It's been a few months now since I left the Motherland. Though it has been only a few months, my busy schedule in school made it feel as though it's been so-so long ago. Singapore is totally different from China. After being there for so long, when i am here, I began to miss it.

It all started around last year November 08. Everyone's busy about exams and ITP placement, and I have decided on OITP @ Changchun, China. That being my first time, working overseas, being away from home for so long, taking my first flight and of course my first visit to China. I am so excited and nervous at the same time.

All my bags packed and ready to go, I left Singapore for China at 0815hrs.
Our trip Changchun is indeed a long one.
Taking a 4hrs flight, CX710 transit to Hong Kong,
a 3hrs flight, KA 992 to Beijing,
and last but not least an 8hrs train ride to Changchun Railway.

As it's my first plane ride, I anticipated the ears-popping sensation that i have been hearing about for years. Though it's not what I expected, what I experience was,.. " Fading hearing and everything is slowly becoming to quiet.. ", only thing I did was to close my nose and blow through it. Everything will then return to normal.

Eating more than 2000ft above ground for the first time.
Going toilet more than 2000ft above ground for the first time.
Sleep more than 2000ft above ground for the first time.
Well, seriously a bloody lot of first times.

As soon as we got to Beijing Intl,
I lost my baggage for the FIRST time.
Super panic!
Went to lost and found, they said my luggage has been delayed.
please wait till 1830hrs to collect your luggage.

Bought Nin jiom and Pocari Sweat @ Beijing Intl,
and yup my FIRST purchase in China.

Blah, blah, Blah...
Several hours later, We're in the train, reaching Changchun soon.

A sight that I had never seen before...
White landscape.
Ice particles develops on the INNER side of the train window.
FREAKING cold temperature.
More White landscape.

truly miss it there....:(

A lot had happened for the past few months, too busy to even post anything, update my friendster or even create a facebook account.
Somehow these few months to see either mere coincidence or even miracles.
Its not so wow-ing, but it made me realize the that there's always a reason behind misfortunes and how you react to the situation definitely changes the outcome.

Just a couple of weeks ago during one of those Friday prayers, the weather was truly scorching hot. The cloudless sky further heats up the land. I am certain everyone not under shelter were sweating. While listening to the Khutbah, i prayed hoping that the clouds would come to shelter us from the blazing sun. Miraculously, my prayer was answered. Not more than 10 minutes, the clouds came sheltering the us from the heat. We then prayed comfortably.

Two weeks ago, as I rush to submit my first report, I left my hard disk in the school computer lab. Only to realise that its gone when I was at Aljunied on my way to Tampines. At that moment I thought, it's a goner, there goes all my pictures and videos. Though i knew that I had lost some of the pictures that are valuable to me, i did not panic. Somehow deep in my heart i know, there's a reason for it to happen. A few days later i even thought of getting a new one, but again my heart told me to wait. Almost a week after the loss, my friend called. Yup, my patience pays off.
My friend called and told me that he found my hard disk in the lab the other day.
What are the odds of the hundreds of people who uses the lab, the one who found it is a friend of mine.

Today I went to the lab to print my report, and someone left his/her thumb drive behind. I guess this is how i should repay the favor. Just imagine if only i were to realise i left my hard disk when i am in school or somebody else uses the workstation after me, or even if i am not rushing to submit the report, just a change in one of these things could end up in a totally different outcome.

February is really a crazy month for me, assessments, reports, tests and exams.
My team managed to complete the AGV on time. Got to say, what a group.
Group of three, suppose to have 4 to 5 in each group though, 2 guys and 1 girl.
The girl have been MIA ever since, whereas the guy, to me, just have no sense of urgency. With me juggling all the machinery, at the last few days of machining only then they came to help. The girl can say knows almost nothing only to order others to do the job for her. I do not know whether to belief her reasons for being absent the whole time.

IA and MMS practical tomorrow. Really hope to score them. Got IA 2nd practical and Maths common test 2 results the other day, so happy to score 100/100 for both. Hopefully I can do the same for the exams.

4 exams this semester. IA, Maths, IE and MMS. On the 18, 20, 25 and 27 of February. So technically my holidays will commence exactly 1100hr on the 27th.
but still I'll be busy then. Busy shopping and packing up for my 7 weeks stay at Chang Chun, China. Need to get some winter wear. Working there will truly be a milestone in my life!

Game Review - Call of Duty: World at War, CoD5



Finally got my hands on CoD5, Playstation 3 version.
Built on the same game engine as its predecessor, CoD5 has yet to disappoint its fans.
Treyarch has definitely done a great job in immersing the gamers back to the frontlines of world war two! Comprising the European and Pacific theater of war, CoD5 puts you in the shoes of Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko of the Red Army and Pvt. Miller of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Starting off with Pvt. Miller who is captured by the Japanese while scouting Makin Island. Who were then rescued by Corporal Roebuck. Whereas as Pvt. Dimitri, you start off in the fountain barely alive watching your other injurt comrades being shot alive by the merciless German army during the Battle of Stalingrad.

More or less, CoD5 has a great story line and exciting gameplay. After several hours of evading Banzai charges, dodging bullets and destroying German tanks. I can say that CoD5 is one of the best titles of the series.

Despite having short single player campaign, missions being too straight forward,
the bonus mission is one that can not be missed. Yes! It's Nazi Zombies.



Being able to play coop with up to 4 players, this players are forced to work together to survive wave after waves of zombies which somehow gain more speed and numbers the higher the wave is. I am definately hooked to zombie killing games now. Burning them with a flame thrower or shooting them with a ray gun is seriously fun.



Bottom line, CoD5 has great coop missions, gory dismemberment effects, intense multiplayer and of course zombies but lacks of something fresh. Honestly if CoD4 were too have gory effects and zombies I would prefer CoD4 instead. So I'll give this game a 8.5 /10 rating.
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More videos,....

lol! finally my allowance is in,...
of course! i gotta do lots of savings now...:)
last sunday was the new year in the Islamic calender!...
from Zulhijjah 1429 to Muharram 1430!
n yeap! Salam Maal Hijrah!

n this coming thurs is the new year in the Gregorian calender!...
from December 2008 to January 2009!
n yeap! Happy New Year!

lol!
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As the dawn approaches
on the morning of monday,
students from various polytechnics
woke up to the sound of alarm clocks.

All bags are packed,
ready to depart from their humble abode,
started on a journey,
a journey to place of knowledge and wisdom.

And blah, blah, blah...
crowded trains..blah, blah...
noisy traffics and blah, blah...
blah, blah, blah...

.................................................

ahahx.... too lazy too think already....
lol!

anyway... im still awake....
@ 4.51 AM on the eve of new year...

dont know why i couldnt sleep...
slept at 8++pm till 10++pm..
den cannot sleep again...
finally finished the 8-hour long online module within like...
less than 3 hours...
and did the e-test...n passed it!

drank 3cups of tea... to warm my body, fill my stomach...
blah,..blah...
could have drank more...

listened to albums by Incubus, Secondhand Serenade N currently Coldplay!
1hr 15mins more before my alarm went off...
3hr 15mins more before school starts...
7hr 15mins more before school ends...
19hr 15mins more before 2009..
51hr 15mins more to school starts on friday!...

Finally got the photos from my aunt... :p


my mom with kartina


my one BIG happy family...:)


LoL! look at those faces...


ahahx...kartina n I..


Ehh? Its chocolate but Not choklad! LoL ( @ iKea )


BbQ @ ECP with msl sec frens... :)


The current game that I'm kinda hooked on!

Left 4 dead is indeed a interesting game to me, though of its simple gameplay...
which is to just survive the entire epidemic, the zombie killing part is like totally awesome!

basically the game took place 2 weeks after an infection of some virus...
4 players play the role of the survivors of the outbreak.. Bill, Louis, Francis and Joey..
Survive through the dozens of fast moving, cannibal zombies...
and some other mutated zombies like the
boomer, tank, smoker, hunter and witch...

playing coop is certainly the best and probably only way to really enjoy this game...
remember, a shot to the head for a confirm kill!!

ahahx...

sianx, next week school reopens...
project deadline is getting near...
but there's still lots of work to do...
even like these few weeks of the holiday, i gotta go back to school do machine all the parts...

4 men job...but unfortunately i got a 3-men group...:(
and more sian is only 2 of us are working....
the other one...haiz...
zero contribution...!

damn!
didnt want to but had to...
case reported to lecturer & section head....
all e best denise!

by the way.... my updated specs for my
Project Freedom:

Antec Twelve Hundred Gaming Case
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
INTEL Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.2 GHz) CPU
CORSAIR TR3X6G-1600C8D ( 2GB X 3pcs ) DDR3 RAMs
2 Nvidia GTX280 GPUs (in SLi)
- perhaps NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295x2 coming out in Jan 09..

WESTERN DIGITAL VelociRaptor 300GB
2 WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Blue 500GB HDD (in RAID 0)
Antec True Power Quattro 1000W PSU
RAZER Lycosa Gaming Keyboard
RAZER Lachesis Gaming Mouse
LG Lightscribe DVD-R Combo

Most probably completed by July 09... latest!!
ahahx... this is probably a birthday present for myself!
ahahx....!

Finally its over! nope, too bad it isnt my proj.
finally my cousin got married and lived happily ever after...

ahahx...

last monday was aidil adha, or hari raya haji
dis yr is kinda diff.
coz last yr we had qurban @ johore n the yr b4 my grandma is still arnd...
:(

had the morning prayers at woodland drive sumting....since we missed the one at the mosque...

the rest of the wk... is nothing much really...

other than discovering the secrets corners of singapore with my relative....
places where u can get laptops for as low as 300 bucks.... cool huh!
and my abg nizam's wedding...

went on both sat n sun...
sat aint much other than angkat nikah @ 11 and the majlis at the bride's side....
but still the food at the grooms side is xtra delicious....
all sorts of kuehs,... sup tulang...!! woo hoo!!

abg mail traded his macbook for an acer notebook + 400 bucks...
n it certainly a gr8 deal... as usual we xchanged hrdisks n i helped him format his lappy...

on dday fitri n i gg angkat bunga manggar frm the groom's to the bride's and back to the the groom's....

dis is the part when prince charming rescued rapunzel...lol!

ahahx... i mean... the part where the groom bring his bride to his home...ehem...

ahahx...

haiz... gtta gg sch tml...for proj stuf...
n malik is also no longer arnd....
at least till thurs...
enjoy batam kay my dear fren!

lol!




celebrating my younger bro's birthday... with all time favs... FOOD!!


panorama view at e viewing mall,.. while waiting for malik...


hehe,.. we still aint tht bad rite??


Arent she one cute little thing...:)


Taufiq and Iman... on SAT..


packing all the goodies...!!
my sis, kak farehah, n my other sis... on SUN..


panorama view of the wedding... @ 1039hrs


wen the old meets the young...
newlyweds, abg nizam n kak juliana
oldyweds...hehe... bapak n mak

rasul doakan smoge berkekalan hinggalah ke akhir hayat...
amin.

congrats on ur wedding...!!
n Happy hoNeymoon!! :)

sick....sick...sick...

flu, coughs, headaches, fevers....
am i dying?...
well truthfully everyone is....
just tht we dunno when.... coz though we're healthy but we're
gonna die at the end of the day, metaphorically, means that we are dying...
rite? rite?...

its been like 2 long weeks....
2 separate days of absence in school...
no running for like 4 days...
i tried but just too weak...

i tink im feeling better now....
hopefully... it wont worsen any sooner..
n... if u counting how many fullstops/dots i've typed in this post,
u'll be surprise hw much i can type in my text messages...
i dunno why i do it... juz a habit of mine...hehe

finally my cravings for barbecued chic wings are over..:)

hmm.. tests are coming...
maths..
pneumatics..
programming...
hopefully not IE too...

but the good thing is,... once these are over..
3 wks of no school...YAY!

but technically... gotta go back for some machining for this and that part...
just to built the agv thingy....
AGV as in automated guided vehicle...

added one more tv show to my list of ''now playin''
but i just hope i wont be lke hafiz...
he do watch all the shows....
u name it he's seen it!

now playin are,... Heroes, House and Pushing Daisies..
guess i now got 3 episodes to lok forward to every week...:)

I seriously need to decide OITP or plain ITP...
think....cumon, think....!