I am home! Malaysia is such a great country except for the 35 degree celcius weather. Didnt realize i am raised in such a humid country before i went to the States. Anyhow, gonna relax myself first after 1 whole year of hustle and bustle! Call me out anytime buddies! :)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Time Flies when you are having Fun!
Seasons come and go,
Studying in the US is a waste of dough,
Looking forward to get back home,
Where everywhere has a toll.
Oh no! Lame....
Well, the time of the year when christmas songs were played has arrived. It is also a sign that finals is here. But as one of my friends said, "Exams is about the holidays after that" which is true because i will be back in Malaysia( the land of good foods) again next week!
Looking forward for the 22 hours flight and All the best to all who is having their finals and happy holiday to others who are having their holidays! :)
22 more days and counting to Christmas! Yeah!!!
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Barack Obama - 44th president of the United States-
On the 4th of Novermber 2008, history was made! The book of history flips to its new page as the day breaks dawn. As milllions of people around the world await anxiously, the news that aesthetic the world but yet leaving millions wondering came - Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States in an unexpected landslide election.
Being the first African American in 200 + years since Thomas Jefferson first drafted the Declaration of Independence, Obama brought hope to the American by holding his campaign's theme - Change
Having a seemingly comparable experience only to Sarah Palin, Republican Vice President nominee, Obama has shown a more commanding leadership skill and charismatic compared to a person who has served the country for over 50 years - John McCain
John McCain, no doubt has shown patriotism for the United States, but the US do not need a president who finished 2nd from the bottom of a class of 600 person and crashed 2 planes during his military practice only to get away from getting sack from the camp because of the reputation of his grandfather and father.
On the other hand, Obama, coming from a poor family without his father, graduated from Harvard with a honors in Law practice. He was offered high paid jobs in the Wall Street but he declined because he know he has a bigger goal to achieve, that is to be the next president of the United States. Walking up to the chairman of Democratic party, Obama, in one fine day, said " if you are looking for a person to be the next president of the United States, i am the one"
Having basically nothing to start off with, he was faced with Hillary Clinton in the primary election. Hillary Clinton was well known because of her husband, Bill Clinton, and have all the fortune to stack up well over that of Obama.
Obama, however, have to run the campaign by setting up his website in which hoping that his fans would donate money to his campaign. Being a charismatic speaker, he, of course has win the heart of most of the people and thus helping him in winning Hillary Clinton in a tight Democratic race.
He is one step closer to achieving his dream but yet, far fetched from a good night sleep. He was faced with McCain who was expected to win most of the southern state's vote. However, McCain was faced with a thousand pound burden - George W. Bush!!
He is always being associated with Bush, who has turned United State's surplus into a multi billion dollar deficit.
After many advertisement, endorsement, debates, the eve of the election is here. I was fortunate enough to be able to witness the final speeches of both presidential candidate. Campaigning non stop from 7am until the time i go to the bed, it is undoubt a living hell for both the candidate.
"From the rocky mountain Maine to the sunshine California, we have endured 21 months of campaigning." as Obama speaks in his speech, " when we first started with nothing, we know the slope is steep and the walk is hard, i will have one word for you all..... TOMORROW (crowd cheersss), tomorrow you can turn the page on policies that put the irresponsibility of Walstreet before the hard work and sacrifice of man and women across Mainstreet........"
On the morning of the eve of election, however, Obama's grandmother, who basically took care of Obama since young passed away after a long battle with cancer. But when he steped up on the stage, when the election results shown him to be the winner of the presidential race, he did not shown a sense of self deprive or depression because he know he has a more important part to play - to bring America to a new direction, one that will benefit the world. In his acceptance speech, he say " Although no longer with us, I know my grandmother will be looking at me and i miss her tonight...."
However, a lot of hatred was brought by older white mens towards Obama as they are not ready to allow a black, who once was thought to be only as slaves, to lead the most powerful country in the world. When Obama spoke of McCain in his acceptance speech, the crowd cheers but when McCain spoke of Obama in his speech to congratulate Obama, the crowd "Boo".
A lot of rumors now speculate that Obama might be assasinate before Jan 20 of 2009 and that Obama is an Anti- Christ who will bring the end to the world according to the scripture Revelation. Who is right and who is wrong, the answer is still nowhere to be seen. As to is Obama the "one" who will bring the world to a new direction, only the future will be the best answer to it. Let us keep an eye to the day when Obama and his family move into the White House. Nevertheless, the United States of America has it's new story to be told to the world.
Posted by Eldrick Saw at 12:56 PM 2 comments
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Fatwa council...? Are they more dumb than a 1st grade kid?
Saw this article online and thought i should share with everyone to portray the stupid-ness of the government in handling such a beautiful country, MALAYSIA!
Everyone, stop doing YOGA! It will distant you from your God and get nearer instead to INDIAN God... And dont eat healthy, dont do good things, dont exercise, dont work (like the government), receive bribery because end of the day, you just need to pray!!! Thats what the government teach us!!!! How STUPID ARE THEY!!!! Dumb asssssses in the government!
This is the article that will make you realize that the government is one big circus with all the clowns in it:
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tomboys, Yoga...what next?
Coming soon: Fatwa on yogaOct 29, 08 4:08pm, Malaysiakini
The National Fatwa Council will be issuing a ruling soon relating to yoga exercise, which is deemed to be deviationist in nature for the Muslims.
An announcement on the matter is expected to be made soon by the fatwa council's chairperson Prof Dr Abdul Shukor Husin.
This was revealed by the deputy director-general of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) Othman Mustapha, reported Bernama today.
Yesterday, UKM lecturer Prof Zakaria Stapa advised Muslims who have taken up yoga - a widely popular exercise which has its roots to India and Hinduism - to stop practising it for fear that it could deviate them from their belief.
"Yoga originated from the Hindu community and it combines spiritual as well as their religious aspects. They believe it brings them closer to their god," he was reported as saying in Berita Harian today.
Zakaria was reported to have said that more Muslims were resorting to yoga exercise to find a balance in their hectic lifestyle.
He added that they should instead apply the Islamic teachings such as prayers to find peace and good health.
"If the Muslims want a healthy body, prayers are the right choice... why must we find alternate ways... a single mistake can deviate our teachings as yoga movements follow the style and tradition of Hinduism," he was reported as saying.
Ban on tomboys
The perils of yoga to the Muslims is learnt to have been discussed at the recently held fatwa council meeting in Kota Baru, Kelantan.
At the fatwa council meeting, the religious scholars have also decided to issue a fatwa against females from dressing or behaving like men and engaging in lesbian sex.
Council chairperson Abdul Shukor had said that many young women admired the way men dress, behave and socialise, violating human nature and denying their feminity.
"It is unacceptable to see women who love the male lifestyle including dressing in the clothes men wear," Abdul Shukor was quoted as saying.
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I'm just waiting for the National Fatwa Council to come out with fatwas against corruption, violence against women, cheating etc. Instead they have these.
Do they know anything about yoga or is this a classic case of reacting out of fear and ignorance? Yoga may have spiritual roots but most of us do it for the exercise, both for the mind and body. It helps you to focus and in fact helps you to focus when you do your prayers. The one thing it does not do is make you want to beat up anyone, call people nasty names or issue fatwas on things you don't understand.
If prayers are the only thing you need to be healthy, why are there so many unhealthy Muslims? Is this an indication that they don't pray? If all you need do is pray, why do sports or eat healthily?
If they have ever found any Muslim who has converted out solely because of yoga, they should produce evidence instead of speculating on the 'weakness' of our faith. If it is 'weak' at all, it is because people like the Fatwa Council have done nothing to make it strong, constantly weakening it through fear and ignorance.
And what is this thing about 'dressing in clothes men wear'? If I wear a pantsuit (which incidentally covers very well), am I dressing like a man? If I cut my hair short because it is easier to upkeep, is that forbidden? Will we now have the Fatwa Council scan the fashion magazines and make rulings about which clothes are 'masculine' and which are 'feminine'? (And what is there to admire about 'the male lifestyle' when males are represented by the men on the Fatwa Council?)
I know, I know...someone is going to tell me to shut up because apparently I don't know my religion. Well, that is a matter of opinion. The Islam that I believe in is just and fair, is compassionate, loving and peaceful.Someone tell me that's the wrong Islam.
Posted by Eldrick Saw at 9:53 AM 1 comments
Friday, October 24, 2008
Homecoming (belated post)
OSU ' s homecoming is the biggest in the whole nation. We get to experience it last week friday and saturday and it was an awesome event. Homecoming, if i ask anyone here what is the purpose and meaning of it, the answer will go like this : "Homecoming .... is a custom and culture of the US... we do it every year.... to celebrate........urmm........ celebrate the football season in US. We just have FUN... "
Conclusion: there is no meaning and purpose of it actually, just an excuse to have everyone out from their home and have Fun!!!!
So went up for the walkabout as they called it but actually it is just like a "pasar malam" on friday night. This is the first time i have seen so many people coming out all together on one street. We walked for about 2 hours and i found myself craving for food so i bought a 3 bucks corn and continue walking.
Photos on the walkabout are on my facebook account http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=43662&id=635231452
Photos wasnt that clear due to the bad performance of my camera. :(
Then the corn didnt did any good to my stomach so i decided to get something that worth 5 dollar (the money left in my wallet)... and my eyes set upon TURKEY LEG and this is what i get :
Some of the photos taken:
Gymnasium on the back of a truck?
These 3rd to 5th grade students flipping along the street. Wonder when will they get tired. lol
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
My Laptop is BACK!
People may wonder what my display name on msn (laptop kena makan by bugs) means . It meant what it meant, literally because my laptop was infected with viruses and i was forced to sent it to the OSU IT service center. To my surprise they didnt charge me anything because it is one of the services Resident Life in OSU offers. So was kinda cool except that i was required to buy windows XP professional CD for them to reformat my laptop and the disk only costed 7.50 dollars!! :P Good deal. My laptop is now being BAPTIZED and REBORN!! wahahahaha....
After another 10 minutes
Another 10 minutes
1 hour passed.....
After another 10 minutes
then 10 more minutes passed
walao.....
where got end oh like that???
However, we manage to survive the drive and got to Halliburton successfully! yay! lolx.
The technology center
The manufacturing center..
Us with the Halliburton alumni along with 4 other engineeering students (non-Halliburton scholars)
Yu Jun and i at the half way hut. Super smart guy thou looks playful . lolx
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Photos..
When i finally uploaded all the photos and were about to publish them on my blog! Suddenly! my laptop caught virus and files were infected and i was shown to an anti virus software page which requires me to buy their product. Of course, i tried to ignore it but could not find any ways to close the windows. Without wasting a second, i shut down my laptop! And that was the last time i ever saw my desktop background again.... Luckily these photos were auto saved in my blog.
It was such a rough weekends without my laptop and it seems like lots of the other things followed to turn sour for example, my handphone i brought from Malaysia which i uses for my alarm clock refused to charge and it died off from low batt, out toilet's sink stuck with water, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.... Ok Ok .. Not that much but still its bad.:(
Anyway, dont let those things affect the mood in viewing these photos below! :) Enjoy...
Birthday Boy with Wun Wun from China
TADA! Finally the answer revealed! It is a love doll....:P Anyone guessed it right?
He likes it...???:P
This is the dinner i cooked for Henry. Took him more than an hour to finish them. haha
The 2 christian t shirt that we bought! This is funny.. I hang these two cloths on the hanger outside but the strong wind keep puffing them down on the field so with much desperation for shirt clipper, i used the clips that were on one of the old folder to clipped them and it works out perfect! wahahaah... Creativity + Desperation = Innovation.. :P
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Saturday again..
It is like in a blink of an eye that another week has passed. Today , as in my saturday (lolx) we decided to go to Walmart to get some winter clothing and some household stuffs. Again, we spended 180 dollars but this time more on clothing. I bought one cool christian t shirt i guess and 2 track suit along with another winter jacket. Kinda love my room now since everything is getting settle down with all my new belongings. Anyway, didnt have any plans for the weekend and figure it would be another boring weekends and the beginning of another few weeks of test. However, there is this one day Fall break (lame) on this friday which i am really looking forward to because all 4 of the Halliburton scholarship holder will be going down to Duncan, Oklahoma to visit one of the Halliburton site and i guess it would be really fun. It is like a 3 hours drive down and we will move out from here at around 6 or 7 am and will not be back until late evening. So it's gonna be fun fun fun...:)
By the way, guess it is time to reveal the present of Henry now. The photos will be uploaded in a minute. Behold.... and you shall receive. :P haha
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Henry's birthday!
It was Henry's birthday yesterday! When the clock strikes 12, i opened our house door and there were out friends waiting to give him a surprise party! Thou he is NOT THAT SURPRISE, it was indeed a good party and 3 of us, Jason, Teon and i gave him a present which we bought from OKC. Curious to know what it is? Its a secret...haha. I will upload it in my next few posts and let you guys have a look. It would laugh your ass off! Give you a clue, it is his 21th birthday. It is to signify that he is an adult and his girlfriend is in Singapore. Too far away for him............. Get it now? haha...
Anyway, on the night before his birthday ends, i cook a super good and delicious meal for him! Udon MEE!! with eggs, seafood, sausages, cabbage, mushrooms. He took an hour to finish that meal because it is too good. He didnt want to finish it so fast....lolx...
Then today we had an international expo at the library lawn where students from their own countries sell their country's specialties and we, as a Malaysian sold NASI LEMAK and BUBBLE TEA. Each nasi lemak, with fried chicken and spring roll COSTS USD 7.OO! haha... What the heck!
Of course, I as a malaysian, who loves malaysia so much and am such a patriotic citizen............did not buy it! haha.. Instead i bought African food that costed me USD 6. Nasi Lemak i can get it for 1 ringgit in Malaysia! Why buy it from US??:p haha..
Then henry and I had some vietnam food as well. They are good when coupled with thailand tea. wuahahahaa..... Jealous?? :P
Today, 1st of October, the starting of the month, also signifies the end of my aircond. As october is expected to turn cold, we decided to terminate the aircond service starting this month. In the afternoon when temperature was about 30 degree, it was kinda warm in the house. But in the morning and night when temperature is about 10 degree, it is just nice. As the weather now is changing to winter, it varies significantly with high like 30 degree and low like 8 degree. So got to prepare some jackets whenever i am out there.
Its time for me to have my dinner. Kudos people and take care.
Signing out.....
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Its WEEKEND!!
Yeah! Its saturday! A typical saturday where i could finally find some time to BLOGGGG..lol. Last 2 weeks was my tests week so i was really busy and also because of my stupidity for taking 6 darn subjects! :P
The best fruit platter i ever see :P
Cool scene!
There's light behind Pastor!!!! wow. Is that Jesus ?? :P HAHA. lame..
So that practically wraps up the day and i am back with my stack of books... Then on that particular thursday, i had a CEAT council meeting. We had some games and food prior to the meeting and on the meeting itself there was suppose to be a slide show to welcome all the new members into the council because days before that i was asked to send a photo of mine and my information. So i send the coolest and best shot of me thinking that it would be shown in the slide show and girls will notice me. So as i anticipate for the slide show, suddenly.......... TADA!!!
WHAT THE HECK!!! haha.Everyone laugh like hell. All the new members has transformed to a much more MODERN look.:P I dont looks bad in this look dont i ?? honestly... haha..
So pretty much releases my stress when i look at this photo of me.:P
This Korean Uncle is super good. Won 3 times in the row but lost to a indian guy this year. lol
My teammate(Timothy) for men's double which we lost in the first round.
The previous friday i was met with a guy named Justin at the Colvin center. He is a keen golfer but was a beginner so we talk a little and finally i approach him to teach him some skill because i saw he was struggling with his golf. After about an hour of guidance, he was hitting EVERY SINGLE BALL straight thou not far. But that was a massive improvement from where he was before that. Then i found out that he actually owns a car and without wasting a second we exchanged phone number and he told me he is happy to call me whenever he go to the golf course for range. Well, with me being so desperate to go to the golf course, i dont mind giving him free golf lesson! And on thursday we finally could vacuum some time out to get to the golf course. and i wont go without getting my camera with me!
Nice scene..bad camera.
All Stocked up...
After Walmart we went to Colvin to work out until 12am and that practically call my day to an end with my body crying in tired-ness.Anyway later Henry and i will be going to a Korean Baptist church international student gathering because there will be games and FREE food again and we can make some friends as well. I got to finish up some of my assignments now and go enjoy myself later! Take care everyone and God bless you always...
-Peacexx-
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