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DiGi Live K-Pop Party 2011.

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:19:00 +0000

DiGi will be presenting 3 Korean Pop artist LIVE in Kuala Lumpur on the 13 January 2011 in Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur. They are :-

1) BEAST

2) 4MINUTE

3) G.NA

DiGi customers are able to choose from 3 exclusive passes which are Platinum, Gold, or Silver. The details of the passes are as follows :-

DiGi is also giving away 50 passes for 50 lucky DiGi customers to meet with their personal favourite artist Face to Face with the Meet & Greet contest just with 2 simple steps.

For more information, Click Here.

Fly With AirAsiaX To New Zealand

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:01:00 +0000

On December 1, 2010 AirAsia X announces its new flight from Kuala Lumpur to Christchurch, New Zealand which starts flying on the April 1, 2011. Bookings could be made NOW from as low as RM199 one-way. Below are the details :-

Booking Period : 3 December 2010 - 5 December 2010
Travel Period : 1 April 2011 - 10 November 2011

I’ve have been blesses with the opportunity to go to Christchurch, New Zealand in 2008. And to summarize it, Christchurch is a beautiful city and the people there are friendly. The culture there is totally different from what I’ve experience in Malaysia. Go for yourself and see it and experience it yourself!!

See that old Wizard in the picture above? I like the jokes that he make at the Cathedral Square under the hot blazing sun but cold icy wind..hahahaha…

Click HERE to start Booking NOW!! Don’t missed the great deal by AirAsia. Don’t MISSED IT!

Raise your hand. Stop child abuse now!

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:03:00 +0000

The number of cases of child abuse are increasing and getting serious by the years. Social Welfare Department of Malaysia have indicated every year around 1,000 children were reported to be abused by their parents, relatives or guardians.

1,000 children in Malaysia alone, imagine what would be the total of child abuse in other countries? Think about it…

Child abuse will give a great impact on the children physically and mentally when they are growing up. Victims will not only suffer physically or mentally, but they might also will end up running away from home, exposed to greater risk on the streets and some might be sexually exploited.

Actions should be taken to reduce the number of cases and to stop this barbaric act. Start giving hope and good future to all the children because they deserve it. STOP CHILD ABUSE NOW!!

Raise your hand. Stop Child Abuse NOW!!! Click HERE to register yourself in supporting this campaign.

YouthSays: Nescafe Chill Lah Gig

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:18:00 +0000

I just bumped into Nescafe Chill-lah Gig contest whereby 20 participants that managed to be the Top 20 were required to submit their songs and videos to stand a chance to win RM10,000 and other great prizes.

I’ve taken the time to view all of the 20 videos for myself. Some of the videos were normal, but there are a few which are really Creative, Adorable and Nice To Hear. Below are my favourite videos in the Top 20 list and I’ve categorise them into 3 Categories which are Creative, Adorable and Nice To Hear.

Creative

This participant has really put the effort in creating this comic like video. Something quite different compared to the others.

Nice To Hear

Both of the videos above I find it quite nice to hear in terms of their lyrics, vocal and the melody.

But not yet. The 3 videos above is not one of my favourite. The video i truly truly like and enjoyed is below.. Check it out..

Adorable

This lady really made me Smiled throughout the video. She is such an adorable person for her age. Love this video so much!!! hahahaha…

For those who want to see the other videos of the other participants, Click Here…

For those who are interested in joining YouthSays, Click Here

YouthSays…

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:30:00 +0000

My friend had introduced something new to me, YouthSays. It is an online youth opinion community where youth at the age of 13 to 30 will be rewarded in a form of prizes and most importantly MONEY for helping with:-

Online Surveys: Youths(consumer) will be rewarded for all the feedbacks they have given in the survey of a certain product.

Advertising Campaigns: Youths are able spread cool events, news/promotions with their friends and at the same time being rewarded in a form of MONEY and prizes.

Sounds FUN?? SignUp as a member for FREE by clicking on this link.

* Images were taken from http://malaysia.youthsays.com

1st Day As An Intern

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:29:00 +0000

Few months ago I have been busy going for interviews here and there to make sure that I have a position in a company to do my practical/internship for 5 months. And I’m grateful that TechnoDex Solutions Sdn Bhd, an IT company in Puchong not only accepted me, but also 7 other of my friends. Our internship will be going on from the 5/7/2010 until 19/11/2010.

So yesterday was my 1st day going to work as an intern. I didn’t have a good night sleep though because I was a bit ~~excited~~ nervous because I will be totally in a new environment for the next 5 months. So I woke up at 6.30am to prepare myself for the day that I have been waiting for weeks.

I made myself a small breakfast to fill my empty stomach so that it will not make any noise/distraction while I’m working.

Since I was up early and I had ample time, so I’ve decided to listen to some songs on Youtube to relax myself and to worship the Lord because He is the source of our Peace.

We started leaving the house at 8.20am. Our office is a stones throw away from our house. So it only took us 5 mins to reach to our working place. We were early. We waited for someone to give us some briefing in the meeting room.

Finally, one of TechnoDex employee came in to inform us our respective personal Project Manager(PM). Everyone was assigned to 1 PM. I was told that my PM is KC. After distributing the names, we were brought up to the working area on Level 1. The moment we opened the door, all of the employee that were on their desk were starring at us. I felt a bit awkward and shy at the beginning because I didn’t have so many eyes starring at me the same time my entire life (besides performing on stage). But then I started to feel much better after settling down on my working desk.

Some of my friends got to meet with their PM there and then. But as for me, my PM was not around yet. So I sat at my desk while waiting for him to come. While waiting for him/her (because that time I didn’t know my PM was a male/a female), I got to see with my own eyes the real working life in an IT company. It was really a ~~can~~ eye opener for me (in a good way).

After waiting for 30 minutes, finally my PM approached me and introduced himself. And yes, my PM is a MAN! Man or Woman doesn’t really matter. What matter the most is he/she is willing to guide me and to expose me to more new things that I’m not able to get in university. He started explaining the things that I will be doing and the things that he will be teaching me. The 1st computer word that came out from his mouth was, Scripting. Then I was like "Hmm ok, scripting. I didn’t learn that, but ok I’m willing to learn”. He immediately gave me a task there and then after giving a short explanation (verbally and via Yahoo Messenger). Yeah, Yahoo Messenger. That is 1 of the way employees communicate with each other in the company. How cool is that right? ~~How I wished lecturers allow us to use MSN during lecture periods..haha~~

I manage to complete the 1st task that was given before lunch hour. We had our lunch in a near by Bah Kut Teh restaurant. It was quite expensive, so we did not order it individually, but we share it among 3 ppl.

Some of you might be worried that I ate very little for lunch, right? No worries, I ordered another bowl of white rice to fill my empty stomach.

After lunch we went back to our office and continue with our own task. To be honest, I’m quite tired and sleepy because I didn’t sleep well the night before. So for those who saw me going in and out of the toilet, I did that because I want to keep myself fresh. Haha..

Our shift ends at 6pm but none of us dare to make the 1st move to leave the desk because we were so ~~chicken~~ paiseh/shy about it because it was our 1st day at work. But finally after 15 minutes of pushing the responsibility here and there, all of us stood up and started leaving our desk.

We had our dinner at a food court nearby our house. I had Nasi Lemak Kukus which cost be RM4.50. It was somewhat delicious although it was a bit expensive. My 1st day as an intern ends with a nice sunset that could be seen far away…

Google Logo: PAC-MAN's 30th Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:00:00 +0000

Google have been coming out with a lot of creative logos besides their original logo.

And I was quite surprised when I load Mr.Google up on my browser this morning. I was impressed with the logo that Google came up with to celebrate PAC-MAN's 30th Birthday. This time, Google’s Logo is not static but instead it is playable! We can actually play Pac-Man on their logo. How cool is that!!

Google is trying to give their users new experiences while using their search engine. I can’t wait to see what Google will come up with in the future.

The Pastor and His Donkey

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:43:00 +0000

Before I proceed, I would like to give some English lessons. Today we are going to learn the meaning of the word Donkey, Ass (don’t feel shy about saying the word Ass), Pastor and Nun.

Donkey: The donkey is a member of the horse family and are well known for being extremely stubborn, especially when they are asked to do things which are dangerous. A male donkey is called an Ass.

At the same time, the word Ass is used to describe other things.

Ass: buttocks, butts: The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

Pastor: The word pastor usually refers to an ordained person within a Christian church.

Nun: In the Catholic Church, a nun is a female who has taken solemn vows.

Understand what I’m trying to deliver? If yes you may proceed reading the forwarded email below. If you still don’t understand, try asking Mr.Google.

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The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won.
The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered in another race and it won again.
The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered
the pastor not to enter the donkey in any more races.
The next day the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES THE PASTOR'S ASS.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the pastor
to get rid of the donkey.
The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent.
The local paper, hearing of the news,
Posted the following headline:
NUN HAS THE BEST ASS IN TOWN.

The Bishop fainted.
He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey
so she sold it to a farmer for $10.
The next day the headlines read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the
donkey and lead it to the high plains where it could run free.
The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

At last ... The Bishop was buried the next day.

MORAL OF THE STORY???
Being concerned about public opinion can bring you
much grief and misery and even shorten your life.
So, be yourself and enjoy life !!!
Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll live longer

What You Do To Others Will Be Done To You

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:14:00 +0000

Once upon a time in China , a girl named Li-Li got married & went to live with her husband and mother-in-law.

In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn't get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law's habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.

Days passed, and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li's poor husband great distress.

Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-law' s bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it. Li-Li went to see her father's good friend, Mr. Huang, who sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for all.

Therefore, I have given you a number of herbs that will slowly build up poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put a little of these herbs in her serving.

Now, in order to make sure that nobody suspect you, when she dies, you must be very careful to act very friendly towards her. “Don't argue with her, obey her every wish, and treat her like a queen.” Li-Li was so happy.

She thanked Mr. Huang and hurried home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law.

She remembered what Mr. Huang had said about avoiding suspicion, so she controlled her temper, obeyed her mother-in-law, and treated her like her own mother.

After six months had passed, the whole household had changed. Li-Li had practiced controlling her temper so much that she found that she almost never got mad or upset.

She hadn't had an argument with her mother-in-law in six months because she now seemed much kinder and easier to get along with.

The mother-in-law' s attitude toward Li-Li changed, and she began to love Li-Li like her own daughter. She kept telling friends and relatives that Li-Li was the best daughter-in- law one could ever find. Li-Li and her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real mother and daughter.

Li-Li's husband was very happy to see what was happening.

One day, Li-Li came to see Mr. Huang and asked for his help again She said, “Dear Mr. Huang, please help me to keep off the poison from killing my mother-in-law. She's changed into such a nice woman, and I love her like my own mother. I do not want her to die because of the poison I gave her.”

Mr. Huang smiled and nodded his head. “Li-Li, there's nothing to worry about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were vitamins to improve her health. The only poison was in your mind and your attitude toward her, but that has been all washed away by the love which you gave to her.”

HAVE YOU REALIZED that: how you treat others is exactly how they will treat you?

There is a wise Chinese saying: “The person who loves others will also be loved in return.” God might be trying to work in another person's life through you.

You may send this to your friends and if you wish spread the POWER OF LOVE. After all you have got nothing to lose but a lot to gain. “A candle loses nothing if it is used to light another one".

Oct 2009 He Yan End

(Pictures without Watermark[clementlemonboy.blogspot.com] are for illustration purposes only because the real email doesn’t contain any pictures. Credits goes back to the owner).

Chinese New Year Mood

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0000

As I was packing my begs before heading home for Chinese New Year, I was going through the items that I wanted the bring back. After lots of thinking, I finally made up my my mind not to bring too many cloths/things back because I knew that there would be a lot of things back home waiting for me.

I brought back 1 empty tin, 1 container, a bed sheet, a blanket, a towel and a pillow case. That was my first time bringing back home so little things. Want to know why? Let me tell you the reasons..

Weeks before Chinese New Year, I requested something from my sister. I requested her to bake many types of cookies for me, so I can bring them back to my college after my Chinese New Year holiday. I requested for Pineapple Tart, Chocolate Chip cookies, and Corn Flakes.

I went back home on the 29/1/10, for a weekend break and guess what? Upon reaching home, my sister asked me to try some of the cookies that she had baked (me and my brothers are always her ~~victims~~ guinea pigs). So, the conversation goes something like this:

Sister: Clement, come try this one (Corn flakes).

Clement: AAAaaa (opening my mouth, because my sister was feeding me, haha)..Num num num..Too much honey, too sweet. I can’t really taste the butter. I think should put more butter and less honey.

Sister: Aiyah “Sat Pai” (failed). Never mind, I will do another new batch. Now try this one(Chocolate Chips Cookies)..Petrina say it’s hard like a rock.

Clement: AAAaaa, Num num num..Eh no ah, this one not hard. This one like “lau fong”, the container no close properly izit?

Sister: Eh, sorry not this one. *Searching*. I think is this one.

Clement: Num num! @_@ Hard, but still okay… Not really that hard lah, still can be eaten de. But too sweet already. Too much chocolate chips.

Sister: So how? What to do with the hard ones? I mix it with the good ones, okay? :-p

Clement: Haha can can..

Sister: Try this Pineapple Tart.

Clement: AAAaaa..

Sister: Can taste the pineapple mah?

Clement: Num num num, erm… too little pineapple already. Should put more..

(That is roughly how our conversation that day. But there were laughter here and there that are difficult to be describe here. Only both of us know, right jie? ^_^)

I arrived back to my college yesterday night. Curious what I brought back? See the pictures below…

My beg was filled with 4 containers of cookies, 1 pack of coco crunch, a bed sheet, a blanket, 2 shirts and etc.

I was also carrying a plastic beg filled with Munchy’s Oat Krunch and 10 packets of Dutch Lady Full Cream Milk.

This was how my shelf look like before putting all the cookies and foods in it.

And this is how it look like after putting all my things in it. I guess the mood of Chinese New Year is still in me. :-)

Haiti Earthquake, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:25:00 +0000

On the 12/1/2010, Tuesday Haiti was struck by a strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake. That massive earthquake had caused damage/destruction to Presidential Palace, hospitals and houses. It has been reported that 250,000++(this number is still rising, but I hope it will stop soon) people have been confirmed dead, estimated 300,00 wounded and estimated 1,000,000 homeless.

Haiti Facts & Figures:
The Caribbean nation of nine million is the poorest country in the Americas with an annual per-capita income of $560. It ranks 146th out of 177 countries on the UNDP Human Development Index

More than half the population lives on less than $1 a day and 78 per cent on less than $2. There is a high infant mortality rate and the prevalence of HIV among those between ages 15 and 49 is 2.2 per cent.
(I got this “Haiti Facts & Figures” from here)

A view of a damaged neighborhood in the Canape-Vert

A man calls for help while being trapped at the Port-au-Prince University, after a major earthquake struck.

A injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake

A girl reacts in the street shortly after a large earthquake struck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

An injured woman is helped after being rescued

Residents walk past a dead body after an earthquake

A woman grimaces while receiving treatment

Elie Isaac, left, and Caleb Roseme, both of Norwich, Connecticut, pray for the people of the Caribbean Islands

And I bumped into this video in Youtube with the title “We Are The World 25 For Haiti” and I was really touched by it. The lyrics of the song really says it all.

It is really heart breaking and sad to see all the people in Haiti that are suffering, homeless and grief about their lost ones. So lets start doing/donating something for the people in Haiti. Money, food, water, cloths anything that you can think of. Small or Big it doesn’t matter. Your little things mean ALOT to the people in Haiti. If you can’t give, it is OK, just PRAY for them. It will work wonders when you pray.

Tiny Nestle Milo Packaging

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:29:00 +0000

I came back home with my brothers for my Chinese New Year holiday last Wednesday. On my way back, my sister-in-law gave each and everyone of us a packet of Nestle Milo. The moment I saw it, my response was “Eee so cute, so small!”.

To be honest, I like miniature things. This Nestle Milo would be one of them. The size of this Nestle Milo is smaller than the palm of my hand. I even challenged myself to finish drinking it with only a sip. First, I blew out all the air that was in me. Then I quickly sucked the Milo as much as I could. But unfortunately, I could not finish the whole packet with only 1 sip. I managed to finish up the Milo in my 2nd sucking attempt. So the conclusion is, ~~I suck!!~~ the size of my mouth is equivalent to the quantity of the small pack Nestle Milo. Maybe I’ll try sucking harder next time…

Happy Chinese New Year, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Few days before Chinese New Year, I started receiving Chinese New Year dedication gifts from some of my friends in university. Some of my coursemates gave me things like Oranges…

Loads of Oranges @_@

And some cute little tiny oranges with a basket as a container.

I didn’t eat the oranges, instead I packed it all up in my beg because I’m travelling back home the following day. I definitely won’t want to have “lau sai” (diarrhea) half way through the journey due to over consumption of oranges.

And the last dedication gift was from my direct junior, Wendy. It is a keychain which resembles the year of the Tiger.

Upon reaching home the following day, I was shocked to see 3 things. The 1st one would be the amount of cookies that were in my house. After gathering and arranging all of the cookies that I could put my hands on, this is how it look like.

Could you imagine the amount of cookies I will be eating during my 1week CNY break?

The 2nd thing that caught my attention was this.

Look at the amount of oranges my parents bought.

The last thing that caught my attention was this packet and the things that is inside of it.

For those of you who don’t know what is that, it is something edible. You can choose the type of meat you prefer(dried pork or dried chicken meat). My family used to called it Square Meat (in Hainanese), I guess it’s because of the shape of it.

So I think that’s all for now. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my friends and my readers, Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai. Wish that you will prosper and be in health in the year of Tiger. And most important of all, “Happy Angpao Hunting” yeah~ ^_^

Designing Java 2D Graphics

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:43:00 +0000

For those who read my blog post often, you would probably stumble across my post titled “My First Attempt In Designing 2D Graphics”. For those who haven’t you can read it here. It is somehow good/important for you to read that post before you proceed in reading this post because it’s somehow related or indirectly related (at least you can see my progress in what I’m about to blog).

Few weeks after My First Attempt In Designing 2D Graphics, my lecturer gave us another project to be completed. The question for that project was “Dengan menggunakan pustaka grafik Java2D, tuliskan suatu aplet yang memaparkan lukisan grafik yang menarik”. So we were required to create interesting graphic using all the things that we had learned in class.

Our lecturer showed us a few examples of what our senior had done few years back to explain in detail what she meant by the word “Interesting”. These were the pictures she showed to us.

This is a Mascot for Java

A boat sailing on sea

The design of this key is nice. It looked like a real 3D key because of the angle of the key and the colour gradient used. Impressive.

When the lecturer showed us this Gundam RX-178 Titan design, the whole class (me included) response was “Wow!!”. This design is much more complicated than the previous one that we saw. After seeing this design, in my heart I feel that this project is going to be tough. I thought this Gundam RX-178 Titan picture would be the last picture that the lecturer was going to show us. But I was wrong. She showed us this…

This time, the whole class erupted with voices saying things like “WAH LIOW EH!”, “GENG AH!”, “YENG AH!” and “SO DIFFICULT AH”! The first thing that came out from my mouth after seeing this Dark Angel design was “W*F!!!”. This design is superb.

**(The five photos above are for illustration purpose only. All credits goes back to the owner who design it)**

I began to worried about what graphic design should I create. Keep thinking about it everywhere I went. I kept searching for a suitable graphic on the internet. Kept searching it when I’m free or thinking about it. And finally, I bumped into this picture that caught my attention.

I liked this picture (Owl Clock) because it’s cute and colourful (don’t you think so?). As usual, I would think of many ways to make my coding process easier. So, I finally decided to do something extra ordinary. I photostated the Owl Clock on a piece of Over-Head Projector (OHP) paper which cost me RM2.50.

And I ~~stole~~ took 1 graph paper from my friend who was kind enough to sponsor me. Thank you Ah Fang^2.

So after putting those two paper (OHP + graph) together, this was how it looked like.

I had this idea way back in my 1st graphic design assignment where I would activate the Gridlines function in Microsoft Paint which would make my eyes pain if I stare on the monitor too long. But this time, I did something different. I made it tangible. Now I could hold it, feel it, draw on it, count it and stare at it without making my eyes pain.

For those who know me, you know that I’m a ~~irritating~~ fussy person when it comes to graphic designing. Everything must be the same. The size, the coordinate and the colours must be exactly the same like the original picture. Yes, I admit that I’m all of the above because combining the photostated graphic with the graph paper was not enough for me. I was not satisfied. I want something more (greedy). So I did some calculation and some coding. And I created gridlines in my Applet and it looked something like this..

Now do you still agree with my friends that I’m a fussy person? I hope not :-). So with the physical grid behind the OHP and coded grid in my Applet, I can be rest assured that the coordinate placement and measurement will be similar to the original picture.

It took me roughly about 11 hours (3 days period) in total to complete coding all the outlines of this Owl Clock.

To be honest, starring at the grids in the Applet for 11hours in total was not a pleasing moment for my eyes. It really gave me a headache and my eyes were hurting every time I’m doing this project. What pushes me forward to continue coding this graphic was my interest and the end result. If it wasn’t for those 2, I would have given up long ago.

That was how it looked like without those grids at the back of the graphic. Although it looked a bit messy with all those lines/shapes overlapping each other (nose with the left eye), but I can assure you that it’s not after I started applying colours to all the shapes and objects.

I made some tweak to the colour(gradient) of the Owl Clock to make it look a little “3D”. If you are observant enough, you would probably realise that the feet of this Owl Clock is no where to be seen..haha. Not enough space, what to do? :-)

So I finally submitted my project to my lecturer yesterday. It’s a relief after submitting it. I hope that I can get flying colours for it ^_^.

Hiking Trip At Broga Hill, Semenyih

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:02:00 +0000

It has been awhile since my blog was updated which was 24 days ago where the post was dated 10/1/10. It’s my first time abandoning my blog for such a long period. It is all because of the ~~lecturers’ fault~~ amount of assignments and projects that were continuously smacking me right on my face for the past 3 weeks.Finally, I’m able to write this post after 3 agonising weeks without blogging. It’s because I’m now back home for the weekend, leaving aside my busy student life in university. Sometimes its good to leave aside my student life and just sit in my own comfy room and just do my own things on the computer which are not studies related. (I drafted half of this post on 30/1/10 when I’m back at home)

Many interesting events had occurred in the past 3 weeks. One of them was a hiking trip to Broga Hill, Semenyih which took place 5 days ago on the 28/1/2010.

It all started when my coursemate, Sheat Wei planned to gather all of us TKs (TK is the name for students who are taking Computer Science. Don’t ask why is it called TK instead of CS, because I don’t know too) for on outing. To be honest, we hardly go out in a large group before. NONE! So this hiking/outing trip will be the 1st and NOT last for us TKs (more to come, I hope so).

At first, this trip was supposed to be on 27/1/10 (Wednesday), but due to the lack of people that are able to attend (having class the following morning), the date was changed to 31/1/10 (Sunday). I was quite disappointed at first because I won’t be able to go for the trip because I’ll be going back home on Friday. But luckily, the date was changed again to 28/1/10 (Thursday) because all classes were cancelled in the morning due to certain event that was going on in the university.

I was quite excited for the trip because it will be my 1st hiking trip with my coursemates and my 1st attempt to capture pictures of the sunrise (I’m still learning, kindly leave some advice yeah).

So we departed from our colleges at 4.10am and gathered at a Chinese restaurant near our university called 大树下 (“Big Tree Under” - direct English translation ^_^). There were 27 of us and 5 cars in total that were gathered there.

After taking some group photos, we started our journey to Broga Hill at 4.20am. The journey from 大树下 to Broga Hill was 40 minutes.

When we reach at the foot of Broga Hill, everything was pitch black. We couldn’t see a thing without the aid of our torch lights. But one thing that caught our attention was the sky was filled with many bright Twinkling Little Stars. It was such a beautiful view at that time (I will never ever forget that).

We started walking into the Palm Oil Estate at 5am without a single clue where are we heading. The only thing that we could do was to trust and follow another group of students that was ahead of us. As for me, I remembered that I was busy messaging. To be honest, I didn’t concentrate where I’m walking. I was just following all the light source that I could find on the floor.

After walking for 5 minutes, the floor started to be uneven and sloppy and we started hiking instead of walking. Starting of the hike was easy. Nothing really challenging though, except that we were walking on a slanting and uneven ground. It’s quite tiring though after hiking for about 30 minutes. Once awhile I could hear people talking jokes and I heard laughter followed by it. One of the girls nearly gave up along the way. So we ~~encouraged~~ tricked her by saying “We are almost there” (I lost count how many times I said that line ^_^).

Before reaching to the 1st stop, the terrain was a challenging one. Ropes were provided for us to hold onto while we hiked at a certain area. Along the way, 1 of our friends was not feeling well because she started the journey with an empty stomach. So some of us accompanied her until she regained her strength. The others (including me) continued our way to the 1st stop 3 minutes away from where she was.

Upon reaching to the top at 5.45am, I could see everyone’s face was tired and sweating. Everyone started drinking water as if they have not drank it for the past 3 days. While we waited for those who were still on their way up, we rested and took some group photos.

Some of us tried to guess where the sun will rise. One of them tried guessing it using the aid of the direction of the wind blowing (haha..).

My suggestion to them was to use the stars as a guide (didn’t we learn that in Science?)

But unfortunately, we didn’t managed to guess it because the stars in the sky was jumbled up and I’ve forgotten everything about my primary school Science syllabus (@_@).

We continued our journey to the 2nd (last) stop at 6.20am. Everything was basically the same. The terrain was not man made staircase but it was man made foot path (flat surface on a slanting ground). So hiking up to the 2nd stop was an easy one as if we were walking up a stairs. It took us 10 minutes to reach the 2nd stop.

A group of students reached there earlier than us were busy taking photos while we were busy catching our breath. After settling down, we took some random pictures while waiting for the sun to rise.

Coincidently all of use were pointing at the correct direct of the sunrise.

The sky started to be bright at 6.45am. Some of us were preparing ourselves with our camera and the rest stood there with the anticipating look on their faces. I started to be nervous about snapping photos of the sunrise. I was worried how would the pictures turn out to be. Well, here it goes (do give some/many advices yeah).

The sun was no where to be seen. But the sun really coloured up the whole sky with its lovely orange colour.

I tried to capture different angle and view of the sunrise.

The sun started to show itself at 7.30am, which was 45 minutes after the 1st photo that I captured.

While I’m busy capturing these photos, I heard many people saying things like “Wah, its (sunrise) very beautiful” & “Wah, so nice~”

I tried different way of capturing pictures of the sunrise, changed the setting on my camera and put what I’ve learned before this to the test. I can say that I enjoyed every moment of it and I’m looking forward for the next hiking trip :-).

That’s the view of another part of Broga Hill that we didn’t hike maybe because there wasn’t enough space for the 27 of us.

We started our way back down at 7.50am. If you see closely, you will be able to see the place (1st stop) that we rested before reaching to the 2nd stop. The process of walking down Broga Hill was not as tiring compared to the way up. Basically what we needed to do was just to hold on to our “brakes” and letting go of it once awhile to prevent our legs from our heating (I hope you understand what I meant).

We walked down Broga Hill in a slow pace to prevent any injuries from occurring. Even 2 aunties in their mid 50’s overtook us!! They were walking as if they were walking on flat ground (quite an embarrassing moment for us). From what I know, there are people who climb Broga Hill every day to exercise and even to do Yoga (no wonder walking down was so easy for those 2 aunties..haha).

I respect those 2 aunties because they seem to know everything on Broga Hill because while we were on our way down, a girl from another group was injured on the palm of her hand. So, the aunties walked around searching for something in the bushes and then she said something like this “Use this leave and put it on the wound. Can kill germs”. I was stunted for a moment. What else do they know ah? I feel like asking them “Aunty got anything can make my ~~manly~~ face nicer or not?” haha..

I really gained a lot of experience and memories through this hiking trip alone. Really enjoyed myself because it’s my first time hiking with a bunch of university friends.

For those who are interested in climbing Broga Hill, you can search the location using Google Map. You will pass by University of Nottingham on your left.

Keep going straight until you see this Rabbit Fun Land on your right. Broga Hill is just opposite of it. You can either park your cars along the road opposite the Rabbit Fun Land or you can park it inside of the Oil Palm Estate.

Clement’s Word of Advice (Hiking Broga Hill):
1) Bring mosquito repellent
2) Bring torch lights (1Person 1TorchLight)
3) Wear long pants (to prevent mosquito bites and to prevent any scratches on your legs from thorny bushes <--for girls)
4) Please do not wear slippers (my friend did ^_^)
5) Bring some foods if you are hiking early in the morning
6) Bring water
7) Most important of all, bring your camera
8) Bring an umbrella in case it rains (at least to protect the camera not you)
9) And enjoy yourselves hiking up Broga Hill.

On the same day, my Facebook was flooded with statuses and photos related to our Hiking Trip.
I myself also took the opportunity to thank all my friends who made this trip so memorable and fun. And the best of all status was this (below). I was really touched by this status and comments. It shows how true friendships really are. For me, I am happy to have this circle of friends.

A Contractor To Be

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:14:00 +0000

Sometimes I envy my friends who are staying in another college. Their rents are cheaper, toilets are nicer, and the most important thing is that the conditions of their room are way better than mine.

I have the opportunity to step into two of my friends room who are staying in other cheaper colleges, and guess what I saw? ~~Yeah, their room were super messy~~ Their room are nicer than mine. The floor was tiled and their room was fully furnished with big & solid cupboard, table, and bed. However in my case, my room floor was not tiled but it was cemented! Yeah, CEMENT instead of TILES!! (The word CEMENT looks like my name, CLEMENT, don’t you think so? But please don’t call me CEMENT or else ~~I’ll whoop your sweet & sour chicken ass~~).

But don’t we deserve better facilities since we are paying more $$$ compared to the students in other colleges? I’m not complaining though. I’m actually quite thankful that I’m staying in my current college because the environment here is to my liking, the college authorities are always taking care of our welfare and the most important thing is my faculty is a stone's throw away from my college (5minutes walk). That allows me to sleep longer and still be able to attend my class on time (for those who know me, you know I’m telling a lie right. Shhhh ^_^ ). Yeah I know, I’m always late for classes. I have the habit of snoozing my alarm and I don’t know why.

So, I did some mini “renovation” to my room to make me feel comfortable and satisfy with it. To be honest, I’m a big fan of the tv programme called Pimp My Ride where they modify people’s car for free.

So, I’ve created my own title for my mini renovation, which is “Pimp My Room”. Haha..

The picture above shows how it looked like before the mini renovation.

And that’s how it looks like after adding that polystyrene on the wall. Some of you might be wondering what in the world I did that for right? Well, I did that so that it would be easier for me to stick some notes on it as a reminder for me to complete my assignments, homework and etc. :-)

If you are observant enough, you will realise that my table is very messy. You will notice that there are many wires on my table leaving no room for me to put my books to study. So I’ve decided to do another mini renovation.

As you can see, my portable speaker is now on the wall instead of on my table. Curious how I did that?

All I needed were 2 nails, a hammer, double sided tape and a strong arm.

Although, my table still look a bit messy, but I can assure I have more space to study now without the portable speaker on my table.

All The Way From China

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:21:00 +0000

I heard rumours going around that there was a new Chinese food stall that sells “La Mian” just open for business somewhere in University(For my overseas friends, La Mian is a type of hand-pulled noodles).

So, right after my class at 2pm, me and my friends decided to have our lunch there. This is how the place looks like.

The stalls are selling loads of other food besides La Mian. Since the rumours that we heard only mention about La Mian, so the 5 of us decided to eat La Mian for our lunch. When the chef was preparing for our meals, I stood there and watched him pulled a lump of flour until it was thin and long.

I’ve never seen anyone preparing La Mian before. So that was my 1st time, and it’s right under my nose! How cool is that. (This chef is from China and there are some other Malaysians working along with him. It seems that they own a restaurant in KL).

There were some shredded chicken together with the noodles and it was served in a polystyrene bowl. The portion of the noodles is between small and medium and it cost RM4 each. So for those who are small eater, this bowl of noodles would be just nice for you. But for those who can eat, like me, that bowl of noodles won’t make you full.

By the way, for those who are not good at eating spicy things, my advice is please, I repeat, PLEASE don’t mix the chilli paste in your soup. It’s really spicy. Don’t believe? See the pictures below and you will know what I meant.

Look at what the chilli paste has done to the colour of the soup. Still not convinced enough? Alright, look at the picture below and you will know that we used a lot of tissue papers because our eyes and nose watered while eating the noodles.

Overall, the texture of the noodle is soft and the taste of it is nice. For those who are interested, this stall is located at Level 1 FSSK and it’s directly in front of Persatuan Mahasiswa FSSK (PMFSSK).

Operating Days: Monday – Saturday
Operating Hours: 9am – 5pm (maybe will extend until night, not confirm yet)

My First Attempt In Designing 2D Graphics

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:16:00 +0000

For those who don’t know me, ~~shame on you!!~~ I’m currently taking my degree in Computer Science. One of the subjects that I’m taking this semester is “Pengaturcaraan Grafik” which is “Graphic Programming” in English.

So the 1st day of class, my lecturer taught us how to create 2D rectangle, roundRectangle, Ellipse and etc. At the end of that class, she gave us an assignment that was to create our own 2D graphic. The 1st idea that I had was to create a Tag Heuer watch.

But then I gave up on creating it because it’s too complicated. So, my 2nd and final idea was to create a design based on my own handphone, Nokia 6120 Classic.

Before creating the 2D version of this handphone, I planned to draw the skeleton of the handphone on a piece of graph paper to make my coding process much easier. By doing so, the process of setting the measurements and the coordinates would be much easier.

But then I realised something - I can enable Gridlines in Microsoft Paint. So I didn’t redraw it on the graph paper, but I used the gridlines in Microsoft Paint as a guide for me.

To make my life easier, I’ve included many colourful dots on the picture as a guide for me to set the coordinates and sizes for every shapes. Firstly, I wrote all the codings for all the shapes that was on the handphone.

I’ve to admit that this process was a challenging one for me because I’m still a ~~noob~~ beginner at graphic programming. So forgive me, yeah. After that process, I started to fill in all the shapes with the colours that look almost the same as the original one.

The final process was to add all the numberings on the key pad.

If you are observant enough, by now you would probably realised that I’ve made a small tweak on the design of the Front Camera. Haha..

So basically that’s all for my 1st graphic assignment. I can’t wait for the next one because this subject is quite interesting for me.

Fireproof (2008)

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:22:00 +0000

Previously I’ve commented something in anggun3’s blog post regarding the movie Avatar. Part of the comment goes something like this

“ Yup you are right. Avatar is a good movie to end the year… ”

Well, that is true. Watching Avatar is a good way to end 2009. Coincidently, I just finish watching a movie called Fireproof.

Below is the summary of this movie taken from imdb.com

In Albany, the marriage of Caleb end Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love Dare" to make them love each other again

I’ve watched before a movie called Ladder 49 in 2004. To be honest, the storyline in Ladder 49 was much nicer compared to Fireproof.

Ladder 49 is a great movie. It has some touching scenes. No doubts about that. But there is something different about Fireproof. Something to ponder about. Something to learn from. Something that really touches my heart. Something that made me CRY. Yes I cried 3 times while watching Fireproof, I ADMIT!! So? Guys cannot cry one is it? Maybe you can consider me as an odd male species.

The things that I liked about the movie Fireproof:

I realised how important it is to love someone with Unconditional Love
I realised that God love us too with His Unconditional Love
I realised how important it is to appreciate and cherish the people around me
Lastly, I liked the movie because it manage to make me cry. Watching Fireproof is a good way to start my New Year, 2010.

p/s: This next part is dedicated to Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick.

I would like to thank Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick for producing such a Great movie. From all the comments I’ve read in the internet, your movie, Fireproof really touched a lot of peoples life's and save a lot of people’s marriage. We are really blessed by this movie. Many Thanks.

University Reopens

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:35:00 +0000

For the past 13 years of my primary and secondary school years, I’ve been using the phrase “School Reopens”. So now since I’m studying in a University, I think it’s appropriate for me to use the phrase “University Reopens” for the title of my blogs post.

For me, my University session for this semester started on the 21/12/2009. So on the 21/12/2009, I made a one day trip down to Kuala Lumpur just to register myself with the college personnel and went back home immediately after that. To be honest, I skipped classes for the whole week. Yes, I’m guilty of that. But thank God that my lecturers didn’t start teaching yet. ~~So skipping 1st week of class is good after all.~~

So I went back to University a week after that which was on the 27/12/2009. I reached my room at 3pm and started cleaning up the place. The picture below is how my room looked like before arranging and unpacking my things.

Yea, I know that some of you might be thinking which guy on the earth would be bringing so much things to college. Want to know why? You would have to continue reading to know the answer. I will tell you the reasons somewhere in this post :-)

Unpacking my things was not as easy as I thought it was going to be. It’s much harder than packing up my things. My hands & legs were tired, my body was aching, and my stomach just wont stop growling. I was so tired, I nearly gave up unpacking my things and just wished that I could take a nap. But then I never gave up unpacking my things (<--- sounds so…). It took me 4 hours to unpack & rearrange my things. Although it’s a tiring task but it’s worth the sacrifice just to have the results below.

Some of you might still be curious about why did I bring so many things here right? Actually, 2 of my begs were fully filled with loads of foods. Yeah, it’s FOOD!

I know some of you might be shocked after looking at those pictures above. But if you are in my shoes, you would understand why did I bring so much food here. For those who know me, I’m a ~~girl~~ guy that weight 53kg and is 168cm in height. Personally, I feel that I’m very skinny.

So I’ve decided to have the determination to gain more weight and to gain more body mass throughout my university life. I also receive a lot of ~~scolding/mumbling~~ encouragements from my sister. We made an agreement, that she’ll lose the same amount of weight that I’ve gained through a period of time. Haha.. I hope that in the future, the size of my body will look like the figure on the Appeton Weight Gain container. :-)

Christmas Celebration 2009 (Part 2)

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:48:00 +0000

This post will be the continuation of my previous blog post, Christmas Celebration 2009 (Part 1). For those who have missed it, you can click here to read it.

My previous post was about my experiences on Christmas Eve. So this post, I’ll be talking about the things I did on Christmas day. Lets begin. On Christmas morning, I went to church at 9.30am. The church was packed with people. Some of them even stand throughout the service (pity them). We started singing Christmas Carols and then there was a performance from the children department. The children recite some bible verses and sang Every Move I Make. They are so adorable when they started colliding with each other while doing actions for the song.

After that, the Carolling Team sang 2 carols, Silent Night and Joy To The World (Acapella). I love hearing them sing Joy To The World because the way they sang it was harmonise. It just make me smile the whole time hearing them sing it. I manage to record the video with my handphone and I’ve converted it to an audio clip for you guys to hear (sorry for the poor sound quality. I can assure you that hearing them singing live was much better than this recorded one).

Then there was a singing performance from the Chinese Department. I’ve no idea what was the song title. It’s not because I’m not paying attention, but it is because I’m a “Banana”.

Yes I admit that I’m a “Banana”. Happy?? (for my overseas friend that is reading this blog, the meaning of banana means “I’m a Chinese who do not know how to read/write in Chinese”).

The last performance for the service was from the Adult Department. They sang 2 carols and everyone started exchanging Christmas present after that. It’s nice to see people’s faces when they received their present(s). I received mine too. It’s a tiny cup with a bear in it (sorry I forget to snap a picture of it).

My family and I had our Christmas Dinner in Sendo No Ya, a Japanese Restaurant in town. Sendo No Ya would be one of the two dinning area for us besides Sushi King.

I ordered a bowl of Sakana Udon for myself. I liked the taste of the Udon served with the flavoured soup. Overall my dish was nice but the only thing that I dislike about it was the Grilled Unagi and the Deep Fried Fish was in the flavoured soup together with the Udon. It’s because by the time I eat, the sauce on the Unagi have been diluted into the soup and the Deep Fried Fish was soaking wet.

My other family members they ordered Seafood Hot Plate, Unagi Bento, Seafood Fried Rice, Salmon Don and Fried Udon something something (sorry, I forgotten the full name, blame it on my sis because she can’t remember what she ordered) Haha.. I manage to take a small bite out of all the dishes stated above except for the Salmon Don.

The Seafood Hot Plate was served with a bowl of rice. This dish was yummylicious. The sauce that they used was spicy, sweet, and salty. Everything was “ngam ngam ho” perfect. I regretted not ordering it.

The Unagi Bento was nice. I manage to take a bite out of the Unagi. I just love the sweet taste and soft texture of the eel (although it look like a snake).

Seafood Fried Rice would sound a little ordinary to some of you. But I can assure you that the Seafood Fried Rice served in Sendo No Ya is delicious and it’s something different compared to an ordinary restaurant. I’m very sure about this because my dad ordered Seafood Fried Rice 3 times in a row every time we eat there. :-) (sorry, I didn’t snap a picture of the Seafood Fried Rice).

Alright, here a picture of the Salmon Don. Unfortunately I didn’t taste it. It’s because I was busy snapping photos of other foods.

The only thing that I could remember about my sister’s Fried Udon was the prawn was big and the taste of it was spicy and a little bit sour.

We also ordered other side dishes such Dragon Roll, Salmon Skin sushi, Soft Shell Crap Roll, Unagi, Salmon and etc.

It’s my 1st time eating Salmon Skin sushi and I enjoyed eating it because of the crispiness of the salmon skin.

So that’s it. Basically that what I did during this Christmas. Had lots of laughter here and there with my family members. Enjoyed it very much. I won’t forget what we laughed about on that Christmas night. Hahaha…

Christmas Celebration 2009 (Part 1)

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:02:00 +0000

I’m suppose to write this post before Christmas. But then I’ve decided to write it after Christmas because by then I would have done many things and ate many things before Christmas and on Christmas itself. So are you ready to start reading? Don’t worry, I’ll include some pictures to give some visual/imagination aid.

My Christmas mood started few weeks before Christmas. It all started when my parents were shopping for a bigger Christmas Tree to replace the old one that we had since I was a young, cute and adorable (what else word can I use? haha..) 11 year old boy. Due to the limited space on the old Christmas Tree, we were not able to decorate many things on it. So getting a new was a good idea after all. The only thing that we need to consider before buying the tree was the size of the tree (~~small~~, medium, large). So we decided to buy the medium tree (roughly 172cm tall) for RM119.

Assembling the tree was easy. It took me and my mom 30 minutes fix the tree. After assembling the tree, me and my mom starred at the tree for a moment. Then we started to have some weird feelings about the tree. Let see whether you notice anything or not.

We were disappointed because the Christmas tree didn’t look as nice as we thought it would be. It looked so ~~bald~~ empty right? We literally can see through the tree clearly. But then I realised that each of the branches can be expanded and it took me 2 hours to do so.

So the tree looks big and nice after all. After that, my mom started decorating the tree with light bulbs, mini santa and etc. This time, more decoration things can be put on the tree and the tree look colourful after decorating it.

This Christmas Tree really create Christmas Celebration atmosphere in the house for the past few weeks before Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, all of us went to Bay Leaf Steak House for dinner.

We were given a menu that was set specially for Christmas. So we started ordering 1 Garlic Bread, 1 Cheese Bread, 1 Turkey Soup and of course our own individual food.

The taste of this Garlic Bread is something different compared to Pizza Hut’s Garlic Bread. The garlicky taste, the herbs that was used, and the crispiness of the bread was just right.

One thing good about this Cheese Bread was they melted the cheese on the bread instead of using cheese spread.

Instead of ordering the whole Turkey (which we couldn’t finish), we ordered 1 Turkey Soup just for fun.

The Turkey Soup was creamy and there were some strands of turkey meat that tasted just like chicken.haha…

So for me I ordered Beef Chicken Fajitas. I remember when I’m small, my mom used to tell me not to play with my foods. Well, in this case I can because I need to get my hands dirty to eat my Beef Chicken Fajitas.

Overall my meal was nice. The texture of the beef was tender although I requested it well done. My meal was quite filling though the portion was small.

So the rest of my family members they ordered things like Lamb Chop and Tenderloin Steak. I only manage to taste a bit of the Lamb Chop. I just love the taste of the Lamb Chop covered in black paper sauce and also the oily fats from the meat itself. Thinking back about the taste of the Lamb Chop right now makes my mouth waters.

I didn’t manage to taste the Tenderloin Steak but I guess that it is nice too.

Maybe I’ll write another post about the taste of Bay Leaf’s Tenderloin Steak if I eat at there again in the future.

So that’s it all for my 1st part of my Christmas Celebration. I’ll be updating the 2nd part as soon as possible.

Avatar (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Everywhere I go, I saw posters and advertisements about the movie, Avatar. Trailer of this movie was being displayed on the screen in public places. People are talking about this movie and are giving good feedbacks since the day Avatar was released.

A few days back, my life was basically surrounded by things related to Avatar. Even the word “Avatar” kept appearing in my mind. So I told myself that I need to watch this movie before Christmas (because after Christmas I’ll be busy with my studies already).

To be honest, I didn’t know what is the story about. I didn’t read the synopsis or watch the trailer of this movie even before stepping in the cinema to watch it. All I know about this movie are there will be creatures with blue face and there will be loads of action and shooting scenes. That were the reasons why I wanted to watch Avatar in 3D. But unfortunately tickets to watch 3D Avatar in GSC ECM were sold out for the time that I wanted. So I bought the normal ticket instead.

Actually I was quite disappointed not able to watch Avatar in 3D. I was more disappointed while watching the movie because there are many scenes in the movie that will be fantastic if watched in 3D. For those who have watched Avatar, still remember the scene where Jake Sully & Neytiri were walking in Pandora where there were many colourful lighted plants? The scene where Jake Sully acted like a “baby”, touching every plants that he saw? Can you imagine how beautiful will it be if you watch that scene in 3D? I confess that throughout the movie, I mumbled something that goes like this “Haiz, this scene will be nicer in 3D.Wasted!”

Overall, I liked the movie very much. The storyline and the way this movie was presented is something different compared to other movies that I’ve watched. So, for those who haven’t watch Avatar, you still have 1-2weeks left to decide whether or not to watch it. If you decide to watch, I would recommend that you watch it in 3D. As a saying goes “It’s better to be sure than sorry”. Don’t be like me, still having the feeling of regrets in me.

Frankly speaking, sometimes I do think of watching Avatar again, this time in 3D (just for the sake of satisfying myself ^_^). But on the other hand, I’m hoping that there will be a 2nd part of this movie. Maybe the title will be “Avatar 2: The Return of The Sky People”. Haha…

A Tiring One Day Trip To Kuala Lumpur

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:47:00 +0000

I arrived back home at 11pm yesterday from Kuala Lumpur. It has been a tiring one day trip for me travelling to KL and back to my hometown.

I woke up at 7.15am and started getting ready for my one day trip. I manage to board the bus on time at 8am. On a normal day, I will wake up at 10am-12pm. That means this trip has caused me to lose my precious 3 hours of sleeping time. But I’m glad because the bus that I sat was very comfortable. It is my 2nd time travelling on Transnational Club Class bus and it is my 1st time sitting alone in a 1+1+1 sitting position. Imagine the amount of space that I had throughout the journey.

I slept throughout the journey because I was really tired (what else can I do besides sleeping…Sightseeing?). I reached KL at 12noon and immediately went to a plaza searching for some Christmas present. I was a bit sad because the thing that I wanted to buy was out of stock. But never mind, I will try searching for it at my hometown.

I had my lunch at a stall in the plaza. I ordered Nasi Lemak Special for RM6.90 which included a soft drink that was free of charge.

The Nasi Lemak Special tasted like an ordinary one, but the soft drink… I had a BIG problem with the soft drink given to me. Nothing wrong with the type of soft drink that I have selected. But there was a BIG problem with the cup that was used to serve the drink. I suspected that they didn’t wash the cup clean because I saw some unusual bubbles on the surface of my drink which looks like soap bubbles. I’ve drank soft drinks for many years now, and I definitely can differentiate gassy bubbles with soapy bubbles. If some of you still can’t differentiate it, try mixing soap with some soft drink, you will know what I mean. But please DO NOT drink it. I repeat, DO NOT drink it (or else ClementLemonBoy will be in the headlines in tomorrows newspaper).

After having my lunch, I immediately took a bus back to my college to register myself and to obtain my room key. I got a shock when the clerk hand over my room key to me. Let me explain myself with the pictures below.

This was my old set of keys. As you can see the picture on the left, the key chain is broken (I don’t know how the hack it broke into two). I managed to stick it back, thanks to Super Glue. But the cracks were visible to the naked eye. I was afraid that the clerk would fine me for damaging it. I was prepared to give some money for the damage that I’ve done but on the other hand, I was given a brand new set of key chain without getting any fine. Cool!!!

Everything I did that day was in a rush because I need to rush back to Pudu Bus Station to get myself a ticket to go back home. So after getting my keys, I quickly enter my room and took a shower (I don’t feel comfortable travelling in a sweaty condition) before heading back to Pudu Bus Station.

Upon arriving at Pudu at 5.20pm, I tried searching for the earliest bus back to my hometown. Unfortunately, all the 5.30pm bus ticket was sold out, so the earliest bus ticket that I can buy was at 6.30pm. I spent the next 1 hour eating Twister in KFC in front of the bus station.

The journey back home was also comfortable. I literally slept the whole journey because I was too tired travelling and walking back and forth. I arrived back home at 11pm and went to bed after having my supper.

Sushi King Card #2

noreply@blogger.com (Chan Clement) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Three days after registering myself as a member with Sushi King, I ate at Sushi King with my friends. We did not order that much because it is not time for dinner yet. As usual I ordered Unagi and Soft Shell Crab. That’s my all time favourite items in Sushi King. I just love the crunchy feeling of the crab.

At that moment, my Sushi King Card is with me in my wallet. So getting 10% discount is definite for us. Yahoo!!! Imagine what will I do to myself if I forgotten to bring the card (I’ll try whopping my own arss real hard for missing the opportunity to save money).

The total cost for all our meals stated on the bill was RM32. So officially on 8/12/2009, 4:01:33pm I used the Sushi King Card for the 1st time and managed to save RM3.20!!! Although this amount might be small to some of you, but let me assure you guys that there is a saying “little-little long-long become MOUNTAIN”