Wednesday, 13 January 2010
haha so this is how it feels like to give out a business card.
read through mechanical systems of an engine. stood under the hot sun. sat in a bumpy jeep. witnessed a slope test. talked to potential clients. handed out the first business card in my life. figuring out the potential market.sleepless nights thinking of ideas. excited. lethargic. contented. restless.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
another random entry
农历新年快要到了！！
在英国离乡背井度过了3年的新年，而今年终于能和家人朋友一起欢庆，实在是一件让我雀跃的事。
小时候的新年总是爆竹响连天，右手握红包，左手忙着拿饼干汽水喂饱肚子。
年初一大清早向父母拜年，然后到大伯父家和亲戚讨红包、一起看新年电视节目。
喜气洋洋，温馨亲情四溢，大家脸上都挂着灿烂的笑容，开心极了。
不知道今年的新年会让我有怎样的感觉。但能和父母及弟妹相聚，绝对是世间最美好的事。若威廉能和我一起欢庆这佳节，那当然是锦上添花、最好不过了！:)
Anyway, 下星期六就能见到亲爱的moo moo了！快点快点！时间快快转！不想待在这儿做让我吐血的desktop research! I wanna skip days to see you againnnnn :D
在英国离乡背井度过了3年的新年，而今年终于能和家人朋友一起欢庆，实在是一件让我雀跃的事。
小时候的新年总是爆竹响连天，右手握红包，左手忙着拿饼干汽水喂饱肚子。
年初一大清早向父母拜年，然后到大伯父家和亲戚讨红包、一起看新年电视节目。
喜气洋洋，温馨亲情四溢，大家脸上都挂着灿烂的笑容，开心极了。
不知道今年的新年会让我有怎样的感觉。但能和父母及弟妹相聚，绝对是世间最美好的事。若威廉能和我一起欢庆这佳节，那当然是锦上添花、最好不过了！:)
Anyway, 下星期六就能见到亲爱的moo moo了！快点快点！时间快快转！不想待在这儿做让我吐血的desktop research! I wanna skip days to see you againnnnn :D
Saturday, 9 January 2010
2010: The theme
The main theme for 2010 is to take and give back to the society.
A review on 2009 has shed light on how blissful I am compared to many other people. There are so many kids sleeping on the street, being abducted for prostitutions, child labour, drugs etc.; so many stateless kids without the proper rights to have their education nor medical benefits. And this is only in Malaysia where problems arise primarily from societal behaviour and not even in countries with civil wars where kids are holding guns while we are having fun; where 5 kids died in every 3.5 secs due to the lack of food and clean water. So as a kick-start to achieving my new year's resolution, I have signed up for a monthly donation to UNICEF and also joined as a volunteer in the World Vision because I believe every single of us can help, in any form, any way. If one is able to spend 20 bucks for a coffee in Starbucks every week, I dont see a reason why one can't spend RM 50 to sponsor a child, or even RM38 a month to provide 17 doses of measles vaccines protecting children from the deadly disease. We always take things for granted and have carelessly forgotten to share our bliss with those who are really unfortunate. We are becoming more and more individualistic, selfish, too afraid to lose - without realising that sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.
I have several encounters recently that really triggered my disappointment off on how twisted a human's soul can be. Moving into the city, I witnessed the fragility of human's relationship. I couldn't stomach the individualistic and reclusivity portrayed by those people who rather to be called as strangers than friends although you are living under the same freaking roof. People don't interact, don't talk, don't care, trying to avoid seeing each other in the same house and they dont even say goodbye when they left! Hostility -which I dont really know why and when it has formed- reached its peak when you're being removed from their facebook's list as soon as they moved out. And having landlord who doesn't encourage to make friends with housemates and showed dismay over the budding friendship certainly failed my ability to analyse all these weird behaviors. Then comes a secondary sch kid whom I guess will never ever realise how blessed he is to have a family that cares so much for his studies and has even prepared everything to send him for overseas education. Calling off tuition sessions at last minute is one thing, it's the irresponsibility that really pissed me off. Given all the physicals and materials fulfillment, why can't all these bloody brats do something for their life? This is just so so sickening.
Yet, exposure to the working adult's world had also made me to take a serious look into my deficiency in many soft and hard skills altogether. So yea, after 5 months of muddling in the cloudy water, things are getting clearer for me to take steps and make some significancies in 2010. Through months of pondering over the value of life, I have realised most of the time we are so much tied down/restricted by the conventional framework, which has required us not to go astray away from the 'most beneficial' and 'proper' track that laid nicely in front.
Well, it is not to say that taking the road not taken belongs to the best case. As I know one day, I too, have to step back on the normal track and lead a rather routined life just like everyone else - because by then, I will have more responsibilities and obligations to people whom I love and care for, and whom have supported me along the way :) But till then, I just want to do things that add premium values to my life.
So, what is your resolution this year? :)
A review on 2009 has shed light on how blissful I am compared to many other people. There are so many kids sleeping on the street, being abducted for prostitutions, child labour, drugs etc.; so many stateless kids without the proper rights to have their education nor medical benefits. And this is only in Malaysia where problems arise primarily from societal behaviour and not even in countries with civil wars where kids are holding guns while we are having fun; where 5 kids died in every 3.5 secs due to the lack of food and clean water. So as a kick-start to achieving my new year's resolution, I have signed up for a monthly donation to UNICEF and also joined as a volunteer in the World Vision because I believe every single of us can help, in any form, any way. If one is able to spend 20 bucks for a coffee in Starbucks every week, I dont see a reason why one can't spend RM 50 to sponsor a child, or even RM38 a month to provide 17 doses of measles vaccines protecting children from the deadly disease. We always take things for granted and have carelessly forgotten to share our bliss with those who are really unfortunate. We are becoming more and more individualistic, selfish, too afraid to lose - without realising that sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.
I have several encounters recently that really triggered my disappointment off on how twisted a human's soul can be. Moving into the city, I witnessed the fragility of human's relationship. I couldn't stomach the individualistic and reclusivity portrayed by those people who rather to be called as strangers than friends although you are living under the same freaking roof. People don't interact, don't talk, don't care, trying to avoid seeing each other in the same house and they dont even say goodbye when they left! Hostility -which I dont really know why and when it has formed- reached its peak when you're being removed from their facebook's list as soon as they moved out. And having landlord who doesn't encourage to make friends with housemates and showed dismay over the budding friendship certainly failed my ability to analyse all these weird behaviors. Then comes a secondary sch kid whom I guess will never ever realise how blessed he is to have a family that cares so much for his studies and has even prepared everything to send him for overseas education. Calling off tuition sessions at last minute is one thing, it's the irresponsibility that really pissed me off. Given all the physicals and materials fulfillment, why can't all these bloody brats do something for their life? This is just so so sickening.
Yet, exposure to the working adult's world had also made me to take a serious look into my deficiency in many soft and hard skills altogether. So yea, after 5 months of muddling in the cloudy water, things are getting clearer for me to take steps and make some significancies in 2010. Through months of pondering over the value of life, I have realised most of the time we are so much tied down/restricted by the conventional framework, which has required us not to go astray away from the 'most beneficial' and 'proper' track that laid nicely in front.
Well, it is not to say that taking the road not taken belongs to the best case. As I know one day, I too, have to step back on the normal track and lead a rather routined life just like everyone else - because by then, I will have more responsibilities and obligations to people whom I love and care for, and whom have supported me along the way :) But till then, I just want to do things that add premium values to my life.
So, what is your resolution this year? :)
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