Where's My Love ?

KFC a.k.a Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the famous brands I admire the most out there. I'm a life long fan of KFC, but I can only achieve that if I do something about it before it's too late. I used to love KFC, and I still love so. There aren't any real substitutes out there which can compete with KFC. Today, I went to one of the KFC outlets in Malacca for dinner. Out of a sudden, I discovered that the graph of my appetite and love towards the meal plunged down to the bottom of my heart. What has happened? I loved KFC, didn't I?

YUCK ! I felt that the meal was so disgusted as if I was chewing a pile of garbage. Nothing went wrong with the taste, but something went wrong with my mind. My tougue got quite picky nowadays. I'm sorry, Colonel Sanders.... I'm really sorry for turning my back at you out of no reason. In order to preserve my love for KFC, I guess that setting up a monthly or yearly quota should be the best solution. For now, I'll just have to settle with McDonald's Chicken McDeluxe.

Where's the love? Where's MY love ???

My apologise, Colonel Sanders.

Beat It !

Sorry to disappoint everyone in the first place, this post has nothing to do with the late Michael Jackson's Beat It. I'm really really sorry =) Now, let's go back to the main agenda.

For the past 2 weeks, life has been bizarre and roller-coaster like. Uhm, I'm not sure if bizarre is the right word, but things has never been normal. Everything can be summarised into one word.

BUSY !

Apparently, I've been drilling and training my football as hard as ever. In return, my team won a football tournament held in my university. The gold medal which I've been craving for 2 years in university has finally arrived ! You know what, it's tougher to win in university than high school. As far as I can remember, I was able bag an amount of 3 to 5 medals from my high school's annual sports day. Arrggh, although my play was suck, I was joyful and relieved that the team had won. My adrenaline was pumped to the limit and every match was dramatic to the extent that I can't even bear to miss one participating moment. Well, I hope that I will be good enough to be in the team next year. Retaining the crown is the top priority. Hopefully, that piece of momento will not be my first and final silverware. Furthermore, I have only one more year to go in university, thus I want to win more !

Switching the scene from the field to lecture hall, I guess I've done well academically too. Surprisingly, I got some unexpected results from my class presentation and mid term examination. The real obstacle was spending only 3 hours in my sleep for the past 2 days due to the complex nature of the presentation and an ostentatious demand from the lecturer. Ridiculous huh? Worse still, more than 10 hours were spent in recording a video clip. Everything was so last minute. Making a video clip is already hyper hard and time consuming, let alone the Transformers film. I wonder how those guys in Hollywood did it, everything was so complicated. At the end of the day, my fellow group mates and I were grateful as the whole thing turned out to be splendid. We really did some marvelous jobs out there.

Up next, there will be a quiz and a midterm exam tomorrow. Then, there are still tasks as high as the Himalaya mountains due for the remaining few weeks of my semester. If I survive these final waves of obstacles, I'll declare an official victory in my war against stress ! Balancing academic studies and outdoor activities is never an easy task. I've never been this busy before, but I'll beat everything which comes under my way.

More glories will come and follow,
I'll enjoy and savor this stressful moment to the fullest,
I won't be defeated.

I'm gonna be tough and I'll do what I can. I'll just beat it ~ !
Beat It ~ !

Speed Machines

Apparently, Top Gear did some real serious and interesting stuff,

These machines are among the fastest of the 1990's and 2000's,

It's the Battle of The Titans,

McLaren F1 Vs Bugatti Veyron,

Both machines possess blistering speed,

By the way, the Veyron is ugly, LONG LIVE McLaren F1 ~ ! !

-- Enjoy --

Goodbye Maggi

Favourite no more !

Mee Maggi, Cepat Dimasak, Sedap Dimakan. But from today onwards, I swear to hate Maggi Mee forever. For your information, the price of Maggi Mee has skyrocketed by more than 50% of its original value since year 2006. At RM4.75, equivalent to 95sens a packet (RM4.75/5), one can get him/herself a nasi lemak. Don't expect a standard size or half a standard size egg offered in it as a package, because it's only 95sens ! At the very least, there's an egg and some nuts. Therefore, Maggi, at Rm4.75, is not worth the buy anymore.

I used to love Maggi Mee when I was doing my university first year until the extent of one packet per day. Ok, a packet a day is normal among poor students like me.

THEN, it's August now and it's a midterm holiday. Shops are usually close during school breaks. Thus, my only options available are to walk some 800 metres to find food OR, Maggi Mee. At first, I thought I can do fine with Maggi every meal. Subsequently, I started to grew mad because even double packets of Maggi weren't able to satisfy my hunger ! At the next moment, I was considering triple, quadruple or QUINTUPLE packets of Maggi. But on second thought, if I consume the quintuple amount, I would've been able to compensate myself a better meal at the rate of RM4.75.

Maggi Mee is gross, rubbish and unhealthy. I wondered why I loved the Maggi brand so much.... I'll never consume maggi mee again after graduation, NEVER EVER. I guess money and the 800 metre distance are the biggest factor playing around here. Anyway, I should thank my housemate because he's the one who convened the whole Maggi-mania thingy. I hope he can understand 1 thing from Maggi. Saving money is important, but not to the detriment of health and hunger. These are self-imposed starvation acts. The most important thing is, these kind of acts are sins. If his mom knows that he's eating Maggi every meal, I can bet with my head that she'll throw tantrums and ambers at him.

Oh, by the way, the price is RM4.75 now. Why save the money for Maggi? Come on people, let's boycott Maggi starting from TODAY. No one shall suffer from the marketing strategy of Maggi anymore ! Hence, buy yourself a nasi lemak instead of Maggi Mee.

Goodbye, Mee Maggi, I Don't Love You anymore ~ Sayonara ~

But right now, I guess Maggi Mee is the better option. Sigh..... T.T

YUCK !

Nothing But A Good Night's Sleep

Today marks the beginning of my trimester week no.4. Up until now, I guess I've been doing nothing. Day until night, I daydream in the lecture hall, mourn the passing of MJ, loiter, eat a lot and experience difficulties in sleeping.

Ok, majority of the problems I mentioned above do not concern me that much. BUT, sleep disorders are the REAL obstacles to get rid of. Here are the scenarios:

A friend of mine suffers from allergy when he consumes chickens. Thus, he convened an argument with me. He said he has too many things to handle with too little disposable energy in his body. Furthermore, he ridiculed me by claiming Insomnia is nothing compared to his problems. Well, from my point of view, it's totally nonsense, ridiculous and ostentatious. At the very least, he falls asleep easily. Thus, the "regenerate and rejuvenate" process are merely issues to him. My suggestions are, he can either opt to consume pork, mutton or beef. If he is willing to drop his money-saving obsession and self-imposed starvation activities, he can eventually get sufficient nutrients to keep his day going. If not, he will need to take some naps by not forcing himself into the toll-taking tasks or suffer from the opportunity cost for not consuming enough food. Uhm, don't get me wrong, I have evidence. For instance, he ordered 2 roti canai as his dinner ! Money matter ?? Uhm, I guess so.

Then, here comes my part. I've been suffering from Insomnia since my years in high school. The problem just got more severe when time went by. I went to bed at 12am and fell asleep about 5 hours later. I did nothing within that time. I felt so restless and tired. Yet, I can't sleep nor do anything useful. The next day, I either overslept or daydream in the lecture hall. Damn, all I wanted is a good 8 hours sleep for a better tomorrow.

Oh yeah, one more further claim from my weirdo friend:
"Normal people sleeps at 10pm, ok?"

The statement above which isn't backed by evidence is just a self-claimed theory. From what I see, the majority of the labour force work at least until 10pm. It ranges from pasar malam to mamak stalls. Even shopping centres in the hub of Kuala Lumpur such as KLCC shuts down at 11pm. To proof my evidence further, a recent study from the world football governing body FIFA indicates that the sport accounts for 71% of interest in Europe and 65% in Asia alone. Plus, Malaysia is 8 hours ahead of the major leagues in Europe. Thus, every live telecast will mostly end at 12am. Not to mention the midnight Champions League schedule.

I'm not forcing him to retract his statements by writing this column because everyone has their own opinions. My priority of writing this is, to tell him being a herbivor suffers less than a zombie. Back to the main argument. His problems are easy to solve, take some naps, eat more or consume other form of meats.

What about mine then? Medical prescriptions? Drugs?? In the end, I'll die like the way Heath Ledger or Michael Jackson did by taking Demerol or Deprivan???

Give me some pointers.
Nothing but a good night's sleep, but not all of us have this luxury.

Impian

"Pada suatu hari nanti, aku pasti akan berjaya mencapai cita-cita yang aku impikan".

Demikianlah ayat yang dinyatakan di atas mendorong seseorang remaja tekun berbuat apa-apa demi mencapai cita-citanya.

Apakah definisi perkataan "berjaya"? Adakah perkataan tersebut bermaksud kaya, cita-cita atau impian? Aku percaya bahawa setiap insan yang bernafaskan oksigen di dunia ini mempunyai pelbagai pandangan yang berbeza.

Dari pandangan aku, perkataan tersebut bermaksud cita-cita. Aku berasa amat dukacita kerana cita-citaku tidak terkabul. Anda pasti akan berasa hairan. Mengapakah aku, pada usia 20 cepat berputus asa? Jawapannya tidak mengelirukan, cita-citaku adalah untuk menceburi bidang muzik yang amat digemariku sejak kecil lagi. Ia bukan sahaja memerlukan ilmu dan masa, bakat dan kesabaran serta wang juga adalah antara elemen-elemen yang sangat penting.

Demi mancapai cita-cita, aku telah membelanjakan banyak wang untuk belajar pelbagai instrumen muzik. Pada usia 8, ibu saya mendesak saya supaya belajar piano. Pada usia 14, aku tidak perlu didesak lagi manakala mempelajari beberapa instrumen muzik yang lain atas kehendakan dan kerelaan aku. Kesedaran aku terhadap muzik sebagai hobi kegemaranku, pada usia tersebutlah aku mengetahui hala masa depan yang harus jalan.

Walaubagaimana si aku kerap merancang, bertekun dan berusaha, malapetaka terbesar dalam kehidupanku melanda. Selepas peperiksaan SPM, saya telah bercadang untuk mempelajari muzik sepenuh masa di UCSI atau ICOM. Untuk menambahkan kekecewaanku, cadangan aku bukan sahaja dibatal dan dicabuli oleh ibuku, aku terpaksa belajar di MMU atas masalah kewangan keluarga dan kehendakannya.

Aku sering berasa hampa dan sedih serta bodoh sekali. Di samping itu, aku menyesal kerana tidak memperjuangkan kehidupanku. Kehidupanku sekarang bosan, tidak bermakna.... tiada impian... tiada cita-cita... Kehidupanku bagaikan anjing, yang hanya hidup untuk tuan dan makanan. Mengapakah aku tidak berjuang untuk mencapai cita-citaku? Adakah aku betul mendengar nasihat ibuku? Adakah kehidupan sekadar mencari duit untuk makan di samping menyara kehidupan keluarga? Adakah aku betul jikalau aku bertindak degil dan tidak mempedulikan perasaan ibuku?

Bekerja di sebuah pejabat dengan gaji bulanan yang lumayan bukan masa depan yang aku inginkan. Aku rela bermain muzik dengan gaji yang tidak lumayan. Walau beberapa banyak duit yang aku dapat cari pada masa hadapan, kehidupanku adalah sebuah kegagalan. Kegagalan yang penuh dengan kekecewaan dan kesedihan yang tidak dapat anda dugai.....

Oleh demikian tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian, jangan sesekali anda mengikut jejak aku. Nasihat ibubapa adalah "sentiasa" betul. Tetapi "sentiasa" tidak bermakna "pasti" betul. Beranilah anda menyahut cabaran untuk mengejar cita-cita anda. Kekayaan bukannya kejayaan, cita-citalah kejayaan sebenar dalam kehidupan.

Cita-citaku hanyalah sebuah impian... yang hanya boleh diimpi...
Akhir kata, kehidupanku hanyalah sebuah kisah kegagalan...

Banana

As an introduction, I want to define the word, 'banana'. In general, banana is a fruit. Indeed, everyone knows the meaning. Nowadays, the word 'banana' is a jargon among the Chinese society. A Chinese who can speak Mandarin language but isn't able to translate the language into wordings on a paper is being regarded as a banana.

So, me myself as a banana attended my first Mandarin lesson in my university today. Basically, students who have a foundation in the language are prohibited from registering the subject. But since I can't even write my own name properly in Mandarin words, I'm eager to learn and put things right. I don't want to be a laughing stock forever.

Things got more interesting when I entered the class. At the moment I opened the door, I found myself in an awkward situation. Everyone was looking at me with their curious, strange and suspicious looking eyes from the moment I entered the class until I found my seat. Moreover, I'm the only Chinese in class. I felt like an alien from Mars landing on Earth. As the class went on, I established myself as a 'pirated' foreigner who knows nothing about Mandarin. Hence, now I know why Hollywood actors have their massive paydays. Acting is hard, and there is no take two. The same thing applies in my class too, there's no room for mistakes. This is not a movie shooting, this is real....

Though I know it's wrong to register for a Mandarin class as a Chinese, I never meant to score an A cheaply in a language which I can speak well to enhance my CGPA. I hope that God will give me a chance to learn the writings. I just want to write my name in Mandarin after all.

Anyway, it's time to sleep. I'll post more updates regarding the Mandarin class in the near future. Wish me luck, Adios ~ !