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Burn baby

 

Before I begin my entry for the day, I would like to express my heartfelt frustration first. Since writing blogs I would encounter tis one annoying sign that I started to hate the most. Nowadays the sign came out more frequent. So because of this problem tis site is getting less update than it supposed to. I envy those of u bloggers who can write thousands of entries in one day for I'm struggling to get one entry up for weeks. So today I will post 2 entries in one go. U can check the date when the entry was supposed to be up.
      

Just now I've read mohdismail.com latest entry. It's bout a big fuss over a price of a fish head curry. RM45 for a fish head is awfully high coz u can bring the whole kampung and eat at pizza hut with that prize. in other words u can eat sumthin better at other places like hotels, cozy restaurants and so on so for. The other story is bout food recycled many times. So bcoz todays menu was still available, they will be selling the same menu tomoro with some twist for the sake of adding value to it. Therefore an ayam goreng yesterday can be  ayam goreng berempah the next day and can be ayam masak kicap  bercili the day after tomoro. Tis method has been applied by mamaks around the country but now everybody is interested and join the 'band wagon'. Well I noticed that cafe in USM nowadays applied the same method.

The scenario today, I can see.. if u cant than it's urself to blame. chicken menu is not going well. With the bird flu going wild.. people are now afraid to add chicken on their daily diet. The fact is chicken that is well cooked is not a vector for these viruses. Therefore it is safe. Raw chicken meat or partially cooked (the ones u can see blood spots) is the one u need to be carefull of. The lack of awareness on this issue has gotten has in fact brought another problem. Yup and it's yesterday's menu.. today for everyone.

Here is a joke for everyone.. before tis joke applies to mamak only.. now u can use it anywhere, everywhere.. anytime (sorry it is in full bm otherwise it wont be funny)

customer: Oit mamak, kuih ke ni??.. keras gler je ni. ni batu ke ape? nk mkn pun xleh.

mamak: cit.. apa batu?.. ini kuih laa..

customer: keras gler ni. bler punyer kuih ni?

mamak: besok punya juga..

customer: haah??!! besok??!! apa pasal besok punya kuih ini hari ada?

mamak: ini hari tada abis kalu.. esok juga jual

customer: itu mcm kaa? (pening2)

moral: better a kuih as hard as a rock than a soft kuih full of maggots


Drill Drill.. where's the fire??!!

Lately the whole campus is conducting fire drill. I getting bored at doing tis thing.. to think I was stuck in the drill twice during my last year here. The first fire drill was conducted on thursday. I received the early warning from ad. She told me he managed to eavesdropped conversation between UKKP (Unit keselamatan & kesihatan pelajar) staffs that morning. A drill will be conducted at 1 am.

Hoo.. I was happy that day for it was raining heavily the entire evening. Thought they are going to cancel the darn drill. But to my surprise the rains stop few minutes before the clock struck 1. Alarms were going wild and guards were coming up the hostels kicking students to go down and follow standard drill procedures. And most of the students were cursing and everything. Rite after all hosteliers gather at the car park.. this tropical rains start dropping by again.. and we rushed back to our rooms .. laughing

And I tought that was the last time I would experience drill in tis campus. So today (29th that is) like usual I went to the lab to do my work. To my surprise not many of my colleagues were there. Usually the lab is packed cramped wif frens and foes alike. But today the atmosphere is different. And I'm choking.

While busy preparing samples, one of the technician came and told us that a drill will be conducted tis morning.. again??!! (I never knew they conducted drill in schools even after 5 years studying here. hmm..?) He also mentioned that after the drill a short seminar will be held at the seminar room by an officer from BOMBA. So I have to postpone my job.

Well at 11 am sharp, alarms are going wild.. but tis time there were smoke coming from all 4 directions.. Colorful fumes of yellow, red purple filled the air. The fumes is not as colorful as they were coz it got me out of breath and my lungs were running out of fresh air. So we all ran to the assembly areas as fast as we can.. (yeah rite so fast that we were all busy chatting at each other along the way). Then there were practical conducted on how to combat fire using the extinguishers. For the first time I managed to play with that thing. All these years I've been wanting to play that thing. The best part of the drill is free food provided at the end of the seminar. I was damn hungry at that time.. so pulun...

                   

So fire drill was not so bad. I remember during my undergraduates, me and my fren always skip the drill. We went out to mamak whenever we heard rumors of fire drill going to be conducted. I still remember at one time me and my buddy Harun stayed at our rooms when a drill started. The a guard came and ask us to go down.. instead we said we are not aware of this drill. So he asked us to go and hide in the toilet instead until the drill is over. That was very funny but that is the privilege u can get if u r nice to all the parkgads.. ahahha.. I can even drive my car without the usm sticker.. ahahaha

Invasion

WTF!!! Sumthin has happened while I'm gone for the weekend. Now MY Ordinary Story frenster blog has been invaded. Invaded by unwanted ads.. The new update suckss.. This is totally absurd. Wats with all these ads??!! Tis blog shud be free from all tis crap. It is an eye sore to me and my blog readers as well as other bloggers... Mayb wat Ismail.com tells me is true. He suggested that I shud moved to other blog services like blogspot..

Tis blog is getting boring. With lack of functions and everything.. now it is more dreadfull with the coming of ads.. I know these guys at frester are trying to make more and more... and more money by ads but hey if they wanna to do it.. plz do it with style. Provide better blogging service and upgrade tis lame site.

For u guys out there who agree wif me.. lets faced it.. tis thing is getting crappy by the minute. For frenster management team, sorry to say but we don like the new style. I know wat are u guys trying to do. Lets just say that more ads is non user friendly. Putting a lot (and I mean a lot)  of ads in  frenster main site is all ready too much. So why even bother to put ads on tis site??  Plz don put more ads on frenster blog. Thanx...

Back Again

Just finished my dinner.. u wanna know wat? I ate bread and kaya for dinner for the past few days. Now I realized why they called it kaya in the first place. Kaya is a food is for those of u don have money to eat sumthin better =P While eating I was thinkin bout my salary. They posponed my february and march payment till next month. Now Im short of money...Well I shud hav a bit left, but once I kirim some food from my fren... I was expecting some nasi and all  but in the end they went to McD... so hav to change to McD menu and cost me more than I can afford.. Popo!! It's all ur fault.=P But it is also my fault laa.. coz we went to eat Pizza Atlantis the other week..

Well that is in the past.. now no McD no pizza just plain kaya..As I slowly ate the mixture of kaya and bread, my mind keep saying kaya2... but till now not so kaya... so kaya is meant for people who are broke.. so if everynite eat roti and kaya can save a lot and in the end can be kaya again. hahaha..(ehem.. just joking).

So now I in front of my pc writing something on the web to lengthen my blog.. and not to the time provided to complete my never ending thesis...I've sent to Dr Mael my Chapter 2 oredi. He wanted me to submit Chapter 1- 3 as well today.. In my mind I laugh out loud Wahaha... I havent started writing anything yet for those 2 chapters.. I've only create new files named Chapter 1 and Chapter 3.. Ahhahaha..

So here I am again blabbering bout my boring life once more. Yesterday I recieved a call from an unknown number. At first I don recognize the voice .. I thought it was someone else at that time.. (Ad knows who Im referring too...) but then the signal transmitted to my brain and rang the bell. I soon realized it was Prof. Sab on the line. He asked me whether or not I received a letter for the interview. An interview will be conducted tis 28th.. Well to date I don recieve any letter wat so ever... then he suggested to be prepared  in case  the  letter came late.

Arrkk... the interview is on the 28th. Well I'm not prepared to say the truth.  They  said it will be conducted somewhere in April, but the end of tis month.. I was horrified.. My dad told me to come home and prepare if I was selected as a candidate for the interview tis 28th. Hmm.. Tis is my first job interview.. Well the truth is I don have any experience related to tis matter. I can feel small butterflies trapped in my stomach oredi...Plz let it out let... it out...So 2moro Im going back to Shah Alam.

Nina told me just now that mama is oredi on her way here.  Actually I planned on staying here until the dessertation presentation ends. Then I can meet up wif mama. But now plans has changed and I hav to go back now, and go back again after my presentation. Arrgghhh it will cost me more.. Im oredi broke.. now broke some more. I think I need to eat kaya and bread in the morning as well..

Well nina pass some anime to mama to pass to me.. a bit sad due to miscommunication last nite, she  didnt  pass Mushishi... and she also metioned something bout my little bro.. like always the never ending frustration of a sister...

Up Again

Finally tis thing is up and working again. Pheeww.. Im started to get really annoyed by tis internet thing here.. I know its free but hey.. let it be functional at least..

As u can see on the right side.. I have now put up my own date so tat people will know when I post up my blog. Wan it to be fancy than the lame date at the bottom of the blog. Here u can see is like a diary... with the date which is more visible, clear and intriguing..(I made these all up trying to impress myself)

Finally, my masters is bout to end. Just prepared the last batch of experiments just now. Although quite tired with all the work.. but Im satisfied (for tis will be the last.. I hope).. hehehe... Tis week I will submit my report to da boss.. my supervisor that is. He is now in kl for Asia Water Conference. I remember the time when I went to Asia Water held at Mines International Exhibition Center in 2004. I was a practical trainee then but me and my buddy was incharged of organizing our company's booth. We managed stting up the booth and the booth looks really spectacular..It was a momentous occasion when the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak, decided to hold his Press Conference at the our booth.  Nyar har har.. well enuff old story.

Well My mom is coming back to kl tis April.. Im will be quite bz at that time due to my dessertation presentation and my application interview. I hope that all tis schedule is not tight enuff so that I can go back early of April to meet my mom. Might as well bring my 'toeng' along. they both never met each other so tis would be the first time... if.. everthing is ok. My mom has been in Vienna for couples of months now since November last year. Tis is her first time coming back to M'sia after away for about 5 months. Tis is indeed a  rare occasion.  So I dun want to miss tis opportunity.

Anyway thanx for ismail coz putting my words in his blog. I never thought that my words would really being posted on the web by other people that is..  We bloggers help each others eh? Really nice site u got there bro. Cant wait for the official launch.
                            
And Hepi besday to my little bro (he's bigger than me now.. xxtra big!! and tall too). Now ur oredi grown up. Just be a person who don irritate other people especially ur siblings. Think 4 urself tis time and ur future. Hope u will realize wat we are trying to tell u. Study smart over there and don play around. (I dun know if he will read tis anyway). Tat's all for now..

Flood Repost

Note: Tis entry shud be posted last month (27 February 2006) but HEY WAT R ALL U PEOPLE DOING WIF THE NET??!!!

 Becoz of the lousy internet connections nowadays.. I cant even write a single thing on this blog. (does this phrase sounds familiar??!!) When will tis problem ends?? I’m sick and tired of it. I know they are free but hey as if u don wan us to use it at all. Wat’s the point of sitting in front of the pc and wait for hours to open a single page (even though using Firefox browser). Well I’m not here to talk bout tis ****ing internet problem.

Anyway as the title of the blog clearly stated that the story today is not bout connection prob. It is all bout one natural disasters that strike my hometown. Flood??!! In Shah Alam??!! Well that doesn’t sound rite is it? Well at first I was also ‘freaking’ surprised to read it on the papers. (Anyway thanx to Judin for bringing the paper to the lab that morning, Im not the type tat go and read newspapers on my own I let alone buy one) I was even more surprised to see the pictures. Pictures of very familiar area but not wif unfamiliar scenes.. Arrghh.. it is somewhere near my house.. all soaked wif muddy water. My house is like an island surrounded by murky??!! muddy water?.

 My dad did not said a thing bout it. So I called him and asked instead. He said yup cant even go out, the access roads to hiways are all closed and people are stuck in traffic due to the raise of water. Even giant hypermarket is flooded. The conversation wif me and my dad goes sumthin like tis.. (I hav to apologize coz the conversation is fully in my mother’s tongue… in other terms in Malay tat is) =P

 Me: Shah Alam banjir ek? Apesal abah x tpon btau psl ni?

 Abah: X penting pun sgt, lgpun umah kita x effect

 Me: Yeke? Nmpk dlm gamba cam sume area seksyen 13 tuh tenggelam

 ( x penting??!! Bukan kena dekat umah kita? Ok la kalau x kena sampai umah)

 Abah: X, sume ok, umah kita xde pape aa tp xleh nak kuar je. Duk umah jer la

 Me: Basement x banjir ke?

 (sume area dh tenggelam, mesti basement masuk air nih)

Abah: X sume basement ok je x masuk air. Umah kita slamat aa… tp kat TTDI air naik sampai
         paras leher. Sume org kena kuar dr area tuh.

Me: Paras leher??!!! Truknyer

 (Arrkkk… mati <-- credits to nina for the expression)

Ok tat is all that I talked bout flood wif my dad that day. So there u hav it. For the first time in my life I see my home is surrounded by water coz by the floods. Although not really it happen directly to my home, but the surrounding area is badly affected.The stadium is also 'drown' Well bout the flood, wat I know is tat many of them had to abandon their homes as early as 3am in the morning when the floodwaters rose to a metre high. The water level even higher later that morning to a maximum of 1.7 metres!!!

The Star newspaper said On residents' frustration over the Selangor Government's failure to address flood problems around Batu Tiga and TTDI Jaya after 10 years, Fatah said the state government had approved several flood mitigation projects in critical areas last week.   

“Unfortunately, the flood occurred even before works on the project could start,'' he said. 

Among the projects approved are a RM3mil pump system for TTDI Jaya, works to repair and raise the height of river bunds along Jalan Kebun Bunga (costing RM7mil) and the installation of a flood gate and widening of water channels along the NKVE to be jointly carried out by the Shah Alam City Council and PLUS. 

P/S: All pictures are courtesy of the Star newspaper online edition.

 

M.A.G.I.C The Gathering

                                                      

                                 

Magic is in the air... hmm... breathe deeply  and explore the world of Magic. This card game was one of my favourite game. Probably the best game I've played of all time. I got the craze for the game during my study in Matric. During that time I don even know wat tis game is all about. The first time I heard bout it is from a shop (LIBRIS) in Lucky Plaza Seremban. The shop has been my one stop center for buying comics as that time during my school days... I'm sooo into comics. Well the owner of the shop introduced me to the realm of Magic. I was definitely facinated wif the cards at first glance but not at the gameplay, I'm more towards the art work of each card. The artwork printed is marvelously illustrated by some of the most popular fantasy artists.

As I further my study to matriculation center, some of the guys there do played the game. So I learnt bit by bit on how the gameplay works. I did not have my own card at that time merely playing other people's card. As I started to get the feel of the game, I planned to buy my very own card. I'm considered lucky coz I did not need to buy so many as the shop LIBRIS owner planned to close down the shop and he gave me all his collection of Magic cards to me. So that is the history on how I got my very own Magic collection.

Soon I met a master in the game..he is the Magic Guru.. Khalid the Redstorm. He taught me everything I need to know bout Magic and how to create decks which is 'powerful' more towards tournament type decks. Soon I've realize I've become one of the planeswalker*. As my cards are getting more and more powerful.. the game itself started to get more and more expensive. Well 'ultimate fun' is the best way to describe how good the game is and I spend money like the flowing of water. More and more people started playing Magic and we held tournament almost every nite.

After I've finished my matric, I'm in USM, most of the players went to different uni and I've finally stop tis expensive hobby. The last time I bought a booster pack is during Odyssey Block which I got the rarest card Mirarri. But the crave for magic does not ends there. Now it has returned.. awakened from a long slumber. Well I'm not the only one wanted to play back Magic. Even my once so called Guru also been wanted to make a come back. Why does tis happen? Why was all the planeswalker returned? Well the newest block Ravnica is the answer.
                                                    
Ravnica got everything.. from overpower cards to ultimate cards better than before. There is a suden urge that keep telling me to play back the game. But shud I become the planeswalker I once were? Shud I waste more of my money on cards? Well I can only dream of playing em again.. wont want to waste more money. Got more important things to concentrate on. But all I can say is.. Magic is truly magical....

*Planeswalker - referred to Expert Magic Players


                

BaD DaY - BaD Me

It's already the month of February. Time really flys nowadays. For the first time in this month Im writing something on the net. A lot of things happened for the past few days.. some bad some wierd and some just plain boring. Around the globe are busy talking bout a disaster created by bozos and idiots from Denmark bout the insult on our very own Prophet Muhammad SAW. It is no excuse wat so ever for tis kind of things to happen. They are making fun by illustrating our Prophet as a terrorist in a cartoon form. All Muslim around the world are upset and offended by this act. And to blame we muslims for enraged is nonsense coz even if we insult their mum or granny.. surely they will react the same way. But they insulted the prophet?? tis is waaaay... off limits

The wierd thing is that the press here in our very own country is not very keen on spreading tis news.. for wat reason I'm not that sure.. We shud have been told bout all these stories.. why the secracy??  We are a Islamic Nation after all... The main focus of our press are stories mainly on Juara Lagu which Mawi happened to be the winner (no surprise there!!) and bout Malaysian very own ass-tronaut going to the space and arguing bout bringin roti canai and teh tarik to space. Odd but true indeed. Are all these stories more important??? Generally roti canai is not originally come from Malaysia...

Well talked bout the world and the country today... today is a BaD DaY to me... all and all I recieved 4 BaD news today... WOW!! 4 of em' straight in a row.. I wonder wat installed for me later.. These news struck my heart and fogged my mind for a while. This is really really really not my day. For a start my appointment wif my supervisor was postponed from 2 pm to 530 pm... Im already at school and suddenly they say that he got an unexpected meeting.. so I hav to wait for a very long time. During that time I recieved a msg from a fren and he told me that he cannot acompany me 2moro to Penang. Arrghh... !! I dun know the way to that 'darn place' for heaven sake.. So I slowly walked to the cafe. Unexpectedly I got some surprising news, unaware of the story.. things like tis happen rite under my very nose... haiya (cannot tell u the detail though, I'm being secrative here =P). So I took a deep breath and went straight see Dr Taksiah. Wif nothing to do I just gatal² ask her bout the status of my job application. So she made a phone call and asked bout the status... ahahha to my surprise she said that they hav already conducted the interview session. Wat?? Ive send the application form 2 months back... no word from them whether they receive my form or not suddenly hav finished interview session??? I blood froze for a while back there... Is my Plan B not successful?? I just stay still for an instant... after said my thanx to Dr Taksiah, I left the room.

Tonite in my room I'm thinking.. why in the world a lot of 'not so good things' happened to me today? THen I recall back wat I hav done for the past few days..few weeks... few months..  to see wat went wrong. Soon I realized that I've changed a bit. I did not spend most of my time thinking bout the most important thing.. remembering the almighty. And wat happened today might be a test for me so that I  remember. Then I remember the days when I was in secondary school where we used to pray at the musolla.. now the surau is in front of my room but I never been there to solat wif other muslim brothers. during those days we used to read the ma'thurat day and nite.. now I cant even remember the dzikir in order.. Masyaallah.. Alhamdulillah things like today happen.. now I realized how different hav I become. I turning from good to BaD or worse. And I hope in the future I would sit back and spend some err.. most of my time remembering the Almighty. Hopefully next time there will be GuD DaY - GuD Me ^_^

HoLiDaY

Well Holiday is coming... next week will be nothing but holiday. I'm in dilemma now for not sure whether to go back or not. I told myself that I would only go back home after the completion of my dissertation and writing up of my thesis. But now my plans are going to change. Staying here in the campus is like sitting 'toilet ducks' coz cant proceed on doing my lab works during this holiday. All Labs are closed until next Wednesday.

Abah called a couple of times asking me whether I'm coming home or not. He said no point in staying if cannot do the lab work. Abah said this weekend want to have a BBQ near the poolside. Nyum nyum...  Another reason is that the design for my room is almost complete,he asked me to take a look at the design. Actually I finished designing my room. But then, after abah reviewed it, he said.. don design the room for one person only. Errkk.. it's my room. why wanna design for a kampung?? Then abah said... the room can also be used for guests, and for my frens if they wanna to come and sleep. Then he added... when u got married u also gonna come here sometimes and sleep there wif ur wife.. if u design for one person than how to sleep? Better design it for the future plans as well..Hmm.. well why didnt I think of that in the first place. As an engineer I shud know all tis design thing... "Redundancy in design"  So if I go back this holiday,  I can hav a look and give oppinion on the design. Maybe I can to go to IKEA to look at something,to get an idea or two.

Going home...Is it a problem??!! Well actually, my plan is to stay here until all my dissertation is complete. The faster the better, so can go back early. Now cannot do anything, might as well just go back. There is another problem though. Ajoi messsaged me a few weeks back and said that I need to be at home on the 12th Feb. One of my ex-classmate is getting married. Hmm... after this still hav to go back, and my work will delay some more. He said I must attend for the last time I cannot attend my other frens wedding.... Last night I called Ajoi and ask wat if I cannot come?

Ajoi: Wei mat, ko dtg aaa, dh la aritu  Azwan kawin ko x pegi. Lgpun ni classmate ko aaa, xkan ko  xnak gi.

Me: Hmm.. aku plan mmg xnak balik smpi sume keje aku siap maa... Lgpun x dpt kad jemputan.

Ajoi: Aku rasa ade a kad jemputan utk ko. Maybe dia hantar kat umah nenek ko.

Me: Maybe aaa.. mmg dulu aku guna alamat umah nenek aku kat England Garden tuh. Tp mmg susah a nk amik, kunci umah nenek aku dh tuko. Kunci baru tuh ade kat Pak Long aku kot.

Ajoi: Xpe a, aku rasa mmg dia ade hantar kad kat ko. Lgpun dia dh ckp kat aku suh ajak lg dak2 lain.

Me: Sape ko ajak?

Ajoi: Aku ajak x ramai aa... ko, syah, iqbal ngan johnson.

Me: Johnny?? johnny gi x? lama x jumper mamat tuh.. k aa aku turun a nnt. but maybe x bwk kete kot, blk naik bas jer a. Nnt aku folo ko jer, pastikan satu tmpt kat kete ko kosong.

Ajoi: Tgk aa caner, tau aaa aku adjust...

This conversation hav been summarized... hehehe my father used to say, If I borak ngan Ajoi... it's  a loooong conversation. Smpi beruk panjat pokok kelapa, terjatuh pastu panjat balik pun nak criter... well me and ajoi.. we both like things in detail.

Ahhh... the wedding bells are ringing. Is it high time already? One by one, my fren is getting married. The time passed by so damn fast nowadays, feels like only a few months back that I leave school.... then only realize, it's been years already. Well I'm going back tomorrow. Insyaallah. I don hav much choice, hav I? This time wif the car. Can test the car on long distance driving after some mod is done. Next time for the wedding.... Just wanna travel by bus.. save money laarr.. But as they say plans are never perfect.

zerotohundred (00)'

WARNING! This blog is rated Parental Advisory Only. Some text may not be suitable for general reading. Remember.. U HAV BEEN WARNED.

The weather nowadays are always hot... too hot maybe. But the fine weather is suitable for car washing as the road or the soil in the campus compound is not muddy. A lot of construction and upgrading works still going on in the campus and my car is all dusty... So the answer for dirty car and fine weather is a gud car wash job.

Last Sunday me and din did some car washing. Now my car is sparkling clean.. not to mention i got a gud car park too... hehehe. But today the car is all painted wif bird ****. If I can get my hands on those damn birds I will definitely burn their asses for gud. Of all places WHY? NaZE? my car. Why not go **** at the padang there.. all wide open maaa... kesssoooo!!!..... Well hav to clean that thing, really spoils the nu washed car laaa.. and some even spoil the paint... they left some bad marks on the car paint... Really aa a pain in the ***.

Looking at the car makes me wanna  make some  modifications... Nyar har har...  Now  been  into  foruming a lot... zerotohundred.com (00)' (click on the banner above to visit the site) hav been my domain for all sort of car related problems. From performance parts to exterior design to interior design.. all are well disscussed in the forum. All car related problems are answered here... anyway all items in the forum makes me drooling laa. Wan to change this wan to hav that... wan some nice bigger sports rims for the car, nu bodykit, some lite mod on the engine and all.. but as one of my best fren used to say.. "main kete mahal wei"...yeah it's true... don hav the budget just yet.. so slowly la invest on the car.. sob! sob! (T,T)  

P/S: Plz do not copy both the banner and signature on da page... it cost me some time to design and create  those things

Server of a Down

Lately I havnt upload or write anything nu on the blog. It is not that I don hav time or simply don hav anything to write. The main problem is due to the slow net connection in the campus. I cant even open my friendster page. Arrghh.. when will all this end? All was well during the holiday, but after the "small kids" are back, the server is jammed/packed and it will take hours to open a page, moreover Im using Firefox browser!!! I wonder how long will it take to open Google page using IE browser... a year maybe... HOOREY!! for TMnet*.. sheesh!!!

Another reason for the slow connections is due to mirc software installed in pc's. This software is a very gud tool for file sharing, chatting but in the same time cracks up bandwidth. So here Im, writing all this nonsense in the computer lab at the very heart of Civil Eng. School. Here the transfer rate is a breeze coz at this hour all the "small kids" have gone to lectures. 

Hopefully I can write more during this Chinese Nu Year Holiday, I'm keeping my fingers crossed so that all the "small kids" will go back to their homes. And the campus will be peace and quiet once more. That is when I can utilize the server for my own pleasure...

*USM changed from Jaring to TMnet (now wanna change back to Jaring... wat la they thinking??)

small kids - referred to undergrad students