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November 29, 2004

Equinox 2004

Well, that is the name of the first ever Taylor's School of Architecture and Quantity Surveying (SAQS) prom night organized by Jo Kuah and her committees in Sheraton Subang Jaya.

That is a fantastic night although there are some mismatches.. ;P Akido performance in prom night? ;P

Everyone looks great.. well.. there are some photos uploaded into the imagestation album. Please feel free to click on the link down the side bar. Those who has more photos, feel free to upload into that album to add into my collection. Thank you. =)

Posted by crooked at 01:49 PM | Comments (2)

November 26, 2004

Now You C ; Now You Dont

Well well well.. this happened this early morning in the wee hours. I had my pc on and room light on, as this room is at the back of the house and the window opens to the backlane which is around 4 feet lower than my house floor level. Well, it was around 2 am when i went to the living and crouched myself in front of the tv trying to catch up with the 9:30pm repeat Wah Loi Toi series. I was there for an hour.. till like 3 am and i was so tired. Off the tv, went back to my pc and see who's on.. surf a bit, check again mails.. and then off to sleep.

However, once in my room, i felt i'd forgotten something ... oh YEAH my handphone. I thought its on my pc table.. so i went down and look for it.. NONE. okay.. fine, im too tired to open my eyes to look for it.. i called my phone... guess waht.. i cant hear any of my ringtone (its very still at 3:30am), so any pin drop could be heard! OH NO!.. i called again.. heard some weird noises.. i thought i called some hell phone!!
i called again.. someone picked up!!! noone answered tho..

at that time, i suspected my phone was stolen.. oh dear. I woke my mum up and that time i called again.. someone picked up again and kept silence. I start talking in BM " tolong kasi balik aku punya sim kad , fon kamu ambik.... " a few times and then someone made some 'nodding' sound.. then i spoke in cantonese again the same mssg a few times.. and i hung up.
Next i called Maxis service centre and check out whether its possible for them to stop my credit being used, too bad.. Hotlink have no such service. Well, the guy asked me whats my last reload and whats my last checked credit balance.. i told him 2 days ago and it was around RM 54 when i last checked the morning before...and guess what, to my and his surprise, my credit was RM 0.10 !!!! scary.

sigh.. well. to my fellow readers, do EMAIL me your numbers again so i can store your numbers in my new sim. Numbers including House number(s) and handphone number(s) . Thank You..

THEFT DO HAPPEN EVEN IN YOUR OWN HOUSE !!

Posted by crooked at 11:17 PM | Comments (15)

November 25, 2004

Survival of Fallen Trees

Remember this date. A date that sends me officially out of Taylors College as a student (well, theorectically).

Its been 3 full years in Taylor's College where my first step is nothing newer than a freshly peeled banana, fragile and naive. Through the years, i've know lots of friends, known lots of experience, faced lots of failures and successes. Never regretted in anything just still dissapointed with my SPM results tho.. =P

There's been a great 3 years knowing you yourself is already a diploma holder in a blink. I used to think when my sister in college, she gave me an impression in college that is scary, hard and tough! well.. as for me, i DO have stressful moments but i enjoyed and treasured so many things. I would like to mention all of my classmates, yeah.. who came in the same time and same level as an token of appreciation of their friendship and companionship...

Thanks Peeps.!!!The spirit will NEVER die!!!

p/s: To readers, IM BACK!!!!!

Posted by crooked at 08:21 AM | Comments (6)

November 17, 2004

Take a Break, Smile

Well, while taking a break from studying, checking emails, i stumbled upon a forwarded from Yi Va which i think worth sharing....

oh yeah.. and i apologize to my loyal readers. Currently very occupied with academic stress and concentration. Will resume after 24th November 2004. Thank You.

Posted by crooked at 06:29 PM | Comments (13)

November 08, 2004

Laugh Out Loud - Lessons of Life

Got this from a forwarded mail. I find it quite true and useful.Enjoy..

"An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA.
When the American turned to the Japanese and asked, "What kind of ese are you?"
Confused, the Japanese replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what you mean."
The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?"
Again, the Japanese was confused over the question.
The American, now irritated, Then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you...Are you a Chinese, Japanese,
Vietnamese!, etc......???" The Japanese then replied,
"Oh, I am Japanese."
A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked "What kind. Of 'key' was he.
The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what Kind of '-key' am I?!"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"

Lesson I - Never insult anyone.

* * * * * * * * * *

"There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, a British and a French, Who found this small genie bottle.
When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appeared.
Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, he said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools,
I will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the
pool of water to become, then your wish will come true."
The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted "WINE".
The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool. Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted," VODKA" and immersed himself into a pool of vodka.
The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was so contented with is beer pool.
The last is the British. He was running towards the pool then suddenly he steps on a banana peel.
He slipped towards the pool and shouted, SHI@!!!!!!!........."

Lesson II - Think twice before you say something, because sometimes what you say accidentally does happen.

* * * * * * * * * *

"A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to meeting. On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp. They rub the lamp and a ghost appears.
The ghost says, "Normally, one is Granted three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each"
So the eager senior manager shouted, I want the first wish. I want to be in the Bahamas,
on a fast boat and have no worries. "Pfufffff, and he was gone.
Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted " I want to be in Florida
with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails. "Pfufffff, and he was also gone.
The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the office after lunch".

Lesson III - "Always allow the bosses to speak first"

Posted by crooked at 11:39 PM | Comments (10)

November 06, 2004

I am a....

Found this quiz from AiLin and found it quite interesting... do you think its really pointing at me? =P
Well ohkay.. gender wise.. its not.. !!

You Are a Look At Me Blogger!

Cute pics, blog drama, whatever it takes to get traffic. You're notorious ... either loved or hated by all!

Posted by crooked at 12:05 AM | Comments (3)

November 03, 2004

The Last Shedding Leaf

Tomorrow, Thursday 4th November 2004 is my last official lecture day. There has been uphill tasks and downstream moments. The heavy feeling of leaving getting heavier.. thinking of the people and recalling memories.

Everythng has an end of something marking the beginning of another. Goodby Taylor's College. There sheds another generation and chapter of life.

Posted by crooked at 07:27 PM | Comments (22)

November 02, 2004

Doubling Doubles

Its amazing to get two thousand hits within 3 months!! Well, Thanks for all the support.. comments, as i see there are loads coming in nowadays.. and hits are increasing. Thank You for your support!! As an appreciation to the top visitor.. here is the top 5.

1 Tim Nam
2 Alice Yong
3 William Fong
4 Adrian Yong
5 Cws

I've figured Cheryl tries to visit here regularly as well as Dave. Thank You for your effort. Not forgetting ah JiE from Adelaide.. yes i figured there are occasional Aussie IPs. Well some of them who are on the list previously aint there anymore as their hits count deteriorated. Some i dont notice as there are no trackbacks to notify me. AiLin, i know you DO visit, but please click on my link on your page, so i know who's here.. =)

Keep visiting and support The Crooked Bank!!!

Posted by crooked at 12:02 AM | Comments (14)

November 01, 2004

Maturity Grows Phloem and Xylem

It was on friday, my parents and I went to Taylors College Open day in TCSJ. Went to the SEBE (School of Engineering and Built Environment) booth and asked about engineering and architecture and also Pre-U courses. That time, Vanessa counselled us. We are pretty convinced but still unsure. We went to Inti to check on Engineering as well. We went back and i was given a day to think of what i actually want to study. I was thinking hard as this decision could make a large influence and lead me into my career. I have a strong interest in architecture but i like physics a lot. That is the choice.

Comes to the final day of open day.. and we registered CPU cause the counsellor told me that taking CPU, i would have the time to think about it. Soon after much consideration, weighing between my interests in both physics and architecture, i decided to give myself EVEn more time to think about it by taking CPU. I registered.

However, well, its always kinda indecisive at that time, im afraid i couldnt cope up with the work in Engineering as im not that good in Maths. furthermore, based on career prospects, Quantity Surveying comes into place. Now, deciding between Archi and QS.. Archi, QS; Archi, QS; Archi, QS; Archi, QS; ??? haha.. obviously QS won.

Took up QS and no regrets.

Getting into college life has never been easier than plucking durians from trees! Went through some sweet and bitter memories, experiences.. Some of them really had added spice to my life and they shape how i am today. Those were the days.. from secondary school, people around you are just so true, even those often labelled 'bad guys' wont hurt you..well, at least to me.. ;) Stepping into the college has drastically tested everything to my very corner of me. My patience, limits, conscience, courage, rationality and more. This is when lots of realization took place, including friendship, courtship, companionship and the importance of self confidence.

Still remember during the First semester, coincidently, my bud, cws is in SAM but he left half way through for UNITEN. Ivy, my jie now, was also in SAM.. but at that time, i barely talk to her.. only see her occassionally. Getting to know Cassandra, Wenliang and oh yeah, Adrian was in cws' class. Then Tim Nam in A levels..

i still remember we have class in studio next to programme office, where now they had converted to Lab 6, Construction Classes in DR 1 and DR 2.. hanging around in courtyard and Lab..Yeah.. again.. those were the days... sigh..

Day after day, semester after semester, the course getting tougher and tougher, however, the increasing number of friends and the quality of friends complimented me. Seriously, the people around me had changed me. I am unsure that the ME now have the strength to break through the ice in front of me in future. However, i would never discriminate myself as the people around me are too important for me to let go.

Buddies would have knew how i go through my social obstacles including my private life. Its not everyone could accept what had actually happened to me for the past months and years before. Dissapointment and sorrow had cloud over me. The worse times are over but the bad times are still clinging. Hopefully, with the bright light i have, i could shine over the dark spaces looking for answers. Many say life is waiting. I had been waiting for someone to appear for a couple of years, however, the luck is not with me, fate does not side me as the wait continues and degraded into something rather sour.

Everything has an end. So does the academic term for me in Taylor's College. In a month's time, i will be officially graduated as a diploma holder.. . Leaving Taylor's gives me this extremely heavy feeling.. the people are the cause. I will definitely miss YOU guys. I feel old realizing im one of the 20 who has been in this School of architecture and quantity surveying for 3 full years, yes we are the first batch with 3 years studies here. Its very sad to leave....Guys, i love you !

Posted by crooked at 11:26 PM | Comments (18)