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Be very afraid

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

“Do not trust strangers,” my mum told me over the phone before I flew to the east coast.
Two days ago, my mum told me that her bank statement came and her supplement credit card (which is with me in the US) was charged an enormous amount of of US 2500.
This credit card was charged at [...]

Gone

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

… the 1 second that you took to read the title above is now gone.
Two days ago I attended an event organized my church’s three campus groups and it was themed “Gone.” “Gone” is actually the title of a song by Switchfoot. It sounds like just another rock song, but it’s lyrics have profound meaning:

She [...]

An Analysis of UC Berkeley’s rankings in the latest THE – QS World University Rankings 2008

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

THE – QS World University Rankings 2008
2005 Rankings:

Harvard University, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Stanford University, United States
University of California, Berkeley, United States

2008/2007 Rankings:
2008/2007 Rankings
1/1 HARVARD University United States
2/2= YALE University United States
3/2= University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4/2= University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5/7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt… United States
6/5 [...]

Flight and Day 1

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Pretty tired now after the journey of 17 hours flight and 8 hours transit in Seoul on the way to San Francisco. Had a brief immersion in the Korean culture, though I never did go out of the Incheon International Airport. Watched 3 movies on the way to San Francisco from Seoul. :)
God prepared the [...]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: LRT stalls, Terengganu buys Mercedes, PAS wants to join UMNO, PAS’s Islamic State agenda

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I think Malaysia needs to get its act right now or risk fuming its citizens such that they leave the country (which is already happening by the droves)
So today I was asleep at 8 am (read: holidays) when my mum called and asked me to come get her from the LRT station. (Light-Rail Transit, the [...]

MARS and VENUS

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Well recently I read “Mars and Venus Together Forever” written by John Gray, the bestselling author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.”
Some interesting lessons distilled for the men:

When she is frustrated, avoid telling her “You take on too much”, “You shouldn’t be worrying about that”, “It’s not that bad”, “You expect too [...]

Meekness. Self-control. Love.

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I think more highly of myself than I should.
If people knew me much better perhaps they would see me in a different light.
I can be a monster sometimes.
I have an anger problem.
I am too proud.
I have an ego problem.
I don’t love people enough.
I shun people. I am shy.
I am too much of “I”s and not [...]

The Anwar Ibrahim issue

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Did he really commit the alleged crimes? Or was it an elaborate political plot by the cronies in the Government? Evidence featured in the following videos seem to point to the latter.
These YouTube videos shed some light on the topic. Follow “Foreign Correspondent” (Reporter Evan Williams and Producer Virginia Moncrieff) from the BBC as they [...]

SMKDJ Prefects MPPT 2008

Monday, July 7th, 2008

I went (for the first time after leaving DJ three years ago) to the Majlis Penyerahan dan Penerimaan Tugas 2008 for Prefects (Prefects Handing-over Ceremony) which was held last week at DJ’s Pavilion.
I miss the old school days. So fun.
Some pictures:

Five generations of DJ Head Prefects. From left: Ern Sheong (04/05), John Lee (05/06), Sher [...]

Beautiful imperfections

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Which other country in the world has

a stock exchange which stalled for an entire day because Bursa Malaysia could not fix a hard drive problem?
parliamentarians calling each other names and entertaining the people with their antics?
a very entertaining political scene involving the nation’s most influential politicians?
people double parking (sometimes triple) in high density areas?
pirated [...]

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