Category: General

server is back again..after 1 day of downtime due to ratpadz + kingdom

Sorry for the downtime yesterday, the admins did something wrong with the configuration. And no, i’m not selling mousepad. The admin accidentally directed my url to that website.
My other url for this website is http://www.ultraunix.net/~xes . Bookmark it 😀

Btw, screw ratpadz!

I skipped 2 lecturers today. 😀 I had a mild hangover this morning due to clubbing yesterday.

Kingdom, one of the popular clubs in Sheffield other than Republic (home of Gatecrasher), plays R&B music and patrons ranges from all sorts of races. I hate that place, if it’s not for the music, it would be much, much better! Ben, a BBC, organised a party called Middle Kingdom. It’s aimed at people with Chinese or Oriental background.
It was an impromptu outing. After much persuasion from David and Jasmine, I decided to go. Frederick was worried about Siew Lee and Wen Dee’s singles night out, so he decided to join them.
While I walking towards Kingdom, a middle-aged white guy came to me and asked, whether do I want K (ketamine). I said no and asked whether is he selling. Surprisingly, he said no. Anyway, he was drunk. Few hours later, Frederick told me that guy was asking him whether is he gay. Haha. He misunderstood at first. He thought the guy was asking whether is he okay.
The theme for the night was uniforms. David was in an army suit and Jasmine and her housemate wore tight and short policewoman uniform 😀 The policewomen won 50 quid for the best costume award.
I drank 8 shots of vodka and few cans of red bull with it. I was fucked and had an overdose of caffeine. I basically spent the whole night sitting down and talking to people.

Check this Honda advert out. Got this from Jin Han
http://www.tweakers.plus.com/Honda%20-%20The%20Cog.swf
– 3:30PM

Funday Monday

I woke up at 11am today for the 12:10PM Corporate Insolvency Law lecture but I only left the room at 11:55. I walked as fast as I can to the faculty thinking that I might be late. I make it there by 12:05PM. When I opened to door of Lecture Theatre one, there were no one inside! Then only I remembered that the lecture actually started at 1:10PM. I mixed up Wednesday’s timetable with the Tuesday’s.

Today, we also celebrated Janet Chai’s birthday at TGIF. Her birthday is actually on 10th April but we decided to celebrate it early. Janet is officially the prettiest gril of our Taylor’s College class of 2000. She turned 21 this year.The food in TGIF is not as good as Malaysia’s but they still have free refill on all the soft drinks. I ordered American Grill for GBP15. The chicken chop was a bit too hard but it tasted good. The prawns were superb but the steak was a bit disappointing. I wanted it to be medium done but they overcooked it. There was no blood at all when I cut the steak. The steak was plain without the gravy. I should have asked for Cranberries sauce. The dinner party was really good though. Thanks to Michelle Yoong, the organiser of the party. She set Janet up for a surprise dinner party. Janet was only expecting to have a small dinner with her housemates. At the moment she stepped in TGIF, she was shock to see so many people on the table. Once again, compliment should be given to Michelle for her brilliant plan. Unfortunately, I was not there to see the Janet’s expression when she walked into the restaurant. I followed Frederick back to the house to pick up Cheng Leong. Apparently, we forgot to call him up from the basement when we left the house. Frederick felt bad and decided to go back to pick him up. Luckily, Cheng Leong was not mad at us. Cheng Leong, we are so sorry!

Anyway, the dinner was really fun. I really enjoyed myself there. I have not been to a good birthday dinner for so long. Everyone was so alive unlike the previous dinner parties we had. Janet was a good hostess. She went around taking photos with everyone. Wen dee and Siew lee got a free portion of BBQ chicken wing because the waitress mixed up their order. The manager said that they could have the extra on the house. As conclusion, It’s worth going to the dinner although I missed my Real Madrid v Manchester United match live on ITV. (Real won by 3-1 Bastard Raul!)

2:10AM “If God is with us, who can be against us”

Movies

Confession of a Dangerous Mind
Seen it on 4th April 2003 with Frederick, Chuo Ming and Hun Chong at UGC cinema, Centertaiment, Sheffield.
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis: A real story based on the unofficial autobiography of Chuck Barris, the infamous American TV producer. Chuck was famous TV producer but secretly he was a hitman for the CIA.
Comments: A superb movie directed by George Clooney. Sam Rockwell’s superb acting brings life to the character. The story was a bit too slow for Frederick; He fails asleep during the show. If you like “Catch Me if you can”, you will like this show

The Phone
Seen it on 5th April 2003 alone in my uncle’s place in London
Rating: 2/5
Synopsis: A reporter who wrote an article on youth prostitution in Korea changed her mobile phone number when she started to get blackmailing phone call from the Korean mafia. Strange thing started to happen from then. She started to get weird phone call from a woman and She kept seeing the ghost of a school girl appearing in her house and even in her car. At first, she thought the ghost was just her imagination and the phone call was from the mafia. Hence, she embarked on an investigation to find out the culprit. Things started to get even freakier when her friend’s daughter was possessed by a spirit after the daughter accidentally answered her mobile phone call. Her investigation later showed that the two previous owners of her mobile phone number had all died mysteriously.
Comment: This is a Korean movie. I was not intending to watch the movie at first but when I saw the beautiful actress on the back cover of the VCD, I decided to watch it for awhile. The show was quite scary and the idea of the getting ghostly phone call on your mobile phone was indeed very freaky. Unfortunately, the crappy ending spoiled the whole show. However, Credit should be given to the little actress who acted as the girl who was possessed by the evil spirit. Her acting skill was almost as good as the girl in “Exorcist”. If you think “the Ring” is scary, you should see “the Phone” as well.
12:32AM “God did not write the gospels in the bible only but He writes it on the trees,the flowers,the sky and the cloud as well”

skipped employment seminar again

Millionaire trio convicted of cheating in the tv game of Who Wants to Be an Millionaire. A college lecturer and the winner’s wife were convicated of aiding the winner to win 1 million pounds by assisting and guiding the winner through series of coughs. However, this episode was not aired on tv.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2910119.stm
Millionaire’s route to top prize http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2823407.stm

Skipped Employment seminar again. This is the second seminar I’ve skipped. I was supposed to present one of the answers but unfortunately, I had problem doing it. I didn’t understand a jackshit from the textbook (probably I’m not focused) and I don’t want to present a crappy answer. I ended up sleeping at home 😀
I spoke to one of my seminar mates in the library. Apparently, only 4 people turn up for the seminar. Phew, thank god I’m not the only one.
– 11:00PM

My whole world surround you, and there’s when I stumbled and fell..

Some words from William Wordsworth which had me thinking…

“Though nothing can bring back the hours,
Of splendour in the grass,
Of glory in the flowers,
We will grieve not, rather find,
Strength in what remains behind…”

I wonder if it was the right thing to do. To end it when things were getting bad, hoping that when I get back to Malaysia – everything will be peachy in paradise once more. Now I am not so sure since the past few weeks, more hurt has been thrown at each other to cost enough massive damage to last us both a lifetime. I wish I could close my eyes and leave it all behind and not think about it for a while.

Anyway, on other matters, I am currently listening to Spin by Lifehouse on repeat (I hope Leong can’t hear it and if he can – Leong, are you mad at me yet? :D) and I think it is tHE-oHhHhh-So-fiNe song of the mo… Spinned, danced and sang to it with much enthusiasm in the privacy of my bedroom and enjoying myself immensely… When the world keeps spinning round, My world’s upside down, You and I wouldn’t change a thing, I’ve got nothing else to lose, I lost it all when I found you, And I wouldn’t change a thing, No, you and I wouldn’t change a thing…

Have you guys ever spinned yourself so much till you collapse on your back and watch the room spin around you very, very, very slowly… wahh..

mmmm.. maybe its time to change the song before I inflict any permanent damage onto myself. 😉

2.30AM

England two Turkey Nil

I watched England v Turkey just now. Both teams were playing very well. It was fun watching an England match with the Brits because like me, they love to shout and curse at the players when they are not playing well. The best moment came when Darius Vassel scored the first England goal. All of us raised our arms in the air and shout as loud as we can. It was so cool. I have not had this much fun watching football for a long time. The last time I had this much fun was 3 years ago back in Malaysia. I used to watch football at Mee-Yoke (the kopitiam opposite Inti College) with my roommate. At Mee-Yoke, all the fans would seat themselve separately from the opponent fans; for instance, the Liverpool fans would sit on the left side of the kopitiam and Man Utd’s fan on the other side just like the fans in the football stadium. When the game started, the Liverpool fans would throw insults at the Man Utd’s fan and vice versa. However, the best part was when a goal is scored, some of the fans would climb on the table or the chair; some would bang the table as if it was a drum, others would be laughing at the opponent’s fan and throw sarcastic remarks about the opponening team. The atmosphere was fantastic! I miss those days. 12:47AM “We live by faith, not by sight”