~ Mr.Fallεn ~

Party with the SOA

2011-04-06T11:51:00.005+08:00

The road to be an actuary can be tough. One who wishes to be part of the actuarial community requires a lot of dedication, determination, patience and perseverance. Nevertheless, you gotta chill once in a while simply because you can! Let's now party with the SOA.

So I got Red Bulls up
Exams are just wrong
I know they won't go away
Noddin' my head like yeah
Eatin' my chips like yeah
I got Red Bulls up
They're just so wrong
Exams aren't the way Yeahhhhhhh..........
It's a party with the SOA Yeahhhhhhh..........
It's a party with the SOA

(thanks Harris for putting this song in my head)

Temasik Unzipped

2011-02-21T05:29:00.005+08:00

In a series of weird events, I had accidentally deciphered something really interesting. Heard of the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in Singapore? It's the backbone of Singapore's transport system.

Well, well, well. It turns out that that highway has a very elusive meaning! Here's my logical (not really) argument:

Pan Island Expressway
=> Pan Is Land Expressway
=> Panis Land Expressway
=> Penis Land Expressway
=> PENIS LAND Expressway!

Yes!!!! Kudos to the people that named that awesome highway!

My 2010's Top 5

2011-01-09T07:55:00.025+08:00

Alright, these are my top five pick for best songs that were officially released in 2010. What a year 2010 was. Not that I explicitly picked them as my top five for 2010, but if I were to filter out all the songs that I listen to except for the ones that were released in 2010, then these songs happen to be the five songs that I listen to most whether I'm studying or chilling out. Unfortunately, I had to filter out Inception soundtracks (or other movie soundtracks) as well to avoid more than one of them be Inception soundtracks. Note, these songs are not put in order in terms of preference just so you know. Well, here they are:

Your Man ~ Down With Webster

I don't really know how to explain why I love this song. All I can say is that the clip is hilarious and I really like the lyrics to this song. Quite cheezy but it is catchy is some sense and they make interesting pick up lines.

Like a G6 ~ Far East Movement

What a way to kick off the new decade. Good representation of the current society. Many of you may think that this song is some electro-rubbish that should not be classified as music. Well, think again. There's a hidden meaning to this song so wake up. Music is subjective. Observe how society has evolved through time and how we have redefined music and at the same time preserve the timeless classics like Beethoven and the Beatles. One who claims that he/she appreciates and understands music is someone who learns and acknowledges the philosophy of music that comes from different time lines.

Club Can't Handle Me ~ Flo Rida feat David Guetta

Simply a song that tells you to enjoy and have fun. The official soundtrack for Step Up 3 and a song that I can never get sick of. If love busting some crazy-wacky-classy moves and show off what your body is made out of (not in a sexual way), you'll know definitely that you love this song. It's also the last 'hottest song' that I heard before I left Malaysia to Canada for 2nd year university studies. This song also reminds me of my last moments in Malaysia.

Give Me a Sign ~ Breaking Benjamin

My year would not be complete without listening to new Breaking Benjamin songs. F##KING AWESOME SONG! They only officially released 2 tracks in 2010. Nevertheless, I have recently finally got my hands on Dear Agony which is their official CD that was released last year. So, ahh, who cares, I can listen to their songs whenever I want.

Waving Flag ~ K'naan

One of FIFA World Cup 2010's official tracks. I'd say the most catchy song in 2010 especially considering the fact that it was produced for the World Cup. The song is also inspirational and I feel the adrenaline when I listen to this! The only song that I look forward to listen to on the radio every time while driving in my car. Suppose in a perfect world, a 'waving flag' is indeed a great way to express freedom because you have the right to proudly wave your own flag and remind you the history that your country has gone through. Also, a 'flag' does not necessary mean a flag of your country. It could also be metaphorical, say have a flag once you've done with exams, university, relationships, etc, anything really. That's what I think about this song. Well, Spain emerges as champions of the great tournament. Overall, WC 2010 was interesting and pulled off a lot of surprises. Had good times with my friends witnessing live on TV the events that had happened in this tournament and can't wait for the next one!

Well that's it. Here's one song you should look out for this year (2011). It will be officially released sometime soon.

Castle Walls ~ TI feat Christina Aguilera

Pop

2010-12-25T11:51:00.019+08:00

So far today, I've been 're-exploring' songs that I had always listened to when I was a kid. In other words, 're-listening' the good old pop songs that were yesterday's today's 'Like a G6' that people are so crazy about. These are the songs that dominated the media during the late 90s till the beginning of the new millenia.

During the pop era, guys would dress up and comb their hair (the split in the middle hairstyle) like fags. Well, back then it ain't playing dress up like fags because that, ladies and gentlemen, was a ticket to getting laid. Well, retrospectively speaking.

Those songs played a part when I was growing up and shaped who I am today. They gave me and my cousins a fantastic childhood and we used to just sing and dance together to those songs when they appeared.

Let's be honest, those songs are pretty gay and the guys sang like girls. Haha. Nevertheless, if those songs were to be played on the radio or just pop out out of nowhere, I'm NOT one of those supposedly-macho guys to say, 'Ewww...'

Nah, I appreciate those old songs (not referring to Mozart or Beatles old, but even then, I still appreciate the music that existed before I was born). Every time I hear any of the songs that I've listened to when I was a kid brings me a smile, a flash back and makes me look back to where I've come from and what I have become. I'm the sort to never forget whatever that's happened in my life, no matter how society has changed it's view over time on what was before.

Not that I listen to them all the time. Just once in a blue moon. Hope you enjoy them.

I have a feeling that the Ghost of Christmas Past had just visited me sometime today to reminded me of the good times we had back then. Thanks dude, I owe you one. Haha!

Merry Christmas to my family, friends and to those who celebrate it.

S Club 7 - Bring It All Back
A song that tells me to never give up.
"Don't stop never give up..."

Moffatts - If Life is so Short
Ahhh, the very first song that I've listened to on TV.
This became my ultimate favorite song until about around 2002.

Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me
When I was a kid, I swear to God,
if I were to have a girlfriend,
I'll sing this song to her all the time,
you know, I don't care... as long as you love me.
Ah, time flies. Haha!

A*Teens - Sugar Rush
One of the many songs that warms my heart. =D

'N SYNC - It's Gonna Be Me
The song that I can never stop singing last time.
Haha, the band that Justin Timberlake was in back then.

B*Witched - C'est La Vie
C'est La Vie guys.

Cheers!

3/6

2010-12-19T08:36:00.004+08:00

My checklist before the new year:
☑ ACTSC 231 - Mathematics in Finance
☑ MATH 237 - Calculus 3
☑ MATH 235 - Linear Algebra 2
☐ STAT 240 - Probability (Advance Level) # why did I even bother taking this
☐ CS 234 - Data Types and Structures
☐ Need to get wasted!!!

Adel vs Food

2010-11-28T10:58:00.006+08:00

I just watched a video from Youtube on how to make the most of it with a common kitchen knife and round juicy tomatoes. In other words, I just learned how to cut tomatoes with many different techniques.

Cut, slice, dice, and even peeling the tomatoes, you name it, I now can do it!

I was so happy that I improved my culinary skills, that I prepared a humongous-mammoth meat sandwich, with lots and lots of tomatoes inside it. Trouble was, I did not think about whether I was able to finish it.

As a result that, this lead to an epic battle between Man and Food!

Round 1

Who will prevail?

Adel?
or
Mammoth Double Bologna + Smoked Chicken Breast Sandwich

Get ready poeple, for the pride of man is on the line.

I was also thinking whether would that fit into my mouth.
Trivia: I did not even use the fork and knife.

1/3 of the sandwich left to go, I was already full.

Just when hope was fading,
when food knew it was winning.
Just when I thought it'll be the end,
no more begged my saliva gland...

Suddenly,
with courage, valor and the strength of my heart
I just kept on going and going no matter what.

And finally, in the end, I, Adel,
prevailed in this great battle between Man and Food.

Adel 1, Food 0.

Creepy Little Girl Turns Hottie

2010-11-25T09:17:00.010+08:00

8 years ago (2002)...

Remember Her?

Holy ####! It's a ####ing Abomination!

As we travel to the present...
OMG! A miracle.

Say hello to...

Daveigh Chase

Very Pretty If You Ask Me

Unfortunately, her acting career isn't that successful compared to other 'rising' celebrities. Nevertheless, she's only twenty and who knows what the future holds for this pretty young lady.

1Malaysianing Theorem

2010-11-05T13:31:00.008+08:00

Theorem
Suppose a Malaysian can be represented as a function f: R^3 -> R, where m,c,i are variables.
To achieve a 1Malaysian status, perform a triple integration method to the Malaysian with respect to variables Malay,m, Chinese, c and Indian, i.

Proof
Malaysia consists of three dominant races (Malay, Chinese, Indian). To be a 1Malaysian, one must combine the parts and unify them as a whole. Thus, a Malaysian is a 1Malaysian if that Malaysian has Malay, Chinese and Indian variables.
Therefore, the Malaysian is a 1Malaysian.

Example
1Malaysianize (Ibrahim Ali = -2000)
Solution
∫ ∫ ∫ Ibrahim Ali dm dc di
= ∫ ∫ ∫ -2000 dm dc di
= ∫ ∫ -2000m dc di + r
= ∫ -2000mc di + r + s
= -2000mci + r + s + t
= -2000mci + q where q is a constant
Hence, 1Malaysianized Ibrahim Ali is -2000mci + q.
(comment: think about it, you plug in negative Malays, negative Chinese and negative Indians, 1Malaysianized Ibrahim Ali will yield a positive value if the magnitude is greater than the constant, q.)

Note, this is Adel's pseudo method of triple integration. Actual triple integration techniques, are, well, ... =)

Corollary (to 1Malaysianing Theorem)
If a person is 1Malaysian, that person is Malay, Chinese and Indian.

Return to Niagara Falls

2010-09-12T04:02:00.024+08:00

I have returned. I'm now back in Canada gearing up for second year but before my classes begin, I've ventured south to revisit the wonder that is the Niagara Falls. I promised my mom and sister to bring them there if they ever step foot on Canadian soil.

As of now, there are two people remaining that I'm going to take to Niagara Falls. When I'm going to take these two people is indefinite. Can be anytime during my lifetime. I made a promise to myself that before I cease to exist or before I'm incapable of walking, I will take, to Niagara Falls, my eldest sister (she's the only one in the family that hasn't seen it) and whoever that I'll marry one very faithful day.

One day, whoever you may be,
I'm taking you to Niagara baby!

Until then, studies man.

Journey begins with a drive on a road through highways...

and a picturesque Canadian countryside
from Kitchener all ze way down to Niagara.

What you are seeing is the Rainbow Bridge.
It connects Ontario, Canada and New York, USA across the Niagara River.

Niagara Falls...
It's breathtaking... It's amazing!

I'm glad my sister got to see Niagara Falls. Love you to bits!

Check out how clouds are formed from the epicenter of the falls.
Hmmm, looks like a Canadian Loch Ness Monster... =D

Looking for that magic rainbow?

Last Saturday in Malaysia

2010-09-05T04:11:00.015+08:00

I can't believe it, it's my last weekend in Malaysia for this year. I had a busy Saturday though.

In the morning, I went out to shop for spices and rempahs with my step mom. Apparently, I had bought some on Friday but it turns out that I have a lot of freaggin' space left in my luggage for my second journey to Canada. Funny, last year, 90% of my luggage were clothes. This year, space allocated for clothes have been massacred down to, I don't know, roughly 5%. Ooo, and around 80% of my luggage space will be reserved for food.
Yes, food. Well, not really food food, just food consisting instant noodles, spices, masak merah rempahs, ayam madu rempahs, etc. And also instant coffee. Seriously, instant coffee in Canada is bad. Even though the coffee beans (the raw ones where you prepare coffee from scratch - beans, sugar, milk) sold there are better, but there's no Nescafe 3 in 1 coffee in Canada. They offer ready-made-flavors like Mocha, Cappuccino, Mocha-Cappuccino(what?), etc which if I were to have those kind of coffee, I'd prepare from scratch or purchase them in coffee outlets. Hence, I'm stuffing my baggage with Nescafe 3 in 1s and Oldtown Hazelnut coffee.

When I got back at my Kota house, a acquittance of mine called me and it went on something like this;

Adel: Hello yellow telor.
Friend: Hi, Adel, awak kat rumah ke (referring to my TTDI house)?
Adel: Aku kat luar la, asal?
Friend: Aku nak guna computer awak, bila ko balik?
Adel: Nanti kot?
Friend: Oh, ada tak sapa-sapa kat rumah ko?
(dot dot dot)

and was the crucial unforgettable moment when I realized that this guy will always be a douche and what happened after that, well, was me trying to say 'bye' to him. I was willing to help him in his unknown predicament and was about to go home to TTDI but his upsetting statements has ruined my plans to go back home. I ended up watching History channel, a P. Ramlee movie, fell into a state of deep thinking about the future and finally drove back home to TTDI around 6.00pm. I hope this fella does not read my blog. Ooo, maybe I should privatize my blog. I'm such a genius!

This particular instant has actually amplified me thinking he is a douchebag. One time after Solat Terawih, I met him for the first time since 2007 (when we left high school and went our separate ways), and so I greeted him "Hey, apa khabar ______ ?". He replied, "Eh, kau masih pandai cakap Bahasa Melayu?"

Moving on, later that evening, I had dinner/buka puasa at my auntie's house in Damansara Heights. My auntie made her mouth-watering, jaw-dropping, out of this world TRIFLE! She only makes her awesome trifle during the Christmas holidays. Fortunately for me, there is an exception since last night was my last weekend in Malaysia and knowing I'm going to miss the year holidays in Malaysia, she made it for me. Love you Tante Olin! I swear to God every single taste buds on my tongue had an orgasm the moment the my aunt's trifle went into my mouth and onto my tongue. They cried "More, more, more..." More is good don't you think?

Trifle. Now, what did I just tell ya...

Oooo, sedap tu!!!

I'm really going to miss my family when I fly off to Canada. Life goes on and I pray I'll return home safely in the future. When I left my aunt's place, the night was still young, so I went to the cinema to catch the 11.40pm movie with Harith and Nashua. We watched Step Up 3 in 3D. I enjoyed watching it.

Bare in mind that if you're not into nor do not appreciate dancing, go watch something else. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 48%. I'll have to agree and disagree. I agree because this movie only appeals to people who enjoy watching people dance. I guess I fall into that that subset of people. Haha. Yes people, Step Up 3 lacks storyline, plot is inconsistent and is not as epic as Inception but hey, to be rated as a movie under the dance category, I'll give a two thumbs up. Hah, it made my day after that unpleasant phone call in the afternoon.

Step Up 3 basically is a movie where a group of youngsters pulling off spectacular dance moves. Interestingly, this movie is not like it's predecessors where the dancing mainly focuses on hip-hop and rap (and a taste of ballet in Step Up 2). This time, there's a wider spectrum of colors painting the creativity of the movie. The people representing the protagonist group are all from different styles of dancing. Thus, when they all dance together, it's rich in diversity. Classical, modern, contemporary, club bangin' and some elements of techno mixed into one pot, and bonne appetit, Step Up 3. I guess the movie was trying to express versatility, a 1World kind of thing in dancing where everyone is connected in the same tune. Overall, the movie may not be epic but choreography was indeed epic. Makes me want to search for YouTube videos that's related to the dancing moves from the movie. I now wonder what's in store for Step Up 4 (if they decide to have it). Hope they don't run out of ideas.

That concludes my last Saturday in Malaysia. 3 more days to go!

Over and out.

Berkibarlah... Berkibarlah... Berkibarlah...

2010-08-31T15:08:00.001+08:00

Jalur Gemilang

Selamat menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan.

Hopefully there are many many more to come. Ooo.

Work Work Work

2010-08-29T22:54:00.017+08:00

Alright, this is not a random-spam-lazy blog entry. It's the real deal from Adel a.k.a MrFallen after months of failing to post a decent piece.

It's been more than four months since I'm back in my beloved country - Malaysia. No, no, I did not travel all the way back from Canada to go on a holiday or summer break like the rest of my friends who went back from overseas, I came back to work. Yes, I've been doing my practical term, workin' 9 to 5 (refer to Dolly Parton's song) for the past four months.

Throughout my time working in Kuala Lumpur, I got hands on experience on something new, something that I could never obtain from my classroom. Work. It's not working part time like last time which was what I did after SPM, working in a kiosk. No, what I did was the real deal of what my parents, and grown ups do for a living. I now understand how my parents and sisters feel after working when they complain about traffic, penat from work, etc. It's no joke, once you start to work in an office, you'll know how it feels.

News flash, working life is not the same as when you're in college/university because after attending classes, you can hang out with your friends practically all the time (expect during exam period). When I was in college, I could go to cyber cafes and play computer games with my buddies or lepak until late night without the worry of college the next day. I mean, I 'lepak'ed with my friends until 2 am in the morning while I was in college. In university, I'll either be studying, playing StarCraft, go out or just simply chill with my friends after classes.

That was college/university. When you work, you're hypothetically like a robot doing the same routine from the moment you step in to the office until your shift finishes. Basically, you do that indefinitely until you quit or get a new job or get promoted. What's next is you'll be given a new task and the process starts back at one. Alright, not all workers experience this. I won't overgeneralize things but this is the general view of working. Thus, choose your career wisely because you are going to be stuck with what you had chosen for the the most part of your life. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying working life sucks. I'm just pointing out that do something you like to do for a living because if you enjoy doing what you do, you won't have a problem when you work. When you enjoy working, you'll increase job performance and generally you will not be miserable and not looking forward to work for the rest of every waking moment of your life. For the contents of this post, I won't be touching on job performance or that particular aspect of work.

The drawback of working is you'll be mentally fatigue after you get back home. When I get back home from work, I just don't want to do something that requires thinking. I stop playing my favorite game StarCraft, a real time strategy game which I enjoy playing since I was a kid and I always play this game after college/university, because of work. Actually, I stopped playing computer and video games during my time working except for ProEvolution Soccer which is a mindless football game. I get it now why people just sit down on their comfy arm chair and watch their favorite television show after work. I guess what people want to do after work is do something relaxing to wait until dinner and then sleep.

When I say you'll be mentally fatigue does not mean you'll be physically fatigue. Yes, the body is waiting to be unleashed and raise hell. What happens to me after work is my brain will be dead but my body is still alive. I spend most of my time after work working out: jogging, going to the gym, and playing sports.

One problem when you start to work is you'll have an issue of committing to a number of things. Committing to something is not that problem, it's the NUMBER of commitment, that's the issue. This is simply because you do not have the luxury of time to do all the things that you are used to do back in college/university. I temporarily stopped cooking, reading, blogging (yeah, that's why I did not post anything for four months), playing tennis, computer/video games and my guitar. I only commit to a few things while I was working: family, friends and fitness. Just gotta pick the F's didn't I. Note, I said 'temporarily' quit because I'll be flying off to Canada for 2nd year and boy I am glad do be back studying. Hence, I'll be able to the things that I had forsaken again when I get back to university.

You hear that Irfan, I'm gonna be back in university and I swear to God I'm gonna buy and play StarCraft II. It's game on!

I'm not implying that working sucks or it's boring. I had a great time working for four months to complete my first practical term, which is the first of six practical terms, to gain credit that is required for my degree. I learned new things and meet new people. However, if I had to choose between studying and working, it's hands down to me, without a doubt, I'll choose to study. College/University is the most enjoyable time of your life (to some, high school was) because you have a lot of freedom and it's when you can go out more often compared to both high school and work. Despite have pile of assignments and exams comin' your way, you can still chill out until late at night and not worrying about the consequences of coming late to work. That's something that I miss and one of the liberties of studying. Of course you don't do that all the time for the sake of your grades but that is just what you need to do when you are studying. Just do well for your studies.

I'm so looking forward to second year and I am damned gonna appreciate four years left of my university life. Only four years left until I face the real responsibilities of an adult. It's not something that I am looking forward to, but it's something that I have to face and I will be prepared when the time comes. It's a growing up process. There's both freedom and responsibilities when you are either studying or working. It's contradictory but that's life.

Well, in the mean time before my time in university ends, University of Waterloo, Bring It On!!! Again!!!

Paul?

2010-08-09T22:50:00.007+08:00

(got this from FreeMalaysiaToday, nice job)

Habislah, nanti Paul kena ISA

Conclusion: Tak payah buat elections, PR dah menang. =D

Kuala Lump Poor

2010-05-23T22:50:00.009+08:00

While I was in Canada for the past eight months (Sept 2009 - April 2010), directions were not an issue. Trying to get from A to B is like ABC. The funny fact is that in Canada, where I've been there for just 8 months, I know clearly my way around Toronto, Montreal and Mississauga. Throw me anywhere in any of those cities that I've visited, and I can assure you that I am not lost.

Now, I've been in living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for almost 20 years of my life (minus the 8 months while I was in Canada) but I still can't figure out the single most important and capital city in Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur. The part of Kuala Lumpur that I am referring to is the epicenter where the KL Tower, Petronas Twin Towers, KLCC, etc are located. People also say, you can't just know your way around Kuala Lumpur, because it is an acquired skill. You have to hypothetically live there to know your way. Sure, reading the map of KL is easy, but then, to know Kuala Lumpur means you know every selok belok, alleys, hidden shortcuts, etc in Kuala Lumpur because without this skill, you will get stuck in a jam. Understand that you are like a stereotype, following the herd on the main road rather than being an individual with personality by taking lonely alternative routes and reaching to your destination in a shorter amount of time.

It's not my fault that I know the white man's city better than my own. The fact that is it easy to understand the geographic features of Canadian cities is because they have proper planning. Consider these two maps:

Toronto

Kuala Lumpur

Clearly Toronto has a better geometric planning than Kuala Lumpur. I mean, looking at the Kuala Lumpur map makes my head go bananas. Knowing Kuala is another thing, getting in and out of there is also another thing. Traffic jam in Kuala Lumpur is horrible. Even the public transport is horrible. Thank God the govenment organiations has shifted to Putrajaya to lessen the traffic burden. Too bad it's not good enough. In fact, it's bad planning of Kuala Lumpur to begin with. If I'm playing Sim City, the first thing I'll do is take the buldozer icon and demolish this city and rebuild it again.

Homeguard

2010-05-18T10:22:00.003+08:00

Whenever you're driving on the road, at times you will notice a post at the side of the road. Now, the stereotype is if it's a group of Malays stationed there, they are the police. If they're Indians or foreigners, they belong to a special group, sworn to protect the people that they are assigned to, something like a witness protection program but at a bigger scale, they are the Homeguard.

Homeguard, homeguard, homeguard, homeguard. It's the hottest thing in Malaysia right now where I just can't believe that Malaysians would give money to these people so that they would ensure the safety of the neighborhood. Some of them are even foreigners. The irony here is that you would trust these group of people (sometimes foreigners) that use sticks and bikes than you would trust the police. Come on, this is not on Malaysia. Hey, I'm not blaming them for paying these Homeguard people because I suppose it's much safer to have people patrolling the neighborhood. I mean, if a gate were to be left open for some period of time, the Homeguard would come by and check if everything is alright. However, my point is that we should not have these Homeguard people to begin with.

Here is the thing, what happened to the people's reliability on the police. Polis DiRaja Malaysia, do we lost hope on you guys? The most logical explanation that we hire these Homeguard people is that we can't rely on the police anymore, well for now.

For all we know, these Homeguard people are the criminals. If you pay them, they will tell their bosses not to rob this area of the neighborhood. Maybe not, but what if it is? See, you're looking at thugs whom you pay them protection money but in a legitimate way. They pretend they're the good guys but at the end of the day, you're screwed either way. Nah, I'm just bull shitting here about this scam this but I'll tell you this, they make a reasonable amount of money.

To demonstrate how much the Homeguard makes, consider their monthly fee of RM40 where they charge you for their services. Multiply that number with half of the number of houses in your neighborhood (because not everyone pays the Homeguard) and then multiply that with the number of neighborhoods in your area. Finally, bear in mind that there are other residential areas around. Come on, do some basic math and you'll discover a rough estimation that the Homeguard make. Isn't it amazing that people have put money into this organization.

Now, don't go out shout at the Homeguard officer "Hey you, big scam you!"

Come to think of it, they're just there, maybe coming from a smart businessman's idea, to provide people the security that they wanted. I mean, people claim it's better to have them than none at all, and I've heard what the other side of the coin tells. So don't hate them for silently and unnoticeable like a silent ninja assassin taking the money that you're earned from your work. These home guard people are there because of the failure of the police to do at ensuring public safety. In Malaysia, the police are under the Ministry of Home Affairs, you know, the department that handles domestic issues (mostly safety and security) like the police, ISA, immigration, and people's interest when it comes to safety.

So, my question to the Minister of Home Affairs, what are you doing to do about it Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Hussein?

The Eye of America

2010-05-03T10:52:00.011+08:00

Keadilan logo

Have you ever wondered what's behind this Keadilan logo. When you look at the center of the logo, you'd see an eye. Yes, it's an eye. Do you, ladies and gentleman, know what associates with 'an eye'? You could say a cyclops, the Illuminati, eye of Saroman, etc but those are all just in your imaginary world. Now, in real life, a eye always represents sharpness and accuracy. In this case, the eye perfectly suits with an eagle. You know, the eye of an eagle, 'Eagle's Eye', and in doccumentary channels, they show how accurate an eagle can catch it's prey with it's sharp eye. So, the Keadilan-eagle, keep that in mind.

When it comes to the Keadilan logo, let's dig some Keadilan history. Now, just to give you a flavor of what it's like during the early days of Reformasi. When Keadilan was founded during those Reformasi days, this was it's logo.

Keadilan's first generation logo

When you look at the design of this flag, notice that when you split the flag into two by either putting a vertical or horizontal axis at the center, both sides are a reflection of the other. In this beautiful world, there are only three countries that have a blue and white flag which are similar to this Keadilan design. Let me unravel them (By the way, the truth may hurt some people)...

Micronesia (a country in Oceania)

and

Israel

I'm not pointing fingers or accusing this party to be affiliated with who or what, I'm just pointing out the mere coincidence.

Now, the grand finale. So, after some time, Keadilan changed the color of it's logo to red, white and blue. You know, the new design with red color at the left and right sides of the logo. Remember I mentioned that the can represents an Eagle. Well, when you have red, white. blue and an eagle, this mix of ingredients cooks up the perfect recipe for...

the United States of America

How to Make Tomato Sauce and Mayonnaise in Your Kitchen

2010-03-19T02:02:00.010+08:00

Mayonnaise (Easy)
Ingredients:
- Nuts (the bigger the better, Macadamia nuts are recommended)
Instructions:
1) Just squeeze the nuts as hard as you can. (women are better at doing this)
2) Wait for awhile, and eventually you'll have mayonnaise coming out.

Tomato Sauce (Intermediate)
Ingredients:
-Sausage
-Doughnut
-Olive Oil (Extra Virgin)
Instructions:
1) Immerse the doughnut with the olive oil. Now the doughnut has 'virgin' properties.
2) Cover the sausage with a rubber wrapping.
3) Jam the sausage in the doughnut. Give it a nice spin.
4) Presto. Tomato sauce.
Warning: If sausage is not covered, mayonnaise may be produced as well. (I don't knows why!)

Adel's Top 5 Weird Incidents

2010-03-06T07:24:00.014+08:00

#5 A Sleep to Chair-ish
Sometime earlier this February, I was up very late completing my Linear Algebra assignment. I was really sleepy at one moment and grabbed a pillow from my bed. I looked at my digital clock and it was 4.30am. My eyes closed. When I opened my eyes, the clock punched me with a 5.45am fist. Next thing I knew, my back was hurting.
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#4 Coffee Power-der
6.40pm, Friday, March 5, 2010 - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - I was preparing my instant Vanilla Cappuccino. When I added the powdered coffee into my cup, I sniffed the powdered coffee. It was very refreshing and so, oops I did it again where this time, I sniffed it too hard and some of the coffee powder went into my nose and face.
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#3 Ice Down
It was 9.30pm, Tuesday and I was on my way to the Math building to complete my Linear Algebra assignment earlier this year (Yes, another incident that involves a Linear Algebra assignment). I bought an extra large Tim Horton's coffee and two bagels. After coming out of Tim Horton's, next stop was the Math building. I made a bad choice of talking to my friend on the phone while walking outside on a cold winter night. I was walking, walking and walking... still on the phone... and I did not realize that I stepped on ice with both of my feet. At that moment, I had coffee and bagels on my left hand, hand phone on my right and a textbook and laptop on my bag. It was the worst combination when two of your feet are on ice.

What happened next? Surprise, surprise, I obviously fell, from a vertical position, my feet literally kicked forward and I fell on a horizontal position, with the laptop and textbook were the first 'matter' that touched the ground. Now, when these two object first touched the ground, thus, I landed on my textbook and laptop, with concentrated heavy pressure exerting upwards on my heart. You know, physics, P = F/A, Pressure = Force/Area. So yes, only my heart was endured the force exerted upwards. Just imagine rather than landing flat on your back, your whole weight is acting on your heart. Suddenly, I was out of breath for 30 seconds and could not speak. Three people saw me fell and decided to help me get up and wanted to check if I was okay. Funny part was that, rather than being concerned about my health, I was thinking about my coffee and laptop. Laptop was fine, but surprising, the coffee was still in one piece with no spill.

30 seconds later, I was able to breathe and talk. By the way, the people that helped me out were Caucasians. Not to be racist, but it's hypothetically China in and around the Math building at night. I'll post more about this next time. Note, when I look back at this incident, I realized that, I could have had a cardiac arrest or be hospitalized if the Force exerted on my heart was a bit larger.

I swear to God, I think Linear Algebra hunts me every single day of my waking moment!
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#2 Itsy Bitsy Tinnie Weenie Yellow Chewy Buttery Popcorn
This happened on March 1, 2010, which what this Monday. I was watching How I Met Your Mother while snacking on popcorn. I swear to God, that show is legend... wait for it... DARY! That is one of the shows on this planet that you can laugh your disgusting ass off (some people have nice ass by the way).

Anyway, when you watch your favorite TV shows, it's a voluntary action for your hand to just grab any nearby food. It's one of those beautiful things about the human body don't you think? While I was chewing on popcorn in my mouth, I got caught by a hilarious moment in the show. I laughed so hard, that the popcorn that I was chewing was bouncing up and down on my tongue rather being crushed by my awesome Calcium-made teeth. Apparently, one of those popcorn on my tongue managed to slip pass my throat (it's like swallowing popcorn). In his predicament, my super-awesome-optic-fibre-nerves sent an SOS message to my brain. My brain's response - 'Shit!'.

See, the difference between chewing popcorn and potato chips or whatever Double Decker or junk food is that when you chew potato chips, they immediately turn to dust in your mouth and you can easily swallow and digest them. Popcorn on the other hand, are soft and chewy. It's not completely crushed. Thus, it takes more biting when you eat popcorn compared to other junk food.

Luckily, it was not as bad as I thought it would be because the popcorn did not travel deep enough to cause me a fatal or life threatening choke. I managed to cough it out and rest assured, I was 'A' okay.
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#1 Milo Dramatic (featuring Irfan a.k.a. Mr.Slay3r)

This memorable incident happened in August 2006. I was not me alone who was a victim of this unfortunate tragedy. Yes, this incident was an experience that I and Irfan shared together (maybe Aqil too, I'm not sure). So there we were, volunteering for the United Nation's TUNZA International Children's Conference for the Environment. We were facilitators and the best part about volunteering this event was being exposed on how movies/animation/sketches were created. We made out own short play too! It was awesome. One memorable experience was also to find out about someones true colors. We could actually sing this,

We see your true colors,
that's why we hate you
please go away,
we've seen enough of your,
true colours... true colors,
beautiful... ooo, like a ho...bo.

Back to what happened to Irfan and I.
At one particular time while helping out, after one of the major events was over, they realized that they had excess cans of Milo in the store room. They told the staff, facilitators, volunteers that we could take as many Milo as we want. I'm not joking, it's not like a few leftover Milos, but a store room full of Milos. Now, when you offer this kind of opportunity to a bunch of unemployed high school kids, they'll maximize their opportunity without caring less about the consequences. So, Irfan and I took as much Milo cans that we could, well, not really that much, and stuffed it inside our bags. We also started drinking Milo from that point until we got back to our hotel. When we got back, we drank more Milo cans.

At the end of the day, I think each of us drank more or less 9 or 10 cans of Milo from evening till night. We were drunk and did not think straight. We hallucinated and started to talk in a weird fashion. I'm not sure if Aqil was drunk too. Actually, he wasn't (I think). He was preparing for a date. Aqil, SMKTTDI's pretty boy, expect girls.

In a hypothetical manner, you could say that Irfan and I were drunk... UNDERAGE... by Milo.

Good times my friend, good times.

This is what happens

2010-02-16T08:15:00.009+08:00

when you forget to lock your door during Reading Week.

Victims:

Lindsey Pavao

Shiori Mine

Exhibit A:

Let's open.

Yup, trashed with newspapers. Kodus to the guys who did all this.

Halalalalalala

2010-02-10T03:52:00.012+08:00

Finally, after more than five months of enduring a lack of selection when it comes to pizzas in Canada, I've finally had my first beef pepperoni pizza on Sunday. Too bad it wasn't Dominos. The pizza was from the cafeteria. Apparently the Super Bowl was on that night, so they had hot dogs, chili, pizzas, etc served before the game. One of the foods that was served was, yes, finally, a Halal Beef Pepperoni Pizza! I was also given 2 extra toppings, so I chose to include mushrooms and olives on my pizza. That pizza was all mine, and so I finished it all by myself. Had a long shit in the toilet though after that.

You know it's not easy to find western food that's made out of beef, let alone Halal. My friend Naim, the only pizza that he eats in Pennsylvania is Cheese pizza. Not sure whether you eat vegetarian pizza. It's alright my dear friend, we suffer the same fate.

Sure, back in Malaysia, if you have a habit of eating pizzas, burgers, hot dogs and fries, or basically Western food, then they'll say you'll love it in a Western country. Sorry to disappoint all you White wannabes or those of you people who intend to have a Caucasian lifestyle in a Caucasian country, that is a false popular belief. Unless you're a non-Muslim, or a blasphemous Muslim who doesn't mind eating pork, this would be an issue to you.

Speaking of Western countries, it disappoints me to see young Malaysians that have an orgy of wanting to be a Mat Salleh and thinks that it's embarrassing to speak their national language - Bahasa Malaysia. Worse if you don't even know it.

Similarly, it's dua kali lima to those Malay katak di bawah tempurung chauvinists who can't accept English (or any other languages) and open up their minds. Even if you're not good at conversing in English, you don't need to make a fuss about people who can speak English and convince your peers that these English speakers are like some hostile aliens.

No, learning or interested in another language does not mean you betray your national spirit. In other words, it does not mean you are unpatriotic if you have interest in English, Mandrin, French, Italian, Urdu, etc. Suppose everyone in Malaysia only knows Malay. Boy, when you say "can faks it to you?" in a broken English manner, next thing you know you'll be behind bars for sexual harassment.

Right now, all I can say that English is the most dominant global language. You can blame all you want at the British for their conquest for global imperialism if it makes you happy, but does not change the fact that English is still #1. Thus, English is important in exchanging knowledge and information between countries.

During the Islamic Age of Knowledge (the Abbasiyah Kingdom), scholars from Greece, Rome, Britain, China and those who are in proximity of Abbasiyah Kingdom, all learned the Arab language because Arab was the number one dominant language (well, back then). It was to make them easier to comprehend the knowledge and bring it back to their respective nations. With that knowledge that they had acquired, they are able to aid in the development of their respective countries. In the end, the Abbasiyah Kingdom fell, burned to the ground and English emerged as the most dominant global language until this very day.

The Katharine-na Blonde

2010-02-07T06:09:00.017+08:00

Okay, I'm lazy to post stuff about Montreal. But note, if you go to Montreal, all I can say that the two main attractions are the Schwartz's smoked meat sandwich and Montreal strip clubs. Poutine is optional, because it's a Quebec thing.

Now, see if you can tell me who these two women are.

Are you thinking of the same person in two different time frames? Answer, no.

The upper picture is Courtney Love and the other picture is American Idol 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee. Yes ladies and gentlemen, she has officially turned to a blonde. It's a travesty! No! I know. This may be old news, but forgive me for not having the time to keep up with what's happening in the music world since I started my Mathematics undergrad program. By the way, it was my sister who pointed out that Katharine McPhee looks similar to Courtney Love.

the blonde interview

She told the media that it's more fun to be a blonde. I'll respect that, but I'm still disappointed in this blonde transformation, and not just any blonde, but blonde to the max. Not that I'm prejudice against blondes, it's just that she looks a lot better with her previous hair color. I have to admit, some people look really good with blonde hair, like Taylor Swift. Then again, maybe it's just my personal interest.

Katharine McPhee
I'll always remember you like this

Apart from her appearance, till this day, I still think that Katharine McPhee should be an American Idol Winner! I find that she has a beautiful voice that only a few people possess. The way she throws out her voice is simply amazing. It's her reward for training her voice since she was at the age of two.

Ah, I wish my sister had shared with me this song by Katharine McPhee. Apparently, it was released sometime last year when I had just took my flight to Canada. It's funny how I found out about this song. I met a girl name Catharine few days ago, and her name reminds me of Katharine McPhee. Then I thought, oh, what's new with Katharine McPhee nowadays? When I googled out her name, I saw a blonde and my first reaction was "No Way!?"

Now, I'd like to share with you this song that my sister failed to share it with me. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you 'Had It All' by Katharine McPhee...

Had It All

Okay, you know what, despite her new blonde look, I still find her pretty, attractive and energetic. You go Katharine!

Montreal Report #2

2010-01-16T08:52:00.004+08:00

Rue St. Catherine

When you're in Montreal, along Rue St. Catherine (St. Catherine Street) is the place you ought to be. You thought 'rue' is 'road' in French, well, think again. Actually, I thought it was road at first. St. Catherine Street is supposedly the 'happening' street in Montreal where you'll find loads of shops and malls. Of course you know, when there's an opportunity to shop, there's bound to pretty ladies about. Rue St. Catherine, good place to be, period.

LV, Aldo, Guess, Sony, they'll all here

If you're at Montreal, and happen to be at Rue St. Catherine on the 26th of December, you're in the right place. In Canada, they have a thing that I call 'boxing day hunting' where you'll drown in any shopping outlet on Boxing Day. Almost all items (expect food, maybe expensive chocolates) have their prices slashed to a 30% to 70% discount.

In most cases, 50%. Not like Malaysia where when you target a specific item, then, during a sale, that item magically disappears, and you find out that the shop you went in is not the same as it was yesterday. Pinch me I'm dreaming.

Complex Desjardins

Ooops, wrong picture
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Chinatown

You know what they say, everywhere you go, there's always a Chinatown. It's basically the same o' Chinatown like the ones I've been in Melbourne and Sydney. Ever consider that underneath every Chinatown lies a secret command post for China's pursuit of global domination?

They had done it and were once a global superpower until one Emperor recalled back all the ships, and ordered that those ships to be burnt down to ashes along with any documents and reports of their global campaign.

Of course, this lead to Christopher Columbus as being the 'rightful' man who discovered America (well, in terms of historical proof and evidence).

If 'Order 88' we to be executed, they'll unleash an unimaginable onslaught of hordes that will drown any nation that opposes them.

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Old Port

An old part of Montreal. The name speaks for itself. It's an old place, and there's a port. Hence, Old Port. Oh well, pictures. Yeay!

care to figure out what this is?

I'm sure Sha and Sab likes this

One more thing, Old Port happens to be the place where the New Year's countdown is held every year. The atmosphere of New Year's Eve is like this.

Fireworks!

Montreal Report #1

2010-01-06T12:35:00.018+08:00

So yeah, here is my first entry about my trip to Montreal. I'm gonna you all by posting about my supercalifragilisticexpialidocious trip to Montreal. All my future posts will be about Montreal, the whole of Montreal (okay, maybe not all of Montreal) and nothing but about Montreal until I don't know what to talk about Montreal. Also, the places that I'm posting will not be in chronological order as to when I had visited those places.
Now then,

let's get this show on the road.
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Musse D'art Contemporain De Montreal

First destination, Musse D'art Contemporain De Montreal, a contemporary arts museum if my French intuition is right. Fine, the word is obvious from an Englishman's perspective. However, I do wish that Liyana was here to translate the French stuff that I had encountered in Montreal. Speaking of French, I believe my French has improved over the last few months, but, as much as it was improved, it's still substandard from a Frenchman's point of view.

In this museum, they had weird items on display. I wasn't allowed to take pictures expect for stuffs that were displayed on the ground floor. I can't really describe the stuff that I had seen in there. Let us just say, contemporary stuffs.

care to make a guess as to what this is?

Some of the displays include mirrors, projectors, etc. There was this one room where when you'll hear bells ringing (from speakers) louder and louder and suddenly silence. Then the bells rings again with the noise escalating and the process repeats. The theme of this particular art is 'The Silence is Twice as Fast Backwards'.

words of wisdom...

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Tour de Montreal Observatoire

It's basically an observation tower. This tower was built as part of the Big Owe Stadium (suppose to be like an 'O' because the stadium is an 'O') for the 1976 Montreal Olypics.

Big ohhh

The pride of this tower is that it's the world's no. #1 leaning tower in terms of angle of inclination. You thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was number one? Hah, think again. Pisa my ass (get it, piss my ass, though that phrase doesn't make sense, never mind).

If you were up the tower, these are what you could have seen. Well, for now, the view is blurry thanks to the natural phenomenon of winter. Yeay!

deux

trois

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Biodome De Montreal

I'll end this post with fun pictures of animals. To sum up this Biodome, it's like walking through an artificial Malaysian rain forest, diving under the sea and exploring Antarctica. Something like that.

Tropical Time

wow, something I've never seen before

preparing for a nosedive?

Under the sea
I did not find Sebastian and Flounder, but I did find

Patrick,

a fish that if a princess kisses it,
it magically turns to a handsome prince,

and the mother of all sea killers!!!
YOUR KIND KILLED STEVE IRWIN!!!

Penguins!!!
Saved the best for last.

to the Antarctica!

penguin elders

go on son, jump, jump

some penguin activity

"If only men are like penguins." ~ Women

Say Hello to 2010

2010-01-02T12:17:00.015+08:00

First and foremost, Happy New Year to all you men, women, children, hobo, gay, lesbian, Tom, Dick, Harry, and average Johan (Joe). Wow, a decade has passed after the new millennium of 2000.

Ah, the year 2009, funny year for me. A year that "I never thought this would happen" kind of year.

Earlier that year, I thought and I was sure that I was going to the United Kingdom or Australia to persue my higher education. Instead, I ended up in Canada. I gotta thank my Mathematics lecturer in Taylor's Mrs. Sukdave for encouraging me to attend a talk on the University of Waterloo. I was reluctant to go at first, pretty much lazy, then I thought, I've got nothing to lose, and so, I might as well just go and listen to what the representative had to say. Plus, it was raining very heavily, which means driving back from college is really a pain in the ass. At the end of the talk, I found out that the University of Waterloo, dubbed as the Silicon Valley of the North, is a well known university known for Mathematics and Actuarial Science in Canada and rated #1 in the world for their Co-Op program. There you have it, I'm now an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo, pledged to fight and defend in the name of the pink tie (a Waterloo Math thing) and stand my ground on the Math Building.

Yeah, this ugly gray building

Besides education, 2009 was also the year that I had suffered a terrible and tragic injury in one of my organs that no doctor ever known to man can ever cure immediately. It's gonna be a really long term injury, well, maybe not that long, but hey, I'm talking about suffering from a broken heart. Not gonna elaborate, but I've manage to live through it. I guess my dreams of having a cheesy story to tell my children (if I do get), "kids, your mother and I were together since high school" kinda thing was not meant to be. Come to think of it, I now wonder if my path leads a love life that I will meet up with a woman in Canada and end up starting a family in Canada. I know my mom will pengsan if this comes true, haha. Or perhaps, someone is waiting for me in Malaysia. Don't worry mummy, I personally hope that the latter comes true.

Note that a prophecy between my friends and I states that Adel Hakim will be the first in the group to get laid. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. I'm not gonna lie, so I admit, I'd love to be the first, but in a legitimate way.

Montreal, Quebec

As for the end year holidays approaching the new year, I went to the beautiful city of Montreal from the 23rd and will be returning to Waterloo tomorrow. I'll post more entries about Montreal when I get back to Waterloo because I can't upload some picture using the hotel internet. I also could not access into people's facebook profile. This travesty explains why throughout the week I did not reply any facebook comments and left my facebook sometimes unchecked.

After a decade, this is the evolution of Adel Hakim bin Idris. Ja jeng!!!

2000-2009

2010-present

Yeah, got a hair cut, nothing much, no big deal. Until then, Selamat Tahun Baru!!! 2010!!!

Misleading Ad

2009-11-26T08:55:00.000+08:00

Nice

Alice, Bob and Oscar

2009-11-21T13:33:00.004+08:00

I just deciphered this, which is part of my Algebra assignment.

GMQEUBQI MWJMVI QMWS BZ XVUYL ZBE QOCUE PBDYQEV
HDQ YCTCE BZ SUWWUYL ZBE QOCUE PBDYQEV.
RMQOCRMQUPI RMV HC XCZUYCX MI QOC IDHACPQ UY JOUPO
JC YCTCE SYBJ JOMQ JC MEC QMWSUYL MHBDQ,
YBE JOCQOCE JOMQ JC MEC IMVUYL UI QEDC.

Yes, it's Cryptography baby! An interesting and awesome thing to learn. The text that I had just decrypted is actually nothing compared to what lies ahead. Ooo, if you play Scrabble, and suppose that you're decrypting something that is in English, it'll give you an extra advantage when decrypting cyphertexts.

Wonder why 'E' is just worth 1 point? It's because it's the most common letter that occurs in English sentences, assuming that you are using proper English. So, when decrypting things, always look out for the most frequent letter that occurs in the text, because it is 97% likely that it is the letter 'E', if not, then it's the second most frequent. Also, J's and Q's are less likely to appear, or even not appear at all. It's also important to consider what letters correspond to A, E, I, O, and U because all of the words in English have at least one vowel. The rest are just trial and error. Also, when you play scrabble, you get the hang of what are the frequent letters that end words. Hence, you'll be able to pick out possible letters that end words.

Battle Report #4

2009-10-30T14:46:00.005+08:00

Yeon-Ho Lee
(Protoss)

versus

David Kim
(Terran)

David Kim should seriously play Zerg.

Just Laugh & Let It Go

2009-10-19T07:22:00.003+08:00

I just realized that I'm gonna go through hell for the next 2 weeks.

For the 1st week:
Monday (tomorrow)
Algebra 1st Midterm
Tuesday
Intro to Actuarial Studies Quiz #5
Computer Science Assignment to be submitted

For the 2nd week:
Monday
Calculus Midterm
Tuesday
Intro to Actuarial Studies Quiz #6
Computer Science Assignment to be submitted
Wednesday
Algebra Assignment to be submitted
Friday
Calculus Assignment to be submitted
Economics 2nd Midterm

The most annoying thing that I have to write is the weekly Actuarial Studies Quiz. See, every week, there's a quiz that best 10 out of 11 quizzes will account 50% of the overall. Other 50% comes from finals. First glance, it's a true-false paper. Sure, easy, but the true-false paper has a stipulation. You get correct, 1 point. Yeay! You get it wrong, 0.5 marks will be deducted. If you're unsure, and don't want to take the risk of losing 0.5 marks, then, leave it blank. They won't deduct marks if you leave it blank.

The next 2 weeks is going to be a challenge. Shit. Then again, I've been in more pressure than this before. Yes, taking a the 2008 March Intake for A Levels. From an 18 month program shorten to 15 months. Furthermore, I took Further Mathematics, which is something that is recommended to be taken for 18 months. I look back, I'm glad that I've taken that express course. I've learned to deal with anything that comes to me and learn what needs to be learned do what needs to be done if given a short amount of time. Plus, I love challenges. Maybe that is why I took the March Intake rather that wait till July.

University of Waterloo, whatever you've got, bring it on!
Universe, bring it on! Hell, I was born for this!

Dream big and fall in love!

17 on a 16th

2009-10-17T07:21:00.023+08:00

Two years ago, I was in form 5 (in which now my sister is going through), in a time that was supposed to be at the crossroads of destiny. I was gonna write for a supposed-to-be-future-determining exam that is known as the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM). They say you gotta do well for it, get all As, or one B and all As at least to succeed in life. Turns out, partly it's true (so that you'll have a high chance of securing a scholarship) but most of it is a bunch of crap. How you do well in SPM is a life changing moment, but, that does not mean that you'll be success in life.

Also, in 2007, I was so enthusiastic in becoming a chemical engineer. I had made up my mind. A chemical engineer. Ironically, one year ago in 2006, I opted to drop Chemistry because I so sucked at it, failed 3 Chemistry papers three times a row, and in form 5, that turned out to be my second strongest subject. And now, I made up my mind, again. Now, I, wanna be, an actuary. Never heard of the word actuary ehh? It's alright, I did not too until I went to college.

Going back to SPM, for public schools, SPM heavily caters science. It's like a nerd and geek only program. If you decide to go for arts you'd be labeled as the 'dumb' class of students in the student body. I remember during the end of my form 3 year, after PMR, school counselors repeatedly told us don't be afraid to join something that is not science, it's all the same, and turns out, no, it's not the same, and high SPM achievers are always byproducts of science stream student.

For the high achievers, or usually the ones who's name are on the paper, they will have at least Biology, Chemistry and Physics. It's like an entry requirement to be successful at SPM (with certain exceptions). It's all about science and the way I see it, in public schools, the system marginalizes Art students. Even if you're a 'brilliant' student who has passion in arts, the good art students come and party with science stream. In my high school, the person to score highest for English or Bahasa Malaysia come from science classes. Even all of our debaters who represented the school were from science classes.

The ones who do badly in the science stream will tend to pursue post-secondary education in Arts. So the million dollar question is, why bloody choose pure science when you know that Add Maths is gonna castrate you day and night till the last day of SPM?

Well, it's actually the fault of the student for joining science stream. Here's an equation that many people assume before form 4:

Science Stream = Insurance
"If you're in science stream, you can do anything in the future."

Well, it is true in most cases, because if you want to do Economics or get a scholarship for an Economic degree, you don't need high school Economics.

I learned in a lecture that uncertainty is the beauty in life. Insurance companies are regarded as society's number one when it comes to society's interests. Did you know that in government interventions, when it comes to if something is wrong in some part of society, they will set the insurance business stability as priority number one. Means that governments will regulate the insurance industry above any industry to ensure public stability. In Canada, during the recession, zero banks and insurance companies went bankrupt. Now, this is a good statistic comparing to their counterpart United States. Anyway, assuming that we have knowledge on what is going to happen to us and there were no uncertainty, if A knows that (s)he is healthy and no chance of getting injured, A would not need to buy insurance. If B knows that (s)he will certainly get struck by some serious illness, B will opt for insurance. Now, for the insurance company's standpoint, they would want people like A to buy insurance and certainly do not want to sign people like B who will make losses to the company when they make claims. If there was certainty, then, the insurance sector will cease to exist.

Now, back to SPM, my point is that SPM is a retard system. Hell, you can just memorize the textbook for crying out loud. Some can even memorize English to get an 1A for English. I don't know how they do it, but they did it. And thank God that the Ministry of Education is going to revamp SPM and not make it a 100% exam-based system, make it fun and loving so that we can all live happily ever after.

Well, to me SPM is not really a life and death matter. If you do good, you get a scholarship, hooray. If you do bad, don't worry, maybe you're a late bloomer. You'll get more scholarship opportunities when you're in college. Even if you do badly in SPM, it's not the end of the world because SPM only indicates how well you are in Biology, Chemistry, Physics. But, that does not mean that you not have to try to do your best. Anyway, if you're an Economics person, or Psycology, Sociology, you'll know whether you're that person once you're out of high school if you're in Malaysia.

Now, as an undergraduate pursuing Honors Mathematics and aiming to Major in Actuarial Science, I still think that even if I do graduate with a degree, that's does not guarantee success in life. The moment I walk out of University, that's just one step in to reality. Reality is volatile and the world is always changing. Anything can happen, and certain changes can even mean that my degree would be worthless. I mean I could have a degree in Mathematics, and latter become a businessman. One of my philosophy in life is that it's not about what you got, it's what you make up whatever that's been given, and the choices that you make, that's a life changing moment.

Charles Darwin once said, "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

Finally, I would like to give a shout out to my lil' sister
Remember how you used to like Blue,
Now, I'd like to dedicate this song to you...

One Love
ingat tak the good old days, slalu nyayi lagu ni

Shaira Nur

Happy Birthday yang ke-
T U J U H B E L A S !!!
It's still 16th of October in Canada, =)
Miss you tau!!! Be sure to study for SPM and do well!!!
And drive safely kalau dapat lesen memandu!!!

The 1Malay Chronicles #2

2009-10-11T04:45:00.005+08:00

Thanksgiving weekend has arrived, long weekend; Monday is Thanksgiving Day. My floor, West A, is now officially like a ghost town. Only I, 3 guys and a girl, out of about 40+ people are staying back at university residence on my floor.

I woke up late today, about 1pm. Because of that, I missed SMA's paintball event. Damn. Well, I hope you guys had fun with paintball just now. So, paintball, out. I ended lepaking at the lounge.

West A's lounge

Watching a 2 hour Family Guy marathon was fun. For me, watching TV must be accompanied by food. I'll share with you what's good around here to snack with while watching your favorite shows.

just pour it and let it do its magic

I realize that I am slowly reattaching myself to the media world. On Thursday was the first time I watched television and getting up to date on what's new on TV and music since I took my flight to Canada on the 30th August.

Plus, I should utilize the things around here, like House season 6 and How I Met Your Mother season 5 are airing on TV, in which I have complete access. Even though there's high speed internet to watch em' online, it's not the same as having the luxury of watching it on good old fashioned television.

TV - one of man's greatest innovative inventions

Note, Thanksgiving in Canada and USA are on different date.

Now then, got assignments to do.

Lily's Mom Has Got It Goin' On

2009-10-07T06:45:00.037+08:00

Since I'll be stuck in the Mathematics Computer Lab for some time, I'd like to give a shout out to Lily's mom! Apparently, the Math Lab is a convenient place to study or do assignments because, number 1, it's not crowded. Only Math students can use the computers at the Math Lab. In the library, there are people from all different faculties cramming that joint. Number 2, INTERNET, which is what I'm doing right now. Last but not least, because you've paid for it!

Now then, Lily's mom!

Acknowledgments: Fountain of Wayne
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Bet you'd never thought
that Lily's mom
is actually...
a fine actress
and a lovely woman
who is none other than,
the one and only....

Kate Beckinsale!!!
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Lily's mom has got it goin' on
Lily's mom has got it goin' on
Lily's mom has got it goin' on
Lily's mom has got it goin' on

Lily, can I come over after schoo-oo-oo-oo-ool? (after school)
We can hang around by the poo-oo-oo-oo-ool (hang by the pool)
Did your mom get back from her business trip? (business trip)
Is she there, or is she tryin' to give me the sli-i-i-i-ip? (give me the slip)

You know I'm not the little boy that I used to be
I'm all grown up now, baby can't you see

Lily's mom has got it goin' on
She's all I want and I've waited for so long
Lily, can't you see you're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong
but I'm in love with Lily's mom

Lily's mom has got it goin' on
Lily's mom has got it goin' on

Lily, do you remember when I mowed your lawn? (mowed your lawn)
Your mom came out with just a towel oh-oh-oh-oh-on (towel on)
I could tell she liked me from the way she stared (way she stared)
And the way she said, "You missed a spot over ther-re-re-re-ree," (spot over there)

And I know that you think it's just a fantasy
But since your dad walked out, your mom could use a guy like me

Lily's mom has got it goin' on
She's all I want and I've waited for so long
Lily, can't you see you're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong
but I'm in love with Lily's mom

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Lily's mom has got it goin' on (she's got I goin' on)
She's all I want and I've waited for so long (waitin' waitin')
Lily can't you see you're just not the girl for me,
I know it might be wro-oo-oo-oo-ng,

I'm in love with... Lily's mom
Oh-oh, oh-oh
I'm in love with... Lily's mom
Oh-oh, oh-oh, wait a minute
Lily can't you see you're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong
But I'm in love with Lily's mom

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Oh what the hey, let us enjoy Stacy's Mom by Fountain of Wayne. It's a funny video to watch. Plus, Rachel Hunter is in it. Can't believe this song was released in 2003, which is like, about 6 years ago. Oh well, time flies.

Watch this video in High Definition.

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And check this out,

Harry Potter vs He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Was is right to let the Dutchman go?

2009-10-05T01:55:00.012+08:00

Personally, during the 2005-2006 season, I agree that Ferguson was right to have left van Nistelrooy in the bench quite often. Many people may disagree that it an outrage to leave the top goal scorer out of the game (I too disagreed back then), but when you look at Manchester United's style of play after Beckham left until 2005-2006, it's not a system in favor of van Nistelrooy.

Hypothetically, this is Manchester United's best 11 (2005-2006);

Rooney ------ v. Nistelrooy
Giggs ---------- Scholes --------- Keane ------ C. Ronaldo
Heinze -------- Brown ------- Ferdinand ----- G.Neville
van der Sar

When look at the attack, it's a good line up, with Rooney and Ronaldo terrorizing the defense with their pace and dribbling skills. But for v. Nistelrooy's case, from midfield to Rooney, they do not help v. Nistelrooy's game. They all lack a consistent killer pass for van Nistelrooy. Let us investigate one my one.

Keane: defensive, more of short passer that connects defense to midfield (sacked in Nov 2005)
Scholes: attacking, prefers to go for a long shot or wair for rebound (though now is a very good passer)
Giggs: winger, dribbler
Ronaldo: winger, dribble, note: awful crosses back then
Rooney: dribbler (used to be temperamental)

If I were in Fergie's position, I would do the same for the team. For van Nistelrooy to leave, if you look at the past circumstances, it was best for the club and player.

Now, 2009-2010, Ronaldo left the Devils and United are reverting back to a rigid 4-4-2. We know that Scholes has tremendously improved his passing accuracy. Moreover, the team provides more excellent through passes more than a 'dribbling past players' kind of play. I would say this is the system that is in favor of van Nistelrooy.

Ruud van Nistelrooy - dangerous in the box and a natural finisher, no doubt. The perfect man to lead Manchester United's battlefront. Period.

The Modern Flying Dutchman

2009-10-04T07:24:00.022+08:00

"It's in, he scores!!!
It's van Nistelrooy!!!"

Too bad you Mancs don't hear that line anymore. Ruud van Nistelrooy is notably one of the greatest and prolific goal scorers of modern football, and the most successful Manchester United striker of the modern game to wear the #10 jersey. Statistics says it all, 150 goals in 219 appearances - 0.685 goal to game ratio, which is the highest ratio in the United record books of all time.

"It's Ruud van Nistelrooy!!!!"

You not need to be flamboyant or a great dribbler to be one of the best goal scorers. Van Nistelrooy's style is incredibly an all out striker classic, just waiting for the right moment at the right time. He has got high anticipation and possesses a deadly aim. Though people argue that it's a lazy style, not much running and all, but bottom line is that he bags in goals. Different player, different style of play.

It was unfortunate that, though he was Manchester United's best modern striker, he came in at a wrong time, not being able to fully contribute to the team. David Beckham complements him by providing deadly accurate passes to van Nistelrooy to score. It was a perfect partnership that resulted van Nistelrooy poaching 36 goals in 2001-2002 and 44 goals in 2002-2003. When Beckham left for Madrid during the 2003-2004 season, since then, Ruud van Nistelrooy failed to score more than 30 goals in a season as a Devil.

2003-2004 until 2005-2006 was a time when Manchester United lacked 'current' quality in the team and conceded the EPL to Arsenal and Chelsea. United sucked, defense and offense. Players were still developing and even though Rooney scored goals, but there was not a good provider to fully capitalize van Nistelrooy's ability. Eventually, van Nistelrooy left after the 2006 World Cup and reunited with Beckham at Real Madrid. This was also due to a row with Ferguson and a misunderstanding with C. Ronaldo.

Ironically after van Nistelrooy left, it was a revolution for the Devils. Carrick, Evra and Vidic came in the 2006-2007 season and Manchester United reclaimed the EPL and has never conceded the title up to this date.

Since then, if van Nistelrooy was still in the team, the current United team has eagle-eye passers like Michael Carrick, Owen Hargreaves, Rodrigo Possebon and Paul Scholes (who has taken a passing role nowadays) who could have reestablished the midfield to van Nistelrooy connection that we miss all these years since Beckham left. Van Nistelrooy is a natural finisher, not a provider but needs a provider.

"Great goal by van Nistelrooy."

Even now, despite the good passes provided by the midfield, the current United strikers always disappoint the team by fumbling shots. Rooney, Berbatov and Owen always misses the target. It's embarrassing. For one, I see them having more opportunity than van Nistelrooy could ever had back during his time, and a United striker has more opportunities to score than strikers during the Beckham era.

Ruud van Nistelrooy's departure was indeed a big loss to Manchester United and EPL. But, on the bright side, we witnessed the rise of Cristiano Ronaldo, currently the 'World's Best Player'; but he left for Real Madrid, reuniting with van Nistelrooy. Thierry Henry is also a player I miss when watching EPL.

Well, economically speaking, if we compare can Nistelrooy, Rooney and Berbatov, results show that van Nistelrooy has the 'absolute advantage' when it comes to scoring goals and making most of given opportunities. A team like Manchester United misses the presence of van Nistelrooy upfront that gives the opposition a psychological fear. Come on, at times, you see 2-3 players marking van Nistelrooy. Even though Ronaldo scored 42 goals in 2007-2008, his whole goal scoring form is not consistent compared to van Nistelrooy.

I still remember one of his infamous remarks to C. Ronaldo, "Go crying to your daddy."

Tribute to Ruud van Nistelrooy - one of the greatest Devils of all time!

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud
vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Nistelrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooy

The 1Malay Chronicles #1

2009-10-01T06:15:00.021+08:00

Early Days

On my first day, moving in, I met Caroline, she's a Singaporean. She helped me carry my luggage and things into my room and said that she lived on the same floor last year. Now, she's in her 2nd year.

During the first week at the University of Waterloo, I swear that I did not find a single first year Malaysian. I did expect this considering the fact that JPA/MARA do not send scholars to the University of Waterloo. Here at UWaterloo, there's a Singaporean & Malaysian Association (SMA), so I thought, hey, should be some Malaysians around here. So, I looked again and again and I still could not find any Malaysian(s).

UWaterloo's Pride - The Math Building
also known as the ugly fortress

I was thinking of '1Malaysian' for Frosh in my head until the second week of university when I attended the 'International Student's Reception' and finally, I found one first year Malaysian, Keat Hong. Salvation! I also met some Malaysians and Singaporeans there as well.

Now, here's the interesting part when I met Keat Hong. It turns out that he was an A Levels 2007 July intake - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Further Mathematics, which is what I did, but I was a March 2008. He's from PJ. Yes, he is one year older than me and was an NS trainee. I also got to know someone who graduated from UM (Actuarial Science), now doing post-grad at UWaterloo. Name - Jian Hau, but we call him Raymond. As for SMA, I only met one member on that day, Shamil. He's a cool guy. He said that I gotta wait till 'Club's Day' next week to sign up for SMA or any other clubs.

September 24 - Sign Up

I & Keat Hong signed up SMA, and met another Malaysian, Logan. Apparently, he's from Kelana Jaya and one of the SMA's committee members. Now, what I'll tell you about him is... he supports Manchester United - the greatest football club in the universe!!! Glory Glory Man United!!! According to Logan, I'll be the first Malay of the current UWaterloo generation to join SMA. And so, began, the chronicles of the 1Malay.

September 26 - SMA First Meeting

Ah, a place where I get to see my own people. Also, I finally get to met Shiue Lin who is someone important. She's the Malaysian Representative of UWaterloo.

feels like Taylor's again

I found out that more than 90% of the Malaysians at UWaterloo, are at UWaterloo for the same reason. Doing Actuarial Science. Ooo, what a surprise.

from left: Caroline, Shamil

from left (top) : Keat Hong, Raymond & Howard

We just discussed upcoming events, introductions and played some games. The was suppose to be a SMA BBQ at night but it was raining, and so we had to postpone the BBQ to tomorrow.

By the way, Howard is actually from Taiwan and has no ties what-so-ever with Malaysian/Singapore. He watches PCK, yeah!

September 27 - SMA BBQ

Nothing much to talk aboot. Just chillin' and get to know people.

that's hot.

Shiue Lin - the one with the hotdog

I so poyo giler

person sitting middle - Dominic - Taylor's A Level Jan 2008 - Irfan's classmate - economics

Until next time...

A Star Was Born

2009-09-27T04:44:00.010+08:00

Exactly one year ago, (Malaysian time, now, 27th Septemper 2008), I had made one of my many life changing decisions, and I'm here today to talk about that. Back then, I was a college student at Taylor's doing A Levels. Ah, college life, one step closer towards adulthood and at a stage where you have to make choices.

Choices.
Yes or No?
Black or White?

Now, let me bore you about this one particular choice. I was unsure, whether to do it or not, thinking of the consequences and was contemplating if I am worthy enough to 'do it' or was it a new stupid trend that people do just for their self-interest or perhaps to pass boring time.

I thought, if I do 'do it', does that make me a sheep following a herd, follow the 'in' thing that people are doing? Yet, if I don't do it, am I just going to hold it in and forever be afraid not to show what I am capable of, or am putting my feet firm on the ground like a rock and not to be influenced by others.

Thinking and thinking, and I realized that for whatever choices you make, whether it is good or bad, you'll learn something from it. Even if you do make bad choices (though not all), making that mistake can be the right choice, because, you will learn not to do it again. It is like if somebody punches you, OUCH! Then, that person punches you again, you'll block and who knows, give him a flying kick and call your gang to belasah that fella, Hell Yeah!!!

Tuntasnya (man, have not used this word since SPM), life is a learning process. It's not what choices you make, it's about what you make of it and what you learn from it. In life, I would say,
"Fool me once, shame on the universe. Fool me twice, shame on me."

So there I was, staying up all night doing revision, preparing for my AS Level Examinations while thinking about this particular something. Midnight had passed like almost an hour ago and I'm suppose to sleep to wake up at 6.30 am to prepare for college. Anyway, I start to hear voices in my head saying do it, it's good for you. Some voices say, ni mesti ikua orang punya. At that time, in my gang, none of them had even done the thing that I was thinking about - Dhanraj, Harith, Irfan, Kevin, Nazrin, Syafiq. Will I be the first? My answer, simply, well, JUST DO IT!

On that day, I finally did it! I choose to do it, and nothing is gonna stop me anymore, no turning back. And that was it, on September 27, 2008 was the date that I posted my first blog entry and from that moment on, 'FallenStar' was born into the blogging community. A new chapter in my life began...

Picking The Right Girl To Date?

2009-09-21T03:00:00.003+08:00

Girls-o-logy

Taximan

2009-09-10T11:23:00.005+08:00

Best Good acting.
No wonder people are easily fooled by him.

15Malaysia's Best Video

And for Sabbie...

2009-09-08T00:44:00.005+08:00

Went out, to find a mattress, and look what I found along the way.

Yeah Sab, I found your secret business in Canada.

Shower Curtains ehh? Very unexpected of you...

BUSTED!!!

There's Always A First To Everything

2009-09-07T09:11:00.015+08:00

For the first time ever, after wondering about in different supermarkets, I have uncovered something that brings a bit of joy to widen my choice when it comes to eating.

Roll the drums for I present to you...

Maggi Chili Sauce?

Yes, all the way from Malaysia. The first ever Malaysian product I have found in Canada. Call me ignorant, wtv, I know, there are many more Malaysian products around Canada, but it ain't that easy to find in little town of Waterloo.

Product of Malaysia tu babe, jangan main-main. Kudos to Maggi. Apparently, Canadians don't consume chili sauces, or maybe not in Waterloo - popular choices are tomato and/or mustard, if not, they take hot sauce, which is Tabasco.

One time, in a restaurant, the food guy asked,
"What sauce do you want?"
"Mustard"
"Ok"
"And Chili"
"What?"
"Um, ughh, hot sauce?"
"Alright, here you go"

Back home, my choice will always be either mustard or chili, or both. Tomato isn't really my choice. So, yeah, finding chili sauce here is a big deal for me, though I enjoy their hot sauce still.

Certified halal from Malaysia. Ok, let's zoom in guys.

Oh yeah, oh yeah, Jakim, don't play play.
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

And hey, I managed to capture some cool shots. Check it out.

'Hakim'

Another 'Hakim'
Awesome

Sherwin-Williams Paints

Sherwin, I think you'll marry with a girl with a last name Williams, and do unimaginable stuffs with her. If not a female, you know what mean. Btw, I did not take this picture - found it on the net. But, beforehand, I saw this outlet on the highway and my dad was driving relatively fast, so I could not take a picture of it. Plus, not enough time to take my camera out. But, I did though intend to do so when I first saw it. For this case, wish I did, but did not, 'because I can't.'

The Fallen's Journey to The Falls

2009-09-03T18:08:00.018+08:00

Making our way from Waterloo to the unknown

And here we are

Destination - Niagara Falls (Canadian View)

It's just amazing to see Niagara Falls with your own eyes. Sure, you've seen it on TV/Internet/wtv, but to see this wonder with your own eyes is just breathtaking.

All I can say is amazing, Niagara Falls is one of God's wonderful gifts to humankind.
Experiencing this make me a more humble person and shows that I am just a small little human being in the eyes of God. Makes me more insaf.

By the way, I heard the Canadian's view is better than the US's view, so tough luck Naim.

There's a boat ride down there though

S-P-L-A-S-H

The boat ride takes you to a bottom view of the Falls

I wonder how's it like to get splashed down there

You'll confirm die if you fall off the Falls
or you'll just live your life incapacitated if you survived

USA is on the other side - wish I had a US visa though

A special thanks Mama & Bapak for bringing me to Niagara Falls.
Thank you for being there for me.
Alhamdulillah.

And I miss everyone in Malaysia - Family & Friends. You guys all take care...

PS: I forgot to give a shout out MERDEKA on the 31st August
Malaysia's 52nd Year of Independence.

Merdeka
Merdeka
MERDEKA!!!

Berkibarlah... Berkibarlah... Berkibarlah...

JALUR GEMILANG

Evil Arts Teacher and Namawee!

2009-08-25T05:52:00.017+08:00

Introducing the fourth video clip from 15Malaysia, whereby this particular clip was filmed at my old school, SRK Taman Tun Dr Ismail DUA, and not the 'other' school. Watch and enjoy.

And here we have a laugh-out-loud film about opening Islamic bank accounts.

When Sex Meets Religion

2009-08-25T02:07:00.005+08:00

Incoming Transmission

2009-08-18T19:49:00.018+08:00

Warning! WARNING! This is control speaking.

We have just identified an unknown creature,
we call UMD (Unknown Monster Danger).

Our Intel believe that it may be hostile and is heading your way...

or maybe not.

Now we believe that it is scouting for prey.

Local villagers appear to be terrified of the monster's
devastating onslaught.

If you happen to see it nearby, please run away from it
like HELL and report to any nearby army personnel.
(if you are still alive)

***transmission ends

Pissing Off Indians

2009-08-16T22:55:00.009+08:00

We all know the famous Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan. Millions adore him, ya da ya da ya da.

To some who do not know, he is in fact a muslim and perhaps because of his name and religion, he was detained for questioning by the US Immigration Officers on Friday at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey.

Shahrukh Khan claimed the reason of his detention was his name, which was in the computer check list (most probably terrorist related names) , though the US Immigration later denied that this incident ever happened. He is in US to promote a film 'My Name is Kahn' on racial profiling of Muslims after 911, and yes, the Americans heard your name loud and clear.

Jokerlah the Americans.

Well, one thing is certain, this saga has caused an outrage reaction from India. The Indian government slammed the States and called it a 'humiliating' treatment given to the actor. Moreover, his luggage went missing in the airline. This story made front page in Indian newspapers.

One of his supporters even burned the United States flag.

English Premier League

2009-08-14T18:59:00.002+08:00

After 3 months of waiting, the Premier League is back and will kick off tomorrow.

Time for mamaks to reopen their business and people like me to spend spend spend.

TMnet / Streamyx CAN GO FUCK RETARDS IN HELL!!!!!

2009-08-13T13:16:00.006+08:00

for providing their loyal customers (who are the ones that provide them profits, etc,) a very abysmal/substandard/slow/lagging/piece of shit service over the years. Well, depending on the area.

Too vulgar perhaps, but hey, haha, hopefully they improve their service for the money that we pay so that the public would not have outbursts against Streamyx.

I'm sure many people at home, all alone, when in front of the computer, surfing the net can be restless just waiting for the pages to load especially YouTube videos. Eventually, swearing about how lagging the internet can be is a way to pass up time while the page is loading.

And we have not talked about when there's suddenly no connection.

The Misguided

2009-08-02T14:08:00.014+08:00

They are among us. That's because we take everything our leader says as the one and only truth. That is not always so. Or is it?
And so we follow the crowd.
We forget that sometimes we are being used.
Not everything that all this is politics. All this a game THEY play. And we are the victims, both BN and Pakatan supporters.
Let's not be ignorant. Let's not be tools for THEM.

Exhibit A - ISA Demonstration

Why are there so many Malays?

In the protest, they also used women and children, an attempt to make the police look bad if they get beaten without realizing the fact that they had made themselves so disgraceful, to protest and are reluctant to disperse when the FRU ordered them to. Failure to comply will obviously result in action being taken, for which, is what should have been done and they did.

Now, at that ISA demonstration, you see an ocean of Malays, many wearing kopiahs or something to show their religious stance, and you can barely spot a gang/band of non-Malays. Where are they? I mean they are there but the numbers are insignificant.
Are they just all talk talk talk, and send their Malay allied troops to roam mindlessly on the roads, creating trouble. I suppose this is Pakatan. I mean, when they have ceramahs, all are present, it's all about multiracial, we are one as a multiracial community, looking for one another.

Or are my Malay brethren stupid and mindless?

Exhibit B - Perak Demonstration

Earlier this year, again, there was a demonstration against the Sultan of Perak. The DAP-PKR-PAS team all came together as one, made public statements, disagreeing with the Sultan's decision. When it's verbal, everyone's there, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Lain-Lain, but, when it gets physical, yeah, Malays are the only ones present. They use Palestinian banners as part of the protest. Shame. Few days later, DAP lead a peaceful demonstration. Yeay! Make peace, no war.

I guess these Malays really enjoy violent protests, getting beaten and battered, and their minds manipulated like wet clay being sculptured by their leaders as to how they feel how the Malays should be assigned in Malaysia.

Journey of a ...

2009-07-23T13:55:00.019+08:00

Baby Sheep

From a cute little baby sheep, it lives for a very important purpose.

to feed a man's craving for some juicy and tenderizing lamb chops

irresistible

When you attend any BBQ s or Open Houses, without lamb, don't you feel that something rather peculiar is missing? I know, I feel that too.

If not lamb, as long as it's in the domestic sheep group of meat like mutton. Damn, I could go for some mutton curry if there's a Deepavali open house.

Think about it, lamb unites us all. As what the world has turned out to be, Muslims can't eat pork, Buddhist's can't eat beef and why go for BBQ if you're only eating chicken. That is why lamb is essential in uniting us all. Not many of us realize how significance lamb has touched our lives and the lives of others.

This blogger is not responsible for any hard feelings upon individuals who follows a particular belief/religion that forbids eating lamb.

Owen's Deal With The Devil Ferguson

2009-07-14T15:20:00.012+08:00

At a press conference on the 13th July, Sir Alex Ferguson officially handed Michael Owen Manchester United's prized no. 7 jersey. You know what this means right? He is gonna be a regular starter and the door out is wide open for Dimitar Berbatov, unless of course if Berbatov suddenly puts up some magical performances that will give the boss a second thought.

Giving Owen the no. 7 jersey might be perhaps too much to swallow for the ex-Merseyside striker considering his age. For the 2009-2010 season, he will be 30 years of age by December. The on. 7 jersey is traditionally given to a player who will be the playmaker, who would be turning the tables in the game. Usually young or prime players. I thought Antonio Valencia would be a better choice to take up the no. 7 jersey than Micheal Owen. Moreover, Owen has been plague by hamstring injuries during his time at Newcastle that would not enable him to play that many games for the Magpies.

a once explosive Michael Owen during his old days at Liverpool

Michael Owen first burst into first team football in 1997. His first match was as a substitute against Wimbledon and scored! That marked the beginning of his legacy. He outran defenders, an excellent dribbler and is good in the air at times and became Liverpool's hottest prospect, or perhaps football's hottest prodigy at that time. Of course if anything that relates to Liverpool will mean a big thing considering the fact that it was a Liverpool-Manchester United era. Also that year, people were so crazy about Michael Owen. Hail the new starlet! My uncles all kept on talking about how 'pro' Owen was and tried to convince me to support Liverpool. Too bad at that time I wasn't really into football. I couldn't care less. All I knew about football was Michael Owen. I guess Owen was the first football player that I blindly supported, which does not count because I started getting into football when I watched the 1998 World Cup.

Despite Owen fine quality as a striker and a defender's worse nightmare, wonder why Manchester always had the best over Liverpool? Simple, it's because Owen was their ayam tambatan (relying on one man to score). If he was injured, Liverpool is surely to drop points. Not only that, he had to partner with flops like Baros and Heskey (though Heskey now performs well). Even at the international scene, England still sucked despite Owen's presence, because Owen had to partner either his flop partner Heskey (ooo, his club colleague too represented England), Vassell (another flop), or the senior citizen likes of Shearer, Sheringham or Fowler (another club colleague).

When Wayne Rooney was discovered, dubbed as England's most promising player in 2002 and Owen was at his prime, the Owen-Rooney link was England's perfect striking partnership. However, in the most unfortunate turn of events, Owen got injured frequently and when Owen plays, turns out, Wayne Rooney got injured. Until now, after 6 years has passed, Owen barely partners Rooney for England. Crouch, Defoe, Ashton, Johnson? Not strikers feared by defenders like Owen and Rooney.

a now not so explosive Michael Owen

Now, 29, closing on to 30, does Michael Owen still have some fuel left up his boots? Is Ferguson out of his mind handing him the no. 7 jersey? Perhaps Michael Owen had made a deal with the devil so that he could perform well at the cost of his ****. But, when you look at the records, Ferguson always had success at the players he bought who are considered old. Take Teddy Sherigham for example. Fergie bought him when he was 31 and he had a good spell in his Manchester United years and scored the equalizer for the 1999 Champion's League final against Bayern Munich, which Manchester United won the game. He was also United's top goalscorer in the 2000-2001 season but left when Ruud van Nistelrooy came in. Hernik Larsson too proved to be a good old player for Manchester United. Too bad he was only loaned in and decided not to join the club when offered a permanent transfer.

So as you can see, this rather unorthodox move by Ferguson may well end up bringing in more success to Old Trafford. From a Red to a Red Devil, who would have thought that all those years of fame and glory at Liverpool, even a fan favourite in Liverpool, who would thought that in the end Michael Owen ended up becoming a devil.

Of Late

2009-07-14T02:37:00.004+08:00

About 2 months ago, I was like "Ok, I'm going to Canada, cool, nothin' much."

Now, I'm like "Holy shit-damn-wtf, in about a month's time, I'm gonna leave the country for four and a half freakin' years, and I can't watch EPL!"

I suppose four and a half years ain't gonna be that long. By the time I know it, I'll be back in Malaysia. High school was an unforgettable yet pain-in-the-ass 5 year journey and I can't believe that it's already over and done with. Time flies. For now, I guess time is of the essence. So many things to do before I go, yet so little time and when you're behind time, you'll be like an office boy, late for work and just missed another bus.

But lately, as my days in my native land are getting numbered before I go to Canada, I've been contradicting myself by feeling the need to be alone and detach myself away from the 'current'. I barely read the papers in the morning (except for the sports section) and I quite feel not in the mood to do things with my friends (some). Why no, I'm not depressed or some mental disorder issue, it's just that the thoughts of the challenges that lie ahead comes into my mind, the things that you can't predict in the future. Unpredictable things that will go straight to your face, BAMM, deal with it - Reality. I'm not worrying, I'm just thinking and feel the need resurrect my inner strength and unleash something the world has not seen before. Just wait and see.

As for Canada, cold country, practically winter all the time. Maple syrup, oh yeah! Lookin' forward to jump into the adventure of a lifetime. Hopefully something like this won't happen when I'm on board a plane;

Harold & Kumar
Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Imagination is limitless...

The PDRM Evolution X

2009-07-02T12:48:00.052+08:00

Last Thursday, there was an exhibition held about the Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) at Sunway Pyramid. They displayed rifles, pistols, and mostly the PDRM's arsenal which is the usual items to be displayed, but the main attraction was the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. Yeah, you heard me,

M itsubishi
Lancer
Evolution X

HELL YEAH!!!

Izmir, you were there too, I don't know how you managed to spot me. You got eagle eyes man, a future RMAF sniper perhaps? Or maybe because I'm big (easy to spot). Yea, make fun of the big guy huh? Well, muscles weight more than fats!

Enough about that, moving on, these cars are PDRM's first generation of 'fast cars' of the 21st century. Why I say 21st century is because in actual fact, during the post independence era, Alfa Romeos were the first high performance cars to be commissioned under PDRM. Yes, our policemen used to be cruising with stylish Italian rides back then. As years gone by, the government purchased the likes Ford TX3, Citroen BX, BMW 318i and evidently all were replaced by our proud national car Proton and Perodua in the 90's (not all I think). Come on, you can't expect a bloody Proton match up a powerhouse like BMW on the highway, which is why the government purchased these high speed babies. Apparently, these Evo X cars had been in commission a few months back. Wished I had known earlier. They are our highway guardians known as the 'Helang Lebuhraya'. I just hope they live up to what they claim they are to be, or not it would be a waste of taxpayer's hard earned money!

Some pictures I took with my handphone at the exhibition.

QVGA only, image sucks la, tak sharp

Highway law breakers beware. It's a different ballgame now.

Ronaldo is Real, Valencia's a Devil

2009-07-02T00:43:00.038+08:00

It's finally official. Ronaldo is now a Real Madrid player. Tribute to the player for his sensational 6 years of service to Manchester United. I can still remember his debut match back in 2003, coming in as a substitute.

I was at home watching the game, I was like, who the hell is this kid?It was a match against Bolton. But, the moment when he got his foot on to the ball, he went dancing with it, got the crowd up to their feet and turned the game from a 1-0 to a 4-0 demolition. At that same game, he also set up a goal for Dutch hitman Ruud van Nisterlrooy. That marked the beginning of CR7's legacy. Then, came a series of complicated yet wonderful chain of events that needs not to be elaborated that had just ended around this time, which is his transfer to Real Madrid. Farewell I say to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Back at Old Trafford, Antonio Valencia has sealed the deal and is now an official Manchester United player. It is believed the Ferguson had paid Wigan £18m for the player. Though Ferguson signed him, I doubt he will be given the no. 7 role, or perhaps he would. Lets just see what this explosive Ecuadorian winger is made of.

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Check out the new kit for

Manchester United
for the 2009/2010 season

which I find it Fugly!!!
(F**KING UGLY)

Keeper's jersey is rather okay though.

To Punish and Enslave

2009-07-01T17:03:00.012+08:00

Here is what we have my Transformers character, Barricade, according to Facebook (wonder if its credible). A hunter/scout class Decepticon among the ranks and also one of the coolest side-characters in the first movie along with Blackout and Jazz.

Sadly to say, Michael Bay made Starscream (once cool in the first movie) a living scrap shit out of it in the sequel. Not only that, I still think that Barricade should have been included in the second film, doing what he does best, blending in with the civillians and then BOOM, assaults Sam! Third film for Barricade maybe...

Stop Global Warming

2009-06-30T19:44:00.000+08:00

Ronaldo's 7 Legacy Ends, A New Legacy Awaits

2009-06-29T09:02:00.002+08:00

Its official, its done and its dusted. Mind the repetition but hey, Cristiano Ronaldo's move from Manchester United to Real Madrid is finally Real and is set to break the current world transfer fee record with a whopping £80 million. Cool, its gonna be a back-to-back world record breaking run for Real Madrid because they just purchased Brazilian maestro Kaka from AC Milan for £56 million, beating their own Zidane's £45.6 million move. Oh wait, because they beat their own, this means its a hatrick of world record breaking run. This is, I say, mad!

Damn. When you convert the pounds, that is like about €94,000,000 or RM466,000,000.

an illustration of Ronaldo in Madrid Jersey

Is Ronaldo even worth the 80 million pounder? Maybe the fact he got dumped or is it rejected by Paris Hilton for being a 'sissy' may decrease his value. So, Ronaldo gone, its time for Nani or Bojan Tosic to step up the game, fill the empty void and impress Fergie. Will they? Are they tough enough, worthy enough to wear the no. 7 jersey. Can the new no. 7 terrorize the midfield like George Best? Or mayhap bend it like Beckham or be a brilliant loose cannon like Cantona, or establish his own identity and legacy. Only time will tell.

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Now that Ronaldo is going to go out of the picture and a megaton payload of £80 million heading into Old Trafford account, do expect big summer signings. Fergie has already set his sights on this likes of high prolific attackers such as Benzema, Ribery, Valencia, etc. Lets look at the plausible candidates shall we.

Karim Benzema - Olympique Lyonnais

Currently, under hot pursuit by Manchester United. One of France's hottest prospect and nicknamed Le Phénomène. Ferguson has always been a keen admirer of Benzema since 2007 but did not sign him then due his lack of maturity and did not want to take the gamble. Dispite an excelent club track record of 43 goals in 122 appearences in Lyon, he fails to impress when it comes to the international scene with just 6 goals in 24 appearences. A Jaguh Kampung what we Malays would say. Even he himself admitted that he was not ready to play in the EPL back then. Now he is 21, and claims he is ready to take up the challenge.

Antonio Valencia - Wigan

A fast, powerful and creative Ecuadorian midfielder who is instrumental in Wigan's survival since his arrival at the club in 2006. Plays as a right winger who could be an ideal replacement for Ronaldo at the right hand side. Still 23 years of age and Ferguson is convinced that Valencia can be developed into a world-class Manchester United figure at Old Trafford.

Franck Ribery - Bayern Munich

Hailed as one of France's best players of his generation and tipped to be the next Zidane. He is fast, energetic, flamboyant, he scores and has an eagle-eye passing ability. The best part is that he has shown his magical abilities on the world stage. A complete midfielder at his prime that will instantly command a Manchester United midfield. Could be the next Cantona. Ribery, a trasfer target by Ferguson in 2007 but made a move to Bayern Munich. Just 2nd to Messi, this player may be Ferguson's best signing in this time.

Other possible targets are Sergio Aguero, David Silva, i dunno why Thierry Henry (which I doubt, Henry will snub the deal even if Barcelona accepts the bid), Samuel Eto. Hey, who knows, maybe the next no. 7 could even be handed to an outcast like how Cristiano Ronaldo's no. 7 legacy began. People thought that Ronaldinho would be Beckham's replacement in 2003, but who would thought that it was Sporting Lisbon's youngster Ronaldo, and look what happened then. The no. 7 could even be handed down to a current Manchester United player who will step up the game. Football is always full of surprises.

Stop Motion

2009-06-26T01:59:00.000+08:00

Here is a video that my cousin Jazzril did for his finals along with his friends. They were awarded for best video in their college. He is the 'human skateboad' in this video by the way. Enjoy.

The Fallen Will Always Be Remembered

2009-06-26T00:57:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since I've last posted. So, here I am... again...

Why the sudden change of blogs? Its simply because I can't bear the name FallenStar anymore. That was an unforgettable name that I had been carrying during my roller coaster years - upper secondary until end of college. University awaits beyond the horizon and this calls for a new approach. Actually, I have been planning to switch blogs right after prom night, which is right after a supposedly 'rite of passage' out a certain stage in life, like a transition. In unavoidable circumstances, I was delayed for 2 weeks due to a memorable Redang trip followed by watching Transformers Revenge of The Fallen.

I watched it 3 freakin' times! Shit! The movie was good when you watch it the 1st time, but not a movie to watch again and again. It's like KFC, KFC is very delicious but the 3rd chicken makes you wanna muntah. And hell yeah! Watched it for 3 consecutive days. The 3rd will be the last! (I hope)

Don't you find that Revenge of the Fallen has elements of National Treasure and Terminator?

Going back to the topic, FallenStar will be the remains of me back then. It's sort of like an archive. Along my journey, I've closed some doors as well as opened new ones. As of now, Mr.Fallεn has risen. That is all for now.