Hows it going? This is definitely sporadic post. I have come up with two written posts this week to offset the previous two weeks where i was suffering a 'spiritual' disease. I was going through an inconquerable fatigue that made the simplest tasks, like cleaning up my study table or washing a coffee cup, seem enormous. Let alone drafting my next posts. The causes were obscure. In short, it was the lack of action.
Anyway, i have ran for 2 miles and 'vacationed' the Recreational Center two times this week and i feel good about it. I have lost some pounds and i am telling lie. That's not my initial purpose actually. I simply want to regain stamina and hopefully from it i would be more productive as time goes by. When i indulge myself within school days, ideas flow so freely when i am in a superb condition. The tentative plan i have been following is to run at least twice a week, which i standardize to 2 miles or more.
What about plain water? I hate the taste especially when i just woke up, but i have no choice. Pipe water here is so highly chlorinated. Let alone the coke taste. When i first came here, i was stunned by the coke taste. It taste more or less like a mosquito repellent i tell you. But now, i am getting used to it. But somehow, for the sake of health i have to capitulate to a normal standard, which is to drink plain water at least 2 liters per day. But the good thing is i don't have to cook the water since it is readily drinkable from the pipe.
Back to the run. I need to spare some times in the middle of the week to meet that 2 miles schedule. Another potential reason is i'd like to register for 1-hour-pass-fail kinesiology class next year. For that i'd like to take soccer again because during the last spring, i took soccer for beginners. But that doesn't mean i am so new to soccer. No man. It's been a while. I have been kicking 'balls' since i was a little brat. To tell you the truth, i just don't want people to kick me on the ass when in fact i could kick theirs too. I am kidding man. By the way, i better move my ass now for i have no much time to waste. I'll have many more to come.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
ABC suits it
Howdy everyone,
I just felt the urge to write another entry, the first few written entries for November. The previous one was just one of my favorites song. A tribute by Alan Jackson dedicated to country music listeners.
Let's tune in to another matter. Several days ago, i have settled down my ticket flying home, which will be on Dec 13th. It is actually a return ticket provided by Shell early this year. But still it requires me to plan ahead for the flight. Counting from today, it is about a month left. Nevertheless, it really is always a smart thing to plan ahead for our trip like dealing with our future accommodation, surveying places for foods, and so forth. In other word, we should know what we want. If we failed to identify what we want, we are definitely going nowhere for we are unable to foresee the necessary steps to do. To me, its embarrassing when we say nothing when people ask where we are heading to. That being the case, don't call ourselves a man, for a man knows what he wants.
Contemplating about being away from home for quite sometimes, many were gone and many were born. I have forgotten the last time i met or had a talk with them. That makes me sometimes forget that they are no more alive. Even at some peaceful nights, i have dreams of talking, walking, and even holding the dead ones, which in most cases i did not realize that they are bodily dead already. The next mornings, God would surely put a smile on my face. I am just kidding you readers. But, nothing is wrong with that i guess because such dreams remind me of their existence before. Again, men born and men gone yet His word remains. Ain't it true?
Its been a year away on the other side of hemisphere. Many i have done yet many i have failed to accomplish. I don't see the need to say much about improvement or deterioration, for characteristics tell more honestly. Thoughts after thoughts have been my foundation toward maturity. I know what i have chosen. Seriously speaking, it is not a set of promises but is a set of challenges. I understand that i am now standing on the edge of the less faced frontier. A frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. Some i have seen have gone over the line, pretending to know more than they really are. It seems that they are not flowing naturally. I guess they want others to be impressed by their fucking hypocritical accent, their fucking fashion. That's what they love to do. That has really shitfaced my impression toward them. But that's alright for so far i don't have to pay them any penny. To me, i prefer to flow naturally like fluid, not liquid for it flows everywhere as long as it's permitted by law.
Let's us proceed to another matter that interests me. Students these days, most of them i heard disdain political things. When it comes to political talks, they would tune out. The most common phrase they say, politic is full of shit, corruption or whatsoever. Thank God for them to realize all such things. If i were out of mind, i would say to them go read your school books and go fuck yourselves with good grades all the times since you want to be "clean". The idea is simple. What if your toilet at home is uncleaned, so what you gonna do? Are you gonna leave it forever like that and go to your neighbor's toilets because you don't want to get messed up with your own toilet? See, how smart that is. See how the education system nowadays has locked us up inside a very thick black box. I beg to differ. I view politic as ways of governing the past, the present, and the future. This is not about those fucking 'Datuk'ship or 'Tan Sri'ship. It is about our rights. Many thoughts i have yet to say here but i have to qualify my aggressive, rebellious, and radical thoughts. I urge my fellow friends to get to know your rights, your roots and even you potential future predicaments. Don't be fooled by those 'politicians' saying that as a student you must concentrate only on your studies. Those 'shitheads' tend to encourage us to get good grades and be a good son or daughter of our parents. Fuck that advice. Even my fellow villagers, who do not receive any formal education could say such words. But remember, i am not saying that we must join a political party while we are still students. No. What is appropriate to do now is to get a good grasp of political situation we are facing nowadays. Make a good observation for we don't want to be exploited for another generation.
Let me end this entry with a quote from the book i am reading:
In 1960s', during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, Comedian Dick Gregory led many sit-ins, and when whites told him, "We don't serve Negroes," he responded,"No problem, I don't eat Negroes."
What a joke. Will be back with another entry soon. Good day.
I just felt the urge to write another entry, the first few written entries for November. The previous one was just one of my favorites song. A tribute by Alan Jackson dedicated to country music listeners.
Let's tune in to another matter. Several days ago, i have settled down my ticket flying home, which will be on Dec 13th. It is actually a return ticket provided by Shell early this year. But still it requires me to plan ahead for the flight. Counting from today, it is about a month left. Nevertheless, it really is always a smart thing to plan ahead for our trip like dealing with our future accommodation, surveying places for foods, and so forth. In other word, we should know what we want. If we failed to identify what we want, we are definitely going nowhere for we are unable to foresee the necessary steps to do. To me, its embarrassing when we say nothing when people ask where we are heading to. That being the case, don't call ourselves a man, for a man knows what he wants.
Contemplating about being away from home for quite sometimes, many were gone and many were born. I have forgotten the last time i met or had a talk with them. That makes me sometimes forget that they are no more alive. Even at some peaceful nights, i have dreams of talking, walking, and even holding the dead ones, which in most cases i did not realize that they are bodily dead already. The next mornings, God would surely put a smile on my face. I am just kidding you readers. But, nothing is wrong with that i guess because such dreams remind me of their existence before. Again, men born and men gone yet His word remains. Ain't it true?
Its been a year away on the other side of hemisphere. Many i have done yet many i have failed to accomplish. I don't see the need to say much about improvement or deterioration, for characteristics tell more honestly. Thoughts after thoughts have been my foundation toward maturity. I know what i have chosen. Seriously speaking, it is not a set of promises but is a set of challenges. I understand that i am now standing on the edge of the less faced frontier. A frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. Some i have seen have gone over the line, pretending to know more than they really are. It seems that they are not flowing naturally. I guess they want others to be impressed by their fucking hypocritical accent, their fucking fashion. That's what they love to do. That has really shitfaced my impression toward them. But that's alright for so far i don't have to pay them any penny. To me, i prefer to flow naturally like fluid, not liquid for it flows everywhere as long as it's permitted by law.
Let's us proceed to another matter that interests me. Students these days, most of them i heard disdain political things. When it comes to political talks, they would tune out. The most common phrase they say, politic is full of shit, corruption or whatsoever. Thank God for them to realize all such things. If i were out of mind, i would say to them go read your school books and go fuck yourselves with good grades all the times since you want to be "clean". The idea is simple. What if your toilet at home is uncleaned, so what you gonna do? Are you gonna leave it forever like that and go to your neighbor's toilets because you don't want to get messed up with your own toilet? See, how smart that is. See how the education system nowadays has locked us up inside a very thick black box. I beg to differ. I view politic as ways of governing the past, the present, and the future. This is not about those fucking 'Datuk'ship or 'Tan Sri'ship. It is about our rights. Many thoughts i have yet to say here but i have to qualify my aggressive, rebellious, and radical thoughts. I urge my fellow friends to get to know your rights, your roots and even you potential future predicaments. Don't be fooled by those 'politicians' saying that as a student you must concentrate only on your studies. Those 'shitheads' tend to encourage us to get good grades and be a good son or daughter of our parents. Fuck that advice. Even my fellow villagers, who do not receive any formal education could say such words. But remember, i am not saying that we must join a political party while we are still students. No. What is appropriate to do now is to get a good grasp of political situation we are facing nowadays. Make a good observation for we don't want to be exploited for another generation.
Let me end this entry with a quote from the book i am reading:
In 1960s', during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, Comedian Dick Gregory led many sit-ins, and when whites told him, "We don't serve Negroes," he responded,"No problem, I don't eat Negroes."
What a joke. Will be back with another entry soon. Good day.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Midterm
Again my next post..
I just checked out my midterm grade. I guess i was too complacent with my summer classes where i made a 3.57 GPA. Well for this term, it was not that bad either because it depends primarily on the instructor. Like in my case, i am not that lucky because of the stringent marking scheme. What i mean is there is no curve given to any class taking the same subject under the same instructor. Say the standard mark to get A is 90, but then i made an 89.99 for engineering math, its still a B. Plus, A-,B-, or C- is not a tradition here in this school. I am not pretty sure about the grading system in local schools, except for UTM for i was there for a semester. They standardize their A grade for 85 and above. But still they do have A-,B- and C- and even curve given to certain subjects. When the grading system is way too tough, there should be no place left for complacency. You and I have to have a nerdy method where many times we have to forgo parties and become sleep deprived. But anyway, i still do feel good for some reasons. Even though i did not get all things as i have expected it to be, so far i am comparatively way above those white. And now, i have only two months left to accomplish my short term daredevil mission that is to bring 3.5 GPA home.
I just checked out my midterm grade. I guess i was too complacent with my summer classes where i made a 3.57 GPA. Well for this term, it was not that bad either because it depends primarily on the instructor. Like in my case, i am not that lucky because of the stringent marking scheme. What i mean is there is no curve given to any class taking the same subject under the same instructor. Say the standard mark to get A is 90, but then i made an 89.99 for engineering math, its still a B. Plus, A-,B-, or C- is not a tradition here in this school. I am not pretty sure about the grading system in local schools, except for UTM for i was there for a semester. They standardize their A grade for 85 and above. But still they do have A-,B- and C- and even curve given to certain subjects. When the grading system is way too tough, there should be no place left for complacency. You and I have to have a nerdy method where many times we have to forgo parties and become sleep deprived. But anyway, i still do feel good for some reasons. Even though i did not get all things as i have expected it to be, so far i am comparatively way above those white. And now, i have only two months left to accomplish my short term daredevil mission that is to bring 3.5 GPA home.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Eid Mubarak (Hari Raya Festival)
Last week, me and the other Malaysians were having a gathering in conjunction with Raya Festival. Sure enough that was a good thing to get all scattered Malaysian Aggies gathered in one place. For this Raya, we chose Ain as our honorary host for she is among the only four Malays here in Aggieland. She is living off-campus anyway and that makes thing easier. We invited all Malaysians which were around 24 people, but some were not coming for inevitable reason. We also had an American student wanting to taste "Malaysian food". Unfortunately that day, i could not help with the food preparation because i was doing my online homework after i got back from the mass. That was because procrastination is my ultimate passion. After i was done, Ain picked me and Douglas up. My only contribution for the gathering was the "ngajat" performance. I have long wanted to perform my asset especially in the States. Actually i was once invited by the International Student Office to perform during the International Cultural Night during Spring semester this year. But i was not feeling well that day that i canceled to perform. But it was alright since i still have four more years schooling here. Back to the main topic, we have really had a good time talking craps and getting to know some new faces. Plus, its kinda good feeling coming to such a Malaysian party with two more Shell scholars because before this, it was only the same three dull faces representing Shell. We have had a chance to practice our diplomacy having introduced them to such an environment. In a very near future, i am thinking of organizing Gawai Dayak Festival, only after i finish my on-campus hall contract. By the way, i better stop rambling about these Raya stuffs for i have some of our photos here.
Random Lines
Howdy,
See the name of my blog !!! You should have known what it implies. Sure enough this is my second attempt to have my own blog. I know some of my peers have already posted their own blogs. So i guess, its not a bad idea though. I am sicked of those mundane friendster, facebook, and myspace, just to name a few. So, here it goes this fresh platform and i hope this newly founded "ruai" as people say will help to spend my quality time better. But anyway, do check out this site soon. Will be back with photos.
See the name of my blog !!! You should have known what it implies. Sure enough this is my second attempt to have my own blog. I know some of my peers have already posted their own blogs. So i guess, its not a bad idea though. I am sicked of those mundane friendster, facebook, and myspace, just to name a few. So, here it goes this fresh platform and i hope this newly founded "ruai" as people say will help to spend my quality time better. But anyway, do check out this site soon. Will be back with photos.
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