Its Alive!!

And I mean my internet connection in Sunway. Since I was having trouble with my land line I cant really apply for streamyx.

Then came this guy called Mahsa Teh. He set up a small booth outside the place where I'm staying and while I was walking back from my weekly futsal session, half dead, dragging my sorry ass all the way from Sports Planet Subang Grand, Mahsa called me like how those pedofiles would call small children to trick them into doing something bad, "Boy...you student? Want to apply for Internet?". Although initially I was quite reluctant to answer his questions, my attention was caught when he said, "no need fixed phone line one".

He then dropped by my place to give me a demo on the connection. My housemate and I were hooked. Although it was priced at RM138 per month, he gave us the assurance that you get what you pay for. And that's 1.5Mb per second. And this to prove it to you.

1522 kbps download speed and 239 kbps upload speed

The only thing was that we have to pay 3 months in advance but I get 1 month free. So all in all I'm a happy man. So more blog updates as well.

On a shorter note, I was heartbroken with the loss of my secondary school friend. Although I was not so close to him, we studied in the same primary and secondary school and stayed somewhat close to each other. The news saddened me even more as I was told that the nature his death was not natural. It brought tears to my eyes. May you rest in peace.

Reporting In

Basically nothing much changed since the previous post of mine. Still inhaling all the dust thanks to my home renovation. Finding it hard to even sleep as the construction workers start to drill holes in my house at 8am and end at 6pm, depriving me of my precious sleep. The renovation work is expected to be done by the end of this month. But I won't be around to watch the work progression in my house as I'll be starting my summer course next week and off I'll go back to the boring Sunway life and continuing my FYP from where TPK and I left off...have we started yet?

As for the past 2 weeks or so, I've been spending most of my time in my room watching all the movies in hard disk(the home desktop computer has been moved to my room :-) and making space for more movies that I'm downloading.

Although its kinda hard to believe, I'm currently enjoying doing cardio. I jog around my housing area and day by day I increase the distance I run. Up to date, I think I run bout 6km in less than 30 minutes. I'm not sure if the running helped me reduce the love handle around my waist, but it certainly helped me sleep soundly even with the drilling and banging noise from the renovation. Not sure if I'll be able to continue this cardio excercise when I'm in Sunway as I tend to get lazy when I'm there. Hopefully that will not be the case..

I think that's all I have got. Before I leave, I came across this book on the Internet and it kinda caught my attention in terms of the title.

Why only 5 habits? Because 7 is too many. HAHAHA

Home Sweet Home

Exams officially ended last week. YAYYYY!!! And I came back Melaka yesterday thinking of having the comfort of home and mum's cooking.

How wrong I was. My house now in under renovation and my house is in a mess. The things are all chucked to 1 site of the house so that the renovation can be done. The mess is so bad that I had to force my way through the piles of things just to access the computer. And this renovation has also hampered me of good home cooked food. AARRGGHHHH!!!

And this is expected to continue till the next month or so..and that's when my summer course starts. Come on everyone say it with me, "AARRGGGGHHHHH!!!"

On a funnier note (at least I thought it was funny), while I was out with my old Taylors friends (Priscilla, Lentty, Peter and Lentty's bf) to Mid Valley 2weeks ago, we were having a conversation on the current movies we caught up in the cinema when Peter brought up the title Bangkok Dangerous.

Peter: Bangkok Dangerous is so boring. And the movie has a sad ending.
Lentty: Yeah..Pang Bros movies all have have sad endings.
Me: Hmm..if you want happy endings, you should watch Bang Bros.
Peter/Lentty/Priscilla: Laugh their heads out.
Lennty's Bf: *Giving us a 'Don't know what's happening' reaction
(The reason was that he only watches 'Asian' movies)

Haha..HAPPY HOLIDAYS PEOPLE!!

PS- On my obsessions post when I posted a picture of customized AF1, if you see a big fat nose, look again..but if you see a girl bending down, you are on the right track =P

The New Me

I've been typing this post for quite sometime but couldn't finish it as I was in the middle of exams and at the same time my home internet connection got terminated for some weird reason.

Although most of my friends have already known, I'll write bout it anyway. Bout a month or so, I went under the knife to 'beautify' myself. YES..u heard me right! I had undergone a cosmetic surgery so that (in the hope) more girls will turn their head towards me. So how the surgery changed me? Let the pictures below do the explaining.

Before

After

I'm sure all of you are like this right now

=.='

Haha..sorry. I just couldn't help it. But I did went for a cosmetic surgery...not to alter my face but my thighs (NO..not the thing dangling in between) and my hands.

You see besides giving me life, brain (if you think I have any any) and senses, my dad must have taught, "Hmm..I shall give my only son something special, bonus with no extra charges. And so he passed on to me this something called familial multiple lipomas (don't ask me what it is, I'm too lazy to explain but you can read it here). To cut the crap, I've body is infested with lumps of fat, growing on my hands, stomach and thighs which grew more obvious ever since I started working out. For the information of all those shaking their head profusely either in disbelief or just don't believe me, yes I do work out..once in awhile.

My left hand before the surgery. How many 'ball-ball' can you spot?

And so I got it removed. A grand total of 33 lumps were removed. Even the doctor admitted he became restless removing so many. Poor chap. Currently, my hands looks like I've just been attacked by a knife. The doc asked me to drop by for round 2 during the holiday to extract the remaining lumps.

After the op

During my first appointment with the doctor, he told me "Oh, these lumps no need to worry la. Harmless! Only thing is that girls don't like to hold you hand with these lumps there la."

So since I'm 'free', any volunteers? (Girls only please)

Dead Blog?

Well it is of course not dead...yet. I've just been quite busy with studies (exams) and of course my FYP. And I won't even be going back Melaka to celebrate Deepavali with my beloved family. To top it all of, my home internet connection got terminated. So I just can't get the idea out of me to blog something in the crappy university of mine. But stay tune, I do have something lined up for the future.

So for all my friends who drop by every now and then to check for the update, thank you for your support and stay tune for the future updates. Sorry for the lack of update

Series Bonanza

For the past few weeks, various series have been premiering in the US and the fever have caught up with my friends and I as well. After the mistimed writer's strike which caused many series to be stopped half way or to end abruptly, this new season of series really got a lot of people ecstatic.

As for myself, I follow Prison Break, Heroes and Chuck. I try my best not to start watching any new series as it'll be like digging my own grave as the exams are around the corner.

I watch this three series for different reasons.

I'd pick Prison Break as the best from the crop. The story line is just superb and it makes me wanting for more every time an episode ends.

Followed by Chuck in second place. I like the humor portion of it. Hopefully the second season will not be short of laughter as well.

And finally, Heroes. As usual it all started with a lot of question marks all over it. Hopefully I don't have to wait till next season to answer those questions. And I watch Heroes for 4 main reasons.



From left: Dania Ramirez, Hayden Panettiere, Kristen Bell and Ali Larter

GOD!! There goes my exam (preparation)!!

Obsessions

My close friends would know that I'm obsessed with two things. Football jerseys and shoes. Although lately jerseys have overtaken the shoes in terms of collection, I still go crazy over Nike Air Force Ones..especially if they are limited edition. Recently I came across this custom made Air Force One. Although its not a limited edition material, its worth mentioning due to the work of art done on it.


Do you see what I see?
(Leave me a comment on what you see..)

Hitz.fm Viewing Party

Last Sunday, my friend, Su Ann and I went to Republic Pyramid for the Che vs Man Utd viewing party organized by Hitz.fm. How I managed to get the passes u may ask. I basically called them up and I went on AIR!!! The DJ that answered my call was Natalie.

Natalie looks very tall and thin in real life.

Our phone conversation went something like this

Natalie: Hello thanks for calling Hitz.fm. May I know who is on the line please?
Me: I'm Saravanan.
Natalie: So it's S-A-R-A-V-A-N-A-N?
Me: Yes.
Natalie: So you rooting for Man Utd or Che?
Me: Man Utd.
Natalie: Okay Saravanan, I want you to sound happy. Can you do that for me?
Me: Yes.
And so the recording started.
Natalie: So Saravanan, why do you think Man Utd is going to win on Sunday?
Me: Urm..because Man Utd going to end Chelsea's home record.
Natalie: Wohoo..congrats. You've just won two passes for the Hitz.fm viewing party at Pepublic Pyramid.
Me: Okay
Natalie: Say the okay a bit more happier
Me: :-S..OKAY
Natalie: Let's try that again.
Me: OOKKKAAYYY!!!
Natalie: Good!

And so our conversation ended there. Didn't knew saying a simple okay can be so tedious.

On Sunday night Su Ann and I went. Due to the insufficient passes, her bf was not able to join us. Sorry Wai Kit.


The atmosphere there not bad. Free flow of drinks/beer and food thanks to the passes. Natalie, Ean and Jean are the Hitz DJs that turned up for the party.

At the end of the day, Man Utd lost their solitary goal advantage in the 80th minute and the game endded as stalemate.

Check out the Asian among the spectators. Such a cunning laugh he has. As though he jus managed to con someone to buy his ciplak product

Overall, it was a enjoyable day meeting new people and meeting the Cruisers who were extra nice towards us, especially Su Ann =P

Something Funny

Sorry for the lack of update for the past week or something. There's been really nothing going on in my life that is worthy of a post. Even my FYP progress have come to a halt after my presentation. Shh..don't tell this to Dr Kenny k. Keep it a secret between us..

I was browsing the web out of boredom and I came across this page that states some of the worst company domain names in the internet. So let me break it down for you, in no certain order.

1. www.expertsexchange.com
Need professional services? They'll do a great job for you.

2. www.whorepresents.com
Want to bring Paris Hilton to your crib? This is where you find their representatives.

3. www.penisland.net
Need a longer lasting, easy to grip...pens? You've come to the correct place.

4. www.therapistfinder.com
Need to fix your nagging back pain? They'll find it for you. maybe the do something else as side business as well.

5. www.powergenitalia.com
It doesn't get better than a power generator company based in Italy. Does it? And the site in under construction. To give you a bigger and better, generator of course.

Hope this cheered you up a bit. Have a nice day.

Summer Steamboat

After our presentation, we met up for dinner at this buffet steamboat restaurant called Summer Steamboat Buffet at Mentari Court to celebrate Tommy's 22nd (02/09/08) and Caroline's 21st (04/09/08) birthdays.

Nothing much to say in this post except we basically owned the place with the amount of noise that we generated. So I'll let the pictures do the talking.

All happily munching away

The drunk (right) and the one who got him drunk (left)

Tommy with 'I am Incredible Hulk' pose which made Caroline go "WOW, sungguh bergaya"

The '60 year old' posing with his 'granddaughter'

The steamboat place that was turned into a roadside satay celup place by us

And lastly, group photo without 4 others including Tommy who went back early

Presentation

Its been while since I last updated. Actually there have been a lot of things to talk bout. But i think I'll break them up so that the post does not end up to be super long and its taking ages to upload the photos (sorry for the blurry pics). In this post as well, I will introduce some of my classmates that make my clock tick by the day.

After all the butterfly flying in my stomach and hourly visit to the loo, my proposal presentation was not as bad as I expected to be. I'd say my presentation was above average which was reflected through the marks that I got for my performance (4/5). But if I start comparing with some students who sets the bar very high (4.75/5), I'll be a very sad boy.

Yours truly in action minus the shaky leg

Making his first appearance in my blog, none other than my FYP partner, TPK @ Tham Pak Kwan

I had to say both TPK and myself did a good job in presenting our slides. Although I have to admit my legs were shaking uncontrollably when delivering my speech, I think the long pants did a good job.

Another Indian in my class, Vijendren @ Vj and Tommy with his 'formal' attire and macho pose

I did not stammer nor did I forget my lines. Thanks to my blabbering like a retard sitting in front of the computer screen and practicing my lines.

We were worried we might get bombarded with some tough questions because there was this lecturer who can't stop asking questions for each and every presentation done. But miraculously, he just kept quiet during our Q&A session. And another thing to note was our supervisor, Dr Kenny ffk us just when we wanted to present. Okay he didn't actually walked off on us. He was about to have class when we were out to present. So the person who evaluated us is none other than Dr Kenny's best friend, Dr Keith.

of the 3 Jasons' in my class. 1 This is Ng

The youngest yet the smartest girl in our class, Caroline. After her presentation, the number of people in the classroom was reduced to half. No presents for guessing why

PS - There have been some complaints from my friends who read this blog saying that this blog of mine is turning into a FYP progression report. Well, sorry guys, I can only write what revolves around my life. I know, my life is sad.

Kena Screw Round 2

The continuation to the previous post, I shall continue with the remarks TPK and I got for our Research Proposal paper. This time it was not 'that bad' as we initially predicted, hugely thanks to the research that TPK did before meeting him.

But the research alone didn't spare us from the comments by Dr Kenny as he has already prepared his 'speech' for us. His words was, "Lack of reference". And for our work, we got a grand total of *drums roll* 6/10 as our marks and it contributes 5% to our final marks. What a way to start off the year long project!

Next week is presentation week. Proposal presentation to be exact. I'm pretty sure everyone have their story to tell when it comes to presentation and I'm no different. My main concern is my stammering. Hopefully I can get thru this unscathed. Come on everybody..pray for me..

Note to self - Dust off the formal clothes and shine the shoe..

Kena Screw

Well let me start off this post just by giving you a brief definition of what screw means as given in the online dictionary.

1. 1. A cylindrical rod incised with one or more helical or advancing spiral threads, as a lead screw or worm screw.
   2. The tapped collar or socket that receives this rod.
   3. A tapered and pointed wood screw.
   4. A cylindrical and flat-tipped machine screw.
   5. A prison guard.
   6. The turnkey of a jail.
   7. Salary; wages.
   8. A small paper packet, as of tobacco.
   9. An old broken-down horse.
   10. A stingy or crafty bargainer.
2. A metal pin with incised threads and a broad slotted head that can be driven as a fastener by turning with a screwdriver, especially:
   1. A tapered and pointed wood screw.
   2. A cylindrical and flat-tipped machine screw.
   3. A prison guard.
   4. The turnkey of a jail.
   5. Salary; wages.
   6. A small paper packet, as of tobacco.
   7. An old broken-down horse.
   8. A stingy or crafty bargainer.
3. A device having a helical form, such as a corkscrew.
4. A propeller.
5. A twist or turn of or as if of a screw.
6. Vulgar Slang The act or an instance of having sexual intercourse.

I'm sure many would have thought I'm writing this post to announce to the world that I've done as written in the definition number 6. Sorry to disappoint you all, but this post is not going to be on my sexual encounter.

Unfortunately, we Malaysian have another meaning for the term 'kena screw', which also means 'kena marah' or more commonly used among chinese are 'kena tiao'...wait...'even tiao' has two meanings as well and one of them refers to definition number as 6 above (what a coincidence :-P).

Let me get straight to the point. As I've already mentioned in my first post, I'm currently doing my FYP under Dr Kenny. Since we have not progressed on anything on that, TPK and I came up with a design of a solar water distiller that we want to work on and went to meet Dr Kenny to show our design.

After looking at the rough sketching of our design for what seems to be an eternity,

Dr Kenny: So have you calculated what are the amount of radiation your design can collect?
TPK and I looked at each other
Me: No sir.
Dr Kenny: OK, have you calculated the flow rate your design?
TPK and I looked at each other again
Me: No sir.
Dr Kenny: *Taking deep breath* U see, this project is extensive. I think you have to do research on the previous journals and study the pros and cons of their design and study the solar radiation throughout the day in Malaysia and see how you can make your design better.
TPK and I: *Heads held low* OK, thank you sir.

So my friends, although it may not sound as bad as I started this post, it was actually quite embarrassing. We knew Dr Kenny not going to 'screw' us with any vulgar words or swear at us. But having already studied under him for 2 years plus, TPK and I know its bad enough. The word 'extensive' he used proves that
1. Our design is crap.
2. What the hell have you been doing so far?
3. Be more serious on what you do.
To make matters worst, TPK reminded him about our proposal paper, which in my opinion, has nothing really informative. And Dr Kenny asked us to meet him next week to talk bout the paper as he haven't looked at it.

Stay tune for 'Kena Screw Round 2'!!.

Back To Melaka

Just in case my loyal followers of my blog (I'm sounding like my blog is so damn famous only) didn't know, I was back in Melaka to attend some function with my parents for the weekend.

I don’t rarely skip class. As my Friday is only occupied by an hour of class, i was tempted to skip the class and head back to Melaka on Thursday itself. But no...being the good boy i have always been ( I can see a lot of heads shaking left and right and muttering 'my ass' in their mind already) I decided not to skip the class. On Friday, when I was getting ready to walk to class, my partner in crime, sorry partner in thesis, TPK called me and the conversation went something like this:

TPK: Hey let's go eat lunch at pyramid.
Me: But I've got class.
TPK: But you're not going. (See how certain he is)
Me: Oh is it. Why ah?
TPK: Coz you injured your leg and you can't walk all the way to uni.
Me: Oh yeah ah. Okay la...come lets go eat. You fetch me la.

So much for my will to go to class. After lunch I headed to Pudu Raya not knowing the school holiday just started and the station was packed...I mean REALLY PACKED. I only managed to get the 7.30 pm bus thanks to my untimely trip back to my hometown. I spend the remaining 5 freaking hours walking aimlessly around Times Square.

Saturday night was occupied with the function. And my parents and I won 2 lucky draw prizes. What are the odds rite? One of them was a 2Gb Pendrive(Company's name) thumbdrive and the other was this piece of baby
Its a HP officejet all in 1 (printer, copier, fax and phone). And where do you think it is now?
Sleeping soundly in my store room of course. Anyone knows how much this thing cost?

Injury / Forum Gathering / Birthday Shoutout

As most of you have already noticed, while playing futsal last Monday, I strained my left calf. And it's kinda weird as I got the injury without being tackled or roughed up by anyone. I just merely passed a ball and my calf muscle gave way I think. And the next thing I know, I was like "Aiiyyooo Amma..my leg!"

When I got back, I used the most trustworthy injury treatment method that I learned from the world wide web. Its called RICE and it does not mean that you eat more rice or apply rice on the injured area. RICE is the simplification of Rest, Ice, Compress and Elevate.

Rest - Rest is very important so that you don't aggravate the injury and so that your body has the energy needed to heal itself. This explains why I skipped class the next day and this also means no porn for at least a few days to come. :-(

Ice - Anything cold acts to relief pain and most importantly reduces blood flow to the injured area to reduce swelling. After the swelling goes away, the ice then can be used for Teh O' Limau Ais.

Compress - Compress the affected area with bandage to limit swelling. Not to overdo it though. Or else rather than reducing the swelling, you'll be reduced of a leg due to lack of blood circulation to your leg.

Elevate - It is said its best to elevate your injured area above the heart when sleeping. In my case, I put my leg above a pillow. I'm not too sure why though. Being always twisting and turning in the bed, my leg always ends up under the pillow rather than on top.

My calf after 2 days

Me sad coz can't join in the fun

Moving to the second phase of my post, yesterday I went a futsal gathering with members of the football jersey collectors forum. I obviously can'y play. So I just sat at the side and watched the others play. All very nice guys.

Group photo after the futsal session

Went to Mamak Bistro at SS14 after that for yum cha session. And me being me..

ate damn a lot (tats Ayai next to me)

Before I end the post, Happy Birthday Su Ann!! Although its a day late its still better late than never rite? Btwn, i think my post time is a lil screwed up. when i post it today 14/08/08 just say 4.20 pm, it shows I've posted at 12.20 pm. Anyone can help?

How To Increase Traffic To Your Blog?

As I jumped onto the blogging bandwagon, it's all so normal for me to just look at my Sitemeter bar increase informing me the number of visitors that have dropped by my blog to read my crappy 1st post. I'm sure every blogger takes pride at the number visitors they get per day and I'm no different.

So what does it take build your reputation in the blogging world? I have compiled 5 top tips on how to become an ultimate blogger that has traffic so high that makes the KL peak hour traffic jam looks like a very minor problem.

1. Witty and Funny

Requirements: A good sense of humor and an upgraded library for word usage
Think of: Kenny Sia
Kenny Sia is one of the success story of a small town Kuching boy that made it big through the world wide web. His picture above itself is enough to laugh your ass out. But his style of writing is what stands out from the rest. He conveys his message in a very funny manner and its hard to argue that within two years of launching his website, he has gone to achieve a lot of things and his website is a living proof for it. Go and read it yourself.

2. Cam-whore

Requirements: Pretty face (works best for female), a great body and a digital camera.
Think of: Dawn Yang
This blogger cum model is one of the hottest you can find in the Asian region. Originates from Singapore, her blog have led to her becoming a professional model and gracing the cover page of the magazines like FHM and Maxim Singapore. Although she has been condemned for going under the knife to fix her imperfections, I'd say why not? At least she's getting paid for what she is now and she looks HOT!! And the more revealing you wear, the more male visitors will drop by to say HELLO!!

3. Condemn the Government

Requirements: BALLS (A pair of big one indeed) and a lot of money just in case you get sued by the civil servants or to bail you out if jail when u get prisoned.
Think of: Raja Petra Kamaruddin
He is a member of the Selangor royal family. His blog, Malaysia Today aims at Malaysian politics and social scenes. Due to his critical views on the local politics, he have been arrested a few times and some civil servants have sued him over defamation. His entries are very humorous and for people like me who aren't as much interested in politics, his blog keeps me updated with the local news.

4. Celebrity

Requirements: Famous, female preferably and plus point if acted in a stolen sex tape
Think of: Kim Kardashian
Well since I've caught your attention with the last phrase in the requirements section, I shall begin with that. She had a sex tape leaked onto the internet made by then boyfriend, rapper Ray J. She is a socialite and actress by profession. Don't ask me what movies she's acted because i myself don't know. Although her blog just acts to promote her larger than normal assets with pictures of her in bikinis, we guys just don't mind. The less words the better!! There's also rumors going around that she might be the latest addition to the Pussy Cat Dolls.

5. Celebrity Stalker

Requirements: Paparazzi connections and media research
Think of: Pink is the New Blog
The editor of this blog is Trent Vanegas. He writes on celebrity gossip stories surrounding the Hollywood. Who doesn't like gossips? especially when it comes to the likes of Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan. Oh not to forget, the editor is also the founder of Queerty, a website dedicated to gay lifestyle. Yes u took the words right out of my mouth.

So my friends, now you know what makes their blog so famous and make hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars from advertisements alone. As for me, I've decided what course of action to take to increase traffic to my blog. The next time you drop by my blog and find pictures of me in some compromising positions, don't be scared. It's all part of the plan.

Hello, Apa Khabar, Vanakam, Namaste

Hello everyone, since this is the first post of mine, I shall begin with something happy.

This happened like two weeks ago when my FYP partner, TPK and I went to meet my supervisor, Dr Kenny. We were asking him what were we supposed to do for our project. So while he was busy answering our retarded questions, he was playing with his bottle cap..No not the bottle caps that we used to play in our schooling years. Just an ordinary blue bottle cap which he swung left and right as though he was carrying a wand or something trying to animate himself when suddenly the cap fell to the ground underneath his table.

There was dead silence in the room for a while. He looked at the bottle cap for a moment then realizing he can't reach it, he went like "So where were we?"

TPK and I came out and burst out laughing. Funny! No? Well sorry for my poor attempt then. I shall try harder next time or I should just close this blog and go back to 'stalking' other people's blog as TPK puts it.