11 am - Saturday, March 01, 2008
A friend gave me this link,
http://www.blockcheckercont.com. When I followed de link, supposedly the website enables one to know who has blocked or deleted them in MSN Messenger.

Immediately, the word 'phishing' came to mind. It reminds me of some time back when a program was going around in de Net, whereby when one runs it, it lets you see who has blocked or deleted them in MSN Mesenger. Coincidence? Maybe, but I sure don't think so. Being curious, I did try to execute that program. Luckily for me at that time, my anti-virus caught hold of it. It alerted me that it was actually some virus, de name I can't recall. Close call indeed!
Going back to de topic.. I find it funny that de 'I have read and accepted the Agreement' box is alredy checked. There wasn't any link to an Agreement, but scrolling de page, it turned out there WAS a link. Fine, at least take a look at it, I thought. Somehow, reading de 'Agreement', it confirms my hunch.

Firstly, I'm not an English language know-it-all, and neither do I claim to be one, but reading it, it's not really 'website-standard' English, doncha think? I think I've come across enough legitimate websites to know that something's not right here.
Next, 'blockcheckerhome.com web site may send a promotional message to the users in your contact list'. Promo message? I use ur service, why send to my contacts? To get more 'victims'? Anyway, why 'blockcheckerhome' instead of 'blockcheckercont', since that's de main URL?
Lastly, 'In order to be removed from the list, please send an e-mail... to
blockadministrator@gmail.com. If this is really a legit site, why @gmail.com, and not @blockcheckercont.com?
I haven't tried using their 'completely free service'. I don't plan to, don't want to, and I don't see the need to. Seriously, do I really need to know? So what if I know who has blocked/deleted me? What can I do abt it? Confront him/her and ask: eh, why u blocked me? WTH?