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Monday, September 30, 2002
One Good Man
I really need to tell the whole world about this... good deeds should never go unnoticed or be unappreciated or unsung... yes... this is what i truly believe and why i am writing this stuff now...
The physics midterm will be two days from now... Mr Yours Truly is still struggling like mad... no confidence at all on how to go about doing all those questions... basically, i am in deep yogurt... really really deep chocolate flavor yogurt... yes... situation is bad... seeked help from Azwan and Satchi... got some confidence but not enough... bad...very bad... then came the surprise... my discussion instructor... Prof Uher, offered to give a review session for the classes he teach... which is something really extra.. he dun get paid to do this... now... it is not as if i had never attended a review session before... but those i attended in the past are really really useless... so i was like.. "ok... i will just give it a try..." and i was trying to find out his office hour yesterday... and boy... i was surprised to see that he is actually the Chair of the physics department of UofM... eh... not as if he got nothing better to do leh... this man is like the head... overseeing so much thing... and yet he still willing to spend two hours helping idiotic kids like me... doing those sums that are ridiculously easy for him... can you imaging how touch i was??? coz yesterday when i got to know his "true color", i still dunnoe he is holding a review session today... and i was like WAHHHh... i got a big-shot as my discussion instructor... felt damn privileged lahz... but seriously what he did today really really touched me... so what if those 30 odd kids in his discussion class are idiots like me who will probably bomb their midterm??? He is the freaking Chair... his job is more or less secured... ok... MAYBE ... he do get paid for that TWO HOUR of review session... but hey... get real... that guy is probably earning more money than to really care about that two miserable two hour of extra pay lahz... so you see... this is really really a good act... and that two session is really really useful... so much of my doubts are cleared... and seriously... i am so so so grateful... this is such a small gesture to make from someone high high up like him... those problems that we go through today are like... DUH questions for him... in fact, the Profs in UofM are all really really good in their work... but yet... how many are willing to go the extra miles for their student??? I did not have any review session for my chemistry classes back in spring??? my computing prof never offer any review session.... so you see... this is really a kind act that one must really spread and appreciate... and further more Prof Uher was not there to talk cock ok!!! you could see him really being there to help... within that two hours, he covered almost all types of questions that could come out... went through all the theories... and when the questions that he had prepared was done, you could see him still trying to squeeze out possible type of questions that could come out... sitting there watching him scratching his head and brainstorming is really really... hmm.. i dunnoe... must have used the word TOUCHED a million times by now liao... but then again, my pathetic pool of english vocabulary is kinda limiting me to use other words...
hmm... feel really good now... i am going to mug the hell out of myself for the physics midterm... cannot let Prof Uher down after all that he has done... yup yup... now... how the hell do you do those 3D vector questions?!?!?!? @#$%... hahahahahaha
posted by David at 9/30/2002 09:49:00 PM
Saturday, September 28, 2002
YES!!!!! I have finally found a website that can let me watch Taiwanese channel online!!!! www.wwitv.com... i am sooo happy!!! feels so good to see taiwanese program... it is not like tat lousy channel newasia... everyday just see news... this is a taiwanese channel for real... heehee... and with T1 connection, it is just like watching the real TV... YEAH!!!!
Oh yeah... went to Azwan for help with my physics... sign... hope i dun have to bother him next time... but then again, with midterm coming up next week, hmm... think i will be bugging him more often liao lahz... hmm... think my studies is kinda bad nowadays... not doing enough... not doing them efficient enough also....hmm... i think no choice... i have to get out of my room and study in the library or something like tat... hmm... i really hate the idea of not being able to study in MY room... but wat to do... if i dun do something about it i think i will die liao... okok.. tat should be all for now...
posted by David at 9/28/2002 09:32:00 PM
Friday, September 27, 2002
Here is the news report on the dorm fire... "enjoy"...
West Quad fire may have been intentional
By Jeremy Berkowitz and Maria Sprow, Daily Staff Reporters
September 27, 2002
A small blaze in a West Quad Residence Hall restroom forced residents to evacuate their rooms for approximately two hours late Wednesday night and into the early hours of yesterday morning and is now being investigated as an arson.
The fire alarm was pulled by a student at 11:51 p.m. after he smelled smoke coming from a men's restroom in the hall's basement.
Department of Public Safety Lt. Robert Neumann said the fire originated from a soap dispenser in the restroom.
The dispenser was consumed and some damage to the surrounding area was reported but no cost estimate was available yesterday, Neuman added.
"There was smoke in the hallway and the responding housing officer obtained a fire extinguisher and extinguished the fire," Neumann said. "Nobody was seen in the immediate area at the time the fire was discovered."
But fire inspectors from both the University and the Ann Arbor Police Department ruled the fire to be intentional because there was nothing present at the scene that could have sparked an accidental fire.
There are no known suspects and the incident is still under investigation. DPS is asking for students with any information to call the department.
"We are looking for anybody who may have seen any specific activity in that area," Neumann said.
If or when a suspect is found, he or she would face charges for arson of an occupied dwelling. The crisis is punishable with up to 20 years in a state prison. There is no specified minimum punishment or sentence, he added.
Engineering freshman David Arft said that he first noticed the fire before midnight when he and his friends were watching a movie. They overheard somebody walking down the hall say he smelled smoke.
"As soon as I stepped out of the hall, there was a burning plastic smell," said Arft, who lives in the basement of Wenley House in West Quad, near the fire's origin.
The fire alarm sounded shortly after, and Arft and his friends evacuated the room, telling their friends and fellow residents that unlike many fire alarms that go off, this one didn't appear to be an accident or joke.
"We stepped outside of my room and a couple people ran by, saying that it was real," said LSA sophomore Dan Feldman, who also lives in the basement of Wenley House.
Rumors of what happened spread throughout the crowd during the next several hours, Feldman said.
"We got some word to be patient for just a little bit longer," he said. "What can you do? There is a fire going on. ... If the bathroom is burning, they got to do what they got to do."
posted by David at 9/27/2002 10:25:00 AM
here is a little survey i did
---------------HAVE YOU EVER------------------
* Missed school B/coz it was raining: only if my mom is not around... but i no longer do that...
* Put a body part on fire for amusement: you think i mad izzit... i want to eat roast pig also no need to do that to myself right...
* Got hurt emotionally: oh yeah... millions of times... still nursing one...
* Kept a secret from everyone: not intentionally...i dun like to hide things... but i dun go around telling everyone everything about me also lahz... btw did i tell you guys i have two eyes???
* Had an imaginary friend: NO.
* Cried during a Movie: yep. quite often...
* Had a crush on a teacher: yes... TSN and SIH
* Had a New Kids on the Block tape: nope... never hear their music b4
* Been on stage: yes... proud member of the winning Bayley house production of 1999... heehee.. got a chance to wack Tris XP on stage... YEAH!!!!! (and his parents were sitting among the audience when i did that... hahahaha)
* Cut your hair: YES YES YES!!! I JUST CUT MY HAIR BY MYSELF THE OTHER DAY!!!! IT WAS SOOOOO FUN!!!!! i am sooo proud of myself!!!
------------------FavORITES------------------
* Shampoo: any thing will do... i even wash it with soap...
* Soap: i dun like those tat has moisturizing thingy in them... i like my skin dry and dry...
* Color: black, yellow, orange green
* Day/Night: depends... not much preference
* Summer/Winter: use to be winter... but i think now no more liao.. and ben.. wait till you come over to states... then you have like 3 months of snow... i till you... you will go crazy... it is not like your annual holiday trip lehz... you get damn sianz of it... trust me... i am willing to bet on it...
* Lace or satin: wat the hell are these two???
* Fave cartoon Characters: wolverine, gambit, doraemo, all of dragon ball character and Sakuragi of slam dunk
* Fave Food: i think now it will be very bias... coz i miss home food... but then, i had always love my mom's cooking... i am serious...
* Fave Advert: no special fav... but there is this damn funny one i saw nowadays... it is a commercial for NFL.. it is like a scene in the supermarket... this cashier open up a new checkout line and wave to everyone saying "i am open...".. then this other guy look at him... reach inside his shopping cart, and threw a pineapple at him... then after that, there is this msg of "Got to be the football season".... hahahahaha
* Fave Movie: everything by tom hanks... Godfather (YES!!! I FINALLY MANAGED TO HAVE THE WHOLE COLLECTION OF THEM LIAO... haha.. DVD quality... damn good!!!)... i am a movie person... 3 generations of movie blood is in me... i will reopen my family's cinema one day!!! (i hope so...)
Fave Ice Cream: haagen-daaz and the taiwan local I-mei redbean and jello ice cream
* Fave Subject: no preference... studying is studying...
* Fave 'normal' Drink: dihydrogen oxide
* Fave Persons to talk to online: any one lahz... but i really really prefer to talk to ppl over the phone or face to face... but think that is not very possible now... sponsorship anyone????
----------------RIGHT NOW------------------
* Wearing: a singlet with a michigan sweatshirt over it and a pair of RI shorts
* Hair is: botak... YES !!! i did it myself!!!!
* I'm feeling: tired... lots of work to do...
* Eating : apple
* Drinking: water
* Thinkin bout: will the physics lab burn down tomorrow so i dun have to submit my lab report?!?!? hahaha
* Listening to: David Tao... he she liu ding (black orange)
* Talkin 2: my roommate... tearron is trash talking... hahah
---------------IN THE LAST 24 HRS------------------
* Cried: no...
* Worn a skirt: dun tell you... hahaha...
* Met someone New : yes... my physics lab partner's gf... forgot her name though... she is taiwanese... but i think she grew up here... nothing "taiwanese" about her....
* Cleaned your room: yes... took out the trash...
* Done laundry: i do them over the weekend..
* Drove a car: Daytona count or not???
--------------DO YOU BELIEVE IN------------------
* Yourself: definitely
* Your friends: yep... i have total faith in them... coz i dun call everyone i meet "friend"... they got to earn it...
* Santa Claus: nope... i WAS a good boy when i was young... and i never got my presents...
* Tooth Fairy: wat the hell is this???
* Destiny/Fate: absolutely
* Ghosts: absolutely
* UFO's: absolutely
-----------------FRIENDS AND LIFE------------------
* Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? : tons of boyfriends... life is forcing me to be gay... hahaha
* Like anyone?: me, myself and YenLin
* Who's the loudest: depends on who i am with lahz... if i am with those bunch of goushi from 4J then it will be them lahz... but if with other ppl then i will be the louder ones lahz...
* Who's the shyest: if in front of galz, then definitely me...
* Who's the weirdest: yours truly... my friends are all nice ppl...
* Who do you go to for advice: ben lee
* Who do you cry to? see who is the unlucky one lahz...
* When you cried the most: last year... around april may that period... before my tears ran dry...
* Whats the best feeling in the world: scoring A for my tests and making ppl around me happy...
* Worst feeling: getting screwed... or making half of my dorm black out coz of the microwave i bought...
* Who will respond to this email the fastest?: dunnoe... all my friends dun answer mails one...
* Who sent this survey: ben lee
posted by David at 9/27/2002 01:09:00 AM
Thursday, September 26, 2002
10.25 p.m.
Mr Yours Truly was mugging his head away in his room when the fire alarm went off... kinda funny... this is the first time tat happened since i came over... and the first thing that came to mind was :"shit... is alim here???" hahah... somehow everytime the alarm goes off i will think of alim... tat @#$%^... hahah... wonder how he is now... so i went into the hall way... my RA was like asking everyone to get out coz it is an evacuation exercise... i was wearing a Tshirt and a shorts... so i put on a long sleeve shirt, and my cargo pants then i went off... hahah... it was quite a sight... ppl tat got caught in their shower... no slipper, whole body wet (hmm...) etc etc... everyone is like laughing... joking... so it was fun... though abit cold... temperature was like 6 degree C then... cold... but then again, we were only out in the open for like 5 minutes before we all went back to my room...
12.00 midnite
Mr Your Truly had mugged like crazy for the past two hours and was taking a break, sipping some freshly boiled tea, eating some chips and watching at that silly Letterman when the alarm went off AGAIN... Tearron and Nick were in the room with me and we were like.... "argh... screw it... we are not going out..." can't believe it you noe... bloody hell... TWO FREAKING FIRE DRILLS IN ONE NIGHT... but then my RA was like... guys... get out... @#$%^ no choice... the boss say go out... so must go out... so i put on my LS shirt and my cargo pants... and my shoe without socks... took my keys and off i go... thinking this will only take five - ten minutes... hahaha.... alas... it turned out that i had to wait for TWO FREAKING HOURS!!! coz this time round... there IS A FIRE... this toilet at the other side of West Quad started burning and even though we are like super far away from that place, the whole west quad got evacuated coz we are somehow all linked... beautiful... it is oledi midnite... temperature is at a sweet 3 deg C... wind is like blowing like mad... and Mr Yours Truly is like wearing so little... freeeeeeziiiinnnng.... at first i still try to jump around to keep warm... but after like 15 minutes... i gave up... freaking tiring... so i just sit on the sidewalk with Nick and talk trash... then we walk around alittle... but did not venture too far... coz i was damn cold... so wait wait wait... the fire was put down after an hour... but since some plastic were burnt, they got a team of ppl from the environmental office to come and suck out the carcinoginic gas...wah lao eh... can die one lor... make me stay for an hour and almost freeze me to death... very nice... and still got tons of work to do... bloody hell... finally got back at around 2.15.... then still got tons of work to do... stayed up till like 4... damn tiring... wasted two hours and got damn exhausted coz of that... normally if purely mugging till like 4 it is no big deal... but coz of that two hour of cold turkey treatment... hahaha... die... can't make it to the first lecture this morning which was at 9... went for the pol sci lecture at 10... but slept throught the second half... damn tired... damn damn damn tire....
posted by David at 9/26/2002 01:41:00 PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Two things happened today....
1) I DID IT... I SHAVED MY OWN HAIR!!! not too bad leh... but then again, it is botak... so no big deal... just use the shaver borrowed from John just run them over my hair... but then again... it was damn shiok!!! of course got some help from Hong lahz... think he had fun doing it for me also... hahah... now i feel really comfortable... the hair was so long that my ears were covered... and it always feel as if some insect is resting on my ears... very itchy... then some more hard to maintain... look really sloppy... so well.. tat is history... at least for now...
2) another thing tat became history was my microwave... yes... it lasted less than a week in my possession... damn sad... but cannot be helped... i had already incurred the wrath of my hall mates... this one guys is like giving me shit faces everytime i see him... of course he has the right to be angry with me... coz i black out the hall again yesterday... which is really really a stupid thing for me to do... i mean it is not as if i did it for fun... but that guy just like totally give me this face... sign... wat to do... i was in the wrong in the very first place... so no choice.. made the decision to sell the microwave... heehee... but then again, i sold it for 30 bucks... tat is a neat profit of 5 bucks... hahah... oh well... so effectively, i saved like 15 bucks by cutting my own hair, and also earned 5 bucks from the microwave... heehee... not too bad... not too bad!!! and now i just have to figure out how to do the physics online assignment...*sign*....
posted by David at 9/24/2002 02:40:00 AM
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Did i say tat C++ is hard??? die... how how... assignment due wednesday and still i am clueless.... very very good... hahah... went jalan jalan with malay gang yesterday... celebrate mooncake festival... saw the Singapore Student Association's mcf thingy.... lol... pay 10bucks for lantern and mooncake... very nice... i must be mad to pay tat kind of money.... but can't stand it lahz... think some of the ppl there a little AA.... both guys and galz... of course i realise that galz more... coz i pay more attention to them naturally... hahah... anyway i never bother to stay long... so went kroger to buy my grocery...
Weather getting cold... but i will be getting a botak very soon... will be cutting it myself... i dun want to spend tat 12 bucks... too expensive.... mad... so i will be getting the shaver from jon....
still lots of work to do... weekend is fun... downloaded tons of MP3... but all old songs... i am totally out of touch with the chinese music... Tearron is making me listen to R&B every day... so it is TuPac, nelly, D Dre and P.Diddy everyday... hahah... yo yo yo... you noe want i'm saying?!?!?!? hahahhaha
posted by David at 9/22/2002 02:19:00 PM
Thursday, September 19, 2002
Yesterday was damn funny... i finally bought a microwave for 25 bucks... huge one... 1100 watt... very powerful... anyway... i was like studying till quite late... then i was watching the David Letterman show... then i got hungry... maybe it is because Alicia Keys was on... hahah... anyway... so i decided to cook myself a bowl of noodle with my new microwave lahz... so i rip open a packet of Ramen, took out a stick of super frozen turkey hotdog... put everything into a bowl and add water... set the microwave to 8 minutes... and was waiting for it lahz... then suddenly the power for the microwave went dead... then there were some cursings heard down the hall corridor... i was like totally blur... then Nick and Tearron went out to check... while i was trying to get my microwave working again... then still not working.... then nick came back and told me that the power went out for like half of the hall... hmm... so i suspected something wrong... ok... then the gung-ho guys down the whole took out all their tools and start tearing the electric board apart... it was kinda funny.... guys in boxers (and their gal friends...hmm... hahah) crowded in front of the electric circuit board, trying to figure out what to do... first they like tear down the metal cover... then found that it was the wrong one... it is for the telephone cables... so everyone was like oooopsss... then we got it right the next time... so they flicked the fuse back on while i went back to continue my cooking... and before they had time to screw back the metal covering, the power went off again... and tat was when i suspect tat it might be my microwave... heehee... but not the rest lahz.... so they flicked back the power on again... and i started my microwave again... hahah... of course the power went dead again lahz... and now the guys were pissed.... and i am like "oh shit... my noodle...my microwave... my TWENTY FIVE BUCKS!!!! Arrrghhh...." well... of course the guys found out tat i was the culprit lahz... and Jim (two doors down the hall from my room...) threatened to kill me... hahahah... of course joking only lahz... more like the other way round if anything were to happen... hahahah... anyway... i think it is jus that i overloaded the circuit... coz i plugged my fridge and the microwave together at the same electric output... not say the same pinhole... but at the same twin socket... if you ppl noe wat i mean... anyway... i was like damn pissed... but of course i smart wat... so i moved the microwave to another socket... plug it in... and yeah!!! it worked liao... no black out... hahaha... so it is good... but then by that time my ramen (maggie mee) oledi like shit... soaked in water until like porridge liao... hahahah....
posted by David at 9/19/2002 01:42:00 PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Eh... can you believe how stupid i can get.... i just realise that the last two post were not uplinked... i had only clicked the post button after i typed them and forgot to publish them.... wah lao eh... i am ridiculously stupid... hopeless liao... anyway... nothing much still... er... actually there is lahz... but dun feel like putting it here... to put it short... i may be having gal trouble again... shit... okok... i shall be truthful... I AM UGLY!!! so why the hell do i still get galz bugging after me... okok... maybe i am exaggerating... it should be gal ... .and not galz... shit.... hahahaha
posted by David at 9/17/2002 01:05:00 AM
Sunday, September 15, 2002
I have always believed that you are what you eat... took a test.... but dun really agree with the last opinion they had of me....
David, this is what the foods you eat say about you:
You have confidence in your ability to get things done. You are a leader among friends, and a good one too. You are responsible and like to challenge yourself by taking up difficult tasks - and you usually succeed.
You're very careful and circumspect in all matters but you won't face any problems until they actually happen. Also you're a kind and sensitive person.
You are vigorous yet gentle. You appear to be mysterious to those who don't know you very well because you don't often reveal your feelings. You like to socialize and are popular among your peers.
You are soft-minded. You find it's too hard to say "No" to others, especially when you are pushed. Quite often, you are taken advantage of because of your soft-minded nature.
posted by David at 9/15/2002 05:55:00 PM
ok... i am kinda pissed... ok... maybe i was in fault also... but here is how it goes...
an online assignment was due at midnight today... i called a friend of mine and told him that... first he told me that i was dreaming and that it was due on tuesday... ok... then i went online to check it out, and i was right... so i called him again and told him that... so i suggested that the two of us should do the assignment together...ok.... the time was 2 hours before the due time... anyway... he told me that he has some other work to do which is also due midnite that day... that thingy has a one hour time limit... so we AGREED to work on the assignment together... so i started doing the sums... and after an hour, i try to find that person, he is gone... very nice... so i try to do them... so i cannot lahz... okok.. .here is the thing... i know i should not depend on ANYONE for ANYTHING and it was my fault that i delay the work till such late hour....i was doing other works... but then again... now we are talking about something that was AGREED upon... and i am pissed.... and you know what, this is not the first time... but then i let the previous time go coz i know that person is really absent minded... i really really dun care about others... not in a selfish way like i would think... but just that other people are generally not in his consideration... he is always thinking about himself and he will think of some thing to make him guilt free of not thinking about others... and you know what is the best part? he belief SO MUCH in his tale that if anyone challenges his theory, he will get angry... even if that person is not accusing him of anything... so i am pissed... coz i had a bad day... in fact, i had a bad week... i have so much work to do and it never seems to end... i am ALWAYS sitting in front of my desk 24/7 doing my work and i am telling you i am freaking frustrated... and you know what... i am not even preparing for a prelim or any major exam like you JC folks are doing... this is MY LIFE here... and i am pissed... yes... i know i am not here in US to have fun and enjoyment... but all work and no play make ME a very very ANGRY boy... i think it is getting on my nerves... seriously... but then i have no option... i still have to go on... shit... okok... but then again.... i am not as MAD as i sound... i am just frustrated... i need to SHOUT OUT... coz if i keep it inside i will go really mad... this kind of thing will pass... and like i say... i just need to let it out... and you know what... i dun really have someone to talk to about it... i have really really good friends here... really really good... but then they dun know my past... the important part of my past... so i really dunnoe how they can help when i get into this depress/frustration mood... hell... i am on this alone... well... maybe this is wat they call by growing up... hahaha....
I will be fine.... (i hope...) dun worry.... well... wat's the worse that can happen????
posted by David at 9/15/2002 01:16:00 AM
Friday, September 13, 2002
Played in intra-mural soccer last nite... lost by 2 goals... it was a team of chicago and adam house residence. I think we have good individuals... but we dun click as a team... well... we see how it goes lahz... played for like 10 minutes... each half is like 20 minute... well... did not get much of the ball either... and i was playing left flank... hahah... well... dun want to say too much...
Still no luck with job... think i have to storm their office on monday... hahah.. think they probably just chuck my application aside... coz they are stil hiring ppl... but they never contact me... well... this week end got A LOT of work to do... got lots of physics sums to practise... maths exercises... two chapters of poli sci to read... then also got the engin asignment to do... it's gonna be a busy busy weekend... and i am still trying to contact my grandma... pray that she turn on her Hp over the weekend...
Met two RI guys today... from my PSL batch... dammit... feel damn small all of a sudden... shit... hahah... and both from Bayley house some more... lol... shiok lahz... anyway... it is nice lahz... wonder what happened to my own PSLs... i know jian fa is in NUS.. then the rest leh??? also wonder where my house capt Michael Tan is... he is damn special to me... he is the "culprit" for getting me involve in the house...
okok... need to go mug liao... gonna be siong... just hope i can stay away before i fall asleep... hahahah
posted by David at 9/13/2002 09:27:00 PM
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
ok... this is it... today is THE day... there will be a vigil tonite at 9... see if i can finish my work by then... maybe i would attend... as expected, the Engin lecture was a tell-me-your-story session... for like 15 minutes or so... the lecture started on a really down note... which means sleepy mode for me... so i slept through the last ten minutes... but it is ok... i had done my readings so the staff is quite easy to understand... anyway...
think i will be having difficulties with my cal II... my Prof is damn good... well... in terms of knowledge... but not in the way she teach... she goes too fast.. and she only use those super expert pupils in her class to make sure everyone is following, while ignoring the slow ones like me... NOT very good... she is doing exactly the opposite of what she should be doing... at first i was like "shit, am i the only dumb person in this class???" then i saw around to see like half the class is like blank, while the only people that doesn't look blank are the ones that keep going to the board the moment the question is posted... yes... genius... something I AM NOT... though i would very much like to think myself as one... damn... and I DID ALL MY PRE-CLASS READINGS!!!!! sometimes the concept just FLY pass me and i can't even catch it... die... i am doing all my practise sums and religiously.. but still i can't get it... and the best part is, she taught us parametric equation the last time we met on monday, we will be having a quiz in class today (ten more minutes to go...)... hmm... something is amiss... she is not even going to go through the HW questions with us!!!!! so i can well imaging me doing all the problems wrong again... very very nice.... >< ....
posted by David at 9/11/2002 02:13:00 PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
the "big" day is coming up... and i kinda dread it... i know i will be killed for saying this... but still... i think i just hate all these stupid media blow-up on this 911 thingy... yes... lots of ppl died... but then again, i think to some extend, it was a result of US policy... this kind of thingy is getting so much attention because it happened to US... look around the world... i dun think this kind of "celebration" will ever occur if they bomb the Patronas tower in malaysia, the Forbidden city or some other important building in other countries... terrorist attacks happens almost everyday... i mean, i noe the americans are shocked... but then again, it's been a year... man... get on with it... dun make such a big deal out of this... my Prof had already told us that he will spend sometime during class to talk about this thing liao... and they encourage the class to share their stories also... seriously... i dread it... i just hope the lectures will not turn into this HUGE emotional support group session...
Oh yeah... taiwan just suffered another scandal... damn funny... the National Meteorology Center of Taiwan was warning taiwanese of a possible catastrophic typhoon coming to the taiwanese shore... the government spend millions making emergency protection procedures that will be useless in the future... then they realise to their horror that instead of coming south, the typhoon went somewhere else... hahah... now is the finger pointing game... the Meteorology ppl are blaming the weather report man of exaggerating their report, while the reporters is saying that they were given a ridiculously wrong report to begin with.... hahahah...
posted by David at 9/10/2002 12:20:00 AM
Sunday, September 08, 2002
Ok... according to the University's guideline... for every hour of class, students are expected to spend around 4 hour on their work for that class... so let's see... i am taking 17 credits... works out to be around 19.5 hours of class per week... multiply by 4, tat means i have to mug for at least 78 hours a week and about 15.6 hour a day from monday to friday... hmm... so tat means from monday to friday, i have an average of 3.9 hours of class, need to mug 15.6 hours a day... so that means i have
(24-3.9-15.6) =4.5 hours to eat, sleep, shit or any other thing... hmm... somehow i have this feeling of mission impossible.... hahah... so then again. i should spread out the work right.... so we divide the self mugging time by 7 instead of five... so it will be 11.1 hour a day per week... so i have 24 - 3.9 - 11.1 = 9 hours... this is more like it... but then again... kinda tight dun you think so??? average person need 6 hour of sleep... so i have 3 hour everyday to do my own stuff... think it is enough??? go figure lahz... hahahahaha.....
and for those ignorant few... USA suffered another national crisis... well... sort of... the US basketball Dreamteam suffered triple back to back loses to Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain.... er... i am hiding myself in my dorm room... kinda scary out there... nobody wants to talk about it... well... you do get nightmares as a dream sometimes...
posted by David at 9/08/2002 12:33:00 PM
Saturday, September 07, 2002
still no luck with job... should go back to them on monday again... managed to finish my first physics assignment all by myself... er.. ok... so maybe i got a little help from Azwan... hahah... but then again... managed to get all 10 qn rite... major achievement... hahah... anyway... may be i will be doing industrial operational engineering... but then again... need to find out more... yup yup... i dun like to jump into things... although i have a strong feeling that this is exactly what i want to do...
I will have to buy my text here liao... Ayush's singaporean contact broke down... so no book coming from singapore... man... damn expensive lahz... but no choice... oh well.... found some cheap international phonecard online.... can call singapore for 11hour 29 min at a rate of $18.50 not bad... yupyup....
Now using the winamp to listen to internet chinese music... damn desperate... need to listen to some chinese song... Mr Tan Puay Hock is saying my chinese sucks now... damn... if i dun get more chinese contact, i will turn banana liao.... hahahahah
posted by David at 9/07/2002 10:17:00 PM
Friday, September 06, 2002
Heehee... finally managed to figure out the binary code addition and mutiplication rules... YEAH!!! my poor internet club chairman.. Yong Lin... he spent like dunnoe how long on me... vomitted so much blood for me like 3 years ago... and i still could not get it then... and now... within one lecture of half an hour, i got it!!!! yup yup... not i can finally understand how in this world can 11 + 1 = 100 !!!! YEAH!!! but then again, i spend so much time yesterday trying to figure it out yesterday when i do my pre class reading... man... damn stress lahz... hahaha... but then have this sense of accomplishment... hope it will continue... anyway...
Played soccer just now... was fun... scored two goals... heehee... but of course... i think i let in like 8 or 9 goals... lol... i suck... man... even though i play so much soccer last time in 4J, i still suck big time... damn... i am a disgrace to my brothers... hahahah... hahahhaha
posted by David at 9/06/2002 08:57:00 PM
? What's your Inner Goddess Color?? ?Jen
Took this from Raydance... I am going siao liao.. goddess??? me???... damn tired... today no physics lab... it will start next week... so for today, my class will begin at 11.30 at north campus if not it would have started at 8... did my reading for Engin 101... shit... it was damn tough.... have no clue about the binary system... hope today's lecture will do me good... anyway... the soccer season is also about to start liao... and the pre-match verbal abuses had already started... hahah... with the Latino hunk treatening to kick the taiwantank's ass and the taiwantank asking the Latino hunk to tell him after today's match of how the grass on Palmer field taste like... hahahah... okok... go figure wat this all means... lol
posted by David at 9/06/2002 08:45:00 AM
Thursday, September 05, 2002
wah lao eh... my whole body is acheing like mad... did weights... then use the stupid rowing machine... can die one.... can't feel my hand now... hahah... lol...
anyway... here is my say on that online test... I think I will just talk about those that are definitely true or definitely not true... (or those i THINK are not true... hahah)
about the temper... yes... fiery temper at times... which even i am scare of it... lol... but luckily not very often lahz..
i was neva a boyfren to someone... so how the hell in this world could i have withstood hardship??? very funny... although i must admit i envy those super long relationships....
the style one is very very true... i wear almost everything... though i very very much prefer those super super baggy shirt... heehee.. for that i am in heaven... now is like when i buy my shirt here in US ... dude... give me XXXL !!!!! and one more thing to add... i wear anything... as long as it is free.... hahahahaha
yes.... family and friends are the most important thing in my life... more than myself.... well.... i CAN get syrupy at times... well... when i am alone or in really really emotional times.... well....
argh... the problem thingy is definitely not true... think i am very bad at handling problems... but yes... i do feel that i can really learn a lot when helping others... definitely....
the future part is the biggest joke... damn... future is clearly laid out for me????? hahahah... sure... they are asking me to be the next US president... coz by being a dumbass... i am super suitable to be the Dubya...hahahah... dunnoe lahz... still weighing my options... this is the beauty of being in UofM... everything is so good... never mind... can slowly take my time... (actually not say how slow lahz... need to graduate within three yr... hmm... not much time lahz...) hmm... but then again... the impression i give to ppl is also very true... still remember what Yikley told me... "seriously... the first time i saw you... it is like i feel i have to smash your face... you have this f*cked up face..... but after knowing you then it is ok... still very f*cked up... but now dun feel like smashing it...." hahah... seriously... the first impression i give ppl is often aloof... and i try as much as i can not to hide my feelings to anyone... which... i have been warned zillions of times that it is no good... oh well.....
posted by David at 9/05/2002 08:37:00 PM
Took an online test... kinda funny...suppose to choose the way your room is like.... here is how it goes...
1) look through the window..... a clear blue sky
2) music in my room..... rock
3) the room is build upon.... an organic, unstructured and relaxed environment
4) photographs in the room... four pictures, together yet seperated
5) the garbage can is.... large and practical, big enough for the whole family
6) the clock is.... straight up, clear, precise and strong
So... in terms of character.... i am suppose to be....
cheerful, optimistic, emotionally grounded and outwardly friendly, there isn't a soul that won't trade place with me... BUT there is a dark side... as the sky open up and unleashes its fury...so does my temper... luckily, it is tempered with a kind, loving, nurturing soul.....
as a lover....
through disco, punk, new wave, hip hop, grunge and garage, I've managed to stay as true to the music as I do my significant other..... my relationship has withstood hardship, adversity and that gross acid-washed-jeans phase. rock on.....
my style...
I adapt to and adopt the definition of style without even realizing it. I can get away with wearing just about anything and still look amazing. obviously i posess a ready-to-wear attitude, but in my personal space you relax and lounge around in baggy loose clothing....
my relationships....
revealing a disciplined personality where multiple friends and family are of utmost importance to my psyche.... i am one who strives to display affection without syrupy sentiment manifesting emotion in a cool, detached manner....
my problems....
problems seem to glide past me like strangers through a revolving door. others jealous of my style may call medome-headed, but i know i swing in full fashion colors.... i do however notice when friends and loved ones are in need of support and extend my hand whenever the need arises... by helping them, i better understand myself and are able to confront issues. a problem shared is a problem halved....
my future....
my future is clearly laid out for me... i attack each day with a no-nonsense business attitude... my cool streamlined demeanor may lead people to think i am aloof... but i prefer to view myself as eminently practical with a clear, warm face that everyone can read easily.....
hmm... will post my comment on this test later... need to go for class now... ciao!!!
posted by David at 9/05/2002 01:52:00 PM
It's now 1.30 a.m. ... and today is only the 2nd day of a new term... well... not a very healthy sign... had my first physics discussion and Engin 101 lecture... seriously... kinda impressed by how I managed to survive those classes...
Physics discussion is the usual thingy... physics-phobia... too bad... I just go BLANK when a problem was given to me... B-L-A-N-K.... but how??? want to do engineering how can I have such problem... damn demoralising... so that is why I am still up till now... trying to get a head start by doing my assignment that is due this Saturday... seriously... had no problem with Math... but somehow... it is just Physics... maybe I should just blame it all to L.I.M ... seriously... but then again... not as if this is going to help... so no choice... die die also have to keep practising lor... but then again...not tat bad lahz... managed to complete 4 question in the last 2 hour... hahahahha
Engin 101 is really the joke part... damn weird... I had been playing around with HTML and Javascript since the last century... and I am like still totally suck at them... and guess wat... now I will be learning C and C++... and this weird thing call Matlab... wat the hell... me surviving this will seriously be a miracle... but then again... I HAVE to take this class... lol... to make it worse... all 4 DTSA (i.e. 4J ppl lahz....) members are taking it in the same section... how screw up can you get... hahah... and greg actually pon today's lecture... Wow... way to go man.... hahah... and well... tons of the new Singaporean freshies are in the lecture also... oh well....
Something really funny happen today... I had finished my last class for the day at 4p.m. and was leaving Dennison when this asian dude walked up to me and say :"Man... you are cool.... hope to see ya this Saturday..." and he gave me this "invitation card" for an asian only Frat party... hahaha... very funny... let me tell you how cool I was... sporting a messy overgrown hair... sweaty/soaked blue Umbro shirt... wrinkled green berm...and a pair of slipper.... dude... lol... I must have been the coolest dude on campus... hahaha... I was laughing so hard as I made my way back to West Quad that everyone must had thought I was mad... seriously... I think that guy just want to make fun of me.... hahaha... think I am going??? SIAO... at the rate I am going... I think I will be sooooo very burned out by the end of the week that I may have a sleeping marathon again over the weekend... hahahahha
posted by David at 9/05/2002 01:46:00 AM
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Had a taste of REAL university lecture today... hahah... esp one conducted by a STAR professor... yup... my Pol Sci professor, Prof Lemke.... wow... so many ppl just crash his lecture and there were ppl sitting on the steps just to listen to him... he seems nice... and so is my GSI for Pol Sci discussion... let's hope they are just as nice when it comes to giving out grades.. .hahaha... oops... may have a little problem here with Physics though... nope... not with the content... but with the text... coz we need to pre read the topic before class... so I still dun have the text book... hahah.. but then again... smart guy like me sure have solution one wat... but tat is provided I can catch hold of Rony... and borrow his text while mine gets shipped from Singapore... hahahaha...
Today was cool... university is buzzing with people... met JJ, Asier and Fernando as I was walking around... hahah... Asier got ROUND!!! lol... but hey... he is the Latino hunk lol... hahahah....
Had a minor scare just now... my umich email account was not receiving any mail... for the past two day... and I only realise it now... coz I was expecting a mail from Batcha and till now I still haven got it... so I got suspicious... hell... I must had missed out on tons of mails... damn... and there is no way of recovering them... shit... this is bad... but luckily the problem is now fixed... now I can only pray that those ppl will send me the mails again.... damn....
posted by David at 9/03/2002 05:10:00 PM
Monday, September 02, 2002
My whole body is aching like mad... hahah... but tat means my MUSCLES are getting BIGGER from the workouts!!!! hahahah... but still have not gotten around to do some running so the fats on my body still remain...hahaha... pulled my hamstring... lol... too long neva stretch... now my muscles all damn tight... so must remember to do more stretching... CCRB will be open till like 1 am from tomorrow onwards... so can do some late nite work out from now on... IFF (if and only if) I can keep up with the momentum tat I now have about working out... which is gonna be tough for a lazy bum like me... hahaha
Classes will beging tomorrow... still no textbook... hahah... Jeff is probably too busy flirting with ya-noe-who... then to pay his buddy a visit and give me the textbook... hahahah... okok... dun kill me... XD.... start off with a bang with physics at 9 tomorrow... then it is political science... hmm... asking Ayush to help me get the physics text from singapore... and curious enuff... some singaporean sucker actually accused him of making money out of it... okok... i may not know Ayush well enuff... but then I can definitely say he is not such a person tat make money from his friends... hahah... only a jerk like Mr Yours Truly will... hahah... no lahz... siao... but then again.... I am now thinking where I should get Martono to treat me for a meal... hey... I helped him to move out all his rubbish lor... haha... suggestions anyone??? am thinking of going to TGI Friday or some seafood stuff... hahaha... me EVIL.... lol...
Got to sleep early tonite... and yes... still finding sponsorship for the purchase of a computer... hahah.. oh yes... did i told you ppl tat I am now actively looking for a job??? yupyup... trying to find a job in the library (6.25/hour) on Friday nite, Saturday and Sunday morning...but so far no luck... will have to check back with them again tomorrow... if not, then have to try working as a set-up in the Mleague or the Union.... help to set up tables and chairs... carry out trash... wipe table... you noe... manual labour...more tiring... but then again... at 8 bucks an hour... not tat bad lahz... okok.. wish me luck...
posted by David at 9/02/2002 09:42:00 PM
BAYLEY HOUSE IS THE CHAMPION FOR THE 3rd CONSECUTIVE YEAR!!!!
Seriously... now I can finally R.I.P... seriously lor... it is like for the other Ex-co members of 2000, their job (strictly speaking lahz...) are done when we won the House Champion tat year... but not for me... since I was the Junior Comm Head, damn... whether I did a good job enuff or not during my time as an Exco in 2000 will depend on the success that my bunch of fantastic juniors do when they are in charge (i.e. this year lahz...)... heehee... bloody hell... they did not let me down... well... more importantly, they did themselves justice... after getting involve in the house so early, think it is only right that they get this kind of result... but hell... 3 consecutive titles... damn... WE ARE GOOD!!! ok... duty as the Junior Comm Head of 2000 is finally over... mission accomplished... of course unless Bayley calls for my service again lahz... man... I will always be there... but right now, I can finally... FINALLY... take a backseat liao... hahaha... YEAH!!!!!
P.S. during the last "golden era" of Bayley house, we won the house championship for like 15 (?) consecutive years... hahah... man.. I am one who believes in history repeating itself... hahah... CHEERS!!!!!
posted by David at 9/02/2002 02:05:00 PM
Sunday, September 01, 2002
Slept like a pig.... woke up at 11 this morning... damn tired... went to the gym yesterday but found that it was not open... heehee... dragged Wee Hong all the way down from north campus for nothing... lol... but then as I was taking a slow jog back to West Quad, I pulled my hamstring... damn loser hahhaha... now walk a little funny... not say pain lahz... just damn sore... so have to rest a little today and tomorrow....
Class will start on Tuesday 3rd Sep liao... can't wait... feeling damn lazy now lahz... hope classes will get me into "shape"... been doing some reading... read GODFATHER... and some online essays from some taiwan newspaper... seriously... my chinese is getting kinda sucky... damn... so shameful... think I must find some Chinese chic and hang out with her... hahahah... hmm... having some problem printing out the stupid class schedule... will start off the term with Pol Sci and Physics.... then it will be SuperMan Wednesday coz I will have to fly between central and north campus liao... hahah... strange lahz... the engine department still have not release the textbook for my Engine 101 class lehz... hmm... hahahah... scarly no need text.. tat is like how scary... everything must copy from lecture.. like that will die one lor... but think I will be taking class with Mart and ShihHao so not tat bad lahz...can copy from them...
I dun like Ronaldo... or maybe I should say I dun like his attitude... seriously... how can one actually just turn his back on a club that invested so much in him and fans that had showered so much faith and patience on him... this is ridiculous... yes... I noe this is not new lahz... but now that it is confirm liao... damn... dun like him... so now feeling glad that he lose to Kahn for that World Cup player of the tournament award... yupyup.... I have no tolerance for ppl like this... well...
May go out with Jason and Shihhao for dinner later... but dunnoe lahz... see how first... maybe Shihhao screw up again and forget to call me... or maybe I die sleeping and did not hear him when he call... hahaha... this kind of thing is kinda unpredictable.... heeheee
posted by David at 9/01/2002 02:14:00 PM
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