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Genting Trip

2009-08-19T12:55:00.000+08:00

Where should I start blogging from? Hmm.. Let's see, Genting Trip was planned mainly by our dear LinYeunYi few weeks before I even came back from India. I must say the trip was simple but really enjoyable.

On 7/8/09, Friday, early in the morning, YeunYi, WooKan, HannJiunn and myself got a taxi and headed for KL Sentral, where we met up with LeeZhien and SuetYee. The 6 of us took a bus and cable car up to Genting. The mist was really really bad, our cable car vision range was not more than 5meters. So, sorry no pictures! You wouldn't want to just see a white box rite? Haha~~

Upon arrival, YeeEng was still busy with her collegemates, so we had lunch in SushiKing! Oh those lovely sushis. Generally every plate was RM1 more expensive than usual, but hack, you can have a fortune yet can't eat those in India. Haha~~

SuetYee, YeunYi, HannJiunn

After lunch, the hotel rooms were ready, so we went up to drop off our stuff, while waiting for YeeEng to finish her lunch. In the mean time, we did some very eat-full-rice-nothing-to-do things in the hotel and around Genting. Such as~~

FXC's very own version of Twilight!!

Yea, LeeZhien has the hands of a Vampire. LOL!!

HannJiunn the Magician wanna-be..

.. Together with his partner-in-crime, YeunYi..

The Fast & The Furious: FXC Unlimited

This picture needs no caption. HAHA!!

Finally, the long awaited Host of Honour, Ms. LeeYeeEng arrived! And we headed straight for First World Indoor Theme Park. 1st we played some laser game. It's actually just a dark room, with laser lines around, and we have to get to the other side without touching the laser. After which, guys and girls split up for sexist shopping time, met back up for dinner and movie, then played Twister in the hotel! Around 1am, we had a drink in Starbucks, and took a walk outside.

Laser room. Don't be fooled. YeunYi was just posing. =.=

Bye bye WooKan. Lol. The mist was that bad. @.@

Twister

Lamborghini. There were few of them. All Singapore cars.

Second day is when the rest would be coming up to join us! Wooh~~ WeiHan, HanBin, KiatJin, HoongLeong, JiaHui, YeeTheng, JiaMun and Ms Leong. Did I leave anyone out? Hopefully not. We spend the whole afternoon in outdoor theme park, and evening in the indoor theme park. Some of us did rock climbing, after which all of us played bumper car and went into SnowTown. It was really fun throwing snow, or rather placing snow in other people's shirt. Haha~~ Sorry no pictures in SnowTown coz camera wasn't allowed. Oh ya!! HanBin's dad bought us a really really nice dinner. Tks Mr. Yap!

Selero Shot (Not sure of the spelling)

WeiHan, just admit it, you were scared. Haha~~

Rock Climbing

Night walk, again, with different people.

On the 3rd day, a day where no one wish it would come so soon, was the day we had to say byebye. After lunch in PizzaHut, we went back the same way we got up, just with the totally opposite feelings inside us.

View from within the cable car

The front glass felt as though it was gonna crack. Haha~~

Overall, the Genting Trip was awesome. Tks to the organisers, whoever they are, and also to YeeEng's and HanBin's dad for accomodation and dinner. I'll miss those times, I'll miss the people, yet I'll keep the memories. =D

Bangalore City Trip

2009-08-15T19:47:00.005+08:00

I've been so busy catching up with old friends and attending trips that I have no time for blogging. Hence I plan to do a mass update of various events. Update process may take some time, and posts will be in order of date of event k?

Starting we have my trip back from Bangalore, on the 31st July. Upon landing in Bangalore, we had a 14hours transit. Yes, F-O-U-R-T-E-E-N. Madness isn't it? The worst part was they broke my luguage handle, but only compensated RS200 (~RM15). Wth??

While waiting for our next flight, we went on a Bangalore City trip. Took a taxi down to Forum Mall. There, we saw, MCDONALDS!! OMG I tell you, we acted as if we just came out from a 5months stay in a jungle. "MCDONALDS!! EAT MCD!! MCD!!!!!!" But sadly, their McD wasn't that fantastic. Nevertheless, it was still a great meal, considering we were deprived of the all-time-favourite fast food chain. As for the mall itself, there were many people, but nothing much to do nor shop.

2 story McDonald's!!

Chicken Maharaja Mac and Pizza McPuff. They both suck.

Inside Forum Mall

Next, we went to UB City, in which the cheapest thing I saw was Apple Earphones for Rs1.4k+ (~RM100). Other branded stuff? LV, Burberry, TAG Heuer and anything along that range. @.@.. The interior of the building is really nice, ancient-British look with perfect lightings. Too bad photography wasn't allowed inside.

UB City

Next stop was Garuda Mall, where we spent most of our time in the arcade. No, the arcade sucks, but after being deprived of entertainment for 5 months, anything will seem fun. We had dinner here, and headed back to Bangalore Airport.

Night view of Bangalore City

That's about it for our Bangalore City trip. While waiting at the boarding gate, we saw this guy who looked really like Benny from a distance. Alot of us got a shocked. "OMG BENNY!!! No..."

Benny V2

That's all folks, for the continuation, read the previous post.

1st Day Back HOME

2009-08-03T02:19:00.005+08:00

NOTE: Long wordy boring post ahead. Read only if interested.

I'M BACK!! Actually I've been back since 1st August 8.30am. I know, I know.. I'm supposed to blog on the 1st day itself. Sorry lar, had so much fun, so much to eat, so much to miss, so much to do, until I was dead tired by night. xD

The story about my trip back from Manipal shall wait, the next post perhaps. This post will be about my 1st day back HOME!! As the plane was about to land, we were all counting down. 5! 4! 3! 2.... Then the plane ascended a little, and we were like.. ONEEEEEEEEEEE.. Half a second later, BROOM!!! The plane landed, and loud cheer from within blasted off. The joy on our face was indescribable. Everyone grabbed their personal belongings, and practically rushed out the plane. Everything went on smooth, until waiting for our luggages. I swear if it took any longer, I'd grow spider webs. Anyway, after getting my luggage, I rushed out, knowing that both my parents were already waiting outside KLIA. =D

Upon walking out from the arrival gate, I saw mum, smiling and waving at me. I felt, warm. I was really happy to see her. And after a short walk, there was my dad, driving that familiar looking family car. I was so excited to hop in to the back seat of our car. On the way back, we had so much to talk about, until my dad missed the turning into MEX Highway. We ended up taking the Puchong way back instead. Nvm, longer journey = more time to talk. Haha~~

The 1st place we went was, of coz, HOME!! I was warmly welcomed by my 2 "didi-s", Denny and Mango. Mango was licking my legs non-stop, while Denny was practically climbing on me. Haha~~ I unpacked my stuff, and we went for breakfast, where I had the chance to meet up with my 6th uncle!

Denny and Mango

Entrepreneurs Park Dim Sum is the best ever. Huge SiuMais, solid packed with juicy meat, and a big piece of prawn within, for a very reasonable price. Not only the SiuMai, even the HaGao, YuMai and every other thing. No, I'm not paid to advertise. The moment the 1st tray of DimSum arrived, I started eating like never before. My mum was like "Oh dear you look like you just came out from the jungle!" Haha~~ I love my mum. Knowing that my eating capacity has greatly reduced, I still took ALOT of DimSum. Pity my dad and uncle. They had to help me finish the rest. Haha~~

After breakfast, we visited my grandmother in OUG. From a medical point of view, my grandmother's condition is really bad. But according to my dad, it has improved abit. She has been on bed since few months back, and now she's too weak to even eat. She has a tube which enters through her nose, all the way to her stomach, where liquids can be delivered. She is practically blind, due to side effects of Morphine (a drug to suppress her cardiac problems). My heart broke when I saw her condition. Being a medical student myself, yet I can't do anything to help. If only I was born 5 years earlier.. I have been my grandmother's favourite grandson. And when she heard my voice, I saw her tears 'leaking' out. That instant, I was trying really really hard hold mine back. As weak as she already is, she was trying to call my name. I felt helpless, all I could do was hold her hands and tell her about the happy things that happened in Manipal. To all readers out there, pls pls pls pray for my grandmother. Only a miracle can save her now. Nevertheless, my prayer is that God's will be done in her life.

Later in the afternoon, I slept, for the first time in 5 months, on MY OWN BED!! Oh gosh, the feeling of my smooth and comfortable bed, now that's what I call HOME!! I was already tired like dog by now. In the past 4 days, (3 days of exams and 1 day of post-exam madness+packing), I only slept a total of 11 hours. 11/96 hours. Not bad heh? Haha~

At night, there was cell group dinner with Pastor Philips Koh in my house. Ate dinner, chat-ed abit with cell group members, then went back to my room to MSN. Haha~~ As usual, I can't live without the Internet. xD.. After talking to a few people, it was TIME!!! Time for supper with my closest ever friends. Since some of them will be coming back from work in PC Fair by LRT, I decided to pick them up from LRT station and go straight for supper. Mind you I have not driven a car in 5months! And the feeling of sitting behind a wheel, in my own comfortable car, that familiar feeling was just pwnage!! Met up with TerngSheng, Robin, HannJiunn, WeiHoong and YeunYi and went for Hokkien Mee!! OMG!! HOKKIEN MEE!! and CANTONESE YINYEONG!! WALAO!! Wa ka lu gong hor, 5months, for 5 long months my chorda tympani, glossopharyngeal and external laryngeal nerve (nerves that supplies taste sensation to the tongue.. LOL) have been craving for those. Si Beh Syok ar!!

After sending them back, I reached home at 12am sharp! Haha, Amartya Sen's curfew has made me a good boy. Aww.. xD.. Anyway, that's about all for my 1st day. Stay tuned for my visit to PC Fair, and also my trip back from Manipal + visit to Bangalore city. T a t a ~ ~

Happy Birthday Mum!!

2009-07-23T00:00:00.002+08:00

Its yet again another day where I wished I could be by your side, celebrating this special with you in person..

Once again, the home-sickness is rushing through my whole body. There's nothing much I can do now, except to do well in my exams and take good care of myself..

I promise I won't disappoint nor make you worry about me anymore..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM !!

Sorry for the really short post. I'll make up for it when I get back home k? 8 more days till I get to see you face to face. Just 8 more days..

Hectic Schedule

2009-07-16T03:07:00.003+08:00

*Some edits to the schedule*

Schedule for this week and next 2 weeks..

15th - Histology Revision
17th - Physiology Practical Exam
18th - Physiology SDL Test & 2nd Histology Revision
- - - -
20th - Histology Spotters
21st - Anatomy 3rd Class Test (Viva)
22nd - Physiology Viva Voce
23rd - ~~Rest Day~~ Physiology SDL Presentation
24th - Anatomy Block Spotters
25th - ~~Physiology SDL Test~~ (cancelled!! REST DAY!!)
- - - -
28th - Anatomy Block Exams
29th - Physiology Block Exams
30th - Biochemistry Block Exams

And on the happier note..
31st - Leave Manipal
1st August - Leave India, and HOME SWEET HOME!!!

Benny's Supremo Dance

2009-07-09T01:27:00.006+08:00

Ok as promised, here's the video of the dance we did during Supremo Ball. It'll only be funny if you know those faces, which are all famous MMMC lecturer's faces and Sharukan's. Please don't tell me you don't know who is Sharukan. Anyway, enjoy the video, and hear the cheers from the crowd. =D

Benny's Supremo Dance

Ok I got to make a confession, we copied the idea from Britain Got Talent's "Faces Of Disco". But we changed the faces and some steps, so its not a photocopy of it. Anyway, here's the original..

Faces Of Disco

Sorry about the alignment. That's the smallest I could find on YouTube. Similar videos disabled their embedding code. That's all folks !!

Supremo Ball

2009-07-05T02:45:00.006+08:00

Supremo Ball is basically some graduation ceremony for even-numbered batches. Every year end there will be an Annual Night, but that's more for the odd-numbered batches. The whole system is sort of messed up because MMMC has 2 intakes a year. Get the whole idea of Supremo Ball? Now to the event..

TWILIGHT: When The Night Comes To Life

Overall, the Ball was o-k-a-y. It didn't give that lovey-dovey prom feeling, it felt more like a stress relieve point for ~~mad~~ med students. The performances were excellent of coz, but the food was ........ Haha! Just take it as there is no such thing as nice food here, just edible or inedible.

The main reason I went was to help Benny with his Mr.Supremo Talent Show. We did a group dance, of which I think was mind blasting. We got the whole hall bursting out in laughter. Too bad we didn't win. Will upload next time. Anyway, as usual, the events of prom aren't important, its the pictures that counts!

Note: I'm in all the pictures, so I won't be labeling myself again and again k, just the 1st one, so you know who I am. LOL!!

From right: Myself, Variant, Denise, Ming, Vidya, Vishnu

Vanessa the pretty~~

Antony the bug~~

Shawn the cool~~

Jesse the smart~~

DeZhi the emo~~

Edmond the gay~~

Benny the funny~~

YunLih the cute~~

EngHan the Winner for Male Best Attire (He changed his attire afew times)

Garnet a.k.a XiaoWen JieJie.. Dont we look like siblings in this photo? Haha~~

That's about it for Supremo Ball. Reached back tired like dog. Now got to hit the books again, Biochem PBL on Tuesday zzZ..

A Night To Remember

2009-07-02T00:12:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was indeed a very happy and enjoyable day for me. Firstly was because, by God's Grace, I won the Supremo Interbatch Pool Competition. The finals was against my own batchmate, Skantha, who is a really good player. I barely won, and he wasn't on form. So I would say I won with the contribution of a little luck.

The major reason to why yesterday deserves a post in this blog shall not be mentioned here. A night where the Black CBZ + Blue LEDs ruled the road..

LEDs

2009-06-28T16:05:00.004+08:00

Some time last week, I was influenced by Chaw to add LEDs to my bike. Haha~~

In case you're wondering, LEDs are the much cheaper version of Neons. One Neon tube would cost around Rs700, and you'll need one on each side, hence Rs1400+. On the other hand, a string of LEDs comes in 4 pieces, which means I can put 2 on the right, and 2 on the left, producing a somewhat similar effect as Neons. So I added 2 LEDs, 1 string below the rear body kits, and 1 string above the engine, for only Rs380 (~RM30)

Initially I wanted to add red LEDs, but it was out of stock, and the fella doesn't know when new stock will come. So, I decided to add blue instead.

Ta~Da~~

Sorry for the poor picture quality. It looks alot nicer in real =P.. Ok back to the books. Bye bye!

DURIANS~~!!!

2009-06-27T13:59:00.003+08:00

Imagine this:
You're in a land of total lost-ness, everything is so different, and you miss home more than anything. Suddenly someone came to tell you DURIANS are in town!!!

WOOH~~~!! When I first heard about durians here, I gave the same expression everyone would give, "Ya right la!". After a long argument with Benny and Edmond, last Thursday, after class, we dashed straight to the fruit stall to get a smell of those miraculous durians. But as expected, sold out. Apparently they only had 2 bijis. But that wasn't the end, more stock coming on Saturday!!

So today, after our Biochem test, we, namely Edmond, Benny, YangZet, DeZhi, Vanessa and myself, dashed to the fruit stall once again, and HOLA!! DURIANS!!! 3 biji some more!! So we excitedly took all of it. Mana tau they don't know how to open durians zzZ.. So Edmond and I tried to open it, but their knife was the flabby type, so we couldn't use the all time effective twist-knife-"crack"-durian method. We had to artificially "crack" it. Ok never mind the opening process, the excitement in us was already exploding. The moment the 1st scent of smell came out, we got a glimpse of India-ly heaven. Ahhh~~~

Durian No.1

Considering that we're in India ~The Land Where Durians Are More Precious Than Gold~, the durians tasted O-K-A-Y... ~~Back home, such durians would be used to throw at dogs.~~ The 1st one was dry and a little hard, nevertheless it was sweet. The 2nd one was creamy yellowish-orange, BUT! It was sour. What the heck? SOUR DURIAN?! My 1st time coming across a sour durian. After 2 bijis, we had enough. We left the 3rd biji for another lucky soul. Aww, how kind of us. xD

Durian No.2

Wow, what a long post just on 2 bijis of durians. Lol. Okay gonna nap, and then study!!! Anatomy test on Monday. Can't they give us a break?!! zzZ..

To A Dad Who Is Always At The Top

2009-06-21T00:00:00.003+08:00

..
Dear Dad,

....... I remember promising you a poem this Father's Day, as I did not have time to write one for your birthday last year due to I-can't-remember-the-reason xD. However, I was really busy with Supremo Interbatch Pool Competition and Physio tests last week (But hey! At least I made it in to the finals, and still got a borderline D for Physio test.. xD), so I just did a short one, may not be as good coz I couldn't rhyme alot of the sentances. Anyway here goes..

To A Dad Who Is Always At The Top

To a dad who loves me so dearly,

Who taught me everything so patiently,

Who wants me to just be myself only,

And be the best whom I can be..

To a dad who takes his dinner at home,

Who keeps the family ever so close,

Who hardly drinks and never smokes,
Is no doubt the perfect example for me to follow..

To a dad who loves God more than anything,

Who gave me Christian education since the beginning,

Who always encourage me to pray without doubting,

What is, to God, a perfect Ending..

And on this very special Father's day,

I pray that God will guide you with his shining rays,

Provide you strength to overcome life's waves,

And prosper you in every possible way..

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

To A Dad Who Is Always At The Top

I LOVE YOU DAD!!

~Your Son, KokMun~

Blog Revived!!

2009-06-20T19:55:00.001+08:00

Walao 不知不觉 FirelessFlame has not been updated for 20days!!! that's 3 weeks (minus 1 day)!! Am I losing readers? Haha.. Alot has been happening recently, which has been wearying me out both physically and mentally. I'll try to update more frequently if time permits.

Anyway, this post was supposed to be up 3weeks ago. I actually uploaded the pictures last week, but had to save it as a draft, due to some unforeseen circumstances. And here I am now, completing the remaining of it.

As most of you would know by now, my parents came to visit exactly 1 month ago, and brought ALOT of REAL Malaysian food over. I had the happiest time ever in Manipal. My first meal with them was..

SaladPrawn, SiuMai, HaGao, SingaporeFriedMeehoon...

... and Chinese Pancake!!! Wooh~~~!!!

Besides those, there were more storable foods. Don't get jealous k? I'm just super duper blessed to have such great parents. =P

LongYoke, LohHonGo, CharSiewPau, etc..

Apart from spending time with me, my parents also cooked some simple ~~hotel~~ home-cooked food for my friends and I. Thanks alot mum and dad!! And ma, all of them said your BatKuTeh was the best. Start a Chinese restaurant here la!! Confirm everyday full house. Lolz..

BatKuTeh, Omelet and LuncheonMeat

Us, cramping into the hotel room..

Us again, eating..

Besides food, we also went to a few places around here. The furthest we went was TurtleBay, and others like Udupi, EndPoint and MalpeBeach. Seriously there isn't much to do around here.

TurtleBay

The few of us who went along..

The machos..

EndPoint

MalpeBeach

Gobi Manchurian. Apparently mum loved it.

Before sunset..

Sunset

Yet another Indian-classic, sari = swim suit??

That's about it for my parents' visit. Can't wait for August to come...

I'll Miss My Parents

2009-05-31T16:00:00.001+08:00

1st and foremost, FirelessFlame was not updated for 10 days becoz KokMun's parents visited him in Manipal and he was having so much fun he decided not to bother about his blog. =)

Parents and I

Anyway, my parents just left for Mangalore airport. Seeing the taxi zoom off infront of me, I tried really hard to hold back my tears. Back in my room, a sentence from JayChou's 时光机 suddenly poped up in my mind, i.e “慢慢清醒，原来思念你，是加了糖的消息”, which means slowly gaining conscious, only then I realise that missing you is actually a sweetened news. And yea, missing my parents is really a sweetened news, it give me even more motivation to put in 101% effort and achieve the best that I can, and make my parents proud.

Initially when I just got to know that my parents will be coming, many thoughts ran through my mind, like will I still have time to study, will I still get to spend time with friends, where should I bring them to, what would they do when I'm having classes, etc.. Nevertheless everything turned out well, and it happened to be the best week of my life in India so far. Sooo much has happened and I'll slowly blog about it. As for now, I have alot of work to cope up with. Well, 1 week of lost-ness in class in trade for parents' 9-day-visit is definitely worth it.

Have a safe trip home Mum and Dad!!

OVER!!

2009-05-21T23:38:00.004+08:00

Block 1 exam is finally over!! Wooh~~!! The feeling is indescribably awesome. Better than the after-SPM-feel. We had to digest soooo much info in 1 week, including memorising 8 pathways in 1 night, I bet it was a torture for all of us. Well, just glad it's over. Nevertheless that marks the end of Block1 and the start of Block2, which also means we're 1 block closer to University Exams. Well, I'll just chill out for now..

Wanna know the most messed up thing? We're starting classes on block 2 tomorrow. TOMORROW!! Argh!! Can't they give us a break?? I'm starting to understand why many medical students drop out halfway. To be very honest that thought did appear in my mind before, constant self-questioning on why am I here? why medicine? why all the stress? etc.. Well, it'll alright now. What does not kill us, makes us stronger.

I realised FirelessFlame is getting very picture-less. I need more interesting event to blog about. I need fun, I need entertainment!! On the happier note, it's just TWO (less than 2 actually) more days still my parents arrive in Manipal. I'm so excited. Wooh~~! By then I should have more interesting updates =).

Stay tuned..

Equation Of Life

2009-05-16T15:29:00.004+08:00

I'm losing the blogging mood. There really isn't much to blog about recently. My life has been sooooo dull I wouldn't call it 'life' anymore. Equation of life here is:

Books + Study + Test + Exams + Stress = MADNESS

Well, got to get use to it. It's just the very beginning of our 5-years-course.

Current desktop wallpaper: ~Block Exams Timetable~

On the other hand, monsoon season is coming. I heard the peak of monsoon here is scary. It'll rain so much that you'll be praying for the rain to stop. Last Saturday, it rained in the morning, hence the corridor outside lecture hall was colourfully decorated with umbrellas.

Ta-da~!

And I miss Malaysian food. The other day I cooked a packet of sent-from-Malaysia curry maggie mee. The 1st bite I took, wooh~~!! New definition of India-ly heaven. Lolz!

Trust me, it taste alot better than it looks..

Oh ya, few days ago, I got the most happifying news ever. That is... MY PARENTS WILL BE COMING TO VISIT ME!! Counting down, 7 days!! That time would be right after blocks, so I'll be free to spend a whole week with them!! Wooh~~! I'm sooooo excited. I miss them to bits. Too bad my sister is stuck in Australia with exams (Aww..), if not it'll be the 1st happy-family-reunion in 12 weeks.

I bet everyone here misses their family. Who wouldn't?

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T00:00:00.002+08:00

Regardless how busy and stressed this exam season may be, I insist of posting up this short post, just to let the world know that I have the greatest mum in the world!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Since I am miles away, I definitely won't be able to celebrate Mother's Day with you. I just wanna wish you a very Happy Mother's Day. Thanks for providing to all my needs, and for always being there for me. Have a great day ahead!

A prayer just for you:

"Lord, thank you for mother's day. Pray that You'll bless my mum and shower your blessing over her. Give her strength, wisdom and guidance in her work place, and in everything that she does, she will prosper. Help her to enjoy herself today, even without us by her side. Amen"

I LOVE YOU MUM!!

~Your son, KokMun~

Pissed

2009-05-07T23:01:00.003+08:00

IT just had to happen. Damn. The guard said it fell by itself, but I don't believe. If I ever find out who did it, I swear I'll make him/her a specimen in Leonardo Da Vinci Hall!!

-Ranting only, just ignore this post-

My New Baby~~!!

2009-05-02T00:41:00.004+08:00

Good news and bad news. The good news is, I finally got a bike!! The bad news is, riding a bike can be darn addictive!! Wahsei.. Bad addiction at a wrong time. 2.5weeks more to block exams and my mind keeps thinking about how to improve my riding skills. Lalala~~

Honda CBZ

I know Honda CBZ isn't a very powerful bike, 150cc only, but who cares, as long as I'm happy with it. I so filled with joy now I really don't know how to thank God for such a wonderful blessing. Also wanna thank all the seniors who spent time to teach me how to ride, especially Chaw. After all, I bought the bike from him. Haha. Not forgetting the other seniors who came to kacau while I was trying to learn, namely WeiYi, Desmond and Huey Jing dai ka jie. Haha~ She can really ride wei, female biker. Haha~

Ok time to hit the books. I spent half of my precious 4-days-long holiday learning how to ride. Nevertheless it was time well spent. No regrets! Pray that I'll ride safely. And once again, thank you God for this great piece of blessing!! =)

Horribly Long Tag

2009-04-25T20:09:00.003+08:00

11days ago, on the 14th of April, I was tagged by Sonia Fz. Since Physio Test was over just this morning, studying today would be betraying my entertainment side. Hence I've finally decided to this dreaded 50-questions long tag. Pray hard that you don't get tagged in the end. Muahaha~~

Personal Detail Questions
1) Whats your name?
Cheng Kok Mun

2) If you could change your name what would it be.
Err.. I'm happy with my name as long as its pronounced properly.

3) What is your age?
18years, 2months and 25days.

4) What is the age your waiting for to come?
23!! I want my MBBS degree~~

5) Whats your address?
Current address? Mahe Hostel, Amartya Sen Block. I have no idea what's the full address.

6) If you can stay anywhere, where would you stay?
Err.. Work in Australia, then retire in Malaysia.

7) When was the last time you cried?
Hmm.. tough question.. After getting back SPM results? xD

8) When did you have the best sleepover?
6th March 2009, my farewell party+sleepover in Robin's house.

9) What was the last song you heard?
友情岁月 - 陈小春

10) When was the most dramatic and sad crying moment you've ever had?
Har? Dramatic? Life itself is a drama la..

11) When was the last time you said "I Love You" to the girl you love?
Is mum included? I love my mum very much =)

12) What were your last words for the person you love and now she's gone?
What a coincidence, my mum is in Hawaii! I think I told her to "enjoy yourself in Hawaii".

13) When was the last time you hugged someone?
My farewell in KLIA, 8th March 2009..

14) Had any love letters, song dedicated to you, roses, chocolates or other stuff relating to love?Nop.. Sad rite? =(

15) If you answered yes to question 14 then when was the first time you got it?
-NIL-

16) Who was the last person you chat with on msn?
Esther

17) Has a girl ever called you handsome?
Yes/No/Maybe =P

18) Has a girl ever liked you before?
Would you believe if I said no? Haha~

19) Do you actually love your enemies?
It's humanly difficult to actually love your enemies. Btw, I prefer to call them healthy competitors or rivals.

20) Do you like someone?
I like all of YOU!!

21) Do you hate your family at times?
I used to say I hate my sister. But I kinda miss her now. xD (I'm so gonna get shot for saying this)

22) Are you blessed to be who you are today?
Yea of coz! Super blessed.

23) Are you a rule-breaker?
Ever heard that "rules are meant to be broken"? Haha~ I judge based on a situation. I'll break if I think the rules are dumb.

24) Did you cry yourself to sleep before?
Yea~

25) Are you Asian?
I'm a non-Asian Malaysian. Lolz..

26) Are you in love with a movie star?
No =.=" Who would be so unrealistic??

27) Are you gay?
If gay = happy, YES.
If gay = homo, NO.

28) Have you ever eaten something rotten and it taste good?
Looks rotten but taste good then got. (I think India Indians eat with their eyes closed..)

29) You prefer girls or boys better?
In terms of BGF, obviously girls la. I'm not gay. Haha~ But in terms of hanging out, either gender will do. I'm not gender-ist.

30) Do you think one of your friends will become a beggar when they grow up?
No and hope not.

31) Are you perasan?
At times..

32) Would you rather lick peanut butter of a hobo's foot or lick it of your dog's butt?
What's a hobo??

33) Would you rather give up your books or your music collection for a month?
Music collection. (Medical students can't possibly live without their books.)

34) Would you rather eat the same food for one whole week or eat ants for one whole week?
Obviously the same food for 1 whole week la.. zzZ

35) Would you rather stick your head into a trash can or into a river full of trash?
Wth? River full of trash.

36) Would you rather have the same old subject with different teachers or different subjects with the same teacher?
Different subjects with the same teachers IF the subject sucks and the teacher is good.
Same old subject with different teachers IF the subject is interesting and the teacher sucks.

About Love
37) Name 3 guys you like as brothers.
TerngSheng, WeiHan, HannJiunn.. and other FXC brothers~~

38) Why do you like them as brothers?
Understanding, helpful, fun, etc... Sometimes they can even tell what I'll think even before I start thinking. LOLz!

39) Name 3 girls you like as sisters.
Eilene, Celeste, YeeEng.. and other FXC sisters~~

40) Why do you like them as sisters?
Understanding, easy to talk to, TOO smart.

41) Name 3 teachers you like.
Mr. Yap (SAM), Ms Rachel (SAM), Pn Norashima (WMS).. and the list goes on~~

42) Why do you like them?
Mr Yap would by far be the BEST lecturer ever.
Ms Rachel is very student-ish. Easy to communicate with.
Pn Norashima is the most caring teacher I've ever seen.

43) Would you cry if the ones on top you mentioned for the boys, girls, teachers died tomorrow.
CHOI!! 大吉利事 (Touch wood) And of coz I'll cry la.. depends how many days only.. lolz

44) What is love?
A weird feeling where everything wrong will still be right =)

45) When did you found out about love?
When I was 1st gained my consciousness coz God loved me even even before I was a zygote =)

46) Do you hate them sometimes?
Them? Har?

47) What colour shirt are you wearing now?
Blue

48) What colour is your pants?
Black

49) What are you doing?
Typing this post tag while listening to music.

50) How do you feel?
Happy that this tag is finally~ lolz..

I tag: WeiHan, TerngSheng, Eilene. You knew you'd get tagged, didn't you? Haha~

Huluran Kasih

2009-04-25T19:13:00.003+08:00

YAY!! Anat Class Test 2 and Physio SDL/Non-SDL Test is OVER~~!! But it also means spotters and block exams is drawing near. Got to really get down to business already!

The last week has been quite boring for me. I spent most of my free time sleeping, and some time studying for testS. Biochem PBL on Kreb's Cycle is on Tuesday, and I have not started preparing anything. Crap!

Just now, I attended a meeting by Huluran Kasih. Going as a freshman of batch24, I only knew a few seniors. Soon after I arrived, Dawson and Reena came too. So all in all only 3 batch24-ians came. I remember few weeks back, when those interested to join Huluran Kasih were asked to write our names on a piece of paper, a long list of at least 30 people filled up. And today, only 3 people came. Batch24-ians are really fei kei wongs (飞机王). During the meeting, I was happily talking to WeiYi, suddenly the prez told me that I'm the new rep for batch24. I was stunned. But after some thought, this should be a club worth investing time in. Huluran Kasih is basically a charity club. They visit slums to help the poorest of the poor. There will be a visit to a special-school soon. Not very sure about the details, but I promise to update more soon.

That's about it for my weekend. Kinda dull huh? I know. Need to get more life. LOLz~~

LIFE

2009-04-16T22:27:00.004+08:00

I CUT MY HAIR IN INDIA!! OMGosh!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!! And guess the price? Rs30 (RM2.30) only!! Haha~~ NO! No pictures. Don't even ask..

Following up on Jeoffrey's status, he left us on Saturday night, the night before Easter Sunday. Despite so many prayers and cries, He still did not spare him. Does this mean that we were praying against His will? Or is there another testimony to be told? Hmm..

Few days ago, I received an sms from my dad to call back Malaysia because my grandmother's condition worsen. However I only read the sms an hour later because I was sleeping. After reading the sms, I swear my heart stopped a beat. In my half-awake mood, I was stunned. I replied the sms to ask if it is too late to call. My dad replied to say that my grandmother's condition improved, hence no need to call. I felt alot more at ease. If I had missed the last chance to talk to my grandmother, I'll never forgive myself for taking a noon-nap.

Maybe I shouldn't be talking about this incident, but just yesterday, a batchmate suddenly skipped half a day's lectures. Later in the day I heard that she was on her way back to Msia because her father just passed away. I don't know how true is the news, but she really is back in Msia already.

The above events really give me a reality slap on the vulnerability of life. It got me thinking, how would I react if it was my relative who *touch wood* passed away? And if I were to rush back to Msia, what difference would it make? Even if I return as a qualified doctor, it's still pointless overall. Or if I were to remain in Manipal, how would it affect me emotionally?

Questions on LIFE has no true or false answers. After learning the very basic anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of our body, I can't stop thinking that our body is built just perfectly and wonderfully. One small injury in a somewhat insignificant area may cause permanent injuries or even death. The beauty of our entire body organisation reflects the greatness of our creator. My creator is definitely God, how about your's?

My whole point is this: Life is short, vulnerable and unpredictable. Just live everyday to the fullest and be happy. Remember that 1minute of anger is 60seconds loss of happiness. And never plan too far ahead, for it is said in the Bible: "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matt 6:34 NIV

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On the happier note, I did very well for my mock anatomy table test two days ago. No need to know the marks, just be happy for me. And that table test marks the last day with our beloved table lecturer, Dr. Bincy M George. Tomorrow onwards, we'll be getting a new table lecturer to teach us about the lower limbs. We'll miss you Dr. Bincy!! Hope you won't get students better than us in your next table.. =P

Students of table 1 with our cadaver and Dr. Bincy

And whoever told you medical students are boring people has not joined a medical school. Introducing Shawn. He went into the skeleton display cabinet and posed in anatomical position, while YangZat tried to locked him inside. .. LOL!!

The stupid things we do everyday..

Last Saturday, I received the parcel from my parents!! I was so happy when the hostel office called and to collect it. Back in my room, I immediately opened it up and unpacked the stuff. Maggi meeeeeee!!!! Oh Maggi.. India's Maggi sucks to the max. Sama-sama "Maggi" brand but the taste is 200% different. 150% awful and 50% weird. And chocolates!! OMG just yesterday I kept swallowing chocolates to reduce my extremely high cortisol level. In case you don't remember, cortisol is a stress hormone.

The parcel~~ See the Hello Panda? Haha

My supply of dry food and instant noodles =)

My supply of chocolates =D

Oh ya, our first Physiology PBL presentation today was horrible, terrible and vegetable. Basically everyone of us got shot in the head by Mr. JayPrakash's Magnum Sniper, and our group leader, Sashee got sprayed by his AK47. While presenting our conclusion, JP kept asking Sashee whether she was sure of our hypothesis. Then when she said yes, he said no; When she said no, he said yes. Wth man. And after such a terrible presentation, he still can smile and say "good". Damn darn sarcastic wei. All of us beh tahan his senyum kambing.

Next week will be hectic again, Anat class test 2 on Monday, and Physio class test 1 on Saturday. (At least we 1st batch ppl are over with Physio PBL, 2nd batch will have their PBL on Thursday. Those lagi syok, 2 test and 1 presentation in a week. Yeng ar!) And I heard Biochem class test 1 will be somewhere in the following week. @.@.. So, this maybe my last post in the next week. It really isn't easy to squeeze out an hour to blog like this. 1 hour is hellalot of time to study weiii.

Signing off now, bye!

FirelessFlame Wishes Everyone A...

2009-04-12T00:00:00.002+08:00

VERY HAPPY & BLESSED EASTER!!!!!

The Real Me

2009-04-11T18:00:00.004+08:00

In the past one week, I had many problems affecting me physically, mentally and emotionally. I questioned myself on why am I here? Why am I studying med? Why am I having so much problems? Was it all my fault? Yesterday, at one of the lowest point in my life, I even fell sick. I couldn't hardly eat my dinner, and could not even talk straight. I felt that the whole world was crushing down on me.

Before I went to bed, as usual, I randomly opened up "Our Daily Bread" booklet and it was on March 14th's passage on disappointment in life. In my half-drowsy mood I read that passage and the conclusion was this, "In our seasons of disappointment, we too can find comfort in God, who cares for our broken hearts." Suddenly I felt that God was trying to speak to me. After doing yesterday's quiet time, I went to sleep with a much encouraged heart. In the middle of my sleep, I received a call from Benny, and smses from DeZhi and PangHan. And that also encouraged me quite a fair bit. I never thought that people actually cared. After a 14-hour-sleep, I felt much better.

In the late morning, I received an sms from John and Chris, saying that there will be a urgent prayer meeting at KMC green's stage to pray for Jeoffrey at 12.30pm. I don't know who he is, but I've heard a bit about his condition. Basically Jeoffrey is a fellow churchmate of BreadOfLife, who has multiple organ failure, and is currently in MICU (Multi-disciplinary Intensive Care Unit). He is 100% on life support machines, and is really in need of a miracle. Since I was feeling much better, I decided to go for the prayer meeting. What's my little sickness in comparison to Jeoffrey's condition? And at the prayer meeting, I was amazed how they could gather up almost the whole church with such a short notice of less than an hour.

The faith and crys of their heart really got me to think that no one is strong enough to live alone in this world, we all need support. In such critical stage of a person's life, even when doctors had given up, these group of churchmates has not given up hope. For once I felt the unity and support of a church.

Back in my hostel, I read this email from uncle Teh about an interview with Rick Warren. FYI, Rick Warren is the author of the all time best selling "Purpose Driven Life". The last time I updated, more than 20million copies has been sold.

The email:
You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales . This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, author of 'Purpose Driven Life ' and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said: "People ask me, What is the purpose of life?" And I respond:

"In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.

We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one or two or more. You never know.

The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.

Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.

No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.

And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems: If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.

So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do..

That's why we're called human beings, not human doings."

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD
Painful moments, TRUST GOD
Every moment, THANK GOD

In a nutshell, my Easter holidays has been very fruitful in terms of getting back on track with God, and also with my fellow friends. After the self-reflection I've done by the sea, and the series of events mentioned above, I realised that all my problems arised from the very fact that I was too engrossed in making sure everything was perfect, so much so I failed to realised that I am only human. As Rick Warren said, "life is a series of problems... You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems: If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others."

I really need to stop being so selfish, and learn to think from the point of view of others. I'm sorry if I've done or said anything hurtful. Let's just let things be how it used to be.

A list of things I wanna change in the next 2months:

1) Be stronger in every aspect, so that the people around me would not need to worry about me anymore..

2) Be more sensitive towards the needs of other people, and Learn to put their needs above my own..

3) Tear my pride away that I have nothing but God to boast..

I don't mind letting everyone know what a weakling I am deep within. I'm tired of putting up a false smile mask everyday that completely covers up my sorrows and problems, at the same time giving people a false impression that I'm strong and care-free. This would be the 1st step to tear away my pride.

Before I go, I just want to wish everyone out there all the best in whatever you are doing. Don't make the same stupid mistake I've been making for the past 18years of my life. Have a great weekend ahead, God Bless!!

Malpe Beach

2009-04-10T14:48:00.004+08:00

Friday and the weekend will be our Good Friday and Easter Sunday HolidayS. Hence 19 of us, went down to Malpe Beach to chill out. However our main motive for the trip was to celebrate our "1 month anniversary" in Manipal. We arrived on the 9th of March, and it was 9th of April yesterday. Shawn and Benny's idea. Lolz

Malpe Beach

Let's see if I can remember who went. (Arrangement of names are in no particular order k) The testoterones were Shawn, Edmond, Benny, DeZhi, WeiBian, Dawson, Leon, Paw, TC, Kiong SanHo and myself. The oestrogens were Garnet, Vanessa, TzeHui, Reena, LiNing, WenXin and YunLih. Yep that should be all. Oh we meet some seniors there also. Well its a long break afterall. And mind you, for us MMMC students, 2 days of holiday is considered long (Don't forget we have classes on Saturdays as well), 3days is very very rare and hence considered as unbelievably looooong!!

Chilling out~~

Back to the main story line, our last lecture ended at 4pm. Some of us went back to our respective hostels to prepare, while some went to buy some drinks, snacks and cake. Yes a cake. What's a celebration without a cake?? Benny, being his natural cheeky self, wrote "We Survived One Month In Manipal!!!" With THREE exclamation markS. Lolz. We met up at 5pm, and took autos down to Malpe Beach. The journey there was SYOK!! Imagine riding a running elephant. I knocked my head against the roof of the auto a few times T.T. The best part was this, imagine a small, narrow, close-to-90-degrees right turn, the auto literally drifted through it with another incoming auto on the other side @.@.. Garnet, who was sitting at the right most in the auto, got a shocked of her life.. LOL!!

Most of the guys

Upon arrival, we picked a spot under this really short but huge coconut tree and placed our stuff down there. After a short photo session, off to the water they went. Since I'm hydrophobic, I sat under the spot and helped them jaga their stuff, at the same time enjoying the breeze and clearing my mind. The past one week has been very hectic for me. Besides academics, there were a lot of other personal problems. Whoever told you Manipal is care-free has not experienced Manipal-life. Under the tree, I was talking to Garnet since both of us weren't in the mood to play. Thanks for listening to my rants. Oh btw, I take back what I said about JPA students, they aren't as arrogant as they look =).

Our "spot", with most of the girls

Those who were playing

This isn't me, but it was practically what I was doing the whole time.

Have I mentioned about the strong wind and drifting sand? The superficial layer of the sand was moving! It was quite a scene. Personally I enjoyed looking at the sand getting blown by the breeze. It was sort of an "art". I even video-ed it. Lolz. And the sunset was awesome. I enjoy looking at the sun, especially sunsets. Weird huh?

Sand drifting. Click to watch..

Sunset

After sunset, the place got alot darker, obviously. They changed into a dry set of clothes and off we went. Since the cake was still uncut, we decided to cut it over dinner. In other words, we brought the cake all the way to Malpe Beach for nothing. Haha. 40 minutes of iGallop, the cake was surprisingly still edible. Only the writings were gone. Dinner was in Manipal Canteen, PangHan大哥 joined us for dinner.

"他妈的! 我写的 'We Survived One Month In Manipal' 不见了! 还有那三个感叹号啊!!!" [Benny]

PangHan. He dared me to put his picture up, so.. TA~DA!! =P

It's Been A While..

2009-04-07T20:22:00.007+08:00

NOTE: I realised it's been a while since I last updated a proper post. Hence this will be a long post with few events that happened in the past 3 weeks.

3 weeks ago, we had UTSAV, which is an inter-college competition. Nothing to do with me as I didn't participate, but I did attend to see my batchmates' performances. And boy the crowd was massive. Apparently it's one of the biggest event in Manipal.. @.@

Massive..

Some solo dance competition..

From left: Ken, Dawson, Me, Leon

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Last Tuesday, we were ~~conned~~ asked to attend this formal dinner function in Valley View Hostel. Apparently some big shot of Malaysian Student Association (MSA) in India wants to give us a talk, and have dinner with us. When I say "us", I meant my batch of student, that is batch24. So by 7.30pm, we were there. Nicely sitted and waited.. waited.. waited.. Finally the besar tembak arrived, and gave his speech. OMG HE WAS TALKING ABOUT JPA ALL THE WAY!! "Tugas kami adalah menjaga kebajikan pelajar-pelajar Malaysia, terutamanya pelajar-pelajar JPA. Of coz private students are also included, tapi lebih kepada pelajar-pelajar JPA." At that instant, we, private students were like, WT* are we doing here then?? Our only consolation was free dinner, which was at 8.30pm. If I waited any longer I swear I would have gotten stomach ulcer. My last meal before that was just a Roti John at 9.30AM, some 11hours ago. zzZ.. Actually we could have started dinner at 8.10pm, but some JPA idiot asked stupid questions like "bil medikal kami, termasuk dalam bayaran JPA ar?" and "kalau pergi berjalan-jalan di india atau balik Malaysia, JPA bertanggungjawab ke?" OMG LA DO YOU EXPECT JPA TO PAY FOR YOUR GRANDMONTHER'S TONGKAT ALSO?!! zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ~~~ (No offence to my JPA friends, but put yourselves in our shoes, and see what will you think..)

From left: Edmond, DeZhi, Shawn, Me, Paw, SanHo (Blury picture, photographer noob..)

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Last Saturday, 7 new batchmates arrived. They will be learning everything we learnt in the past 1 month in just 1 week. Super intensive class wei. Anyway, in the afternoon, Arvend (batch24's class rep) and a few of us brought them around to buy stuff, at the same time help them register for bank accounts and Airtel sim card. We felt like seniors when we are actually their batchmates. Haha..

In the evening, at 6pm, I attended Bread Of Life Church's "Freshers' Welcome Service". However, I didn't stay till the end as there was another event that night.

At night, 7.30pm, we had the most racist event in the calander of MSA, that is Chinese's/Indian's/Malay's Orientation. ~~I can imagine how messed up would the Indian's Orientation, they got to keep smiling all the time.~~ Obviously I attended the Chinese Orientation, which was organised by the all chinese seniors of batch22. They prepared perfomance, dances, singing, short sketches, food, drinks and games for all cinapeks in MMMC. And I swear it was the brightest place in India. Overall, the orientation was a blast. I really enjoyed myself, especially the part where I poured 1 whole pail of water on Benny. LOLZ!!

Dance performance

See all the spot-lights? (No no.. not those street lamps there.. Lolz)

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On the other hand, I've been really busy catching up with my lessons. There was once while we group studied in Benny's room, we felt hungry and ordered delivery. Benny did the calling. On the menu, it was written "Chicken Egg Cheese Burger". But when he ordered, "Give me one Chicken Cheese Egg Burger, put cheese 1st ok? Egg later." We were all like.. "what's your problem la Benny." Cute guy la, forever talking nonsense. Haha!!

Meet Benny. That's what you get when you talk too much rubbish. LOL!!

Lastly, before I go, this is dedicated to WeiHan, who wanted to see pictures of nice motorbikes here. I personally like the Bajaj Pulsar. But it's considered expensive, around RS40k so I'm considering to buy the cheapest bike, that is CBZ, around RS20k. (I'm still learning how to ride a bike..) It looks similar to a Pulsar, but of coz not as nice la. Lol. Oh ya, Yamaha R15 also very nice. Price lagi syok, >RS100k. LOL!!

Bajaj Pulsar

Mysterious Thoughts

2009-04-03T21:51:00.000+08:00

I actually typed a very long and wordy post of rants just now, but decided not to post it. Anyway, just to keep the suspense atmosphere, here are some phrases from that post. Try to link up a story yourselves k? LOL!!

1) The reality of a student's life is such that good academics = smart..

2) I know I have high expectations of myself, and most of the time those expectations are clearly not within my capabilities.

3) Why are you so academic minded? There is more to uni life than just the books and results. Just because of 1 insignificant class test you've...

4) Why can't things be simpler, just like how it was before, no academic barrier between us..

5) I rather have only one sincere true friend than a million friends who will stab my back and talk bad behind me all the time.

6) I'm in a lose-lose situation, either I talk to someone and be seen as lanci, or keep everything to myself and burst.

7) I need not explain myself. For those who don't know me, a million explanations wouldn't be enough; but for those who know me, no explanation is needed.

8) Ranting on a blog is like ranting to a dog. It listens but not understand, stays but not question, sympathises but not empathise..

And lastly, I ended with this paragraph..

"Why am I so concern over all this small issues in the first place. I really need to set my goals and priorities right. And I've told myself, I will not give a shit about what others think of me anymore. Hate me if you must, I don't give a shit."

Emo Over A Relatively Insignificant Test

2009-03-30T22:49:00.004+08:00

I've never tried studying for 4 days just for ONE single paper. And the 1st time I did it here, the results was beyond disappointment. A prosector (student teacher) even gave me almost 2 hours of "tuition" the previous night. And yet I still can screw up my Anat paper inside-out. Guess I'm just too dumb to do med.

On the happier side, 1st Anat class test is finally over. Actually it only weights 3.33 marks for our Block Exams, and block exams will be counted into our internal assessment for University Exams. So all in all, after scaling so many times, the class test is relatively insignificant. But still, I'm emo-ing now. T.T

Recently, life here has been kinda dull. The same routine repeats itself everyday. Or maybe it's becoz I've been spending more time studying indoors . Can you believe it? I did not take alot of photos in the past 3 days. Or rather there isn't anything interesting happening recently. Oh wait!! there was UTSAV!! It's a inter-college competition on singing, dances, fashion shows and certain sports. I didn't participate, but I did watch some of the performances to support my friends. I'll blog about it next time.

2 days ago, WeiYi taught me how to ride a motorbike. The bikes here are manual bikes. Beside the usual controls, they also have a clutch and gears. The whole concept is same as a manual car. Press clutch, change gear, release half clutch, press accelerator, move. But the messed up part is hands control clutch, break, and accelerator, while leg changes the gear. TOTAL OPPOSITE OF CAR!! Anyway, he only taught awhile as he was going for dinner soon. So I still don't know how to ride a bike.. Haha!!

Time to hit the books again. I'm so lost in Biochem and Physio classes now. Haih. I need more internal HD space, and probably another 320GB external HD to store all the facts that are bombarded in a day. zzZ

CORTISOL LEVEL SKY-ROCKETING WITH AN INFINITE VELOCITY~~!!

2009-03-25T22:03:00.000+08:00

Stressing to the MAX now. And apparently I'm not the only one. Tomorrow we have SDL presentation on thermoregulation, and I have not even started reading up on it. I'm not even done with revision on today's lectures, which includes the back part of the body, brachial plexus, membrane transport, etc.. The brachial plexus is darn confusing. I'm currently on caffeine to keep myself awake. Gonna chiong till 2am!! Hopefully that gives me enough time to complete today's work.

My messy study desk with my cup of caffeine source.

For now, it's just me, the brachial plexus, and my Kuchiki Byakuya bookmark.

10mins break over. Back to the books. Tata!

*I should not have played that 2hours of dota and another 2hours of basketball in the afternoon till evening. I need more discipline!!

Busy Weekend

2009-03-23T16:59:00.003+08:00

With reference to the previous post, apparently I wasn't the only one who didn't dare to prick myself. There is this other Indian guy, (Darn LCLY, walks with his nose 45' above the horizontal x-axis and looks down on everyone else..) who didn't even dare to get his finger pricked. At least I used MY OWN BLOOD to do the experiment. He took someone else's blood. Picture this, big macho mafia-looking guy scared of pricks. I felt darn good after hearing that news =D.

On Saturday, instead of ending at 10am, they added an Anatomy Problem Based Learning (PBL) at 10.30am till 11.30am. Just when I thought that was bad, they added another Physiology Practical at 2pm till 4pm. WTH!! I feel that I've betrayed my entertainment side by attending a full-day class on a freaking Saturday..

Yesterday, I attended Bread Of Life Church. It's a Charismatic Church. I've heard so much about how hyper and hardcore charismatics are, but I didn't really believe, until I witnessed it myself. The pastor was super energetic, as in, if you shut off your ears, you'll think he's dancing on stage. Seriously hyperactive actions with exaggerated motions. They have meetings every Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. And if you get involved in that church, you're expected to attend ALL of it. If not, according to the pastor, you don't love God. Wth.. I have different views from the pastor. Ever heard that going to church doesn't make you a Christian? I think a relationship with God is personal, and worship isn't a church thing, it's a lifestyle. A church to me is just a place to learn God's word, fellowship and get spiritual support. Nevertheless, they had real good music, vocalist and musicians were great, but just abit too loud.

Bread Of Life Church

In the afternoon, we jogged to EndPoint again. This time with Dawson, Denise and Flora. 9 of us in total. I didn't take much pictures this time since the views are more of less the same. But this time, I accidently bangged the edge of a bench and injured my knee. Hence, there is a blue-black palpation on the superolateral region of my right patella T.T (Understand?? LOLz)

From left: KokMun, Shawn, Leon, Edmond, Benny, DeZhi, Dawson

On the other hand, we finally got our Biochem syllabus handbook. And if you just look at the picture but don't read the words, what will come into your mind??

Perhaps it's becoz we have more JPA students..

That's about it for my weekend. Back to the books now!! Tata..

I'm Not Fit To Be A Doctor!!

2009-03-21T00:08:00.005+08:00

The title says it all..

Today, we had Physiology Practical and our experiment was on determining our own blood group. You know, the A, B, AB, and O type, and also the Rhesus factor, which is either +ve or -ve. So, we had to prick our own finger tips with a needle, make a blood cell suspension and test it using the antigen-antibody coagulation process. I never knew what my blood type was. Even my parents never knew. So I was excited that I can finally find out my blood group. But at the moment I had to prick my finger tip, my hands shaked like hell!! I saw other people pricking themselves one by one, some even had to prick few times to get the blood out. And I didn't have the guts to even prick myself once!!! WTH!!! I had to ask teacher to prick me.. Anyway, just to clarify, I'm not afraid of blood, I just don't dare prick myself. I have no problem pricking other people. Give me your fingers and I'll prove it. LOLZ!!

Blood Group Test

Damn! My blood group is O+. For your info, O blood is a universal doner, but it can only accept back O blood. Which means O blood would be kinda rare in hospitals as anyone can accept it. So in case any accident happens, all you O blood people must come and save me k!! Especially those O+ people in MMMC batch 24!! You know who you are, don't smile behind the computer screen =P

On the other hand, I saw the funniest shit ever!! No not cow dung, an incident. Our lecture hall is on the 3rd floor of Interact Building. So after lecture ended, we walked towards the lift and saw a whole bunch of ~~penguins~~ students patiently waiting for the lift. Not wanting to freeze to death, we decided to walk down the stairs. And one level down, we saw the cleaners holding the lift while cleaning the interior part of it!! OMG I LAUGHED LIKE HELL!! Immediately I took out my HP, snaped a picture, and ran off laughing. Imagine how long would they have waited there, just imagine..

LMAOLOLZROFL!!

Ok I better hit the books now. Until next time, when I see more funny stuff happening around here. =)

End Point

2009-03-15T23:56:00.007+08:00

I didn't plan to go to church today as I didn't know where are the churches and when are the services. (I know, I'm a lazy boy..) But last night, Chris called and provided answers to my where and when questions, hence I decided to go. God's work perhaps? Haha! So this morning, Chris, Shawn, Benny, Leon and myself met up at 9am, took an auto to a near by church. However the auto drivers brought us to Grace Home instead of Grace Church! So we decided to just try the smaller one today, and the bigger one next week. Grace Home is a Brethren Church, somewhat similar to a Baptist/Methodist Church. Just that males and females sit on different sides of room. (Talk about gender segregation..) Overall the service was O-K-A-Y, but the people were extremely friendly.

Grace Home Chapel

Later in the evening, Shawn, DeZhi, Edmond, Leon and I jogged to End Point (EP). Since most of you wouldn't know where and what is EP, I'll do a little description based on what I think and know. EP is, if you check google maps, at the end of a road in Manipal, hence the name "End Point". It's approximately 1.5km away from Amartya Sen Hostel. According to the Dean, EP is a pollution-free place since motor vehicles are not allowed at the peak of EP. Apparently Manipal University built a garden at the peak. It took us around 15-20mins to jog to the car park area, and another 10mins walk up to the garden. And boy the place, view, scenery, environment and feel was magnificent!! One of the most peaceful and relaxing place on earth!! As I always believe, a picture speaks a thousand words, so I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Journey up

Sun at 6pm

De Zhi and Shawn

Shawn and Edmond. Edmond emo-ing coz of *ahem*

Edmond again

Car park area

Ignorance is bliss..

Beyond the petals..

Finally, the garden..

View from the garden, beautiful combination of nature.

Vegetations..

Peaceful and relaxing, isn't it?

KokMun's photography shots =)

From left: Leon, Edmond, Benny, Shawn, DeZhi

Clouds just before sunset

Sunset at 7pm

So, how's End Point? Magnificent ain't it? I think I'll spray a whole bottle of mosquito repellent and study there before block exams. LOLz!

5 years down this path, how would things be like?

Journey Into Manipal

2009-03-14T15:22:00.008+08:00

Let's back track to my journey into Manipal. In short, it starts with a 3.5hour international flight from KLIA to Bangalore, stay a night there, then an hour domestic flight from Bangalore to Mangalore, and finally a 2.5hours ~~elephant~~ bus ride from Mangalore to Manipal.

Leaving KLIA wasn't easy for most of us. However, we all share a common GOAL, a common DESIRE and a common DREAM. Hence we had to take the 1st step to leave. We'll be back! Be afraid, be very afraid..

I'LL BE BACK...!!

On board MAS MH192, I played cho dai di with Chris, Arvend, Xiang and Denise. Time flies when you're actually engaged with something. Food was horrible on board, curry veg with rice. zZZ.. And their dessert was some hard cake, and that cuboidal thing was the classic definition of diabetes.

Upon arrival in Bangalore, we headed straight to the hotel. It was an hour bus ride from the airport to the hotel. I heard the hotel was rated 5 star, but from the food they served for breakfast, I wouldn't even give it 2. Minus-ing off check-in/supper/wash up time, we only had 1.5 hours of ~~sleep~~ rest. Everyone looked like panda-s in the morning.

Grand Lotus Hotel

They even have a flat screen LCD!! That's Chris, my roommate for that night.

Flight from Bangalore to Mangalore was, speechless... I wouldn't even call that flying thing an aeroplane. It was like, a mini flying ~~bus~~ jet. Seriously. 2 seats on each side, a walk way in the middle, only 1 entrance, and 1 toilet behind. The best part was when they were demonstrating the safety measures. 1st it was explained in Hindi, then repeated in English, fortunately.. And as usual, I didn't pay any attention until I heard "Please pay attention to our safety measures because it is slightly different from other airlines." That caught my attention. And you know what was the difference? This aircraft do not have life jackets!! In case of emergency landing on water, we were supposed to HUG OUR CHAIR'S CUSHION!! Seriously, I'm not pulling your legs. I was laughing like mad in the plane and the air stewardess gave me that stare while demonstrating other things. I even took a photo of their safety card as proof!

Bangalore Airport

Jet Airways' mini flying ~~bus~~ jet.. [Pic taken by Denise]

Doesn't it look like a bus?! That's Arvend on the right.

LMAO-ROFL-LOL!!

Landing in Mangalore was like landing in the middle of a dessert. After the plane touched down, we saw a half-built building and were like "don't tell me that's the terminal ar.." There was no other planes there, we were the only one. And the plane stopped right beside the terminal entrance. We got off the plane, less than 30 steps and we're in the terminal. And from there, one eye see all. Standing by the terminal entrance, on the left was the luggage belt (at least they had a moving electrical belt), and 20 steps in front was a counter and the exit. WALAO!! Bus station meh?!

One eye see all.. [Pic taken by Denise]

The bus ride from Mangalore airport into Manipal was horrible. If you close your eyes, you'll think you're riding an elephant. Seriously. Btw, That reminds me of what my cousin's husband told me. "In India, trains have 4 differenct classes.. Bad, very bad, extremely bad, and unbelievable." Lolz! Nevertheless I managed to sleep in the bus. Geng leh!

After arriving in Manipal, we had a welcome lunch + briefing session, then checked-in to our hostel rooms. After that, the previous posts would have explained it all. That's about it. And one last picture before I go.

This picture needs no captions. LOL!

Dead Tired

2009-03-13T23:46:00.001+08:00

Today was a very tiring day for me. We got a new Anatomy lecturer who has serious accent problems. Bad enough we couldn't understand most of the lesson, somemore he discourages note takings! He told us to close our note books!! "When you take notes, you won't be able to listen to what I say." WE CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND A DAMN THING YOU SAID LA!! zzZ.. Anatomy for 2 straight hours can kill. But thankfully it's 2 different lecturers, each will take 1 hour and teach a different subtopic.

10-2pm was our study break+lunch. We used this time to get our bank account letter from ICICI Bank. After which we had lunch and went straight back to our rooms. I felt so lost, my 2hours of Anatomy lecturer in the morning was like a sheet of white paper in my mind. So I read it up all over again from the text books.

Lecture Hall view from my seat. Happy Birthday Chen Soon!

Later at 2pm, we had another hour of Anatomy. Again that same lecturer came in!! That instant I knew I had to go back and self-study again.. zzZ.. Physio ended early at 4pm, so we rushed to Udupi to get our police registration done. We took an auto to and fro for 60rps per person. Bus would have been alot cheaper but I was too tired to bother. I'm just glad we're done with all the registrations for now. I heard there will be more to come later. zzZ....

An auto. That's Edmond, a.k.a YanYan on the right.

Udupi Police Head Quarters. Not a single soul at the entrance lobby.

I'm supposed to be studying now. 3 hours of Anatomy lecture left me with 40+ pages to self-study. I did some during lunch break, somemore after dinner, and alot more left to go. I still have x amount of Biochem to read up arrr... !@#@%$@&^%$(@%$!!!

Wth is there a tree in the middle of the road?!!

First Day Of Lecture

2009-03-12T21:03:00.003+08:00

Life has been good so far. We had ALOT of things to settle. Uni, hostel, HP line and bank registrations, Internet application and also police registration. We have been walking up and down, in and out so much until we're all sick of walking already. If I ever return home dark it'll be because of the excessive exposure to the burning afternoon sun. Anyway, we've settle everything except for the police registration coz we need to wait for our bank accounts to be activated.

Lectures started today. Morning was just introduction of subjects by head of faculties. Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry. Their marking system is quite strict. For uni finals, we have 120 multiple true-false questions (MTF), total of 120marks, with a duration of 1 hour. On an average, 2Qs per minute. 1 mark if answered correct, but negative 0.5 marks if wrong. Then, x/120 will be scaled down to y/30, in other words those 120 MTF only weights 30 marks in finals, each Q is only 0.25 marks. zzZ.

My uni books. 10 in total, for now..

Official lectures started at 2pm. Our seats are fixed according to our roll number. I sit at the corner of the class, front most left. I have to tilt my chair 45' just to look at the slides/lecturer! wth la.. Biochemistry is ok for now.. More or less similar to what we learned back in SAM/SPM. However Anatomy was madness. There were so many terms and definitions. We spent 1 whole hour just learning the terms!! And our anatomy lecturer have a very heavy ~~Indian~~ accent. OMG la!! ~~Wa ka lu kong ar, I laughed like hell when he started talking. I had to turn my head away and hide under the table to laugh.~~ Dissection starts next week!! w00t!! Can't wait for it =)

Yesterday, our immediate seniors, student of batch 23, prepared a welcome orientation performance for us. They had dances, singings, a video presentation and a fashion show on class attire. Everything put together in just 2 days. I must say it was really impressive considering the little time they had to prepare. It was almost mission impossible!

Singing performance

Para-Para Sakura dance. Notice that they are wearing their labcoats.

Did I mention my hostel room is like a prison? They use real huge locks on the doors and the corridor is really empty. But I guess it's very safe here. Oh ya! I haven't mentioned about the mirror right in front of my bed! It's damn creepy k!! Especially during the time I switch off the light (there is only 1 fluorescent light in my room, but I bought another desk lamp.) and climb into bed. Don't forget there it's pitch dark during electricity cuts. @.@.. I'll let the photos talk more about my hostel ~~prison~~ room.

Amartya Sen Hostel

Corridor

Door lock from outside..

My bed's front view

Electric Stabilizer

Laundry basket and floor mat

And just to show how much I appreciate all your presence in KLIA that day, I'm using your photo as my laptop wallpaper. My original wallpaper was the black Kuchiki Byakuya by the side of the desktop. And in case you do not know, I'm a big fan of Kuchiki Byakuya. I like his cool-ness. Anyway the following photo was taken 2 days ago, and its still like that now. Anyway, Anatomy terms seriously freak me out, hence I got to go study now. KOKMUN IS ACTUALLY ~~STUDYING~~ GONNA STUDY!!

TA-DA!! Spot yourself!!

Reporting Live From Manipal!!

2009-03-11T23:32:00.005+08:00

NOTE: Scarily loooooong post ahead, with few pictures only. Close website if lack patience to read.

Finally!! INTERNET!! I'm actually stealing wireless Internet from some sad soul who did not set a password for his wireless. Its really slow, but who cares la, as long as I get to use Internet I'm happy!! My new definition of earthly-heaven is anywhere with Internet. Seriously, the past few days has been soooo happening, I have sooooo much to blog about, but no Internet. Imagine my pain. Anyway, besides this paragraph, the rest of the post was pre-typed out on Word and pasted here. Haha.

Anyway, this post is just to briefly INTRO my loyal readers and future MMMC students into Manipal, India. Generally this place is O-K-A-Y. Not as fancy as Malaysia, but similar to those kampung areas I guess. Time difference is 2.5hours behind Malaysia, time zone +5.30GMT. The exchange rate is around 100rupees to RM7.50. The Malaysian students here usually calculate it the lazy way, which is 100rps to RM10.

Us, getting briefed on flight details.

FOOD on the journey here was horrible, probably because we weren’t use to the food-of-the-Indians. MAS freaking served us curry vege with rice. zzZ. Lucky I had mcD before boarding the plane. Nevertheless, now I think the food is O-K-A-Y. It may be because I already got used to it, or maybe because Manipal has better food. Haha. Anyway, price of food to quantity of serving is magnificent. Back in KL, mamak style Maggie-goreng single with no meat nor egg will cost RM3, but here, similar mamak style Maggie-goreng with meat, egg and cucumber is 45rps, that works out to about RM3.50. But wait! That’s not the main point, the serving is not single, it’s at least triple or maybe even QUADRUPLE!! For girls, 2 to 3 people can share a serving, for guys, maybe 3people share 2servings. Seriously the first time I ordered that was my 1st dinner here. I was SHOCKED when the food came. I ate like, half only, or maybe less. But as my mum always say, “I rather it go to waste then into my waist!” Lolz!

Massive serving or mee goreng

Hostel rooms are comfortable. I’m staying in a single AC room in Amartya Sen Hostel, and it’s so called the most-luxurious-room for guys. I heard there is a girls’ hostel that is as nice as hotel rooms. Our senior told us, “we don’t call that a hostel, we call it hotel.” Lolz. Anyway I’m happy with my current room. Small and comfy. And since the room is small, it gets cold very fast especially when the air-cond is on. When I say fast, I mean really really fast, like 5-10mins only. I think I wouldn’t mind staying in non-AC rooms. The door lock looks like prison’s locks, but it’s really safe, so it’s ok. Nevertheless I have some complains too. Can you believe that the toilet has no window?! I mean there are 2 pieces of semi-transparent tinted glass, but there is no ledge to open it!! There is a small hole as exhaust, but I think it’ll take like.. forever for the toilet smell to clear. ARGH!! I need air refreshener!! But the nearby grocery shop will only get stock after 2 days. And if you think that’s bad, we get frequent ELECTRICITY CUTS!! WTH?!! I’m forced to use laptop with battery all the time. I guess my battery life span will be damn short. zzZ.. But the fortunate part is the cuts are usually for less than a minute. =)

My hostel room

Btw, whoever told you Indians make stupid businessmen has never been to India. In Manipal, Indians are genius businessmen. They’ll start all kinds of BUSINESS near Uni campus that meets the needs of ALL foreign students. There is this grocery shop that sells literally everything at dirt cheap prices. From locks to cutleries to laundry baskets to floor mats to pails to mop to broom to air refreshener. Aiya you get the picture rite? EVERYTHING a student will need to survive in India. Just beside it is a mini-supermarket that is similar to a Carrefour Express. They have better selection of stuff BUT everything there is expensive. zzZ. Down the road is an electric shop that sells desk lamps, energy stabilizer, converters, extension cords, irons, etc. Then there are ~~millions of~~ many laundry services around. There are already 2 or 3 just in hostel alone. They’ll wash and iron your clothes for a little fee. Eg: pants and shirt is 5rps, T-shirt is 4rps, etc. We’ll never need to worry about laundry here. Haha! But then, Seniors recommended us to use the laundry service outside of hostel. Slightly more expensive but they clean better. Other standard shops include Kodak photo (damn cheap!! 16 pp-sized photos for 75rps only), broadband, banks, phone lines, tailors, Asian restaurants, etc. There is also this med school equipments shop that sells dissection kits, lab coats and name tags (wth, don’t Uni provide these??). Oh ya, there is this group of people who provides water dispenser for hostels. Rental of the dispenser is 275rps for life, and 20L refill of clean mineral water cost 75rps only. And if you think that’s everything? Think again.. There is this really small, close to unseen ~~stall~~ shop nearby that does leather shoes polishing. OMGosh la this place has EVERYTHING!! Now I finally understand why seniors said "no need to bring anything also can". Haha!

Water dispenser

Dissection kit

But then Internet here sucks. The hostel Internet application process takes so long. Indians are damn lazy k. Everything takes days/months to be done. Even INSTANT photos needs 15minutes. zzZ. Anyway back to Internet, broadband is quite similar to Msia’s Streamyx, hostel LAN Internet blocks off torrent downloads and certain sites. As for campus library computers, we’ll need to pay 10rps per hour. Those comps really block everything. MSN, facebook, Friendster and even youtube!! zzZ. The comp my friend used had loads of porn videos on the desktop. WTH?! They allow porn but block facebook?! @r$3h0l3s. I can only conclude that whoever did the Internet security settings is a perverted anti-social bastard. Anyway, I’ll be using the hostel LAN Internet, no more G00 and Bleach for me.. T.T.. The Internet application process is as messed up as the Visa application process back home. Firstly we have to fill up a form in the admin building, then a 10mins walk to ICICI bank to pay 200rps for installation. (Why the hell are we paying to the bank?? Aren’t we supposed to pay to the hostel management??) Next, head back to the admin building and pass them the payment receipt, get another paper, and pass it to the Information System Department, which is another 10mins walk. There, we’ll get our LAN cables and they will activate our hostel room LAN. WT* MAN!! One hell of a troublesome process!!

Transportation is not a problem here. Everything is within walking distances. Or if you’re lazy to walk, can always take the public taxi called “auto”. From anywhere to anywhere, as long as it’s within town, it’s usually 15rps. That’s like RM1.10!! LOLz!! Most students here own a motorbike. You can buy a good 2nd hand 125cc super bike for 20,000rps. That’s around RM2k. You won’t need a driving license nor helmet here, no one will bother to check them. Or if you’re paranoid, driving license can be bought. Really, BOUGHT. That’s what seniors told us, not sure if it’s true or not. Initially I thought motor was a luxury, until I walked around Manipal town. Every damn driver honks for no blady reason!! They’ll be like 50 meters away honking while you’re crossing the road. 50 METERS LA DAM*IT!!!! DO YOU LEARN MATHS AND PHYSICS??!! EVEN IF THERE ISN’T AIR RESISTANCE AND FRICTION, YOU’LL STILL NEVER BANG ME!!!!!! I’m so gonna get a bike to honk the crap out of those who honked me. It’s either you honk, or get honked. zzZ. Talk about friendliness. Zero!!

Communication here is dirt cheap. It’s almost free. Everyone here uses “Airtel”, it’s like Maxis back home. We paid 1000rps for the sim card, and there is 967.01rps inside. We get 100 free smses DAILY to all Airtel lines, but calling is so cheap no one bothers to sms here. Calls are 0.25rps per minute, that’s like RM0.02 only!! LOLz!!! Let’s do some maths now k, if calls are that cheap, and sms is free, how long will we take to use up 967.01rps? NEVER!! Unless we call back to Msia, 6.40rps per minute, or 1.5rps per sms. In the past few days, I’ve been smsing my parents a lot. Its so cheap we don’t even care. Haha!!

Ok I’ve been talking a lot. Should stop now. I’ll post up more pictures next time when I get my proper line. Until then, just know that I’m alive and well here!! God bless!!

Last

2009-03-07T23:03:00.004+08:00

Wth.. I actually got a mini shock when I saw 22hours left on the countdown timer. @.@

I have alot to talk about. The past few days has been non-stop fun for me. Tks to all those who spent time with me, from sports to movies to singK to sleepovers. I'll blog more on those outings when I get to India.

Ok I've rested long enough, back to packing. And before I go, a short poem for you all.

LAST
Last night to sleep on my comfy bed,
last time to blog with my personal desktop,
last day to see my friends and family,
last hours to spend with the people I love so dear,

last of everything in the land I know as "home"..

Countdown Timer

2009-03-04T01:06:00.001+08:00

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Crab Frenzy

2009-03-03T23:48:00.000+08:00

NOTE: I realised FirelessFlame is getting boring without pictures. Hence this short post with 1 picture!

Just now, my aunt took us out for dinner. So 6 of us went to this restaurant in Sri Petaling that is having some promotion for crabs, 1kg for RM18 only. (All you crab lovers would know that is a really good deal) There are many styles of crabs, we tried sweet & sour, lemon cheese and salted egg yoke crab, 1kg each. Of coz we ordered some other dishes as well. Our final bill came up to slightly over RM100 only, which I think is very reasonable for the quality and quantity of food.

3 dishes of crabs and random dishes

The promotion is till 21 March if I'm not wrong. Should give it a try. Seriously worth every bit of your penny. I don't get paid for advertising k, I just thought it'll be nice to share some Sri Petaling delicacies with you all. Haha!

*I forgot the name of the restaurant. Its behind Overseas Restaurant, beside a 7-11. Locals should know where this is.

~~Less than 5days left~~

Tagged By KaiXin

2009-03-02T22:12:00.004+08:00

Name the persons you want to tag
PingSern, Jasmine, SoniaFz

Carrot or broccoli
Carrot juice.. pls?

Masculinity or sissy
Masculinity la duh..

Goth or punk
Neither..

Soccer or basketball
Basketball..

Favorite actor/actress
Rowin Atkinson a.k.a Mr.Bean!

What do you say to a person who spread rumours about you without any reason?

"Nice rumours, next time try 'KokMun is an alien'..."

Ever took nude photos?
Hell no..

Leather shoe or snickers
Sneakers..

Long Distance love?
Long distance physically but connected at heart. Is that still far?

Internet love?
I love the Internet. I seriously can't live without it. Can you? LOLz!

Online dating?

How do you actually date online? Webcam each other with a candle and a glass of wine by your side? Swt..

Tell us your dream last night?
Simple. Imagine a big stationary black paper covering you entire vision..

Ever hated someone so bad?
Hate is a strong word. How about dislike?

Who then?
I dislike half the world, and the other half dislikes me.

The last person you had a beer with?

We were playing poker, and the loser drinks. Err, lets see, Sheng, WeiHan, Robin, LeeZhien, HannJiunn, SzeJian, JiaHui, MayLing (yes a girl played, and I think i left out some people..)

The last person you went to the movies with?

YeeTheng, JiaMun, Sheng, WeiHan, HanBin, SzeJian, LeeZhien, Robin, HannJiunn, WooKan, BrianYeoh, JeckBeng (JB actually came!!)

The last person you talked on the cell phone with?
My dad..

The last person you hugged?
Philip. That fella gave me a farewell hug all of the sudden =.= Lolz!

The last person you slapped?
I don't think I've slapped anyone before. Who would like to be my first??

In the last week, have you kissed someone?
Are parents included?

Do you rather do exercise or babysit?
Exercise..

If you could do anything or wish anything, what would it be?

I wish that all you faithful readers of FirelessFlame would come to India with me!!

If you could have an all expense paid trip, where will you go?
Anywhere. The company is more important then the location.

Are you old fashioned?
Define "old fashioned"?

Are you a freak or a geek?
Har? What's the difference? Aren't they the same?

Are you a slut, bitch/bastard or whore?

If I have to choose 1 out of the 4, is there even a selection option for guys??

Five things that scare me:

~~Dead bodies, internal organs, blood, needles, Indian smell~~ Dad's silence, Mum's stare, Yy's saliva, Kx's scream, not-so-surprising creamcake-surprises

4 songs playing in my head lately:
给我一首歌的时间（周杰伦）
晴天（周杰伦）
我就是这样（刘力扬）
我爱你（盧廣仲）

Ghost, Zombie, Witch, Wizard, Mermaid, Vampire, or Werewolf?

Zombies!! L4D forever!! Haha!!

Finally done! While doing this tag, I got a very scary stare from my mum for not packing my room. So I better ~~start~~ continue packing now. Less than 6 days left..

Doctor Treats, But Jesus Heals

2009-03-01T14:46:00.005+08:00

Today in Church, Dr Hew was preaching about crowds of people followed Jesus all over because he healed many sick people. He then talked about two different individuals, having the same type of disease, went through the same surgery and treatment, but had totally different outcomes. He then concludes his story by saying "Doctor treats, but Jesus heals".

That sentence really got me thinking. Doctors are just instruments for God to display His miraculous healing power on patients. Hence ultimately, it is still God who heals. So I'll make it a point to pray for all my patients next time. Haha!

Back at home, my stupid dog, Denny, pooed in my room. Wth. I thought my dog was stupid, until I evaluated my maid's intelligence. My idiotic maid locked Denny in my room while I was in Church, and hence it pooed there. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN LOCK A DOG IN MY ROOM?!! ARGH!!!

Anyway, MV outing yesterday night was really fun. "Love Matter" is no doubt a must-watch movie. Alot of values to learn from it. I shall not spoil the movie for you, just free 2 hours and go watch it. After the movie, we drove to Jln222 for Hokkien Mee. Then some of us wanted to L4D. But after checking two full CCs in SS2, we decided to go home. Haih.

Lastly, I shall start my countdown today. 7 days left in Malaysia...

MMMC Orientation

2009-02-28T16:05:00.005+08:00

If asked to describe orientation in 1 word, I'll say it sucked. Seriously, waking up at 6am+, travelling all the way down to Melaka from KL, just for a 2hour talk?! Come on, when people talk about "orientation", it's usually 2 long weeks filled with games, fun and interaction. Ours? 2 hours long talk, 30mins refreshment and off you go. I got to admit I nearly dosed off during one of the talks. zzZ

Nevertheless, the talks were very informative. It gave an overview of our course, about Manipal, about being a doctor and so on. The Dean of Medical Faculty used alot of catchy phrases and a couple of poems to encourage us. He told us a doctor is "not an occupation and but a vocation, a life commitment rather than a livelihood, an obsession rather than a profession". He also said that doctor is a noble career, hence we should lead by example. He carried on by explaining the phrase "the power of example is much more powerful than the example of power".

The Dean also gave us a brief intro to our time table. We have classes from 8am-5pm on Mondays till Fridays, with only 30mins break and 1.5 hour lunch daily. Looking down the time table, WHAT?!! WE HAVE CLASSES ON SATURDAY MORNINGS?!! 8am-10am. Damn. I don't mind the duration, but why can't they have it like 12-2pm?? Haih. Besides lectures and practicals, we also have Self Directed Learnings (SDL), Problem Based Learnings (PBL), Personal and Professional Development (PPD). Anatomy dissection classes are usually at 8am-10am in the morning. I wonder how many of us would puke our breakfast out just 20mins after eating it. Swt. Looking from the brighter side, there isn't much to do in Manipal, so a packed time table can fill up my time. Not that bad after all =)

After orientation, Shawn's family brought us to a local Chicken Rice Ball shop in Melaka town. Unfortunately they couldn't join us for lunch. Anyhow, thank alot man. See ya this Sunday, and for the next 2.5years. Haha!

Okay thats enough words for now. I'm looking forward to the MV outing later, which is planned by YeeTheng. It'll be my last time seeing most of my sec schoolmates. Off I go now. Until next time..

All Done

2009-02-25T23:24:00.000+08:00

I finally got my India Student Visa today!! w00t!

I was supposed to meet Shawn in Straits Building, but I was late, so he already left by the time I got there. Anyway, after I collected my visa, I overheard this 2 penguins arguing with the guy over the counter. It seems they had problems with their passport. When I heard them mention the name "Manipal", I got kinda paranoid that my passport would have the same problem too. So after they were done arguing, I approached them. Of coz I introduced myself as a MMMC student, and asked what was their problem. Apparently the destination printed on their visa was "MM Med Coll, Mumbai". It was supposed to be "MM Med Coll, Manipal". I quickly checked mine again, and mine was correct. So I said thanks and left.

Later that day, I checked my extra copy of the visa application form, and there was only 1 slot to fill up name of educational institution. I really wonder what they wrote in their forms. ~~Kononnya JPA Scholar.~~ LOL!!

From Straits Building, I went to my mum's office, ING building. I did some free labour work there. I helped my mum's secretary to do some filing. Gosh filing can really kill. It's damn sien. I only did for 1.5 hours and I nearly died. Haha!

That's about it for my day today. I'm really happy that I got my student visa done. After all the issues and problems, God has indeed been faithful through out. =)

Finally..

2009-02-24T15:01:00.004+08:00

As most of you would have noticed by now, I've designed and uploaded a new header for FirelessFlame. I wanted to fix the size so it wouldn't exceed the side border, but I failed after 3 attempts. So, screw it. Just let it be...

On the brighter side, I went to India High Commission again today. I was so happy to meet other Manipal students also. A Chinese named Shawn from Melaka, and an Indian named Patrick from KL. I must say they are really cool people. We exchanged hp numbers and chit-chated a bit. Then after getting our application approved, we headed to Straits Building to submit our application forms. I followed behind Patrick's dad car. He was kind enough to drive so slowly so that I could follow. Tks yea!

In Straits Building, we met another group of Manipal students, but we didn't talk to them. So the little statistics I can come up with now is, 3 Chinese guys, 2 Chinese girls, 2 Indian guys, and a whole lot of penguins. LOL!!

By 12.30pm, everything was settled. According to the lady behind the counter, we can collect our Student Visa tomorrow, after 4.30pm. Wee. Finally, I can really enjoy my last 2weeks to the max without any worries.

So, anyone free to go yum cha?!

How Would You Spend Your Last Two Weeks?

2009-02-23T23:46:00.002+08:00

Today, my dad called Manipal. After which he told me that Manipal has already settled their problem with the India Government, hence I should not have any problems with my student visa now. I was happy of coz, but I still called the India High Commission to make sure the issue has been settled. The fella who answered the phone was really nice. No only did he clarify the issue, he also explained the entire application procedure.

See, PUSH does work. It worked, works, and will continue to work. Trust me on this.

Checking back all the necessary documents, I'm only short of my student visa. Looks like I'll really be leaving soon. Should I be sad or happy?

This afternoon, we gave Eilene one last surprise in LCCT before she left to Australia. She thought I would be going alone to send her off, but in the end 10 of us went, including her sec school and college friends. Eilene, hope you had a wonderful farewell. Sorry I had to leave early. I swear I would have stayed longer if time permitted.

It isn't very hard to count that I only have 2 more weeks left in Malaysia. (Damn I'm already missing Msia even though I'm still here.) How should I spend my last 2 weeks? Of coz family time cannot be reduced. These few days, I make it a point to talk to my parents every night before they sleep. Of coz I also enjoy the family time we have over meals, mainly dinner and supper. On the other hand, if my friends are free, of coz I'd like to go yum cha, few games of L4D, movies, lepak, singK, or even just sit somewhere to chui shui. But well, I also understand that everyone should be busy with college/uni now. (Don't mind me, I'm not hinting anything.)

Its late, I should be sleeping. But before I go, a question for all to ponder. "How would you spend your last two weeks?"

God's Plan?

2009-02-22T21:51:00.003+08:00

I've always thought the reason I ended up going to India to study Med was because my thought of being a Doctor kicked it late, hence applications for Med in Aus were all closed. But I'm starting to think otherwise now.

Today in Church, our youth class discussed about Missions and Missionaries. Uncle Tat Ho showed us this statistical world map labelled based on the percentage of Christians in an area. Green was for areas with lots of Christians, while Red was for little/no Christians. As expected, countries like USA and Australia were of coz very green. But you know what? The entire map of India was labelled RED!! At that moment I felt something. I don't really know how to describe it, but I feel that it was all in God's plan that I'm sent to India.

I believe He has a greater plan for me. Sad to think that it would be in India, but as long as it's in His plans, I'll go. And hence, I trust that I'll be able to get my Student Visa soon.

See, I told you. In any difficult situation, just PUSH [P]ray [U]ntil [S]omething [H]appens. If it works for me, it'll work for you too!

Tagged by WeiHan

2009-02-22T00:06:00.002+08:00

Rules: Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real, nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

*Note: Improper spellings/answers used..

1. What is your name: Cheng Kok Mun

2. A four letter word: Cash

3. A boy's name: Chris

4. A girl's name: Celeste

5. An occupation: Carpenter

6. A colour: Colour..

7. Something you'll wear: Cloths!

8. A food: Curry

9. Something found in the bathroom: Clay (your toilet bowl is made of clay k..)

10. A place: Cuba

11. A reason for being late: Crying in the toilet

12. Something you'd shout: CB.. xD

13. A movie title: Cars

14. Something you drink: Cranberry Juice

15. A musical group: Is Chris Brown a group??

16. An animal: Cat

17. A street name: ChengKokMun Street =D

18. A type of car: Celica

19. The title of a song: Consuming Fire by Hill Songs United

I Tag: Celeste, Eilene, PingSern, Jasmine, Sonia Fz..

Japan Trip Part 2

2009-02-21T15:54:00.017+08:00

Yo people! So what ya think about Japan? Not good enough? Here's part 2 of my Japan trip. It'll be all on FOOD. Try HARD not to drool k?

What would Japan do without Sushi?

God-knows-what is that.. Haha

Smoked Salmon Sushi

More Sushi-s!

Sashimi!!

A variety of Sushi-s. Sorry about the flash.

Kani Miso (Crab Miso Soup)

Steven's Corner 3D

Crab Steamboat, known as "Kani Nabe" in Japanese. Try to read it fast..

Sashimi again. This time with the fish's bones.

Poisonous Puffer Fish Sashimi

Ramen!!

Would you queue up that long for Ramen??

BBQ. Darn nice.. Especially the beef and chicken..

Shabu-Shabu. Ownage..

Kobe Beef

Best eaten at "medium" state..

White wine, Red wine, and Orange Juice

Sake. Japanese rice wine

Sake Red Bean Bun. You MAY get drunk eating this. LOL

Japanese Bento Set

Unagi + Tempura Bento

Pepperoni / Curry Chicken Pizza

Cawan Mushi (Steamed Egg)

McD's Pork Teriyaki Burger. Better than Big Mac..

McD's Ebi (Prawn) Fillet Burger. And I thought Fillet-O-Fish was nice..

Peking Duck. 500Yen (RM20) per slice.

Nice large Strawberries. 20 for 9.8kYen (

My Breakfast =D

For all you Ice-Cream lovers out there..

Drooling already? HAHA!!

Japan Trip

2009-02-19T15:42:00.012+08:00

I spent my 1st week of Febuary in Japan. And I must say Japan is a really nice and expensive place to visit. One bowl of Ramen is 900+Yen, which is close to RM40. Anyway, instead of me blabbing about the entire trip, I'll leave you all to the pictures. Note that the pictures are not in chronological order. ~~I forgot the chronology of events myself.~~

Don't this picture feel so Japan-ish?

Sakura trees (not in season) along the sides.

Sun rays!

Bamboo forest

Some weird looking plant

More weird looking plants

Golden Temple

The road not taken..

Kimono show. It was darn sien..

Nursery's 'transportation'

Just imagine what will be in the spa.. LOL

Automated basin. Soap on the left, water on the right, and hand dryer on the bottom. Wth..

They drew smiley faces on their fruits! Click to enlarge!

90% Sales?!!

This picture needs no explanation

Universal Studio

Jurassic Park Ride.. One..

Two..

Three..

Four..

Five..

Six! And the tour guide told me "No No! you won't get wet, really!"

LMAO!!

How exactly do you "mess up" a goggle??

Hollywood Water World Show

Check out the length of his pants and socks wei!

Happy Belated Valentines

Wth..?

And people actually do it. 200Yen (RM8) for a small piece of special soluble paper.

Massive Gundam models shop..

Anime figures..

Robin!! Don't the one on the left bring back lots of childhood memories?? LOLZ!!

Thats all for now. I'll update again about food in Japan soon. And before I go, I'll leave you with my favourite picture of the trip.

Closed up Sakura buds with a drop of water.

Doubts And More Rantings

2009-02-19T01:01:00.005+08:00

NOTE: More rantings, again. Yes blogs are meant to keep thoughts, even if they are just temporary.

These few days, I've been interviewing potential new SAC members, and some of them were really confident. I remember I was like that during my interview too. I was confident of everything, and never for a second I thought I would fail. True enough I passed. And if you know me well enough, I'm a perfectionist, and confident about most things.

But now, I'm having doubts about studying Med in India. For once in my life I'm actually doubting my own capabilities. There are just too many doubts in my mind now. Can I can cope with Med? And eventually the pressures of being a doctor?

I've been reading a Manipal student's blog, and from what she writes about her tests, its really hard. And as we all know, Med isn't a play-today-pray-tomorrow type of course. It really requires alot alot of time and hard work. Will that be too much for me to handle?

I've also been thinking of wasting 6months and register for the IMU September intake. But I've heard alot about IMU. There are hardly any dissections. If I were to go IMU instead, would that make me a less experienced doctor? Sheng's sister seems to be fine and happy in IMU. Also, IMU is walking distance from my house, so I wouldn't need to leave my home. And I wouldn't need to go India. zzZ

My sister already left for Australia. Celeste and Eilene will be leaving soon. And a whole bunch of my friends are there. By going to India, would I miss out alot? My sister seems to be having fun there. But rationally thinking, MelbU's post grad med isn't a very wise choice. I'll be spending 2 extra years and alot of money. Why am I even thinking about MelbU now. My offer lapsed few weeks ago. zzZ

My whole application process into Manipal was beyond smooth. Today apply, tomorrow interview, and on the spot I got accepted. TWO DAYS ONLY?!! Come on, it's Med course, Vivek took more than half a year to apply for his Med course in Newcastle. Even Philip had to wait so long for his reply from IMU. If mine isn't beyond smooth, what is? After that, many people have been telling me how good India Med is. Is that a sign to show that God is telling me to go for Manipal? But the major problems are appearing now. I can't get my student visa. Is that an opposite sign to show that God doesn't want me to go Manipal? It's just too contradicting. I'm so confused now. I wish God would appear in front of me now and direct me what to do. Things would be so much easier then.

Okay that's enough of ranting. LeeZhien, Sheng and Eilene would have heard enough from me on MSN. Thanks for your time and patience, and sorry for having to listen to my rantings. Of all the advices I got from them, I think Eilene gave me the most precious advice. Just pray and leave everything in God's hands. And that's exactly what I'll do now. I'll just PUSH!! [P]ray [U]ntil [S]omething [H]appens!!

Tagged - 16 Random Things About Me

2009-02-17T22:47:00.005+08:00

Tagged by SoniaFz and ZhiMei

*Doing a 2-in-1 tag saves time & thoughts. LOL!!

DIRECTION: Once you've been tagged, you have to write a post with sixteen random things, habits or goals about you. At last, choose five people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them.

1) I'm extremely bored now hence doing this tag..

2) I'm single but unavailable..

3) I have a new dog who nearly bit my fingers off.. stupid dog.. zzZ

4) I'm currently thinking how am I gonna come out with 16 random craps..

5) I love Gundam models.. 00-Raiser is my latest one. Got it from Japan, coz it's still not available in Msia!!

6) My head is bursting, 6 down 10 to go..

7) I'll be studying the course I like, but in a place I don't like..

8) I believe that jokes, when said too many times, will no longer be funny..

9) I love to sleep and eat..

10) I'm dislike shopping..

11) I actually quite enjoy thinking about random stuff about myself.. lolz

12) I enjoy late night mamaks with friends.. yum cha anyone??

13) I enjoy comedy-action movies..

14) By God's grace, I aim to be a successful doctor..

15) I'm sad that I'll be leaving my room, bed, family and friends soon..

16) Don't cry becoz it's over, smile becoz it happened.. =D

I tag:

Eilene - becoz she is leaving for Australia soon.. Done already

Sheng - becoz he needs topics to blog about in his blog.. Tagged by Eilene

Celeste - becoz she is also leaving for Australia soon.. Tagged by Eilene

Sushi - becoz she is as racist as me..

Nemo - becoz he has a crush on YeeEng.. Oops.. xD
Coffee - becoz he seems to be too free..

WeiHan - becoz he is too free after his exams..

YeeTheng - becoz she refuse to tell me who her new bf is.. LOL

India Student Visa

2009-02-17T12:50:00.002+08:00

Warning: Long post ahead. 100% words, much complains and rantings, improper and inappropriate language.

Last Thursday, I took an LRT down to Masjid Jamek, walked all the way to Straits building, which was slightly further than Central Market, only to get my India Student Visa done. When I arrived, the fella in the counter was quite helpful. He checked my application form, then asked for all the necessary documents, and compiled it for me. Then he added this half-an-A4-paper sized interview form on the top of the compiled stack. Then.. HE ASKED ME TO GO TO THE INDIA HIGH COMMISSION (IHC) FOR THE INTERVIEW!! I was like, WTH?? Where in hell is that, and how the hell do I get there?? He pointed to an address on the interview form, IHC was along JALAN DUTA!!! Then he conveniently asked me to take a taxi there. Dam*it la. Can't they just have everything in one place?? Only becoz you all wanna help your taxi drivers meh??

So yesterday, I drove to the India High Commission. Outside the IHC, there was a whole bunch of people waiting. From the looks of it, the bunch consist of taxi drivers, and those lads who will come early, get a ticket number and sell it to you. From far it looked like a mini Hindraf. zZZ.. Parking was ridiculous there, I had to drive up to the housing area just to get a spot to park. Walk all the way back, went through the guard house, walked into the IHC, and BOMB!! I was nearly knocked out by the smell in there~~! It was damn dark, I mean, the lightings were bad, don't get me wrong k.. And the feeling of a Chinese walking in there is like... wearing an Arsenal jersey into a hardcore Liverpool fan club, ~~whose toilet has not been cleaned for ages~~.

Ok, back to the main line story. I was lining up to get a ticket number. A man who just left the counter was holding number 500+. I raised my head and saw 333 on the electronic board. For a moment my heart stopped. ~~I swear I would have sprayed a whole bottle perfume if I knew this were to happen.~~ Then this young Indian guy and his mum, walked towards an 'Education Department' room by the side, so I followed. PHEW!! No need to wait for the numbers. Talked to the fella in the room, then went to the information counter to summit my application, and you know what she told me?? "India Government is currently holding back all student visas for MBBS and per-med courses. So please call back next Monday and asked if the problem has been solved." WTH!! I was furiously boiling by now. So I called Manipal Melaka, they said the problem is not only Manipal, but all Unis, and they will personally settle the problem by Wednesday. zzZ..

In the mean time, I can't get my student visa done. Wasted 2 mornings of my life. One to get half-an-A4-paper in town, another one to join hindraf. zzZ...

Farewell WaiShan Part1

2009-02-15T17:37:00.005+08:00

As most of you would know by now, my biological sister, WaiShan, will be leaving for ~~Melburn~~ Melbourne later. So people who have not said 'bye' to her, may do so before 9.30pm.

I'll blog more about her farewell later. Going to airport soon. Bye people!

-Edits-
My sister is off. She should be enjoying her flight now. And I still don't understand why was I expected to cry when my sister left =.=..

I'll do another part2 update on my sister's farewell in the airport when I get the pictures and video from YeunHui.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EILENE JIE JIE

2009-02-14T00:21:00.006+08:00

NOTE: I wanted to put 'Happy Valentine's Day' as the post title, but what's Valentines compared to my jie jie?? Haha

First and foremost, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EILENE JieJie!! And Happy Valentine's Day everyone!! Hope you all have a lovey-dovey Valentine.

Yesterday, we had a surprise for Eilene. The whole idea originated from Sheng, Robin and YeunYi. Then alot of the rest helped out in different areas. Thanks everyone for such great cooperation! We can really start a part-time PR company, with YY as our Chief Entertaining Officer (CEO).

The plan was something like this. Some of us told Eilene we won't be able to make it for her party. Of coz 'us' includes those friends who are really really close to her. The whole point is to make her sad and disappointed that her close friends can't make it for her party. When I got to know that Eilene was already very very sad and sorta giving up already, I was GLAD! It shows that everything is going as planned. I know we're evil, but its fu yok gai （苦肉计）!

"err.. yee3ng.. i dun think u need. BJ gang has got 5 ppl! plus Celeste, Suet Yee, Kiat Jin, me and Karyan already. 10 ppl!! she's sad enough. i chat with her just now... and she's super disappointed! i tak sampai hati to continue la. she's worried that cater food will be wasted. and worries that ppl will start ffk-ing tmr and until now there're still ppl who tell her that they got no transport. and she complained that she shouldn't have called so many ppl cuz she's wasting her credits. =.= she can't be bothered already. she's giving up.. ANYWAY. means she's not suspecting anything and SOMEONE PLEASE VIDEO HER WHEN SHE COMES TO WH'S HSE K!"

[Email from KaiXin]

So by 5pm, we finished decorating Sheng's car boot and WeiHoong's gate. Everyone stood by with party poppers, anxiously waiting for the arrival for the Birthday Girl.

Sheng's car boot

Stand-by mode

Sheng called Eilene, told her a really ~~rediculous~~ creative story of ChinYuen driving his car and crashed into the tiang lampu outside WeiHoong's house, and now she's crying. So Eilene rushed to WeiHoong's house after picking up some friends from LRT station. And to her surprise..

Happy Birthday Eilene

After the surprise, we packed up the mess we made, and went over to Eilene's house. There we ate, talked and of coz sang song+cut cake. We also played cards. What card game did we play again?? Haha..

Cut cake time!

Just for the record, the SURPRISE banner was done by a group of dedicated people one day before the event. They endured calls and nags from their parents, and stayed till 12am just to finish off the banner. They are non other than the BJ GANG!! I think they really deserve some appreciation. Sheng and YeunYi did the most of coz, followed by HannJiunn and Robin. ~~I got to admit, I hardly helped. xD~~

Designing the banner..

Painting..

Adding stars and gold glitter..

Almost there..

Done! 'Dragon Dance' post

That's all for today. Its late and I'm sleepy. Good night!

Ex-WMS House Hopping VIDEOS

2009-02-13T00:03:00.008+08:00

Uploading videos directly onto blogger can really be a pain. Hence I decided to use YouTube.

The follow 2 videos are the morning surprise for me at 6.30am in the morning. The 1st one is preparations, and the 2nd is the real thing.

Continuing from the previous post, in Robin's house, we had a surprise for WeiHoong. They say a picture speaks a thousand words, what about a video?

Saw his stunned face?? NO?? Lets see it again!!

STUNNED!!

Next was my 'surprise'. It wasn't really a surprise already coz our dear BrianYeoh ~~accidentally~~ sent me the email containing ALL the details. Hence the last-minute-planned 'morning surprise'.

"next! ckm's surprise is after wei hoong's.. maybe we put it 30 mins apart for preparation time.. ckm leaves for japan around 9 so have to be done around 8.. we're gonna bring him a cake! the cake is so special hor.. dat the whole cake is ACTUALLY CREAM! XD hahahahha!!!! so he blow his cake without knowing its cream.. and den he will let us smash his face on the cake.. thinking its just a normal cake with a thin layer of cream.. XD haha and den followed by splashes of coke on his face! OWNED!"

[Sheng's Email, forwarded by Brian]

Need a clearer view?

OWNED!!

Oh yea, remember the LouSang in YeeEng's house?

Thats all for now. Sorry for the poor alignments and spacings. Too lazy to edit those. See ya!

Ex-WMS CNY House Hopping

2009-02-10T09:58:00.008+08:00

First and foremost, I know its very late already, but I would still want to thank everyone for attending this House Hopping! You have no idea what YeunYi would do if we cancelled it. And I would also like to thank the drivers, namely Sheng, WeiHoong, JiaMun, YeeEng, MayLing, Mings and LeeZhien. I was supposed to drive too, but Sheng replaced me. Thanks, and sorry I couldn't help with the last minute preps.

I really think there is no necessity to blog about this outing in detail as so many people has already blogged about it. Hence, before you read this post, you may want to click on the following links.

1) TerngSheng
2) Eilene
3) WeiHan
4) KaiXin 1 and 2
5) Celeste
6) BrianYeoh
7) ChinYuen
8) ChuanHan

I'll assume you've read all of them. So to do something different, I'll blog from a sick person's point of view!! On the 31st January 09, 6th day of CNY, we organised this Ex-WMS house hopping trip. We always wanted to have smth like this, but it never really happened, until this year! Anyway, my fever got better, but I still wasn't feeling very well. Early in the morning, 6.30am, there was a surprise in my room for my belated bday. I'll talk more on that in the next post.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were late. So we, the BJ+Cheras gang rushed to the Mobil station to meet up with the rest. Then we went to YeeEng's house. ~~And if you want to sit in Ming Yi's car, you better buy more insurance.~~ I bet the rest really enjoyed gambling and eating. I just sat on the couch, tried to sleep but couldn't. Darn headache. Oh yea, SuetYee wasn't feeling well too! I wasn't the only one! We lousang-ed here, I'll post up a video post containing all the videos soon.

YeeEng's house

After that, we went to WeiHan's house. I was really looking forward to his house, coz he has NEVER invited us to his house before. Not even once. So called 5-years-heng-dai. Here, I was feeling a little better. While the rest were playing piano and gambling, I watched Gundam 00 epi 16 on WeiHan's laptop. Well that episode wasn't that interesting. Anyway, we didn't stay long in WeiHan's house becoz we were kinda behind schedule already.

WeiHan's house

From Selayang, we took Federal Highway to LeeZhien's house. Here they ordered pizza for lunch. By this time, I was practically dead already. I sat on the sofa and fell asleep very fast. That's why you'll see my sleeping pictures in facebook and certain blogs. So my memory here was kinda blanked. Haha, sorry LeeZhien!

LeeZhien's house

Duet-ing

We were SUPER behind schedule by now, so we had no choice but to skip Mings' house. Sorry yea. The Mings ~~were so angry that they ditched us.~~ had family dinner, so they had to go home. On the brighter side, I was feeling very well after my noon nap. So I decided to drive JiaMun's car to Eilene's house. Thanks JiaMun! On the way back to Federal Highway, WeiHoong and myself got lost. We missed the traffic light, the rest just went on without waiting for us. MayLing's fault lo.. she was in front of me. So we did a few turns, made a few calls, and we finally got back on Federal. From here, I knew the way to Cheras, and with Eilene in the same car, I drove SAFETLY to Eilene's house.

Eilene's house

We didn't do much here. Most of them were already half dead by now. House tour, lepak, chit chat, some played basketball, then we went off to WeiHoong's house. I saw Robin in the driver's seat of Sheng's car, I quickly hopped in the back seat! Walao, wa ka lu kong hor, Robin reversed out of a T-junction without looking at cars, in addition to that he pressed the accelerator while reversing. @.@

Look and Sheng's hands. The fear of death can be really frightening. LOL

WeiHoong's house was 3mins away from Eilene's. Since I've been here before, I went straight up to WeiHoong's room to sleep. Of coz I asked his permission la! The guys were chatting in WeiHoong's room, while the girls stayed downstairs. After a short 30mins stay, we left to our final destination, i.e Robin's house! And I drove JiaMun's car again coz she was lazy to drive. Her car is still in one piece ok! I'm an extremely safe driver.

WeiHoong's house

As for what happened in Robin's house, will be in the next post, together with all the surprises we had, for WeiHoong and for me. Well mine wasn't really a surprises thanks to Brian Yeoh. So stay tuned for more pictures and videos!!

Overall, I think the entire house hopping trip was really really great. Its nice to have 6 cars and 25ppl travelling all around KL+Selangor. We should do this more often. But I doubt we'll have the change to. Everyone is going everywhere for every known reason. Good luck and all the best everyone!

Home Sweet Home

2009-02-08T19:07:00.009+08:00

I'M BACK FROM JAPAN!! Gosh I miss the Internet and my bed soooo much.

Japan was great overall. Bought ALOT of Gundams, including 1/100 scaled 00-Raiser. I can't wait to have 1 full free day to assemble it. W00t!

On the other hand, I'll be super busy checking my emails. 8 days without the net and I got 77 unread msgs. And sorry YeunYi for not replying your email any sooner. The Internet there was really slow like shit.

Eh Sheng! I finally saw my new dog. Damn cute wei. Its a poodle, but its abnormally big for a poodle. Nevertheless its still a good dog. It runs up and down non-stop, and it can really run fast. Everyone, please welcome the latest member in my family!!

Little Denny!

Cute rite??

An estimation of it's size.

Oh and 1 more thing before I go, incase some of you have not noticed, I added a count meter at the bottom of my blog on 31st Dec 2008, and now, approximately 5weeks from then, I have close to 2k hits! ~~Of which 500 will be myself checking my chatbox~~. Swt. Ok I'm off now. Back to checking emails. 50 more to go. Ayikss..

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

2009-01-31T22:55:00.002+08:00

FirelessFlame will be temporary ~~dead~~ inactive until.. erm.. after the 8th of Feb, unless I get Internet access and lots of free time in Japan. I'm currently in the Business Lounge in KLIA. This lounge is massive wei.

Anyway, stay tuned for:
1) my surprise bday morning call
2) ex-WMS house hopping trip
3) WeiHoong's surprise party
4) my creamed face

The smell of the cream makes me wanna puke. And its extra uncomfortable when you're sick. Do learn to control your limits.

*This post will be mass editing.

Happy Birthday To Me

2009-01-30T19:12:00.002+08:00

As most of you would know, today is my 18th bday! Cheers to myself! And how did I spend this auspicious day?

The side table beside my bed

As you can see, there is a iced-towel roll, aircond remote, water, tissue paper and medication. Does that need more explanation?

I've been down with high fever since yesterday morning. After taking 6 effect-less panadols through out the whole day, I finally went to visit the doctor at night. The common package again, flu, cough, and a 39'C fever. Is that high? No idea, but it does sound high to me.

Today, I slept in the whole day. My fever got much better around 7pm, therefore I decided to wake up and blog. I had so much time to think what to write, till the extend that my fingers are typing faster than my brain can process. zzZ

Remember how I was saying I was darn looking forward to the house hopping trip? Looks like I'll have to give it a skip. Haih..

On the brighter side, thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. MSN, Facebook, and SMS. You know who you are. And sorry for replying so late. My HP expired yesterday and I only reloaded 5mins ago. I replied as soon as I reloaded already k. Haha

What a day for an 18th bday rite? Well at least I spent the entire day doing my hobby i.e SLEEP!! Haha. And facing the comp with fever adds on quite a fair bit of headache. Time to hit the bed, again. Tata..

CNY So Far..

2009-01-28T22:07:00.005+08:00

..has been alot better then expected. And I'm so darn proud to say that I DO NOT GAMBLE!! or rather I should say I have not gambled.. ~~YET~~. Haha!!

We have those around the breakfast table..

.. and the anti-socials.

Chong Ka of the day. Look at the stack of $$$ man.

Teach a baby to gamble today and he will be a future Dou San

Picture of the day

Angpao wise, so far so good. Haha!! Still, I'm looking forward to our house hopping trip this Saturday. 3 more days only!!

Happy Birthday Bear2 Hoong

2009-01-28T00:44:00.003+08:00

Sheng, Robin, WooKan and I took a drive down to Cheras to yum cha with WeiHoong. We sat at the mamak-style western food shop until 12am, just to wish WeiHoong Happy Birthday. Lol.

WeiHoong and I during SAM Prom

Happy Birthday BearBearHoong. You're one year older now! Cheers!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2009

2009-01-26T00:00:00.003+08:00

1st and foremost, Since its 12am sharp now, FirelessFlame would like to officially wish all its readers a very very..

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2009!!!!!

Chinese New Year this year don't seem to be as grand as last few years. Its probably due to the economy downfall. Nevertheless, we'll still get ANGPAOs, hopefully both quality and quantity of Angpaos will not reduce. LOL!

I was talking to Vivek just now, check out the starting of our convo..

happy CHINESE New Year man

i should be saying to you rite ...

happy indian year ahead

...

On the other hand, JeckBeng, being the joker he always was/is/will be, said:

"why suggest wear red one? i thought this year ox year wear red later kena chase by ox."

Wth.. I sure know quite alot of jokers. Haha.

I'm hearing fireworks as I'm typing this. Looks like some people out there are having lots of fun. I just can't feel the CNY-ish joy. Nevertheless I'm still looking forward to our Ex-WMS ~~HouseBreaking~~ HouseHopping this coming Saturday!! (Hor YeunYi meimei?? I bet you are more excited about this trip more than anyone now.)

Ok la, need to charge up for Angpao hunting tomorrow. LOL. Have a very BLESSED CNY09!!

Taylor's ECA Day

2009-01-25T15:20:00.004+08:00

NOTE: My Internet has been down for almost a week. Apparently it was my modem's fault. Streamyx was surprisingly innocent. LOL

Last Thursday, I went back to Taylors to help SAC with their ECA day. I must say it was an enjoyable time. All SACians wore our orange AdventuRUN crew shirt.

Part of the deco

In front of the SAC booth. Check out the crowd.

We despise paper and pen. Its time for IT and laptop registrations.

And can you believe it? Altered Frequency came! They performed a few songs. But due to the rain, there wasn't much of a crowd. Nevertheless the music was good.

Altered Frequency

Closer up view

Last but not least, FirelessFlame would like to wish all its readers a very very..

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Putrajaya

2009-01-19T22:54:00.008+08:00

NOTE: Long post of complains ahead.

Today morning, my sister and I went to Putrajaya to submit some documents to get this 'Sijil Sokongan Luar Negara', which is needed to complete my Manipal registration.

I never knew Putrajaya was that big. The map looked really simple, but it wasn't as simple as it seemed.

Map to Jabatan Pengajian Tinggi

I had to get to Parcel E, as seen in the above map. When we finally got in the red Parcel E zone, there were so many blocks of buildings, starting from E1 till E9. I needed to get the E9, so as expected it was the deepest most innest building. Parking system sucks here. Cars just simply double park along the road. Malaysia Truly Asia..

We walked in E9, traded my driving licence for a visitor's pass, then went up to 2nd floor. OMG I tell you this place is so creepy. There were so many doors, and all the doors looked like those storeroom/emergency exit doors. I had no idea which door to enter. Luckily some people passed by and we got help from them. So I was brought to the door, and I went in, another counter. I happily opened my file, and started to gather my documents and passed it to the makcik there. Then the following conversation took place..

"Saya ada beberapa dokumen yang perlu disahkan dulu."

*She gave me that wth-look..

"Kami hanya terima dokumen saja."

"Errr... Siapa boleh sahkan untuk saya?"

"Pergi blok E8, dokumen boleh disahkan di sana."

"O-k-a-y.. Siapa nama orang yang boleh sah dokumen?"

"Pergilah kaunter sana."

I was like W-T-H is wrong with the people here la!! So with a very fake smiley tone I sarcastically told her "Ok saya akan datang lagi makcik!"

I remember seeing Block E8 when I was driving down. It was just round the corner. So we walked to the corner, made the left turn, and.. OMG so many flights of stairs. Apparently it was quite a slope. Ok nvm, we walked all the way there, not very far, just a block away. Went to the customer service room. It was a cold cozy looking hall with 5 counters and 5 ~~penguins~~ workers, without any customers. All 5 pairs of eyes were staring straight at the plasma LCD screen in the middle of the hall. Getting the documents to be certified was fast. The lady there didn't even bother to check with my original. Just a glance through, and certified it for me. Nice.

Back to E9, went in, "Makcik saya dah balik!", then passed everything to the her. She went through my forms and documents, then..

"Semua dah ok. Bagi kami masa 7 hari bekerja, lepas tu call kami."

*Points to a paper..

"Sini nombor dan beritahu maklumat-maklumat ini."

"O-k-a-y..."

"Hari ini 19hb"

*She brings out a calender, and uses her pen to point at the dates..

"satu, dua, tiga, empat"

*Then she stares at me..

"7 hari bekerja, cuti am tak kira"

*She skipped the whole Chinese New Year break, and continues after that..

"lima, enam, tujuh.. call kami pada 30hb"

I was like WTeff man. My offer's lapse date is 29th Jan and you're telling me that 1 piece of shit takes seven working days to prepare and will only be ready after the 30th. Deng..

Now I'll need to call Manipal to ask if they would be kind enough to extend my offer's lapse date. zzZ. Damnit la. MALAYSIA ~~tak~~ BOLEH!!

Ice Skating

2009-01-17T03:39:00.005+08:00

NOTE: Recently I've got the habit of blogging early in the morning. When I say early, I mean really really early. Gah who cares la, I'm a midnight person.

Yesterday, we went Sunway Pyramid for ice skating. We were supposed to meet there around 1pm, but since we had to pick KaiXin up, and her classes only end at 1pm, we thought we would be the last to reach. To our surprise, we were the first. We even had time to eat lunch.

I gave Sheng a ring when we arrived. That was around 1.30pm already, and guess where was he? "CC!! CC!! CyberCafe!! I'm in JS with LeeZhien now, coming already." zzZZ, nevermind, more time to makan lunch. Eilene and ChinYuen arrived shortly. And after lunch, Sheng called again at 1.55pm. "Driving now, leaving Taylors." WTH!! Great time concept man. Oh yea, I kam-ed his calls twice.

So after all the conflict, we managed to start skating around 2.30pm. I'm proud to say I didn't fall today =D !! And Sheng banged into the same girl, not once, but TWICE!! Why? Becoz he tried to chase and make me fall. Mana tau he don't know how to break nor sim other ppl. So, "BANG!" Dai Sei.. Bu zhi liang li.. =P (Pls la Sheng, if you banged your lenglui also not that bad la, why you wanna bang that *ahem*. LOL) I never knew LeeZhien knew how to skate, I was actually quite surprised. Lol.

YeunYi fell like a hundred and one times, yet she still can laugh until so siu sa. Haha. Keep up the spirit!! Eilene was the pro la of coz, no doubt about that. (I badly wanna post up THAT picture but I'll be a good didi and not post it k..) WaiShan was the taxi service. ChinYuen and KaiXin would raise their hands by the entrance, like how you stop a taxi, and WaiShan will be there to 'drag' them around the ice rink. KaiXin, I don't know her. Especially when she starts to scream in the middle of the rink. LOL!!

Preparing

Poser. YY's face with WS's fingers

ChinYuen's choke slam

ChinYuen: "Don't mess with the bosstress"

More details of yesterday's skating can be found in Sheng's blog (CLICK HERE), or Eilene's blog (CLICK HERE). Or perhaps, it'll be on ChinYuen and KaiXin's blog soon. Haha. Off to bed now. Nightz..

Reminder

2009-01-15T02:16:00.001+08:00

If I ever do complain about my uni stuff to you, just ask me to SHUT UP. Tks.

Melaka Manipal Medical College

2009-01-13T01:34:00.008+08:00

Melbourne U is really slow in processing applications. IDP told me on Saturday that if I don't get an offer in 3 days, it'll be unlikely that I'll get already. So I had to scout for other options for Medicine course.

Saturday, MaeYee passed me Manipal's Medicine prospectus on Taylors SAM Award Presentation day. It looked sorta O-K-A-Y, so we went to Star Education Fair the very next day to apply. To my surprise the lady told us that my interview will be 'tomorrow', which is Monday.

Yesterday morning, my uncle went with me to Melaka Manipal Medical College (MMMC) for a written test and an interview. We left my house close to 6am, and reached MMMC around 7.30am. The campus looked kinda cool, the students were all wearing that doctor's coat thing, rushing here and there, even those in the canteen ate in 5mins and ciao-ed. I fell asleep in the canteen as I only slept 1hour the previous night. (No, I was not afraid of the interview. I slept too long in the evening.)

Written test started at 9am. They gave 1hour to write an essay about yourself. I finished in 20mins, I am me, nothing much to write. After 1 whole hour, they didn't collect the paper. A lady brought us outside the interview room and we waited there. I was 2nd on the list. The wait was really long, at least 30mins, I actually dosed off sitting there. zzZ

When it was finally my turn, the panel asked for the written test paper, and my certificates. I was like, "Har? Certs? I didn't bring wor, I only brought the recent ones" which were all craps. They asked all sorts of very general and expected questions. Then when they asked about medical attachment, I said no, and I could see their face change. GG.COM.MY/ZOMG/DIE

Upon coming out of the room, they told me to see a Ms Shella 30mins later for my results. So I waited, waited, talked to other applicants. Apparently there were some other Taylor's SAM students too. And I heard from them that a friend with TER70+ got in Manipal. I was like "WHAT?!!". ~~Talk about quality doctors of the future.~~ Most of the other SAM applicants yesterday had TER of 80+.

30mins later, Ms Shella appeared, and I got my offer! I was really happy, I thought I screwed up my interview. On the way back to KL, I was driving at 170km/h when IDP called to say Melbourne U has given a full offer for Bachelor of Biomedicine. Damn..

So now I'm left with 2 choices, I'm really really lazy to apply any other unis. Manipal twins to India, but its ALOT cheaper and faster than MelbU's med. If I choose Manipal, I'll save 2 years, and hellalot of money. But heck its India. (Btw, no offence to indian readers.) Manipal wouldn't be that bad, would it?

Edited 13th Jan, 4.03pm:

Due to popular misunderstanding, MMMC twins with Kasturba College in Manipal. 2.5years in India, and 2.5years in Melaka. You want all 5 years in India meh?? I don't want lo.. @.@